Chapter 1172: The Cao Clan's Dead End! [1]

Outside Duan Yu's Provincial Governor's mansion.

At this moment, the commoners passing in front of the Provincial Governor's mansion all focused their attention on the mansion.

For no other reason than that many people had come to the front of Duan Yu's Provincial Governor's mansion.

There were hundreds of them.

And these hundreds of people were all dressed in mourning clothes, carrying a coffin.

Who would be so bold as to place a coffin in front of the Provincial Governor's mansion?

Among the hundreds, a boy no more than ten years old knelt before a massive coffin, dressed in mourning clothes, his face covered in tear tracks.

Behind the boy, a beautiful woman in her early twenties was also dressed in mourning clothes.

Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xia Houyuan, Xia Houdun, Li Dian, Le Jin, Yu Jin, and Dian Wei, a whole group of people, were all kneeling on both sides of Cao Cao's coffin.

Further back were hundreds of clansmen from the Cao, Xia Hou, and Ding clans.

Not long after, before the gates of the Provincial Governor's mansion had even opened, Yang Fu and Jiang Xu had already arrived at the front of the mansion with some troops.

When he realized who the visitors were, Yang Fu was also shocked.

Cao Cao had campaigned against the Qiang tribe in Liangzhou with Duan Yu and Yuan Shao the year before last.

When Cao Cao and Yuan Shao first arrived in Jixian, it was he who received them.

So Yang Fu knew very well what kind of relationship Cao Cao and Duan Yu had.

Previously, Yang Fu had also heard Duan Yu say that the two of them had met when they were in Luoyang.

Duan Yu had even sent many warhorses to Cao Cao from Liangzhou.

Last year, when suppressing rebellions in Yanzhou and Yuzhou, Cao Cao was also under Duan Yu's command.

Upon learning the importance of the matter, Yang Fu did not delay but immediately entered Duan Yu's Provincial Governor's mansion and informed Dong Yi of the matter.

Not long after, upon learning the ins and outs of the matter, Dong Yi immediately came out of the mansion to welcome them, having changed her brightly colored skirt for a plain black one.

In front of the Provincial Governor's mansion.

Dong Yi was accompanied by several maids.

And from both sides of the mansion, a large number of guards holding blades and weapons poured out, completely sealing off both sides of the alley.

"Which one is Lady Mengde?"

Dong Yi, facing Cao Cao's coffin, let her gaze fall upon the crowd.

The Ding woman, who was kneeling at the front of the crowd, immediately stood up: "Lady of the Marquis of Ji, this humble woman is the Ding clan, the wife of Cao Cao."

Looking at the Ding woman, whose face was covered in tear tracks and looked like pear blossoms in the rain, Dong Yi immediately stepped forward two steps and took the Ding woman's hand.

Cao Cao was older than Duan Yu, and the Ding woman was also older than Dong Yi.

"Sister, my husband is away campaigning in the Western Regions and is not at home; please forgive any neglect or shortcomings."

"My husband often spoke to me about the friendship between him and your husband; although they are not brothers by blood, they are closer than brothers."

"When my husband first entered Liangzhou, it was your husband who brought troops from his hometown from thousands of miles away to support him, which is how the foundation of Liangzhou was built."

"Although I am just a woman and do not understand the relationship between their men..." ===== CHAPTER 1174 =====