Cao Pi's mansion, he was practicing swords with Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu and Shi A in the garden.

Shi A was in charge of guiding, and Cao Pi and the three of them were very devoted, and everyone had sweat on their heads.

The door of the mansion was slammed open from the outside, and Xu Chu broke in with several tiger warriors in a vicious manner, and walked straight to Cao Pi, and the tiger warriors quickly surrounded them.

Cao Zhen was furious, stepped forward, and scolded sharply: "Xu Chu, are you crazy? Do you know what this place is? How dare you lead troops to run on such a rampage!? ”

Xu Chu responded coldly: "On Sikong's orders, I will take Prince Zihuan and Shi A, the martial swordsman in the mansion, to Sikong Mansion for interrogation." ”

"Interrogation? What did Zihuan do? Cao Xiu stepped forward and asked knowingly.

"I don't know what the specific thing is, but Childe has gone, and he has his own conclusion." Xu Chu answered Cao Xiu's question, and with a wave of his hand after speaking, several tiger warriors were about to step forward to capture Cao Pi.

"Bold! Zihuan is a prince of the sky, how dare you be so rude! Cao Zhen stepped forward and scolded the tiger warrior angrily.

"Now Sikong asks me to arrest him, he is a prisoner!" Xu Chu glared and responded, "If anyone dares to stop it, don't blame me for not being merciful!" ”

Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu knew Xu Chu's temperament and knew that it was impossible to be tough with him, so they could only turn their heads to look at Cao Pi.

Cao Pi had expected such a result, so he behaved very calmly and said to Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu: "Zidan, Wenlie, don't be rude. General Zhongkang came on his father's orders, so let's not embarrass him! ”

Cao Zhen said anxiously: "Zihuan, how could I suddenly arrest you for interrogation, what happened?" ”

Cao Pi said calmly: "The body is not afraid of crooked shadows, I haven't done anything wrong, so why am I afraid of interrogation?" Get out of the way, and I'll go back with General Zhongkang. ”

Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu got out of the way, and Cao Pi stepped forward and said to Xu Chu: "General Zhongkang, please!" ”

Xu Chu nodded, and then instructed the tiger warriors: "Take Shi A back with you." ”

When the tigers were ordered, they had to step forward to control Shi A.

Shi Ah suddenly attacked at this time, he waved the sword in his hand, forced back the tiger warriors on both sides of him, and wanted to flee by the way.

The tigers immediately stepped forward to stop and fought with Shi A.

Cao Pi saw that Shi A was resisting arrest, and shouted anxiously: "Master Shi, don't be rude, quickly put down your weapons and go with me to see my father!" ”

Shi Ah didn't listen to Cao Pi's greetings at all, but kept waving his sword, trying to force the tiger warrior back.

Shi A's swordsmanship is very exquisite, and ordinary tiger warriors are not his opponents, and he is about to be rushed out of the way.

Seeing this, Xu Chu no longer hesitated, took out the ring knife on his waist, pounced directly, and personally fought with Shi A.

Although Shi A's martial arts are exquisite, he is still not the opponent of Xu Chu, who has the title of "Tiger Idiot", the two fought for several rounds, Xu Chu attacked, directly knocked the sword in Shi A's hand away, and then put the ring head knife on his neck.

Several tiger warriors stepped forward together, held Shi A down, and tied him up with ropes.

Cao Pi complained anxiously: "Master Shi, why are you doing this, my father just asked us to go over for questioning, you are so stubborn, wouldn't it be difficult for General Zhongkang to do it." ”

Shi Ah didn't speak, just stared at Xu Chu with an unconvinced face.

Xu Chu waved his hand: "Take it away!" ”

The tiger warriors escorted Cao Pi and Shi A towards the outside of the mansion together.

Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu stood in place, watching everyone leave.

Cao Zhen whispered to Cao Xiu with some concern: "Wen Lie, Zihuan is arrested, will it be okay?" ”

Cao Xiu comforted him: "Don't worry, we have cooperated with the trick to play like this, as long as Zihuan sees Sikong and can deal with it according to the pre-discussed agreement, it will definitely be fine." ”

Cao Zhen listened to Cao Xiu's words, but he still couldn't fully settle down, and his face was still full of worry......

In the hall of Sikong Mansion, Cao Cao sat in the middle, his face gloomy.

Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Cao Zhi, Yang Biao, and Yang Xiu lined up on both sides, waiting quietly.

Xu Chu walked in quickly, Cao Pi followed behind him, and several other Hushi escorted Shi A to follow.

Xu Chu bowed down and saluted Cao Cao: "Back to Sikong, I have brought Cao Pigongzi and Shi A, the swordsman in his mansion." ”

Cao Pi stepped forward and knelt on the ground and saluted Cao Cao: "Son-in-law Cao Pi to meet his father!" ”

Shi Ah originally stiffened and refused to kneel, but he was also pressed by the tiger warrior and fell to the ground.

Cao Cao squinted, looked at Cao Pi and Shi A who were kneeling in front of him, and was silent for a while before he spoke: "Zihuan, you know my temper, you admit what you have done, I can treat you lightly." ”

Cao Pi responded with a blank expression: "Back to my father, my son really doesn't know what I did wrong, and I ask my father to make it clear." ”

"Say, what's going on with Ziwen's military situation?" Cao Cao asked Cao Pi directly.

Seeing Cao Cao ask about this, Cao Pi replied very calmly: "My father asked about this matter, and I admit that I was indeed at fault in this matter, and I told Bo Yan and Junlin to inform me of Ziwen's military situation at any time. ”

Cao Pi admitted the matter bluntly, to the surprise of everyone present, everyone looked at each other, obviously not expecting him to say this matter so easily.

"You're happy! Then tell me, how did you collude with Dong Cheng to pass on Ziwen's military intelligence to Li Dao?! Cao Cao continued to ask.

Cao Pi raised his head suddenly, his eyes widened in astonishment, and he defended in an incredulous tone: "Father, how is this possible? How could I possibly do such a thing? Ziwen is my own brother, how can I help Li Dao harm him? ”

Cao Cao looked at Cao Pi coldly, and threw the letter from Li Dao in front of him directly in front of Cao Pi: "The evidence is like a mountain, take a look for yourself!" ”

Cao Pi lowered his head and picked up the letter on the ground, looked at it seriously, his expression became more and more flustered, and then raised his head and defended more and more eagerly: "Father, I really don't know what's going on. I did explain to Bo Yan and Junlin to convey military information to me. But I purely care about Ziwen. ”

"All the military information I received was shown to Uncle Zilian as soon as possible, and he asked him to help analyze whether there were any mistakes, so that it could be dealt with in time. In addition, no one else knows, I really don't know how the military situation will fall into the hands of Li Dao, and as for how this matter will have something to do with General Dong Cheng, I don't know even more. ”

Cao Cao looked at Cao Pi coldly and said nothing, he could believe that Cao Pi must be telling the truth when he said that he showed Cao Ren the military information. But whether he wanted to help Cao Zhang, or wanted to harm Cao Zhang, it's really unclear.

"You arranged for people to pass on military intelligence back and forth, but Shi Ah next to you? What is his relationship with you? Cao Cao was silent for a moment and asked.

"Back to my father, Master Shi is a swordsman I met a few days ago, and I have been learning swordsmanship from him. I saw that he was good at martial arts and down-to-earth, so I let him follow Bo Yan and Junlin, on the one hand, let him secretly protect them, and on the other hand, let him pass on the military information. ”

"He just came back with the news of Ziwen's victory, and I thought that the battle ahead was going well, so I didn't arrange for him to return again, leaving him in the house and not returning to Chang'an." Cao Pi bowed his head to answer Cao Cao's question.

Cao Cao nodded slightly: "It seems that the problem is his." Shi A, what's going on, and it's not really recruited? ”

Shi A knelt on the ground and raised his head and responded: "Back to Sikong, the villains are all acting according to the orders of the son, and there is nothing wrong, I don't know what to recruit?" ”

"There's no mistake, there's no mistake, I said Sikong summoned you, why did you resist arrest and want to escape?!" Xu Chu, who was standing on the side, directly questioned Shi A.

Shi A was stunned by Xu Chu's question, but he didn't respond immediately: "I ......"

"I'll give you another chance to tell the truth!" Cao Cao's face became more and more ugly.

Shi Ah raised his head, gritted his teeth and continued to harden his mouth: "I am telling the truth, I just pass the letter back and forth, I am not wrong!" ”

"Okay, I gave you a chance, but you don't cherish it." Cao Cao finally got angry and opened his mouth to beckon, "Zhong Kang, send him to the school office, and then let Zhao Da and Xu Du Ling Man Chong interrogate him together." Tell them that I will give them three hours, no matter what method they use, and that they must tell me the truth! ”

"Whoa!" Xu Chu agreed, stepped forward and dragged Shi A up from the ground and walked out.

Cao Cao sat on the chair with a cold face and stopped talking, everyone else stood in place and didn't dare to make a sound, Cao Pi even knelt on the ground, trembling and didn't dare to move......

……

Three hours passed quickly, and it was getting dark.

The lights had been lit in the main hall of Sikong Mansion, and Cao Cao and the others were still sitting in place, waiting for the results of Zhao Da and Man Chong's interrogation.

Finally, footsteps sounded outside the hall, and Xu Chu and Zhao Da returned from outside and walked in quickly.

"How's it going, is there any result?" Cao Cao asked.

Zhao Da responded respectfully: "Back to Sikong, that Zhao Da insisted on refusing to admit it at first, and his subordinates and Manfujun took turns to torture, and he finally confessed, he was originally General Dong Cheng's nursing home, and then he was bribed with a lot of money and arranged to Zihuan Gongzi's side, the purpose is to monitor Zihuan Gongzi's every move." ”

"Prince Zihuan arranged for him to follow the two Xiahou sons on the expedition, and he reported the situation to General Dong Cheng. General Dong ordered him to take the opportunity of passing on the military information to Cao Pigongzi, as an internal response, to pass all the news directly to Li Dao. ”

"The handwritten letter written by Li Dao to General Dong Cheng was brought back by him and handed over to General Dong. General Dong was afraid that the matter would be revealed, so he let him continue to return to Zihuan's side and be on call at any time! Zhao Da made a detailed report to Cao Cao on all the interrogation results.

After listening to Shi A's confession, Cao Pi let out a sigh of relief, looked up at Cao Cao, and looked forward to Cao Cao letting him get up.

Cao Cao didn't look at him at all, but turned to everyone and asked, "Everyone, what do you think of Shi A's confession?" ”

Yang Xiu didn't wait for Xun Yu and Guo Jia to speak, and hurriedly said: "Sikong, this Shi A's confession is completely consistent with Dong Ji's confession, it sounds reasonable at first glance, and there doesn't seem to be any flaw. But it is precisely this lack of flaws that is the biggest flaw. ”

Cao Cao looked at Yang Xiu and motioned for him to continue: "Where is the flaw? ”

"Because all their confessions, coupled with Zihuan's narration, reveal two words - coincidence!" Yang Xiu said the key to the problem in one sentence.

"General Dong happened to arrange for Shi Ah to go to Zihuan's mansion to monitor; Prince Zihuan happened to arrange for him to follow the two Xiahou sons to the front line; Dong Ji happened to see Shi A deliver Li Dao's letter to General Dong Cheng's mansion again; General Dong happened not to destroy the letter, leaving it for Dong Ji to find out. Everything was so just right! Yang Xiu then said what the problem was.

Cao Pi listened to Yang Xiu's analysis, and secretly beat a drum in his heart, he didn't expect that the lies carefully designed by himself and Cao Xiu would be discovered by him.

Cao Pi tried hard to keep his head down and didn't dare to make a sound, let alone look at Cao Cao, for fear that if he made any changes, more problems would be exposed.

After listening to Yang Xiu's analysis, Cao Cao didn't say anything, and looked at Cao Zhi: "Zijian, what do you think?" ”

"Father, I think what Dezu said is very reasonable, the whole thing seems to be clear, but in fact, it is full of suspicions, and there is obviously something else hidden." Cao Zhi echoed Yang Xiu's words and responded to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao looked at Xun Yu and Guo Jia again: "Wen Ruo, Feng Xiao, what do you think?" ”

Xun Yu and Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao and nodded together: "The minister also thinks that this case is still unclear, and there are still many doubts. ”

Cao Cao pondered for a moment and let out a sigh: "It seems that this matter has to be tried hard by Manfujun and Zhao Da, but this time you can't just try Shi A alone, and send that Dong Ji, as well as Zihuan and Dong Cheng over for trial!" ”

Cao Pi was frightened when he heard Cao Cao say that he would also send himself to the school office for interrogation, and pleaded in a panic: "Father, what the son said is the truth!" ”

Xun Yu looked at Cao Pi, a trace of unbearability flashed in his eyes, and he stepped forward and said, "Sikong, the minister thinks that this matter is not suitable to be handled like this now." After all, we still have a few important witnesses who have not returned, so let's wait for a while. ”

Guo Jia immediately understood what Xun Yu meant, and also echoed and said: "Yes, Sikong, Ziwen Gongzi and the two Xiahou Gongzi have not come back yet, it is better to wait for their class teacher to return to the dynasty and then come to the trial." ”

Yang Xiu looked at Cao Pi, and then at Cao Zhi, who was speechless beside him, rolled his eyes, remembered it, and stepped forward and said: "Sikong, Xun Lingjun and Guo Junshi's suggestions are excellent, and the minister also thinks that this case can wait until Ziwen Gongzi comes back and hand it over to him for trial." Ziwen Gongzi is very smart and meticulous in observing affairs, I believe that he must have a way to find out about this matter. ”

When Yang Xiu said this, he hinted at Cao Zhi with his eyes.

Cao Zhi understood, and immediately echoed and said, "Father, I also think that it is most appropriate for Brother Ziwen to try it at this time. ”

Cao Cao squinted his eyes slightly, looking at Cao Zhi and Yang Xiu, how could he not understand Yang Xiu's intention of this plan, let Cao Zhang interrogate Cao Pi, no matter what the result is, it will intensify the contradiction between the two, and Cao Zhi can reap the benefits of the fisherman.

But from another point of view, if this matter is handed over to Cao Zhang for trial, it will also be a severe test for him. See how he will deal with brotherhood and court disputes, this is also a good opportunity to directly judge Cao Zhang's heart.

"Okay, first send Zihuan, Shi A and Dong Ji to the school office for temporary detention, don't alarm Dong Cheng for the time being, send someone to monitor his actions day and night, and wait until Ziwen returns to Xudu, and he will personally try the case." After pondering for a moment, Cao Cao made a decision......