In front of Cao Shuo's mansion, the three brothers Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, and Cao Zhi walked out in Qi Yuan's filial piety clothes.

The three of them carried out Cao Cao's instructions and kept Cao Shuo's spirit for three days.

In the past three days, they have all carried out the rules of the first mourning period of Qi decay and no cane, and they have not eaten water and rice, nor have they fallen asleep, and they are all exhausted at this time.

Cao Pi had just walked out, and Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu, who had been waiting outside, hurriedly greeted him.

"Zihuan, hard work." Cao Zhen handed over the water bag in his hand.

Cao Pi took the water bag and was about to drink it, but he remembered something, turned around and handed the water bag to Cao Zhang behind him: "Ziwen, drink water." ”

Cao Zhang looked at the water bag in Cao Pi's hand, but shook his head with a smile: "Where is the reason why my brother didn't drink it, I drank it first?" Brother drinks first. ”

Cao Pi smiled awkwardly: "It seems that Ziwen, you have been bitten by a snake for ten years, and you have been afraid of the well rope for ten years." Okay, I'll drink it first. ”

After speaking, he deliberately held the water bag high, allowing Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi to watch the water pour from the water bag into their mouths, and drank a few big sips.

"Now relieved, right?" Cao Pi handed the water bag to Cao Zhang again.

Cao Zhang took the water bag and drank a few sips, and said with a smile: "Brother said he was laughing." I'm just following the etiquette, and I don't mean anything else. ”

"The culprit who poisoned the second brother has not been found yet, so it's always right for us to be careful." Cao Zhi saw that both of them had drunk water, and they couldn't bear their hunger and thirst, so he stepped forward and picked up the water bag and drank a few sips.

"What Zijian said is that after we go back, we need to be careful about our diet and daily life." Cao Pi made a look of concern and reminded the two.

"Alright, don't worry about it here, all three. This morning, the news came out from Guo Junshi of Sikong Mansion that the school office has found out the truth. Cao Zhen said.

"Oh, who's the real culprit?" Cao Zhi hurriedly asked.

"Where is the real murderer, it is that those subordinates in the second brother's mansion found that he was bitten to death by a poisonous snake, and found a snake hole in the corner of the room, for fear of being held accountable for poor care."

"I took the poison and put it in the residual wine, and poured it into the mouth of the second brother, trying to cover up the truth and escape punishment."

"It's really hateful that a few subordinates are so vicious." Cao Zhi was simple-minded and did not have the slightest doubt.

Of course, Cao Zhang would not believe this explanation, and sneered: "Then who sent me to the princess's courtyard?" ”

"This can only blame Ziwen yourself." Cao Zhen deliberately replied with a bit of complaint.

"Blame myself?"

"Yes, Ziwen, you have a short temper, often beating and scolding and punishing people, which makes them resentful, and they always want to find an opportunity to take revenge on you."

"The elder brother of one of them is the captain of the guard squad in the other courtyard, so they bribed the inner eunuch and the palace maid."

"Colluded to take advantage of your drunkenness, stunned the princess, sent you to her bed, and then captured you again, and framed you for trying to rape the princess." Cao Zhen explained Cao Zhang.

After hearing this, Cao Zhang couldn't help but sneer in his heart: With such a flawed answer, can anyone believe it?

"Brother Zidan, how did you investigate all this?" Cao Zhi couldn't help but ask.

"Hey, who is Zhao Dana from the school office? When these people came into his hands, all the torture was naturally confessed. Cao Zhen replied disappreciatively.

"Now these guards, internal eunuchs, palace maids, and subordinates who framed Ziwen have all been beheaded, and Sikong also ordered that this matter be over, and no one should mention it again in the future." Cao Xiu added.

Cao Zhi exclaimed: "I didn't expect the truth to be like this, but fortunately, now it has been found out and these wicked people have been punished." The second brother has a spirit in the sky, and he can rest in peace. ”

"Yes, this matter is finally over, and we don't have to worry about it anymore." Cao Pi followed Cao Zhi's words and said.

Hearing that the matter was over, the big stone in his heart also fell completely.

In case the plan went wrong, he had set up a backhand.

These two relatively clumsy reasons really deceived Zhao Da, and also confused Cao Cao, and ordered the matter to end there, everything went so smoothly, which made Cao Pi very surprised and surprised.

Although Cao Zhang's heart was full of doubts, when he heard the two of them say this, he naturally didn't want to expose his inner thoughts, and deliberately vented according to the previous state of the original owner: "These bastards actually joined forces to frame me, and killed them like this, but it was cheaper for them." ”

"Okay, the matter is over, we have worked hard for three days, let's go back and rest first." Cao Pi made a proposal to leave.

After three days of sleeplessness, and guarding Cao Shuo's body in the mourning hall, Cao Pi has been worried, he has long been exhausted, and he doesn't want to stay here anymore.

Cao Zhi also immediately agreed, and several people saluted each other and said goodbye.

Cao Pi got into the carriage prepared by Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu and left, and Cao Zhi was also picked up by his subordinates.

The subordinate who had just been exchanged for Xiahouba led the horse for Cao Zhang, and after Cao Zhang got on the horse, he walked forward slowly.

Even though he was exhausted, he tried to use his brain and wonder why things were the way they did.

It is obviously impossible for such a clumsy reason to deceive Cao Cao.

So there is only one reason: that is, Cao Cao himself does not want to pursue it further.

Why did Cao Cao do this, didn't he want to find out the truth, or did he have some deep meaning?

Cao Zhang thought silently like this, and rode his horse forward slowly.

……

Guo Jia's residence study.

In front of him stood a school officer, who would report to Guo Jia the conversation between Cao Pi and the others that he had secretly observed at the door of Cao Shuo's mansion.

Guo Jia nodded slightly after listening to all the details, and waved his hand to signal the school to step down.

According to Cao Cao's instructions, after dealing with the guards and subordinates, he began to secretly monitor Cao Pi and others, and secretly investigated who was the murderer of Cao Shuo.

Guo Jia picked up a pen and recorded it on the bamboo slips so that he could report to Cao Cao at any time.

A subordinate walked in: "Military advisor, is there someone outside the mansion who wants to see you?" ”

Guo Jia was slightly stunned, because of his special status, he usually doesn't move around much with the officials of the DPRK and the Central Government and the subordinates of the Sikong Mansion, who will come to find him.

"Who is it?" Guo Jia asked.

"It's Cao Zhang's son." The servant replied.

"Is it him?!"

Guo Jia was very stunned, Cao Zhangping had never had anything to do with him, how could he come at this time?

Guo Jia thought about it calmly and reacted: Cao Cao's order to announce that he would not pursue the matter was conveyed through him.

Cao Zhang was framed and almost died, and he was definitely unwilling to let it go.

He has a fiery and reckless personality, although he does not dare to disobey Cao Cao's orders, it is still completely possible to run to himself to ask for guilt.

"Go and reply to Childe for me, saying that I am unwell and it is inconvenient to meet guests, so please ask him to go back." Guo Jia instructed the next person not to anger Cao Zhang at this time.

The subordinate was ordered to go out, and after a while he came back again, holding a bamboo stick in his hand.

"Strategist, Gongzi Zhang asked me to show you this bamboo stick, and he said that if you see it, you will definitely see him."

Guo Jia took the bamboo stick from his subordinate in confusion and looked at it, his face changed greatly, just because there were four words written on the bamboo stick: I want to capture it!