124 – Killing Animals (1)
Late at night.
Jojo received a call from someone.
He changed into a maid’s outfit to make it difficult for others to recognize him as Cao Cao, and moved behind a eunuch without anyone accompanying him.
“Come this way.”
Cao Cao followed the eunuch’s instructions and entered a shabby warehouse-like place.
The eunuch pressed hard on one side of the drawer in the warehouse, and soon the drawer opened to the side with a clicking sound.
Coo coo coo.
When the drawer was pushed, a space was created to go inside.
Cao Cao entered the space as if he was familiar with it, and the eunuch closed the drawer again.
Sigh.
It was darkness without a single light, but Jojo walked in the darkness as if he knew the way well.
There’s no way you wouldn’t know.
The person who created this road was none other than Cao Cao.
“…Aman?”
A small sound coming from beyond the wall.
The voice was so thin that you couldn’t tell if it was a man or a woman, almost like a child.
Jojo grinned and tapped his hand against the wall.
“Aman is coming.”
“Come in.”
Jojo put his hand into the hole in the wall and pushed the wall to the side.
After opening the sliding door, which is rarely seen in the central region, a woman with long flowing hair was greeting Jojo inside.
“Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah.”
As soon as Jojo saw her, he bowed and bowed.
“S-stop it. We didn’t do that in Daejeon earlier.”
“Just now, I greeted you as Cao Cao, and now I’m greeting you as Your Majesty’s secret friend, Aman, aren’t you?”
“Just do it once, just once.”
Cao Cao addressed the woman as ‘Your Majesty’.
Who could imagine!
This frail, sickly, doll-like woman is none other than ‘Yuhyeop’, the one who was King Jinryu, who may become the last emperor of a country.
“First of all, congratulations on your victory once again.”
“It was a well-deserved victory. With this, Yuan Shu will never be able to target He Dao again.”
“Isn’t that a bit too much to annihilate?”
“yes.”
The emperor sighed in regret.
“It’s because of God’s insufficiency. This is the first time I have directly moved such a large army, so I was unable to calculate the supply and demand of troops.”
“No. What can we do when nature is upset? If I were to make a mistake, I would have said that heaven would help a group of traitors.”
Many scholars gave various reasons for the shortage of troops.
However, the ultimate reason for the shortage of troops was the heavy rain that fell like monsoon rain in the Suchun area.
Many of the soldiers were soaked in rainwater and rotted.
I didn’t inform the soldiers because I was concerned about their morale dropping.
“Fortunately, thanks to the effect of Duntian, a great wind is coming to Hedo this time. We will accumulate troops so that your Majesty’s army will never suffer from hunger again.”
“Yes, starving is something I just can’t bear.”
The emperor closed his eyes.
“In the past, when I was hiding in Luoyang. It was when I was hiding from Lee Gak and Master Kwak. I guess I was planning a trip to Luoyang, so a man from Jingju handed me a lunch box in a bamboo container.”
“Thank you for your hard work. Sincerely. I also came all the way to Jinyu begging because I was chased after trying to kill Dong Tak.”
“begging?”
“Yes, begging. Really… hehehehe.”
Is it begging?
The Emperor could not bear to say out loud the rumors he had known.
“Only those who are hungry know the pain. Thank you for your hard work.”
“…Yes. I understand why the people are causing civil unrest and losing their love for this country. The sight of them cutting off their own flesh and feeding it to their children because they had nothing to feed is really….”
Tears welled up in the Emperor’s eyes.
“I have high expectations for you, but I don’t have much time. I will have to make a big move when I can be fully emperor.”
“…I know it painfully.”
A perfect emperor.
The emperor, Liu Xie, ascended to the throne as a ‘man’.
“Your brother was murdered by Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo put me as your brother’s replacement to hide the fact that he killed the emperor. If my identity is revealed….”
“The lineage of an imperial family has been cut off, or they may be trying to find another ‘man’, the emperor.”
“Yes. Another Mr. Yu will be crowned emperor. In particular, just as Yuan Shao tried to crown Mr. Yu as emperor.”
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Yuhyeop gritted his teeth.
“…The thing you asked me to confirm has been confirmed. That ‘Great Eye’.”
“Big ears. What happened?”
“He is a close relative of the imperial family. What kind of person is he in your opinion? Is he someone I can recognize as a member of the royal family?”
Emperor Yuhyeop recognizes them as imperial family.
If something happens – such as a situation where one’s gender is discovered – a legitimate bloodline worthy of becoming emperor is needed.
“Yoo Hyeon-deok is a strange person.”
Cao Cao revealed his true feelings to the Emperor.
“He says he wants to see the people of the world smiling, but he goes around spilling blood everywhere. Strangely enough, he easily accepts situations where he sacrifices himself. I don’t know if he’s trying to emulate the benevolent Lord Yu, but at least I don’t know. “I saw the ambition in him.”
JoJo shook his head.
“I admit that he is a good person. However, it would be better if the only good person was from the generation after the difficult times have calmed down, not from the difficult times.”
“hmm….”
The Emperor pondered the name Yu Hyeon-deok over and over again.
“Still, I think I’m better than the other Yus…”
“I admit that.”
Yupyo, Yujang, Yuyo.
“Isn’t there one under you?”
“He is a member of the imperial family, but he rejects it himself. How can we entrust a great cause to someone who rejects it even though he has a mandate from heaven? A person who has ability, but does not want to use that ability. And the picture becomes strange.”
“…Whew.”
The Emperor’s sigh deepened.
“Why are you so afraid of Liu Bei?”
“I’m not afraid of Yubi.”
Cao Cao shook his head resolutely.
“When the whole situation continues to worsen, I am very afraid of someone who will use Liu Bei.”
“who?”
“element.”
Jojo continued speaking with a pale face.
“If Yuan Shao elects Liu Bei instead of Yu Yu, Han will be divided around the Yellow River. The area north of the Yellow River is Hebei, so it will become North Korea, and the area north of the Yellow River is Hebei, so it will become South Korea.”
“Won Shao-ra. I understand. I understand what you are reluctant to do. But the opinion of a person named Liu Bei is….”
The Emperor did not continue speaking.
This is because the Emperor has not yet met Liu Bei in person.
“If I get a chance in the future, I would like to meet Yoo Hyeon-deok separately. Of course, as a man.”
“If that’s the case, the opportunity will come soon. Let’s take a look.”
Cao Cao handed the Emperor a thin piece of paper.
The Emperor frowned as he scanned the paper.
“Xu Zhou again?”
“Yes. Now that Yuan Shu has been driven out by Yeo Nam, this is the perfect opportunity to kill Lu Bu.”
“Yu Bu….”
A person who knows the weaknesses of the Han imperial family, especially the current emperor.
Lu Bu knows that the Emperor is a woman.
“But isn’t Liu Bei on Lu Bu’s side?”
“Just as he came alone to help the imperial family when fighting Yuan Shu, he is said to be fighting for at least one imperial family. We will do our best to make Liu Bei stand on our side, so all you have to do is stay still.”
Stay still.
Although it is not something a subject should say to the emperor, Liu Hyeop had no choice but to remain silent.
“This is Cao Cao’s greed, and it should have nothing to do with the will of the Emperor.”
“…If I don’t suit, Lu Bu can reveal my identity?”
“Yes. It’s a secret that not even twenty people in the world know about. Didn’t I also find out about it after serving Your Majesty? If Lu Bu reveals the whole truth now, that group of traitors called the Middle Kingdom will be given legitimacy. They’ve already stepped on it.”
“hmm….”
Yuhyeop, the woman who became Yuhyeop herself, nodded heavily.
“Do as the Lord wants. The only one I can trust in this wolf den is you, a woman.”
“hehehe, don’t trust me too much. Who knows, maybe I’ll become a female Dongtak?”
“At least I can avoid becoming the wife of someone like Dong-tak and giving birth to Dong-tak’s child.”
The emperor spoke clearly to Cao Cao.
“At least you are trying to make your family a member of the imperial family, and you are not trying to marry me and become emperor like the others.”
“hehehe, I’ll keep that in mind.”
Cao Cao bowed his head before the emperor.
“I will definitely find a man suitable for you, Your Majesty, and adopt him into our family. So, how about calling his name Bi?”
“…Then my husband is ‘Jovi’?”
The emperor smiled bitterly and looked up at the ceiling.
“I changed my last name to Yu, so it happens to be Yu Bi.”
“……Well, I’ll try to find another Mr. Yu as much as I can.”
Jojo continued speaking with a stern face.
“There are so many seeds sown by King Jungsanjeong in the world, so there must be at least one person worthy of being adopted into this family.”
* * *
“It’s still raining, Master.”
“I know.”
I was embarrassed by the pouring rain.
“Uiya, what happened that day….”
“Oh my, what happened?”
“Thank you for doing so.”
Sima Yi stretched casually.
“Master, please comb my hair.”
“okay.”
It made me laugh a little because it looked like a cat that couldn’t go outside and was moping around indoors.
Currently, Sima Yi was lying with his head on my thigh.
There is no particular reason.
If there is a reason, we were going to do field work today, but the weather was so rainy that we had to rest at home, so both Sima Yi and I just got tired.
“Master! Join us again!”
And then, the cat’s expression changed.
In front of the door, a baby phoenix was standing, huffing and holding something, disturbing the cat’s rest.
“This time, I will play Yupyo-kun! Master, you will play Wonsul-kun!”
“It’s annoying. How many times have I already had a recovery? It’s not even baduk. It’s a person’s death.”
“But this is a battle worth reviewing again and again!”
“Oh my gosh. It’s just an ordinary battle that won’t be recorded in history anyway.”
Those with overwhelming force and tactics only defeated those who were like thieves.
It will be recorded like this in the librarians as well.
Yuan Shu sent soldiers to plunder the northern part of Jingzhou, but was defeated.
That’s it.
“If you want to make a comeback like that, why don’t you ask the person who led the initiative directly?”
“Well, that’s….”
Pang Tong pointed to Sima Yi, who was lying quietly next to me, and scratched his cheek.
“If you want to fight him, you have to beat Zhuge Liang. That’s the order….”
“So Zhuge Liang won?”
“…Master, this is honestly my opinion. If Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi fight, I think Sima Yi will lose, right? But why am I telling Zhuge Liang to win-”
“Did Zhuge Liang say that?”
Sima Yi glared at Pang Tong with a sparkle in his eyes.
“Is this your idea or his idea?”
“joy.”
Pang Tong raised his head and covered one eye with his left hand.
“If you look at it through the eyes of this radiation source….”
“Come at me. When I look at you, you climb up without even knowing what’s going on.”
Sima Yi lay down on my thighs and tapped his front hand.
“Even if I take charge of Wonsul-gun, you will win.”
“Say you would rather play baduk with your feet.”
“Was I that harsh?”
“uh.”