Choose Liu Bei at the start, I am the only one who knows the plot of the Three Kingdoms.

Chapter 485: Kill people and destroy their hearts, Shi Xie, you are my God!

"Your Majesty, think about it slowly. I'm afraid I can't send that old servant to Your Majesty today. Your Majesty may have to celebrate the New Year alone tonight."

Cao Cao looked at Liu Xie in deep thought and knew that his psychological attack had worked. He was about to get up and leave. Just as he was about to walk out of the room, Liu Xie's voice finally sounded behind him.

"and many more."

A smile appeared on Cao Cao's lips, but he suppressed it all after turning around.

"Is there anything else your Majesty can do?"

Liu Xie's lips were trembling, as if he was making a great decision. Cao Cao was in no hurry to urge him, but just stood at the door and waited quietly for Liu Xie. Dian Wei stood at the door, his burly figure blocked the entire door tightly, and Cao Cao could not get any wind at all.

After a long time, Liu Xie finally spoke.

"I can agree to your request, but I have one condition. Send back the eunuchs and maids you brought from me before, as well as charcoal, food, and everything else you need. Then I will agree to your request."

Cao Cao's eyes were filled with joy, but he did not show it. Instead, he spoke quietly.

"Your Majesty, I think you haven't figured out the current situation. Even if you disagree, I can still issue the imperial edict. The imperial seal will no longer be in your hands. As for your seal, isn't it all given to you by me?"

These words made Liu Xie's breathing pause. He knew very well that what Cao Cao said was true, and it would make no difference even if he disagreed. After realizing this, Liu Xie wanted to say something else, but finally shut his mouth.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Cao Cao laughed heartily.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, although this is the truth, don't you understand that I always keep my word and will give you everything you need? As for the people Your Majesty wants, unfortunately, Your Majesty said it too late. After they were taken away from Your Majesty, they all started clamoring to die. In this case, I had no choice but to satisfy them and kill them all. Therefore, I cannot give these people to you, but I can find some people from other places to serve Your Majesty. It has been so long, Your Majesty should be used to it."

After Cao Cao finished speaking, he didn't give Liu Xie a chance to continue speaking and walked outside. Liu Xie was left alone sitting in the room, holding the hand warmer in his hand in a daze, with tears rolling down his eyes.

His heart was filled with despair and powerlessness. He knew that he was just a puppet in front of Cao Cao, a manipulated shadow emperor. He had tried to resist and try to take back his own power, but every attempt ended in failure. Cao Cao's power was too great, and he had many advisers and generals under him, but Liu Xie had no one available.

Cao Cao's laughter gradually faded away, but Liu Xie's ears seemed to still echo with the triumphant sound. He closed his eyes and tried to calm himself down, but the anger in his heart grew stronger and stronger. He hated his own incompetence, Cao Cao's arrogance, and the injustice of the world.

Liu Xie held the hand warmer tightly, the weak warmth seemed to be his only support. He knew in his heart that he had to find a way out. He was still useful now, so he could live safely, but when he lost his usefulness, it would probably be the day of his death.

In the biting cold wind, he began to plan in his mind, thinking about how to break this endless bondage. The cold wind kept beating on him, keeping him awake.

Liu Xie knew that his own strength was far from enough. He needed external assistance and needed to find those ministers who were still loyal to the Han Dynasty.

Thinking of this, the figure of Liu Bei jumped out of his mind. He was the relative who was regarded as a strong enemy by Cao Cao and was canonized as King Lie by himself.

He took out several letters from under his pillow. They were all letters for help he had sent to Liu Bei and Liu Bei's reply letters. Seeing this, Liu Xie finally stopped looking decadent and regained some energy. Then he took out the hand warmer in his arms and burned all the letters to add some fuel to the hand warmer.

Liu Xie thought it through. Liu Bei was now powerful and his reputation for benevolence had long been known throughout the world. He and Cao Cao would definitely have a battle in the future. Liu Xie's goal now was to live until that day and see if he, a puppet emperor, could be of any help.

If he wanted to continue living, he had to show more obedience in front of Cao Cao to reduce Cao Cao's vigilance and buy himself more time and space.

Thinking of this, Liu Xie no longer curled up on the empty bed, but walked out of the quilt and closed the door of the room with his own hands. As the wind was too strong and he was weak, he took a lot of effort to close the door. Then he sat back on the bed dejectedly, wrapped the hand warmer around his body, greedily absorbing the little remaining warmth.

After solving the problem with Liu Xie, Cao Cao was obviously in a good mood. He and Dian Wei talked as they walked. It was said that they were talking, but in fact it was just Cao Cao talking and Dian Wei listening, and Dian Wei would respond in a muffled voice from time to time, but both of them enjoyed it.

"Dian Wei, you know that what happened today is the first step in our fight for world domination."

Cao Cao spoke as he walked, his eyes gleaming with brilliance.

Dian Wei nodded. Since he was promoted to a legendary general, Dian Wei was no longer as stubborn as before and his mind became more active. However, when he was with Cao Cao, he still habitually did not think.

"Although His Majesty is young, he is very scheming. Making him bow his head today is only the first step. I will wipe out the few remaining ambitions in His Majesty's heart in the future. Want to wait for Liu Bei to save him? We have to see if he can live until then, and we have to see if Liu Bei can come and fight us."

Cao Cao smiled slightly. He was well aware of Liu Xie's helplessness and despair, but at the same time he also saw the indomitable spirit in Liu Xie's heart. He chose Liu Xie at that time because Liu Xie's mind was deeper, and for the same reason as before. An emperor who did whatever he said was too boring.

Dian Wei frowned when he heard this. He understood Cao Cao's concerns and also knew Liu Xie's potential.

"Prime Minister, why do we need his consent? Can't we just issue the imperial decree ourselves?"

Dian Wei asked with some doubt, and Cao Cao looked at Dian Wei with a smile.

"The reason for asking him to agree was not to issue an imperial edict. Whether he agreed or not, the imperial edict would be issued on the Lantern Festival. Asking him to agree was just to take this opportunity to temper his temper. He thought he was trying to advise Liu Bei in private, but I didn't know that in fact, the reply letters from Liu Bei that he had were all written by Xun Yu."

Having said this, Cao Cao suddenly laughed out loud.

After laughing, Cao Cao looked at Dian Wei.

“Why don’t you ask me why I’m laughing?”

"My lord, laugh if you want to."

Dian Wei laughed along with Cao Cao, and Cao Cao laughed even louder when he saw this.

"You know, just now I saw those letters written by Xun Yu under our Majesty's pillow. Hahaha, don't you think it's funny? The hope for his survival has existed from beginning to end. I really want to see what kind of expression he will have when he knows the truth. Hahaha." When Cao Cao said this, he suddenly remembered a movie he had watched before entering the game. There was a very good saying in the movie: kill people and destroy their hearts!

Then Cao Cao's laughter grew louder and louder, his voice broke through the sky, and it was difficult to distinguish it from the crackling firecrackers on the streets of Xudu.

Yangzhou, Wujun, Sun Jian and Miao Moqing and their group have just returned here. They did not stop all the way from Jiaozhi County and traveled at full speed, and finally arrived back before the New Year.

The New Year atmosphere in Yangzhou, which had experienced several wars in succession, was much worse than that in other continents. Even the festive atmosphere in Yizhou was stronger than that in Yangzhou.

Several counties were in ruins, and the refugees had no place to live, so they all rushed to the eastern counties of Yangzhou. Now, these eastern counties were already overcrowded, and when there were too many people, plagues were prone to break out. Fortunately, it was winter, so even if someone died on the streets, it would not have any impact.

Sun Jian had already ordered the opening of the granary. When Jingzhou was conquered, wouldn't there be as much food as needed? Moreover, Shi Xie's surplus food was also being transported to Yangzhou urgently. In short, everything was moving in a good direction, so Sun Jian was in a good mood.

In addition, with many beautiful women around him, including Miao Moqing, a stunning beauty, Sun Jian's only bit of depression disappeared completely.

On the way back to Yangzhou, Sun Jian and Miao Moqing had a very pleasant conversation. After all, Sun Jian was a modern man, and with his modern knowledge it was effortless for him to chat with Miao Moqing. Many times he made Miao Moqing laugh so hard that she fell backwards. The relationship between the two of them also made some invisible progress.

However, it was only limited to close relations. Sun Jian could not forget the utensils he had seen in the Gu tribe. Moreover, there was not a single man in the entire tribe, not even a baby boy. How did they pass on their family line?

Sun Jian felt a chill down his spine just thinking about these questions, so he simply stopped thinking about them and just enjoyed the present moment.

After arriving at his own mansion, Sun Jian waved his hand and cleaned out all the rooms in his mansion. More than 500 Gu girls all lived in Sun Jian's mansion.

Sun Jian's purpose was obvious. After all, a group of beauties were right in front of him. Just the reason of pleasing the eyes was enough. What's more, they were both powerful and beautiful. In addition, due to their special nature, Sun Jian couldn't let them go anywhere else.

"Patriarch, this mansion is simple, I hope you don't mind."

Sun Jian said to Miao Moqing beside him with a smile, Miao Moqing smiled sweetly, her voice still gentle.

"My Lord, that's not right. Compared to where we live, this mansion is even better than a fairyland."

"Hahaha, Chief, you are mocking me. To be honest, after a while, after the war, I'm afraid it will be good to have a tent to rest. I need your forgiveness."

"My Lord, what you said is even more outrageous. We usually go into the mountains to collect herbs. If we can't make it back in time, we have to spend the night in the mountains. It can't be worse than the primitive mountains, right?"

"That won't happen. Since the clan leader has said so, I don't have to worry about the clan leader and his Gu Masters."

Sun Jian said with a smile, all the way from Jiaozhi County to Wu County, Sun Jian felt more and more that Miao Moqing and the more than 500 Gu Masters under his command were simply his lucky stars. Shi Xie was really guarding a mountain of gold but still crying poor here.

If he had gotten Miao Moqing's help early on, he probably wouldn't have ended up with only Yangzhou territory left. Take the Battle of Xuzhou for example, he wouldn't have been defeated by Liu Bei, and there wouldn't have been the ridiculous incident where he led an army of over 100,000 and failed to capture Jiangling City which was garrisoned by 10,000 people.

The two of them walked to the outside of Miao Moqing's room, talking and laughing. When Miao Moqing was about to enter the house, Sun Jian suddenly called Miao Moqing.

"Chief, I have an unwelcome request."

Miao Moqing was slightly stunned. It was the first time that Sun Jian spoke to her in this tone, which made her curious about what Sun Jian wanted to ask. She smiled and said, "My lord, please tell me. As long as I can help you, I will do my best."

Sun Jian heard this, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes: "I heard from Bo Fu that the nobles have items that can help people improve their strength. I wonder if the clan leader can provide some to us to help our army be invincible on the battlefield."

Miao Moqing looked at Sun Jian with a smile, as if she had already guessed Sun Jian's purpose.

"My lord, to be honest with you, the three I gave to Master Cao are all I have. That thing is not owned by our Gu Clan, but was obtained by me by chance."

After he finished speaking, Sun Jian was visibly disappointed. He had originally heard from Sun Ce that Miao Moqing gave Cao Zhang some items that could improve his strength, and he was thinking of asking for some for the generals under his command, one being that he could use it as a trump card, and the other being that he could have more powerful combat power on the battlefield.

Looking at the lost Sun Jian, Miao Moqing pondered for a moment and continued.

"However, I can select some poisonous insects suitable for the battlefield for your use. But please remember, although poisonous insects are good, they cannot be abused, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous."

Sun Jian was overjoyed when he heard this.

"Don't worry, Chief Patriarch. I will use it with caution and will not abuse it. Please rest assured, Chief Patriarch."

"My lord, the most important point is that although the poisonous insects can provide benefits and make your subordinates stronger, these poisonous insects have other uses."

"Other functions?"

Sun Jian looked at Miao Moqing in confusion. Does this insect have side effects?

"What does it do?"

"Different Gu worms have different effects. The stronger the ability they provide, the greater the other effects they will produce. For example, the Gu worm under your feet can make you faster, but it will make you thirstier. Another Gu worm is called Embers, which can double the combat power of the parasite in a short period of time, but it can only last for half a quarter of an hour. After half a quarter of an hour, the parasite will bleed to death. There is also a Gu worm called Annihilation, which can make the parasite's next attack a sure kill, but after that, the flesh and blood will burst into pieces."

Miao Moqing looked at Sun Jian seriously. She felt that she had made the price very clear, but there was no sign of retreat in Sun Jian's eyes. Instead, it became even more passionate.

"No problem, Chief. We have many captives to use. They are the best Gu worm users."

Sun Jian's voice was trembling with excitement. Now he just wanted to shout, Shi Xie, you are my God!
(End of this chapter)