Situ Wang Yun, under the guise of celebrating his birthday, secretly invited many ministers to his home that evening.
That night, after the guests had taken their seats, Cao Cao arrived uninvited at the residence of Minister Wang Yun. Minister Wang Yun, respecting the guest, had Cao Cao invited into the residence and arranged for an extra seat to be added at the end of the banquet. However, not long after, Cao Cao declared that he could take Dong Zhuo's head, which enraged Wang Yun, who immediately ordered Cao Cao to be dragged out of the residence.
"General Cao, General Cao, please wait!" Just as Cao Cao was about to leave after being driven out of the mansion, the steward of Wang Yun's mansion called out from behind the stone lantern at the door.
"General Cao? In the blink of an eye, a hen turns into a duck. How did Cao Aman become General Cao again?" Cao Cao looked at Wang Yun's steward and said sarcastically, "What do you have to say, you servant?"
"General Cao, my lord has instructed me to apologize to you repeatedly," the steward of Wang Yun's residence quickly apologized to Cao Cao, saying, "My lord said that at a banquet, with so many people and so much talk, the matter of taking Dong Zhuo's head must not be mentioned. That's why he feigned anger and drove you out, General Cao. This was also to protect you. Please wait in the study for a while, and after the guests have left, my lord will come to apologize to you in person."
"Hmm, that does resemble Wang Yun's character quite a bit." Cao Cao nodded after hearing this. "Alright, then I'll go to the study and wait a bit."
Upon hearing this, the steward quickly led Cao Cao back into Wang Yun's residence through the back door.
In the middle of the night, Cao Cao quietly slipped out of the back door of Situ Wang Yun's house, carrying Situ Wang Yun's family heirloom, the Seven Star Blade, and quickly left.
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That night, Wang Han and Xi Zhicai, having received news that Wang Yun had invited many ministers to his birthday celebration, secretly observed the situation from an alleyway.
Not long after Cao Cao left, a servant from Wang Yun's residence sneaked out and whispered to Wang Han and Xi Zhicai, "My lords, you have been waiting for a long time. Today, Lord Wang Yun invited many guests to his residence under the pretext of celebrating his birthday. Cao Cao arrived uninvited and made a lot of boasting that he could assassinate Dong Zhuo. Lord Wang Yun drove him out of the residence, but soon after, the steward secretly invited him back through the back door and took him to the study. After the guests left, Lord Wang Yun also went to the study. I overheard that Cao Cao borrowed Lord Wang Yun's family heirloom, the Seven-Star Blade, to assassinate Dong Zhuo."
"Mm." Wang Han nodded.
Xi Zhicai took out a small gold ingot and tossed it to a servant, saying, "This fifty gold coins are yours. If you get any useful information in the future, come and tell me. Now go back."
"Thank you, sirs, thank you, sirs." The servant accepted the gold ingot, quickly expressed his gratitude, and then quietly slipped back into Wang Yun's residence.
"My lord, Cao Cao is indeed a suitable candidate." After the servant left, Xi Zhicai said to Wang Han, "Cao Cao was able to persuade Wang Yun to give him the ancestral Seven Star Sword. He must be eloquent and persuasive."
“Indeed, he is the perfect person to persuade the warlords,” Wang Han nodded. Historically, it was Cao Cao who persuaded the various warlords to join forces against Dong Zhuo. (Wang Han knew history, but he wouldn't tell people of this era.)
"My lord, this man will surely be hunted down by Dong Zhuo after his failed assassination attempt. We must help him," Xi Zhicai said.
"Are you so sure his assassination attempt on Dong Zhuo will fail?" Wang Han asked with a smile.
“If he succeeds in assassinating Dong Zhuo, it will be detrimental to our plan, so he must fail, and we must make him fail,” Xi Zhicai said.
"If Cao Cao and Wang Yun heard what you said, they would be so angry they would vomit blood," Wang Han said with a smile. "Here's what we'll do: tomorrow, when Cao Cao goes to assassinate Dong Zhuo, you find someone to tell Dong Zhuo's strategist, Li Ru, that Cao Cao has brought a precious sword to kill Dong Zhuo. Then, in my name, you go to Lü Bu and take the opportunity to tell Cao Cao that Dong Zhuo already knows about his plan to kill Dong Zhuo, and that he should flee Luoyang as soon as possible. Then, secretly instruct him to persuade the various warlords to attack Dong Zhuo. I will secretly assist Cao Cao in leaving."
"Yes, my lord." Xi Zhicai nodded.
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The next day, Cao Cao went to visit Dong Zhuo early in the morning. Xi Zhicai, who had been observing and waiting at the gate of Dong Zhuo's residence, saw this and instructed someone to take a letter to Li Ru. He then went to the guards at the gate and told them that he was a strategist from Wang Han's residence and had come to see Lü Bu. After the soldiers announced his arrival, he also entered Dong Zhuo's residence.
After Xi Zhicai entered Dong Zhuo's residence, Lü Bu, being an advisor under Wang Han, dared not neglect him and personally met with Xi Zhicai. He even accompanied Xi Zhicai on a tour of Dong Zhuo's residence. At Xi Zhicai's request, he also met Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao. Afterward, Xi Zhicai secretly handed Cao Cao a note, said he had other matters to attend to, and then took his leave.
After Xi Zhicai left, Lü Bu also left. Cao Cao secretly opened the note Xi Zhicai had given him, and was immediately terrified. He told Dong Zhuo that he had other matters to attend to and hurriedly took his leave.
Not long after Cao Cao left, Li Ru rushed to Dong Zhuo and told him that Cao Cao wanted to assassinate him. Dong Zhuo recalled Cao Cao's hasty actions and was furious. He immediately ordered his men to hunt down Cao Cao.
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"My lord, the matter has been settled." Xi Zhicai said to Wang Han as he left Dong Zhuo's residence.
After waiting a while, Cao Cao hurriedly left Dong Zhuo's residence and fled towards the outskirts of Luoyang without stopping.
"You go back first," Wang Han said to Xi Zhicai, picked up his weapons, and quietly followed Cao Cao away with two spiked clubs of different lengths.
When Cao Cao arrived at the gates of Luoyang, he told the guards that Dong Zhuo had sent him on an urgent mission and slipped out. Wang Han, on the other hand, used a speed hack and instantly disappeared through the city gates without the soldiers noticing.
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After leaving the city gate, Wang Han did not continue to follow Cao Cao, but waited by the roadside.
"Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up..."
Not long after, Lü Bu arrived with a cavalry unit of a hundred men, catching up from behind.
"Halt! This road is blocked!" Wang Han said, blocking the way for Lü Bu and his pursuers, carrying his weapon.
"Who are you?" Seeing Wang Han blocking their way with a weapon, the cavalrymen brought by Lü Bu drew their weapons and shouted.
When Lü Bu saw that it was Wang Han, his expression changed. After thinking it over, he realized that it was Wang Han who had sent someone to inform Cao Cao. Now, he was blocking their way to prevent them from pursuing Cao Cao.
“Mr. Wang Han, Lü Bu has urgent business to discuss,” Lü Bu said, looking at Wang Han. “The Prime Minister has sent me…”
"Lu Bu," Wang Han said, looking at Lu Bu, "You said last time that we could spar another day. I've been waiting for you to come, but you haven't come yet. So I have no choice but to wait for you here. Why don't we spar before you leave?"
(P.S.: There are many types of cheats. Besides the game cheats that everyone knows, there are also many cheats that authors create themselves and modify.)
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