Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 623 Snake Slaying Sword and Confucius Clogs (4000)

"Wang Mang's head?"

Everyone has doubts on their faces.

Wang Mang died in 23 AD, more than 170 years ago, but these 100 years are not too far for people in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, so everyone is no stranger to Wang Mang.

"The old man has indeed heard that after Wang Mang was subjugated and killed, it was rumored among the people that his head was kept by the Han Dynasty as a warning to others."

Yu Ji wrinkled his old face and asked, "But after that, few people mentioned this matter, and I don't know if it's true, and...even if this head is indeed in the hands of the Han Dynasty, it's just a dead head. , is there any secret that is not known?"

Everyone nodded slightly when they heard the words, and looked at Wu Liang eagerly, waiting for his answer.

"I don't know. I just feel that this head has been around for nearly 200 years. If it is still intact, it must have been preserved using special embalming methods. Therefore, I am a little curious and want to see it with my own eyes."

Wu Liang shook his head with a smile and said vaguely.

"I heard that a few years ago, when Dong Zhuo moved westward with Emperor Xian, the Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom was left behind in the Luoyang Palace, and it was obtained by Sun Jian who invaded Luoyang first. Later, Yuan Shu snatched the Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom. Now the jade seal is in Yuan Shu's hands."

Immediately afterwards, Yang Wanli took over the conversation, and said following Wu Liang's meaning, "I am also a little curious about this. The Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom is obviously much more important than Wang Mang's head. The imperial jade seal was lost, but Wang Mang's head was never forgotten."

Hearing this, Zhuge Liang also said: "I heard that the Jade Seal of Chuanguo was obtained by Sun Jian from a well in the palace. At that time, the Jade Seal of Chuanguo was put into a wooden box and tied around the neck of a maid who committed suicide by throwing herself into the well. Therefore, I privately thought that maybe the Chuanguo Yuxi was not lost, but Emperor Xian left it on purpose, he just didn’t want to teach the Yuxi to fall into Dong Zhuo’s hands, after all, the one who got the Yuxi would have an excuse to become the emperor himself.”

"The old man thinks that little friend Zhuge is right, unlike you, who only listen to hearsay."

Yu Ji immediately stood in line with Zhuge Liang, and teased Yang Wanli by the way.

"You old boy can only repeat what others say, why don't you come up with some different opinions?"

Yang Wanli immediately opened his eyes and sneered back.

"The old man doesn't have the same knowledge as you."

"Are you afraid you won't be able to tell?"

"Why can't the old man say it?"

"Then tell me, let me see if you can spit out ivory from your dog's mouth!"

"you……"

"..."

In just two sentences, the two old enemies were already choking. Wu Liang felt that they were getting closer to getting married in the same place, and seeing that the topic building had gone to another place, he could only interrupt aloud. The two went on to say: "No matter what, we traveled thousands of miles in order to gain more insight. We have never seen Emperor Xian or Wang Mang's head. We took this opportunity to meet last time. Since then You're not curious about these things anymore, are you?"

After Wu Liang finished speaking, he brought the topic back, looked at Zhen Mi and said, "Mi'er, I will entrust this matter to you, and I have to find out where Wang Mang's head is hidden now, and secretly hide it if there is a chance." Bring it out, that would be the best."

Now there is still a Prince Chamu in the Tuan army.

Every time this socially obsessed person talks about these topics, he usually doesn't intervene easily, because he doesn't know much about many things in the Central Plains, and he can't intervene if he wants to.

If he could see Wang Mang's head with his own eyes, besides Zhen Mi, Prince Chamu could also use his "yin and yang eyes" to help him take a look, and maybe he would find something different.

"But the ugly words are in the head first, I have never seen this thing before, and I don't know if it is hidden deep, so I can only order the fox servant to sneak into Liu Xie's residence to investigate secretly. It may take some time. "

Zhen Mi complied, but she didn't talk too much, "If necessary, I might entrust Liu Xie or the people accompanying Liu Xie in a dream to find clues."

"You can have a dream, but you need to be careful."

Wu Liang suddenly said with a serious face.

"What measure?"

Zhen Mi was puzzled.

"You can use intimidation, coercion, fright, etc., but you are never allowed to use color to lure them, otherwise it will be too cheap for them."

Wu Liang said seriously.

"..."

Everyone was speechless, General Wu was protecting food...

It's no wonder that Wu Liang would focus on this matter. It's not the first time he and Zhen Mi have met in a dream, and he knows that seduction is Zhen Mi's best method. If you don't remind me, Zhen Mi may be habitual. used this method.

And even though it was in a dream, what he saw was the same picture as in reality. Just thinking about it made Wu Liang feel like the green top of his head panicked.

"Giggle..."

Zhen Mi immediately covered her mouth and laughed, her eyes turned to look at Wu Liang, a smug expression appeared on her pretty face, and she said softly, "It depends on the gentleman's heart, if the gentleman treats the concubine sincerely, , this concubine promises that she will never use such means in the future, if a gentleman starts to mess up and ends up abandoning... Humph!"

……

the next two days.

Wu Liang and the others lived a relatively stable life in Wenxi City.

Yang Wanli still went out every day to inquire about the news around Anyi, while Zhen Mi was in charge of investigating the situation about Emperor Xian and Wang Mang's head in the city.

It was just yesterday.

All the forces near Anyi suddenly became much more stable, and the tense atmosphere was reduced a lot, because they received an unexpected message at the same time:

Yanzhou Mu Caocao personally led [-] elite soldiers to King Qin. He passed Luoyang a few days ago and is now stationed in Mianchi!
Mianchi is located in the southeast of Anyi, and the distance is only two or three days away, which means that Boss Cao has already arrived.

And the reason why he didn't lead his army straight to Anyi, but instead stationed in Mianchi.

It should be that the complex situation in Anyi has been investigated. In order to avoid unnecessary troubles, he is going to send envoys to submit a letter to Emperor Xian. After Emperor Xian agrees with his request to enter King Qin, he will lead the army to come. Justifiably so.

"My lord, shall we go to Mianchi immediately to meet the envoy, so that we can follow the envoy into Anyi to meet Emperor Xian, and we can also get closer to Wang Mang's head."

After Yang Wanli reported the information he had recovered, he cupped his hands and made suggestions to Wu Liang.

"Not urgent."

Wu Liang pondered for a moment, finally shook his head, and said, "Let's take a look at the envoy's movements and the reaction of the surrounding forces in Anyi. But it may not be easy to let the envoy in, there are too many interests involved."

Think and know.

Once Boss Cao came to Xiandi's side, he would be the most powerful Qinwang force around Xiandi, and he would have an absolute crushing advantage against any side.

In this way, the power will naturally tilt to Boss Cao's side.

As far as those other Qinwang forces are concerned, Boss Cao has directly parachuted onto them and taken away the power that should belong to them. Naturally, this is unacceptable to them, so someone must find a way to prevent Boss Cao from entering Anyi.

Just don't know what means they will use.

I don't know how Boss Cao will respond.

However, the possibility of a fight is relatively small. After all, the difference in military strength between the two sides is not small. In addition, the military strength of those King Qin forces is still very scattered. It is basically impossible and dare not have an armed conflict with Boss Cao.

And before all the dust settles.

Wu Liang also didn't want to join Boss Cao for the time being. After all, he still had to do something secretly. The closer he was to Boss Cao, the easier it would be for Boss Cao to notice him.

As for credit or something, there is no need to say.

Wu Liang had already made the first contribution by disclosing the whereabouts of Emperor Xian to Boss Cao in time before, and it is meaningless to make other more contributions. On the contrary, there is a risk of surpassing the master...especially in matters related to Emperor Xian When it comes to matters, one must not show too much concern, as it will easily arouse Boss Cao's suspicion.

Others may not know it, but Wu Liang knows it very well.

In history, those who were too close to Emperor Xian, or gave advice to Emperor Xian, were basically killed by Boss Cao, including the queen.

at the same time.

Zhen Mi's investigative work finally came to fruition.

Although she has not seen Wang Mang's head yet, she has found out the specific whereabouts of Wang Mang's head.

It is in the room of Emperor Xian's current empress "Fu Shou", and there are about fifty tiger ben and feather forest soldiers assisting "Fu Shou" to take care of this thing.

In addition, there are two treasures stored with Wang Mang's head:

One is the snake-slaying sword used by Han Gaozu Liu Bang, and the other is a pair of clogs worn by Confucius.

This result did not surprise Wu Liang.

He just didn't mention these two treasures with the Huanren Army, but he already knew it in his heart.

Because there were relevant records in the history books of the Jin Dynasty: "The arsenal was on fire, and Hua Fear turned into a fire, and the soldiers stood firm, and then rescued them, so the treasures of generations, the snake-killing sword of Han Gaozu, Wang Mang's head, Confucius clogs, etc. were all burned. .”

And similar records also appeared in different history books, all of which indicated that Han Gaozu's snake-killing sword, Wang Mang's head and Confucius' clogs all disappeared in the fire more than 100 years later.

The only objectionable one is Han Gaozu's snake-killing sword.

Because one of the history books gave Han Gaozu a completely different ending for the Snake Sword: "Flying through the house, you don't know where you are going."

That is to say, except for Han Gaozu's snake-slaying sword, which flew out of the arsenal by itself and disappeared, all the remaining treasures were destroyed in the fire.

Wu Liang always had reservations about the ending of Han Gaozu's Snake-Slaying Sword.

However, when he taught Zhen Mi to help find the whereabouts of "Wang Mang's head", he had already thought of Han Gaozu's Snake-Slaying Sword and Confucius Clogs in his mind. To be precise, he taught Zhen Mi to help find these three treasures. "Wang Mang's head" was used as an introduction, but it was not stated explicitly.

"Can you be more specific about the situation?"

Wu Liang asked Zhen Mi.

"These things are placed in an iron box made of fine iron. The iron box looks simple and unpretentious on the surface, but there is a big copper lock weighing three catties on it. The key to the copper lock was given to Emperor Liu Xie. Take it with you, and Fushou is only in charge of guarding it, and has no right to open the iron box."

Zhen Mi recalled and said, "The about fifty Huben and Feather Forest soldiers were divided into three groups and guarded outside the house day and night. Unless Emperor Xian came in person, no one was allowed to enter the house, or they would be killed...there were only so many concubines exposed. , Most of this information was obtained from Fushou's dream. During this period, the concubine also tried to enter the dream of Emperor Xian Liu Xie, but there seemed to be some restrictions on Liu Xie that could prevent the concubine from approaching, so many attempts failed. did not succeed."

"From this point of view, if you want to see this thing, it may be impossible to rely on some opportunistic means..."

Wu Liang said intently.

It is obviously impossible for Zhen Mi's fox servant to break open the big iron box, and even if Wu Liang orders his "Diamond Diamond" to sneak in, there will be quite a lot of noise during the process of opening the iron box. It may not alarm Fushou and those tigers and feathers... Besides, "Diamond Diamond" is not as smart as the fox servant, and it is impossible to sneak in without someone's guidance.

"The concubine continues to investigate, and it may still be possible to obtain some useful information."

Seeing Wu Liang's troubled expression, Zhen Mi grabbed his hand and said softly.

"Perhaps we have to rely on the envoy..."

Wu Liang also squeezed Zhen Mi's hand in response, then said with a smile.

Only in this way, it is impossible to avoid Boss Cao when investigating Snake Sword, Wang Mangtou and Confucius Clogs.

And if Emperor Xian is unwilling to hand over the keys to the iron box, even Boss Cao will not openly disobey him in the short term, otherwise he will be branded "disobedient" by the nobles all over the world, and then the good thing will become bad thing.

But think carefully.

In fact, this matter is not completely without room for manipulation, but now his understanding of Emperor Xian is only in writing, and the written records may not be fully believed. He still has to wait until he sees Emperor Xian and has enough understanding before prescribing the right medicine and seeing the opportunity act...

……

Two more days passed.

Wu Liang finally received the news that Boss Cao's army was marching towards Anyi City.

And Boss Cao has already made extremely full preparations. He not only sent envoys first to ask Emperor Xian to enter the city to serve the king.

At the same time, he also sent a number of lobbyists to contact with many large and small forces gathered around Anyi City. In the end, he chose to go with Yang Feng, Dong Cheng and others who were weaker and threatened by the general of the Baibo Army Han Xian, who urgently needed foreign aid. Cooperation, under the assistance and welcome of these people, comes naturally.

And Na Hanxian saw that Boss Cao was standing on the opposite side of him, knowing that the general situation was over, he had consciously led most of his troops back to Hongnong County in order to protect himself, leaving only a small number of people to return as "King Qin" He stayed in Anyi in the name of the emperor, so as not to forget him when offering rewards to the emperor.

"We should go too."

Upon receiving the news, Wu Liang also responded immediately, "Yang Wanli, you go to meet the envoy first, and teach him that we have just arrived here."

(End of this chapter)