The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 336 Destroying Cao Fuhan
In the quiet and ancient study room, a young man in a long-sleeved robe is flipping through books, with an indifferent expression, as if life and death are aloof.

The graceful and luxurious woman walked into the room, came to the young man and said in a low voice: "Husband, Prime Minister Cao led the troops to come in person, only two miles away from the gate of the mansion."

Holding the bamboo slips and thinking for a while, the young man put the books back on the bookshelf, walked silently to the low couch in the study, and lay down slowly.

Seeing this, the woman left the room.

Keng Keng
The soldiers in armor walked with a lot of noise, and outside the study, a majestic figure appeared among the soldiers.

"Hehehe, Zhongda, I heard that you are sick in bed, so I will come to visit you in person."

Naturally, Cao Cao's visit was not really because he was free to see a white Sima Yi.

There was a bit of smoldering color between his brows, and Cao Cao was a little angry.

This ignorant Sima Yi!

He even called it sick and shirked it during his second conquest!
In fact, Cao Cao didn't care about Sima Yi a few years ago, but Xun Yu recommended him, and Cui Yan recommended him again. The two talents around him highly respected Sima Yi, so Cao Cao had to pay attention to him.

So, he asked Sima Yi to come out of the mountain again, but Sima Yi still refused him.

It is said that Sima Yi suffered from wind paralysis and was unable to move.

Cao Cao walked to Sima Yi's bed, looked at Sima Yi's expressionless and lifeless face, and groaned in his heart.

Turning around as if to give up, he suddenly drew out his sword and slashed at Sima Yi who was lying motionless on the bed.

The sword is sharp and the light and shadow are dazzling.

The point of the sword was less than an inch away from Sima Yi's neck, but Sima Yi's body remained motionless, even his eyes and facial expressions remained unchanged.

Cao Cao frowned slightly. He made a sudden attack because he wanted to see Sima Yi's reaction at the time of the sudden change. In the end, his expectations fell through.

In other words, Sima Yi, who was lying on the bed, had expected that Cao Cao would test him out.

Putting away his saber, Cao Cao said plainly to let him recover from his illness and then led his army away.

The room returned to silence, Sima Yi was still lying still, his wife Zhang Chunhua came slowly and stood beside the bed.

"Recently, I'm going to pretend to be sick, and don't let people get close to me."

After Sima Yi said it, Mrs. Zhang nodded and left, but when she was about to walk out of the room, Sima Yi said something again.

"The sun is shining brightly today, ask someone to take out the books in the study for me to dry."

Mrs. Zhang nodded in agreement, and not long after, the maids came in and moved all the books in the study to the courtyard outside the room and spread them on the floor.

After doing this, Mrs. Zhang ordered the maids not to enter the courtyard where Sima Yi's study was located.

Sima Yi who was lying on the bed sneered.

Cao Cao?

Why do you ask me to work hard for you? Has no one in the world seen through the ambitions of the Cao family?Celebrity through the ages or notoriety for thousands of years, this kind of unsure thing, who would rashly board your Cao family's big boat?

Sima Yi, who was thinking with his eyes closed, suddenly heard a burst of thunder.

The wind is turbulent and the weather is unpredictable. It seems that it was a sunny day before, but now it is covered with dark clouds and it will rain cats and dogs.

Sima Yi immediately sat up from the bed, ran out of the study, came to the courtyard, carried the books that had been exposed to the ground in his arms, and sent them back to the study.

Just as he was sweating profusely from back and forth, a maid passing by the courtyard saw his movements, so she hurried over to help Sima Yi.

Crash, all the bamboo slips in Sima Yi's arms fell on the ground, he looked at the maid indifferently, but the maid was still carefully packing up the slips without realizing it, Sima Yi stood up and walked towards the study, at this moment, his wife Zhang When Shi came to the door of the study, Sima Yi stopped when he was about to pass by her.

There was no expression on the gentle face, Sima Yi's lips moved slightly, and said four words lightly: "Leave no trace."

Mrs. Zhang nodded slightly without saying a word.

Sima Yi returned to the study and continued to lie on the bed pretending to be sick, but the maid who helped him never appeared in the Sima family's mansion again.

Cao Cao was eager to enlist Sima Yi for his own use. Apart from the recommendation of Xun Yu and Cui Yan, the deeper reason was that he wanted to give his successor Cao Chong some talents, whether it was Xun Yu, Cui Yan, Mao Jie, Xun You, Cheng Yu and others are not too young, but Sima Yi is less than 30 years old. He must pave the way for his descendants, and the most important thing is young talents.

Cao Cao, who was already self-reliant, wanted to go further, so he had to create public opinion first, and he needed the support of his own people.

Civil and military people who are loyal to the Cao family, or people who take advantage of the situation, will not disobey Cao Cao's intentions, but there is one person, Cao Cao is very eager to get his support.

Under Cao Cao's rule, it can be divided into three groups of people. The first group is loyal to the Cao family and looks forward to Cao Cao's leadership.The second faction is the imperial party, most of these are the downcast gentry, who were overwhelmed by Cao Cao, and can only hope that Liu Xie will restore the gentry to their former glory after regaining power.The third faction is represented by Xun Yu who are determined to rejuvenate the great man with lofty ideals.

These three groups of people, in the final analysis, the first two groups are all selfish, and the people with lofty ideals headed by Xun Yu take it as their mission to help the Han Dynasty. At first glance, they should have the same aspirations as the imperial party, but they are not. They support the imperial party The gentry is essentially for the prosperity of the family, not the rise and fall of the Han Dynasty. Only the group headed by Xun Yu has the ideal of clarifying the peace of the world and rejuvenating the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, the group represented by Xun Yu follows Cao Cao, not because he supports Cao Cao without hesitation. The reason why he assists Cao Cao is because Xun Yu believes that in this world, only Cao Cao can help the Han Dynasty complete the great cause of revival.

If Cao Cao wanted to be self-reliant, he wanted to draw a clear line with the Han Dynasty, and let everyone under his rule understand that their allegiance was no longer to the Han Dynasty, but to his Cao family.

He secretly instructed Dong He and others to test Xun Yu's intentions.

Dong He led a group of ministers to Xun Yu's mansion, said some words of praise to Cao Cao on the sidelines, and then raised a topic suggesting that Liu Xie should make Cao Cao the Duke.

Cao Cao didn't need to say much to Xun Yu. Power, Xun Yu has been in the middle for many years. Among the civil servants, who is most regarded by Cao Cao is undoubtedly Xun Yu. In addition to his official position, Cao Cao also named Xun Yu the Longevity Pavilion Marquis.

It is unprecedented in the history of the Han Dynasty that a civil official who has never led an army and has no field meritorious service can be named a marquis!
Therefore, Cao Cao hoped that Xun Yu could support him and still stand firm as his backing to help him in times of trouble.

But Xun Yu listened to what Dong He and the others said, but shook his head and said: "A gentleman loves others with virtue. This is not appropriate. The prime minister raised troops to eliminate violence in order to rejuvenate the country. He has always been loyal and sincere, and kept the reality of retreat. How can we violate it?" The prime minister's mind?"

The implication is that everyone understands in their hearts.

Xun Yu did not support Cao Cao to go further.

He is already the prime minister, and he is in charge of the power of soldiers and horses, and he is named a county marquis. If a minister can do this, he is already invincible, and if he goes any further, he will be treasonous.

Cao Cao in Xun Yu's heart is loyal to the big man, and the proposal of Dong He and others is to push Cao Cao into a situation of infidelity and injustice.

Although it is not a proposal to seal the king, it is a proposal to seal the Duke.

However, the Han Dynasty did not have the noble title of "Duke". In the 400 years of the Han Dynasty, there was only one person who was a Duke, and that person was Wang Mang. If it is revealed, the next step must be the King of Wei. Gaozu has taught: different surnames are not allowed to be kings!
If they are already kings of Wei who cannot be tolerated by the Han Dynasty, how far are they from Emperor Wei?

Autumn of the 12th year of Jian'an
It was rainy, cool and pleasant.

Guo Jia and Jia Xu sit and play chess against each other in the gazebo of the mansion.

With a smile on her face, Jia Xu settled the chess pieces very calmly.

"The next official still can't guess how the lord will play this game of chess."

What Jia Xu said had more meaning than words.

Whether Guo Jia wanted to send troops from Hangu Pass to fight Cao Cao, or to send troops from Badong, Hanzhong to sweep Jingzhou first, no one among the officials could guess.

Guo Jia looked at Qiu Yu, softly and silently, and said lightly: "The world is about to usher in a change in the order of the tripod."

When Jia Xu heard the words, her thoughts changed sharply, but she still couldn't figure out what Guo Jia was referring to.

Guo Jia held the chess pieces between his fingers and fell one by one, thinking to himself: Chibi, it's not far away.

While the two were playing chess leisurely, someone broke in without notification.

Guo Jia raised his eyes, full of astonishment.

Xi Zhicai's sleeve robe was wet by the rain, his expression was in a trance, wet marks were all over his face, and tears could be clearly seen flowing down.

"My lord, Wen Ruo, Wen Ruo, is dead."

After finishing speaking, Xi Zhicai, the man who was the head of civil servants under Guo Jia's command, actually sat down on the ground, crying loudly.

Still holding the chess piece in his hand, Guo Jia stood up with a bloodless face, and opened his mouth to make Xi Zhicai repeat what he just said, but his lips moved but he couldn't say a word, and the tears in his shocked eyes were uncontrollable Suddenly gushing out, Guo Jia suddenly felt dizzy and fell down.

After the rain, the sky cleared up.

People in Chengdu, regardless of literature and martial arts, gathered in Guo's mansion and guarded in front of Guo Jia's room.

Guo Jia's fainting made everyone's hearts hang.

Fortunately, Guo Jia was fine after waking up, so all the civil and military officials dispersed. Guo Jia even drove his wife and concubines out of the room, lying on the bed alone, covering his head with the quilt, and crying loudly.

After staying at home for two months and ignoring political affairs, Guo Jia became very depressed.

And at this time, someone from the Central Plains came to see Guo Jia.

Xun Yun.

Guo Jia received him at home, because in Guo Jia's eyes, he was not an outsider, but Xun Yu's son.

Xun Yun was also immersed in the pain of losing his father, dressed in sackcloth and filial piety, he came to Guo Jia with a square box in his arms, and just called a messenger, the haggard Guo Jia said to him gently: "Don't see Besides, this is my home, you can call me uncle."

Xun Yun held back his tears and nodded. He presented the box to Guo Jia and said, "Uncle, this is what my father asked me to give to you before he died."

Guo Jia took the box, stretched out his hand and pressed it, with a sad face, closed his eyes to hold back the tears, took a deep breath, and then slowly opened the box.

Inside lay a piece of white silk quietly, although it was folded, one could still see the bright red color inside the white silk.

Guo Jia opened the piece of white silk with trembling hands, and there were four thick bloody characters on it.

Destroy Cao Fuhan!

(End of this chapter)