Magic High School.

"We've found him. Liu Shan is located in Huiwenli, 2 kilometers outside the east gate of Luoyang. It's practically a community entirely populated by surrendered nobles and high-ranking officials, heavily guarded by the Sima family. It's more like a luxurious prison than a mansion," Xiao Ye complained, adding casually.

"By the way, the other surrendered generals from Shu Han are also there. Those guys can only drown their sorrows in alcohol every day. I bet they have several pairs of eyes watching them even when they go to the toilet, so basically don't expect any strength from them."

Li Ge: "..."

This was actually pretty much what I had imagined. In 264 AD, Cao Wei and Shu Han, these two natural enemies, seemed to have become a pair of star-crossed lovers, looking at each other with tearful eyes.

Li Ge could only sigh, then seemed to have made up her mind.

“We can’t delay any longer. The longer we drag this out, the more problems we’ll cause. Tonight I’ll sneak into the palace and try to get close to Cao Huan,” Li Ge said, even though he felt that getting close to Cao Huan wouldn’t be of much use.

Perhaps its greatest use is to kill Cao Huan again in the streets like a dog, and splatter blood all over the Sima family once more?

Let me think about it again.

"Xiao Ye, is it possible to quietly bring out Liu Shan, or at worst, one of Liu Shan's sons?" Li Ge asked, revealing the most important question.

"I'll do my best," was all Xiaoye could say.

"Then I'll think of a way. If you find that the palace is in chaos, you start your operation. We'll throw Luoyang into chaos as quickly as possible," Li Ge said. "And even after Liu Shan disappears, will those surrendered generals of Shu Han still be able to sleep soundly?"

"Oh, right, there's also the Sima family. I investigated them, and they're very lax. If we have the chance, should we take action against them?" Xiao Ye suddenly said.

Li Ge was shocked. Was the Sima family really so lax internally?

Li Ge hadn't considered causing trouble for the Sima family before because he knew about the story of the Sima family raising 3000 assassins. These assassins weren't just random soldiers who could be allowed to take advantage of the chaos; they were ruthless people who would risk their lives for the Sima family and would never back down. Even becoming their godfather probably wouldn't be very effective.

That's because these people were the most loyal core members of the Sima family. In order to control Luoyang and the front-line army, these people were basically scattered to various places, which is why the Sima family was able to completely control Cao Wei and dominate the world.

Currently, the Sima family's internal defenses are actually quite weak, perhaps even less so than those of the imperial palace.

Li Ge suddenly had a bold idea.

"The night the Sima family was wiped out!" Li Ge suddenly thought of this brilliant idea.

Chapter 83 The Night of the Red Moon (Sima Family Limited Edition)

They don't need to throw the entire Luoyang into chaos; they only need to throw the Sima family into chaos. Right now, the main force of the Sima family is in the Hanzhong area, which is actually the weakest time for the Sima clan.

Li Ge could even change his name to "Sima You" and have a Red Moon Night event.

This was the best news Li Ge had heard since arriving in Luoyang.

"Xiao Ye, let's stick to the previous plan. We'll be very busy tonight. You should try to rescue Liu Chan in the first half of the night and meet him at Beiman Mountain. I'll find an opportunity to cause a ruckus in the palace to draw all the firepower, and then we'll figure out a way to attack the Sima family together!" Li Ge came up with this idea.

The two hit it off immediately and finalized this plan, which at first glance seemed unreliable and even a spur-of-the-moment idea.

This is actually quite normal. Most schemes in history are impromptu, and the fewer steps the better. Li Ge's plan was even considered complicated, and it was actually a last-ditch effort when there was no other way.

……

Tonight, the moon is dark and the wind is high.

Li Ge quietly sneaked into the palace, bypassing the heavy guards of the Sima family, and successfully infiltrated.

Thanks to the academy's escape training, which included techniques such as concealment, hiding, and infiltration, Li Ge also explored it on his own and found that the Cao Wei imperial palace was even more lax than the outposts in Assassin's Creed.

Some were dozing off, some were slacking off, and some were even gathering to drink...

Is this the level of security at the Cao Wei imperial palace...?

Thus, Li Ge easily infiltrated the area, killing everyone he saw without even using the ultimate technique of infiltration.

And so, he found Cao Huan's bedroom, the Taiji Hall, with almost no pressure.

This is Cao Huan's residence. Although it is magnificent, it will belong to Sima Yan next year. The surveillance here is much stricter than outside, with several teams of guards taking turns patrolling.

Even the palace maids, eunuchs, and everyone else here belong to the Sima family.

The main reason is that a few years ago, the Sima family gave Cao Mao a little bit of power, allowing him to choose his own palace maids, eunuchs, and guards. Cao Mao then used this power to cause the Luoyang Incident, which left Cao Huan with no one of his own around him.

Despite this, Cao Huan was still the nominal emperor, and his influence was still enormous. To put it bluntly, hanging Cao Huan's corpse at the Sima family's door would have an effect that could cause an earthquake in Luoyang.

So Li Ge managed to sneak into the palace during the guards' rotation. This time it took much longer than before. The guards in the Taiji Hall were considered elite in this feudal era.

Cao Huan was also awake at this time, with a lamp lit, seemingly reviewing memorials.

Upon closer inspection, however, it was all nonsense, such as which family had stolen a wife, or which prince had composed a poem, etc. There were no real national affairs, or even something as trivial as the conquest of Shu.

"Who!" Cao Huan suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

Because Li Ge didn't pretend at this moment and revealed his figure, Cao Huan, the former Prince of Chenliu and the current Emperor of Cao Wei, was so frightened that he seemed to suspect that Li Ge was someone from the Sima family who came to kill him.

Just as he was about to shout, Li Ge covered his mouth and nose, which made Cao Huan make an even more terrified sound.

"Don't make a sound. If you dare to make any more noise, I'll kill you!" Li Ge threatened directly.

Cao Huan nodded vigorously, and after Li Ge relaxed his grip slightly, he immediately begged for mercy: "I have absolutely no disloyalty to the Sima family, why are you still trying to harm me today? Is the promise made by Lord Sima (Sima Zhao) just a joke?"

Li Ge: "..."

Dude, you're the emperor! How can you, as the emperor, be loyal to the Sima family?

Why is Your Majesty rebelling?

Li Ge was speechless. He didn't even refer to himself as "I" anymore, otherwise Li Ge would have liked to punch the emperor three times.

Li Ge could only sigh, then composed himself and said, "Brother, my name is Cao Ge, courtesy name Ziyin..."

Cao Huan was stunned the moment Li Ge introduced herself.

Just as he was beginning to have doubts, Li Ge immediately began to recount her fabricated background and her relationship with Liu Xie and Cao Jie. Cao Huan then believed her, because he also knew that his aunt Cao Jie was one of the few people who helped some impoverished relatives when she was alive.

Then Cao Huan couldn't help but tremble. He never expected that at this time, there would still be a member of the Cao Wei imperial family who could bypass the Sima family's influence and come to him.

Didn't he want to become the real emperor and destroy the Sima family?

He longed for it, he dreamed about it, but he couldn't do it; he was too weak and powerless.

He was so weak that he was like a sycophant to the Sima family, content to play along with their act and show. Sima Zhao promised him a life and status similar to Liu Xie, and he would eventually abdicate in favor of the Sima family and become a minor king of a duchy, living a good life.

However, even though he had already become the emperor and had touched the Imperial Seal of the State more than once, who wouldn't want to truly solidify his position as emperor?

But he was afraid! Cao Mao's death was imminent, and he was afraid of dying. Although he knew he was disgracing the entire Cao family, essentially handing over the Cao Wei dynasty to the Sima family, all he wanted was to live...

He would be liberated on the day he abdicated.

However, at this moment, the arrival of the Cao clan in the dead of night instantly tore away his fig leaf, exposing him completely to the sunlight.

This allowed the last shred of courage and shame of Cao Cao's grandson to erupt completely.

"Brother, do you intend to relinquish the ancestral legacy entirely, just like that Bronze Sparrow Terrace?" Li Ge asked Cao Huan directly.

The two spoke very softly, and Li Ge had also checked that the palace maids and eunuchs were not around, and the Sima family's guards were also some distance away. Under these circumstances, they could still communicate in whispers.

"We, the Cao family, have been fighting against Dong Zhuo for seventy-five years. Cao Cao wielded his whip with great vigor and decisiveness, destroying Yuan Shao and pacifying Yuan Shu. Liu Biao of Jingzhou is now nothing but a skeleton in a tomb. It is only a pity that we were defeated at the Battle of Red Cliffs, which gave Shu Han and Eastern Wu a chance to breathe. But why has the glory and foundation of our Cao family fallen to this state?" Li Ge said with heartfelt sorrow.

Cao Huan's face flushed red. Did he not want to? Did he not want to reclaim his ancestors' legacy? It was because he was too weak. He didn't even have a single capable person. How could he possibly avoid destroying his ancestors' legacy?

He opened his mouth, as if he had a lot to say, but in the end, it could only turn into a long sigh.

"I...sigh..."

Cao Huan didn't even doubt Li Ge's identity, because he felt he had nothing left to use. It was a great irony that a member of the Cao clan would ultimately have to rely on Liu Xie, the former Duke of Shanyang.

“But brother, we now have our greatest reliance, our last strength. Today, we can even storm into the Sima family in one fell swoop! Brother, would you rather become a sinner of the Cao family, or a hero like Wei Wu?” Li Ge said at the end, this was his true plan.

The night of the Sima family's massacre naturally required a scapegoat, a "Uchiha Itachi".

Well, it's best for Cao Huan to be the scapegoat.

Cao Huan panicked for a moment. He was about to retort, but after being scolded by Li Ge, his anger had not subsided. However, fear surged into his heart. In this dilemma, he suddenly shouted from outside the palace.

"Your Majesty, a guest has arrived at the Duke of Jin's residence!"

In an instant, Cao Huan was shocked.

Chapter 84 The Innately Evil Old Thief Sima

Cao Huan was still in a state of grief and shame, and he was indeed provoked by Li Ge, the imposter of his clansman.

Because of the previous tests, even when he revealed the secrets of Emperor Wei Wu, Li Ge was able to answer them one by one, which made him completely believe that Li Ge was a small group of clansmen protected by his aunt Cao Jie.

However, when it was precisely the last remaining force of the clan that brought this clansman to him, he was powerless to do anything about it...

I, the emperor of the Great Wei, can do nothing!

Like an incompetent husband, watching his clan fight to the last, while he himself is trapped in the deep palace, watching the royal family move step by step toward destruction, the foundation of my Cao Wei ancestors is destroyed in my hands!

How hateful! How pathetic!

Cao Huan now understands why his eldest nephew, Cao Mao, even knowing he would die, still fought desperately to launch a final counterattack against the Sima family.

Why was it me who was chosen? Why... was the foundation of Cao Wei to be destroyed in my hands?

Cao Huan was filled with anger, pain, and struggle. This generation, which still retained the last vestiges of Han Chinese spirit, even contemplated drawing his sword to commit suicide or, like his nephew Cao Mao, splattering blood on the Sima family.

Suddenly, however, the voice of the attendant outside the Taiji Hall poured cold water over him like a bucket of cold water.

"Your Majesty, a guest has arrived at the Duke of Jin's residence!"

In an instant, Cao Huan was shocked.

The Jin Gong Mansion was the ancestral home of the Sima family, and also the location where Li Ge planned to exterminate the entire clan on the night of the massacre.

However, at this moment, it was actually people from the Duke of Jin's mansion who came directly. Had they discovered that this clansman had secretly infiltrated? Or did they already know that he harbored disloyal intentions and wanted to emulate the deposed Emperor Liu Bian by killing him in this deep palace?

In an instant, Cao Huan panicked and cried out, "Brother, what should we do? What should we do!"

"Brother, don't panic. Just act the same way you usually do when you meet people from the Sima family. I'll hide on the roof beam, and everything will be safe." Li Ge hadn't expected the Sima family to send someone to the palace at this time.

Li Ge even wondered if the Sima family was sick. It was already past 10 p.m., and the Sima family was crazy to come and visit Cao Huan.

But it's not a big problem. As long as there isn't a large army pressing in, Li Ge can escape smoothly. At worst, he can go all out and start a crazy godfather worshiping mode, worshipping hundreds of thousands of godfathers a day, and make sure that brat Sima never comes back.

So soon, Li Ge nimbly climbed up the wall and hid on the roof beam.

Even from any angle looking upwards, it would be difficult to see Li Ge's figure. Coupled with some skills in concealment and hiding, Li Ge could be guaranteed to be safe from any problems.

If something goes wrong, then you'll have to resort to Musou attacks.

Cao Huan quickly straightened his clothes and hurriedly opened the door, saying, "Okay, wait, wait for me!"

When Cao Huan staggered to open the door, he was suddenly greeted by a middle-aged man with a large belly, accompanied by several guards, all with a smile on his face.