It was a month after Cao Cao sent his daughter out of the palace that the two imps disappeared. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Although Cao Cao has mastered the movements of the entire imperial palace, those are only those related to the emperor. For the emperor's princes and princesses, no one has ever paid too much attention to them. Because they are just a milky doll, so after the emperor secretly arranged some relevant things in the palace and made corresponding arrangements, Cao Cao naturally could get the information of those princes and princesses, until the conversation between the two little eunuchs in the palace was overheard by Cao Cao, which made him suspicious and carefully interrogated and got the news, he knew that the two little ghosts had been out of the palace for many days.

"Where will they go? Although they have the identity of a prince and princess, they are just two little ghosts? Didn't you get lost while playing in the palace? Cao Cao first suspected this, and he also became nervous, after all, it was a member of the royal family, and the palace was big enough.

"I don't think the emperor should know where they went. Because I found that there was not even the slightest worry on the emperor's face. Regarding Cao Cao's doubts, Jia Xu, who had just learned the information from the palace people, replied quickly.

"Huh? What's going on? Cao Cao was surprised, "The emperor already knows the whereabouts of the prince and the princess?" ”

"It should be so......" Jia Xu nodded heavily.

"Then let's go see Your Majesty......!" Cao Cao's expression became serious, he had already heard from Jia Xu's words that what was happening now was not an accident, but most likely a conspiracy against him.

"It's just that this conspiracy is completely caused by the emperor, and it seems that no one has handled it yet...... Cao Cao thought about it and couldn't help but feel embarrassed: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, do you want me to abolish you?" Cao Cao frowned tightly and strode towards the palace.

Along the way, Cao Cao waved his hand, but he broke into the back of the palace without letting anyone report it. At this moment, His Majesty, who was a puppet emperor, was playing with Cao Cao's daughter for fun. But it was suddenly broken by Cao Cao. The emperor was frightened and annoyed by Cao Cao's recklessness, and his face was naturally inexplicable with anger and fear; And Cao Jie, who was with the emperor, was also terrified because Cao Cao was his father. In her heart, her father was really a strict man. They all sat down in their positions in unison, staring at their stunned and dumb eyes, watching Cao Cao hastily salute themselves, and then asked the two of them questions that they would never have imagined: "Your Majesty, do you know where King Yong and Princess Anping are?" - King Yong is the title of the emperor's eldest son Liu Jun, and Princess Anping is the title of the eldest princess Liu Wen. Although these two honorable titles are not well known in the world.

"These two are just children, do they have anything to offend Duke Wei? Please also ask Duke Wei to take a break from the wrath of the thunder, and I will teach them a lesson. The Emperor glared at his innocent eyes and said with his hands pretending to be ignorant.

"Your Majesty, please don't tease Wei Chen, whether the eldest son of the emperor and the eldest princess are in the palace or not, Your Majesty, you must know. Don't hide it anymore. Cao Cao was not confused by the emperor's innocent expression, and still insisted on his questioning: "Please tell me where the eldest son and the eldest princess are." Where exactly did they go? Asked, Cao Cao's serious face obviously had a slightly hideous expression

"I don't know ......." In the face of Cao Cao's serious threat, the emperor shrank back a little scared, very scared, but still shook his head firmly, and said toughly.

"Really?" Cao Cao knew that the emperor was lying, but because the emperor was the emperor after all, he was not in the mood to continue to threaten, so he slowly straightened himself up and asked coldly.

"This ...... Naturally, it's true......" The emperor shuddered, but still nodded in approval.

"I hope so......" Emperor Cao Cao had no choice but to put down his words coldly.

"When...... And so it is. The emperor shuddered at these words, and reluctantly raised the wine glass in his hand: "Duke Wei has been diligent in state affairs since he came here, and it is really hard." Let's give Wei Gong a drink. As he spoke, he raised the wine glass in his hand and greeted Cao Cao.

"Don't dare, this is what my subordinates should do." Cao Cao took the wine glass in the emperor's hand and drank all the fine wine in it, and then comforted the emperor: "Since Your Majesty really doesn't know about the two little highnesses, then I believe that Weichen will retire." I hope that if Your Majesty remembers it, he will also tell Wechen about the situation first, and Wechen can make arrangements for this. It's not a good thing for the prince and princess to be outside, if it falls into the hands of someone with a heart, I'm afraid that Your Majesty will have the disaster of the young emperor in the past. ”

"Won't it?" The Emperor wanted to say this, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say them anymore. How did the position of this emperor fall to his head, he didn't know. "There is no family affection in royal affairs." He knew that the throne was full of blood, and naturally he valued his right to the throne more, and he didn't want this right to be apportioned, so he tried to challenge the bottom line of this powerful minister Cao Cao again and again. Although he never gained anything, and let his relatives be killed by Cao Cao one by one, the persistence in his heart has never changed. After more than 20 years of life as an emperor, he deeply understood the importance of power. He listened to what Cao Cao said, and couldn't help but think of the situation when Dong Zhuoli abolished his brother, and he was also afraid in his heart, he was worried that some people would also use their sons to do this, and they would set up their own sons and abolish themselves. After all, my grade is already some, and it is not as easy to control as a child.

"It seems that I was wrong in my original thinking. Sending out the one who doesn't know anything is harming himself. Alas......" The emperor sighed in his heart, he saw Cao Cao turn around and was about to leave, and hurriedly called him: "Duke Wei walks slowly, I seem to remember something?" ”

"Oh?" Cao Cao raised his eyebrows as if he was curious when he heard this: "Your Majesty remembers something?" ”

"Well...... It is a little impressive....... But...... That's just one sentence, I don't know what I'm talking about......" The emperor made a look of hard thought and meditation, and after thinking about it for a long time, he reluctantly gave Cao Cao such an answer: "...... When Liu Zhao resigned from His Majesty, he once said to me: 'Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the minister will definitely take care of the young master's ......" - the voice was very subtle, and it was very noisy at the time, and I probably heard this is the meaning. ”

"What......" Cao Cao was really surprised at this time, he couldn't have imagined that the emperor would actually entrust his prince and princess to Liu Zhao and let him take him to Yizhou. Damn it! His face turned iron-blue, and his teeth clenched. It has been almost a month since the arrival of the welcoming procession, and at their speed, they have now arrived in Chang'an, and will soon enter Hanzhong. Due to the long and dangerous journey to Hanzhong, the procession to send relatives will generally speed up into Hanzhong after making repairs in Chang'an. Although this speed is definitely much slower than the pursuers he sent, Cao Cao himself does not dare to guarantee that his pursuers will be able to catch up with him for such a long time.

"Your Majesty, you really got me in a big trouble......" Cao Cao glared at the emperor fiercely, but he even had the heart to pick him up and beat him up, but he still didn't do it after all. At that moment, he just said coldly to the emperor: "Your Majesty, if there is such a thing in the future, you have to tell Weichen as soon as possible, otherwise it will be Your Majesty who will suffer in the end......"

"I understand, I understand. I was really careless in this matter. The emperor gently wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with the corner of the sleeve of the dragon robe, and said resignedly. In the face of Cao Cao's strength, he seems so cowardly, helpless, and cowardly, compared with Cao Cao, it is completely a heaven and a place, but this is also a helpless thing.

"Your Majesty knows that mistakes can be corrected, and it is very good." Cao Cao bowed his hand to comfort the emperor: "Please rest assured that Your Majesty will go for the time being, and the matter here will be handled by Weichen." With that, Cao Cao turned his head and was about to leave.

"Wait, Duke Wei ......" Knowing that something might happen to Cao Cao when he went out, the emperor hurriedly stopped Cao Cao. After all, it is the nature of father and son, and he can't say that he has no feelings for his child at all, so he asked earnestly: "I don't know if Duke Wei can save my child's life if he goes?" ”

"Your Majesty knew that there was today, so why did you bother in the first place? To this question of His Majesty, I can only answer, 'Probably...... 'I can't trade the lives of my soldiers for the survival of a child, everything is left to the destiny of heaven. Cao Cao didn't leave, and a cold voice came from afar.

"Alas......" The emperor was heartbroken and silent.

Cao Cao, who had left the emperor alone, returned to the palace, quickly gathered his generals and advisers, told them the news he had just received from the palace, and then asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think we should do with this matter?" Although they are only two children, it is impossible for them to have much trouble in themselves, but they are the children of the emperor, and the very existence of this identity is enough to make us passive, and I hope that this matter can be solved as soon as possible and as covertly as possible. ”

"Lord, why don't you let me take a military horse to chase them back." Xu Yu shook his head and said angrily.

"The chase is definitely to be chased, but how many soldiers and horses are sent over, and what reason is used to pass, how can it not affect the matter of welcoming relatives. What if things change? What is our ultimate goal? These are all things that we need to consider. Cao Cao nodded and said.

"The lord thinks very ......much," everyone echoed Cao Cao in unison, and then began to discuss this matter.

"The team to greet relatives has been gone for almost a month, and it is definitely not possible to send troops to rush there now. I suggest that the lord do it by two means at the same time, on the one hand, send the tiger and leopard to ride after the welcoming team; On the one hand, he sent people to send the news to Chang'an quickly, and asked Zhong Xuan and Xiahou Yuan, who stayed in Chang'an, to try to see if they could delay the team to send their relatives. Cheng Yu first made such a suggestion. Although he is calm, some quick wisdom can also come out quickly when it comes to critical times. The suggestion was pronounced in a way that made everyone in the hall nod.

"It's right to chase like this, but what if you chase it. That Liu Zhao, what do we do? What about princes and princesses? The Eastern Crusade is imminent, and we must appease Li Sheng before the Eastern Crusade, but now such a thing has happened. What if the procession to send off our relatives is slowed down because of this, and Li Shengjun is dissatisfied with us and thinks that we have a sense of remorse? Jia Xu on the side listened to Cheng Yu's opinion, first nodded in response, and then shook his head and asked such a series of questions.

"What's ...... this?" The people who were asked by Jia Xu suddenly groaned, but they didn't know what to do.

"Wenhe, do you have any plans for this?" Cao Cao knew that Jia Xu was the kind of person who would find a way to solve a problem if he raised it, and he himself was stunned by this messy relationship, so he directly asked Jia Xu if he had a way to solve the problem.

"Liu Zhao? He's a substitute for the dead that I found with the emperor. Although it is a pity that he is a martial artist, but now he must die. Once you catch up with him, just kill him. As for the prince and princess, if they can bring it back, they will bring it back, but it is really not good...... Wenhe, you know what to do. The team of sending relatives can't slow down, let Zihe complete this matter, you take a thousand tigers and leopards to chase after you, kill Liu Zhao on the spot, and then lead the team to Xichuan to take charge of the entire wedding. Of course, this is not the main thing, and further exploration of Li Shengjun's strength is the most important thing. Cao Cao thought for a moment and ordered.

"Well, that's a lot safer." Jia Xu echoed, but raised another question: "But there is a question, I don't know if the lord thinks of it?" ”

"Please Wen He...... "Cao Cao was slightly surprised and asked.

"There must be spies from several other forces in Xuchang. If our army had sent out the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, they would have received similar information. In other words, they will also know the news that the prince and princess left the palace. Sun Quan in Jiangdong and Liu Bei in Huainan, let's not talk about him for the time being, if Li Sheng sends his men and horses to respond, will they fight him or not? If you win, then you naturally have nothing to say, but what if you lose? We always need to have a final goal. Jia Xu added such a possible problem.

"Well, this is a question that we need to think about......" Cao Cao pondered for a long time, and finally raised his head to look at Cao Chun: "Zihe, remember that if there is an irreversible situation, it is extremely necessary to kill the emperor's eldest son." I don't want an emperor to come to the south. ”

"Understood......" Cao Chun nodded heavily, and immediately went to the school to order troops and set off. Because he walked full, he didn't cover it up much, so the commotion was quite large. For a while, everyone in Xuchang City learned such a surprising news, "Duke Wei actually sent a large army to chase after the team of relatives?" ”

"What the hell is going on...... Does Duke Wei want to repent of his marriage? "The spies were speculating like this, and most of them didn't get any further information.

And with more clever means, he stepped under the white clothes of the intelligence network in Xuchang for nearly ten years, but through all aspects of understanding, he got the truth of this matter: "The eldest son and eldest princess in the palace are missing, and they are suspected of hiding in the team to send relatives to Shuzhong, and Cao Cao plans to send troops to pursue them." This is a very important thing, after getting such a message, the spies in white quickly passed the news back. They used carrier pigeons carrying encrypted documents, and they used six-hundred-mile expedited fast feet of the same level as Cao Cao.

This is how it happened, and as the news reached the CD, Li Sheng quickly reacted to it, and a battle for the pursuit and rescue of the family sending team began.

At first, Cao Cao was defeated: when Cao Chun rushed to Chang'an with the thousand tigers and leopards, he was greeted by Xiahou Yuan's helpless expression: "The news came too late. Liu Zhao and the others have already passed martial arts and Hanxing, and are approaching Chencang. I can't get the news on before they get to Chencang. So it's up to you to pursue. Liu Zhao's team was much faster than expected, and he seemed to have known that this matter would be discovered by the lord, so he didn't stay in Chang'an for too long. ”

"Well, it seems that this guy is quite knowledgeable." Cao Chun glanced at the southwest with resentment, and glanced at the direction of Liu Zhao's "escape", but there was no way to say to Xiahou Yuan: "Then ask General Xiahou to prepare two thousand war horses and one thousand dry food for ten days for me." I'm going to let our sons rest for half a day before we set off. ”

"No problem." Xiahou Yuan made a package ticket for this: "I will give you two thousand war horses from our army." But after you finish this matter, you have to make a statement to the lord and take me to the south. Keeping me in this place all the time makes me suffocate me......" Xiahou Yuan pouted dissatisfiedly.

"I'll talk about it." Cao Chun nodded and agreed a little tiredly. He was already very tired, and rushed here directly from Xuchang, and the thousand of them were eating and sleeping right away. Although he could continue to endure like this for a few days, Cao Chun knew that if he continued like this, he would be able to catch up with Liu Zhao and them in time, and he would definitely not have the strength to fight. "It has to be trimmed a little." For this reason, he would agree to rest in Chang'an for half a day.

originally thought that things here could pass smoothly like this, but I never thought that in this seemingly stable Chang'an City, something annoying and suspicious happened-when Cao Chun and his men finished resting and were about to lead the military horses to pursue again, they suddenly got the news that Xiahou Yuan was full of apologies: all the war horses that were originally prepared could not be used, because someone put a large amount of croton in the forage of the manger, causing the prepared war horses to be collectively strained.

"Huh? What did you say? How can this happen? This is Chang'an! Cao Chun's eyes widened in disbelief. In his opinion, there is no difference between Chang'an and Xuchang, both of which are their own mainland. If there is this kind of thing in Chang'an, let hostile elements sneak into the military horse and poison their own military horses, then Xuchang when he comes may not be much safer than Chang'an.

"I know, this is indeed my negligence......" Xiahou Yuan lowered his head sadly, but he didn't feel at all that this was Cao Chun, whose official position was far lower than his own, questioning him.

"Alas......" Cao Chun sighed, but said no more. Xiahou Yuan didn't care about this, but he himself was keenly aware of his mistake, and he didn't mention the matter at the moment, but just asked, "In this case, how much time do we have to wait?" ”

"Two hours......" Xiahou Yuan spread his hands helplessly.

"Isn't that another ...... afternoon?" Cao Chun was stunned, but he didn't have anything to do about it.

"If I catch this despicable man, I'll break him to pieces." Xiahou Yuan left quickly, and as he was leaving, the roar of resentment turned into a distant echo that echoed in the hall where Cao Chun was. When something like this happened, it was no wonder he was annoyed. Of course, he didn't know who made it. So far, he has not been able to find the culprit of everything.

Chang'an jumped up because of this, and it was on Chencang Road, hundreds of miles away from Chang'an. Liu Zhao encountered a man dressed in white with an indifferent expression blocking the way. Actually, it's not a roadblock. Because although he was standing in the middle of the road, he clearly said that he wanted to see General Liu Zhao, and he was an inexplicable seeker.

For such an inexplicable person, Liu Zhao wanted to ignore him, but he said a sentence coldly, but Liu Zhao had to stop moving forward. "Does the general want to complete the task assigned by His Majesty and send the prince and princess to Shuzhong?"

"How do you know about this?" Liu Zhao immediately unsheathed his sword, and together with the personal soldiers around him, they all drew their swords and drew their swords, looking like the current appearance of a great enemy. Liu Zhao himself knew about this task, and most of the people around him knew about it, but they all understood that this was a secret thing done by Cao Cao, although it was a loyal act, it was also very dangerous. They didn't dare to tell anyone else about it, thinking that they were doing it secretly, but they didn't want to be called out today. "This is going to lose your head...... "Most of them didn't want to, so they put on a desperate posture.

In the face of everyone's hostile gaze, the people who were surrounded gently glanced at the weapons in everyone's hands, the corners of their mouths twitched slightly, but the taste of disdain was very strong: "If I had malicious intentions towards you, would I still come here to ask to see you?" It's better to put all your weapons away. At least we are not enemies. If you are entangled with me here, I am afraid that if you wait, the tiger and leopard will catch up. ”

"What ......? Haw Par Ride? Hearing the man in white say this, Liu Zhao's pupils couldn't help shrinking, but a wave of worry and surprise was revealed in it. How do you know? Aren't you Cao Cao's spy? Liu Zhao looked a little nervous.

"I'm Cao Cao's spy?" The corners of the man's mouth turned up slightly, and a mocking smile appeared on his face: "You guys have a little brain, okay?" Will Cao Cao's spies tell you the news? ”

"Then maybe you have some conspiracy." Liu Zhao really believed the man's words a little, but he still refused to give in.

"There's not that conspiracy." The man in white shook his head calmly and said, "I can't tell you who I am, because our organization is disciplined. You just need to know that I'm the one you're going to. The man in white smiled faintly, and his face was full of lightness.

"Are you from Shuhou?" Liu Zhao was slightly stunned, and was a little incredulous: "If this is true, doesn't it mean that the whole world knows that there are princes and princesses in my team?" ”

"Do you still think this is such a confidential thing? Now it's known to the whole world. Cao Cao sent tiger and leopard cavalry to pursue you behind, and it was impossible for him to let you and the prince and princess you brought with you reach Shuzhong safely. If he could, he even planned to kill you directly on the road. You, the prince, the princess, and even the guards around you could die here with the guilt of dishonor. The man in white said solemnly.

......As soon as these words came out, the audience was filled with gasps, and the blow of dying on the charge of dishonor seemed too big for them.

"How so? We are all loyal to the emperor. The soldiers were talking.

"Loyal to the emperor? Don't you know that the news that your prince and princess are in your army was told to Cao Cao by the emperor? Under Cao Cao's coercion, the emperor has put all the blame on you. The man in white coldly spat out the news.

"Ah......" is really chilling, and everyone doesn't want to believe it, "This is really ......"

"That's it!" Just when everyone was unstable, Liu Zhao shouted coldly: "Don't talk about it." This is going to happen, I thought about it at the beginning. Our strength is not as good as Cao Cao's, and if we want to add to the crime, why should we be speechless? As long as we are worthy of this big man, we are worthy of our own hearts. His cold words woke up those who were confused. Everyone slowly calmed down, looked at him and asked the man in white: "I don't know what advice this gentleman has for me?" If I can get out of the great trouble today, I will surely remember the virtue of my husband in my heart in the future. ”

"Don't you dare? I was only instructed to convey my father-in-law's arrangement. The man in white said with a smile: "My lord asked you to pass through Chencang City quickly, not directly to Nanzheng, but to a valley in the south of the city, where my lord has sent a partial general Ma Dai to lead 3,000 people to meet you." You can rest there and go to Nanzheng under the escort of General Ma Dai. ”

"Thank you, sir." When Liu Zhao heard this, his heart was relieved, and he relaxed a little. Of course, he still had doubts: "What if the tiger and leopard ride overnight?" They're much faster than we are. ”

"Don't worry, I'll find a way to delay their pursuit as much as possible." The man in white said confidently: "If it is a battlefield duel, we may not be able to show our means, but outside the battlefield, we are first-class." ”

"...... we?" Liu Zhao was slightly stunned, and then thought that this man in white was definitely not here alone.

The team increased its speed slightly, which made the wagon behind tremble greatly. The violent shaking caused Cao Hua's dissatisfaction, and she sent someone to ask the reason. But under Liu Zhao's nonsense, he got a news that seemed to be unreasonable: "There are rumors that there are large-scale bandits in this area, in order to avoid those troublesome things, we have to speed up the march and quickly pass through Chencang." ”

"Is that so?" Cao Hua didn't know the truth of the situation, but he had to grit his teeth and endure it.

As the sparkling carriages and horses passed by, they disappeared into the distance to the south, and the road returned to its original calm. However, this calm did not last long. A scream sounded, and several figures dressed very similarly to the white-clothed man who was talking to Liu Zhao appeared on the top of the high mountain cliff, and they all drew out with their hands the meaning they understood each other - everything was ready, and the next thing to wait for should be the arrival of the tiger and leopard rider.

Thinking of this, there was always a faint smile on the face of the man in white: "This may be the second battle between us and the tiger and leopard rider......"