Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Cao Song had five sons, Cao Cao was the eldest and Cao De was the youngest.

After Cao Song was dismissed and retired in the fifth year of Zhongping, his other sons had all grown up and become independent, and only his youngest son Cao De stayed by his side and enjoyed his company for many years.

This also made Cao Song favor Cao De the most and was dissatisfied with Cao Cao.

Even when Cao Cao had started the uprising and recruited soldiers, he repeatedly asked Cao Song for money, and Cao Song only gave him a little reluctantly.

Because, Cao Song didn't think from the bottom of his heart that Cao Cao could accomplish anything great.

When Cao Cao ambitiously raised his army to fight against Dong Zhuo, Cao Song was already busy moving to Langya State in Xuzhou, far away from Luoyang, so as to avoid being implicated and liquidated after Cao Cao's defeat.

What surprised Cao Song a little was that Cao Cao actually achieved something and became the lord of Qingzhou.

Afterwards, the successful Cao Cao repeatedly sent people to invite Cao Song to move to Qingzhou. In addition, Cao De was about to come of age, and Cao Song, who doted on his youngest son, wanted to ask for an official position for Cao De in Qingzhou, so he moved his family to Qingzhou.

Cao De was secretly delighted, and said with determination on his face.

"De'er will never let father down. He will definitely become big brother's right-hand man, glorify Cao family, and live up to father's reputation."

"Hahaha……"

Cao Song smiled happily and said.

"As a father, I believe that De'er is definitely not an ordinary person. Moreover, your elder brother is too greedy for beauty. He has been blinded by beauty since he was young. It is not surprising that he will die sooner or later because of this."

"Therefore, De'er should continue to encourage him. There may come a day when De'er will be needed to carry the banner of the Cao family."

After hearing this, Cao De was so excited that he could hardly stop smiling.

Although it was late at night and the city had already been under curfew, the city's chief official sent his trusted guards to escort Cao Song and his party to a temple outside the city, so the journey was naturally unimpeded.

When Cao Song's carriage arrived at the temple, a beautiful concubine with a plump figure came up to greet him and waited for Cao Song to go into the temple's side room to rest.

After Cao Song washed up with the help of his concubine, he lay down on the couch exhausted. He was still a little energetic and had difficulty falling asleep.

Cao Song rubbed the round and warm jade beside him with one hand, while thinking about the affairs of Qingzhou in his mind.

As a person who had served in the court for many years and was able to escape unscathed, Cao Song might not be good at military strategy, but he was quite sensitive to politics and was aware of Cao Cao's current situation of being very short of money and food.

Cao Song asked himself that moving his family to Qingzhou was like providing timely assistance to Cao Cao.

Now there are only three to five days left to Qingzhou. What Cao Song is thinking about is how to use his family wealth to exchange for more benefits from Cao Cao. Cao Song even has some intention of returning to the political arena and taking power.

"The water in Qingzhou is very deep. My son Cao may not be able to control it. It is reasonable for me to lend him a helping hand..."

Just when Cao Song was thinking about how to exchange interests with his eldest son who was not willing to give up until he saw the rabbit, he suddenly heard a faint sound of commotion and shouting coming from outside.

This made Cao Song's palms exert force unconsciously.

"Hmm~ It hurts~~~"

The concubine let out a soft moan.

The next moment, Cao Song said in a low voice.

"Boo!"

Immediately, Cao Song quickly climbed up from the couch and put his ear to the door to listen.

All of a sudden, the sounds of chaos and shouting coming from outside the door became much clearer, and were faintly getting louder.

"Oh no!" Cao Song said in a low voice, a look of panic flashing across his face. "Where did this daring thief come from to set his sights on me?"

After saying this, when Cao Song wanted to open the door and slip away immediately.

The concubine, whose clothes were still a little disheveled, hurriedly chased after him and said in a pitiful voice, "Please, my husband, have mercy on me, who has served me for many years, and please don't abandon me."

Cao Song saw the frightened look on the face of his concubine, who had been with him for many years. After hesitating for a while, he also took his concubine and walked out of the side room.

After leaving the room, I heard shouting and wailing coming from the direction of the main entrance of the temple, which was getting closer to this direction.

This made Cao Song dare not hesitate. He did not bother to investigate who the attackers were, nor did he bother to look for the whereabouts of his young son Cao De. He hurriedly pulled his concubine and ran towards the backyard of the temple.

Cao Song did not dare to go straight through the back door of the temple, knowing that since the thieves attacked late at night, they would definitely send people to block the back door.

Therefore, Cao Song thought of finding a low place in the backyard wall to climb over in order to escape.

Although Cao Song was old and it was difficult for him to climb over the courtyard wall by himself, he brought his concubine with him as a ladder, so he thought it would not be difficult to climb over it.

When he ran to the backyard where there was no one, Cao Song happened to see a dog hole leading to the outside and immediately changed his mind.

However, Cao Song was also worried that there were thieves ambushing outside the dog hole, so he immediately let his frightened concubine get out first.

The concubine did not dare to disobey, and she skillfully lay on the ground and crawled out through the dog hole.

However, the dog hole was very narrow, and the concubine had a plump and round figure. She gritted her teeth and barely got through to the waist, but her hips were stuck and she couldn't get through.

This made Cao Song very angry, and he immediately asked his concubine to move back and prepared to get out first.

However, when the concubine wanted to move back, she found that it was also stuck tightly against her chest, and she cried.

"Husband...husband, I can neither retreat nor advance."

On normal days, Cao Song might have been excited looking at this concubine who was stuck in a dilemma and could only twist her body constantly, but now he was so angry that his eyes turned black.

Immediately, Cao Song tried several times to push his concubine out but failed. He had to give up on her and run around the rest of the backyard, trying to find a low wall that he could climb over.

But the concubine who was abandoned by Cao Song did not get a response from Cao Song and screamed in fear.

But in just a moment, the thieves who were originally in the front yard of the temple were attracted over. Not only did they find the trapped concubine, but they also trapped Cao Song in the corner of the backyard.

Seeing the thieves approaching with torches and steel knives in hand, Cao Song was so frightened that his face turned pale and he kept shouting.

"I am Cao Song, the Grand Commandant and father of Cao Mengde, the governor of Qingzhou. If you are seeking wealth, you may take whatever you like from the carriage. Please do not harm my life."

"If I am injured in the slightest, my son Cao Mengde will not let you go."

The leader, a burly masked man, threw a head in front of Cao Song and rolled it several times.

Cao Song looked carefully and his pupils trembled. It was the head of his youngest son Cao De.

The burly man in the lead walked up to Cao Song in a few steps, stabbed the steel knife into Cao Song's heart in an instant, then covered Cao Song's mouth with one hand and whispered in Cao Song's ear.

"Uncle, take a deep breath. It's okay. It won't hurt. It will be over soon..."

"You...you are..."

Cao Song's pupils shrank sharply. Hearing that familiar voice, his whole body trembled with anger and resentment. He whimpered a few times but could not utter any words until his old body completely softened. (End of this chapter)