Chapter 677

Xin Pi did not decline; someone had to do it.

Early the next morning,

Xin Pi took dozens of people out of the Yecheng gate; he also brought his son Xin Chang and daughter Xin Xianying, as well as one of Xin Ping's sons.

After all, this was done behind Cao Cao's back; if Cao Cao woke up and decided to take it out on him, his Xin family would be finished!

Seeing Xin Pi serving as an envoy, Liu Bei knew that this wave was stable,

And warmly received them in the camp.

Seeing the spirited soldiers and the mountain of grain in Liu Bei's camp, Xin Pi knew that even if they persisted, they would inevitably be defeated.

Liu Bei quickly discussed the surrender matters with Xin Pi,

It was very simple: the other scholars would be forgiven for their past actions, and in the future, those who wanted to be officials could be officials, and those who wanted to live in seclusion could live in seclusion.

Cao Pi was enfeoffed as a County Marquis and would stay in Luoyang in the future.

The Cao clansmen would be relieved of their military power and could engage in business or farming!

As for Cao Cao, both sides seemed to deliberately ignore him.

After Xin Pi returned to report the mission, Liu Bei discussed it with everyone again,

And met with Xin Xianying and her brother,

Discovering that this talented woman was indeed as intelligent and discerning as the rumors said, with very upright values, and naturally, she was also very beautiful.

Her talented aura could not be hidden.

Xin Xianying had long admired Liu Bei; seeing him in person, she found him even more extraordinary, and she had thoughts in her heart, her little face blushing and very lovely.

The expressions of the two were seen by Guo Jia and others, who strongly urged Liu Bei to take Xin Xianying as a concubine to soothe the hearts of the Hebei scholars!

Liu Bei also felt that what Guo Jia and the others said made a lot of sense, and Xin Xianying naturally agreed.

After Xin Pi found out, he was deeply moved; his daughter's refusal of Cao Pi was absolutely wise.

That afternoon,

The gates of Yecheng opened,

Cao Pi led the civil and military officials to open the city gates and surrender, welcoming Liu Bei into the city.

Liu Bei sent troops to quickly control the city's defenses; after besieging the city for more than a year, he finally took the Cao army's last stronghold.

The entire Yecheng was boiling; the people wept with joy. They didn't want to fight to the death to defend the city at all; it didn't matter who came to collect taxes.

Moreover, Lord Xuande loved the people like his own children, and the tax burden was much lower than Cao Cao's!

The key was that there was no need to fight anymore, and they could return to their normal lives!

The entire Yecheng was extremely lively; everyone had been stifled for too long.

Only the Wei King's mansion was different; everyone moved lightly, for fear of waking Cao Cao.

However,

Cao Cao woke up anyway,

He seemed to hear the noise of the entire Yecheng,

"Zhongde, what is the situation outside?"

Cheng Yu supported Cao Cao and said in a deep voice,

"My lord, the scholars and Young Master Pi have surrendered to Liu Bei; Liu Bei has already entered the city."

Cao Cao was furious,

"Rebellious son, this rebellious son!"

He coughed violently, wanting to stand up and take his sword to cut down this brat Cao Pi!

Cheng Yu sighed long,

"My lord, the situation is lost; this is not something Young Master Pi alone could decide. The Cao family, the scholars of Hebei, and those civil and military officials..."

Cao Cao wanted to say something, but changed his question,

"Where is Xun Yu?"

"Critically ill in bed."

Cao Cao sighed.

Xu Zhu walked in with large strides,

"My lord, Liu Bei has entered the city; let me lead troops to escort you to break out!"

Cao Cao suddenly laughed,

"Haha, you are still the most loyal, Xu Zhongkang!"

"Come, you two help me put on my armor!"

The two looked at each other and helped Cao Cao put on his battle armor.

Cao Cao glanced outside the house,

"It has been so long, and Liu Bei has not yet brought troops to the Wei King's mansion? That can be considered benevolent and righteous!"

"You two go out first."

After the two went out, Cao Cao did not hesitate too much and directly drew his sword to commit suicide!

A generation of heroes exited the stage!

The Wei King's mansion was filled with weeping.

After Liu Bei received the news, he sighed long,

And only then moved to the Wei King's mansion, ordering Cao Cao to be buried with honors.

He hadn't come over before, also to leave Cao Cao his final dignity... The two had fought for so long; they should be considered the most familiar enemies.

The King of Hejian rolled to Liu Bei's feet, snot and tears streaming down his face,

"Lord Xuande, I was forced by Yuan Shao and Cao Cao!"

Meaning, he didn't want to be this puppet emperor at all,

Liu Bei told him to follow him to Luoyang in the future and treated him well.

The King of Hejian breathed a sigh of relief inwardly; it's good not to be killed!

The next thing was to integrate these Cao army civil and military officials,

The Cao and Xia Hou clans were forbidden from serving as officials for three generations; Liu Bei letting them keep their family wealth was already the greatest mercy.

Liu Bei announced that he would take Xin Xianying as a concubine in ten days to soothe the hearts of the people.

After taking Xin Xianying, Yecheng was indeed much calmer.

Cao Pi also offered two beauties,

Lady Guo and Bo Lingyun!

It is said that he and Military Sima Yi intended to take them respectively, but they had been besieged, so they had lived in the post house for more than half a year without being touched.

Although Cao Pi was extremely reluctant, the post house was no longer under his control, so he just treated it as a favor...

Liu Bei naturally did not stand on ceremony; he was not friends with Cao Pi and Military Sima Yi anyway.

After Liu Bei took the two, Bo Lingyun told Liu Bei everything that very night: she was just a weak woman, and Cao Pi had even wanted her to monitor Military Sima Yi in the future.

Liu Bei shook his head inwardly; although this girl had high intelligence, she couldn't play against this old fox, Military Sima Yi.

Military Sima Yi had been very low-key recently; he seemed to feel Liu Bei's hostility toward him.

Liu Bei didn't care how low-key he was; given what the Sima family had done in history, killing them a hundred times would not be enough.

Liu Bei was just looking for a reason; if he really couldn't find one, he would make one up!

Even if it was a trumped-up charge, he would wipe out Military Sima Yi 700!

Soon,

Things took a turn,

Liu Bei was inspecting the markets of Yecheng when he was ambushed by a dozen death warriors brought by Hawkeye. He wanted to avenge the bald head; killing Liu Bei might bring a very generous mission reward!

Liu Bei was naturally fine; he had long known about Hawkeye's actions.

The result was obvious: Hawkeye and the death warriors were all killed.

Man Chong, who had just defected to Liu Bei not long ago, turned this into an ironclad case, with nearly a thousand people implicated.

At the same time,

Liu Bei's men also found the same crossbows in Military Sima Yi's home; clearly, Military Sima Yi had also participated in the assassination attempt!

The fact that Military Sima Yi had raised death warriors was also exposed!

Military Sima Yi cried out that he was wronged; this was a grievance of the ages,

Even if he had done it, as someone as meticulous as him, how could he hide the crossbows in his home!