It is said that Cao Cao, in order to eradicate Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao's cronies by the side of the Son of Heaven, sent Yang Biao to prison on the grounds of secretly communicating with Yuan Shu.

Man Zhong said: "If there is no evidence of guilt, it is illegal to kill; If there is evidence of guilt, it should be executed justly. ”

At this time, Kong Rong went from Beihai to Xudu to worship the Son of Heaven and did not return, and when he heard that Yang Biao was in prison for trial, he hurriedly brought gifts to Manchu to plead.

Man Zhong looked at those expensive gifts: "I only know that Kong Rong 'makes pears at the age of four', but I don't know that Kong Beihai 'gives gifts over the years', so I know the officialdom and the world." ”

Kong Rong was quite embarrassed: "Yang Taiwei IV Qingde, famous at home. Cao Gong excluded dissidents, framed and rebelled, and looked at it in detail. ”

Man Zhong said: "Submit it to me for interrogation and conviction, only ask whether you are guilty or not, and do not talk about fame." Kong Beihai privately discussed the government and politics, speculated about the prime minister, and slandered the courtiers, which was also a crime. ”

Kong Rong knew that Manzhong was also Cao Cao's party, so it was inconvenient to say more, so he got up and said goodbye.

Full of favors caught up with Kong Rong with gifts: "Wenju knew to let pears at the age of four, I have been enforcing the law for many years, don't you know that receiving gifts is corrupt." I will also give you a gift (pear) today. ”

Kong Rong was ashamed and angry, and left to find Xun Yu with a gift, but he was rude and unsympathetic.

Xun Yu sent a letter to plead for mercy: "Just question, don't torture." ”

Full Favor asked someone to reply to Xun Yu: "If you only ask and don't torture, how can you confess?" ”

Someone replied to Xun Yu, and Xun Yu was also very angry.

Manzhong searched for Yang Biao's secret evidence of Yuan Shu's crime in many ways to no avail, and after strict interrogation, he could not find the evidence of the crime, and told Cao Cao: "When the murderer must first prove his guilt, now there is no evidence of guilt, and he does not admit guilt, so he can only be acquitted." ”

Cao Cao said: "If you can't punish the crime, how about removing him from office?" ”

Man Zhong said: "I can only be convicted by evidence of guilt and punished according to the law." As for whether to promote or demote, that belongs to the government and is not under my control. ”

Cao Cao had no choice but to release Yang Biao, remove Yang Biao from his official position, and return him to the field.

Xun Yu and Kong Rong saw that Man Zhong released Yang Biao, and they were extremely impressed by Man Chong's behavior of not favoritism and not attaching to the trend of inflammation.

Cao Cao dismissed Yang Biao from his official position, causing dissatisfaction among the courtiers.

Zhao Yan hated Cao Cao's tyranny, wrote to the emperor, and listed Cao Cao's crime of not following the emperor's orders and expelling the ministers without authorization, Cao Cao was angry and killed him, and the officials were terrified.

In order to test the emperor's intentions, Cao Cao invited the Son of Heaven to hunt in the fields.

Emperor Xian hunted back to the palace, recalling the field hunting scene, I couldn't help but feel creepy, like a man's back, suspected that Cao Cao was tyrannical in power, good at prestige, sooner or later there will be a conspiracy, depressed and sad all day long.

Dong Chengdang, the nephew of Emperor Dong Xian, the mother of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, was the uncle of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, and was the general of the cavalry at the time.

Dong Cheng followed the Son of Heaven to hunt in the field, saw Cao Cao and Emperor Xian almost side by side, a deer in the thorns, the emperor missed three arrows, Cao Cao took the Son of Heaven's treasure eagle bow, gold arrow, an arrow was in the back of the deer, the ministers will see the gold arrow, thought that the Son of Heaven shot, long live.

Cao Cao actually stood upright in front of the Son of Heaven to meet the cheers, and hung the treasure carving bow by himself, not returning the Son of Heaven.

Dong Cheng saw that Cao Cao was so arrogant and domineering, which would inevitably cause the Son of Heaven to be jealous, so he found Queen Fu's father, Fu Wan: "The national uncle and I are both relatives of the country, we should try our best to please the thief and share the worries of the Son of Heaven." ”

Fu Wan said: "Although he is a relative of the country, he has no power, so it is difficult to do this." ”

Dong Cheng said: "I still have a token from the Son of Heaven, and I have my own plan." ”

Empress Fu's father, Fu Wan, was a royalist party, and after listening to the plan of his uncle Dong Cheng, he entered the palace in the name of visiting his daughter.

At this time, Emperor Xian was worried about the hunting, and said to Queen Fu with tears in his eyes: "Since I ascended the throne, I have been a traitor and a male: first by Dong Zhuo's seedlings, and then by the rebellion of Dong Zhuo, and by the rebellion of Yan and Yan, and the queen has suffered what ordinary people have not suffered. Later, Cao Cao thought he was the minister of the society; Unexpectedly, it is also a dictatorship that wields power and is good at prestige. Every time I see it, my back is like a thorn. In the paddock, greeting and greeting, it is extremely rude! Sooner or later, there will be a conspiracy, and my wife does not know where to die. ”

While he was talking, he suddenly reported that the abbot entered the palace to visit.

Emperor Xian didn't see his relatives for a long time, and after seeing the ambush, he cried again.

After the secret recital to the emperor: "Your Majesty can give a brocade robe to your uncle Dong Cheng, and give another jade belt, with a secret edict sewn inside, and order him to beg the thief." ”

Yang Qi was beside him: "Absolutely not." Cao Cao has many henchmen, and every move of the courtiers inside and outside is under surveillance, and if it is detected, a catastrophe will be. Only give it a brocade robe and jade belt, and you can understand the emperor's will. Even if it leaks, it has nothing to do with Your Majesty. ”

According to his words, Xuan Dong Cheng entered the palace, went to the attic of the meritorious heroes, and gave him a brocade robe and jade belt.

Yang Qi led Dong Cheng to the Meritorious Pavilion, and secretly announced the message.

Dong Cheng remembered, wore a brocade robe, tied a jade belt, and said goodbye to the palace.

Dong Cheng and Yang Qi whispered in front of the Meritorious Pavilion, and someone had already reported to Cao Cao.

Dong Chengcai crossed the palace gate and happened to meet Cao Cao who was waiting here.

Under Cao Cao's repeated questioning, Dong Cheng had no choice but to say that the emperor rewarded him with a brocade robe and jade belt.

Cao Cao asked him to untie the jade belt and take off the brocade robe, and looked at the sunlight repeatedly, and saw that there was no flaw, so he put on the brocade robe himself and tied the jade belt: "I put it on and it fit, how about Uncle Guo transfer this robe belt to me?" ”

Dong Cheng was afraid and didn't dare to disobey: "How dare I not give it?" As long as the prime minister wants, he stays. ”

When Cao Cao saw this, he took off his robe: "This is what the Son of Heaven rewarded to his uncle for his meritorious service, how can I take it?" Just kidding. Then he returned the robe belt to Dong Cheng.

Cao Cao returned home and talked to the advisers about this matter: "There are many doubts about this matter, and we must guard against it. ”

Cheng Yu said: "You can send someone to follow Dong Cheng secretly, and anyone who comes into contact with him will secretly observe his actions and cannot ignore them in the slightest." ”

Cao Cao followed his words and sent someone to follow and investigate.

Dong Cheng said goodbye to Cao Cao and went home, repeatedly looked at the brocade robe, dissected the jade belt, and there was nothing, he was very puzzled, and carefully recalled all the details.

Dong Cheng originally wanted to ask for a token of the Son of Heaven through the Guozhang Fu Wan, and ordered the thief, but now after Cao Cao's tossing, he knows that the brocade robe and jade belt are given by the Son of Heaven to reward the meritorious heroes, and it is difficult to make a certificate for the thief; The secret edict passed by Yang Qi is only an oral message, and it is difficult to make people believe it.

Dong Chengsi thought about it, so he used scissors to cut off a piece of jade belt purple brocade backing, bit his fingertips, and according to Yang Qi's oracle to convey the emperor's edict, write the edict in blood, and secretly discussed with the prince of Shilang, the general Wu Zilan, the captain of Changshui, Wu Shuo and other henchmen and cronies, and Xiliang Taishou Ma Teng came to explore the news, talking about hunting in the field, all of them were angry and hit it off.

Dong Cheng imitated the secret edict written by Emperor Xian's tone, let everyone see it, took out a piece of white silk, and successively wrote his name and painting.

Ma Teng pushed Liu Bei to conspire with him.

The six of them discussed for a while, took wine and blood as an alliance, swore that they would never fail to fulfill their promise, and agreed that the matter should not be too hasty, and should be discussed calmly, and then dispersed.

Let's say that Liu Bei returned to his residence from hunting in the field, Guan Yu asked Liu Bei: "Today's hunting, seeing Cao Cao bullying the king, I want to kill him to eliminate harm for the country, why did my brother shake his head and send his eyes to stop it?" ”

Liu Bei said: "Cao Cao and the Son of Heaven are very close to each other, and his henchmen are surrounded by servants, if the second brother is angry and acts rashly, Cao Cao will definitely take the Son of Heaven as a hostage, if it does not work, it will inevitably hurt the Son of Heaven, but we will sit on the throne." ”

Zhang Fei said: "It's just a rat trap, and my brother also congratulates him; 'The prime minister's divine shot, rare in the world', is really flattering. If the second brother succeeds in killing Cao Cao, it will hurt the Son of Heaven, and the eldest brother, as the emperor's uncle, can sit in charge of the world, wouldn't it be better. My second brother and I can also be polished, and we can be named marquis and worship generals, and it is not in vain to follow the eldest brother. ”

Liu Bei was shocked: "The third brother Hugh has to talk nonsense. ”

Guan Yu said: "If you don't kill this thief today, you will be in trouble." ”

Liu Bei said: "Don't you hear the trouble from your mouth, and don't say it lightly." Be careful not to set yourself on fire. ”

Liu Bei followed Cao Cao to Xu Du to live in his residence, and in order to prevent Cao Cao from murdering, he personally cultivated the land and planted vegetables in the back garden of his residence, and applied fertilizer and watering, thinking that it was a plan for Tao Hui.

Zhang Fei said: "My brother wants to be a farmer, and my family's back garden is enough, so why should I be recruited to fight?" ”

Guan Yu also said: "My brother doesn't pay attention to national affairs, why do you do something boring? ”

Liu Bei said: "This is not something that the two virtuous brothers can know. ”

Zhang Fei said: "I don't know if my brother can't trust my younger brother like this. ”

Guan Yu said: "Since my brother doesn't want our brother to know, it makes sense, just don't ask." ”

The two often followed Liu Bei to the back garden to help with fertilization and watering.

That night, Liu Bei chatted with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and the doorman entered the newspaper, saying that it was the uncle Dong Cheng who asked to see him.

Liu Bei greeted him, invited him into the small pavilion, and ordered him to take wine and treat him: "Uncle Guo is here at night, there must be something important?" ”

Dong Cheng said: "Visiting by horse during the day, I am afraid that Cao Cao will be suspicious, so I will meet at night." ”

Liu Bei didn't explain: "We are above board and upright, and we don't do anything that endangers the prime minister, why are we suspicious?" ”

Dong Cheng looked at Zhang Fei, then at Guan Yu, and then said in a low voice: "The day before yesterday, Yun Chang wanted to kill Cao Thief, why did the general move his head to stop it?" ”

Liu Bei wanted to drink wine, but when he heard this, his hands trembled and he hurriedly put down the wine cup: "Uncle Guo must not make such a joke." ”

Dong Cheng said: "General rest assured, Yun Chang's move, as far as I can see, no one knows about it, and I will never disclose it." ”

Liu Bei was embarrassed when he saw it: "When my brother saw Cao Cao deviate, he was impulsive. ”

Dong Cheng hid his face and cried: "If the courtiers are like Yun Chang, why not get rid of the traitorous party." ”

Liu Bei said: "The prime minister is begging for traitors from the Son of Heaven, what is usurpation? ”

Dong Cheng said: "Since Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling, relatives and eunuchs have competed with each other for power, which has attracted a rebellion. The loyal monarch and the royalist party worked together to encircle and suppress, rehabilitate the thieves, and eliminate the eunuchs. Who knew that the rebellion against the party had risen again, and the usurpation of the party was rampant. In today's situation, the rebel party has been pacified, the eunuch party does not exist, and the rebel party is also surviving, and only the usurper is the trouble. We are trying our best to protect the emperor, the general is a member of the royal family, a hero in this world, can we watch the Liu family fall into the hands of his surname? ”

Dong Cheng's party remarks caused Liu Bei to be sad and indignant, and he sighed with emotion: "Uncle Guo is so loyal to the Han family, I should serve the work of dogs and horses." ”

Only then did Dong Cheng take out the secret edict of the Son of Heaven and the righteous letter of the title and painting of the six people.

Liu Bei read it, and also painted the name on the righteous letter, and then said to Dong Cheng: "It is advisable to go slowly, not to leak." "Exactly: the emperor's relatives protect the Han family, usurping traitors and fighting for the world. With the "Edict of Clothes and Belts" to eradicate Cao Cao, whether it can succeed or not, and see the next decomposition.

Author's own statement: This time Cao Cao contacted Chen Qi and his son to do internal response, designed to break Xuzhou, took Xiaopei and the former Lu Bu sent to chase thirty miles to get back his daughter, "Yuanmen Shooting Halberd" for Yuan Shu, Liu Bei to tell peace, the storyline is wonderful and wonderful, because Luo Gong has been described in detail in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". This book adheres to the creative principle of "picking up the missing and filling the gaps", and the plot described in detail in the "Romance of the Romance" of Fan Luo according to the historical facts, not much repetition of the narrative, just for the development of the story, in one stroke, in order to increase the reader's memory of the story of the Three Kingdoms, and to make more space, so that readers can enjoy more new storylines and obtain more story information.

It is the principle of the creation of this book to highlight the word "real" and highlight the word "new", to create historical novels with dialectical materialist view of history and traditional realist writing techniques, as well as new positions, new perspectives, and new angles, to restore the true appearance of historical figures and reveal the laws of social development. Inheriting the classics, creating high-quality products, and reviving the traditional literature of the Chinese nation are the creative goals pursued by the author.