As soon as the day dawned, the news of Liu Xie's assassination spread, and the city of Xuchang became a mess. The people who can survive in this war-torn year, who have lived by the side of this Son of Heaven for a long time, are not fuel-efficient lamps, especially some people who followed the Son of Heaven from Luoyang to Chang'an, and then came to Xuchang, almost every day can hear the "news" of how the courtiers and Cao Cao pinched, under the influence of the ears and eyes, the political sensitivity is by no means comparable to ordinary people, even ordinary peddlers and pawns, maybe in their spare time, can also make two paragraphs of court secrets that I don't know where to hear my own blind thoughts. Therefore, it is also very sensitive to the perception of danger.

What will be the deeper impact of the death of the Son of Heaven on the Han Dynasty, which lasted for 400 years, many people may not think about it at all. But many people know that the relationship between the emperor of the Han Dynasty and the courtiers and Cao Cao, the real lord of Xuchang, is actually not very harmonious, or there would not have been something similar to the bloody night in Xuchang when Cao Cao went to Hebei some time ago. Therefore, when the rumors of Cao Cao leading troops into the palace to kill the monarch spread with nose and eyes, although it sounded absurd at first glance, many people saw thousands of Cao army elites withdraw from the palace city, and some people said it as if they had seen it in person, plus it was close to the root of the palace, and the sound of more than 1,000 soldiers and horses being mobilized last night was also confirmed.

To be honest, it doesn't matter who the Son of Heaven died at. Liu Xie, the young son of heaven who was put on the throne by Dong Zhuo at the beginning, has no kindness to the people of Xuchang who were strictly controlled by Cao Cao. It's just that the Son of Heaven is the Son of Heaven after all. Just hanging up in such a mess is a big trouble after all. Cao Cao's policy of serving the Son of Heaven is not a top secret. There are a lot of people in the market who know about it, and it is just a tool of public opinion to block the thorns of the ministers in the DPRK and China, and to give an explanation to the Han clan relatives all over the world. But now that the Son of Heaven has been assassinated, coupled with the courtiers who fell to Cao some time ago, they were shocked by the tiger and leopard riding and killing people, and the two focuses gathered together, not to mention what attitude Cao Cao would have. At the very least, Liu Yan of Yizhou, Liu Biao of Jingzhou, and maybe Liu Bei of Youzhou, this big gang of old brands. or the self-proclaimed Han clan relatives, they can't say that they have to come to ask for an explanation. If this is the case, it means Jingxiang, Sichuan, Shu, Hebei, and perhaps Yongliang, who has the best attitude. On a large scale. It has surrounded the land of the five states controlled by Cao Cao. That's not counting the attitude of the old neighbor and the old ally Lu Bu.

Xuchang is located in the southwest of Yuzhou, Jingxiang Liu Biao is known as the Han clan of the Han family, which is as many as dogs, and the closest branch to the Guangwu bloodline. And when the Spirit Emperor died, he was the one who was most likely to rely on blood to obtain the throne. Before, Dong Zhuoli Liu Xie, Yuan Shao wanted to set up another Liu Yu, nothing happened to him, in fact, this old brother had already held his stomach, if he knew the news of the murder of the Son of Heaven this time. As the royal prince closest to Xuchang, this old brother doesn't immediately find a reason to avenge the Son of Heaven or appease hundreds of officials. Wave your troops to kill?

And Liu Yan, who is in line with Cao Cao's forces in the west of Yongliang, although he is also old, but ten years ago, he chose to go there to retire because a warlock said that the land of Sichuan and Shu had the spirit of the son of heaven, and his intentions have long been revealed. Liu Yan, who also missed two great opportunities like Liu Biao, can now justifiably get the opportunity to get the coveted thing, and it is strange that he can continue to remain silent. If you can beat the old capital of Chang'an, which is close at hand, and Liu Biao, whose target is only in Xuchang, you can't say that you can also increase your chances of winning because of the geographical advantage.

As for Liu Bei, who has always been a relative of the Han family, but has always been depressed, he has to sigh from time to time for Liu Bei, who is a hero and has no use of force. To be honest, I have long been full of depression about the hardships in Youzhou, and when there was a stir in Hebei, I couldn't wait to come out and jump, but Gongsun Zhan, who was hidden deeper, put it together, exposing his strength, not to mention, and now his identity in Youzhou is becoming more and more embarrassing. Now that there is such a place where you can get rid of embarrassment, and you can also have a great opportunity to rub oil, even if you are in the fire, there is enough temptation. After all, the traces of Cao Cao's rise are in front of him, but at that time, the protagonist is now very likely to change roles, and Liu Bei, the little shrimp at that time, now has the strength and qualifications to fight. If you don't seize this rare opportunity, Liu Bei will not be Liu Bei.

If these three families alone have a common purpose and fight Cao Cao's forces because of this incident, although they occupy the advantages of the five states and have strong strength, Cao Cao has to consider whether he can start a war on three sides. On the other hand, what Cao Cao had to consider was the attitude of Lu Bu, who was injured in Hebei and returned to Qingzhou halfway. Lu Bu occupies the three prefectures of Qing, Xu, and Yang, and fully borders the two prefectures of Yan and Henan controlled by Cao Cao, and there is no danger to defend, Cao Cao does not dare to guarantee that if he does not serve Lu Bu, the uncle who has been constantly rubbing with himself since the beginning of his rise, will be able to remain calm when all the heroes in the world want to get rid of him Cao Cao and then hurry up. After all, Qingzhou Zhizhi, Lu Bu's base camp Linzi, and Xiapi, which has hoarded an army of 20,000 elite Qingzhou soldiers, all border Yuzhou, and are no more than five hundred miles away from Xuchang.

The situation is already very clear, and anyone with a little insight can think of what kind of situation Cao Jun's forces will face next if they don't handle this matter of the Son of Heaven well. At that time, the chaos will be fought and conquered, and the people who will suffer in the end are not all unarmed ordinary people? Therefore, just as soon as the news of the assassination and death of the Son of Heaven was deliberately spread, Xuchang City was already in chaos.

However, fortunately, after the death of his predecessor Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kong Ling, Xuchang was also operated by Cao Cao for several years, with Cao Cao's wrist and the intentions of his subordinates, plus the selection of Xuchang as the companion capital that can be controlled by Cao Cao at the beginning, Cao Jun's reaction was still very fast.

Closing the four gates, enforcing martial law, and entering a state of combat readiness These conventional means are carried out in an orderly manner, because there is no direct evidence to prove whether it has not yet been verified whether it is not yet found out whether it has not been found so far, and Yuan Shang and Fu Zhi, who were left in the palace by the Son of Heaven, Cao Cao ordered the mobilization of heavy troops to strictly guard against the various gates of Xuchang, and before the results of the investigation came out, no one was allowed to go out of Xuchang for half a step, which made the atmosphere of panic in Xuchang City become more and more intense.

Although the issuance of such a warrant is a very effective means to block the news of the assassination of the Son of Heaven, in this way, in Xuchang City, especially some wealthy families who plan to flee the war after hearing the news, the merchants who come and go will be unlucky. A large group of people were blocked at the city gate, including many businessmen with the background of courtiers in the city, relying on their own background to theorize with the city gate soldiers. In the past, when Cao Cao tried to temporarily ease the relationship with the courtiers, maybe this trick still worked, but now there is a bird appearing, in exchange for the cold eyes of the soldiers and the closer and closer blades in their hands. In only an hour or two, the heads of several people were already hanging on the walls of each gate.

Cao Cao is really moving! This is the idea that the courtiers and the Xuchang family who are hiding behind their backs and are trying to test Cao Cao's reaction have the same idea in their hearts. In just over an hour, these many heads completely showed Cao Cao's attitude. This thunderbolt-like method really made everyone lose their voices in a short period of time. At least the courtiers and officials led by Dong Cheng, and the spies of various forces in Xuchang City, surprisingly maintained a unanimous silence.

"Sir, I didn't expect Cao Cao's control over Xuchang to be so terrifying. With an order, all sources of information in Xuchang were cut off, and an order was issued that no one was allowed to leave the city, but there was no opposition. I'm afraid you and I are really going to be trapped in Xuchang City. Mixed in the crowd, a young man dressed as an ordinary person was whispering to the richly dressed old man beside him. If you let the chamberlain beside Cao Cao who inexplicably went to see the king of Hades to come and see, I can't say that I would really recognize that these two people are the two people who directly caused him to be in a different place on the surface.

"There are many people here, and the son is silent! Don't let anyone see who we are. Let's find a place to wait and see what happens. Frustrated and casually looked around, he said. I didn't expect that I would really be able to come out of Miyagi. The original plan was that if it came true, he would use his example as bait to attract the attention of Kai Cao Jun, so that Yuan Shang, who was already a face, would take advantage of the chaos to escape from the palace as a palace man, go to find the old minister Xu You, and borrow the power of the Mi family business to go to Linzi to find his old friend Tian Feng and plan freely. But who would have expected that the will of heaven was unpredictable, who knew that the Son of Heaven actually did them a great favor before he died, led most of the Cao army soldiers away, and was "helped" by Cao Jun's heralds, and took away most of the palace guards, giving the two of them a chance, and after coming out, they escaped with their lives because of Xu Huang's compassion. If it weren't for the whole process of martial law now, searching for the whereabouts of the two of them, it would be impossible to say that even a person with such a temperament would ask the old man to talk about juvenile madness, drink a few words of good luck and go away.

"Yes! Yes, sir! Yuan Shang responded to the admonition of frustration. Because he saw with his own eyes the ruthless methods and temperament of Fu Zhu, since he came out of the palace, Yuan Shang seemed to have a little more fear in his bones for what Fu Zhu said, and in the end, even the dress of the two of them was changed from the son and old servant proposed by Fu Zhu at the beginning to the old man and the scholar. didn't think about this change of costume, but the two of them avoided several street checks, which can be regarded as lucky. (To be continued......)