Chapter 533: Yun Chang, I was obviously the one who came first
Guan Yu was instantly confused by Cao Cao, who was slowly walking towards him from a distance.
Where is the calmness in his eyes?
The knuckles of his fingers that were clenching the blade turned white.
He also kept breathing hot breath out of his mouth.
"What is this...could this be..."
Guan Yu felt something stuck in his throat. He stared straight at Cao Cao, who was walking towards him with his head held high, and heard Cao Cao's "heartfelt words" that would go down in history:
"Yun Chang...it's obvious...it's me who came first, but...I can't take you as my own...ever since that day, I can't think about my body day by day, and can't sleep at night...how could I have thought that you and I actually have each other?"
On such a day of war and war..."
"That's all... If it's Yun Chang, he must be able to understand the true nature of his heart..."
"I was defeated by Zhou Yu, and I was defeated by Zhuge Liang... I am unwilling to accept it..."
Cao Cao burst into tears, his beard wet with tears. He placed the green sword across his neck and smiled sadly into the wind.
"But if I die in the end...in your hands, Chang Yun, it's not a bad ending."
"Come on...Yun Chang...let this grudge be settled, and I hope that after I die...Yun Chang will recall the past and be able to remember that there was once a man named Cao Mengde who treated you sincerely..."
Cao Cao closed his eyes and walked towards Guan Yu with firm steps.
Good guy... Where have Liu Bei's soldiers ever seen such a scene? The bows and crossbows in their hands were put aside. Some of the soldiers who had already held their spears and prepared for a battle were eagerly watching Cao Cao's performance.
But...when they looked at their general, they saw Guan Yu angrily slashing Qinglong Yanyue into the ground in front of him.
Guan Yu burst into tears.
In fact, the moment Cao Cao walked towards him, he had already collapsed.
He could not accept such an unkind and unjust self, and all the accumulated emotions rushed out of his mind under Cao Cao's appropriate guidance.
Guan Yu... decided to stick to his own righteousness in the face of great issues of right and wrong.
When Cao Cao heard the loud sound of sand and stones splashing in the distance, he was trembling all over. He thought that Guan Yu was really coming to kill him, so he stomped his feet and almost ran back.
It's just that his professionalism as an actor told him that when acting... he must do everything.
So he looked up resolutely, only to see Guan Yu throwing away his sword and crying towards him.
"Prime Minister! It's Guan Yu who almost abandoned his own righteousness... It's Guan Yu who doesn't deserve to be called a gentleman!"
"Prime Minister! You are truly invincible in benevolence and righteousness! Guan Yu... Guan Yu is willing to die today to apologize! Just kill me!"
Cao Cao was dumbfounded. He really didn't expect Guan Yu's reaction to be so big. Seeing a man as strong as an ox sprinting towards him at a speed of 100 meters, everyone would panic!
"Yun Changyun Chang! You...don't...hehe...slow down, don't get excited!!"
Zhang Liao and the others were also dumbfounded. In fact, from the moment Cao Cao dismounted, they did not dare to speak out again.
Some people were very excited when they saw that Cao Cao was willing to die. They wanted to step forward to stop Cao Cao, but only Jia Xu saw clearly and quickly pulled those people back.
"I can't let you ruin this show!"
Jia Xu was extremely nervous. He really didn't expect that Cao Cao would be so bold, but... if he wanted to escape from danger, it seemed that there was only one way to go.
——
Its daybreak.
The early morning light shines in the forest and in the mountains. This feeling of tranquility is as if nothing has ever happened here.
And this light seemed to shine in the hearts of everyone around Cao Cao, making them feel suddenly enlightened.
"saved…"
No one dares to say this, for fear of making the other person wake up.
But that's what they all thought in their hearts.
Because at this moment, Guan Yu was solemnly saying goodbye to Cao Cao.
The two of them cupped their hands and held fists, but they were only ten feet apart.
But under this distance of ten feet, the previous positions of the two armies were reversed.
At the exit of Huarong Ridge were Cao Cao's remaining defeated generals, and the one who came to the mountain to see Cao Cao off from afar was Guan Yu.
And this scene was a long time removed from the touching scene of reuniting old friends when they first came here——
"Yun Chang...is this really good?"
There seemed to be sadness and reluctance in Cao Cao's eyes. His brows were furrowed and he was worried not for himself but for Guan Yu. The image was clearly displayed in front of everyone.
"Prime Minister... let's go, Yu... you are not that ungrateful villain... If it weren't for the Prime Minister's words, Yu would have almost abandoned his lifelong faith... And by then, even if he regrets, it will be too late..."
Guan Yu spoke sternly, and what he said was unquestionable. He was proud of the decision he made, and was not aware of Cao Cao's painful "suppressed laughter" at all.
Well, he felt that Cao Cao was still worried about him, and he felt more and more that his decision was right.
But Cao Cao really just couldn't restrain the joy in his heart... This was a certain death situation... And after chatting with Guan Yu, he realized that if he took the high road, he would have been killed by Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun at this moment.
It turns out... it turns out that all this is really Yi Xiaotian's plan... He knows that as long as he encounters Guan Yu, it means that they have escaped.
"Brother Yi really won't lie to me...How could Brother Yi lie to me!"
Of course, I can’t say what’s in my heart…
So Cao Cao was really holding back his laughter, and it was quite painful.
"Sacrificing one's life for righteousness...what the predecessors did, Yu can do too!"
Guan Yu tilted his head proudly, while Cao Cao, with a sad look on his face, said goodbye reluctantly:
"Yun Chang! You...you must take care of yourself! If...the truth means if...you can't stay under Liu Bei any longer, the door of the truth will always be open to you!"
"No need to say more! Prime Minister, take care!"
"Yun Chang! Take care!"
The two men turned around at the same time. Cao Cao's army walked towards the outside of Huarong under his command, while Guan Yu listened to the sound of horse hooves gradually disappearing and smiled to himself.
He felt that what he did was right...even if he was really punished in accordance with military law for letting Cao Cao go today...then he would feel that he would have no regrets in this life.
"General..."
But Guan Yu's men all have sad faces at the moment... because anyone with a little bit of normal thinking ability knows that... even if they don't kill Cao Cao, even if they just capture Cao Cao alive, it will be easy for them to do business.
Seeing the resentful looks in his men's eyes, Guan Yu's long face turned even redder.
"Everyone is watching what I do! This is all done by this general. Naturally, I am the one who does the work and is responsible for it. It has nothing to do with you!"
"But...general...that's Cao Cao..."
"Ahem...I will know!"
——
I don’t know how long it took, maybe a long while. The towering cliffs on both sides made it difficult to tell the position of the sun, but... Judging from the panting look of the visitor, they must have been chasing for a long time.
Gan Ning, Cheng Pu, Lingtong Xu Sheng and other generals from Soochow led their troops to Huarong - but they happened to encounter Guan Yu's team who was returning.
However, when they saw Guan Yu walking past them with an arrogant look on his face, and there was not even a hair on Cao's army in the army, they became angry:
"Where are the Cao Cao people!"
At this time, Guan Yu made no secret, raised his head, looked at these Soochow generals with his nostrils, and said proudly:
