Half an hour later.

Boss Cao is already wearing armor and fully armed. This is definitely not a posture to meet the emperor, but a posture to prepare for the battlefield.

The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry have already been assembled. This is a heavily armored cavalry unit armed to the teeth. At this moment, even half of the face is covered with black leather armor, only a pair of eyes flashing with fierce light are exposed. It looks like

It is both powerful and majestic, and just hitting that pestle is enough to scare away most of the soldiers.

This is the complete body of Tiger and Leopard Rider.

The last time they were in Anyi, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry rushed to the challenge, their equipment was not as comprehensive, and they did not look as impressive as they do now.

When Wu Liang arrived with Wang Mangtou, he was quite shocked when he saw the grace of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. It was as if he was watching an epic battle movie. His DNA was moving, and he felt like the blood in his chest was boiling.

"Ming Gong, Wang Mang's head is here."

After coming to Boss Cao and giving a salute, Wu Liang pointed to a wooden box in Dian Wei's hand and said to Boss Cao.

"You are talented, you need to know that I can kill anyone in the court, but Liu Xie cannot die yet."

Boss Cao nodded slightly, then looked at Wu Liang and said seriously, "So far, the only person we can confirm who knows the identity of the real murderer is Emperor Xian. I can fully imagine that when Liu Xie and I confront him later, he

He will deny everything and refuse to admit it... This is why I took you to meet him. Apart from killing him, I allow you to use any method to make him tell the truth."

"..."

Wu Liang was slightly stunned when he heard this.

What is any means?

Should he torture him like others to extract a confession? Or threaten him with some horrific torture? Or should he engage in a psychological scheme to alienate him in front of everyone?

Boss Cao really gave him a big problem.

But who can blame this?

The strange thing is that Wu Liang usually used various methods when interrogating prisoners, and they were always unfavorable. Not only were they exposed in front of Cao Zhen, Cao Ang, Cao Chun and others, but they were also exposed in front of Boss Cao when he was interrogating Lu Bu just now, so that

Boss Cao actually has such confidence in him.

The most important thing is that Emperor Xian is fundamentally different from those who came before him.

Boss Cao also said that Liu Xie cannot be killed yet, and of course he cannot be tortured to extract a confession or use torture to intimidate him. After all, he still has the status of "Emperor" attached to him.

It seems that the divorce plan is useless.

Because currently he only has one Lu Bu in his hands, and judging from Lu Bu’s confession just now, he is actually just a fringe figure who knows very little about the inside story. I’m afraid he won’t be able to scare Liu Xie at all...

"What? You don't have confidence either?"

Seeing that Wu Liang did not agree immediately, Boss Cao frowned slightly.

"To be honest, the information we currently have in our hands is very limited. I really don't have confidence that we will be able to make Liu Xie submit."

Wu Liang cupped his hands and said.

"Then do your best."

Boss Cao did not force himself, he pondered for a moment, the murderous intent in his eyes gradually became stronger, and he said coldly, "If Liu Xie doesn't know how to praise him, don't blame me for attacking the person next to him, even though I can't kill him

, but those nobles, eunuchs, and ministers may not be incapable of being killed, but I want to see if he can hold on!"

As he spoke, Boss Cao turned back to Cao Chun and said: "Zihe, find some people in advance to verify the confessions. No evidence is needed, no need to care about flaws, just order these people to identify those who are related to Liu Xie.

If you intend to rebel, I will take care of the rest!"

"promise!"

Cao Chun responded and went to do it.

"..."

When Wu Liang heard Boss Cao's last move, he immediately felt anxious for Liu Xie.

Naturally, I don't sympathize with Liu Xie, nor can I bear it, but I am impressed by Boss Cao's "loyalty".

If he does this, he can justifiably take the person. Whether to kill or not is one thing. He should take him back for interrogation first. As for how to interrogate and how long to interrogate, that is Boss Cao's final decision. And at any time,

These people are suspected of treason, and this move is naturally to protect Liu Xie, so don't be too hooligan.

But does this have no side effects?

Of course!

Boss Cao's reputation among the gentry was not very good to begin with. Now that he had just welcomed Emperor Xian back to Chenliu, and his political status was not yet stable, he immediately used force to purge the nobles, eunuchs and ministers around Emperor Xian, and he still did so without sufficient evidence.

Under such circumstances, this will definitely greatly reduce the effect of him "holding the emperor's power to order disobedience". It will also follow the truth and make himself a "disobedience" in people's mouth.

How can "not submit" hold the emperor hostage to order "not to submit"?

Wasn't Dong Zhuo more powerful than Boss Cao back then?

What's the ending?

The correct approach should be to win over one group of nobles and at the same time suppress another small group of nobles by boiling frogs in warm water. In this way, the number of nobles supporting Boss Cao will gradually increase, and finally achieve the goal of gaining power without causing too much trouble.

Much criticism.

This is what Boss Cao did in history.

After he welcomed Emperor Xian, he first made many nobles nobles in the name of Emperor Xian and gave them enough benefits. After getting the support of most of the nobles, he successively removed several trusted officials around Emperor Xian and replaced him with the general.

Transformed into Sikong, initially achieving the goal of assuming overall power.

And this is just the first small step, Boss Cao will still take very steady steps next.

He successively began to recruit those famous families who had abandoned their official positions and retired since Dong Zhuo, and invited them back to serve as officials in the court. He also gave them good treatment and further gained more support and voice, including Wu Liang.

I just visited Sima's house not long ago.

This move not only won more hearts and minds for Boss Cao, but also made the court more like a court where the world came to focus, and the decrees issued were naturally more authoritative.

Only in this way can we achieve the effect of "holding the emperor's hand in order to disobey his subordinates". Otherwise, if everyone in the world knows that Emperor Xian is Boss Cao's puppet, and all the edicts issued by Emperor Xian are Boss Cao's wishes, then naturally no one will take him for granted.

Of course, it has no effect, so how can you "disobey your orders"?

Outsiders only know that Boss Cao won the Battle of Guandu, and thus completely established his dominance in the Central Plains.

Little did they know that historically Boss Cao's operations in the imperial court were no less important than the Battle of Guandu. It was not until the Battle of Guandu was completely fought and all of Yuan Shao's sons were wiped out that the opportunity finally came.

When he matured, Boss Cao finally showed his fangs. With the "support" of all civil and military officials, he abandoned the three-gong system, assumed the post of Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, and officially came to the stage...

Therefore, Boss Cao's success and Cao Wei's success are actually inevitable. Boss Cao actually did a lot of things overtly and covertly, and everything was done just right and he did not make any serious mistakes.

That's why.

Wu Liangcai was able to understand why Boss Cao first wanted him to use words to force Liu Xie to submit, instead of using such drastic measures from the beginning.

really.

Before Wu Liang could speak, Boss Cao showed another wry smile and said: "This move is just a last resort. If Zhicai were still alive, he would have tried to dissuade me with death. But now that Zhicai has died tragically, if I can't do it for him,

How can Blade Master be worthy of his loyal service over the years? Therefore, even if I know I can’t do something, I still have to do it... Just like what you said before: In life, there are always a few things that are impossible for people to do.

If you worry about gains and losses, you can only do things without caring about yourself!"

"Ming Gong..."

After hearing this, Wu Liang was inexplicably moved.

Although he is now in Cao's camp, in fact, every time he sees the development of the situation, he views it from a calm and rational God's perspective. To put it bluntly, he chose to rely on Boss Cao in the first place, not because Boss Cao is a wise master, but because he is a wise master.

Knowing that in history, Boss Cao was the one with the last laugh, he could save effort and worry and rest assured. Moreover, he was already in Cao's camp, so he didn't have many options to choose from.

But this moment.

Wu Liang seemed to have just met Boss Cao and finally felt a sense of belonging.

He could see that what Boss Cao said was sincere, because he indeed put his personal gains and losses second in order to avenge Xi Zhicai. This is the real Boss Cao, not the three-dimensional hero in the history books.

.

Although Wu Liang dared not say that if something happened to him, Boss Cao would treat him the same way he treated Xi Zhicai, but working for such a lord made him feel much more at ease...

"Ming Gong, I understand. I will do my best on this trip so that Liu Xie will have to submit. Ming Gong's plan will be put on hold for the time being. I think if the military commander Quan Xia knows about it, I'm afraid I don't want Ming Gong to do it."

It’s so inspiring!”

Wu Liang cupped his hands and said.

…

Inside the temporary palace.

Liu Xie was sitting on the main seat. Although he looked calm, his right leg was shaking uncontrollably. He was indeed feeling guilty.

Especially when I saw Boss Cao wearing armor, I even felt a little panicked.

Next to Liu Xie stood a familiar face. This person was none other than Xun Yu, the servant who had just been promoted recently. It was the duty of the servant to accompany Liu Xie to important occasions, so there was nothing wrong with it.

As for other officials.

Then they were all driven out of the hall by Boss Cao, which could be regarded as leaving some leeway for Liu Xie.

Under this situation, after Boss Cao still performed the courtesy of a monarch and his ministers, he raised his head to look at Xian Emperor Liu Xie and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the traitor Lu Bu has been captured by me, and the heirloom treasure of the Han Dynasty, King Mangtou, has also been captured.
To be continued...