The general who led the ambush was none other than Zhao Yun, one of the young generals Cao Zhi admired. What followed was a night of purges inside and outside Zhongmou City where Cao Zhi was located, and all the secret stakes hidden by Cao Pi and his subordinates around Cao Zhi.
Eye spies and assassins waiting for opportunities were all uprooted and eradicated.
There were even many people in Cao Zhi's army among these people, but they were all found out in one fell swoop and wiped out quickly with the accurate information they had in advance.
Cao Zhi's thunderous methods this time were swift, cruel, and merciless. Although only a group of low-level people in the conspiracy have disappeared, the people around Cao Zhi can already smell a stronger smell of blood.
When Zhao Yun was picking off the assassins who were trying to sneak into Zhongmu and Cao Zhi, almost at the same time, he was also Lejin at Waifangshan, Fangshan, Gulongshan and other important official roads twenty or thirty miles outside Xudu City.
Xu Chu and others, the imperial troops, suddenly appeared somewhere.
Under successive rounds of sudden attacks, the ambushes who had been ordered to wait here and the secret strongholds hidden in inaccessible and dangerous terrain were uprooted one by one and their bodies were laid out in the wilderness.
At present, all this bloody storm is still happening outside Xudu. Because Le Jin and others arranged properly and acted quickly, it was all over without causing much commotion.
Almost at the same time, some changes were quietly taking place in Xudu City.
That afternoon, at the end of the Shen Dynasty, in the west pavilion of the back hall of the Marquis Palace of the cavalry general Cao Zhi and the corridor outside the pavilion, Cao Ang, Cao Zhi, Cao Zhang, as well as Cao Chong, Cao Zhi's youngest son who was added to Cao Zhi by Cai Wenji the year before, and Cao Zhi
Cao Yingshuang, the eldest daughter, and Qin Lang, the adopted son, are rarely gathered here. I heard that their common father seems to be coming back soon, and a group of Cao Zhi's wives and concubines headed by Ren Hongchang are also gathered together, as if they have some instructions for the younger generations. Here
At that time, there was a meeting in the inner hall, and they would be called in shortly.
While waiting for instructions from the elders, the only eldest son of Cao Cao, the eldest grandson Cao Pi, has not yet arrived, which attracts special attention.
"Asu, what do you think our aunts are going to say to us later? When will uncle come back?" Cao Zhi is already quite an adult among these children, but in history, this man has serious romantic feelings.
The young master has indeed lived up to his reputation. He has had this quality since he was a child.
After just sitting and standing for one or two times, he became a little impatient. It was autumn at this time, and the autumn mood was strong. This morning, Cao Zhi made an appointment with several like-minded elegant people to go to Fangshan Mountain.
Admire the first red maple leaves.
But now he was called here by a group of elders from his uncle's family. He didn't even want to walk or sit down. He just waited here. This suffocated the talented Cao Cao to death.
"I don't know!" Because Qin Lang is an adopted son, although he lives under the same roof as Cao Ang and others, he is self-aware and has always been taciturn.
"Why are you in a hurry? Your brother hasn't arrived yet? Let's urge the other elders to come first..." The person who protested softly was Cao Zhi's eldest daughter Cao Yingshuang. She was holding her younger brother Cao Chong, who was already learning to talk.
, while blaming Cao Zhidao.
In fact, only Cao Ang, Cao Zhi, Cao Yingshuang and Qin Lang are of similar age and can talk eloquently, while others such as Cao Zhang and Cao Chong are still young and can only play around!
Regarding Cao Yingshuang's reminder, Cao Zhi was also slightly moved in his heart. As Cao Pi and Cao Zhi gradually grew up, Cao Zhi now arranged an independent house for them in Xudu, and did not live with Cao Zhi's family in his general's mansion.
Cao Pi always came on time when he called his uncle's house. But recently, even his younger brother rarely saw him. When he saw him, he always taught him that he didn't abide by his father's legacy, wandered around all day long, and had no integrity.
Jin. He often said that the legacy that our father had worked so hard to create was still waiting for us to stick to it and carry it forward in the future.
It's really strange. Isn't the current situation in the Cao family most likely caused by Cao Zhi's uncle Cao? Their father is dead, and the successor to the Cao family in the future must be Cao Ang, Cao Zhang, Cao Chong and other uncle Cao's biological sons.
If something happens in time, it will be their turn again. Even if Cao Pi wants him to keep some family property, these words can be said in just five sentences. It's really a waste of time.
"It's not that I'm in a hurry, I've even made an appointment!" Cao Zhi replied to his slightly older cousin anxiously, and kept looking towards the inner hall.
"cut!"
Cao Ang, who has gradually grown up, is very dismissive of Cao Zhi who only thinks about outings, playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting. He twitches the corner of his mouth and suddenly pops out the word "cut".
Fights are unavoidable among young people, especially boys. Regardless of whether they are related by blood or not, when they grow up to a certain stage, they need to fight and threaten each other, compete and suppress each other to satisfy their own growth needs.
Cao Zhi naturally heard Cao Ang's disdainful voice and did not fly into a rage. Cao Zhi is known to be very smart. When faced with this situation, he would not raise his arms to speak harshly or even use violence like other impulsive young people.
The final result is obtained through fighting. Cao Zhi is particularly good at taking advantage of things around him to attack his opponents verbally and psychologically.
"Hey, Brother Ang, sister Yingshuang, do you think the aunts are concerned about the newly married young wife of Yuan Xi that my uncle brought back? I heard that this woman is extremely beautiful, and she is also a perfect match with my uncle.
There’s a difference of more than ten years…”
Cao Zhi read like an old god, which immediately aroused the vigilance and dissatisfaction of Cao Ang and Cao Yingshuang.
"Cao Zhi, what do you mean?" Cao Ang took a step forward and asked Cao Zhi, who was looking proud.
Cao Ang's mother was the former empress He Jingxiang, but due to her early death, she grew up with Cao Cao's wife Ding and Cao Zhi's wife Ren Hongchang. She had a very good relationship with these two aunts, Cao Ang and them.
He also has great respect for his father, Cao Zhi, and has always determined to follow his father's example and become an outstanding man who is upright and upright.
When he heard that Cao Zhi intended to seriously hurt the relationship between his father and his aunt, he suddenly became angry and stood up to question him.
"Hehe, it's nothing. But I heard that Aunt Ren was very cold to this little aunt she had never met before. I heard that she lost her temper in the back house several times, saying that my uncle was old and disrespectful, and he always brought her back when he went on an expedition.
A beautiful girl would never do such improper things...hehehe..." Cao Zhi said with a beaming expression, and finally started laughing.
"Fart, my father has stopped doing serious things. Cao Zhi, I want to beat you..." After hearing Cao Zhi's unpleasant words, Cao Ang couldn't help but rush forward and beat Cao Zhi.
"Hey... A gentleman should speak before he touches his hands... Do you still have some common sense? The most recent one was not in Chibi. Didn't my uncle also take in a Sun Shangxiang? That aunt is pregnant now, right? She is older than you.
How old are you?"
Although Cao Ang is younger than Cao Zhi, he has practiced martial arts since he was a child and is obviously stronger than Cao Zhi. At this moment, he is pulling Cao Zhi's collar, raising a fist, glaring at Cao Zhi angrily, and intending to punch him.
But Cao Ang was too young after all, so how could he outsmart the talented Cao Zhi in terms of brain tricks and words. At this time, he was stunned by Cao Zhi's few words, and he was at a loss.
Cao Ang, who had rarely seen his father in recent years, followed Cao Zhi's words and recalled that his father, whom he had always respected, had indeed disappointed him and his aunts more than once in his personal life over the years.
A few years ago, when Qin Lang's mother entered the house, she was pregnant, plus Qin Lang's dragster, and Cao Zhi did not marry him into the family. I heard that it was the spoils of Lu Bu's capture of Xiapi City, but in the middle of the
On the way, because there was a sudden war in Jiangdong, he sent everyone back to Xudu and asked the aunts to take care of them. Then he led the army to go on another expedition.
Then in Jingzhou, Jiangdong fought for more than a year, and sent back a young lady of the Sun family who was less than sixteen years old.
This time, he married someone out of town again and brought him back. After a while, his belly began to swell. But Cao Zhi himself married into the family again and didn't care about anything. In the past year and a half, he has never done anything.
I went back home and had an interview. His wife and children at home were worried about him every day, but he won a battle outside and sent a concubine home, so he was very romantic and happy.
As the current eldest mother in the family, how could Ren Hongchang not have any objections? Not to mention the jealousy of women, Cao Zhi always sent back a few words, either asking her to educate her children well, or asking her to take care of so-and-so's newly married concubine.
This time when she heard that Cao Zhi had robbed Yuan Shao's unmarried daughter-in-law in Guandu, she couldn't bear it anymore. She did lose her temper once in the back house of Cao Mansion, saying that her husband Cao Zhi did not take her seriously.
It is also true that he is the wife of a shelter and is the director of a shelter.
In the past few days, Cao Zhi has stayed in Zhongmou without returning, and Ren Hongchang has been at home with a bad face. The woman is small-minded, and she has obviously received a letter from her husband asking her to follow the arrangement. He has a big job to clean up the threats.
But it is still difficult to express the long-standing grievances in his heart, so much so that his recent behavior made the children think that Cao Zhi was hiding from Xu Du's Ren Hongchang and other official wives and concubines in Zhongmou, and was having fun first.
What! And the angry aunts may be discussing how to jointly "conquer" their father when he returns today.
Cao Ang had a simpler mind, but when Cao Zhi said that, he became really confused and half-believed. The movements of his hands also stopped in mid-air, and his eyes were blurred and he didn't know how to proceed. Should he believe Cao Zhi's speculation.
"Huh, you're talking nonsense and talking about your elders behind their backs. I won't sue you when my father comes back!"
Just when Cao Zhi was satisfied that he could easily frighten Cao Ang, Cao Yingshuang, who was holding little Cao Cong behind her back, gave a cold scolding, and the sound of Turks sounded in Cao Zhi's ears.