Cao Cao smiled faintly. "As Minister of Works, I am acting on an imperial decree to eliminate traitors. Why would I give you a chance to cause trouble?"
"Xu Chu!"
At Cao Cao's command, Xu Chu, who stood behind him, casually pulled a blade from a corpse on the ground and strode toward Cai Mao and Liu Cong.
Then, beneath their terrified gazes, he struck twice, cleanly and decisively, severing their heads and leaving only two headless bodies with blood gushing like fountains!
Cao Cao picked up Cai Mao's and Liu Cong's heads and walked through the scattered corpses as leisurely as if strolling through a courtyard. He approached Emperor Xian of Han and presented the two heads with both hands.
"Your Majesty, the rebels have been executed."
A deathly silence fell over everyone.
They all stared in shock and fear at Cao Cao and the two heads in his hands, their eyes still open in death.
Liu Cong and Cai Mao had been beheaded, just like that?
Only Emperor Xian of Han felt utterly exhilarated. Struggling to suppress his delight, he said, "Good! Good! Good!"
"Minister, you have rid the realm of traitors. You truly are a pillar of the state, the chief minister upon whom I rely most!"
His happiness came from the bottom of his heart.
Cai Mao had not only killed Liu Biao and his son, but had also treated him with particular disrespect all this time. He had long since come to loathe the man.
Now that Cai Mao had finally been executed, he no longer had to remain in that petty villain's clutches. He could live a life of pleasure in peace under Cao Cao's protection!
Cao Cao looked around at the others and raised an eyebrow. "The traitors Liu Cong and Cai Mao