Chapter 168: Borrowing a knife to kill

You Heng said: "I'm not rude, it's rude to bully the king, I show the form of my parents, which just shows my innocence." Cao Cao said: "You are innocent, so who is dirty?" ”

You Heng said: "You can't recognize the virtuous and foolish, it's cloudy eyes; If you don't read poetry and books, your mouth is cloudy; If you don't speak well, your ears are cloudy; If you don't know the past and the present, you are turbid; It is not allowed to be a prince, it is a turbid belly; Always cherish usurpation, it is a turbid heart! I am a celebrity today, and you regard me as a little drum player, just like a family member who despises Confucius! If you want to achieve the cause of kingship, how can you despise others so much? ”

Kong Rong, who was a good friend, also sat inside, fearing that Cao Cao would be angry and kill Youheng, so he said: "Youheng's sins are the same as those of prisoners, but you have no ability to wake up a wise king from his dream. ”

Cao Cao pointed at You Heng and said: "I will send you to Jingzhou to envoy Liu Biao, if you can let Liu Biao take the initiative to surrender, I will treat you as a minister." ”

You Heng was reluctant to go, so Cao Cao asked him to prepare three horses, let two people help him go, and then asked his generals to prepare drinks outside the east gate to see him off.

Xun Yu said: "If You Heng comes, don't get up." ”

When Thou Heng arrived, he dismounted and came to see him, and all the people sat there weeping, and Thou Heng also wept aloud.

Xun Yu asked, "Why are you crying?" ”

You Heng said: "Walking in the pile of the dead, why don't you cry?" ”

Everyone shouted in unison: "We are dead corpses, then you are a headless mad ghost!" ”

You Heng said: "I am a courtier of the Han Dynasty, if I don't be Cao Cao's friend, how can I have no head?" ”

When they heard this, they were furious and prepared to kill him. Xun Yu hurriedly stopped and said, "Such a rat, don't waste the knife." ”

You Heng said: "I am a rat finch, but I have human nature, you are not even human, just some moths!" The others could only endure their anger and disperse one after another, after all, no one is the opponent of You Heng.

After You Heng arrived in Jingzhou, he met with Liu Biao, although he also sang praises of virtue, but most of the words were ironic, Liu Biao was very unhappy, and asked him to go to Jiangxia to see Huang Zu.

Some people asked Liu Biao, "You Heng teased you like this, why didn't you kill him?" ”

Liu Biao said with a smile: "You Heng insulted Cao Cao several times, but Cao Cao didn't kill him, because he was afraid that others would be disappointed, so he asked him to come to me, wanting to borrow my hand to kill him, so that I would have a reputation for persecuting virtuous people." I sent him to meet Huang Zu and let Cao Cao know that I am also a knowledgeable person. "Everybody thought it was good.

After You Heng left, Yuan Shao's envoy also arrived, and Liu Biao asked the strategists: "Yuan Shao sent someone to recruit An this time, and Cao Cao sent You Heng to recruit An, who should I listen to?" ”

Han Songjin, the general of Zhonglang, said: "Now Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are competing for hegemony, if the general wants to make a difference, he can take this opportunity to break the enemy, if he has no ideas, choose a good one, now Cao Cao can use soldiers, there are many virtuous people, he will definitely take Yuan Shao first, and then turn to attack Jiangdong, I am afraid that the general has no way to resist, if he is attached to Cao Cao, then Cao Cao will definitely treat the general well." ”

Liu Biao said: "In this way, you go to Xudu first, observe the situation, and then we will discuss." ”

Han Song said: "Now that I am under the hands of the lord, I will definitely go to the soup and go to the fire, and I will obey my orders, if I can go up to the Son of Heaven and from Prime Minister Cao Cheng, just send me, if the lord has been hesitating, after I arrived in Xudu, the Son of Heaven rewarded me with an official position, then I am a subject of the Son of Heaven, and I will no longer serve the lord." ”

Liu Biao said: "You better go and take a look first, I have other ideas to consider." ”

After Han Song said goodbye, he went to Xudu to see Cao Cao, Cao Cao worshiped Song as a servant, and led Lingling Taishou.

Xun Yu said: "Han Song came here this time mainly to see the truth and reality, there is no merit, just give such an official position, You Heng has no news, why didn't the prime minister call him back?" ”

Speaking of You Heng, Cao Cao was angry in his heart and said: "You Heng has insulted me many times, and it has reached my bottom line, so I want to borrow Liu Biao's hand to kill him, why do you ask again?" So he sent Han Song back to Jingzhou to persuade Liu Biao.

Han Song went back to see Liu Biao, said a lot of good things about Cao Cao and the imperial court, and persuaded Liu Biao to surrender and serve the Son of Heaven. "Prepare to kill him.

Han Song explained: "This is the general who has lost me, and I have not lost the general." ”

Kuai Liang said: "He had already said this before he left Jingzhou, and now I am afraid it will not be good to kill him." So Liu Biao pardoned him.

Someone reported that Huang Zu had killed You Heng, and Liu Biao asked why.

replied: "Huang Zu and You Heng drank together, and they were both drunk, so Huang Zu asked You Heng, who are your characters in Xu Du?" You Heng replied, the eldest child Kong Wenju, the youngest child Yang Dezu, except for the first time, there are no characters. Huang Zu asked, what about me? You Heng said, you are the god who is worshiped in the temple, although you have been sacrificed, but you have never appeared to the spirit. Huang Zu was furious and felt that You Heng was using a puppet as a metaphor for himself. So Huang Zu let the left and right push out and behead him, and You Heng scolded him until he died. ”

You Heng is still dead after all, Liu Biao sighed, and then buried on the side of Parrot Island.

The news quickly spread to Xu Du, and Cao Cao was very happy when he heard it, and said, "People like him have finally killed themselves!" ”

However, Liu Biao still had no intention of being recruited after all, and Cao Cao was ready to ask for guilt.

Xun Yu advised: "Yuan Shao is still eyeing the tiger, Liu Bei is not perished, and now he is preparing to go to Jiangnan to mercenaries, as if he has given up his henchmen." can destroy Yuan Shao first, and then kill Liu Bei, then Jingzhou will be in the bag sooner or later. Cao Cao accepted.

After Liu Bei left, the plan to destroy Cao was still under discussion, and Dong Cheng often discussed with Wang Zifu and others, but there was nothing to be done.

In the fifth year of Jian'an, on New Year's Day, he saw Cao Cao being more arrogant and domineering, and he was sad and angry for a while, and he actually contracted a disease.

After Emperor Xian knew that his uncle was sick, he sent a doctor to treat him, and the doctor was a native of Luoyang, surnamed Ji, named Tai, and the word was Ping, everyone called him Ji Ping, who was a famous doctor at that time.

In the process of treating Dong Cheng's illness, he found that he sighed every day, and he didn't dare to ask the reason.

When it came to the Lantern Festival, Ji Ping was about to leave, Dong Cheng left him behind, and drank together, and at night, Dong Cheng felt a little sleepy, so he was ready to sleep with his clothes on. Suddenly, the prince and other four people came over, and Dong Cheng got up to greet him.

The prince served: "The big thing can be decided!" ”

Dong Chengdao: "What kind of big deal are you talking about?" ”

The prince served: "Just recently, Liu Biao and Yuan Shao, raised 500,000 troops, divided into ten ways to kill Xudu, Ma Teng connected with Han Sui, raised the Xiliang army of 120,000, killed from the north, Cao Cao led all the soldiers and horses of Xudu, divided to meet the enemy, the city was already empty. ”