[Three Kingdoms] Carnival

Chapter 156

Another incense burnt to the end, it is already a watch.

According to the plan, the person who sent Zhen Mi and Yuan Xi out of the city should have returned an hour earlier.But until now, no one person or letter has been sent to Guo Jia or Cao Pi.The night was as cool as water, quiet and silent, but the people in the house became more and more anxious.It turned out that Cao Pi could comfort himself that maybe it was just a small mistake, and Mr. Guo's people were experienced and would be able to deal with it soon.But when he found that Guo Jia also began to frown frequently as time went by, he became even more disturbed instantly.If it wasn't clear that he couldn't act rashly, he even wanted to ride out of the city to find out.

At this moment, a servant ran into the house in small steps.Seeing that it was his confidant who came here, Cao Pi was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Call someone in."

The servant did not immediately obey his orders.He lowered his head and said, "My lord, the person outside the door is not someone sent out, but Madam."

Cao Pi was stunned for a moment, but before he realized why Mrs. Zhen went and returned, Mrs. Bian had already walked in with her maid.Cao Pi hurriedly stood up to greet him, while Guo Jia, Sima Yi, Wu Zhi and others stood up and saluted.

"Mother, more deep and dew heavy, if you really have something to do, call Pi to go there, why come here in person."

Mrs. Bian sighed softly: "Mi'er couldn't be found, how could I sleep well. What's the matter, do you know where she went?"

Cao Pi helped Mrs. Bian sit down on the table, and replied respectfully: "I have already asked the maid in her room. She went to a maiden's house outside the city to prepare a birthday gift for her mother. Originally, she wanted to surprise her. , the maid said that she didn’t know. Seeing that it was getting late, the maid panicked, so she said. Pi has already sent someone outside the city, and I think he is already on his way back to the mansion at this time.” Actually, Cao Pi was indeed in a few Shi Shi sent someone out to look for Zhen Mi, so that he could bring back the sad news that Zhen Mi died after being set on fire by thieves in Xiuniang's house.But for some reason, even these people have not heard from them until now.

Cao Pi was thinking about the key point, when he raised his head, he met his mother's dark eyes.His mother is not an ordinary woman and child, she has extraordinary courage and resourcefulness, Cao Pi even began to suspect that his thoughts had been seen through when his mother looked straight at him.After a while, Mrs. Bian said quietly: "Zihuan, you are grown up and have your own plans. Originally, it was inconvenient for me to interfere with what you did. But I have to remind you of two things."

"Follow your mother's teachings."

"The first thing, Mi'er used to be married to someone who was not a person, but since she passed the family, she has given birth to children to support her parents-in-law, and she has done everything in her power to manage the backyard affairs for you. I really like this daughter-in-law and treat her as a My family. I don't care what you do, but you care about the relationship between husband and wife, at least, don't hurt her life. "

"Mother was joking. Pi and Zhen Shi are husband and wife, and Rui'er is here, so why would Pi want to hurt her life?"

Mrs. Bian did not comment, and then said: "The second thing. Your father has been working day and night for these years. He is not fighting for thieves, or he is devoted to political affairs. He is a person who wants to do something big. If you Whatever you do, you must keep in mind that it will not affect your father's great cause." After she finished speaking, she raised her head to look at Guo Jia, and bowed slightly, "Mr. Guo, please watch Zihuan a little bit. What made his father angry, please ask him to comfort him a little bit."

Guo Jia hurriedly said: "Ma'am, you are serious. The second son is talented, young and promising, and he has solved the Lord's worries and problems many times. Among the sons, the second son is the one that the Lord values ​​the most. Madam, don't worry too much."

Cao Pi was puzzled why his mother would talk about this, but he still took the opportunity to persuade him: "It's already too late, why not help Pi to go back to the room to rest. In the morning, Pi and Mrs. Zhen will go to see mother together. "Madam Bian had better leave.In this way, people outside will return to their orders later, so that many troubles will not arise.

Mrs. Bian sighed softly, and there seemed to be a hint of worry hidden between her brows.She took Cao Pi's hand and patted it lightly: "I was so panicked tonight, I couldn't rest even when I went back, so I just waited here. I will go back when there is a result."

Cao Pi had no choice but to nod his head, thinking that if Mrs. Bian was sleepy for a while, there might be a chance to send Mrs. Bian back.But she didn't realize that Madam Bian didn't just mean Zhen Mi's return when she said she would wait.

The room fell silent again.In the dripping glass of the copper pot, the water supported the boat bit by bit, another hour passed, and there was still no news of the person who was supposed to come back.Cao Pi couldn't sit still anymore, and gave Wu Zhi a look, Wu Zhi immediately understood, and was about to speak, but Sima Yi held his hand.Wu Wen looked at Sima Yi suspiciously, and Sima Yi pointed Cao Pi at Guo Jia with his eyes.

"Cough, cough, cough."

Guo Jia lowered her head and coughed a few times. Madam Bian asked, "Are you feeling unwell, sir?"

"Madam also knows that Jia is an old problem." Guo Jia smiled, suddenly his face changed, and he lowered his head and coughed again.Cao Pi rushed forward to serve tea, and when Guo Jia came over, he turned to Mrs. Bian and said, "Mother, Mr. Guo has always been in poor health. We are just waiting here, why don't you let him go home to rest first."

However, it is strange that Mrs. Bian, who has always been considerate, hesitated in the face of Cao Pi's reasonable words.Her beautiful eyebrows frowned slightly: "Zihuan, you..."

"I just remember that Feng Xiao's body has recovered a long time ago, why did he cough again when he returned to Yecheng?"

The voice at the door stopped Mrs. Bian's words abruptly.This tone was not harsh, but it also lacked a bit of concern, which made everyone in the room pale in an instant.

Mrs. Bian sighed lightly, not surprised, as if she had expected everything long ago.She stood up to greet her: "Meng De, you are back."

"Yes." Cao Cao nodded to Mrs. Bian, then turned to look at Cao Pi.No matter how good Cao Pi was at hiding his emotions, under Cao Cao's stern gaze, he still couldn't help feeling guilty.

Father must have known.

"Zihuan, let you tell yourself what you did wrong."

"Father, Pi doesn't know..."

"Gu only gives you this chance."

"Father, everything Pi has done is to protect the reputation of my Cao family."

"If you only want to protect the reputation of the family, you can report to me early in the morning and put Yuan Xi to death and put the Zhen family under house arrest. Why go to such trouble to let them go?" Cao Cao glared and said sharply, "You are clearly using this to manipulate orphans. Your counselor! Why, when you just became a general with five sense organs and took the position of deputy prime minister, your heart is so big that you dare to poach Gu Gu?! Gu is not dead yet!"

Cao Pi hurriedly knelt down on the ground, Sima Yi, Wu Zhi and others immediately knelt down to Cao Cao, and Guo Jia was the only one left standing in the distance.Thinking of Mrs. Bian's request just now, Guo Jia pondered for a while, and tried to say something for Cao Pi:

"Duke Ming, Second Young Master, he..."

"To shut up!"

As soon as Cao Cao scolded, not only Guo Jia was stunned, but everyone else present was also stunned.They hadn't heard Cao Cao speak to Guo Jia in this tone for many years. His voice was extremely harsh, and there was burning anger hidden in just two words.Cao Pi's heart was completely cold.He brought Guo Jia into this matter, one is to recruit, and the other is to prevent the current situation.Due to Guo Jia's reasons, the father will not punish too deeply.But obviously, he underestimated the degree of Cao Cao's anger, even Guo Jia was reprimanded by his father, so he might...

After returning from Jiangdong, everything was fine.In addition to the general of the five senses, he took the post of deputy prime minister, commanded the three armies on behalf of his father, and managed Yecheng.Although the father didn't say it clearly, everyone could see that he had already made Cao Pi the heir by default.But why did it end up like this...

Guo Jia shut his mouth embarrassingly, and the others dared not say anything more.Sima Yi knocked his head on the ground, feeling extremely anxious.If Cao Cao was allowed to say Cao Pi's punishment in anger today, it would really be over.So knowing that he might mess everything up even more, he still braved Cao Cao's fury and said:

"Prime Minister, although what the young master has done is inappropriate, it is indeed for the prime minister's sake, please learn from the prime minister."

"Oh?" Cao Cao's gaze shot at him, and Sima Yi felt a chill run down his back, "I want to hear, how else can you defend this rebellious son."

"My son didn't kill Yuan Xi. Firstly, I was worried that Mrs. Zhen's resentment would be unfavorable to Mr. Yu Rui; secondly, because my son knew that Yuan Shao had acted against the will of heaven, but the prime minister was tolerant and cared about the old friendship. I don't know if the prime minister would because of Yuan Shao has no other heirs, leaving behind Yuan Xi's bloodline, so he dare not execute him without authorization."

"Then he can tell Gu immediately and let Gu deal with it."

"Returning to the prime minister, the son heard that the prime minister's headache was caused by years of worrying about state affairs, and he didn't want to bother the prime minister with his own family affairs. At the same time, the son did have something wrong, and he didn't want the prime minister to blame him for this matter. The matter of the house can’t be handled well, so I asked Mr. Guo to hide it for the time being. But the young master definitely didn’t intend to deceive the prime minister all the time. He just hoped that after everything was dealt with, he would apologize to the prime minister. Please think about it, if the young master If you really want to keep it a secret, why bother to tell Mr. Guo all the things, Mr. Guo is so smart, if the young master has the slightest evil intentions, Mr. Guo should have reported this matter to the Prime Minister. All the concerns, please also ask the Prime Minister consider."

"... Gu didn't know, you know Gu's son better than Gu, the father."

"The Prime Minister is bothering the state affairs day and night. Although the young master is full of admiration, he does not dare to disturb the prime minister because of his own affairs. Yi is the young master's staff, so he can be considerate. If there is anything inappropriate, please punish the master!"

After finishing speaking, Sima Yi knocked his head on the ground again, as if he was letting go.He didn't know how much Cao Cao believed what he said just now, [-]%?[-]%?Thirty percent?But even if it is only [-]%, it can let Cao Cao know that Cao Pi's move is not just to cultivate power for himself, even if the method is wrong, Cao Pi has also considered the overall situation.As long as Cao Cao knows this, Cao Pi still has a chance to stand up.

"Zihuan, do you think Sima Zhongda's words can be trusted alone?"

"Father, no matter what, it is a big mistake for Pi to hide this matter from his father. Please punish him."

Hearing Cao Pi's words, Cao Cao laughed back angrily: "You are so obedient, you only admit to concealing the crime and not reporting it."

Cao Pi lowered his head, not daring to say anything.

"It's all about punishment, okay, then according to what you said, I will punish you." At this time, the anger in Cao Cao's voice had faded, replaced by a chill that sent chills down his spine, "Sima Yi, go The official stays. Cang Shu is short of a teacher, and you come from a Confucian family, so I will leave this matter to you."

"Yi obeys." Cao Cao wanted to divide the relationship between Cao Pi and him.But as long as you stay in the prime minister's mansion, everything will still have a chance.

"As for you——Zihuan, you will be the official worshiped by the emperor, and you dare not move. But your temperament is too stubborn. From today on, I will hand over all the affairs in your hands to your fourth brother, and shut yourself up and think about your mistakes. .”

Cao Pi bit his lower lip tightly, no matter how unwilling he was, he could not show the slightest bit: "Pi respectfully obeys father's teaching."

"Also—" Just when everyone thought Cao Cao had finished speaking, Cao Cao suddenly looked at Guo Jia, "Feng Xiao, come out alone!"

Since Guo Jia was scolded by Cao Cao earlier, his complexion was not very good.Hearing Cao Cao calling him out at this time, Guo Jia probably guessed what was going on, and his face turned pale in an instant.But Cao Cao's tone did not allow him to shirk, so he could only stand up reluctantly and walk to Cao Cao's side.

Seeing that Cao Cao was about to leave, Cao Pi finally couldn't help asking: "Father, Mrs. Zhen..."

The sound stopped abruptly.The chill in Cao Cao's eyes made him unable to speak a word.He could only freeze there, Cao Cao's cold voice made his body tremble slightly:

"Didn't Mrs. Zhen be murdered by bandits and die outside the city?"

No one dared to speak until Cao Cao led Guo Jia out of the house.In the end, it was Mrs. Bian who helped Cao Pi up from the ground, and sighed softly, "You...even if you don't tell your father about this, you should tell me first."

"The son is afraid that if he tells his wife, he will embarrass her." Wu Zhi said on behalf of Cao Pi.They also thought about whether to tell Mrs. Bian about this matter. After all, this is a matter of the back house, and it is only natural for Mrs. Bian to handle it.But Cao Pi said that his mother always put his father first in everything. If he knew about this, he should tell his father logically so as not to delay the business.With her husband on one side and her son on the other, Mrs. Bian will definitely be in a dilemma.

Just like tonight.Although I don't know where Mrs. Bian saw something wrong, all she can do is to accompany Cao Pi to face Cao Cao's scolding late at night, and she doesn't even say a word of pleading for her son, even though her eyes are full of distress.If she said one more thing, she was using personal feelings to overwhelm public affairs, so she couldn't say anything.

After being supported by Mrs. Bian, Cao Pi kept staring at Cao Cao's back as he drifted away: "Mom, Pi doesn't understand. How could father be so angry just because of this incident?"

Mrs. Bian sighed: "Do you think this is a trivial matter? It seems that your father is right, you should think about it."

"No, Pi is saying, why is father so angry, why--so angry with Mr. Guo."

Also, who persuaded his father to return to Ye early, who could bypass Guo Jia to get the information on tonight's operation, and who was stirring up all this behind the scenes.

Outside the house, the figures of Cao Cao and Guo Jia had already merged into the night.But before that, Cao Pi saw clearly that Guo Jia had been walking behind Cao Cao.The night was cold and cold, Guo Jia stopped several times, leaned over and coughed for a long time before he could recover.But from the beginning to the end, Cao Cao didn't stop to wait, and didn't even look back once.

For some reason, Cao Pi suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart.What happened tonight is not the end, but the beginning of everything.