Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 767 The Collapse of the Changshe Garrison

Everyone on the city wall was also drawn to this scene.

Cao Pi also looked over with a gloomy face.

What exactly happened in the enemy's rear that made them part the road in front of Zhang Sui?
Zhang Sui looked at the open passage ahead, dismounted, and led his horse to the side.

Tian Feng, Chen Deng, Sima Yi, Gao Shun, Xu Rong, Zhao Yun, and others all stepped aside.

The area outside the city suddenly fell into a deathly silence.

Only the flags fluttered in the wind.

After a long time, the people on the city wall finally saw what had happened.

Just then, a carriage slowly approached from behind Zhang Sui's army.

A coffin can be seen on the carriage.

And the person driving the carriage—

Cheng Yu recognized him at a glance and exclaimed in shock, "It's Chen Gong!"

"Who's in the coffin? Why is there such a big fuss?"

Cao Pi calmed down at this point.

He hadn't seen Chen Gong for many years.

However, he remembered from his childhood that Chen Gong and his father always "ate from the same utensils and slept on the same mat".

In fact, his status was comparable to that of Xun Yu, the Lord Xun.

But at some point, Chen Gong stopped appearing, and his name almost became a taboo subject for his father.

It wasn't until many years later, when he arrived in Xuchang, that he gradually heard news of Chen Gong and learned that Chen Gong had already betrayed his father and had chosen to be with Lü Bu, a man who had served three masters.

He even nearly caused his father's death in Yanzhou.

Looking at Chen Gong now, from a distance, it doesn't seem to have changed much.

Listening to the rumbling sound of the carriage rolling over the ground, Zhang Sui sighed and said in a hoarse voice to the people around him, "Bow your heads, observe a moment of silence, and send Cao Sikong off on his final journey."

Beside Zhang Sui, Tian Feng, Chen Deng, Sima Yi, and others all lowered their heads, closed their eyes, and remained motionless.

From all directions, countless soldiers lowered their heads and closed their eyes.

The soldiers guarding the city wall began to stir.

Chen Gong himself was needed to be the coachman.

All the enemy troops, led by Zhang Sui, retreated to the side, lowered their heads, closed their eyes, and dared not utter a sound.

Just how noble was the person inside this coffin?
How could anyone be so capable of doing this?

Beside Cao Pi, Du Ji, one of the Four Talents of the Minister of Works, watched this scene intently.

The next moment, as if he had thought of something, his eyes narrowed sharply, and he reached out and grabbed the arm of another young general beside him, his voice trembling like a leaf as he said, "Could it be... could it be Sikong?"

Du Ji's words were like a pebble thrown into a calm lake, creating ripples.

Xiahou Dun, Cheng Yu, Cao Xiu, Zhu Ling, Cao Chun, and other civil and military officials all began to breathe rapidly.

It seems that this is the only possibility!
Otherwise, who would hire Chen Gong as their coachman?
Who could make General Zhang Sui willingly step aside?
Only Sikong was the person who started the business with Chen Gong.

Only the father-in-law of the great general, Sikong.

Only then can both conditions be met simultaneously.

Xiahou Dun, his voice hoarse, looked at Cheng Yu beside him and said, "Mengde, you won't die, right?"

"Mengde is the Minister of Works!"

"He is the Minister of Works of our great Han Dynasty!"

Seeing the despair in the faces of the civil and military officials around him, Cao Pi panicked and screamed, "Impossible!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

"Where did he get the order to kill my father?"

"How could my father be dead!"

No one answered Cao Pi's question.

All the soldiers on the city wall fell silent, their hearts pounding in their throats as they watched Chen Gong drive the carriage up.

Cao Pi screamed for a while, but received no answer, and his heart sank to the bottom.

His hands gripped the city wall, his body trembling slightly.

It should be impossible.

No, absolutely impossible.

Even if his father was a prisoner, it was impossible for Zhang Sui to kill him.

His father fought in the north and south for decades, making great contributions to the Han Dynasty.

He quelled the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

He served the emperor at Hongnong Port.

He killed the rebels Li Jue and Guo Si.

He pacified the warlords of Guanzhong.

Without him, the world would be in unimaginable chaos. Without him, countless people would have already declared themselves kings or emperors.

He may not have made any great contributions, but he certainly put in a lot of hard work.

How did Zhang Sui have the audacity to kill him?
Chen Gong drove the carriage all the way to the drawbridge.

Zhang Sui then stepped forward.

Upon reaching Chen Gong, Zhang Sui nodded to him.

Chen Gong nodded as well.

Turning around, Chen Gong looked at Emperor Liu Xie, Empress Fu Shou, Cao Pi, Cheng Yu, Xiahou Dun and others on the city wall and said, "Gentlemen, my name is Chen Gong, one of the earliest followers of Cao Cao, the Minister of Works."

"Sikong committed suicide by poison five days ago."

"Together with Madam Bian."

"Their two children, Cao Zhi and Cao Chong, became my disciples in the presence of the Minister of Works."

"This time, I am accompanying my two children to escort the remains of Sikong and his wife here, simply to ask you all to pay your last respects to Sikong and his wife."

"Countless people have died or been injured in the war so far."

"As subjects of my great Han Dynasty, we are of the same ancestry and origin. I hope you will reconsider and not waste your lives."

"What's past is past."

"Those who are alive must look to the future."

After Chen Gong finished speaking, he called out to the carriage, "Zhi'er, Chong'er, get down."

Two boys crawled out of the carriage and were led off the carriage shaft by Zhang Sui.

Afterwards, Chen Gong and Zhang Sui exchanged glances, bowed to the coffin, and together opened it with force.

Inside, lying there were Lady Bian and Cao Cao, already dressed in their burial clothes.

There were some ice cubes next to both of them.

The two were snuggled together, both with smiles on their lips, as if they had fallen asleep.

Seeing this, some of the soldiers guarding the city wall knelt down.

Xiahou Dun was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses and wailed, "Mengde! Mengde!"

Cheng Yu also burst into tears and looked up.

Even so, tears kept flowing.

Du Ji and the others slumped to the ground, their eyes blank.

Many of the defending soldiers lowered their heads, their expressions somber.

Emperor Liu Xie stared blankly at the remains of Cao Cao and Lady Bian in the coffin.

He seemed to have lost his hearing.

Everything around me seemed to have gone silent.

He thought about all the moments he had shared with Cao Cao over the years.

What Cao Cao usually loathed seemed to be nothing at all at this moment.

Cao Pi stared in a daze at the remains of Cao Cao and Lady Bian.

Gone.

It's not just that my father is gone.

Even my mother is gone.

Zhang Sui, Chen Gong, Cao Zhi, and Cao Chong each stood on either side of the coffin.

After a long while, a creaking sound rang out in the deathly quiet sky above Changshe.

Everyone looked toward the city gate.

The city gate was slowly opened.

Cao Chun, the commander of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, with a white cloth wrapped around his head and an expressionless face, slowly led the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry out.

Cao Pi, who was in a daze, saw this scene and his expression changed drastically. He was about to stop it, but was held down by Xiahou Dun, who had already banged his forehead until it was bloody and mangled.

Xiahou Dun looked at Cao Pi, his tearful eyes brimming with murderous intent, and said in a hoarse voice, "On Mengde's final journey, you unfilial son still want to add to the bloodshed?"

As Cao Pi met Xiahou Dun's angry gaze, the anger and resentment on his face slowly subsided.

Cao Chun led the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to stop at one end of the suspension bridge.

The defenders on the city wall lowered the drawbridge.

Cao Chun dismounted first, took off his weapon, and placed it to one side.

The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry dismounted and took off their weapons.

The moment the suspension bridge was lowered, Cao Chun walked over with heavy steps and came to the coffin.

Kneeling before the coffin, Cao Chun clutched one end of it with both hands, and suddenly broke down in a wailing cry: "My lord! My lord!"

The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry knelt down, prostrated themselves on the ground, and began to weep.

On the city wall, soldiers descended one after another, walked out of the wall, and knelt down around the coffin.

(End of this chapter)