Chapter Six: General Cao Shuang changed his gender?
At dawn on the second day, Cao Shuang rushed to the gate of Luoyang City with 100,000 yuan as planned. In the bleak cold wind, he saw the Xuanyang Gate, the main gate of Luoyang City, wide open. A gust of cold wind blew by, and a few fallen leaves fell.
It feels a little more desolate.
Cao Shuang was surprised for a while. Could this be the empty city strategy that Sima Yi learned from Zhuge Liang? He looked up the tower and saw a man wearing Sima Yi's clothes with his back to him.
Lu Zhi said with a face of joy: "I think Sima Yi was so frightened by the general's plan that he ran away. The general is really wise and powerful. It's better for me to wait!"
Seeing that victory was in sight, Lu Zhi praised Cao Shuang.
Great Sinong Hengfan also said with a festive look on his face: "General, I will enter the city right now. I think the old thief Sima has already escaped."
If it were Cao Shuang in his previous life, he would have been scolded by Sima Yi and scolded by the great Sinong Hengfan as an unfilial descendant of Emperor Wu, who was as unfilial as a pig or a dog. You can still see the good face of the great Sinong Hengfan.
Cao Shuang thought for a while and said: "This may be the plan of the old thief Sima. To be on the safe side, let's send someone to the city to check first. I wonder which general is willing to go?"
Lu Zhi volunteered and said: "General, my subordinates are willing to lead 10,000 troops into the city to investigate the situation!"
Cao Shuang nodded in agreement. General Lu Zhi led 10,000 horses around the city and found nothing out of the ordinary. The 3,000 Imperial Guards guarding the palace also disappeared. There was not a single ghost on Tongtuo Street. Every gate in Luoyang
There is no one to handle it, so it can be said to be a real empty city.
Lu Zhi sent his soldiers out of the city to report the situation in Luoyang City to Cao Shuang. When Cao Shuang heard that there was no one in the city, he ordered the army to enter the city. He said with a smile: "The soldiers entered the city and went home. Unexpectedly, this old Sima thief escaped.
It’s true that the older you get, the more you cherish your life!”
As the army marched on Tongtuo Street, the clatter of horse hooves resounded through Luoyang. Cao Shuang and his party finally returned to their old nest after being away for many days. Cao Shuang ordered his soldiers to go to the top of the city to check. The soldiers came back and reported that it was a scarecrow.
Cao Shuang also went up to the city with great interest to see the tricks played by the old thief Sima, thinking that this old man Sima was really a wonderful person.
Cao Shuang said with a smile: "Let's go, Da Sinong. First, follow me to welcome the Queen Mother who is under house arrest by the old thief Sima. The old thief Sima is really cruel. He dares to prevent the Queen Mother and her son from seeing each other and alienate the family relationship between the Emperor Wei and the Queen Mother."
, His behavior is truly abominable and his crime deserves to be punished!"
Cao Shuang and Da Sinong Hengfan guarded the emperor together and escorted the emperor to Yongning Palace to reunite with the Queen Mother and her son.
At this time, General Lu Zhi checked around the city and found nothing unusual, and returned to resume his duties.
Cao Shuang ordered: "General Lu Zhi, I order you to lead 30,000 troops to chase the old traitor Sima, whether life or death."
Lu Zhi accepted the order and quickly went after Sima Yi and his son.
After a stick of incense, Cao Shuang escorted the Emperor Yijia to the gate of Yongning Palace. He saw that the palace gate was closed. Cao Shuang ordered his soldiers to open the palace gate and enter the palace to take charge of the guards.
After Cao Shuang asked the imperial palace to go into the palace to report, and after receiving the order, he followed the emperor respectfully into the palace to say hello.
"To the Queen Mother, Your Majesty has returned to the palace!"
Cao Shuang was waiting outside the palace and heard a high-pitched voice reporting to Queen Mother Guo.
Queen Mother Guo said softly and sweetly: "Let your Majesty come in quickly."
Cao Fang entered the palace and ran quickly into the arms of Queen Mother Guo, saying in a milky voice: "Queen Mother, I miss you!"
Queen Mother Guo hugged Cao Fang tightly, looked at Cao Fang with loving eyes and said, "Your Majesty is suffering because of your mother's fault for not protecting you!"
Empress Dowager Guo looked behind Cao Fang and saw a tall and burly general wearing black armor. Wasn't it Cao Shuang? Empress Dowager Guo was startled and said slightly panicked: "General, you, you, you, why are you like this?"
You'll be back soon, why don't you see Taifu?"
Cao Shuang knelt down and saluted and said: "To inform the Queen Mother, I will follow Her Majesty to the Gaoping Mausoleum to offer sacrifices. Unexpectedly, the old thief Sima took advantage of the emptiness in Luoyang and plotted rebellion in Luoyang under the guise of the Queen Mother's will.
Now that the old thief Sima has escaped from the city with his family last night, I can take His Majesty to take a detour to Xuchang and call on the troops of King Qin from all over the world to kill the old thief Sima together, and then I can return to the court safely."
Empress Dowager Guo forced a smile on her face and said: "It's good that the general is safe and sound, otherwise our Wei Dynasty will lose a loyal and loyal clan member of the Cao family. Fortunately, God bless our Wei Dynasty. Someone, come quickly.
General, give me a seat!"
Empress Dowager Guo was also afraid that Cao Shuang would pursue her for the crime of aiding the emperor, so she put her under house arrest again. She had no choice but to praise Cao Shuang's achievements in crushing the "rebellion" of the Sima family.
Cao Shuang smiled and said: "I thank the Queen Mother for giving me a seat."
Queen Mother Guo calmed down a little and said: "Queens, please stop kneeling and get up quickly!"
Da Sinong Hengfan took the lead and said in unison: "I am waiting to thank the Queen Mother!"
Queen Mother Guo was sitting in the palace, with Cao Fang in her arms constantly playing around. After a while, she said she was hungry. Queen Mother Guo asked the maid to bring melon and fruit snacks. Emperor Cao Fang was very happy to eat them. After all, he was still a child, so he loved these.<
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Empress Dowager Guo thought about Cao Shuang's previous house arrest and her participation in correcting the imperial edict. Cao Shuang won, and it is estimated that her result will not be better, and she may be deposed.
Then he asked in a sad voice: "I wonder how the general will deal with this person who participated in the rebellion?"
Cao Shuang said with a smile: "To report to the Queen Mother, I believe that the Queen Mother was deceived by the old thief Sima, and the Queen Mother's edict was issued by the old thief Sima who pretended to convey the Queen Mother's will. What the old thief Sima did had nothing to do with the Queen Mother, so why not
Please be at ease, Queen Mother."
Empress Dowager Guo turned from sadness to joy and said with a smile: "What the general said is that this rebellion is all the Taifu's idea and has nothing to do with me."
Empress Dowager Guo thought to herself, the general Cao Shuang must have changed his gender. How could he survive a rebellion without becoming angry?
It's not surprising that this place has changed. If it were in the past, she would have been imprisoned long ago. This is still the lightest punishment. Why do you treat these orphans and widows with such respect today?
Empress Dowager Guo couldn't figure it out, and the princes in the palace and Cao Shuang's former confidants were also scratching their heads and couldn't figure it out.
At this time, He Yan He's consort, the creator of the famous idiom "He Lang Fu Fan" and a former good friend of Cao Shuang, couldn't help but come out to persuade: "Your Majesty, a general cannot be benevolent as a woman, and he will be punished for treason."
Heavy punishment!"
Obviously he couldn't stand Cao Shuang's cautious and tolerant attitude at this time. He still "liked" the domineering and arrogant general Cao Shuang in the past.
Empress Dowager Guo looked anxious, worried that Cao Shuang would follow the advice of a villain like He Yan and put her under house arrest again. She was really fed up with the days of being under house arrest, like a bird in a cage.
Cao Shuang said with a smile: "Why don't you retreat quickly and dare to roar in front of the Queen Mother? Don't you know how sharp the sword in my general's hand is?"
He Yan did not dare to speak any more and had to retreat unwillingly.
Cao Shuang smiled again and said: "The Queen Mother is at ease. Since the Queen Mother is really guilty, she was coerced by the old thief Sima. I will not hold the Queen Mother accountable for the crimes of a female class."
After hearing what Cao Shuang said, Queen Mother Guo's pounding heart slowly calmed down.
Queen Mother Guo saw that all the princes in the palace looked tired, so she smiled and said, "If you have nothing else to report, please go down and have a rest first!"
Cao Shuang took the lead and said: "I'll leave!" After saying that, he respectfully left the hall. With Cao Shuang taking the lead, the ministers did not dare to be disrespectful to the orphans and widowers.
On the way out of the palace, all the ministers were discussing whether the domineering general Cao Shuang had really changed his gender?