Clang! Clang! Clang!
The big-headed soldier struck the copper gong in his hand hard and pasted three portraits on the outer wall of the city under the gaze of the crowd.
"They're all here to take a look!"
The big-headed soldier patted the portrait on the wall and announced loudly,"This thief is Cao Cao. Whoever takes his head will be rewarded with a thousand gold and be granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Families. Those who only provided reliable information could also receive ten cattle and a hundred acres of fertile land from the county magistrate.”
"This is the head of the thief Chen Gong. You can exchange it for fifty gold.”
"This savage is the traitor Chen Tong. Anyone who takes his head can exchange it for five hundred gold.”
The big-headed soldier shouted with all his might,
One of the three men in bamboo hats who were watching from a corner of the city wall laughed out loud."Brother Gongtai, your head isn't worth much.”
Chen Gong felt bitter under Chen Tong's teasing.
It was fine if his head was not as valuable as Cao Cao's, but in the end, even the head of this savage was ten times more expensive than his.
"What a blind Dong Zhuo!" Chen Gong turned his head and realized that Cao Cao was laughing even more happily than Chen Tong."Brother Meng De! Why are you laughing too? Do you also think that Gong's head is only worth 50 gold coins?”
Cao Cao quickly waved his hand." Gongtai has wronged me. I'm also laughing at Dong Zhongying for being blind and not recognizing the beauty of jade.”
Chen Gong felt a little better when he heard this.
However, he didn't know that Cao Cao wasn't laughing at him, and the 'beautiful jade' he mentioned wasn't him.
Who is Cao Cao? After spending a few days together, he had already figured out Chen Gong's capabilities.
He has far-sighted strategies but no quick wit.
Chen Gong might be able to plan ahead, but if things didn't go according to plan, he would be in a mess.
He is upright and straightforward.
A tough personality meant that he was not shrewd enough. If he spoke directly and didn't know how to be tactful, it meant that when they disagreed in the future, the words that this person said might be quite unpleasant.
If Cao Cao were to give Chen Gong a rating, he would at most give him a 'not bad' rating.
To put it bluntly, in this chaotic world where human lives were as cheap as grass, a bag of grain could buy the lives of several or even a dozen people. If he were to count it as fifty gold coins per head, it was actually quite a lot.
Cao Cao was laughing at Dong Zhuo's inability to bear the consequences and his miscalculation of Chen Tong's value.
Back when Dong Zhuo first entered Luoyang and confronted the governor of Bingzhou, Ding Yuan, he was intimidated by Lu Bu's power. In the end, he had to pay a red rabbit and a mountain of gold to bribe Lu Bu.
Now,
Lu Bu had clearly taught him a lesson, but he did not immediately dispatch the Western Liang cavalry to nip the disaster in the bud. Instead, he wanted to use a mere five hundred gold to incite the soldiers and local soldiers to kill Chen Tong?
Wasn't this deal a little too cheap?
That's right, the current Chen Tong looked like a wild man in the mountains. He didn't have any impressive battle achievements, but he had a man who was surprisingly strong. Perhaps the reward of five hundred gold was because Chen Tong had broken the iron chain of the dungeon.
It was laughable that Dong Zhuo didn't put himself in his shoes.
If the one who was chained up by the four chains that day was his foster son, Lu Bu, would he have been able to break free?
Even though Chen Tong wasn't as famous as Xiao Hu and Lu Bu, he was still a little bit more powerful.
But today, Chen Tongnian was sixteen! No matter how fierce he was, he was already close.
An enemy who had a high chance of becoming the most ferocious general in the world in the next few years.
In Dong Zhuo's eyes, it was only worth a mere five hundred gold!
How could Cao Cao not laugh?
If Cao Cao was really in Dong Zhuo's position and knew about Chen Tong's information…
Or mobilize a large number of people to eliminate disasters when they are insignificant, or use unscrupulous means to win them over at all costs.
Chen Tong himself did not know that he had such a high evaluation in Cao Cao's heart.
He only hummed happily after knowing that his head was more valuable than the head of Chen Gong, a famous scholar in the late Han Dynasty.
Chen Gong sat at the side, sulking. He felt as disgusted as if he had eaten a fly. After resting for a while, he impatiently suggested that they continue on their way,
"Twenty miles to the west, there is a small county called Chenggao. Let's go there to rest before nightfall.”
Cao Cao was obviously energized after hearing the name 'Cheng Gao'. He immediately made the final decision,"Good! Go to Chenggao!"
..........
It was not noon when the three of them left the city.
He rode his horse to a manor outside Chenggao County. It was still bright the day before yesterday.
The manor master was obviously not a simple person.
The entrance to the village was blocked by a watchtower, and the farmers guarding it carried knives and arrows with them.
Cao Cao rode down the watchtower and shouted,"Listen up, quickly report to your Manor Lord that the court has sent Cao Cao!”
Chen Gong was shocked and shouted,""Meng De!"
Cao Cao ignored him and continued to shout,"If you bring my head to Luoyang, you can exchange it for a thousand gold and a marquis of ten thousand households.”
After some whispering upstairs, someone immediately went down to the watchtower to send a message back to the manor.
Only then did Chen Gong lead his horse forward in exasperation and said unhappily,"Why is Meng De doing this?"
"Ha, Gongtai, don't worry. The owner of this place, Lu Boshe, is my father's sworn brother.”
Chen Gong was even more dissatisfied." It was a drought, and there were starving people everywhere. Ordinary people would betray their relatives and friends just for a mouthful of food and drink. How can you trust people so easily?!"”
Cao Cao obviously didn't listen to a single word. He was getting impatient from the endless chatter, so he simply waved at Chen Tong beside him."Brother, don't you think Mr. Gongtai is too noisy?”
"A little."
Who knew that not only did the two of them not make Chen Gong restrain himself at all, but he was even angered. He pointed at Cao Cao's nose and said,"As the saying goes, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. Cao Ah Man, oh Cao Ah Man, you are too conceited! Have you forgotten that a few days ago, you were just a prisoner in Zhongmu County's prison!”
"Shut up!"
Before Cao Cao could react, Chen Tong shouted at Chen Gong.
The sound of a tiger's roar in the forest startled Chen Gong's warhorse. Just as Chen Gong thought he was about to fall off his horse, he realized that Chen Tong had already grabbed the reins and was using brute force to pull the horse back.
Looking at Chen Tong's face again, it had long since turned from the beaming smile at the beginning to a frosty expression.
Chen Gong was too timid to say anything else.
Only then did Chen Tong slowly let go of the reins in his hands.
Perhaps Chen Gong had good intentions. but...
It was too unpleasant to hear!
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