Chapter 614: Decision
In the palace of the king of Wei,
"Squeak!"
The door opened, and a waiter cautiously stepped through the door and slammed in. He bowed and saluted, and said respectfully: "King, Prince Zijian is waiting outside the door, asking to see you!"
Seeing that Cao Cao didn't raise his head, the waiter hesitated for a moment, and then said, "...... He seemed to be excited!"
On the desk, Cao Cao, who was writing with a pen, heard this, and the tip of the pen stopped, motionless for a long time, as if he was facing some kind of contradictory struggle. It wasn't until the sound of "tart" that a piece of ink fell from the pen dust and fell on the paper, rendering a black dot, that he came back to his senses, raised his head and said, "What did you just say?"
The waiter's heart was also extremely shocked, he could be regarded as serving Cao Cao for many years, knowing how decisive Cao Cao was, that is, after the defeat in the Battle of Chibi, the situation was extremely bad, during that time, he had to make decisions every day, hundreds of wills, every mistake would make Cao Cao suffer great losses and even catastrophes, but he made those decisions in an instant, and the waiter couldn't think of anything that forced Cao Cao to be so hesitant.
However, the shock was shocked, but the envoy still said again: "Zijian Gongzi is asking to see him outside, it seems that there is something urgent." ”
"Zijian", Cao Cao's eyelids jumped, his expression suddenly fell silent a lot, and he waved his hand and said, "Let him come in." ”
"Yes, King!"
Soon after the waiter left, Cao Zhi walked in from outside the door, he was wearing a black robe today, which looked a little like filial piety clothes, his eyes were red as if he had cried, making people look like a dead relative, Cao Cao saw him like this, but his face was undisguised and displeased.
"Father, you must severely punish Zhenguo Zhenren......" Cao Zhi fell to his knees as soon as he came in.
"Why do you want to severely punish Zhenguo Zhenren?" Cao Cao's voice was a little low, his mood was slightly low, and there was a look of disappointment between his eyebrows.
Cao Zhi was slightly stunned in his heart, and then there was a little wave in his heart, but he immediately made up his mind and said: "Zhenguo Zhenren killed the ministers of the court without authorization. He didn't take the court law and discipline and Bixia's father into account. Lawlessness, it's just a chaotic minister and thief, and if you don't punish it, it's not enough to revive the dynasty......"
The corners of Cao Cao's eyes twitched a few times again, and he asked, "Don't you put the court and Bixia in your eyes, chaotic ministers and thieves?"
Cao Zhi suddenly realized that he had made a huge mistake, and he immediately did not dare to answer, and there was silence in the study.
"King!"
At this time. But the waiter had come back just now, and had called at the door.
Cao Cao asked with some displeasure, "What's the matter?"
The waiter said, "The eldest prince is asking to see him outside." ”
Cao Cao smiled and said, "Haha, it's all together, it's just right, call him in." ”
After a while, Cao Pi slowly walked in with the waiter and glanced at Cao Zhi, who was kneeling on the ground. A flash of joy flashed in his eyes, and then he bowed to Cao Cao and said, "Meet my father!"
Cao Cao saw that Cao Pi was wearing red clothes today, with a smile on his face, but he thought in his heart, "The ministers have died so much, you are not sad at all, but you are dressed so festively, as if you are celebrating, and you see your brother kneeling beside you." But he still smiled. Heartless, lungsless, and not a good thing. ”
"What are you doing here?" Cao Cao asked.
Cao Pi smiled and said, "It's a happy event." Today, there are many Taoists who come to offend the Zhenguo Zhenren Mansion, and I was learning swords from Shi A in the Zhenguo Zhenren Mansion at the time, so I also made some efforts. Those Taoists were all killed by Zhenguo Zhenren later, leaving a lot of things, Zhenguo Zhenren read that I did my best on Weibo, so I was allowed to choose a few of those things. ”
"Oh!" Cao Cao said with a heavy face, "But I don't know what good treasure you got to make you so happy?"
Cao Pi smiled and said, "Hehe, but I got an Immortal Flying Sword and a few bottles of Immortal Pills. ”
"Are you here to tell Gu about this?" Cao Cao's face became even more ugly.
Cao Pi smiled and took out a vial, handed it to Cao Cao's table and said: "But I didn't just tell my father, I heard from a real person that two bottles of pills can prolong life, and I specially asked for it to increase longevity, but I came here to offer immortal pills to my father." ”
"Two bottles?" Cao Cao immediately went to the bottle of pill sent by the Zhenguo Zhenren Mansion today, and his mood suddenly improved a little, and he couldn't help but look at Cao Pi a lot, thinking: "It's still a little bit filial, and it's not so heartless." ”
Although Cao Pi didn't know what Cao Cao was thinking, he could see that his face had softened a lot, so he hurriedly said: "It's not that Erchen doesn't want to dedicate the two bottles of pills to his father, it's just that this pill is extremely precious, and Zhenguo Zhenren is only willing to give me one bottle, and I will find a way to go to Zhenguo Zhenren's Mansion another day to ask if I can ask for both bottles of pills." ”
Cao Cao didn't say that another bottle had been offered to him, he only shook his head and said: "No need, it's okay to have this heart!" I am a prince, I have dragon energy, God does not allow me to live forever, ordinary elixirs are useless to me, this medicine is useful to me, it can be seen that it is precious, I am very satisfied with getting these, and I don't have to harass Zhenguo Zhenren anymore." ”
After saying this, Cao Cao's face softened a little, and he looked at Cao Zhi, who was still kneeling, and said, "Zijian, you should get up too!"
Cao Zhi bowed to Cao Cao and slowly stood up.
Cao Pi smiled and said, "Zijian is also here! Why is he dressed like this, as if he has cried, could it be that something happened in the mansion?"
"Okay, don't talk about this!" Cao Cao immediately stopped Cao Pi, pointed to the messy piece of music under the table, and said, "You can all take a look at these!"
Cao Pi and Cao Zhi looked at Cao Cao, and then the two of them each walked over and picked up a book of music and read it, but after only two glances, both of them suddenly changed their expressions.
The two of them quickly put down the pieces in their hands, each picked up a new piece, looked at it a few times, and then put it down and looked at the others again, and in a moment the two of them looked at all the pieces on the ground.
"After reading it, tell me what you think. Cao Cao said lightly.
Cao Zhi preemptively said: "Seventy-eight ministers, seventy-eight books, all of them are demanding that Zhenguo Zhenren be severely punished. Severely punish Zhenguo Zhenren, Zhenyang Court Law and Discipline is already the consensus of all courtiers, my father can't hesitate any longer, and order the Zhenguo Zhenren to be arrested!"
"Hahahaha......" Cao Pi suddenly let out daxiao.
Cao Cao asked, "Ziheng, why are you laughing?"
Cao Pi said with a smile: "I laughed at these people in the book, the reason why they asked for punishment of Zhenguo Zhenren was that Zhenguo Zhenren killed several important ministers of the court, but they didn't want to, Zhenguo Zhenren is also an official of the imperial court, and these ministers took the initiative to attack Zhenguo Zhenren without authorization."
If the real people of Zhenguo are not strong, I am afraid that they will be the ones who die, and when the time comes, will these people who speak for the dead people speak for the real people of Zhenguo? I think they are forming a party for personal gain, and they are coercing their father and the king like this, with bad intentions.
We can't go their way! We can't punish the Zhenguo Zhenren, but we should not give these people additional titles, and we should also cancel their original titles during their lifetimes, and we should also punish those who neglected to do so this time. ”
When Cao Zhi heard this, he immediately glared at Cao Pi and said, "Brother, you are slandering, although several ministers are my people, you can't hurt people like this." ”
Cao Pi said with a smile: "Slander? It is a fact that these people attacked Zhenguo Zhenren without authorization, and it is also a fact that so many ministers have written to try to put pressure on their father and make him make a decision that he is not willing to make!
As for the other words, it is even more nonsense, that is, you and I are also the courtiers of your father, and those ministers are closer to you, but they are also the courtiers of your father, how did they become your courtiers, and my father was prosperous in the spring and autumn period, and today he has the elixir of longevity, and I want to let these people become your courtiers for hundreds of years! Since they are all the courtiers of my father, and they both work for my father, how can I frame them for personal reasons. ”
Cao Zhi was speechless for a moment, and found that he was really stupid today, so he hurriedly said: "Father, I didn't mean that!"
Cao Cao then said: "Ziheng, your words are a bit excessive, these ministers have been with them for many years, and every one of them is loyal, and they will definitely not have such sinister intentions." ”
Cao Pi bowed and said, "Yes, Erchen knows that he is wrong." However, it seems that Xun You, Cheng Yu, Man Chong, Lu Qian, Jia Xu, Sima Yi, Huan Fan, Uncle Xiahou, Cao Ren, Uncle Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Cao Xiu and other real people have insight, and those who can be of great use have not been in the book.
If these people do not have such sinister intentions, they will be mediocre, shallow, and unclear, and they will be embarrassed and useful. ”
"You're strong and reasonable!" Cao Zhi said in an atmospheric manner.
Cao Pi smiled and said: "Okay, then brother only asks you, if you want to convict Zhenguo Zhenren of guilt and punish him, who will take him? In the past few days, more than 100 immortals have fallen in the sky above Zhenguo Zhenrenfu, and several great Confucians have died in the hands of Zhenguo Zhenren, who will my father send to take him down?"
Cao Zhi said: "This ...... Father's subordinates are full of talents, and they will definitely be able to win it, this Zhenguo Zhenren will only be able to do so because of his high strength, and his father must not retreat this time, which will boost his arrogance!"
Cao Pi sneered: "Do you think that Zhenguo Zhenren has no choice but to leave his father, Liu Bei and Sun Quan have been red at Zhenguo Zhenren for a long time, and it is not without friendship, this time several ministers attacked Zhenguo Zhenren without authorization, Zhenguo Zhenren is reasonable, there is no suspicion that it was his father's instigation, there is no gap between his father, and it is already a blessing to leave his father, Zijian, what else do you want?"
Hearing this, Cao Cao's body suddenly shook slightly, and he suddenly said: "Okay, there is no need to fight, this time it is indeed Zhong Xuan, Hua Xin, Wang Lang and others who took their own deaths, and they can't complain about the real people of Zhenguo." ”
Cao Cao thought for a while, and then said: "But Nian has followed Gu for so many years and made a lot of contributions, and now that he is dead, he will no longer pursue any responsibility, and will be buried according to their due etiquette."
Zhenguo Zhenren was attacked like this in Xuchang, but there was also some responsibility for Lone, and Lone immediately ordered to strengthen the defense of Zhenguo Zhenrenfu, although this kind of treatment was a little sorry for Zhenguo Zhenren...... But...... Lonely will be compensated otherwise. ”
"You both go down!"
"Father, then we take our leave!" Cao Pi and Cao Zhi bowed to Cao Cao, but slowly retreated. (To be continued.) )