Wandering the Heavens

Feeling frustrated and fearful, Sima Yi wanted to ask with confidence why the entire Sima family was to be killed, but now he was like a fish on the chopping board, at the mercy of others, with no possibility of struggle at all.

He was completely desperate, and when Cao Cao shouted Xu Chu's name, he was so frightened that he fainted and fell limply to the ground.

"Lord!"

Xu Chu ignored the fact that Sima Yi fainted and responded to Cao Cao's words with a bow.

"Take 3,000 cavalrymen and go to the Sima family in Henei. Kill all the Sima family members, young or old, except for Sima Fu's lineage!"

Cao Cao's words were weak and feeble, but the content shocked everyone present. Not to mention those unknown counselors who were responsible for clerical work, even Liu Ye, who had seen big scenes, was a little stunned.

Xu Chu was an honest man. After taking the command arrow and saluting, he left the room and went to ask Cao Hong for the military token.

"My lord?" Liu Ye didn't expect that Cao Cao would be so cruel to the Sima family.

"I, Cao Cao, have done so many evil things in my life that I don't care about this one. I will bear all the sins by myself. Anyway, I won't live long. God made me sober up, probably for this matter. Ziyang, you have to understand my painstaking efforts. Go ahead. I won't feel relieved until I see him die in front of me with my own eyes!"

Cao Cao said coldly as he looked at Sima Yi who had fainted on the ground. Looking at the cruelty on his face and the anger in his eyes, if Cao Cao still had the strength, he would definitely draw out the Sword of the Heavenly Sword and chop him to death.

After hearing Cao Cao's order, the guard took a horn bow from the pillar, removed the bowstring, and tested his strength. Then two guards came over and helped Sima Yi, who was lying on the ground, to kneel facing Cao Cao, while one guard pulled his hair to lift his face.

Cao Cao looked at this face, his sparse hair and beard trembling slightly, and at this moment he thought of the Cao family, Xiahou family and the ministers loyal to the Cao family who died under the swords of Sima Yi and his son in his dream. The humiliation of Cao Fang being scolded by Sima Shi and Sima Zhao for writing a poem, the tragic scene of Cao Mao bleeding in the streets, and the sunset glow when the big flag embroidered with the word Wei was thrown down from the Zen platform.

The man in front of him, who once bowed and scraped before him, was the source of all the tragedies in the dream. He had never been tamed, and he had always been thinking about overthrowing the Cao family's foundation.

If I kill him now, my descendants won't have so many tragedies! The foundation I created will also be in the hands of Cao's descendants forever, becoming another four hundred years of legend.

"Do it!" Cao Cao took a deep breath and gave the order.

The personal soldier, holding the bowstring with both hands, put the bowstring around Sima Yi's neck, raised his right foot, stepped on the back of his neck and pulled the bowstring tight.

Sima Yi, who was in a coma, was awakened. He struggled desperately, looking with wide eyes at Cao Cao who was sitting on the couch in front of him.

"Sima Yi, don't blame me. You deserve to die!" Cao Cao looked at Sima Yi and said calmly.

Blood flowed from the corners of Sima Yi's mouth, his struggling movements slowed down, and finally his head tilted and his arms slipped from the hands of his personal soldiers. It was obvious that he had died.

The guards stopped the execution and left Sima Yi's body lying on the ground, waiting for the next order. Liu Ye stepped forward and felt his breath and heartbeat.

"My lord, Sima Yi is dead."

"No, I'm worried. Turn his body over and straighten it. Zi Yang, give me the Sword of Heavenly Sword."

Upon hearing the order, the personal soldiers immediately cooperated and turned Sima Yi over and laid him flat. Liu Ye walked to the sword rack, took down the Yitian Sword, and stood in front of Cao Cao and presented it with both hands.

"Zi Yang, hold the scabbard." Cao Cao raised his hand and touched the hilt of the Yitian Sword.

Liu Ye grabbed the scabbard with both hands as instructed, only to see Cao Cao grab the hilt with both hands and slowly pull out the Yitian Sword.

"Help me."

Liu Ye quickly put down the scabbard and helped Cao Cao up from the couch. He held the sword in both hands and walked to Sima Yi's body with Liu Ye's support.

"Is this place the heart, Zi Yang?" Cao Cao's vision, which had just become somewhat clear, began to blur again.

"My lord, move half an inch to the left." Liu Ye said, looking at the place where the tip of the sword fell.

"Oh, half an inch to the left, it's here."

Cao Cao dragged the sword to the position Liu Ye said, and used both hands to stab the tip of the sword into Sima Yi's chest.

"How is it? Zi Yang, did it go in? How deep did it go?" Cao Cao asked, gripping the hilt of the sword tightly.

"My lord, the sword has pierced Sima Yi's chest. If we pull it out now, blood will splatter out of the wound." Liu Ye said.

When Cao Cao heard this, he exerted more force and pulled the sword out of Sima Yi's chest. Sure enough, blood splattered from the wound, and some of it fell on Cao Cao's face and body.

With a clang, the sword slipped from Cao Cao's hand and he no longer had the strength to hold anything.

"Okay, okay, the blood is still hot after splashing on my face." Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief.

"Zi Yang, make arrangements to burn Sima Yi's body into ashes. When I die and before my coffin hits the ground, scatter his ashes under my coffin. I will keep an eye on him until I die."

"Yes, sir!" Liu Ye responded while helping Cao Cao back to the couch.

It took only half an hour from the time Cao Cao woke up to the time he executed Sima Yi. Liu Ye didn't know what had happened to make Cao Cao make such a huge change.

Because before this, although Cao Cao was wary of Sima Yi, he had never thought of taking his life. But now, after waking up, he not only killed Sima Yi, but also executed all the Sima family members except Sima Fu.

Not only did he kill Sima Yi's entire family, but he also wanted to suppress Sima Yi and trample him under his feet even after his death.

He was too lazy to think about it anymore and helped Cao Cao lie down on the couch. He asked the maid to clean the blood off his face and change his clothes. He then took several personal soldiers to wrap Sima Yi in a carpet and took him away for disposal.

……

Under the wall of Yecheng, Cao Cao was lying in a carriage wrapped in a thick blanket. He asked Liu Ye to remove the roof and let the breeze blow across his haggard face.

Feeling the somewhat cold wind, Cao Cao recalled his past experiences.

He Jin, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Lu Zhi, Wang Yun, Gongsun Zan, Guo Jia, Sun Jian, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei flashed through his mind. These people were all dead, but now they were standing in the darkness and looking at him silently.

I can vaguely see a place, which must be where I will go after I die.

Thinking of this, he opened his eyes, but what he saw in front of him was as if covered by dozens of layers of silk. He could only see a blurry gray area and some black shadows coming and going.

"Zi Lian, the children haven't arrived yet?"

"My lord, we're almost there! The scouts report that they are only two miles away from here." Cao Hong was also anxious. He arranged for troops to support them along the way to ensure that they could replace tired horses at any time, allowing Cao Pi and others to reach Cao Cao as quickly as possible.

"Zi Lian, remember, tell your brothers, Yuan Rang, Zi Xiao, and Miao Cai, to help the children until they can support the family." Cao Cao began to mutter intermittently.