Chapter 212 One Person Overwhelms All Officials [Subscribe]

"All right."

Only after hearing Cao Cao's voice did Dian Wei and Xu Chu stop in disappointment.

Cao Cao walked towards the emperor on the throne step by step.

Liu Xie's face suddenly turned pale and his body trembled slightly.

All the officials were as silent as cicadas.

Perhaps many officials, including the emperor, recalled the fear of being dominated by Dong Zhuo before.

Cao Cao came in front of Liu Xie and slowly reached out his hand towards the emperor's head.

Wang Zifu opened his mouth but was pulled back by Dong Cheng.

On the ground, Wu Shuo, who had served as Shangshulang and Yiluang, died just like that.

Anyone who dares to speak at this time will die.

Cao Cao stretched out his hand very slowly.

The emperor looked grim, and Concubine Dong and Fu Shou, who were standing beside him, had pale faces.

The ministers had different expressions.

Until Cao Cao's hand fell on the emperor's head, no one in the court, civil or military, spoke a word.

Cao Cao was somewhat happy, but also felt an uncontrollable sadness.

He stretched out his hand as a test, just to see who would dare to stand up in the face of life and death.

In the end, no one came forward.

To some extent, this shows that the opportunity for a change of dynasty... is getting closer.

Because of repeated changes, Dong Zhuo, the Liangzhou Army, and even Cao Cao himself, the imperial power of the Han Dynasty was suppressed to the limit.

The blood and courage of the officials are becoming less and less.

Everyone looked at Cao Cao and put their hands on the emperor's head.

There was a hint of despair in Liu Xie's eyes.

The ministers he summoned today were all those he considered close to him and able to support the imperial power.

But none of them can be trusted.

It was a similar scene back then, and Lu Zhi also stood up.

In his sleeve, the emperor held tightly in his hand the dragon wall he had just obtained.

Behind him, in a faint purple air that was invisible to ordinary people, there was a faint image of a weak and immature real dragon.

Cao Cao stroked the emperor's head gently. "You ordered me to come to Chang'an, but you are not honest and want someone to plot against me!"

"I didn't..." Liu Xie denied.

"You have to admit what you did, whether it's right or wrong."

Cao Cao: "You are too anxious. My troops did not want to take charge of the palace, but you listened to others' instigation and wanted to use me to get rid of Yang Feng's control over you.

He also wanted to take advantage of the conflict between Yanzhou and Jizhou to find an opportunity."

"Thinking further, you actually summoned Yang Feng to your side, right?

Who gave you this idea, or are you just born stupid?"

"You should learn to plan before you act. If you think you will miss opportunities if you are slow, it means your mindset and ability are not good enough. It is not a matter of speed, but you should wait."

Cao Cao withdrew his hand from the emperor's head and said, "Don't make any more moves."

He turned and walked down the steps.

Walk out of the hall step by step.

The voice rang in the emperor's ears: "In fact, I have done you a great favor. At least I have allowed you to live with dignity."

No one in the hall understood Cao Cao's last sentence.

He was referring to the history that he had changed. Otherwise, Dong Zhuo's oppression of the emperor would have continued for several more years.

Then Li Jue and Guo Si occupied Chang'an, and their suppression and even humiliation of the emperor continued unabated.

The emperor and the empress, the rulers of a country, couldn't even have a full meal.

This includes Yang Feng, who escorted the emperor back to Luoyang. He made the emperor eat the bones he had chewed and thrown away, and asked the emperor to pick them up himself, begging for a living.

Cao Cao walked out of the palace and Dian Wei followed quickly.

Before leaving, Xu Chu still muttered: "Only my governor is kind-hearted and spared your lives!"

He followed him out.

After Cao Cao left, the hall was silent for a long time.

The bodies of several officials, led by Wu Shuo, fell to the ground, blood all over the place.

Prince Fu is the luckiest one among them.

Although he spoke, he did not stand out like the other officials.

Wu Shuo and several other counselors were killed on the spot.

The duty of a counselor is to participate in discussions on state affairs.

They were close ministers who assisted the emperor in governing the country.

Anyone who threatens the imperial power is considered a traitor in their eyes.

The Counsellor is a censor who has always taken it as his responsibility to defeat the treacherous and leave his name in history.

The few counselors who had just come out with Wu Shuo had just started to debate and impeach Cao Cao when they were killed by Dian Wei in a lightning speed.

All hostility and courage were also defeated.

There were six corpses on the ground, including the ministers, the emperor, Dong, Fu and others, all standing still like clay sculptures or wooden statues.

Cao Cao returned to Cao Mansion with a gloomy face.

This meeting with the emperor was a failure.

He wasn't really angry.

But these two guys behind me need a lesson, otherwise they won’t improve.

"Governor, we were wrong."

Dian Wei saw that Cao Cao didn't say a word on the road, so he admitted his mistake first.

Cao Cao: "What's wrong?"

"I do not know."

Dian Wei stared with wide eyes, looking innocent: "I don't know what I did wrong, but seeing that you have a sullen face, I guess I made a mistake. If I admit my mistake first, you can hit me less severely and I can also make you happy."

Xu Chu was very smart and said, "I know where he went wrong."

"You said."

"He shouldn't have gone in and beat him to death. If I had done it, I wouldn't have been so reckless and would have left him with a chance to breathe."

I'll go to your place... Cao Cao rolled his eyes and said:

"I'm not mad at you for beating someone to death. I've always known your loyalty and bravery. When I saw those people asking me to kneel down, I felt that someone had insulted me, so killing them would be the least of my worries."

Dian Wei shouted: "Yes, we want to tear him apart alive."

Cao Cao: "When fighting with others, you must take the long-term view and aim to gain the greatest benefit."

"You beat him to death, which was great. But the whole court will see that we are arrogant and trampling on the imperial power the next day." "Reputation is not the most important thing. The key is that you acted too early, and those who stood out are just lackeys. Let them gather together, use the enemy's hands, gather them together, and wipe them out all at once, which is the goal."

“Even if you remove the few who have stood up, the people behind the scenes are still there.

For example, who has been bribed by Jizhou and who is from Jingzhou, they could have been used to connect them together.

Dong Cheng is here to disrupt the situation. If anyone can't help but stand up and join forces with him, we can root them out."

"Do you understand?"

"understood!"

Dian Wei said, "Next time we won't fight for the credit. I saw Xu Chu wanted to go in, so I took it first."

"nonsense."

Xu Chu said: "I didn't want to go in. I went in because I saw you go in."

Cao Cao had a headache.

I really don't want to punish these two too harshly.

"Dian Wei, you go get the Ten Military Sticks and learn your lesson. You are not allowed to use your internal energy to resist."

"Xu Chu, you lead the Five Army Staffs, go ahead."

The two men left dejectedly, and Cao Cao began to read all kinds of news sent from Yanzhou.

After a while, Dian Wei was holding ten military sticks and Xu Chu was holding five.

The two of them stood in a row and came back.

"Reporting to the governor, I have brought back the ten military sticks. What do you want me to do with them?"

Cao Cao was stunned.

I remembered a joke before the time travel. Did they come back to be funny or did I really not understand it?

Or did I not explain myself clearly?
Letting them lead the army... seems to be the right way to do it.

The two men strictly followed Cao Cao's request and did not use any internal energy, but relied purely on brute force to move the military sticks back.

Cao Cao gave up and said, "Send the military stick back, and don't do it again."

The two men agreed in unison and went out holding their military sticks.

As soon as he left the study, Xu Chu gave a thumbs up.

Dian Wei said proudly: "Just tell me, is it okay to understand the governor's order in this way?"

Xu Chu admired and said: "You are really smart sometimes. If it were me, I would have been beaten for nothing."

Dian Wei said: "But the governor just lost his temper and didn't say a word the whole way. It was really scary."

"Ah."

"How about we eat some donkey meat to calm down?" Dian Wei said hopefully.

Cao Cao laughed in silence in the room. These two bastards were targeting him.

Guo Jia and Jia Xu came in from outside after a while. After listening to Cao Cao's brief account of what had happened, they couldn't help laughing.

“It’s not necessarily a bad thing.”

Guo Jia said: "Dong Cheng, Fu Wan and others originally wanted to test the governor to see what his attitude was.

Dian Wei killed a few people, and the rest must be in danger. I originally planned to advance slowly, but now I have to do my best to connect all parties and act as soon as possible. "

Guo Jia meant to turn the actions of Dian Wei and Xu Chu into a warning to frighten the enemy, and then make his own arrangements to benefit himself and push the other side to act early.

Jia Xu said: "There is another possibility, that some people are too frightened and will withdraw."

Cao Cao nodded. He had the same consideration as the other two.

Wait for Jia Xu and Guo Jia to retreat.

Cao Cao promoted his own destiny.

The dragon of destiny, having absorbed the 'dragon ball' left by Emperor Shizu Liu Xiu, has been undergoing changes.

When Cao Cao pushed it deliberately, he saw the dragon of luck appear with a dark purple body.

The dragon python of luck was so faint at first that it was almost invisible. After it merged into the spirit and soul, it gradually became clearer.

At this moment, it has transformed from luck into a real existence, like a real dragon flying in the sky, emitting tremendous pressure.

The sky has darkened.

Cao Cao sat cross-legged with his eyes closed and began to practice.

And at the moment when he took in the air, the dragon of luck raised its head and spit out the dragon ball transformed from the "magic stone" from the sky.

Between heaven and earth, the sound of a rushing river seemed to be heard.

The starlight on the dome and the power of the thick earth on the ground were all drawn by the dragon ball and rushed towards the dragon of destiny.

The secret orifices all over Cao Cao's body glowed, resonating with heaven and earth.

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A mansion in Luoyang.

Dong Cheng sat blankly behind the low seat.

Today in the palace, Cao Cao didn't even look at him.

But Dong Cheng felt that the other party already knew about his plan to use the Secret Edict to unite everyone and eliminate Cao Cao.

"He openly killed people in front of His Majesty and all the officials without any scruples."

"None of those counselors who usually discuss the world dared to stand up."

Wang Zifu sat aside, his sleeves still stained with Wu Shuo's blood.

Until his death, Wu Shuo never thought that he would be killed for criticizing Cao Cao.

"We still underestimated Cao Cao. We thought he didn't allow troops to enter Chang'an because he wanted to save his reputation, or at least had some concerns, but it's obviously not the case."

Dong Cheng said: "He is more vicious than Dong Zhuo."

"Dong Zhuo wanted civil officials to help him manage his affairs. But Cao Cao didn't need that... He had his own officials in Yanzhou and the nobles who supported him, so he didn't need to rely on outsiders to help him."

Wang Zifu said, "He is much smarter than Dong Zhuo."

"We... must do our best to protect ourselves and get rid of Cao Cao, otherwise it will be you and me who will die."

Wang Zifu and Dong Cheng looked at each other and said, "Pull in everyone we can and fight him together."

Even if I die, I will drag others with me. Either I will overthrow Yanzhou, or we will share the risk.

Jia Xu and Guo Jia's analysis was correct. Some people feel that when they are forced into a desperate situation, they will do something desperate.

Cao Cao is too fierce, so we have to band together for warmth.

In the darkness of night, Prince Fu returned to his residence, took out a secret tablet from his study, and wrote a message:
"Dong Cheng wants to connect all parties and plot against Cao Cao. I guess there will still be changes on the day of the Heavenly Sacrifice Ceremony."

"Is it too late for the Heavenly Sacrifice Ceremony?"

"There are still three days left. There's still time."

After a brief message, Wang Zifu put away the secret letter.

After nightfall, Cao's mansion also welcomed a mysterious visitor.

This person was a person placed by Cao Cao in the court, beside the emperor.

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