Chapter 15: Arrest
Lu Rui and Cao Ren followed Cao Cao out of the palace, and outside the palace gate, Xu Chu was already waiting for Cao Cao with his personal guards.
Cao Cao handed the blood-stained Huang Yue to Xu Chu, and then looked at Lu Rui and Cao Ren.
"Extraordinary, Zixiao, you have worked hard these days, you go back to the house to rest first, and you don't have to discuss political affairs. In the next few days, there will be a search in the city, and you must cooperate with Yuan Rang's army. ”
"Yes, eldest brother (middle father)!"
"Okay, Zhongkang is back home!" Xu Chu greeted Cao Cao on the shadowless black horse and escorted Cao Cao to the Prime Minister's Mansion. Lu Rui and Cao Ren did not stay for long, and after saying goodbye to each other, they went back to their respective homes, since Cao Cao let the two rest, they must have their own arrangements.
The next day, the sun shone into Lu Rui's room, Lu Rui was still sleeping with the quilt, and his spirit was in a nervous state for the past few days, just taking advantage of Cao Cao's vacation to let him have a good rest.
"Husband, it's time to get up." Cao Jie saw that it was close to noon, so he came with a maid and called Lu Rui. For Cao Jie, who grew up in the Cao family since childhood, everyone is beautiful, and many etiquettes and rules have been imprinted into their bones, so that the lazy Lu Rui becomes diligent, which is Cao Jie's responsibility as a wife.
"Huh?" Lu Rui wiped his saliva, and then closed his eyes again.
"Madam, my middle father told me to have a good rest, and I must not disobey orders." Lu Rui hugged the quilt back and continued to sleep.
"Husband!" Cao Jie called Lu Rui angrily, but Lu Rui was unmoved, still asleep.
"Hey!" Cao Jie saw that Lu Rui had even Cao Cao out, and knew that he couldn't wake up Lu Rui, so he had to leave the bedroom with the maid.
"Madame, Madame, there is a famous captain and sergeant outside who want to search the general's mansion." Cao Jie just walked out of the door. A servant rushed to Cao Jie's front. Report to Cao Jie. There was a search outside Lu Rui's house.
"What? Someone searched outside the house? Don't people know what this place is? Dare to search here! Cao Jie reprimanded the servant in disbelief, do you know what kind of place this is, someone dares to come to search, it's really fatal?
"Madam, really, someone really came to search, it was the Qingzhou Army sent by the Prime Minister, saying that they were ordered by the Prime Minister. Search Xudu. Seeing Cao Jie's distrustful eyes, the servant hurriedly explained to Cao Jie.
"Sent by the Prime Minister's Mansion? Where is Steward Xu? "Cao Jie didn't believe it even more this time, he was sent by his father, and he dared to search the mansion of his daughter and son-in-law, isn't this a big joke? It must be that the servant didn't understand the situation, so it was better to let Xu Shu report it.
"Ma'am, the butler is talking to the captain outside the gate." The servant replied respectfully to Cao Jie.
"Oh? Mrs. Ben will go and see who dares to search my General's Mansion in Xu Du? Cao Jie listened to the servant's words, shook his hand, and led the maid to the gate.
Cao Jie had just arrived in the front yard. I saw a captain with a sergeant break in, and Xu Shu with a few guards followed the captain with a knife. There was a slight helplessness in his eyes.
"Steward Xu, who are they? How dare you enter the General's Mansion at will? Cao Jie came to Xu Shu and questioned Xu Shu directly.
"Madam, these are the people sent by the Prime Minister to search for the rebellious party, and there are arrows from the Prime Minister." Xu Shu arched his hand helplessly and returned to Cao Jie. If someone else led troops to search the Lu Mansion, Xu Shu would definitely bring the soldiers to fight against the Mansion, but Cao Cao's order arrow was not a joke, Xu Shu could only drag it and wait for Lu Rui to deal with it.
"You don't know what this place is? Dare to come to search for the chaotic party, how can there be a chaotic party in my general's mansion? Cao Jie pointed at the captain and scolded.
"Miss Hui, there will be an edict from the Prime Minister at the end, and anyone who obstructs the search will be strictly dealt with in accordance with the law, please Miss Respect herself, don't embarrass the general!" The lieutenant arched his hand and replied to Cao Jie in a proper manner.
As soon as Cao Jie heard the title of the captain, he immediately understood that calling himself Miss must have known his identity. Cao Jie has a bottom in his heart, this captain is Cao Cao's henchman, and he will definitely not do anything to himself.
"Since you know the identity of Mrs. Ben, then you know the relationship between the General's Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion, my general grew up in the Prime Minister's Mansion since he was a child, and he is loyal to the Prime Minister, how can he hide the chaos in the party? There is no need to search the General's Mansion, Mrs. Ben will explain to the Prime Minister! Cao Jie accentuated his tone, and wanted to use the identity of Miss Cao to drive away the school captain.
"Miss Hui, the last general did not distrust the general, but the last general thought that the huge general's mansion was mixed, especially the many subordinates in the mansion, I am afraid that it would be mixed with spies, and the last general was ordered to search, please forgive me." The lieutenant arched his hand and returned to Cao Jie.
"Do you think that Mrs. Ben has no way to govern the family? Will there be spies among the subordinates? As soon as Cao Jie heard the captain's words, and then looked at his unwilling to give in gaze, he was angry. I have been in Cao Mansion since I was a child, although I am knowledgeable, but the young lady still has a temper.
Especially the captain is a member of the Cao family, and he is the young lady of the Cao family, and he has spent a lot of words here, but this captain still refuses to give up, and he has lost a lot of face!
"Presumptuous."
"Miss, the Prime Minister has an order, if someone obstructs the search, everyone will be arrested according to the law, please don't embarrass the last general, the last general has already reminded the young lady three times, if the young lady does not listen to the last general's advice, the only way to ask the young lady to go to Tingwei is to make a trip." The captain stood up, holding the long sword in his left hand, and looked at Cao Jie.
"Bastard, you presumptuous! How dare you do this to Miss Ben, Miss Ben will. ”
"On the orders of the Prime Minister, all those who obstruct the search and arrest will be escorted to the court captain, and the young lady will be escorted back to the court captain." Seeing that Cao Jie still refused to give up, the school captain immediately ordered someone to arrest Cao Jie.
"You." Cao Jie looked at this captain in surprise, this captain actually dared to arrest him?
"Let go of Miss Ben, let go of Miss Ben, I'm going to tell my father."
"This?" Xu Shu was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Cao Cao's lieutenant to actually arrest Cao Jie, but Cao Cao's order was here, and Xu Shu didn't dare to send someone to stop it, so he only sent ten elite soldiers to follow the lieutenant. If there is anything wrong. Strike right away. Rescue Cao Jie.
"Ahh It's so comfortable! Cao Jie had just been taken by the captain, and Lu Rui got up, in fact, when Cao Jie came to wake him up, he had already woken up, and he just wanted to sleep for a while.
"Jie'er?" When Lu Rui came together, he thought of Cao Jie, and that little girl must be in the dressing room next to her, waiting for her to get up.
"Ma'am?" Lu Rui saw that Cao Jie did not react. I called again, but no one answered, not even the maid.
"Where have all the people gone?" Lu Rui scratched his head, even if Cao Jie has something to do temporarily, there will be a maid here, is it all gone?
"Master Hou, Master Hou, I have something important to report." Xu Shu knocked on Lu Rui's door, and his words revealed anxiety.
"Yuan Zhi?"
"Yuan Zhi. Come on in. Lu Rui put on his coat and asked Xu Shu to come in and reply.
"See Master Hou!"
"Yuan Zhi. No need to be polite, by the way, where did Madame go? "Why did Xu Shu come back to find himself so early, and where did Cao Jie go?
"Master Hou, Madame has been taken to the Tingwei Mansion."
"What?" When Lu Rui heard this, the robe in his hand fell to the ground, Cao Jie was escorted to Tingwei, are the people in his house idiots?
"Master Hou, rest your anger, here's the thing." Then Xu Shu told Lu Rui what happened.
"This?" Lu Rui was stunned for a moment, and his head began to spin rapidly, thinking about Cao Jie's arrest.
"Yuan Zhi, where is Madame now?"
"Don't worry, Master Hou, I have sent someone to follow the person who took Madame away, Madame was taken to Tingwei's Mansion by them, according to intelligence, Madame is now Tingwei, and the current Tingwei is full of favor, Madame should be fine." Xu Shu arched his hand and returned to Lu Rui.
"Manberning?"
"Yes, Master Hou, I heard that it was the Prime Minister who took control of the Tingwei Mansion last night and changed the Tingwei, and now the Tingwei Mansion is full of cronies brought from Huainan."
"Ben Hou knows." Lu Rui listened to Xu Shu's words, and he had a general idea in his heart, it seems that Cao Cao is ruthless this time, he wants to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger with his daughter and son-in-law, and even his daughter and son-in-law don't give face, those who are arrested must be panicked in their hearts, they will be anxious, and they will make mistakes in their busyness!
"Master Hou, that lady."
"Okay, this marquis will personally go to the Prime Minister's Mansion." Lu Rui shook his head helplessly, Lao Cao, Lao Cao, actually escorted his daughter to Tingwei, it seems that he is going to pick up his wife in person.
"Prepare a horse for Master Hou immediately."
Lu Rui quickly got dressed, got on his horse, and came to the Prime Minister's Mansion with a few guards.
"I've seen my uncle!" As soon as Lu Rui got off the horse, Steward Cao greeted him.
"Steward Cao, is the middle father in the house?" Lu Rui saw that Steward Cao called himself uncle, so he naturally called Cao Cao his middle father.
"Uncle, the adults are in the house, and the second lady is taking a few sons and adults together, as if they are discussing the affairs of the young lady."
"Miss?" Lu Rui was stunned for a moment, Cao Cao is really powerful, he is fast enough, he didn't expect Cao Cao to be even more powerful, and he could actually let Mrs. Bian and others receive the news and intercede for Cao Jie. Of course, Cao Cao didn't think of moving Cao Jie, all this is acting! Lao Cao's acting, no worse than the big-eared Liu!
"Uncle, the lord has ordered, the uncle doesn't have to go to the adult, if the uncle comes, go to the Tingwei Mansion, the lord believes that the uncle will be able to pick up the young lady." Steward Cao stopped Lu Rui, who was about to enter the door, and conveyed Cao Cao's meaning to Lu Rui.
"Ben Hou understands, I'll go to the Tingwei Mansion." Lu Rui saw that the housekeeper was blocking him, so he didn't go in, anyway, with Cao Cao's intentions, it would be good to go to the Tingwei Mansion to pick up Cao Jie by himself.
Lu Rui came to the Tingwei Mansion on his horse, and when he learned about it, he immediately came out to greet Lu Rui.
"Extraordinary people come to my Tingwei Mansion, and if you are spoiled, please forgive you." Man Pet and Lu Rui are old acquaintances, and the two have worked together many times, and their relationship is naturally much closer.
"Berning is polite, you and I are old acquaintances, no need to be polite, Rui came here today just for his wife, Berning still don't forgive his sins." Lu Rui smiled and tasted tea above the second.
"It's not a big deal, Miss can come to my Tingwei Mansion, it is the glory of my Tingwei Mansion, and the pet is also ordered by the body, and I can't help myself." Man Zhong sat on the main seat and smiled helplessly.
When the captain escorted Cao Jie over, Man Chong was also taken aback, how could he even arrest Cao Jie, she was Cao Cao's daughter and Lu Rui's wife. However, due to the military order passed down by Cao Cao yesterday, no matter who must be dealt with according to the law, Man Zhong had no choice but to detain Cao Jie in a clean cell.
After taking Cao Jie into custody, Manzhong's heart was also up and down, hoping that someone would take Cao Jie away, after all, she was Cao Cao's daughter.
"Rui knows, this is also the middle father's strategy, Berning, let's say, what do you have to do so that Rui can take back Mrs.?" Lu Rui looked at the expression of full favor, and smiled secretly in his heart, Lao Cao did this, making it difficult for the people below to do it!
"Bufan, according to the law of my Han Dynasty, Bufan must pay ten taels of gold for his wife, and after returning to the mansion at the same time, he must strictly discipline his wife." Full of favors returned to Lu Rui embarrassedly and glanced at Lu Rui.
"Okay, Rui understands, Rui immediately ordered someone to prepare gold, and as for discipline, Berning doesn't have to worry about it." Lu Rui took a sip of tea, made a look, and asked Xu Shu to collect the money.
"Hou Ye rest assured, the superficial work, the pet will definitely do a good job, and will not disappoint Hou Ye and the Prime Minister."
Lu Rui nodded, these kung fu full of favors will do a good job. Soon, Xu Shu brought the ransom, and after Lu Rui paid the ransom, he took Cao Jie back to the mansion.
On the second day, the news of Cao Jie's arrest and Lu Rui's ransom spread throughout the city, and at the same time, Manchu also issued a new proclamation, all those who participated in the change of Xu Du were dealt with according to the principle of resistance and strictness, frank and lenient, and punished according to the severity of the crime.
When the timid official with a ghost in his heart saw that Cao Cao even moved his daughter and son-in-law, he was so frightened that he came to Tingwei's mansion at night to surrender, and those who confessed were all arrested and sent to Tingwei for interrogation. For a while, rumors spread in Xu Du, and the ministers with ghosts in their hearts were anxious, and they didn't know which day they would be betrayed.
In a private house in Xudu, Sima Min was also anxious in his heart, according to Cao Cao's search and arrest method, soon, soon his horse's feet would be exposed. (To be continued......)
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