Chapter 8 Bloodbath the Lu family

Although Cao Cao escaped by chance, he was very worried. After half a day's delay, he didn't know where Yuan Shu and Feng Fang had fled to.He also thought that the land of Yuzhou was also controlled by Dong Zhuo, and the government's proclamation was passed on like a fly. Although Kong Ni was the governor of Yuzhou and would not harm the small family, it was still a trouble after all. Thinking of this, he whipped the horse and refused to relax.But not long after walking out, my stomach croaked again.At noon, I almost died because of begging for food. I was tied up nervously and excited, so I forgot it for a while. At this moment, the hunger hit, and I couldn't bear it.

He reined in his horse slightly, feeling abdominal cramps, sweating profusely, and could not even straighten his back, so he tightened his belt, and only after he touched it did he remember that the bundle with stirrups, bells and coils was lost in that village .I looked up and saw that the sun was turning west, and it would be sunset in two hours. Now I don't even have a companion, no food, no water, no money, how can I survive this night?The more he thought about it, the more worried he became, and the more worried he became, the hungrier he became, and gradually he felt that his whole body had lost all strength.

In a daze, Cao Cao's childhood scene suddenly appeared in his mind. He and his younger brother Cao De were playing in the back garden. After playing, he suddenly became hungry and ate a handful of mulberries from the mulberry tree.It's red and sweet, and you'll feel refreshed as soon as you eat it. But now there are no mulberry trees, and the harsh northwest wind has long since blown everything to barrenness and terror.The mulberries are so attractive when I was a child. The sweetest time I ate mulberries in my impression was at the house of my father’s friend Uncle Lu. What’s the name of Uncle Lu...

Lu Boshe! ? A name suddenly floated up from the depths of memory.He reined in the reins abruptly, and the Dawan horse was at a loss while galloping. With a long neigh, the front hooves were raised high, almost throwing him off.Cao Cao suddenly remembered that his father did have a friend named Lu Boshe, who was an ordinary farmer, and he lived in Lujia Village in the south of Zhongmou County.In an instant, chickens, ducks, pancakes, wine and meat, and mulberries seemed to fly by before his eyes—quickly find the Lu family to fill his stomach! But would it be presumptuous?Cao Cao suddenly remembered that he was only seven years old when his father took him to Lu's house as a guest last time.To be more precise, since my father was promoted to a capital official, he has never been through the gate of the Lu family.Now that I think about it, my father may be a bit snobbish, how can he forget his roots when he is rich?But... the old friendship from back then should be there, right?When I meet him and call him uncle, he must give me something to eat, right?

Thinking of this, he backed off again: I am in my thirties now, and I was only seven years old at the time. Will he still recognize me after so many years?It's also my fault that I don't have any affection. I have traveled so many times from my hometown to Luoyang, why didn't I think of going to see my old uncle once?Cao Cao was quite conflicted in his heart, and he competed with himself while riding a horse.But in the end, hunger overcame shame! Shi Chen had no room for hesitation. Although he was sure that Lu's Village was nearby, he couldn't remember the exact location for a long time. All he knew was that there was a big mulberry tree behind his house.That being the case, Cao Cao let go of his courage and tried to find a place where there were people.While wandering around in this way, I suddenly saw a few sparse houses - another village that had been looted.At this point, it's just luck.He rode to the front, looking for signs of life among the ruins.

no... and no... Just when he was about to give up, he suddenly saw a dark mass between a collapsed wall, which seemed to be a person. When he came closer, he turned out to be a skinny old man with disheveled hair, sitting on the ground with his back against a broken wall, wearing only a ragged rag, without even a hemp rope around his waist. "Old man." Cao Cao called out, but there was no movement, "Old man! Are you alright?" "Ah!?" The old man raised his eyelids, proving that he was still alive. "Do you know where Lu's Village is?" The old man blinked his eyes a few times, and replied in a dry voice, "There are still five miles to the east from here."

"Thank you for your guidance, old man." Cao Cao hurriedly thanked him, and wentssiping, "Are you the only one left in this village?" "Ok." "Everyone else fled?" "Ok." "Is Lu's Village still there?" "Yes, it's okay, there is no disaster." There was a trace of resentment in the old man's voice. "Thank you, old man." Cao Cao thanked him again, but felt that something was wrong with his appearance, and asked, "Why didn't you run away?" The old man's eyes lit up, he suddenly raised his finger and pointed at the broken wall behind him, sobbing, "I have no children, the old woman was crushed to death under this wall..."

The scene in front of him made Cao Cao shudder, feeling his hairs stand on end.This old guy is a ghost!Without saying a word, he beat his horse and left, until he went straight outside the village circle to catch his breath.Looking back, the old man was still lying there, already a small black spot in the distance.That's not a ghost, it's a human, he's waiting to die... Cao Cao wants to go back and help him, but he's also a desperate person, how can he spare the energy to save others?There are still five miles away from Lujia Village, and there is still a search for Lu Boshe's house, but seeing that the sky is getting closer, I have no choice but to leave quickly.

For the righteousness of the world and to end the war, Dong Zhuo must be eradicated!He recited this slogan silently to cheer himself up, and galloped eastward against the horse. When he actually arrived in Lujia Village, Cao Cao found that he didn't need to ask anyone, and his childhood memories were still vivid in his mind.Although this small village has become a little bit more decadent and less populated, the paths have not changed. The life of ordinary people seems to be the same all the time. He walked forward slowly according to the memory of his childhood, and after a while, a unique courtyard appeared in front of his eyes - there was a big bare mulberry tree in the courtyard.

It was a young man who opened the door, dressed in rough clothes, and spoke quite politely.Cao Cao saw that his appearance was quite similar to Uncle Lu in his memory, he must be a nephew, but he didn't want to pretend that he wanted to see Uncle Lu. The front yard was not big, but Lu Boshe seemed to have heard it, and came out of the house: "Who calls you uncle?" Cao Cao looked carefully, and saw that Lu Boshe was over sixty years old, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and white beard and hair. There are a few wrinkles on his forehead, he is thin and a little hunchbacked, he is wearing a blue coarse cloth, and he is wearing straw sandals - a very ordinary farmer.

"Uncle, do you still recognize my nephew?" Cao Cao quickly knelt down. Lu Boshe looked at it for a while: "You are..." "I'm Cao Aman!" "Cao Ah?" Lu Boshe frowned and thought hard, but he no longer remembered. "I'm Cao Jugao's eldest son, man!" "Oh!" Lu Boshe's eyes widened, and he stomped his feet, "Oh! Brother Jugao's son, you are...you are so old." Cao Cao quickly kowtowed, and Lu Boshe hurriedly helped him up, calling his family members to come out.Cao Cao remembered that he had five sons, but now he saw only three sons and one daughter-in-law.Everyone let him into the main room where Lu Boshe lived. The furnishings in the room were simple and crude, and it seemed that it was not as good as it was in the past. "Ah man, how is your father?" Lu Boshe beckoned him to sit down. "Father, the old man is well, please miss me." "I haven't seen you for more than twenty years." Lu Boshe sighed, and seemed to have a little resentment in his emotion, "Is he still in Beijing now?" "Retired and returned home." "Retired? He actually has a time to be old, hehehe..." Lu Boshe pursed his lips and smiled, "What a strong person!" yes!My father spent most of his life trying to climb up the ladder, even if he used bribes and bribes, he wanted to win the top three.Cao Cao was still thinking wildly, when Lu Boshe suddenly asked again: "I heard that you are also an official, and you have led troops to fight?" "Yes." Cao Cao didn't dare to mention his own affairs. "Promising! Is your official career going well?" "That's all." Cao Cao quickly changed the subject, "How is your health, old man?" "If you don't make serious illnesses, if you keep minor illnesses, you will be fine." "I remember that when I came here in the past, I met four brothers. Later, I heard from my father that you had another son. Why did you meet three brothers today?" This sentence should never be asked, as it touched the old man's heart.Lu Boshe said dejectedly: "The late emperor repaired the West Garden. The eldest was conscripted to work. He had been away for ten years and hadn't returned. I don't know which brick he was buried under. During the Yellow Turban disturbance, the second eldest joined the army and died in Hebei. The third child is left to be the head of the family, but they have not yet raised a child. The fifth child is still young, but the fourth child worries me because the family is poor and cannot marry a wife." "There are a lot of troubles at home!" Cao Cao also sighed, "I am inconvenient today, so I will go back and talk to my father, and help your old man's livelihood." "No need! Farmers like us, who doesn't do this now?" Lu Boshe waved his hand, "We are not bad, the two villages five or six miles to the west were called from Xiliang a few days ago The bandits were burned. If it weren't for the remoteness of our place, it would have been over long ago." Cao Cao shook his head again and again: "I'm afraid this place is not safe. I will send someone to pick you up in a few days. Why don't you just move the whole family to our place? My younger brother is a good cook at home. Now that he has money and land, taking care of the old man's family is not worth it." what." "No need! I've lived here all my life, and I can't bear to leave." "You don't think about yourself, you need to think about your children and grandchildren." When he said this, Lu Boshe was a little tempted, he hesitated for a moment and said: "What can't be moved, my nephew can have such a heart, I will be grateful to you." "It's nothing, if you go, you can still give my father a companion! When the time comes, brothers and brothers, it will be a joy to talk about the past..." Cao Cao wanted to say a few more words, but he felt cramps in his stomach and was already hungry. It was unbearable, so he could only blushed and said, "Master Uncle, what food do you have at home right now?" "what?" "My nephew has trekked here from Luoyang, and he hasn't touched a grain of rice yet. He is really hungry and thirsty." "Oh! Why didn't you say it earlier?" Lu Boshe hurriedly asked his son and daughter-in-law to cook. Cao Cao didn't care too much about it, so he went to the stove, first begged for half a bowl of coarse wheat porridge, and two pieces of dried mustard cakes, and stuffed them all down. "Look at how hungry you are! Let's go to the house and rest, and I'll ask you to get up and eat when dinner is ready...Xiao Wu, bring the donkey here, and I'll go buy some wine from Zhang Dahu." "Father, let me go!" Lu Xiaowu urged. "You know what? It's a famine year, how can he give it when you go? I'm too old to save face, so he won't give it." Cao Cao interjected: "Don't bother me, old man, forget about the wine." "No, I'm happy today. If you don't drink, I'll still drink!" He took the little donkey led by his son, and said with a smile, "Have a rest, I'll come when I go." After that, he got on the donkey and left. Seeing that Lu's family was busy preparing to eat, Cao Cao wanted to pick up a kitchen knife to help chop the vegetables.Lu San rushed over and said with a smile, "Brother Cao, let's go and have a rest. I think you look bad, and your eye circles are dark." Yes, I have been on the road for a day and a night.After Cao Cao thanked him, he went back to his room and lay down with his clothes on, closing his eyes: Uncle Lu's family is really nice!The world is unpredictable, my family is rich and theirs are poor, but the poor help the rich.Everyone is poor and short-sighted, but it is not the case. It has been the same from ancient times to the present. Ordinary people are more humane than officials.When I return to Qiao County, I must take this family away, and I will repay their kindness well in the future... Just as I was half asleep, a faint sound came into his earlobe. what sound?It's so strange... Huo Huo... Huo Huo... The sound of sharpening knives! Cao Cao sat up suddenly, he felt that the situation was wrong: why sharpen the knife for no reason?I was chopping vegetables just now, the kitchen knife is very sharp, there is no need to sharpen it at all!Could it be... are you trying to kill me? He hurriedly got up, tiptoed to the door, and gently pushed open the crack.I saw Lu Si and Lu Xiaowu squatting in the yard sharpening a sharp knife, which was definitely not for cutting vegetables.After grinding, Lu Xiaowu raised his head and asked loudly: "Fourth brother! Are you fast enough?" Lu Si patted his younger brother on the head hard: "Keep your voice down, don't wake people up." Lu Xiaowu smiled slightly, and lowered his voice: "I don't think there's any need to tie him up and kill him, the three of us are going to be tied up together, can't we still be subdued?" "It's really simple for you to think. If you can't kill with a single knife, you will be stupid when you make trouble." Cao Mengde became more and more annoyed the more he listened in the house: People nowadays are honest and treacherous on the outside, so they wanted to kill me.No wonder the old man didn't inquire about my whereabouts, it turned out that he knew that I was arrested by the court, so it must be Xunting Chang Xiangyong who has gone at this moment.Isn't it because we got promoted and got rich and forgot about you?What a pack of wolves to kill him!Alright, it’s better to act first, and then to suffer disaster. Since you are unkind, don’t blame me for being unrighteous! Without making a sound, he gently pulled out the Qingzhi sword, took a deep breath, and kicked the door open.The Lu brothers were taken aback.The place where they were squatting was less than ten feet away from the door of the room, Cao Cao rushed over, stabbed the sword fiercely into Lu Xiaowu's chest, and then pulled it out, blood rushed out like an arrow.Lu Xiaowu rolled his eyes up and fell down before he could say a word. "Brother!" Lu Si picked up the knife on the ground and stabbed at Cao Cao like a madman.Cao Cao dodged left and right, and kicked suddenly, kicking him on the bone in front of him.Lu Si rushed forward and stabbed forward with the knife.Cao Cao was so clever, he dodged to the right, grabbed his back collar with his left hand, put his green sword around his neck with his right hand, and strangled him hard-another life ended at that time. Lü San's daughter-in-law heard the noise, came out from the stove, and saw it clearly: "Murder! Killer!" Cao Cao was startled, fearing that he would attract the neighbors, so he rushed forward and struck with a sword, cutting off half of the woman. head. there's still one!Cao Cao couldn't find it inside or outside the house. Suddenly he heard a noise from the east, so he ran immediately.Going around the main room, I saw Lu San clinging to the top of the wall, trying to jump over the wall and escape for his life.Cao Cao didn't speak, but grabbed his back and turned over vigorously, Lu San immediately fell down.He hit his head on the ground and rolled in pain: "Why kill us?" Cao Cao didn't care about him, he stepped on him, clasped the sword in both hands, pointed down, and nailed it down hard——Lv Sanleg One kick, and it's over. After killing the four of them, Cao Cao was so tired that he was panting, and wiped the cold sweat off his brow. Suddenly, he heard strange noises in the backyard. He immediately became alert, drew his sword and ran behind.Hearing the sound getting closer, Cao Cao raised his sword to stab, but turned around the main room, only to see a pig tied up under a big mulberry tree! Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief, and said to himself: "When is it, they still have the heart to kill pigs." etc! Butcher the pig! ?Could it be... Cao Cao suddenly said: "I killed the wrong one! I killed the wrong one! They are tying pigs and killing pigs, they are not attacking me!" He quickly ran to Lu San's side, only to see blood pools, how could he save his life? ?Then ran to the front yard and saw that Lu Si's throat was still spurting blood. He pushed Lu Xiaowu's body: "Xiao Wu! Xiao Wu!" There was no reaction at all.Looking up, I saw the brains of Lu San's wife all over the floor in front of the kitchen... It's over, it's over... I didn't feel anything when killing people, but facing the four horrific corpses, fear followed by remorse, as if these dead people would get up and rush over at any time! Can't control so much anymore, let's run!Cao Cao put his sword back into its sheath, untied Dawan's horse, and hurried out of the courtyard gate.Fortunately, Lu Boshe's house had no neighbors around, and it was getting dark again. He wanted to go fast, but because of anxiety, he climbed three times before he got on his horse, trembling and shaking the reins, and fled to the outside of the village, running in a panic. After a long journey, I realized that I was going in the wrong direction, and hurriedly turned around and headed south. I should have passed through the village, but I didn't dare to go in again, and went around in circles from the outside. With such a delay, the sun had already set.He suppressed his anxiety and galloped for two miles.Suddenly, I saw a trembling rider coming on the country road in front of me - Lu Bo returned after drinking extravagantly.He felt uneasy for a while, but he immediately calmed down, intending to take advantage of the darkness and pass by, but he heard the other side ask: "Is it my nephew?" What should be done. "Nephew, it's getting late, but I guessed it was you. We don't have such a tall horse in the whole village. Hahaha..." Lu Boshe recognized Cao Cao from a long distance, quite proudly, and looked at Cao Cao from his waist He took out the wine gourd and said, "You kid is wrong, why did you just leave? Don't you think I'm slow in drinking? Go back! I told Xiao Wu and the others to kill pigs. If you leave without eating, wouldn't it be in vain? My kindness?" There was no way to avoid it, so Cao Cao had no choice but to lead his horse in front of him, and said calmly, "It's better not to bother the old man." "There's no need to bother you. After dinner, you should go to bed early, so you can continue your journey tomorrow." Speaking of this, Lu Boshe sighed: "Oh...you are too serious, you just want to have a meal with me. ?Although we haven't been in touch for many years, the old friendship is always there. I'm satisfied if you can think of me as uncle when you pass by this village..." Cao Cao was still nervous at first, but the more he listened, the more regretful he felt: What happened to me?How can I be so dirty when someone kills a pig and entertains me?When the old man went back to see it when he was young, his family was ruined, how could he live at his age!Could it be... Suddenly, the old man who looked like a dead man appeared in his mind when he asked for directions. The old man had no relatives, and he was leaning in front of the old woman's dead body waiting to die... The more he thought about it, the more miserable he felt. "Nephew, what's the matter?" "Rather than let him suffer another fright and misery, and then suffer torture like a walking dead, it is better to let him also..." Cao Cao thought... "Why don't you talk? Do you have something on your mind?" "Uncle, I'm sorry for you and your family." "Why do you say such things again?" Lu Boshe shook his head. "Ouch! Uncle, who do you think is coming over there?" Cao Cao casually pointed behind him. "Who is it?" for a moment... Lu Boshe was caught off guard and didn't make a sound.As the Qingzhi sword was pulled out from his abdomen, he slowly fell on the donkey's back.The little donkey seemed completely unaware of what had happened. Feeling that the reins were not being pulled tight enough, it let go of its hooves, carried the body of its master on its back, and jolted away... It was already dark, and Cao Cao stood there on his horse, watching helplessly as the donkey rode away and disappeared into the night.The sword was sheathed again, and a sense of sadness followed... The family was ruined like this.Who is to blame?Living in such a dangerous world, I have no choice but to teach me to blame others than let others blame me... He dismissed the horse and ran south in the dark. All the fatigue, hunger, and fear were gone, and his mind was at a loss. He could only keep on driving and urge the horse to run.The cool wind of early winter whistled in his ears, and he sounded like ghosts crying and wolves howling. it's dark…… Its daybreak…… It's getting dark again... When Cao Cao came to Xixiang, Qiao County, his face had no color at all.But he had no choice, he had to take his whole family to migrate as soon as possible. At some point, Dong Zhuo's people would come here, and the beasts would come here... beasts?Cao Cao couldn't help muttering: "Killing innocent people indiscriminately, I am no different from a beast." When I finally got home, there was a large empty house in front of me. The blood all over Cao Cao's body suddenly rushed to the top of his head: people! ? "Daddy! Brother! My wife and my son! Where are you all? Don't play tricks on me!" He galloped his horse through the manor, and there was no one around, even the servants and servants disappeared. "Come out! You all come out Ah! Don't scare me... Is this the retribution!" His spirit broke down, and he galloped wildly, yelling wildly.But not even a single figure was called out.The double torment of body and mind finally overwhelmed him completely, and he suddenly felt that the sky was dark, his hands loosened, and he let the horse walk away. In a daze, I saw a fenced courtyard in a lonely mountain, and a tall and thick man stood outside, who seemed to be calling his name.Cao Cao's eyes darkened, and he fell off his horse...