[Three Kingdoms] Burning incense and sacrificial wine

A sneer flashed across Liu Xie's eyes.

He straightened his back, looked down at Dong Cheng condescendingly, and raised his lips in silence.

Dong Cheng didn't dare to look directly at Sheng Yan, and fell silently on the ground, and after a while, cold sweat covered his forehead, dripping on the smooth wooden board one by one.

I don't know how long it took before Liu Xie's voice came from the top, as if separated by a floor of a building, vague and ethereal.

"I want to give you the title of 'General of Chariots and Cavalry'. Going up further, General Hussars and Grand General are also possible. But what you have done today really disappoints me."

Dong Cheng didn't dare to answer, his heart was ups and downs, and he kept reflecting on what was wrong with today's behavior.

"Cao Sikong is loyal to the country. Today's matter should not be mentioned again, do you understand?"

Dong Cheng pondered over the emperor's words over and over again, thinking left and right, breaking apart and reading each word carefully, and his dull brain finally caught a ray of inspiration.Combined with the previous sentence the emperor said, he felt that he had indeed figured out the emperor's heart.

"Because of recklessness, I will go and apologize to Cao Sikong tomorrow."

Only then did Liu Xie smile a bit:

"Aiqing, please step back. I will always remember the friendship that Aiqing escorted me to the east."

Dong Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, bowed solemnly, and left the palace backwards.

Liu Xie smiled and went straight to the queen's bedroom.

Entering the hall, I saw Empress Fu was looming.

Liu Xie randomly found a seat and sat down:

"The queen came to accompany me to rest for a while."

Empress Fu put down the weaving shuttle, stood up to salute, and sat down beside Liu Xie meekly.

"Who annoyed His Majesty again?"

Liu Xie said angrily: "That reckless man Dong Cheng is so stupid, if I didn't have no one around me, I really want to send him to retire and return to his hometown to plow the fields outside the city."

When Dong Cheng was mentioned, Empress Fu pursed her red lips lightly, showing a somewhat unhappy look.

Liu Xie suddenly recalled that when Dong moved to the east, Dong Cheng had sent someone to act presumptuously in front of the queen, killing the servants and robbing the queen of the precious silk in front of the queen, and his hatred of Dong Cheng increased a bit.

He took the queen's hand and clapped it comfortingly: "Follow me... I have made you feel wronged."

Empress Fushou is the daughter of servant Fu Wan and eldest princess Anyang.If she hadn't been selected into Ye Ting and became a queen, she would have found a noble family to marry, instead of going through ups and downs with him and suffering from coercion day and night in fear.

Empress Fu's eyes were slightly red: "Your Majesty, between you and me, you shouldn't have said these things. I have no grievances, but I hate that I can't give Your Majesty any help, and I feel very ashamed."

Empress Fu's father was both an important official and a relative, so he should have been the biggest barrier for Emperor Liu Xie.

Unexpectedly, after Cao Cao became the emperor, Fu Wan immediately offered his seal to resign in the name of avoiding suspicion, took a idle job, and retreated to the back.

Liu Xie had no other choice but to make Dong Cheng a Marquis to make him a knife in his hand.

Originally thought that even if the knife is not good, it can be used anyway... But unexpectedly, this knife has a very good idea, and it doesn't listen to the master's words at all.

"Your father's move is also to protect you and me." Liu Xie comforted his queen, not wanting her to fall into needless self-blame again, "Cao Cao has been operating in Xudu for a long time, and both left and right are his cronies. Even if Fu Qing wants to welcome If it is difficult, it will be feared by Cao Cao, and it will be overwhelmed."

"Is there really no other way? Your Majesty is the son of God, why do you have to... struggle?"

Facing Queen Fu's panic.Liu Xie had no way to continue to comfort her.

He stretched out his hands, cupping the Empress's face, and said in a gentle and mocking tone, "What kind of 'son of God's grant' am I? At best, I'm just a 'son of Zhuo grant'."

Empress Fu said in horror: "Your Majesty!"

Liu Xie smiled calmly: "Why should the queen panic? Is what I said true?"

His throne was originally given a wrong name and bad words.If Dong Zhuo hadn't abolished the emperor brother and made him emperor in order to control the puppet higher, how could he be called emperor?

And since ancient times, those who are not well-known have to use absolute force and vigorous means to secure the throne.

To say that he is the emperor is better to say that he is a doll called "emperor", who has been scrambled back and forth by ambitious people with ulterior motives, and has experienced all kinds of ups and downs.

"The queen and I have been walking all the way, and I should be very clear about my current situation——

"No matter where you go, whether it's Chang'an, Luoyang, Xudu...or other places;

"No matter who serves the emperor in name, it doesn't matter whether it's Dong Zhuo, Li Jue, Cao Cao...or Yuan Shao, Liu Biao or others;

"I am just a puppet with a false name that can be used.

"No one will care about my thoughts, no one will care about my happiness and anger."

The young emperor has not yet reached the age of coronation, but his eyes are filled with the world's deep and dignified.

He came to the throne at the tender age of nine, and after half a lifetime of ups and downs, he was accompanied by blood and death every day; now at the age of eighteen, he is used to seeing the warmth and coldness of human relationships, and has experienced the chaos of war.

Dong Zhuo seized power, and the people were in dire straits. He watched Luoyang City was destroyed, and tens of thousands of civilians were burned to death in the raging fire;

Li Jue and Guo Si changed their political power, and the war continued. He witnessed the death of officials and civilians in the war and starvation, and he understood with horror: "Blood flows into rivers" and "Eat sons to eat" written in history books really existed in the World.

He was panicked, angry, heartbroken and hated, and wished he could raise his sword and cut off the heads of those who rebelled.

But he was young and incompetent, so he could only endure it.The only thing that can be done is to order the opening of warehouses for disaster relief in the year of severe drought, to relieve the victims in the city, to personally supervise everything, and to deal with officials who are full of private pockets.

"Cao Cao has the right way to govern the county and knows the sufferings of the people. He is not like Li Jue and Guo Si. He is my best choice."

Since they are all puppets, why not choose someone who benefits the country and the people to be his banner and his sword?

"What's more, Cao Cao, at least gave me respect on the surface."

When moving east in the past, Li Jue enjoyed the food of gold and jade by himself, but let Liu Xie and all the officials eat bran and drink dew.Liu Xie asked Li Jue for a reward of five dendrobium rice and ox bones for all the officials and attendants.But Li Jue only taunted and taunted, and left some stinky, inedible broken bones.

In contrast, Cao Cao, who gave him priority to enshrine delicacies and treasures, and even gave up his mansion, at least gave enough sincerity to "serve the emperor".

Empress Fu wept uncontrollably, with her forehead on the back of her hand, she bowed her head:

"His Majesty……"

Liu Xie slowly closed his eyes: "But... I am not a saint either."

There was a bit more choking in the calm voice,

"I can serve the people as a sharp sword, as a puppet... but what about my descendants? Be the same as me—be a laughing stock on the throne, and live by the eyes of others?

"How can I be willing to be mediocre all my life, living in the shadow of others. If I ruin the Han Dynasty, what face will I have to meet my ancestors, and what face will I have to live in the world?"

Empress Fu walked forward on her knees, and lightly pressed her index finger on Liu Xie's icy lips:

"Your Majesty, don't say any more..."

Liu Xie grabbed Empress Fu's hand, his eyes were piercing:

"Empress, do you know—how can you allow others to sleep soundly beside the couch?"

Cao Cao, who was sitting in the chariot, sneezed suddenly.

Liu Bei, who was forcibly pulled into the car with him, resisted the urge to start: "...Sikong is not feeling well?"

After Cao Cao sneezed, he still felt his nose itchy: "Perhaps he went to bed late last night."

Liu Bei looked directly into Cao Cao's eyes, and his earnest concern was palpable: "Sikong, you are busy with work, so you should also pay attention to your health..."

The simple and sincere words of concern sounded sincere. If Cao Cao hadn't been calm and restrained, he would have been almost dazzled by this heartfelt concern, thinking that Liu Bei was really a warm-hearted old man.

After hearing the concerned words from both ears, Cao Cao was afraid that he would really be brainwashed, so he quickly opened his mouth and revealed his purpose of pulling Liu Bei into the same car:

"I want to give you food and grass, so that you can go to Peicheng to collect the old troops."

Liu Bei, who was talking heartfelt words, was hit by a pie that fell from the sky.

His first reaction was that Cao Cao finally couldn't bear it anymore and decided to dig a trap to kill him.But after running his mind quickly, he found that... no matter whether Cao Cao threw a trap this time, he had no choice.

One is that he is now attached to Cao Cao, and it is impossible to reject Cao Cao's errand based on doubts in his heart without evidence and no evidence; the other is that this request made by Cao Cao is exactly what he has been thinking about day and night these days.Even if there are hidden arrows and thorns hidden in this trip, he still has to pretend not to know, and step forward with his eyes closed.

With just this thought, Liu Bei reacted, and thanked Cao Cao solemnly and gratefully:

"Thank you Sikong."

In any case, food and grass are always real... If Cao Cao has other plans, he can also act according to circumstances.

Liu Bei's straightforward and open attitude made Cao Cao even more impressed.

Cao Cao was convinced that if Liu Bei hadn't been in bad luck in the future, one day he would become a dragon and phoenix among the clouds and shine in the land of Kyushu.

Thinking of Guo Jiacheng Yu and others' evaluation of Liu Bei, Cao Cao became more and more afraid.

He laughed aloud:

"Heroes in the world, only Shi Jun and Cao Er[1]."

This sentence was like a thunderbolt, which made Liu Bei almost jump up, and drew his sword to stab Cao Cao to death.

But Liu Bei's restraint was so strong that he didn't even show the slightest abnormality, and even the hand holding the car seat was very stable, without any tremors.

"Sikong's joke made Bei extremely terrified." There was a smile on his lips, but there was a hint of loneliness in his eyes, "Bei is thirty-eight this year, and looking back on the past, he has wasted half his life and achieved nothing. If Sikong hadn't taken him in, I'm afraid Bei can only resume his old business and go back to Zhuojun to sell straw sandals."

Liu Bei unceremoniously blew himself up, and secretly praised Cao Cao.The failures and embarrassing pasts that many people can't avoid, he actually laughed at himself frankly, without any sense of shame or resentment.

Not only that, his words were sincere and his emotions were true. He neither hypocritically pushed Cao Cao's words, nor did he speak insincerely and nonsense in order to clear Cao Cao's suspicion.Instead, he skillfully borrowed the method of self-deprecation, implicitly dismissed the label of "hero", and recognized Cao Cao's kindness.

This not only fits Cao Cao's intentions, but also is natural, which makes people subconsciously believe that this is his true words, and dispels his defenses.

After Cao Cao realized this, he felt somewhat regretful in his heart.

Liu Bei left Cao Cao's car seat, walking leisurely, but his back was already wet with cold sweat.

He left Cao Cao's field of vision and came to a rare place among human beings.Looking at the bluestone and green tile houses in front of him, Liu Bei couldn't help but smile wryly:

"Prepare...how can He De..."

Although he has a bit of inhuman ambition, he claims to be an ordinary talent and has no special talents.I really can't figure out how I can... let Cao Cao try to calculate like this.

Liu Bei, who considered himself "ordinary", was stopped by Dong Cheng's men on the trail.

The author has something to say: [1] The 10 characters are what Cao Cao once said to Liu Bei in history: Heroes in the world, there are only you (Liu Bei) and me (Cao Cao).

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