When he heard the sound of insects coming out of the house suddenly quieted down, Cao Miao's heart suddenly tightened, his breath became chaotic, and he felt a suffocating instantly.

In order to prepare for a new drama in his previous life, he did some desk work. He knew that Cao Zhi, who failed to compete for his inheritance, was in a difficult situation. He was named a vassal king, but was actually a prisoner. He had supervision such as the state supervisor, guardian officials, etc., but he did not expect that even patients like him would be secretly monitored.

Is it already there, but not discovered it, or is it the butterfly effect triggered by that scene?

What should come will come sooner or later. Cao Miao hummed softly, retracted his mood, straightened his breath, and listened to the sounds outside.

The insects still roared, and there was more wind.

It was raining again. It was windy in the evening, and now the wind was even louder, making the bamboo forest behind the house rustle.

Apart from a wall, Cao Miao heard a few depressed sneezes. It was thought that the person who was watching was blown cold by the night wind, but he did not dare to leave his post.

Cao Miao felt a little contempt in his heart.

He had filmed police and gangster movies in his previous life, and also spy war dramas. He had found professionals to learn about relevant knowledge. He also followed the detectives to go out to work and knew the hard work of squatting. The nights in early summer are a little cool, especially on rainy days. If you stay outside for a night, you will easily catch a cold or a fever, and even cause more serious diseases.

Let him keep guarding and see what he can hear. He is just practicing Qi, standing in a stance, and not starting to practice boxing yet, and the movement is actually very small. If he were a master who could hear different breaths across the wall, he would not have performed such a task.

Cao Miao was even a little curious. He had filmed so many costume dramas and martial arts dramas, and had also come into contact with some real martial artists, but he had never heard of anyone who really had magical martial arts such as listening to the sound and picking leaves and flying flowers.

Will there be this era?

The wind became heavier and the bamboo branches swept across the roof tiles, and it became tighter. After a while, raindrops fell on the tiles and crackled.

Amid the sound of wind and rain, intermittent sobs came.

Cao Miao heard it for a while and frowned slightly.

This is the voice of Ahu, the little slave who served him. Ahu often cried at night these days. He was very familiar with Ahu's voice and would never hear it wrong.

Is Ah Hu actually a traitor?

Thinking of Ahu's thin body and taciturn appearance, Cao Miao was shocked and even panicked. He could understand that there were eyes staring at the Yongqiu Palace in secret, but he never thought that Ahu would be one of them.

In his vague memory, Ah Hu had been in the royal palace for some years, and when he first appeared, he was still a child who knew nothing. However, if you think about it carefully, Ah Hu had some abnormalities these days, and often cried in the middle of the night was one of them. Maybe something happened, so he had to do it.

The wind was louder and heavy rain was pouring. The rain flowed along the tiles and fell in front of the steps, making a sound.

Cao Miao thought for a moment, got up and went out, stood in the corridor, looked at the dense rain curtain, and shouted twice at the veranda room in the front yard.

"Ahu, Ahu."

"Prince!" Ah Hu responded and stood in the west corridor, soaked all over. The rain flowed down his face, unable to even open his eyes. He quickly walked to Cao Miao, looking panicked.

Seeing Cao Miao looking at him with sharp eyes, he subconsciously lowered his head and stuttered, "I...I'm up at night."

"Take a shower, change into clean clothes, come on." Cao Miao said briefly, then turned back to the room.

Ah Hu was stunned for a moment, his face turned pale. He bit his lips and was stunned for a while. He wanted to speak but stopped a few times, but finally he went.

A crack was opened in the east room. Qingtao was wearing clothes and looked at everything outside, but didn't say anything. She was awakened by Cao Miao's two "Ahu" sounds. She thought Cao Miao called them, but now she found that she was called Ahu, and her expression was a bit weird.

Cao Miao waited in the house for a long time before he heard footsteps outside. Ah Hu pushed the door open and walked in with a very light pace. He closed the door, knelt behind the door, kowtowed to Cao Miao, walked to Cao Miao's bed, lifted Cao Miao's quilt and was about to go to bed.

"What are you doing?" Cao Miao glared at him.

"I..." Ahu looked at Cao Miao in confusion, looking frightened. "I have washed it, but... there is no hot water." As he said that, he raised his arms again and smelled his armpits.

Cao Miao was slightly stunned, and then he realized that Ah Hu had misunderstood and felt chill in his heart.

"Kneel down."

Ah Hu responded, retreated, and knelt honestly in front of the bed, with a hint of gratitude in his expression. Cao Miao knew what he was thinking, but he was too lazy to pay attention to him. He just looked at the insider quietly with a cold look.

Ah Hu shrank and lowered his head, not daring to move lightly.

The atmosphere gradually became solemn, and Ah Hu's body began to tremble, and then sobbed. He lay on the ground and sobbed, "Prince, I am guilty, and I am... I really have no choice but to listen to him. I am, I..."

"who is he?"

"School Affairs Officer, Han Dong."

Cao Miao was not very surprised. He had heard about Han Dong from Cao Zhi. The school affairs system is said to be a system founded by Cao Cao, somewhat similar to the Jinyiwei in the Ming Dynasty. It is a spy specifically targeting all officials and has a very poor reputation.

"What did Han Dong say?"

Ah Hu sobbed for a while, his emotions calmed down a little, and then said, "Han Dong said that I have the same surname as him, and maybe I used to be the same clan, so he helped me... to plan this mission. If I could hear something useful, I... I won't have to go to the army to die."

Ah Hu kowtowed repeatedly and cried. "Prince, in recent years, no one of the robes that have left the palace has ever been able to come back alive. Last year, Mengda rebelled, and the cavalry general rushed to Xincheng. My brother was not seen in life or dead. Now that Longyou is in war, the court is going to... recruit soldiers again. If the ministers are recruited, they are afraid they will not be able to go to Longyou and will die suddenly."

Looking at the thin boy shrouded in fear, Cao Miao sighed secretly.

The court treated the vassals strictly and was even more harsh on Cao Zhi. When Cao Zhi was granted the title, the number of soldiers was only half of those of other vassal kings, either the elderly and weak in their sixties or seventies, or the children of seven or eight years old. In recent years, children gradually grew up, and the court recruited them every few days and for a short period of time, and those over fifteen years old were taken away, and those who were slightly stronger were taken away at the age of thirteen or fourteen.

I don’t know if the court did it intentionally. None of the soldiers recruited from Yongqiu State could come back alive. It lasts only two or three years or a few months, and there will be bad news of death or disappearance.

Ah Hu is thirteen this year and may be recruited at any time. Before that, his brother Ah Long had disappeared on the battlefield and had no body.

"The court sent you to Longyou?" Cao Miao's heart was filled with anger.

Yongqiu is east of Luoyang, closest to the Yangzhou Governor's Governor's District, which is guarding against the Eastern Wu. It is justified that the soldiers sent to the Yangzhou Governor's command were sent to Longyou. Ahu's fear was not groundless. A half-aged child like him, walking thousands of kilometers to the front line, is no different from dying. Not to mention anything else, if the local environment is not suitable for the local environment, it may take his life.

They were just soldiers arranged by the court to the Yongqiu Palace, and they did not participate in Cao Zhi's seizure. Why did they kill them all?

"They said... the general Zhuge Liang of Shu invaded the border, and Longyou was fighting, and the troops were insufficient?" Cao Miao's heart moved. Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition? The time for this was roughly determined. Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition did not last long, only five or six years ago. "This is the first time Zhuge Liang north..."

Cao Miao coughed and changed the word in time. "Do you violate the border?"

"It's indeed the first time. The court was not prepared at all. It was in chaos. Your Majesty went to Chang'an, and then..." Ah Hu looked at Cao Miao quietly. Seeing that Cao Miao's face was no longer so stern, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and spoke much more easily. "The capital was rumored that His Majesty had passed away and the ministers wanted to support the king to succeed the throne. The school chief commander sent more people to find out the news. Han Dong had just arrived from the capital."

Cao Miao's heart skipped a beat, and his expression management almost lost control.

Cao Zhi and his son were trapped in this Yongqiu country like prisoners. Every move was seen so hard that they did not have the opportunity to contact the ministers in the court.

This is obviously a frame-up!
Chapter completed!