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When he received a secret report from Cao Zhen about the death of the emperor, Cao Cao was working on handling the civil strife in Xuchang.

I originally intended to take advantage of this opportunity to take over Jingzhou in one fell swoop and completely change the strength comparison situation with Liu Bei, but the sudden civil strife forced Cao Cao to return to Xuchang to stabilize the situation.

It can be said that this incident made Cao Cao extremely angry. As soon as he returned to Xuchang, Cao Cao demoted Cao Xiu from the leadership of the Central Army (General level) to the lieutenant. Wang Bi, the lieutenant who was seized but was lucky enough to die, was directly demoted by Cao Cao to a commoner.

After learning about the actual situation, Cao Cao did not blame Xun Yu. Instead, he praised his performance of reversing the situation while he was ill and rewarded him with a large amount of gold and silk fields.

The younger generations of the Cao clan, Xiahou Ba and Cao Tai, were also highly rewarded by Cao Cao for their outstanding performance in the Xuchang Rebellion.

For civil and military officials involved in civil strife in the civil strife, Cao Cao was unable to use thunder means because he had too many connections, so he could only choose a dozen people who had signs of rebellion to punish them, so as to achieve the goal of killing chickens, police and monkeys.

With fierce battles on the front line and the emperor flees outside, stability is indeed greater than anything else.

While stabilizing the situation, Cao Cao also ordered Jia Xu to launch a rigorous investigation.

But Cao Zhen came secretly, which made Cao Cao no longer have any mentality to understand these things.

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"Your Majesty is dead..." He held Cao Zhen's secret silk book in his hand. Cao Cao was stunned and murmured softly.

Fortunately, there is no second person around at this moment, otherwise it will cause a big wave of rendering immediately.

Regarding the final result of this civil strife in Xuchang, Cao Cao had imagined many possibilities, including the emperor's possible injury or even death on his way out.

But this was only at the stage of imagination. Cao Cao would never imagine that... the emperor would really die, and he would not have thought that he would have died at the hands of the Cao clan.

In a very short period of time, many thoughts emerged in Cao Cao's mind. The focus was on how to deal with the bad consequences that would be caused by this matter.

After thinking for a long time, Cao Cao was always easy to plan and decisive.

As a last resort, Cao Cao could only discuss the matter with trustworthy people.

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The first person to be told about the news of the emperor's death was not Cao Cao's number one aid Xun Yu, nor his son Cao Pi, but Jia Xu.

"The emperor has passed away?!!!" When he heard the news, even Jia Xu was slightly surprised. However, Jia Xu, who had personally experienced the death of the young emperor (Liu Bian, the brother of Emperor Xian, died at the hands of Dong Zhuo), quickly turned from shock to calm and began to think about countermeasures.

Seeing Jia Xu's reaction, Cao Cao knew the correct way he found the object of discussion. If we were to talk about wisdom, Xun Yu was not inferior to Jia Xu. But if Xun Yu heard this news, the reaction would never be so calm.

Both of them are top wise men. The difference between the two is that although Xun Yu is loyal to Cao Cao, he also attaches great importance to the Han Dynasty. However, Jia Xu is a person who regards the emperor as a mustard of grass.

"Prime Minister, the death of the emperor cannot be covered up anyway.

Not to mention that the emperor is related to the fate of the country, it is impossible for the court officials to ignore the fact that the emperor is being bullied. Even if we want to conceal it temporarily, Liu Bei will leak this matter.

Moreover, with the wisdom of Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and others, they would make a big fuss about the death of the emperor and attack the prime minister. They would seek great justice for Liu Bei.

It is even said that it is not ruled out that Liu Bei may take this opportunity to become emperor..." After thinking for a while, Jia Xu slowly said, "For the most urgent matter now, the Prime Minister himself made the death of the emperor public first, and confirmed the crime of murdering the emperor to Fu Wan and other traitors and Liu Bei..."

"How to confirm?" Cao Cao frowned deeply and nodded slightly.

"It is said that Fu Wan and other rebels colluded with Liu Bei. They wanted to take the emperor to Nan and flee to Jing, Yang. However, because they were chased by the prime minister, the rebels escaped without hope. They were heartbroken and murdered the emperor..." Jia Xu quickly compiled a set of rhetoric.

Cao Cao hit the table in front of him with his knuckles, and nodded at first, but then asked: "But Wenhe, some of those fleeing rebels, have been fled by Liu Bei's navy.

With these people here, it may be difficult to get things done if they want to confirm the charges to Liu Bei..."

Surprisingly, Jia Xu actually chuckled: "People always have preconceived ideas. As long as the Prime Minister can collude with the gangsters and Liu Bei to murder the emperor as quickly as possible, it is impossible for Liu Bei to confirm this crime.

As long as we can ban all the insiders of our side, the Prime Minister can explain the news from Liu Bei's side with the excuse of enemy rumors and harassment.

Ordinary people and ordinary officials do not have the ability to find out the truth; those with ability are usually trusted officials of the Prime Minister. For the prime minister's great cause, even if they know the truth, they will not publicize it to the outside world."

Seeing Cao Cao's eyes shining, Jia Xu said with greater certainty in his heart: "What we are competing now is who can spread the news from the Prime Minister and Liu Bei as quickly as possible!"

Cao Cao stood up and walked back and forth in the hall, with a contemplative expression on his face.

Jia Xu stopped talking, just watched Cao Cao make the decision quietly.

After a long time, Cao Cao suddenly stopped and turned to Jia Xu and said, "Wenhe, I will pass on the news of the murder of the emperor by Fu Wan and other traitors in the world. You will leave it to you. How to do it yourself.

I want to have a good talk with Wen Ruo, Ziyang and the others!”

"Receive the order!" Jia Xu was not vague and immediately accepted the order to leave to plan the matter.

"Can the Prime Minister be there?" Just then, Xun Yu's voice came from outside the hall.

"Wen Ruo. I'm here, come in!" Although surprised by Xun Yu's arrival, Cao Cao still slowed down his tone and tried his best to act like usual.

Xun Yu hurriedly walked into the hall, and there was a strange look of anxiety on his face, which had always been calm and heavy.

"Wenruo, why did you feel so anxious?" Cao Cao asked in surprise.

"Prime Minister, Your Majesty... has he passed away?" Xun Yu hesitated slightly and said it.

With Cao Cao's deep intentions, he couldn't help but feel disgusted when he heard this inquiry, and then he looked at Jia Xu involuntarily.

Seeing such an expression, Xun Yu, who was very familiar with Cao Cao, knew that the news he had obtained was most accurate. He didn't know what it felt in his heart, but his left hand trembled slightly.

Cao Cao, who was also extremely familiar with Xun Yu, naturally knew the slightly trembling behavior of his left hand. It was Xun Yu's subconscious action when he was most excited. However, Xun Yu had not performed like this for 7 or 8 years.

"Wenruo, the emperor has indeed passed away..." Knowing that he could not hide the most powerful arm help, Cao Cao nodded helplessly, but then asked in surprise.

"I just got the news from Zidan and was about to ask Wenhe to invite Wenruo to come. How did Wenruo know?"

Cao Cao did not think that this news was guessed by Xun Yu himself.

Xun Yu shook his head in pain, sighed long and barely calmed down. He replied in a low voice: "Prime Minister, Yu is also the urgent report he just received from Runan.

The death of the emperor may have spread in Runan, and even other prefectures and counties…”

When Cao Cao heard this, he was stunned and looked shocked. After a moment, he looked at Jia Xu with some difficulty.

"Liu Bei has already started..." Jia Xu whispered in shock. If it weren't for Cao Zhen's personal secret letter that the emperor was "dead" by Xiahou Feng's war horse.

Jia Xu would even think that the emperor was really killed by Liu Bei's men, otherwise how could he react so quickly?

"Wenhe, please ask Ziyang (Liu Ye), Gong Ren (Dong Zhao), Ziyu (Hua Xin), Changwen (Chen Qun), Ji Bi (Chen Jiao) to discuss matters!" Knowing that things should not be slowed down, Cao Cao immediately said to Jia Xu.

"Yes!" Jia Xu knew that Cao Cao wanted to explain the matter to Xun Yu first, and immediately left.

"Wen Ruo, this is Zidan's letter..." Cao Cao picked up a silk book from the table and handed it to Xun Yu...

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Shouchun

After receiving Guan Yu's letter, Liu Bei urgently entrusted the Lujiang incident to Sun Qian. He brought Lu Su, Kou Feng and others to Shouchun on a night and night journey.

At the same time, due to the initial changes in Lujiang, the situation has not yet been completely stable. Liu Bei sent a letter to Guan Yu and urgently dispatched the Wudang Flying Army to the south to help Sun Qian stabilize the situation in Lujiang.

The night after Fuhou and his group arrived in Shouchun, Liu Bei also arrived in Shouchun.

After visiting Empress Fu first, Liu Bei visited the temporary residence of Liu Zhu, Lu Yu, Fu De and others overnight to visit him to comfort him.

When the visit was over, it was already three o'clock in the morning, but Liu Bei still did not rest, but rushed to summon Guan Yu, Zhuge Liang, Lu Su and others to continue discussing the matter.

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"It's really unexpected that such a change..." Liu Bei shook his head and sighed softly and said, "I should take at least half of the responsibility for the death of Your Majesty! If there is no plan this time, although Your Majesty has no freedom in Xuchang, at least his life is not hindered..."

"The lord doesn't have to blame himself. Your Majesty's death was purely an accident. If you want to hold him accountable, Cao Cao should be the first to be the one who is Cao Zhen, Xiahou Feng, and then Liang and Yuan Zhi should be the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is

What the lord thought was to save the emperor, and what the lord did was to grant the plan set by Liang and Brother Yuanzhi..." Zhuge Liang stood up and bowed and said, "So, Your Majesty died unexpectedly, and the lord really has no responsibility."

"What Zhuge Sima said is..." In front of Liu Bei, Lu Su still called Zhuge Liang the position of the right Sima of the General's Office of the Southern General, "Cao Cao has controlled the government for many years.

Over the years, Cao Cao faced the expeditions of various princes and eliminated dissidents in the face of the outside world. Today, in the Xuchang court, six or seven of the ten ministers in the court only knew that Cao Cao was not the emperor.

According to Su's imagination, within ten years, Cao Cao or his son would probably do the Xinmang business and usurp the Han Dynasty and resign. By then, the emperor's experience might be even more miserable.

Being able to die like this may also be a relief to the emperor, so the lord does not have to blame himself at all.
Chapter completed!