At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Cao Lan put away her smile and looked at Guo Peng.

Guo Peng froze for a moment, and then put away his smile.

"I'm afraid you will blame me."

Cao Lan pursed her lips.

"The dignified Emperor Wei, under the sky, above ten thousand people, even if this is the case, will there be times of fear?"

Guo Peng nodded.

"In the whole world, you are the only one to be afraid of. Others can't make me afraid. If I am afraid, they must die."

Cao Lan was silent for a while, then reached out to pick up a piece of pork ribs with chopsticks and put it in Guo Peng's bowl.

"My queen, what I have done is really envied by the world. I can actually make the emperor in the world afraid. If those ministers find out, they will definitely be envious to death."

Guo Peng put down the bowl and chopsticks.

"Alan, I am not only your husband, Ajin's father, but also the emperor of Wei. I told you that my weight as an emperor far exceeds that of other identities. Everything else will be put in the back seat." , whatever it is."

"So, will you do the same thing to elder brother in the future? Or Zihe, Wen Lie, and Zixiu Zijian."

Guo Peng knew that Cao Lan was referring to members of the Cao clan who were still active in the court.

Now that Guo Peng has attacked Cao Ren and Cao Hong, it is hard to say whether he will attack other members of the Cao clan in the future.

Cao Lan thought about it this way.

"Not now, but I'm not sure if it will be in the future. Once I think they are a threat, I won't keep my hands."

"..."

Cao Lan seems to be accustomed to Guo Peng's frankness.

Finally, she sighed faintly.

"Peng Lang, if you hadn't been emperor, we would have been more carefree and happier than we are now, right?"

"Of course, if I hadn't been the emperor, we would have had more children and stayed together longer. I would accompany you to all the places in the world that you can go."

Guo Peng smiled slightly.

If at that historical crossroads, I did not choose to walk my own path.

Instead, he chose to follow Cao Cao step by step, watching him step by step on the original path, from Han Chen to Duke Wei and King Wei.

Then everything about yourself will be different.

Chapter 1339 One Thousand 240 Nine Lives Let's Live This Life Together Again

Before becoming Captain Huwumaru, Guo Peng always wanted to hug Cao Cao's thigh, follow Cao Cao's footsteps, become Cao Wei's meritorious veteran, and spend a long life with Cao Lan.

At that time, he never thought of fighting for hegemony and becoming a person who could dominate the direction of history.

If he really kept going like that, everything he experienced must be completely different.

Maybe he will help Cao Cao do something different.

Maybe he won't let Cao Cao be defeated so easily by Xu Rong, but help him fight hard and gain more political capital.

Maybe he won't let Cao Cao kill Bian Rang, and won't let Chen Gong change his mind, so that he can defeat Lu Bu and subdue Zhang Liao more smoothly.

Maybe he won't let Cao Song die, won't let Cao Cao kill and lose people's hearts in Xuzhou, and try his best to preserve Xuzhou's vitality.

Maybe he will kill Liu Guanzhang in Xuzhou, so that they won't have the chance to go south to join Liu Biao.

Maybe he will directly kill Zhang Xiu in Wancheng, surrender Jia Xu, save the lives of Cao Ang and Dian Wei, and give them more room for development.

Maybe he will educate Guo Jia severely so that he will keep fit so that he will not die in northern Xinjiang on the eve of Chibi.

Maybe he will help Cao Cao plan carefully, be careful not to lose the battle of Chibi, so that he loses the best chance to unify the country, and make the three-point world really become a reality...

He can do many, many things.

However, he will not walk on the road of power alone and cannot turn back like he is now, becoming an out-and-out lonely husband.

He has no ambitions, and because of Cao Lan, he will become one of Cao's own people, trusted by Cao Cao and Cao Ang, and enjoy the glory and wealth in peace, without any troubles in his life.

He will definitely be much more relaxed and happy than now, and he will also have a much better reputation than now. He will lead the Guo family to become a top gentry, and in the future, the Guo family will smoothly evolve into a powerful family, stirring up wind and rain, and reaching the peak.

But, if that's the case...

Everything that the Wei Empire has today will not be reproduced, will it?

Cao Wei may be an enhanced version of Cao Wei, but it will not become the current Guo Wei Empire after all.

Cao Wei may not be able to eliminate the gentry.

Perhaps the powerful manor owner cannot be eliminated.

Perhaps it is impossible to protect the people of the world and let them live like individuals.

As a subject, he couldn't do so many unexpected things like he did as an emperor after all.

That was not what he wanted to see.

What he longed for was a country where the people of Li could live a little like individuals.

It is a country that promotes imperial examinations, which can slightly open a way to the sky for the people at the bottom.

It is a country that can amaze and be proud of future generations, and create more evidence [from ancient times] for future generations.

This may be something that the Cao Wei Empire would never be able to do, and it was something he would never be able to do as a courtier.

The only one who can do all this is the emperor, only the husband.

He doesn't want to be just a fellow who eats and waits to die, has no ambitions and blends into the ruling group.

He didn't want to enjoy the so-called Wei-Jin romance and immortality, and he didn't want to become mentally disturbed by taking drugs, and he also wanted to be touted as a spiritual mentor by the petty bourgeoisie of later generations.

He would rather be the tyrant who has been scolded by scholars for hundreds of years and will be smashed to pieces forever.

He would rather be that bloodthirsty solitary husband who will annoy future generations when they mention it.

He would rather lose everything, but he can let the entire Wei Empire take an unimagined path and keep the spark of hope.

In just a short moment, Guo Peng thought a lot, and finally decided that he would not make any changes.

In the future, he will do more ruthless things to make the officials tremble under his coercion, terrified, and terrified all day long.

If he is the emperor for a day, he will keep the officials alert for a day.

Cao Lan also thought a lot.

She knew that after such a thing happened, the two of them were doomed to be inseparable in this life, and they would never regain the feeling of being innocent in the past.

Blood, kinship, love, interests, all kinds of factors are intertwined, cut off constantly, reason is still chaotic, everything can't go back.

She also knew that if Guo Peng wanted to do anything in the future, he would not discuss it with her, nor would he care about her.

She doesn't know what Cao's future will be like, and she can't change it.

So she began to fantasize about a world where only the two of them were excluded from all distracting factors.

So she showed a gentle smile.

"Maybe we'll be happier if that's the case?"

"It will definitely be happier. Regardless of other things, it must be the best choice for the two of us."

Guo Peng affirmed: "So, Alan, let's live this kind of life together in the next life, don't care about anything, just be such a carefree rich family, and live as you want."

Guo Peng reached out and took Cao Lan's hand, holding it tightly.

Cao Lan's face was full of astonishment, and after a while, she showed a little sadness. In the end, her eye circles were still red, and she couldn't hold back her tears.

"Can people have an afterlife?"

Cao Lan cried and asked Guo Peng.

"I don't know, but I hope there is."

Guo Peng thought for a while, and felt that such a statement might be a bit wrong.

So he moved the chair to Cao Lan's side, took her into his arms, and said, "There must be. In the next life, I will find you again. In the next life, we are all living in a peaceful and prosperous age. I will not be the emperor anymore. I will accompany you." looking at you."

Cao Lan snuggled into Guo Peng's arms and cried louder.

"If a person has an afterlife, can he still remember things from his previous life? Anyway, I can't think of it, so I think there should be no afterlife, so what should I do? You can't find me, and I can't find you, so what should I do? ?”

Cao Lan's questions were very deep and wide-ranging, involving many questions that Guo, who was full of intrigues and schemes, could not answer.

Guo can answer many questions about tactics, but he is really powerless on this kind of question and can't think of an answer.

After thinking for a long time, he only thought of an uncertain way.

"Then... Otherwise, let's leave a mark on each other, leave a mark that will never be forgotten, and one that can be remembered at a glance. In this way, it should be fine, right?"

"What mark is it?"

"For example, bite each other's shoulders and leave a deep tooth mark..."

"..."

Cao Lan was silent for a while, then burst out laughing.

"What kind of method is this? You can think of it? If you bite and leave a mark, don't you bleed? You must apply medicine. If people find out, the emperor and queen bit each other, this... How is this going to be laughed at?"

Guo Peng thought about the scene and thought it was really funny, so he couldn't help but also laughed.

After all, he couldn't find a way to find Cao Lan to spend his whole life with her in his next life.

That night, he stayed in the Hall of Mental Cultivation without leaving the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

For several days after that, Guo Peng worked in the South Study during the day, and went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to eat and sleep with Cao Lan at night.

As if you already know that you will be separated, use up your last strength and remember the tenderness now.

Even so, the tearing pain in Guo Peng's heart has not eased.

After more than ten days, under Cao Lan's persuasion, Guo Peng went to see Tian Rou and Mi Zhen.

Tian Rou is okay, Guo Peng just sent Tian Feng to Yunzhou, and still holds some power, but it is far less beautiful than when Tian Feng was a minister.

Guo Peng did not kill Tian clan members either.

So with a few words, Tian Ruan and Tian Rou became as good as before.

Tian Rou also didn't say anything about Tian Feng, and she didn't mention that she hoped Guo Peng could do something to make Tian's better. This is undoubtedly a good plus point.

None of the women these families choose to send to them is a fool.

Mi Zhen's situation is not so good.

Because Guo Peng not only deprived the Mi family of their property, but also killed a group of Mi clan members who annexed land in the local area, as a deterrent to the whole society.

The Mi family was hit hard, and now they can only live in the surrounding area of ​​Luoyang, leading a life of peasants, completely lost power, and the only hope is Mi Zhen in the palace.

Mi Zhen didn't say a word or anything during the whole process, as if she didn't care about this matter.

But Guo Peng is very clear, this is by no means indifference.

chapter 1340 one thousand two hundred and fifty

Guo Peng's fourth son, Guo Hu, and third daughter, Guo Jue, are both Mi Zhen's children. They came to visit Guo Peng a few days ago and said that Mi Zhen was crying very sadly.

They hoped that Guo Peng could visit Mi Zhen, persuade Mi Zhen, and not be so cruel to the Mi family.

Guo Peng couldn't bear it a little bit, because Mi Zhen was the woman who had served him the longest time besides Cao Lan, and it was impossible to say that she had no feelings at all.

Even so, when someone from the Mi family annexed the land for such a reason, he would not hold back at all.

Mi Zhen didn't say anything, just shed tears in the palace, her body became thinner and thinner, and she fell ill after returning to the palace in the first month.

At the beginning of March, Guo Peng went to visit Mi Zhen under Cao Lan's persuasion.