In the Three Kingdoms period, the opening scene features the killing of Huang Gai, shocking Zhou Yu!

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He coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Sold out instantly.

If you don't have diamonds, don't do porcelain work.

Zhao Yu walked over.

Looking down from a high vantage point.

Looking at Ma Tie, who seemed to be questioning the meaning of life.

"Go back and tell your father, Ma Teng."

"This is Xuchang."

"It is the territory of the Emperor and the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty."

"A dragon must coil up."

"A tiger must lie low."

"It's a wild horse..."

Zhao Yu paused deliberately.

"You have to kneel down for me."

Done.

Regardless of Ma Tie's physical condition.

Zhao Yu turned around.

Pick up the bags and packages from the ground.

"Second Miss".

"Let's go."

"It's time to go home for dinner."

"If we wait any longer, it will be too hot to eat."

Cao Jie looked at Zhao Yu.

His eyes had completely changed.

If the initial feeling was curiosity,

just now.

It is worship.

I had only heard from others that he had saved the Prime Minister and countless wounded soldiers on Huarong Road.

Only now did she understand why he was able to be ennobled in a single battle.

He is usually taciturn, greedy, and even a bit timid.

But at crucial moments.

He is the heaven.

It can hold up the sky even if it collapses.

"Um."

Cao Jie nodded obediently.

The former unruly behavior was gone.

"go home."

"I...I'll have the kitchen make you a roast chicken."

Zhao Yu's eyes lit up.

"That's a good option."

"Add more ingredients."

The two walked one after the other.

I walked through the messy streets.

That left behind a group of dumbfounded people.

And Ma Tie, who was slumped in the corner, questioning the meaning of life.

"Who...is this person?"

Ma Tie clutched his chest.

"There really is such a monster?"

"Father is right... Cao Cao's subordinates are full of hidden talents."

……

The Prime Minister's Residence

Cao Cao was reading official documents.

Xu Chu rushed in.

"Prime Minister!"

"Good heavens!"

"A fight has broken out in the West Market."

Cao Cao didn't even raise his head.

"Who hit whom?"

"Are the Xiliang soldiers causing trouble?"

"Yes."

Xu Chu looked excited.

"Ma Teng's son, Ma Tie, rode his horse wildly in the street."

"I almost bumped into the second young lady."

"In the end, Zhao Yu dealt with him."

Cao Cao struck him with his fist.

"All packed up?"

"How did you clean it up?"

"Zhao Yu stopped the horse with one hand!"

"He broke Ma Tie's knife in two with his bare hands!"

"Then he knocked Ma Tie so hard he vomited blood!"

"Ma Teng is currently leading men, carrying a stretcher, to your residence to apologize!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Cao Cao laughed loudly and threw down his pen.

Feel comfortable.

"good!"

"Well played!"

"These barbarians from Xiliang, relying on their powerful cavalry, have been restless ever since they came to Xuchang."

"I'm looking for an opportunity to teach them a lesson."

"Zhao Yu has saved me a lot of trouble this time!"

Cao Cao stood up.

"He was defeated by Zhao Yu in one move. It seems that General Zhao's martial arts skills have not declined despite becoming a commander."

Xu Chu pursed his lips.

"I could do it too, Ma Tie isn't Ma Chao."

"No matter what."

Cao Cao stood with his hands behind his back.

"The arrogance of the Xiliang people has been dealt a blow."

"Let Ma Teng in."

"I want to see where he puts his old face."

"Oh, right."

Cao Cao asked.

"Is Jie'er alright?"

"The second young lady is alright."

Xu Chu scratched his head.

"However... after the second young lady came back, she acted strangely, staring at Zhao Yu's back and grinning foolishly."

"He even went to the kitchen himself, saying he wanted to learn how to make roast chicken."

interesting.

Cao Cao understood perfectly well that it was just a young girl's first stirrings of love.

He rescued her right there on the street.

"Oh?"

"roast chicken?"

"It seems... my daughter has truly taken a liking to this knife."

"Good thing."

"This is a good thing, as long as Zhao Yu becomes my son-in-law."

"Even if the emperor gives him countless jade pendants, he will still be a lonely man!"

……

The Prime Minister's Residence, Council Hall.

Cao Cao pretended to be very angry and put on a serious face.

In front of Cao Cao, Ma Teng, the governor of Xiliang, was bowing.

Behind him was a stretcher carried by two guards.

On the stretcher, Ma Tie's face was deathly pale.

A white cloth was wrapped around his chest.

He was no longer the arrogant and domineering person he used to be in the West Market.

"Prime Minister!"

Ma Teng gritted his teeth and knelt down on one knee.

"This unfilial son is ignorant and has offended the Second Miss, and has also disturbed the people of Xuchang."

"Ma Teng has failed in his duty to educate his son, and has brought his rebellious son here to apologize!"

"Whether you kill me or punish me is entirely up to the Prime Minister; Ma Teng will not utter a word!"

That's a well-chosen statement.

It is also a strategy of retreating to advance.

He was gambling too.

They were betting that Cao Cao wouldn't actually kill Ma Tie in order to appease his former subordinates in Xiliang.

Cao Cao didn't even lift his eyelids, continuing to toy with the jade ruyi in his hand.

"Shoucheng, get up first. It's not worth it for a rebellious son."

"Young people are hot-tempered and love to show off, I can understand that. I wasn't much better than him back then."

"But Xuchang is, after all, under the emperor's nose, not the grasslands of Xiliang."

"If anyone can ride a horse freely in the streets with their queues flying, what use are the laws of the court? Where will the emperor's face be?"

Cao Cao deliberately lowered his tone when he said the last few words.

Ma Teng lowered his head even further.

What a rebellious son! He was already having a hard time in Xuchang, and now he's caused this mess.

"The Prime Minister is right! When we get back, I'll definitely break that unfilial son's legs to teach him a lesson!"

Cao Cao laughed and waved his hand:

"Oh dear, this is serious."

"How can you serve the court with a broken leg?"

"However, I heard that he was injured by my incompetent guard commander?"

"He really went too far with that. I'll have to punish him later."

Ma Teng's lips twitched.

Worthy of nothing?

Everyone knows that person single-handedly rescued you at the Battle of Red Cliffs.

Is this what you call being useless?

Then what are we? Trash?

If he's truly a good-for-nothing, it'll be this rebellious son. Zhao Yu looks so distinctive, yet no one recognizes him.

"The Prime Minister has many fierce generals under his command, and General Zhao is unparalleled in bravery. The rebellious son is no match for him and has lost fair and square."

Ma Teng had no choice but to bite the bullet and flatter.

"hehe."

Cao Cao was very pleased with this.

"Someone come here!"

"Go to the back room and call the Second Miss and Zhao Yu over."

"If it's an apology, how can it be done without the person in question present?"

"Let Shoucheng see who exactly dared to humiliate your young master."

A moment later.

Footsteps sounded.

Zhao Yu looked like he hadn't slept well. He had just finished shopping with Cao Jie today.

It's exhausting, okay?

He was still holding half a sesame seed cake in his hand.

Sesame seeds stuck to the corners of their mouths

Walked in.

Cao Jie, who was following behind him, had changed into a light pink dress.

But those eyes were glued to Zhao Yu.

"This humble servant, Zhao Yu, greets the Prime Minister."

Zhao Yu casually called out, stuffing the last bite of the sesame seed cake into his mouth.

"The daughter also pays respects to her father."

Cao Jie also bowed slightly, his voice unusually gentle.

Cao Cao's smile deepened as he looked at his daughter's appearance.

He pointed at Ma Teng:

"Jie'er, General Ma has brought his son to apologize to you."

"General Ma feels deeply ashamed about what happened at the West Market today."

Upon seeing this, Ma Teng quickly stepped forward and bowed deeply to Cao Jie, adopting an extremely humble posture.

"Second Miss, your unfilial son Ma Tie is blind and has disturbed you."

"Ma Teng is here to apologize to Miss on behalf of his unfilial son."

"These are a pair of luminous cups, a tribute from the Western Regions, offered as a token of respect to Miss and to calm her nerves."

Ma Teng had someone bring out a brocade box from behind him.

But it paused for three seconds.

There was no movement.

Ma Teng maintained his bowing posture.

My back was aching, but I didn't hear a response for a long time.

He looked up in confusion.

Cao Jie didn't even glance at him.

She didn't even glance at that glow-in-the-dark cup.

She was turned to the side, twisting her handkerchief in her hands.

A pair of big eyes stared at Zhao Yu, who was dozing off, a silly, dazed smile playing on her lips.

"..."

I'm such a high-ranking official, the Prefect of Xiliang, standing here like this, and I'm being treated like I don't exist?

But I'm here to apologize, so it wouldn't be appropriate to say too much.

……