Chapter 44: Murder
On the first day of the first month of the fifth year of Jian'an, the rain and snow for several days stopped, and the sky finally showed a glimmer of light, a long-lost winter day. The wind was whistling, blowing on the face and stinging, Xu Du was indescribably depressed today, and the common people hid at home and did not dare to go out.
There were two armies facing each other at the city gate, and the five hundred soldiers in the south carried the banner of "Han". It may be because there was a rumor of the villain leaking in advance, and they came in a bit of a hurry, led by Wu Shuo, the general of Zhaoxin, and the captain of the Yue Cavalry. To the north is the 800 tigers and leopards led by Xiahoudun. Xiahoudun led the tiger and leopard cavalry to fight for many years, but he didn't take these rats in his eyes, and saw that he was heavily guarded, and it was hopeless to capture Cao Cao alive, so he shouted: "Cao A is a thief who steals the country, and it is not a pity to die!" Today......"
Before the seed series was finished, Xiahou Dun had already taken out a bow and arrow, and an arrow hit the throat of the seed series. "Hmph, foolish and loyal, clichΓ©s, it's not a pity to die." Xiahoudun sneered.
Wu Shuo shouted, rode a horse to fight Xiahoudun, and was slashed under the horse by Xiahoudun. The five hundred dead soldiers of the Han army were obviously a little flustered, and after a rain of arrows, the elite tiger and leopard riders of the Cao family charged at them. Cao Cao and Guo Jia had already told Xiahoudun that they would not leave anything alive. Blood stained the avenue of the city gates, and the city gates were also mottled with blood. Xiahoudun cut off the heads of Chongji and Wu Shuo, ordered the tiger and leopard to clear the battlefield, and rode towards the palace with a few personal soldiers.
Palace
The palace gate opened, Cao Cao took his henchmen and generals towards the direction of Chengguang Palace, accompanied by Xu Chu, Man Chong, Hua Xin, Xi Wei, Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Jia Xu and Cao Cao's relatives Cao Ren, Cao Zhen, etc., and only Cao Pi was the son he carried.
"I'm going to ask the emperor, what does this mean today? Zihuan Zidan led the troops to stay here, and the rest went to the Chengguang Hall with me. "Yes." Cao Zhen and Cao Pi responded together, and they led troops to garrison the road leading to the Chengguang Palace, and everyone who stayed here did not dare to relax their vigilance.
Not long after Cao Cao and the others left, someone came on horseback, and the soldiers raised shields to protect Cao Pi and Cao Zhen, wanting to pull the bowstring. Cao Pi recognized who it was at a glance, waved them back, and Xiahou galloped away.
"Hurry up! Otherwise, it's really too late! Mo Yan urged the imperial physician order who carried her forward, and the imperial physician replied breathlessly: "The minister did his best." "Imperial Doctor Ling couldn't understand how the seemingly thin queen could carry it so heavily.
Yu Niang trotted all the way beside her, protecting Mo Yan. "Your Highness, be careful, the noble person and the prince in the womb will definitely be safe."
"It's all my fault, it's all my fault! If I had remembered it earlier, it would have been fine. If you don't report it, if something happens to her, I'll ask you. Mo Yan bit her lip tightly, she resented herself, why couldn't she remember why Dong Guiren died earlier, so that Dong Guiren would probably not have today's thing, and she wanted to leave here, deliberately matched Liu Xie and Dong Lin, she didn't think about why Dong Guiren died in history, what happened to this point, she has a lot of responsibility, she has to find a way to prevent Cao Cao from killing Dong Lin.
A moment ago, Mo Yan was still in the Jiaofang Palace, before she ordered the imperial physician to check Dong Lin's pulse every month, and when she saw the imperial physician order coming in a hurry, she thought it was a matter of reporting the pulse, but she didn't expect the imperial physician order to say: "Dong Guiren was arrested, and the palace people saw that the person who came was a soldier with a sword, and they didn't dare to stop it, so they let them take the nobleman." The noble woman is still pregnant, if ......" "What did you say? She is expecting? Then why didn't you say it before? "Back to His Royal Highness, Dong Guiren has been pregnant for two months, and she didn't let her ministers report before, otherwise she would be forced to die." "You! Your Majesty does you know? "Your Majesty does not know, Your Majesty has not slept with your nobles since November."
Mo Yan almost fainted when she heard this, and she shouted bitterly: "Confused." "Mo Yan was really confused, all the records that she had forgotten were all recalled, and she finally remembered why Dong Guiren died, it was because of the edict (1), she was still pregnant with Liu Xie's flesh and blood when she died, and she actually forgot such an important thing." The Imperial Doctor ordered you to take me to the Chengguang Palace, and I want to save her!" His Majesty didn't know that she was pregnant, and others wouldn't know about it, if she could tell Dong Guiren that she was pregnant with a dragon son, she would definitely be safe. Since Liu Xie didn't know that Dong Lin was pregnant, maybe Mo Yan arrived in time, maybe he could reverse the tragedy, because what was recorded in history was that Liu Xie knew that Dong Guiren was pregnant, so he asked Cao Cao.
Yu Niang stopped the anxious spring and stayed by Mo Yan's side to comfort her, this is the second time Yu Niang has seen her collapsed face, the first time was when she learned that she was pregnant, and now she learned that Dong Guiren had an accident and was pregnant. Yu Niang was also worried about His Majesty and nobles, but she was even more anxious and full of guilt in front of her.
The soldiers stationed on the palace road stopped Mo Yan and them, and Mo Yan descended from the imperial doctor's order. "I'm the queen, who of you dares to stop me." Mo Yan's clear eyes seemed to have a firelight lingering, unswerving.
Cao Zhen walked out of the pawn and saluted with his fists clenched. "The prime minister has an order, and no one is allowed to enter the Chengguang Palace, not even His Royal Highness. Your Highness, please go back, otherwise the sword has no eyes, and it will not be good to hurt Your Highness. β
Cao Zhen drew his sword from the scabbard and pointed it directly at the queen. "Bold! This is the Queen! Yu Niang, who has always been gentle, said sharply when she saw this. Mo Yan stepped forward and clenched his sword, "If you can't stop me, I will definitely break into the Chengguang Palace, how can the prime minister trap my husband and ignore it." Either you're going to kill me, or you're going to let me go. β
Mo Yan squeezed hard, and the blade of the sword cut open in her palm, and red blood dripped to the ground. She tried to restrain the pain, even if she was afraid, she had to go to the Chengguang Palace, whether to be loyal or to kill the queen, she had to gamble on the decision of the person in front of her.
With a "bang", another sharp sword appeared in front of Mo Yan's eyes, stabbing Cao Zhen's saber aside, "Let her go." β
"Zihuan! Are you crazy? Cao Zhen looked at Cao Pi in disbelief, Cao Pi wanted to disobey the prime minister's order for this woman. Let her go, if the prime minister blames, I will be Cao Zihuan alone. β
When the soldiers heard this, the prime minister's sons all said so, and they all stepped aside to make way for the queen. Although Mo Yan was surprised by Cao Pi's behavior, it was only for a moment, and she whispered: "Thank you." β
Cao Pi's eyes were her figure running away, her dress rising with the wind. Cao Pi inadvertently showed a wry smile, only this once, there will be no next time. Cao Pi put away his saber and looked at the blood on the ground. Faced with Cao Zhen's questioning, he just replied: "She is the queen, you and I can't hurt her." β
Mo Yan, are you so worthy of him? Even if he is an emperor, he is not subject to his father, heh.
Chengguang Temple
"Your Majesty, Cao Cao led his troops to surround the Chengguang Palace, he ......"
"Cao Cao's heart of rebellion and ill-intentioned! Your Majesty! β
"Bring the sword." Liu Xie took the sword from the hand of the chamberlain beside him, and he had already prepared for today's matter. "Don't worry, go out with me."
Liu Xie stood up, the drooping in front of him swayed slightly, his face was hidden behind the crown, and he strode out of the hall, and Han Chen followed the emperor's steps. At the steps outside the hall was Cao Cao, who came towards Liu Xie, and he was followed by a pro-soldier general and a confidant.
Cao Cao saluted outside the hall, and the others behind him also knelt down to worship the emperor. "Your Majesty, it's windy outside, so let's go back to the palace to avoid the wind." Before Liu Xie could react, Cao Cao stepped into the hall with his sword, and there was an angry shout, "Cao Cao, you surround the Chengguang Palace, what is the intention of going to the temple with your sword?" "This person is Yang Biao.
"What do I want? Your Majesty, the minister heard that someone wanted to kill the minister, and the minister still vaguely remembered that in the past, it was the minister who welcomed His Majesty to Xu Du, if someone wanted to kill the minister, then His Majesty would not be able to escape the disaster, and today the minister will clear the king's side. β
Liu Xie clenched the sword in his hand, he turned back to the hall and stood in front of Cao Cao. "Why did Your Majesty take the sword, it was the minister who frightened Your Majesty? There are ministers here, who dares to make a mistake? β
The sword was unsheathed, Xu Chu beside Cao Cao couldn't hold it and stepped forward, and Cao Cao stretched out his hand to stop it. "What are you doing, from ancient times to the present, it is the king who wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die."
Cao Cao grabbed Liu Xie's hand, "Your Majesty will be tired if you stand for too long, if you want to kill the minister, why don't you sit on the throne and kill the minister?" But Your Majesty, this Manchu minister, apart from me, is there anyone who will return you to the throne safely? β
Liu Xie lost his mind and returned his sword to its sheath. Cao Cao's words are heartfelt, Liu Xie glanced at the ministers in the palace, and the people who were still scolding Cao Cao for plotting against him had already been scared back by Cao Cao's momentum, and there were few people left who could really stay with him in the world, Liu Xie did rely on Cao Cao to get to where he is today, but he was unstable and restless on this throne, what he wanted was the power of the real emperor. Liu Xie retreated to the high seat and smiled silently.
At this time, Xiahoudun stepped into the hall with the heads of Chongji and Wu Shuo, and shouted: "Someone wants to kidnap the prime minister, and he has been corrected." This is the head of the two people. β
The bloody head rolled down on the hall, Xu Chu drew his sword and pointed at the Manchu minister and shouted: "Whoever dares to be disrespectful to the prime minister will be the end." "The two heads frightened the ministers to their knees and begged for mercy." The prime minister spares his life, and we respect the prime minister, and there is no dissent. Only Yang Biao, Kong Rong and others are still standing in place.
"Look at you scared people, please hurry up, you and I are both loyal servants of Your Majesty, I naturally won't do anything to you, I'm just dealing with villains. Yuan Rang, but there are still people who have not been caught? If I'm not mistaken, there is Dong Cheng among them. His daughter is a noble of His Majesty? β
"Back to the prime minister, troops have been sent to pursue it." Xiahou replied to Cao Cao's words.
Someone cowered and said, "Prime Minister, his daughter is Dong Guiren." β
"Oh? The father fled, so the daughter could only be used. β
Cao Cao's personal soldiers pressed Dong Lin up to the palace, and Liu Xie slapped angrily: "Cao Cao, she is my nobleman, do you dare to touch her?" Cao Cao waved his hand and motioned for them to step back and let go of Dong Guiren. Your Majesty, the ministers just want to seduce Dong Cheng, they are all rough people, and it is inevitable to be rude. β
"Don't kill Dong Guiren! She is pregnant with a dragon son, and she must not be killed! Mo Yan didn't care about the child in his womb, and ran desperately on the steps, shouting loudly as he ran, trying to let everyone in the hall hear that Dong Guiren was pregnant with a dragon son.
But the tragedy happened far beyond imagination, just when Mo Yan was still a few steps away, Dong Lin took out Cao Cao's sword and killed herself on the Chengguang Palace, she left Liu Xie only the last noble and chaste, even if she wanted to die, she had to die well, she didn't complain, only two lines of tears.
The soldiers guarding the gate of the hall were forcibly pushed away by Mo Yan, Mo Yan knelt on the ground because of the impact, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Dong Lin lying motionless on the ground, and there was even more blood stains next to him.
Mo Yan crawled to Dong Lin's side under everyone's attention, she covered Dong Lin's wound with her injured hand, tears flowed down the trend, she was too late after all. "Dong Lin, wake up! You are pregnant with Your Majesty's child, how can you just leave. Wake up. Mo Yan shook Dong Lin's body vigorously, but his body was cold, he lacked the skills to return to the sky, and his face and child had passed away.
Mo Yan staggered to his feet, looked at all the people in the hall, and finally pointed at Cao Cao, and hissed exhaustedly: "Cao Cao, can't you fucking hear?" She is pregnant with His Majesty's child, and you will not let go of even a woman, not even His Majesty's blood. What 'Turtle Turtle is long-lived, there is still a time. (2) It's all fake! You! Mo Yan didn't know that Dong Lin was killing herself, she only thought that Cao Cao killed Dong Lin, she did worship Cao Cao before, but when the bloody facts happened in front of her eyes, she couldn't agree with Cao Cao's actions, an innocent woman could be killed, why didn't he dare.
Xu Chu drew his knife again and pointed at Mo Yan, "You woman, don't talk nonsense!" "After finishing the fall, he stepped forward and knelt in front of Cao Cao, and the sound of kowtowing was clear in his ears." Prime Minister, the little girl is stupid and doesn't know, please spare the little girl. β
"Cao Cao, let him put down his knife. My nobleman has killed himself, and you still want to kill my queen? The queen has been pregnant with my child for several months, Cao Cao, you killed my bloodline, so that you can call your heart? What Cao Cao didn't expect was that he had fought countless battles, and he was actually pointed at his neck by a young emperor with a sword.
"Xu Chu let go of the queen."
Running all the way coupled with mental stimulation, Mo Yan fainted, and just when she was about to fall, Liu Xie hugged her and walked out of the hall, "Imperial Doctor's Order!" β
"After Fu, you really taught a good daughter." Cao Cao remembered that she had saved the child under the horse, and she had pointed at him so fearlessly. This woman is not simple, and she will not stay for a long time in the future.
Guo Jia never spoke, but when he saw Mo Yan fainting, he moved a little unconsciously.
Concentrate:
(1) Edict of the Belt of Clothes: When Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, Dong Cheng accepted the secret edict of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. and Chongji, Wu Shuo, Wang Zifu, Liu Bei, Wu Zilan and others murdered Cao Cao. In the first month of the fifth year of Jian'an (200), Dong Cheng and others conspired to kill Cao Cao was leaked, and Dong Cheng, Chong Ji, Wu Zilan, Wang Zifu and Dong Cheng's daughter Dong Guiren were all killed by Cao Cao.
(2) Selected from Cao Cao's "Stepping Out of the Summer Gate" of "Turtle Although Shou" - although the turtle is long, there is still time. The beetle snake rides the fog and eventually turns into ash. Lao Ji is in the woods, and his ambitions are thousands of miles. The martyrs are in their twilight years, and their hearts are strong. The period of profit and contraction is not only in the sky; The blessing of recuperation can be eternal. Fortunately, even ya, the song is a song.