Chapter Twenty-Three: Deceiving Cao Mengde

Cao Cao took Cao Hong and Xiahoudun to search around Baiyun Lake, and in order to avoid meeting with Yuan Shao, they chose to be within 50 miles of the south bank of Baiyun Lake.

"General Cao, I found a courtyard in the distance, and it seems that there are people with blades inside, please decide!" A scout hurried up to Cao Cao and said.

"Did anyone find you?" Cao Cao touched his chin and looked at the scout suspiciously.

"General Cao, a group of three people found a smoke in the valley, followed the smoke to find the past, saw a courtyard gate closed, we didn't dare to get too close to find a relatively high place to observe, found that the people in the courtyard were wrapped in yellow scarves and carrying knives, the number of people was estimated to be about thirty. The other two brothers are still watching, I'll rush back to report first! After searching outside, I didn't find a secret whistle—" The scout carefully told Cao Cao what he saw.

"Okay - General Ben will reward you heavily if he catches the people inside, lead the way! Cao Ren, you send someone to surround all the intersections around the yard for me, and you are not allowed to let anyone go! Yuan Rang, you go around to the back and block the back door, and the others speed up, drive-" Cao Cao immediately gave the order, and hurried to the manor.

Zhou Yu estimated that at this time, the officials and soldiers were estimated to be in a mess with Bo, and he asked people to find a few broken clothes, a broken bow and two axes, two flat shoulders and a bundle of straw rope. Zhou Yu changed the unhappy Liu Xie into ragged clothes, wiped his face with some dust, and then handed him a flat shoulder with an axe pinned to his waist; Dian Weisheng's tiger's back and bear's waist were not suitable for pretending to be a firewood, so Zhou Yu asked him to pretend to be a hunter with a dagger in his back with a dagger in his back, and he himself pretended to be a firewood collector like Liu Xie. Zhou Yu hid valuable and important items in a crack in a wooden plank under a wheelbarrow, with some firewood and a wild boar on it.

They went out of the courtyard through a hidden door in disguise, Zhang Mancheng had already instructed his subordinates to obey Zhou Yu's orders before leaving, and they couldn't figure out what the master surnamed Zhou was going to do? As a subordinate, you should never ask what you shouldn't ask. Cao Cao's two scouts paid attention to the gate in front of them, and did not notice that three people and a broken car slipped out of the back, even if they found it, they would not be surprised, and the three peasants were dressed everywhere.

"Second brother, there is the sound of horses' hooves in front, what should I do?" Dian Wei pushed the cart and walked slowly, and suddenly there was the neighing of horses, although it was far away, Dian Wei still heard it keenly.

"Don't panic - before Your Highness returns to Luoyang City at this moment, no one can be trusted! Once the identity is exposed and the hidden killer happens, then we will definitely not survive. Aggrieved, His Highness pretended to be dumb and did not speak. Zhou Yu whispered to the crown prince Liu Xie.

"Gong Jin rest assured - Your Highness, no- I will definitely listen to you!" The crown prince Liu Xie relied on Zhou Yu to escape death several times, and now he believes in Zhou Yu the most. He has read the books of the sages for many years, but he understands that those who have experienced life and death and never abandon are true brothers.

"Okay—I've got everything!" Zhou Yu told them not to speak, and walked slowly against the side of the road, and if they encountered people and horses walking by, they could hide behind the grass.

As they spoke, the sound of horses' hooves had already reached them, and the three of them were surrounded by soldiers and horses who came over.

"Don't move, give me a truthful answer to what General Ben asks you, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless!" Xiahoudun carried a spear and rode on a tall horse and shouted at Zhou Yu, Liu Xie, and Dian Wei who were squatting on the ground with their heads bowed.

"General—General—we are ordinary people who have come to the mountains to hunt together for firewood, and I don't know what you want to ask us? We don't know anything. Zhou Yu looked at Xiahoudun with a frightened expression.

"Since you are a mountain dweller here, do you know that there is a mansion in front of you?" Xiahoudun was a little disdainful to look at Zhou Yu's appearance as a little ordinary person.

"Yes, yes, I saw it when I passed by, but that family is a big family, and we ordinary people don't dare to go over!"

"Alright—let's go!" Xiahoudun waved his hand, everyone got out of the way, and Zhou Yu and the three of them pushed the cart and continued to walk towards Luoyang. Cao Cao hesitated when he passed by the three of them, but he still didn't look at these people.

"Yuan Rang, what kind of people are these people, they don't look like ordinary people? What's going on? Cao Cao asked Xiahoudun as he walked.

"Big brother, it's just some ordinary people who go into the mountains to collect firewood and hunt, but looking at that black-faced man, he should have some skills. It's just that they don't know much about the manor over there, and it's useless to take them with them! Xiahoudun said casually.

"Zixiao, I always feel that something is wrong, you take the people to surround that manor! Yuan Rang followed me with twenty people to chase the three people just now. Cao Cao didn't wait for Cao Ren to reply, turned his horse's head and ran after Zhou Yu's trail. Cao Ren and Xiahoudun looked at each other, and could only assign people to follow them.

Zhou Yu and the three of them were a little tired from walking, so they sat on the edge of the tree on the side of the road to rest. At this time, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves behind him, and Cao Cao took the lead and shouted loudly: "Stand in front, this general has something to ask you!" ”

"You guys are endless—for a while, can you bully us ordinary people as an official soldier?" Without waiting for Zhou Yu to speak, Dian Wei got angry first and took the lead in standing up and grabbing Cao Cao's horse, and punched the horse's head fiercely, and the tall horse was hit hard and lay down on the ground, and Cao Cao was thrown under the horse when he boarded.

"Dare thief, dare to hurt my eldest brother - die quickly!" Xiahoudun followed behind, seeing Cao Cao being knocked to the ground, raised his spear and stabbed Dian Wei's head like lightning. As soon as Dian Wei knocked down the horses, he felt a strong wind behind his head, and hurriedly dodged sideways and rolled on a lazy donkey. Xiahoudun was unforgiving, brushed and brushed a few shots, Dian Wei hurriedly dodged behind the tree, Xiahoudun stabbed Dian Wei a little fiercely and directly pierced the head of the gun into the trunk, just when he was about to pull out the gun, Dian Wei saw the opportunity to get up and punch Xiahoudun in the chest, Xiahoudun let go of the right hand holding the gun, and his left hand turned into a fist and smashed it at Dian Wei.

"Smack-" The two fists were opposed, Xiahou Dun stepped back three steps, Dian Wei only took one step back, and Xiahou Tang lost under one punch.

"You dog general still has some skills, and you are not convinced to fight again! What kind of ability is it to hurt people with hidden arrows, your family warden has to beat you all over the ground to find teeth. Dian Wei took a breath and pointed at Xiahoudun and scolded.

"You black thief, dare to scold General Ben? You're looking for death—yah—" Xiahoudun said and rushed towards Dian Wei with his bare hands, and Dian Wei was not to be outdone.

"Yuan Rang, stop-"

"Big brother, stop-"

Two shouts rang out at the same time, one from Cao Cao and one from Zhou Yu.

"Dare to ask why this strong man is attacking me?" The two of them were stopped by drinking at the same time, and Cao Cao asked Dian Wei a little strangely.

"Hmph-" Dian Wei is stupid, can't he say that he doesn't like you, right?

"This general, my eldest brother is not good at words! It was the general in front of us who interrogated us before, and asked us to squat on the ground and reply. As soon as he walked not far, the general hurriedly chased after him, and my eldest brother had a bad temper so he offended! I hope the general has a lot of them, Haihan-"

Cao Cao saw that Zhou Yu was talking eloquently, and he didn't look like a thief, so he beckoned to go to encircle and suppress the manor.