Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 648

Xu Chu is loyal and low-key. He does not make friends with clans and courtiers inside and outside, so he is deeply loved by Cao Cao.

However, the relationship with the new owner Cao Pi is shallow, and instead of acting as a guard independently, he alternates with the tiger and leopard riding leopard battalion.

Someone shared the work at hand, Xu Chu had more leisure time, and spent more time going home.

Xu Chu's Guchen's reputation was well known, and his family was neglected, with no one visiting him all year round.

The arrival of Xia Houchong broke the tranquility of Xu Zhai.

Xu Chu, who had always acted freely, retreated and closed the door.

Sensing that there was no one outside the house, Xu Chu clasped his fists and saluted: "Two months ago, I met the general in Luoyang, but now we are separated from each other. It's embarrassing to think about it. Mr. Ziman (Xia Houchong) please give me condolences." "

Xia Houchong took off his hood and bowed his hands in return: "Everyone is mortal, and my father's old illness broke out, and he followed the king. This is the destiny."

"Mr. Ziman came to Ye to report the funeral, but I don't know that Kuiye is here. Is there something important?" Xu Chu was not good at exchanging pleasantries, so he got straight to the point and got to the point.

"Zilin (Xiahoumao) and the king are inseparable. Does General Xu know why I came to Yecheng?" Xiahouchong asked.

Xu Chu faintly felt that it was arranged by Xiahou Dun, but he shook his head lightly: "I don't know."

"It's because of my late father's last words." Xia Houchong looked around and saw no one outside the window, so he whispered: "My late father wanted the general to kill Sima Yi."

Xu Chu was taken aback when he heard this. Although Sima Yi is not a minister of Tuogu, he has a close relationship with Cao Pi. What exactly does Xiahoudun want to do?Is this really what the former king meant?But why the summons now?

Countless question marks hung on Xu Chu's face, and he quickly asked: "The Sima family is a prominent family in Hanoi, are you sure you want to kill the whole family? Mr. Ziman is not joking with me, is he?"

Xia Houchong shook his head resolutely, "It's not a joke, General Xu should remember the late king's instructions, and my father just passed on the message."

"Why is Ke Ke not sooner or later? After the general passed away?" Xu Chu continued to ask.

Xia Houchong replied: "Because the timing happened to be together, there was a prerequisite for the former king to kill Sima, that is, the king would force Linzihou to compose poems. If the seven-step poems were not spread to Henan, the one who came to report the funeral would be the disciple Lin (Xiahoumao) gone."

"Why is this?" Xu Chu looked puzzled.

"Before his death, my late father told me that the late king had received a few prophecies. There was a prophecy that the Sima family would replace Wei. The late king had to eliminate these dangers in advance for the sake of the Wei State forever." Xia Houchong explained.

"What does this have to do with the seven-step poem?" Xu Chu asked again.

Xia Houchong continued: "The former king knew that the Sima family had a profound background, and the rash extermination of the family might cause panic among the big clan, so they temporarily doubted those prophecies. When two prophecies can be fulfilled, Sima's family can be executed. One of them is 'Brother Forcing my younger brother Cao Zhi to write a poem."

"Is there another one?" Xu Chu swallowed.

Xia Houchong replied: "The other one is fulfilled first, which is 'the number of traitors will die', and the second one is 'the brother forced the younger brother Cao Zhi to write a poem'."

"Then the third one."

Xu Chu wanted to ask again, but was stopped by Xia Houchong, "The later father didn't tell me, and maybe the king didn't tell him either. In fact, knowing too many secrets is not a good thing. In addition to increasing troubles, you may also suffer death."

Murder?Xu Chu suddenly thought of Yang Xiu. He stole Cao Cao's letter and burned it. Could it be that he read some secret?
Wait, Yang Xiu laughed at Sima Yi and Cao Xiu before he died, thinking that Xu Chu's back is cold, and the mysterious prophecy in Xia Houchong's mouth, maybe it came from that letter?

"Will General Xu take orders?" Xia Houchong looked at Xu Chu with doubts on his face.

Killing Sima's family would offend the Henan gentry. Cao Cao asked Xu Chu to do it because he didn't want Xiahou's family to be implicated.

Although Xu Chu is loyal, he is not stupid. He will not inform the Sima family, but he can definitely foresee the consequences.

Whether Xu Chu will carry out the will is out of Xiahoudun's control, so he has left behind.

If Xu Chu shirks his will and refuses to obey his will, Xiahou's family can only support the dead outside and secretly assassinate Sima's family.

Xu Chu thought for a while, then clasped his fists and replied, "You must obey the last order of the former king. The Sima family has power all over Yecheng and Xudu. If you want to completely eradicate it, you need to carefully plan and prepare, so I will spend some time."

Xia Houchong nodded with satisfaction: "my late father praised 'Tiger Marquis' as trustworthy, and now Guan Zhi really deserves his reputation. The king and the Sima brothers have a deep friendship, and now we can only kill first and then play. Sima's clansmen in Yecheng are handed over to the general. The Xiahou family will handle the matter.

If this matter is successful, it will be criticized by the officials and the king will condemn me, I will tell the king secretly after the fact, General Xu can do things in a more concealed way, so as not to involve future generations."

Xu Chu nodded, "I have set a date here, and I will send it to Xudu in advance."

"Then it's time to work." Xia Houchong stood up straight and bowed with respect.

After the two talked, Xia Houchong secretly left Xu's house.

That night Xu Chu stayed up all night, and after thinking hard for the next few days, he couldn't think of a perfect solution.

The open-minded 'Tiger Chi' suddenly became frowning, and finally let his brother Xu Ding discover the clue.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the Yellow Turbans were rampant, and there were also bandits in the hometown of Xu Ding and Xu Chu. The two brothers gathered thousands of strong men and clans to build fortifications to resist the invasion of bandits.

Later, the Xu Chu brothers and their clans all served Cao Cao. Xu Ding was not as powerful as Xu Chu and was overshadowed by Xu Chu, but he was also promoted to General Zhenwei by virtue of his military exploits.

Xu Ding paid a visit to his home during the free time. He wanted to find out the reason for Xu Chu's strange behavior. Is it because Cao Pi did not trust Cao Cao?

A dangerous secret, the more people know, the more dangerous it is.

Xu Chu couldn't resist his brother, because Xu Ding had been comforting him, and it would take time for Cao Pi to be treated the same as Cao Cao.

Xu Chu saw that Xu Ding would be wrong, and wanted to complete Cao Cao's last order as soon as possible, so he told Xia Houchong all the words.

Xu Ding was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time, and finally said angrily: "The Sima family has deep roots and is very close to the king. Now that Zhongkang takes on this task, I'm afraid it will implicate the Xu family. Could it be that the general did it on purpose?" "

"Brother, don't make wild guesses. The last military order of the late king was to let me listen to the general's arrangement, so I have to do this matter." Xu Chu made up his mind.

Xu Ding stroked his beard, "I think we can only use Xiahou Ziman's method to find our confidant swordsmen to pretend to be assassins. Only assassination can save the Xu family from disaster."

Xu Chu nodded, "That's all I can do. I'll select people these two days, and I'll notify Xiahou's family after the date is set. My brother will send someone to send my nephew and Yi'er back to their hometown to visit relatives in the near future. In case this matter ends If you can't control it, the Xu family won't be cut off, Xiahou Ziman promised to protect the Xu family."

"Zhongkang is right. I saw that on the eve of the attack, you said you were sick and stayed at home early, which is more or less avoiding suspicion." Xu Ding suggested.

Xu Chu was taken aback: "Let me cheat to earn Sima's money?"

Xu Ding smiled slightly: "Zhongkang is not bad, he speaks like the art of war, he can be the leader of the army."

"I don't know anything about the art of war. I may have been around the former king, and I just remember a few words." Xu Chu shook his head slightly.

(End of this chapter)