Cao Thief

Chapter 244 Life and Death

When was the first murder?
Lu Bu can't remember clearly!But since the first murder, Lu Bu has experienced so many storms, survived from the shadow of swords and swords, and became the tiger he is today.He has experienced even more vicious things, so how could he be afraid of a small short spear?

But, he was really scared!

The first short spear appeared, telling him that Wei Xuhoucheng was going to rebel.

As a result, Hou Cheng and Wei Xu really rebelled.Lu Bu was a little scared, what news would this second short spear bring him?
Wei Xuhoucheng died, and the blow to Lu Bu was extremely huge.

On the surface, he doesn't seem to care.But in fact, Lu Bu's spirit is a bit broken...

"Take me there quickly."

Lu Bu grabbed Qi'er's arm and almost dragged Qi'er into the inner house.

Mrs. Yan has ordered people to guard the inner house, and there are countless guards patrolling around the study, no one can approach the study.

Lu Bu almost rushed into the study, and saw Mrs. Yan, Mrs. Cao and Diao Chan, waiting for him.Seeing Lu Bu coming in, the three wives got up at the same time and saluted Lu Bu.Lu Bu quickly waved his hand, looked around the study, and asked, "Where's Lingqi? Why don't you see her here?"

"What time is it, Lingqi is already asleep."

Mrs. Yan glanced at Lu Bu, and said a little reproachfully.

Diao Chan said softly: "Madam thought that it was best not to let Lingqi know about these things, so she has been keeping it from her... Junhou, Hou Cheng and the others..."

Lu Bu's face suddenly collapsed.

He sat down on the couch, and whispered after a while: "Dead!"

In the room, there was a suppressed, low-pitched sigh.

"Still haven't found out who did it?"

"no!"

Madam Yan smiled wryly and said: "It's almost the same as last time. Originally, I was about to rest, when I heard the sound of a canopy outside the house. I hurriedly put on my clothes and came out, and saw this short spear stuck on the door frame of the bedroom. I didn't see who did it, and Qi'er even asked the guards on duty, but no one found anything unusual. Junhou, people's hearts have been scattered, and people are in the mansion, but their hearts are no longer there."

Lu Bu remained silent.

Madam Cao handed the short spear to Lu Bu, it was almost the same as the short spear that appeared last time.

Black lacquered Zhe wooden pole, [-] cm long spear blade, extremely sharp.It was a bit heavy to start with, so Lu Bu gave a wry smile and put it beside him.

He tried it, and with his arm strength, he could achieve the effect at a distance of forty paces with this throwing spear.

If the owner of the spear had the same arm strength as him, he wouldn't be able to see it at all.Even if it is not as good as Lu Bu, as long as it is thrown at a distance of twenty steps, it is generally difficult to find the trace.Therefore, it is really not easy to blame this kind of thing, I can only say that this person is too mysterious.

Madam Yan handed the white silk to Lu Bu.

This time, there is more content on the white silk than last time.

Chaos has already broken out, and you should know that this is a crisis of life and death... In the past, you and I have kindness, so today I want to repay it.But there are some things, I have to make it clear to you, Junhou, I can't save you, but I will do my best to take care of your family...

The content of the letter is roughly the same.

The letter also said: I know that Junhou, you are unwilling to let others down. With your character, it is destined that no one can trust you.You have a criminal record, the incident of Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo is still vivid in my mind, and Junhou, you are extremely brave, and there are few opponents in the world... If it were me, I would not dare to accept it.I think back to the time when the princes and princes galloped across Mobei and crossed beyond the Great Wall.Among the people, Lu Bu, what a reputation.But now, who really believes in you?Junhou, you are an eagle soaring with wings, you should have soared above the sky.But now...

I know that what the lord is worried about now is nothing more than his wife and children.

Junhou, you are a family man, and it is not surprising that your sons and daughters love each other and heroes are short of breath.But your wife and children are small, and now they have become your concern.

All I can do is relieve your worries.Afterwards, whether Junhou can break out of the encirclement depends only on Junhou himself, forgive me for not being able to take care of him.In short, life or death depends on your own ability, and that's all I can do.If you believe in me and are willing to fight, please light a bonfire at the north gate of the inner city on the eighth day of the eighth day.When the time comes, someone will contact you and tell you the action plan...

After reading the content on the white silk, Lu Bu was stunned for a moment!
The deaths of Wei Xu and Hou Cheng made him restless and in a trance.To put it bluntly, Lu Bu is already desperate at this moment... He doesn't know how long he can hold on, nor does he know what his ending will be like in the end.

The arrival of this letter gave Lu Bu a clear understanding.

He began to reflect on his past actions, but found that it was exactly the same as what was written in the letter.

If I surrender, who can tolerate me?

Is it Liu Xuande?He took me in earlier, but I took his family business.This person is very scheming and can endure, how can he give up with me?

Cao Cao?

Yuan Shao?

Yuan Shu?

When Lu Bu thought about it carefully, he found that none of these people could really convince him.

As written in his heart, he should have been an eagle beyond the sky.Whether it is Cao Cao or Liu Bei, including Yuan Shao and Liu Biao, they cannot convince him.How can the pride of the eagle be suppressed by idlers?So in the end, his result can only be...

Lu Bu threw the white silk, as well as the white silk from earlier, into the brazier.

Seeing the blazing coals burning the white silk, he felt an inexplicable sense of relief.

I think back then, I got off the horse and galloped across the world with a halberd in my palm.If it is possible to conquer and kill again, who in the world can stop me?
He raised his head and looked at Mrs. Yan.

Madam Yan had tears in her eyes as she looked at Lu Bu obsessively.

"Junhou, the concubine's identity is only known today, and it is the concubine's identity that has implicated the Junhou."

Lu Bu smiled, "If it wasn't for Madam, how could there be Lu Fengxian today?"

As he spoke, he stood up, pointed at the burning white silk, and suddenly burst into laughter, "I often regret that I don't have a confidant in this world, but I only know it today, and I had a confidant long ago, but I didn't know it.

This person can make me entrust my wife and offer my son. "

"Your Majesty..."

Mrs. Yan, Mrs. Cao and Diao Chan got up at the same time, looking at Lu Bu, they were very surprised.

In Diao Chan's mind, for some reason, a thin figure appeared.Vaguely, she had an intuition that this white silk was written by him.

Unexpectedly, he has such a skill.

"But this person...maybe it's a trap?" Mrs. Cao said.

"Oh?"

"This person doesn't even dare to reveal his name. How can he know that he has ulterior motives. My husband entrusted me to this person. If he turns around and threatens my husband, what should I do?"

"If this is the case, I would like to kill Xiapi City."

Diao Chan spoke suddenly, making Mrs. Cao startled, and turned to look at her.

Madam Yan smiled, nodded and said, "Xiuer's words are exactly what I want."

"But……"

Mrs. Cao still hesitated.After all, the white silk only said that he was willing to take care of Lu Bu's family, but it didn't explain how and how to take care of him.Even the name was not left behind, which made Mrs. Cao feel a little panicked.She was very frightened, and Lu Bu finally entrusted her with a wrong person.

This kind of thing has not happened before!

There was Mi Zhu and Mi Fang before, and then there was Chen Gui and Chen Deng.

Including Chen Gong, they also conspired to rebel, not to mention what happened tonight.Even Lu Ji is going to rebel, who else in the world can trust him?The so-called fear of well ropes after being bitten by a snake for three years, Mrs. Cao's vision of Lu Bu is really not trustworthy.

Lu Bu said: "There is no need to worry about this matter, we will see the outcome on the eighth day of the lunar new year."

"One more thing!" Diao Chan said, "This matter needs to be kept secret, except for Qi'er, only the four of us know about it, and we must not tell others."

"Exactly."

Diao Chan's words are tantamount to excluding Chen Gong.

Chen Gong's thoughts, to be honest, no one can say for sure.He will not surrender to Cao Cao, that's for sure.But if it is not guaranteed, he will drag Lu Bu into the water and die with Cao Cao.If he finds out about this matter, God knows whether Chen Gong will come out and destroy this matter.

Lu Bu lowered his face and nodded slightly.

Chen Gong shot and killed Hou Cheng and Wei Xu today, which made Lu Bu somewhat unhappy.

In addition to all the previous things, he was always wary of Chen Gong.This matter involves the lives of his wife and children, how can he take it lightly?
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside the house.

You can faintly hear the voice of Qi'er talking with someone.

Lu Bu walked out of the study in a hurry, and saw Gao Shun panting with anxiety on his face.

"Deqian, why are you panicking?"

"Junhou, the big thing is not good...Young Junhou has been robbed!"

"what?"

Lu Bu only felt a buzzing sound in his head and felt a little dizzy.Isn't the young prince Lu Ji?He was detained before, how could he be robbed?Could it be that there are still secret works in this inner city?Or in other words, there are still people plotting to rebel?

Mrs. Yan came out and asked sharply, "Deqian, who snatched that Tartarus?"

"Yes Yes Yes……"

"Say it!"

"Madam Yang did it."

Mrs. Yang is Lu Ji's biological mother, that is, the woman who was a childhood sweetheart with Lu Bu when she was a child, and was later kidnapped by the barbarians and gave birth to Lu Ji.After being rescued by Lu Bu, Mrs. Yang became Lu Bu's concubine.Although Lu Bu didn't care about her, he never treated her badly.This Mrs. Yang is also ruthless!For the sake of his son, he turned against Lu Bu and took Lu Ji away.

"Then her mother and son are now..."

"The madam robbed the young prince..."

"Shut up, what a young prince, he's just a beard." Mrs. Yan shouted sharply: "His name is Tajiji, and he will have nothing to do with the Lu family from now on."

"Yes, it's Tarraji."

Mrs. Yan doesn't usually show off her beauty, but that doesn't mean she doesn't have talent.

In the history books, there is not much recorded about Mrs. Yan.But no matter what, Mrs. Yan made the Lu family's inner house peaceful.

Maybe it's because she's getting older, after the age of jealousy, Mrs. Yan seldom shows up on weekdays.

But Gao Shun knew that when Mrs. Yan got angry, Lu Bu didn't dare touch her.This is definitely a remarkable woman... One word from Madam Yan is equivalent to driving the Yang family and Lu Ji out of the Lu family.Since then, there has been no such person as Tajiji in the Lu family.

Gao Shun said: "The Yang family held the arrow of the king and marquis, and first raised the Tartar Ji, then cheated to open the west gate and escaped from Xiapi. At that time, the general and the military division were cleaning up the mess. After learning the news, the military division immediately led people to pursue it. , but it was still too late. When we arrived at the west gate, the Yang family and the Tartar Ji had disappeared without a trace. The military division did not dare to go out of the city to look for it without authorization, so the last general came to report the news and strengthen the patrol in the city."

Lu Bu, taking advantage of Mrs. Yan's inattention, seemed to let out a sigh of relief.

He didn't want to see Lu Ji, but he wanted to see the woman with whom he was childhood sweetheart.

Moreover, having been in contact with Lu Ji for more than ten years, no one can be ruthless than grass and trees, and I have some emotions more or less.Just leave... If you are caught, you will probably die in an ugly way.Madam Yan's posture, if she catches Yang's mother and son, they will definitely be stripped alive.

He felt a little lost, but also a little relieved.

"Deqian, go down... Tell the military division, and say that from today onwards, the whole city will be on alert."

"Here!"

Gao Shun stepped in to salute, turned around and left in a hurry.

Looking at Gao Shun's back, a strange light suddenly flashed in Lu Bu's eyes.

He turned around, looked at Mrs. Yan, seemed to be asking, but also seemed to be talking to himself: "Madam, what do you think of Deqian?"

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It's no big deal for Guo Jia to find Cao Peng.

First, Guo Jia wanted to comfort Cao Peng.After all, Cao Cao's preference for Liu Bei before would inevitably make Cao Peng feel bad.

As for whether Guo Jia wanted to comfort him or Cao Cao asked Guo Jia to comfort him, Cao Peng did not know.

However, in Guo Jia's tent, he heard another thing.

"Liu Xuande is a hero." Guo Jia said to Cao Peng, "This man has great ambitions, and he is also a member of the Han family. Although he has not been included in the genealogy, he has been recognized by many people. This man is good at winning people's hearts, and His character is persevering, and he has the demeanor of the great ancestors of the past.

Cao Gong also has concerns about this person.

This person is talented, it would be a pity to kill him; but if he is not killed... sooner or later it will be a disaster.

This time Cao Gong gave up Liu Bei's military power and intends to take him back to Xudu.However, I am worried that this person will not stop here, and it is very likely that there will be troubles.I know you are dissatisfied with Liu Bei, so I will tell you one thing, that is to keep an eye on Liu Xuande, are you willing? "

"I keep an eye on Liu Bei?"

Cao Peng wondered, "Why stare at him?"

Guo Jia smiled and said, "This is your business..."

Cao Peng didn't quite understand why Guo Jia chose to let him monitor Liu Bei.

Said he hated Liu Bei?
It's really hard to say... After all, this Liu Xuande was a character that Cao Peng liked a lot when he was young in his previous life.It's annoying at most, but that's something I grew up with later.So it's really hard to say hate.The reason why he confronted Liu Bei before was that he wanted to find an excuse to stay in Xiapi.Now, his goal has been achieved, so he has no feeling for Liu Bei.

But since Guo Jia spoke, Cao Peng naturally would not refuse.

After returning to the barracks, Cao Peng immediately wrote a letter to Xia Houlan, and transferred Xia Houlan from the lower phase to Xiapi.

They were all his subordinates anyway, so Cao Hong wouldn't care who Cao Peng called over.We are our own people, there are not so many rules.

After the siege of the inner city of Xiapi, life was easy.

Under Cao Hong's recommendation, Chen Qun was recommended to Cao Cao's account.

Cao Cao naturally knew Chen Shi, and had heard of Chen Qun for a long time.When Cao Hong brought Chen Qun to him, Cao Cao was naturally very happy.

On the same day, Chen Qun took office as the subordinate of Sikong Xicao, and asked Chen Qun to stay by his side.

Guo Jia, Chen Qun, and Xun You, including Dong Zhao, all knew Chen Qun.Especially Guo Jia, who was born in Yingchuan Academy with Chen Qun, and has known each other for a long time.This also made Chen Qun quickly gain a firm foothold under Cao Cao's account, and for Cao Hong, he also got a referral.

Chen Qun naturally knew who was responsible for him being able to get rid of bad luck so quickly.

After taking office, it was natural to draw a clear line with Liu Bei.At first, Chen Qun served Liu Bei, but later because Liu Bei refused to listen to his dissuasion, he stopped following him.Now, he has joined Cao Cao, and after hearing about the conflict between Cao Peng and Liu Bei, he naturally refuses to get close to Liu Bei.Liu Bei once paid a special visit to him, but Chen Qun found an excuse to shirk him away...

At this time, standing in line is very important.

The tense relationship between Cao Peng and Liu Bei certainly played a role. More importantly, Chen Qun defected to Cao Cao, and then flirted with his old master. How would Cao Cao think about it?Therefore, at this time, you must be very firm.If there is even the slightest bit of disconnection, it will bring death if it is not done well.Although it was a bit fickle to do so, Chen Qun knew clearly which was more important and which was less important.

That night, Cao Peng was reading a book in the military tent, when he heard a report from Xia Houlan, he caught a messenger who came out of Liu Bei's military camp.

Liu Bei's messenger?
Cao Peng couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

"Xingba, if you see it, I'll say that Liu Xuande is not a law-abiding master.

Just a few days after being honest, he came up with this kind of trick.But Ziyou, has he ever found out where this messenger is going? "

"My lord, I found a letter from that guy."

"letter?"

When Cao Peng heard this, he immediately became interested, "Submit it quickly."

Xia Houlan handed a letter to Cao Peng's case, then casually found a couch in the military tent, and sat down comfortably.

He can be considered an old man, and Cao Peng doesn't have too many rules, so Xia Houlan is very casual.

"By the way, have you delivered that letter yet?"

"The letter?"

"It's a letter to your brother."

Xia Houlan suddenly realized, "My lord, you mean Zilong... Believe me, I sent someone to send it. It's only been half a year, and there is still no reply."

"Who is Zilong?"

Gan Ning asked suspiciously.

Hearing this, Cao Peng smiled: "A person who can fight against Xingba against Sanbaihe... I guess, if Xingba confronts this person, he may not be able to get a bargain."

When Gan Ning heard it, he showed disdain, "If you say so, the young master, then I will meet him someday, and I will learn from him."

Cao Peng laughed and shook the letter away.

The reason why he said this was just to put some pressure on Gan Ning.

Just point to the end, if you talk too much, it doesn't mean anything.Looking at the candlelight on the desk, Cao Peng scanned the ten lines at a glance, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

"Sir, what's wrong?"

Cao Peng sneered, "I knew that Liu Bei would not be so honest.

Wei Xu and Hou Cheng are dead...but Lu Bu kept the news pretty tight and didn't leak anything.His fake son Lu Ji defected to Liu Bei.Liu Bei wants to get in touch with Zhang Wenyuan in Xu County through Lu Ji, and let Zhang Liao lead his troops to Peiguo..."

"what?"

Gan Ning was startled, rolled his eyes twice, and immediately understood the mystery.

"This Liu Bei, it's a good idea..."

(End of this chapter)