Wei Xiaobao's Three Kingdoms Adventure

Chapter 82: Blame the Heavens or Beware of Thunder

Wei Xiaobao was feeling sullen and didn't want to listen to Cao Cao's nonsense anymore, so he kept winking at Guo Jia.

Guo Jia understood this and said to Cao Cao, "My lord, our army has been fighting for days, and the generals have received orders to prepare for war. Why not let everyone go back and rest early?"

Cao Cao nodded in agreement, and everyone stood up to say goodbye.

As soon as Wei Xiaobao left the house, he pulled Guo Jia aside and asked, "Where have you arranged for the person I asked you to take care of? Take me there quickly!"

Guo Jia waited until the others had gone far away, then took Wei Xiaobao for a while before saying, "Don't worry, sir. I've made arrangements for the students. I'll take you there right away."

Wei Xiaobao followed Guo Jia and thought to himself, "Luckily it was Zhang Jue who came and not the real emperor. Otherwise, if you look up at the stars in the sky, I'll be completely exposed."

Not long after Guo Jia led Wei Xiaobao, they stopped in front of a house.

Guo Jia said, "Sir, your friend is inside. It's late at night and there are many military families there, so I won't disturb him."

After saying this, Guo Jia said goodbye and turned to leave.

Wei Xiaobao looked at Guo Jia's back and said, "Your master is so lustful, I didn't expect you to be so serious."

Wei Xiaobao turned around and knocked on the door. After a while, Shuang'er's alert voice came from the door: "Who is it?"

Wei Xiaobao said in a deep voice: "I am a ghost!"

Shuang'er asked, "Xiaobao?"

Wei Xiaobao said: "I am not Wei Xiaobao, Wei Xiaobao is dead, I am Wei Xiaobao's ghost!"

Shuang'er pulled open the door and scolded with a smile, "Xiaobao, you are so mean! You even pretended to be a ghost and tricked me! I could even see your shadow through the crack in the door!"

"My dear Shuang'er, do you miss me?" Wei Xiaobao chuckled twice and pretended to hug Shuang'er.

Shuang'er dodged Wei Xiaobao and said with a smile, "Someone missed you, but it wasn't me."

As Wei Xiaobao walked in, he asked with a smile, "Diao Chan missed me?"

Shuang'er nodded and said, "And the little princess."

Wei Xiaobao was overjoyed and asked, "Is my little wife here with you?"

Wei Xiaobao quickened his pace and ran towards the big house with lights on.

Mu Jianping had already walked out of the house and asked, "Sister Shuang'er, is Brother Wei back?"

Before she finished speaking, Wei Xiaobao was already standing in front of her.

Wei Xiaobao said with a playful smile: "It is your good husband Wei Xiaobao!"

Mu Jianping was both happy and embarrassed, and said angrily: "You are not mine, you belong to Sister Diao Chan."

Diao Chan had also appeared behind Mu Jianping. She was delighted to see Wei Xiaobao. She came up and took Wei Xiaobao's arm and said, "Husband, you are finally back."

This was the first time Wei Xiaobao and Diao Chan met after their marriage. He felt uncomfortable hearing her call him "husband" and said, "From now on, you should just call me Xiaobao. 'Husband' sounds really awkward."

Diao Chan helped Wei Xiaobao sit down and said, "I'm already married to you, how can I still call you by your first name? This will only make people laugh at me."

Wei Xiaobao said, "I'm not a scholar, so I don't care about that. If others want to laugh at me, that's their business. My good wife Shuang'er calls me Xiaobao, and my concubine, who is younger than me, always calls me Brother Wei."

Mu Jianping said shyly, "I'm not."

Diao Chan said, "Since you like me calling you Xiaobao, then I will continue to call you Xiaobao. I didn't expect people in the future to be so open-minded, unlike people nowadays who are so pedantic." Shuang'er said, "Only Xiaobao is open-minded. Those scholars in the Qing Dynasty were still very pedantic."

Diao Chan said: "It's not just Xiaobao. Women like Miss Mu who dare to love and hate are rare in the Han Dynasty."

Diao Chan and Shuang'er smiled at each other. Mu Jianping had already hidden behind Shuang'er out of embarrassment.

Wei Xiaobao was extremely happy. It seemed that the three of them got along well during the time he was away.

Suddenly, Wei Xiaobao asked, "How did you know I would come tonight?"

Shuang'er said, "Not long after we entered Chenliu City, someone found us using the Tiandihui code I left behind. We guessed that this person was arranged by you, so we followed him and moved in here."

Wei Xiaobao asked, "Did you all guess it? I think you're the only one who guessed it?"

Shuang'er nodded and said, "Besides you, who else would know the secret code of the Tiandihui?"

Wei Xiaobao said, "My good Shuang'er is really smart. What happened next?"

Shuang'er continued, "Then we stayed here while waiting for you, until that person came this evening with a letter saying that you had returned to Chenliu with Cao Cao and were going to the military camp to discuss matters. You would come to find us when you were done. During the time we've been living here, other than that person dropping off some food and supplies every now and then, no one else has come. So when you knocked on the door, I guessed it was you."

Wei Xiaobao felt bored and said, "I shouldn't have pretended to be a ghost. It's really boring."

Diao Chan asked, "Xiao Bao, is that man your friend? Why is he so kind to us? The things he sent are no worse than those in the Situ Mansion."

Wei Xiaobao asked about the man's appearance and said, "I haven't seen this person before. He must have been entrusted with this task. However, he is very cautious in his work. I must thank him in person when I get a chance."

Diao Chan asked, "Who entrusted him with this? Is he your friend?"

Wei Xiaobao said, "I consider him a friend, but I wonder if he considers me a friend as well. I did him a favor, so he's probably repaying me. By the way, why don't I see Zhang Jue?"

Shuang'er said, "He was waiting for you, but then he fell asleep, so I sent him back to his room."

Wei Xiaobao noticed that Mu Jianping had already half of her body sticking out from behind Shuang'er, so he asked her, "Why did my godfather let you come to Chenliu with him? Have you already told him everything?"

Mu Jianping quickly shook his head and said, "The teacher said that my father passed away and asked me to follow Sister Diao Chan back to Luoyang to keep vigil for my father. But I don't even know who the father the teacher is talking about is."

Diao Chan said, "Cai Wenji is the daughter of General Cai Yong, the Left Guardsman. I've met her father at the Situ Mansion. Now that we've left Shanggu Commandery, no one knows your identity, so there's no need to dwell on it. If you have the chance, kowtow at Lord Cai's mausoleum. That would be considered filial piety on behalf of his daughter."

Wei Xiaobao thought to himself, "None of my three wives has a father. Even I don't know where my father is. I have a godfather, but he hides in the mountains and refuses to come out. If I were really from the Han Dynasty, I'd have a hard time getting a job as an official in the court. It's better to go back to the Qing Dynasty and live with Xiao Xuanzi. At least I can live in a viscount's mansion, unlike now where I have to rely on Guo Jia to find a place for me to live."

Looking at the three beautiful women in front of him, Wei Xiaobao was not happy at all.

Shuang'er noticed Wei Xiaobao's sudden frown and asked, "Xiaobao, is it that your search for the jade seal is not going well?"

Wei Xiaobao sighed and said, "It's not just that things haven't gone smoothly. I haven't even been to Shouchun. I don't know when Yuan Shu will become emperor, and I don't even know where the imperial seal is right now. If I have to wait another ten or eight years, by the time I get back, that old coward Wu Sangui will probably have burned down Xiao Xuanzi's Forbidden City, just like Dong Zhuo burned down Luoyang. Everything was destroyed in one fire."

The three women came forward to comfort Wei Xiaobao.

Wei Xiaobao was feeling annoyed, so he walked out of the house and looked up at the sky.

Wei Xiaobao cursed, "It's fine if I don't know how to observe the stars, but now you won't even let me see a single star."

The night sky was already covered with dark clouds. Suddenly, there was a loud thunderclap, followed by a flash of lightning.

Wei Xiaobao was so frightened that he clasped his hands together and said, "Don't be surprised, Wei Xiaobao is talking nonsense."

(End of this chapter)