Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 764 The Death of Cao Cao
Not long after Cao Cao shouted towards the entrance of the government office, a figure came out carrying a wooden tray.

Cao Cao was taken aback.

He then burst out laughing again.

It was Chen Gong!
That kid's pretty good at making arrangements.

He joined Chen Gong and seized Yanzhou without losing a single soldier, thus beginning to reverse his fate.

Now, it also ends with Chen Gong.

Cao Cao said to Chen Gong, "Gongtai, I'm troubling you!"

Chen Gong brought up a wooden tray and stopped beside the rattan chair.

Looking down at Cao Cao sitting in the rattan chair, Chen Gong opened his mouth and blurted out "Cao the Traitor".

The words were on the tip of his tongue, but he swallowed them back and forced a smile, saying, "It is an honor for Chen Gong to be able to see Lord Cao off on his final journey."

"The grudges of the past are now put to rest."

"Be a good person in your next life, and don't kill innocent people indiscriminately."

“When you wrote ‘The Ballad of Hao Li,’ everyone praised it, but I alone hated it.”

"In this situation, it can be said that you, Cao Gong, have brought it upon yourself."

"Those who kill will always be killed."

"Think of the aristocratic youths in Yanzhou whom you killed."

"Think of the hundreds of thousands of innocent people in Xuzhou that you slaughtered."

"With your death, their souls can finally find peace!"

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Gongtai, what you said makes sense."

Chen Gong sighed and said to the guards in the distance, "Take these two children away."

Looking at Cao Cao, Chen Gong said, "To watch one's own father die before one's eyes is ultimately too cruel."

"After you die, Lord Cao, I will help take care of them."

"Don't let the grudges and grievances of your parents be passed on to your children."

Cao Cao smiled and said to Cao Zhi and Cao Chong, "Zhi'er, Chong'er, why don't you thank your Uncle Gongtai? From now on, you will be his disciples."

Zhang Sui stood in the alleyway in the distance, arms crossed, listening to this scene, and shook his head.

This is Chen Gong.

He is ruthless in ordinary times.

He also referred to Cao Cao as "Cao the traitor" repeatedly.

Even on previous encounters with Cao Cao, he would shoot arrows from the shadows.

But when it really came down to it, he couldn't bring himself to be ruthless.

Upon hearing Cao Cao's words, Cao Zhi and Cao Chong both knelt down before Chen Gong and performed three kowtows and nine prostrations.

Chen Gong nodded, signaling the guards who had already come up to take Cao Zhi and Cao Chong away.

As Cao Zhi and Cao Chong left with the guards, they kept looking back.

As Cao Cao watched Cao Zhi and Cao Chong's departing figures, he suddenly called out in a sob-filled voice, "Zhi'er! Chong'er!"

Cao Zhi and Cao Chong stopped in their tracks and were about to run back, but were held back tightly by the guards.

Chen Gongchong, the guard, said, "Take him to my residence."

Several guards dragged Cao Zhi and Cao Chong away.

Cao Zhi and Cao Chong immediately screamed and struggled, trying to run back.

However, how could their strength compare to that of the guards?

They were dragged further and further away.

Cao Cao and Lady Bian wept again upon hearing Cao Zhi and Cao Chong's cries.

Chen Gong had a guard carry a wooden tray, and he personally poured two cups of poisoned wine from a wine pot, handing one to Cao Cao and the other to Lady Bian. Cao Cao then forced back his tears, gulped down the wine, threw the cups on the ground, and cried out to the heavens, "My life of fighting in the south and north ends here."

"Now, the only thing I can't let go of is how I can tell Zixiu after I die that I didn't take good care of Ding Shi after his death, and that Ding Shi divorced me, leaving me alone and destitute in my hometown?"

"Zixiu!"

"Zixiu!"

"I'm so sorry, Father!"

As Cao Cao spoke, a mouthful of blood gushed from his mouth.

Bian also drank the wine in one gulp.

Bian Shi moved closer to Cao Cao's embrace and closed her eyes.

Although she tried her best to endure it, the poisoned wine still caused her body to spasm repeatedly.

Cao Cao sensed Bian's pain and held her tighter. He looked up, a painful smile tugging at the corners of his bloodied mouth, and said to Chen Gong, "Gongtai, please see Bian and me off on our final journey."

Only then did Bian raise her head, her face pale with pain, and a faint smile forced through her sweat-drenched pretty face. She said, "If there is an afterlife, in the next life, shall we live a simple and peaceful life together?"

Cao Cao lowered his head and kissed Bian Shi's forehead heavily, his voice trembling violently due to the physical pain.

Even so, he still responded forcefully, "Okay! I'll do whatever you say!"

Seeing this, Chen Gong drew his sword and pierced through Bian's chest before thrusting it into Cao Cao's chest.

Fresh blood gushed out.

Chen Gong drew his sword, turned his head, and couldn't bear to watch this scene.

Zhang Sui stood at the entrance of the alley in the distance, watching this scene, and sighed heavily.

A generation of heroes has come to an end.

History has completely deviated from its course and begun to tilt in favor of me, the time traveler.

However, the path to success is strewn with countless bones.

That's incredibly cruel.

Zhang Sui waited in the distance for a long time before finally going out.

Arriving at the bodies of Cao Cao and Lady Bian, and seeing Chen Gong standing motionless, Zhang Sui reached out and checked the noses of Cao Cao and Lady Bian. After confirming that they were no longer breathing, he said to Chen Gong in a hoarse voice, "Gongtai, I'll leave the funeral arrangements for my father-in-law and Lady Bian to you."

"Follow the previous plan, first send it outside Changshe City so that those Cao family relatives, generals, and Tiger and Leopard Cavalry who still refuse to surrender can see it, and then give it a proper burial."

"I'm going to muster my troops and prepare to attack Changshe."

Chen Gong did not respond!

Zhang Sui walked around to Chen Gong in confusion, only to find that Chen Gong was already crying his eyes out.

Seeing Zhang Sui approach him, Chen Gong raised his face, which was covered in tears and snot, and choked out, "I know, my lord, no need to give orders, I know what to do. Give me some time, I'll make the arrangements in a bit."

Seeing Chen Gong's state, Zhang Sui reached out, pressed his head onto his shoulder, and patted his back.

After a while, when Chen Gong stopped crying, Zhang Sui released him, patted him on the shoulder, and rode away.

The fall of a hero always brings sadness.

But now, he has no time to be sad about these things.

He wanted to continue the war to the very end, to end this chaotic world as soon as possible, and to give the people a stable environment.

Zhang Sui left Xingyang City and summoned all civil and military officials to muster his troops.

The attack on Changshe took place two days later, after Chen Gong had delivered the bodies of Cao Cao and Lady Bian to the outskirts of Changshe.

This was the first time Zhang Sui had mobilized such a large army: as many as 150,000 soldiers!
In addition to the 100,000 troops he originally brought, there were also surrendered Xiongnu troops and soldiers from powerful families in Hedong Commandery.

Yu Jin's elite troops who surrendered at Wuchao were also scattered and incorporated into various formations.

There was also an army of over 10,000 men that Zhong Yao brought from Chang'an.

That afternoon, Chen Gong led Gao Shun's entrenched camp to transport the remains of Cao Cao and Lady Bian to Changshe.

The next morning, Zhang Sui mustered 150,000 troops and marched from the military camp south of Xingyang City to Changshe!
The 150,000-strong army formed three long lines, stretching as far as the eye could see!
(End of this chapter)