Hearing Lu Rui's loud shout, although the sergeants of the tiger and leopard cavalry did not react for a while, out of the instinctive reaction of the soldiers, they all pulled out their knives and followed Lu Rui to the entrance of the underground palace.

Whoa, whoa, whoa! The villagers near the entrance of the underground palace also drew their sharp blades and rushed towards the tiger and leopard horse.

"Ahh The nearby onlookers were in chaos, and many assassins with sharp blades were killed in the crowd.

"Protect the old lady!" When Cao Ren saw an assassin come out, he immediately understood that there was a premeditated assassination operation here, the purpose of which was to assassinate Cao Cao and trap Cao Cao to death under the underground palace.

"Kill, soldiers, kill me!" Xiahoudun also drew his long sword and fought with his own soldiers.

"Kill!" Xiahoudun had an example, the generals of the Cao clan all drew their swords and slashed at the assassins, and the chaos was even more chaotic, and the scene was out of control, especially the fighting near the entrance of the underground palace, which was even more tragic.

With a bang, the huge stone door of the underground palace closed, and Cao Cao was trapped inside!

"Your Excellency?" Ding remained calm in the chaos, his eyes fixed on the entrance of the dungeon, hoping that Cao Cao would come out of the dungeon, but Cao Cao still did not come out until the stone gate was closed.

After some fighting, most of the assassins were killed, and Cao Ren captured a few alive.

"Take it down, interrogate it strictly, and be sure to ask the mastermind behind it!" Cao Ren shouted, wanting to find out the mastermind behind it and see what other plans he had.

"No!"

Everyone gathered in front of the stone gate of the dungeon, the stone gate has been closed, which means that the defense mechanism in the dungeon has been opened, and the poison gas will fill the entire dungeon after three hours.

"Uncle. What can I do? The Prime Minister is still inside. We're going to save you! Ding saw the stone gate fall. The heart is already very anxious, but a woman can't do anything, only pin her hopes on Cao Ren.

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, I'll find a breakthrough immediately, dig a tunnel, and rescue the adult."

"Uncle Ren, we only have three hours, three hours later. The entire dungeon will be filled with white gas. Cao Chong reminded Cao Ren on the side that after three hours, all the mechanisms in the dungeon would be activated, and Cao Cao would be poisoned to death even if he was not suffocated to death!

"What Cang Shu said is very true, let's discuss it quickly and see how to save my brother!" Cao Ren is Cao's wise general, who has always been calm and immediately shows his ability to lead.

"Extraordinary, you've always been fond of scheming. There are a lot of strange things, and the resourcefulness is often unexpected. What do you think? ”

"Opinion?" Cao Cao was trapped in the underground palace, and Lu Rui was also shocked in his heart. Cao Ren asked himself at this time, Uncle Ren, are you really an all-purpose machine? There is no such perk.

Tombstone, my later generation's understanding of ancient tombs comes from tomb robbery notes, Cao Ren won't let me rob the tomb! Wait, tomb robbery notes? Lu Rui suddenly remembered a person, Cao Jin, the former captain who touched gold, maybe he had something to do!

"Where is Cao Jin? Yuan Zhi, go and find Cao Jin! ”

"Yes, Master Hou!" Xu Shu arched his hand and went to find Cao Jin.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Xu Shu brought Cao Jin over.

"The last general has seen Master Hou!"

"Extraordinary, who is this person?"

"Uncle, this person's name is Cao Jin, who was originally the captain of our army, and since the disbandment of the Jin Army, this person has served as a captain in my Hou Ye's mansion."

"Captain Touch?" Cao Ren's eyes suddenly lit up, Cao Cao's Captain Touching Jin and Cao Ren, the general of Faqiu Zhonglang, knew about it, but these two armies only obeyed Cao Cao's direct command, even Cao Ren had never seen it. Cao Jin, who is proficient in the art of tomb robbing, may really be able to rescue Cao Cao!

"Cao Jin, now that the Prime Minister is trapped in the underground palace, is there any way to save the Prime Minister? As far as Ben Hou knows, some dungeons have escape passages, can you find out? According to Lu Rui's memory, some craftsmen who were afraid of death would leave a way for themselves to live, escape from the cemetery, and live in seclusion in the mountains and forests.

"Master Hou, if some craftsmen want to survive, they may leave a glimmer of life, but the chance is slim, Jin has robbed the tomb for many years, and there is a set of secret methods to sneak into the tomb, as long as Master Hou gives Jin enough people, Jin can give it a try!" Cao Jin arched his hand and explained the current situation to Lu Rui, Cao Jin had no good way, only to use his years of experience and try it in a stupid way to see if he could open a secret passage.

"This matter is easy, General Ben will immediately arrange manpower and hand it over to Captain Cao for command, and we must open the secret passage as soon as possible and rescue the Prime Minister!"

"No!"

"Sister-in-law, my brother's situation is unknown now, and my sister-in-law still returns home with her daughter to wait for news." Cao Ren saw that the ladies of the Cao family were gathered here, and there was no way, so let them go back first.

"This?"

"Sister-in-law, according to Zixiao's words, you should go back first!" Cao Song, who was on the side, spoke.

"Yes, sir!" Ding bowed to Cao Song and left with the Cao family's daughters.

"Zixiao?"

"Uncle!"

"If Meng De has to come out, my Cao family will not have any major problems, if Meng De is unlucky, you should have already made plans, uncle is old, you can't do anything, what do you decide, just let your uncle refer to it again!" Cao Song patted Cao Ren, he can't do anything when he is old, so he should leave it to Cao Ren to deal with.

"Yes, uncle, Jen understands!"

Cao Song nodded, leaned on crutches, and left with the help of the maid.

"Extraordinary, Fengxiao, Zixiu, Wenlie, let's enter the military tent in China and discuss it." Cao Ren named the names of the three people, if something happened to Cao Cao, he must think of a foolproof strategy, how the court will deal with it, and how the Cao family will deal with it.

"The rest of the people have returned to their respective military tents, and they are not allowed to go out without the military order of this general!"

"Yes, uncle!"

"Military advisor, if the eldest brother really encounters misfortune, where should my Cao family go? Where should our army go? "Cao Ren, Lu Rui and others have entered the Chinese military tent, and Cao Ren is no longer sloppy, this critical moment cannot waste time.

"General Cao, if the lord is really unfortunate and dies, our army must first stabilize its military power. The military power is in the hands of the Cao family. Then the successor to succeed the prime minister was selected from the Cao family. Stabilize the power of the Cao family. ”

"Elect your father's successor? Strategist, what do you mean, isn't my brother my father's successor? As soon as Cao Xiu heard Guo Jia's words, he was not happy, could there be anyone else who was qualified to succeed Cao Cao?

"Wen Lie, the military advisor hasn't finished his words yet, you are presumptuous!" Cao Ren scolded Cao Xiu.

"Master Hugh, it's not that Jia has other ideas. However, the court is not like the army, and the prince can continue to be in charge of the army, but the position of prime minister is afraid. Guo Jia glanced at Cao Ren and hoped that Cao Ren would help him explain.

Cao Ren listened to Guo Jia's words, and also understood very well, Cao Ang is now just a five-rank general, from the five-rank official to the position of prime minister, there must be many people in the court who are not convinced, Cao Cao has just succeeded the prime minister, although the power is monstrous. But the imperial court was not yet fully mastered. It is definitely not possible for Cao Ang to take over as prime minister, but Cao Ang can't. Who can take over as prime minister? The answer is: no one in the Cao family can!

"Wen Lie, the military advisor has his own plan, don't talk nonsense, military advisor, then who do you think can take over the position of the elder brother's prime minister?"

"General Cao, with all due respect, there is no such person in the Cao family now. If Jia Ruo really has an accident with the prime minister, we can let the prince take over Xu Du's army first, and then think long-term, rely on people loyal to the lord, and then push the eldest prince to the position of prime minister in the future. Guo Jia directly said his thoughts.

"Zixiu, what do you think?"

"Uncle, Ang knows the current situation, and the words of the military advisor are not a sign of disloyalty to my Cao family. Ang's official position is not high now, and he can't even compare with Brother Rui, how can he take over his father's position as prime minister? Aung was willing to obey the arrangement of the military advisor. Cao Ang arched his hand, willing to listen to Guo Jia's arrangement.

"Zixiu is worthy of being the eldest son of the eldest brother, and his uncle is very happy to be able to understand the general situation."

"Military advisor, if Zixiu is allowed to succeed him as prime minister, I am afraid that it will not be possible in the short term, and how should the princes from all walks of life deal with it? And how should Your Majesty respond? Cao Ren saw that Cao Ang had no objections, and began to think about new issues again. The princes of the world are not stupid, and they will not fail to seize this good opportunity.

"General Cao, there is no need to worry too much about this matter, Yuan Xi is in the Northern Expedition to Wuhuan and is unable to go south, Ma Chao has just joined Zhang Lu, Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu have a vendetta, and they will not go on the Northern Expedition for the time being. Although Liu Biao and Liu Bei in Jingzhou were heroes at that time, Liu Biao was the lord of the city, and he was not absolutely sure that he would not attack our army. ”

"Well, what the military advisor said is reasonable, please continue to talk about it."

"The only thing that makes Jia worry is the second county of Jiangdong, I am afraid that when the time comes, our army will give up the second county to protect the land of Xuzhou and Huaisi."

"As for the imperial court, Jia thinks that there is no need to worry, now that the four major generals are under the control of the Cao family, there will be no major problems in the short term, as long as the two Xiahou generals and several Cao generals hold on to the military power, Your Majesty will not do anything in the short term."

Guo Jia's analysis is very reasonable, and now Xiahoudun is the general of Zhengdong, guarding Qingzhou and Xuzhou. Xiahou Yuan was the general of Zhengxi to guard Chang'an and Liangzhou, and Cao Ren was the general of Zhengnan and Cao Hong to guard Wancheng and Yuzhou. Lu Rui is the general of the expedition to the north, although he is not guarding outside, but there are more than 10,000 pro-troops in the area of Fan County, plus most of the troops along the Yellow River and Xudu are controlled by the Cao clan, how can the generals who fight with a knife and a gun be held back by Liu Xie?

"Well, Strategist, if you have any concerns, please speak up."

"General Cao, if the Prime Minister is really unfortunate to die, I am afraid that after a long time, the Cao family will change, for this reason, Jia is worried that General Xiahou and other Cao generals will launch a mutiny and directly give His Majesty." Guo Jia made a killing gesture.

Cao Ren and Lu Rui are calm people who will take care of the overall situation. But the generals of the other Cao clans are not so resourceful, and if they are at the mercy of villains, I am afraid that they will really lead troops back to Xudu and stain the palace with blood, and then the Cao family will be the ones who kill the king.

"This?" Cao Ren was stunned, Cao Ren knew that this was a dilemma, if Cao Cao was really gone, Liu Xie would be likely to fight back against the Cao family, and the Cao family would also be exterminated at that time, in order not to be exterminated, the people of the Cao family would definitely think of striking first. This is a matter of probability, if the people in charge of the Cao family go to the extreme, they may be killed by Liu Xie anyway, so it is better to pull Liu Xie as a backing.

"General, this is the dilemma we may face, General Cao still has to prepare early." Guo Jia analyzed the situation after Cao Cao's death, and finally raised the problem that Cao Ren might have to face immediately, that is, the Cao family's military power would not compromise so easily.

Lu Rui listened to Guo Jia's analysis. He also showed a worried look. Guo Jia's analysis makes sense. Especially if Cao Cao is dead. It is estimated that Xiahoudun will lead his troops back from Qingzhou and directly enter the palace, and kill Liu Xie first, and then say, the other low-level generals of the Cao clan are not people with any strategy, as long as they are instigated, they will rush into the palace at any time.

"My subordinates have seen Master Hou, generals!" Just when Cao Ren summoned Lu Rui and the others to discuss countermeasures, Cao Jin walked in.

"Cao Jin. How's it going? Is the middle father saved? ”

"Qi Hou Ye, the actual situation is more complicated than Jin expected, I am afraid that Hou Ye and the generals will have to plan for the worst, Jin will still continue to work hard and dig through the tunnel."

As soon as Cao Jin's words fell, everyone's hearts chuckled, could it be that Cao Cao really suffered misfortune? If this happens, we will soon face pressure and an unknowable crisis from all sides.

"Okay, Cao Jin, you can step aside. Keep digging the tunnels, even if the brother is unlucky. Find the body of your brother as well. Cao Ren waved his hand and motioned for Cao Jin to go down.

"No!"

"Extraordinary, Fengxiao, Wenlie, we have to plan for the worst, my brother is not here, there will inevitably be changes in the imperial court and the armies in various places, and the foundation of the Cao family will depend on us at that time." Cao Ren settled his mind and looked at Lu Rui and the three of them solemnly.

"I'm willing to listen to General Cao's orders!"

"Okay, military advisor, first of all, we want to control the military power of Xu Du, what is your best plan?"

"Uncle, Rui thinks that Zidan can return to Xudu first, and tell Zidan the importance of this matter, although Zidan is young, he is quite resourceful and it is not a bad idea to let him lead the army of Xudu." Cao Zhen, as the governor of Cao Wei in the future, was calm and resolute, and was a suitable person to lead the soldiers and horses.

"General Cao, Jia also agreed to Bufan's suggestion, so let Zidan be the commander of Xudu's army, and let him assist Zhong Xian to stabilize the situation. When the time comes, after our brigade returns to Xudu, we will let the eldest prince take over the military power. ”

"Well, Yuan Xi in the north must be guarded, Wen Lie, you lead the people of your headquarters into Hanoi County to discuss the defense with Du Ji Taishou." Cao Ren took a general order and handed it to Cao Xiu.

"No!"

"Extraordinary, that Fan County?"

"Uncle rest assured, Fan County Rui has been in business for many years, has a deep foundation, and there are still 10,000 elite garrisons, and the area around Dongjun is the garrison of Uncle Xiahou, and the area around Qingzhou and Fan County should be safe. We still control Xu Du's military strength first, so as not to let Yuan let his uncle know about his middle father and return to Xu Du with his troops. "Lu Rui has already prepared for the worst, if Xiahoudun can't help it and kills back to Xu Du, he and Cao Ren will at least have a preparation.

"Okay, according to what Bufan said, if the eldest brother really encounters an accident, the situation in Xu Du is indeed worrying,"

"Uncle, Rui has a plan to try, maybe he can alleviate the situation in Xu Du." Listening to Cao Ren's tone, Lu Rui knew that even Cao Ren was not sure whether he could control the situation in Xu Du, thinking of this, Lu Rui had a plan.

"Extraordinary, you say come and hear it!"

"Uncle, we can let one person pretend to be the middle father and stabilize the situation in the court and various places, and only need to say that the middle father is seriously injured and needs a long time to heal." Lu Rui arched his hand and replied to Cao Ren. Although this method will be seen through sooner or later, it can also be delayed for a while, so let's take one step at a time!

"General Cao, an extraordinary plan is also a feasible method." Guo Jia listened to Lu Rui's words and felt that it made sense, so as to ease the anger of the Cao generals, so as not to cause some irreparable consequences.

"Okay, this matter will be handed over to Bufan and Fengxiao."

"Fengxiao, extraordinary, you select the elite to protect the elder brother to return to Xudu, Zidan to take over the army of Xudu, and I will lead the Cao family to return to Xudu after Zixiu Palace." Cao Ren immediately made a decision, this matter cannot be delayed, if it is a day late, I am afraid that Xu Du will change.

"No!"

In a farm ten miles away from Qian County, Cao Cao was enjoying the beautiful moonlight in the courtyard. Lu Rui and others created a fake Cao Cao to stabilize the situation in the six gods of Qian County, but the real Cao Cao left Qiao County early and came here.

"Lord!" A black-clothed scribe wearing a hat came to Cao Cao's side.

"The Taoist chief doesn't have to be polite, and I have to thank the Taoist for today's events, if it's not for the Taoist chief to be careful, I'm afraid that the original appearance will be buried in the underground palace." Cao Cao drank tea and smiled at the black-clothed scribe.

"The lord has won the award, the poor road has traveled all over the world, I have seen more people, there are more people who cheat, and I naturally have a vigilant heart all the time, today is just a coincidence, I didn't expect someone to set up such a seemingly stupid, but unexpected scheme."

"Hmph, this time it was the Prime Minister who was careless, I thought that the imperial court had been tightly held in the hands of the Prime Minister, but I didn't expect it to be counted again!"

"The prime minister is eloquent and strategic, and it is normal to make some mistakes."

"Needless to say, if you lose, you lose, if you are not lucky, I am afraid that the foundation of the original phase will be destroyed here, the prime minister swears, we must find out the people behind it, in order to solve the hatred of the original appearance!" Cao Cao drew his sword and slammed it into the ground. "Don't worry, the prime minister has already arranged everything, and the prime minister will definitely be able to catch the people behind the scenes."

"Well, by the way, is there any new situation on Zixiao and Bufan's side?" Cao Cao suddenly thought that if he was gone, what would Cao Ren and Lu Rui do, which could be regarded as an exam question for them and their ministers.

"Back to the lord, I heard that Hou Ye and General Cao are still sending people to dig tunnels, and there is no news about further actions."

"Okay, they must have a lot of emergencies to deal with when they encounter this matter suddenly, Prime Minister Ben will wait and test them!"

"The prime minister is wise!" (To be continued......)

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