I am not in the position of Zen [Three Kingdoms]

The maid served tea for the two, and the smell of green onion and ginger immediately permeated the hall, very refreshing.Seeing the emerald green bracelet on the maid's hand, Cao Cao couldn't help but feel moved.

After finishing the tea, Xia Houyuan was sent by Cao Cao to inquire about the news: "Go to the Listening Book Building of the Luoyang Inn and listen carefully. Listen more, read more and think more. But this time, don't go out alone. There are soldiers from Yuzhou outside the city. Stationed, Luoyang is afraid that there will be chaos at any time, so bring two followers with you."

Seeing Brother Cong's serious expression, Xia Houyuan didn't dare to ask any more questions, and obediently led him out.When he went out, Cao Cao took a pen and paper and wrote a letter in the study alone.After half a cup of tea, he sealed the letter tightly, put it on the table, and then tightly closed the doors in the study.He raised his sword, led his horse out, and left the mansion in a hurry.

Seeing Cao Cao leave, the maid just now came out of the hall quietly with a tea tray.She looked around, and after confirming that there was no one around the study room, she was still worried, so she went to tell the boy who was tending the fruit trees in front of the yard: "Look at it for me, if someone comes, hurry up and make a noise to remind me." After finishing speaking, Holding her skirt, the maid ran quickly into the study.

She saw the sealed letter on the desk at a glance, and she couldn't help but feel happy: "If there is any important information, you can get a reward." Unfortunately, this letter was sent by the owner of the house and cannot be taken away directly.The maid hurriedly reached out to the envelope, quickly opened it, took out a blank paper from her pocket, and hurriedly copied it with the wet ink on the table.

However, before she could finish writing, there was a crisp sound of drawing a sword, and the maid hurriedly turned her head, but a long sword was already across her snow-white neck.The maid swallowed nervously, and said with difficulty: "Master... why are you back?"

Cao Cao, who specially came back from the back door, suppressed his anger, and said in a low voice, "Who sent you here?"

Where the maid was pointed at by a sword, she panicked and begged for mercy: "Master, spare your life! Master, please forgive me!"

"Tell me about your behind-the-scenes instigation, and spare your life."

"Slave... I don't even know!"

Cao Cao's subordinates exerted a little force, and the sword drew a bloodstain on the maid's fragile neck, and the blood dripped to the ground.

The maid was in pain and fear, trembling all over, crying and saying: "Master, I really don't know, that man never said who he is."

Seeing that the maid's fear did not seem to be fake, Cao Cao asked again in a low voice: "Then how did you get in touch?"

"Every time I get a message, I will give the boy in the teahouse behind the door ten pennies and a letter, and that person will take it for himself."

"Death is imminent, and you are still lying." Cao Cao sneered: "If you really don't meet, how did you get the benefits he gave you?"

"Slave sentence is true! Slave is from Luoyang, and the money and benefits are all sent by him directly to Slave's parents."

"The letter from Chen Liu was indeed stolen by you." Without calling anyone, Cao Cao took the rope himself and tied the maid tightly: "Say, which concierge are you conspiring with?" It was impossible to get the letter without showing a trace.

After interrogating the maid, Cao Cao tied up more than a dozen people in the mansion after Xia Houyuan came back, and interrogated them one by one.The more he interrogated Cao Cao, the more terrified he became. How many people can be used in his house?No matter whether it is the old man who bought the dead contract in the original mansion or the newcomer who signed the living contract in the shop, they all cover each other, which is obviously tricky.Who the hell is it that went to such lengths to target him, a little lieutenant of the Dianjun?

Cao Cao learned the contents of Chen Liulai's letter from the maid, and anxiously paced in the hall: "They actually joined forces with Zhang Miao and entered Sili Prefecture!"

Xia Houyuan looked shocked: "Now that Dong Zhuo is under execution and Luoyang is at peace, why would you raise an army?"

"Alas!" Cao Cao sighed heavily with his hands behind his back, "Is Zhang Miao likely to be insane after listening to Yuan Shao's bewitchment like Kong Ni?"

"But elder brother clearly wrote a letter, telling Yuan Rang and Brother Zixiao not to cause trouble, and wait for you to successfully recommend to the court to send troops to the Huns together! Even if Zhang Miao raised troops, why did they follow?"

"I'm afraid that the arrow is on the string, so we have to launch it. After all, Zhang Miao is the prefect of Chenliu, and our troops have to obey his orders." Cao Cao said angrily, "Zhang Miao was so impulsive, he thought that sending troops to Luoyang was the same as when he was young. Is it as simple as drawing a sword to help? This reckless character not only ruined his future, but also implicated us!"

"Brother, we have been interrogating for a long time, but this group of people can't tell the reason. It can be seen that the other party is very careful and never intends to show their tracks. Unfortunately, there is no time to investigate now. Since we have been forced to become rebellious officials and thieves , we must leave Luoyang immediately, otherwise if the other party submits Brother Yuan Rang's letter to the government, we will be torn apart by five horses!"

"Exactly, the most urgent thing is to get out of the city quickly." Cao Cao said: "Let's leave the house first, and leave the city immediately tonight to meet the Yuzhou army outside the city."

But Liu Xie hesitated for a while, and decided to order someone to arrest Cao Cao first.However, when the civilian guards were ordered to arrest him, Cao's mansion had already been hollowed out. Cao Cao, Xia Houyuan and two followers killed all the servants in the mansion and escaped, leaving only blood on the ground.

When the news was sent back to the palace, Liu Xie immediately ordered: "Paste the wanted portrait of Cao Cao in Luoyang City! Those who assist in the capture of Cao Cao will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver, and the crime will be murder!"

The prevention and control of Luoyang's exit from the city was very strict, but Cao Cao still took advantage of the loophole.It was night, Cao Cao and Xia Houyuan hid in the dung cart barrels out of the city, and went out of the city.

Liu Xie was very afraid of the protagonists in the original book. The disappearance of Cao Cao gave him a bad feeling. He felt that Yanzhou was about to change, and Luoyang's military strength might be stretched.Seeing that Cao Cao had not been caught within two days, he immediately changed his strategy and went to Fengyi Hall in person.

The young emperor hurried into the hall with a few civilian guards, but he didn't pass the word on, and directly ordered: "Close the door of the hall, and bring Kong Ni to me!"

"No!" The civilian guards ordered, and immediately went to the inner room to bring the sad-looking Kong Ni over.

Kong Ni was surprised and confused: "What is this trouble, Your Highness, do you want the old minister to play with you?"

Liu Xie looked at him with an unfriendly expression, and threw the letter that Kong Ni wanted to deliver out of the palace in front of him: "Oh, Kong Ni, your ambition is really big." Without waiting for Kong Ni to explain, he tilted his head and ordered Xu Chu, his tone Sen Leng: "Do it, don't slap your face."

"Promise!" Xu Chu, who was as strong as a hill, rolled up his sleeves, took the whip from the little yellow gate behind him, and hit Kong Ni's chest and abdomen with a whip!

"Ah!" Kong Ni struggled desperately and let out a painful cry.

Xu Chu was unmoved, and he whipped down again, his skin was ripped apart.

Kong Ni was born in a family and has always been a civil servant.After Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, he not only frightened the government and the public, but also bought people's hearts and appointed some celebrities, including Kong Ni as the governor of Yuzhou.Kong Ni grew up smoothly, never experienced any hardships, let alone went to the battlefield, but he is just a frail scholar who is good at talking on paper.Xu Chu smoked more than a dozen times, and he was already dying and curled up on the ground in a bloody mess.

Seeing that it was almost done, Xu Chu withdrew his hand and retreated behind Liu Xie.

Liu Xie stepped forward and kicked Kong Ni unceremoniously: "Kong Ni."

"Stop..." Kong Ni said weakly.

"Well, what did you say?"

"Stop... I am an official of the imperial court, a famous Confucian who is famous all over the world, how can you..." Kong Ni said intermittently.

"Kong Ni, I came here to have a good chat with you." Liu Xie said indifferently: "It's just that your previous appearance was really outrageous, and you don't seem to be able to listen to people's words. Now you can speak well, don't you?" ?”

Kong Ni gritted his teeth and said: "You can't punish a doctor, you insult the dignity of our scholars..."

"Heh." Liu Xie sneered at the dignity of Lao Shizi's scholar-bureaucrat, and ordered the little yellow door behind him: "Xigui, come here."

"No!" This Xigui was the eunuch who specialized in criminal law in the palace, and immediately took out the splint from his back, and gave him the first punishment - "strike punishment".That is to insert ten fingers of a person into the gaps of the bamboo splint, and as long as the hemp rope next to it is pulled, the clip will be tightened, making people feel the pain of ten fingers connecting their hearts.

Where could Kong Ni bear such a punishment, he burst into tears and begged for mercy in a short while.

Xigui asked: "Your Majesty, do you want to continue?"

Liu Xie nodded: "Let Kong Ni show me a little more about the backbone of a scholar-bureaucrat."

However, Kong Ni was useless, and passed out after only a while of torture.Xigui ordered someone to bring cold water, and unceremoniously poured it on his head.

Liu Xie simply said two words: "Use castration first, and see if he lets go."

Kong Ni woke up from the pain, his whole body was hot, and his fingers were throbbing constantly. He tried to open his eyes, but saw a palace man approaching with a sharp dagger.

He stared at the palace man with hatred.

Xigui immediately took off his trousers, and said with a smile, "Don't be afraid of Governor Kong, it's just a knife. This is how the servants came here."

Kong Ni's mind was in a mess, and he didn't realize the shame and humiliation he was about to suffer until he felt the pain in his crotch, and now he couldn't care about the pain all over his body, and shouted heartbreakingly: "Stop! You can't humiliate people like this! Stop it!"

Xigui smiled and said: "Kong Inspector, you asked for it yourself. Why did the emperor want to talk to you just now, but you refused?"

Kong Ni said in despair: "I will! You stop!"

Unwillingly, Xigui turned the handle of the knife, Kong Ni felt great pain, and begged bitterly: "I'll say anything, stop!"

"That's right, don't waste Your Majesty's time." Xigui withdrew his hand, and didn't care that Kong Ni was still bleeding, and ordered someone to take a blanket to cover him, and then invited the emperor out from behind: "Your Majesty, Inspector Kong Ni has cleared his mind and is willing to speak properly now."

On that day, Liu Xie issued an edict to marry early, and the date was set two days later, causing an uproar in the court.They all believe that lifelong affairs should not be rushed, but should be carried out in an orderly manner according to the calculated days according to the etiquette.The wedding etiquette of emperors in the Han Dynasty was very cumbersome and took a long time to prepare. These are all rules to follow.However, Liu Xiehun didn't care, and he didn't care about the opposition from the court at all, and directly ordered that everything be kept simple during the war.He also secretly ordered people to threaten Bu Gua's Taishi Ling to publicize the anxiety of the war in the court, and he should immediately use a splashing happy event to promote the victory of the Han army.

Of course, such words cannot be trusted by others, but Liu Xie doesn't need them to believe him, he just wants an excuse.

The Ministry of Rites was the first to receive the imperial edict, and it became a mess immediately. Everyone couldn't believe it: "This... is in such a hurry, not to mention passing it on to the world and accepting congratulatory gifts from officials from all over the world, even the Queen's dress , The jewelry made is not well done."

However, no one dared to directly challenge the emperor to make him withdraw his order.

The Minister of Rites said: "According to the etiquette system, the queen should be welcomed back from Kong Ni's mansion in Beijing first, and then take a chariot to Weiyang Palace to hold a grand ceremony. That's enough. Anyway, the young emperor's wedding set is all there, and His Majesty also said that it can be used directly, so everyone can do it according to the time."

The commoner who came to pass the message said directly: "Let's be more concise."

The Minister of Rites and the Minister of Rites looked at each other in dismay: This... how concise can it be?What the hell is the emperor thinking? How can standing up is like fighting a war?

The emperor got married and changed the name of the country to Chuping.

In Weiyang Palace, Kong Hua, wearing a dragon and phoenix beaded crown on his head, wearing a solemn queen dress and a gorgeous colorful shawl on his shoulders, knelt three times and bowed three times to Liu Xiexing Liu Su on the steps.

Kong Ni was supported by Xu Chu, and stood beside him tremblingly.

Xu Chu lowered his voice and said, "Old man, don't play tricks. If you dare to look at the courtier again, I will knock you unconscious right now."

After the ceremony, the queen's shoulders trembled slightly, obviously frightened by her father's appearance the day before yesterday, she knelt tremblingly, not daring to speak.

It was the female officer of the commoner guard next to her who urged her, and she said in a trembling voice: "My concubine, Kong Hua, celebrates the emperor for ten thousand years."

Naturally, Liu Xie would not embarrass a little girl, but only ordered the officials to "grant the seal".

Officials from the Ministry of Rituals handed over the queen's seal to the female official, and the female official respectfully handed it over to the queen.

Kong Hua took the heavy seal of the queen, bowed down on the ground in fear, and thanked the emperor.

"Get up," Liu Xie didn't look down at her, and ordered directly: "Come on, send the queen back to Fengyi Hall."

Afterwards, every minister saluted and retreated.Liu Xie was too lazy to abide by the follow-up cumbersome etiquette, let alone eating wedding wine and wedding banquets.He will continue to work in Weiyang Palace, and arrange it in an orderly manner: "Let Xun You and Guan Yu go out of the city with delicious food and wine to reward the Yuzhou send-off team. Xu Chuyou and Xigui took Kong Ni to the city wall to show the Yuzhou army. Joyful Kong Ni." After everyone took the order to leave, he ordered the commoner guards to step forward and ordered in a low voice: "After returning to Fengyi Hall, order a substitute to replace Kong Hua, and you will lock Kong Hua to a remote place."

The author has something to say: After standing up, it is just a formality... Kong Hua went offline soon.