When Cao Cao arrived, he not only saw Zhang Qian, but also Shen Qingfeng.

Shen Qingfeng and Cao Cao are considered 'old acquaintances', and the two met again and said hello with a smile. Cao Cao saw that Zhang Qian and Shen Qingfeng were tired on their faces, so he guessed that it was not easy for them to capture Duan Shuiqing.

Shen Qingfeng and Sun Ce, on behalf of the 'Jiang ASEAN', visited Zhuang Zhiliao, and Zhang Liao hurriedly invited him to sit down and talk.

"Bring it in. Zhang Qian waved his hand, only to see that the captured Duan Shuiqing was tied up by Wuhua and escorted in by several people.

"Get down on your knees," the men yelled.

Duan Shuiqing's expression was flustered, his face was full of fear, looking at Zhang Liao, Cao Cao and the others, his body trembled involuntarily.

Zhang Liao stood up, walked in front of Duan Shuiqing, first circled around him a few times, and then quietly half-bowed his head and stared into his eyes.

Duan Shuiqing saw that Zhang Liao didn't say a word, just stared at himself, and couldn't help but feel a little furious in his heart, thinking about what the famous owner of Woniu Mountain Villa might do with him.

Zhang Liao waved his hand, motioned for his subordinates to untie him, and then personally moved a low stool for him to sit down. Duan Shuiqing was a little dizzy, and sat up crookedly.

Suddenly, Zhang Liao slapped the table and shouted.

"Duan Shuiqing, are the three of your uncles obsessed with ghosts or blinded by lard? I have also heard a little about what your Duan clan did in the 'Dian Kingdom', and your father Duan Zhang is also diligent in government and loves the people, and the people of the Dian Kingdom have always gained a lot of benefits. The relinquishment of the position of 'King of Dian' to the Meng clan is Dong Zhuo's act of power and chaos, not the fault of the imperial court, your uncle Duan Qi is in the palace, what is there that he can't see clearly? How can he instead recognize the thief as his father, take refuge in Dong Zhuo, and join the 'Hongmen'?"

Either he didn't say a word, or it was like a torrent pouring down, Duan Shuiqing was startled and almost fell off the low stool.

Zhang Liao spoke, Duan Shui said in a cold sweat, he fell to his knees, knocked his head straight up, his forehead was bloody, and he cried bitterly and said: "The owner of the village spares his life, I say, I will say it." After speaking, he kowtowed again and again.

Zhang Liao made a look, Cao Cao understood, and immediately brought a cup of tea, helped Duan Shuiqing to sit on the low stool again, and handed the tea to him.

Duan Shuiqing took it gratefully, drank it in a few sips, and said it himself without waiting for Zhang Liao to ask.

"After my Duan clan lost power, my two brothers set up a horse gang to sell horses and support the family, so they didn't have any other intentions. It was my uncle who found us and coaxed us that there was an opportunity to help the Duan clan regain the Dian Kingdom and help my brother regain the throne, so we were moved. “

"What chance?"

"That is, it is the Sword of the Son of Heaven and the Golden Slip of Gaozu. ”

"How did Duan Qi know?"

"According to my uncle, Dong Zhuo has known about this matter for a long time, and he has already started to lay out for this reason, the Cao family's 'Qinghong Sword', the Xiahou family's 'Overlord Sword', the 'Jiang ASEAN' 'Purple Electric Sword', and the 'double-strand sword' of the beggar gang (Dong Zhuo thought it was in the beggar gang at the beginning), including the 'Seven Star Sword' in the hands of the owner of the village are his targets, and later, later facts have also proved it... “

"How does Dong Zhuo know?"

"It was a ghost who told Dong Zhuo. ”

It's a ghost again! This person is really everywhere.

Cao Cao always felt that there was a big hand invisibly, holding everyone's nose, including the heirs of the Five Elements Sword and Dong Zhuo, Zhang Jiao and others were all chess pieces at the mercy of others. He had this thought vaguely in his heart, but it was unfounded.

"How does the ghost shadow know?" Zhang Liao continued to ask.

According to his uncle, Dong Zhuo had forced the palace several times, intending to murder the first emperor, but fortunately, his uncle and others were close to him to resolve the crisis many times, who would have thought of ghost shadow him, he actually colluded with Dong Zhuo, and the inside and outside should be together, so that the first emperor was poisoned by Dong Zhuo. The first emperor didn't know it, and before he died, he regarded the ghost shadow as his confidant and told the secret of the sword of the Son of Heaven. “

"So, Duan Jue also knows?"

"No, at this time, uncle he was fighting with the rebels, before the first emperor died, there was only a ghost shadow around him, who knew that this person was eating inside and out, and he told Dong Zhuo the secret in a blink of an eye. The owner of the village, Mingjian, was really forced by the situation at that time and had no way out, so he took refuge in Dong Zhuo. ”

The ghost shadow was the eunuch of the first emperor before his death, and this identity surprised everyone present, he turned out to be the first emperor's person!

According to Duan Shuiqing, after a long time of trouble, the ghost shadow was the culprit, because it was he who betrayed the first emperor and told Dong Zhuo the secret of the Son of Heaven Sword.

"What's the name of the ghost?"

"He covered his face all day, no one had ever seen him, and no one knew his real name. ”

"Nonsense, since the first emperor is willing to tell such a major secret, he must be a favored person beside him, Duan Jue stays by the side of the first emperor day and night, how can he not know his name?"

"It's all come to this point, how dare the little one deceive the owner? Although the ghost shadow is a eunuch, he does not serve the first emperor day and night like his uncle. According to his uncle, in his later years, the first emperor secretly became a personal guard, called the 'You Detective Guard', and the 'Ten Standing Attendants' led by his uncle were bright and dark, protecting around the first emperor. The first emperor had long sensed that Dong Zhuo was about to move, and he had sent the ghost shadow who was the head of the 'You Detective' guard to secretly take Dong Zhuo's head, but he didn't expect that the first emperor looked away, it was really a non-human trust. “

The first emperor sent the ghost shadow to kill Dong Zhuo, but the ghost shadow colluded with Dong Zhuo to murder the first emperor, and it turned out that the truth of the matter turned out to be like this. Zhang Liao and Cao Cao were heartbroken, and they all secretly scolded the ghost shadow in their hearts for eating inside and out, shameless villains.

As soon as he thought of this, Cao Cao had another thought: "That's not right, if the ghost shadow is a despicable villain, then why did he secretly leak the conspiracy of Dong Zhuo, Zhang Jiao and others?"

Is there a conscience found? Or is there another conspiracy?

"After the Five Elements Sword is gathered, how do you open the Calvary?"

"I don't know, I don't know, I don't know. Seeing that everyone was staring at him, he hurriedly added, "The two younger brothers have never taken refuge in Dong Zhuo, nor have they ever joined the 'Hongmen', they just obeyed the uncle's arrangement. ”

Looking at his demeanor, it seems that he really doesn't know.

"Dong Zhuo, he tried his best to snatch the Five Elements Sword, if he didn't know how to open the secret, wouldn't it be a bamboo basket to draw water?" Cao Cao was a little suspicious.

"Oh, by the way, the little one remembers, my uncle once said that the sect of the Taiping God Sect seems to know this secret. ”

As soon as this sentence came out, everyone was surprised, how did Zhang Jiao know? Could it be that he had found Ren Ao's descendants?

This sentence was said by Zhang Jiao himself, whether it is true or not, Dong Zhuo does not know. Dong Zhuo also searched around, but that Ren Ao disappeared since he sealed the Gaozu Golden Slip, some people say that he went to the Western Regions, some people say that he fled to the desert, and some people say that his body was found by the Yellow River, and his descendants are like evaporating from the world, all disappeared. Dong Zhuo was also helpless, and would rather believe Zhang Jiao's words, so he secretly cooperated with him. ”

In this way, Zhang Jiao's words may not be credible, it is more likely that he is fooling under the guise of this, in order to stabilize Dong Zhuo and take the opportunity to develop the Yellow Turban Army.

For his own selfish interests, Dong Zhuo actually ignored the major affairs of the country and connived at the Yellow Turban Army to bring disaster to the country and the people. Cao Cao and Zhang Liao were angry, but they were helpless, Dong Zhuo even dared to make a move against the first emperor, how could he take care of the Han Empire? In his heart, finding the sword of the Son of Heaven and the golden slab to plot to usurp the throne was his only thought.

"According to what you said just now, since you didn't join the 'Hongmen', then Lu Bu doesn't recognize you?"

"Yes, the little one has never seen Lu Bu either. ”

"According to Brother Cao, Duan Jue once handed you something and asked you to contact Na Lu Bu?"

"This is the talisman of my uncle's body in the 'Hongmen', so I recognize it with this object. “

Zhang Liao did not take the talisman handed over by Duan Shuiqing, but looked at Duan Shuiqing's eyes and said: "Your Duan clan has been wronged, but what is the matter with the 'Jiang ASEAN'? What is the crime of the Qinghe Zhang clan? Duan Qi's sin is still unforgivable, if you atone for your sins, you can lessen his sins." ”

"The little one is willing to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, please ask the owner to command. ”

"Okay, you will leave tomorrow, ride a fast horse and run to the pavilion, just say that Duan Qi has succeeded, and let Lu Bu rush to Qinghe quickly. ”

Zhang Liao's meaning is very clear, since he is going to ambush in Qinghe first, let Duan Shuiqing go as bait, bring Lu Bu and others into the encirclement, and let him come and go.

"The owner of the village should not trust this person, in case he suddenly changes his hexagram, we will be passive. ”

Zhang Liao looked at Duan Shuiqing, Duan Shuiqing also looked at Zhang Liao, and neither of them spoke.

Cao Cao looked at Duan Shuiqing's eyes, and said word by word: "Throughout the ages, some people have gone down in history, and some people have been stinking for thousands of years, and your Duan clan was also the master of one party, do you really want to be poked in the back?"

Duan Shuiqing bit off the little finger of his left hand and swore in turn!

Cao Cao gave him a thumbs up, and Zhang Liao said categorically: "It's so decided, everyone has dinner and rests early, and we will leave early tomorrow morning." “

At night, Cao Cao and Zhang Mei lay in the same bed, talked a lot, talked a lot about the past, and heard Cao Cao snoring as he spoke. Zhang Mei gently put on a cool quilt for him, and turned inward by himself, but he couldn't sleep.

Early the next morning, another piece of bad news came.

Duan Shuiqing died.

To be exact, he hanged himself in the room where he slept.

How so?

Could it be that he felt that he was guilty and ashamed, so he had no face to see people?

Could it be that he suddenly repented and didn't dare or didn't want to go to the pavilion?

Since Duan Shuiqing is willing to tell so many truths and has promised to atone for his sins, it shows that the good side of his heart has been revealed, how could he die at this time?

When everyone came to Duan Shuiqing's room, they saw that his body was stiff, his legs were drooping, and he was hanging on the beam. Zhang Liao ordered someone to put him down, and saw that the body was still slightly warm, obviously he would not die for too long.

The hanged thing was torn into strips of cloth from his own clothes, and then twisted into twisted shapes and tied to the beams of the house.

"Who was in charge of guarding last night?" Cao Cao asked.

The two Zhuang Ding next to him hurriedly knelt down and said, "It's the younger two, but no one heard any movement from the small ones, and they didn't find any living people entering his room." “

Zhang Liao waved them down, he trusted his men.

Zhang Liao said to himself: "Careless, careless." ”

Cao Cao picked up his words: "What the owner of the village means is that if Duan Shuiqing was put in custody in the cell last night, there would be no accident. ”

Zhang Liao nodded: "Those who know me, Brother Cao, the prison cell is heavily guarded, and it is not easy for the murderer to enter, but it can save his life." ”

Cao Cao persuaded: "The owner of the village doesn't have to blame himself, you are also a good intention! He also sincerely repented, and promised to help us, how can he still let him live in a prison cell!"

The two of them talked, and someone carefully examined the body, but no wounds were found, and it seemed that there was only one possibility, and that was suicide.

The hearts of the people present were full of doubts, no one believed that Duan Shuiqing really committed suicide, but they couldn't find evidence, and they didn't feel good in their hearts.