At this time, the privy envoy Cao used the mansion, and Ding Wei took a Kun sedan chair and sneaked in through the back door.

As soon as Cao Yu saw Ding Wei, he said: "How can Prime Minister Ding be so embarrassed, he came to my house in a sedan chair with his wife, and he didn't even wear a warm hat on a cold day, why is he so anxious?" ”

At this time, Ding Hui also came out and stood beside Cao Yu, Ding Wei looked at his son, and pretended to be calm and said: "Liu Demiao has entered the palace, I came to see how Cao Shumi's preparations are?" ”

Cao Yu said: "Prime Minister Ding, rest assured, the horse infantry of the Shufu and Xifu have been assembled and standby, even a mosquito will not dare to fly out of Bianliang City today!" ”

Ding Wei relaxed a little after hearing this, and said, "That's good, that's good." ”

At this time, another person came to the Cao Mansion, it was Zhang Qi, the envoy of Xuanhui.

Ding Wei and Zhang Qi were not familiar with each other, and they didn't dare to trust each other with big things, so they asked Cao Yu: "Cao Shumi, this is ......?"

Cao Yu swore and said: "Zhang Qi once colluded with the Imperial City Division, and now he is asking him to take over the military power of the Imperial City Division." ”

Ding Wei asked eagerly, "Where is Lei Yungong?" "The current official of the Imperial City Division is Lei Yungong, and Lei Yungong is Ding Wei's confidant.

When the first emperor just died, Ding Wei served as the envoy of the mausoleum, and was in charge of the construction and placement of the emperor's mausoleum. At that time, Lei Yungong became attached to Ding Wei and got the position of the mountain eunuch.

Both know that civil engineering is the most self-interested, and the two of them have gained a lot of personal benefits from each other.

After that, Lei Yungong hugged Ding Wei's thighs tightly, became Ding Wei's eyeliner in the palace, and successfully got the official position of the Imperial City Division.

At this time, Cao Yu said lightly: "How can a eunuch be reliable? My arrangement, Prime Minister Ding rest assured! Look at this gloomy weather, it will be a heavy snow soon, come on, let's have a cup of hot tea in the hall to warm up. ”

As he spoke, he pulled Ding Wei and Zhang Qi and went to the living room to sit.

Although Ding Wei was apprehensive, now that his net worth and life were all tied to Cao Yong's hands, he had to believe what he said "rest assured".

Ding Wei had just drunk a cup of hot tea and pressed his heart into his stomach, and Ren Shouzhong, the head of the inner palace, appeared.

Cao Yu hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Ren Duzhi, have all the things in the palace been handled?" ”

Ren Shouzhong said: "That's nature! Then he said to Ding Wei awe-inspiringly: "The Queen Mother's dictation, immediately take down the criminal minister Ding Wei and his four sons!" ”

Ding Wei jumped up in shock, looked at Cao Yu and asked, "Cao Shumi, this is ......?"

Cao said with a smile: "Didn't I just say it? Even if it is a mosquito today, it will not want to fly out of Bianliang City. Hahaha......"

Ding Wei suddenly understood that he had been betrayed, and scolded loudly: "Cao Yu, you framed me!" ”

Cao Yu first said to the guards beside him: "Tie up." Four or five people came up to tie up Ding Wei and Ding Hui, and the dozen or so private guards brought by Ding Wei had already been tied up by Cao Yu.

Then Cao Yu said to Ding Wei: "Prime Minister Ding, how can you say that I framed you, and the dragon robe crown prepared in your Xianyou Palace is not what I want you to prepare!" ”

"You ......" Ding Wei was so angry that he wanted to scold something, but he was kicked on the knee socket by the guard behind him, and he fell to the ground and was deflated.

Cao Yu instructed Zhang Qi again: "Go, go to Ding's Mansion, Qian's Mansion, and arrest Ding Jue, Ding Xi and other criminals!" ”

At this time, the entire Bianliang City was shrouded in a layer of gloomy mist. The bustling city has few pedestrians on the streets due to the cold weather, and businesses are closed for a blizzard.

The officers and soldiers of the Privy Mansion, the Western Palace, and the Imperial City Division, all wearing brocade jackets and holding waist swords, hurried through the streets of Tokyo, surrounding the mansions of hundreds of officials, large and small.

In Ding Wei's mansion, Cao Yu had already brought his second son Ding Yu and daughter-in-law Qian Min to Ding Wei.

Ding Wei frantically slapped the window edge, calling out Cao's name. At this time, the Prime Minister's Mansion had become a temporary prison, and Ding Wei was locked in a small room alone, awaiting trial.

"Cao Yong, you bastard, why do you want to kill them all like this?!"

"Kill them all?" Cao Yu sneered, ordered someone to open the door of Ding Wei's room, and walked in by himself. Cao Yu was born as a military general, so he was naturally not afraid of what Ding Wei would do to him, and the Ding Mansion at this time was also guarded as firmly as an iron bucket, and he was not afraid of Ding Wei escaping.

"Does Ding Zaifu have anything to say to Cao?" Cao said to Ding Wei with a sneer of "hehe", his expression was as gloomy and cold as today's weather.

"Cao Yong, you bastard, why did you arrest my four sons and daughter-in-law?"

"This is the queen mother's decree, and the ministers are just doing things according to the rules."

"The Queen Mother? You're really the old woman's lackey! Back then, Kolai Gong did something, but let this old woman get the benefit of a fisherman, I really regret it, I regret it! ”

"The Duke of Jin (Ding Wei was once named the Duke of Jin by the first emperor) also relied on Cao to escape the catastrophe back then!"

Ding Wei squinted his eyes and looked at Cao Utilization, gritting his teeth with hatred, as if he wanted to bite Cao Utilization, but he knew that every time he was killed, it was Cao Utilization who helped him get through the difficulties.

At that time, Kou Zhun united with Zhou Huaizheng to overthrow the Empress Dowager Liu, abolish the auxiliary government of Ding Wei and others, and let the crown prince Zhao Zhen ascend to Dabao in advance.

Zhou Huaizheng's affairs in the palace failed due to Yang Chongxun's whistleblowing, while outside the palace benefited from the joint resistance of Ding Wei, Cao Yu and others.

Kou Zhun's rebellion is naturally based on overthrowing the Queen Mother and listening to the government, but he will also remove Ding Wei and others from their positions as auxiliary ministers.

After Ding Wei heard the informant from his in-law Qian Weiyin, he ran to Cao Yong's house in a carriage overnight to ask for help.

It was also Cao who used the military power in his hands to shelter Ding Wei and keep his position and his net worth.

After that, Cao Yu and Ding Wei became grasshoppers on a rope, and they colluded to deal with many officials who refused to accept them and covered the sky with one hand.

In the court, this article and martial arts, drink and respond, and everyone feels that they have been in the same boat, and they are treacherous.

But who would have thought that Cao Yu easily abandoned Ding Wei today and took refuge in the Queen Mother Liu E.

"Cao Shumi, I thought we would always work together happily as before!" Ding Wei was still deflated, he said as if talking to himself.

Cao Yong's eyebrows were raised, and he said with a smile: "The old things in the past made Prime Minister Ding misunderstand, I have always been loyal to the Queen Mother, but it just happened to be in your interests." ”

"You ......"

"Prime Minister Ding, if you really treat me as a confidant, you won't hide from me what Xianyou Palace I built, you just want to use me as a gunman!"

"This ......" Ding Wei gritted his molars and couldn't say a word.

Cao Yu saw that Ding had nothing to say, and there was nothing to say, so he walked out the door.

When he was about to reach the door, he suddenly remembered something, turned his head and said, "I forgot something." As he spoke, he took out a lotus crown worn by a female Taoist priest from his bosom and put it on the table.

"Prime Minister Ding must be familiar with this crown, right?"

Ding Wei gasped, "How is she?!" ”

"I've been killed with a rod!"

"You ......" Ding Wei sat down on the chair behind him, his eyes full of tears.

"You shouldn't be clever enough to let her into the palace." Cao Yong was already preparing to leave.

Ding Wei no longer listened to what Cao Yu said, his old cheeks were already full of tears, and he trembled and took out a porcelain bottle from his fat sleeve. "Big deals! Big things go! ”

Cao Yu suddenly heard Ding Wei's sigh, and when he turned around, he saw that he was pouring a porcelain bottle into his mouth.

Cao Yu pulled out his sword, cut off the porcelain bottle in Ding Wei's hand, cut his fingers, and scolded: "Do you want to commit suicide in fear of sin? It doesn't look that easy! ”

Ding Wei screamed and fell to the ground.

Cao Yu put away his sword, walked out of the room, and commanded the guards outside the door: "Take care of this old thief, don't let him kill himself!" ”

I only heard a curse from behind me: "Cao Yu, you can't die well, I curse your eight ancestors......"

Cao Yu snorted coldly and walked away without looking back.

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Besides, Ye Pei returned to Qifeng Pavilion to change his clothes, ate hastily, and knew that Zhao Zhen was worried, so he went to Funing Palace.

Zhao Zhen was very happy to learn the news that Ye Pei had returned to the palace safely, but he pretended to be seriously ill and could not go to Qifeng Pavilion in person, so he had to wait for Ye Pei to come over.

As soon as he saw Ye Pei, Zhao Zhen pulled her in his arms, "You scared me to death, you didn't return all night, I didn't sleep all night, what happened?" ”

Ye Pei also had palpitations, "Sixth brother, I almost won't see you!" Then Ye Pei told Zhao Zhen about many things such as chasing Liu Demiao out of the palace yesterday and discovering the Xianyou Cave in Ding Wei's mansion.

After Ye Pei finished speaking, Zhao Zhen took Ye Pei's hand and said: "It's so dangerous, Pei'er must not take such reckless risks in the future, this time you escaped by luck, if something really goes wrong next time, what can I do?" ”

Ye Pei remembered something and asked: "I met Lin Zhengying of the palace army at the palace gate, he said that he was ordered by the commander of Di to answer me at the palace gate, and now the commander of the palace army is not Luan Gui?" ”

Zhao Zhen said: "I have a new person, it is Di Qing who came back from the front, this person fought against the Western Xia people in Yanzhou, and he was very brave, so I secretly ordered him to return to Beijing and take over Luan Gui's position." ”

"Oh, it's the 'noodle pinching general' we heard from the storyteller in Daqing Tower last time, right?"

Zhao Zhen nodded, "You have a pretty good memory." ”

Ye Pei said with a smile: "The next time I meet him, I want to compete with him to see who has higher martial arts." ”

Zhao Zhen scoffed, "You still have to compete with other generals?!" ”

Ye Pei said proudly: "What about the general? They may not be able to beat me. ”

Zhao Zhen remembered one more thing, so he changed the topic and asked: "I have one thing to admire you, Liu Demiao came to diagnose my pulse yesterday, what method did you use to make her not notice my illness?" ”

Ye Pei smiled proudly, and pretended to be mysterious: "Hehe, I have a way, right?" ”

Then Ye Pei took Zhao Zhen's hand and said triumphantly: "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing says that this is the Sanjiao Sutra. ”