Chapter 1542 At this moment


    Xu County has changed.


    Like a thunderbolt, Cao Cao was almost scared out of his wits, so after receiving the urgent message from Man Chong, Cao Cao immediately set off overnight and secretly rushed back to Xu County.


    The first day of November.


    Wuxu, Guiwei.


    Crescent eyebrows and waning moon, old age is evil.


    No taboos.


    is a good day.


    Cao Cao had already changed into his court clothes, but he did not go directly to the court, but stood in the lobby of the Sikong Mansion with his hands behind his back, his head raised, waiting quietly, like a volcano about to erupt .


    People have an aura. Cao Cao''s appearance of not entering the stranger, fell in the eyes of most of his servants, as if he had isolated an invisible block in the air. It said, whoever crosses the line will die!


    "click..."


    The invisible block around Cao Cao was smashed by Mrs. Ding.


    Cao Cao turned his head, but saw Mrs. Ding silently on the table in the hall, with a corner of wine, a bean dish, a small dish of green salt, and a hot stone slab.


    Mrs. Ding picked up the extremely thin sliced ??beef in the bean dish with her chopsticks, and spread it on the hot stone slab, she immediately made a slight "squeak" sound, and the aroma of the roasted beef slowly wafted away. Let it out.


    The bean dish is not big, and there are not many slices of meat.


    Madam Ding roasted the meat as if no one else was around, neither looking at Cao Cao nor looking at other places, as if this was not the Baihu Hall of the great Han Sikong, but a small table beside the bed of a peasant couple in the countryside.


    While roasting the meat, he poured a glass of wine along the way and placed it on the table.


    Then he took the first piece of barbecued meat off the slate, dipped it in some green salt, put it in a small dish, and pushed slightly in the direction of Cao Cao.


    Wine temperature.


    Meaty.


    Cao Cao looked at it and suddenly smiled.


    "Why are you up?"


    Cao Cao sat down, picked up the barbecue, and stuffed it into his mouth. The beef is about medium-rare, only one side is roasted, slightly burnt, with the aroma of fat, while the other side is dipped in some green salt, which stimulates the taste of the beef itself. Chewing in the mouth, it is burnt and tender. The simple green salt reflects the rich fatty acid and protein in the beef. It is simple but delicious.


    It was already late when Cao Cao arrived last night, and he specifically asked not to disturb others. After staying in the study for an hour or two, he changed into the court clothes. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Ding still noticed it.


    "I heard your horse braying..."


    Madam Ding said lightly, then dipped the second piece of beef with some green salt, and put it on the small plate in front of Cao Cao, just at the time when Cao Cao finished chewing the first piece of meat.


    "hehe…"


    Cao Cao smiled and shook his head, then tapped his chopsticks lightly on the table, and began to chant, "The girl said the rooster crowed, and the scholar said the ignorant day. Zi Xing sees the night, and a star dies. Fly and fly, Yifu and Geese..."


    Madam Ding also laughed, and then Cao Cao said in harmony, "... If you say it well, it is suitable for you. If you say it, drink wine, and you will grow old together. The piano is in the palace, so it is better to be quiet..."


    Cao Cao nodded, picked up the meat, listened to Mrs. Ding''s soft chanting, chewed while shaking his head, then picked up the wine jue, and drank it down in one gulp!


    "Let me take some miscellaneous clothes!"


    Cao Cao stood up, then stepped forward, and said in a deep voice, "Prepare your horse! Go to court!"


    Madam Ding also stood up, as if she wanted to say something, but she didn''t say anything in the end, she just looked at Cao Cao''s figure with complicated eyes, and disappeared into the morning light...


    …………………


    Early Han dynasty.


    Well, strictly speaking, it seems that every emperor has been dominated by the early court, as if the emperor who did not go to court early is not a good emperor, just like students who do not arrive at school early are often considered poor students.


    The key is an attitude, right?


    Therefore, Liu Xie persisted. Although the quilt began to show extremely powerful power when it entered late autumn, Liu Xie resolutely got up early, prepared, and then boarded the throne of the hall, watching the officials bow down and salute. There is some sense of satisfaction, and some big men are still gratified.


    Life should have a sense of ritual, right?


    That''s why Liu Xie especially likes to listen to Xiao Huangmen''s chanting "There is a book to play early~~No book to retreat~~" from the side. Although these things are trivial, Liu Xie still asks them meticulously and answers them in detail, thinking that this is his reserve before he takes full power in the future.


    However, at any time, the plan cannot keep up with the changes.


    When Liu Xie heard the roll call of "The Great Han Sikong Arrived" coming from outside the main hall, his whole heart skipped half a beat, and he suddenly felt numb and cold in his hands and feet.


    "I am the emperor of Han!" Liu Xie said in his heart, "I am the lord of the world! The emperor of Han!" Liu Xie took a deep breath, and the panic expression on his face gradually calmed down, but Liu Xie In a blink of an eye, he saw Dong Cheng beside him, seeing his white sweaty face, his heart couldn''t help jumping wildly a few times.


    Clatter...


    The figure of the great Han Sikong Cao Cao has not yet been seen, but he saw a group of heavily armed soldiers rushing into the hall!


    These soldiers had obviously experienced battle formations, and there was a faint smell of blood on the armor, which made the ministers in the hall rush to avoid left and right.


    The armor was sharp, and the sharp cold light seemed to add a bit of Xiao Sha. Except for a few of Cao''s confidantes who were somewhat puzzled, but still generally calm, other ministers who did not understand the situation started to commotion one after another. A tense atmosphere spread invisible in the hall.


    Liu Xie felt that his throat was so dry that even swallowing was painful.


    "Big...big...big...bold..." The little yellow gate on the side was weak, as if he had exhausted all his strength before shouting, "This... this is where the emperor is, you are so bold, you... dare to rush into the holy car..."


    The voice of the little yellow gate rang harshly in the main hall, but no one responded or paid attention to it. Everyone''s eyes were focused on the entrance of the main hall. No one cared about what the little yellow gate said, and no one paid attention to it. Say something for Liu Xie.


    Not even Dong Cheng, he seemed to be frozen in place, other than trembling in place, he couldn’t even finish his sentence...


    Liu Xie closed his eyes and let out a long sigh.


    "Big man..."


    In the morning light at the entrance of the main hall, a figure appeared. With his back to the light, he could only see the light reflected on the brocade robe, which seemed to be more dazzling than the morning light, but in the face, there was darkness, which seemed to be more chaotic than the abyss.


    "Minister, Da Han Sikong, I have met His Majesty."


    Cao Cao slowly raised his hands horizontally, put his four fingers together, and then pushed them a few inches forward, and he was considered to have met Liu Xie.


    "Big...big...bold!" The little yellow door next to Liu Xie wanted to call again, but was stopped by Liu Xie.


    Yes, Cao Cao practiced flat salutation. According to etiquette, it did not conform to the norms of meeting the emperor. But now that the soldiers are all going to the palace, what is the point of pursuing a salutary norm that is not standardized?


    "Cao Sikong," Liu Xie said as calmly as possible, "Come here today, do you want to abolish the emperor, do you want to assassinate the emperor?"


    Cao Cao snorted coldly, and said: "Come here today, on the side of the Qing emperor, to punish treachery and treason!"


    I don''t know why, but Liu Xie suddenly felt that he was not so panicked, so he said again: "All courts are loyal and good, so why is there such a thing as treachery?"


    "Really?" Cao Cao remained expressionless, then turned his gaze to Dong Cheng, and said, "Dong Cheqi, what do you think?"


    "If you want to be punished, you have no words!" Dong Cheng said with sweat on his face, but he still gritted his teeth.


    All the ministers were in an uproar.


    Cao Cao suddenly laughed, pointed at Dong Cheng, and then looked at Liu Xie, as if he was telling Liu Xie, look, this is what you chose, and this is the person you honor!


    Dong Cheng came to his senses suddenly, and his face turned pale. In a panic, he was about to distinguish something, but he heard Cao Cao yell, "Come here! Take the prince''s clothes to the hall!"


    Cao Cao glanced at Dong Cheng contemptuously, as if he felt that such an opponent was too weak, and even lost the desire to fight in person, looked at the old **** Man Chong, and said: "Bo Ning, it can be said ..."


    Man Chong took the order, took a step forward, stood in the main hall, and then saluted Liu Xie, which was not bad at all, the standard was in place, then straightened up, looked around, took a memorial from his sleeve, and read aloud Said: "...the traitor Dong, who deceived the king, disobeyed the king''s law, secretly amassed soldiers, wanted to commit treason, the evidence of the crime is conclusive..."


    Before Man Chong finished reading, Dong Cheng interrupted him, "False accusation! This is a false accusation! I am loyal to the big man, and I have absolutely no intention of treason!"


    "Prince Clothes..." Although Man Chong was interrupted by Dong Cheng, he didn''t take it seriously, so he simply stopped reading, anyway, it''s just going through a process, yes, it''s fine, as for whether this process has been completed, It''s not very important, so I entered the next step of the process, "...Now before His Majesty, let''s talk about it..."


    Wang Fu, Zi Zifu, Ren Zhaoxin General, in charge of guarding Xu County.


    Dong Cheng''s original plan, well, it can''t even be called a plan, it really doesn''t have any creativity at all, it is almost a copy of Wang Yun''s set, which is just a replica of assassinating Dong Zhuo, maybe in Dong Cheng''s eyes, it looks like Guys like Dong Zhuo with so many troops from Xiliang were also killed, so what''s so great about Cao Cao being Dong Zhuo''s second?


    It''s just that Dong Cheng just got in touch with Wang Fu on the front foot, and Man Chong arrived on the back foot...


    Wang Fu kowtowed to the ground, not even daring to lift his head, "...Qi, Your Majesty, Dong Cheqi...Dong Cheqi was looking for someone, saying...a lot of conspiracy words, and said that there are many soldiers in the family, but Follow the odds..."


    "You spitting blood!"


    Dong Cheng was furious. He wanted to beat the royal clothes when he came up, but he was pulled by two soldiers of the Cao family at the side. While struggling, a dagger fell to the wooden floor with a clang...


    Suddenly above the hall, at this moment, it seemed that time had frozen, and everyone''s eyes were focused on the dagger on the ground.


    "This... this..." Dong Cheng''s eyes widened, "This is not from someone! It''s not..."


    Cao Cao stepped forward a few steps, picked up the short blade, and then drew the blade, a cold light flashed.


    "This sword is quite beautiful, with a sharp edge and rich decoration...it is rare..." Cao Cao smiled, but the smile was dark, "Dong Cheqi, is this sword really not yours?"


    "Of course, of course not!" Dong Cheng replied subconsciously.


    Cao Cao pulled out the dagger completely, and then stabbed it into the hall with a "dumb" sound. It was nailed to the wooden floor and swayed, trembling with a cold light, "Since it is not yours...why is there a Dong on the body of this sword?" Character?"


    "This…"


    I don''t know why, Dong Cheng suddenly jumped up violently, with such strength that even the two Cao soldiers behind him who were capturing him couldn''t catch him, and he rushed straight to Cao Cao!


    Liu Xie couldn''t sit still either. He stood up and stretched out his hand, not knowing whether to stop it or issue an order...


    Cao Cao, who had been on guard for a long time, took a step back, then pulled out the saber of the guard behind him, and sent it directly between Dong Cheng''s chest and abdomen!


    "Cao thief!" Blood spurted from Dong Cheng''s chest and abdomen, and he grabbed Cao Cao''s arm with both hands, gritted his teeth, and stared, "You are trapped by a certain person!"


    "Right and wrong... Hehe, posterity will comment..." Cao Cao laughed in a low voice, then drew out his saber and kicked Dong Cheng, "Come here!"


    "exist!"


    The soldiers of Cao''s family in the main hall responded loudly, as if the dust on the beams of the main hall was falling down.


    Cao Cao swung his saber downwards, and the stained blood slipped from the saber, drawing a line of blood on the wooden floor, "Dong Cheqi plotted rebellion, the evidence of the crime is convincing, he should punish the nine clans! Let him be executed!"


    Liu Xie sat back heavily and lowered his head.


    Long time.


    It seemed that a lifetime had passed, and when Liu Xie raised his head again, he realized that all the ministers and soldiers in the hall had retreated at some point, and only he and Cao Cao were left.


    Liu Xie is sitting, Cao Cao is standing.


    Between the two of them, there was a pool of blood left by Dong Cheng, red and black.


    "Why? Why?!" Liu Xie stared at Cao Cao and asked with difficulty, feeling as if his throat had been cut in half, hoarse and full of blood. The first why, Liu Xie is not asking why Cao Cao killed Dong Cheng, but why Cao Cao killed Dong Cheng in front of him, the second why...


    Cao Cao looked at Liu Xie silently, but did not answer.


    "Cao Aiqing..." Liu Xie pinched the edge of the table with both hands, exposing the blue veins on his neck, and shouted in a hoarse voice, "...I, I also thought that you are a loyal man!"


    "Really?" Cao Cao finally spoke, staring at Liu Xie and said, "Sir, it''s the same..."


    As if he had been hit with a blunt weapon, Liu Xie stared and froze for a moment, then became a little dazed and subconsciously avoided Cao Cao''s gaze.


    "Alas..." I don''t know if it was an illusion, Cao Cao seemed to sigh lightly, and then cupped his hands, "Chen, take your leave..."


    Liu Xie didn''t respond.


    Cao Cao took two steps back, turned around and walked to the entrance of the main hall, stopped suddenly, looked up at the sky, and said quietly: "Your Majesty...I thought...Your Majesty would plead for Dong Guiren, so I am waiting...hehe..."


    As if being shocked by an electric shock, Liu Xie jumped up suddenly, even knocked over the table, and shouted: "Cao Sikong! No! Dong Guiren is still pregnant..."


    "Is it rare for Your Majesty to remember now?" Cao Cao shook his head and continued on his way, "It''s late...it''s late..."


    "Cao Cao!" Liu Xie fell to the ground and struggled to get up, tears and snot running down his nose at some point, "You are the heir of Jue Zhen, and you are the queen of the great man! You, are you not afraid of God''s punishment!"


    "God''s punishment?" Cao Cao continued to move forward without turning his head, "If you can open the sky''s eyes and make His Majesty wise, XX... will have no regrets!"


    Liu Xie stumbled and ran to the gate of the main hall, but he could only watch Cao Cao''s back go away. He was so angry that he couldn''t calm down, so he couldn''t help but gritted his teeth and shouted: "Cao thief! Heaven is above! You are my queen, your queen! Absolutely!"


    Cao Cao paused, turned around, looked at Liu Xie for a while, finally shook his head, and sighed: "At this moment, Your Majesty has not yet enlightened... It''s sad, it''s a pity..."


    Liu Xie finally changed color.


    Cao Cao turned around and left without looking back.


    (end of this chapter)