When Ji Han and his men traveled to the Three Kingdoms crew

Chapter 293: The first impression was negative
"Xuan De"

"Your Majesty, are you alright?"

Seeing Liu Bei walk out of the tent, Cao Cao, who was pacing back and forth, took two steps at a time and quickly stepped forward. He immediately put Cao Ren and Chen Gong out of his mind. When he got the answer "no problem", his frown relaxed.

Cao Ren, who saw all this, sighed uncontrollably.

He, Cao Cao, Chen Gong and others rode non-stop towards Luoyang overnight. They finally saw Liu Bei's flag on the way, but unfortunately, before they could even greet each other, Liu Bei ordered Huang Zhong to lead the army to join the pursuit of Dong Zhuo.

Originally, his brother Cao Cao wanted to join the Jingzhou army as a guest general, but Liu Bei grabbed his arm and comforted him, "Meng De, you are tired from the journey, why don't you take a rest for a while."

Cao Cao had just waved his whip and proudly said to him and Chen Gong, "Zixiao, Gongtai, I will attack Dong Zhuo as easily as slaughtering chickens and sheep!"

Just Liu Bei's words made Cao Cao stroke his head and change his mind. "Brother Xuande, to be honest, I am a little tired."

Through Cao Ren’s understanding of Cao Cao, combined with the changes in Cao Cao during this period.

He made a bold guess

I guess in Cao Cao's heart, the emperor is as important as Liu Bei.

After all, even Cao Ren could read Cao Cao's moved expression, and his whole face was filled with the expression "Xuan De, you are truly my confidant!"

Although they are indeed a little tired.
So Cao Ren and Chen Gong followed Cao Cao to rest in the temporary camp. In a daze, Cao Ren fell into a deep sleep. After an unknown amount of time, he was awakened by Cao Cao shaking him.

Before he could ask, Cao Cao spoke up.

"Zixiao, Brother Xuande has returned victoriously!"

"Follow me quickly to meet Brother Xuande!"

He didn’t know if it was because he had just woken up, but Cao Ren always felt that his brother was different now than before, as if even his back was straighter.

"Brother Xuande, I was in a hurry just now and didn't have time to introduce the two people behind me to you."

"This gentleman's surname is Chen, his name is Gong, his courtesy name is Gongtai, he is from Dongjun, and he has amazing talent!"

"This man is my cousin, his name is Ren, and his courtesy name is Zixiao."

"Zixiao, why are you standing there in a daze? Come and meet Brother Xuande."

Cao Cao's voice brought Cao Ren back to the present. Cao Ren hurried forward and bowed.
"Ren pays respect to Lord Xixiang."

"A filial son does not need to be too polite"

Liu Bei supported Cao Ren. Needless to say, Cao Ren was a famous general of the Cao family as he withstood the siege of his second brother Guan Yu.

As for Chen Gong
Isn’t this the scholar Cao Cao met when he was fleeing?
Later he became Lu Bu's strategist, but parted ways with Cao Cao because he could not bear to see Cao Cao slaughter the entire Lu family.

Have we met in this life?
I just wonder if the two of them encountered something similar to what happened to Lü Bushe on the way?
If he met Chen Gong, who did not leave Cao Cao, does it mean that Cao Cao really changed?

Thinking of this, Liu Bei said, "The journey is long, and it must be difficult for Meng De to come here this time. Why don't you tell me about it."

"Xuan De, I am ashamed. The danger I encountered is not even half as serious as yours."

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Cao Cao's reaction was somewhat unexpected to Liu Bei. Fortunately, he was good at controlling his facial expressions and did not show any surprise. He just pricked up his ears and waited for Cao Cao's words.

As Cao Cao told the story, Liu Bei finally understood the whole story. It turned out that Cao Cao not only met Chen Gong by chance, but also stayed overnight at Lü Bushe's house with Chen Gong and Cao Ren. The course of events was different from the novel, but up to this point, it was basically the same.

As for the ending
This is completely different from the novel. Cao Cao and Lü Bushe had a great time together, no innocent people were injured or killed, and Cao Cao even got hundreds of soldiers for free.

It seems that those heartfelt words played a certain role.

Liu Bei felt emotional, but what made him laugh and cry was that Cao Cao thought this was his own experience.

"Meng De, you misunderstood. What I said before was just a joke. I have never encountered such a thing before," Liu Bei tried to explain. Cao Cao's eyes were full of admiration, "Xuan De, there is no need to be modest. If it were not for your words and deeds, I would have caused a disaster. How could I face my father in the future?"

Liu Bei took a deep breath. Why did he feel that this scene was familiar?
Just when he was about to say something, Cao Cao's gaze suddenly looked behind him. The look in his eyes was like that of a wolf seeing a sheep or Qin Shihuang seeing the Heshi Bi. It is no exaggeration to say that Cao Cao's eyes were staring straight ahead.

"Xuan De, the two great sages behind you have not been introduced to me yet."

Behind you?

Liu Bei turned around and saw Chen Dao and Xun Yu.

He understood clearly that according to the original trajectory, Xun Yu was the representative of the Yingchuan scholars under Cao Cao.

Moreover, Xun Yu had an outstanding appearance, handsome manners, and extraordinary appearance.

Unlike Liu Bei's enlightenment, Chen Dao and Xun Yu looked at each other in confusion.

Chen Dao came to take care of the emperor, and Xun Yu came to report the matter of the surrendered soldiers to Liu Bei.

When they set foot here, they happened to run into Cao Cao telling him about the story of Liu Bei and Lu Gong.

They thought to themselves, "So the lord/lord has actually had such an experience? It's really admirable!"
Before Chen Dao and Xun Yu could express their feelings, Cao Cao's gaze made them both alert.

Especially Chen Dao, he heard Liu Bei call the short man in front "Meng De".

Meng De, short stature.
Who else could be in the world except Cao Cao?
When he was in Liangzhou, Chen Dao went to find Zhang Fei to catch up on the stories in Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Oh, no, the knowledge he had learned from Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

He understood that in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Xun Yu was Cao Cao's right-hand man, and also the culprit who killed Xun Yu.

At least this time, the tragedy must not be repeated, so Chen went to Xun Yu's ear and whispered, "Military Advisor Xun, Meng De looks extremely strange, so be on guard at all times."

"Thank you, General Chen. I will be more careful." Xun Yu replied in the same low voice.

"Good." Chen Dao had just uttered a word when he saw Liu Bei pulling Cao Cao and others forward. With Liu Bei's introduction, the few people knew each other's names and greeted each other, so they were considered to be acquainted.

"Haha, it turns out that the general who rode alone to save the lord was General Chen! He is indeed a heroic and handsome man, truly a famous general of the time!"

"The Proclamation to Punish Dong Zhuo was written by Xun Jun? I have heard of you for a long time!"

In the face of Cao Cao's flattery, Chen Dao politely responded for Liu Bei's sake. After all, he did not have much good impression of Cao Cao.

As for Xun Yu, he didn't care much about Cao Cao. Instead, he was very interested in Chen Gong's talent.

Chen Gong was the same. The two of them chatted so much that they forgot everything else.

Cao Ren felt particularly annoyed by what he heard. He discovered that among all the people present, he was the only one who did not quite understand. Even Chen Dao, who had a strong martial spirit, nodded repeatedly as he listened.

After an unknown amount of time, Cao Ren could no longer bear it. He found a gap, pulled Chen Gong to a corner, and told him his doubts.
"Gongtai, what do you think of Xixianghou?"

Chen Gong thought without hesitation, "If Xun Wen is a great sage, then Xixiang Hou is also a great sage of the time."

"Great Sage."

Cao Ren kept repeating these two words until Cao Cao came over.

"A filial son should be prepared."

"Prepare?" Cao Ren came back to his senses and asked, "Why prepare? Where are we going?"

"Luoyang"

When he uttered these two words, there was no joy on Cao Cao's face, only disappointment.

(End of this chapter)