Three Kingdoms: The Guan Family's Rebellious Son, Long Blessing Jing Xiang

Chapter 246 Lingju presents a certificate of merit, Li Miao angrily reprimands Cao Mengde

The cold moonlight leaked brilliance from the window lattice of Cao Cao's study.

Cheng Yu's brows were frowned, as if he had fallen into endless contemplation.

Cao Cao asked him to choose, but he didn't open his mouth in the end, but when he presented the two bamboo slips to Cao Cao again.

Obviously, Cao Zhi's article "Recruiting Widows to Assign Military Households" is on the top, while Cao Pi's "Nine Rank Officials Law" is on the bottom.

Cheng Yu made his choice in his own way.

He also used his actions to choose to stand firmly on Cao Cao, not the clan.

"Hahaha…"

Cao Cao laughed knowingly, "It's embarrassing Zhongde!"

Cheng Yu pondered for a while, and his words fit together seamlessly, "No matter which one it is, anyone who can write such a chapter can be regarded as a great talent... It seems that the two young masters have expert help behind them, and they are rivals in chess!"

"Haha..." Cao Cao continued to laugh, and while laughing, he muttered: "Zhongde, what if Gu told you that Zihuan and Zihuan are the same master after fitness?"

This…

Cheng Yu was startled, and quickly asked, "Who is it?"

"Li Miao!" Cao Cao's tone was suddenly cold, "This one of the little-known 'Three Dragons of the Li Family' is interesting..."

Cheng Yu suddenly realized, "Could it be... Li Miao suggested to the two young masters successively, is this the second plan?"

"It's more than these two tricks!" Cao Cao said with a smile, "Zijian proposed to Gu to severely punish Yang Dezu..."

what--

Cheng Yu was taken aback.

Cao Cao's words continued, "I came back from this trip, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that Zijian's mind and strategy have greatly improved."

"Prime Minister means..." Cheng Yu seemed to have sensed something from Cao Cao's words, "Li Miao's name is Mr. Zihuan, but he is actually Mr. Zijian?"

"Ha ha ha ha…"

Cao Cao didn't answer, he continued to laugh outright, until the laughter had completely subsided, Cao Cao said: "Since this Li Miao is so interesting, I will try this Li Miao for these two sons!"

Speaking of this, Cao Cao stretched his long sleeves: "Where is the tiger?"

"The end is here!"

Xu Chu walked in quickly.

Cao Cao ordered: "Tomorrow at noon I will have a big banquet for the guests and inspect the drummers' drum music. I heard that the madmen are good at drums. I am looking forward to it. Can Li Miao play the drums like Ni Heng?"

"Prime Minister..." Before Cheng Yu could speak.

Cao Cao's words continued, this time with deep emotion and pondering.

"In the past, I wanted to humiliate You Heng, but I didn't expect to be humiliated by You Heng's naked clothes. Tomorrow's drum song, who will humiliate whom?"

"Also tell Zihuan and Zijian to go too...listen to the clanging drums!"

Cheng Yu didn't understand how Cao Cao wanted to test Li Miao.

But with such a solemn order and such a solemn arrangement, the two young masters were allowed to participate.

bound to...

Tomorrow's drum music will definitely be "passionate" and "tragic"!
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Jiangling City, the dead of night.

Lu Meng's eldest son, Lu Cong, and his first son, Lu Ba, walked through dark corridors under the guidance of a black-cloth masked man.

Every turn, every door opened, Lu Cong and Lu Ba's mood became more excited.

The reason why they were excited was because Miss Wen of the parrot sent them the news that Huang Laoxie's identity had been investigated. Besides, Huang Laoxie's head had also been cut off.

It's time to pay and deliver.

Walking through the last corridor, Lingju, dressed in a red robe, wearing a bamboo hat, and covered with green veil, appeared in front of the two of them.

There are more masked men beside Lingju this time, standing guard with knives.

"Cough cough..."

Lu Cong coughed lightly, looking a little nervous as usual.

But Lu Ba opened his mouth and said: "Miss Wen sent someone to tell my brother that Huang Laoxie was found out and his head was cut off? Is this serious?"

Lingju didn't speak, but the guard beside him opened his mouth first.

"My lady said, how could it be false? Did you bring the gold?"

Lu Ba nodded, clapped his hands, and an attendant brought in three large boxes. Lu Ba opened the box, and the light emitted by the full box of gold made people feel the eight words—golden light, shining, shining. Brighten.

It seems that because of the exposure of the gold, Lu Cong suddenly gained a lot of confidence, he opened his mouth and said.

"We understand the rules. We paid a deposit before. This is the tail money, but...Miss Wen always tells us, who is Huang Laoxie? Where is his head? How can he prove that he is Huang Laoxie?"

"That's right, that's right." Lu Ba yelled loudly: "Miss Wen, why don't you take out that Huang Laoxie's head? Everyone is dead, why are you still hiding it? Could it be that Miss Wen is bluffing us? ?”

"puff--"

What Lu Cong and Lu Ba said made Lingju laugh out loud.

"Did you two forget that this girl said before that the 'parrot' is only for money, and that the two of you can find this girl, which proves that the power behind the two is not small. There is no need for 'parrot' to lie to you, for no reason Such an extra enemy."

While speaking, Lingju clapped her hands lightly.

Immediately, a wooden box was brought up by his subordinates and placed on the table behind him.

Blood was still oozing from the outside of the wooden box, Lingju pointed to the wooden box, "The one inside is the head of Huang Laoxie you want... As for how to prove that he is Huang Laoxie, the two young masters have a look. I will know."

While speaking, Lingju slowly took two steps to one side, as if unwilling to see the bloody scene when opening the box.

And as his voice fell.

Lu Cong and Lu Ba couldn't wait to step forward.

They murmured in their hearts:

——"Huang Laoxie's identity?Know it at a glance?Could it be... this Huang Laoxie is some 'famous' person?Or someone who is important in Jiangling City?It can't be that Guan Yu, right? 』

Lingju's words whetted their appetites...

Lu Cong and Lu Ba walked quickly to the wooden box, fixed their eyes on the wooden box, and their attention was attracted by the blood that kept oozing out.

They couldn't wait to open the wooden box.

With a "creak", the door of the box was pushed open, but... what came into view was... a... a sheep's head?
"This…"

"temperature…"

Lu Cong and Lu Ba were about to speak when they heard two "bangs" and "bangs" behind them, and the two sap sticks had already been hammered on the back of their heads.

"what--"

With a crisp sound, the two fell to the ground.

Next, in this secret room, there was only the crisp "dong dong" sound when the two fell down.

Suddenly, a spark flashed in this dark secret room.

The killers of the parrots had been prepared for a long time, they quickly threw out their hidden weapons, and killed all the trilogy brought by Lu Cong and Lu Ba overnight.

The scene was once extremely bloody and violent.

Lingju clapped her hands lightly, and took off the green veil that covered her face. She had long been used to such scenes.

She lightly ordered: "Tie them both up, wake them up with water, and interrogate them overnight! Before tomorrow morning, I want to know their identities and the forces behind them..."

Lingju's voice was extremely cold, as if she had no expression on her face.

As if, the well-behaved and lovely soul in front of her mother Diao Chan...

All he needs to do is leave his mother and join the "parrot", and Lingju can become a "killer without batting an eye" female devil overnight.

—as long as she wants!

"Yes…"

A group of killers responded in unison.

Lingju noticed the three boxes of gold, and she smiled, "Take advantage of the night to send these to the thief Cao's office, and give them to Fourth Master Guan!"

"Yes…"

As a group of killers responded again.

Lingju had already turned around slowly, took vigorous steps and walked into the side corridor.

Lingju is a fastidious person.

It doesn't matter whether you want to repay your kindness, share a common hatred with the enemy, or go to kill Cao Cao.

As long as she joins the camp of the Guan family and his son, she, Lingju and Parrot, still needs a "Certificate of Voting"!

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Fancheng, the mansion of the general of the five senses.

Cao Pi, Cao Zhen, Sima Yi, Chen Qun, and Liu Zhen sat around the stove, discussing the "Nine Ranks of Officials and Personnel Law" presented by Cao Pi.

Cao Zhen said: "Look, Zihuan, you shouldn't have listened to that Li Miao's nonsense and presented some nonsense "Nine Grades of Officials Law". Although your father didn't praise the proposal of "Recruiting Widows", at least he wasn't as tense as he was with you."

Cao Zhen's father's name is Cao Shao, and he is a member of Cao Cao's clan.

During the crusade against Dong Zhuo, he recruited soldiers for Cao Cao and was killed by the local prefect. It is precisely because of this that Cao Zhen lost his father when he was young and was adopted by Cao Cao as his own son.

And because they are about the same age as Cao Pi, the two get along with each other tacitly and walk very close.

At this moment, he looks dejected and stomping his feet...

He kept yelling, "Zihuan, you...you are usually very smart, why...why did you get fooled by lard this time? Just... just... you listened to Li Miao's slander, and you don't even think about your father. If he can compromise with the clan, will he still be called Wei Gong? Will Xun Lingjun still die? You... oh... oh..."

Cao Pi hurriedly replied: "Zidan, don't you have to be so irritable, can't you see it? These years, because of the father's proclaiming the public, and because of the death of Xun Lingjun, the whole Central Plains is so turbulent? The rebellion in the Central Plains and the North in the past three years, Eight times instead of ten times? What does this mean? It means that the power of the aristocratic family should not be underestimated, and compared with Zi Jian, I am not favored by my father, and this power is the only one I can use!"

Cao Zhen could understand Cao Pi's worries, and he could also understand the compromises he had to... and had to make in order to be the son of the world.

But Cao Zhen, as a member of the clan, was especially indignant: "But...but you can't just give up the right to choose officials...just like that to outsiders!"

"Don't let him go out? How can we get the scholars to support Mr. Zihuan?"

The young Chen Qun opened his mouth and said: "Mr. Zihuan is right. Prime Minister Cao's preferences determine the attitude of the clan to a certain extent. After Mr. Chong, Prime Minister Cao loves Mr. Zhi the most. On this point... Zihuan has already Numerous efforts have been made with little success…”

"To tell you the truth, many parts of the "Nine Ranks of Officials Law" coincide with my thoughts over the years... Not to mention that Zihuan was able to win the support of a large number of scholars through this The law is far better than the censorship of the big man... This kind of selection method can give the world more hope!"

Liu Zhen said: "Actually, Mr. Li also mentioned to Zihuan that this "Nine Ranks of Officials Law" is good, but Prime Minister Cao may not listen to it, and may even get angry because of it. Mr. Li let Zihuan choose it himself. , Do you want to be a filial son? Always follow Prime Minister Cao’s orders, move Prime Minister Cao with this filial piety, and compete for the son?”

"Or be a rebellious son... use the right way to accumulate energy, and then fight against Prime Minister Cao, and compete for the son in a fierce way? At least in Jiangling, the behavior of Guan Lin, the rebellious son of the Guan family, proves... Even if you are a rebellious son, this There is still a way to go!"

Following everyone's stance, Sima Yi remained silent. Cao Pi leaned forward and asked, "Zhongda? Everyone has talked about the "Nine Grades of Official Law", why didn't you say a word?"

Sima Yi replied, "I'm thinking about what Cao Cheng said to Zihuan..."

what…

Cao Pi was taken aback.

He realized that what Sima Yi mentioned was the sentence left by his father:
——"In order to achieve the goal, everyone has learned to unite with outsiders and fight against Gulai!"

——"Very well, you are like an orphaned son!"

Sima Yi continued: "Prime Minister is the hero of the world, you have to understand what he said, but also understand what he didn't say, think about what he thought, and think about what he didn't think about."

Cao Zhen was impatient: "Can you just speak human language?"

Cao Pi asked: "What is it that father never said? Never thought?"

Sima Yi shook his head, "The prime minister's heart is as deep as the sea, and it is not easy for me to understand it. I have to think about it carefully, and I can't make mistakes... However, this is a wonderful letter that can help Mr. Zihuan unite the "Ninth Rank Officials" Law, since that Mr. Li can dedicate it to Zihuan, it is enough to be sure that he is someone Zihuan can trust!"

Cao Zhen sarcastically said: "You said a lot, it's as if you didn't say anything! You still have to think about... If you can't keep it until the noon banquet, Prime Minister Cao directly announced that you will use Zijian's letter "Recruiting Widows to Assign Military Households" "Okay... From my point of view, you are entertaining Zihuan, right?"

Sima Yi bowed and stood up: "If Zihuan believes in me, let me think about it more. If he doesn't believe me, I will leave immediately..."

Cao Pi reached out to stop him, "Zhongda, sit down!"

He glanced at Cao Zhen reproachfully, "Think slowly, and think clearly about how I will deal with it next... and Mr. Li? My father must have ordered it because of this "Nine Grades of Official Law". The banquet, checking the drummers and drum music, even brought Mr. Li into the banquet. The last time I arranged this way, it was Ni Heng... Father must be angry with me, so I blamed him. Father wanted to humiliate him. How does he handle himself?"

When Cao Pi spoke, Sima Yi had already fallen into deep thought.

As if, he was connecting everything together.

Chen Qun in the hall couldn't stop sighing, wanted to talk to Sima Yi but didn't dare, Cao Zhen drank a cup of wine anxiously, but didn't disturb Sima Yi from frowning and meditating alone.

Cao Pi stood at the door, looking at the clear sky and bright moon, his concubine Queen Guo Zhaoguo came out and lightly put a cloak on Cao Pi.

Cao Pi looked at Guo Zhao, first surprised: "It's you?"

He thought it would be his wife Zhen Mi...

Ugh…

Immediately, Cao Pi said with emotion: "Zhanshi Qingge talks about being lenient, and joy goes to mourning to destroy the heart and liver. Geng Geng can't sleep on the pillow. Putting on clothes to go out of the house to walk things, wearing the stars and the moon to watch the clouds...Look, the position of the son of the world The fight for the battle is like walking on thin ice, with dangers everywhere! Are you also afraid?"

Guo Zhao shook her head, she took Cao Pi's hand and gently warmed his cold hand.

She chanted faintly: "Concubine, don't be afraid..."

This sentence "not afraid" seemed to melt Cao Pi's icy heart.

In the hall, there was also a fire burning, which was burning more and more in Sima Yi's worried eyes.

a long time…

Twilight...

It's been a long time...it's almost noon.

Sima Yi finally moved his legs that had been numb all night, and stood up: "The banquet at noon is called a banquet, but it is a test set by Prime Minister Cao. "The Law of Ranking Officials", what is your opinion on "Recruiting Widows and Giving Military Households"..."

"Prime Minister Cao wants to force the two young masters to make a clear distinction between camps, and also to force the gentry and the clan to make a clear distinction. Zihuan...you have to think about it. If you take this step, you will not only get the support of the gentry, but also usher in the depths of the clan. deep resentment..."

"Zi Huan, you should think about it. Although the move given by Mr. Li Miao is exquisite, it is a dangerous move! It is for Zi Huan to risk his life to bet that Prime Minister Cao will eventually... finally compromise with the gentry! Zihuan Huan, do you dare to gamble with your life?"

This…

For a while, Cao Pi pondered, as if he had fallen into some kind of contemplation.

Cao Zhen grinned and scolded: "You thought about it all night, and you came up with such a nonsense?"

But Cao Pi sat in front of Sima Yi, and he took a deep look at Sima Yi, "Wash your face before you go, you go to the banquet with me, you are my man, even if you lose the bet and lose your life Be well-groomed and die generously!"

"Yes!"

Following Sima Yi's words, Cao Zhen looked at the two people who had a tacit understanding, and an incomprehensible, abandoned anger welled up in his heart.

It seems that Zihuan is going to stand firmly on the side of the gentry!

But Cao is really a clan, how can he deal with this?
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At noon, in Fancheng, Li Miao was brought to Cao Cao's banquet.

Seeing all the warriors in the corridor holding halberds, their armor and the sharp edges of the halberds gleamed coldly.

From far away, Li Miao heard the voices of several important officials in the hall.

"Prime Minister Cao is now the Duke of the state, Ding the city of Ye, and set up a son in the morning!"

All the ministers echoed: "The state reserve is uncertain, and the world is restless. Please prime minister to establish a son as soon as possible."

These ministers came from Xudu specially when they heard of Cao Cao's return.

I also heard about the "Nine Ranks of Officials Law" presented by Cao Pi, and immediately decided to stand on Cao Pi's side.

Cao Cao waved his hands in displeasure, "Okay, okay, all of you are more impatient than Gu, sit down, today is a banquet, just listen to drum music, don't talk about state affairs, don't talk about state affairs!"

A group of ministers retreated to their seats.

Li Miao noticed that the second son Cao Pi and the fourth son Cao Zhi were there, but Yang Xiu saw Li Miao, and walked quickly to his side, whispering in his ear.

"The prime minister doesn't like madmen, such a battle, I'm afraid it will kill your vigor, just like Mi Heng did back then... You mustn't..."

"Hahahaha..." Li Miao immediately burst out laughing.

His heart was screaming.

——"He finally came here, finally able to step behind Miheng..."

——"Back then, Mi Heng humiliated Cao Cao by beating drums naked and became famous all over the world. 』

——"What about me, Li Xiao, today? 』

At this moment, the guard at the gate reported: "The Prime Minister has called Li Miao!"

Yang Xiu walked past him full of worry, and Li Miao strode into the hall with his head held high.

He knows...he also knows that if he wants to achieve something, if he wants to be able to join Young Master Cao's side, if he wants to stir up turmoil in the entire Cao Wei, he will have to pass Cao Cao's test sooner or later.

Li Miao walked up to Cao Cao, but he didn't salute.

Cao Cao looked directly into Li Miao's eyes.

"You see Gu, why don't you worship?"

"I'm not a minister of Wei, but a commoner. I should worship the emperor and the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, but I can't worship Duke Wei?"

Following Li Miao's words, Xu Chu who was beside Cao Cao blurted out immediately.

"Bold!"

Cao Cao didn't mind, he still smiled and said, "Haha, Gu heard that there was a madman in Sichuan who scolded Xuande at the banquet and Guan Gong in Jiangling City. Zhao Rong is an idiot, scolding Sima Lang for being a fat man who is fit to be a butcher, and scolding Chen Qun for only being able to sell wine... Gu would like to know, is it that Mi Heng who is more arrogant, or you, Li Miao?"

Li Miao narrowed his eyes and met Cao Cao's smile.

Seeing the coldness in Cao Cao's eyes, he was startled, but countless times of preparation and fantasizing about this scene allowed him to deal with this moment calmly.

After Cao Cao spoke, he just smiled and said nothing. In the silent oppression, he could feel the tension in the air.

"Turn around..."

Li Miao took a deep breath and turned around with his head held high.

Cao Cao looked at him and thought deeply: "In the past, Mi Heng was famous all over the world for a drum song "Yuyang Shenluo". You are ten times more talented than him. How dare you play the drum song "Yuyang Shenluo?" Laos"? Let Gu listen to the sonorous drum again."

"Why don't you dare?"

"Go, go...haha...hahaha!"

Hearing this, Li Miao walked straight towards the drum formation. His conversation with Cao Cao attracted the attention of everyone at the banquet.

Cao Zhi's heart was also deeply pulled.

Yang Xiu pursed his lips and thought to himself.

"Mr. Li...you need to break the game that Mi Heng failed to break back then!" 』

Cao Pi also frowned, but Sima Yi was in a complicated mood. He seemed to have anticipated what Cao Cao was going to do. Back then... when he became Cao Pi's staff, Cao Cao also "oppressed" him once.

That time, Cao Cao asked him to retreat first, but then suddenly raised his hand and overturned the inkstone.

He, Sima Yi, was startled by the voice and suddenly turned his head.

Cao Cao's eyes were wide open, and he wanted to see the defenseless eyes of the "opponent". At that time, Cao Cao shouted - "Sure enough, it really is the eagle watching the wolf!"

Thinking back to that moment again, Sima Yi couldn't help feeling terrified, especially from the back.

And just as Sima Yi expected.

With a sound of "bang dang", Cao Cao directly overturned the wine pot and wine cup on the table, the sound of "clang clang clang" was heard endlessly, and Li Miao turned his head suddenly in shock from the sound.

Cao Cao looked straight into his most real eyes, completely different from Sima Yi's "Eagle watching the wolf"... Li Miao's eyes were as calm as a lake.

Cao Cao couldn't help being startled.

——“Is he prepared?Or is the mind inherently so peaceful? 』

--"otherwise?How can it be so poised? 』

"Does the prime minister have any other orders?"

Li Miao asked Cao Cao.

Cao Cao laughed, "You Heng would rather beat the drum naked than change the drummer's robe, Li Miao? I'm curious, will you change the drummer's robe or not?"

Following Cao Cao's words...

A guard presented the drummer's robe to Li Miao.

Li Miao ignored it as if he didn't hear it, and suddenly raised his head, pointing his finger at Cao Cao's nose——

"Cao Mengde, do you think that Ni Heng alone dares to humiliate you?"

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(End of this chapter)