At the end of the Han Dynasty: a stingy husband from his hometown

Chapter 22

The young man listened quietly.

When he learned that the old grandpa led the villagers to block the Prime Minister's Mansion, made an impassioned speech in the name of Wang Ji's violence, and then crashed to death on the pillar, he couldn't help but sighed.

"It's so sad that a man of such high virtue and high prestige can end up living as a miser in the countryside all his life!"

The young man listened to the shopkeeper's story, but he drank heavily, with a sad look on his face.

When he heard rumors in the city again, and someone even shot and killed Pei Guoxiang Wang Jimenke in the street, his narrow eyes narrowed slightly, looking a little gloomy.

"Snapped!"

The young man threw two slings of money on the table, stood up and said, "Arrange two upper rooms for us, and bring over some wine and food. The rest will be your reward!"

The shopkeeper was overjoyed when he saw this, and personally welcomed the two to the upper room on the second floor, and ordered the staff to prepare wine and meat as soon as possible.

After everything was done, the two young men drank together in the house.

The seven-foot young man suddenly said: "I followed Gong Liu here, and I never thought that I would be able to watch a big show. If what I expected is true, the King of Pei Kingdom will be lucky to die soon."

The eight-foot young man frowned and said, "Could it be that Sili Colonel Weiyang Shijun really knows how to kill Prime Minister Pei?"

The seven-foot young man shook his head and said: "No, whoever kills Wang Ji must be the grandson of Zhou's stingy husband!"

The eight-foot young man was shocked when he heard this and said: "Wang Ji is a powerful official with two thousand stones in the border area. The grandson of Zhou Shifu is just a Guizhou leader. He is not yet old enough to be crowned. How dare he do such a big thing?"

The seven-foot young man smiled and said, "Yuan Rang was only fourteen years old when he killed and humiliated his master, and Zhou Qi was seventeen, why didn't he dare to kill Pei Guoxiang to avenge his ancestor?"

The majestic young man named Yuan Rang shook his head when he heard the words, and said: "The person I killed was just a local ruffian in the countryside. After committing the crime, he hid for two years and then bribed him with money. Naturally, the charges can be cleared slowly."

"However, Prime Minister Pei is a high-ranking official with a two-thousand-stone border. If someone dares to kill such an important minister, even if the world is amnesty, he will not be able to clear his name. Zhou Qi'an dares to do such a big thing?"

The two young men who spoke were Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun, who were famous in later generations.

Although Cao Cao is only 24 years old this year, he has already achieved great fame. Four years ago, he was promoted as a filial and honest man and was worshiped as a Lang in Luoyang, Kyoto, just after receiving the title.During his tenure as the Northern Wei of Luoyang, he set up a five-color stick to kill the uncle of the eunuch Jian Shuo who had violated the ban, so he became famous for a while.

For this reason, Cao Cao offended many dignitaries in the court. Due to the power of the Cao family, they had no way to take Cao Cao, so they used the method of ascending and descending secretly to transfer Cao Cao to be the magistrate of Dunqiu County.

Just last year, Cao Cao was implicated in his brother-in-law Song Qi's conspiracy to destroy his family, so he was dismissed from office and returned to his hometown of Qiao County.

Cao Cao looked at Xiahou Dun and said solemnly, "Yuan Rang, don't underestimate the heroes of the world."

"According to my opinion, Wang Fu, the dog thief, was a regular servant during the period of the previous emperor. After the new emperor succeeded to the throne, he did not know how to restrain his minions. Instead, he went on rampant and did not want to die. No matter whether he was a minister of the Manchu Dynasty or someone promoted by the new emperor, All the attendants there wish they could not get rid of this thief."

"If Zhou Qi really dares to assassinate Wang Ji, not only will he not be wanted by the court, but he will become famous!"

When Xiahou Dun heard this, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he said, "Since this is the case, how can we make Zhou Qi more beautiful than before? Since Meng De has a bloody feud with Wang Fu's dog thief, why don't we kill his adopted son here first to make our name known to the world ?”

The bloody feud that Xiahou Dun spoke of was not an exaggeration at all.

As mentioned earlier in the book, Wang Fu was named the champion because of his meritorious service because he falsely accused Liu Kui, the king of Bohai, of treason.

Seeing this, many people may not understand why a mere incident of clan rebellion can actually lead to a eunuch becoming a champion marquis?

In fact, this is not a simple rebellion, but an orthodox event involving the succession of imperial power.

Who is Liu Kui, king of Bohai?That is the younger brother of the first emperor Liu Zhi!
Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty Liu Zhi had no children. Originally, according to blood relationship, his two younger brothers Liu Shuo, King of Pingyuan and Liu Kui, King of Bohai, seemed to be more suitable to inherit the throne.

However, Dou Wu, a relative, did not support the late emperor's two grown-up younger brothers to succeed him. Instead, he selected Liu Hong, who was only ten years old and who was estranged from the late emperor's blood relationship, as emperor from the clan.

It has to be said that the relatives and eunuchs of the Eastern Han Dynasty took turns to monopolize power, and the emperor became a plaything in their hands, and often chose the emperor who was young and easy to control to succeed.

Although doing so can make it easier to control the emperor, for Liu Hong, it also seems a bit unfair.

It was no problem when Liu Hong was young, but as he grew older and gradually came to power, he naturally cared about this.

As a result, the two younger brothers of the late emperor Liu Zhi became a thorn in the side of the current emperor Liu Hong.

It happened that Wang Fu had a grievance with Liu Kui, the king of Bohai, so he falsely accused Liu Kui of treason. Liu Hong took the opportunity to capture Liu Kui.

The second younger brother of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, Liu Zhi, was also terrified. Up to now, he was drinking heavily and doing ridiculous things every day to tarnish his reputation, and only then did he save his life.

Wang Fu first helped Liu Hong get rid of the great general Dou Wu and others, cut off the relatives and nobles who had always controlled the imperial power, and unjustly killed the whole family of Bohai King Liu Kui, so that no one in the court dared to talk about the improper position of the emperor. Only because of his meritorious service was he named the champion, and his power was overwhelming.

Since the royal family is dirty, why did Wang Fu have a blood feud with Cao Cao?

It turned out that as early as the first year of Xiping, Song Qi married the Cao family and married the daughter of Cao Chi, the captain of Changshui.Who is Cao Chi? He is the father of Cao Ren, and he is also Cao Cao's father.

That is to say, Cao Cao is Song Qi's brother-in-law, and the two have become close friends since then, talking about everything.

It goes without saying that the Cao family in Peiguo is prominent, so who is Song Qi?

Song Qi's younger sister is the orthodox queen established by Liu Hong, and Song Qi's brother is noble because of his younger sister, so he was named a powerful Marquis, and his family is extremely prominent.

It's a pity that Liu Hong was only 14 years old when the Song family was made queen. This kind of marriage was obviously a political marriage, and the emperor Liu Hong also ignored the Song family very much.

But it is said that after Wang Fu unjustly murdered the whole family of King Bohai, because the wife of King Liu Kui of Bohai was also a member of the Song clan, and she was also the aunt of the current empress.

Seeing that the queen was not favored, Wang Fu was afraid of the Song family and the queen's power, and worried that the Song family would retaliate against him, so he acted preemptively, and falsely accused the Song family of colluding with the King of Bohai in secret, intending to rebel.

As a result, the queen was thrown into the cold palace and died of illness. The Song family was also implicated. Song Qi, his father and brother were killed, and their bodies were abandoned outside the city. The entire family was wiped out.

As Song Qi's brother-in-law and close friend, Cao Cao was naturally implicated and was dismissed from office.

If Cao Teng, the ancestor of Cao Cao, was not a highly respected eunuch in the palace, he served seven emperors successively, he worked hard and had a lot of virtuous names, and all the eunuchs in the palace and the scholar-bureaucrats would all be grateful for Cao Teng's kindness, I am afraid that Cao Cao would not be as simple as just losing his official position up.

Involving royal orthodoxy and treason cases, today's emperor will not be stingy with his butcher knife, even if it kills a lot of people.

At this time, less than a year had passed since his brother-in-law Song Qi was exterminated. Even though Cao Cao was as tough as Cao Cao, he was still in his youth after all. Every time he thought of such bloody enmity, he couldn't let go of it for a long time.

(End of this chapter)