Chapter 9 give up your life

After pouring down two bowls of hot porridge, Cao Cao's face turned red, and a gentle warmth rose from his stomach and abdomen, which seemed to relieve all the convulsions in his body.Qin Shao finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw him wake up: "You really scared me to death, why did you make such a fuss?" "It's good that the desperadoes are alive." Cao Cao's lips were chapped and his throat hurt. "You are really tough, and you are really lucky to come back all the way." Qin Shao smiled, "There will be blessings if you survive a catastrophe."

"Where did my family go?" Cao Cao suddenly remembered. "They've all moved away." "Moved away?" "Don't worry, just lie down...the bandits in Xiliang made a lot of noise a few days ago, and Yingchuan County was in trouble. Your father thought that our Pei country was not safe, so he led your family to move to Chenliu .” "Chen Liu?" Cao Cao thumped his leg: If I had known this, I would have gone straight east to Chen Liu. Why bother to come back and walk like this, not to mention the catastrophe, and killed the Lu family by mistake.

"I don't understand. Where did so many Xiliang bandits come from in the Central Plains? I heard that two new emperors have been changed one after another. So many places have suffered. What are you officials doing?" Qin Shao complained. . "Hmph! You scolded well, but we owe it to you. We were full enough to lure wolves into the house." The more Cao Cao thought about it, the more angry he became, and he told Qin Shao about He Jin's invitation of Dong Zhuo to the capital, and the abolition of the emperor. "Damn it, won't Yuzhou be over soon if it continues like this?" Qin Shao punched the couch.

"It's not just Yuzhou, the whole world is about to end. I escaped this time to recruit soldiers and raise righteousness, and go to Luoyang to kill Dong thief." Cao Cao's eyes suddenly dimmed when he said this, "Everyone in our clan has left ?" "Let's go. At the beginning, your family left first, bringing gold and silver things. Those country braves were in handy back then. They were guarded by swords, guns and sticks. Don't worry." Qin Shao sighed, "As soon as your father leaves , the people in other houses fled. Those who separated from the family, those who fought for things, finally dispersed in a herd, and they went anywhere."

"The monkeys are scattered when the tree falls." Cao Cao sneered, "It seems that I just walked around in vain. I can't count on my selfish relatives." "Meng De, don't blame them too much. Who is not afraid of the chaos? Xia Houlian also left with his family." "What? Xiahou's family is gone too." Cao Cao's heart sank when he heard that Xiahou's family had gone too, "I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to do justice!" "Don't worry, the brothers of the Ding family are still here, and they will definitely help you. I have already asked my son to go to his village to find someone. Maybe Ding Fei will come to pick you up soon. My place is too simple, you live here It’s also uncomfortable.” Qin Shao looked around his small hut, and said, “Tell the brothers of the Ding family, we went to Chenliu to meet your family, and then we got into a fight. I’ll go too, Fighting with that old bastard surnamed Dong!"

"Thank you, Brother Bernan." "Thank you? How many years have you helped me, it's time for me to contribute!" Qin Shao's words were true.At the beginning, Cao Ding, the fourth uncle of Cao Cao's family, seized the fields of the poor, and Qin Bonan beat Cao's family with a big stick. After being captured, he was saved by Cao Ding thanks to Cao Cao's protection.Later, not only the land was repaid, but the Cao Cao brothers also gave donations from time to time, so that Qin Shao had the money to marry a wife and have children. "I don't have any other skills, but I have the strength to go to the battlefield and fight a few battles with the Xiliang thieves. It's really fun!"

As soon as he finished speaking, when the firewood door opened, Qin Shao's wife came in with the two children in her left and right hands, and said to her husband, "What are you shouting about? The girl woke up from fright. You can hear it from eight miles away. It's like this Think about raising troops, let people know everything without doing anything.” "I yelled twice, can't I have a good time?" "Arguing like a donkey? Brother Mengde is still weak." "Men who can't be knocked down are afraid of making noise, do you think they are all like you old women?"

Cao Cao was lying there, and it was interesting to watch their husband and wife bicker.Qin Shao hugged a child and turned around, "Meng De, this is our second child, Qin Bin, who is four years old. You haven't seen him yet, have you?" "No, I haven't been back for a few years. Brother Qin is already full of children and grandchildren. What about the kid my sister-in-law is holding?" Qin Shao laughed loudly: "That's a girl, she was raised just last year, and I don't have anyone with decent clothes in my family." "Where's your eldest son Zhen'er? He's six years old."

"Go to Ding's house and call someone." Sister-in-law Qin interjected again: "You're really young, you're really so young, let him go out alone at night." "What do you know as a woman? You have to experience more when you are young, and you can become a man when you grow up!" "You have such a loud voice, stop yelling! Let's talk about something serious." Aunt Qin said seriously, "A group of people came here at noon yesterday. They went to Brother Mengde's house on horseback and brought knives. I'm afraid they came here. Those who were not good. After turning around twice, seeing no one was there, they all left again.”

"This must be the arrival of Dong Zhuo's proclamation. It seems that this place is not safe anymore." Cao Cao sighed, "Who is the magistrate of Qiao County now?" Qin Shao's eyelids drooped: "Huan Shao..." "Ah?!" Cao Cao frowned.Back then, in order to save the Bian family who was still a singer, he beat Huan Shao's family to death and got Xia Houyuan off. Take this opportunity to kill me." "Don't be afraid, the brothers of the Ding family will be here when you are young. Once you stay in his village, Huan, even though he is the county magistrate, can't do anything to you." Qin Shao said while patting his son in his arms, "Meng De, you Hurry up and sleep for a while, and wait for them to come and hurry."

Cao Cao nodded and wanted to rest, but as soon as he closed his eyes, the bodies of five members of the Lu family emerged.But when he opened his eyes, he saw that Qin Shao, his wife and children were happy and happy, but he was alone. The Bian family and Cao Pi stayed in Luoyang Hukou, and the Ding family and Cao Angyuan stayed in Chenliu.No matter how he stayed, he was uncomfortable, and he felt awkward. At this time, there was a sudden noise outside, horses neighing and people shouting, Cao Cao was quite excited, and it was expected that Ding's family Kunzhong had arrived.But when he listened carefully, someone shouted: "I was ordered to search, and the people inside came out!" It was Huan Shao's yamen servant who arrived. "Mengde, lie down, I'll go out and deal with it." Qin Shao said, put on his clothes, and carefully opened the door.Mrs. Qin hugged the two children tightly and coaxed: "Don't make a sound, Daddy will be back in a while." Unexpectedly, Cao Cao sat up and groped left and right, found his Qingzhi sword, and listened attentively to the movement outside. . Only a heavy voice said: "I am ordered by the county magistrate to search the township." Qin Shao yawned loudly on purpose: "It's late at night, what are you searching for?" "Cao Cao, a rebellious official in the imperial court, has escaped. Little ones, let me go in and search!" "Don't trespass, don't trespass!" Qin Shao stopped them, "My woman hasn't put on her clothes yet. It's dark, you just search in the courtyard, and we can't even sleep if we disturb it." "Tell you woman to wear it quickly." "I said, sir, don't yell! My child is still young, and it's not easy to coax him to cry after a while." "It's no use talking about it." "I'll tell you if it's useful... Here's a lot of money. You guys have a few bowls of wine to drink, and let my child sleep well." Qin Shao was originally short-tempered, but today he is also patient. Deal with them.After being silent for a while, the heavy voice said again: "Well, you poor man is not stingy. I will take someone away, and you can sleep peacefully in your arms." "Thank you, sir, for your kindness." Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief, and just about to lie down, he heard another voice say: "There is a tall horse behind the house!"——The Dawan horse has been exposed! Sure enough, the leader became suspicious: "Where did you get such a good horse, poor farmer? Is there anyone else in the family?" "No, no, let's go." "Get out of the way, I want to go in and have a look." "It's late at night, you can go back and rest, there is no one else in the room, and my mother-in-law is not dressed yet." Qin Shao still tried to stop her. "Damn! I have to go in today even with bare buttocks. Don't cover up with me. I'm searching for Cao Cao today, stop me and slash you!" "I am Cao Cao!" Qin Shao unexpectedly yelled, and then there was a fight outside.Cao Cao was afraid that Qin Shao would suffer, so he rushed out with his sword.I saw three people who looked like government servants fighting around Qin Shao, and there were six soldiers outside the courtyard, several of them were holding torches and carrying knives, and one of them stood there, seeming to be a leader. Cao Cao jumped up behind a yamen servant unexpectedly, stabbed him to death with a sword, and shouted: "I am Cao Cao, come on!" The six soldiers panicked at that time, and drew their knives Jumping over the fence and coming towards Cao Cao, there was a fight. Qin Shao is clumsy and unarmed, but he is strong and powerful. Today, he was scolded by the officials for covering Cao Cao, but he wanted to do his best.Furious, he grabbed a yamen servant with one hand, lifted it vigorously and threw it as high as half a person!The yamen servant yelled, threw his face up, and knocked down a large part of the fence.Immediately afterwards, Qin Shao yanked another yamen servant who was rushing over to the ground, and then kicked hard, hitting his crotch, and the man was so painful that even his grandmother cried out.In an instant, the two of them were beaten so hard that they couldn't get up. The leader saw it for real, and was very scared in his heart. Seeing Qin Shao rushing towards him, he hurriedly drew the knife in his hand, but before he could lift it, he was kicked by Qin Shao. Kicked away.Qin Shao threw him to the ground with a strange cry, and grabbed his neck with a pair of thick hands: "Damn it! If you dare to scold me, I will strangle you to death!" Cao Cao's side was quite struggling. All six soldiers were holding swords. He could only dodge and could not fight back.For a while, he was confronted with enemies in front of him, and for a while there was wind in the back of his head, and the knives were close to his neck. He was afraid of being attacked from all sides, so he quickly swung his sword and retreated to the wall.The six soldiers surrounded him immediately, and were about to attack fiercely, when the leader behind him shouted "Help!" The two rushed over immediately, and slashed at Qin Shao's back, causing a burst of blood. Qin Shao was stabbed twice, but he still refused to let go, he heard the rattling sound in his palm, the leader had been strangled to death.But he couldn't stand up anymore, the two soldiers didn't dare to relax and continued to attack him.Cao Cao looked anxious, but the four opponents still attacked fiercely, so what if they couldn't save themselves?At this time, there was another rush of horseshoes, and more than ten riders came from the west, holding torches and steel knives.The first two riders are Ding Chong and Ding Youyang in the front, and Ding Fei and Ding Wenhou in the back. Cao Cao cheered up and shouted: "Hurry up and save Brother Qin!" The Ding brothers did not neglect, they rode up with their men, and instantly chopped the two soldiers into mincemeat.The four people who were hostile to Cao Cao no longer dared to fight each other, and tried to escape one after another, but how could two legs compare to a horse?They were all hacked and killed by members of Ding's family, and two yamen servants who were rolling on the ground were also stabbed. "Brother Qin!" Cao Cao ran up to watch - already out of breath. Mrs. Qin rushed to her husband's corpse with her two children in her arms: "Master! You can't die... oh my god..." As she cried, a boy jumped down from the Ding family's cavalry and fell down in front of the corpse, crying It's called Dad——it's Qin Zhen, the eldest son of Qin Shao. Cao Cao waved his hand and slapped himself: I am really an ominous person. Lu Boshe's family was killed by me by mistake, and now I have killed a good brother.Sister-in-law Qin took these three immature children, how will she live in the future. Ding Fei stared at Qin Shao's body for a long time, and sighed: "Sister-in-law, now is not the time to cry, we have to clean up this place quickly, and bury the body. If the government finds out, there will be another disturbance." After finishing speaking, he ordered his men to go to the back of the yard Digging a hole, preparing to bury the corpses, and specifically ordered to dig two, one small one for Qin Shao alone, and the other big one to send the gang of dead ghosts away. His brother Ding Chong is a drunkard, even at such a miserable moment, he still took out his wine gourd and drank it for a long time before saying: "Meng De, are you going to Chenliu to raise troops?" Cao Cao nodded heavily, keeping his eyes on Qin Shao's body. "Brother, let's break up the family property and go with Meng De?" Hearing what his brother said, Ding Fei couldn't help frowning. Their Ding family's family property is really not thin, the manor is spread far and wide, and the courtyard wall is high, with farming, weaving and brewing in it, it can be said that it is a powerful landlord behind closed doors.Ding Fei is not as open-minded as his brother, he is stingy and rich by nature.On weekdays, he wished that copper coins would be tied to his ribs, so that he would give up such a large property, how could he be willing to do so. Knowing his brother's temper, Ding Chong persuaded him: "Marquis Wen, this Yuzhou is the place where the Four World Wars took place, so it is not suitable to stay for long. Although we have courtyard walls and family soldiers, if swords and soldiers are everywhere, this place will be a battlefield. You have to give it up too!" Ding Fei was noncommittal, he hesitated and said, "We'll discuss this matter when we go back." Mrs. Qin cried for a long time, and had no choice but to hug the three children and watch her husband's body being dragged away.Cao Cao persuaded: "Sister-in-law, brother Bonan died because of me, and I will take care of you and the children from now on. You are helpless here, I think you can move to Dingjiazhuang for now. I will take you to Chenliu in the future, and follow It's convenient for my daughter-in-law to stay together." Sister-in-law Qin wiped her tears, glanced at Qin Zhen beside her, at Qin Bin who was sitting on the ground, and then at the girl in her arms, and said sadly: "The war is in chaos, and you are going to do big things again. I am a girl, How can I cause you any more trouble? If you have pity on me, take these three children away and give them something to eat." "Don't say that, we will naturally raise the children, and let them stand out in the future." Ding Chong walked over, "But you have to take care, come with us." "Okay...ok..." Mrs. Qin straightened her hair, handed the girl in her arms to Ding Chong, and said, "Help me hold the baby, I'll go in and pack some things." "Mom! I'll help you." Qin Zhen shouted. "No, you take good care of my younger brother here. Obediently listen to Uncle Cao's words, and you must remember!" After saying that, trembling around the fence, he entered the house.Cao Cao and Ding Fei came to the back of the courtyard and helped his men bury the ten servants, trampled the soil down, and scattered some hay at will.When it was time to bury Qin Shao, Cao Cao couldn't bear to look at it, so he bowed his head and walked away.Unexpectedly, when he came to the front, he saw Ding Chong holding the girl in one hand and pouring wine into Qin Zhen's mouth with a gourd in the other. "What are you doing?" Cao Cao pushed away. Ding Chong put the gourd in his hands, and said with a smile: "This kid is getting older, it's time to learn how to drink." "Don't be silly, where is Mrs. Qin?" "I haven't come out yet." After Ding Chong said this, Fang realized that something was wrong, so he hurried into the house to check - she had killed herself with a kitchen knife.Qin Shao hadn't finished burying it yet, so he carried Mrs. Qin out to sleep in the same cave with him.The children were crying so hard that Cao Cao put his arms around Qin Zhen and persuaded him, "Don't cry, I will treat you as my own from now on, let's go!" The group sighed and got on their horses, and looked back at the dark place. hut.Half an hour ago, it was fun and harmonious, but it disappeared in a blink of an eye. Little Qin Bin pointed at the open door and said, "The door...the door is not closed yet." Qin Zhendao in front of Cao Cao said, "Brother, the family is gone, so what do you still care about?" "There are still many things at home." Qin Bin cried again. I don't know if Qin Zhen was stunned by the wine just now, and he said loudly: "The money family is nothing more than the things outside the body. It's good that you and my brother can live. If we can do something in the future, what good things can't be bought?" Said by a six year old.Cao Cao wondered secretly: This son is extremely intelligent, why don't you recognize him as the adopted son of the moth, change his name to Cao Zhen, and give him to Ding to raise him?Suddenly Ding Fei looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "Hahaha, I am not as good as a six-year-old doll! Anyway, Brother Qin is like Zuo Botao who sacrificed his life to make friends, so I will learn how to be friends with Mr. Mengchang. Meng De, here I don’t want the land property anymore, go back and choose strong people to go with you to Chenliu to recruit soldiers!” "That's right!" Ding Chong was happy, and took another sip of wine, "However, I don't want you to go. Uncle is still in Luoyang, and I want to go to Beijing to take care of his old man." The clan uncle of the Ding brothers was a Situ Ding Gong. "Everyone fled east, but you went west, did you drink too much?" "Hmph! It would be best if I can rescue my uncle when I go to the capital. If not, I can just stay in Luoyang and accept it, and drink Dong Zhuo's wine, maybe I can help Meng De in the future!" He said and drank the wine on his back , and sighed, "It's a pity to break up the family." Ding Fei complained, "I'm willing to give up, but you say it's a pity." "Gold and silver treasures are nothing, but my dozens of jars of good wine!" He actually shed tears as he spoke. "Let's go!" Cao Cao shook the reins, "If I become rich in the future, I will let you drink enough to make you drunk to death." A group of people whipped their horses and went straight to Dingjiazhuang...