Chapter 996: Cao Cao's Imitation
After leaving the Goshawk Guard's camp, Cao Cao and the three of them, under the sole protection of Dian Wei, walked into a hidden valley from the western side of the Beibi Mountain Range.
"Your Majesty, why are we here......"
Guo Jia looked at this familiar valley and was a little puzzled.
This valley is not big, but it is very mysterious, and Guo Jia is no stranger to this place at all, because this is the camp of the ghost pawn, and he personally selected the place and let people build it, which is the most mysterious and the most cold and dark place in the Great Wei Dynasty.
"Come here to meet someone, and then discuss one thing with Jia Xu!" Cao Cao's eyes were cold: "You also need to know things!" ”
"Weichen Jia Xu, see Your Majesty!"
Jia Xu wore a robe, walked out of the valley, and bowed to Cao Cao to greet him.
"I'm here in plainclothes today, I just don't want people to know, you don't need to be polite, I'm here to see if Fang Shi has any tricks?" Cao Cao asked as he walked in.
"Your Majesty, his mouth is very hard, any punishment in our ghost pawn place has made him survive hard, this person's determination is really rare!" Jia Xu said with a wry smile.
There are seven major tortures of ghost pawns, which are called the seven ghost punishments by people outside, and in the Great Wei Dynasty or Jinyi Guard, they change color when they hear the wind.
But the hard bone of Fangshi has resisted stubbornly.
"Hehe, he's tenacious enough, you take me to meet him, I really want to see how strong his will is?"
Cao Cao's face was expressionless, and he said coldly.
"No!"
Jia Xu led the three of them along the narrow passages of several caves in the valley and walked into a dungeon in the valley, which was damp and cold, full of gloomy atmosphere.
In one of the most rigid cells, a young man was tied to a horizontal frame. There is not an inch of skin intact on his body, the nails of his ten fingers have been pulled out, and he is bloody, and he has been tortured by ghosts one by one.
"Fangshi?"
"This is the Eagle Yang Hall Master?"
Guo Jia and Xun Yu looked at this young man with a little surprise, they all knew this young man. This is one of the surrender factions when the Jin is destroyed everywhere.
After Ying Yangwei surrendered to the Wei Dynasty, it was set up as the Eagle Yang Hall, Fang Shi is the master of the Eagle Yang Hall, and it is also one of the flags that Cao Cao used to check and balance Jia Xu, and he has a small reputation in the court.
"Your Majesty, you are here, please forgive Fang Mou's current state, I can't salute you!" Fang Shi looked up in his dying. A pair of eyes are as bright as ever.
"Fang Shi, do you know, since you joined the Great Wei, I have valued you very much, and have always wanted to train you to be in charge of the ghost pawn banner, but I really didn't expect that you were actually the secret son of Jinyiwei, if it weren't for you to get in the way this time. Intercept the news, I'm afraid I won't let Sun Zhongmou almost be captured! ”
Cao Cao gritted his teeth. His expression was cold: "Are you worthy of my trust?" ”
If it weren't for Fang Shi using his power to cut off the intelligence network of the ghost pawn and disturb Jia Xu's judgment, he would not have let Sun Quan kill Luo Yang before he realized it, and Cao Cao hated Fang Shi for shares.
"He's actually a brocade guard?"
"What a terrible brocade shadow, I didn't expect him to hide it so well in front of us!"
Guo Jia and Xun Yu gasped when they heard this.
"Your Majesty. My Shi is originally a Wu person, why should I be worthy of Cao Wei, I just need to be worthy of Jinyiwei! Fang Shi said lightly: "If Your Majesty is merciful, would it be good to give someone a good time?" ”
In the first battle of Luoyang, Fang Shi was too greedy. If he got out early, he would still have a chance to save his life, but he was bent on helping Wu Jun break through the city, dancing in the tip of the knife, after all, he didn't be able to carry Wu Jun into the city, and he had already fallen into Jia Xu.
was captured by Jia Xusheng, and now he has no hope of life and death.
"If you tell me the identity of the mouse, I will give you a good time!" Cao Cao looked at the scars on his body and said in a deep voice.
"Huh!"
Fang Shi smiled: "Your Majesty, my Fang Shi will die sooner or later, so why should I be sorry for Jinyiwei again?" ”
"Maybe you can live!"
Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, the dialogue was a kind of heart-to-heart confrontation, Fang Shi's current state of mind was very calm, making him a little difficult to figure out, but he believed that no one did not want to live: "I don't necessarily have to be your life!" ”
"Your Majesty will let someone, the shadow son of the brocade guard, live?"
Fang Shi's eyes crossed with a faint light.
"I have always valued talents, and you Fang Shi can be regarded as a talent, although you are from Jinyiwei, but if you are willing to invest in Dawei both physically and mentally, I don't mind!"
The corners of Cao Cao's mouth raised a smile slightly, and he guided him step by step.
"Your Majesty still dare to believe me?" Fang Shi was a little surprised: "This flattered Fang someone!" ”
"Why not?"
Cao Cao was cold, and there was a fearless path in his words: "As long as you can show that you are from the Centripetal Great Wei, I will dare to use you!" ”
"Your Majesty is really courageous, but I'm afraid there are conditions, right?" Ashlar Road.
"That's right, you're a Jinyi guard, if you want me to believe in you, you have to take some practical action, my requirements are very simple, as long as you can find the little mouse who has been hiding by my side, you can wash away all the previous things, I am not to blame for the past, you can be restored!"
Cao Cao smiled slightly, his eyes seemed to see through Fang Shi's heart, and said: "Fang Shi, people are seeking to survive rather than die, Jinyiwei has completely given up on you now, they can't save you, if you want to live, you can only rely on Da Wei and rely on my trust!" ”
"I don't know who the mouse is because I've never seen him!"
Hearing this, Fang Shi was silent for a while, and a touch of will to survive exploded in his eyes, and he added: "What I know is that his name was Luo Tong before, but now, he should be surnamed Cao, and he is a clansman above the genealogy of the Cao family!" ”
"Nonsense!"
When Guo Jia heard this, he immediately snorted coldly: "The Cao family is a member of the Great Wei royal family, and the sons of the Cao family are all loyal and courageous, how can they be traitors, I didn't expect you to sow discord before you died!" ”
"Believe it or not, whatever you want!"
Fang Shi gritted his teeth and said indifferently.
"Wenhe, let him take him down, and then entertain him, and he doesn't have to be tortured after healing his injuries. Waiting for my order, whether to kill or stay, I need to think about it! ”
Cao Cao's eyes flickered, and his thoughts were silent for a while before he said in a deep voice.
"No!"
Jia Xu nodded, and then beckoned a few ghost soldiers outside. Let them loosen the ashlar and take it down to recuperate.
"Your Majesty, do you believe him?" Guo Jia's eyes were puzzled.
"Your Majesty, Jinyiwei can't believe it!" Xun Yu also said.
"Wenhe, what do you think?" Cao Cao turned his head and looked at Jia Xu.
"Half and half!"
Jia Xu thought for a while and said, "I don't believe that he can become a shadow of brocade." It is difficult to shake his loyalty to Jinyiwei, he has survived the seven ghost punishments, will he surrender because of His Majesty's words? But what he said, I believe half of it, all the while, we couldn't find the mouse, he couldn't have been without a sign at all, maybe we just ignored this aspect. The surname Cao is a clan relative, and no one will doubt it. That's a best cover-up! ”
"Check!"
Cao Cao killed with a cold expression: "No matter who you find, even if it is the prince, you have to find out this mouse, if you can't find it for a day, you won't be able to sleep and eat." As for Fang Shi, whether you believe it or not, he will be a bait if you can hold it down. If you can't hold it down, kill it! ”
"Wechen understands!"
Jia Xu nodded, smiled coldly, and smiled shyly.
"Wenhe, in addition to the matter of Fangshi, I came here today, there is another thing, what you asked you to prepare before, how are you preparing now? I want to see the results. ”
Cao Cao took a deep breath, calmed down, and got down to business.
"Your Majesty, the Thunder Research Site has been fully prepared, with the people from the Heavenly Master Alliance brought by Zhang Lu as the internal management, the research has already begun, and our ghost pawns are responsible for the secrecy of the periphery, please come with me!"
Jia Xu led the way, from the old lair of the ghost pawn through a narrow valley, to an open area, which was surrounded by cliffs on all sides, and there was only one valley mouth to enter and exit.
The area was a large workshop, filled with the pungent smell of the brimstone, and hundreds of secretly recruited blacksmiths were busy.
"Little King Zhang Lu see Your Majesty!"
Zhang Lu walked out of a workshop and saluted Cao Cao.
Although he lost Hanzhong, he is still the king of Hanzhong, the king of Hanzhong who was personally crowned by Cao Wei, of course, he is just an empty king with an empty title and no status and rights.
"Zhang Lu, what are the results of your research?" Cao Cao asked.
"With His Majesty's strong support, it is still a little effective now, this is the latest thunderstorm, which is much more powerful than our original!"
Zhang Lu cautiously took out a black thunderbolt: "Your Majesty, please be careful, this thing is unstable!" ”
Boom Sky Thunder, this is originally the unique weapon of the Heavenly Master League, the Heavenly Master League has been researching for hundreds of years, naturally there are some technologies, Cao Wei has invested a lot of manpower and material resources to research, and naturally all of them have quickly produced results.
"Your Majesty, what is this?"
Guo Jia's pupils shrank slightly.
"It turns out that Your Majesty drew a huge sum of money before, and it's all here!"
Xun Yu looked at the surrounding layout, and said in a deep voice, Luoyang, which is in ruins, is already financially tight, and Cao Cao also drew a huge amount of money from taxes before, and his whereabouts are unknown, but now it seems that they are all invested here.
"Do you two remember the Battle of Yangping Pass?"
Cao Cao looked at this black, fist-sized thunderbolt, and there was a hint of coldness in his words.
"Yangpingguan?"
Xun Yu and Guo Jia glanced at each other, that was the source of the Battle of Guanzhong, if it wasn't for the loss of Yangping, the Wu army would not be able to fly into Guanzhong even if it had wings.
"The reason why Dongwu went north was because Yangping Pass was broken overnight, and tens of thousands of elite guards of our Wei army, which was protected by natural dangers, were actually breached overnight, it's hard to imagine!"
Cao Cao said with a slight sneer on the corner of his mouth.
"Indeed!"
Xun Yu nodded and said: "I was very nervous before, there were too many things, I didn't think about this step deeply, but now that I think about it, it's really incredible, General Cao Xiu is His Majesty's Qianli Horse, and he is also a few fierce generals, it is impossible to be taken down so easily!" ”
"It's not that Cao Xiu is useless, but Wu Jun has made a strange move, Wen He, you analyze it with them!" Cao Cao said.
"Prime Minister Xun, Taiwei Guo, in fact, the reason why Yangping Pass was lost was because Dongwu had developed a terrifying weapon, and everyone in the rangers knew that the Heavenly Master Alliance had a unique weapon, thunder, and great power!"
Jia Xu said analytically: "And Dongwu has created hundreds of such powerful weapons, blasted open the city gate with high walls and thick walls, drove straight in, and let Yangping lose it!" ”
"Thunder is so powerful, won't our city be equal to a flat river in the future?" Xun Yu gasped.
"Why is there a thunderstorm in Soochow?"
Guo Jia looked at Zhang Lu with some suspicion, isn't this the unique weapon of the Heavenly Master Alliance?
"This, I don't know, but the power of the Eastern Wu Heavenly Master Alliance is stronger, and the Heavenly Master League can't make such a powerful Heavenly Thunder, and the Heavenly Master Alliance's Heavenly Master Alliance's Heavenly Thunder can hurt people within three steps, and it is inevitable, but it will definitely not blow up the city wall, otherwise Hanzhong will not give it to Dongwu, and the Heavenly Thunder of Dongwu is more than ten times more powerful than us!"
Zhang Lu smiled bitterly: "Even now, I still can't figure it out, where did Dongwu get the weapons that our Heavenly Master Alliance has inherited for hundreds of years?" It's incredible! ”
"Zhang Lu, whatever you want, I can give it to you, but you have to guarantee that in two years, two years, you must make a batch of thunderbolts that can blow up the city wall!"
Cao Cao said categorically: "Between Wei and Wu, the day of the decisive battle is not far away, Great Wei cannot be one step behind, Eastern Wu has weapons, Great Wei must have them." ”
"No!"
Zhang Lu nodded.
Cao Cao and his entourage took a turn and inspected the workshops made by the thunderstorms, then left the valley and began to return to Luoyang City under the light of the sunset.
"Wen Ruo, Feng Xiao, do you think that I have imitated Dongwu too much!"
On the way back to Luoyang, Cao Cao looked at the two obviously silent civil and military left and right hands, and said in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty must have a reason for doing this!" Xun Yu thought for a while and said, "It's just that we have been imitating, and we can't get ahead of them, so we are not as good as people after all!" ”
"I don't know that!"
Cao Cao's face had a bitter smile: "But Sun Zhongmou is weird, I ask myself that Wen Taowu is better than him, but there are always some things that are inferior to him, this person doesn't know if he was born to know, he always has something that I can imitate, I have to imitate, because if I don't imitate, Great Wei will fall behind Eastern Wu, I have no choice!" ”
There is a choice, and he doesn't want to.
It's just that Dongwu does have some methods that are too unbelievable, unbelievable, but they have god-like effects, falling from the sky, they didn't think that Dongwu could be used to break the city, thunder in the sky, he didn't care, but Dongwu could use it and almost wiped out Cao Wei.
"Your Majesty, even if you imitate that, you don't need to be so frustrated, the so-called late strikes can also be controlled, they can do it, our Great Wei can too, my Great Wei Dynasty will definitely not lose to Eastern Wu!"
Guo Jia's eyes burst out with a sharp light, and he said firmly: "In this battle, Great Wei will win!" (To be continued.) )
PS: Make up for yesterday's update, and today's update will be in the evening!