Lu Dynasty

Chapter 326 Bullying
Cao and Cheng Yu discussed the hunting of Xu Tian. In order not to let Liu Xie refuse, they selected good horses, famous eagles, handsome dogs, bows and arrows. After preparing these things, they gathered troops outside the city first, and then Cao Cai entered the palace to invite Liu Xie Let's go out of the city to hunt.When Liu Xie saw Cao go and come back, he was very puzzled and asked: "What is Cao Aiqing's business?" Because usually Cao rarely enters the palace except for court meetings.

Cao said: "Your Majesty, the soldiers of our army want to show off the grandeur of our army, and I have been entrusted by the soldiers. Please go to Xutian to hunt!"

"I'm afraid this is inappropriate!" Liu Xie said with a smile: "I have heard that the ancient sages ruled the world with kingly or benevolent government. Field hunting is not the right way to govern the world!"

Cao Xindao: Are you the one who returns the Holy King?It's just a puppet, so feel free to be held hostage by me!Cao said: "In ancient times, emperors searched for summer seedlings in spring, hunted in autumn and winter, and went out to the suburbs at four o'clock to show their military strategy to the people of the world. Now is the time when the world is not peaceful, and we should use field hunting to show our army's strength. Mighty!" After speaking, Cao found out that Liu Xie was going to refuse, so he snorted coldly, so frightened that Liu Xie quickly agreed.

Liu Xie promised Cao to go hunting, but he got out of the palace gate. He rode a free horse, took a carved bow with precious stones, and arrows with golden arrows, and drove out of the city in a row.Liu Bei, Sha Moke, and Wei Yan each bent their bows and inserted arrows, wore heart armor, held weapons, and drove out of Xuchang City with dozens of horses.Cao rode a clawed yellow fly and took nearly [-] troops and Liu Xie to Xutian to hunt. Xutian was surrounded by Cao soldiers layer by layer within a radius of more than [-] miles.Cao and Liu Xie rode side by side, the distance between them was no more than a horse's head.And behind them are Cao's confidant generals, such as Xiahou brothers, Cao brothers and others.The other civil and military officials were kept far away, and no one could get close to Cao and Liu Xie.

Liu Xie, who was caught between Cao and his confidants, felt very aggrieved, and suddenly he saw Liu Bei.Liu Xie was relieved immediately, and he smiled and said to Liu Bei, "Uncle Emperor, I want to see how your archery is. Would you like to show it off?" The longbow happened to see a rabbit and shot it casually.The rabbit fell to the ground.Seeing Liu Bei shoot the rabbit, Liu Xie cheered happily: "Uncle Huang is good at archery!" Liu Bei quickly responded to Liu Xie, expressing humility.

At this time, a deer sprang out from behind the hillside. Liu Xie raised the carved bow in his hand and shot three arrows without hitting it.This cannot be said to be that Liu Xie's archery skills are poor, but he cannot be compared with veterans like Liu Bei and Cao who have been on the battlefield.Moreover, Liu Xie has been kept as a puppet by Dong Zhuo, Cao and others in captivity. No matter whether it is Cao or Dong Zhuo, no one wants Liu Xie to become a capable and capable person, so naturally they will not send someone to teach him well.People who have never shot arrows naturally don't know that archery is not difficult to say, easy to say.If there is no long-term training, it is not bad to get one hit out of ten times, but you have to be lucky.Regardless of how big the deer is, it is not easy for Liu Xie to hit it.

Seeing that he missed three arrows, Liu Xie felt that he had lost face and judged others by himself. He wanted to make Cao feel ashamed as well, so he said to Cao: "Cao Aiqing, you shoot!"

Cao originally wanted Liu Xie to embarrass him, so how could he give him face.Cao stretched out his hand and said to Liu Xie: "Your Majesty, I don't have a bow. Please lend me your majesty's carved bow and golden arrows!" Liu Bei heard Cao said that he didn't bring a bow. He handed over the bow and arrow in his hand.Cao didn't even look at Liu Bei, stared at Liu Xie and snorted coldly, then stretched out his hand to Liu Xie again.Now not only Liu Xie, but all Cao's confidantes standing nearby knew that Cao's trip had another purpose.

Liu Xie reluctantly handed over the golden arrows and carved bows in his hands to Cao. Cao raised his hand and shot an arrow, and the deer died at that time.Civil and military officials and waiters all stood far away, so they couldn't see clearly who shot it.The officials who went to pick up the prey saw that the emperor had shot the deer with a golden arrow, and shouted: "The emperor has shot it! The emperor has shot it!"

As soon as the officials heard that the emperor had hit the shot, they quickly bowed down to congratulate him, and Cao Dama went forward to accept the worship of all civil and military personnel.Wei Yanchang received Liu Bei's loyal and patriotic education for a long time. Seeing that Cao dared to bully Liu Xie, he raised his sword and was about to kill Cao. The prime minister shot the arrow!" Then he looked at Wei Yan and shook his hand.When Wei Yan saw that his elder brother stopped him, he put down his knife and stepped back.

As soon as Liu Bei made a sound, Cao naturally looked at him and didn't notice Wei Yan's movements. It's a pity that none of this escaped Cheng Yu's eyes.Seeing Cao looking at him, Liu Bei immediately smiled and said, "Prime Minister's sharp shot is really hard to find in the world!"

Cao didn't like Liu Bei's tricks, he laughed and said: "This is the emperor's blessing!" After finishing speaking, Cao hung Liu Xie's carved bow on his saddle, and ignored Liu Bei and the dumbfounded Liu Xie, who looked at him, left.After hunting and feasting the officials, Cao took Liu Xie and all the officials back to Xuchang City.Cao is full of ambition, but Liu Xie is very disappointed.

When Liu Xie returned to the palace, he saw his empress Fu suddenly burst into tears. Empress Fu asked in panic, "Why are you crying, Your Majesty?"

"Since I ascended the throne, traitors have risen side by side. First, I was coerced by Dong Zhuo. After Dong Zhuo died, I was held hostage by Li Jue and Guo Si. Our husband and I have suffered a lot that ordinary people have never suffered. Later, I was helped by Cao. I thought he would be a minister who assists me, but I never thought that he would be domineering and bully me. Every day I see him, I feel like a thorn in my back! Today in the paddock, he actually stood in front of me Can you imagine how rude Cao has become after accepting congratulations from all the officials?" Liu Xie cried and said, "From this point of view, he will seize power and usurp the throne sooner or later, and you and my wife will surely die without burial. place!"

Empress Fu asked in panic: "All the civil and military officials in this dynasty are paid by the Han Dynasty. Could it be that they are all rich and rich, and none of them can share the worries of His Majesty?" In fact, what Empress Fu said was a bit heartless.Civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty clearly ate rice from the Cao family, so what did it have to do with Han Lu?If Liu Xie has food for the officials, they don't have to leave Luoyang!Besides, Cao treats them pretty well.If Li Jue, Guo Si and even Dong Zhuo were replaced, what good life would Liu Xie and Empress Fu have!Now they keep saying that Cao is a traitor, a traitor, and that Cao is domineering, but they have never touched their conscience and asked if they are worthy of Cao.

(End of this chapter)