Chapter 272: Passing on the Imperial Seal and Entering Cao’s Camp [Subscription Request]

There are new spells on the dragon balls.

These spells correspond to Cao Cao's military luck and his military training.

The generals were given titles, and the military luck of thousands of troops was integrated, and their strength increased.

Cao Cao was the leader of all the generals. After they were appointed as generals, the military fortune he led would be fed back to him by each general.

This in turn drives his spiritual practice forward.

Emperors of all dynasties had great luck. The main reason was that they had a great luck formed by the gathering of civil and military officials under their command and millions of people, just like Cao Cao at this time.

While he was practicing, the dragon of luck opened its mouth to gather its energy, and the power of the three mountains and five peaks seemed to be drawn and gathered together.

If someone can observe the destiny, he will see that the energy of the dark yellow thick earth is surging up in the earth veins.

Even the Yellow River south of Yecheng had water vapor gathering there, surging northward like a water dragon, drawn by Cao Cao's practice.

Guan Yu had said before that he felt the luck of heaven and earth was leaning towards this, and this was what he meant.

Cao Cao has already shown signs of gaining control of the mountains and rivers.

Absorbing the energy of heaven and earth, the dragon of luck behind him continued to transform into a real dragon.

According to legend, the First Emperor was able to transform into the Ancestral Dragon, and it was most likely in the same direction.

time flies.

Cao Cao digested the gains from the sealing of the altar and the appointment of generals in his body, and received the blessings of heaven and earth.

Han Xin's military talisman contained as many strategies for deploying troops as possible, as well as several types of military tactics. Cao Cao read it through twice first.

Sunset.

He put away the military talisman and the immortal seal and returned to the inner house.

On the way, Cao Cao changed direction and planned to visit his son Cao Ang.

A courtyard in Cao's mansion.

Cao Ang was squatting beside the chicken coop, watching the hens lay eggs.

"Hurry up, hurry up..."

The one who urged the hens was Sun Quan.

"It's no use urging her anymore. The hen's butt is already laying sparks. A few days ago, she could lay two eggs, but these days, she only lays one, and sometimes she doesn't lay at all." Gongsun Kang was also there.

He is already in his twenties and is having a great time playing with two teenage boys.

When he came to Jizhou, he initially thought that life would be difficult, after all, he was a hostage.

However, it does not.

Cao Cao sent hostages such as Sun Quan and Gongsun Kang to learn everything from Cao Ang.

In addition to teaching by example, Cao Cao also taught Cao Ang to be self-sufficient, including raising a flock of chickens.

He earned his daily food and drink by working hard, feeding chickens and farming.

There is a vegetable garden at the back. We grow our own food and eat as much as we can. We are never given more than that.

There was actually a rooster before, and Cao Ang couldn't help it, so he slaughtered the rooster, stewed a pot of chicken soup, and ate all the meat together.

Then the number of eggs laid by the hens began to drop sharply, from two or three eggs a day to one egg a day, and sometimes even no eggs at all.

The hen lost her husband and became depressed, and her egg production decreased day by day.

Cao Ang was very worried, but he learned the principle of long-term investment from it.

Eating rooster meat was a pleasure for a while, but life became miserable.

He, Gongsun Kang and Sun Quan all squatted beside the chicken coop, staring at the hens eagerly.

The hen was also looking at the three of them.

The atmosphere was very quiet.

"I heard you were leaving, and I wanted to give you an egg, but it looks like it's going to turn yellow."

Cao Ang said: "This is my fault. If there were a rooster, the eggs it laid could hatch chicks. I was planning to bring you a chick back to Jiangdong to raise."

"I used to beat you up, don't hate me. I just want you to remember that, just like my father, everyone in the world is afraid of him because he is powerful.

My father said that might is right. If you can't resist, you can't beat them, so you have to give in."

Cao Ang argued:

"If you return to Jiangdong and take power in the future, remember that I beat you up before. My family is more powerful than yours. You should urge the people of Jiangdong to surrender to us as soon as possible."

Sun Quan rolled his eyes and said, "And then you continue to beat me?"

Cao Ang: "If you really bring people to surrender and become my running dogs, I promise not to beat you in the future."

What a fucking lackey... Cao Cao wanted to come and see his son, so he listened outside for a while, then turned around and left.

After watching the parade and ceremony to confer titles on generals, Sun Quan, Gongsun Kang, Ma Chao, Pang De and others must have been deeply touched.

The fight for the throne ultimately depends on the hard power of war, otherwise no one will be willing to admit defeat.

Whether it is Sun Quan, Gongsun Kang, or Ma Chao.

The experience of coming to Yecheng will be like a seed, which may have an impact when making key choices in the future.

Of course, Cao Cao was not sure how effective it would be.

"Prepare to send Sun Quan back to Jiangdong." Cao Cao ordered.

Someone in the darkness responded and took the order to make the arrangements.

Cao Cao walked slowly towards the inner house: "Dadian, your wedding should be done as well."

Dian Wei said: "You don't have to get married, I've already slept with everyone."

Cao Cao immediately looked at him differently: "You follow me every day and rarely have time to rest. When did you do this?"

Dian Wei: "I see that you, the King of Wei, always snatch the wives you like, regardless of whether they are willing or not."

"Last time she came to bring me food, you gave me two hours to rest. I dragged it into the room for her and it was done."

If the upper beam is crooked, the lower beams will be crooked. Are you learning this from me?
I have made all the observations and considered all aspects. You are just trying to learn from me... Cao Cao glanced at Dian Wei with the side of his eyes.

"and then?"

"Then she cried and said she wanted to get married quickly. It's a good thing that you, King Wei, mentioned it, so let her come over tomorrow." Dian Wei said.

Cao Cao thought for a moment and said, "If you get married, I will give you the house next to the east side of the mansion. Zhongkang, your family can come over, and I will also give you a house on the right side of the mansion."

Dian Wei and Xu Chu shook their heads together:
"We live in the small courtyard in front of the palace, it's good. We eat and drink in the palace, it doesn't cost money, and we can save up our salary. If we live outside, everything will cost money."

Fuck...and Jia Xu, have you discussed this and decided to eat and drink together?

After returning to the inner house, Cao Cao walked towards a small courtyard.

After marriage, wives and concubines still each had their own courtyard, all in the inner house.

When Cao Cao entered the room, Zou Yuan had just come out of the back hall after bathing and was drying his hair.

It's early spring, neither cold nor hot.

Zou Yuan was wearing a light blue dress and she bent her head to wipe her long hair. From behind, the dress wrapped around her plump body.

"Husband."

Zou Yuan saw Cao Cao and turned around. The two had known each other for two years, but they had not had much contact.

She was taken away by Boss Cao as his concubine purely because of her beauty.

As they gradually got to know each other, Zou Yuan was attracted by Cao Cao's talent and temperament. When asked before marriage, she was willing to marry.

That night Cao Cao let Diao Chan and Zou Yuan go.

Now we are here to open up new territory.

"I'll sleep here with you tonight," said Boss Cao.

Zou Yuan hummed softly, her face delicate and tender.

The immaturity of her body had long gone, and she was now full of mature charm. She glanced at Cao Cao with her watery eyes, and her natural charm was innate.

She took small steps forward and helped him take off his outer robe.

Cao Cao walked to the back hall, and came back after washing up. He saw Zou Yuan lying on the couch, nervously covered with a quilt, revealing only her fair neck and slightly delicate collarbone, with flushed cheeks.

The figure under the brocade quilt was undulating, and half of a small foot was sticking out from the corner of the quilt. It was dazzlingly white, and the toenails were painted with pink rouge.

When she noticed Cao Cao looking at her, her little feet quietly hid back under the quilt.

When Cao Cao sat on the couch, Zou Yuan sat up to greet him, with his shirt open, looking unfathomable.

"Undress yourself."

Zou Yuan lowered her head. In her impression, Cao Cao was very domineering and strong. She didn't dare to refuse. She timidly unbuttoned her shirt, her shoulders and arms flushed a light pink, and her eyes looked like she was begging for mercy.

"come over!"

Zou Yuan let out a soft moan and leaned over.

The spring breeze blows again, and the sun sets over the long river.

Apricot blossoms bloom on the branches in spring, and the soft rain at night is touching.

Cao Cao was very satisfied. It was really charming that he destroyed three wise men in one day.

Not only is it beautiful, it also has some unique charms...

The next morning, Cao Cao received a message.

Emperor Zhong, Yuan Shu is dead!
Historically, he was extravagant and when he was at the end of his rope, he turned back to ask Yuan Shao for help. However, he ran out of food on the way and died of vomiting blood due to illness.

His extravagant lifestyle after he proclaimed himself emperor exhausted the financial resources of his three counties within two years.

News came that when Yuan Shu died, all the servants who could escape from his palace in Shouchun ran away.

In the entire palace, there were less than 30 kilograms of coarse rice mixed with bran left.

Yuan Shu was so thin that his bones were visible, and the bed was covered with blood that he had coughed up.

On the third day after Yuan Shu's death, Sun Ce led his troops into Shouchun.

The Cao army also took advantage of the situation and advanced southward.

Sun Ce did not dare to stay in Shouchun, and immediately retreated, giving Shouchun to Cao's army.

Cao's army continued to move south and occupied more than half of Yangzhou and Lujiang County.

Sun Ce retreated all the way to the north bank of the Yangtze River and only stopped around Wan County.

He retreated repeatedly, not wanting to clash with the powerful Cao army.

"We cannot take this national seal."

Zhou Yu was also in Sun Ce's camp.

Both of them were looking at the shining precious stone, which was said to be the imperial seal destined by heaven.

Because he got the imperial seal, Yuan Shu felt that he had been blessed by heaven and dreamed of becoming emperor.

Sun Ce led his men to break into Shouchun, searched the imperial seal from the palace, and brought it back.

Zhou Yu looked at Sun Ce:

"The Heirloom Seal is the most important thing in the world. If we take it, Cao's army will attack us with all their might. If we take the Heirloom Seal before we have enough power, we will lose our lives!"

"Present it to the King of Wei, and all our troops shall withdraw to the south of the Yangtze River."

"Use the imperial seal to buy time for development." Zhou Yu said firmly.

Sun Ce, dressed in armor, looked at the imperial seal with shining eyes.

It is four inches square, with five intertwined dragons on the top button and the seal character "Received the Mandate from Heaven" engraved on the front, which looks magnificent.

Emperors of all dynasties regarded obtaining this seal as a sign of good fortune and treated it as a rare treasure.

It is said that in the first year of Qin Ziying's reign, Ziying knelt down and held the jade seal, presented it on the left side of Xianyang Road, and Qin was destroyed.

When Emperor Gaozu ascended the throne, he took control of the seal, which was passed down from generation to generation and was called the Han Dynasty's Heirloom Seal.

However, there are also records saying that the handwriting on the "Han Dynasty Imperial Seal" is "Received the Mandate from Heaven, Live Long and Prosper", instead of "Received the Mandate from Heaven, Live Long and Prosper", and it is no longer the He Shi Bi Jade Seal of the Qin Emperor.

At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the world was in turmoil and the seal was hidden in the Empress Dowager's place in Changle Palace.

Wang Mang sent his cousin Wang Shun to ask for it back. The empress dowager was furious and threw the seal to the ground, breaking one corner of it.

Wang Mang ordered the craftsmen to repair it with gold.

Later, it changed hands several times, and finally the imperial seal was passed on to Emperor Guangwu of Han, Liu Xiu.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, He entered the palace and killed the eunuchs. Zhang Rang and Duan Gui fled with the emperor, and the jade seal disappeared.

After Dong Zhuo's rebellion, Sun Jian led his army into Luoyang. The soldiers took out a small box from a well, and inside the box was the imperial seal.

Cao Cao also had the opportunity to obtain it at that time, but he didn't take it.

The imperial seal has been passed down for hundreds of years.

Not only is it a symbol of destiny in name, it also has practical significance.

When the national seal was right in front of him, Sun Ce could feel the magical power emanating from it, echoing the heaven and earth.

Inside the seal, he vaguely saw a wisp of floating energy, like a real dragon, moving and changing in various ways.

But Sun Ce only saw it for a moment before the dragon-shaped aura dissipated.

This national seal must have many magical properties, as if it was given by heaven.

According to ancient legend, the national seal contains the essence of the mountains and rivers of the Nine Provinces, and sealed inside is a wisp of dragon energy corresponding to the dragon veins of the Nine Provinces. If one obtains it, one can gather the emperor's luck and contain infinite mysteries.

But Gongjin is right, the imperial seal is not something I can get my hands on right now... Sun Ce thought.

He is much more restrained than Yuan Shu.

Three days later, Sun Ce sent a message to Cao's camp, expressing his willingness to present the imperial seal to the King of Wei.

Cao Cao then ordered the release of Sun Quan.

In mid-April, the imperial seal was delivered to Yecheng and fell into Cao Cao's hands.

The moment he opened the brocade box and took out the imperial seal, Cao Cao seemed to hear a dragon's roar coming from the mountains, rivers and land.

Behind him, the scales of the dragon of luck trembled, and it exhaled purple luck like a long river, pouring into the national seal!

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