Chapter 12 Cao Fu
Cao Chong recognized this knight. He was Cao Xin, the personal guard of Cao Hong, whose courtesy name was Ziyu. Last time Cao Hong thanked him for his thirty gold, which was sent by Cao Xin. He was also an acquaintance. Now, when he saw Cao Xin's face was frightened and sweating, he was shocked and asked quickly: "What's the matter? Why are you so panicked?"
Cao Xin helped Cao Chong get on the horse and whispered a few words. Cao Chong was shocked when he heard this, and immediately jumped onto the famous Wuwan horse and ran away. Xu Yi and others were so shocked that they quickly got on the horse and followed him all the way.
Cao Xin said that Cao Hong sent people almost ran to death day and night, and finally arrived in Yecheng on the third night. When Cao Fu heard that Yang Pei came to serve as the order of Yecheng, he was so scared that he was deserted. He pulled Liu Xun's son Liu Jie out of the brothel in the middle of the night. That night, he packed up the first batch of winter clothes to be sent to Jingzhou. The next morning, he hurriedly completed all the procedures and left Yecheng at noon. On the road, he heard that they left Yecheng. On the second day after they left Yecheng, Yang Pei arrived in Yecheng. A group of little bullies who were rampant in Yecheng were all taken to prison. Several guys resisted arrest and were beaten to the streets. Immediately after, the second batch of supplies went on the road.
Cao Fu was so scared that he was afraid of being caught up by the people behind him, so he threatened and tempted him. He promised the civilians that he would give some rewards a day earlier. He only took nine days to deliver the first batch of winter clothes to Xiangyang. This was a good thing, and the Prime Minister was very happy, but he didn't expect that after checking, there was a problem. The official document Cao Fu wrote about 30,000 sets of winter clothes, but in fact he was transported only 20,000 sets, which was a total of 10,000 sets. The Prime Minister asked Cao Fu what was going on. Cao Fu was muttering to his father Cao Hong, fortunately he saved his life. He never thought of such a thing and couldn't explain what was going on for a moment. He only knew how to scream wronged, which made the Prime Minister furious and ordered people to take fifty military sticks first.
The fifty army sticks really need to be beaten, although there is no beheading, it is equivalent to beheading. Cao Hong was so scared that he begged the soldiers who were executed to delay a while, and sent Cao Xin to find Cao Chong. The first thing he thought of now was Cao Chong, who felt that only Cao Chong could stop the angry Cao Cao, and only Cao Chong could avoid the unrestrained disasters of their family. This time was no exception.
Cao Chong understood as soon as he heard this. Although Cao Fu was as stingy as Cao Hong, he was not so bold that he was so greedy for ten thousand sets of winter clothes. Perhaps someone expected that Cao Fu would set off in a hurry and had no time to read the documents carefully, and he made a condom for him. After dragging the winter clothes for so long, it had affected the army's itinerary. Cao Cao was furious, but he was afraid that he would not look closely. In a rage, he would at least have to give him a big trouble. After thinking about it carefully, Cao Chong couldn't help but admire the clever man who came up with the idea. He gave Cao Fu a condom for just a simple task. If you really want to investigate, you can only find the minor officials who are directly in charge. Anyway, killing one or two minor officials is not worth mentioning for them.
I don’t know if it was Sima Yi’s idea or Wu Zhi’s detriment, Cao Chong smiled secretly and said, “Anyway, they are all evil enough, and if they are bad, you can’t find any evidence, and the calculation is also very accurate. Cao Cao is really annoyed by the winter clothes now. Four of the seven armies that just set out before left without getting the winter clothes. His central army was delayed for two days. When you encounter such a thing, why don’t you be angry about it?
With a plan in mind, Cao Chong went outside the prime minister's camp and ignored Cao Fu, who was lying on the ground and was filled with sweat in his head, pulled over the kneeling stewards and asked a few words, and learned about the situation. Then he felt relieved. However, he did not go into the account to plead, but snatched the military stick from the hand of the soldier standing beside him, swung it up and hit Cao Fu's butt.
Cao Fu, who was trembling, saw Cao Xin and Cao Chong rush into the camp. He felt relieved just now, but Cao Chong swung his stick and beat him down. He was so scared that he was no longer looking at him and shouted: "Cang Shu, Cang Shu, I was wronged. Oh, I was wronged."
Cao Chong ignored him, kicked Cao Xin, who was begging him, and cursed angrily: "Zhiqing, what's wrong with you? You are too brave. The Prime Minister has been waiting for the winter clothes to enter, and it has been delayed for two days. The tens of thousands of soldiers in front of him are still wearing single clothes. It would be fine if you were slowing down for a few days, but you still lost 10,000 sets. What's even more annoying is that you are doing so stupidly, and you don't know how to tow a little in every car, but the whole car was towed away. I ask you, where did those hundred cars hide?"
Cao Fu was beaten so hard that he screamed. Although Cao Chong made the thunder and raining light, the stick was stronger than the butt, and it still hurts when he hit it. Although it did not hurt the bones, he was afraid that the skin would be broken. After a few sticks came down, he could feel that his pants had touched his body. He was screaming when he suddenly heard Cao Chong talk about the car, and he quickly shouted: "Cang Shu, Cang Shu, stop hitting, I know what's going on, I know what's going on."
"What's going on? Why don't you tell me!" Cao Chong shouted while beating.
Cao Cao was in the tent and looked at Cao Hong whose head was about to fall to his chest and was angry. He heard Cao Fu shouting outside, and Cao Chong scolded him again. After listening carefully for a moment, he suddenly thought of something, reached out to pick up the document on the case and took a look, and shouted to Cao Hong: "Zi Lian, please stop outside, something is wrong."
Cao Hong was puzzled when he heard Cao Chong's scolding outside. At this time, he heard Cao Cao's call and asked the outside to stop, and hurried out and shouted: "Cang Shu stop, the Prime Minister has an order to stop the execution."
After hearing this, Cao Chong threw down the military stick in his hand, quietly kicked Cao Fu, who was crying and sweating on his face, but bared his teeth and glad that he had escaped, and whispered: "Why are you laughing at? Why don't you scream loudly?"
When Cao Fu heard this, he felt very happy and immediately screamed loudly, even more miserable than when he was beaten just now. The one who heard the speaker was sad, and the listener burst into tears. It was so miserable that it could not be more miserable, as if Cao Chong had broken his bones with a few sticks.
Cao Chong laughed in his heart, but he turned around and cursed all the way. He entered the tent indignantly, bowed to Cao Cao, and asked dissatisfiedly: "Father, why did you stop executing? Zhiqing is not very sensible. He dared to do such things because his uncle was kind to his father back then and did nothing in the future. He was also thinking about him when he beat him up."
Cao Cao laughed, waved his hand and called Cao Chong in front of him and said, "Cang Shu, I'm afraid that he was anxious for his father and made a mistake in his hurry. Look, although the number of winter clothes is wrong, the number of vehicles is right. A car full of winter clothes is one hundred sets, and the car is exactly two hundred, which is exactly the same as 20,000 sets of winter clothes. I'm afraid that he is afraid of being cleaned up by Yang Pei. When he was in a hurry to leave the city, the minor official wrote the wrong number, which should be twenty thousand sets. There is no need to go back and check it out. When Yang Pei's people arrive a few days later, everything will be clear."
"That's not wrong. Even if there is no shortage of winter clothes, he will be several days late, otherwise the army will almost arrive in Yicheng." Cao Chong still stubbornly looked like he was unyielding.
"Okay, whether it's wronged or not, he has been beaten anyway, so let's forget about this for the time being." Cao Cao waved his hand and asked Cao Hong to take Cao Fu over to heal his wounds. This ended here.
Seeing Cao Fu screaming so hard that he shouted to the sky and the earth, Cao Hong couldn't bear it and didn't dare to say anything more. He had to ask someone to carry Cao Fu out of the camp on a stretcher and return to his Xiangyang City Mansion to treat his illness. He murmured along the way, looking at Cao Fu's loving heart, constantly wiping his tears, and complaining that Cao Chong was too heavy. Seeing that there were no outsiders beside him, Cao Fu pulled Cao Hong's sleeve and smiled: "Father, it's nothing serious. Cang Shu screamed fiercely. In fact, the fight was not very heavy, it was just a little broken. Just find some good medicine to apply."
"Is that true?" Cao Hong then calmed down and glanced at Cao Fu with a smile on his face. He became angry and slapped him in the face: "You can still laugh, stay in Yecheng and play crazy. Do you dare to delay such things? Don't it be Cang Shu who helped you, your life will be gone this time. Still laughing? Why don't you beat you to death?"
Cao Fu was beaten to the point of chuckling. Just as he was about to avoid it, he touched the injury on his butt and sucked in his mouth. Cao Hong couldn't bear it when he saw it, so he stopped, gently lifted his clothes and looked at it and said, "It's good that it's okay, it's not hurt the bones. But Zhiqing, don't go back this time. Yang Pei's cruel official arrived in Yecheng. Sooner or later, you will fall into his hands when you go back. Sooner or later, just accompany me in Xiangyang."
"Well, I won't go back." Cao Fu nodded, "Not only Yang Pei in Yecheng, there are even more cruel people. Damn, I will repay you sooner or later if I mistreated this time. Father, Cang Shu stays in Xiangyang or go to Jiangxia?"
"Of course he has to follow the Prime Minister. He is now the prime minister's right-hand man. Last time he led two thousand cavalry and almost caught Liu Bei. It's not like you. He would go shopping in brothels and play singing girls all day long, otherwise he would just be in the eyes of money, counting that little money every day." Cao Hong became more and more angry and raised his hand to beat him again. Cao Fu quickly stopped him and shouted, "Hey, father, I'm a wounded man. Don't beat me again, okay? What's wrong with me in the eyes of money? Since I learned to do business, my family's money has grown halfway through three years. This is always my credit."
"What's the use of having money alone? It's not someone else's money cabinet." Cao Hong took a whisper and thought for a while and said, "Although Cang Shu is going to Jiangxia, his newly acquired concubine Cai will stay in Xiangyang. His mother and wife, who are the personal guard Dianziqian, are also in Xiangyang. Zhiqing, wait for you to get better in the future and send some money, and we will spend money on the blade."
"Cang Shu, the winter clothes have also been delivered. The soldiers in front are waiting. You can take the lead and escort these 20,000 sets of winter clothes. Then wait for me in front. Once the second batch of winter clothes arrives, I can set off." Cao Cao said to Cao Chong while looking at the official document.
"No!" Cao Chong responded and asked again: "I don't know which camp to transfer people from this time. I only have more than 100 people from Wei Yan, so I'm afraid I can't protect you."
Cao Cao laughed and said, "There is no need to transfer people from other camps. There was a person you told me to come here just now with 300 people. I see that more than 300 people are very elite. Let's allocate them to you first, and then transfer one hundred people from Zhongkang's Wuwei Camp to Xu Yi and Dianman to take them. All of these 500 people are given to you, which is your personal guard camp."
Chapter completed!