Chapter 248: The Final Sprint

Since returning from the battle of Jingzhou, Cao Cao's headache has become more and more serious. In this battle, not only Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen, who were regarded by Cao Cao as his own, but also Cao Cao's brothers and sisters, Cao Ren and Xiahoudun, who had been regarded as their right-hand men since the incident. If the loss is great, no one can be greater than Cao Cao. This kind of loss is just like Liu Bei's loss of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in history, which is not only a loss of strength, but also an emotional blow.

After returning from Jingzhou, Cao Cao has been bedridden, and he does not even go to the court meeting, and every day he is assisted by Zhong Xuan, Chen Qun and others to assist the prince Cao Pi in handling government affairs. When encountering a big matter, Cao Pi will come to report to Cao Cao.

On this day, Cao Cao was taking a nap in the house, and suddenly someone came to report that Cao Zhi, the Marquis of Linzi, had found a hidden medical saint who could cure Cao Cao's headache and hoped to meet Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was a little displeased, Cao Zhi was favored in his early years, but he acted recklessly, and did not know the checkpoints, so that he lost to Cao Cao who Cao Cao did not like in the battle for the son, and then he still did not repent, just a few months ago, when Cao Ren was besieged by Guan Yu, Cao Cao ordered Cao Zhi to be the general of Nanzhong Lang, and he marched to capture the general and lead the army to rescue Cao Ren. Cao Zhi was so drunk after the order was issued that he could not be ordered to go on the expedition, which completely disappointed Cao Cao. Now I'm afraid that I just want to use the so-called miracle doctor to curry favor with Cao Cao. Cao Cao knew in his heart that he was already terminally ill and had no power to return to heaven. As a powerful hero, Cao Cao was not willing to wag his tail and beg for mercy from these so-called miracle doctors, and longed to be able to survive for a few more days.

"No need, let him step back and don't disturb the lonely afternoon rest." Cao Cao instructed his attendants to drive out the people who had been reported, and he pulled up the quilt and closed his eyes to rest, not thinking about anything.

Not long after he fell asleep, there was a lot of noise outside, and Cao Cao sat up in annoyance and shouted, "Who is making noise! ”

After waiting for a while, the attendant reported outside the door: "King Wei, the Marquis of Linzi was assassinated in the mansion." ”

Cao Cao was taken aback, hurriedly turned over and got out of bed, and asked, "Is Zi Jian'an okay?" ”

The attendant replied, "It's fine." ”

Cao Cao was a little relieved, but he heard his attendant exclaim: "His Royal Highness King Wei, there is a fire in the mansion, the fire is fierce, please avoid it quickly." ”

Cao Cao hurriedly got dressed and came out, only to see the fire blazing in the direction of the backyard, and countless attendants and servants carrying buckets and containers, carrying water from the well to extinguish the fire, but to no avail. What's even more terrifying is that not only Cao Cao's Prime Minister's Mansion, but also the surrounding official offices and residences such as Taiwei's Mansion, Shangshu's Mansion, and General's Mansion were on fire almost at the same time.

The fire was so big and spreading so fast that Cao Cao remembered the fire in Luoyang thirty years ago. Cao Cao shook his head and said to his relatives: "Order the officials of all ministries to discuss matters in the court, and prepare carriages and horses for Lone." ”

The fire had obviously been planned for a long time, all the fire points were in the officials' homes, and the time of the fire was similar, and the officials' residences were relatively concentrated, resulting in the superposition of the fire, and finally the area in the center of Xudu suffered heavy losses, and many mansions were reduced to ruins.

If the fires in other places only made the officials angry, then the fires in the Prime Minister's Mansion made people feel fearful. The Prime Minister's Mansion has always been heavily guarded, and Cao Cao himself has been in battle for a long time, and his entourage is full of veterans of a hundred battles, and he was even infiltrated and set on fire. Although it was later verified that it was because Cao Zhi's assassination attracted attention that the thieves were given an opportunity to take advantage of, the thieves' audacity can be seen.

What's more, near the fire, a large number of thumb-sized one-eyed dragon head skull wood carvings were found, apparently referring to Xiahoudun, as if to mock Cao Cao.

Subsequently, some officials' family members were shot at a long distance when they went out, and the murderer seemed to deliberately not shoot the vital point, without producing a single life, but he slapped Xu Du Baiguan one after another, and the head statue of the one-eyed dragon was also left at the scene.

Then, when Xu Du's power was used to search for the murderer everywhere, Liu Xie, the puppet emperor of the Han Dynasty, was hung upside down on the court, making Cao Cao completely lose face.

Luo Han listened to Meng Fei tell him one by one about the good things they had done in Xudu, while eating self-heating hot pot, and waited until Meng Fei finished speaking, Luo Han said, "It's done well, but it's not enough." Simply humiliating and provoking Cao Cao will not do us any good. We must let Cao Cao collapse and fall completely. As long as Cao Cao is finished, how can Cao Hong still have the heart to spend with me? ”

The mad dragon said helplessly: "Boss Cao's psychological quality is quite good, and he hasn't been stunned by being so angry." I really don't know what to do with it. ”

Luo Han chewed the ham sausage and thought about it, and said regretfully: "I like Boss Cao very much, but it's a pity that I'm very uncomfortable if I don't mess with him now." So, shameless, does Brainless know how to do it? You don't need me to teach you. ”

Mad Dragon said: "I declare, because this is a proving ground I will do the next thing, in reality I am a good person, you testify." ”

What is the most eye-catching thing since ancient times? A gossip scandal of celebrities, of course. A few days after the fire in Xudu, a big scandal broke out. First of all, many young children in Xudu disappeared, and the missing children came from some influential families. Immediately afterwards, a well-established parent obtained a series of evidence provided by a mysterious person, confirming that the child was in Cao Zhi's mansion and informing the other missing children of their origins. Subsequently, the parent, together with the parents of other young children, sued Cao Cao together.

Cao Cao was furious and personally led people to rush into Cao Zhi's mansion, and sure enough, he found these missing young children in Cao Zhi's bedroom. These young children were stripped naked and tied together, which could easily make people have extremely bad associations with Cao Zhi. In the past few days, Cao Zhi has rarely been at home, and he didn't know what was going on until he was caught by Cao Cao's personal attendants.

Cao Cao didn't believe this matter, it is likely that someone framed Cao Zhi, but the victim's parents did not think so. In order to gag their mouths, calm their emotions, and prevent them from spreading the word, Cao Zhi was severely punished and forcibly dispatched to remote areas. After all, if this kind of thing is not handled well, it will be a big blow to the reputation of the entire Cao family, thinking about it this way, Cao Cao feels that Cao Pi, who is most likely to frame Cao Zhi, is less suspicious, and the others seem to have no motive. In the end, Cao Cao was a little suspicious that Cao Zhi might have done this kind of thing after drinking.

Anyway, Cao Zhi was assigned, with a group of doormen and a few concubines, and left Xu Du helplessly. Maybe one day he will be able to come back, but it must be a long time later.

It's a pity that Cao Zhi didn't have time to be sad for too long on the road, and he lost the ability to be sad forever. A team of five masked men came out and fought with Cao Zhi's doormen. Cao Zhi is not a weak scholar, he went out with Cao Cao when he was a teenager, and was almost sent by Cao Cao to lead troops to rescue Cao Ren, although he is not as good as his brother Cao Zhang, who is known for his bravery, but he is also a military general who can't get close to three or five big men. At that moment, he drew his sword and went out to fight side by side with the doormen.

Cao Zhi's customers are mostly scholars, although the six arts of the gentleman are not a problem, but they are always a little less fierce and fearless, and more than a dozen people are gradually suppressed by five people. Cao Zhi was reluctant to retreat, and was about to call for retreat, when suddenly his neck was cold, and a sharp bi shou appeared from the empty place, hitting Cao Zhi hard. Immediately after Bi Shou's continuous stabbing blows, Cao Zhi was powerless to resist and finally fell.

The news that Cao Zhi, the Marquis of Linzi, died on the official road fifty miles away from Xudu, quickly spread all over Xudu, and Cao Cao, who was busy dealing with a lot of bad things in Xudu, spurted out a mouthful of blood after hearing the news, and he didn't know who was going to know.

The loss of two adopted sons and two brothers in succession has caused great damage to this old man, and Cao Zhi's death is the last straw that broke the camel's back. In Cao Cao's opinion, if he hadn't sent Cao Zhi out, Cao Zhi would never have been killed in Xudu, and Cao Cao had already seen that someone might be framing Cao Zhi, and he also drove Cao Zhi out of Xudu, making Cao Cao feel that he was the culprit who killed Cao Zhi. Some people may not be able to understand it, but the fact is that when people get into the horns of the bull, they cannot be explained by reason. And this is precisely the fault that the elderly are prone to make.

Cao Cao is really dying this time. It was Cao Hong and Xu Chu who gave up the affairs in their hands and rode back to Xudu with the tiger and leopard to suppress the situation. Luo Han can finally leave Baimao Block at ease, and he doesn't have to worry about the tiger and leopard that may appear at any time.

Since there was no encirclement and interception for the time being, Luo Han naturally unceremoniously headed towards the farthest place in the northernmost part of Xudu. In this way, if the tiger and leopard rider wants to pursue Luo Han again, it will take many days just to hurry.

A few days later, Luo Han came to a small fishing village near the Bohai Sea, bought a fishing boat and lived a simple life as a fisherman.

Such leisurely days lasted for a few days, and when there were fifteen days left before the end of the trial, the trial ground issued another announcement.

"Congratulations to the five teams for surviving the pursuit from the three major forces, and the three major forces will suspend the special pursuit of you."

"Fifteen days before the end of the Promotion Trial, and those who have not yet achieved their goal, this will be your last chance. Next, the position of the heads of all the famous players will be displayed on your watch radar for one hour at 12 noon and 0 a.m. each day, so take the last chance, Trialists. ”

This is playing with the dead, Luo Han shook his head after listening to the announcement, and said pitifully in the channel: "Brothers and sisters, come and protect me." ”

The mad dragon and the others were still cats near Xudu, monitoring the movements of the tiger and leopard riders, and they also smiled bitterly when they heard this announcement. This is tantamount to replacing the previous identity of the Tiger and Par Rider with the Trialist, and the advantage of the Trialist over the Tiger and Par Rider is that the individual combat power is much more outstanding, the movement is flexible, and you never know which direction will appear Trialist who wants to grab people's heads.

"Captain, you hold on first, we'll come as soon as possible."

Luo Han raised the sails, at least on the sea, he didn't have to worry about being made dumplings.

At the same time, people from all walks of life are agitated, and the trialists who have not yet met the conditions for customs clearance are staring at their watches with red eyes, waiting for the first place to be refreshed. Trialists with the heads of ordinary generals begin to think about how to evade the pursuit of other trialists. On the contrary, the other four teams that had been chased before were overwhelmed with relief. After all, their strength is relatively outstanding, and the trialist team that generally fails to get the head of a famous general poses a relatively small threat to them.

Unfortunately, sometimes being too egotistical is not a good thing. Within a dozen hours of the announcement, more than twenty trialists in the Yizhou region formed an alliance and joined forces to encircle and suppress the team that held Huang Zhong's head. This team is certainly strong, but there are also good players among the two dozen or so trialists who survived, and the numerical advantage of nearly five to one completely knocked down this team. What's even more terrifying is that even if this team threw away Huang Zhong's head, they still couldn't escape the fate of the group annihilation. After the alliance wiped out this team at the cost of five deaths, there was not even any dispute at all, and it directly chased to the position of the head of another famous general.

There is no doubt that this temporary alliance is incredibly cohesive, and no one knows how this is done, but it has become a formidable force.

Due to the direct refresh of the entire map of the trial ground, the trialists only then knew that the number of famous generals' heads produced in this trial was a total of ten. Among them, there are six in Cao Cao, namely Xiahoudun, Cao Ren, Yu Ban, Pang De, Cao Zhen, and Cao Xiu. Liu Bei has two, Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong. Sun Quan has two, Gan Ning and Zhu Huan. The other fallen generals were apparently not counted as famous generals. Ten famous generals at the first level, which means that only ten teams can pass the trial at most, since most teams are limited to five people, only fifty or sixty people can survive in the end, and the team that does not get the first level of famous generals can only start to fight.

Luo Han drifted on the sea and couldn't avoid the dispute, a team also got a fishing boat out to sea, and approached Luo Han while Luo Han's position continued to show the time, and when they found out that Luo Han was alone, the team was almost happy.

So, Luo Han fled to the coast in a fishing boat, and when he was still a few hundred meters away from the coast, Luo Han took out the box containing Cao Ren's head, threw it into the sea under the greedy eyes of the team, and left without looking back.

Of course, this team excitedly dived into the water to salvage Cao Ren's head, and gave up the pursuit of Luo Han.

Luo Han turned on the radar of his watch on the shore, and watched Cao Ren's head move away from the shore, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. It's not that Luo Han doesn't have the ability to escape with things, it's just that it's still early, so there's no need to be afraid to avoid pursuit all day long.

This is the confidence of a strong team, but it is not blindly confident. With Luo Han's character, he has been holding this thing for so long, and he has long considered the strategy of abandoning the car to protect the handsome, how can he not do something? In this thing, there is Ding Wei Qi placed by Luo Han, and once the signal is received, the position will be fed back. Luo Han estimated that the other party didn't have the courage to cut this thing apart and inspect it, and it was difficult to detect it when it didn't emit a signal, which basically ensured Luo Han's ability to control the direction of the item.

Over the next few days, the team with the heads of the famous generals was more or less attacked, and the heads of two famous generals were replaced, but most of the time, they ended up hitting the stones with eggs.

In such a situation, the scattered trialists began to take the initiative to move closer to that alliance, and gradually formed a huge force. Baidu: Read the latest chapter of "The Final Trial of Death: Jiezhong Literature" for free for the first time.