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It stands to reason that Cao Pi is not the son of the prince now, and he does not have enough political status for Zhang Xiu to worship him, but in order to alleviate Cao Pi's hatred and live with dignity for the rest of his life, Zhang Xiu would rather endure the humiliation now and bow down to Cao Pi kneel.

But Cao Pi didn't appreciate it, and said with a sneer: "I didn't expect that the dignified princes are now degraded like pigs and dogs."

"What did you say?" Zhang Xiu couldn't believe his ears.

"Do you know why you were asked to come to the outer hall instead of the living room?"

Cao Pi bent down and stared into his eyes, and said word by word: "Because you are not worthy, my father gave you a chance to be human, but you will become lowly pigs and dogs!"

Zhang Xiu stood up slowly, and asked lightly: "I don't understand what the young master means, so just say what the young master has to say!"

"Hmph! Didn't Jia Xu tell you before he voted for Jiangxia? Don't you just want to return to Jingzhou and build a hegemony again? What a great opportunity this is, General Zhang, you go! I'll let you go."

Zhang Xiu's mind was in a mess, Wen He voted for Jiang Xia again, it should be impossible!But Cao Pi's words were so convincing that he couldn't help but not believe him. After a while Zhang Xiu said: "Wenhe has nothing to do with me, and what he does has nothing to do with it. I, Zhang Xiu, are 50 years old, and I just want to die peacefully, without any rebellious heart."

Cao Pi squinted at Zhang Xiu, and he thought of the love he had for him from his aunt and elder brother. It was the person in front of him who killed his elder brother and ruined his mother. He suddenly felt murderous, pulled out his sword, and stared murderously at Zhang Xiu. Zhang embroidery.

Zhang Xiu was not afraid. He stared at the gleaming sharp sword and sensed Cao Pi's endless murderous intent, so he tore off his clothes and exposed his chest and said, "Master, if you want to kill, kill him!"

Although Cao Pi wanted to kill Zhang Xiu with a single sword, he finally held back, put his sword back into its sheath, sat down again, and said in a very vicious tone: "You killed my brother, and I will not avenge you. I, Cao Pi, swear Not human, but I won’t kill you now, when one day you don’t want to die, I will make you a pig and a dog, tortured to death, Zhang Xiu, just wait!”

Zhang Xiu saluted silently, turned around and left, Cao Pi gritted his teeth and sneered as he looked at his back, he thought of Jia Xu again, and immediately ordered: "Come on!"

Several guards came in and bowed to salute, Cao Pi ordered: "Go and inform General Xiahou, and arrest Jia Xu's youngest, not one of them will be let go!"

"Wait a minute!"

His wife, Zhen Shi, turned out from the small door next to her and stopped the soldiers. She then bowed to Cao Pi, "Can my husband listen to my concubine's words?"

Cao Pi was a little unhappy, "What do you want to say?"

Mrs. Zhen knelt down and said: "Father ordered my husband to guard Yecheng, and it was entrusted to my husband from the rear. The responsibility is not insignificant. Now my husband only relies on a secret letter from my uncle, without official documents from the master and general, and no definite evidence. Mr. Jia's wife and children are in prison, if this is not the case, how will the husband explain to his father when his father comes back?"

Zhen's words were like a basin of cold water pouring down his head, and Cao Pi suddenly woke up from his hatred. He immediately thought that Cao Hong often used public wealth for personal gain, and it was really unbelievable.

If this is not the case, how can I explain to my father when he comes back?This will greatly damage his image in his father's heart.

Thinking of this, Cao Pi's back suddenly broke out in cold sweat, and he quickly said to the guards: "Let's stop this matter for now, step back!"

He stepped forward to help his wife up again, and said shamelessly: "Thanks to my good wife for reminding me, I almost made a big mistake."

Zhen Shi wanted to persuade him to appease Zhang Xiu again, but she swallowed the words again. She has been with her husband for three years and she knows her husband very well. He doesn't like women meddling in politics, so she can't interfere too much in official affairs. can stop here.

She smiled sweetly, "It's late at night, Husband, let's go and see Rui'er!"

Cao Pi nodded, took his wife's hand and walked towards the back house, but after walking a few steps, his mind suddenly changed. Although they don't need to be arrested and sent to prison, they should still be sent to monitor Jia's house.

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Zhang Xiu walked out of the gate of Cao Pi's mansion and looked up at the dark cloud-covered night sky. Thinking of Cao Cao's indifference to him, thinking of Cao Pi's hatred and viciousness, and thinking of Cao Pi's succession in the future, he couldn't help but feel ashamed. He raised his arms and shouted to the sky: " Wenhe, why are you trying to persuade me to surrender? Why don't you let me die in battle!"

He felt sad, and tears rolled down his face.

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Jia's mansion is located in the southern part of the outer city. It is a large mansion covering an area of ​​[-] mu. Li Fu and others brought the news of Jia Xu's serious illness, causing Jia Xu's family to be in a mess. They didn't doubt Li Fu's words. Jia Xu's private seal as evidence, as well as Jia Xu's dictation and the letter written by Ban'er, which convinced the Jia family.

They simply packed up their bags and prepared to go south to meet Jia Xu for the last time. *Jia Xu's third son, Jia Ji, was a little puzzled. His father was in good health when he left, so why did he suddenly become seriously ill?

Jia Xu has three sons and two daughters. Both daughters are married. The eldest son Jia Mu and the second son Jia Fang are officials in other places. Only the third son Jia Ji works as a guard in the palace and takes care of his grandmother and mother. Today is just a day off. I went to my mother's house with my mother, and I just came back not long ago.

Jia Ji hurriedly came to the inner house to find Li Fu, and expressed the question in his heart, "My father was in good health when he left. How could he be seriously ill? Is there something else hidden in this?"

Li Fu just found out that someone was watching Jia's mansion. He immediately thought that it must be Cao Hong's letter, which made Cao Pi start to doubt Jia Xu. The matter was a little serious, which made him very worried. They must leave the city tonight, otherwise tomorrow Something will happen, because his men have just killed two monitors sent by Cao Pi.

Li Fu looked at Jia Ji's puzzled eyes and sighed, "To be honest, it's because Cao Ren wanted to take the opportunity to kill your father. Your father has already fled to Jingzhou and was protected by Liu Jingzhou, so you have to go."

The reason why Jia Ji was a little suspicious was because he found that many of the people brought by Li Fu had a southern accent. At this time, Li Fu's shocking words made Jia Ji pale with shock, "How could Cao Ren kill my father?"

Li Fu shook his head, smiled wryly and said, "You really can't think of it?"

Jia Ji was silent, there was no reason other than the troubles left by the Wancheng battle, but his father was safe and sound, and he let him down again.

"How did Cao Ren harm my father?" Jia Ji asked again.

"Yu Jin was defeated in Fancheng. In order to shirk responsibility, he found Cao Hong. The two joined forces to falsely accuse your father of being a false witness with Liu Jing. Order your father to take 500 people and [-] small boats to occupy Xiangyang. If he fails, he will kill your father. coming."

Jia Ji wept and said: "But... how to make father wronged, you should report to the prime minister and ask him to give father an explanation."

Li Fu shook his head, "Don't be stupid, how could Cao Cao operate on his son and brother for your father."

He waved his hand, "Bring it in!"

Pushing a heavily tied man from the outside, Jia Ji immediately recognized that this man was Yu Ming, Cao Pi's confidant guard, who was also monitoring Emperor Han with him.

"This is the person Cao Pi sent to monitor your mansion. There were three people in total. Two of them were killed by us. This is the one who was captured alive. According to his confession, Cao Pi has received an express letter from Cao Hong, so he sent them to monitor Jia's mansion. "

With all the witnesses and material evidence, Jia Ji completely believed Li Fu's words, and he became anxious, "Then what should we do?"

Li Fu waved his hand and ordered the prisoners to be taken down. Then he said to Jia Ji: "The biggest problem now is how to get out of the city? The city gate was closed in the evening. Without Cao Pi's gold medal for leaving the city, there is no way to get out of the city. But we are watching I found an arrow of Cao Pi's troop dispatching order."

"Then can you leave the city with the arrow of the dispatching order?"

Li Fu's face showed embarrassment, "If one person goes out of the city to transfer troops, it may be possible, but with a family carriage, I am afraid that a command arrow is not enough. The guarding soldiers will definitely report to Cao Pi, and then it will be over. I will do it now for this worry."

Jia Ji also lowered his head, and he was helpless. At this moment, there were hurried footsteps running outside the door, and the housekeeper reported: "I want to report to the third son, Mr. Quan is here, saying that there is something urgent, as if something happened to his father." .”

Jia Ji was taken aback, "I'm coming!"

He hurriedly said to Li Fu: "Young Master Quan is the son of General Zhang Yangwu, I'll go and have a look."

General Zhang of Yangwu is Zhang Xiu, something happened to him, Li Fu's heart moved, and he said with a smile, "I'll go and see with you too."

In the living room, a young man was anxiously walking back and forth with a very sad expression. This man was Zhang Quan, the son of Zhang Xiu. He was also a guard in the palace, but he was a military marquis, a higher official position than Jia Ji.

"Zhengyou, what happened?" Jia Ji walked in quickly and asked, followed by Li Fu.

When Zhang Quan saw Jia Ji, he fell to the ground in tears, "My father...he...he hanged himself!"

The news was like a bolt from the blue, Jia Ji hurriedly supported Zhang Quan, and cried, "How could Uncle Shi..."

Zhang Quan wiped away his tears, gritted his teeth and said, "I was forced by that thief Cao Pi. When my father came back from him, he picked up a pen and wrote eight words on the wall, 'It is better to die in battle than to be humiliated!' Then... went gone."

He took out another letter and handed it to Jia Ji, "This is a letter from my father to Uncle Shi. You should leave quickly! Cao Pi will not let you go if he forces my father to death."

At this moment, Li Fu, who had been silent all this time, suddenly asked, "Master Quan, is he going to report the funeral to Ling sister now?"

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[Zhang Xiu died in the 12th year of Jian'an. There are two theories in history. One is that he died of an illness following Cao Cao's northern expedition to Wuhuan, and the other is that he was forced to death by Cao Pi in Yecheng. In view of the death of Zhang Xiu's son Zhang Quan, old Gauguin lean towards the latter]