[Note: According to the correct time, Cao Cao should be 28 years old in 183, and Xiahou Dun may be about one year older than Cao Cao. The plot here requires that Cao Cao be 21 years old and Xiahou Dun be 22 years old.]

In fact, Cao Cao was not too short. According to Zhang Huang's visual observation, the calculation of the measurement unit in later generations was about 1.7 meters above 1.7 meters, but if you look at Xiahou Dun again, then the measurement unit in later generations was nearly 1.9 meters away, it is not difficult to understand why Cao Cao secretly sent Xiahou Dun away.

After all, similar things happen often, their black-feathered crows.

[…]

The black-feathered crows turned their heads tacitly and looked at Chen Dao. Chen Dao's face turned red with anger and shouted angrily, "What are you looking at?... I can grow! It really grows!"

He, this general who was in charge of Bai Li's military in history, Chen Dao, who was also a stunning general in the world, is now even shorter than Cao Cao.

"I can really grow...I am different from that short guy. I am only seventeen. I still have a chance..."

Chen Dao's defense made Cao Cao's forehead burst out on the other side. If it were someone else, Cao Cao would probably turn against him. However, when he saw that Chen Dao, who was shorter than him, Cao Cao grinned for the first time until Zhang Huang looked at him with a strange look, and he came back to his senses.

"Ahem, that..." Hem, two crys to relieve the embarrassment. Cao Cao shook his sleeves and smiled and introduced himself, "Cao Cao in Xiaqiao County!... I'm really sorry for what happened just now. Cao was sitting quietly in the carriage. Suddenly, he heard a rumbling sound outside. Therefore, he lifted the curtain and looked at it. When he saw all the little brothers falling off the cliff in a carriage, he couldn't help himself and sneered. However, Cao was definitely not intending to laugh at you, I hope you can understand more."

These words were neither too fast nor too slow, neither too fast nor too slow, with a kind tone and clear word, giving people a feeling of being bathed in spring breeze. It made people unconsciously want to get close to him.

[Cao Cao, Cao Mengde...he apologizes so sincerely?]

Zhang Huang was very shocked. After all, in his fantasy, Cao Cao from a very good family should have been like some arrogant second-generation ancestors, with an arrogant and domineering accent. Even if he is not arrogant and domineering, he would not apologize to others so easily, right?

[Didn’t it mean that Cao Cao is always ‘crawling’?]

Zhang Huang kept silent. However, the black-feathered crows beside him were a little flattered and said they were afraid. After all, the bright and luxurious brocade robe on Cao Cao was enough to prove that this person was from a famous family, and it was even likely that he was a very respected child in his family. Such a noble family had a gentle apology to them. How could they be indifferent?

"But..." As soon as he turned his mouth, Cao Cao's eyes turned slightly, and he looked at Li Tong with a smile and said, "Although Cao was rude first, this little brother said he was the father of the lower class, which is probably a bit..."

Li Tong suddenly blushed. As the saying goes, it is difficult to hit a smiley person with a fist. If Cao Cao asked sternly, Li Tong would never throw him away with his straightforward personality. But now Cao Cao mentioned this matter indirectly after taking the initiative to apologize, Li Tong suddenly felt embarrassed and guilty on his face.

Just as Li Tong was hesitating and apologizing, he saw Cao Cao suddenly laughing and said, "Cao is rude, but the little brother is also rude. Since both parties are rude, it is better to expose it. If you don't mention it, how about it?... All brothers are met outside, so peace is the most important thing!"

Li Tong was stunned when he heard this. Then he nodded happily. Thinking about it, Cao Cao laughed at them at most, but Li Tong kept calling Cao Cao his son, and his nature was obviously much worse than Cao Cao. Since Cao Cao proposed to expose this matter and not mention it, how could Li Tong and others be reluctant?

"This... Brother Cao said, let's expose it in pairs and not mention it." Li Tong nodded repeatedly and said. Zang Ba and Taishi Ci, who had already gotten up from the snow, were also very impressed by this person's demeanor after hearing Cao Cao's words, but Zhang Huang and Shan Fu were full of strange expressions.

"Brother Cao is a bit unkind!" Shan Fu said coldly.

Before he finished speaking, Li Tong looked back at Shan Fu in surprise and whispered, "Dafu, what are you doing?"

Zang Ba and Taishi Ci also looked confused.

[Cao Mengde, such a powerful affinity... and cunning wisdom!]

Seeing that Li Tong, Zang Ba and Taishi Ci changed their views towards Cao Cao almost instantly and respected him as Brother Cao, Zhang Huang couldn't help but be surprised. The so-called affinity refers to charm, and usually the first impression occupies an important position. However, Cao Cao was able to reverse the hostility of Zang Ba and others to him in just a few words. He is truly the overlord of the Central Plains in the future.

But at the same time, Zhang Huang couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart and looked at his brother with a sigh.

"A bunch of fools, I don't know if they were fooled!" Facing the puzzled eyes of Zang Ba, Taishi Ci, and Zang Ba, Shan Fu snorted coldly and looked at Cao Cao and said coldly, "This conflict was originally because of this person's laughter in the carriage. It's natural for him to apologize to us!... After careful calculation, he just did what he should have done, and what about you? He was beaten by the big man over there. It's ridiculous that you guys seem to be planning to apologize to each other?"

[…]

Zang Ba, Taishi Ci and Li Tong looked at each other and thought about it carefully before realizing that Shan Fu was right.

That's right. If Cao Cao hadn't joked about Zhang Huang and others in the carriage and were embarrassed, Li Tong wouldn't have hurt people, and then Xiahou Dun wouldn't have got off the carriage and injured a few people. In a word, everything was because of Cao Cao's laughter on the carriage.

Just as Shan Fu said, Cao Cao just did what he should have done and apologized for the fact that he had just laughed at everyone for being embarrassed, but what about Li Tong and others? They were beaten up by Xiahou Dun and all the weapons were destroyed. Is it okay to be able to expose it?

"..." Zang Ba, Taishi Ci, and Li Tong looked at Cao Cao with strange eyes.

[interesting……]

Cao Cao looked at Shan Fu in surprise. He thought he could fool him easily, but he didn't expect that Shan Fu would tell him in one sentence.

"This... what this little brother said is probably true... These four little brothers competed with my relatives and clan brothers and were defeated a little inferior. This can't be considered to be Cao's head, right?" Cao Cao said with a smile after blinking his eyes.

Shan Fu sneered and said lightly, "This matter cannot be counted on Brother Cao's head... If Brother Cao really wants to apologize, please apologize to my brothers and others!... Brother Cao wants to be more important to peace?"

"..." Cao Cao looked at Shan Fu for a long time, and suddenly smiled, "Yes!... Yuan Rang, apologize to these little brothers for your recklessness!"

"I don't want it!" Xiahou Dun said in a silly voice, "They speak rudely first, and their skills are not as good as others before. Even if I kill them just now, it's not an exaggeration. Why should I apologize to them?"

"Don't you listen to me?" Cao Cao's expression darkened.

Xiahou Dun shook his head and said silly, "I will listen if Meng De said it right; I will not listen if what he said is wrong!"

"You!" Cao Cao stomped his feet and cursed, "Do you believe I will remove you from the Cao family genealogy?"

Xiahou Dun looked at Cao Cao in confusion, and said with concern and confusion, "I am not in the family tree of Cao, Meng De, are you confused?"

"You, you, you... you... you're so angry!"

Seeing that the two of them had a big arguing because of themselves, Li Tong and others couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. They quickly persuaded, "Forget it, if you don't apologize, don't apologize."

At this moment, they could see that Xiahou Dun was a terrifying and stubborn man with poor martial arts. When he recalled this man's silly attitude just now, even Li Tong, who was almost killed by him, couldn't feel hatred in his heart.

"Big man, we are not as skilled as others to lose to you, but there is one thing that needs to be explained clearly. The gun we know is not secretly learned from your Xiahou family, but from an uncle named Cheng during the Guangling Army..."

[Guangling Army?]

A trace of splendor flashed in Cao Cao's eyes, and he looked at the Black Feather Crow thoughtfully.

"Take it seriously?" Xiahou Dun looked at Li Tong suspiciously.

"It's true. I, Li Tong, can swear to the sky!"

"That's it..." Xiahou Dun realized that he had misunderstood. He scratched his head and said with shame, "So that's it... Then, I'm really sorry..."

"Where are there." Zang Ba had the style of a Wu family's son, and waved his hand and said generously, "After a discussion with Brother Xiahou will be of great benefit to us!"

Seeing Xiahou Dun quickly get along with Zang Ba, Taishi Ci, Li Tong and others, Shan Fu looked at Cao Cao with surprise and confusion. He really didn't expect that Cao Cao would actually ask Xiahou Dun to apologize to them.

It can only be said that Shan Fu underestimated Cao Cao's demeanor. Although the angry posture of stomping his feet just now was deliberately pretending to show the black feather crows, Cao Cao asked Xiahou Dun to apologize, but it could not be said to be a means. If Xiahou Dun did not apologize, he would naturally find a way to complete it. If Xiahou Dun apologized, he would not suffer any losses to Cao Cao. What losses could he have with an apology?

Shan Fu was convinced and stood behind Zhang Huang without saying a word, but the unlucky expression on his face could not be hidden from Cao Cao and Zhang Huang's eyes.

"It's worthy of being Cao Mengde!" Zhang Huang praised sincerely and quietly put the Taoist talisman in his hand back into the small bag on the inside of the cuff.

Although his movements were quite concealed, how could Cao Cao not pay attention to him when he kept staring at him?

After thinking for a moment, Cao Cao smiled tentatively, "If my Yuan Rang had not stopped just now, will you take my brother's life?"

It is not Zhang Huang's character to show off his strength and be competitive. He shook his head and said calmly, "What's the matter with Brother Cao? That brother Xiahou is so brave and even my four brothers join forces to beat him. How can I take his life?"

[That stack...is it the Taoist sect's talisman paper? This person knows magic?]

"This is not good." Cao Cao, who was slightly shocked, showed no abnormality on his face. He sneered and shook his head, pointed to his head, lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "Little brother, maybe I don't know that Cao has always been alert to seek good fortune and avoid danger. In Cao's opinion, if everyone here joins together, I'm afraid that the threat of the little brother is not greater..."

Cao Cao did not speak loudly. In fact, when Xiahou Dun pressed Li Tong's throat for the second time, he felt a strong sense of crisis. This sense of crisis came from Zhang Huang, from the stack of Taoist talisman papers in Zhang Huang's hands that could take Xiahou Dun's life at any time. Therefore, Cao Cao quickly spoke up to stop Xiahou Dun. After all, Xiahou Dun was his humeral brother, and Cao Cao would never put it in a dangerous place, just as Zhang Huang would never sit by and watch Li Tong and other black-feathered crow brothers in any danger.

"Oh? I didn't expect that Brother Cao would have such talent." Zhang Huang didn't know that Cao Cao did have that magical talent, and he also thought that Cao Cao noticed his actions and was perfunctory. Anyway, as long as he didn't admit it, Cao Cao would have no choice but to do anything to him.

"I wonder where the little brothers are going?"

"Chen Liu."

"Chen Liu?" Cao Cao was stunned, looked at Zhang Huang and chuckled. "That's what I'm waiting for..."

Before he could say anything about me, Xiahou Dun led Li Tong and others to come over and said happily, "Meng De, we are going to Chenliu, and they are going to Chenliu too. Why not take them all the way?"

"..." Cao Cao's expression suddenly sank, for no other reason, just because Xiahou Dun stood beside him again. Really, Cao Cao did look quite short under the seal of Xiahou Dun's top-square Kui'an body.

"Oh, I forgot to stand beside Meng De outside, otherwise Meng De would appear very short." Xiahou Dun, who had a flash of inspiration, quickly walked away for two steps.

[Is this guy really stupid or fake stupid?]

Zhang Huang glanced at Cao Cao, who was full of blackness on his face. He didn't need to guess what kind of mood Cao Cao was feeling at this moment. He must have been so angry that he was internally injured.

When Zhang Huang looked at Cao Cao, he looked at Cao Cao with sympathy.

As if he noticed Zhang Huang's eyes, Cao Cao sighed and said helplessly, "Sometimes, Cao also doubted whether the guy was deliberately playing tricks on me... Later on, he realized that it was really stupid. Alas!" As he said that, he sighed again, and looked back at Zhang Huang and continued. "Cao has a good friend Zhang Miao who is now an official in Chenliu, so he went to visit... but he didn't know a few little brothers..."

Zhang Huang thought for a while and said, "We have some trivial matters to go to Chenliu." Obviously, he did not intend to tell Cao Cao about his real purpose.

"Trifty things?" Cao Cao's eyes showed a little suspicion when he heard this. After looking at Zhang Huang a few times, his eyes turned slightly and he smiled, "Since you and I are going to Chenliu, I might as well take you all the way."

"Really?" Li Tong immediately cheered. After all, their carriage had already fallen to the ground and he could only hike when he wanted to go to Chenliu. God knows how far is this place from Chenliu?

Including Zhang Huang, Zang Ba, Taishi Ci, Chen Dao, Shan Fu and others were also very happy. After all, if there was a carriage to ride, who would be willing to walk in the snow by himself in the heavy snow?

Just when the black-feathered crows cheered and wanted to squeeze into Cao Cao's luxurious carriage, Cao Cao suddenly smiled strangely, pointed at the position where Zhang Huang and others fell from the cliff, and said in confusion, "Do you want the luggage you are waiting for?"

"Oh, I almost forgot!" Zhang Huang and others quickly turned around when they heard this, digging out the snow and digging out their bags from the snow. Although the horse that had been with them for a long time had fallen to death, there were still many things on the car. Even Zhang Huang's magic weapon Wu hook sword was crushed to the snow.

"Look for it slowly, it's okay." Looking at the little ghosts squatting in the distance and digging snow, Cao Cao smiled evilly and stepped onto the carriage: "Yuan Rang, go!"

"Let's go?" Xiahou Dun, in the front seat of the car, asked in confusion, "Aren't they coming up?"

"They..." Cao Cao smiled and said, "They suddenly changed their minds and stopped going to Chenliu."

"That's how..." Xiahou Dun nodded in disappointment and shook the whip.

"Tait—"

The horse ran away in pain. Zhang Huang and others who were digging things in the snow turned their heads when they heard the sound, but saw Cao Cao's carriage leaving.

"What's going on?"

"Didn't you say you want to take us all the way?"

The black-feathered crows ran and chased after him, but they saw Cao Cao poking his head out of the window of the carriage, with a joking look full of frivolous expression.

"I scolded Cao and wanted Cao to take you to Chenliu? How can such a good thing be in the world? Cao has always been vindictive... Are you stupid? Hahaha! Just walk slowly in the heavy snow, a bunch of stupid boys! Hahaha!"
To be continued...