Chapter 562: Loyalty and righteousness under the rumors
Doesn't anyone believe baseless rumors? Of course it's impossible! With Cao Cao's suspicion, even if there are no rumors, he will be suspicious. Now that rumors are spreading, how can he relax his vigilance. However, regarding Xu Chu's leak,
He still didn't believe it. In his eyes, Xu Chu had always been a dull and honest man. There was no way he could do one thing to his face and another behind his back!
"Zhongde, do you think this was really done by Zhong Kang?" Liu Zhang was not bad at all. He not only spread rumors, but also sent the confession and the head of Cao Jun's primary school commander to Cao Ying. Looking at the heads and heads in front of him,
The confession made Cao Cao feel cold! If even an honest man like Xu Chu betrayed him, who else could he trust?
"Not necessarily!" Cheng Yu still looked calm. He squinted his eyes and said: "Since Zhongkang led his troops to surrender, there have been more than ten generals Xu in the army. Especially in the guard camp, the Xu clan
There are more than five hundred people, and many of them can be called General Xu!"
"But that day, Xu Chu was indeed outside the tent!" Thinking of Xu Chu's betrayal, Cao Cao was sweating coldly. If one day, Xu Chu came into his tent and killed him with a knife, he would not even have a place to cry!
"How about your lord transfer General Xu?" Cheng Yu said his suggestion hesitantly. After all, you should trust the people you employ and ignore the people you doubt. Since Xu Chu is suspected by Cao Cao, it is best to transfer him!
"This..." Cao Cao hesitated again after hearing this. After all, Xu Chu was his favorite general, and he was a little reluctant to let go!
"Prime Minister..." At this moment, the tent door was opened, and a big man rushed in and knelt on the ground with a bang. It was Xu Chu!
"Zhong Kang, what's wrong?" Cao Cao actually felt a little distressed when he saw that Xu Chu's eyes were red and bloodshot, his hair was a little disheveled, and his clothes were a little disheveled.
"Prime Minister, I am really not the one who leaked the secret!" Xu Chu knelt on the ground and touched his head to the ground. Rumors about Liu Zhangjun spread throughout the army, and all the soldiers looked at him with something wrong. How could he not be flustered?
"Zhongkang, no one said you leaked secrets, please get up quickly!" Cao Cao frowned and became even more confused. Besides Xu Chu, which general Xu could get such secrets and leak them?
"No!" Xu Chu looked extremely excited. He knelt on the ground and said: "There may be no reason for the groundless rumors. I know that the Prime Minister has doubts in his heart. Since I am no longer trusted by the Prime Minister, please transfer me. Why don't you let me go to Wan?
City!"
"What? Zhongkang, why did you go to Wancheng? Don't you want to protect the truth?" Cao Cao got off his seat, helped Xu Chu up and said: "Back then, you said that you would protect the truth with your life, don't you?
It's not like you to want to break your promise!"
"Prime Minister, Zhong Kang also wanted to protect you, but..." Xu Chu was really aggrieved. He did not leak the secret. But the conversation between Cao Cao and Cheng Yu did leak out. Although the rumors did not name him, all the evidence pointed to him.
Let him be speechless!
"Stop talking nonsense!" Cao Cao patted Xu Chu on the shoulder and said, "I trust you, but you are not allowed to go anywhere!"
"Thank you, Prime Minister, for your trust!" Tears welled up in Xu Chu's eyes. He really didn't expect that the suspicious Cao Cao would trust him so much. He knelt on the ground again and said, "Prime Minister, whether you believe it or not, I really didn't leak the secret. If
Let me know who leaked your words, and I will definitely kill him..."
"I believe you!" Cao Cao asked with a smile: "When I was talking to Zhongde that day, who was standing guard with you?"
"This..." Xu Chu thought for a while and said, "It should be Er Gouzi. He is also a member of my tribe. His name is Xu Li. Does the Prime Minister doubt him? I will call him right away!"
"Look at this head, do you recognize it?" Cao Cao opened the box sent by Liu Zhang. A big head appeared in front of Xu Chu!
"That's him, how could he..." Xu Chu was stunned when he saw it. The head in the box was not Xu Li, so who was it? But he immediately realized that the two people standing guard that day were him and Xu Li.
Since Xu Li was the one who delivered the letter, it is self-evident who was the one who instigated it! The panicked Xu Chu was speechless and didn't know how to defend himself. In excitement, he suddenly pulled out the ring-headed sword from his waist.
"Zhongkang, what are you doing?" Cheng Yu was shocked when he saw this, and fiercely defended Cao Cao.
"Go away!" Cao Cao pushed Cheng Yu away. He didn't believe that Xu Chu would harm him.
"Master Cheng, don't you believe me? How could I harm the lord!" Kneeling on the ground, stroking the ring-headed sword made of fine iron, Xu Chu murmured: "Ever since I followed my eldest brother in the north and south, I have been
Loyalty is close to my heart. My eldest brother often teaches me that I must be loyal and benevolent in my actions. I dare not forget it for a day! Since I surrendered to the Prime Minister, I regard the Prime Minister as my second eldest brother. I only hope that the Prime Minister can avenge my eldest brother.
There are no regrets! But now...since I can't defend myself, I will use blood to prove my innocence..."
"Zhongkang, don't..." Xu Chu closed his eyes and slashed at his neck with a sword. The lightning-fast sword made Cheng Yu pale in fright, but he was a scribe and it was too late to stop him. However,
Cheng Yu couldn't stop him, but Cao Cao had long seen that Xu Chu wanted to die to prove his ambition, so how could he watch Xu Chu commit suicide?
A string of blood dripped on the ground, but the pain did not come. Xu Chu only felt the blade of the knife being blocked, as if it was being held by something. He opened his eyes and saw that the tears in his eyes could no longer stop. He quickly let go of the knife.
, knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Prime Minister, why are you suffering?"
"Humph!" Cao Cao snorted coldly and threw the knife in his hand to the ground. At the last moment, he held the blade with his hand, and the wisp of blood flowed out from his palm. Of course, he was prepared.
, otherwise this knife can cut off his palm!
"Prime Minister, are you okay?" After recovering from his stunned state, seeing blood flowing out of Cao Cao's palm, Cheng Yu quickly ordered someone to call the military doctor.
"It's okay!" Cao Cao sat on the commander's seat and asked the military doctor to bandage the wound while looking at Xu Chu who was kneeling on the ground. Cao Cao said nothing.
"Prime Minister, please stay away from water for the next few days. Everything else will be fine!" The military doctor looked at Cao Cao and then at Xu Chu. He didn't dare to say anything. After bandaging the wound, he left the tent with just one instruction!
"You are so capable!" Cao Cao stood up, put his foot on Xu Chu, and said angrily: "Now everyone has learned to invite death!"
"Prime Minister, my subordinates..." Xu Chu opened his mouth, not knowing what to say. He was so impulsive just now. At the same time, he was also moved by Cao Cao's hand to protect him from the knife!
"How dare you say that!" Cao Cao kicked him again and said angrily: "The truth is that you are an ignorant mediocrity, and I need you to die to make your ambition clear? If you die like this before the matter is clear, isn't it a trap?
You fell into other people's plot? How could the truth use someone as stupid as you!"
"Prime Minister, Wei Yan is my second brother, and the one who delivered the letter was my brother. The confession was made by General Xu. He was still standing guard with me that day. Now I don't even believe in myself. I really have no choice but to die.
You know how to prove my innocence!" Although he was kicked twice by Cao Cao, considering Xu Chu's physique, a few more kicks would be fine! However, there is nothing greater than sadness. Xu Chu lay motionless on the ground, tears flowing freely.
It dripped onto the ground with his face!
"Zhongkang, why do you need to prove your innocence?" Cao Cao sighed, helped Xu Chu up and said, "What kind of person are you, how can you not know the truth? Where did these things come from? Liu Zhang sent them! For the enemy
His gossip has harmed his trusted general, do you think he is so stupid?"
"This..." Xu Chu scratched his head. He was always a brave man and didn't consider the consequences at all. When Cao Cao said this, he was surprised, happy and angry, but he didn't know how to defend himself, so he could only be embarrassed.
Standing there, I wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it!
"Forget it! I don't want to blame you. Otherwise, I will make you angry to death!" Cao Cao stretched out his right hand and said: "See, if it hadn't been for this hand just now, you would have been dead! From today on, there will be no one without the truth.
Order. You are not allowed to die, do you understand?"
"Yes!" Xu Chu shouted loudly: "From today on, my life belongs to the Prime Minister. Without the Prime Minister's order, I will never die!"
"Okay, get out!" Cao Cao felt pain in his hands. He was extremely unhappy. He hadn't been injured in many years. Unexpectedly, he was injured because of Xu Chu today. He didn't understand why he blocked the knife with his hand.
Knife. If the knife were faster and cut off his palm, he would really want to cry without tears!
"Prime Minister, you have been so kind to me, how should I repay you?" Cao Cao's brows furrowed so obviously that Xu Chu, who was about to leave, naturally saw it, and he couldn't help but kneel down again.
"Stop making trouble for the truth, even if you repay the truth!" Cao Cao said angrily: "Pay attention to the movements in the guard camp, the truth doesn't want any more secrets to be leaked! Go out and stand guard!"
"Yes!" Xu Chu turned around and walked out of the tent. This time, he did not stand close to the tent like before, but took a few steps forward until he could no longer hear the voices in the tent, and the other soldiers on the other side also spoke with him.
Like him, he stayed away from the tent. No one wanted to be regarded as a traitor!
After Xu Chu went out, Cao Cao glanced outside the tent and saw that the guard outside the door was standing far away. He probably couldn't hear him, so he asked Cheng Yu: "Zhongde, do you think Zhongkang is true or false?"
"It shouldn't be fake!" Cheng Yu said: "If even Zhong Kang has learned how to act, it would be too fake!"
"Yes!" Cao Cao sighed: "You know, if I hadn't shrunk my hand, half of my hand would have been gone! This kid is too stubborn. It would be terrible if he could act to this extent.
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"Prime Minister, it seems that Zhong Kang did not do this. What should we do?" A cold light flashed in Cheng Yu's eyes. Anyone who wants to disrupt Cao Cao's important events is his enemy, and he will never do it.
Let it go easily!
"Check!" Cao Cao said in a deep voice: "Wei Yan's hand has actually reached into the personal guard camp, which made the prime minister have to be vigilant. You know, the personal guard camp is responsible for protecting the safety of the prime minister, and the prime minister does not want to suddenly appear behind him.
A knife! The news must have been spread by someone, but the possibility of it being Zhong Kang cannot be ruled out. You must verify it carefully and try not to be in vain!"
"Prime Minister, this is not like you!" Looking at Cao Cao with a troubled face, Cheng Yu had mixed feelings in his heart. The world said that Cao Cao was a traitor and a traitor, but some people knew that he also had a soft heart! For a moment, Cheng Yu
Yu was in a trance. He thought of many things, and the most unforgettable one was Lai Ying'er!
I remember back then, Cao Cao's favorite woman, Lai Ying'er, fell in love with his guard because of his neglect. No man could bear to be a cuckold, so everyone advised Cao Cao to kill the guard and Lai Ying'er, but Cao Cao actually
Let Lai Ying'er leave with the guard because the guard once saved his life and he couldn't bear to kill him! It can be seen that Cao Cao is not a murderous villain. He also values feelings, but his feelings are rarely exposed!
"Zhongde, what else can we do besides this? Is it possible to kill Zhongkang or massacre all the guards' camp?" Cao Cao shook his head and said: "Although he is not a good person, he can't kill him!"
My brothers have rescued Benxiang many times, and Zhongkang even protected Benxiang among thousands of troops to ensure Benxiang’s safety. If I let Benxiang kill them, wouldn’t it be like letting Benxiang kill himself?”
"The Prime Minister is kind and wise, I admire you!" Cheng Yu said with a smile: "You don't have to worry too much, there are black sheep everywhere, I will definitely find the traitor in the guard camp! However, before the traitor is found out,
, you can order people to pull the guard camp out for training. Let Xu Yi lead the team and take out all the Xu clan members. We will also release some false news to see who among the Xu clan members has more frequent activities.
He could be a spy!"
"Just do what you want!" Cao Cao nodded. He thought Cheng Yu's method was good, so he called Xu Yi and arranged the task. Xu Yi had also heard the rumors and would not oppose Cao Cao's opinion.
, among the people named Xu in the entire guard camp, Cao Cao only kept Xu Chu!
"Report..." Xu Yigang had just stepped back and Cheng Yu was about to leave. A junior high school student rushed into the main tent and said: "Prime Minister, there is another memorial in Wancheng!"
"Bring it here!" Cao Cao stretched out his hand, and the principal hurriedly handed over the memorial. It turned out that it was Sima Yi who reported the rumors. After reading the memorial carefully, Cao Cao suddenly laughed loudly, and the laughter almost penetrated the entire Cao camp!
"Prime Minister, why are you so happy?" Seeing that Cao Cao's depression was relieved, Cheng Yu couldn't help but feel a little strange!
After waving the principal to retreat, Cao Cao said: "Zhongde, I am now sure that Zhongkang is not the one who leaked the news!"
"Oh?" Cheng Yu asked, "Why did the Prime Minister say that?"
"Look!" Handing the memorial to Cheng Yu, Cao Cao sneered: "Whether Sima Yi admits that Xu Chu is the one who leaked the secret, or denies it, he is trying to cover up the truth. But he implies that Xu Chu is Wei Yan's brother, which is not credible! He is
I want the truth to alienate Xu Chu so that he can win over me. This means that Xu Chu is not his person!"
"As expected!" Cheng Yu nodded and said, "Since it has nothing to do with Zhong Kang, it will be much easier to handle. My subordinates will definitely find that person out!"
"That's great!" Cao Cao said with cold eyes and gritted teeth: "When I catch that person, I will cut him into pieces to vent his hatred!"