The thick snow stained the wilderness white, and the banks of the Bahe River were already covered with snow.

The river did not freeze, and the first snow, although it cooled down a lot, did not freeze the river.

On top of the snow, Cao's soldiers built a simple wooden platform with a low table and a small stove next to it.

On the stove was a small copper jug in which wine was boiling.

The smell of warm wine fills the air, accompanied by flying snowflakes spreading around.

Cao Cao sat on the edge of the stove, as if he was leisurely pinching a green plum placed in the fruit bowl on the low table, and looked at it a little carelessly.

Two fast horses rushed from the direction of Xuchang City towards the bank of the Bahe River.

On the fast horse, it was Liu Bei who was dressed in a gorgeous costume who was sitting, and on the back of the horse was a huge maid wearing a dark blue and white flower robe.

When he arrived at a place where he was still more than 20 steps away from the wooden platform, Liu Bei turned over and jumped off the horse, leading the maid to walk quickly towards the wooden platform.

Seeing that he was about to approach the wooden platform, two soldiers guarding the wooden platform hurriedly met him and stopped Zhang Fei, who was following Liu Bei and dressed as a maid.

Stopped by the two soldiers, Zhang Fei was stunned, but seeing that he was already very close to the wooden platform, he didn't say much.

"Cao Gong!" Walking to the wooden platform, Liu Bei clasped his hands into fists and bowed deeply to Cao Cao on the stage and said: "It's late to prepare for the appointment, don't blame Cao Gong!" ”

"Xuande came up and spoke!" Seeing that Liu Bei was coming, Cao Cao didn't mind if he was late or not, he beckoned to him and greeted him with a smile on his face.

Liu Bei hurriedly climbed up the stairs on the side of the wooden platform and bowed to Cao Cao again.

Turning his head to look at Zhang Fei, who was standing under the stage and pretending to be a maid, Cao Cao's brows furrowed slightly, and he asked Liu Bei: "Xuande came to the appointment, why didn't he bring your two brothers, but brought such an ugly woman?" ”

"If you go to Cao Gong's appointment, if you bring your brother, you will be insincere." sat opposite Cao Cao, and heard Cao Cao ask him why he didn't take Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Liu Bei suddenly felt depressed in his heart, knowing that Cao Cao didn't mind, and he didn't need to spend more time on those Zhou Zhang, but it was too late to regret it, so he had to answer Cao Cao with his fists.

"Xuande's preferences are quite special." Cao Cao's eyes never moved away from Zhang Fei in the audience, a smile pulled up at the corner of his mouth, and said to Liu Bei: "Such a strange and ugly woman has actually entered the eyes of Xuande, and she has miraculous abilities when she goes in and out." ”

"What a coarse maid can do!" Seeing that Cao Cao had been paying attention to Zhang Fei in the audience, Liu Bei hurriedly diverted the topic and asked Cao Cao: "I don't know what Cao Gong taught when he summoned him to come to this cold river on a snowy day?" ”

"Teachings?" Sure enough, Cao Cao turned his head, and while reaching out to take down the copper kettle from the stove beside him, he said to Liu Bei: "I don't dare to teach, I just feel that the snow scene is very beautiful, and I want to talk to Xuande about it!" ”

As soon as Cao Cao lifted the copper kettle, Liu Bei quickly stood up and took the copper kettle, and poured hot wine into the two wine bottles on the low table.

After pouring the wine, Liu Bei sat down again, lowered his head and said to Cao Cao: "Prepare for the future life, Cao Gong's summoning is undoubtedly a teaching!" ”

"You and I are not a few years old!" Waving his hand at Liu Bei, Cao Cao picked up his wine glass with a smile on his face, and said to Liu Bei: "With this snow scene, is it good for Xuande and a certain person to talk about major events in the world today?" ”

Cao Cao said that he wanted to talk to him about the world's major affairs, Liu Bei was shocked, and quickly knelt down and said to Cao Cao: "Cao Gong is a good minister in the world, and Bei is only a minor official in the lower realm, how dare he talk about the world with Cao Gong?" ”

"Xuande doesn't have to be too humble!" Taking a sip of the wine syrup in the bottle, Cao Cao gestured to Liu Bei and said, "Xuande and drink this bottle!" ”

Although Cao Cao didn't finish the wine, Liu Bei didn't dare to worry about him, so he hurriedly picked up the wine bottle and drank it all, and then carefully put the wine bottle on the table.

"When it comes to the beginning of spring, I will send troops to Xuzhou." After Liu Bei finished drinking, Cao Cao asked him: "From Xuande's point of view, can this battle be completely won?" ”

"The soldiers under the command of Cao Gong are tigers and wolves, and with Cao Gong's decision for thousands of miles, then Lu Bu is definitely not an opponent!" He bowed with his fists and saluted Cao Cao, and Liu Bei responded with endless humility.

After listening to Liu Bei's words, Cao Cao pulled a strange smile at the corner of his mouth, and then said: "If there are many heroes today, if you restore the Han Dynasty, you must be enemies with the heroes of the world." Xuande thinks, who in the world can be called a hero? ”

"King Qin Liu Debate!" As soon as Cao Cao's words fell, Liu Bei hurriedly responded: "On that day, Luoyang City was heavily guarded, and the King of Qin and the princess were able to flee from Luoyang across the sea without concealment. Later, the King of Qin gathered the Yellow Turban Divisions, gradually strengthened his strength, and now has the five counties of Guanzhong, with hundreds of thousands of armor soldiers under his command, which can be called heroes! ”

"Yes!" Hearing Liu Bei's words, Cao Cao nodded, his eyes narrowed slightly, and said: "King Qin is only in his early twenties now, and Fang has already achieved such an achievement after the age of weak crowns, and he can be called a hero!" ”

"Except for King Qin, who else in the world is a hero?" Cao Cao obviously didn't get a satisfactory answer, and asked Liu Bei again.

This time, Liu Bei did not answer immediately, but looked embarrassed, and muttered for a long time before saying tentatively: "Yuan Shao of Hebei, who is also hundreds of thousands of soldiers, sits in the three states of Youji and Hebei, and can be called a hero!" ”

"Ha Lu Ha!" As soon as Liu Bei's words were finished, Cao Cao raised his face and laughed twice, and said to him: "Although Yuan Benchu was in Hebei, he was stubborn, and his staff and generals had different intentions. ”

"Huainan Yuan Shu!" Cao Cao denied that Yuan Shao was a hero, and Liu Bei thought for a while before he continued: "Huainan is located in Jianghuai, with abundant food and brave soldiers, although it is said that Cao Gong repelled it, it is worthy of the name of a hero!" ”

"Yuan Shu!" Referring to Yuan Shu, Cao Cao snorted coldly, waved his hand and said with a disdainful expression: "It's just called the emperor and a thief, and when he breaks through Xuzhou, he will definitely be captured to thank the world!" ”

Hearing the unhappiness in Cao Cao's tone, Liu Bei hurriedly bent down and said to Cao Cao: "Be sure to know your mistake!" ”

"It's okay!" Cao Cao generously waved his hand at Liu Bei twice, and said to him: "Xuande just say the name and surname of the hero in his heart, and I want to see if I want to see who is a hero in this world in Xuande's heart!" ”

"Jingzhou Liu Biao? Yizhou Liu Zhang? Xiakou Huangzu? Liu Bei pondered for a long time with an entangled face, and then said the names and surnames of the three people in a row.

When he said these three people, the smile on the corner of Cao Cao's mouth became more and more strange.

"Cao Gong ......" Seeing Cao Cao's strange smile, Liu Bei was worried in his heart, hugged his fists and bowed to Cao Cao and asked, "Could it be that Fei Bei said something wrong again?" ”

"Ha Lu Ha!" As soon as Liu Bei asked, Cao Cao raised his head and laughed twice and said, "Isn't it funny that these three people stick to the ancestral foundation and don't want to forge ahead, Xuande will regard them as heroes?" ”

"I'll tell Xuande today!" This time, without waiting for Liu Bei to speak, Cao Cao leaned forward, stared at Liu Bei's face that was already full of panic without blinking, and said to him: "Fang is today, only a certain and Xuande can be called heroes!" ”

Saying such words from Cao Cao's mouth, Liu Bei was suddenly shocked, quickly stood up and walked to the side, knelt in front of Cao Cao, kowtowed to Cao Cao and said: "Cao Gong is a hero, Bei is just a mediocre talent, and he will never dare to be this word!" ”

Liu Bei fell down and knelt down, Cao Cao didn't step forward to help, just looked at him with a weird smile, and after a while, he raised his hand towards Liu Bei Xu, and said in an understated tone: "Xuande get up, you and I are just chatting, nothing else, don't be so frightened!" ”

It wasn't until Cao Cao asked him to get up that Liu Bei was grateful, but the two of them became a little bored when they drank and talked.

Half an hour later, Cao Cao also felt that the river seemed to be a little too cold, so he ordered Liu Bei to return to Xuchang first, and he himself took the order to let the soldiers dismantle the wooden platform first, and then cruise with him on the riverside.

Liu Bei led Zhang Fei onto the war horse, and did not dare to delay for a moment and quickly went towards Xuchang City.

Cao Cao took a group of generals and soldiers who accompanied him out of the city, and walked slowly along the bank of the Bahe River, continuing to enjoy the scenery of the river bank in the snow.

"Ming Gong!" The generals responsible for protecting Cao Cao were Xiahou Yuan, Yu Ban, Le Jin and other generals, and when Liu Bei walked away, Yu Ban came to Cao Cao's side and whispered to him: "Liu Bei is here, why didn't Duke Ming order him to be killed?" ”

"How can you kill without fault?" Yu Ban's question made Cao Cao also frown, and said with some entanglement in his heart: "I invited Liu Bei to come here today, just to find out his fault, so as to find a reason to kill him." But this person is cautious, and he does not reveal the slightest flaw, and he will definitely become an enemy in the future! ”

"Since this is the case, Ming Gong should kill him even more." Cao Cao said that Liu Bei would definitely become his opponent in the future, and Yu Ban hurriedly said: "I am willing to lead the soldiers to intercept and kill Liu Bei!" ”

"Never!" As soon as Yu Ban's words fell, Cao Cao waved his hand at him and said, "Do you know who the person who followed Liu Bei is?" ”

Hearing Cao Cao's question, Yu Ban and Xiahoudun and Le Jin beside him were all stunned for a moment, looking at Cao Cao blankly.

"This person is none other than Liu Bei's sworn third brother Zhang Fei!" Seeing the blank faces of several generals, Cao Cao smiled slightly and said to them: "It's just that I never thought that Liu Bei would have such ability to let Zhang Fei shave him and wear a women's robe!" ”

"Liu Bei is a villain in the world, what will he do?" Cao Cao's words made several generals beside him feel a little unhappy, and Xiahou Yuan even hugged his fists and said to him: "As long as Ming Gong says that he wants that Liu Bei's head, he will fight with that Zhang Fei and dedicate the heads of the two of them to Ming Gong!" ”

"Miaocai, Miaocai!" Hearing Xiahou Yuan's words, Cao Cao did not evaluate whether he had a chance to win Zhang Fei, but just nodded at him twice and said with a smile: "Although Liu Bei is a villain, he can deceive many virtuous people in the world to run for him. Especially his two brothers, they are even more loyal and righteous, and they really can't understand what Liu Bei has enough to make Zhang Fei willing to change into women's clothes and come to support him! ”

Leaving the bank of the Bahe River with Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, who was riding a horse behind Liu Bei, was very puzzled.

When they were far away from Cao Cao, Zhang Fei asked Liu Bei: "Cao Cao just said that his brother is a hero, but his brother suddenly knelt down to worship Cao Cao, what is the reason?" ”

"Yide doesn't know, there is only one word difference between hero and hero!" Zhang Fei asked why Liu Bei suddenly knelt down to worship Cao Cao just now, Liu Bei rode his horse in the direction of Xuchang, and said to Zhang Fei: "Cao Cao doesn't really recognize me as a hero, if I admit that I am a hero of the world today, I am openly an enemy of Cao Cao." I'm afraid that in the future, before my hero is completed, you and I will die in this Xuchang City! ”

"If Cao Cao has the heart to do it, he will rush forward and kill him first!" After listening to what Liu Bei said, Zhang Fei furrowed his brows, and said angrily: "I definitely won't let my brother be hurt by half a cold hair!" ”

"I'm afraid that Cao Cao has already taken precautions against Yide!" Lying on the back of the horse, while riding the horse and galloping, Liu Bei then said to Zhang Fei: "He looked at Yide several times in a row, if he hadn't seen that Yide was not an ordinary person, he would definitely not be like this!" ”