Everyone stood quietly outside the door under the eaves. The golden sun rose, the shade of the trees swayed gently. In the sound of cicadas, in the open window, someone walked past the spots on the ground and picked up the medicine jar.

The smell of medicine was everywhere. Cao Cao was lying on the bed, his face was yellow and his white hair was scattered and fluffy. He slowly opened his eyes tiredly. In his turbid vision, he saw a familiar figure walking over with a medicine bowl and trying to struggle to sit down. Gongsun Zhi's hand was pressed on his thin shoulder, "Lying down well." Then, he sat down on the edge of the bed, slowly stirring the medicine, waiting for the cold to come.

The room seemed quiet, the soup was hot and there was a little smell of feces and urine. Outside the open window, cicadas cried into the room one after another.

"...I thought you wouldn't come."

"Yes, I didn't plan to come here, Yecheng is almost defeated." After a smile under the strong beard, Mu Shao scooped it into the soup and said, "Then Xu Huang is a good general. It can last for half a month under such an offensive, which is hard for ordinary people to reach."

Hearing these words, Cao Cao finally felt a little bit of energy on his face. Looking at Gongsun Zhi who was stirring the soup, his white beard opened with his smile: "There is more than Xu Huang, the only one who has a good general, this is what I have gained for most of my life... Now... I've left it to you."

"Don't the Prime Minister regret it?"

The stirring hand stopped, Gongsun Zhi raised his face and looked over, as if he was somewhat expecting Xu Du to come over.

"What do you regret?" Cao Cao shook his head gently, supported his arms and tried hard to make himself sit up. The fine sweat beads were secreted on his forehead, and he was so weak that he smiled: "I never regret doing things, but I regret two things... Wancheng broke his most favored son, and... Qinghe, I am not a good father. If I had known her thoughts early and talked with her a few more words, the things might not be like this."

Gongsun Zhi wanted to speak, but the old man opposite him waved his hand and told him not to speak. He continued: "This is not your fault. It's just a wishful thinking for your in-laws. It's normal for you to refuse. How can you take your anger on your head? I can still understand this."

The room then became quiet again.

After a while, Gongsun Zhi fed the medicine to the old man and took a sip. In silence, he still spoke: "...Prime Minister, your eldest son Cao Ang is not dead."

Cao Cao, who swallowed the soup, was frozen there. He looked at Gongsun Zhi, and the latter looked straight at him. He looked at each other for a moment. The old man shook his head: "He is dead, dead in Wancheng, and this son is gone... Gongsun Xiu wants to laugh at him. But at this time, his eyes were red, and he waved his hand to push the stretched spoon, "Come on, help me get in, and take you to a place."

"You are walking?" Putting down the medicine bowl, Gongsun Zhi reached out to help him.

"If you can't walk, you have to leave." The voice was slow, and the feet that fell to the ground were weakly supported on the ground. Cao Cao grabbed Gongsun Zhi's arm and stood up with difficulty. The maids who were waiting for him hurried over to help put on their clothes. The old man stood in front of the window frame and looked at the appearance of the bronze mirror on the desk. Straws of white hair became neat under the wooden comb. He stood up straight with his body: "As long as I, Cao Cao, still breath, I can't die between the bed."

The skylight shone in, and the wide sleeves trembled, shaking left and right

Outside the house.

Cao Pi held the Seven-Star Knife and stood there awkwardly. He heard the vague voices and footsteps in the house. He tried to go in several times but was stopped by Xu Chu. "Second Young Master, Shu Chu is rude. The lord had ordered that no one except the governor should go in and disturb him."

"Then... I'm sorry General Xu..."

As they spoke, the door squeaked, and the people waiting outside looked over subconsciously. The figure in black robes crossed the threshold and walked into the bright sunshine. The eyes shone through the majesty of the past, swept over them: "Go to the imperial city, prepare cars and horses, Gongsun wants to follow me."

"Father"

Cao Pi chased after him for two steps, but there was no response from the other party. The knife in his hand was then taken away by Gongsun Zhi. The wolf king turned his face and said, "Stay at home with peace of mind. Children should not interfere in the affairs of adults. Are you clear about it?!" After that, he patted the young man twice on the shoulder and turned around and walked away.

The vast iron-armored man pioneered the way, Cao Chun, Cao Hong, Xun Yu, Xun You followed the team away from the backyard, Cao Pi stood under the eaves of no one, feeling uncomfortable that his father could suddenly get up, and quickly attracted his confidant: "Go and notify Xiahou Wei quickly and ask him to go out of the city to find his father immediately, and he said Gongsun Zhi was going to take over the foundation of my Cao family, go quickly."

...

The carriage was slowly moving, and the old man who was sitting in the carriage no longer had the majestic airs he had cried before. Almost all of the people leaned against the wall of the cabin, and his eyes returned to the turbidity. Looking at the curtains rolled up in the wind, the street scenes that flashed behind the curtains, and sat there thinking about some things intently.

"Gongsun, you said, why do so many people in the world like to do something bad behind the scenes?"

"When you are alone, you dare to be hysterical for a bite." Gongsun Zhi followed his eyes and looked at the pedestrians and horses passing by outside the car. "I have become a big family and have a clique, and I have to fight for more things. Fame and interests must be taken and held in my own hands. Only then will they feel at ease and not be confused. The Prime Minister has been here all the way through this life, and has spent most of his time dealing with the aristocratic family and comforting them. In the end, once they are seriously ill, they will not be able to hold on. Have they ever regretted it?"

The old man didn't answer.

He has been betrayed too much in his life. Even the emperor "Liu Xie" who has made good friends, and the one who has been with him, has made trouble behind his back again and again. He has seen enough of these things. After a moment of silence, Cao Cao suddenly said, "Zi Xiu... Are he doing well in the years?"

"Graduating a wife and having children is now a talented general."

"That's good...that's good..." Cao Cao pursed his lips and said in a low voice, "If he comes back, I will have no face to see him again... It's okay if you don't see him... right?" He paused, and as the car body trembled, the old man turned his head: "Gongsun... what will happen to the Cao family in the future?"

He asked slowly.

"The throne of Duke and Marquis was hereditary for three generations."

"good."

Afterwards, the carriage entered the imperial city and stopped between the palace corridors. Gongsun Zhi helped the old man down and headed towards Chengguang Hall. He raised his head and could only see the sky's blue straight blue on the towering palace walls on both sides. Occasionally, birds were singing and flying over from their sight.

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Cao Mansion.

Ding took several confidant servants to protect the courtyard and walked across the bridge. At the corner at the end of the eaves in front of the corridor, Bian brought five maids to him. The corridor was not as spacious as the road. After passing, Bian refused to let go and gave a very polite gift: "Sister, sister, I just happened to have something to look for you."

"Get out of here"

Ding only glanced at her and knew what the other party wanted to do. His face suddenly changed. He raised his hand and slapped it on the other party's face, "I am still one day, but this Cao family's wife, how could you stop me like this concubine?" His eyes were stern and he swept over the other stout maids: "You want to die? Don't you get out of here!"

In the voice, the ward behind her rushed over, and the thick maids stood in the middle of the road like wood, kowtowing and apologizing, but they refused to let go. Bian, who was covering his face, was also accusing him: "If my sister has offended me, I hope my sister will punish me..." In his words, Ding took out a seal from the pouch on his cuff and threw it to a servant: "Take it, hurry to the south of the city immediately, and let Xiahou Yuan lead his troops directly to the imperial city!"

That is the Prime Minister's Seal.

Bian watched the servant jump out of the corridor eaves and ran out from other directions. When he turned around, the Cao family housewife on the opposite side laughed: "Do you think your husband is seriously ill, but you don't know what's happening outside? He gave me the Prime Minister's Seal and Ribbon early on for safekeeping."

Chengguang Palace was when he was in court. Liu Xie sat majestic behind the dragon case, listening to the civil and military officials below reporting the war in the north. After that, he also replied a few words, and his words seemed full of energy. Soon, drums suddenly sounded outside, and the jade beads swung. He stood up. When everyone in the hall turned around, a eunuch hurriedly ran in from outside the hall.

"What's the matter in the palace to beat the drum?" he asked frowned.

The eunuch bent down and raised his hands, his tone was a little anxious: "Report to Your Majesty, is it... it is Prime Minister Cao... and the governor of the Northern Territory Gongsun Zhi... they... they entered the palace."

On the Jin stairs, the emperor was unstable and almost tripped by the case.

"Come here?"

"No...no, they don't seem to come here."

"Call the palace guards immediately..."

"yes!"

Liu Xie stood there, and the civil and military officials below fell into silence.

Outside the imperial city, above the high building, Cao Ang pressed his knife to look at the carriage entering the imperial city, then closed his eyes and stood for a long time. After Yu Jin, Zhu Gongdao and others came to inform him that the time was almost over, they opened their eyes again, let out a sigh of relief, walked down the stairs, and walked towards the outline of the imperial city in the distance.

...

In Xudu City, there were shadows gathering in various alleys. The figure in the head drew out the blade and tied the handle of the knife tightly with cloth strips. He turned his head and looked at the brothers who followed him.

"After Cao Cao died of illness, Gongsun Zhi must not let the fisherman benefit. This time he entered the city, and there were only a thousand guards from the palace, and there were also people from the guard Chen Wei, who attacked one after another, and he would definitely die!"

The skylight spreads across the streets and alleys in the city. Occasionally, these people were dressed simply, holding knives and sticks. They were all servants of aristocratic families and guards.

Outside the city, the strong and fierce general opened his eyes and threw the silk on the ground, opened the curtain and walked out with a big stalker, carried his gun and got on his horse: "My sons, follow me into the city and capture Gongsun Zhi."

At the same time, Xiahou Yuan, who was carrying a big bow in the military camp in the south of the city, drove out his horse and raised his long sword and yelled: "Someone in the city provokes discord. When my master is seriously ill, he wants to take Your Majesty hostage, plan to rebel, follow me into the city and wipe them out!"
Chapter completed!