After Cao Cao arrived in Dongjun, he immediately claimed that he was ill and went to the imperial court, and returned to his home in Cao's Mansion in Qiaoxian County, where Taoguang was obscure. Lu Rui has also spent three years in Cao Mansion, Lu Rui is also a big brother in Cao Mansion, Cao Ang is the eldest a few years older than Lu Rui, Cao Pi is one year younger than Lu Rui, and Cao Zhang has just been born. Although Lu Rui is young, he is very slippery, many people in the house have been tricked by Lu Rui, but because of the favor of Cao Cao and the ladies, everyone does not dare to take Lu Rui how, Cao Cao's pampering of his adopted son is very famous in history, even a waste like He Yan, as Cao Cao's slave, dares to dress more than the prince, and is hated by Cao Pi, which shows Cao Cao's love for his adopted son. As Cao Cao's first adopted son in his life, Lu Rui is naturally full of grace.

Lu Rui was wearing a robe this day, holding a small bamboo whip, playing boringly in the house, Cao Cao went out to talk about things, Cao Pi followed him like a fart all day long, and wanted to play with him in the sand, or he took his family to the river to fish, bullying some of the rich businessmen's children around, Lu Rui felt bored after playing too much, so he got rid of Cao Pi and went to the backyard to play alone, it turned out that the children of the ancient family were so boring.

Just when Lu Rui was playing in the yard, Cao Chun suddenly came, Lu Rui saw it, he was very happy, and then ran over and said, "Son and uncle, why are you here?" What are you doing here, where has my middle father gone? ”

Although Cao Cao accepted Lu Rui as his adopted son, Lu Rui did not call Cao Cao his father, but called Cao Cao his middle father, Cao Cao once asked: "Why doesn't Rui'er want to call me his father?" Lu Rui only replied: "I am the blood son of the Lu family." When Cao Cao heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said: "Rui'er's filial piety is not easy, since this is the case, Rui'er can call me the middle father in the future." "The ranking of the ancients' families: Bo, Zhong, Ji, Uncle, Cao Cao is a few years younger than Lu Boxu, so let Lu Rui call him the middle father.

Cao Chun touched Lu Rui's little head and said, "It turned out to be Rui'er, your middle father is about to come back, I sent someone to recruit him, he is going to Luoyang, the general He Jin recruited him to serve in the mansion, I am here to discuss the trip to Luoyang with the eldest brother." When Lu Rui heard this, he had a plan in his heart, a trip to Luoyang? Luoyang? The ancient capital of the Han Dynasty, as a person who has crossed over, has always admired the prosperity of the Han Dynasty, thinking of this, Lu Rui showed a wicked smile, and he must let Cao Cao take him to Luoyang.

Thinking of this, Lu Rui bit his finger and said, "Son and uncle, I also want to listen to you, you take me there." After speaking, he grabbed Cao Chun's clothes and refused to let go. Cao Chun looked at Lu Rui and knew that this kid's status in the family was not only Cao Cao, but even Cao Song was very fond of Lu Rui, and it was not fun to provoke him, thinking of this, Cao Chun hugged Lu Rui and said, "Okay, my son and uncle will take you there." After speaking, he hugged Lu Rui into the study.

Soon Cao Cao returned to the house, saw that Cao Chun was already waiting, very satisfied, and saw Lu Rui again, and immediately summoned Lu Rui to his side, and then touched Lu Rui, and made a grimace at Lu Rui, Cao Cao's ugly appearance made Lu Rui dare not compliment, but he still smiled, Cao Chun saw it on the side, fortunately brought this little demon king, otherwise Lu Rui would complain, his ass?

Cao Cao and Lu Rui played for a while, then changed their faces and said solemnly: "Zihe, how is the progress of the clansmen I want you to train?" "It turned out that since Cao Cao was assassinated by an unknown man in black, Cao Cao saw the power of the assassin and decided to train a personal guard to prevent similar situations from occurring in the future, so this matter was handed over to Cao Chun.

Cao Chun looked at Cao Cao, arched his hand and said: "Big brother, please rest assured, I have selected three hundred people in the clan, trained every day, and created a weapon, equipped with personal guards, and now there is a small success, but to train into an elite person, I am afraid it will take a while." ”

Cao Cao looked at Cao Chun, nodded and said: "Zihe, I will go to Luoyang soon, the general will recruit me into the mansion, and the safety of my family and clan will be handed over to you, you must protect my family well." ”

Cao Chun knelt down on one knee, hugged his fists and said, "Please rest assured, eldest brother, I will definitely protect the safety of everyone in the family and wait for the return of eldest brother." ”

Lu Rui pulled Cao Cao's clothes and said: "Middle father, middle father, the child is also going to Luoyang, I want to go to Luoyang to play, you take me, you take me." ”

Looking at the lovely Lu Rui, Cao Cao grabbed his little hand and said, "Rui'er, Luoyang is far away, are you afraid of hard work?" If you are not afraid, the middle father will take you there. Cao Cao felt that there was no danger in this trip to Luoyang, and taking Lu Rui to see Lu Rui was also a lesson for Lu Rui, as long as Lu Rui was not afraid of the long distance, he would take Lu Rui there!

Lu Rui looked at Cao Cao, and then said, "Father Zhong, I'm not afraid of going far, I'm going to Luoyang, going to Luoyang to play." After speaking, he shook Cao Cao's hand, Cao Cao had no choice but to smile and agree to take Lu Rui to Luoyang.

After Lu Rui got Cao Cao's approval, he danced and went to Luoyang, and he must prepare well. Cao Cao saw Lu Rui's happy appearance, and also touched his beard with a smile and laughed.

At this time, the housekeeper of the Cao Mansion suddenly came to report and asked to see him. When Cao Cao heard this, why did Xu You come? This old friend hadn't come to see him for a long time. Cao Cao immediately asked the housekeeper to bring Xu You in.

Soon, the housekeeper took Xu You to the study, Cao Chun hugged his fists and retreated, Xu You saw Cao Cao, arched his hand and said, "Mengde, don't come to harm." It turns out that Rui'er is also here, I haven't seen you for a long time, Uncle Xu has prepared some gifts for you, which have been sent to your room, wait for you to take a look? "Lu Rui is now a big celebrity in Cao Mansion, and all the people who come to visit Cao Cao know to get through Lu Rui's relationship first, because Lu Rui is Cao Cao's favorite adopted son, and those who know Cao Cao know that if you buy Cao Mengde, you will buy Lu Rui first!

Lu Rui glanced at Xu You, this person has thief eyebrows, and laughs like a traitor, sure enough, people gather in groups and objects, Cao Cao is such an unattractive person, and Xu You are really pig friends and dog friends, but although these two people are not good-looking, they are indeed a generation of romantic figures in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Lu Rui patted his mouth, snorted and said, "Since this is the case, then thank Uncle Xu." ”

When Xu You heard this, he was stunned for a moment, this kid is so rude, how did Cao Mengde educate this kid and bring him a gift himself, just said thank you lightly? Meng De is too unusual, he loves his adopted son, but it has come to this point, this Lu Rui kid won't be Meng De and which woman's amorous species, right? No, Lu Rui looks handsome and extraordinary, and Meng Debi himself, half a catty.

Cao Cao didn't know at this time that Xu You was guessing his relationship with Lu Rui in his heart, looking at the unhappy expression on Xu You's face, he knew that Lu Rui's words made Xu You unhappy, and then Cao Cao coughed a few times and said: "Rui'er, since Uncle Xu brought you a gift, you should also return the gift, tell me, what do you want to give Uncle Xu?" ”

Lu Rui looked at Cao Cao, and then at Xu You, Xu You only showed a smile at this time, Meng De still knows the number of etiquette, yes, he can still bring something back, Lu Rui thought about it, then scratched his head, and said: "Oh, Father Zhong, I thought about it, yesterday, my aunt gave me a small belly pocket, and I will give it to Uncle Xu as a return gift today, hoping that Uncle Xu will add a little brother to Rui'er." ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he laughed, drank half of the tea, and spit it out, I couldn't imagine that Lu Rui would do it against Xu You like this, Cao Cao, Xu You, and Yuan Shao were all friends and dogs when they were young, peeking at other people's daughters-in-law, and robbing other people's brides were all done by the three of them, but it was very strange that after the three of them got married, Yuan Shao had four sons, and Cao Cao also had several sons, that is, Xu You, who didn't have a son, and when friends met, they would discuss this topic from time to time, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao both laughed at Xu You for doing a lot of things that lacked morality, and there was no queen. Now Lu Rui actually used this to ridicule Xu You.

Xu You was also angry in his heart at this time, and scolded in his heart, Cao Mengde, Cao Mengde, after I did something lacking in morality, others don't know, don't I know? It's all you and Benchu who went to steal joy, I watch the wind, damn, why did God punish me Xu Yu? It is really unfair to have adopted such an adopted son to Meng De now. Xu You smiled and said, "Thank you Rui'er, my uncle is here to borrow Rui'er's good words and try his best to add a little brother to Rui'er." ”

When Cao Cao and Lu Rui heard this, they were stunned for a moment, what Cao Cao thought in his heart was that it seemed that Ziyuan had something important to ask for himself, otherwise he would not have allowed Rui'er to be so rude. Lu Rui thought in his heart, Xu You Xu Ziyuan is really not simple, the scheming city is so deep, it seems that Hebei's first wisdom is not blown, according to the official history of the Three Kingdoms, Xu You is a capable person, not only the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao pacified Hebei, Xu You contributed a lot.

Cao Cao looked at Xu You, arched his hand and said, "Ziyuan, Rui'er is not sensible, don't be surprised, by the way, Ziyuan, I came here today, I don't know what is important?" Didn't you just come to my house to give gifts? ”

Xu You looked at Lu Rui, Cao Cao waved his hand and said, "Ziyuan, don't mind, Rui'er is just a child, if there is anything, just say it, you and I still need this?" "Cao Cao is also dissatisfied with Xu You, he and Xu You are people who have known each other for many years, Xu You talked to Cao Cao so tactfully, which made Cao Cao feel dissatisfied, this is still a friend of wine and meat?

Xu You arched his hand and said: "Meng De, I discussed with Wang Fen, the assassin of Jizhou, your majesty has no way, the people are not living, the chaos is rising, after the yellow scarf, the prestige of the Han has been lost, if we set up a new master, it will be from the minister of the dragon, I don't know what Meng De wants?" When Lu Rui heard this, it turned out to be this matter, Xu You wanted to establish Hefei as the emperor, this time he came to discuss with Cao Cao, thinking of this, Lu Rui looked at Cao Cao, it seems that Cao Cao is going to disappoint Xu You this time.

Cao Cao looked at Xu You with a complicated expression, Xu You looked at Cao Cao with a courteous face, hoping to get Cao Cao's affirmative answer, Cao Cao raised his head, glanced at Xu You, and said: "Ziyuan, my Cao family is favored by the emperor, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion of the Han Dynasty has been basically pacified, and in the future, under the rule of His Majesty, the Han will definitely regain its prestige." ”

Xu You was stunned, he didn't expect Cao Cao to answer like this, it seems that this time he ran in vain, Xu You and Cao Cao's old friends for many years, from Cao Cao's eyes, Xu You saw unprecedented firmness, Cao Cao will not participate in the establishment of the Marquis of Hefei with himself. Thinking of this, Xu You arched his hand and said, "In this case, everyone has their own ambitions, Meng De, Ziyuan has said goodbye!" After speaking, he shook his hand and didn't look back, so he left the study and left Cao's mansion.

Lu Rui saw Xu You's performance, and had a new understanding of Xu You in his heart, it seems that Xu You knows Cao Cao very well, from Cao Cao's answer and look, it can be inferred that Cao Cao has made up his mind, he is by Cao Cao's side every day, and he can't figure out the connotation of Cao Cao's expression, I didn't expect Xu You to be able to figure it out, it seems that Xu You's death may not be just arrogant, see through his own mind, no one wants anyone to see through his own mind.

When Cao Cao saw Xu Yu leaving, he didn't say anything, but said to Lu Rui with a smile: "Rui'er, come and pack your bags, we are going to Luoyang." Lu Rui clapped his hands and said, "Okay, middle father, let's go pack up." After speaking, he and Cao Cao left the study and went to pack their bags, and three days later, Cao Cao took Lu Rui and set off for Luoyang.