At the end of November of the ninth year of Yande, an amazing news spread in Luoyang City.

General Lexington and Hou Cao Hong of Lecheng were sued by Sili's captain Cheng Yu for suspected rebellion because a large number of weapons were found in the manor at home, as well as blacksmiths and other explicit violations.

In addition, several of Cao Hong's manors were rumored to be related to the rebellious tyrants and punished for multiple crimes.

Sentenced to death.

Cao Hong is about to be beheaded.

All property will be confiscated, and family members will be punished for their crimes and will be treated cruelly - the man is executed and the woman is sold.

Emperor Guo Peng, thinking of Cao Hong's past contributions, exempted Cao Hong's family from his death penalty, and changed it to exile. He was exiled to Jiaozhou and would never return to the Central Plains.

Because the evidence was conclusive, the emperor was extremely angry when he learned about this, and Cao Hong's death penalty was convicted.

The death penalty was confirmed earlier than the ministers knew about it. When the ministers knew about it, Cao Hong's death penalty had been issued to the cabinet and the Ministry of Justice, requesting a record, and then the Sili School Office was supervised and executed.

Cao Cao was stunned at that time, and fell to the ground and was at a loss, with a panic on his face, and had no idea what was going on.

The matter of privately hiding the ordnance...

Guo Peng actually...

Want to kill Cao Hong?

Cao Cao felt confident mediation before, but there was no effect at all. The emperor did not accept this condition at all and wanted to kill Cao Hong.

this……

How is this possible?

Cao Hong is a member of the Cao family, a relative of the Guo family, and the earliest group of Yuan Cong to raise an army with Guo Peng, and Yuan Cong veterans!

That was a loyal and loyal all the way, and was loyal to the cause of Guo Peng and the Wei Empire.

Although Cao Hong himself was a little greedy, he was really brave in war. He climbed the city first several times, seized the city, and made his contribution.

The status of his guard General Left was actually accumulated through military achievements.

Among the Cao generals, Cao Hong's ability was not bad and his war experience was very rich. He was once considered to be the representative of the Cao family's relatives in the Central Army after Cao Ren retreated.

As a result, he was going to be killed.

Cao Cao completely lost his normal mind.

Of course, it was not only Cao Cao, but Cao Chun also lost his normal mind after learning about this.

Cao Hong's family won't talk about it anymore. Cao Ren, who rushed back to Luoyang from his hometown in Qiao County, was also stunned when he learned that Cao Hong had something to do.

When the news reached the palace, Cao Lan learned about this. Even though she often asked her to be calm, she couldn't help but shake her hands and smash a bowl.

The other generals and officials of the Cao family and Xiahou family were all outside. They knew that this was a matter of time. All the officials of the Cao family relatives in the capital were shocked by this.

Not only the Cao and Xiahou clans, but also the Guo clan was shocked.

If Guo Peng's treatment of Mi's Tian family can be regarded as the Tian family's Mi family's follower of Guo Peng for a short time and cannot be compared with the Cao's Xiahou family, then the treatment of Cao Hong this time is enough to prove that Guo Peng has been red-eyed and has no ignorance of his identity.

No matter who you are, as long as you break the red line or the law, Guo Peng will deal with you.

No matter if you are the Xiahou family of the Cao family, even the Guo family may be unable to protect themselves in the future. Guo Yang does not count, but the Guo family basically has a little understanding of the matter between him and Guo Peng.

However, the Xiahou family of Cao really followed Guo Peng since Guo Peng started his army and made great contributions to the wars of the south and north.

Cao Hong may have joined the company later and did not fight the Yellow Turbans with Guo Peng. After the Battle of the Yellow Turbans, Guo Peng came to surrender to him when he was promoted to the Captain of Huwuwan. The time was the same as Cheng Yu.

But despite this, Cao Hong was also Yuan Cong. Before that, except for Zang Hong being killed due to political issues and confrontation with Guo Peng, Guo Peng did not kill any Yuan Cong.

Mi Zhu was rescued.

But this time...

Cao Cao pleaded for mercy, but was scolded by Guo Peng.

Guo Jia made a plea and was scolded by Guo Peng.

Zao Zhi and Wang Can pleaded with each other, but Guo Peng smashed it on the head with a pleading expression and drove it out of Nanshu, not allowing them to mention the matter again.

The censor Guo Hong and the censor Zhongcheng Qiao Rui pleaded with each other, but Guo Peng did not see them at all, so he left them outside the Nanshuo room and refused to let them in.

Cao Chun made a plea, but Guo Peng threw the remarks into the cabinet and did not read them at all.

The retired Cao Ren cried and pleaded as a duke, and Guo Peng burned his pleading expression and ignored him.

The staff officer ordered Xi Zhong to plead for mercy, and Guo Peng angrily denounced him as "I don't know the right and wrong, how can I be the staff officer?" He was so scared that Xi Zhong would never dare to speak again.

Among the officials, Yuan Cong, who had some status and some power, submitted a letter to the old ministers and new confidants, trying to take Guo Peng back to life. At the least, he had to save his life like Mi Zhu, at least he had to save his life and not be killed.

Cao Hong was a real general. Yuan Cong's hero, followed Guo Peng and launched an army all the way to fight. His current status cannot be said to be not what he fought all the way.

Although Guo Peng has deposed the old minister of Yuan Cong to this day, he has never killed the old ministers like Cao Hong.

This is not a good sign.

The relationship between the emperor and the old ministers of the Yuan Cong symbolized the balance within the early ruling group of the empire and the checks and balances of power within the entrepreneurial group.

When this balance is broken, the empire is no longer the striving and uplifting group in the entrepreneurial period.

Obviously, now that the balance has been broken, the emperor even wanted to punch through the balance, so that the balance would not have a frame left.

Now that the imperial power is extremely inflated, none of the ministers are not worried about their personal safety.

Now Cao Hong is about to be killed, and the rabbit dies and foxes are sad. Regardless of whether he has any relationship with Cao Hong or whether he has any grudges, he all expresses his opinions to try to save Cao Hong.

If Cao Hong is not dead, the political atmosphere of the Wei Empire can be barely maintained, and everyone's personal safety will be guaranteed.

If Cao Hong died, the political atmosphere of the Wei Empire would take a sharp turn for the worse, and everyone would be in danger. No one knew whether his head would still be there tomorrow.

When the emperor is angry, they will prepare suicide notes and coffins for themselves in advance when they go to court. If they go, they will not be able to come back. The family will be mentally prepared and will be able to die directly.

This is very terrible.

Who would like to live such a life?

However, their continuous efforts not only did not save Cao Hong, but instead angered the emperor.

Minister of War Dong Zhao and Minister of Foreign Affairs Xin Pi submitted a letter to rescue Cao Hong. The emperor was probably upset. In anger, he gave the two of them a 20-scepter stick. Their butts were bleeding and screaming. The ministers were shocked and they no longer dared to continue submitting to rescue Cao Hong.

Cao Cao really couldn't accept this situation and risked his life to plead for mercy. Guo Peng was furious and ordered Cao Cao to be banned and not allowed to leave the house until Cao Hong was killed.

Cao Cao was forcibly taken out of the palace and locked up in his own home. He was not allowed to leave the house. There were black-armored imperial guards and eunuchs in the inner court. It was not until Cao Hong was killed that Cao Cao was allowed to go out.

There is also a rumor in the inner palace that in order to avoid the queen's plea, the emperor directly lived in the Nanshu Room and did not go to the harem to avoid interference from the harem.

Moreover, no one, including the princes, will be allowed to plead for Cao Hong, and if so, they will never tolerate it!

Cao Hong's death penalty was convicted.

Sili's captain Cheng Yu submitted Cao Hong's conviction report to the emperor overnight, and was approved by the emperor.

In order to avoid the long nights and dreams, the emperor ordered that Cao Hong was executed three days later, on the second day of the twelfth day of the ninth year of Yande.

With only three days left, the entire high-level circle of the central court was trapped in an atmosphere of dismal and fear.

They thought about Cao Hong who was about to be executed, savored the fierce murderous aura of the emperor in the air, and thought about themselves who might encounter the same situation in the future, despair and trembling.

Today is Cao Hong, and tomorrow it may be himself. Even the relatives of the Cao family and the veterans of the Yuan Dynasty cannot be forgiven and will be killed, let alone those of them, the foreign ministers?

The power of imperial power made them breathless and caused them great pain.

They retreated one after another, retreated and worshiped the powerful imperial power. Under the pressure of the imperial power, they shivered and begged for survival humbly.

And in such an atmosphere, there is only one person going upstream and walking out a different path.

Crown Prince Guo Jin.
Chapter completed!