Chapter 172 Mr. Lu, please start your performance!
quiet!
The whole hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
The earlier ministers who followed Liu Xie back to the east were all fighting elites among the elite, and all of them knew how to protect themselves; while most of the newly promoted courtiers were inextricably related to Cao Cao, and they did not know how to protect themselves.
At this time, he jumped out to speak against Cao Cao.
Moreover, although Dong Cheng and others were part of the Emperor's party, he was originally from the Xiliang Army, so few ministers were willing to associate with him, let alone stand up and speak out...
Now that the audience is here, the show begins.
Cao Cao stood up, walked to the steps, and said in a steady and powerful voice, "Gentlemen! Dong Cheng, Prince Fu, Zhong Ji, Wu Shuo, and Wu Zilan intend to assassinate Your Majesty..."
In the middle of Cao Cao's words, Dong Cheng suddenly laughed wildly and interrupted: "Hahaha! Thief Cao! Who am I waiting to kill? Do you think everyone in the world is blind?!"
Cao Cao waited for Dong Cheng to finish speaking, and then asked calmly: "Kill Cao? Who gave you the courage?"
Dong Cheng remained silent. After all, he couldn't bear to drag the emperor into trouble.
But just because he thinks so, it doesn't mean that everyone thinks the same as him.
At this moment, Yilang Wu Shuo finally couldn't withstand the pressure, and his psychological defense completely collapsed. He turned sideways and looked at Dong Cheng, shouting: "General Chariot and Cavalry! Take out the blood edict quickly! Tell everyone, we
This is to punish thieves under the imperial edict, and to eradicate powerful ministers for Your Majesty!!!"
"Wow!!!"
Wu Shuo's words detonated the entire court.
But the uproar soon disappeared, replaced by an even more eerie silence!
This melon...is a bit big!
Xun Yu, Xun You and others were very anxious... they couldn't help but cursed in their hearts: "Dong Cheng, Dong Cheng, look at what kind of crooked melons and cracked dates you are looking for?!
Apart from making you die faster, what benefits does telling this matter have?
You deserve to fail!
Um...there seems to be something wrong?"
"Bold!" At this time, Wang Lang, the admonishing doctor, stood up, pointed at Wu Shuo and shouted: "Bold thief, how dare you slander His Majesty!"
Wang Lang was very unwilling to see Cao Cao break with the emperor, so he stood up resolutely and tried to stop Wu Shuo's nonsense.
When Wang Lang was defeated by Sun Ce, he resolutely traveled thousands of miles to Xuchang and gained Cao Cao's trust and importance.
Not only did he serve as an admonishment official, but he was also allowed to participate in the military affairs of the prime minister. It can be said that he had great trust.
If Cao Cao breaks with the emperor, it will bring a heavy blow to Cao Cao's reputation. Not only will the reputation and prestige he has worked so hard to build in the past suddenly collapse, but he will even be ruined, have his spine stabbed, and be reviled by the world.
It should be noted that the hearts of the people in the world are still against the Han Dynasty. If the loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty really turned into the powerful and treacherous ministers like Dong Zhuo, many talents may leave immediately, and there may even be places to rebel.
Cao Cao is already in a place of four wars. If the surrounding princes use this excuse to unite to attack Cao Cao, all these combined will be an unbearable burden for Cao Cao.
Wu Shuo seemed to be over-stimulated and didn't care about anything else at the moment. He laughed maniacally and said:
"Hahaha! You rebels and traitors! You are all rebels and traitors! We are entrusted with the bloody edict of the Emperor to eradicate the national traitor Cao Cao! Everyone, if we don't capture Cao Cao, how long will it take!!! Hahahaha!"
"Crazy! Crazy!" Wang Lang's lips trembled with anger, and he wished he could go up and kick this lunatic to death.
The look on Cao Cao's face was still calm. He waved his hand at Wang Lang and said, "Jing Xing and others must not get angry over this. Please retreat and wait for now. Cao will make his own decision!"
"Here!" Wang Lang glared at Wu Shuo fiercely, accepted the offer, and returned to his seat.
Wu Shuo was still shouting crazily, but Cao Cao was not in a hurry. He ordered his people to move his stool to the front, sat down and watched his performance quietly.
Perhaps because there was no one to support him, or perhaps because he had shouted so loudly that he had no energy left, Wu Shuo finally stopped.
"Have Yilang finished speaking? After he finished speaking, it will be Cao's turn." Cao Cao said in a soothing tone.
"He! tui!" Wu Shuo was a little tough and responded to Cao Cao's question with a mouthful of old phlegm.
Cao Cao didn't care. He looked at Wu Shuo, Wang Zifu and others, and said with pretense of regret: "You are about to die, and you don't even know that you are being used. It's really pitiful... sad... but
Sigh!"
"Haha!" Cao Cao responded with a few sneers.
Cao Cao continued: "In fact, there is no bloody edict from the emperor? What is there is just a conspiracy between Dong Cheng and Yuan Shao to assassinate His Majesty and Cao, and Dong Cheng's ambition to dominate Chao Gang!"
"Thief Cao! Don't slander anyone!" Dong Cheng was furious when he heard this. "A scholar cannot be killed! How can I, Dong Cheng, be such a villain!" Dong admitted that he had been slandered and he couldn't bear it anymore.
.
After Cao Cao spoke, many supporters of Cao Cao in the court finally became hardened.
Kong Rong stood up without hesitation and shouted: "Dong Cheng, you said that the prime minister has slandered you, then you should show the evidence!"
"That's right! Take out that bloody edict!"
"Bring me the evidence, otherwise you, Dong Cheng, are the real traitor and villain!"
...
Cao Cao forced Dong Cheng to issue a belt order... Seeing this, Liu Xie couldn't help but start to feel weak.
What would Cao Cao do if he was actually the one who issued the edict to kill him?
Although Liu Xie was very confident that Cao Cao would not kill him, the days to come would probably be even more uncomfortable than death!
Dong Cheng could die generously, but he could not bear to die in an unclear and unfair manner, and even leave a lifelong stigma.
Finally, Dong Cheng couldn't bear it anymore, took off his shirt, untied the innermost obscene garment, revealing the blood edict sewn on the inside of the obscene garment, and drank: "Here is the emperor's blood edict!!! We are here to demand it."
thief!!"
"Pah..." Liu Xie completely collapsed on the dragon chair, relying only on his elbows on the armrests to support himself...
The eerie silence returned to the court hall again, and this time even the sound of breathing disappeared.
Just when everyone was staring at Cao Cao, waiting for him to give a reasonable explanation, Lu Yan suddenly spoke, "You said that the edict of the emperor is the edict of the emperor? It's not like no one has done such a thing as a fake edict!"
"Ahem...!" Old Cao choked up and coughed at Lu Yan's words. He, Cao Cao, had done this fake edict back then!
"My great Immortal of the Great Land! You have killed a thousand enemies and lost a thousand and two yourself!" Cao Cao complained feebly in his heart.
Lu Yan seemed unaware and continued: "You said this is an edict from the emperor, is there any way to prove it?"
The courtiers felt that what Lu Yan said was very reasonable. Many people had done such things as fake edicts... so they all clamored for Dong Cheng to prove that this was the edict issued by Liu Xie.
Although the emperor's face is pale now, his expression is still normal, and it is difficult to tell whether it is true or false.
The best way to prove it is for the emperor to admit it himself, but if the emperor admits it now, it will be of no benefit to everyone.
Naturally, Lu Yan would not let the situation force the Emperor to finally speak. He stood up, bowed his hands to Cao Cao and the Emperor and said, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister, I have evidence to prove that this edict is a fake one!"
"Ah?" Not to mention Dong Cheng, even the emperor himself was confused, "I bitten off my finger and wrote the edict with my own hand. How are you going to prove it is fake?"
Cao Cao and Lu Yan, one is a good person and the other is a bad person.
Lao Cao's performance came to an end, and then it was Lu Yan's turn to show off his acting skills!