Uncle Emperor, I am really not Wolong Zhuge!

Chapter 160 Receive Zhang Liao

Two hundred steps west of the main tent of the central army in Wancheng, in the camp of Cao Cao's eldest son, Cao Pi.

Cao Pi held the secret letter from Jingzhou in his hand, his face was sallow, his expression was panic, and he was pacing back and forth.

"Your Majesty, why did you urgently call me here?"

Sima Yi hurriedly opened the curtain and came in. Seeing Cao Pi's panicked expression, he asked in confusion.

"Zhong Da!"

"Zhongda save me!"

Cao Pi stepped forward, grabbed Sima Yi's arm, and said tremblingly.

"What the hell happened?"

It has been five or six years since Sima Yi followed Cao Pi, and he has never seen him so panicked.Even in the past, after Cao Chong's death, people in Xudu were panicked and all the nephews and nephews of Cao's family were suspected. Cao Pi was not as panic-stricken as he is today.

"Father……"

Cao Pi finally let go of Sima Yi, returned to his seat and sat down, holding his head in his hands, his brows knitted into a line, as if he had a splitting headache and was eager to be relieved of some great pain.

"Ten days later, my father will welcome Zhang Liao back in Xinye. Zhuge Wende is about to release Zhang Liao back..."

"No... Now it has been filtered for five days. In another five days, Zhang Liao can return to the Chinese army!"

Cao Pi shook his head in pain and spoke hoarsely while suppressing his voice.

"Congratulations, Prime Minister!"

"Zhang Liao is one of the greatest generals in the world. He is brave and resourceful. Among all the generals, there is only one Zhang Wenyuan who can stand alone and make 1 prime ministers feel at ease."

"It is a blessing for the prime minister and a great man that Zhang Liao can be released!"

Sima Yi bowed and saluted in the direction of Cao Cao's tent. He didn't understand why such a happy event caused the crown prince Cao Pi to fall into so much pain.

"But!"

Cao Pi suddenly raised his head, his eyes were bloodshot. There were beads of sweat hanging from the corners of his eyes caused by his emotional struggle, and his hair was messy from holding his head in his hands just now.

"Zhang Liao must not come back!"

"If Zhang Liao comes back, I will die!"

Cao Pi's eyes burst out with a vicious and cold gaze, and the entire tent seemed to fall into the ruthless cold winter in an instant.

"Why? What does Zhang Liao's return have to do with the crown prince?"

Sima Yi was shocked, and subconsciously turned around to the door of the big tent. He listened carefully to the movement at the door. After making sure that no one was there, he turned back, reached out and reached for a bench next to the door, blocking the incoming tent door.

Cao Pi slowly stood up, lowered his head and unfolded the crumbled letter paper again, but without looking at it carefully, he crumpled it into a ball of paper again and held it tightly in his hand, as if he hoped to keep a secret in his hands forever. In your hands, never spread it.

"Zhang Liao learned about my secret from Zhuge Wende! My secret that no one can ever know!"

Cao Pi's eyes fell on the sword on the table. The slender sword body and the bright red tassel seemed to be stained with the blood of the enemy.

Sima Yi was shocked again. He didn't understand that the prince who had been living in Xudu had some shocking secrets that he didn't know.What's more, he didn't understand that since even the people around him didn't know about such a shocking secret, how could Zhuge Wende, who was far away in Jingzhou, know about it?
This must be an earth-shattering secret!
"The secret that the prince is referring to is...?"

Sima Yi's sharp eyes like an eagle fell on Cao Pi's face, deep and sinister.

Cao Pi lowered his head and sighed repeatedly, as if he was extremely hesitant in his heart, unable to decide or make up his mind.

Sima Yi forced himself to calm down, and his voice was as gentle and gentle as possible: "If the prince doesn't say anything, Wei Chen can't help. Could it be that Wei Chen has been following the prince for so many years, loyal and hard-working, and still can't win the prince's trust?"

"Even if the sky falls and the earth falls, I swear to share the hardships with the prince!"

Sima Yi slowly turned around, got a bowl of hot water from the square table in the middle of the tent, and handed it over gently.

Cao Pi finally stopped, took it with trembling hands, and held it tightly.

After a long time, Cao Pi finally raised his head and said in a deep voice: "My brother Chong's death was my fault in the past. Ma Teng's death in Xudu last month was also my fault!"

Sima Yi trembled and became unsteady, falling sideways. Fortunately, there was a chair with bamboo and rattan armrests next to him. Although Sima Yi was tall, he was thin and slender and did not have much weight.The whole person fell on the wicker chair, as limp as mud.

Even though he was deeply scheming and resourceful, he was shocked and speechless at this moment.

He knew about Cao Pi's sinister predators and had seen them many times.But even if he died, he could not imagine that it was not Zhuge Wende who killed his younger brother, executed the ministers, and brought great disaster to Prime Minister Cao, but the eldest son of the prime minister, his own master Cao Pi!
In an instant, a burst of cold sweat broke out on his forehead, soaking the skirt of his clothes.

Accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger.The prince in front of me is so terrifying!
Although he is not an emperor, his cruelty and tyranny even exceed that of an emperor.

"It turns out that you did all these things..."

In just a few seconds, Sima Yi seemed to have collapsed all over. He struggled to sit up, holding the armrests of the chair with both hands, looking at Cao Pi with difficulty, and asked: "Why do you do this? Why?"

Cao Pi looked at the door of the tent, his eyes scattered and unfocused, as if he was recalling scenes from the past.

"Chongdi is young and smart, and is deeply loved by his father. Not only my father, but also my brothers like to associate with Chongdi. He is talented and kind-hearted. Ever since Chongdi came to my father's side, my father seemed to He became much younger in an instant. He was happy to coax his father, and I was happy for him. I also know that after a hundred years of my Cao family, my father will definitely inherit the Cao family's property, but I don't care about this."

Sima Yi's eyes were like lightning, staring closely at Cao Pi's face, and asked: "Since you are happy for him and don't even care that Cao's family business will be inherited by him, why do you want to poison him again?"

Cao Pi sighed, with regret and a trace of love in his eyes: "Brother Chong is more talented than my third brother Cao Zhi, but he has something in common with my third brother, that is, he can only dance, write, recite poems and compose poems. Liao Qin Feng Yue , but cannot shoulder the great responsibilities of our family and country!"

"My father is old. He is over fifty, but he still has not been able to unify the world. Such a huge task, sooner or later, we will need to continue to shoulder the responsibility and carry on the past and open up the future."

"I don't mind that all the Cao family's business will be inherited by Chongdi. But I can't bear that my father's lifelong ambition to conquer the world and unify the world cannot be realized, and I can't bear to see the government fall apart after my father's death. It's a great situation. , hand it over to others!”

The tenderness that appeared in Cao Pi's eyes suddenly disappeared, and turned into fierce and vicious: "So that day, after you left the house, Ma Teng's arrival made me determined. He was right! There is no poison. Husband! If you want to get rid of Chongdi, this is a good opportunity. You can not only blame the many ministers and brothers present, but also blame Jiangdong Zhuge Jin who presented a gift to my father!"

"So with Ma Teng's help, I poisoned Chongdi."

Cao Pi's eyes suddenly showed a happy look as if something big had happened: "Although Ma Teng helped me, I never thought of sparing him! I know that if one more person knows this secret, he will have the handle on me." In his hands. Ma Teng must die!"

"But I also know that Ma Teng has nothing to fear. The 20 Xiliang army behind him is a problem that even his father can't afford to offend! And the reason why Ma Teng is walking around in the capital, he doesn't even pay for his father's fault. I also rely on my son to guard Xiliang and support his troops with self-respect. My father is afraid of killing him!"

"But during my father's first southern expedition, this boy came to seek death!"

Cao Pi suddenly walked to the table, stretched out his hand to hold the sword in his hand, and pulled out half of the sword with a choking sound. The cold light reflected the sunlight that entered the tent, and Sima Yi couldn't open his eyes as he hurriedly covered them with his sleeves.

"After my father led his troops to the south, he came to my house again and used my murder of Chongdi as a threat to force me to submit. He wanted me to lead the civil and military uprising in Beijing and help the Han Dynasty!"

As Cao Pi spoke, he seemed to have returned to the scene of his confrontation with Ma Teng in the past. He sneered and said: "This Ma Teng is extremely ignorant and stupid. He only thinks that occupying Xudu means isolating his father, but he does not know his father's power. Even with the elite soldiers in hand, as long as the soldiers and horses are in hand, the power is in hand! How could I betray my father with my son and do something rebellious?"

"That's why I set up a plan, pretended to agree, and took advantage of the opportunity to go to his house to discuss matters and hang him to death!"

Cao Pi returned the sword to its sheath and placed the sword on the table. At this moment, it seemed that his panic had subsided a lot. His face was filled with the aura of a king. He stood in front of Sima Yi with his hands behind his back, as if he were the king of the world, and said loudly : "My father's inheritance can only be carried forward if it is passed on to me. I poisoned Chongdi for Cao's plan. It's that simple!"

But suddenly, he returned to reality, with a look of horror on his face, and said in a trembling voice: "But I don't know how Zhuge Wende, who is far away in Jingzhou, knew about this. He said in his heart, he has been with me for many days. Zhang Liao had already revealed these things to Zhang Liao during their chat. He couldn’t bear my death at my father’s hands, so he wrote to me to inform me of this matter!”

Sima Yi narrowed his eyes slightly, lowered his head and pondered, stroking his beard with his hand, holding the back of the chair with his other hand like an eagle's claw, and said for a long time: "I'm afraid this matter was Zhuge Pifu's conspiracy from the beginning. Ma Teng is just a scapegoat. That’s all!”

Cao Pi was shocked and said in a trembling voice: "Is it Zhuge Wende's idea that Ma Teng persuaded me to poison Chongdi? Is Ma Teng a member of Zhuge Wende? If that is the case, how could he be so stupid and let Ma Teng Threaten me and seek death?"

Sima Yi shook his head: "In the past, the prime minister lured Ma Teng into the capital and put him under house arrest in Xudu due to his official position. But he didn't know that Ma Teng had already made plans when he came here. He originally wanted to camp in Xudu and get acquainted with the royalists who had hooked up with Xudu. , in order to counter the power of the Prime Minister's Palace, and to send troops south to attack Xudu as an internal response. As for Zhuge Wende and him, I'm afraid they are just using him. With Zhuge's wisdom, he had already seen through Ma Teng, so he served as Ma Teng. Teng provided the Nanman King's poison and gave it to you as a tool to frame Jiangdong."

"The King of the Southern Barbarians listened to Zhuge Wende's orders and sent his troops northward to resist the Prime Minister's troops. This is the best testimony! Who else can be poisoned in the southern border besides Zhuge Wende!"

"As for Ma Teng looking for you and seeking his own death, I guess I can't hide it from Zhuge Wende. It's just that he was happy that you made such a big mistake and almost allowed Ma Chao to capture Xudu, but Zhuge didn't stop him. It can be seen that he did not hesitate to take Ma Teng’s life, and Ma Teng was just a chess piece to him!”

Cao Pi seemed to have fully understood what Sima Yi meant, and sighed and said, "Not only Ma Teng? I, the heir apparent of the Prime Minister's Mansion, turned out to be just Zhuge Wende's pawn, left to his mercy!"

Sima Yi slowly stood up, held the table and took two steps before he regained his balance. He moved two more steps and finally regained his limp body.

"But with Zhuge Wende's status, resourcefulness, and broadmindedness, he wouldn't be like Ma Teng, who would use this matter as a threat to force you to do something. I'm afraid what happened to Zhang Liao today was also out of love for the virtuous!"

"Shout! Zhang Liao!"

"Xihu! Prime Minister!"

Sima Yi looked up to the sky and sighed several times.

Cao Pi had no intention of guessing the deep meaning of Sima Yi's words, and said eagerly: "Now that things have come to this, I would like to ask Zhongda to teach me what should I do. If Zhang Liao comes back and tells my father about this sooner or later, I will die without a burial." It’s over!”

Sima Yi said without hesitation: "In this case, nothing else! We can't bring Zhang Liao back. You go to Wancheng immediately, as long as you do this, great things can be accomplished!"

Sima Yi leaned close to Cao Pi's ear and whispered.

Cao Pi's face was filled with joy: "This matter is very important. I will go by myself. I am afraid that if there is any oversight, the consequences will be disastrous. I will not worry until I inform my father tomorrow that I will take you to Xinye with me."

Sima Yi was shocked and secretly complained.Now Cao Pi had no choice but to tell himself this secret that could affect his life and future.From now on, he became the second Ma Teng and became his eternal worry and worry!

With Cao Pi's temperament, as long as he is still useful, he can still serve by his side and be monitored by him.If one day he becomes useless, it may be the end of him!

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, everything will be arranged by Your Majesty. How dare Sima Yi disobey!"

Sima Yi said as he looked loyal and unconcerned.

But deep down in his heart, he had already begun to think about his future!

He understood that he could no longer hide in Cao Pi's mansion doing nothing.In this way, if Cao Pi really wants to get rid of him one day, no one in the world will know.

"Based on what I have learned in my life, I think I should be better than Guo Jia, so why not stand out in front of the Prime Minister and vow to compete with Zhuge!"

……

in the afternoon.

Cao Cao discussed the expedition strategy with the five great counselors and generals all morning, and he leaned on the table tiredly, just about to take a short rest.

Suddenly the tent door at the door opened, and a figure in white walked in. It was Cao Pi.

"Pier, you came to me, is there something important?"

Cao Cao looked at Cao Pi in confusion. According to past habits, this was his nap time, and no civil or military officials were allowed to disturb him without permission. Cao Pi was his biological son and had been serving around him for many years. It was impossible for him not to know this rule.

"Father, my child wants to discuss something with you, so he came in abruptly. I hope my father will forgive me for disturbing my child."

Cao Pi knelt respectfully in front of Cao Cao, kowtowed seriously and said.

"Oh?"

Cao Cao stared at Cao Pi, as if he had not seen him for a day. The originally tall and graceful eldest son became much more haggard.

Cao Pi seemed to have felt his father's sharp gaze. He looked down at the ground without daring to raise his head. He bowed again and said, "Since I came to Wancheng, I have been doing nothing all day long. I feel deeply ashamed. I discussed with Zhongda today to go to Xinye City. I am close to the front line, helping Zhong Kang defend the city, and learning a lot about things before the battle, so that I can better share my father's worries in the future."

"Oh!"

Cao Cao responded softly again: "It's just that, nothing else?"

Cao Pi lowered his head and said, "This is the only thing."

"The child was in Wancheng, wasting time. He was very frightened and did not dare to see his father. But Zhongda said: 'Father and son have a deep love and talk about everything, so why are they separated? And the prime minister is also a father, so he will never blame him. With you.’ That’s why the child dared to come to see his father.”

Cao Pi was in a panic, but his thinking was quick. At this moment, he was speaking casually and casually, but it was also smooth and smooth without any sense of polish. Even if Cao Cao was cunning, he would still believe it.

"Zhongda taught you a lesson. Although you and I are principals and ministers, we are also father and son. You have the ambition to make progress, and you are ten thousand times better than your third brother Zhi'er. I am very happy. Now that you have an idea. It's okay to go to Xinye. I'm busy with official duties here, and I don't have time to teach you. You can take Zhongda with you and listen to his teachings morning and night, which is also very good."

"Although Zhongda is not as good as Xun You and Jia Xu, he is still much better than Chen Qun!"

In the morning, Chen Qun, who had been among the five great counselors and was in charge of the money and food of the three armies, finally could not withstand the excessive psychological pressure, resigned from Cao Cao, retired and returned to his hometown.

Cao Cao was bewitched by Xia Houmao. Ever since Chen Qun returned from Poyang, he became suspicious of him. He suspected that Chen Qun was not firm-willed, greedy for life and afraid of death. In order to survive, he surrendered to Jiangdong and Jingzhou one after another.

Since Cao Cao had this intention, other civil and military generals naturally did not dare to be too close to Chen Qun, so everyone in the army isolated him and avoided him.

Finally, what happened today was that the five great counselors became the four great counselors. "My child obeys the order. My child also wants to take Zhongda with him so that he can listen to his teachings day and night. Now I bid farewell to my father and got up to go to the new wilderness."

"The child must be loyal and wise, assist General Xu Chu, and live up to his father's expectations."

Cao Pi's eyes were red and he looked up at Cao Cao with tears of joy.

"Pi'er, what kind of grievances have you suffered? A man doesn't shed tears easily. Why is this happening?"

Cao Cao asked with great concern when he saw Cao Pi's appearance.

Cao Pi shook his head and whispered: "The child just saw that his father was nearly sixty years old and had to fight hard outside. He couldn't bear it, so he shed tears."

Cao Cao laughed loudly, stood up and stepped forward, helped Cao Pi up, patted his shoulder gently and said, "What a filial son! With your words alone, even if I work ten times harder, it's still worth it!"

……

In the evening, Cao Pi's car had arrived at Xinye City.

In the narrow and compact carriage, apart from Cao Pi and Sima Yi, there were only a few luggage bags and several jars of fine wine.

This is an old wine specially made by Cao Pi from the inner camp, Cao Cao's favorite peach blossom wine.

"Within these few jars of wine, there must be a result!"

"The Prime Minister is unpredictable. He may suddenly come to Xinye tomorrow or the day after. He will wait here for ten days to make an agreement with Zhuge Wende. Once the Prime Minister arrives, it will be even more difficult for you to make plans. .”

Sima Yi clasped his hands, glanced at the wine jar at his feet with his chin, and whispered.

"I understand, sir!"

"Everything depends on tonight!"

Cao Pi looked a little nervous, like a candidate about to enter the examination room.

……

The night is deep.

In Xinye's government office, the originally sumptuous banquet was now in a mess.Only a few jars of peach blossom stuffing were piled neatly against the wall, indicating that the banquet was in full swing.

After Lu Qian and Xu Chu personally welcomed Cao Pi and Sima Yi into the city, Lu Qian personally arranged a banquet to welcome Cao Pi and wash away the dust.

Not long after, Lu Qian and Sima Yi got drunk and left one after another. Only Cao Pi and Xu Chu were left at the huge banquet.

"Everyone in the camp knows that Zhong Kang is the most powerful general under my Prime Minister's seat. But I know that when it comes to drinking capacity, Zhong Kang is ranked second, and no one dares to be ranked first!"

Cao Pi raised his glass with a smile, looked at Xu Chu with a hint of drunkenness and said.

"Hehe! Apart from fighting, I have no other hobbies. I only work hard on eating and drinking. Your Majesty said this, you are really complimenting me."

Cao Pi laughed loudly, stood up, held the wine glass in his hand, and sighed to the moon: "It's a beautiful day, with the bright moon in the sky, it's quite special."

Xu Chu grinned and bared his teeth and said: "I don't know what emotions are. I only know that I drink when I'm happy and drink when I'm angry. I drink when I'm cold and I drink when I'm hot! In short, it's good to have wine. Unlike you, a handsome and talented person. , I’m a big dick!”

Cao Pi's eyes lit up, and he suddenly turned to look at Xu Chu, and asked with a smile: "Does Zhong Kang think I look like a talented man?"

Xu Chu put down the wine glass in his hand, picked up the wine bottle and drank a sip of wine. He raised his thumb and said, "I look like him! Handsome and handsome!"

Cao Pi shook his head modestly and said with a smile: "Among the nephews, Zhong Kang, who can be called the best in terms of looks alone?"

After Xu Chu drank so hard, the smell of alcohol gradually started to rise, and his vision became blurry. He shook his head vigorously: "I have been guarding the Prime Minister for a long time, and I often go to war with the army, and I rarely stay at home. You young men of your nephew generation, I really don’t know a few of them.”

"But I have heard that dragons give birth to dragons, and phoenixes give birth to phoenixes. In terms of his father's appearance, Zhang Liao is handsome and burly, and can be regarded as a handsome man of our generation. Based on this, Zhang Liao's son Zhang Hu should not be ugly. Bar!"

"I guess Zhang Hu should be the most handsome among his nephews!"

When Xu Chu mentioned Zhang Liao, he was already very angry. Yesterday, his son Xu Yi wanted to return to Wancheng to collect food supplies. He was intercepted and killed by Zhang Liao's troops on the way. He suffered heavy casualties. Xu Yi's right eye was also hit by a flying eagle. He was blinded by the peck and is still unconscious.

Just because he was busy, he hadn't sent someone to report this matter to the Prime Minister, so no one at Wancheng Camp knew about it.

Cao Pi sat down again, picked up the wine jug and filled Xu Chu up with a glass. He also picked up the wine glass and said, "How about a dragon giving birth to a dragon or a phoenix giving birth to a phoenix? That's bullshit! Do you, Xu Zhongkang, look like a savage? So does your son." So rough? I think brother Xu Yi is handsome and transcendent. I dare not say that he is the most handsome man in the world. At least he is one of the best in Xudu. Zhang Hu's appearance is not as good as my brother Xu Yi."

Xu Chu was in a great mood when he heard that the prince of the prime minister's palace praised his son so much. He couldn't restrain himself anymore. He hugged two jars of peach blossom stuffing in his arms, opened the mud seals, put them on the table and said: "The prince praises me so much, I'm sorry. I’m so embarrassed. I can only offer you a few more glasses of wine!”

Cao Pi deliberately made Xu Chu drunk. Whenever Cao Pi raised a glass and his lips were slightly wet, Xu Chu would drink another glass.In Xu Chu's view, Cao Pi refused to drink more, so he could save such fine wine for him to drink as much as he wanted. Therefore, not only did he not care about the poor quality of Cao Pi's wine, he was secretly happy!
"After returning to Beijing after this victory, I proposed to my father that I betroth my sister Qinghe to your son, my brother Xu Yi!"

Cao Pi reached out and grabbed a handful of broad beans, chewing them as usual, while pretending to be unconscious and said casually.

"what?"

Xu Chu drank a lot. Although he was already a little drunk at the moment, he was not completely drunk. Hearing Cao Pi's words, he couldn't help but be startled and put the wine glass in his hand on the table.

"Didn't Qinghe be betrothed to Xiahou Dun's son Xiahou Mao by the Prime Minister?"

"Don't talk nonsense. The Prime Minister's orders cannot be disobeyed!"

Xu Chu worshiped and respected the Prime Minister like a totem. When he heard Cao Pi mentioning the Prime Minister's daughter Qinghe, he stood up quickly, bowed his head and saluted in the direction of Wancheng where Cao Cao was.

"That's not true. Zhongkang, you only know one, but not the other."

Cao Pi smiled slightly and continued calmly: "The marriage between my sister Qinghe and Xiahou Mao can be regarded as a baby marriage. It was agreed upon before they were born."

"However, life is unpredictable and things are unpredictable. When the two of them grew up, my sister Qinghe often said that she would marry a man who was both civil and military and upright. But Xiahou Mao was pampered and relied on his father's influence, without learning or skill. He became a well-known dandy in our clan, with embroidered pillows. Therefore, my sister Qinghe cried in front of her father many times, hoping to postpone the marriage."

"My father sighed. He was well aware of my sister's difficulties. He valued Xiahou Mao very much. Now he has promoted him to the deputy commander of the Hefei East Front. He hopes that he can seize the opportunity, achieve great things and win back Qinghe's heart. "

Xu Chu put down his wine glass and said angrily: "If my son Xu Yi is a scholar of martial arts, I dare not say that compared with others. If I want to compete with Xiahou Mao, it will be a surefire kill. But Xiahou Mao is a member of your Cao family and has a distinguished status. Although I He has been favored by the Prime Minister, but he is an outsider after all, how can he compare..."

Although he is a bit silly, he is also a father, so he naturally hopes that his son will be able to embrace a beautiful woman and be successful in the future.When I heard Cao Pi say that he wanted to introduce Qinghe to his son Xu Yi, he was a little excited at first, but when it came to the status competition between Xu Yi and Xiahou Mao, he completely lost confidence.

"It doesn't stop there."

Cao Pi continued: "There is still a flaw that Xiahou Mao cannot make up for! But your Xu Yi is much stronger than him."

Xu Chu's somewhat drunken eyes suddenly shone with brilliance again. He opened his eyes and looked at Cao Pi and asked, "What?"

Cao Pi raised his wine glass with a smile: "After you drink this pot of wine, I will let you know."

Xu Chu laughed loudly and thought to himself: On weekdays, I only see the prime minister drinking such good wine made from peach blossoms when entertaining guests. How can I be so lucky to drink it?Today is a rare opportunity. Even if you don't persuade me, I will take it all into my belly sooner or later. You are using this to persuade me to drink. You are really a little kid, childish and ridiculous, hehe!

Xu Chu picked up the jug, drank for a while, and drank it all.

"Where is Xiahou Mao's flaw? Please tell me quickly."

Xu Chu couldn't wait to ask. He must be more competitive, which also gave him some hope. Maybe his son Xu Yi could defeat Xiahou Mao in this aspect and get back a win.

Cao Pi lowered his head and smiled, stroking the wine glass, and said slowly: "When my sister was young, she had repeated dreams about a one-eyed demon that came to my prime minister's house and devoured cattle, horses, humans, and fish and shrimps in the pond. Every time I woke up, it was like She was in a daze and exhausted. A good fortune teller once said that my sister is a fairy descended from heaven and fell into the world. She will be rich and powerful in this life. However, she cannot marry a person with a one-eyed disability, otherwise it will have great consequences for herself and even her family. s damage."

"But not long after, when my father led the generals to attack Lu Bu, Xiahou Mao's father, Xiahou Dun, was wounded by an arrow from Cao Xing, one of Lu Bu's generals. His appearance is difficult to change."

"The reason why my father has postponed this marriage indefinitely is because he has a hard time deciding. If he wants to refuse to regret the marriage, Xiahou Dun is a clan brother, so it is really difficult for him to open his mouth. If he wants to fulfill the engagement, he is afraid that if the marriage comes to fruition, If I respond to the nightmare, my family will be unlucky in the future, and my father's great cause will also be affected."

"I have made up my mind. When I return to Xudu this time, I will propose to my father. For the sake of the country and the Cao family, I will let my father make the decision and cancel the marriage. Then I will betroth Qinghe to my brother Xu Yi!"

"From now on, wouldn't it be good for your two families to get married?"

Cao Pi laughed heartily and stared at Xu Chu: "Come on! Uncle Xu, why don't you drink three more cups?"

Snapped!
Dang!

Xu Chu's face suddenly filled with anger, and veins popped out on his forehead. The wine bottle in his hand was crushed into a flat cake, and he threw it heavily to the ground, rolling it over and over.

"Uncle Xu, why are you so angry? If you don't like Qinghe, just give up now. My nephew only admires the talented martial arts of my brother Xu Yi, and you are highly valued by my father. This matter is extremely reliable. That’s why I thought about you and my family becoming relatives.”

"Since Uncle Xu doesn't like it, just pretend I didn't say it. Come on! You and I will continue to drink, and don't mention this matter again!"

Xu Chu became more and more angry and annoyed. He gasped for air and opened his mouth for a long time before he spoke: "If Xu Yi of our family can marry Qinghe, it will be a match made in heaven and earth, a rare couple for gods and gods. But now, it’s all over! Everything is over!!”

Cao Pi pretended to be surprised, opened his eyes wide and said, "Why is Uncle Xu so disheartened? This matter lies with my nephew. After the victory in the southern expedition, he returned to Xudu and raised this matter with his father."

"Uncle Xu and my brother Xu Yi should also perform well and make more contributions, so as to leave a good impression on my father. Oh! I forgot, why don't you see my brother Xu Yi coming?"

Xu Chu was extremely angry, even more frustrated and annoyed in his anger, and punched the corner of the table hard: "My son has become a one-eyed dragon now! Even worse than that Xiahou Dun!"

"what!!"

The wine glass in Cao Pi's hand fell to the ground. He was stunned and murmured: "How is it possible? How is it possible?"

Xu Chu said: "Yesterday I ordered Xu Yi to lead troops back to Wancheng to collect food supplies. I didn't want to be intercepted by Zhang Liao on the way and almost died. Although he was rescued by Lu Qian, his right eye was pecked out by a flying eagle and it is difficult to recover. He is still unconscious to this day. Wake up, sooner or later you will be one-eyed and blind!"

Cao Pi was secretly happy in his heart, but even more surprised on the surface: "Didn't my father and Zhuge Wende have an agreement long ago to send Zhang Liao back here within ten days? Besides, Zhang Liao's wife, children, and family members are all under the supervision of Xinye, how dare he do it here?" Is it time to surrender to Liu Bei and commit such cruelty?"

"It's absolutely impossible. Could it be that my brother Xu Yi has misjudged someone else? It's not Zhang Liao, but someone else?"

Xu Chu shook his head and gripped the handle of the knife fiercely with his right hand. His fingers looked pale due to excessive exertion and his joints were bulging: "Even if my son is wrong, the accompanying sergeant and Lu Qian will not be wrong either. This matter is absolutely true! There is no doubt in the least. .”

Cao Pi sighed with emotion, slowly picked up the wine glass in his hand, and drank the remaining wine in one gulp: "In the past, when I was in Xudu, I heard Zhang Liao praise your son Xu Yi for being handsome, talented, heroic, and better than his son. Zhang Hu. I thought it was a joke, but looking at it today, it turns out that Zhang Liao has been jealous for a long time!"

"He is very thoughtful. Perhaps he has already seen that my father wants to marry my sister Qinghe to your son Xu Yi, so he only hurt his eyes."

"It turns out that Zhang Liao is also a hypocritical villain. It really overturned my perception..."

Xu Chu became even more furious. He took off the short knife from his waist and threw it on the table with a bang: "Shu Zi, you went too far to bully me!"

"You only hurt my son, but didn't you think that your son, wife and daughter are all under my control?"

Cao Pi swayed, put the wine glass on the table, looked up at the moon in the sky, and saw that it was already setting in the west. It seemed that it was already late at night, and it was past the ugly hour.

"My nephew has a limited capacity for alcohol. He doesn't drink on weekdays. I was really happy to see Uncle Xu today. I drank a few more drinks because I couldn't drink anymore."

"Uncle Xu, please help yourself. My nephew, I will leave for now and see you again tomorrow."

While Cao Pi was speaking, he stood up, bowed and said goodbye to Xu Chu, and walked alone, staggering like a drunken man, to the place where he lived in the west wing.

Zhang Liao!

Xu Chu sent Cao Pi away and sat alone at the table. He simply knocked off the mud seal and drank directly from the wine jar.

Every drop turned into gold, and the extremely rare peach blossom stuffed exclusively for the Prime Minister's Mansion made him drink it like cabbage and radish soup.

Zhang Liao! !
Xu Chu's eyes were fierce, staring at the knife on the table in front of him!

If it weren't for you, how could my son be blind and still unconscious?

If it weren't for you!

Maybe my son can make great contributions to the Han Dynasty during this southern expedition. When he returns to Beijing, he will be given a generous reward. The Prime Minister will personally betroth Qinghe to him, and he will be the Prime Minister's son-in-law from now on!
What glory?

However, all this was ruined by Zhang Liao.

Whether you surrender or not has nothing to do with me. But you surrendered to Liu Bei, but you used me, Xinye, and Xu Chu's son to contribute to Jingzhou! !

Bully me too much!

Xu Chu picked up the wine jar again and drank half the jar continuously. The golden jade liquid flowed down the corners of his mouth and all over his chest.

Xu Chu simply took off his coat and threw it on the ground, exposing his ribs and ribs.

Zhang Liao, if I don't avenge this revenge, I promise Chu that I will not be a human being!
A real man has no overnight grudges!

Xu Chu staggered and stood up, holding the wine jar in his left hand and the knife in his right hand. With a fierce light in his eyes, he walked straight out of the house and ran to the other courtyard of Zhang Liao's relatives not far away.

(End of this chapter)