Chapter 31: Rumors

"Li Sheng."

"Yes."

"Guan Suo."

"Yes."

"Hiroshi."

"Yes."

"When you go to Cao Wei, you need to be cautious and don't make any mistakes. When all things are done, someone will answer you. ”

"Yes!" Several people responded in unison.

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In October, a rumor spread around Cao Wei. Its content is that more than 20 years ago, Yuan Shao, the grandson of Yuan Shao, who was elected the leader of the Eighteenth Road Princes Alliance, and was famous all over the world, returned to Jizhou to prepare for great things.

Yuan Shao was the fourth and third dukes, and was the largest force in the world that year, far surpassing Cao Cao, Emperor Wu of Wei. Before the Battle of Guandu, few people believed that Cao Cao could defeat Yuan Shao, including Cao Cao himself. But the world is so wonderful, in the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao personally led the army to raid, burned Yuan Shao's military rations, and made Yuan Shao defeated. Cao Cao seized a large number of letters written to Yuan Shao by his own subordinates from Yuan Shao's account alone. Some people say that they will be checked according to the letter and all these people will be arrested and disposed of. Cao Cao smiled generously and burned all the letters. Soon after, Yuan Shao died of illness, several sons of the Yuan family attacked each other, and finally fell into a starry stream, since then the north is all Cao Cao's world, today, Cao Wei's capital Yecheng is the original Yuan Shao's capital.

This rumor began to appear in the north, and in a blink of an eye, it spread all over Jizhou and Qingzhou.

Many places were painted with huge words in mud: "I will return!" ”

Many people will describe it eloquently, and one night, they saw a group of cavalry galloping from afar, running through the twilight into the distance, and the sound of hooves was like thunder.

It is very strange that the news of the return of the descendants of the Yuan family came from the north. But at the same time, there was another news that Cao Rui was not Emperor Wen's son and son from Qingzhou.

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Passerby A: "Yuan Shaodi's descendants come back, it's impossible, aren't they all dead?" ”

Passerby B: "What kind of news did you have, when the Yuan family was defeated and the Yuan brothers died, but this child was only spared and was covered by the old department." Those who fled to Buyeo and grew up in Buyeo are now coming back for revenge. ”

Passerby A: "A child, what revenge can you take?" If you want to have soldiers or not, if you want to be chaotic, you are not looking for death? ”

Passerby B: "You don't understand this, how many years have people endured it." When I came out today, I must have something to rely on. ”

Passerby A: "Well, that's what I said. ”

Passerby B: "Moreover, have you heard that this descendant of the Yuan family who came back." But the son of the late Empress Dowager Zhen is still a half-brother with His Majesty.

Passerby A: "Ah, no, such a coincidence?" It's fun. The two countries are at war. Each for his master, and here he is a brother, every his father. ”

Passerby B: "Every one is his father?" It's hard to say, Emperor Wen robbed Concubine Zhen and gave birth to this son, hey, you say, who knows the one on his head right now (pointing to the sky with his finger). Is it really a dragon species, if it is...... That's a lot of fun. Yuan Benchu used a woman to regain the world. ”

Passerby A: "Hahaha." ”

Passerby B: "Hey, hey, hey." ”

Officer A: "What did you two talk about secretly?" Dare to criticize the government and arrest it. ”

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Officer A: "These days, just the rumors are full of prisons, but the more you catch this news, the faster it spreads. ”

Officer B: "Is it possible and what?" The Yuan family has long been wiped out. Now back. What else? ”

Officer A: "How's it going?" Haven't you heard of it, it's not good. If the good man doesn't come, people will endure for more than 20 years, and if he comes back, he must have made great achievements, otherwise, is he a fool and comes back to die? ”

Officers and soldiers B: "The Yuan family was a little stupid, and they would all lose to His Majesty Emperor Wu in such a good situation back then." What's the use of coming back now? ”

Officer and soldier A: "There is no absoluteness in everything, and besides, you calculate, how many of our current ministers are former ministers of the Yuan family?" Now the ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, how many of them have written a letter of surrender to the Yuan family back then? Together, how powerful will these people be? What's more, Ji Han is an enemy of my Great Wei, they will not support them from behind, and they will not believe it if they are afraid of ghosts. ”

Soldier B: "What you said is hairy in my heart, in this way, our Great Wei State really started from the Yuan family, can it be said that after our defeat abroad, there will be a big chaos inside?" ”

The two looked at each other and sighed in unison: "Woe is not a one-way street! ”

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Chancellor: "The man you see today really talks about a letter from twenty years ago?" ”

Servant: "Yes. That man is the land. ”

Chancellor: "What does he look like?" ”

Servant: "He wears a hat and can't see clearly, but he doesn't seem to be thirty years old." ”

The minister walked back and forth in place, his eyebrows trembling, and waved his hand, "Go down." ”

The servant nodded and withdrew.

The minister said in a low voice that only he could hear: "No, Emperor Wu burned all the letters, how can anyone know that I have written letters?" ”

The servant suddenly broke in: "Master, it's not good, the officials and soldiers have surrounded the gate of the mansion." ”

The cup in the minister's hand fell to the ground and shattered.

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"No, I'm going to find Your Majesty, I can't go on like this, in this way, everyone in my Great Wei is in danger, but I help prove this rumor. Come on, prepare a sedan chair, I want to enter the palace. Chen Qun shouted.

"Sir." Mrs. stopped Chen Qun, "Master, slow down, this matter is in the palace, I'm afraid it's not appropriate." ”

"What's wrong?" Chen Qun still respects his wife's opinion.

"Master, this matter is related to the great war twenty years ago, about His Majesty's life experience, and about the rise and fall of the Great Wei, Lord must not act lightly."

"That's why I'm going to enter the palace. If Your Majesty does not stop the search, will he not be in chaos? Rumors stop at the wise. Your Majesty is young and too unbreathing. ”

"However, if the master enters the palace, aren't you afraid that someone will suspect that you also voted for Yuan Shao back then?"

"Nonsense, how could I vote for Yuan Shao?"

"Sir, you know, but do others know? The ministers of the court and the central government, no one tried to persuade them. What are you doing when you touch this moldy head? People are terrible, and now the court and the central government are in chaos, and His Majesty is young and vigorous, and he has his own opinions on everything, and rarely accepts advice. This matter also involves royal secrets, which has been the most taboo since ancient times. You were with Xuande Gong at the beginning, and you were captured by Ji Han when you were in Weinan. Nowadays, there are always people who are jealous of your official position, and what rumors are being said. At this time, if it is in the heart of His Majesty. hooked up with Yuan Shao, the old man will inevitably be condemned, and the guilty master is small, but without the master in the court, what can this Great Wei State do? The lord is the country and the family. It's not appropriate to come out again. ”

"Is that going to be the case?" Chen Qun hesitated.

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Cao Rui frowned: "Where did this person come from?" ...... his life story" Speaking of this, he seemed to think of the legend that he was the same mother and father, and it was a little difficult to speak, and he paused. Biting his lower lip, he continued: "No matter what, we must find a way to dig him out, as long as we dig it out and find out where he is, a team of 100 people can solve the problem, otherwise, this ant is only afraid that it will shake the basic land of the country." ”

Cao Zhao's two sword eyebrows furrowed: "Your Majesty thinks too highly of him." Too much time has passed, even if this person is really a descendant of the Yuan family, how much can he do? ”

Cao Rui sighed: "You and I have known each other since childhood, and I won't hide it from you, do you know why I transferred you back to Beijing from thousands of miles away, and let you be in charge of the forbidden army and sit in Beijing?" Because I don't know who to trust except you. You don't need to be surprised. That's just the way it is. I don't sit on the ground so steadily. I'm too young. There are many ministers who are not convinced. Moreover, Emperor Wu has a lot of heirs, when the first emperor took the throne, several uncles had some other ideas, intending to seize the throne of the prince, the first emperor won the support of the ministers, kept the throne, and later called the emperor, and the uncles of the princes are not thin, but even so, the folk still say that the father assassinated King Xiao Huai (Cao Xiong) and King Ren Chengwei (Cao Zhang). Moreover, before the joint ascension, there was also news that some ministers wanted to support the king of Dong'a (Cao Zhi). I am afraid that the current matter is no longer after the Yuan family, and someone with a heart has taken advantage of this matter and has pointed the finger at me. ”

Cao Zhao couldn't help but take a breath of cold air: "Could it be ......?"

Cao Rui's eyes flashed with fire: "That rumor is spreading, and it actually says that I am not the son of the first emperor!" What is this called? Doesn't that show all this? Saying that I am not the son of the first emperor, then, who can get the benefits? How could this news come from Qingzhou first? Hmph, the son of the Yuan family, even if he really exists, he has the heart to fight for the world, he will never spread such rumors, if I have a relationship with him-let's put it this way, then it is in his interest to quietly contact me, whether it is to exchange 'family affection' for benefits or the so-called 'secret' in exchange, I must sit firmly in this position. He directly provided us with the news of several ministers these days, and sent people to interrogate, and sure enough, they were all in collusion with the Yuan family back then, what was his purpose in doing this? Isn't it just to prove that he has something real in his hands? In that case, isn't it self-defeating for him to make trouble out of the ordinary? ”

Cao Zhao thought for a while and said, "Yes, the minister also thinks that he did this just to prove that he really has the letters or copies of the letters of these ministers back then. But what if there is or not? After so many years, even if there is such evidence, what can it be, it is only that these ministers once had different intentions. Emperor Wu didn't pursue it back then, but now it's useless. His Majesty issued a decree to pardon them all, that is. Don't worry about them. ”

Cao Rui hated: "Today's situation, which is the same as back then, it was my grandfather who defeated the Yuan clan at the beginning, and these people under him were of great use, and when my grandfather's power was rising, these people were the grass on the wall, and my Great Wei was strong, and they would definitely be interested in Great Wei." But now, my Great Wei has been defeated in a row, and it is difficult to guarantee that these people will not have any other dissenting intentions. In the past two years, first Sima Yi did not listen to the dispatch and supported Wancheng, and then some people secretly contacted Ji Han, thinking that I knew nothing and bullied me young. If I don't kill him and make an example, they will still think that I am an incompetent master! Although the threat of this surname Yuan is not great, he is the root of the matter, you have to find a way to contact the surname Yuandi, find a way to clean him up in one fell swoop, and solve the matter from the root. And King Dong'a, he is too much of a threat to me, you send some people to see him, and if the situation is not right, you can deal with it randomly. ”

"Random disposal?"

"Just don't let others find out."

Cao Zhao felt that his back was as cold as ice and snow in an instant, and he hurriedly bowed his head to salute and hide his panic: "Yes." ”

Cao Rui didn't notice anything strange about Cao Zhao, he patted Cao Zhao on the shoulder and said, "The person I can use right now is yourself." Go ahead, take care of these two things, and I'll have another reward. ”

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Dong'a belongs to the East County of Qingzhou, and Cao Cao once served as the Taishou of the East County, which can be regarded as a place that has a great relationship with the rise and fall of Cao Wei. But Cao Zhifeng is here, but he is not happy.

He was a young talent, a peerless literary talent, "words are spoken, and the pen is written", but unfortunately he was born in the emperor's family, failed to win the imperial throne, and was squeezed out by his eldest brother, and was almost given to death several times. Finally, my brother died, thinking that he could be more relaxed, and he was not dead in the face of Ji Han and Dongwu's attack, and wrote the famous "Seeking Self-Test Table", and said to Cao Rui, I am now raised in a fiefdom, like a bird and beast that has been encircled, the upper is not helpful to the country, and the lower is not beneficial to the people, I hope that Your Majesty will give me a chance, let me lead the male army, level the world, capture Liu Chan and Zhuge Liang Sun Quan, and count me as loyal to the Great Wei and repay Your Majesty's kindness.

This literary and elegant character is actually not suitable for being born in the emperor's family, and he doesn't understand what the emperor is afraid of at all. Cao Rui is not afraid that he is not talented, what he is afraid of is that he is both talented and popular. He has been worried about Cao Zhi, and his wariness of Cao Zhi is not under his father, and he will never relax in the slightest because Cao Zhi wrote a "Luo Shen Fu" and expressed his feelings with Cao Ruidi's mother. As soon as this "Self-Test Form" was sent, Cao Rui didn't say a word, and got this uncle from Yongqiu to Dong'e. Cao Rui felt that Cao Zhi had been in one place for a long time, and he was afraid that he would support his own forces, and such frequent changes of fiefdom might make him honest and not make small moves. So, Cao Zhi changed his fiefdom again. In these years, he "sealed the plain at the beginning, turned out of Linzi, ordered Juancheng, then went to Yongqiu, changed the Yi Junyi, and the end will be suitable for Dong'a." The number is six changes, and the residence is three moves. (Cao Zhi's "Moving the Capital to the Preface") during this period of displacement, embarrassment and hardship, but unable to speak.

What he didn't expect was that it was already so miserable, and he would be killed by a rumor for no reason. At this time, the men and horses led by Cao Zhao were riding south.