Three Kingdoms

Xu County, the residence of the general.

"How many times has this been assassinated? 』

Cao Cao thought a little angrily, and then a little helplessness emerged from his heart. Cao Cao was afraid of death, so he was assassinated but did not die. Those who were not afraid of death, like Sun Ce, would have died long ago.

The cost of assassination is low and the profit is high, so even though the success rate is very low, there are still people who want to give it a try.

What if, right, what if...

It's like a lottery shop in later generations.

Cao Cao himself couldn't remember how many times he had been assassinated. It must have been at least ten times. Sometimes the assassin is one person, sometimes it is a group of people, and then they all shout about killing evil thieves, punishing traitors, being loyal to the emperor, and everything. There are even some people who say that they can observe the sky and observe yin and yang. The man who knew the future came to the door with a sharp knife in his arms, and then expressed that he wanted to talk to Cao Cao alone...

Cao Cao sent them on their way without any ceremony.

Especially those who claimed to know the future, Cao Cao couldn't help but want to put a knife on their necks and ask them if they knew whether they would live or die in the next moment?

born? Sorry, you miscalculated.

The knife cuts and pulls.

puff……

die? Congratulations, you got it right.

The knife is also drawn in one stroke.

puff……

Ever since the Zhang Jiao brothers started the uprising based on the so-called destiny, Cao Cao hated these pretenders very much, and even issued an order to expel Taoists and clean up Taoist temples at one time. Only later did he restrain himself slightly under the advice of Xun Yu and others.

If everything is destined, then what is there to strive for, and what is the use of hard work?

This big man has become extremely corrupt. The emperor has a responsibility, the eunuchs have a responsibility, and the gentry and officials of the current dynasty also have a responsibility!

Everyone is responsible and no one can escape!

In the first half of Cao Cao's life, he only saw everyone, everyone, angrily blaming others and shirking their own responsibilities.

Cao Cao didn't want to be that kind of person, so he tried to do some things and fulfill some responsibilities, but the result...

He set up a five-color stick, and then the eunuch wanted to kill him.

After getting rid of the beetle officials, the big family will kill him.

Stabilized the place, and then his friends tried to kill him.

Block the knife for his brother, and then his brother wants to kill him.

He fought in all directions, and then the emperor wanted to kill him.

It seems that everyone wants Cao Cao to die. They are smiling on the surface, but secretly they are gnashing their teeth and cursing, and even taking action...

Are you really a traitor who has committed all kinds of evil and deserves death?

Cao Cao also admitted that his hands were indeed stained with a lot of innocent blood. To this day, he still sometimes dreams of these unjust dead souls looking at him coldly. However, Cao Cao felt that all the decisions he made along the way , it was the best and only decision he could make at that time.

Maybe it is indeed wrong...

But that was all I could do at that time, that was all I could do.

Justifiably wrong. At least it made sense at the time. Then when you find that you have made a mistake, you admit your mistake, acknowledge your mistake, and then correct it. But the problem is that some people don’t think they are wrong, and they are even less willing to change...

Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh.

Having reached this point, I am indeed very tired. For ordinary people, being a general of the dynasty may already be the pinnacle that other than the emperor can reach, but when Cao Cao looked up, he found that the road in front of him still seemed long.

Especially that damn hussar, twisting and turning in front of him with a coquettish pace...

snort!

Naturally, I must continue on my own path.

And if you continue going down, how many more assassinations will you need to go through?

Cao Cao was no stranger to assassination, because he had done it himself.

But just because I have done this does not mean that I will be calm when encountering this problem. It's like a keyboard warrior who likes to criticize someone for doing something wrong, and he doesn't want to be criticized by others with the same attitude.

Everyone likes double standards. Cao Cao is also a mortal, this is normal.

The thick powder on his face made Cao Cao feel itchy, but he couldn't scratch or move it. After all, fans in the Han Dynasty were not as adherent as later generations, so they would inevitably fall off whenever they moved, which made Cao Cao, the big UP master, feel very uncomfortable.

"My lord..." Cao Hong walked in, then turned his head and looked outside, "The angel has left the palace..."

Angels are coming.

Not a Western birdman, but an envoy of Liu Xie.

"Who is the envoy?" ” asked Cao Cao.

Cao Hong grinned, "It's the Zhongguan..."

"Zhongguan?" ”Cao Cao raised his eyebrows.

The assassination of the general was such a big thing. If Liu Xie didn't send someone to "visit", it would definitely be abnormal. But when it came time to send someone, Liu Xie was in trouble. After thinking about it, he finally He still sent the eunuchs around him, but did not choose to send a minister to visit...

This is very interesting.

"Haha..." Cao Cao sneered twice, then walked to the bed, preparing to lie down pretendingly, but as soon as he lifted the brocade quilt, a strong smell of blood and herbs hit his nose, making Cao Cao couldn't help but hum. He made two sounds, then sneezed loudly, and some of the powder on his face fell off, "Why does it smell so choking..."

Although Cao Cao complained, his body lay down honestly...

After all, if it weren't for such a strong smell of blood and herbs, it wouldn't be able to reflect Cao Cao's injuries. Wouldn't it be cheating?

"Boning, how are you doing?" ” asked Cao Cao.

Cao Hong covered Cao Cao with the brocade quilt and said, "Although we have arrested some, we still haven't found the person in charge..."

Cao Cao snorted, "After the angel leaves, you go to the Chancellor..."

"My Lord, what you mean is..." Cao Hong turned to look at Cao Cao, and then pondered for a moment, "A little bigger?" 』

Cao Cao nodded slightly, "Bo Ning is not a fool, he knows what to do." 』

Yes, if Man Chong is not stupid, he must do what Cao Cao wants, otherwise he will be the next to die.

Cao Cao originally planned to direct and act on his own, but he didn't expect a real assassin to come. Therefore, wouldn't it be a waste if Cao Cao didn't make good use of it?

As for who is behind the assassin, the truth is not that important.

There is no truth, only politics.

Cao Hong nodded slightly, indicating that he had received Cao Cao's message. At this moment, the guard outside the door raised his voice: "Your Majesty!" The angel has arrived! 』

Cao Cao raised his chin slightly to signal, then lay down and began to moan slightly in pain...

Cao Hong's face also darkened, and he turned around with a worried look on his face to greet the angel instead of Cao Cao.

In fact, the angels of the East and the West also have some similarities. The angels in the West have more chicken wings, and the angels sent by Liu Xie lack the chicken heads. Anyway, they are in trouble with chickens...

Liu Xie's angel is the eunuch of Huangmen, the middle officer of the inner palace, who serves with a pen. Although he has a great reputation, he actually has no rights at all, because Liu Xie himself does not have many memorials to read, so the so-called "serve with a pen" is all that is left. With an empty title, I can't control anything.

But at this moment, the eunuch serving with his pen still represented Liu Xie to some extent, so Cao Hong and others still maintained their due attitude in terms of etiquette, leading the eunuch all the way inward...

"This... this is..." The eunuch saw the large and small tents in the courtyard, as well as some ordinary soldiers sitting or lying in the tents, and couldn't help but asked in surprise, "Could these... be... That day...』

"Exactly, this is the injured guard that day..." Cao Hong said in a deep voice, "We are all warriors!" The general granted permission to receive medical treatment and recuperation together in the mansion. 』

Cao Hong's voice was neither too loud nor too quiet, and the soldiers could hear it. All of a sudden, the soldiers straightened their backs, and even their originally painful moans were slightly lowered.

The smell of blood is very strong when one person is recovering from his injuries, let alone so many people gathered in the front yard of the General's Mansion?

In addition, the doctors from Jinchuangke are also treating the wounds, this smell...

Being accustomed to serving in the palace, he subconsciously covered his mouth and nose, and then immediately realized that this action was wrong. He quickly put it down and tried to cover it up with a dry laugh in embarrassment, but it still attracted many unkind soldiers. gaze.

By allowing these injured soldiers to rest in the mansion and enjoy the care of the general's doctors, they can naturally get better herbs and food, which in some ways enhances the survival rate of these soldiers. Cao Cao's move can be seen on the one hand as Cao Cao's attempt to win over the morale of his troops, and on the other hand, it is also Cao Cao's reward for the loyalty of these soldiers.

Or is there another explanation?

Bingbi's eyes rolled twice, and he didn't know what he thought of...

Generally speaking, loyalty should naturally be rewarded. Otherwise, who will be loyal next time?

When a leader forgets or ignores the loyalty shown by his subordinates, and begins to think that this loyalty is what everyone should do, and even begins to say that loyalty is a duty...

Then loyalty is not far from becoming a mere formality, and may even evolve into verbal loyalty.

Just like Liu Xie requires ministers to be loyal, he also requires everyone in the world to be loyal to him, unconditional loyalty. But in the end, Liu Xie couldn't even get the loyalty of ordinary ministers, so he had to ask eunuchs to come. Because eunuchs are special positions that rely on imperial power, normally most eunuchs will side with the emperor. This is not wrong at all. Unfortunately, Liu Xie forgot one thing...

Even if he takes the position of serving as a pen, he is still a eunuch.

Ever since he entered the General's Mansion, he was a little uncomfortable serving Bingbi. The strong smell of blood around him and the high or low moans made the eunuch feel a little uneasy, especially when he arrived in the inner courtyard and saw the Dian Wei stood like an iron tower at the entrance of the inner courtyard. He still had various scars on his body, old and new. When he stared at him with a fierce look on his face, he even couldn't hold it in and secretly leaked a little urine. …

This is a common problem among eunuchs, and there is nothing we can do about it. This is true physically or psychologically.

For most eunuchs, their lifetime space is within a square wall, and the sky they can see is only that big. The farthest place they have ever visited may only be a market square in the city. Under such conditions, how much insight and courage can these eunuchs have?

Before seeing Cao Cao, the eunuch was already trembling with fear. Then he waited in the hall and finished the so-called caring words of Emperor Liu Xie for Cao Cao according to the script. He just thought about getting closer according to Liu Xie's secret instructions. Some people carefully observed the extent of Cao Cao's injuries, but were directly stopped by Cao Hong on the side.

"What do you want to do?" ! "Cao Hong asked angrily, "The general is seriously injured, and the doctor has repeatedly told him not to be infected with evil spirits! You disabled people, do you want to contaminate the general with evil and harm the general? 』

When Liu Xie's decree was read out, he was naturally an angel, but after he read it out, he was like a piece of paper that had been wiped on his butt. Would he deliberately offer it to him?

The eunuch was so frightened by Cao Hong's sudden accusation that he quickly clamped his legs, waved his hands and denied, "How dare you, how dare you, how dare you, this slave, rush into the general... It's just..."

"Just what?" ” Cao Hong’s eyes were still wide with anger.

"It's okay, it's okay... In this case, I will take my leave... The general takes good care of himself and will recover soon..." Speaking of eunuchs, their ability to observe people's emotions is first-rate. Those eunuchs and maids who don't know how to read their faces are He couldn't live long, so at that moment the eunuch felt a chill in his back, and he felt more and more that if he continued to stay, his life might be in danger, so he immediately threw Liu Xie's explanation behind him. Just leave immediately when you see something is wrong.

Cao Cao moved reluctantly, then in a hoarse voice he ordered Cao Hong not to be rude, and asked Cao Hong to give the eunuch some money as labor fee...

The eunuch's face looked better now, and after saying several auspicious words in succession, he nodded and bowed out of the room. Then when he got to the courtyard, he straightened up and left staggeringly.

When Cao Cao saw that the eunuch had left, he immediately lifted the quilt and washed his face. He just said that he had served with his pen and returned to the palace. Liu Xie naturally summoned him immediately and asked about the specific situation of Cao Cao.

"Reporting to your majesty, the general... I'm afraid he's seriously injured..." It was impossible for Bingbi to say that he didn't see anything. He was kicked out without even getting close to the bed, and he couldn't let Liu Xie know that he was incapable of completing it. For such a "small task", I tried my best to use my own imagination and brainstorming to make Liu Xie believe how hard, how brave, how experienced, and how hard he had gone through to obtain the most precious information.

Otherwise, how can we prove to Liu Xie that they are useful people?

"It smells like blood?" ” Liu Xie frowned and said, “Is there still an herbal smell? 』

"Your Majesty, this is indeed the case. ” Bingbi served with his head lowered and said, “The general may have covered his face with thick powder to hide his pale complexion in order to cover up his serious injury... In addition, the general ordered the injured soldiers to be treated together in the hospital. It was obviously In order to test the medicine and prevent the person who takes the medicine from adulterating the medicine with poison..."

"Hiss..." Liu Xie took a deep breath.

This seems to be something only an old thief who is afraid of death can do, but ordinary people really can't do it!

So to say……

"I know..." Liu Xie nodded calmly, "Thank you for your hard work..."

"It is a slave's blessing to share His Majesty's worries..."

Bingbi lowered his head, then stuck out his butt, and stepped back in small steps. When he was outside the door, he slowly breathed a sigh of relief. Turning around, I found a small piece of robe flashing past in the corner of the hall...

Holding his pen to serve a Ji Ling, he subconsciously wanted to shout, but when he realized it, he shut up suddenly and almost bit his own tongue. He pretended that he didn't see anything and slipped along the shadow under the eaves of the hall. Edge left.

In the palace, there were times when people pretended not to see or hear things, so they often forgot some things they should have seen or heard.

Liu Xie didn't know this. He just sat on the throne blankly, and then his heart kept rolling, and there was a thought that couldn't be suppressed...

Could it be that the sky has opened its eyes?

At this moment, Liu Xie even felt that there seemed to be his father, his father's father, and a large number of heroic spirits of the emperors of the Han Dynasty in the air. They all showed their eight big teeth toward him, which seemed to indicate that the future Han Dynasty would be A piece of light...

Big man, the opportunity for ZTE has finally come!

So now...

No, it can't be done.

Not yet.

Liu Xie stood up slowly.

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was originally a side prince who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun, and so was Liu Xie. However, Heaven just likes to tease people, so that both father and son, who were not prepared to become emperors at the beginning, eventually became emperors.

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty spent his whole life trying to figure out how to engage in politics. Unfortunately, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty did not have a good master, and he did not learn any good strategies, so he finally failed, got tired, and broke his pot.

After all, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, or rather the emperor of which family or dynasty, pay attention, he is the emperor, the lifelong kind. Since he knows that he will work in this profession until death, at least at the beginning of taking office, most people I still want to do better...

Liu Xie is no exception.

But it is not easy to be a good emperor.

Liu Xie didn't have any masters since he was a child. Like his father, he only practiced and learned with real swords and guns after he took office. Dong Zhuo taught him that as an emperor, you need to be patient, Wang Yun taught him that as an emperor, you need to be in power, and Cao Cao taught him that as your majesty, you need to compromise...

As for the hussar general Fei Qian...

Liu Xie paused slightly as he walked towards the entrance of the hall.

The hussar general Fei Qian seemed to have taught him many things, but also seemed to have taught him nothing.

So, if I had stayed in Chang'an back then, would I have faced the same situation as now?

Could it even be worse?

Who knows?

Liu Xie smiled slightly, sighed, and then looked back at where he was sitting. In front of the screen with a black and red background and gold and silver decorations, there is an equally elegant and luxurious throne decorated with gold and silver. Now only Liu Xie can sit on it...

"It looks really beautiful... No wonder so many people want to sit on it..." Liu Xie murmured to himself in a low voice, "But only those who sit on it know that this position is cold, hard, and there are so many people behind. It’s empty. Even my bones hurt after sitting for a long time... Hehe... hum..."

After laughing softly for a few times, Liu Xie turned around, walked out of the hall slowly, and then said in a deep voice: "Come here!" Take a ride and go to the Imperial Ancestral Temple! I will personally pray for the general in the Ancestral Temple! 』