In the first seven years of Cao Wei and Huang Chu (four years of Shu Han Jianxing, five years of Wu Lord Huangwu), in the first month of spring, Emperor Cao Pi of Wei drove Xuchang City, three thousand tigers opened the road, and 20,000 forbidden troops escorted. More than ten miles away from the city, the king of the plain led the officials of Xuchang to greet him, knelt beside the road, and the mountain shouted long live. Cao Pi was the original queen Zhen, but later fell out of favor and was executed, and his son Ei was also alienated. Coming to greet today, Cao Pi was not very happy, only casually admonished a few words on the chariot, and then made him come in front of him and look at the city together.

Xuchang was once also, the city is high and the walls are thick, second only to Luoyang, Chang'an and other old capitals. In the past few years, there has been no large-scale war with Shu Wu, the world is stable, the people are happy, hearing the people on both sides shouting long live, Cao Pi is very comfortable, and because he sits on the chariot for most of the day, he also feels depressed, so he changes the car and horses, and rides slowly. The sergeant on the side of the road, the people were even more happy when they saw Cao Pi coming out, and shouted the word "long live" even harder. Cao Pi was also even more proud, but privately said to Liu Ye beside him: "Such a common man, why worry about Shu Wu not being destroyed?" Liu Ye also smiled and said: "Your Majesty Tianwei, Sun Quan, Liu Chan can't reach the dust, and the unification of the sea is just around the corner." Cao Pi was overjoyed when he heard this, laughing, and before the laughter was over, he heard a loud noise. The two monarchs and ministers looked for prestige, only to see dust flying in the distance, and the crowd was surging in panic.

Liu Ye was afraid that someone would take the opportunity to assassinate, so he hurriedly shouted: "Escort." There were left and right tiger soldiers, holding shields to surround Cao Pi and others in the center. Liu Ye Nai played: "It's dangerous outside, Your Majesty will go back to Luan." "I want to hug Cao Pi and get into the car. I didn't want Cao Pi to be the lord of heroes, but said in a loud voice: "My life is tied to the sky, how can I be afraid of others?" He ordered the janissary next to him and said, "Quickly go find out what happened and report it." ”

After the guard finished saluting, he did not leave, but he saw Cao Rong coming with the guards. Cao Pi didn't like it very much because of his mother, and now that such a thing happened, he couldn't help but be angry and asked, "What happened?" Cao Rong also saw that his father's face was not good, so he hurriedly dismounted and pleaded on the ground, and repeatedly kowtowed: "The southeast city wall of Xuchang collapsed for no reason, and the sons and daughters were negligent, and they were sincerely afraid." "The collapse of the city wall is something that has not been seen or heard in many years. Cao Pi was even more displeased when he heard this, but his face was gloomy, he didn't speak, and he didn't let Cao Rong get up, but instead ordered the guards to go and inspect it in person.

The royal horse marched in front of Cao Ei, and Cao Ei stepped forward on his knees and dissuaded: "The city wall collapsed, the cause is unknown, the danger is unpredictable, and I also ask my father to move to the city." Cao Pi was about to have a seizure again, and Liu Ye next to him also understood Cao Rong's intentions, and refused to ask the emperor to take risks, so he also admonished: "What the prince said is very true, Your Majesty is the respect of all times, and it is not appropriate to take risks." Liu Ye has always been favored by Cao Pi, and his words are much heavier than Cao Rong's, since he also opened his mouth to persuade him, Cao Pi no longer insisted on his own intentions, nodded and stopped moving.

A few people waited here for a moment, but the people outside were getting more and more chaotic, noisy, and crowded. Liu Ye admonished again: "It's noisy outside, I'm afraid it will be taken by Shu and Wu, Your Majesty still boarded the car and entered the city to protect everything." Cao Pi looked at the turmoil outside, and also felt unhappy in his heart, so he turned his horse's head and prepared to board the dragon chariot to enter the city. It was too late, it was fast, Cao Pi had just arrived next to the car on horseback, and suddenly a huge iron cone smashed into the oblique and smashed the Luan car he was riding on. After a loud bang, sawdust flew sideways, blood splattered everywhere, and although Cao Pi was not injured, he was also frightened and didn't know how to deal with it. Liu Ye was still following behind Cao Pi, hurriedly escorting him and shouting "Arrest the assassin".

This cone is no different from Zhang Liangxing's assassination of Emperor Qin back then, but it hit the main car, but it was Cao Pi's luck that he never sat in the car and escaped this catastrophe. It's just that the emperor on the chariot suffered, and the eight horses that pulled the cart, all of them broke their tendons and broke their bones, and they died on the spot. Cao Pi came back to his senses, and immediately became furious, and shouted: "Whoever catches the assassin, regardless of the common people, will be rewarded with a reward." The surrounding guards had already chased after the iron cone, and when Cao Pi's edict came, they moved forward bravely. However, there were many people outside the city, all of whom came to see the demeanor of the Great Wei Emperor, but they did not want to take advantage of this great change, so they all fled in a panic, not only could not help the officials and soldiers to arrest the assassins, but blocked the search. Noisy and noisy for a long time, but there was no result.

Cao Pi saw that he couldn't arrest the assassins, and he couldn't calm down, so he scolded all the officials and Xuchang's subordinate officials one by one, and took Xuchang City Guard on the spot. All the officials were silent and did not dare to speak out. Cao Rong then begged his father to move into the city for safety. Cao Pi was dissatisfied because of the city wall and the assassination, so he ordered not to enter Xuchang City, so he set up a retreat outside the city.

After the arrangement was completed from time to time, all the officials came to greet him, but Cao Pi was in no mood to pay attention to this, and still lost his temper in the imperial camp, ordering the assassin to be arrested within three days. After everyone retreated, Cao Pi sat in the tent, very troubled. Back then, the Qin Emperor was violent, burned books and pit Confucianism, and greatly promoted forced labor, so that there was a cone of Bolang, and Cao Pi since he ascended to the pole, he asked himself about the clear governance and the people living in peace, but how could someone also plot to assassinate him? Cao Pi usurped the Han dynasty and was determined to be a Ming monarch and a holy monarch, but today he is like Qin Shi Huang, who has been infamous for hundreds of years, and it is really difficult to accept it in his heart.

Dinner didn't take much, so Cao Pi went to bed to rest, so frightened during the day, and couldn't sleep for a long time at night. After falling asleep, there were also nightmares, either dreaming of the late Empress Zhen or dreaming of the second brother Cao Zhang, who woke Cao Pi up from his dream in a cold sweat. Since he couldn't sleep any longer, Cao Pi got up, beckoned the waiter and asked, "What time is it now?" The chamberlain glanced outside the tent and replied, "It's almost the fifth watch, and the hour is still early, so Your Majesty can rest for a while." ”

Where is Cao Pi still sleepy? Then he changed his clothes and got up, and paced back and forth in the tent with his hands in his hands. After only walking back and forth a few times, but hearing the shouting outside the tent, Cao Pi was already a little frightened in his heart, and hurriedly ordered the attendant to go out to investigate. The chamberlain went out for a while, and then turned around and reported: "A camp tent in the south of the imperial camp is on fire, and General Xiahou has led someone to extinguish it, please let Your Majesty be relieved." ”

"A fire in the camp?" Cao Pi then asked, "Can you find out the cause of the fire?" The chamberlain was not quick to report his worries, so he hurriedly said, "Or maybe the people in the camp are sleepy and have not taken good care of the candles, so that the fire breaks out." Cao Pi nodded slightly, if there were people in the imperial camp who set fire to it, wouldn't it be useless to say that the forbidden army of Great Wei was useless? It happened that the fire outside was extinguished, and the Xiahou Mao brothers, who were in charge of the forbidden army, all came to greet him and plead guilty. Cao Pi couldn't help but scold a few words before asking the cause of the fire. The Xiahou brothers are not very clear about the cause of the fire, but in order to shirk their responsibility, they have to say that they are the people of the barracks, and they have never been optimistic about the fire. Cao Pi was in a bad mood, but when he heard it at the moment, it added fuel to the fire, so he issued an edict to behead all the people who were guarded in the camp, so that his anger would rest for a while.