The civil and military officials hardly believed their ears, so the soldier had no choice but to continue: "According to the servants of the Sima family, Mr. Zhongda's third brother, Sima Fu, left the mansion a month ago. Literature Museum
A few days ago, Mr. Zhongda said that guests would be closed behind closed doors and no one would be allowed to disturb him when he entered the room. But today, when he opened the door, he found that there was no one inside. Mr. Zhongda had already left."
"What?"
The civil and military officials in the hall exploded in an instant, and everyone's face turned pale. Several old officials couldn't bear the blow and fainted on the spot.
"Hahahahahaha."
Suddenly, hearty laughter came from the hall, and everyone turned around in panic, only to see Cao Cao from the main seat, laughing as he looked at the panicked ministers.
"Haha, hahaha, I am laughing to death, I am laughing to death, you are here today too." Cao Cao almost stopped laughing, and looked at the civil and military officials: "You scholar-bureaucrats, roosters and dog robbers, now you know how powerful you are.
?Normally, everyone pretends to be noble and dignified, but under Liu Zhang’s attack, all the ministers in the dynasty turned into rats. Hahaha, I laughed to death.”
"Cao Cao..." A civil official pointed at Cao Cao and shouted loudly.
Cao Cao didn't change his expression and continued with a smile: "Sima Yi is indeed a talent. He sees opportunities quickly. If I had known that you guys would drag him down, I would have left early.
You rats, not to mention in the eyes of Liu Zhang, in the eyes of me, Cao Cao, even in the eyes of Sima Yi, you are just shit. The reason why I, Cao Cao, am still alive is that I am looking forward to this day, hahahaha."
"Cao Cao, Cao Ahao." A civil servant was furious and shouted: "Do you think you can still be proud? When the Sichuan barbarians arrive in Yecheng, do you think you can survive? I tell you, you will die before us.
"
"I, Cao Cao, am not you. My life is not as noble as yours, and I am never afraid of death. Here is Cao Cao's head. You can take it now."
Cao Cao stood up, pointed at his head, and walked down the jade steps step by step. Invisibly, the aura of the king in the past was vigorously exuding, and the entire court was subdued. Cao Pi, who was standing at the bottom, followed Cao Cao's steps with his eyes.
"Cao A'hao, you are too arrogant, come here..." a civil servant roared. Cao Pi immediately stood up, and the angry civil servant said to Cao Pi: "Cao A'hao has an affair with the Sichuan barbarians, and now he is so arrogant, building momentum for the enemy, and taking pleasure in others' misfortune. Young Master
Never beg for mercy."
Cao Pi glanced at Cao Cao, but Cao Cao didn't bother to look at him. Cao Pi turned to the civil and military practitioners: "My lords, Cao Pi does not want to plead for my father..."
"Beast, who is your father?"
Cao Pi paused for a moment, no longer looking at Cao Cao, and continued: "Although my father's mistakes cannot be forgiven, he is my father after all, and the king has his own way of dying.
Now the Sichuan army is pressing down on the border, and the south and west have been blocked. Liu Zhang led the army to Xindu in the north. Our only way out is to retreat eastward.
We cannot make things easier for the Sichuan barbarians even if we retreat. I suggest burning the palace in Yecheng and letting my father and the palace be buried. This will not be cheap for the Sichuan barbarians, but it will also make my father's death not a shame. Cao Pi would like to ask your lordships."
Cao Pi bowed to all the civil and military officials, and there was a lot of discussion among the civil and military officials. The civil official from before said to Cao Cao with still angry anger: "For the sake of the young master, I will give you an advantage."
Cao Cao was furious and pointed at Cao Pi angrily: "Beast, you actually want to imitate Xiang Yu and burn the palaces? Do you know how much manpower and material resources were spent to build these palaces?
I, Cao Cao, have my own way of dying, and there is no need for you, a beast, to seek the death of a king. If you dare to burn down the palace, I, Cao Cao... will never have a scoundrel like you in heaven or on earth."
Burning the palace, many defeated kings in history, including Yuan Shu in the past, have never done this. Cao Pi actually wanted to do this. As a father, how could Cao Cao not be furious.
At this time, Cao Cao really wished that Mrs. Bian had given birth to a bun, which would have been ten thousand times better than giving birth to Cao Pi.
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Cao Cao was escorted away by the soldiers while being scolded.
Countless dry firewood and kindling materials piled up in the Yecheng palace. Cao Cao was surrounded by firewood and firewood in the Wei Palace. This place has been Cao Pi's residence since a year ago, marking Cao Cao's complete loss of power. It is also the most central building in the Wei Palace.
Everything is ready, just waiting to be lit.
Dozens of soldiers came forward holding torches.
"Cao Cao." A female voice came, and Lingju ran in from outside.
"Lingju." Cao Cao, who was trapped in the middle of the firewood and drowned in the smell of kerosene, saw Lingju and shouted softly. Originally, Cao Cao wanted to tell Lingju to leave.
But Cao Cao knew that if Lingju made up her mind, no one could stop her.
What's more, Cao Cao felt that he wanted to die with Lingju in his heart, so that he would have no regrets in the world.
If reincarnation as taught by Western Buddhism is true, will I and Lingju become husband and wife in the next life?
There is no age gap, they are not enemies, they are not bound by a great cause, they are just two people, staying together for the rest of their lives?
In the eyes of all civil and military officials and soldiers, Lingju climbed over the firewood pile, jumped into the kerosene, and hugged Cao Cao tightly.
The torch was thrown onto the firewood pile, and the fire shot into the sky.
Cao Pi glanced at the blazing palace and finally turned and left.
Cao Cao was burned to death, Cao Zhi and other members of the Cao family who were under house arrest in the palace were executed. Cao Pi was elected king of Wei. The first thing Cao Pi did when he became king was to take everyone to escape Yecheng.
The fire in the palace soared into the sky, and the officials of Yecheng's clans, as well as the clan leaders and elders, came to the east gate with their families.
The east city gate was crowded, and they seemed to remember the scene of Xuchang's escape. That time was so similar to now. Countless people were detained at the city gate, trampling on each other, and soldiers attacked officials who were usually aloof. Blood was everywhere.
However, this painful memory does not evoke the current order of Yecheng people.
But they had a stronger desire to escape. They clearly remembered that all the officials of the family who did not escape from Xuchang were killed in the trap, and more than a dozen mass graves were filled with corpses. The air-conditioning emanating from them still makes people feel lingering fear.
And if they do not escape now, the officials of the Yecheng family have no reason to believe that they will not make the same mistake as the officials of the Xuchang family.
As a result, violent crowding began at the gate of the city, and everyone rushed forward as if crazy. Regardless of whether they were former Paozes or not, regardless of whether the two families had friendly contacts at the time, at this time, they all relied on fists and weapons to speak.
Even those scholar-bureaucrats who usually get furious if there is even a little dirt on their clothes are invincible at this time, using their fists and kicks. There is chaos at the gate of the city, old people are trampled to the ground, women are squeezed, and children cry.
A member of the Zhen family saw Zhen Mi looking motionless at the city gate from behind, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Madam, hurry up, we have servants to protect us, we can rush out."
Zhen Mi remained numb and motionless, and the Zhen family member did not try to persuade her any more. In the past, Zhen Mi had a very important position in the Zhen family, but now, the Wei army is about to collapse, so what else is important or not.
Seeing that Zhen Mi was not moving, the Zhen family members had to rush out of the city gate quickly. They couldn't care less about Zhen Mi, so they could just shout and immediately lead the people to rush towards the city gate.
Zhen Mi still didn't move, but she saw the Zhen family walking past her out of the corner of her eye, and suddenly felt a little sad in her heart.
"Mi'er, why are you still here? Come with me quickly." Cao Pi appeared next to Zhen Mi and hurriedly came to hold Zhen Mi's hand.
"Can we leave? Look at the city gate now, can we get out?" Zhen Mi murmured.
"What are you talking about? Come with me."
Cao Pi was about to pull Zhen Mi over, but suddenly Zhen Mi shook off Cao Pi's hand and shouted to Cao Pi: "Cao Pi, please leave me alone, what do you have to do with me? You are a heartless beast, even
Even if my father can be burned to death, do you think I will still follow you?"
"Mi'er, what are you talking about?" Cao Pi looked at Zhen Mi in confusion. Anyone in this world can accuse him, but Zhen Mi shouldn't. From the very beginning, he betrayed his father because of Zhen Mi's instigation. Cao Pi didn't understand.
Why is Zhen Mi saying these words at this time?
"Are you confused?" Zhen Mi looked at Cao Pi, with tears in her eyes, and said in a heartbreaking voice: "I'm confused too. I, Zhen Mi, am also confused. Why was I born into a noble family?
A family that only serves the interests of the family and does not consider the feelings of any family children.
Cao Pi, I have never liked you. I have hated you from the very beginning. I have been disgusted with you since the first time I saw you in Yecheng.
Later I found out that you were so hypocritical and disgusting, and I hated you even more. Every time you touched me, I wanted to wash my body for ten days. Do you know?
When you listened to my words, betrayed your father, and finally burned your father to death, I, Zhen Mi, despised you from the bottom of my heart and thought you were the most bastard person in the world."
"But." Zhen Mi suddenly laughed, and she smiled miserably: "But all your disgusting behavior was actually caused by me, Zhen Mi. I, Zhen Mi, am the meanest woman in the world.
When my family saw that the Yuan family was growing, they married me to Yuan Xi. I was only twelve years old at the time and didn't know anything, so I was married to Yuan Xi.
At that time, I accepted my fate. Who told me that Zhen Mi was a member of the Zhen family and that I should sacrifice myself for the family? I thought that marrying Yuan Xi, a harsh and useless person, would be the most miserable life in the world.
But later I realized how naive I was. The family would do anything for its own interests. After your Cao family defeated the Yuan family, they pushed me to you.
Women have the three virtues of obedience and four virtues. My family has taught me since I was a child. However, these people who taught me, Zhen Mi, the virtues of virtue, actually asked me to remarry another person without my consent.
The night before I saw you, my heart was already dead. Sometimes I even thought that if the Sichuan army had not wanted to annihilate all the families in the world, the Zhen family would not have surrendered to Liu Zhang.
Am I, Zhen Mi, going to remarry Liu Zhang, the eleven-year-old Liu Xun, or the six-year-old Liu Kang? Am I, Zhen Mi, just a tool for family survival?
A dignified man still knows how to protect his woman, so how sad is it that a dignified hereditary family relies on a woman to gain status for itself?"