Three Kingdoms: The Reverse Son of the Guan Family, Dragon Blessing Jingxiang

The cold moonlight leaked brilliance from the window lattice of Cao Cao's study.

Cheng Yu's brows were furrowed, as if he was in endless contemplation.

Cao Cao asked him to choose, but he didn't open his mouth in the end, but when he presented the two bamboo slips to Cao Cao again.

Obviously, Cao Zhi's article "Recruiting Widows and Distributing Military Households" is at the top, while Cao Pi's "Nine-Rank Officials Law" is at the bottom.

Cheng Yu made his choice in his own way.

He also used his actions to choose to stand firmly on the side of Cao Cao instead of the clan.

"Hahaha…"

Cao Cao laughed knowingly, "It's really embarrassing for Zhongde!"

Cheng Yu pondered for a moment, and his words were perfect and watertight, "No matter which article it is, anyone who can write such a chapter can be regarded as a great talent... It seems that both young masters have expert help behind them, and they are matched against each other!"

"Haha..." Cao Cao continued to laugh, and while laughing, he pondered: "Zhongde, what if I tell you that Zihuan and Zihuan are the same master after fitness?"

this…

Cheng Yu was startled and quickly asked: "Who is it?"

"Li Miao!" Cao Cao's tone suddenly became cold, "This little-known one of the 'Three Dragons of the Li Family' is a bit interesting..."

Cheng Yu suddenly realized, "Could it be that...Li Miao offered his plans to the two young masters one after another, and it was these two plans, right?"

"It's not just these two tricks!" Cao Cao sighed with a smile: "Zijian actually proposed to Gu to severely punish Yang Dezu..."

ah--

Cheng Yu was startled.

Cao Cao continued, "When I came back from this trip, I was pleasantly surprised to find that Zijian's mind and scheming have greatly improved."

"What the Prime Minister means..." Cheng Yu seemed to have tasted something from Cao Cao's words, "Li Miao is named Mr. Zihuan, but he is actually Mr. Zijian?"

"Ha ha ha ha…"

Cao Cao did not answer. He continued to laugh heartily. When the laughter completely subsided, Cao Cao said: "Since Li Miao is so interesting, then I will give Li Miao a try for these two sons!"

Having said this, Cao Cao stretched out his long sleeves and said, "Where is the Tiger Marquis?"

"The general is here!"

Xu Chu walked in quickly.

Cao Cao ordered: "Tomorrow at noon I will have a banquet for the guests and review the drum music played by the drummers. I heard that the madmen are all good at drums, so I am looking forward to it. Can Li Miao beat the drum sound like Ni Heng?"

"Prime Minister..." before Cheng Yu could speak.

Cao Cao's words continued, this time with deep emotion and contemplation.

"In the past, I wanted to humiliate Mi Heng, but I didn't expect to be humiliated by Mi Heng naked. Tomorrow's drum music, who will humiliate whom?"

"Also tell Zihuan and Zijian to go and listen to the sonorous drums!"

Cheng Yu was a little confused as to how Cao Cao wanted to test this Li Miao.

But such a solemn order and such a solemn arrangement allowed the two young masters to participate.

It’s bound to…

Tomorrow's drum music will definitely be "passionate" and "tragic"!

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Jiangling City, it’s dead of night.

Lu Meng's eldest son, Lu Cong, and his legitimate son, Lu Ba, were led through dark corridors by a man masked in black cloth.

Every turn, every door opened, Lu Cong and Lu Ba became more excited.

The reason why they were excited was because Miss Wen of Parrot sent them the news that Huang Laoxie's identity was revealed. In addition, Huang Laoxie's head was also cut off.

It’s time to pay with one hand and deliver with the other.

After walking through the last corridor, Ling Ju appeared in front of the two of them, dressed in a red robe, a bamboo hat, and a green gauze veil.

There were more masked men around Lingju this time, standing guard with knives.

"Ahem..."

Lu Cong coughed lightly, looking a little nervous as always.

But Lu Ba opened his mouth and said: "Miss Wen sent someone to tell my brother that Huang Laoxie was found out and his head was cut off? Is this really true?"

Lingju didn't speak, but the guard beside him opened his mouth first.

"How can what my young lady said be false? Did you bring the gold?"

Lu Ba nodded, clapped his hands, and a follower brought three big boxes in. Lu Ba opened the box, and the light emitted from the box full of gold made people feel the most tangible eight words - golden light, shining. Shine.

It seemed that because of the revelation of gold, Lu Cong suddenly gained a lot of confidence, and he opened his mouth.

"We understand the rules. We have paid a deposit before, and this is the final payment, but...Miss Wen always wants to tell us, who is Huang Laoxie? Where is his head? And how to prove that he is Huang Laoxie?"

"That's right, that's right." Lu Ba shouted loudly: "Miss Wen, you should take out Huang Laoxie's head quickly? He is already dead, why are you still hiding it? Could it be that Miss Wen is bluffing us? ?”

"puff--"

The words of Lu Cong and Lu Ba made Lingju laugh out loud.

"Have you forgotten that I have said before that Parrot only seeks money? Besides, if you two can find me, it proves that the power behind them is not small. There is no need for Parrot to lie to you. There is such an enemy."

As he spoke, Lingju clapped his hands gently.

Immediately, a wooden box was brought up by his subordinates and placed on the table behind him.

There was still blood on the outside of the wooden box. Lingju pointed at the wooden box and said, "What's inside is the head of Huang Laoxie you want... As for how to prove that he is Huang Laoxie, the two young masters took a look. Then you’ll know.”

As he spoke, Lingju slowly took two steps to one side, as if he didn't want to see the bloody scene when opening the box.

And as his words fell.

Lu Cong and Lu Ba couldn't wait to step forward.

They both murmured in their hearts:

——"Huang Laoxie's identity?" Can you tell at a glance? Could it be that...this Huang Laoxie is a 'famous' person? Or is he an important person in Jiangling City? It can't be that Guan Yu, right? 』

Lingju's words whetted the appetite of the two of them...

Lu Cong and Lu Ba walked quickly to the wooden box, staring at the wooden box with their eyes, their attention attracted by the blood that was constantly seeping out.

They couldn't wait to open the wooden box.

With a "crunch", the door of the box opened, but... what came into view was... a... a sheep's head?

"this…"

"temperature…"

Lu Cong and Lu Ba were about to speak when they heard two "bang" and "bang" sounds behind them, and two sap sticks were hammered down on the backs of their heads.

"ah--"

With a crisp sound, the two fell to the ground.

Next, in this secret room, there was only the crisp "dong dong" sound when the two people fell.

For a moment, a spark suddenly flashed in this dark secret room.

Parrot's killers were well prepared. They quickly threw out hidden weapons and killed all the troops brought by Lu Cong and Lu Ba in a matter of seconds.

The scene was extremely bloody and violent.

Lingju clapped her hands gently and took off the Qingluo gauze covering her face. She had long been accustomed to such a scene.

She calmly ordered: "Tie them both up, splash them with water, and interrogate them overnight! Before tomorrow morning, I want to know their identities and the forces behind them..."

Lingju's voice was extremely cold, as if he had no expression at all.

As if, the well-behaved and lovely Lingju in front of his mother Diao Chan...

As long as she leaves her mother and joins the "parrot", Lingju can turn into a "killing without batting an eye" female devil overnight.

——As long as she is willing!

"yes…"

A group of killers responded in unison.

Lingju noticed the three boxes of gold. She smiled and said, "Take advantage of the night to take these to Thieves Cao's office and hand them over to Fourth Young Master Guan!"

"yes…"

As a group of killers responded again.

Lingju had slowly turned around and walked towards the corridor beside him with vigorous steps.

Lingju is a fastidious person.

It doesn't matter if he repays his kindness or he shares the same hatred with the enemy and kills Cao Cao.

As long as she joins the Guan family and his son's camp, she, Lingju and Parrot, still need a "letter of nomination"!

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Fancheng, the residence of General Wu Guan.

Cao Pi, Cao Zhen, Sima Yi, Chen Qun, and Liu Zhen were sitting around the fire, discussing the "Nine-Rank Officials' Law" presented by Cao Pi.

Cao Zhen said: "Look, Zihuan, you shouldn't have listened to Li Miao's nonsense and presented you with that bullshit "Nine-grade Officials' Law". It's fine now. It made your father angry, but it was the letter presented by Zijian." Although your father did not praise the proposal of "Recruiting Widows", at least he was not as nervous as he was with you."

Cao Zhen's father's name is Cao Shao, and he is a clansman of Cao Cao.

During the crusade against Dong Zhuo, he recruited troops for Cao Cao and was killed by the local governor. Because of this, Cao Zhen lost his father when he was young and was adopted by Cao Cao as his own son.

And because they were similar in age to Cao Pi, the two had a tacit understanding and got very close.

At this moment, he looked dejected and stamped his feet...

He kept shouting, "Zihuan, you... you are usually quite smart. Why... why did you let lard fool you this time? Just... you just... listened to Li Miao's slander. You don't want to think about your father either." If he would compromise with the clan, would he still be called Wei Gong? Will Xun Lingjun still die? You... ahem... alas..."

Cao Pi quickly replied: "Zidan, don't be so irritable, can't you see it? In recent years, just because my father was proclaimed Duke, and just because of Xun Lingjun's death, the entire Central Plains has been in such turmoil? In the past three years, the rebellions in the Central Plains and the north have been Eight times if not ten times? What does this mean? It means that the energy of the family cannot be underestimated, and compared with Zijian, I am not favored by my father. This is the only power I can use!"

Cao Zhen could understand Cao Pi's worries, and he could also understand the compromises he had to make for the sake of his position as the heir apparent.

But as a member of the clan, Cao Zhen was particularly aggrieved: "But... you can't just... give up the power of selecting officials to outsiders!"

"Not allowed to go out? How can we get the families to support Mr. Zihuan?"

Young Chen Qun opened his mouth and said: "Young Master Zihuan is right. Prime Minister Cao's preference determines the attitude of the clan to a certain extent. But after rushing to Young Master, Prime Minister Cao loves Young Master Zhi the most. On this point... Zi Huan has already Countless efforts have been made, but with little success..."

"To tell you the truth, many parts of the "Nine-grade Officials' Law" coincide with my thoughts over the years...not to mention that Zihuan was able to win over the support of many scholars through this. The law is far better than the inspection of the Han Dynasty...This method of selecting people can give the world more hope!"

Liu Zhenze said: "Actually, Mr. Li also mentioned to Zihuan that the "Nine Ranks of Officials Law" is good, but Prime Minister Cao may not listen to it, and may even get angry because of it. Mr. Li let Zihuan make his own choice. , Do you want to be a filial son? Always do things according to Prime Minister Cao's instructions, use this filial piety to impress Prime Minister Cao, and compete for the heir apparent?"

"Or should I be a rebellious son... Use the right way to accumulate energy, and then fight against Prime Minister Cao, and fight for the crown prince in a fierce way? At least in Jiangling, the behavior of the Guan family's rebellious son Guan Lin proves... Even if you are a rebellious son, this The road is still open!"

As everyone expressed their opinions, Sima Yi remained silent. Cao Pi leaned over and asked, "Zhongda? Everyone has talked about the "Nine-Rank Officials Law", why didn't you say a word?"

Sima Yi replied: "I was thinking about what Cao Cheng said to Zi Huan..."

ah…

Cao Pi was startled.

He realized that what Sima Yi was referring to was the sentence left by his father:

——"To achieve their goals, they have learned to unite with outsiders and fight against each other!"

——"Very good, you look like Gu's son!"

Sima Yi continued: "The Prime Minister is the hero of the world. You must understand what he says and what he has not said. If you want to think what he thinks, you must also think what he has not thought."

Cao Zhen was impatient: "Can you just speak human language?"

Cao Pi asked: "What did my father never say? What did he never think about?"

Sima Yi shook his head, "The Prime Minister's heart is as deep as the sea. We can't understand it easily. I have to think about it carefully and don't make mistakes... However, this letter is exquisite and can help Mr. Huan unite the "Ninth Rank Officials" of various aristocratic families. "Fa", since Mr. Li can dedicate it to Zi Huan, it is enough to confirm that he is someone Zi Huan can trust!"

Cao Zhen said sarcastically: "You said a lot, but it's as if you didn't say anything! You still want to think... At the noon banquet, Prime Minister Cao directly announced that he would use Zijian's letter "Recruiting Widows and Distributing Military Households" 》... In my opinion, you are entertaining Zihuan, right?"

Sima Yi bowed and stood up: "If Zihuan believes in me, let me think about it more. If you can't believe me, I will resign immediately..."

Cao Pi stretched out his hand to stop him, "Zhongda, sit down!"

He glanced at Cao Zhen reproachfully, "Think slowly, and think clearly about how I will deal with it next... and Mr. Li? My father must have ordered it because of the "Nine-grade Officials Law", at noon At the banquet, the drummers were checking the drum music, and Mr. Li was brought into the banquet. The last time such an arrangement was made by Mi Heng... My father must be angry with me, so I turned my anger on him. My father wanted to humiliate him. How does he handle himself?"

When Cao Pi spoke, Sima Yi had already fallen into deep thought.

It was as if he was connecting everything together.

Chen Qun in the hall couldn't help sighing. He wanted to talk to Sima Yi but didn't dare. Cao Zhen drank one glass after another anxiously, but he didn't disturb Sima Yi, who was frowning and meditating.

Cao Pi stood at the door, looking at the clear sky and bright moon. His concubine, Queen Guo Zhaoguo, came out and gently put a cloak on Cao Pi's body.

Cao Pi looked at Guo Zhao and was surprised at first: "Is it you?"

He originally thought it would be Mrs. Zhen Mi...

well…

Immediately, Cao Pi said with emotion: "I show my poems and clear songs and talk about self-forgiveness, and my heart is broken by the joy and sorrow. I can't sleep on my pillow. I put on my clothes and walk east and west, look up at the stars and the moon and look at the clouds... Look at the position of the heir apparent. The fight for the throne is just like walking on thin ice, with dangers everywhere! Are you scared too?"

Guo Zhao shook her head. She took Cao Pi's hand and gently warmed his cold hand.

She moaned lightly: "I'm not afraid..."

This sentence "not afraid" seemed to melt Cao Pi's cold heart.

There was also a fire burning in the hall, and it was burning brighter and brighter in Sima Yi's worried eyes.

a long time…

It’s getting twilight…

After a long time...it's almost noon.

Sima Yi finally struggled to move his legs, which were numb all night long, and stood up: "The banquet at noon is called a banquet, but it is a test set by Prime Minister Cao. It is a test of Zihuan and Zijian's response... It is also a test of the officials' understanding of "Nineteenth Five-Year Plan". "The Law of Officials and Personnel", what are your views on "Conscripting Widows and Granting Military Households"..."

"Prime Minister Cao wants to force the two young masters to clearly distinguish their camps, and also to force the nobility and the clan to clearly distinguish. Zihuan...you have to think carefully. If you take this step, you will not only gain the support of the nobility, but also usher in the deep relationship between the clan and the clan. Deep resentment…”

"Zihuan, please think carefully. Although the move proposed by Mr. Li Miao is exquisite, it is a dangerous move! He is asking Zihuan to risk his life. Bet that Prime Minister Cao will eventually...eventually compromise with the nobles!" Huan, do you dare to risk your life?"

this…

For a moment, Cao Pi pondered, as if he had fallen into some kind of deep thought.

Cao Zhen grinned and cursed: "You thought about it all night and just came up with such nonsense?"

Cao Pi sat in front of Sima Yi. He gave Sima Yi a deep look and said, "Wash your face before leaving. You come with me to the banquet. You are mine. Even if you lose the bet and lose your life, you will still be there." Be well groomed and die generously!"

"yes!"

Following Sima Yi's words, Cao Zhen looked at the two people who had a tacit understanding, and an incomprehensible and abandoned anger surged into his heart.

It seems that Zihuan will stand firmly on the side of the gentry!

But Cao Zhen is a member of the clan, how should he deal with this?

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At noon, Li Miao was brought to Cao Cao's banquet in Fancheng.

I saw the warriors in the corridor all holding halberds, and the blades of their armor and halberds shone coldly.

From a distance, Li Miao heard the voices of several important officials in the hall.

"Prime Minister Cao is now the Duke of the country, and he has settled the country in Yecheng. He should establish his son as soon as possible!"

The ministers echoed: "The prince of the country is uncertain and the world is uneasy. Please prime minister to establish a heir apparent as soon as possible."

These ministers came specially from Xudu after hearing that Cao Cao had returned.

I also heard about the letter "Nine Ranks of Officials" presented by Cao Pi, and immediately decided to stand on Cao Pi's side. Today... we made an appointment to come and give our advice.

Cao Cao waved his hands displeased, "Okay, okay, you are all more impatient than I am. Sit down. Today is a banquet. We only listen to drums and music, and don't talk about state affairs. We don't talk about state affairs!"

A group of ministers retreated to their seats.

Li Miao noticed that the second son Cao Pi and the fourth son Cao Zhi were there, but Yang Xiu saw Li Miao and walked quickly to his side and whispered in his ear.

"The Prime Minister doesn't like madmen. If you fight like this, I'm afraid I might kill your spirit, just like Mi Heng did before... You must not..."

"Hahahaha..." Li Miao laughed immediately.

But his heart was screaming.

——"He finally came here, finally able to follow Mi Heng..."

——"Back then, Mi Heng humiliated Cao Cao by beating drums while naked and became famous all over the world. 』

——"What shall I, Li Miao, do today?" 』

At this moment, the guard at the door reported: "The Prime Minister has summoned Li Miao!"

Yang Xiu walked past him with worry, and Li Miao walked into the hall with his head held high.

He knew...he also knew that if he wanted to achieve something, if he wanted to join the Cao family's son, if he wanted to stir up the turmoil within Cao Wei, he would have to pass Cao Cao sooner or later.

Li Miao walked up to Cao Cao but did not salute.

Cao Cao looked directly into Li Miao's eyes.

"Why don't you worship me when you see me alone?"

"I am not a minister of Wei, but I am just a common citizen. I should worship the emperor and the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, but I cannot worship Duke Wei?"

Following Li Miao's words, Xu Chu, who was beside Cao Cao, immediately blurted out.

"Be bold!"

Cao Cao didn't mind, he still smiled and said: "Haha, I heard that there was a madman in Shu who scolded Xuande at the banquet and Guan Gong in Jiangling City. This reminded me of Mi Heng. Mi Heng scolded Xun Lingjun as a pretty boy. Zhao Rong is a loser, scolded Sima Lang for being a fat man who is fit to be a butcher, scolded Chen Qun for only selling wine... I would like to know, which one is more arrogant, Mi Heng or you, Li Miao?"

Li Miao narrowed his eyes and met Cao Cao's smile.

He saw the coldness in Cao Cao's eyes and was shocked, but countless preparations and countless fantasies about this scene allowed him to deal with this moment calmly.

After Cao Cao spoke, he smiled and said nothing. In the oppressive silence, you could feel the tension in the air.

"Turn around..."

Li Miao took a deep breath and turned around with his head held high.

Cao Cao looked at him and thought deeply: "In the past, Mi Heng was famous all over the world for his drum song "Yuyang Ginseng". You are ten times more talented than him. Do you dare to play the drum song "Yuyang Ginseng" too? "Lao"? Let me listen to the sonorous drum sound again."

"Why don't you dare?"

"Go, go...haha...hahaha!"

After hearing this, Li Miao walked straight towards the drum formation. His conversation with Cao Cao attracted the attention of everyone at the banquet.

Cao Zhi's heart was also deeply clenched.

Yang Xiu pursed his lips and thought to himself.

"Mr. Li... you need to break the situation that Mi Heng failed to break back then!" 』

Cao Pi also frowned, but Sima Yi was in a complicated mood. He seemed to have expected what Cao Cao was going to do. When... he became Cao Pi's staff, Cao Cao also "oppressed" him in this way.

That time, Cao Cao asked him to step back first, and then suddenly raised his hand and overturned the inkstone.

Sima Yi was startled by the voice and turned around suddenly.

Cao Cao's eyes were wide open, and he was victorious. He just wanted to see the "opponent's" unprepared look in his eyes. At that time, Cao Cao shouted - "Sure enough, it's true that the eagle is watching the wolf!"

Recalling that moment again, Sima Yi couldn't help but feel frightened, especially from behind.

And it was just as Sima Yi expected.

With a "clang", Cao Cao directly overturned the wine pot and wine cup on the table. The sound of "clang, clang, clang" could not be heard. Li Miao was startled by the sound and turned around suddenly.

Cao Cao looked directly into his most real eyes, which were completely different from Sima Yi's "eagle looking at the wolf"... Li Miao's eyes were as calm as lake water.

Cao Cao couldn't help but be shocked.

——"Is he prepared?" Or is the mind just so peaceful? 』

--"otherwise? How can one be so calm and composed? 』

"Does the Prime Minister have any other instructions?"

Li Miao asked Cao Cao.

Cao Cao smiled, "You Heng would rather play the drums naked than change the drummer's robe, Li Miao? I am very curious, would you change the drummer's robe or not?"

Following Cao Cao's words...

A guard presented the drummer's robe to Li Miao.

Li Miao turned a deaf ear and suddenly raised his head, pointing at Cao Cao's nose——

"Cao Mengde, do you think you are the only one in the world who dares to humiliate you?"

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