Chapter 343: Being Clever and Being Mistaken by Being Smart (Part II)

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Qin Xu and Guo Jia probably wouldn't have thought that they would have such an unexpected gain in response to Dong Cheng's crooked move against Qin's personal grudges, intending to stir up the water more and "straighten the spearhead" at Kong Rong, who had already escaped, and Cao Cao, who seemed to have a disagreement with Zhang Min and Yu Fang.

And because Qin Xu was attacked before the Son of Heaven was about to greet him with a demotion ceremony, Dong Cheng's words made the courtiers seem to have finally found a breakthrough to vent their emotions, and one by one they were condemning Qin Xu's dereliction of duty and scolding the thief's boldness, but the actual intentions can be seen by fools.

Dong Cheng saw Cao Cao's frowning, and the sneer on the corner of his mouth became thicker and thicker. In contrast, a so-called theft of the jade seal of the country is just a matter of empty white teeth and nonsense by Yuan Shu's advisers, Dong Cheng is of course more inclined to take advantage of the opportunity to suppress Cao Cao's power by appearing to the gods and Buddhas of unknown roads, so as to make it difficult to see if he can use this matter to regain from Cao Cao's hands the same as when he was in Chang'an, even if it is only a part of the right to speak in the court.

"The intention of the princes in the court, the attack on people from Qingzhou is all because of Cao's fault?" Cao Cao squinted his eyes and said coldly.

What kind of person Cao Cao is, as soon as Dong Cheng's words came out, Cao Cao saw through Dong Cheng's intentions, not to mention that the courtiers led by Dong Cheng were almost pointing at their noses and scolding. Originally, Cao Cao still had some respect for these so-called "important ministers of the country". After all, Cao Cao just wanted to be the Duke of Zhou, not Wang Mang. These people are not hindered in the overall situation, and Cao Cao is too lazy to pay attention to them. But he didn't expect that he Cao someone would not provoke these people. But they can't help this group of important ministers of the court who were panicked like lost dogs in Chang'an, but they are really contaminated with the habits of dogs, and they bite whoever they catch!

"This ......" Seeing Cao Cao's cold eyes, he suddenly made the courtiers who had just looked indignant collectively bow their heads. The gods are fighting, and it is naturally okay for these people to wave their flags and shout on the side, but if they really want to face each other, to be honest, these important ministers who can survive under the strong pressure of the Xiliang soldiers so far. I really don't have the guts. A few bold ones only raised their heads slightly, looking at Dong Cheng as if asking for help out of the corner of their eyes. I didn't dare to make a sound, lest Cao Cao target the whole family unlucky.

"Marquis Wuping is so powerful in front of the Son of Heaven!" Dong Cheng showed a faint sneer, but said in a heartfelt manner: "The princes are just talking about things, and the Son of Heaven is still silent." Could it be that Marquis Wu Pinghou thinks that he is more noble than the Son of Heaven? ”

Minister! Minister! In front of the Son of Heaven, he reprimanded the important ministers of the country. Cao Cao is not a minister, who is still? Dong Cheng didn't even call Cao Cao an official position at this time, and directly called him a knighthood with a pale face. In fact, this is also Dong Cheng's cleverness. In terms of official position, Cao Cao is the general of the cavalry, and the official qualification of Yanzhou Mu is more than three ranks higher than Dong Cheng's general of the chariot cavalry, and he is a real power faction, according to the customary rules among the officials of the Han Dynasty, Dong Cheng scolded Cao Cao in this capacity and could be detained as a prisoner. But the title is different, unless Cao Cao wants to learn Yuan Shu's breakfast. Otherwise, the two of them are both marquises, and Dong Cheng also has the title of uncle of the country. At best, it can only be regarded as a dispute between colleagues to correct mistakes.

"Humph! Ha ha! Dong Cheqi is right. Let this matter disturb Your Majesty, it is indeed Cao's fault! Cao Cao stared at Dong Cheng for a long time, the coldness in his eyes was enough to kill people, just when Dong Cheng couldn't help but want to make another difficulty, Cao Cao was the previous ruthless color approached, as if he humbly listened to Dong Cheng's correction, and generously took all the responsibility, and even smiled heartily at Dong Cheng, Chong Liu Xie, who had never interjected on the side, and couldn't guess what was thinking, bowed and saluted, and said: "Your Majesty, Wuting Hou Xuzhou assassinated Shi Qin outside Xuchang City this time, and Cao Cao is indeed guilty of failing to clear the thief!" It's just that according to the subordinates of the ministers who traveled with Na Qin, the thieves are all cavalry, with armor, and there is quite a rule between attack and defense, and they are extremely brave, so that even the elite of Qingzhou was taken advantage of by the thieves under the first contact. The minister asked, where can a thief have such riding skills? So equipped? Such combat power? ”

"What does Wu Pinghou mean is that this thief may have been pretended to be by my Han regular army?" When Dong Cheng heard Cao Cao say this, a bit of unconcealable ecstasy flashed in his eyes. Regular? The so-called regular army near Xuchang can haunt Xuchang unnoticed, and there can be formed cavalry, in addition to your old Cao's command, where is there a second one? You Cao Cao has always been unable to tolerate others, and when you say this by yourself, isn't it just lifting a stone to shoot yourself in the foot?

"Not bad! The elite of Qingzhou soldiers and horses, Cao can be regarded as having seen it! How could an ordinary army be able to easily break through its defenses? Even in the case of a raid. Cao Cao did not shy away from saying that he had fought against Qingzhou and was beaten to the ground, as if he was talking about other family affairs at the moment, and there was no psychological pressure at all.

"Ha, it's ridiculous for Marquis Wu Pinghou to speak! At this time, you can still discuss the combat strength of the soldiers between you and Lu Bu without blushing or panting! Do you think what you're doing is so seamless that no one knows? Dong Cheng's excited hands trembled involuntarily. Now in Dong Cheng's opinion, it doesn't matter if the felony was robbed and Qin Xu was seriously injured, not to mention that Yuan Shu was not dead, this rumor was just the words of a strategist under his command who was greedy for life and afraid of death in order to survive, and the credibility was really low. The development of this matter to the current stage has greatly exceeded Dong Cheng's expectations. Others don't know, but Dong Cheng learned something different by chance.

Dong Cheng has a military position, although Xuchang is currently controlled by Cao Cao, but on the surface, Dong Cheng can still counsel some military aircraft, which is also Cao Cao's generosity. But Dong Cheng didn't appreciate Cao Cao's affection. Out of vigilance against Cao Cao, the investigation of some news is really sensitive. Some time ago, Dong Cheng accidentally got the news that there had been a transfer of troops and horses in Yanzhou in the direction of Linzi. Originally, Dong Cheng was unimpressed, after all, although it was said that the two states of Qingyan were allies, and there was the Son of Heaven in Xuchang, they couldn't fight when they were idle, but the two forces were wary of each other. But it was a necessary thing, although this kind of mobilization of soldiers and horses was very weird, but Dong Cheng didn't take it to heart at that time. It's just that this soldier who didn't receive the armor may be Cao Cao's deliberate arrangement. But now it seems that the two people who inadvertently revealed the news to him at that time were so consistent with Zhang Min and Yu Fang, the leaders of the so-called rebel army who were arrested outside Linzi City, Qingzhou, in terms of time and place?

In fact, whether this news is really as Dong Cheng "guessed" is not important to Dong Cheng at all. But what Cao Cao just said was self-restraint. But it gave Dong Cheng great confidence. Dong Cheng, who has not seen Cao Cao's fangs, naturally habitually regards Cao Cao as a thief like Dong Zhuo and Li Guo.

Dong Cheng was there when Dong Zhuo was in chaos, but Dong Zhuo was Dong Cheng's relative. In these years, the relatives are more reliable than anyone else, and they are both prosperous and lossy, so Dong Cheng is mixed; When Li Dao, Guo Yan and other Western Liang soldiers occupied Chang'an, Dong Cheng was also there. But these were originally Dong Zhuo's old subordinates. Although Dong Zhuo has died, after all, the love is still there, and Dong Cheng is still needed to reconcile his relationship with the court and the Son of Heaven, so it is not too difficult for Dong Cheng. Therefore, Dong Cheng, who has experienced several ups and downs, now embodies the appearance of a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty everywhere, and in front of Cao Cao, who has just taken the initiative to thank and ask for sin, his self-confidence is really unprecedentedly inflated.

"What did Cao do? Haha, Cao has done a lot of things. I just don't know which one Dong Cheqi is talking about? I hope to give me advice! The smile on Cao Cao's face grew thicker, as if he was joking with his friends. But if Cao Cao's subordinates saw it, they would be dark, and their own lord was going to kill someone.

"You know what you do!" To be honest, Dong Cheng was actually unsure about the authenticity of the news, and just wanted to use this to "point" Cao Cao. The meaning of Dong Cheng's words is very clear, that is, he wants to tell Cao Cao that you already know all the you have, and you can get along quickly and softly, otherwise it will not be easy to get along with in the future.

"Humph! What is the danger of adding to the sin? Since Dong Cheqi said this, there is something I want to ask! Dong Cheng has been calling Cao Cao the title, but Cao Cao also insists on calling Dong Cheng's official position, and he heard the ill-intentioned words in Dong Cheng's words and the words that seem to want to fight with him. Cao Cao looked around at almost all the important ministers of the Han court, sighed coldly in his heart, Dong Cheng really killed himself, the smile on his face became thicker and stronger, and asked Dong Cheng: "A certain Guan Dong Che Cavalry seems to know the origin of this thief cavalry?" ”

"Humph! Cao Mengde, don't you think that the eyes of the princes of Gon and my Han Shengtianzi are all three-year-old children? Dong Cheng only thought that Cao Cao had realized that he had just said the wrong thing, and this was a "remedy" with land and no land, and at that moment he had a sneer on his face, and said: "Don't say it's Dong, everyone has seen through some people's wolf ambitions!" ”

"That's great!" Cao Cao glanced at the noncommittal Son of Heaven, as well as a group of important ministers of the Han court who were already faintly headed by Dong Cheng, and said slowly: "Speaking of which, Cao is actually also a bitter master, and the eldest son of a certain son, Ang, was also attacked by thieves this time. Since Dong Cheqi knows where the thief is coming, please tell me in detail, and make arrangements in advance to ask for justice for Qin Xu and Qin Zhongming, who were assassinated this time! ”

"Huh? This...... Actually......" Dong Cheng was secretly taken aback when he looked at Cao Cao's aggressive appearance, he always felt that there seemed to be something omission, but he was disturbed by the ecstasy brought about by Cao Cao's words that seemed to expose his heels, and he didn't think about it, and this time he remembered that Cao Cao's eldest son was also in the team of Qingzhou to Xuchang to sacrifice prisoners? Tiger poison does not eat children, let alone the eldest son, Cao someone's rhetoric on this point alone is enough to be invincible!

"Actually, Dong Cheqi doesn't know where these people are coming from, right?" Cao Cao's face showed a strange smile, and his arm waved behind a group of important ministers of the Han court, and immediately a Cao soldier handed over the package in his hand, the corners of Cao Cao's mouth were slightly hooked, and he slowly opened it in front of everyone, and took the things inside to everyone and said: "This is the evidence that my son Cao Ang ordered someone to send back quickly, this is my son 'personally' torn off from a thief cavalry who escaped, I don't know if you have any impressions?" ”

"Shhh...... This...... The texture of this fabric is so special, where do you seem to have seen it? ”

"How is that possible...... How could it be them? ”

"This ...... This is the cavalry waist card of the Xiliang Army! The old man will recognize him even if he turns to ashes! ”

As soon as the things in the package appeared, the sounds of surprise, exclamation, and exclamation suddenly filled the court civil and military high-ranking officials and important ministers of the court with more than 100 people.

Can you not recognize? The "pillars" of the Han court here are full of calculations, but they have stayed for nearly five years under the obscenity of the person who owns this waist card and the fragments of clothes!

"Dong Che ride! Master Dong! Uncle Dong Guo! Didn't you know where this group of thieves who dared to attack my high-ranking officials outside Xuchang City came from? Don't you know why they broke through a very well-defended army? Let's tell everyone! Cao Cao's voice was filled with an icy chill.

"I ......" was originally from the Xiliang Army, and even after the defeat of the Xiliang Army, Dong Cheng, who still had a good relationship with the lieutenant general of the Xiliang Army, found that he seemed to have fallen into a trap inexplicably.

Dong Cheng was stunned by this sudden appearance, and he didn't know what to say for a while, but the eyes of the important ministers of the court who were faintly headed by him just now had already changed a little...... (To be continued......)