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Xu Du, Prime Minister's Mansion. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Holding this year's harvest, Cao Ying frowned, since he captured most of Jingzhou, in two years, he finally earned two million stone grain and grass, enough for 500,000 troops to eat for two years, most of which is the credit of Sima Yi. There is Sima Yi's front and back scheduling, and the court is all dedicated, plus Cao Ying's iron and bloody wrists. Today's Xuchang has become a hall of words, and only Cao Ying's voice can be heard.

Originally, Cao Ying also wanted to use the edict to attack the loyal ministers of the Han family, but Sima Yi felt that it was too stupid to do so, so why give someone a handle? Before the edict broke out, Wu Shuo, Wu Zilan, Wang Zifu, and Chongji were imprisoned by Sima Yi with an excuse. After some torture and torture, in order not to suffer from severe torture, Sima Yi asked them to recruit whatever they wanted. As a result, the crimes on the four confessions can only be described as heinous!

Sima Yi tortured Wu Shuo to death, will he let the others go? The answer is no! Because he needs the corpses of these people to elevate his status! The first person to be bitten out was the national abbot Dong Cheng, I have to say that this old boy is very tough. Sima Yi tried his best, but he couldn't get him to soften.

Dong Cheng's hard anger aroused Sima Yi's desire to win, and after increasing the intensity of punishment, Dong Cheng was repaired and dying, in order to prevent him from dying, Sima Yi recruited the imperial doctor to treat him. In the end, Sima Yi had no choice but to make up a confession, wanting to take advantage of Dong Cheng's coma and let him draw a prisoner. Unexpectedly, Dong Cheng actually had insight into Sima Yi's intentions, and on a dark and windy night, he bit off all ten of his fingers and ate them! Without fingers, what to draw? Not even by pressing the mudras!

Looking at Dong Cheng's bare palm, Sima Yi admired him a little! Torture may not be nothing, but ten fingers are connected to the heart, a person can bite off his ten fingers and eat it, how ruthless is this? It's nothing to be cruel to others, but the hardest thing is to be cruel to yourself. However, no matter how ruthless Dong Cheng is, how can he be Sima Yi's opponent?

In fact, Cao Ying and Sima Yi didn't care about that confession at all, they just wanted these loyal Han ministers to be ruined. Otherwise, Cao Ying will have a bad reputation for killing loyal ministers. Since Dong Cheng refuses to recruit, then find someone who is willing to recruit! All Dong Cheng's family members were detained, domestic slaves, concubines, etc., were tried one by one, and Dong Cheng's charges were complete!

One of Dong Cheng's house slaves was named Qin Qingtong, who had an affair with Dong Cheng's concubine Yun Ying a long time ago. Originally, Qin Qingtong was going to find an opportunity to elope with Yun Ying, but who expected Dong Cheng to have an incident, and he and Yun Ying were also arrested by Sima Yi. In the prison, Sima Yi only demonstrated a few punishments in front of him, and he expressed his willingness to cooperate, with only one request, asking Sima Yi to spare Yun Ying.

It's just a concubine, it's still Dong Cheng's, Sima Yi doesn't care. Qin Qingtong, who reunited with Yunying, Sima Yi asked him to say whatever he wanted, and he said it, which was made up vividly and very satisfactorily. I have to say that this kid is also a talent when it comes to lying. Dong Chengben is not a clean husband, with Qin Qingtong's bite, the dirty water is splashed on him one after another. In the end, even Dong Cheng didn't bother to explain!

Dong Cheng finished playing, but Sima Yi was not ready to stop! The edict of the cloth belt traces back to the source, and it is still Liu Xie's ghost. Since Liu Xie dared to refute Cao Ying's face, Sima Yi naturally wanted to be angry with the lord. However, Sima Yi did not have Cao Ying's evil spirit, and he did not dare to enter the palace directly to strangle the concubine. So, Sima Yi used Qin Qingtong again to pour dirty water on Dong Guifei!

Death is not the most terrible thing for a woman! As the saying goes: starvation is a small thing, but losing a festival is a big thing. Although the chastity of women in the Han Dynasty was not as strict as that of later generations, and widows would not be pressured by public opinion when they remarried, the punishment for Tongxuan was also quite severe. In Qin Qingtong's mouth, Concubine Dong has almost become a well-known girl!

Sima Yi, a man of annihilation, was afraid that Cao Ying would not remember his merits, so he took the matter to the court and said it. When Qin Qingtong's confession was submitted, Liu Xie, who was in his twenties, turned blue. Fortunately, in the Han Dynasty, there was no such thing as a green hat, otherwise the ministers would have thought that Liu Xie had pulled the hat on his head to his face!

Concubine Dong's name has been ruined, and she can no longer be a concubine, so Liu Xie issued an order to send her to the cold palace. Originally, Liu Xie would not be so ruthless, but as a man, the most unbearable thing is that his wife cuckolds himself. Although Concubine Dong is pregnant with Liujia, under Qin Qingtong's half-truths and half-truths, even Liu Xie is not sure whether the child in her womb is her own!

Seeing that Huang Yanjing was suspicious, Concubine Dong knew that the child in her womb would not end well even if she was born. In the early morning, when the palace maid delivered food to Concubine Dong, she did not see Concubine Dong's figure, and after searching around, she finally found Concubine Dong's body in a deep well.

Since then, all those who participated in the edict have not ended well, including Liu Xie, who has been edicted. The opposition in the court was purged, and even Huang Yanjing was shocked, but Cao Ying did not have any losses, and even gained a good reputation for digging out a few "silverfish" such as Wu Shuo!

Sima Yi's achievements in internal affairs, coupled with the means of dealing with the edict of clothes and belts, made Cao Ying impressed. Then, he was unwilling to show his hand in the military! At this moment, Cao Ying was shocked! Talented people are not uncommon, but a talent like Sima Yi is rare in thousands of years. It is precisely because of this that Cao Ying became jealous of him!

It's not that Cao Ying is narrow-minded, but Sima Yi's appearance is too typical! The ancients believed in some things that the gods chattered, and they would rather believe in face and palmistry. Sima Yi is handsome, but he looks like a wolf and an eagle! Historically, anyone with this kind of appearance was often a careerist!

A careerist, Cao Ying is not afraid. However, how could he not be afraid of a talented careerist like Sima Yi? However, he was reluctant to let Cao Ying give up Sima Yi like this. So, Cao Ying decided that he would use Sima Yi for a day as long as he lived, and he believed that he could suppress Sima Yi. If when he is about to die, he finds that the heir can't suppress Sima Yi, so he asks Sima Yi to accompany him! Sima Yi, who is showing his strength, doesn't know that his future fate is equal to Cao Ying's lifespan!

"Lord, my subordinates have an urgent report!" Just when Cao Ying was holding the harvest and thinking about how to treat Sima Yi, Sima Yi's voice sounded outside the study!

"Zhongda, come in!" Even if Cao Ying wants to deal with someone, he will remain silent, waiting to give the other party a fatal blow. Now, he is not ready to clean up Sima Yi, so he is naturally very close to him.

"See the lord!" Sima Yi entered the study and immediately bowed. The people who could enter Cao Ying's study before him, in addition to Cao Ying's relatives, were only Er Xun and Cheng Yu, and even Dong Zhao and Jiang Ji, who were quite favored by Cao Ying, were not qualified, which shows that Sima Yi was more valued by Cao Ying!

"No need to be polite!" Cao Ying put the music in his hand on the case and said with a smile: "Zhongda has good skills!" Since the beginning of the army, the most lacking thing is grain and grass, and you can accumulate two million stones for me within two years, which is a great achievement! ”

"The lord praises it!" Sima Yi said with a smile: "These are the foundations laid by the lord, otherwise no matter how capable the subordinates are, it will be difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice!" ”

"Zhongda is too modest!" Cao Ying smiled and asked, "Is there anything wrong with finding the original appearance?" ”

"Lord Qiyu, the champion Hou has occupied Youji, and the northern part of Qingzhou is also in his hands!" Sima Yi said with some disappointment: "I really hope that Yuan Shao will win, it is much easier to deal with a mediocre lord than to deal with a Ming lord!" ”

"Don't be like this!" Cao Ying said: "This matter has long been expected by you and me, since God wants me to compare with Liu Zhang, then you will help me conquer him!" ”

"Dare not to serve the Lord!" Sima Yi bowed and said: "Although Yuan Shao is defeated, it is not a bad thing, Yuan Shao's third son, Yuan Shang, brought five generals to defect, and now they have come to Xuchang, I don't know when the lord will be free to meet?" ”

"Oh?" Cao Ying asked, "What five futures did Yuan Shang bring?" ”

"Lu Yi, Gao Lan, Han Meng, Yan Liang, Wen Chou!" Sima Yi said with a smile: "I have heard that the most courageous general in Hebei is known as the four courts, one pillar and one beam. The main beam is old, and the remaining three courts and one pillar are now all returned to the lord! ”

Cao Ying laughed and said: "I think back then, the original appearance and the original were friends, he often bragged about how good Yan Liang and Wen Chou were, and I don't want to return to the original appearance today!" Walk! Let's go meet Yuan Shang! ”

"My lord, please!" Sima Yi waved his hand and led Cao Ying to the front hall, where Yuan Shang and the six had been waiting for a long time!

"Are you Xianfu?" Seeing Yuan Shang, Cao Ying was stunned for a moment, because he looked too similar to Yuan Shao! At first glance, Cao Ying thought that Yuan Shao had rejuvenated!

"Uncle Cao!" Yuan Shangmeng knelt in front of Cao Ying and cried, which was sad, but it made Cao Ying confused, thinking that he was crying and mourning!

"Get up!" Cao Ying hugged Yuan Shang and said, "Don't cry! Your father is a hero, and you should not be a son of his son. Come, sit down and talk slowly! ”

"Uncle Xie!" After Yuan Shang sat down, he said with a sad face: "Uncle, the little nephew is really incompetent, so I have to ask you for help with a cheeky face." Now that my father has died, please make the decision for me, my little nephew is very grateful! ”

Cao Ying smiled and asked, "Xianfu, I don't know how you want to be the master for you?" ”

"Capture Youji and kill Liu Zhang!" Yuan Shang gritted his teeth and said: "The little nephew doesn't want anything now, as long as he sees Liu Zhang's head, he will be satisfied!" ”

"Xianfu, Liu Zhang is not so easy to deal with!" Cao Ying smiled bitterly and said: "In the past, the prime minister joined forces with your father, and there was no way to check and balance. Now that your father is dead, your true face is quite worried! ”

"Uncle Cao, no one in the world knows that Liu Zhang's most fearful person is you, please don't shirk!" Yuan Shang knelt down and kowtowed again, which made Cao Ying quite proud!

"Virtuous nephew, the prime minister will one day compete with Liu Zhang, but now his strength is insufficient! Don't you see, your father has a million heroes and is still defeated by Liu Zhang, not only does he have few soldiers, but he doesn't dare to say that he is better than your father! Cao Ying smiled bitterly: "If the virtuous nephew wants to take revenge, he needs to be patient!" ”

"Uncle, my little nephew knows your difficulties!" Yuan Shang said with a smile: "I specially invited all the surviving generals under my father's command!" Look at these five, my father has this strength, and most of it is due to them! ”

"Oh?" Cao Ying smiled and said: "Please also ask the virtuous nephew to introduce!" ”

"Good!" Yuan Shang pointed to the two most majestic of the five and said: "Uncle and my father have a good relationship, the names of Yan Liang and Wen Chou must be no stranger, these two are the bravest generals under my father, Yan Liang and Wen Chou!" ”

"See Cao Gong!" Although Yan Liang and Wen Chou are reckless, they are not stupid. They understand that from now on, they will eat under Cao Ying's command, so they are naturally very respectful!

"Good! Sure enough, they are two generals! Looking at the majestic Yan Liang and Wen Chou, Cao Ying couldn't help but praise and helped the two of them up! . Historically, Cao Ying admired the two generals very much when he saw them in Baima and Yanjin, and now that the two generals are obedient to him, how can he not be happy?

"Uncle, the two generals Yan and Wen are brave and difficult to be, and this General Han Meng is not much inferior!" Yuan Shangdao: "Under my father's command, there is a saying that there are four courts and one pillar in Hebei, and this General Han is one pillar!" ”

"See Cao Gong!" Han Meng also hurriedly bowed, as a general, he still surrendered with the lord, he didn't want Cao Ying to think that he was arrogant!

"Excuse me!" Cao Ying hurriedly helped each other, and he couldn't stop laughing from ear to ear! Hebei Siting Zhu, it is one thing to hear about it, and it is another thing to see it. Cao Ying has always been jealous of Liu Zhang's fierce generals, and now there are three of them, he is really happy! But there's still to come!

"Uncle, these three generals are brave and brave, but they don't know the art of war, they can only be described as fierce generals, but these two are the talents of generals!" Yuan Xi said: "Gao Ran, is also one of the four pillars of Hebei, martial arts may not be as good as Yan and Wen, but his art of war is all excellent, and my father relies on it very much!" Lu Yi is also a master of the art of war, the first battalion under his command is invincible, invincible, even Liu Jiyu is quite jealous! ”

As the saying goes: those who are good at fighting have no great name, and those who are good at planning have no brilliant achievements. Among the five people, Lu Yi's reputation is the most inconspicuous, but the first battalion he trained was the ace army under Yuan Shao, and he once shocked the Han! Because of the most famous battle of the first camp, he defeated 3,000 white horses under the command of Gongsun Zan with 800 people! Infantry against cavalry was often a one-sided slaughter, but the first to camp defeated several times more cavalry than himself with infantry. Such a classic example, if Cao Ying doesn't know, it would be strange!

"Oops! Isn't it the commander of the first battalion who defeated General White Horse with 800 strong men? Cao Ying took Lu Yi's hand and said: "I have admired the name of the general for a long time, and I don't want to see it today, but I can comfort my life!" ”

"The last general, see the lord!" Lu Yi actually knelt down on his knees and called Cao Ying the lord. Everyone was stunned for a moment, and Gao Ran forgot to salute!

"Lu Yi, you..." Although they defected to Cao Ying, the other four regarded themselves as people under Yuan Shang, so they all called Cao Ying Cao Gong. Seeing that Lu Yi called Cao Ying the main father, that is, it showed that he broke away from the Yuan family, Yan Liang and Wen Chou were short-tempered, and they were about to have a seizure on the spot!

"General Qi, your lord is a manifest man, how can you call me the lord?" Cao Ying's face turned cold, and he seemed very displeased.

Lu Yi was not afraid at all, he glanced at the crowd: "Today, I will come to join the lord, even if it is the third prince of Yuan, he is also a general under the lord!" As the saying goes: if the name is not right, the word is not good, and if the word is not good, it will not be done. If one day the third prince of Yuan clashes with the orders of the lord, who will we obey? Since you eat the king's luck, you have to bear the king's worries. I call Cao Gong Gong, what's wrong? As for Yuan Sangongzi being my master, he is wrong! If you say that my lord, there is only the dead Yuan Gong. Heroes follow heroes, how can I be a yellow-mouthed child? ”

"What the general said is very true!" Seeing that Yan Liang and Wen Chou were about to go crazy, Yuan Shang hurriedly stood up and said: "Since I have defected to Cao Gong today, Cao Gong is naturally the master of our wait. Yuan Shang see the lord! ”

"Hey! Virtuous nephew, what are you doing! Cao Ying hurriedly supported Yuan Xi and said: "I am close friends with your father, how can I take away your generals!" Inappropriate! It's really inappropriate! ”

"Why don't you meet the lord soon?" Cao Ying's two inappropriate mouths, Yuan Shang's heart was suddenly shocked. The internal strife and dumping of the Yuan clan are no less than that of the court, and God knows what Cao Ying's inappropriateness means! But Yuan Shang saw a trace of killing intent in Cao Ying's eyes, and he immediately understood that Cao Ying would never allow an uncontrollable force under his rule, so he immediately bowed down and bowed.

"Meet the Lord!" In addition to Lu Yi, who had already knelt on the ground, Yan Liang and the four of them also knelt down! It's just that Yan Liang and Wen Chou are full of resentment, Gao Ran is a little embarrassed, but Han Meng doesn't seem to care!

"Get up, please! Hurry up, please! Cao Ying laughed and helped everyone up, he was really happy. If there was no such trouble as Lu Yi, although Yan Liang and the four were nominally Cao Ying's subordinates, they were actually Yuan Shang's people. The governance was already very chaotic, and there was such an uncontrollable force, Cao Ying was also very jealous. Now, no matter whether Yan Liang and the four of them really call Cao Ying the lord or not, they are all Cao Ying's people. With the loyalty of these people, although they don't say that they are desperate, they will not murder the lord, and poor Yuan Shang suddenly became the commander of the light pole.

"Thank you, my lord!" The first time the lord shouted, the following was much smoother! Since they worshiped Cao Ying, even if Yan Liang and the four of them were angry, they could only rush at Lu Yi.

"Good!" Cao Ying looked at the four of them and was really satisfied. He laughed and said, "Since you have defected to your true appearance, your original appearance cannot be treated badly!" Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Han Meng, the three brave and difficult to be, but they are not good at commanding troops, so as the personal guard commander of the prime minister, he commanded the tiger and leopard to ride 3,000 people to protect the prime minister! ”

"Yes!" Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Han Meng hugged their fists and stood behind Cao Ying, seeing that Yuan Shang's face was pale! The three of them have nothing to do with Yuan Shang!

"The two generals Gao Lan and Lu Yi are generals, so I will order you two to base on the first camp, and then expand to 10,000 people, and call it the first camp!" Cao Ying thought for a while and said: "I also have two generals under my command, Gao Shun and Yu Ban, who are good at training, and General Lu can be so close to them!" ”

"The last general will live up to the expectations of the lord!" Lu Yi regarded himself as a Cao general, and Gao Ran was helpless, so he had to salute with him.

Cao Ying smiled and nodded, he knew that to subdue these generals, it was not enough to say a word or two. People like Lu Yi, he really can't look down on them. But Lu Yi really defected, and he didn't want to chill people's hearts! In the end, Cao Ying looked at Yuan Shang and said: "I heard that Xianfu has made great achievements in helping Benchu to manage internal affairs in Yecheng, how about you first serve as the chief secretary in the Prime Minister's Mansion and deal with some government affairs?" ”

Yuan Shang understood as soon as he heard it, Cao Ying had turned himself into a bare-bones commander, and he was going to dry himself, but what could he do if he didn't agree? Under the low eaves, he had to bow his head, Yuan Shang sighed in his heart and said: "The little nephew is at the mercy of his uncle's arrangement..."

(To be continued)