The characters engraved by Cao Hong on the bamboo slips are written in small seals, and Ma Xiaoquan has been in the late Han Dynasty for a few years, so he can basically understand the small seals.

After a cursory review, Ma Xiaoquan nodded, patted Cao Hong's shoulder and said, "Zilian, thank you!" ”

Cao Hong blushed, but he was very proud in his heart, you must know that in order to collect this information for the Immortal Lord, Cao Hong, who has always been stingy, has used his family wealth.

After Cao Hong left, Ma Xiaoquan unfolded the bamboo slip again and looked at it carefully, this time, Ma Xiaoquan remembered all the contents on the bamboo slip.

The information on the bamboo slips is nothing more than three useful items: first, about the solar recorder he has been looking for, it is said that Sun Jian had obtained it, but after Sun Jian was killed by Huang Zu, the news was broken; Second, a son surnamed Lu is also looking for a solar recorder, which Ma Xiaoquan has known for a long time; Third, the latest whereabouts of the solar recorder are said to be in Lu Bu's hands.

"Hmm" Ma Xiaoquan's mind was concentrated, a pale red flame came out of the palm of his hand, and the bamboo slip in his hand slowly turned into charcoal.

"Lu Bu's hand?"

Ma Xiaoquan operates the data device in his body.

Since Dong Zhuo's death, Lu Bu and Wang Yun's old man have controlled the government for three months, but because of Wang Yun's stubbornness and self-use, Lu Bu's pride, Dong Zhuo's old department Li Dao and Guo Yan counterattacked Chang'an, drove Lu Bu away, and killed Wang Yun Although Ma Xiaoquan felt a bit of a pity, but history is like this, and it must not be changed at will, after all, he is a physical traverser, if he changes history, then the future self is likely to cease to exist.

"It seems that when you meet Lu Bu again, you have to ask him"

After making up his mind, Ma Xiaoquan patted the floating ash on his hands, shook his head and left

At the beginning of April in the fourth year of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, the weather gradually warmed up, the earth recovered, and the early farmers began to work and sow seeds.

After discussing with Lord Shangxian, Cao Cao decided to take his father Cao Song over to take care of his life.

Ma Xiaoquan knew that Cao Song would be killed on the way here, but he couldn't break it, and when he discussed with Cao Cao before, Ma Xiaoquan also kept playing haha and never expressed a trace of opinion.

Cao Cao thought that the Immortal Lord agreed with him to do this, so he happily repaired a letter and instructed Kuaima to send it to his father secretly.

The scout in charge of delivering the letter was a Ma Daha, and on this day, this man came to an inn, asked for a jar of good wine, served a few plates of side dishes, and ate it with relish. When he was eating, he suddenly heard someone talking about a story, and it was about the crusade against Dong Zhuo that happened two years ago.

This scout was originally Dong Zhuo's old department, and later surrendered to Cao Cao, although he surrendered to Cao, but occasionally he still missed the old life in Dong Zhuo's military camp.

Cao Cao governed the army strictly, and strictly ordered his subordinates not to take a needle or tile from the people, but Dong Zhuo was different, as long as he captured the place, Dong Zhuo released the ban and let his subordinates burn, kill, and plunder.

People are objective. In the mouth of the storyteller, Dong Zhuo was said to be a bully who did all kinds of evil, and Sun Jian, who was rushing to the front at that time, was said to be a hero in the world.

The more the scout listened to it, the more unpleasant it became, and finally, with the strength of the wine, he couldn't help but refute two sentences.

The storyteller was not shocked or annoyed, looked at the scout, and said for a while: "Then tell me, what is good about Dong Zhuo?" ”

This scout is also a rough man, if you want to say that Dong Zhuo is good, he really can't describe it for a while, think about it carefully, except for every burning, killing and plundering, Dong Zhuo really has nothing good.

The scout was speechless for a moment.

The storyteller smiled, touched the beard on his chin, and continued: "So, that Dong Zhuo must be dead, but I heard that Dong Zhuo seems to have eaten some elixir before he died."

As soon as everyone heard the spirit, someone asked the storyteller, how could Dong Zhuo die after eating the elixir?

The storyteller laughed and said: "Only the people of the Mandate of Heaven can take those elixirs, Dong Zhuo is a person, an old yin stick who does all kinds of evil, if he takes the elixir, he will be robbed of his luck by the elixir."

The more the storyteller spoke, the more evil it became, but the more he spoke, the more wonderful it became, and before he knew it, the scout had been listening for a morning.

At noon, the scout realized that something was wrong and hurriedly got up to leave.

As he got up, he slipped out of his baggage a pair of bamboo slips, and when the bamboo slips hit the ground, they broke free from the cloth that bound the bamboo slips.

The storyteller's eyes were sick, so he quickly picked up the bamboo slip, patted it, and was about to return it to the scout, but when he turned over the bamboo slip, his face immediately changed.

The bamboo slip reads: The father is well, the son thinks that Yanzhou is a pastor, and misses his family, the father has taken refuge in Langya for a long time, and the son has the heart to receive his father, but Yanzhou is difficult to govern, and he can't get out.

In fact, this bamboo slip is nothing more than writing some things about the son missing his father's family and hoping that they will come over to get together with him, but the signature of the bamboo slip is not an ordinary person.

The storyteller took a closer look at the signature, and secretly made up his mind.

"Brother, your stuff has dropped!" The storyteller folded the slip and handed it to the scout.

The scout didn't look at it, but stuffed the bamboo slips into his baggage, then arched his hand at the storyteller, and ran out quickly.

Seeing that the scout had gone away, the storyteller went up to the second floor of the inn in a panic.

In a room on the second floor, an old man was reading, and beside the old man, there were two men, one tall and one short, looking at the posture, these two men were the old man's guards.

The old man's appearance is very ordinary, but the obvious hooked nose and his gorgeous clothes are enough to show the extraordinaryness of the old man's identity.

The storyteller knocked on the door of the old man's room, fell to his knees, whispered a few words, and then withdrew.

When the storyteller had withdrawn, the old man stood up sharply and stretched.

"Tell Tao Qian the news."

The two men beside the old man nodded and respectfully withdrew.

After a long time, the old man spoke, muttering: "I hope this news can be exchanged for my baby, mmmmmm, otherwise the eldest brother will scold me to death after I go back, well, I am not a person who will lose every time I gamble."

Scout Shun Lì sent the letter to Cao Song's hands, and at the same time, Xuzhou Mu Taoqian also got a bombshell news.

Tao Qian urgently summoned his subordinates to discuss countermeasures.

In the hall, Tao Qian asked: "Ladies and gentlemen, it is reported that Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, will pass by my land in the near future, what do you think?" ”

One hand arched his hand and said: "Tao Gong (Tao Qian doesn't like others to call him the lord or adult, he likes others to call him Tao Gong), as we see below, we can turn a blind eye." ”

As soon as the subordinate's voice fell, the other subordinate was unwilling: "Tao Gong can't, I think that Cao Cao's wolf ambition may be in the name of welcoming his father, taking the opportunity to attack my Xuzhou."

"Attacking my Xuzhou, how is it possible, then Cao Cao has just recovered Yanzhou, and everything is waiting to be rebuilt, how can he have this thought?"

"This is a bad statement, how can you conclude that Cao Cao does not covet our rich Xuzhou?"

Both sides insisted on their own words, and the reasons were very sufficient, Tao Qian listened to it and it was difficult to make a conclusion for a while, but Tao Qian was still more inclined to the latter's remarks in his heart, after all, Xuzhou under his own governance is a rich land and a strategic place, Tao Qian does not want to lose Xuzhou in his lifetime.

"Alright, don't say any more!" Tao Qian suddenly stopped his subordinates, "I have made up my mind, I'd rather believe it than believe it!" ”

Although Tao Qian didn't make it clear, the meaning was already obvious, and the subordinates who held the first point of view saw that persuasion was ineffective, so they didn't say anything more.

That night, Tao Qian personally straightened out the soldiers and horses, and also brought a jade pendant that he had won from Hua Sanqing before, and set off happily.

Cao Song's side, after receiving the letter from his son Cao Cao, was very happy, long before this, Cao Song began to pack up the house, and it happened that his son's letter also came at this moment, Cao Song immediately decided to go to Yanzhou and join his son Cao Cao.

Cao Song used to be an official, and he was not a small lieutenant, although he donated it with money, but this is enough to prove that Cao Song's family background is solid.

Seeing that everything was packed up, Cao Song gave the order to leave.

Looking at the long convoy of baggage, Cao Song was very proud, these family belongings, but they were earned by officials in those years, if calculated according to the current standards, it is not a problem to feed 20,000 people for 2 years.

At the junction of Langxi County and Taishan County, Tao Qian had already personally ambushed there, according to the Malay report, Cao Song's convoy was very long, full of 100 cars, and it is said that Cao Song was not guarded by anyone. Tao Qian opened his mouth wide, and said in his heart: This old thief Cao has really caught a lot, well, it's okay, it's just cheaper for me Tao

When Cao Song led the convoy to approach the junction of Langxi County and Taishan County, Tao Qian immediately ordered an attack.

For the unarmed Cao Song, when he met the well-equipped Tao Qian, he only had to be slaughtered.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the earth, revealing a crimson patch, Tao Qian took off the jade pendant on his waist with satisfaction, took it in his hand and checked it, and then, he searched out a pair of dominoes from Cao Song, who had died.

"Well, this domino is much more valuable than this jade pendant, okay, the jade pendant should be returned to Hua Sanqing."

After making up his mind, Tao Qian ordered to take away all Cao Song's family belongings, as for those who still had a breath, Tao Qian just said lightly: Kill them all

Not long after Tao Qian left, Taishan County Shou Yingshao led a team of soldiers and horses, and when he got closer, he was dumbfounded.

There was a mess in front of him, and almost all of them had been killed, Ying Shao was sweating profusely and dismounted in person, looking through them one by one, hoping to find a living person, but unfortunately, except for a few old horses that were poked and not taken away, everyone was dead, and what made Ying Shao the most big and scared was that Cao Cao's father Cao Song also died.

Ying Shao was very nervous, this was his dereliction of duty, and it was also his responsibility.

Ying Shao thought about betraying Cao Cao, but he knew in his heart that if he betrayed Cao Cao at this moment, then the charge of Cao Song's murder would fall on him.

"Hi~" Finally, Ying Shao decided to take the old man's corpse back to confess, and perhaps, he could get back a life

Tao Qian robbed Cao Song's family and killed Cao Song's family, Tao Qian not only did not feel guilty, but was very happy, you know, when Cao Song's treasure chest was opened, it was full of gold, silver and jewelry, this thing, Tao Qian naturally liked it very much.

"Hehe, go back and give me those two new concubines, let's have a bead chain for each person" Tao Qian thought about it, and couldn't help but snort and drool

Regarding the news of his father Cao Song's killing, Cao Cao does not know for the time being. At this moment, Cao Cao and Ma Xiaoquan were sitting in front of the desk, eating roast sheep.

Although he didn't see his father, Cao Cao had already started chattering.

Looking at Cao Cao, who kept talking, Ma Xiaoquan couldn't interject, and of course, he didn't want to interject. Ma Xiaoquan was thinking about how to ask Lu Bu about the whereabouts of the solar recorder in his heart at the moment.

"Lord Immortal, Lord Immortal?"

Ma Xiaoquan sighed, Cao Cao called him twice in a row, and Ma Xiaoquan came back to his senses.

Cao Cao was accustomed to the distraction of the Immortal Lord, and he felt that as long as the Immortal Immortal was distracted, then he must be calculating something.

Therefore, Cao Cao cheekily asked, "Lord Shangxian, but what are you counting?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart: What I think has nothing to do with you, but you father, forget it, make up one.

After thinking about it, Ma Xiaoquan pretended to be sad and said to Cao Cao: "Xiao Cao, your father is him"

When Cao Cao heard this, he immediately became nervous, he threw down the knife in his hand, and grabbed Ma Xiaoquan's shoulder: "Lord Shangxian, what's wrong with my father?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan said "very sadly": "Ben Xian just calculated, and suddenly found that your father Cao Song's anger is gone."

Ma Xiaoquan said very implicitly, but the meaning was very clear, Cao Cao was very smart, and he understood it as soon as he heard it.

However, Cao Cao was also skeptical, after all, in his heart, he still regarded Ma Xiaoquan as a demon.

"Lord Shangxian~" Cao Cao let go of his hand and said, "Lord Shangxian, what if this is a trick on me?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan shook his head helplessly: "Whether it's true or not, you will soon know, it's just that this immortal tells you, Xiao Cao, impulse is the devil!" ”

After Ma Xiaoquan finished speaking, he threw down the mutton knife in his hand and left the house.

Not long after Ma Xiaoquan came out of the house, his subordinates reported that it was the county guard of Taishan County, Yingshao, who asked to see him alone.

With a "bang", Cao Cao shook the mutton knife he had just held in his hand to the ground

That night, Cao Cao urgently summoned a group of civil and military officers.

All the generals and strategists are surprised, in the middle of the night, where is the lord singing? After meeting Cao Cao, everyone understood that the lord's father was dead.

The brothers of the Cao family and Xiahou immediately rioted, saying that they wanted to avenge the father-in-law's father, but Xun Yu and Cheng Yu were silent.

According to Ying Shao, Cao Song was killed by Tao Qian.

Cao Cao was originally suspicious of Ying Shao, but seeing that Ying Shao dared to pull his father's body back to ask for guilt, it indirectly proved Ying Shao's innocence, and as for the fact that his father was killed by Tao Qian, Cao Cao couldn't make up his mind for a while.