On the way back to Chenliu County, Xiang Qian saw that Cao Hong with a nose full of lees was secretly looking at him with a face full of fear.
He suddenly remembered that Cao Hong had tied him up back then and that the Vanishing Shadow Horse had suddenly been startled. It should have something to do with Cao Hong.
Previously, Cao Hong had tried to kill him time and time again. If not for Bian Yu-er stopping him, without the protection of the system, he might have been beheaded!
Cao Hong still wanted to use the Vanishing Shadow Horse to deal with him. After all, if he killed the Vanishing Shadow Horse, he would offend Cao Cao. If he didn't kill the Vanishing Shadow Horse, he might be killed by the Vanishing Shadow. Cao Hong's heart was doomed!
He had to take revenge for this, and he shouldn't spend the night!
"Ding dong! Master was now faced with two choices.
The first choice was to be magnanimous and tolerate Cao Hong. The reward was a White Crane Horse!
The second option was to take revenge for the smallest grievance, beat Cao Hong up, and reward Cao Hong with half of his assets!”
Xiang Qian knew that Cao Cao was suspicious. If he put on a tolerant and magnanimous personality, Cao Cao would think that he had bought people's hearts.
Therefore, Xiang Qian wanted to establish a persona in front of Cao Cao. It was an impulsive and brainless persona.
"Ming Gong!" Xiang Qian said to Cao Cao,"Cao Hong tried to kill me time and time again. If it weren't for Lady Bian, I might have been beheaded long ago!"
Moreover, he wanted to use the Vanishing Shadow Horse to harm me just now. I won't forgive him!”
After he finished speaking, before Cao Cao could react, Xiang Qian had already charged in front of Cao Hong!
He directly pulled Cao Hong down from his horse and gave him a round of violent beatings!
Cao Hong was good at fighting on foot. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Hong once killed the Yellow Turban Great General, the Sky-Intercepting Yaksha, He Man, without riding a horse!
Luo Guanzhong even spent some time describing He Man." He has a golden forehead band, a green brocade thin jacket, nine feet and five inches long, and a metal rod in his hand. His name is 'Heaven Intercepting Yaksha' He Man. It can be seen that he is quite a powerful figure in the Yellow Turban army, probably no less than Zhou Cang and Liao Hua. His martial strength should be above 80. Cao Hong could not do anything to him after forty or fifty rounds, so he could only use the strategy of dragging the blade."
However, although Cao Hong was good at fighting on foot, he was not as strong as Xiang Qian. Xiang Qian grabbed his collar and pressed him against a tree, rendering him unable to move!
"You've tried to harm me time and time again. What have I done to you?”Xiang Qian slapped him!
Pa! At that time, Cao Hong's already red face became even redder and more swollen!
"You're just a servant of my Cao family, and you dare to hit me!”Cao Hong's eyes turned red as he shouted fiercely,""If you can't kill me, I'll kill you!"
Xiang Qian slapped him again, then turned around and asked Cao Cao,""Ming Gong, am I a servant of your Cao family?”
Cao Cao was furious. He was currently in the midst of recruiting talents, yet Cao Hong actually said such words. Wasn't this disappointing the other talents with different surnames?
" Wenjin, you are a talented general. I, Cao Mengde, value you very much. How can I treat you as a servant? I even want to treat you as a family member,""Cao Hong is really despicable. He actually dared to sow discord between us. Beat him up properly. As long as he doesn't die, I'll forgive you!”
With Cao Cao's words, Xiang Qian began to punch and kick Cao Hong. In a short while, Cao Hong's face was swollen, especially his face, which was swollen like Zhu Bajie. Of course, there was no legend of Zhu Bajie yet. He was like a pig's head!
Cao Hong's brothers, Cao Ren, Xiahou Dun, and Xiahou Yuan, all came out to plead for mercy.
Cao Cao then said," Wenjin, I think your anger has subsided. Let Cao Hong live for now. After all, he has helped me a lot in the past. Even if he doesn't have any credit, he has worked hard."”
"Understood!" Only then did Xiang Qian let go and throw Cao Hong into a carriage.
Although Cao Ren, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, and the others had a lot of opinions about Xiang Qian, they were more aware of the big picture than Cao Hong. They knew very well that Cao Cao was recruiting soldiers and could not offend any of the generals with different surnames who had joined him. Otherwise, people would say that the Cao family and Xiahou family were not tolerant.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, most of the generals who joined the army were not alone. They all brought their own troops. For example, when Xu Chu joined Cao Cao in Runan, he led thousands of families. Among them, he had hundreds of swordsmen under his command. These swordsmen who followed Xu Chu were first given the title of Tiger Warrior by Cao Cao. Later, dozens of them were given the title of Marquis because of their meritorious service. There were more than 100 people who became middle-and low-level generals such as commandants and lieutenants.
Many generals like Li Dian and Li Tong had their own troops.
Xiang Qian dared to be so arrogant and beat up Cao Hong in front of the Cao Family not only because of his own martial strength, but also because of his 800 Xiang Family Army. These 800 Xiang Family Army cavalrymen could exert more combat strength than the ordinary 8000 cavalrymen at a critical moment. In this era where cavalrymen were still scarce, they could be said to be invincible!
After being beaten up by Xiang Qian like this, Cao Hong became much more obedient. In the future, when he saw Xiang Qian, he would be respectful. He was simply a cheap bone!
"Ding dong! Congratulations to master for completing the selection mission. Rewarding master half of Cao Hong's property, a total of 30,000 gold!”
In this time and space, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, people could use gold to trade. Usually, there was a saying that people would be rewarded with ten thousand gold and be granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Families. A reward of ten thousand gold meant ten thousand taels of gold. However, at this time, there was no habit of using silver to trade.
The 30,000 gold taels suddenly appeared in the virtual storage space of the system!
The virtual storage space had been expanded. Now, with the increase in all attributes, it had increased to a capacity of 1000 cubic meters. It could store 30,000 gold taels!
Xiang Qian had long heard of Cao Hong's high net worth.
Cao Hong's family was very rich and had many horses. However, Cao Hong was stingy. When Cao Pi was young, he had borrowed money from him but failed. Therefore, he held a grudge against Cao Hong and used the crime of Cao Hong's henchman to throw Cao Hong into prison and execute him. The ministers went forward to intercede, but it did not work. Later on, it was Bian Yuer, who had been promoted to the Empress Dowager, who pleaded for mercy. Only then did Cao Pi spare Cao Hong's life.
He only knew that his family was rich, but he didn't expect it to be so rich. He had made a killing this time!
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