The potter's eyes were wide and round as he looked up and down at the thin black man in front of him.
Cao Cao was obviously very satisfied with the potter's expression, and said cheerfully: "Judging from Brother Xian's respectful eyes... Cao thinks you should know me."
The potter recovered from his initial surprise.
When he heard the name Cao Cao just now, his first reaction was to turn around and run away. There was no special reason. It was purely out of awe of the strong and a physical instinct.
In the mind of the pottery merchant, the man standing in front of him was truly the number one figure in the late Han Dynasty, and there was no way he could be ranked first.
But this thought only flashed for a brief moment, and the pottery man came back to his senses immediately.
Looking this so-called Cao Cao up and down, Tao Shang began to murmur in his heart...
This middle-aged man has an unattractive appearance, neither stature nor momentum. Compared with Sun Jian, who has a majestic appearance and a gloomy temperament, he is on a completely different level.
To put it mildly, he is not as impressive as Kong Ni. He is the kind of person who would not be looked at twice in a crowd and would be immediately overwhelmed.
You can run into Cao Cao wherever you go. How can there be such a coincidence in the world!? At first glance, he is a deceitful master.
Since Cao Cao assassinated Dong Zhuo and returned to his hometown to recruit troops, he has now become the number one Internet celebrity in the first year of Chuping, the kind who appears on camera and is showered with gifts.
The more famous it is, the more pirated and counterfeit it will probably be.
"Are you Cao Cao?" Tao Shang looked at the man in front of him playfully.
"It's Cao! It seems that my dear friend must be aware of my reputation!"
When the fake Cao Cao saw that the pottery merchant had heard his name, he couldn't help but raise his head. He was very proud of himself and seemed a little swollen.
The potter raised his eyebrows and sneered: "You, Cao Cao, look a little too shabby, don't you?"
Fake Cao Cao's smiling face suddenly froze.
After a while...
"My dear friend, you are so rude in what you say."
The potter snorted and said, "I'm not being rude. Although Cao Cao's assassination of Dong Zhuo is famous all over the world, he is also a well-known imperial prisoner in the world! You only know how to blindly follow the trend, but you don't know that pretending to be him can easily be betrayed by others.
You'll die! Besides, you can pretend to be Yuan Shao if you want. He's more famous than Cao Cao after all. He's the sign of the Four Generations and Three Dukes, so it's easier to eat and drink together."
"Why am I pretending to be Yuan Shao!" The man who called himself Cao Cao pointed at his nose in surprise, unable to speak clearly: "I am the real Cao Cao! Why do I still pretend to be Cao Cao? What is there to pretend to be Cao Cao!"
Tao Shang curled his lips: "Forget it, you don't look in the mirror and take a look at your own moral character... Looking at the wretched look on your face, how can you be the person who has the guts to assassinate the Prime Minister of the dynasty? Pretending to be Cao Cao is simply an insult.
The idol in my heart...get out of here before I get angry."
"Hey! You're such a jerk..."
The man who called himself Cao Cao became anxious, rolled up his arms and sleeves, and stepped forward to beat the potter.
At this moment, Xu Chu strode over, stood next to the pottery merchant with his head held high, and glared at the fake Cao Cao.
Fake Cao Cao's fist that was already raised in the air suddenly froze.
The pottery merchant sneered: "Look at how courageous you are. You don't even dare to hit someone, but you still dare to pretend to be Cao Mengde? How can you stay cool?"
The fake Cao Cao was angry and anxious, and wanted to get angry and beat the pottery merchant to relieve his anger, but Xu Chu was beside him and scared him so that he did not dare to take action. After hesitating for a long time, he could only stamp his feet and said: "I am the real Cao Cao! Why don't you believe it, you idiot?"
What?...Do you dare to go back to the military camp with Cao and let the sergeants recognize me!"
"I'm sorry, I don't have the free time to go crazy with you. You can find someone else to play with."
The potter was too lazy to pay attention to him, and turned around to lead Xu Chu away, but the fake Cao Cao rushed forward, stretched out his arms and blocked his way.
The potter's eyebrows furrowed and his anger surged upward: "What are you doing?"
The fake Cao Cao held out two fingers and said righteously: "Two things. First, I want to prove that I am the real Cao Cao. Second, the hero behind you has the courage that no man can deserve. He will be too blind to follow you."
I want to ask him to be Cao's army commander."
The potter gradually lost his patience, and turned around and asked Xu Chu: "He wants you to go with him, can you go?"
Xu Chu sneered, raised his head, and exposed the fake Cao Cao's two big nostrils, and said arrogantly: "What a joke, why should I follow a liar!"
The potter turned to look at the fake Cao Cao again: "He doesn't want to go with you, and I can't help it. As for you saying you are real..."
The fake Cao Cao stamped his feet fiercely: "I am indeed the real thing!"
"Isn't it enough that I believe it? I believe that you are Cao Cao, your father is Cao Cao, and your whole family is Cao Cao."
The fake Cao Cao became very angry: "How dare you, Shu Zian, be so rude! Cao will never break up with you!"
The potter turned to look at Xu Chu and ordered: "Take this kid to a corner... and beat him!"
Xu Chu couldn't bear it anymore, so he took a big step, picked up Cao Cao, and ran quickly to a dark alley next to the market.
"How dare you, Shu Zi!......Oh!"
The people around were shocked and tiptoed to look in the direction of the alley, but they didn't dare to go in and watch. Just because many people had seen Xu Chu's bravery, who dared to meddle in his business? The only ones who were curious were those from a distance.
Look at the excitement.
The pottery merchant turned to look at the four stunned Pei brothers, and said with a smile: "With such scoundrels, try not to make any noise if you can."
The pottery merchant put the lottery money he had just won into the gong, handed it to Pei Qian, and said: "You four have no skills, and you are not very smart about making money... Living in the world and performing arts based on your own strength will not last long.
I see that all of you are quite strong, so why not follow me? At least you will have a destination."
At this moment, Pei Qian could see that Tao Shang and Xu Chu were not ordinary people, so he asked cautiously: "Don't you dare to ask Mr. Gao for your name?"
"It's easy to say." Tao Shang smiled and said: "My name is Tao Shang. I am the eldest son of Tao Shijun, the governor of Xuzhou. I am currently the supervisor of Xuzhou's Western Expeditionary Army... I have always considered forming a bodyguard of my own. You all are
Refugees, without a home... If you are willing to join, you will become a member of this escort army, what do you think, are you willing?"
The four people couldn't help but open their mouths in surprise. They guessed that the pottery merchant had a good status, but they never expected it to be so big!
Listening to the screams still emanating from the alley, the Pei brothers had a murmur in their hearts...
Isn't this guy also a fake?
"Are you willing?" the pottery merchant asked again.
The four of them came to their senses and said, forget it, it doesn’t matter if it’s true or not, it doesn’t matter who he is, just take care of the food!
The four of them nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes!"
Xu Chu had already walked back from the alley at this moment, waving his hands at the side and wondering: "Young master wants to form a guard army?"
The pottery merchant looked back at Xu Chu: "Have you finished cleaning up? Where are the people?"
Xu Chu smiled with his teeth, looking very scary: "Throw it in there, let him wake up!"
The potter said "Oh" and continued the topic: "Yes, I want to form an exclusive escort army of mine, so that I will be safer in everything I do in the future. You will be the leading captain of this escort army."
Take it."
Xu Chu grinned and said cheerfully: "Arrangement of troops is not the master of a certain family... But if it is to train troops and protect you, the young master, it is playing into the hands of a certain family!"
The pottery merchant thought for a while and said: "It's not about having too many soldiers, it's about being good! We don't need too many people for the time being. We mainly choose the strong ones...count the four of them first, and then choose some more people from your clan's soldiers.
After joining the team, we will slowly increase the number in the future..."
Xu Chu was somewhat moved when he saw that the pottery merchant trusted him so much: "What about this guard? What's its name?"
The pottery merchant turned his head and looked at the alley where Xu Chu had just cleaned up the fake Cao Cao. He felt lucky and had an idea.
"Let's call it...Tiger Guard."
Xu Chu stretched out his thumb: "What a name!"
Of course... plagiarism!
The group of people had already attracted a lot of attention on the road. The pottery merchant did not want to cause trouble too much, so he and Xu Chu led the four Pei brothers to pack their things and leave.
The fake Cao Cao was lying motionless in the alley. Although the people in the market witnessed all this, no one came into the alley to help him, as if they had not seen him.
In troubled times, death is common... It's childish to pass out during a fight!
Who has the spare time to help you? Everyone is very busy trying to make a living.
After a long time, a group of strong men in fine armor shouted at the crowd and hurried towards the place where the fake Cao Cao fainted.
The leader, a strong man with a tough beard and a rugged appearance, rushed into the alley and saw the unconscious fake Cao Cao on the ground. His head felt dizzy and he felt like he was about to stop breathing.
How come it turned out like this just after being separated for a while? He was not allowed to wander around in the county town by himself, but he refused to listen!
The strong man quickly leaned down, pulled half of the fake Cao Cao's body up, shook him and shouted: "Mengde! Mengde! Wake up! Wake up!"
Unexpectedly, Cao Cao's eyes were closed tightly, drool was drooling from the corner of his lips, his whole body was weak and weak, and he didn't react no matter how hard he shook.
The big man's face flushed with anxiety, he turned around and stretched out his hand to the soldiers behind him, shouting: "Bring water!"
The soldier hurriedly handed over a leather water bag. The big man bit open the water bag with his mouth, raised his head and took a big sip, and sprayed it directly into Cao Cao's black face.
Cao Cao's black face immediately became wet, like a drowned rat.
After the big man sprayed his mouth, he didn't stop with his hands. He stretched out his palms and opened his bows left and right, "Pah, pah, pah, pah, pah!" He slapped Cao Cao seven or eight times in a row, his palms turned red, and he was slapped until his head was fat and his face was swollen.
, after seeing blood at the corner of his mouth, he faintly woke up.
The big man seemed to be afraid that Cao Cao would not be able to wake up. His hands were like machine guns, and he kept beating him with great force! He was so ruthless that he slapped Cao Cao very hard.
"Stop, stop, stop... stop, stop, stop!!" Cao Cao finally came to his senses due to the severe pain on his face. He pulled hard in the air with both hands, trying desperately to block the big man's big ear-scratcher, which was like a mountain roaring and a tsunami.
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Seeing that Cao Cao finally woke up, the big man felt relieved and said happily: "Meng De! You finally woke up! How do you feel?"
"I feel... I feel like if I don't wake up, I will let you die..."
Cao Cao's appearance at this time was extremely miserable. One eye was beaten like a panda's eye by Xu Chu, and both cheeks were slapped by the big man like a mountain of fleshy human-headed pig brains.
Why is my husband so miserable? It should be like this again.
Cao Cao rubbed his swollen face, grinned and bared his teeth, while shivering, and murmured: "Yuan Rang, you were beaten too hard."
The big man who woke Cao Cao up was Xiahou Dun, a close confidant of his clan.
Xiahou Dun sighed and said: "If I don't be cruel, what will you do if you can't wake up? Meng De, what bastard made you like this?"
Having said this, Cao Cao suddenly came to his senses and frowned as if he was reminiscing. After thinking for a long time...
"I remember him! He is a handsome boy with elegant demeanor...but his words are extremely irritating!"
Xiahou Dun couldn't help but be stunned: "A weak child...how weak is he?"
"He looks sixteen or seventeen years old and weighs about a hundred pounds."
Xiahou Dun's expression suddenly changed.
"Mengde, are you kidding me? A sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy... did you make him lie unconscious on the street? How crazy must this boy be... He can't be a Huns."
Cao Cao shook his head affirmatively: "No! Pure people from the Central Plains...the way they talk, the way they talk, the way they dress, and the way they look...looks like they are not ordinary young men, they have quite a few skills..."
Xiahou Dun's eyes suddenly widened, his hands clenched tightly into fists unconsciously, and he gritted his teeth in hatred.
"It is true that when a country dies, a monster will appear! Whose boy dares to be so rude to you? Does he know your identity? You are the current General Dai Fenwu, who assassinated Cao Cao, who was famous for his traitor Dong!
"
Cao Cao's bloated face suddenly turned red after being slapped, and his lips trembled... as if he was aggrieved or indignant.
"Cao reported his family status! But that guy didn't believe it!"
"Why?" Xiahou Dun didn't know why and didn't understand the meaning of Cao Cao's words.
However, Cao Cao ignored him, slammed his hand on the ground, and said angrily: "I have lived for thirty-five years! Today is the first time that Cao discovered that I can't prove who I am... That little beast...