Then Cao Cao turned to Zhang Liao and said: "Guan Yu sealed his gold seal. Money can no longer sway his mind, and power can't shake his ambition. I deeply admire such a person. I guess he hasn't gone very far yet. I want to make acquaintance with him and do a favor by the way. You can invite him first, tell him what I mean, let me see him off, and then give him some travel expenses and clothes, hoping to commemorate him in the future." Cao Cao's mind is also the same. Zhang Liao was impressed and immediately took the order to ride alone. Cao Cao also followed with more than a dozen cavalry.
In fact, Guan Yu can travel thousands of miles in a day on a red rabbit horse. If he leaves Xudu alone, no one can catch up with him. However, he has to escort the carriage of his two sisters-in-law, so he does not dare to go too fast and can only move forward slowly. .
Suddenly I heard someone shouting from behind: "Yun Chang, please go slowly!"
Guan Yu turned his horse's head and looked back, finding that Zhang Liao was chasing him. Guan Yu asked the convoy to continue moving forward. There was no need to take the small roads, just the main roads. He held down the Qinglong Dao, waiting for Zhang Liao's arrival, and shouted: "Are you chasing me? Are you taking me back?"
Zhang Liao replied: "That's not the case. The prime minister knew that you were about to leave and came here to see you off. He asked me to set off first and keep you waiting for him. He had no other intention."
Guan Yu didn't know if Zhang Liao was telling lies to delay him, so he said, "Even if the prime minister comes with an army, I'm willing to fight to the death!" He didn't leave immediately, but just waited and watched by the bridge. Sure enough, it didn't take long. They saw Cao Cao galloping towards him with a dozen cavalrymen, followed by generals such as Xu Chu, Xu Huang, Yu Jin, Li Dian, etc. The formation was quite large.
Cao Cao saw Guan Yu standing on the bridge with his sword immediately, and quickly asked everyone to stop and sent people from left and right. Guan Yu observed that there were no weapons in everyone's hands, and he finally let go of his hanging heart, knowing that there should be no problem.
Cao Cao sighed: "Why is Yun Chang walking so fast?"
Guan Yu bowed on his horse and saluted, and replied: "Guan went to the Prime Minister's mansion to report before. Now my eldest brother is in Hebei. I have no choice but to go. I have been to your mansion many times, but I have no chance to see you, so I I left a letter, sealed and sealed, and returned it intact, and asked the Prime Minister not to forget the three chapters of our original agreement."
Cao Cao nodded and said: "I am going to win the trust of the world. How could I go back on my word? I was afraid that the general would be short of living supplies on the way, so I came to see him off and add some things." After saying this, a general came from He immediately pulled out a plate of gold and prepared to hand it to Guan Yu.
Guan Yu declined and said: "I have received too many favors from the Prime Minister. I still have some money, so I will reward the soldiers with all the gold."
Cao Cao said: "The reward I am giving to the general is not worth the general's contribution. Why should I refuse?"
Guan Yu smiled and said: "I just made a small contribution, nothing worth mentioning."
Cao Cao smiled and said: "Yun Chang is one of the few loyal people in the world. I just hate that I have too few blessings to keep you. I have a brocade robe here. I hope it can express my feelings."
So he asked a general to dismount and hold the brocade robe over with both hands. Guan Yu was outnumbered at this time, so he naturally paid attention to everything. He was afraid that the situation would change and did not dare to get off his horse to get it, so he used the Qinglong Yanyue Sword to pick up the brocade robe. He put it on himself, turned the horse's head, and said thanks: "Thank you, Prime Minister, for gifting me this brocade robe. See you later!" After that, he got off the bridge and left to the north.
Xu Chu saw the gift of a brocade robe and picked it away with the tip of a knife. This behavior was very rude. He was dissatisfied and said, "This man is really rude. Why don't you capture him?"
Cao Cao said: "He only has one person and one horse. There are more than a dozen of us. How can we not be suspicious? Now that I have said this, you should stop chasing." After that, he led everyone back to the city and kept on the road. I sigh, why can’t I retain such talents?
After Guan Yu accepted the brocade robe, he went to catch the carriage of the two ladies. They traveled about thirty miles, but found nothing. He was very panicked and feared that something might happen to the two ladies, so he continued to search for them.
Suddenly I saw a man on the top of the mountain and shouted: "General Guan, wait for me!"
Guan Yu looked in the direction of the sound and saw only a young man wearing yellow brocade clothes, holding a gun in his hand, riding a horse, with a human head hanging on the horse's neck, and about a hundred infantry. Come in your own direction.
Guan Yu asked: "Who are you?"
The young man quickly put down his gun, got off his horse, and knelt on the ground.
Guan Yu was a little puzzled. He was afraid that there might be an ambush. He kept holding the Qinglong Yanyue Sword tightly and asked again: "Strong man, I hope you can leave your name."
He replied last year: "I am originally from Xiangyang, my name is Liao Hua. Because of the troubled times, I have been wandering in the rivers and lakes. I have gathered more than 500 young people to make a living by robbery. When my companion went down the mountain just now, he mistakenly took the two ladies When the robbery came to our mountain, I asked about it, and then I found out that she was the wife of the uncle of the Han Dynasty. I heard that the general was escorted here, so I immediately sent her down the mountain. As for Du Yuan, who robbed the wife, I have already killed him. And cut off the head, and now present it specially to the general, hoping that we can be forgiven for our mistakes."
Guan Yu nodded and asked, "Where are the two ladies now?"
He replied: "Still in the mountains."
Guan Yu asked to be sent down the mountain quickly. Not long after, about a hundred people came over in a carriage. Guan Yu put away his sword, dismounted himself, went to the front of the carriage to greet him, and said, "Are you two sisters-in-law frightened?"
The two ladies said: "If General Liao hadn't protected us, we would have been insulted by Du Yuan." After saying this, they burst into tears.
Guan Yu comforted him repeatedly and asked his surroundings: "How did Liao Hua save his wife?"
So he replied: "Du Yuan kidnapped all the ladies and went up the mountain, and then he and Liao Hua were about to share one share. Each man got a wife. Liao Hua asked why and admired him very much, but Du Yuan did not listen and the two had a dispute. , Du Yuan was killed in the end."
After hearing this, Guan Yu figured out the real situation and quickly thanked Liao Hua.
Liao Hua wanted to gain Guan Yu's trust by dedicating his men's heads to Guan Yu, and then join Guan Yu's side. However, Guan Yu believed that he was always a remnant of the Golden Army. If his identity was not good, he also knew the bottom line. If he could not be a partner, he would find one. Thanks for one reason, Liao Hua finally gave Guan Yu a lot of treasures, but Guan Yu didn't accept them.
Liao Hua knew what Guan Yu meant and was a little disappointed, so he left and took the others to the valley. Guan Yu told his two sisters-in-law that Cao Cao had given him the brocade robe, and then remounted his horse to protect the carriage as it moved forward.
