Chapter 481 Chang'an Is Shocked!

As the Han army entered Changsha City, Cao Cao's base camp was completely declared to have fallen, and all Cao Cao's soldiers and generals surrendered.

After all, even Cao Cao was dead, so it was pointless for them to resist. Moreover, Cao Cao had already told them to give up resistance.

The first time the Han army entered the city, they arrested the Cao and Xiahou clansmen. In addition, Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu and other close advisers to Cao Cao were also captured.

These are all rebellions by thieves, and they must be brought back to Chang'an to be judged by the emperor and then dealt with.

Guo Jia also entered the city with the army. Among the captives, he saw Xun Yu.

"Wen Ruo, long time no see."

Seeing Xun Yu being tied up, Guo Jia greeted him with some emotion in his tone.

He and Xun Yu had known each other a long time ago.

Both of them were from Yingchuan, but at that time he was still a little-known figure, while Xun Yu had become one of the "Eight Dragons of the Xun Family" and was famous far and wide.

Facing Guo Jia's greetings, Xun Yu's expression did not change much. He remained as usual. He nodded slightly and said, "Long time no see. I'm sorry."

"You look much better. I almost don't recognize you."

Compared with the appearance of a consumptive man in his early years, Guo Jia now looks very healthy, with a rosy complexion and bright eyes. His complexion is more than a little better than before.

Guo Jia smiled lightly and said, "Thanks to your majesty's urging, I quit using Wu Shi Powder and asked Mr. Hua Tuo to prescribe medicine to take good care of my health."

"After all, I have to assist His Majesty for a long time, and after the unification of the Han Dynasty, there is nothing to do. If you don't take good care of yourself, you won't be able to use your skills."

Hearing this, a hint of complexity flashed in Xun Yu's eyes.

When he first met Guo Jia, he knew that such a talent would definitely do great things in the future.

But even though he had expected it, Guo Jia's achievements far exceeded his imagination.

Guo Jia, who was still a small figure at the beginning, became the emperor's most trusted confidant. He ranked first in Lingyun Pavilion and stood at the pinnacle of power in the Han Dynasty. His future was bright.

But he, the so-called "Eight Dragons of the Xun Family", has become a prisoner, carrying the serious crime of being a traitor, and his life or death is unknown.

Time is also fate.

Guo Jia didn't care about Xun Yu's status as a prisoner and rebel. The two of them were like friends they hadn't seen for many years, and they started chatting with each other.

Seeing this, Xun You on the side couldn't help but feel a glimmer of hope in his heart.

The relationship between his uncle and Guo Jia was so good, and Guo Jia was the emperor's most valued minister. If Guo Jia was willing to intercede for them, they might not be pardoned by the emperor.

After Guo Jia chatted with Xun Yu for a while, he said, "I still have something to do, so I will stay here soon. Say goodbye."

After saying that, he asked the soldiers to escort Xun Yu and others down.

He led people into Cao Cao's mansion.

Seeing Guo Jia leaving, Xun You couldn't help but said to Xun Yu: "Uncle, since you are familiar with Guo Fengxiao, why don't you ask him to help us?"

"With his status and status, if he is willing to intercede for us in front of the emperor, we will definitely be exempted from the guilt."

Xun Yu and Guo Jia had just been chatting about the past, and they never asked Guo Jia for help.

Do you still care about face at this time?

Xun Yu shook his head and said calmly: "I know Fengxiao's character. He is a very rational person. Private matters belong to private matters and public matters belong to public matters. He can clearly distinguish between them."

"You and I have helped Cao Cao fight against the imperial court for so long. No matter whether we were deceived by Cao Cao or whatever, we can't wash away this crime."

"He will not plead for us in front of the Emperor just because I have friendship with him. Doing so will only violate the Emperor's taboo."

"He's a smart guy, and that's why he's gotten to where he is now."

Guo Jia just chatted with him just because the two were old acquaintances, but she would not treat him specially because of this.

He understands this very well.

After Xun You heard this, the hope in his heart was shattered, and he said with some despair: "If we had accepted the invitation of the second uncle to go to Jizhou, we would not be in the situation we are in today..."

Xun Chen originally wrote a letter asking them to go to Jizhou to seek refuge, but they did not accept it at that time.

Although Xun Chen was later beheaded by the emperor, the Xun family in Jizhou was not affected and continued to develop steadily.

If they had listened to Xun Chen's advice and gone to Jizhou, everything might have been different.

…

After Changsha City was recaptured, Huang Zhong was left to guard it, while Guo Jia, Zhuge Liang, Lu Bu and others took Cao Cao's head and escorted Han Xian Emperor and a group of prisoners back to Chang'an.

Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was closely guarded along the way, and three fierce generals including Ju Yi, Tai Shi Ci, and Zhao Yun personally followed the carriage.

Even Lu Bu would come over to take a look from time to time.

When he caught Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, he wanted to kill him directly, but Chen Gong persuaded him to hand him over to the emperor. As a result, he let the false emperor run away on the way to Yecheng.

Otherwise, there would be so many things happening later.

Thinking of this, Lu Bu stared at the slowly moving carriage in front of him, rubbed the Fang Tian Hua Ji in his hand, and coldly snorted: "If the false emperor dares to escape this time, I will definitely kill him with my own hands!"

Chen Gong on the side heard this and said: "Stop there, there are 30,000 troops here, and General Zhao and the others are guarding them. How can this false emperor escape?"

Lü Bu glared and said, "We can't be careless! It was because of your words that the fake emperor had the opportunity to escape. This time, it was only because of your Majesty's personal order. Otherwise, even if you drag me, I would still kill the fake emperor."

"The fake emperor is a fake emperor, just a fake one. What twins are all bullshit!"

"Except for looking like your Majesty, how else can this fake emperor compare to your Majesty? Letting him live will only insult your Majesty's wisdom!"

Chen Gong was speechless for a moment. He did have to bear some responsibility for that incident. He thought too much.

With a light cough, Chen Gong said, "There is a piece of news recently. Have you heard about it, Fengxian?"

"What news?"

"Concubine Zhen gave birth to a son for your majesty. Your majesty named this son 'Jue' and made him the King of Bohai."

"What?!"

Lv Bu's eyes widened and he said in surprise, "Your majesty has a son? When did this happen? Why didn't I hear about it?"

He has been busy fighting during this period of time, so he has no time to take care of other things, so this is the first time he has heard of this news.

After being surprised, Lu Bu said with some grief, "Alas! Qi'er is not a good girl. Look at her, she gave birth to a son in a short time."

Although he also loves a granddaughter, he still wants to hold a grandson if possible. After all, this has always been his dream.

If he can have a grandson, he would not trade him for a general!

Chen Gong whispered, "King of Bohai, this is the title given by His Majesty before he ascended the throne. His Majesty may be hinting at something."

"The position of crown prince... has been vacant for too long."

Like many people who heard the news, Chen Gong was also speculating on the deep meaning of this title after learning that the emperor had named the newly born dragon son as King of Bohai.

"Whatever."

Lv Bu said disapprovingly.

He thought it was nothing. Even if the emperor wanted to make this dragon son the crown prince, it was understandable.

After all, Lu Lingqi didn't give birth to a dragon son. Could it be that the emperor could still make the princess the crown prince?

Perhaps his old Lu family was not destined to give birth to a dragon.

Seeing Lu Bu's indifferent attitude, Chen Gong was stunned for a moment, and then he felt relieved.

Forget it, it's better not to fight.

The battle for crown prince has been the most dangerous since ancient times. Lu Lingqi didn't give birth to a son, and Lu Bu was also open-minded. This may be God's will.

With the merits that Lu Bu has made now, as long as he does not get involved in these things, there will be no problem for him to prosper for generations.

This is not a bad thing for Lu Bu.

…

“Tap tap——”

“Tap tap——”

Outside Chang’an City, a soldier rode a horse along the official road to the city gate. The soldiers guarding the Chang’an City Gate wanted to stop him, but when they saw the flying dragon cavalry behind the soldier, they hurriedly made way.

The flying dragon flag represents an 800-mile rush.

This is urgent military information!

The cavalryman galloped into Chang’an on a flying horse. As soon as he entered Chang’an City, he shouted loudly: "Great victory in Jingzhou! Great victory in Jingzhou——!"

"Duke Wen led his troops to occupy Changsha City! The traitor Cao Cao committed suicide! The false emperor was captured!"

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"Great victory in Jingzhou! Great victory in Jingzhou——!"

The cavalryman galloped while shouting with all his strength, and rushed towards the direction of the palace.

Behind him, the people along the way were all stunned.

Cao Cao... is dead?

...

The imperial palace, in Weiyang Palace.

Liu Xie reviewed memorials all night yesterday, and only finished at dawn. Now he just came to Lu Lingqi's palace to lie down and rest.

"Your Majesty, although state affairs are important, you should also pay attention to the dragon's body and not work too hard."

Lu Lingqi said while massaging Liu Xie's temples. Seeing the fatigue on Liu Xie's face, her heart was full of distress.

Liu Xie closed his eyes and enjoyed Lu Lingqi's service. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "It's just hard for a while. When Kong Ming and others come back, I will leave everything to them."

"They took the troops out to fight and left all the state affairs to me to deal with. It's really too much, my beloved concubine, don't you think?"

Hearing Liu Xie's words, Lu Lingqi couldn't help laughing.

She knew that Liu Xie was just saying this. On weekdays, he seemed to be a hands-off emperor and left all state affairs to his ministers to deal with, but in fact he would still ask about it.

"Your Majesty is right."

Lü Lingqi said softly: "Your Majesty, when do you plan to bring Sister Zhen to Chang'an?"

"I miss her a little after being apart for so long, and I also want to see the dragon son that Sister Zhen gave birth to."

"Sister Zhen is the most beautiful woman in the world, and Your Majesty is so heroic, the dragon son born must be very cute."

Since giving birth to the child, Lü Lingqi has liked children more and more. She has a good relationship with Zhen Mi, so naturally she also wants to see Zhen Mi's child.

"In another month, Concubine Zhen is weak and needs to recuperate for a while. I will send someone to pick her up next month."

Liu Xie was already a little sleepy, and said after yawning.

Lü Lingqi did not ask more questions when she saw this, but massaged Liu Xie a little more gently.

Just when Liu Xie was about to fall asleep.

Suddenly, a burst of surprised shouts came from outside the palace.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty——!"

This was Gao Lan's voice. His voice was so loud that it woke up Liu Xie who was about to fall asleep.

Not only Liu Xie, but also Liu Ying, who was sleeping in the cradle beside him, was awakened by Gao Lan's shout and burst into tears.

Seeing this, Lu Lingqi hurriedly got out of bed to coax the child.

Liu Xie was disturbed from his sweet dream and was immediately furious. He jumped out of bed and ran out of the palace, angrily saying to Gao Lan: "Why are you making so much noise? Are you going to let me sleep?"

"It's okay to wake me up, but you even woke up the princess. You go and coax me!"

Gao Lan was scolded to death. Knowing that he was in the wrong, he dared not argue, but just said embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, there is a good news..."

"Speak!"

Liu Xie said unhappily, and at the same time glared at Gao Lan fiercely, "If the good news you said does not satisfy me, I will punish you to go to the Ye Ting Palace to clean the tiger's mouth!"

The tiger's mouth is the toilet in later generations.

This name originated from the reign of Emperor Xiaowen. After Li Guang shot and killed Crouching Tiger, he ordered people to cast a copper urinal in the shape of a tiger for urination, to show his contempt for the tiger.

Since then, this urinal has been popularized and is called "Tiger's Cock".

The reason why it was renamed as a toilet in later generations was to avoid the name of Li Hu, the grandfather of Emperor Gaozu of Tang, Li Yuan.

Gao Lan was shocked and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent message from Jingzhou from 800 miles away, Changsha City has been recovered!"

"The traitor Cao Cao committed suicide, Wen Gong led his troops to occupy Changsha City, and captured the false emperor, and is now escorting the false emperor to Chang'an!"

Gao Lan hurriedly said the content of the victory report in full.

He was afraid that if he was a little late, the emperor would punish him to brush the tiger's clog, and he would not be able to raise his head in front of Zhang He in the future.

"What did you say?!"

Liu Xie's anger disappeared instantly after hearing this, and even the remaining sleepiness was gone, and he was instantly overwhelmed by this huge surprise.

Cao Cao, dead!

…

The news of the victory in Jingzhou spread like the wind throughout Chang'an, shaking the entire city of Chang'an.

"Great! Cao thief is finally dead!"

"I heard that this thief committed suicide. Damn, he got it easy. He should be cut into pieces!"

"Where is the fake emperor? Has the fake emperor been caught?"

"Of course he was caught. I heard that he is on the way to Chang'an, escorted by Lord Wen himself."

"I heard that Xu Ziyuan is still alive. He is a great hero who has endured humiliation for several years in the enemy camp!"

"Cao thief is dead, the world is unified, and my Yanhan has been revived for the third time!"

"God bless my Yanhan!"

"Long live the Han Dynasty! Long live your majesty!"

...

From officials to common people, everyone was excited and even cried bitterly after hearing the news.

For officials, Cao Cao's death and the unification of the world represent the revival of the Han Dynasty for the third time. This is a great achievement that will surely go down in history!

And they are witnesses, and even participants!

For the common people, they were happy that the world was finally unified, the rebels were finally wiped out, and the war that had lasted for many years was finally coming to an end.

They could finally live a peaceful and stable life!

After the news spread, the streets and alleys of Chang'an were filled with laughter, and every household was decorated with lights and colors, as lively as the New Year.