On the twenty-fourth day of the second year of Han Jianxing, Xinmao Day, the cold wind gusted on May 9.

Cao Pi, the lord of Wei, was dressed in white, leading the plain queens and ministers out of the west gate of Luoyang, and asked Zhao Gongma Chao to surrender in the western suburbs of Pingxing Square.

Ma Chao now has two delicate mustaches, and the scarlet purple robe embroidered with gold and silver threads shines brightly, like a god in the sky.

He sat on the green umbrella Gairong cart, quietly watching the field of vision of the Wei monarch's ministers, and slowly moved towards him.

In the cold wind, Cao Pi, who was only wearing three layers of white clothes, had not yet worn boots, but wore a pair of socks on his feet, and he was also dirty at the moment.

Like Sun Quan, who asked to surrender back then, Cao Pi also had a seal around his neck, unlike Sun Quan's two heavy, fist-sized gold seals, his was the heirloom jade seal.

Ma Chao didn't move for a long time, the surrender ceremony had already begun, and he could only let the monarchs and ministers of Wei go through all the formalities, and walked to Ma Chao to beg and surrender.

Queen Guo supported her left arm Cao Pi, Cao Pi was still holding on to herself, and his right hand was also grasping Queen Guo's arm, and his body trembled for a while.

Still gritting his teeth and insisting, the ministers and ministers who followed behind him wept and walked, or wept and bowed their heads, or secretly gritted their teeth.

On both sides of the road, there are Beifu armor soldiers with halberds and Sige, all dressed up, carrying blue and red battle flags, and the armor of the Beifu logo is covered with blue and red plackets.

It was winter, and they were wrapped in scarves inside their helmets and necks, and the scarves covered their mouths and noses instead of masks, revealing only the black slits of their eyes, and they could not see specific expressions and demeanors; And the exhaled white breath has stained the helmet in front of it, looking gloomy and cold.

When Cao Pi approached, Ma Chao leaned forward slightly, propped his right elbow on the arm of the chair, clenched his fist to support his chin, and tilted his head slightly to look at Cao Pi, who was getting closer and closer.

Cao Pi, who was dressed lightly, was almost frozen, but when he thought of his son who was detained by Ma Chao halfway, he had to hold on.

Physically and mentally cold, with the support and push of Queen Guo, he finally came to Ma Chaorong's car.

But he was almost unconscious, his lips were blue and cold, and he was trembling and unable to make a sound.

Queen Guo shouted in mourning: "The criminal minister Cao Pi knows where the destiny of heaven is!" Today, he led more than 5,700 civil and military officials, 86,000 soldiers, and 200,000 households to submit to the mandate of heaven and pray for acceptance. ”

Ma Chao sat upright, still looking at Cao Pi quietly.

I thought of the more than 200 people in the family who were killed by Xu Du, and remembered the scene of my wife, concubines, and children being hacked to death one by one and throwing their heads in front of me on the head of Tianshui Jicheng City.

Then there was the scene where his wife Dong's mother and son were given to Zhang Lu by Cao Cao, and Zhang Lu stabbed his son to death with a sword; His wife was also included in the back house by Yan Pu.

After that, he turned to the world for many years, and although he continued to win, he did not have much happiness.

Even if he catches the son that Cao Pi cares about the most now, he will torture Cao Pi like a dead man...... But in the same way, I don't feel a little joy or happiness.

Some are just a relief, even if they are dead now, they can be more relaxed, and they can raise their heads to reunite with their families.

At this time, Cao Pi was already frozen, his legs were trembling and frozen, and he was frozen stiff and stiff, no matter how hard Queen Guo worked beside him, Cao Pi just couldn't kneel.

With the help of others, Cao Pi barely knelt on the ground, Queen Guo grabbed Cao Pi's hands with both hands, and Cao Pi held the heirloom jade seal in her hand.

Ma Chao stretched out his hand, Pang Yan in front of his car stepped forward, caught the jade seal of the country with both hands, and first held it high to show it to the secretary of Wei and hundreds of officials, and these more than two or three hundred middle-aged and elderly officials knelt down to show their submission.

Pang Yan turned around again, and continued to hold the jade seal of the country high with both hands, and the vocal car behind Ma Chaorong's car began to play music, and there were all kinds of musicians in the carriage of drums, trumpets, and gongs, playing a melody of "Review March" rearranged by Tian Xin.

Different from the melodious and magnificent court rhythm; It is biased towards military music with distinct melodies, short and repetitive melodies.

In the melody, Pang Yan boarded the car and handed it to Ma Chao with the jade seal of the country.

Ma Chao also got up, caught the jade seal of the country with both hands, and after looking at it carefully, he put it in the box and handed it to Lu Yan, who came with him.

There was no interest in looking at Cao Pi who was about to freeze to death on the side, Ma Chao raised his hand and waved lightly: "Enter the city in order, and when I seal the palace and treasury, I will immediately send good news to Duke Chen and the imperial court." ”

"Order."

In this way, Ma Chao sat on the car again, and the band on the car behind him played the "Review March" in unison, slowly passing by the monarchs and ministers of the Wei State, and then behind them was Ma Chao's purple-clothed guards of the Principality of Zhao, all riding horses today, the horses were neatly stepped, trampled over, and the ground was trembling.

When the Beifu Soldier Array passed by here, the surrender ceremony was completed.

When Queen Guo's nephew Meng Wu led the team to pass by, he saw that Queen Guo was praying for cold clothes from other government soldiers, but most of the government soldiers and military officials marching in line were silent.

Seeing this, Meng Wu took off his blue-gray cashmere felt army coat, and hurriedly stepped forward to wrap Cao Pi, Queen Guo saw Cao Pi's eyes, and also recognized her nephew, so she asked in a low voice: "How is Zihe?" ”

Meng Wu first helped to pick up Cao Pi, and saw that Cao Pi had the help and help of the middle and senior military officials of the government soldiers here, and the subordinates behind him also surrounded him one after another, and they did not dare to approach Meng Wu.

Meng Wu was still wrapped in a scarf in his helmet, and the scarf covering the bridge of his nose had been dyed white by the exhaled white breath, even if he knew Meng Wu, he couldn't judge Meng Wu's identity from a pair of eyes at this moment.

Meng Wu didn't want to expose himself, so he deliberately said in a dry and hoarse voice: "Duke Zhao did intercept Zihe in Hu County, but after hearing the news, Mrs. Xiahou sent an envoy to inquire, and Duke Zhao let Zihe go." Thinking about it, Zihe is already in Shanglin Yuan, and it will be fine. ”

As soon as he heard that Cao Yong was already safe, Cao Pi breathed a sigh of relief, only to feel that his face was frozen and unconscious, and there was a feeling of swelling, even his limbs and torso had this warm feeling.

The feeling of warmth around him made him drowsy, so he closed his eyes.

Queen Guo saw that Meng Wu's team had already gone halfway, so she hurriedly instructed: "Ah Wumo has to delay the business, and when the situation is stable, it is not too late to say goodbye." ”

Meng Wu responded, got up and gave up his hand, turned around and led two personal soldiers to chase quickly towards the front of his team, with two bright silver stars on his shoulders.

After he left, in a team of 100 people behind, the leading military officials also turned their heads to look at the monarchs and ministers of the Wei State, and their eyes mostly stayed on Cao Pi and his wife.

In this team of 100 people, Ruan Ji, who only had a bronze star on his shoulder, looked at Cao Pi deeply, his thoughts were complicated, and he still stepped on the drum beat, and stepped on the ground with the surrounding robes, gradually moving away.

He still couldn't help but look back, and seemed to recognize some Qian Peixiang Party in the subordinate train behind Cao Pi.

When I was far away, I vaguely heard the sound of a miserable, sad woman crying behind me.

As an orphan who lost his father in the war at the age of three, Nguyen Ji walked steadily and never looked back to move forward with his robes.

He heard the 100 generals who led the team sigh to the officers on the left and right: "It must be someone dead." ”

The officers on the left and right snorted and exhaled white air, and no one answered.