Chapter 15 15. The Cao family is in decline

The first impression that the fourth uncle Cao Ding gave Cao Cao was that he was chic and suave. The scene of him playing Cuju in his hometown of Qiao County was always imprinted in Cao Cao's mind.He was free and easy in every movement and stillness, and it seemed that the vigor of Zhang Yang had never been worn away by the growth of age.Of course, in addition to this style, he is also a greedy and domineering person.In Cao Cao's memory, no one has ever been so greedy and domineering as he is. But now... Cao Ding just stopped in the courtyard without moving.The corpse that had just been transported out of the Luoyang Sky Prison was in tattered clothes like a beggar on the street.His originally rich and graceful face was covered with a layer of grey, his thin, burnt-yellow hair was loose like withered grass, and his lips were almost cracked white paper... He could no longer yell at others, no longer I can no longer reach out to money and women, and of course I can no longer laugh and play with my nephews.

Cao Hong took off the prison clothes for his uncle himself.Cao Ding's body was covered with bruises, some were scratches, some were bruises, and some were obviously whipped. What is outrageous is that all the nails on his right hand fell off! "Bastard!" Cao Hong punched the board of the mortuary, "This is definitely not dying of illness, but tortured to death by them!" After Cao Cao glanced at the distorted hand covered with blood scabs, he felt dizzy for a while, and quickly turned his face away: "It's too much... Even if he is guilty of the old man, he can't be treated like this. You can't be a doctor. Don't they understand?"

Cao Song was sitting in the main room at the moment, leaning against the desk with his eyes closed, and when he heard his son's question, he raised his hand and pinched the center of his brows: "This is not the court's law, I am afraid Duan Jiong ordered people to do it." "Did that old thief add insult to injury?" Cao Cao was furious. Cao Song opened his bloodshot eyes: "There is no way. They say that those who died of illness died of illness. For sinners, how can there be any justice? Back then, Chen Fan was beaten to death by eunuchs. It's just the words 'go to prison and die'. Duan Jiong is very popular now, and no one can do anything to him. The only thing to blame is that we shouldn't have turned against him and provoked this evil wolf." He glanced at him and sat aside. Cao Chi, "I'm so confused... If I had listened to your persuasion back then, why would the fourth child be where he is today?"

Cao Chi didn't respond to his words.Rather, he has been unresponsive these days.He sat there with a fluffy bun, his eyes staring like a pair of bells, his expression was full of fear, and none of everyone's words could get into his mind.He just sat there motionless all the time, like an empty shell without a soul. Cao Cao suddenly felt that the atmosphere in this dilapidated house was very terrifying: there was a corpse lying outside the hall, and a living dead sitting inside the hall!My father survived the past few days in such an environment. Cao Hong wiped Cao Ding's body, wiping away the blood and stains with a damp cloth.After wiping, he suddenly howled hysterically: "I can't stand... these beasts!" Following the shout, he actually pulled out a two-inch steel needle from Cao Ding's rib!

"Damn it! You can't take advantage of the surname Duan." Cao Hong yelled and drew out his sword, "I want to kill these two old thieves, Wang Fu and Duan Jiong!" Seeing this, Xiahoudun, who hadn't interjected all this time, hurriedly got up and grabbed his sword, stroking his back to comfort him.Cao Cao couldn't stand it anymore: "Father, let's go back to our hometown! Don't stay here any longer, go back and see a doctor for your second uncle." Cao Song shook his head: "I can't go." "Let's go, if this continues, I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it. It's getting colder and colder."

"I'm fine." Cao Song gasped. "Why are you bothering? Is there anything you can't let go of now?" "It's not that we can't let go, it's that there is no way out. Our Cao family has managed to get along to this day, and we must not fall down because of the Song family's involvement. If we really can't be reinstated, who else can the younger generation rely on? I'm sorry for the ancestors, and I'm sorry Children and grandchildren!" Cao Song gritted his teeth, "I can't go, absolutely can't go, I want to get back what we lost!"

"Is there anything you can do?" "Cao Jie... now we can only rely on Cao Jie, I have to try to bribe Cao Jie, let him help us get rid of the crime and restore the official." Cao Cao felt very uncomfortable: At the beginning, his father had hoped to be on two boats, marrying the Song family while attaching to Wang Fu.Unexpectedly, in the end, the Song family was destroyed, Wang Fu turned against each other, and ended up with both feet on the ground.But being harmed by Wang Fu was not enough, he was going to curry favor with another great eunuch Cao Jie, suck hemorrhoids for the second time, flatter him, and suffer humiliation again.Although it is for the sake of future generations, is it really worth it to sell face without shame?