Three Kingdoms: Fusion of Entries, Change of Destiny

Chapter 101 Lao Liu's Plan

Cao Song's second son, Cao De, now manages all the affairs of the Cao family at home for Cao Song.

Cao Bin and Cao Yu each took charge of part of the Cao family's assets.

However, Cao Yan's relationship with these three brothers was not as harmonious as his relationship with Cao Cao.

Or it should be said that only Cao Cao could tolerate Cao Yan's mischief, after all, he was his own brother.

Cao De and his family were somewhat unhappy about the whole family moving to Yanzhou.

Especially Cao De, who is currently assisting Old Master Cao in controlling the Cao family.

Once he went to Cao Cao's rule,
This means that the Cao family may make Cao Cao the head of the family. How should Cao De deal with it then?
Besides, they bullied Cao Yan a lot when they were young. Now Cao Yan has been transformed and is both talented in literature and martial arts, but he is very narrow-minded... They originally thought that Cao Yan would take the opportunity to retaliate against them, but when they saw that Cao Yan seemed to ignore them completely, they felt a little relieved.

In fact, after Cao Yan's soul was replaced, he no longer had any feelings about the past.

As long as his brothers stop provoking him, although the Cao family's assets are quite rich, compared with his own and Old Cao's great cause, it is just a drop in the ocean. He really doesn't care about that little thing.

The convoy moved slowly along the official road, the sound of the axles crushing gravel intertwined with the neighing of mules and horses.

Cao Yan rode on his chestnut horse and looked at the convoy that stretched for half a mile. It seemed that they had been walking for three days.

Judging from the speed of the baggage cart, it will probably take another two days to enter Hua County.

Zhang Kai's two hundred cavalrymen always followed the rear of the team. In the past few days, he became more and more diligent. Sometimes he rode to the front of the team and had a warm chat with Cao Yan; sometimes he inspected the defense around the convoy, seemingly doing his job conscientiously.

But whenever his eyes swept across the carts loaded with wealth, a trace of greed that was hard to conceal would always flash in his eyes.

Cao Yan noticed all these subtle changes, but pretended not to know and continued to greet Zhang Kai as usual every day.

After entering the territory of Taishan County, some unfamiliar faces quietly appeared in the convoy.

Some of these people pretended to be coachmen and porters, and some pretended to be guards and servants. They blended into the team silently.

One of them was eight feet tall, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, a broad face and a heavy chin. It was clearly Zhao Yun who had taken off his silver armor and changed into a coarse cloth shorts!

At this moment, he was wearing an ordinary ring-handled sword on his waist, pretending to be Cao Yan's personal servant, and patrolling back and forth in the convoy in a swaggering manner.

Cao De sat in his carriage, lifted the curtain and looked outside.

Cao Bin and Cao Yu beside him also had solemn expressions.

"I've always felt something was amiss all along the way," Cao De frowned. "Why are there so many unfamiliar faces in the caravan? They don't look like ordinary servants."

Cao Bin nodded. "Second brother, do you feel the same way? I've been feeling strange about this for a long time! And that Zhang Kai, he's a bit too attentive."

Cao Yu gritted his teeth and said, "I don't know what Lao Liu is up to... Dad is the same. He actually listens to Lao Liu's words. Outsiders don't know how good that kid is, so how can we not know it in our hearts?"

When Cao Yan was mentioned, Cao De and Cao Bin looked at each other and tacitly did not respond.

Dad is so smart, how could he just obey Cao Yan's orders for no reason?
Moreover, everyone in the world knows that in the Battle of Puyang, it was Cao Yan who led an army of more than 30,000 and destroyed Yuan Shu's army of nearly 100,000!
It's only you, Cao Yu, who used to bully Cao Yan the most harshly. Now you are afraid to admit that Cao Yan is no longer the same as before.

Cao Bin couldn't help but glance at Cao Yu with a slightly pity look.

When Cao Yu saw Cao Bin's look, he felt an urge to hit him...

However, Cao Yu did feel a little uneasy. He became uneasy when he thought about the times when he bullied Cao Yan when he was a child.

Cao Yan didn't cause them any trouble these days, but instead made him even more uneasy.

At dusk that day, the convoy arrived at an open area outside Hua County and stopped.

Zhang Kai rode over and said to Cao Yan, "Young Master Cao, we have entered the territory of Hua County. There is an ancient temple ahead. It would be best to set up camp there tonight."

Cao Yan looked around and nodded, "Thank you for your concern, Captain Zhang."

As night fell, bonfires were lit in the camp and the ancient temple.

Cao Yan sat in the main hall of the ancient temple, stirring the fire alone.

At this moment, Zhao Yun quietly approached Cao Yan and reported softly, "Zhang Kai's men have been making unusual movements tonight. They've been secretly inspecting their weapons and have set up sentries around the camp." Cao Yan sneered, "They're truly losing their patience. Pass the word down, brothers, to be alert and ready to strike at any moment."

Cao Yan's own martial arts skills have reached a quasi-first-class level, and with Dian Wei's protection, he is safe.

Zhao Yun clasped his fists, accepted the order and left.

At ten o'clock in the morning, there was dead silence inside and outside the ancient temple.

Suddenly, the sound of hurried horse hooves suddenly rang out, breaking the silence.

The temple was small, only large enough for the owner of the Cao family to rest inside, while the servants and porters camped outside the temple.

At this moment, Zhang Kai led two hundred cavalrymen and rushed towards the camp like hungry wolves pouncing on their prey. The shouts of killing suddenly resounded through the night sky, and wailing and crying were instantly heard outside the temple.

"What's going on?" Cao De suddenly woke up from his sleep and shouted in panic.

"Dad! Dad! There are thieves outside raiding the camp!" Cao Yu staggered to Cao Song and shouted in panic.

"Run away, Dad!" Cao Bin also trotted to Cao Song's side.

The concubine following Cao Song was trembling with fear and huddled into a ball.

Cao Anmin looked nervous and asked, "Grandfather, what should we do?"

"Why are you panicking?" Cao Song remained calm.

Seeing his three sons and one grandson all so panicked, he couldn't help but sigh, "Compared to the eldest and the sixth, you guys are really far behind."

"?" Everyone was stunned.

The situation is urgent, please stop saying such discouraging words. The most urgent thing is to escape and save your life!

Seeing that they still didn't understand the situation, Cao Song finally revealed the secret: "All of this is just a trap set by Yan'er!"

"Lao Liu?"

"He set a trap? What trap did he set?"

"Could it be that you want to use the thieves to get rid of us so that you can take all the Cao family's wealth?"

"Snapped!"

"Ouch!!"

Cao Song suddenly raised his hand and slapped Cao Yu on the back of the head. He said angrily, "How could Yan'er have the intention to harm us? He just saw that Zhang Kai coveted our wealth and took advantage of his trick!"

Cao Song knew that Cao Yu and the other two had often bullied Cao Yan in the past, so he was now afraid of Cao Yan and felt guilty, and was unwilling to admit that Cao Yan was stronger than them.

Cao De was puzzled and couldn't help asking, "Dad, how did you know this was a trap set by Old Six?"

Cao Song stroked his beard and spoke slowly this time, "Haven't you noticed that there have been many unfamiliar yet military-like people in my convoy these past few days?
Lao Liu had actually been on guard against them for a long time. As for why he waited for them to take action, it was probably because…"

"Why?" The three brothers of the Cao family asked anxiously when they saw that their father was keeping the secret.

Cao Song stopped talking at this point and changed the subject, saying, "Although Yan'er was bullied by you when he was a child, he is not a vindictive person and will not retaliate against you."

"Dad, are you sure he won't retaliate against us? I heard before that when Zhang Miao offended him, he almost led his army to destroy Zhang Miao!" Cao Yu said with lingering fear.

"As long as you don't cause trouble for yourselves, he won't even bother to pay attention to you... After all, you are no longer on the same level." Cao Song said earnestly.

"..."

"You are still guarding the Cao family's small piece of land, but Cao'er and Yan'er have already set their sights on the whole world."

Dad, what you said is a bit hurtful!

Cao De, Cao Bin and Cao Yu looked at each other, speechless for a moment, their hearts filled with complicated feelings.

(End of this chapter)