Chapter 172: Secretly Plotting
"Cao thief, Cao thief! You can't die well, you can't die well! β
Dong Cheng, who left the palace and returned to his mansion, the more he thought about it, the more unwilling he became, the more he thought about it, the more angry and resentful he became, and he hated Cao Cao to the bottom of his heart.
In Dong Cheng's view, Emperor Han Xian has become like this, he has no intention of political affairs, and only knows how to have fun, all because of Cao Cao, if it weren't for Cao Cao's recent dedication to some inexplicable obscene things and beauties, how could Emperor Han Xian, who was only eleven or twelve years old, be sleepy.
After all, Cao Cao has the memories of later generations, so for him, if he wants to make an emperor quickly corrupted and become a mediocre and incompetent king, it can be said that there are thousands of ways.
Those methods in later generations, some adult last monarchs have no way to resist, not to mention that he is only twelve years old, and he has not yet reached the initial adulthood of fourteen, and can only be regarded as a child.
Cao Cao's move, how can Dong Cheng, who has heavy expectations for Emperor Han Xian, not be angry and angry, Cao Cao's move is a hundred times more ruthless than the salary at the bottom of the kettle.
"No, if Cao Cao goes on like this, my big man will be completely ruined, for the sake of the big man, the old man will go out!"
Cao Cao's actions over the past few days, coupled with this rapid pacification of Qingzhou, and the occupation of Qingzhou Beihai and Xuzhou by the way, made Dong Cheng feel frightened, and he also understood more in his heart that if this continued, then the chance of moving to Cao Cao would be smaller and smaller.
When he came to the desk, Dong Cheng, who didn't know what he was writing, walked out of the study after a while, summoned a henchman, spoke in his ear for a while, waved it back, and returned to the study to wait.
And during this waiting time, Dong Cheng didn't sit down at all, but walked around in the study, his chaotic footsteps and muddy breathing, as well as his tight and loose hands, all showed the tension in Dong Cheng's heart.
"I don't know General Dong, what's the important matter in inviting this general to come?"
Dong Cheng, who was nervous in his heart, exhaled after hearing this voice, looked at the owner of the voice with a smile on his face and said, "General Wang is here, come, please take a seat!" β
General Wang, who was the prince of Yuecai at the time, glanced at Dong Cheng, and after hesitating for a moment, he still followed Dong Cheng and did it.
After the prince was seated, Dong Cheng waved away everyone, and at the same time closed the door of the study tightly, and Dong Cheng's behavior made the prince frown, and some bad premonitions rose in his heart.
"General Wang, this general is called by His Majesty's secret decree, and wants to gather the subjects who are loyal to my Han to jointly kill Cao Cao and return my Han to a peaceful and prosperous world!"
"What?!"
The prince was shocked, and snatched the so-called secret edict of the Son of Heaven in Dong Cheng's hand, which was accepted from the Son of Heaven, and watched it carefully, the more he looked, the more ugly the prince's face became.
He didn't expect Dong Cheng to summon himself today, it was for this matter, Cao Cao's command of hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, hundreds of strong generals, ministers like rain, fierce generals like clouds, Dong Cheng and Emperor Han Xian wanted to kill Cao Cao, in the eyes of Wang Zifu, it was completely a fool's dream.
And he also participated in this impossible thing, which made Wang Zifu regret not being at the beginning, if he didn't come at that time, how could there be a disaster from the sky at this time.
"General Dong, you are crazy, you actually issued an edict without authorization, and secretly conspired to kill the prime minister, this is a big crime, I think for the sake of acquaintance with you, you can be regarded as not hearing it, you better give up such an unrealistic idea quickly!"
Looking at the figure of Wang Zifu turning around and about to leave, Dong Cheng straightened his waist and said with a cold smile: "General Wang, I told you the truth, it is impossible for you to wash it up now, as long as General Wang leaves my Dong Mansion, then General Ben can guarantee that on the second day, the matter of General Wang conspiring with me to kill Cao Cao will spread throughout the entire Chen Capital, and at that time, General Wang, do you think Cao Cao will let you go or will he rather kill the wrong one!" β
The prince's footsteps froze, if what Dong Cheng said was true, once this matter spread throughout the entire Chen Capital, according to the prince's suit, Cao Cao would definitely rather kill himself than let go, at least, if he was in Cao Cao's position, it would definitely be so.
Thinking about it like this, coupled with the fact that Wang Zifu, who didn't dare to gamble with his life at all, although he was angry because he fell for Dong Cheng's tricks, he still turned around and said to Dong Cheng with an ugly face: "Even if the general agrees, what's the use, the Yulin Army in the palace is not under the jurisdiction of the general at all, and with just two of us, how can this matter succeed!" β
"General Wang, since ancient times, the weak defeat the strong, abound, a qiΔ only depends on whether the general is with my heart, in the past, LΓΌ Buwei had a son Chu to be rich, today I and the general are the same, and Changshui Captain Chongji, Lang Wu Shuo are my henchmen, Cao Cao arrived in Yanzhou, will inevitably enter the palace to meet the Son of Heaven, as long as the general opens the palace gate, I and other people's private soldiers will rush into the palace, take advantage of Cao Cao's unpreparedness, kill in one fell swoop, after Cao Cao's death, the command will inevitably be chaotic because of the leaderless dragons, When the time comes, it will be easy to surrender or strangle! β
Hearing Dong Cheng say this, Wang Zifu hesitated, if everything is like Dong Cheng said, then Cao Cao seems to be certain to die, and killing Cao Cao himself will definitely be able to become one of the top ministers in the court, and it seems that he has no way out.
Wang Zifu, who flashed such a thought in his heart, changed his face, and said to Dong Cheng with a determined look: "Okay, since this is the case, I will help General Dong to revitalize the Han Dynasty and kill Cao Cao!" β
"In this way, thank you General Wang, after the matter is completed, I will definitely give His Majesty XiΓ and ask for credit for the general!"
Wang Zifu was finally coerced and lured by himself, which made Dong Cheng overjoyed, and at the same time, he was completely relieved, of course, Dong Cheng was able to be so successful today, completely because Wang Zifu was timid and afraid of death.
It was a matter of his own life, Wang Zifu didn't dare to bet on whether what Dong Cheng said was true or false, and he didn't dare to bet on whether Cao Cao would let him go if he heard the rumors spread by Dong Cheng in the end.
Everyone's personality determines the outcome of everyone in the future, undoubtedly, because of the character of being timid and afraid of death, the final fate of the prince's suit was also decided at the same time, and Xun Yu and others, who were holding a ceremony to welcome Cao Cao's victorious return, did not expect that under their noses, there was a secretly planned rebellion.