Chapter 33 - A Turn for the Better (1) (2/2)

“Yes, he is dead! It was I, Cao Mengde who personally pushed him to his death.” Cao Cao answered with a self mocking smile. There was no other way. Lu Bu rushed up to kill him and he would be dead if he was a step late.

“My Lord, how many people knew about this?!” Guo Jia asked anxiously.

“Not many, only you, me, Miaocai and Hou Cheng who is already dead. Oh right, there’s also Lu Bu who is on the walls of Kaiyang!” Cao Cao’s facial color turned ugly again.

“Xu Province soldiers, the soldiers said that the one defending Kaiyang were Xu Province soldiers. They were all wearing Guangling army uniforms! When Chen Deng was defeated, according to Lu Bu’s character, he would have executed Chen Deng instantly. But he didn’t!” Guo Jia surprisingly said. “Had Chen Deng asked my Lord about his father?!”

Cao Cao answered “He had. After his defeated, I had him return home to recover. That was when he inquired about his father. I had casually answered that Lu Bu killed him.”

“And then?” Guo Jia wanted to get to the root of this problem.

“Then, Chen Deng asked me about his father last words.” Cao Cao was reluctant to tell him his father’s last words because he would lose face greatly if it would be known. That’s why he avoided answering Chen Deng’s question.

“Foolish, oh my foolish Lord!” Guo Jia suddenly shouted up. “Guangling would rebel and our Xu Province would never be in peace.”

“Fengxiao, do not scare me!” Cao Cao became a little nervous. He did not intend to kill Chen Gui. It was just that at that time he could not control himself.

“My Lord, oh my Lord. If Chen Gui was still alive, his family would never betray us. He knew that if his family wanted to gain power and influence, there are only two ways. One is to become an independent warlord and build his own territory. The other way is to become the vassal of one of the warlords and climb onto his war chariot. According to the Chen family’s strength, it was enough to become independent. Tao Qian, Lu Bu and the big eared Liu, none of them can match the Chen family’s reputation in Xu Province. But the Chen family did not declare independence and instead bowed before them. Why is that? It is because they knew that it’s easy to become warlords, but if they were to be defeated then the Chen family would perish. That’s why Chen family sold out Lu Bu so easily. They sacrificed the entire Xu Province in exchange for their own interest! When my lord has unified the world, how could you not reward the Chen family? At that time, it would practically be impossible for the Chen family not to gain immense wealth!”Guo Jia analyzed.

“Is there any difference now? Chen Gui might be dead, but the Chen family still exists!” Cao Cao pondered. “Won’t they still be bound to the Cao army’s war chariot?” Not only that, he will likely present upon the Chen family with even more grace because of his guilt.

“Although the Chen family still exists, but without Chen Gui behind it, the current head, the hot headed Chen Deng does not think that way!” Guo Jia gave a wry smile and shook his head.

“Before Chen Deng became the head of Chen family, he was renowned for his filial piety in Xu Province. There was a year when Chen Gui was severely ill. Chen Deng traveled over half the land to find him the best doctors. He even took especially care when he brewed the medicine and looked after his father carefully day and night.” Guo Jia explained.

“He’s such a filial son?” Cao Cao said annoyed. Normally, it would be a good thing to Cao Cao if Chen Deng was a filial son. As long as Chen Gui was in Xudu, Chen Deng would never cause any trouble. On the contrary he would pay more effort for Cao Cao’s cause. Historically, Chen Deng was an important minister of Cao Wei. The imperial examination system, Nine Grades Official Selection was implemented by him.

TLC: Cao Wei referred to Cao Cao’s state of Wei. You should know if you play dynasty warriors.

And now, Chen Gui was killed by Old Cao. It would be strange if Chen Deng were to not try to avenge his father.

Before Old Cao could prepare himself, a messenger arrived from Xiapi. “Reporting! Emergency message from Xiapi! Chen Deng of Guangling is leading an army of twenty thousand and arrived in front of Xiapi’s gates. General Che Zhou requests immediate reinforcements!”

“Under which banner is Chen Deng leading his army?” Guo Jia asked.

“They are all wearing white stripes. They intended to take revenge on the Prime Minister for killing their previous head.” The messenger replied.

“My headache!” Cao Cao held his head and screamed again.