Chapter 217: Shocking Curse [Subscribe]

It was chilly and biting in the dark tomb passage.

Several people held torches and moved forward tiptoeingly.

Ling Jin took a deep breath, his face solemn: Here we are again, that bird... and the figure behind the osmanthus tree...

"Wait outside. When you see the strange bird evading, rush over immediately."

Hu Yu, Li Feixiong and others behind Ling Jin nodded in agreement, looking a little nervous.

Ling Jin rushed out of the tomb passage with the Han Guang sword in hand and charged into the strange tomb chamber where the sun and the moon were depicted and birds could fly out from the sun in the scroll.

As soon as he entered, he slashed out with a sword beam.

There was a cold light in the tomb.

As the sword light spread out, it was also filled with the power of humanity that Cao Cao had infused into it, derived from the reputation of millions of people.

The Yang energy in the tomb suddenly became strong and spread out like the sea.

Above the tomb, next to the sun in the mural, a strange three-legged bird suddenly jumped out of a bird's nest.

But as soon as it came out, it encountered the sword light of Han Guang.

"quick!"

Ling Jin shouted.

Hu Yu, Li Feixiong and others leaped like the air and broke into a tomb passage deeper in the tomb.

Ling Jin waved his sword and followed into the tomb passage.

The three-legged strange bird stopped at the entrance of the tomb passage, tilted its head, and looked at the people who were going deeper into the tomb passage with a mocking look in its eyes.

Ling Jin and others entered Mozi's tomb many times, and their experience was that strange birds never entered the tomb passage.

It seemed to be responsible only for guarding the front room.

In the past ten months, Ling Jin and others have entered Mozi's tomb for the sixth time.

When they first encountered the three-legged golden crow-like strange bird, they suffered heavy losses.

Almost all the people who were accompanying him died.

Lian Lingjin was also injured.

At this time, after passing through the front room, Ling Jin and others entered a tomb passage that was two meters wide and seemed to be built of bronze. The stairs were winding and extended diagonally downward, with no end in sight.

The deeper you go into the tomb passage, the darker it becomes.

The torches they held could only illuminate about three feet.

Cao Cao could see more clearly through the Moon Shadow Mirror than Ling Jin and others in the tomb.

He saw dense lines carved on the walls on both sides of the corridor, like a complicated array.

The Sun Nest where the strange bird in the front room lives is just above the tomb passage.

Cao Cao thought as he watched, and felt that the strange bird was not guarding against anyone breaking into the passage, but was guarding the passage to prevent any accidents from happening inside the tomb...

Ling Jin soon received Cao Cao's inquiry and responded with Xunzhu:

“The front room of the tomb is where the governor saw the sun and the moon.

We fumbled for several times before we were able to quickly get through with the help of the human presence and yang energy contained in the sword of light."

"According to the tomb map given by the governor, the area behind the front room is the corridor we are entering now. The corridor is marked on the map as 'Night Well'."

"This night well has always been difficult for me and my men to pass through."

"Follow the corridor of Night Well, at the end is an underground cliff with no way forward."

While Ling Jin was communicating with Cao Cao, he and his men had already arrived at the end of the corridor.

Looking through the moon mirror, in the darkness ahead of the corridor, the ground was sunken and unfathomable.

And the sunken area was covered by thick darkness.

The end of this tomb passage does look like an underground well.

"We tried to climb along the side of the tunnel to get through this area.

But after walking for dozens of feet, there was still no end in sight.

Moreover, there are many dangers in the darkness. We have sent several people in, but none of them have ever come back.”

Ling Jin wrote a report on the Xunzhu: "However, I have discovered a way to gain something from this tomb without having to go there."

The few people who cooperated with Ling Jin to enter the tomb were pulling out an object like a fishing rod from their backs.

Then he stretched the fishing rod and threw the thin rope hanging on the front end of the fishing rod into the darkness of the "night well" like fishing.

"Sometimes when you pull back the hook you cast out, you can bring back something."

"Using this method, we have retrieved three items from the darkness.

One is the Mohist ink box.

There was also a skeleton and a bronze plate about a foot high. "

"The last time I came in, the hook that Xu Huan threw out seemed to be caught by something in the darkness, and he was dragged in. Fortunately, there was a rope tied around his waist.

After the minister dragged him back, Xu Huan said that there was an evil ghost in the darkness behind the well at night!
Then he fainted and has not woken up since then..."

Cao Cao thought about it, could it be that there were many things floating in the darkness of Mozi's tomb, so they could be fished out by Ling Jin and others?

"If it's difficult to go deeper, you can temporarily give up digging Mozi's tomb and come back." Cao Cao said, putting away the Moon Shadow Mirror.

Cai Yong had come in from outside with a smile on his handsome face.

He tied his hair into a hairpin, which was a little messy, but he had the free and easy and calm demeanor of a celebrity.

"Bo Ji, what is the matter with you coming to see me?" Cao Cao asked.

"Well, drink first."

Cai Yong lifted the hem of his robe and pulled out two small wine jugs from underneath it:
"I brewed this fruit wine myself. Wen Ji didn't allow you to drink too much, so I hid it secretly and brought it here for you to taste." After saying this, he sat down next to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao asked someone to notify the kitchen to serve some wine and food.

After a while, someone brought some food.

Donkey intestines, donkey tendons, donkey spine, three kinds of seasonal vegetables, and a plate of venison.

Dian Wei stood at the door, his eyes almost falling into the plate of donkey intestines.

After three rounds of drinking.

Cai Yong was slightly tipsy and talked about business: "Zheng Sinong went to Jizhou, Meng De must have known about it."

"I have been in correspondence with him. He wrote to me and told me that he wanted one of his disciples to come to Yanzhou to visit.

I have already arranged for you, and he may come over in the near future."

Zheng Xuan's going to Jizhou, Cao Cao's obtaining the "Mandate of Heaven", and Yuan Shu's declaration of himself as emperor were the three most talked-about events during this period.

Cao Cao pondered: What is Zheng Xuan's purpose in sending his disciples to Yanzhou?
Cai Yong continued, "I heard that before the war between Jizhou and Yanzhou, Jizhou issued an article to scold you and list your faults?"

Cao Cao hummed.

Yuan Shao started a war of words before his troops moved. He asked Chen Lin, a talented writer under his command and one of the "Seven Scholars of the Jian'an Period" along with Cao Cao, to write a manifesto.

It spread throughout the thirteen states of the country.

The article praises Yuan Shao's great achievements and how he helped Cao Cao all the way. It also focuses on listing Cao Cao's dark history and does its best to slander him.

Most of the negative information about Cao Cao's "crimes" that later generations knew came from this manifesto.

The first item listed in the manifesto is Cao Cao’s origin—he is the descendant of a eunuch.

The wording in the article was quite vicious, attacking his godfather Cao Teng.

It also reveals that Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, bought his position.

Relying on his father's corruption, the Cao family gathered power in Qiao County and became extremely ambitious.

The second point of the manifesto revealed a secret in Cao Cao's heart, which was his hatred for celebrities and gentry.

People say he is pretending to be a righteous man, but in fact he is a hypocritical and treacherous villain.

On the surface, he was on good terms with the gentry, but in fact he committed crimes repeatedly, brutally killing famous scholars such as the counselors Wu Shuo, Zhao Yan, and Bian Rang.

After reading the manifesto and asking his attendants, Cao Cao learned that among the people who were nearly killed by Dian Wei along with Wu Shuo during their last trip to Luoyang, there was a counselor named Zhao Yan, who was a very famous scholar.

Bian Rang, the famous scholar who always scolded him in Yanzhou, died suddenly some time ago for unknown reasons in a tragic way.

The murderer seemed to have a deep hatred for Bian Rang.

No one knows who the murderer is yet, and the case remains a mystery.

Article 3 of the manifesto.

It is said that Jizhou discovered Cao Cao's evil deeds of robbing tombs everywhere.

Including the tomb of King Liang Xiao of the Han royal family.

Cao Cao also set up the General of the Grave-digging Army and the Lieutenant of the Grave-Mocking Army to dig up graves and make money to support his troops. His actions were extremely cruel and brutal.

The fourth article said that he had deceived the emperor and committed the serious crime of treason, so he imprisoned the emperor.

In the Han Dynasty, there was no other way to spread news. Writing was the most powerful weapon to spread the news to the world.

This manifesto had a huge impact when it was published, and Cao Cao almost got angry when he read the conclusion of it.

Cai Yong said: "After reading the letter, Wen Ji went home and cried in anger.

Meng De, I have also read the manifesto, it is truly abominable, it will make you infamous for thousands of years.

I'll help you write a letter to him, and we'll fight and see who can win! "

Cao Cao was speechless and said, "I have already sent troops to respond. His scolding me is not as satisfying as winning the battle. There is no need to scold him back. In a few days, Yuan Shao will not be able to scold me anymore."

What Cao Cao meant was not to engage in verbal battles.

He admitted that the manifesto was not entirely wrong.

But he had sent an army to launch a surprise attack on Jizhou to give Yuan Shao a surprise.

Cao Cao did not intend to curse back, but Cai Yong disagreed. He wanted to make his daughter cry, so he had to curse back.

He himself was the most famous celebrity of the time. After drinking a few glasses, he became excited and went crazy. He wrote a manifesto on the spot to curse back.

Cai Yong also listed Yuan Shao's crimes one by one, no more and no less, corresponding one by one to the letter written by Jizhou to curse Cao Cao.

Cai Yong said in his manifesto that Yuan Shao was born a bastard, had a bad relationship with his brothers, and was insulted by Yuan Shu as a bastard since childhood.

There are so many dirty things in the family that it is hard to count them all.

It is also said that Yuan Shao pretended to be magnanimous, but in fact he only employed people for personal gain. He successively appointed his son and nephew as governors of provinces, and shamelessly said of others that he was the most fame-seeking person in the world.

The third one says that Yuan Wei made mistakes everywhere when he got old.

Back then, Yuan Wei and Yuan Shao joined forces to lure Dong Zhuo into Luoyang, causing chaos in the country, the deaths of millions of people, and the collapse of imperial power.

These two are the eternal sinners.

The last one is Yuan Shu’s declaration of emperorship.

The Yuan family, with three generations of officials, is unkind and unjust, and everyone in the family wants to be emperor.

The so-called manifesto is just official quarrels and exposing each other's shortcomings.

After Cai Yong finished writing hundreds of words, he felt refreshed and drank three cups of wine in a row:
"Everyone knows how to curse. Next time he writes, I will curse him back. Let him know that I am a famous scholar in Yanzhou, and I can curse better than him."

Cao Cao took the manifesto and thought to himself that this manifesto directly stated that Yuan Wei and Yuan Shao were sinners of the world for bringing Dong Zhuo into Chang'an.

If Yuan Wei and Yuan Shao saw this, they would be so angry that they would vomit blood.

This is a classic war of words that is destined to be passed down to future generations.

Cao Cao ordered someone to take down the manifesto and announce it to the world the next day.

He and Cai Yong continued to drink, and said, "I heard that you, Bo Ji, recently acquired an ancient zither. Is it a famous zither from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty?"

Cai Yong was drinking happily, and with his eyes half drunk, he said generously: "I promise you, I promise you, I will bring you the zither next time."

"I heard that you also got an ancient scroll written by the emperor?" Cao Cao asked.

Cai Yong drank another cup, and his mood became more excited: "Maybe you can bring it next time."

Cao Cao: "I'm attracted to Wen Ji."

Cai Yong waved his hand and said, "I promise. I'll bring it to you next time."

"It's a word."

Cao Cao thought to himself that he was drunk and promised his daughter to me without any hesitation. He probably didn't even know what he was saying.

It's getting late.

Cao Cao personally sent Cai Yong back to his residence.

Wen Ji was wearing a light yellow dress. When she heard the noise, she came out of the house and helped her father Cai Yong back.

Cao Cao followed into the inner hall from behind and saw Wen Ji helping Cai Yong to the couch and taking off his shoes and socks.

Seen from behind, Wen Ji had a slender waist and straight legs, a quiet temperament, and she was wearing embroidered shoes that revealed her delicate white ankles and a graceful figure.

Cao Cao stepped forward and took a photo.

It was not the first time that Wen Ji turned around and rolled her eyes at him, her face slightly red as she pouted on the couch.

It means that father Cai Yong is still alive.

"Your father just sent you to me." Cao Cao put his arm around Wen Ji's slender waist and squeezed it.

Wen Ji glanced at him and said, "When my father drinks, he is the most generous and talks nonsense. You know his habits, so I must be taking the opportunity to deceive him."

Cao Cao laughed and said, "When he sobers up tomorrow, ask him and see if he recognizes it."

"I won't ask. If anyone should ask, it should be you, the governor. What's the point of me asking?" Wen Ji pushed Cao Cao out the door.

Cao Cao walked out accompanied by Xu Chu and Dian Wei, and let the two go after leaving the yard.

He turned around and secretly returned to Cai Yong's courtyard, and climbed through the window into Wen Ji's boudoir.

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