Tian Yan

After a long day of joy, Sima Yi lay on the couch with his face sideways, his eyelashes flickering and about to close.

Cao Cao was in a good mood, reached out and rubbed Sima Yi's head: "Sleep."

Sima Yi snorted, turned around and wrapped himself into a cocoon with a quilt, Cao Cao was amused by his bewildered look, opened the window and looked at the sky, it was already bright.

A waiter knocked cautiously on the door from outside: "Your Majesty, it's morning."

Cao Cao responded, stretched halfway and stopped suddenly, turned his head and glanced at the bronze mirror that was his body, and the person in the bronze mirror also looked at him stiffly.

Cao Cao smiled softly, moved his hips instead, and pushed the door out with a smile on his face.

Kneeling a familiar figure outside the hall, a large bamboo tube was tied to the still-slim back of the battle armor.

Cao Cao strode towards the jade steps, only when he passed by Xiahou Dun who was kneeling, he reached out and patted his hard shoulder.

Xiahou Dun's body tensed suddenly, then he bent down and kowtowed to Cao Cao's back for a long time.

"Morning morning!"

Cao Cao sat upright in the court hall, facing his servants.Cao Cao has long been used to this kind of scene, but later, the place where he sat changed from the side to the front, but it was one step away.

Clouds and mud, heaven and earth, loyalty and treachery are all in this step.

He originally wanted to burn the chair that was on the wrong side, but changed his mind at the end, and it is still displayed there.

That big dark chair was covered with dust but no waiter came to clean it.The little princes who were still young in the past dared to climb up and roll on the throne, but they dared not touch the big chair.

That is the biggest taboo in this dynasty. Cao Cao did this, but he didn't want another person to follow his example.

But taboo is a dead thing after all, it can suppress human wages but cannot suppress human desires. He has always understood how many pairs of eyes are staring at the seat he is sitting in this temple.

There was a moment of silence in the hall, Cao Zhang stepped forward resolutely: "Your Majesty, I have a book to play."

Cao Cao looked at him with a smile: "You seldom play the book."

Cao Zhang raised his eyes and looked at Cao Cao anxiously. The smile that belonged to a father was on that face, which gave him a little courage.

"Your ministers have committed Sima Yi's three death crimes!"

Cao Cao's eyelids twitched, but his expression remained unchanged: "Cao Zhang, what kind of relationship do you have with Sima Yi? When did you find out about his three death crimes?"

Cao Zhang bit his lower lip, and raised his thick eyebrows stubbornly: "Sima Yi murdered the court official, planted the crown prince, and intended to rebel. These three crimes cannot be pardoned!"

These words are not insignificant, at this moment, there was a small commotion outside the hall, the crowd parted ways, only to see Sima Yi, dressed in official uniform, walking into the hall with a serious face.

"My son also thinks that Sima Yi should be killed!"

Before Cao Zhang explained, Cao Pi also came out, but he didn't hold a memorial in his hand.

Seeing this scene, Cao Cao chuckled, raised his hand in an unclear manner, and turned to Sima Yi: "Why are you here?"

Sima Yi paid his respects again, raised his head and said, "At any rate, I'm also your majesty's personal servant of literature, and it's my duty to go to court every day."

"Oh..." Cao Cao was noncommittal, "Cao Pi, what did you just say?"

Out of the corner of Cao Pi's eyes, he glanced at Cao Zhang who was sweating on his forehead: "My minister said that Sima Yi should be killed."

The smile on the corner of Cao Cao's mouth turned into a sneer, it seems that the two have made an appointment, are they singing?

"They said you should be killed, Sima Yi, what do you have to say?"

Sima Yi knelt down: "I'm not afraid of death, I'm only afraid that death will be unclear."

He once said this to Cao Zhang, and it was because of Cao Zhang's belief that this situation was brought about.Recalling the old saying at this time is tantamount to pouring salt on Cao Zhang's wound.

"It's just that His Highness the Third Highness, Shen Weichen, murdered the imperial court official, which official it was; who framed the prince, which prince was the one who framed the prince; who intended to rebel, and whose rebellion was it?"

Cao Zhang was so angry that his hands trembled at his straightforward question: "How did Yang Xiu die, and how did Brother Zhi get implicated, you..."

"Cough, cough, cough!" Cao Ren cleared his throat loudly, Cao Zhang glared at him, and swallowed the last part of his sentence angrily.

Sima Yi lowered his slender eyebrows and said, "Since the Third Highness knows the best in his heart, I would like to hear the details. But I have one more request, please tell the Third Highness clearly how to know the ins and outs of these things, so that I can let you know." I died knowingly, so that all the ministers are also convinced."

Cao Zhang was so excited that he was about to blurt out, Cao Ren winked to no avail, so he had to bite the bullet and stepped forward: "Your Majesty, General Xiahou is still kneeling outside the hall..."

Cao Cao stroked his chin: "Very good, you all got into a fight with Sima Yi today. Cao Pi, what about you? What's your reason?"

Cao Pi sternly said: "There is only one reason for my son, Sima Yi has a long-standing case, so we can't just let it go."

The smile on Cao Cao's face couldn't hold back any longer, and he directly yelled, "Cao Pi, are you going to dig your own brother's grave!"

Cao Pi knelt down and wept: "Father, if Brother Chong's grave cannot be dug, can the grave of Xiahou's family be dug?"

"what!"

Cao Pi raised his head and wiped the tears from his face: "Just now I saw General Xiahou kneeling outside the hall, so I asked one more question. General Xiahou told me... what he carried on his back were the bones of the ancestors of Xiahou's family. !"

Cao Cao is not an orthodox Cao family, but was adopted from the Xiahou family. It can be said that the Xiahou family is the real blood relatives of the royal family.It's just that if he publicly recognizes his ancestors, it will inevitably cause the Cao family's renunciation.

Now that Xiahou's family's ancestral grave has been dug up, it's nothing like a thunderbolt!

"Let Xiahou Dun in quickly!"

Xiahou Dun entered the hall, untied the bamboo tube behind his back, and handed it up with both hands.

Cao Cao didn't answer, and his face was very ugly: "You have been asked to move the ancestral tomb of Xiahou's family to Xuchang. You insist on saying that the ancestors are nostalgic for their homeland. Now it's better, it's better!"

Xiahou Dun grabbed the land with his head: "Your Majesty, it's not the fault of the ancestral grave, but the fault of Yuan Rang!"

Cao Cao said angrily, "What's going on, tell me!"

Xiahou Dun straightened up: "I was in Yanzhou to supervise the military settlement. The villagers were dissatisfied and dug up my ancestral grave many times. I couldn't bear to be disturbed by the bones of my ancestors, so I simply collected the bones and brought them to Beijing."

Cao Cao clicked his tongue and took a sip from the teacup held by the waiter: "The villagers are dissatisfied? Are they dissatisfied with the farming, or are they dissatisfied with you?"

"Neither!" Xiahou Dun sighed angrily, "It was the local gentry who wantonly occupied the land in the name of repairing the mausoleum. After buying it forcibly, they were no longer under the jurisdiction of the garrison policy and did not have to pay rent. The villagers lost their land and had to pay The tax for farmland is also due to the policy of the village, and even being a farmer is not available. There...there is a folk song in the local area, that the princes will be old in the coffin, and the lamps will be burned to burn the people's ointment!"

As soon as this remark came out, the officials were shocked and fell to the ground one after another.

Cao Cao squeezed the teacup in his hand until it creaked: "Since you know the root cause, why did you come back like a grandson?"

Xiahou Dun lowered his head and said nothing, just shook his head.

Cao Cao turned around and looked up at the high ceiling of the main hall. The highest place was still dark during the day, making it difficult to see clearly.

"Cao Zhang, you said earlier that you wanted to kill Sima Yi. Do you think these troublemakers should be killed?"

Cao Zhang was shocked: "It's a treason, you should be killed!"

Cao Cao smiled slightly: "The tricksters are tricksters. They want to dig your ancestral grave with hoes, and they can come to Xuchang with hoes someday! Cao Zhang, the king never kills lightly, he will do what he says. Let me ask you , How many soldiers do you need to lead to kill all the troublesome people in the world? You are still far away, kid."

Cao Zhang lost his temper after being trained, so he had no choice but to say yes.

"Cao Pi, what do you think?"

Cao Pi slowly raised his eyelids, and his thin lips opened and closed like blades: "First win the hearts of the people, and Xu Tu will be the source of disaster."

"People's hearts..." Xiahou Dun sighed, "Your Highness's words are wrong. They dug up our ancestral graves. If we don't get rid of the root of the disaster first, how can we gather people's hearts again!"

Cao Pi looked solemn, and suddenly knelt down on his knees with a plop.

"My son risked his life to propose that General Xiahou return to his hometown with his remains, burn them to ashes in front of the people, and sprinkle them in Luoshui. In this way, the hearts of the people will return!"

"Second brother, you are crazy!" Cao Zhang rushed forward, grabbed Cao Pi's shoulder and shook.

Cao Pi lowered his eyes, but a tear slipped from the corner of his eye.

Cao Cao sighed inwardly. The child who resembled him most was neither Cao Zhi nor Cao Zhang. Cao Pi may have lost a bit of his scheming spirit, but he was a bit harder than his heart.

It is a blessing to the country, a curse to the body, and a disaster to the family.

"Yuan Rang, just do as he says."

"What?" Xiahou Dun couldn't believe his ears.

"Go ahead, do I still need to make an order for this kind of thing?" Cao Cao turned his back, "Xiahou's family has been loyal for generations, and they should be able to understand that a bone is exchanged for the hearts of the people."