He replied: "Who hasn't seen Xu Tian's hunting? But in the court, it was not Cao Cao's clan or his disciples. If it weren't a royal relative, who would be willing to fight against the rebels?
The old minister has no power and it is difficult to do this, but I know that the chariot general, the national uncle Dong Cheng can entrust him."
Emperor Xian said: "I know that the uncle Dong Cheng of the country has been rushing to the national crisis many times. I can send him over as soon as possible and discuss major events together."
He replied: "The people around His Majesty are Cao Cao's confidants. If this matter is leaked, it will cause great disaster!"
Emperor Xian said: "What should I do?"
Reply: "I have an idea, that Your Majesty can take a piece of clothing and a jade belt, secretly reward Dong Cheng, and then sew a secret edict inside the clothes, so that he can take it apart after he gets home, so that he will be divine.
Before anyone could tell."
After understanding this, Emperor Xian began to act. In order to express his determination, he bit his hand through the tip and wrote it with his blood. Then he let the queen sew it into the jade belt and purple brocade liner. He wore it himself.
He tied the jade belt on his clothes and sent someone to find Dong Cheng.
After Dong Cheng bowed, Emperor Xian said, "I talked to the Queen about the suffering of the Ba River last night, and remembered the contributions of the uncle at that time, so I promised you to come over and give me condolences."
Dong Cheng kowtowed and thanked him. Emperor Xian took Dong Cheng out of the palace gate, came to the Taimiao, and turned to the meritorious ministers' pavilion. After Emperor Xian burned incense and saluted, he took Dong Cheng to see the portrait. In the middle was Emperor Gaozu of Han.
Emperor Xian said: "Do you know where Emperor Gaozu started his business?"
Dong Cheng was shocked and said, "Your Majesty is teasing me. How could anyone not know about the Holy Ancestor? Emperor Gaozu started with the head of Sishui Pavilion, carried a three-foot long sword, cut off the white snake and revolted, and spread all over the world.
It took only three years to destroy Qin State, five years to destroy Western Chu, defeat Xiang Yu, and then to establish the Han Dynasty and create a foundation for eternity."
Emperor Xian nodded and sighed: "The ancestors are such heroic figures, but his descendants are so cowardly, it's just sad!"
So he pointed to the portraits of the two assistants on both sides and said, "Aren't these two men the Marquis of Liu Zhang Liang and Marquis of Feng Xiao He?"
Dong Cheng said: "Yes, Emperor Gaozu was able to create such a foundation because he was relying on the help of the two of them."
Emperor Xian looked behind and found that the two eunuchs who served him were a little distance from him, so he secretly said to Dong Cheng: "You are actually like Zhang Liang, Xiao He and the others, by my side."
Dong Cheng said: "I have no credit, how can I compare with Zhang Liang and Xiao He?"
Emperor Xian said, "I often think about your contribution to saving you in Xidu before, and I can't forget for a moment. There is really nothing to reward you!" After saying that, he pointed to his clothes and said, "I want to put my body on me."
This dress and the jade belt I tied are rewarded to you, just like you are always by my side.”
Dong Cheng thanked him, took the clothes and was about to leave. Emperor Xian said with his ears: "Your dear can observe this dress carefully after you go back. Don't let my good intentions down!"
Dong Cheng understood Emperor Xian’s intention, put on that dress, said goodbye to Emperor Xian, and walked out of the cabinet.
Emperor Xian's every move was under Cao Cao's surveillance. Someone had already reported the situation to Cao Cao, saying that Dong Cheng went to Emperor Xian to talk to him.
So Cao Cao came to the court in person to watch. Dong Chengzheng walked out of the cabinet and had not yet walked through the palace gate. He happened to meet Cao Cao. In desperation, there was no place to hide, so he could only stand on the side of the road to salute Cao Cao.
Cao Cao asked with a smile: "What are you here to do?"
He replied: "Just just now, the emperor summoned me and gave me a piece of clothing and a jade belt."
Cao Cao asked, "Why do you suddenly want to reward you?"
Dong Cheng said: "This is because Emperor Xian remembered my previous achievements in Xidu's rescue, so he rewarded these things."
After hearing this, Cao Cao was still skeptical and said, "Take it off and show it to me."
Dong Cheng knew that this dress must have some secrets, and was afraid that Cao Cao would see through it, so he kept dragging it, without any intention of taking action.
After seeing this, Cao Cao became more suspicious and quickly asked his left and right to force him to remove him. After looking at him for a long time, he could not see any problems. He smiled and said, "The jade belt that he rewarded you is really a good treasure! You took off your clothes and gave them to you.
I'll take a look."
Dong Cheng knew that he had no choice but to take off his clothes and present them to Cao Cao with both hands.
Cao Cao lifted his clothes with his hands, looked carefully at the sunlight, put them on after seeing them, tied up a jade belt, and said to the left and right: "How about you see how long I wear this outfit?"
Of course, the left and right responded very appropriately, so Cao Cao said to Dong Cheng: "Mr. Guo will transfer all these to me, I feel that I like them very much!"
Dong Cheng said: "This is something that Emperor Xian gave me. I dare not transfer it to you. I hope to allow you to find another better piece of clothing for the Prime Minister."
Cao Cao refused to give in and said, "Is there any conspiracy inside to accept this set of clothes?"
Dong Cheng knew that this matter was probably not that simple, so he changed his mind and said, "How dare I? If the Prime Minister likes it, then stay."
Cao Cao laughed and said, "You have been rewarded by Emperor Xian, why did I take it away? It's just a joke." After that, he took off his clothes and returned them to Dong Cheng.
Dong Cheng said goodbye to Cao Cao and went home. He dared to take out the things again late at night and checked them carefully in his academy. After looking at them, he really didn't see anything special.
He thought, "The emperor rewarded me with robes and jade belts, and asked me to observe carefully. It must have been intentional, but now I can't find any traces. Why?"
So he asked the servant to bring another lamp and carefully observe the jade belt. The appearance was white and exquisite, and it was crushed into a dragon and penetrated the flowers. The back was lined with purple brocade, and the seam was clad in a straight end. I couldn't tell anything special.
However, Dong Cheng still felt that there must be some strange things. He thought and checked. After a long time, he was really sleepy and was ready to go to bed first and study it later. When he left, he accidentally tripped the light.
The flame fell to the back and actually burned. Dong Cheng quickly returned and put out the fire, and found that the flame had burned a little.
He looked inside carefully through this place and found that there seemed to be blood stains inside. He was very happy. He finally figured out the secret hidden inside. He quickly took a knife and cut it open. He found a secret edict, which was written by the emperor with blood.
The content is: "I heard that in human ethics, father and son are the first, respect and inferiority, monarch and minister are the most important. Now Cao Cao is using power, oppressing the king and father, forming affiliations, and corrupting the court. I can't take control of all the rewards. I think about it day and night
, I am afraid the world will soon fall into crisis. You are an important minister of the country and my relatives. I hope to gather loyal and righteous people in the face of the difficulties of Emperor Gaozu of Han in starting a business, annihilate the rebellious party, and support the country. That is the luck of our ancestors! I will break it
Writing this bloody letter with your fingers, I hope you must be cautious and not let me down!”