Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 623 Leave no one behind

In Luoyang City, Chen Mansion.

This mansion, along with many other mansions in Wei, Zheng and other places, were sealed off by Liu He on the same day. However, after Yuan Shu arrived, he released Chen Ji and others from the Tianlao, and these mansions were naturally unsealed again, allowing everyone to live there again.

Now, these hundreds of family heads have all gathered in the Chen Mansion, and each of them is very nervous.

In the lobby, Chen Ji and several other family heads with the highest prestige sat on one side. After months of hard work, these people no longer had their former glory. Each of them looked haggard and their complexion was much worse.

"Mr. Chen, will Cao Cao meet us? He has always been with Liu He. We have finally escaped. If we are detained by Cao and handed over to Liu He, what should we do?"

Zheng Tai was worried, his eyebrows almost squeezed together.

Chen Ji's face looked much more relaxed. "Cao Cao is a man with great ambitions. He will never be willing to be inferior to others. If he wants to succeed, he will naturally need the support of hundreds of families like us. Now that Yuan Shao is dead, Yuan Shu has been defeated, and the Yuan family has been wiped out in just a few days, if we want to revive our family, we must find a powerful prince to cooperate with. I think Cao Cao is an excellent candidate."

Wei Ji also nodded and said, "Well, if my family can fully support him, wouldn't all the scholars and talents in the world gather under his command? On the contrary, without our help, he will be swallowed up by Liu He. I don't believe that Cao Cao doesn't understand this."

"Well, you two are right." Zheng Tai felt much more relieved.

Chen Ji's eyes were somewhat grim: "Humph, after we have regrouped, we will definitely avenge that blood debt from that little Liu He!"

"Yes, there are also Yang Biao, Wang Yun, Cui Lie and others, the nobles are traitors, they should be executed according to their crimes!"

Many family heads were filled with indignation.

At this time, a man came running over in a hurry: "My fellow family heads, a group of soldiers are coming here, and they are flying the Cao character flag."

"Oh? So fast." Chen Ji's brows lit up.

"How about it? I asked Cao Cao to come and pay a visit in person, and he will definitely come. Hahahaha, everyone is starving, right? Wait for him to set up a banquet."

Everyone complimented Chen Ji: "Mr. Chen is so smart and resourceful. We admire him so much!"

One of the family heads asked, "Should we go out to greet him?"

Chen Ji still sat calmly in his seat: "We are all his elders, how can we greet the younger generation? Just wait inside the mansion."

As he was speaking, a voice came from outside the mansion: "Quick, surround them all and seal all exits!"

When Chen Ji heard this, he suddenly felt alert.

Immediately afterwards, a military general led a group of soldiers and walked in from the gate with their heads held high.

"Who are you? Where is Cao Cao? Why don't you come and see us?"

Wei Ji strode over and asked sternly.

Cao Hong looked up at him and sneered, "Humph, who the hell are you? How dare you call my lord by his name?"

Wei Ji was very angry at his attitude: "You...how dare you speak to me like this? I am the head of the Hedong Wei family. Wei Ji, even if Cao Cao comes, he has to bow to me!"

Cao Hong looked at him as if he were an idiot: "So you are Wei Ji? I am Cao Hong, the general of Yanzhou. Why, do you want me to salute you too?"

"You... are so rude. Really too rude. Are all the people under Cao Aman's command ignorant warriors like you?"

Wei Ji was furious, but Cao Hong didn't even bother to look at him.

Zheng Tai also walked over and said, "We asked Cao Cao to prepare a banquet. How is he doing? Why did he only send you? Where is he?"

Many family heads around also asked questions, they were really hungry.

"Yes, when will the banquet start?"

Cao Hong sneered: "How ridiculous! You are a bunch of traitors who should have been executed long ago. How dare you speak so brazenly? I think you are courting death. Come here~" Chen Ji jumped up instantly and looked at him nervously: "What are you going to do? We are all the heads of the top families today, you can't do anything reckless!"

Cao Hong ignored him and waved his hand to the soldiers behind him: "According to the laws of the Han Dynasty, these traitors have long been sentenced to death. Soldiers, immediately seal off this mansion and execute all the people in it according to the law. In addition, search these people's houses. If there are other people, regardless of their identity, gender, age or status, they will all be killed on the spot!"

"What! Cao Hong, how dare you do this!"

All the family heads were suddenly in a panic.

"I want to see Cao Cao. Call Cao Cao over!"

Chen Ji's eyes turned bloodshot, he rushed over and tried to grab Cao Hong with both hands.

"Old guy, you're looking for death!"

Cao Hong was not polite at all. He swung his knife and chopped Chen Ji in the face.

Immediately afterwards, screams continued from inside this huge Chen family mansion. In the dead of night, a burst of fire shot up into the sky from the mansion.

However, right at the gate of Luoyang City, a convoy was driving in from outside the city.

A military general hurried down from the city gate with a smile on his face.

"I didn't expect Gongtai to arrive five days earlier than expected. With this batch of food and weapons, our army will have nothing to worry about."

The leader of the convoy was Chen Gong, also known as Chen Gongtai. He looked at the general and smiled back.

"Is General Le Jin in charge of guarding the city today? Not bad, not bad. The general is calm and capable. With him guarding the city, there should be no problems."

Le Jin was very happy to receive his praise: "Haha, Gongtai doesn't praise people easily. I am very honored today. If the lord knew that Gongtai prepared all the supplies and shipped them to Luoyang so quickly, he would be very surprised."

Chen Gong, however, did not take it seriously. "The lord ordered us to collect supplies because he was worried that we would have to fight Yuan Shu here. Now Yuan Shu has been defeated, Luoyang has been captured by our army, and the court will return soon. The battle is over, so why do we need these supplies? If I had known the situation here would be like this, I would not have rushed here in such a hurry."

"Who said the battle is over? Our army is clearly still going to..."

Le Jin opened his mouth and started shouting, but halfway through his words, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have said too much and quickly shut up.

Chen Gong frowned: "Why, who else do you want to fight, my lord?"

"Ah... No, no, I just said something wrong, I said it wrong."

"Really?" Chen Gong was skeptical.

Le Jin quickly changed the subject: "Ah, the master is in the Cao family's mansion in the city, Gongtai, go quickly."

Seeing that he refused to speak, Chen Gong had no choice but to give up.

"Well, General, guard the city well. I will go and see the Lord first."

After saying that, he gave a few instructions to the caravan and rode off in one direction.

After running a few steps, he saw the fire not far away. "Huh? How come there is such a big fire in the city? It looks like it's in the north city, but the north city is full of high-ranking officials and nobles, and many ministers have already retreated to Jinyang. How could there be people here? Oh no, is there a fire in Cao's mansion?"

When Chen Gong thought of this, he became anxious and rode over at full speed.

Soon he arrived at the fire, but one look at it made him even more puzzled.

The fire in this huge mansion was indeed raging, but instead of anyone trying to put out the fire, there was a group of soldiers around with torches, lighting up every place that was not on fire.

(End of this chapter)