Ragnarok is born

"This matter is extremely strange. You must know that Yu Ji has never set foot in the Central Plains before, so why did he come to Xuchang?"

Zhao Yan sneered nonstop and asked back, "Even you, Guo Fengxiao, don't know, so how would I know?"

A pleasant smile escaped from the corner of Guo Jia's mouth, he ignored Zhao Yan's questioning at all, and directly retracted his last finger and clenched it into a fist.

He raised his fist, put it in front of Zhao Yan, shook it casually a few times, and asked himself, "I guess Yu Ji broke the convention and set foot in the Central Plains to contact you and tell you what to do next?"

"Sure enough, after this, Zhao Yilang, who once performed brilliantly in the campaign against Lao Bing and Shusun Wuji's rebels, but has been doing nothing since then, suddenly became very high-profile and outspoken in front of the emperor. , Chen Yanshi policy!"

"Zhao Yilang, can you tell me why, after 40 years of habitual obscurity, you suddenly became so generous?"

Zhao Yan's lips parted slightly, but he still didn't make a sound after all.

But Guo Jia had already made up his mind, and said something shocking to Zhao Yanshi, "Could it be related to Yu Ji's plan in Jiangdong?"

"Then Zhao Yilang, can you tell Guo, Yu Ji, or your Taiping Dao, the purpose of Jiangdong, what is the result you want?"

Zhao Yan's expression changed drastically, and he smiled wryly, "I really don't know."

"Even if Guo Jijiu's previous guess is correct; then how can you think that a disciple who has been away for nearly 40 years can know all the plans of his master over the years?"

Guo Jia was taken aback, let go of the fist he had clenched just now, let out a long breath, took a deep look at Zhao Yan, turned around and left.

Xu Ding shook his head, staring blankly at Guo Jia's leaving back, feeling a little dizzy and wondering how Guo Jia came to such a conclusion?

But he could still notice that before Guo Jia left, he couldn't help grinning grimly at the last disappointment in his eyes, and walked towards Zhao Yan.

Zhao Yan slowly closed his eyes.

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Liu Xie quietly looked at Cao Cao who entered the palace to plead guilty, his expression fluctuating.

Standing behind Cao Cao with a straight body, Xu Chu looked at Wang Yue, who was guarding the emperor, with an eager expression on his face.

Wang Yue sighed secretly in his heart, turned his gaze away, he had no thoughts at all, and paid no attention to Xu Chu's inexplicable provocation.

Liu Xie's thin lips parted slightly, wanting to question Cao Cao loudly, his gaze inadvertently passed over the covetous Xu Chu.

Looking around the hall again, I saw that apart from Wang Yue, the guards inside the hall and the guards outside were all arranged by Cao Cao.

The anger in his heart was like being poured from the top of his head to his feet by a large basin of ice water in an instant, and his heart was completely chilled at once.

Cao Cao raised his eyelids lightly, and he had already seen the weakness of the emperor. Before Liu Xie could speak, he said, "Your Majesty Qi Zuo, please punish Zhao Yan!"

Liu Xie trembled slightly.

He originally thought that when Cao Cao sent someone to arrest Zhao Yan, the most he could do was to demote him and go home, or to punish him in a small way.

How could he have thought that Cao Cao would want Zhao Yan's life?

Sure enough, Cao Cao is nothing more than a traitor like Dong Zhuo who doesn't have the slightest respect for me!

Thinking of his puppet career for more than ten years, Liu Xie felt discouraged for a while.

Why does heaven treat me like this?

Could it be that the afterglow of the great man could not shine on me after all; and I, like Emperor Ping who was usurped by Wang Mang, died an untimely death?

Liu Xie felt a sudden burst of sadness in his heart, and suddenly remembered that Emperor Ping, who was also nine years old, became emperor under the control of powerful officials.

Back then, Wang Mang deliberately welcomed the nine-year-old Zhongshan King Liu Jin into the palace and became emperor for the sake of gaining power; while Dong Zhuo deliberately abolished his elder brother Liu Bian and established himself as emperor in order to control the government.

How similar are the two?

If I still have a brother who is only nine years old now, will the Cao Cao in front of me follow the example of Wang Mang and Dong Zhuo and drive me down from the throne of the emperor, and make another "nine-year-old brother" the new emperor? ?

When Liu Xie thought of this, he became even more disheartened.

With a bit of frustration in his eyes, he stared blankly at Cao Cao with a calm face.

Cao Cao suddenly felt that Liu Xie's expression was different, and he looked at him with an indescribably strange look, and couldn't help muttering to himself.

Xu Chu felt dark in his heart, with his skill, he could keenly feel that the aura of the emperor disappeared in an instant.

However, the more so, the more cautious he became.

No one knows what kind of unexpected move Liu Xie, the emperor whose mentality suddenly became unbalanced, will make?

Xu Chu raised his eyes and saw that the tigers who followed him and Cao Cao to meet the emperor were all familiar faces, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, he found a huge energy rising in the hall, locking himself and Cao Cao from afar.

This aura is majestic and grand, like a galloping river, vast and boundless, even with Xu Chu's conceit, he was secretly shocked.

He lightly tugged on Cao Cao's sleeve, only to see cold sweat protruding from his forehead, obviously under the oppression of the enemy's energy, he found that he was in an extremely dangerous situation.

Cao Cao secretly regretted that the palace was as deep as the abyss and the sea. After he captured Zhao Yan, he should deal with it quietly instead of coming to the emperor to demonstrate.

If Liu Xie was really desperate and ordered Wang Yue to kill him, he wondered if Xu Chu could escape from the palace with him?

As long as you can escape smoothly, then everything is nothing to worry about.

Even if Liu Xie is honored as the emperor, he can only be a blessing in the palace; outside the palace, it is the place where he can control everything.

Wang Yue pressed his right hand on the hilt of the "Longyuan Sword", showing a smile that was not a smile, and looked at Xu Chu meaningfully.

Xu Chu's whole body tensed up, and he raised all his strength, as if he was facing a formidable enemy.

Liu Xie took a deep look at Cao Cao, who was full of nervousness, and Xu Chu, and saw that their eyes did not fall on him at all.

Instead, he stared closely at Wang Yue beside him, looking as if his sword was on the verge of breaking out.

Seeing that Cao Cao was less guilty, Liu Xie was secretly happy, remembering that even Wang Yue would leave him, the last bit of excitement was blown out by the wind like a candle in the wind. .

His face was ashen, he raised his hands and patted his palms lightly, and said to Cao Cao, "Dare to ask Cao Sikong?"

Cao Cao was startled and looked puzzled.

I only heard Liu Xie say bitterly, "If you still want to assist me, at least please give me the dignity that the emperor deserves."

"If you don't want to assist me, then please raise your hand and let me go."

"Can you?"

Cao Cao was shaken all over, he felt murderous intent boiling in the hall, and he was like a flat boat sailing in the raging wind and waves.

A little carelessness is the end of the boat being destroyed.

Volume 48 Dynasty Warriors Chapter [-]: Hesitation

Cao Cao only felt that his back was sweating profusely, and he was terrified.

In the void of the main hall, there are indescribable crises everywhere.

In addition to the infinitely dangerous eyes of the sword master Wang Yue, there are several others, almost not inferior to Wang Yue, and equally dangerous, even Xu Chu felt creepy under the gaze of these people.

Xu Chu's whole body was running to the extreme, controlling the instinct to shiver uncontrollably, and vigilant against the hostility coming from all directions.

The fragile defeat by Guan Yu that day finally made Xu Chu realize, once the peerless powerhouses in the realm of "Mixed Yuan as One" put aside all their scruples, what kind of terrifying and astonishing power can they unleash?

Although he is also a master of the "Mixed Yuan Ruyi" realm, after all, he still lacks the ability to truly fight desperately with the same strong.

You must know that before this, no matter whether you met Lu Bu, who is known as the "peerless tiger", or Dian Wei, who is unparalleled in bravery, they had never really exploded. chance of attack.

Lu Buqiang is strong. When fighting the enemy, he can give people an endless sense of oppression, but as the commander of the first army, it is impossible for him to be like a desperado. Eight hundred tricks.

As for Dian Wei, when Xu Chu fought against him, there was a silent tacit understanding of sympathy; moreover, Dian Wei also followed Cao Cao's order to try to get Xu Chu to submit, so the confrontation between the two sides was like acquaintances discussing each other.

Only Guan Yu could be so insane.

Under the persecution of Wang Yue and other terrifying enemies, Xu Chu thought of something that had nothing to do with the present.

It is said that before Guan Yu took refuge in Liu Bei, because of killing a powerful man, he revealed himself and became a ronin.

No wonder his temperament is somewhat similar to Wang Yue's.

Xu Chu held on to his spirit and struggled to resist the pervasive oppression from all directions, only to feel that every inch of his skin could clearly feel that the void was filled with murderous malice.

His thoughts were spinning rapidly, and he even had time to start his daydreams. He thought carefully about the several gazes hidden in the dark of the hall, which made him feel dangerous.

Could it be that some time ago, following a call from nowhere, came to Xuchang the strongest of those Taoist priests?

Cao Cao looked up at Liu Xie, who was livid, and suddenly a calm smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he just pushed away Xu Chu who was protecting him.

Then he bowed his hands to Liu Xie and said, "Your Majesty, I dare not!"

"Although I ask myself, I don't dare to let the majesty of the emperor shine again like the wise ministers in ancient times."

"But may I ask your majesty, when your majesty left Chang'an and returned to the old capital Luoyang, was there only one minister who did his best to welcome your majesty, offered food and fine clothes, and showed true respect to the emperor?"

Cao Cao's tone was solemn. Although the meeting was relatively private, it was like a formal court meeting, without the slightest neglect.

Liu Xie showed hesitation when he heard the words.

Indeed, as Cao Cao said, after escaping from Chang'an, when he returned to Luoyang, he realized that what was waiting for him was the anxiety of an uncertain future.

Luoyang, which was burned to the ground by the rebel Dong Zhuo, did not have the prosperity that a country's capital should have.

On the contrary, looking around, there are ruins everywhere after the fire, broken bricks and tiles, thorns and weeds overgrown. Even if the fire has passed five or six years, it is still a dilapidated scene.

Years of time have not erased the remaining traces of the Luoyang fire. People can't help feeling that the ruins in front of them are like the destiny of a man, as if they are crumbling and full of ominous signs.

The Son of Heaven sent envoys to go around, asking the warlords in various places to transport food to Luoyang, but when all parties were fighting, who could remember the court?

In the end, even the officials below Shang Shulang had no choice but to dig wild vegetables by themselves.How could these pampered officials endure this hardship? Some ate a few meals of wild vegetables before falling down on the edge of the broken wall and starving to death.

It was at the time when the emperor and his small court could not continue, Cao Cao first sent his general Cao Hong westward, but after being stopped by Dong Cheng, Han Xian and Yang Feng, he personally led his troops to Luoyang See the downcast emperor.

During this period, I did my best, and finally let Liu Xie feel the dignity and majesty that an emperor should receive.

Thinking about it now, Liu Xie still felt that the short time in Luoyang City was an unprecedented joy in his life.

Even the dilapidated ruins of the imperial palace could not stop him. He and Shang Shuling Yang Biao and other veterans held a strict court meeting on the ruins of the burnt imperial palace.

But that was just the last afterglow of the Han Empire.

After Cao Cao stabilized the situation around Luoyang, successfully drove Han Xian and Yang Feng away, united and subdued Dong Cheng, he revealed his true colors.

In order to force the imperial court to move the capital to Xuchang smoothly, Cao Cao violently killed the servants Taichong, Shangshu Feng Shuo, Yilang Houqi and others.

It's a pity that the emperor was also disgusted with the dilapidated Luo Yang at that time, and didn't realize Cao Cao's sinister intentions.

Liu Xie's eyes gradually turned cold as he thought about the past.

He looked coldly at Cao Cao's figure bowing in salute, and he didn't speak as usual to let the other party fall down.

Cao Cao relaxed his mind, disapprovingly straightened his body, raised his head, and looked at Liu Xie calmly.

"Isn't the Xuchang Palace that I built for His Majesty not enough to show my respect for the emperor in my heart?"

Liu Xie sneered.

Although the Xuchang Imperial Palace in front of him is good, how can it compare with the old capital of Luoyang when he first came to the throne?

And when he stepped into the newly completed palace a few months ago, he clearly felt that this would be a big cage where he would be confined for the rest of his life.

Although Liu Xie didn't know that when the palace was being built, people set up the "Five Elements Conquering Luck Formation" and the "Four Elephants Devouring Spirit Formation".

However, he could still vaguely feel the extremely uncoordinated and extremely oppressive illusion of the void and darkness when walking in the palace.

He turned his gaze to Wang Yue who was standing beside him with his right hand on the hilt of his sword.

Wang Yue let out a sigh in his heart.

After all, Liu Xie is not, those decisive masters who can judge the situation at the first time and give decisive orders.

Now that he has broken his face with Cao Cao, he even blurted out words such as preparing for the "parting of ways" between the monarch and his ministers, and there is no room for it.

Shouldn't it be the most correct thing to do in one go, taking advantage of Cao Cao's only company with Xu Chu, and brazenly ordering him to kill Cao Cao?

Relying on his own skills and several Taoist priests hiding in the dark, if they join forces, it may take some trouble to kill Xu Chu.

But Xu Chu and Cao Cao could never get out of the palace successfully.

Wang Yue's heart moved, the true energy in his body circulated, and the "Longyuan Sword" pressed down with his right hand suddenly let out a distant sword cry.

Liu Xie was slightly taken aback, Xu Chu and Cao Cao's expression changed at the same time.

Huben in the distance heard the sound of the sword, looked at each other, and at the same time raised his feet and rushed to where everyone was.

Wang Yue suddenly hummed in a low voice, full of terrifying sword energy, like thunder, resounding in the ears of everyone in the hall.

The faces of the tigers who had just taken a few steps changed suddenly, their whole bodies were on the verge of falling, and they could only barely resist the terrible murderous intent with their kung fu.

Xu Chu clenched his fist with his right hand and hit the palm of his left hand with a "boom", dispelling the pressure brought by Wang Yue's cold snort.