Xiaoguangong

Chapter 253 The Last Meal

Cao Ren was assassinated in front of Cao Cao, and it was Yang Biao's own son, Cao Cao's master Yang Xiu, who was the assassin.

This matter was really bad, and the whole of Xu was shocked. Compared with this, the news that Yunshan broke through and the rebels will regain Yongzhou seems nothing.

Cao Ren committed the murder in front of Cao Cao and stabbed Cao Ren, the general of Zhengnan. Yang Xiu was immediately sent to prison, followed by torture.

When Man Chong was around, even Yang Xiu's father Yang Biao dared to fight, let alone Yang Xiu who made a big mistake.Yang Biao originally wanted to use some money to make the prison guards relax a little bit, but he managed for a long time, but none of the guards dared to ask for his property——

Cao Pi's confidant Xia Houshang personally supervised Yang Xiu's diet and daily life in the prison, and all the guards served Yang Xiu ruthlessly. Fatal blow.

"Dog thief, do you still dare to be rampant today?" Xia Houshang pulled Yang Xiu's long hair and cursed fiercely.

The extremely weak Yang Xiu remained awake because of the pain. He grinned, looked at Xia Houshang's face that had become extremely ferocious due to anger, and said with a sneer:

"Your surname is not Cao, why are you so angry?
What would you do if the knife and the ax were thrown at you in the future? "

"How dare you speak hard!" Xia Houshang raised his whip and slapped Yang Xiu hard in the face, "Tell me, do you have anything to do with Geng Ji and others before, and did you take Liu Bei's money? , go crazy here?"

Yang Xiu snorted and smiled lightly:
"So Mr. Cao wanted to take advantage of this matter to involve everyone? It seems that I won't die for a while!"

"You!?" Xia Houshang suddenly became angry, raised his whip again, and beat him hard.

Yang Biao could imagine the appearance of his son, and his father and son loved each other deeply. Even though he knew that begging Cao Cao was a very dangerous thing, Yang Biao still couldn't just sit idly by.

He first asked his wife, Mrs. Yuan, to find Mrs. Bian's connections, but Mrs. Bian also said helplessly that the matter was of great importance. Cao's family was furious and demanded that Yang be amended to amend the law.

In desperation, Yang Biao had no choice but to bite the bullet and beg for someone he least wanted to beg for.

"Even if you don't ask me, I will go. I believe the prime minister must be waiting for me."

That night, all the subordinates of the Prime Minister's Mansion in Xudu came together. Jia Xu, Cheng Yu, who had been seized by Cao Cao before, and all the civil and military members of the Cao family also gathered. None of them sat down, and everyone looked at him. Shushu threw it out of the door, waiting for a visit from a distinguished guest.

Among the many capitals, only one person is worthy of their waiting.

Of course, that person was not the emperor of the Han Dynasty trapped in the palace, but the minister of the dynasty, Cao Cao's right-hand man, the leader of the Yingchuan family, and Xun Yu who was admired by everyone in the world.

Cao Cao killed Kong Rong and tortured Yang Biao. Ordinary celebrities are like pigs and dogs in front of this hero, and only Xun Lingjun is worthy of such ostentation.

It's just that today, everyone knows that there will be no good results.

Seeing the figure gradually emerging from the door, Sima Yi felt a sense of desolation in his heart.

Xun Yu came to Cao Cao's prime minister's mansion alone. Like countless times before, he had a steady gait and a peaceful face, and a refreshing fragrance slowly wafted from the snow-white Confucian robe.

The guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion stepped forward quickly and asked Xun Yu to untie the long sword at his waist. Xiahou Dun hurriedly shouted back the guards and saluted this once close comrade-in-arms.

"Xun Lingjun, please come in, the prime minister is already waiting for you."

"Thank you." Xun Yu smiled gently as usual, his eyes narrowed into crescent moons, making people feel a little more favorable for no reason.

Walking past Xiahou Dun, Xun Yu stopped suddenly, looked at Xiahou Dun's white hair, and couldn't help sighing softly.

"Yuan Rang, so you are so old."

Cao Cao was waiting in his bedroom. Cao Pi was the only one serving him, but Cao Pi also had a long sword hanging from his waist. When he saw Xun Yu coming to pay his respects, he subconsciously put his hand on the hilt.

"See Prime Minister."

"Wen Ruo is here, please come in and sit down, why do you and I need to be so polite?"

After Cao Cao finished the long series of words in one breath, his breathing became a little heavier.

Xun Yu sat down calmly, carefully scrutinized Cao Cao's face by the dim light of the fire, and two lines of clear tears slowly flowed from his eyes.

"Prime Minister...how come you are so sick?"

"Birth, old age, sickness and death are normal." He looked at Xun Yu's still handsome face, and couldn't help sighing, "More than ten years ago, I was thinking, if we were all old and became very ugly, you and I When standing together, I won't be so miserable.

It's a pity, after so many years, you are still unrestrained, but I have grown old like this. "

"Back then we promised that we would return the world to peace even if we exhausted our whole life. It's a pity that we are getting old, and the world is still full of wars..."

Speaking of this, Cao Cao couldn't help panting, but his cloudy eyes were fixed on Xun Yu, and he refused to dodge for a moment.

Xun Yu didn't have the slightest bit of fear either.

He didn't continue to reminisce about the past with Cao Cao, but said calmly:

"I came today to ask the Prime Minister to forgive Dezu."

Cao Cao laughed, the laughter was full of desolation:
"Such a trivial matter, will I not give Xun Lingjun face?

Dezu was young and frivolous for a while, seeing Zixiao punching him, it is not unusual for him to attack him hastily.

Now that Mr. Xun Ling is here, I will spare him. "

Cao Cao's address to Xun Yu changed from Wenruo to Xun Lingjun. Xun Yu knew that things couldn't be so good today, so he listened to Cao Cao's teaching without changing his face.

"Such trivial matters do not require Mr. Xun Ling to come to the door in person, but Mr. Xun Ling is here, and I just want to discuss another matter with Mr. Xun Ling."

"The prime minister ordered."

Cao Cao stared at Xun Yu with scorching eyes. He has experienced countless storms and waves in his life, and at this moment he became nervous for no reason.

"Has Mr. Xun Ling heard about the battle in Guanzhong?"

Before Xun Yu could answer, Cao Cao said excitedly:
"My son-in-law frankly defeated the rebel generals in Guanzhong by the Yellow River, beheaded tens of thousands of prisoners, and the bandits were terrified like tigers, and all of them dispersed.

Since Dong Zhuo and Li Jue, Guanzhong has almost ceased to be owned by the imperial court. I don’t want to think that today’s children will smash the thieves and Yongzhou will be completely restored. Our army’s troops headed straight to Liangzhou. It hasn't been this lively for a long time! "

Xun Yu nodded vigorously, with an excited look on his face:
"Tan's giant eagle restores the land for the country, and they are all heroes of the country, I admire you!"

Xun Yu seldom admired anyone in his life, but this time he actually said that he admired Yunshan and Chang Diao, which shows the great achievements of these two people.

As Cao Cao said, after defeating the Guanzhong Allied Forces, it was only a matter of time before Yongzhou and Liangzhou recovered. On the surface, both Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu sent people to ask for surrender, and Sun Quan of Yangzhou and Shi Xie of Jiaozhou also sent envoys to pay tribute. He expressed his admiration for the great achievements made by the imperial court.

In other words, Cao Cao did gain a huge advantage on the bright side, and only a few counties in Jingzhou were still in the hands of Liu Bei who was against Ming.

How long can a group of jumping clowns persist?Their destruction is only a matter of time.

"Yeah, what a great achievement." Cao Cao's face was full of excitement, "I never expected, I really never expected that after all these years of fighting across the country, I finally saw the hope of the unification of the world before I died."

Speaking of this, Cao Cao said that Cao Pi winked, and Cao Pi held a memorial in his hand and slowly sent it to Xun Yu.

Xun Yu calmly reached out to take it, and soon saw the words on it.

"All the lords persuaded the Son of Heaven to crack the soil and seal me as king, but I was hesitant in my heart. I don't know what Xun Lingjun...Wen Ruo wants?"

Xun Yu only glanced at it, and immediately saw the mystery of this memorandum.

I saw everyone's names lined up one by one. Celebrities like Wang Lang and generals like Zhang Liao and Xu Huang were all on the list, but there was only a space at the front, which was just enough to write a person's name.

Xun Yu knew in his heart that Cao Cao was planning to take advantage of Yang Xiu's crime to attack himself and Yang Biao, the veterans of the Han Dynasty.If Xun Yu agrees to sign his name on it, then everything will be as if nothing happened. Not only Yang Xiu is safe and sound, but also the previous dispute between Xun Yu and Cao Cao can be laughed off.

if not……

Xun Yu hardly hesitated for a moment, he slowly folded the memorial, held it in his hand and handed it to Cao Pi.Cao Pi showed embarrassment, but still had no choice but to accept it.

"These people want to put the prime minister on fire and ask the prime minister to kill him."

"Oh? Kill who?" Cao Cao didn't seem to be angry.

"Unless the Liu family is king, the world can attack it together! Sun Quan and Liu Bei often say that the prime minister's name is Han, but he is actually a traitor of the Han, using this to confuse people's hearts.

If the prime minister is like this, wouldn't he be convicted of this crime?

After the prime minister is a loyal and righteous man, he promised to wipe out the gangsters and restore peace to the world. Before the peace of the world is settled, someone will set the prime minister on the fire. No matter who says this, he can be killed! "

There was a hint of sudden realization in Cao Cao's eyes. He nodded with a smile and sighed:

"Listening to Xun Lingjun's words, Gu was determined.

Well, thank you Xun Lingjun to come far away... I have prepared some things, Zihuan, but I haven't presented it to Xun Lingjun. "

Cao Pi nodded, and placed a black lacquered food box in front of Xun Yu from his side.This black lacquer food box is painted with vermilion auspicious cloud patterns on the outside, gold color is engraved with needles, gold foil is inlaid on both sides, and a few pearls are inlaid in the middle of the gold foil. The workmanship is extremely exquisite, and it is obviously very valuable.

Xun Yu took out the food box, thanked Cao Cao solemnly, and stood up slowly.

Before going out, Xun Yu stopped suddenly, turned around slowly and looked at Cao Cao who was almost engulfed by the darkness, and said with a smile:

"Back then, the prime minister told me that if the world is peaceful, it would be enough to be a general who conquers the west. Now that the prime minister is far above the general who conquers the west, I think the wish has been fulfilled. Congratulations to the prime minister."

After finishing speaking, the most famous celebrity in the world waved his sleeves and went out boldly carrying the black lacquer food box, leaving only a light and elegant fragrance wafting away.

Everyone in the Prime Minister's Mansion was silent, they suddenly felt that this winter was extremely cold.

(End of this chapter)