Chapter 280 The serial plan
Chenliu, Xiangyi.

Cao Cao traveled light and arrived at a newly built tomb in the suburbs.

Guards stood around him and Cao Cao got off the car only when he arrived in front of the tomb.

He walked up the steps along the paved path and looked at the grave a dozen steps away, staring at it for a long time in silence.

Cao Xiu stood beside Cao Cao with a sword on his back, looking at the newly built tomb without a tombstone. The loess layer on the surface of the tomb had just been laid, and the overall surface was smooth, with no signs of wind erosion or collapse, and no weeds growing.

This is Dian Wei’s new grave, which is different from what Black Bear remembers.

In Black Bear's memory, Cao Cao was defeated miserably that year and even Dian Wei's body was not found, so he sent spies to demand it at a high price.

Hei Xiong did not have the impression of a grand funeral. Whether it was the Romance of the Three Kingdoms or the TV series, he did not have the impression that Cao Cao buried Dian Wei with great ceremony.

In the new TV series "Three Kingdoms", Dian Wei seems to have no role to play, and all the scenes are about Xu Chu.

Therefore, when fleeing to the Central Plains, they did not have that much energy to plunder and search.

In fact, Cao Cao recovered Dian Wei's body and sent people to bury it in Dian Wei's hometown Yiwu; recently, out of caution, he secretly moved it to Xiangyi, north of Yiwu County.

Cao Cao knew very well that if Dian Wei and Xu Chu fought one-on-one, Dian Wei would definitely be able to kill Xu Chu!
Whether it is infantry combat or cavalry combat, Dian Wei is more powerful than Xu Chu!

Not only does Dian Wei have strong physical fitness, but his mentality and skills are also better than Xu Chu!

At this moment, the panic in Cao Cao's heart was indescribable.

After standing there for a long time, Cao Cao said nothing, turned around and returned to the carriage.

Cao Xiu also climbed onto his horse and followed on both sides of the carriage.

When they were far away, Cao Cao was about to speak when he saw a knight galloping from the front of the team: "Report! My lord! There are tigers blocking the road ahead!"

At this time, Cao Zhen, who was driving the car, reined in his horse and said to Cao Cao, "Father, please change horses."

As they were talking, the knights came from behind the carriage and brought the spare horses.

Cao Cao thought of Dian Wei and couldn't help but sighed: "Good."

It is impossible to use common sense to predict the behavior of a group of tigers, and horses will panic when they encounter a group of tigers.

When a critical moment comes, the surrounding knights want to rush forward and fight to the death, but the horses may not dare to move forward; including when rescuing Cao Cao.

It is safest to abandon the inconvenient vehicle and ride a horse instead.

Cao Cao was almost forty years old and was no longer the brave and fierce young man he used to be.

Having seen the separation of life and death, Cao Cao no longer wanted to gamble on his luck.

After changing horses, Cao Cao rode forward and heard the captain of the front team say, "Mingsir, the tigers must have been attracted by the horses."

At the other end of the dirt road, there were seven or eight tigers lying or standing on the road, and there were more than a dozen tigers lurking in the weeds and bushes on both sides of the dirt road.

When tigers form a group, if they can live well together...there is no need to break up.

Cao Cao calmed his mount, and many of the accompanying knights dismounted one after another, standing in front with spears and halberds, while the archers stood between the spearmen and halberdmen.

Seeing that the tigers were reluctant to leave, Cao Cao raised his whip and said, "Kill them!"

Immediately, more than thirty men with powerful crossbows pulled the trigger, and suddenly there was a roar of a tiger, followed by the neighing of horses in panic. Many unmanned horses broke free from control and fled backwards.

The tigers also rushed out. Archers drew their bows and shot arrows. Four or five tigers were hit by arrows, but only one was shot in the mouth. The others only had minor injuries.

The rushing tigers were quickly forced back by the spearmen, and the thirty or so knights guarding Cao Cao in the rear could not control their horses, and the horses carried them backwards.

No matter how Cao Cao pulled the reins, the horse under him suddenly turned around and ran away.

Seeing Cao Cao retreating on horseback, Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu turned around and chased after him.

Three or four tigers no longer confronted the spear and halberd infantry, but turned around to chase Cao Cao and his retreating knights.

At this moment, the crossbow fired the second round, shooting at close range.

Powerful crossbow arrows hit the tigers' trunks one after another. Within two or three breaths, with the help of the archers, twelve or thirteen tigers were seriously injured.

The screams and howls of these tigers attracted back some of the tigers that were chasing the knights.

There was only one tiger left chasing. Cao Zhen was a strong man. He immediately turned around, drew the bow, and shot an arrow which hit the tiger's eye socket.

The tiger's limbs and tail immediately stiffened, and driven by inertia, it rolled over and stopped.

Cao Cao then controlled the horse and jumped off immediately. He pulled the reins with one hand and raised the whip with the other to whip the horse's neck hard.

The more the horse struggles when controlled by the reins, the more intense the pain will be; on the contrary, being whipped is easier for the horse to bear.

Cao Cao stopped only when his right arm felt sore, but his left hand still held the reins tightly.

If he lost control of the reins in his left hand and the stupid horse gave him a kick, he would be able to go and keep Dian Wei company today.

He was panting, and Cao Xiu stepped forward to stand between him and the horse: "Uncle, calm down."

"This horse is so stupid!"

Only when Cao Cao saw that Cao Xiu had completely blocked the horse did he dare to loosen the reins and hand them to Cao Xiu.

Cao Xiu waited for Cao Cao to retreat a few steps, then led the horse away and handed it over to other knights. Cao Cao went back and looked at the tiger that Cao Zhen had shot dead, and felt a little better: "Zidan is really my tiger!"

"I frightened my father."

Cao Zhen bowed and saluted. He was sure that he could shoot the tiger to death, but he refrained from shooting to prevent just this kind of situation.

Cao Cao reached out and took the lance from a knight, and held it forward with both hands. The tiger was not dead yet, and it shook its head and tried to struggle.

But the blade of the spear in Cao Cao's hand pierced into the tiger's other good eye and pushed it in less than an inch, and the tiger was completely stiff and dead.

He drew out the lance and handed it back to the knight.

Cao Cao finally felt relieved. At this time, a carriage came to him. Cao Cao got on the carriage and said, "Wen Lie, you get on the carriage too."

Cao Zhen took over as the driver, and Cao Xiu also got on the carriage and drove forward, leaving the knights to collect the stray horses and deal with the dead tigers.

The carriage moved slowly, and Cao Cao had no smile on his face: "Wen Lie, do you know who is in this tomb?"

Cao Xiu was puzzled: "Isn't it Lord Dian?"

"It's not him. I moved him somewhere else."

Cao Cao felt tired, his expression exhausted, and his tone weak: "The people in this tomb are from my family, Cao."

He has four younger brothers, and only Cao Bin is still alive. He dug up the grave of his third brother who died young and quietly replaced Dian Wei's coffin.

Now it depends on the next step. Will the "corpse of Dian Wei" in Yiwu's original tomb of Dian Wei disappear? After it disappears, will the skeleton of his third brother Cao Yu disappear here?

Cao Zhen was just driving and remained silent at the moment.

Cao Cao's family is currently facing a succession crisis due to the accidental deaths of Cao Ang and Cao Anmin.

Cao Anmin is the son of Cao Bin. Not to mention Cao Ang, if Cao Anmin were alive, Cao Cao would not be as embarrassed as he is now.

Cao Pi is somewhat underage, so Cao Cao must have a substitute from the same family.

In terms of blood relationship, the only surviving brother Cao Bin was the most suitable, but after Cao Anmin's death, Cao Bin became estranged from Cao Cao and was not interested in Cao Cao's current career and did not contribute.

Cao Bin was not suitable for the position, so he could only forcibly support his cousin Cao Hong; Cao Hong and Liu Xun were listed as the most powerful military officers in the army because in addition to his followers and servants, Cao Hong also had a large team of guests.

These people can usually run businesses for Cao Hong. Especially when running businesses, the purchasing power of a place is limited. If you want to expand your business, you must keep in close contact with all parties.

So these people are now helping Cao Hong do business, and in fact they are the various tentacles spread out by Cao Hong.

It is eyes and ears, as well as mouth and tongue.

When Yang Biao organized all the officials to try to force Cao Cao to hand over power at the banquet, he was also secretly trying to win over Cao Hong, hoping that Cao Hong would put the Han Dynasty and the country first.

The result is obvious. Cao Hong betrayed these people. This is also the reason why Cao Pi suppressed Cao Hong extremely, and it was also the key to Cao Hong's ultimate survival.

Cao Xiu was Cao Hong's nephew. Cao Hong and Cao Cao had a common grandfather, who was Cao Xiu's great-grandfather.

Compared with them, the blood relationship between the brothers Cao Ren and Cao Chun is one generation distant.

Cao Xiu looked back and saw no fourth person. "Uncle, what you mean is that the black thief really has some magical power? Can he communicate with the underworld?"

Cao Zhen, who was driving, also looked back and observed that the relocation of Dian Wei's grave, including the secret replacement of the corpse, was all done by Cao Zhen himself.

He was also very concerned about this issue. If the black bear really possessed the magical power to resurrect people, then any filial person would inherently and instinctively want to please and curry favor with the black bear.

Not to mention resurrection, even being able to allow the living to communicate with the people in the underworld and say a few words is an indescribable power.

Cao Cao was not very sure either, but he came to this horrifying conclusion based on the existing clues.

Even if it's just communicating with the netherworld, what does it mean?
This means that Black Bear can consult the sages of all ages for any problems he encounters!

This means that he is not fighting against a black bear, but competing with the sages of all ages in wits and courage!
Those ancient sages would not have any interests that are difficult to give up in the present world; if the black bear could really communicate with them, he would be able to get fair advice from these sages.

How can we fight this battle?
Put yourself in their shoes. Imagine that you died and lived in the underworld for seven or eight hundred years, and then someone who can communicate with the netherworld came to you and needed your advice and help in solving some minor problems.

As long as people are alive, they can continue to learn and make progress.

If I had lived in the underworld for so many years and learned more classics, would I be itching to prove to the world that all these years were not wasted?
If we put ourselves in the past, it might not be the black bear who was seeking advice from the ancient sages, but rather these sages who were vying to offer strategies.

These strategies must be the fundamental national policies that can determine the rise and fall of a country.

Therefore, it is normal for Black Bear to make any strange actions and policies in the future, because that is not something that ordinary people in the world can understand.

As for imitation... Cao Cao didn't think there was any use in imitation because their foundations were different.

Now I just hope Black Bear can resurrect his brother. After all, they are brothers, and his brother’s death wasn’t too long ago, so their feelings won’t fade.

If my brother is resurrected, he will most likely find a way to pass information to me... This is very crucial.

People who come from the underworld are very likely to pass on the culture of the underworld.

As for the magical calligraphy on the golden tablets, Cao Cao has concluded that it was not left by Cai Yong, but should have been improved by the sages of the past dynasties living in the underworld.

Cao Cao lacked the opportunity to be alone with Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu, and seeing that there was no fourth person, he said, "I don't know what the black thief's magic is, but for the sake of the long-term future of the clan, I hope Wen Lie can fake his death."

The younger brother buried in the tomb is not enough, so if Cao Xiu is added, it will be stable!

(End of this chapter)