Chapter 104 Chapter Thirteen

Another day, Cao Mengde invited Guan Yu to a banquet. After the banquet, Cao Mengde sent Guan Yu out of the mansion. Seeing that Guan Yu's mount was very thin, he asked, "Why is Yunchang's mount so thin?" Guan Yu said, "My body is too heavy for a horse to ride. Bear it." Cao Mengde ordered a horse to be brought to the left and right. Guan Yu saw that the mount was tall and strong, and his body was as red as coals of fire. Guan Yu said: "This horse is rare in the world. It is Lu Bu's red rabbit horse." "Get on the horse and have a try!" Cao Mengde said.

Guan Yu didn't refuse, he flew on the horse, shook the reins, and the red rabbit horse raised its hooves, and rushed out like an arrow off the string. When a cloud of light dust rose, the red rabbit horse had already moved away from the gate of Cao's mansion. "Could it be that he's going..." Man Chong said uneasily. Cao Mengde stopped Man Chong's words with a wave of his hand. Cao Mengde and others quietly watched the distant shadow of Chituma. After a while, the sound of horseshoes approached from far away, facing the rising sun, the bay red horse was burning like a ball of flames, getting stronger and bigger, and in the blink of an eye, Guan Yu had dismounted from the horse with a plop, and knelt on Cao Mengde's knees with his hands clasped in fists. before.

"Thank you Prime Minister for bestowing this fine horse!" Cao Mengde was slightly displeased, and said: "I gave you such a magnificent battle robe and a woman who is as beautiful as a fairy, and you have never bowed down. Today I gave you a horse, but you made a big gift. No matter how good a horse is, it is just a beast. Is it true? Is Yunchang heavy on things but light on people?" Guan Yu said unhurriedly: "The prime minister sent the Chitu horse to me, which shows that the prime minister understands my Guan Yu's mood very well. I ride it for thousands of miles every day. One day when I hear about the emperor's uncle, I will be reunited with my brother immediately. "

Cao Mengde sighed alone: ​​"Wealth and honor can't be lewd, might can't be subdued, and poverty can't be moved. He is really a saint in the world!" He regretted giving the red rabbit horse to Guan Gong. Xiahou Dun is Cao Mengde's confidant and fierce general. When Guan Yu came, Cao Mengde seemed to neglect him.For this reason, Xiahou Dun was very dissatisfied. A surrendered general won the favor of the prime minister, and he had no long-term heart of submission. I was in Cao Ying and my heart was in Liu Bei. Angrily, he went straight to Cao Mansion to seek justice from Cao Mengde.

"How do my two brothers treat the prime minister?" Xiahou Dun asked straight to the point. Cao Mengde saw Xiahou Dun's intention at a glance. "General Xiahou went through life and death for me, and I will remember that in my heart." Cao Mengde replied sincerely. "That Guan Yunchang has a double heart for the prime minister, but he knows his kindness but doesn't want to repay it, but you treat this kid like a guest and worship him like a god. I really don't understand it." Xia Houdun said angrily. Cao Mengde patted the shoulder of this battle-tested general affectionately, and said slowly and deeply: "Yes, not only the general can't figure it out, but many people can't figure it out!"

Xiahou Dun said: "Guan Yunchang will become our strong enemy sooner or later, it is better to kill him!" Cao Mengde said sharply and seriously: "This is not fighting on the battlefield, what are you doing, besides, killing this hero who is righteous in the world, isn't it just a good way to discredit my old face? If you dare to touch Guan Yun to grow a hair, I, Cao Mengde, will never die." Not lightly." Xiahou Dun muttered and walked away. Zhang Liao went to talk to Guan Yu again. "Brother has been in Cao Ying for so long, how does Mr. Cao treat you?" Zhang Liao asked.

"The prime minister treats people generously, and I, Guan Yu, are very grateful." Guan Yu replied. "Since that's the case, you should feel at ease, why do you often have the idea of ​​throwing yourself at the emperor's uncle?" "Even though my uncle and Yide are not siblings, the relationship between us has been far more than siblings since the day we swore in Taoyuan. Not only brother, but everyone in the world knows it." Zhang Liao: "Brother, Wen Yuan disagrees. Those who know the current affairs are heroes, and they don't care about the seriousness of things. They are not the actions of a man. Xuande may not treat you better than the prime minister. Turn a blind eye?"

Guan Yu retorted: "The prime minister comforted me in every possible way in order to reuse me. How could it be as pure and sincere as the relationship between the three of us. Since the prime minister treats me well, I will not leave the prime minister for no reason. Let the prime minister make credit for it." Zhang Liao said: "If the emperor encounters an accident..." Guan Yu said without hesitation: "I, Guan Yu, will follow in the same footsteps immediately!" Zhang Liao's persuasion was ineffective, and he told Cao Mengde about Guan Yu's conversation. Cao Mengde sighed and said, "From the beginning to the end, the light shines in the sky and the earth. Guan Gong's virtue can be as bright as the sun and the moon."

Xun Yu said: "Since Guan Yu made a promise to make meritorious service to the prime minister before leaving, shouldn't we not give him a chance to make meritorious service?" Cao Mengde said: "Your idea is very good, but..." Obviously, Cao Mengde fell into extreme contradiction and pain for Guan Yu.