Chapter 40 Rat Thrower

In the early days of the Three Kingdoms, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty went hunting with Prime Minister Cao Cao and Emperor Shu Liu Bei.In order to show his military power, Cao Cao went hand in hand with Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.When Hannan Emperor saw a rabbit not far away, he asked Liu Bei to shoot, saying that he wanted to see the emperor's uncle's arrow skills.Liu Bei quickly bent his bow and shot an arrow, which happened to hit the rabbit, and Emperor Xian even praised his good arrow skills.The Southern Emperor saw a big deer again, and he missed three arrows in a row, so he asked Cao Cao to shoot it.Cao Cao took the Southern Emperor's Jinbi arrow and hit the deer with one arrow.When the soldiers saw that it was Jinbi's arrow that shot the deer, they thought it was Emperor Xian who shot it, and they all shouted "Long live", and Cao Cao proudly stood in front of Emperor Xian to receive the cheers.Guan Yunchang couldn't stand it anymore, and wanted to slash Cao Cao with a saber, Liu Bei hurriedly hinted that he should not act rashly.Afterwards, Guan Yunchang asked Liu Bei why he didn't allow Cao Cao to be killed, and he said, "I'm afraid of throwing a mouse, he still has Emperor Xian by his side."

"Throwing rats and avoiding devices" means that the rats are close to the utensils, and they are afraid of smashing the utensils near the rats by hitting the rats with things.Now it is often used as a metaphor for having scruples about doing something and not daring to let it go.