Three Kingdoms Star System

Chapter 430
When Liu Bei and Sun Quan were confronting each other on both sides of the river, Xu Du, the political center of the world, was secretly brewing a conspiracy.

The instigator of this conspiracy is Dong Cheng, the uncle of the current country and the chariot general, and the target of the conspiracy is Cao Cao, the de facto supreme ruler of Xudu.

Dong Cheng followed the emperor's secret edict, contacted the loyal people in the court, plotted to kill Cao Cao, handed over the power to the current emperor, and re-established the authority of the emperor.

And to talk about the source of this conspiracy, it has to be traced back to Liu He.

At the beginning Cao Cao led the army to conquer Wancheng, but in the end he lost his troops and lost his generals. Not only his general Dian Wei, but also his eldest son Cao Ang and nephew Cao Anmin were killed in battle. Dong Cheng and others believe that now is the best time to eradicate the national traitors and return the emperor.

So Dong Cheng secretly found Emperor Xian, and told Emperor Xian about the matter. Although Emperor Xian was young, he was very smart, and he was deeply dissatisfied with his powerless position. Now he finally found an opportunity to seize power from Cao Cao. Will let it go, wrote a clothes belt edict, and secretly handed it over to Dong Cheng, asking Dong Cheng to find a way to assassinate Cao Cao in order to regain power. ), and at the same time promised to make Concubine Dong Gui, the daughter of Dong Cheng, the queen.

Dong Cheng got the promise of Xiandi, and he was very excited. He immediately contacted a large number of officials loyal to the Han Dynasty, including Changshui Xiaowei Zhongji, Yilang Wu Shuo, Pianjun Wangzifu, Weiwei Ma Teng, imperial physician Ji Ping, There are also Taiwei, Zongzheng Liu Yu and others.

Since the battle of recruiting Ma Chao, the news that Ma Teng is still alive has spread all over the world. At this time, in order to win over Ma Chao and also to make Ma Chao have scruples in the future, Cao Cao worshiped Ma Teng as a guard in the name of the court, hoping that Ma Teng Teng was able to enter the court and serve the emperor.

Liu He was opposed to this point, but Ma Teng was willing. Liu He had no choice but to let Ma Teng go to Xudu. Later, Ma Teng heard that Dong Cheng wanted to plot to get rid of Cao Cao, so he decisively approached him. Dong Cheng asked to join. Dong Cheng also knew that Ma Teng was a loyal person, so he was overjoyed and asked Ma Teng to write his name on the covenant.

After Ma Teng wrote down his name, he told Liu Yu about it. Now he and Liu Yu are in-laws, and the relationship is naturally close. The emperor told Liu Yu that he wanted to get rid of the traitor, but Liu Yu also asked to participate and made suggestions for it.

Because of the relationship between Liu He and Liu Yu, in fact, many officials loyal to the Han Dynasty were on guard against Liu Yu, for fear that Liu Yu would help Liu He steal the high position, so when Liu Yu came to Dong Cheng's mansion, Dong Cheng felt that the In a panic, I don't know whether to accept Liu Yu's joining.

But Liu Yu said with a smile: "Master Dong, don't be confused. Yu is a minister of the Han Dynasty. Naturally, he has to be loyal to the royal family. He has no other ideas. Since the emperor needs to get rid of the national traitors today, we will naturally not stand by and do our best. I swear to eradicate the national traitors."

Then Liu Yu solemnly wrote his name on the covenant.

"Old Taiwei, why do you bother? Your son is a great general today, with hundreds of thousands of troops under his command. With just one word from you, your son can send troops into Xudu. Killing Cao thief is just like killing a dog." , but why are you willing to risk your life and secretly eliminate thieves with us?" Seeing Liu Yu's enthusiasm, Zhong Ji couldn't understand, and said with a soft sigh.

Liu Yu laughed wryly in his heart when he heard this, hesitated for a moment and said: "You don't know, Captain Zhong. Although Bandit Cao is a traitor, he is still my Sikong in name, and now he is worshiped by the emperor as prime minister. My son No matter how many soldiers and horses you have in charge, you can't easily lead the army into Xudu. Otherwise, even if you get rid of the Cao bandits, the crime of adding troops to the imperial capital and intimidating the emperor will be unavoidable. The greater the power in your hands, the more you must pay attention to the influence, even if it is the Han clan, you must not overstep it, let alone become the second Cao thief."

When Zhong Ji heard this, he couldn't help but nodded and said yes. Liu Yu was right. The last time Liu He ordered Zhang Xiubing to come to Xudu, he didn't attack. Just forcing Cao Cao to withdraw from Xuzhou had already aroused the attention of government and opposition officials. Cao Cao even made a big fuss about this and damaged Liu He's reputation. If Liu Yu hadn't tried his best to make up for it, Liu He would have been regarded as a person like Cao Cao who had no emperor. If he led his troops to besiege Xudu, he would immediately be regarded as someone like Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao.

"Just in this way, the old Taiwei will have to take a big risk. In case the old Taiwei makes a mistake, how can we be safe?" Zhong Ji admired Liu Yu's loyalty very much, and then worried about Liu Yu's Safety comes.

However, Liu Yu said with emotion: "Which one of you is not risking your life to do this? But there is one person who has the slightest hesitation? My life is my life, isn't your life not your life? I wait for the imperial salary, Zhengyi is loyal to the country, and even if he dies, he will leave his name through the ages. In fact, I am not afraid of waiting for death. The most worrying thing is that we have died, but we have not completed the tasks entrusted by the emperor. Therefore, everyone, this matter must be kept secret , there must be no mistakes, because apart from us, the safety of the emperor and concubine Dong Gui is also involved."

"What the old Taiwei said is that I will definitely act carefully." After everyone listened, they were all in awe, and then said in unison.

However, the sky failed, and on the second night, their plot was revealed. It turned out that Dong Cheng had a domestic slave named Qin Qingtong who had an affair with Dong Cheng's concubine Yunying. Worried about the matter of clothes and belts, it was difficult to fall asleep, so he went for a walk in the courtyard, but happened to meet Qin Qingtong and Yunying whispering in front of the flowers. Dong Cheng was furious when he heard the news, and ordered Qin Qingtong to be beaten forty sticks and locked in the firewood In the room, Qin Qingtong harbored a grudge because of this, jumped over the wall and escaped from Dong's mansion, and asked Cao Cao about the clothes and belts.

Cao Cao was shocked when he heard the words. He heard that not only Ma Teng and Liu Yu were among them, but also his most trusted imperial physician, Ji Ping. He asked Ji Ping to diagnose and treat him, but unexpectedly Ji Ping secretly prepared poison and wanted to take the opportunity to poison Cao Cao.

Cao Cao got the secret report from Qin Qing Tong, and he had already been on guard against Ji Ping, and ordered Ji Ping to taste the medicine for him first. Ji Ping's situation had been leaked, but he still acted calmly. But Cao Cao dodged him, and then kicked him to the ground.

After that, Cao Cao ordered Ji Ping to be imprisoned and tortured severely. At the same time, he immediately ordered people to search Dong Cheng's mansion. From the mansion, he found the emperor's edict and the alliance letter of Dong Cheng and others conspiring to kill him. Then Cao Cao ordered people to be arrested according to the list. Dong Cheng, Zhong Ji, Wu Zilan (Wu Shuo), Ma Teng and Liu Yuming were punished and executed, and then broke into the palace, threatening Emperor Xian to hand over Concubine Dong Gui, and then he personally killed him.

Concubine Dong Gui was pregnant at that time, and Emperor Xian prayed that it would not be too late to execute her after giving birth, but Cao Cao resolutely refused and killed Concubine Dong Gui in front of Emperor Xian.

When Liu Yu was captured, Liao Li, the "book boy" who accompanied Liu Yu, saw that the situation was not good, and immediately fled from Xudu, and went to Xiangyang to report to Liu He, which triggered a desperate battle in the Central Plains.

(End of this chapter)