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Cao Zhang looked at Xiahoudun who was sitting opposite, and respectfully served tea to Xiahoudun, Xiahoudun glared at Cao Zhang's only eye, knocked over the tea bowl handed by Cao Zhang, pointed at Cao Zhang's nose and scolded loudly: "Do you know what you are doing?" Do you want to destroy the country that your father worked so hard to build? ”

"Uncle, Cao Zhang knows that he is wrong, but Cao Zhang is also forced to do it."

"Forced to do so? Is that why you rebelled? Once your brothers go to war, the Wei Kingdom will be in chaos, do you know? ”

"Uncle, please read my mother's handwriting." Cao Zhang handed his mother, Mrs. Bian, a handwritten letter to Xiahoudun.

Xiahoudun took it and looked at it carefully, he was sure that the handwriting on the letter was Mrs. Bian's, when he used to fight with Cao Cao in the north and south, Cao Cao had received a lot of letters from Mrs. Bian, and he had shown it to him, showing off Mrs. Bian's handwriting to Xiahoudun very well.

"Cao Pi wants to kill you?"

"Yes, otherwise the child would not have made such a decision, not only to kill me, but I am afraid that even Cao Zhi will suffer, and now Cao Zhi is drunk and dreaming of death all day long, I am afraid that he is waiting for Cao Pi to ask for guilt. At the beginning, the dispute between the sons of the world, in the final analysis, was just Cao Pi and Cao Zhi fighting, I Cao Zhang said something in my heart, but I thought about inheriting my father's great cause, but I prefer to be a general, not a king, but I just want to be a general, Cao Pi is not even satisfied with me at all, what should I do? Waiting to die? ”

"You are brothers, Cao Pi shouldn't do this?"

"Uncle, what you think is too simple, there is no family affection in front of the emperor, and Zihuan is too similar to his father. Even my mother said that he would not let me go, but I can imagine how much Zihuan has swelled now, if I go to Yecheng, I will definitely die, and the child is stupid, so I can only make this decision. ”

Xiahoudun listened carefully to Cao Zhang's words, and said for a long time: "Nephew, someone is there to help you!" ”

Cao Zhang was stunned and said, "No, it's all the child's own ......"

"Don't lie to me, I know what you are, you will never have such a scheming, capture Xuchang, and blackmail the Son of Heaven to order the princes like your father once did? But you have forgotten that after your father became king and Ma Hong became king, the Son of Heaven has depreciated and is no longer so valuable, even if the Son of Heaven gives you an orthodox throne on the surface, but the whole Wei State will not care, and more people are standing with Cao Pi, you are just fighting alone. In the end, there is only failure. Xiahoudun said earnestly to Cao Zhang.

Cao Zhang shook his head and said: "Uncle, I'm not here to fight Zihuan, nor to compete with him for the throne, I just want to negotiate a condition with him, let him swear by the throne, and if he doesn't attack me and Cao Zhi, then I will hand over the military power." ”

Xiahoudun frowned, his nephew still thought it was really simple, if he really forced Cao Pi to swear to the world on the throne, when he handed over the military power, who could guarantee that Cao Pi would not move him again. To tell the truth, in Xiahoudun's heart, he prefers Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi likes to dance and ink, Xiahoudun has no good impression of that child, Cao Pi is very scheming, Xiahoudun also suspected that Cao Chong's death was related to Cao Pi, he didn't like the person who attacked his brother, and he wanted to like Cao Zhang more than him. But even if he liked Cao Zhang, he didn't want to go against Cao Cao's wishes, didn't want to let Wei State be in chaos, and didn't want Chu State to take advantage of it. Xiahoudun felt a pain in his heart, and said: "Nephew, if you really don't want to fight with Cao Pi, then your uncle will help you and help you persuade Cao Pi to let you and Cao Zhi go." ”

"Really?"

"Really."

"Uncle ......"

"Trust me."

"Uncle, you lied to me, although I am not as smart as Cao Zhi and Cao Pi, but I have grown up now, uncle, Cao Pi has already killed me, and I have also embarked on this path, there is no turning back, I just want to test my uncle, but I didn't expect my uncle to really care about my life."

Cao Zhang spoke with a crying voice, the wine glass in his hand was crushed by him, he looked at Xiahoudun's eyes, shook his head, and his eyes were full of tears.

Xiahoudun turned his face away and said: "Cao Zhang, since you have grown up, then what path you want to choose to take is your own choice, but I will never help you, because Cao Pi is the designated heir of Mengde, I will not go against Mengde's wishes, not only me, Miaocai and Cao Ren will not go against your father's wishes." ”

"So if you could, would you kill me without hesitation now?"

"Yes." Xiahoudun looked into Cao Zhang's eyes and said without the slightest hesitation.

"Are we really going to be enemies?"

"Nephew, I don't have much to live, and if you don't want me to be your enemy, kill me, didn't Meng De say it? If you choose to follow your father's path, then you should kill me now. ”

Cao Zhang turned around, left, walked to the door and said to Xiahoudun: "Uncle, you can stay here for a long time!" Nephews won't do anything to you. ”

The Cao character banner fluttered on the tower of Xudu City, Shangguan Xiao looked at the Cao character banner under the city tower, and looked at the man sitting on the war horse, Cao Ren, the chariot general of the Wei State.

"The people in the city listened, and told Cao Zhang to come out to see me."

Cao Ren scolded loudly from the city tower.

Shangguan Xiao answered on the city tower and said, "General Cao, please wait a moment, I will go and inform the lord." ”

From time to time, Cao Zhang, dressed in armor, led a team of men and horses, accompanied by Shangguan Xiao, in addition to the city gate, went straight across the moat, and led a team of cavalry to stop less than twenty meters away from Cao Ren.

"Nephew Cao Zhang, I've seen my uncle."

Cao Chang immediately saluted respectfully towards Cao Ren.

Cao Ren waved his whip and pointed at Cao Zhang's nose and scolded: "Unfilial son, your father is in the spirit of heaven, I don't know what to think when I see you like this?" ”

"Uncle, do you know your father very well?"

"I have been fighting on the battlefield with your father for many years, I don't know, who knows."

"Hehe, not necessarily! No one in this world knows my father, so let me ask you, uncle, if my father is in my place and knows that his own brother is going to kill him, do you think that my father will sit back and die, or will he fight back? ”

"What did you say, do you mean that Cao Pi is going to do something to you?"

"If he didn't do it to me, how could I do that."

"Where did you hear the rumors?"

"Rumors? I did hear a lot, I received a lot of news, at least six people reminded me that Cao Pi would do something to me, but I didn't care until I received a letter from my mother, and my mother said that his own son was going to kill his own son, do you say that I, my own son, will doubt my mother's words? (To be continued.) )