[Three Kingdoms] Seven steps into wetness

Cao Cao did not inform his family when he returned this time.After all, on the fourth day of the first lunar month, the family was already busy, so welcoming him was even more trivial.

How did you know that you gave him such a big gift again?

After Mrs. Huan said this, she passed out, and Mrs. Bian followed closely with a sad face, and ordered someone to send Mrs. Huan back, and told Cao Cao about these things while walking.

A few days ago, there were poisonous rats infesting the mansion, which killed a servant, and Cao Chong was also bitten in the house yesterday.After Cao Cao heard the general idea, he ordered Mrs. Bian to take care of Mrs. Huan. Mrs. Bian glanced at Cao Zhi behind him and left in response.

Cao Chong was still lying on the bed.He closed his eyes tightly, his originally lovely face was now livid, and even his lips were strangely black.Cao Cao touched his face lightly, and he trembled with fear from the cold.He tentatively called "Chong'er", but no one answered.

Hua Tuo came soon.He took Cao Chong's pulse first, then looked at the wound carefully, and said with certainty: "This wound was definitely not caused by poisonous rats."

Cao Cao asked, "What is that?"

"Poisonous snake."

--snake?

Cao Cao heard it and took a deep breath.

Now that the first lunar month is just over, Xuchang has not even ushered in spring.At this season, don't all the snakes hibernate, and why would they sneak into Cao's mansion and bite Cao Chong to death?

Cao Cao said in a cold voice: "Say it again! How can there be snakes in my house in the cold winter?!"

Hua Tuo frowned slightly and said calmly: "Everyone thinks that winter snakes enter suspended animation, but it is not. I have seen that someone brought a snake in suspended animation home to bake in a stove, and the snake bit that person after it was alive."

Since the snake is suspended animation, it cannot move naturally.Looking at Cao Chong's room, it is as warm as spring.If someone throws a poisonous snake in suspended animation here, the snake will naturally wake up after a long time.

Cao Cao naturally understood the key point when he thought about it. He sneered and said, "Come here! Find out for me—who, who put the snake in Chong'er's room!"

The guards were ordered to retreat, and Cao Cao seemed to think of something: "Wait a minute, and find out who Chong'er has had grudges with recently!"

"Yes."

Hua Tuo prescribed a prescription and ordered people to go down and boil the medicine.He said to Cao Cao: "The old man's medicine may have little effect. Please prepare well."

Cao Zhi was shocked.

Cao Cao was so shocked that he couldn't even understand the meaning of Hua Tuo's words, so he asked again: "What do you mean?"

Hua Tuo glanced at the 13-year-old child in the hospital bed.He still remembered that he had healed this young man before, and wondered if this snake was the masterpiece of the mastermind behind the scenes: "Young Master Liu is weak, and if a healthy person has this snake venom in his body, it will be difficult to heal after a long time. Now the poison has entered the body. Meridians, even an old man can hardly recover."

Cao Cao was dizzy for a while.

His lips were pale, he stared at Hua Tuo, and suddenly burst into laughter: "You can't cure the [-] elite soldiers of Chibi, but my son was bitten by a little poisonous snake, and you can't cure me?! So, stay alone What's your use! Someone—”

Before he finished speaking, Cao Zhi knelt down and begged for mercy: "Father, don't be impulsive!"

Cao Cao suddenly shook his sleeves.Pointing at Cao Zhi, he said furiously, "Cao Zhi! The one lying on the bed is your younger brother, and your younger brother's life and death are still uncertain. Are you still interested in interceding for a quack doctor?!"

Cao Zhi took a deep breath.

He raised his head to meet Cao Cao's distorted expression, and calmly said, "My sixth brother is injured, and my son is also very anxious. Even if my son dies in a hurry, what is the use of my sixth brother's injury? Why don't my father keep Dr. Hua to treat him with all his heart?" Sixth Brother...I believe that Sixth Brother is a blessed person and will surely survive this disaster!"

After hearing the last two words, Cao Cao's eyes cleared up.He murmured and repeated Cao Zhi's words, as if he had confidence in his heart: "Yes... yes, Chong'er is young and smart, and has always been very blessed! As a father, you can't mess yourself up..."

After Cao Cao finished speaking, he regained his usual composure when he spoke to Hua Tuo: "If you can't cure Chong'er, I will use your head to bury him with him!"

Hua Tuo frowned, and responded to Cao Zhi's pleading eyes.

Cao Cao was sitting by the table, watching Hua Tuo give him needles to force poison, while thinking about those things.

But at this moment, his mind was in a mess, and he couldn't think of anything at all, so he said in a hoarse voice: "Cao Zhi, tell me, who—who is it—put the snake into your sixth brother's room?"

Cao Zhi withdrew his gaze from Cao Chong and said softly, "I don't know."

Cao Cao said wearily: "No, you know. Cao Zhi, how outstanding you were in Chibi, I'm afraid Chong'er is no better than that. How can you not know who did it?"

"...I really don't know."

Cao Cao didn't ask any more questions.

Whether Cao Zhi knew or not, he was not sure.Assuming that Cao Zhi knew, then this person must be someone he didn't want to say by himself.For him to keep his mouth shut in front of a dying younger brother, the relationship between that man and Cao Zhi is remarkable.

From another perspective, if Cao Chong died, who would benefit from it?

Cao Cao thought of a possibility, and there was darkness in front of him.He pressed his chest, only to feel a stabbing pain here.Seeing his action, Cao Zhi immediately supported him: "Father, what's wrong with you? Doctor Hua, come and see for father!"

Cao Cao waved his hand to signal that he didn't need it, and ordered Hua Tuo to continue treating Cao Chong. Someone rushed into Cao Chong's courtyard and shouted, "It's not good, it's not good! The second son was also bitten by a poisonous rat!"

Cao Zhi's pupils shrunk.

Cao Cao asked inexplicably, "...who?"

The visitor tremblingly said: "Second, Mr. Pi..."

Cao Pi was lying weakly on the bed.

His complexion was ashen, and his aura became indistinct, as if he was going to die in the next moment.

Hua Tuo had already checked Cao Pi's pulse. He said calmly, "The poisoning of the second son is exactly the same as that of the sixth son. It is snake venom. It's just that the second son is young and strong, and his body is strong. Therefore, there is still a chance of life."

Cao Cao put down half of his heart.

He sat slumped in front of the desk, connecting everything into a thread, thinking about who did it.

He originally guessed that it was Cao Pi.After all, Huang Gai's bitter tricks tricked him into losing one hundred thousand elite soldiers, which cannot be forgotten in a moment.But Huang Gai only broke two legs, and it was definitely not this way of hurting himself nine hundred and hurting the enemy a thousand.Therefore, Cao Pi can be almost ruled out.

So, Cao Pi and Cao Chong are dead...Among his grown children, aren't Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi left?

Cao Cao took a deep breath.

No, not Cao Zhi.Cao Zhifang came back with him, how can he arrange these?

So... Could it be Cao Zhang?

He said slowly, "Where is Cao Zhang?"

The young servant in Cao Pi's courtyard trembled: "Third, third young master...he rode a horse and shot arrows early this morning..."

Cao Cao violently swept away the books and scrolls on the case table, his voice was so loud that everyone fell silent.

Only Cao Pi lay quietly on the bed, as if dead.

But just now he asked Cao Zhang, Cao Chong's servant rushed into the room, knelt down at Cao Cao's feet and cried bitterly: "Master, my son, he is dying soon!"

Cao Cao firmly grabbed the visitor's shoulder, almost crushing his bones: "What did you say? Say it again?!"

The visitor turned pale, trembling all over and said: "My lord, he is dying..."

Cao Cao staggered and almost fell to the ground.Fortunately, the attendants around him quickly supported him.

He broke away from the people beside him, raised his head and chest, as if nothing had happened—only his chaotic steps revealed the fear in his heart.

Cao Cao took two steps, then stopped quickly and said, "Fourth brother, you are here to accompany your second brother... If there is anything wrong with him, you can send someone to call Hua Tuo, send someone quickly!"

Cao Zhi agreed.

Cao Cao and Hua Tuo have already left.Cao Zhi sat beside Cao Pi's bed, holding these familiar hands, his eyes secretive.

He held this hand for ten years.For ten years, the owner of these hands has been tolerant to him, even extremely conniving.

This man is his elder brother.

In this troubled world, especially in a family like theirs, many people don't take brotherhood seriously.And among them, maybe they will fight for the title of son in the future, but that will be after that day comes.Now he and Cao Pi are pure brothers!

Even if he still has a previous life, even if he never regards Cao Pi as his elder brother...

But who can erase ten years of love?

Cao Zhi took a deep breath.

Cao Chong died and Cao Pi was seriously injured. He had imagined these before, and calmly speculated on how to arrange these things so as not to leave any clues.However, when this matter really happened today, he was no longer as calm as before, but felt extremely uncomfortable in his heart.

——He thought Cao Pi was really going to die!

If it is really Cao Pi's doing, he will be in danger, but he will never die.But Cao Zhi actually felt scared, afraid that this matter was not done by Cao Pi, and Cao Pi would die too!

Cao Zhi was terrified.

He realized something.

I don't know who said that life is like a play, he is familiar with all this, and he is also used to cover up and pretend to achieve his goal.He used to be able to treat all this with the attitude of watching a play...but until today, he suddenly realized that the calmness he was so proud of had disappeared, and he had also entered the play unknowingly.

Cao Zhi closed his eyes tightly.

If you jump out of it, you will be invulnerable to swords and guns and invulnerable to all poisons for life.But if he entered the play, how should he act?

Cao Pi has already woken up.

Seeing that the person in front of the bed was actually Cao Zhi, he was a little stunned for a moment: "...fourth brother?"

Cao Zhi suddenly recovered.Seeing Cao Pi opening his eyes and looking at him, he felt a little uncomfortable.Seeing that his eyes were distracted, he finally restrained his face and raised his lips reluctantly, showing a smile: "Second brother, do you feel better?"

It took Cao Pi a long time to react: "Don't worry, cough, die, I can't die... Sixth brother, how about sixth brother...?"

Cao Zhi said complicatedly: "...Second brother, don't worry, sixth brother will be fine."

Cao Pi showed a weak and reassuring smile.He even closed his eyes again with this smile on his face, and comforted himself before falling asleep: "It's okay...it's okay..."

Soon, Cao Chong passed away, and Cao's mansion was mourned.

When Cao Zhang returned from abroad, he was slapped severely by Cao Cao.This slap knocked him to the ground suddenly, making him a little dazed.He covered his face and looked at Cao Cao with red eyes, and then set his eyes on Cao Zhi who was kneeling and guarding the spirit.

Cao Zhi shook his head, Cao Zhang knelt down beside Cao Zhi obediently, and changed into white clothes.

At this time, Cao Cao ordered dozens of Cao Zhi brothers to guard his spirit, and Cao Pi insisted on accompanying Cao Chong through the final journey despite his serious illness.

Cao Cao was moved.

However, after midnight, he went to check on the expressions of many sons, and found that Cao Pi seemed to be frightened for a moment, looking around in surprise, and then changed into a sad expression.Cao Cao finally went back to the room slowly and fell asleep.

The next day, Cao Cao became seriously ill.

When Guo Jia and Xun Yu went to comfort him, they saw that Cao Cao seemed to have aged ten years, so they sighed, "My lord, your health is important."

Cao Cao suddenly thought of something and asked, "Feng Xiao, I remember that you still have a son...do you miss your son?"

Guo Jia was stunned.

His wife died early, and he entered Cao Ying alone 12 years ago, and never returned home. His children were also raised by relatives in the clan.Now when I first heard Cao Cao mention it, I suddenly felt unspeakable thoughts.

Seeing him nodding his head, Cao Cao said, "I will order someone to go to Yingchuan to bring your son to live with you."