"He's really dead."

Cao Chao muttered.

At first, when he heard about it, he didn't even believe it.

He felt that it was fake, that it must be fake.

But when everyone said so, and even after the ministers had already gone to worship him, Cao Chao believed it a little, of course, not completely.

It's not that Cao Chao is timid, it's his highest respect for his most powerful opponent.

He had to see Sima Shi buried in the ground with his own eyes.

Although it is only possible that he is dead, Cao Chao already feels a lot more relaxed, there is an invisible mountain pressing him, which is slowly collapsing at this moment, which makes him very comfortable, and his whole body is so comfortable.

As if the chains tied to his body were untied, and as if a pair of hands covering his mouth and nose were released, Cao Chao was finally able to breathe heavily.

From the inside out, Cao Chao felt an unprecedented sense of calm and peace.

In the West Hall, Zhang Hua, Wei Shu, Cheng Ji and others sat on his left and right.

looked at Cao Chao, who had not spoken for a long time, and did not open his mouth to disturb.

Cao Chao asked, "Are you sure that Sima Zhao wants to keep filial piety for his father and brother?" No longer bothering about politics? ”

"The ministers all said so, some people said that Sima Zhao was voluntary, and some people said that he was persecuted, but the minister thought that this was his own idea, Lu Yu could not have persecuted Sima Zhao, although Sima Zhao was talented, but he was easily annoyed, and when Sima Shi died, his emotions should be the most unstable time, and he would not accept coercion at this time."

Cao Chao nodded, deeply convinced.

"But the question is, why would Sima Zhao want to retreat? He obviously still has the strength to resist. ”

Zhang Hua was silent for a moment, and he didn't understand Sima Zhao's intentions.

"His brother's order?"

At this moment, Wei Shu suddenly spoke.

Several people present were taken aback, Wei Shu rarely took the initiative to speak, but today he actually spoke?

Cao Chao hurriedly looked at him, "What does Duke Wei mean?" ”

"This matter is not in line with Sima Zhao's character, he is likely to follow the orders of others, and his brother has just passed away, even if he is his closest confidant, he does not dare to persuade him to give up at this moment."

"Then, this is most likely what Sima Shi told him before he died, so Sima Zhao decided to back down."

"I think Sima Shi has some backhand, so let Sima Zhao back down."

Wei Shu said what he thought.

This idea coincides with Cao Chao.

Cao Chao frowned, slightly uneasy, and soon smiled again, "He couldn't kill me when he was alive, and now that he's dead, am I still afraid of him?" ”

Suddenly, a man pushed the door open.

Sima Shi!!

Cao Chao only felt that his scalp was numb, and he was so frightened that he almost jumped up, and the expressions of everyone present were not much better.

When I looked closely, it was Sima Yu.

Sima Yu held the hot soup in her hand and looked at them a little embarrassed, "I've been waiting for a long time if there's no one outside."

There were a few people present, except for Wei Shu, who was motionless, the rest of them were frightened, especially Cao Chao, whose heart was still beating wildly at the moment, he immediately frowned, "Husband Xu, what about them?!" ”

"Chengjun, go find the eunuch on duty today and beat the ten military sticks!"

"Yui!!"

Cheng Ji stood up and hurriedly walked out.

Zhang Hua said: "Your Majesty is too kind to the eunuchs, and the monarch should not just blindly show kindness, but also make them feel afraid, otherwise such a situation will occur." ”

Cao Chao did not open his mouth to refute.

Wei Shu got up, "Since Your Majesty has something to do, the ministers have left." ”

Zhang Hua reacted at this time, hurriedly got up together, and left here with Wei Shu.

Sima Yu stood in place, very embarrassed.

"Is there anything wrong with you?"

"I want to go back to the General's Mansion to inquire."

Cao Chao suddenly realized and nodded, "Okay, tomorrow, I will go back with you." ”

Sima Yu said again: "I didn't mean to, I don't know"

"It's okay, it's okay, just don't go out at night in the future, I'm not saying you don't look good, I'm just this"

Cao Chao doesn't know how to explain, you can't say that you look too much like your father, your father just died, it will scare others.

Sima Yu put the soup in his hand in front of Cao Chao, "This is what I made myself, Your Majesty can taste it."

As she spoke, she took another spoon and took a bite of it before placing it in front of the emperor.

"Thank you."

"And when will you go tomorrow?"

"I'll let you know."

"Yui."

Sima Yu left, and Cao Chao picked up the spoon in his hand and began to eat it.

After eating this meal, Cao Chao fell asleep.

On this day, Cao Chao slept very sweetly

Zhuo County.

The little official crossed his hands on his hips, stood at the door of the county office, and looked angrily at the untouchables in front of him.

"What do you want to do?!"

"I've said it all! I haven't received the edict from the temple yet!! ”

"The grain, the farming tools, and the temple have not been sent to us, so what can we give you? Walk! Let's go! ”

Thirty or forty people were gathered here, their faces both angry and somewhat unwilling.

Someone said: "Lu Gong, don't say that this is about to start spring, but the spring seasons everywhere have not been prepared, and we don't know how to distribute them, how dare we delay the spring planting?" If it's delayed, I really don't know how big the consequences will be, please tell me."

The little official's eyes became even more impatient, and he asked angrily, "Are you deaf?" ”

"Are these things you should worry about? If we do, we will naturally contact the elders from all over the world and let them take charge! I said, don't delay me in doing things, get out of here now!! ”

The faces of these people became even more sad.

Someone shouted, "Can't you give it to us without the edict of the temple?" Everything comes from the temple? And what about the ploughing cattle?! Why not allocate? ”

"Neither are the ploughing cattle!"

"Who says no? Your cattle are starting to enter the pen! Are all these things going to be used by you?! ”

A man with a grumpy look walked out and looked at everyone, "These people obviously don't want us to live anymore, they have snatched the seeds and farm tools that the temple gave us, and they have to use them for their own use!" The temple levies so many taxes every year that they refuse to leave us even the seeds, and now they are being embezzled!! ”

The little official's face was about to be crooked, and he gritted his teeth and looked at the man in the distance, "You dog thief? Ann dares to bewitch the public?! No, why didn't I"

"Puff~~~"

Suddenly, something pierced the little official's throat, and the little official's eyes widened.

Strong crossbow!!

You guys

The little official fell to the ground with a bang, and everyone screamed.

"Grab food!!"

"Kill officials and rob food!!"

"The food is in the hands of those big clans!! Kill those surnamed Lu first!! Kill with me!! ”

Suddenly, someone shouted, surrounded by the crowd and rushed into the county office, they killed anyone they saw, and the county officials were completely defenseless.

Seeing these men with murder weapons rushing in, the officials shouted loudly, and some soldiers with knives killed them, but they were beheaded by the mob on the opposite side with just one sword.

This scene made the officials howl with fright, and none of them could fight them, and they were killed one after another, and the officials began to flee, but could not escape.

Within a moment, the county government of Zhuo County fell, and there were corpses everywhere, and these people directly robbed the granary of the county government, and even took the grain outside and threw it to those who were watching.

"The food given to us by the temple has been hidden by them!! Kill in and get food!! ”

More and more people chanted.

There are also more and more people getting involved.

They set fire to the county government again, and all of a sudden, the whole county was in chaos, and there were mobs everywhere, they killed people everywhere, and they were very organized to kill the base camp of the Lu clan in Zhuo County.

In the face of these mobs, the Lu family did not panic.

Since Wang Yuan's troubles, there have often been mobs in Hebei that rebelled, killing officials and robbing them, and they had long been prepared, and they were not afraid of these mobs at all.

The Lu family owns a large area of land here, and they have built a dock fort on their own land, which is simply a small city, full of all kinds of grain, and their family Ding people hold on here, even if the temple sends troops to attack, it will not be so easy, let alone just some mobs?

They occupy the high ground and keep shooting the people and intimidating them in all kinds of ways to scare them away.

However, when some of the mobers fired crossbows at them, the Lu family suddenly couldn't sit still.

What's going on?? Where did so many strong crossbows come from??

It's not just crossbows, but the mob in the distance is also cutting down nearby trees, and they are building siege equipment??

At this moment, the faces of those big clan disciples who were sitting in their own dock forts turned pale.

This is not a mob!! What the hell is going on?!

Could it be that there are border troops involved in the rebellion?!

And what they don't know is that at the same moment, the same situation is happening everywhere in Great Wei.

Because the temple did not distribute the necessary materials for spring planting in time, the people set off rebellions in various places, and the practice of these people was highly uniform, first killing the officials of the county government, and then attacking the local clans, and attacking them without dying.

This fire began to ignite in Hebei, and then began to burn in many prefectures and counties of the Great Wei.

At this moment, countless scouts began to gallop towards Luoyang, and the sound of horses' hooves on the road became more and more intense.

In the face of this chaos, the generals in various places reacted differently, and did not send people to suppress it for a long time, but only blocked the roads in various places, claiming to avoid the gathering of traitors from all over the country.

Hebei, which was originally slightly calmed down because of the general expedition to the north, completely exploded at this moment.

And all parts of Henan have also suffered a lot of blows.

When the knight rushed to the gate of Luoyang, he fell directly from his horse, and the local soldiers hurried over to help him up.

The knight was already exhausted, his lips were cracked, and his eyes were glazed.

"Hurry, hurry!"

"There are thieves in Hebei Province, and the people have been killed and injured countless times"

"Many big clans were defeated by the Lu family and destroyed by traitors"