Chapter 450

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Guo Jia’s brows twitched slightly. He stroked his beard and pondered for a moment before suddenly looking at Su Xuan with a look of startled suspicion, asking, "My Lord! That death of Liu Bei—could it be that you had a hand in it as well?"

"I remember that this man possessed the last of the Great Han’s destiny and dragon energy. By all rights, he shouldn't have died so carelessly. Could it be..."

Su Xuan cast a glance at Guo Jia and chuckled, "As expected of you, Guo Guo Fengxiao! However, these are merely your guesses. I haven't admitted to anything, ha!"

"Haha!"

Guo Jia laughed upon hearing this, nodding repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes! This matter has absolutely nothing to do with you, My Lord!"

"Everything was the work of Guo Tu and Lord Yuan Shao! One can only say that Liu Bei was too unlucky! Nothing more than that?"

"Nothing more than that!"

Su Xuan also replied with a knowing smile.

"Hahaha!"

Then, the two looked at each other and laughed.

Xu Chang,

"What? Eldest brother is dead? Besieged and killed by Guo Tu under Lord Yuan Shao's orders?"

"This is impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

"My eldest brother is brilliant and martial, blessed with great destiny, and shoulders the heavy responsibility of restoring the Han Dynasty. How could he perish prematurely? I do not believe it!"

"I must go to the front lines to see for myself!"

Thinking this, Guan Yu could no longer care about anything else. He hurriedly grabbed some clothing, packed his gear simply, and prepared to set off.

He didn't even intend to tell his two sisters-in-law the news.

Because both of them were currently pregnant, it was absolutely unsuitable for them to hear such tragic news.

Otherwise, if they were to suffer a miscarriage and it affected the children in their wombs, how could he answer to his eldest brother?

Although he was very unwilling to admit it, Guan Yu understood that Cao Cao should not be the type to lie to him about such a matter.

Because doing so would destroy all the goodwill he had toward Cao Cao, and might even make him hate Cao Cao.

Therefore, it was very likely that his eldest brother had truly been killed by Lord Yuan Shao.

His trip to the front lines, besides verifying the truth of the news, was primarily to avenge his eldest brother.

He would personally cut off the heads of Lord Yuan Shao and Guo Tu to offer as a sacrifice to his eldest brother’s heroic soul.

After doing this, he would return to Xu Chang to properly protect his two sisters-in-law, ensuring they safely gave birth to his eldest brother’s two children.

Afterward, he would raise his eldest brother’s two children to grow up healthy.

If possible, he even wanted to let his eldest brother’s two children inherit his brother’s legacy in the future, taking the restoration of the Han Dynasty as their own duty.

Of course, everything would be up to the children’s own will; if they were unwilling, he would not force them.

And all of this had a prerequisite: that by then, the world had not yet been unified.

And that the Han Dynasty still had a possibility of revival.

Otherwise, all of this would become nothing but a dream and a bubble.

Just as Guan Yu was about to leave Xu Chang, he saw Xun Yu waiting before the North City Gate.

"Is Yunchang preparing to go to the front lines?"

Xun Yu asked as he watched the approaching Guan Yu.

Guan Yu narrowed his eyes slightly and nodded affirmatively, "Indeed! Having suddenly heard the tragic news of my eldest brother, no matter what, I must go to the front lines to verify it myself;"

"If the news is true, I will also be able to avenge my eldest brother;"

"How about it? Is Mr. Xun here to stop me?"

If so, he would have to offend him today.

No one could stop him from leaving.

"No, no!"

Xun Yu waved his hands repeatedly to deny it, "The Lord has already written to me explaining the situation, and he guessed that you, General Yunchang, would certainly be unable to resist going to the front lines. I have come here under the Lord’s orders to deliver a pass permit to the General, to facilitate your journey without obstruction!"

As he spoke, Xun Yu handed over a pass permit.

"This..."

Guan Yu’s expression froze upon hearing this, and infinite gratitude toward Cao Cao surged in his heart.

"Guan Yu thanks Lord Cao! And thanks Mr. Wenruo!"

Guan Yu hurriedly dismounted and carefully took the pass permit from Xun Yu’s hand, saying gratefully.

He had not expected Cao Cao to be so meticulous and considerate.

He owed Cao Cao more and more now.

Originally, Guan Yu even had the thought of committing suicide to follow his eldest brother after avenging him.

But considering he still had to raise his eldest brother’s two unborn children, he hesitated.

Now, with Cao Cao treating him this way, he hesitated even more.

He even developed the thought of truly submitting to Cao Cao and serving him after avenging his eldest brother.

This man was worth it.

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"Hehe!"

Xun Yu noticed the change in Guan Yu’s attitude and smiled faintly, "Not at all! General Yunchang is being too serious! This is all what I should do!"

"If the General wishes to thank someone, please thank the Lord in person! Everything was ordered by the Lord!"

"There is no time to lose, so I will not delay the General any further. Please set off early! You should be able to reach the Guandu camp before dark today!"

Xun Yu felt that this move by Cao Cao was steady.

Guan Yu should be able to be won over.

This was of great significance to Cao Cao.

In the future, when Cao Cao faces Su Xuan, his chances of winning might increase by half a point.

Hmm! Only half a point, perhaps even less; there was nothing more to it.

It was simply that Su Xuan was too powerful.

Of course, Xun Yu was very clear that there must be some underhanded schemes of Cao Cao’s involved in this.

Xun Yu even maliciously guessed that Liu Bei’s death might also be Cao Cao’s doing.

After all, Liu Bei’s death was too abrupt.

Lord Yuan Shao was not such a brainless person; it was unlikely he would have truly killed Liu Bei so suddenly.

This did not bring much benefit to Lord Yuan Shao.

Yet Lord Yuan Shao still killed him without hesitation.

Even Xu You had not stopped him, which was clearly abnormal.

There was someone behind the scenes pushing for Liu Bei to die.

If this person could not be Lord Yuan Shao, then it could only be Cao Cao.

From the perspective of the beneficiary, the benefits of this matter to Cao Cao were also the greatest.

Xun Yu also knew about the matter of Liu Bei’s so-called two wives and their children.

In fact, he had even participated in this plan.

Thus, Cao Cao had one more reason to want Liu Bei dead.

"Alas! My Lord! My Lord! I should have stopped you from carrying out this plan from the very beginning!"

"Such a plan is too sinister!"

"Although Liu Bei is dead now and it seems that most of the loopholes have been plugged, it cannot deceive the truly clever and those with ulterior motives!"

"Moreover, in the future, when those two so-called children of Liu Bei grow up and Guan Yu discovers that they do not look like Liu Bei, but rather like you, everything will still inevitably be exposed;"

"Unless..."

— Author's Notes —

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