Chapter 98 Digging at the Corner (Thanks to Xie Wan for the reward)

  Cao Cao limped into the main tent, but there was no one inside. He hesitated for a moment before a voice came from the rear tent, "Meng De? Come in."

  Cao Cao walked into the rear account, took a look, and was startled, almost falling to the ground with a thud.

  Yuan Shao sat on the couch with his legs crossed, his hair disheveled, his clothes half undone, and a flush on his face. Although the couch was tidy, there was a faint scent in the air. Cao Cao had been around the block a few times, and at a glance, he knew what Yuan Shao had been up to. He cast a glance at the rear door, which was still swaying back and forth, and couldn't help but let out a silent sigh.

  Yuan Shao saw the look in his eyes: "Does Meng De think I'm indulging in lust and forgetting important matters?"

  "I don't dare."

  "Hmm, what are you thinking of? I shouldn't know?" Yuan Shao smiled and said intimately. He patted the edge of the couch: "Sit down, I happen to have something to talk to you about."

  Cao Cao hesitated for a moment. Yuan Shao's sudden closeness to him today was strange, and he couldn't quite get his head around it. However, he still shifted over to sit beside Yuan Shao, half his buttocks landing on the edge of the couch, and smiled: "My wound isn't fully healed yet, I'm not sitting comfortably, please forgive me, Alliance Head."

  Yuan Shao glanced at him and cursed with a smile: "Serves you right, let this villain not follow the right path."

  Cao Cao was embarrassed. Before Yuan Shao went to serve, the two of them mixed together and did many absurd things. Yuan Shao was a few years younger than him, but when it came to tricks, he had many more than Yuan Shao. At that time, he thought it was interesting, but now it has become a joke, and from time to time, Yuan Shao would use it to mock him. However, usually when Yuan Shao made fun of him, it was also when he needed something from Cao Cao.

  I don't know what Yuan Shao asked him today.

  The two of them chatted and laughed for a while, then Yuan Shao's smile faded: "How is Liu Bei's injury?"

  "It's okay, no harm was done, just a loss of face."

  "Unexpectedly, Liu Bei is still a fierce and brave man, I was wrong about him." Yuan Shao said calmly: "You help me ask him if he has any interest in joining my camp. He is a member of the Han imperial family, but for the sake of my Yuan family and the court's opposition, I cannot treat him unfairly."

  Cao Cao's heart skipped a beat. Yuan Shao was trying to poach his wall corner, wasn't he? What nonsense about being relatives of the Han imperial family - Yuan Shao probably had his eye on Guan Yu. Guan Yu had already grasped his destiny and his combat strength was not something ordinary people could compare to; even among the four pillars of Yuan Shao's camp, he would likely be slightly superior. The problem was that Cao Cao had invested so much effort into winning Guan Yu over - how could he let Yuan Shao snatch him away with just a few casual words?

  However, he could not oppose it after all, Yuan Shao was the alliance leader, and this reason was sufficient to be grand. If he opposed it, he would probably be criticized immediately. More importantly, although he knew that Guan Yu disliked Yuan Shao, he had always been unclear about Liu Bei's thoughts. If Liu Bei himself wanted to surrender to Yuan Shao, could he stop him?

  Cao Cao was very entangled. However, he was very clear about what to do and immediately smiled: "The alliance leader favors Liu Bei, it's his honor, I think he shouldn't refuse, right? After returning, I will advise him to enter the alliance leader's account."

  Yuan Shao smiled with satisfaction. He knew that Cao Cao was reluctant, but he also knew that Cao Cao did not dare to refuse him. From the time they had interacted until now, it had been nearly twenty years, and Cao Cao had never dared to go against his wishes.

  Yuan Shao's words were even more gentle: "Meng De, I heard that Guan Yu also recently realized his fate?"

  Cao Cao nodded. In recent days, he and Liu Bei's three brothers had become very close, and he also understood Guan Yu's situation. Guan Yu was a native of Hedong, had attended school, read books, and fled after killing someone. In Zhuo County, he met Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, the three men hit it off immediately, and became sworn brothers. Among the three, Guan Yu's martial arts skills were the best, but his greatest breakthrough was after he realized his destiny a few months ago.

  Yuan Shao smiled mysteriously and pulled up his sleeves: "He is aware of his fate, specifically on which day and at what time?"

  Cao Cao slightly raised an eyebrow and glanced at Yuan Shao's sleeve. He knew that a phoenix egg was hidden there.

  "It was when Luoyang caught fire."

  "That's right, on that day, I sensed the pulse of the phoenix egg." Yuan Shao straightened his waist, with a solemn expression: "It was also on that day that the White Tiger Star entered Jingzhou, and Sun Jian became aware of his own destiny."

  Cao Cao glared at Yuan Shao, his mind shaken violently.

  "Sun Jian is a White Tiger Destiny, the highway has already handed over the tiger-shaped spectrum to him, he will become an invincible general of the Overlord style soon."

  Cao Cao was shocked and blurted out: "Does Governor have a map of tiger shape?"

  Yuan Shao's mouth slightly curled up: "Meng De, I know you have a part of the Yellow Emperor's Twelve Forms diagram, but yours is incomplete, isn't it? I have the complete original Twelve Forms diagram. I've been wanting to exchange with you and see if what you have is the original or an excerpt, unfortunately..."

  Yuan Shao did not continue, but his purpose had been achieved. Cao Cao knew that his little secret had long been seen through by Yuan Shao. His family's wealth was even more incomparable to Yuan Shao's. For a moment, Cao Cao felt extremely disheartened.

  "Guan Yu has a clear understanding of his destiny and has the potential to become a top-notch general. However, without proper guidance from a cultivation chart, he will never reach the pinnacle and can only go so far." Yuan Shao continued, "Why isn't he a match for Lü Bu? The reason lies in this. If he can't obtain the chart and cultivate in time, within half a year at most, Sun Jian will successfully break through his cultivation and be able to slaughter him like a chicken or dog."

  Cao Cao held his breath, he heard the threat in Yuan Shao's words. If he played tricks and didn't hand over Guan Yu, once Sun Jian broke through successfully, he would mercilessly destroy Guan Yu, leaving Cao Cao with nothing, and might even destroy him together.

  Cao Cao's eyes rolled around and he smiled brightly: "So, the alliance leader will soon have two generals comparable to Lü Bu?"

  Yuan Shao also smiled, warm as the spring breeze, and patted Cao Cao's shoulder with his hand: "Meng De, Liu is dead, Bian has been captured by the foolish king, more harm than good. I'll send someone to help you, lend you a helping hand."

  Cao Cao was perplexed and looked at Yuan Shao with suspicion. But Yuan Shao didn't explain, he just clapped his hands. The curtain behind him opened, a woman walked out from the back room, her face flushed red, she curtsied to Cao Cao with embarrassment. Cao Cao took one look and couldn't help but be shocked: "You... how did you end up here?"

  "I had her brought out from Luoyang, originally intending to keep her for myself." Yuan Shao patted Cao Cao's shoulder: "From now on, she belongs to you. I hope she can help you realize your destiny soon, and we can conquer the world together and create a great undertaking."

  Cao Cao looked at Yuan Shao, then looked at the woman, speechless.

  ……

  Cao Cao led the woman out of Yuan Shao's large tent. Outside the tent, a small cart was parked, and on it sat a little boy over two years old. The little boy stared at Cao Cao and the woman, biting his lip.

  "Later, come with your mother." The woman beckoned and led the little boy to Cao Cao's face: "A Ye, quickly call father. From now on, General Cao is your father."

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