Wei Xiaobao's Three Kingdoms Adventure

Chapter 45 Seven Star Sword
Wei Xiaobao felt a chill on his neck and quickly touched his head to see if it was still there. After sleeping with He Lingsi all night, Wei Xiaobao was not worried at all. Although He Lingsi was the emperor's woman, after all, the emperor was gone, and it was He Lingsi who seduced him.

But thinking of Lu Zhi's mention of Diao Chan, Wei Xiaobao recalled the story he had heard in the teahouse. He also remembered that even a man as big as Dong Zhuo had been killed by Lu Bu, let alone Wei Xiaobao! Even if he was wearing an invulnerable robe, his neck was still empty after all.

Wei Xiaobao groaned inwardly, shook his head and said, "Teacher, let's forget about this marriage."

Lu Zhi thought Wei Xiaobao despised Diao Chan's status as a singing girl, so he said, "Although you are my student, you are still a commoner. How can you look down on a singing girl from the Situ Mansion?"

Wei Xiaobao quickly said, "I'm afraid that people will look down on me. Now that you're no longer an official, people will look down on me even more."

Lu Zhi sighed and said, "How about this? Take my visiting card and go to Situ Wang. Just say I left in a hurry and you're saying goodbye on my behalf. See what he says. If he doesn't mention it, that's fine. But if he does, you can't refuse. How about that?"

Wei Xiaobao nodded, thinking, "You said it, go ahead. I won't go see Situ Wang or Situ Li after you leave. You can't blame me after Diao Chan marries Dong Zhuo as his concubine."

Lu Zhi was worried that Dong Zhuo would not let him go, so he had already planned to leave the city before dark. After knowing that his family had packed up, he gave the visiting card to Wei Xiaobao and sent him back to the palace.

Wei Xiaobao fled back to the palace, fearing that Lu Zhi would go back on his word and now dragged him to Situ's Mansion.

When Shuang'er saw Wei Xiaobao, she immediately asked, "Xiaobao, is Lord Lu looking for a marriage partner for you?"

Wei Xiaobao threw Lu Zhi's invitation card on the bed, patted his chest and said, "Damn it! He's really looking for a marriage for me."

Shuang'er asked, "Aren't you very happy then? Why do you look so scared?"

Wei Xiaobao said, "Do you know who he wants me to marry? Diao Chan!"

Wei Xiaobao looked at Liu Xie behind Shuang'er and whispered, "You haven't been to the teahouse to listen to the book of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. You don't know that Diao Chan was Dong Zhuo's concubine. Later, Lu Bu killed Dong Zhuo just to snatch Diao Chan away."

As he spoke, Wei Xiaobao used his hand as a knife, cut his neck, and stuck out his tongue at Shuang'er.

Shuang'er covered her mouth and laughed, "You're not even afraid of Zheng Keshuang, so why would you be afraid of Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu?"

Wei Xiaobao said, "Lü Bu is much more powerful than that pretty boy Zheng Keshuang. Even Lord Guan couldn't beat him."

Seeing them whispering, Liu Xie approached them and asked, "What are you two whispering about?"

Wei Xiaobao said, "Let's discuss how to sell you!"

Liu Xie knew he was joking, and was annoyed that he was deliberately hiding the truth from him, so he stopped talking.

Wei Xiaobao saw the visiting card left by Lu Zhi again and sighed, "Lu Zhi is such a high-ranking official, his home must be full of antiques and treasures, perhaps even some thousand-year-old jade. I was so eager to escape that I forgot to ask him for a treasure."

Liu Xie said, "Do you think a thousand-year-old jade is so easy to come by? Let alone someone as honest as Lu Zhi, it's probably hard to find a second one even in the imperial palace."

Wei Xiaobao pushed away the visiting card and lay down on the bed, thinking: "It seems that I have no choice but to go find He Lingsi. The jade seal is lost, she should be more anxious than me, she doesn't want her son to be an emperor without a jade seal. I can't go tonight, otherwise she will trick me into bed and take advantage of me again." Early the next morning, Wei Xiaobao got a message from Liu Xie that Cao Cao had run away.

Wei Xiaobao was anxious to find He Lingsi and didn't care where Cao Cao went. He also knew that Cao Cao would return to the palace to be the prime minister in the future. He heard all this from stories told in the teahouse.

Liu Xie stopped Wei Xiaobao as he was about to leave and said, "Before Cao Cao escaped from Luoyang, he went to Dong Zhuo's house to assassinate him. When Dong Zhuo discovered him, he lied and said he was presenting a precious sword to Jin."

Wei Xiaobao said, "I know. It's the Seven-Star Sword. It has seven precious jades inlaid on it, so it's called the Seven-Star Sword."

When Wei Xiaobao heard the story of "Cao Cao Presents the Knife" in the teahouse, he was extremely serious. He listened to the story of how nervous Cao Cao was before the assassination, how Dong Zhuo felt a figure swaying behind him, how Cao Cao avoided suspicion after Dong Zhuo found out, and at least escaped from Luoyang. The storyteller told these plots with ups and downs and many dangers. Wei Xiaobao felt as if he was there and was very nervous.

Liu Xie asked in surprise, "How did you know? Oh, did you hear Lu Zhi mention it?"

Wei Xiaobao was worried about not being able to justify his own words after speaking too quickly. When he heard Liu Xie's words, he asked back, "What does this have to do with Lu Zhi? Did he instruct Cao Cao to assassinate Dong Zhuo? No wonder he took his family out of the city last night."

Liu Xie shook his head and said, "I don't know either. I just heard Liu Bian say that the Seven Star Sword was originally Wang Yun's treasure. And there were probably not many people in the court who knew that Wang Yun had this short sword. So I guessed that Lu Zhi told you."

Wei Xiaobao took the opportunity to say, "Yes, it was Lu Zhi who told me that. But last night Lu Zhi said too much, so I didn't take it seriously. After all, I'm not a greedy person."

Wei Xiaobao himself found this ridiculous. He thought to himself, "I'm just saying I'm not greedy for money. If Wang Yun gave me this knife, I'd be happy to accept it. Although I already have a precious dagger that can cut through iron like mud, this Seven-Star Sword is inlaid with seven precious jades. If I cut off the seven jades and sell them, I can get a lot of silver."

Thinking of Baoyu, Wei Xiaobao stared at Liu Xie. The two of them had already understood each other's intentions from each other's eyes.

Wei Xiaobao said, "I already have the Seven Star Sword, so why would I need the Jade Seal?"

Liu Xie pondered for a moment and said, "The knife is already in Dong Zhuo's hands. It won't be that easy to get it back, right?"

Wei Xiaobao smiled and said, "I've been practicing the skill of climbing over walls and breaking into houses since I was a kid. It wouldn't be difficult for me to steal a knife from Dong Zhuo's house. After all, he wouldn't carry a knife with him every day, would he?"

Liu Xie said, "That's true, but I'm not sure if the jade on this sword is usable. It would be best if we could confirm in advance that the seven gems are carved from ancient jade that's over a thousand years old, so we don't go to great lengths to get nothing done."

Wei Xiaobao nodded and asked, "You said that Wang Yun gave Cao Cao the Seven-Star Sword?"

Liu Xie said, "Yes, it seems that Cao Cao and Wang Yun conspired to get rid of Dong Zhuo, so they gave Cao Cao the Seven-Star Sword, hoping to imitate Jing Ke's assassination of the King of Qin and reveal his true intentions."

Wei Xiaobao said, "Wang Yun is the Situ?"

Liu Xie said, "Yes, Wang Yun was appointed Minister of Education, one of the Three Dukes."

Wei Xiaobao jumped onto the bed and rummaged through the bedding and pillows for a long time before finding Lu Zhi's visiting card. He said, "It seems I really have to go meet this future father-in-law."

(End of this chapter)