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Chapter 132 The new King of Huaiyang

The invisibility potion lasts for 10 minutes, which is enough for Liu Xuan to walk to Cao Chong, but there is a limitation, that is, after launching the attack, he will appear immediately.

If Liu Xuan wanted to kidnap Cao Chong, his behavior would definitely be judged as an attack, so Liu Xuan had to finish the matter within a few minutes while the guards were away.

Walking quietly near Cao Chong, Liu Xuan tried his best not to touch any flowers and plants.

He has already experimented and found that the invisibility potion is not invisible in the physical sense, but only in the visual sense.

Therefore, when Liu Xuan held his breath and approached, the master still noticed something.

However, before he could look around, Liu Xuan's palm knife had already struck the main artery in his wife's neck.

The sudden heavy blow caused the master to lose consciousness instantly. His vision went dark and he fell to the ground, his body still twitching.

Liu Xuan didn't have time to think about whether the blow was too severe, because at this moment, the six-year-old Cao Chong had dropped the letter in his hand to the ground, his eyes full of horror.

Cao Chong's mouth opened slightly, and he subconsciously wanted to shout out, but Liu Xuan had already covered his mouth. With a pinch of his forearm, he held Cao Chong on his waist and ran towards the wall.

Liu Xuan summoned Ruyi's Dragon Spear from the space, chanted silently, and the Dragon Spear became six meters long.
The faucet at the head of the gun hooked the edge of the wall and silently muttered again: "Short."

The dragon gun shrunk to one meter and flew up to the wall with Liu Xuan's body.

Liu Xuan used the elasticity of the dragon gun to jump off the five-meter-high wall and land easily.

He took Cao Chong and disappeared into the alley across the street.

Ever since he got the wishful dragon spear, Liu Xuan found that it was much more convenient to use it to climb over walls and steal people than to kill people unexpectedly.

In Cao Cao's mansion, Cao Cao was very depressed after being woken up early in the morning.

Especially when he heard that his favorite son Cao Chong was missing, Cao Cao was so angry that he beat the guards guarding the back garden with fifty army sticks and beat one to death directly, while the other could not tell any valuable information.

Cao Cao was so angry that he waved his hand and said, "Throw it out. The other party is obviously well prepared and sneaked into the back garden while the guard nodded."

Cheng Yu said comfortingly at the side: "My lord, they obviously have a purpose in kidnapping the young master. Therefore, the young master will not be in danger for the time being. We only need to wait for their next move."

Cao Cao nodded, "Don't I know, this must have been done by Liu Bei or Liu Xuan, or maybe Liu Xie. If nothing goes wrong, someone will send a message today."

"Send the order and order the people in the Heavenly Prison to take good care of Dong Cheng and prevent him from having any accidents."

Sure enough, that afternoon, Cao Cao received a secret letter. The secret letter was shot directly outside Cao Cao's house, and there was no sign of who was in the letter.

He only made it clear that his uncle Dong Cheng was wronged, asked Cao Cao to release Dong Cheng from the prison, and produced a public document to prove that Dong Cheng was not guilty.

Otherwise, his most beloved son would die young.

The naked threat, the purpose is self-evident, is to rescue Dong Cheng.

Cao Cao had no other option. The entire city's soldiers surrounded Liu Bei's courtyard and Liu Xuan's residence and searched for a day, but no clues were found.

He had no choice but to obediently agree to release him, and as stated in the letter, issued a document stating that Dong Cheng was not guilty.

The next morning, a secret letter was delivered to the door of Cao Cao's house again, with only an address written on it.

Cao Cao's men led the soldiers to find this address, and sure enough they found Cao Chong locked in the house.

Although he was a little frightened, there was food and water in the house, and he obviously had no real intention to harm Cao Chong.

Cao Cao rescued Cao Chong and sent Cao Chong back to his hometown in Peiguo overnight.

He also didn't expect that the other party would go directly into the house to steal people without respecting martial ethics.

He didn't even think about how the thief knew about his love for Cao Chong.

If it had been another son, Cao Cao might not have been so easy to talk to, and he might have taken this opportunity to kill Liu Xuan and Liu Bei in one fell swoop.

What made Cao Cao depressed was that from then on, neither Liu Bei nor Liu Xuan left any direct evidence.

Even if he wanted to find an excuse to deal with the two of them, he couldn't.

The people in Night Tribulation Prison all had their faces covered with black scarves, and the weapons they used were all ordinary weapons.

The person who broke into the back garden to steal Cao Chong was unknown. Cao Cao specially took Cao Chong to secretly observe Liu Bei's three brothers, Liu Xuan, Lu Bu and others, but Cao Chong could not determine who it was.

At this point, Cao Cao could only swallow his breath.

After all, although Yuzhou is his territory, Yuan Shao's army is still pressing down on Jizhou in the north. If he deals with Liu Bei and Liu Xuan regardless of the reason, he will definitely incur a counterattack from them.

Liu Xuan now holds the land of Yangzhou in his hands, and has Sun Quan's tens of thousands of troops and powerful generals. Cao Cao really doesn't dare to attack rashly now.

And Liu Bei has become the most powerful force under Liu Biao. If Liu Bei is really arrested or even killed by Cao Cao in Xuchang on trumped-up charges, the Jingzhou army will inevitably move north from Xinye and directly attack the rear of Yuzhou.

Xuchang Palace, inner hall of Changle Palace.

Liu Xuan and Liu Bei were once again secretly invited to the residence of Emperor Liu Xie.

Liu Xie defeated Cao Cao in a game, and his face looked a little happy.

After all, this is the first time in six years that Liu Xie has taken the upper hand in a confrontation with Cao Cao. Although he did not do it himself, it at least proves that the two Han clan clan members he summoned into the palace this time do have some abilities.

"Two beloved ministers, Uncle Dong Guo has been released by Cao Cao, and Cao Cao issued a public statement in the court to express his innocence. This matter has been resolved very well. I wonder which beloved minister is responsible?"

Liu Bei immediately saluted and said: "Your Majesty, ever since Your Majesty assigned you the task of rescuing Dong Guojiu, Liu Bei has been restless day and night. He has tried every means to rescue him. The attack on Tianlao was also done by me, and I did not hesitate to offer heavy treasures to Cao Cao. In exchange for Uncle Dong Guo."

"I think it was Cao Cao who sensed His Majesty's determination to save Dong Guojiu and took the initiative to release Dong Guojiu."

Liu Xie nodded and said: "Uncle Huang is interested. It turns out that the attack on the Heavenly Prison a few days ago was done by the Emperor's uncle. I have also heard that the people who forced their way into the Heavenly Prison are brave enough that no one can resist them. The Emperor's uncle has the courage to do so." This powerful general is a blessing to the Han Dynasty.

With that said, Liu Xie said to Liu Xuande again: "Brother Wang, what the emperor said is not unreasonable. In this test, the emperor should be considered the winner. Brother Wang, do you have any objections?"

Liu Xuan immediately said: "I have objections. Although Uncle Liu sent troops to attack Tianlao, they returned without success. How could Cao Cao take the initiative to release Uncle Dong Guo in the face of victory?"

"The reason Uncle Dong Guo was able to get out of the prison safely was because I sent people to sneak into Cao Cao's mansion and kidnap Cao Cao's youngest son. Cao Cao loved his son so much that he had to give in."

Liu Xuandao: "I have no choice but to do this. Although it is not glorious, it is effective."

The emperor immediately said: "When dealing with such a rebellious person like Cao Cao, why should we stick to means? It is more reasonable to listen to what Brother Wang said. Since there is a matter of secret trust and Cao soldiers went to the place mentioned by Brother Wang to find someone, this matter should be taken seriously." It’s well documented.”

"I will send people to verify it. If it is true, Brother Wang will win this test. Uncle Huang has no objection, right?"

"Uh~" Liu Bei knew that he failed to claim credit, so he could only purse his lips and said, "If it is really Zi Yan's plan to rescue the uncle, it can be considered a happy event. Although I tried my best, I lost a lot of elites, so I have to bear it myself. "Liu Xie naturally heard the complaint in Liu Bei's mouth, but he did not follow Liu Bei's thoughts, "There is only one knighthood this time, and I cannot act outside the rules. I have written down the emperor's wishes and will wait for three days. Let’s talk about it after the year when there are places available.”

As soon as these words came out, Liu Xuan's knighthood was implicitly determined. The muscles on Liu Bei's face twitched, but in the end he gritted his teeth and stopped fighting.

But the look he looked at Liu Xuan was a little cold.

Liu Xuan thanked the emperor, then turned to Liu Bei and said,

"Uncle Liu Huang, this test of rescuing Uncle Dong Guo was carried out in secret by Your Majesty. No outsider could know about it. Neither your storming of the prison nor my sneaking into Cao Mansion to take hostages left any clue to Cao Cao."

"After all, this is Cao Cao's sphere of influence. I ask the emperor to also explain to his subordinates that the test, as well as your and my respective methods, must not be leaked to Cao Cao."

Liu Bei said calmly: "That's natural."

The next day, the emperor Liu Xie asked people to spy on the affairs of Cao Chong. It was exactly the same as what Liu Xuan said, but because Liu Xuan sneaked in in disguise, he did not let him see anything more after catching Cao Chong. , so people in the Cao Mansion know fewer details than Liu Xuan said.

Although the test was completed by stealing people, it somewhat undermined the royal majesty.

However, Liu Xie was even more excited. Under the current situation, if he did everything in a satisfactory manner, how could he defeat Cao Cao?
On the same day, Liu Xie exercised one of his only powers as the emperor and conferred the remaining number of feudal princes this year.

Because only one of the eighteen descendants of the Huaiyang King, Liu Xuan, survived, and Liu Xuan had made great contributions in governing Yangzhou, Liu Xuan was specially given to inherit the position of Huaiyang King and be named the new Huaiyang King.

Under his rule, there were [-] households in Yangzhou and the towns were granted thousands of miles away.

The fiefdoms from Huaiyang and Huaiyin to Guangling County were granted to Liu Xuan.

It seems that although the emperor's favor is great, these territories and household registrations are under Liu Xuan's rule, and the emperor is just doing it as a favor.

And if you look closely, Liu Xie has some tricks up his sleeve.

Huaiyang, Yuzhou, which originally belonged to Cao Cao, was also granted to Liu Xuan.

Although it seems reasonable that the Huaiyang King's fiefdom includes Huaiyang, Huaiyang is only three hundred miles east of Xuchang. If Liu Xuan really wants to manage Huaiyang according to the fiefdom granted by the emperor, he will have to put his foot into Cao Cao's territory. Get under the covers.

How can others sleep on the side of the couch?

Cao Cao received the fief transfer document from the inner court official and tore the document into pieces directly in front of the inner court official.

He, Liu Xie, just wants to get a title from Liu Xie, but he wants to use this to move his own territory. He is really too young.

After Cao Cao tore up the document, he said coldly to the inner court official,
"Your Majesty has finished conferring titles and has no other important matters in his hands. There is no need to leave the emperor's seal with your Majesty. Your Majesty is still young and it is inevitable that he will make mistakes when handling things. It is best for me to keep the seal for him. In the future, he will need to use the seal for any document." , come to me for review."

"Mr. Cao, how can this be done?" The inner court official looked troubled when he heard Cao Cao's words.

Cao Cao's request was simply too unreasonable, and it was tantamount to directly depriving the emperor of all his power.

"How could it be prevented? If His Majesty hadn't sent the decree privately, how could there be so many unstable factors in Xuchang City?"

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "You just go and inform the emperor, and I will go get the seal tomorrow. Anyone who dares to stop it is tantamount to treason and I will kill him."

Liu Xuan received the imperial edict from the emperor to confer the title of King of Huaiyang in his palace. At the same time, Cao Cao entered the palace with a sword and snatched Liu Xie's emperor's seal.

The ministers in the DPRK were forced by Cao Cao's intimidation, and no one dared to resist.

[Notepad opens.]

[AD 202, Xuchang.The emperor Liu Xie will rescue his uncle Dong Cheng as a test for You and Liu Bei. Through past news, you know that Cao Cao's favorite son Cao Chong is in Xuchang, so you use the dragon gun and the invisibility potion to sneak into Cao's mansion and take Cao Chong hostage. Blackmail Cao Cao into releasing Dong Cheng.You successfully rescued Dong Cheng and were awarded the title of King of Huaiyang by the emperor.Cao Cao's hostility towards you has increased. 】

[Complete the challenge mission: Royal recognition]

[Task completion: 100%]

[According to the completion of the task, the following entries will be obtained]

[Entry [-]: Medicinal herbs (blue); Entry [-]: Cold-resistant (blue)]

[Existing entries: detoxifying (blue); medicinal herbs (blue); entry two: cold-resistant (blue)]

[Combinable entries: detoxifying herbs; cold-resistant herbs]

[Please select a combined entry or temporarily save the entry. 】

The mission is completed. The reward entries this time are not particularly outstanding. Liu Xuan originally wanted to save them temporarily, but there are only four word slots now. The next time he refreshes the entries, one or two will definitely be covered. After thinking about it for a while, Liu Xuan still A choice was made.

"Mixture: Detoxifying Herbs"

[Successful combination: obtain detoxifying herbs]

[Detoxification herb: A brand new plant that can detoxify most poisons after being made into herbal medicine. It can also be taken in advance to enhance poison resistance. 】

There was a flash of light, and a sack of grass seeds appeared in a hidden corner.

Liu Xuan entered the inner room, called out the grass seeds, and then took out the seed box.

Start the seed box that improves quality.

[The quality of detoxifying herb seeds is improved, the growth cycle is shortened, and the detoxifying function is improved. 】

This thing is currently considered a scarce material for Liu Xuan.

Although it is still summer, in a few months, the mutants from the north, Wo Island and Goguryeo Island are bound to cross the sea and go south again.

We don’t know what these mutants will look like after a year of mutation. At least one thing is certain, the toxicity will become more and more intense.

Liu Xuan looked at the bag of grass seeds and called Zhao Liniang in.

"Liniang, please order a few capable guards to quickly send these seeds to Guangling and hand them over to Hu Cao Xuzhong. Ask him to plant all the seeds well. I will be of great use."

Zhao Liniang took the order and left, while Liu Xuan was analyzing the current situation alone in the room. The emperor asked him and Liu Bei to enter the palace. Now it is known that it is to fight against Cao Cao's forces.

Because Cao Cao was facing pressure from Yuan Shao, he did not dare to fight directly with Liu Bei and Liu Xuan. Therefore, in Xuchang City, the three parties reached a brief tacit understanding, and no one took the initiative to attack the other.

Only Cao Cao suffered some hidden losses due to the affair of his uncle Dong Cheng, but he also immediately confiscated the emperor's jade seal. To a certain extent, Cao Cao's control over the government and the public was strengthened.

At this time, Liu Bei, who was also in Xuchang, and Xu Shu took advantage of the night to arrive at Cao Cao's mansion.

(End of this chapter)