Three Kingdoms: Cao Cao and Liu Bei help me to ascend the throne

Chapter 22 What Your Majesty Wants, You Cao Mengde Can't Give!

The dawn was twilight, and the sun was shining on the black and white beams. In the simple and quiet suburb of Luoyang, there was a desolate farmhouse.

Cao Cao knelt in front of Qiao Xuan, and Qiao Xuan read it carefully with a roll of bamboo slips in his hand, as if he had fallen into ecstasy.

This bamboo slip is the one left by Liu Yu to Cao Cao.

Going out from Xiahou's mansion, Cao Cao first went to Cai Yong's mansion, but his disciples told him that Cai Yong was not in the mansion, so Cao Cao rushed to Qiaoxuan's cottage immediately.

Speaking of which, since he went to Dunqiu to take office, Cao Cao has not come to see this "guide man" for two years.

Seeing this "friend who is also a teacher and a friend" this time, Cao Cao only felt that time was like the setting sun, and it was extremely eye-catching on the old Qiao Xuan.

His uncombed hair was disheveled, and even his chest-length beard, which he was once so proud of, looked disorganized.

Only those eyes were still piercing.

"When I graduated from Taixue in the past, Qiao Zi made a list of books for me to read more in my spare time, but I should not stick to the four books and five classics. I should learn nutrition from "Mozi" and "Sun Tzu's Art of War". Scroll, I will be able to understand the deep meaning between the lines in this bamboo slip, and save my Cao family from the fire and water!"

Cao Cao called Qiao Xuan Qiaozi, which is the rule of Taixue.

You know, in the Taixue where "the emperor's minister and the country's pillars" are cultivated, the teachers who teach are collectively called "zi".

When specifically addressing a certain person, his surname is added with "zi". For example, Qiao Xuan is called "Qiaozi", Cai Yong is called "Caizi", and the Tai students who study are collectively called "xuezi".

Even though he has graduated from Taixue for many years, Cao Cao still maintains the title of "student" to his teacher. Qiao Xuan is like this, and so is Cai Yong.

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sigh...

Qiao Xuan had already read it completely, and he asked Cao Cao back.

"Meng De, do you understand?"

Cao Cao shook his head, "I'm ashamed, I can't figure it out... But my father has already been imprisoned, and I heard that he was sentenced to death again, so I hope Qiaozi can guide me! Please save my father!"

Cao Cao's tone was full of mourning.

But Qiao Xuan's eyes showed a look of embarrassment. He seemed to have figured it out, but he couldn't tell Cao Cao because he had some difficulties.

"What Your Majesty wants, you Cao Mengde can't give... Mengde, forgive me for being powerless!"

Cao Cao was taken aback, and kowtowed desperately, his forehead was bleeding.

Originally speaking, it was reasonable for the disciple to kneel to the master, but... Cao Cao's desperate way of kowtowing really shocked Qiao Xuan.

Can…

Qiao Xuan's tone was still firm, as if he wanted to respond to Cao Cao's quizzical voice with indifference.

"This is not the Taiwei Mansion, and I am not the Taiwei, Meng De... Your kowtow is useless!"

"But this disciple can only come to find Qiaozi. Qiaozi might as well tell me, what is the deep meaning hidden in this bamboo slip? What exactly does His Majesty want? Let the disciple try to prepare!"

Qiao Xuan handed the bamboo slips back to Cao Cao, shook his head, and walked to the door.

"Meng De, I'm tired, you should go back..."

Qiao Xuan had a rare expression of indifference, and with a wave of his sleeve, the servants in the farmhouse understood, and stepped forward to "invite" Cao Cao out.

"Qiaozi, Qiaozi, please teach me, teach me!"

Cao Cao's begging voice resounded through the cottage, attracting the attention of countless people!
At dusk, the setting sun shone on the mottled city gate of Luoyang. Cao Cao sadly walked through the city gate and saw a large group of people surrounded by the city tower.

I saw a list of those involved in the Empress Song case posted on the gate of the city.

Impressively... the name of his father Cao Song is among them.

And... there's Cao Luan, the clansman.

This rising star in Qiaopei's Cao clan, who was the prefect of Yongchang at that time, and a promising talent, unexpectedly ranked first in the pearl chain.

The reason is that he had business dealings with Yin Qiang Hou Song Qi!
There are also many names that Cao Cao more or less recognizes, all of them are scholars... Among them, there are many people whose reputations are resounding throughout Kyushu.

The common people all whispered in fear.

"Is this the third disaster of party imprisonment?"

"Most of the people in the bead chain are partisans, but there are also eunuchs like Da Honglu and Cao Song. What exactly does Your Majesty want to do?"

"I heard that Queen Song's voodoo technique requires pearl chains from the nine clans. Your Majesty has sent the Xiyuan Army to Fufeng Pingling to kill the former Jinwu Song Feng... But after careful calculation, among the nine clans, the father's family, the fourth, and the mother's The third clan, the second wife clan... His Majesty seems to be one of the nine clans, right?"

There are occasional whispers...

It's just that no one dared to answer!

On the other hand, Cao Cao bit his lips tightly with his teeth, and the hand that held the bamboo slip became much stronger.

He silently raised his head and listened to the words around him, and couldn't help muttering: "What does your majesty want? I can't give it to you? What exactly is your majesty going to do?"

"What does Qiaozi's words mean? And what does Brother Yu mean by this bamboo slip?"

Suddenly, Cao Cao unfolded the bamboo slips, right under the list of people involved in the Empress Song's witchcraft case, Cao Cao's eyes swept over the contents of the bamboo slips that he had read countless times.

——"Heshen, Ji Xiaolan, and this Qianlong who doesn't know where he is going to be the emperor? Brother Yu left this story...he...what is he trying to tell me?"

That's right...

In the bamboo slip left by Liu Yu to Cao Cao, in the densely packed words, there is a story recorded, a story that appeared in Cao Cao's eyes, who did not know which dynasty or generation!

A story that Cao Cao could not understand at all!

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In the courtyard of a farmhouse on the outskirts of Luoyang, Qiao Xuan's servants were lazily basking in the sun.

Now it is exactly August, and the autumn harvest has been completed.

The next thing to do is the autumn planting, which is barley and wheat.

Generally speaking, when the "Bailu" arrives, the low-grade fields can be planted first, and the medium-grade fields can be planted at the "autumn equinox", and the high-grade fields can only be planted ten days after the autumnal equinox.

Even though Qiao Xuan was deposed, all the fields outside his suburbs were top-grade fields, and it was for this reason that the servants could still have some leisure time.

only…

Completely different from the laziness and leisure of these domestic servants, Qiao Xuanzheng, who was sitting in the study at the moment, frowned, as if he was facing an enemy.

And sitting opposite him was Cai Yong who was also deposed at home.

In fact, last night Cai Yong was in Qiaoxuan's mansion all night to discuss the Song Empress case.

The arrival of Cao Cao can be regarded as a small episode...

Cai Yong hid behind the curtain, and he didn't come out until Cao Cao left.

"Did Qiaozi understand that bamboo slip?"

Cai Yong asked first.

After Cao Cao left, Qiao Xuan told Cai Yong the contents of the bamboo slips in detail...

Cai Yong understood three points, but was seven points surprised, and asked immediately. "This seems to be just an ordinary story!"

"No... this story is not ordinary!" Qiao Xuan gently waved his hands, and said with emotion... "The person who wrote this bamboo slip is extremely transparent to His Majesty, to the court, and to the current situation..."

"Then..." Cai Yong continued to ask, "In the story written in the bamboo slips, the names of Qianlong, Ji Xiaolan, and Heshen...what is the meaning?"

Hearing this, Qiao Xuan's twinkling eyeballs suddenly affirmed. He slowly got up, walked to the bookshelf, and faced the densely packed volumes on the bookshelf.

It seems that these bamboo slips brought Qiao Xuan infinite wisdom and energy!

It is said that Cai Yong has a collection of [-] volumes of books, but as everyone knows, Qiao Xuan's collection of books is even better than that of Cai Yong. There are more than [-] volumes of books densely packed in this study?

"Bo Jie, Bo Jie..."

"Just look at Ji Xiaolan, who is loyal and outspoken, isn't he just like you and me, a scholar with ideals and great ambitions?"

"Isn't He Shen, who is greedy for money, devoted to power, and favored by the emperor, just like Cao Jie, Wang Fu and others who are the leaders of eunuchs today? As for... this fictional emperor Qianlong..."

hiss…

Qiao Xuan didn't finish speaking.

But Cai Yong gasped, obviously... Qianlong was...

After a while, Cai Yong calmed down, and hurriedly asked: "Then... what is the deep meaning of this story?"

Qiao Xuan pondered for a while, and then slowly recited the last six words of the story:

——"He Shen falls, the court is full!"

Speaking of this, he accentuated his tone, and his whole person became more serious and serious.

——"In the case of Empress Song, Your Majesty seems to be beading scholars, but he sent Cao Song, the core figure of the eunuchs, to prison. Your Majesty is forcing Cao Cao to confess his father's collusion with that person and his greed for ink. Your Majesty What the blade is pointing at is not only scholars, but more..."

Speaking of this, Cai Yong suddenly understood.

His eyes widened, his mouth opened wide, and immediately...he uttered that person's name:
——"Da Changqiu, Cao Jie!"

original…

It turns out that His Majesty's purpose, what His Majesty's blade is pointing at...is him!
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(End of this chapter)