It's the night of July 7 again, two years ago, Zhao Shu and Guan Feng rode side by side, each thinking in their hearts; At this time last year, Liu Bei Xing's troops attacked Wu, and Zhao Shu was planning for the sake of Fa Zheng; Today, Liu Bei's army defeated Jiangxia, and Zhao Shu took charge of Jingxiang from the new, and he was worried about Lu Xun's attack and what Guo Huai did. After all, what year and month can you really spend time with your lover and feel the joy of getting together with your lover?

Tianyi was sad about the pain of the whole family, and Xiao Ben was injured by the death of the old master, all of them worked hard to practice martial arts during the day and closed at night. Guo Huai was gone, Li Wei's injuries had not healed, and Huan Yi trained the new army and arranged city defense. In Jingzhou City, only Zhao Shu seemed to have nothing to do, asked for a pot of wine, sat alone in the courtyard, looked at the sky, and distinguished which was the Cowherd and which was the Weaver Girl. I also occasionally looked at the fourth star of the year, but it was always dim and dim, and there was no dazzling light. The holy star in his eyes that can calm the troubled times, but he is still trapped in this long-fought place, unable to spread his wings and fly high.

Guan Yu and Fa Zheng died one after another, Liu Bei will also die soon, between Zhao Shu and Kong Ming, there will be a face-to-face battle, if Zhao Shu loses, will he continue to hate Qi Shankong? Lucky Zhao Shu won, what should be next? After a pot of wine, he felt drunk, Zhao Shu stood up, staggered back to the bedroom, and lay straight on the bed and fell asleep.

In his sleep, he seemed to feel that Guan Feng came back, and they got together again after Xiao Bie, and they were very affectionate, and there was a gust of wind and rain, but they fell asleep again. When Zhao Shu woke up again, he only felt that there was a faint fragrance, and he actually had a lovely person in his arms, and he couldn't help but wake up suddenly, but when he looked closely, he was Rong'er who had not been seen for many days. The face is charming, sleeping next to him, there are tears hidden in the corners of his eyes, but there seems to be a smile on his mouth.

It was already bright outside the window, Zhao Shu gently picked up the snow-white jade arm she put on her chest, hurriedly got up, and escaped from the room. Zhao Shu is not a decent gentleman, and he also knows that in this era, a man has several women, not only does not break the law, but it is also something to be happy and proud of, but Rong'er is not something that Zhao Shu can provoke now. Guan Feng treats Zhao Shu sincerely, but he is loyal to Liu Bei, and Rong'er Zhao Shu can't see through her mind in the end, Zhao Shu doesn't want to be a chess piece in her hands.

Tianyi and Xiao Ben performed martial arts in the garden early, and when they saw Zhao Shu coming to salute together. Zhao Shu waved his hand and said, "How about giving me this place today?" The two of them didn't know what was happening, looked at each other, and left together. Zhao Shu walked to the pavilion and saw that the utensils he drank last night were still there, could it be that the old man Yue saw that he was lonely, so he sent such a beauty again?

"What are you thinking?" A pair of lotus arms hugged Zhao Shu from behind, and he felt a soft and boneless body, clinging to Zhao Shu's back. Ten fingers are verdant, Zhao Shu couldn't help but reach out and hold it gently, and said, "You are not in the north, what is the matter with me coming to Jingzhou?" Rong'er hugged Zhao Shu tighter and said in a low voice, "Uncle Zhang is dead." "Zhang Liao is dead? Zhao Shu was startled again, but when he turned around, he saw that Rong'er was already in tears and couldn't cry. Zhao Shu knew that she had followed Zhang Liao since she was a child, and she was like a father, and when she saw her crying sadly, she couldn't help but hug her tightly in his arms......

In the third year of the early Wei and Huang dynasties, Cao Zhang, the Marquis of Yanling, raised troops to the south to join the party, with the intention of not being subordinate. Emperor Wen Cao Pi ordered the Taiwei Jia Xu to send an envoy to the army, the great Sima Cao Ren soldiers in Hanoi, and the Yin envoy Cao Xiu sent troops to Huguan to intercept his way back, and Cao Zhang had no choice but to surrender. Cao Pi ordered the right general Xu Huang to go out of the town and merge the state, and named Cao Zhang as the king of the city, cut his soldiers, and recalled Luoyang. On the occasion of the audience, Cao Pi personally held his brother's hand, and when he talked about his brotherhood, he burst into tears. Cao Zhang knew that he was lacking in reason, and he also bowed his head and asked for guilt, and he didn't dare to make a mistake. The two talked for a long time before they dispersed, and Cao Pi rewarded a mansion to make his younger brother live in Luoyang, and the ministers all called Cao Pi benevolent, but a few people in Jia Xu secretly shook their heads and sighed.

One day the dynasty dispersed, and Cao Pi left Liu Ye alone in the harem to discuss matters. Liu Ye said goodbye to the officials, and hurriedly entered the interior to meet him, and after paying homage to his body, he heard Cao Pi ask: "How is Ziwen doing recently?" Liu Ye knew what he meant when he came, and hurriedly replied: "The prince has changed his former temperament, lives in a simple place, and does not communicate with outsiders. ”

"Hmm." Cao Pi was on the throne, nodded, and asked again, "Can I act now?" Liu Ye said: "The minister knows His Majesty's intentions, but the prince has only lived in Beijing for less than a month, and if he dies suddenly, I am afraid that the minister will talk about it." Cao Pi snorted coldly and said, "With his crime, it is a canonical punishment, so what can it do?" If you are afraid of the tongue, don't you know how long the night is? ”

Liu Ye didn't think so, it was always uncommon to kill his own brother, but now Cao Zhang was alone in Beijing, what waves were he afraid he could make? It is not difficult to kill Cao Zhang, but the first emperor is not only this blood, there are more than 20 sons born to the ladies, and there are also several people who have a little military power. If Cao Zhang is killed, can't everyone be afraid? Now that Wu Shu is outside and Sima is inside, why add new chaos? It's just that His Majesty hates Cao Zhang deeply, and he must get rid of it quickly, but how can he use words to temporarily dissuade him?

Liu Ye was thinking about it, but the eunuch outside shouted, Da Sima asked to see him. The old ministers of the two dynasties of Cao Ren, who were also Cao Pi's uncles, entered without waiting for the summons, saluted Cao Pi after the salute, and said: "General Zhang Wenyuan of Runan has a military report to present, please Your Majesty to read it." It was handed to the eunuch next to him and forwarded it to Cao Pi.

As soon as he heard the Runan military report, Cao Pi was quite surprised, aren't the Sun and Liu families still facing each other in Huangshi, where did Runan get the war? After Cao Pi took it, he hurriedly opened it, and saw that a piece of paper had slipped out of the newspaper. Not only Cao Pi was surprised, but even Cao Ren and Liu Ye felt strange, how could it be reasonable to play to the emperor? Could it be that Zhang Liao is really old and doesn't even understand this rule?

Cao Pi didn't read the content of the report, but first picked up the falling paper and looked at it carefully. After reading it, Cao Pi couldn't help sneering and said to himself: "But that's what happened." Then he said loudly: "Someone is coming, Jia Xu, the captain of the Xuan Dynasty, and Chen Sheng, the governor of the forbidden army." The eunuch took the order and left. Cao Ren in the palace, Liu Ye saw that Cao Pi's face was not good, even if he was puzzled in his heart, he didn't dare to ask out loud.

Chen Sheng was on an errand in the palace, and he arrived in a moment, and after saluting Cao Pi, he was not flattened, so he had to kneel in front of him. Not long after, Taiwei Jia Xu also entered the palace to see the driver. Jia Xu is over seventy years old, highly respected, and when he saw the driving, he had a special order not to kneel and worship, and he was extremely respected. When Cao Pi saw Jia Xu coming, he asked Chen Sheng: "Ziyun has been studying art with General Xu Zhongkang since he was a child, but I don't know what Qing's life experience is, can I tell me?" ”

Chen Sheng's life experience is indeed known to few people, but Cao Ren has been with Cao Cao for a long time, and he personally participated in the battle of breaking Lu Bu, so he knows it. But he hasn't mentioned it for many years, but now why is Cao Pi asking about it? Cao Ren looked at Chen Sheng and hesitated, but said on his behalf: "General Chen is a young orphan, and the first emperor has mercy on him, so he took in Xu Zhongkang to raise him, how can Your Majesty ask about this?" ”

Cao Pi looked at Cao Ren and said in his heart: Okay, I know everything, but I only hide it. became more and more annoyed, and said in a deep voice: "Didn't I ask Da Sima, as long as Chen Sheng answered, wouldn't a child even dare to mention the name of his parents?" This is very important, if it were someone else, Chen Sheng would have stepped forward and worked hard, and at this moment he had to reply: "My father is from Dongjun, and I am from the palace." ”

"Then it doesn't seem that I have wronged you." Cao Pi sneered a few times, threw the paper document he was reading in front of Chen Sheng, and said: "You colluded with the thieves to intercept the deposed emperor Liu Xie, and provoked the Ziwen Rebellion, wanting to revive the old business of Wenhou. Do you know that this is the sin of destroying the door? ”

After Chen Sheng rescued Jia Xu, the two returned to the dynasty to restore their lives, and they both concealed their original reasons, but now they were asked by Cao Pi personally, and a lot of trumped-up charges were added, so that the two of them stood on the spot like a lightning strike. Cao Ren saw that the matter was strange, and hurriedly leaned over to pick it up and read it, but it was an anonymous letter, which not only sued Jia and Chen, but also Zhang Liao, the general of Zhengdong, and Zang Ba, the former assassin of Xuzhou, the general of Zhendong, who was also involved, saying that they were colluding with Lu Bu's descendants and plotting to disrupt the country. Cao Ren couldn't help but be stunned, Chen Sheng was the queen of Chen Gong, and Zhang Liao and Zang Ba were all old generals of Lu Bu, but Lu Bu had been defeated for more than 20 years, and Zhang Liao and others would never do such a thing no matter how stupid they were, but the above words were conclusive and extremely detailed, but they did not look like a false work.

Cao Pi saw that Cao Ren had seen the folds, and said, "What does Da Sima think?" Cao Ren hurriedly said: "Taiwei Jia, Zhang Wenyuan, and Zang Xuangao are all the first emperor's love ministers, who have followed the first emperor for many years, were born and died, and have made meritorious contributions. The person who went on this fold did not even dare to leave his name, why did His Majesty need to accept it? ”

"It is precisely because these three people are important ministers of the state that the people who wrote above dare not leave their names." Cao Pi looked at Jia, and Chen and the others said: "'Groundless, not necessarily true', since there is this report, should Lord Taiwei and General Chen give me an explanation?" Chen Sheng knew that Cao Pi was very suspicious, and once his identity was revealed, he could no longer be trusted by him, and he was indeed responsible for Lu Rong's affairs, but he couldn't drag down Jia Xu, Zhang, and Zang's two uncles. At that moment, he took the report and read it carefully, kowtowed, and said: "Your Majesty, it is not good for Weichen to escort the deposed emperor, and the blame cannot be escaped." As for the rebellion, Weichen really did not participate, and the words of Lord Taiwei and the two generals in the compromise were malicious slander, please let Your Majesty know it. ”

Cao Pi didn't believe it at all, and when he ordered Cao Zhen to go to Xuzhou and supervise Qingxu's division to go north, Zang said that he was not sick. Later, Zhang Wenyuan escorted him into Beijing and sent his own soldiers to escort him, Cao Pi had doubts in his heart, but it was inconvenient to say it clearly. Now that someone has revealed that there is indeed no flaw in the things before and after, how can Cao Pi not believe it? My father is in Japan, and the country is stable, how can I succeed to the throne, my brother rebels, and the generals also turn away, are they all here to deceive me? Cao Pi slapped his palm on the imperial case, and said angrily: "You still dare to quibble, who is Lu Rong?" Now it is still hidden in Zhang Liao's mansion. What is your explanation for going to Jizhou with him? At the beginning of my succession, the two of you exonerated Ziwen and Zijian and let them return to the fiefdom, just to provoke civil strife among my brothers, so that you could take the opportunity to start an incident. It's ridiculous that I still take you and others as confidants, and someone ...... to come" The more Cao Pi talked, the more angry he became, and he wanted to order the two to be imprisoned and tortured to extract confessions.

"Your Majesty takes a break from the wrath of the thunder." Liu Ye, who had been standing next to him without saying a word, stepped forward to interrupt Cao Pi at this moment, and said, "Captain Jia and the three generals are all important ministers of the state, how can Your Majesty be convicted for a piece of paper?" You might as well order him to return to his home first, and then send someone to investigate in detail, and when it is confirmed, it is not too late to punish him. ”

Cao Pi was unwilling, but when he saw Liu Ye talking and making his eyes, he knew that he had always won his heart, so he said: "In this case, the two of them can temporarily return to the house." Da Sima sent troops to guard him, and he was not allowed to go out unless he was personally instructed by me, let alone communicate with others. Let's all go down. Cao Ren was going to admonish again, but he thought about it again, and he didn't know the merits, if the report was true, how could he afford to take the risk? So he quit with the two.

After the three of them left, Cao Pi asked, "Isn't Ziyang very insightful?" Liu Ye replied: "The minister thinks that no matter whether the words on the show are true or not, Your Majesty should not be angry at the court, and it must be considered that Zhang Wenyuan also has tens of thousands of male soldiers in his hands." Cao Pi tapped his forehead before saying, "If it weren't for Aiqing's mention, I almost forgot." "Cao Piyuan is also a smart person, and he is very instinctively aware of this, but in recent days, he has been betrayed even by anger, and his talents on weekdays cannot be brought into play.

Cao Pi was reminded by Liu Ye at this moment, but he calmed down and thought carefully. Now that the rebellion of the annex is over, Wancheng Sima also seems to be ready to move, and there are not many soldiers stationed in Luoyang, how can he withstand Zhang Liao's toss again? Cao Pi sat on the dragon chair dejectedly, how could the throne he had worked so hard to win after sitting on pins and needles was like sitting on pins and needles, and he couldn't have a moment of peace?

Liu Ye looked at Cao Pi like this, and said, "Doesn't Zhang Wenyuan have a military report?" Your Majesty has not yet seen it, can you read it before making a decision? Cao Pi also remembered that he hadn't read Zhang Liao's report, so he nodded and picked it up again, looked at it carefully, but said with a smile: "Zhang Wenyuan actually wants to ask for an order to capture Wancheng, which makes me puzzled." ”

Liu Ye was also shocked after hearing this, if Zhang Liao really had different intentions, how could he gnaw on the hard bone of Wancheng and consume his strength in vain? Could it be that the secret words are all false? But I heard Cao Pi ask, "What is Qingke's opinion?" Liu Ye Nai played: "Since Zhang Wenyuan has the intention to attack Sima Zhongda, why doesn't Your Majesty take advantage of the stalemate in Wu Shu at this time and be a favor?" Let the two of them kill each other, just weakening his strength. ”

Cao Pi nodded lightly and said, "Aiqing's proposal is very agreeable, but why does Zhang Liao want to use his own troops for no reason?" helped me crusade against Sima, but I had to be suspicious. I didn't read the secret report just now, and it was said that after Lu Bu, he was very powerful, and there seemed to be a secret nail in the Eastern Wu army. If Zhang Liao's move is to consume the strength of the two garrisons in Runan and Wancheng, once the Eastern Wu soldiers come out of Shouchun, the whole country will be in danger. ”

Liu Ye didn't see the secret report, because he didn't know the inside story, and when he heard the words at this moment, he couldn't help but be secretly frightened, Zhang Liao guarded Hefei in the past, and now he guards Runan, all of which are based on the southern barrier of Wei, if he really unites with Eastern Wu and causes chaos, the consequences are indeed unimaginable. Cao Pi looked at Liu Ye and said, "Although Zhang Liao is powerful, he can't escape the palm of my hand if he doesn't know that someone has betrayed him." After saying that, a grim smile appeared on Cao Pi's face......