Chapter 17 17. Two corpses return home

Cao Cao felt that he and winter seemed to be destined.It was winter when I went to Dunqiu to take office two years ago, and now I am carrying my fourth uncle's coffin home, and it is winter again.Although the horses and chariots this time were much stronger than the one in Dunqiu, but carrying the dead body and the demented second uncle, the journey along the way was really depressing. Cao Chi sat in the car foolishly, not knowing hunger, thirst and sleepiness, no matter how Cao Cao, Xiahou Dun, and Cao Hong called, they just ignored them.Later, everyone also gave up, got on their horses, and lowered their heads to think about their own concerns.Unexpectedly, after the chariots and horses left the land of Henan, Cao Chi suddenly spoke!

"I have to leave the land of tigers and wolves, and I can finally go home." Cao Cao was leading the way on a horse, and he heard it clearly, so scared that he almost fell off his horse.He immediately got off the horse, straddled the side of the car, and opened the curtain to see: Cao Chi had stopped sitting still for a long time, and he was lying in the car with his legs crossed leisurely. "Second uncle, you, you..." "I'm fine!" Cao Chi's expression had recovered, "I was just pretending!" "Why are you crazy?" "In order to go home, I don't want to go through the muddy water with your father anymore."

Cao Cao suddenly realized: If he didn't pretend to be sick, how could his father let him go back to his hometown easily?But he pretended to be crazy and stupid on purpose, and such scheming was also scary. "I'm tired, really tired." Cao Chi yawned. Cao Cao sneered and said, "Yes, in order to lie to my father, you have not eaten, drank or slept for several days, can you not be tired?" "Don't blame me, kid, I'm really tired." Cao Chi could hear the accusation in his words, "I've been pretending to be crazy and foolish for more than a few days? Since I entered the official career, I have been walking on thin ice for twenty years. Xiang, today I finally got my wish.”

Cao Cao has been very jealous of Cao Chi since he was a child, but today he thinks he is particularly ugly.He simply got into the car, sat beside him, and said sarcastically, "Do you think my father is blind? I just figured it out now. He said so many gossips on the sidelines, but they were all aimed at you. He already I can see that you are pretending to be crazy!" "So what, why don't I leave?" Cao Chi said with a naive face and didn't care. "My nephew would like to ask, who was the first to use my grandfather's name to become an official? And who was the first to flatter Wang Fu?"

This sentence hit Cao Chi's weakness, he turned his face away and looked out the window: "Where did you know these things?" "Uncle Qi told me a long time ago." "Yeah, I'm the instigator, the culprit! But I...how did I know I would get to where I am today." There was a trace of shame on his face, but it was fleeting, "It's fine to dismiss from office, everyone is clean. I Cao Yuansheng is terrified, and he will never leave Qiao County again in this life. I don’t want to go on like this, so what if the official returns to his original post, Wang Fu can turn against us, and so can Cao Jie. I want to run for my life! If I can’t, I will hide in the mountains In Old Lin, I don’t care about other people’s life or death! Anyway, I’m the richest man in the clan now, so why can’t I spend the money I have?”

Cao Cao couldn't believe his ears. He never thought that the second uncle would say such shameless words.He shouted and scolded: "Bah! You... You disappointed my nephew too much. When I was the Luoyang captain, the words you told me were so nice! But how did you do it yourself? Is it over? You used my grandfather's banner to go around and ruined his old man's reputation. How can you be worthy of my grandfather? You have ruined the family's reputation and ruined Seventh Uncle's future. Are you worthy of Seventh Uncle? Fourth Uncle You are still young and ignorant, you took him around to fawn on you, and now he has died tragically, so you have no responsibility? Are you sorry for him? My father was born in Nai Enyin, and he helped you to be the captain of Changshui. , but you abandoned him, are you worthy of my father? You go back in such disgrace, what face do you have to see Uncle Qi, your fellow countrymen, and your two sons! Don't you know how to be ashamed?"

"Pfft!" A stream of blood spewed out of Cao Chi's mouth like an arrow! Cao Cao was also shocked: "Second Uncle...Second Uncle..." "You scolded well!" After saying this, Cao Chi couldn't calm down, and stared at him unwillingly, "But... I... I'm sorry... you boy!" Cao Cao roared in his head: Yes, everyone is sorry, he is sorry for me.If he hadn't covered up the Huanfu murder case for me, how could I have become an official?Thinking of this, he quickly hugged Cao Chi: "Second uncle, my nephew has spoken, you..." "I want to go home...go home..." Cao Chi said, the blood in his mouth was flowing, and his clothes were already stained red, "Ren'er... Chun'er...I can't die here... Hurry up... ..." He called his son's name, already crying... Unfortunately, Cao Chi still failed to fulfill his long-cherished wish. When Cao Cao and Lou Yi carried his body out of the car, his body was still warm.Just one step away, I will be able to see my two sons...