Xiaoguangong

Chapter 59 Find a way
As the sky was getting dark, Cao Ren refilled himself a glass of wine.

He walked slowly to his younger brother Cao Chun's coffin, slowly sprinkled the wine in his cup on the ground, and lit a few sticks of incense for him.

"Zi and Heroic Spirit are not far away, this time we must ensure that we will win a big victory."

He paid homage to the spiritual seat, staggered and sat back, looking at the military rules he had personally engraved on both sides of the table, he couldn't help being in a daze.

To be honest, Cao Cao asked Cao Ren to manage Jiangling's law and order as a way to make the best use of his talents.

Cao Ren was a ranger back then, with thousands of followers under him, and he never paid attention to law and order.

He himself is very skilled in martial arts. After joining the army, he began to learn tactics and art of war under the guidance of Cao Cao and tried his best to make himself abide by the law. Now he is asked to re-manage the law and order in Jiangling. Cao Ren quickly entered the state. The eldest brother had no intention of resisting in front of him, and they bowed their heads one after another, and the law and order improved a lot for a while.

But Cao Ren's mood is still difficult to calm down.

He was originally a tyrannical man, because he could bear grudges against Xu Chu because of the slightest thing. Now his brother Cao Chun died tragically, his cousin Cao Hong was beaten in the street, and he himself suffered a disastrous defeat and lost his military power. Although Cao Cao still trusted him a lot , but this huge sense of powerlessness still made it difficult for him to calm down, and he was tortured by pain day and night.

"Military law says: Those who are good at using soldiers can kill half of the soldiers; secondly, kill three of them, and then kill eleven of them. Those who can kill half of them will add power to the sea; One, order the soldiers..."

Cao Ren silently recited the military law on the table—this was a little habit of his after joining the army. He carved the military law on the table to remind himself, and the process of engraving could also calm his mind a little.But now that the table was covered with military laws, Cao Ren still couldn't calm down from the great regret of losing his brother.

Cai Mao...

His eyes were fierce, and he wished he could kill all these hateful Jingzhou clans.

"General!" A soft call came from outside the door, Cao Ren snorted and called the man in.

Chang Diao quietly pushed the door open, tiptoed over, bowed tremblingly in front of Cao Ren: "General, I have heard about something important."

Cao Ren raised his thick eyebrows, and said in a low voice:

"What's the matter?"

Chang Diao gritted his teeth and said, "General, when Xiangyang sent us food, it was stopped by the Wu army on the way, and only three thousand stones were delivered. The generosity of Chen Qun was given to Ma Liang and Yunshan who transported the food. Ma Liang He Yunshan and the two Jingzhou dogs sold all the grain to Cai Mao, and they got a million dollars in total."

Cao Ren was startled, and blurted out:
"so cheap?"

Chang Diao: ...

Cao Ren had seen a scene where ten thousand yuan a stone of rice could not be bought. At that time, even he had to chew human jerky. What was the use of money?

Before Chang Diao bought it with money, he thought he could buy some hoards, but he didn't expect Cai Mao to make a round. Of course he couldn't swallow this breath, and desperately encouraged Cao Ren to find Cai Mao's bad luck.

"General, it can't be like this."

He originally wanted to say that Cai Hao would be more arrogant after getting so much food, but seeing Cao Ren's mood languishing, he slightly revised his words:
"General, think about it, although the food is precious, why should it be so expensive for Cai Mao's status?"

Cao Ren hesitated a little, and a stern look flashed in his eyes: "You might as well make your words clearer."

Chang Diao gritted his teeth and said:
"The subordinates thought that Cai Mao and Zhang Yun had long been colluding with Liu Bei to prepare for chaos! This Cai Mao is Zhuge Liang's uncle, and he did not get along with Liu Bei before, and it was only because of Liu Cong. Our army is powerful, and they saw that it was difficult to stop them, so they came up with this idea. Vicious method——Zhang Yun killed Zihe first, and later tried to kill the general!

Now that Zhang Yun was found out, Cai Hao took the initiative to make trouble again, first wounding General Zi Lian, and then spreading rumors in the city to make trouble.He's buying food on a large scale now, maybe...he knew the news in advance that our army's food and grass were about to go wrong! "

There was a buzzing in Cao Ren's head, and he stood up abruptly, his eyes full of horror,

"Yes, hurry up and inform the prime minister, and let the prime minister be careful!"

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"Eat, it's time to go on the road after eating!"

Fu Xun's mansion was littered with corpses. Guan Ping and Ma Liang gulped down soup cakes (noodles), which are extremely rare in the south, in the thick smell of blood. .

Fu Xun became prime minister and joined the army because of his contribution in persuading Liu Cong to surrender. Although he was a guest of Liu Biao, he was from the north. He had a very good relationship with those warriors who were also from the north, and his status was quite high.As Kuai Yue said, his private house is near Cao Jun’s North Army camp. Cao Ren’s elite soldiers patrolled day and night, and there are many guards in his house. It is very unrealistic to attack by force.

However, Guan Ping still has a way.

He has a warrant from another prime minister, Chen Qun, to join the army.

He brought more than 50 people including Wang Mo to the door, and handed over Chen Qun's warrant and Kuai Yue's token, saying that the prime minister was worried that the enemy would assassinate the original Jingzhou general, so he increased his protection.

Fu Xun did not doubt that he was there, but also said that Cao Cao cared about him, and immediately invited everyone to come to the door.

Guan Ping didn't use Yunshan's identity this time, and Fu Xun was quite surprised when he saw Ma Liang.

But Ma Liang could speak eloquently, and first stabilized Fu Xun by talking nonsense. Guan Ping and Wang Mo patiently occupied various places in the house. After counting the original number of guards, they suddenly attacked. Lead people to massacre.

After the two killed the man, they quickly entered the main room, dragged Fu Xun and a dozen or so family members out, and threw them in the corner like cats and mice.

After finishing all this, Wang Mo continued to lead people to carefully guard the surrounding area, while Guan Ping and Ma Liang ate the dinner that Fu Xun hadn't had time to enjoy tonight.

"You're welcome, you're welcome." Ma Liang put the pottery bowl in front of Fu Xun, smiling very kindly, "Eat more, we're going on the road anyway, why bother to be a starving ghost."

Fu Xun knew his fate when he heard that it was Guan Ping.

Just when his happy life was about to come, he was hit by a killer. His heart was full of remorse, but he had no choice but to say in a trembling voice:

"Ji Chang, you, I hugged you when you were young, you have something to say, something to say."

Ma Liang still had a smile on his face:
"That's right. General Guan originally meant that a person who betrays his master should be skinned. It was I who persuaded him for a long time before General Guan agreed not to use such cruel methods. But you also know that General Guan is a trustworthy person. If you say you want to kill your whole family, you will be fine." I have to kill your whole family.

Also invite Gongti Uncle Haihan. "

Wang Mo outside the door poked his head in and whispered:

"What do you guys say to this kind of thief who betrayed the master, just kill their whole family!"

Fu Xun's family members wept loudly when they heard the news. Ma Liang waved his hands quickly and asked Wang Mo to lead someone to gag them all.

Fu Xun tremblingly said:
"I, how am I a betrayer of the Lord, I would like to ask you two to learn from me!"

Guan Ping sneered, took Kuai Yue's confession form from his sleeve, and threw it on Fu Xun's face.

"See for yourself, what is this!"

Fu Xun tremblingly picked up the confession, only glanced at it, and hurriedly cried out:

"I am wronged, I am wronged! It was Kuai Yue, Cai Mao and others who forced me to say this. I am just a guest from the Northland. If I did not have the instruction of these people, how dare I say such a thing! General Mingjian, General Mingjian!"

Guan Ping chuckled:
"Okay, would you like to write a confession as well, and I'll show it to Uncle Cai and Uncle Kuai?"

Fu Xun was dumbfounded, he didn't know what to say even though he was eloquent.

As he said, if there were no powerful clans in Jingzhou who strongly advocated surrender, what would be the use of speaking as a guest from the north?But if he dared to say this, the whole family would feed the fish the next day.But Guan Ping said he was an uncle to Cai Mao and Kuai Yue, and he had obviously reached a compromise with them, and all the crimes were thrown on himself, a northerner.

His tears rolled down, and he kept begging:

"Liu Shijun is benevolent and righteous, if future generations know that General Guan killed my whole family, it will damage Liu Shijun's name. Little pigs and dogs are not as good, General Guan spares his life!"

Fu Xun's name, Guan Ping, has been listening to him since he was a child. He never imagined that in just one day, celebrities like Fu Xun and Kuai Yue would be begging for mercy at his feet.

In the 400 years of the Han Dynasty, there has never been a shortage of people who sacrificed their lives for righteousness. It is because of their generosity to die and prove the Tao with their own bodies that the Confucian knowledge has become a little bit of righteousness. People who study Confucianism can be admired by the world just by wearing a white robe.

But in just one night, famous scholars Kuai Yue and Fu Xun completely disregarded their integrity and begged for mercy in front of themselves.

Hmph, fortunately there are still great Confucians like Mr. Zhang in the world. After winning the battle, we must find a way to worship under Mr. Zhang.

He pondered for a moment:
"You keep talking about my lord Liu Yuzhou, how dare you go to him and talk about it?"

"Liu Yuzhou is in Jiangling?"

"Of course not," Guan Ping sneered, "You are the one who went to Xiakou with us."

"Ah?" Fu Xun was taken aback, "Well, how did this happen?"

"Hehe, you don't want to go with me, and you don't want to die, so it's very difficult for my nephew."

"No, no, no! That's not what I mean! I have admired Liu Yuzhou for a long time. Before Jing Sheng died, he wanted Liu Shijun to take over Jingzhou. If Cai Mao and others hadn't obstructed me, I would also be under Liu Shijun's command.

Me, I'm just... the general also saw that Cao Jun's camp is right in front of my house.

My family, so many people from my family are walking together..."

"Think of a way!" Guan Ping lazily said, "You have a lot of ingenuity, can't you think of a way to get rid of the golden cicada's shell?"

"I'll count to three, if I can't figure it out, I'll take your head to see my lord... three!"

"Wait!" Fu Xun hurriedly waved his hand, "I figured it out, this matter is as easy as pie! It's as easy as pie!"

(End of this chapter)