The prosperity of Yedu is like a blooming firework, and it disappeared after a short period of brilliance, and the loss of Xihe County detonated the shortage crisis of Wei Gong, so that Yedu fell into a chaos, prices skyrocketed, and public resentment boiled, at this time the crisis broke out for nearly two months, the initial chaos has gradually subsided, and Yedu has entered a deeper crisis, that is, the depression of all industries.

Even in the daytime, the streets of Yedu are deserted, few pedestrians are seen, almost all shops are closed, there is no commerce, the most severe rationing system is implemented for food, people can only barely survive, this crisis hits not only the economy, but also the hearts of the people.

At night, there are no pedestrians on the street, it is dark everywhere, Yedu is like a ghost town, there is danger hidden in the dark, and cases can occur at any time, only close to the city gate and the deputy prime minister's mansion with soldiers patrolling, the security is slightly better.

In the dark streets, three figures walked quickly, looking uneasily at the alleys on either side, perhaps because of the three men, who were not in danger, and soon came to the east gate.

The three of them walked into an alley, came to the front of the Jucai Tavern, and entered the tavern directly through the back door, the dim light shone on the face of the person in front, it was a pale and fat face, it was the eunuch Mi Ying, and the two behind were the Han army spies who answered him near the palace gate and escorted him to Li Fu.

Mi Ying walked into the room and saw that Li Fu was writing a letter, he hurriedly bowed down and smiled flatteringly: "Li joins the army, I'm here." ”

"Why are you only out of the palace now?" Li Fu was really a little annoyed, he had an urgent matter to find this Mi Ying five days ago, and he waited for him for five days.

Mi Ying was so frightened that he hurriedly said: "I'm also in a hurry, but I haven't been able to wait for the guard on duty that I am familiar with, and it was so easy to wait today, and it cost ten taels of gold, he gave me an hour, I have to go back immediately." ”

Crabs have crab roads, shrimps have shrimp roads, everyone has their own way to make money, and the guards guarding Ye Palace are no exception, they have the power to enter and exit Ye Palace, and people in the palace have to spend money and bribe if they want to go out of the palace to do things.

Of course, the guards guarding Yedu are Cao Cao's henchmen, most of them are not favoritism, and they can't buy it with money, but there are also a very small number of guards who secretly collect money and release people, they take the risk of adjusting their heads, let the eunuchs and palace maids go out of the palace to do business, and collect gold bribes, generally five taels of gold an hour, and now the investigation is tight, and it has risen to ten taels of gold an hour.

In the past, rice was supposed to be the token of the cook, but now the cook is not allowed to go out, and he can only use gold to buy the guards.

Li Fu had an important task, and he had no time to care about this kind of thing, so he said to Mi Ying: "Now is the time to use you, can you enter Liu Xie's imperial study?" ”

Mi Ying smiled secretly in his heart, where is Liu Xie's imperial study now, but it is just a small study in his dormitory, he thought about it and said, "You should be able to go in!" ”

"Okay, you go into the imperial study, find Liu Xie's Panlong Jade Seal, steal it, your task is completed, and then we will give you five hundred taels of gold, and you can go back to your hometown!"

The Panlong jade seal is not a jade seal, the jade seal of the country is in the hands of Cao Cao, and the Panlong jade seal is Liu Xie's personal seal, of course, it has no power value, but it can prove Liu Xie himself.

Li Fu plans to make another copy of Liu Xie's edict, begging Liu Jing to send troops to recruit Cao Cao, which gives Liu Jing an excuse to send troops, there is no problem in making a fake edict, there is a precedent in advance, the key is to need a token that can prove Liu Xie himself, Li Fu wants to think about it, the best is the Panlong Jade Seal, which requires Mi Ying to steal it.

Of course, Mi Ying knew about the Panlong Jade Seal, he was once in charge, and it was later taken away by Liu Xie, and it was indeed placed in Liu Xie's study, but Liu Xie's study was not easy to enter, and he knew that he couldn't refuse, so he asked, "When do you need it?" ”

"You must give it to me by noon the day after tomorrow at the latest."

Mi Ying was helpless, so he had to grit his teeth and say, "Okay! I'll give it a try. ”

Li Fu was overjoyed in his heart, he patted Mi Ying's shoulder heavily, looked at him and said solemnly: "This matter is very important, you must get it!" ”

Ye Palace covers an area of 1,000 acres, most of them are official offices, the harem where Liu Xie, the son of heaven, lives is not big, there are only three buildings, but due to Cao Pi's compression of palace expenses, the harem eunuchs and palace maids have decreased sharply, and most of the houses are vacant.

At present, the dormitory where Liu Xie lives is called Baifu Palace, and Liu Xie's study is also in Baifu Palace, close to his dormitory, and the next night, most of the people in the palace have fallen asleep, and only a team of guards patrols back and forth near Liu Xie's dormitory.

About a watch, a dark shadow quietly slipped into Liu Xie's bedroom, it was the eunuch Mi Ying, he was very familiar with here, the only difficulty was that there would be a eunuch on duty in front of the door of the study, he wanted to climb the window to enter, but the window was about a foot high from the ground, he was fat, how could he climb in?

But tonight it was simply God favoring him, the eunuch on duty outside the study actually fell ill, and there was no one to replace him, now it is not like before, Liu Xie has long been forgotten, no one will care about this kind of thing.

Mi Ying was excited, sneaked to the front of the study at night, he hid behind a big pillar to observe for a while, there was no one around, it was very quiet, it was estimated that he had fallen asleep, he tiptoed to the front of the study, gently pushed the door open, the door creaked, it was particularly harsh in the silent night, Mi Ying was so shocked that his heart almost stopped beating,

He didn't move, stood for a moment, felt that there was no movement, and then flashed into the study, the study was filled with a faint fragrance, the copper incense burner in the corner of the room was not extinguished, wisps of green smoke drifted out of the cracks, there were two doors in the study, one door came in from the outside, and the other small door led to the bedroom of Liu Xie, the son of heaven.

Mi Ying's heart was beating violently, extremely nervous, for fear of alarming Liu Xie, who was sleeping in the next room, in the past, he also stole a lot of property in the palace at night, but it was the first time he came to Liu Xie's imperial study to steal things, especially the Panlong Jade Seal.

He is not the only eunuch who steals things in the palace, but everyone understands some taboos in their hearts, some items cannot be stolen, stealing will cause great trouble, like the jewelry of several imperial concubines, like the things in the emperor's study, these can not be touched, but today in order to complete the task, Mi Ying had to let go, after tonight, he will leave the palace tomorrow, and the rest of the matter has nothing to do with him.

Soon, Mi Ying's eyes adapted to the darkness in the study, and he could see it clearly, he was very familiar with the dragon jade seal, which was a fist-sized square seal, with the dragon as a link, and was usually placed on the bookshelf.

He slowly touched the bookshelf, looked up and down, Liu Xie's pen holder and trinkets were there, but there was no jade seal, he was strange in his heart, he lowered his head and thought about it, and suddenly remembered, if it was not on the bookshelf, it must be in Liu Xie's sandalwood box.

Mi Ying quickly found the rosewood box in the corner of the wall, the box was locked, he pulled out a snowy dagger from his boots, and pressed slightly, "Click! With a bang, the little golden lock was picked off.

He immediately opened the box, there were some of Liu Xie's commonly used things in the box, Mi Ying saw the gold box containing the dragon jade seal at a glance, he picked up the gold box and opened it to look at it, his heart was overjoyed, and he immediately stuffed the gold box into his arms.

But at this moment, a roar suddenly erupted from behind him: "What are you doing? ”

Mi Ying was so frightened that he sat down on the ground, and when he turned around, he saw Liu Xie, the son of heaven, holding a candle in his hand, staring at him viciously in front of the small door, his eyes spewing monstrous anger. With a sound, he came over to check with a candle, but he happened to see Mi Ying squatting in front of his sandalwood box to hide something.

Liu Xie also heard the eunuch's complaint, saying that Mi Ying had stolen a lot of property in the palace, but there was no evidence, and he was also suspicious, but he didn't expect Mi Ying to dare to steal things in his study, and he stole the things in the sandalwood box, which were all his beloved things, and the anger in his heart suddenly exploded.

"You bastard!"

Liu Xie rushed up like crazy, threw Mi Ying to the ground, beat his head and face, and scolded, "Kill you dog minion!"

Mi Ying was paralyzed by fright and couldn't move, he covered his face with his hands and shouted: "Holy Lord, Holy Lord, listen to my explanation!" ”

"Someone! Someone! ”

Where would Liu Xie listen to his explanation, shouting loudly at the guards, Mi Ying suddenly became anxious, regardless of the qiē pushed Liu Xie away, Liu Xie desperately suppressed him and yelled, Mi Ying's eyes were red, he suddenly touched the dagger next to him, and stabbed it with his backhand without thinking, only to hear Liu Xie's scream, turned over and fell down, the dagger was inserted into his left chest, and blood gushed out.

Mi Ying was frightened, suddenly, there was a scream next to him, the concubine Cao Jie covered her face and shouted in fear, Mi Ying suddenly came to his senses, got up and ran desperately to the outside of the study, just ran out of the study, but hit the guard who came head-on, the guard knocked him over with a punch, and several guards behind him pushed him to the ground, and a guard ran into the study, and also shouted in horror, "Go find the imperial doctor!" ”……

Half an hour later, Cao Pi rushed to Ye Palace when he heard the news, he rushed into the study, only to see two imperial doctors sitting weakly on the side, a white cloth covering the whole body of Liu Xie, the son of heaven, Cao Pi was also stunned.

At the beginning of February of the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, Liu Xie, the son of heaven, died violently in the palace, Cao Cao ordered the whole country to mourn, and hundreds of officials helped the soul to be buried, and named Liu Xie's temple number as the emperor, the world can not be without an owner for a day, Cao Cao ordered the young son Liu Dun born to Cao Festival to be the emperor.

When the news came to Chang'an, Liu Jing also ordered the people of the Han Kingdom to mourn for the Son of Heaven for three days, but Liu Jing did not accept the statement that the Son of Heaven died violently, and publicly accused the Son of Heaven of being murdered by Cao's father and son, and did not recognize the new emperor set up by Cao Cao, and issued a 'Woo Cao Thief' to the world.

On March 15, Liu Jing ordered the Han army to attack Cao Cao in Chang'an, Zhenbei general Zhao Yun led 50,000 troops out of Tongguan, and Jingbei Governor Wen Ping led 50,000 troops to Yecheng, and attacked the Central Plains at the same time, opening the curtain of the Han army's attack on the Central Plains.

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