“Kaiyang! Guangling?!“ Kaiyang was soon to fall. However, Guangling was still not under his control. “Chen family! The father and son of the Chen family that were controlling Guangling were not easy to deal with.” Guangling was like a country within a country. Even though the family had bowed to Cao Cao and became his subordinates, Cao Cao’s influence does not reach inside the city.
“Are you thinking about Chen Deng and his son?” Guo Jia smile. “It was not even worth to consider them as threats. As long as my Lord stays unbeaten, they would never betray you. Once we unify the world, the father and son can be easily be crushed. Furthermore, didn’t the old head of the Chen family personally go to Xudu to request to serve the Emperor!”
TLC: In case you forgot, After finding the old capital Luoyang ravaged by war, Cao moved the imperial court and Emperor Xian to Xudu in 196. So basically Old Chen went to Cao Cao to say he wanna serve the emperor…aka, said he will work for Cao Cao.
“The head of Chen family?” Cao Cao gave a wry smile and said “He is already dead!”
“Dead?!” Guo Jia was shocked. He knew that Lu Bu broke through the White Gate Tower, he did not know that the old head of the Chen died there.
“Yes, he is dead! It was I, Cao Mengde who personally pushed him to his death.” Cao Cao answered with a self mocking smile. There was no other way. Lu Bu rushed up to kill him and he would be dead if he was a step late.
“My Lord, how many people knew about this?!” Guo Jia asked anxiously.
“Not many, only you, me, Miaocai and Hou Cheng who is already dead. Oh right, there’s also Lu Bu who is on the walls of Kaiyang!” Cao Cao’s facial color turned ugly again.
“Xu Province soldiers, the soldiers said that the one defending Kaiyang were Xu Province soldiers. They were all wearing Guangling army uniforms! When Chen Deng was defeated, according to Lu Bu’s character, he would have executed Chen Deng instantly. But he didn’t!” Guo Jia surprisingly said. “Had Chen Deng asked my Lord about his father?!”
Cao Cao answered “He had. After his defeated, I had him return home to recover. That was when he inquired about his father. I had casually answered that Lu Bu killed him.”
“And then?” Guo Jia wanted to get to the root of this problem.
“Then, Chen Deng asked me about his father last words.” Cao Cao was reluctant to tell him his father’s last words because he would lose face greatly if it would be known. That’s why he avoided answering Chen Deng’s question.
“Foolish, oh my foolish Lord!” Guo Jia suddenly shouted up. “Guangling would rebel and our Xu Province would never be in peace.”
“Fengxiao, do not scare me!” Cao Cao became a little nervous. He did not intend to kill Chen Gui. It was just that at that time he could not control himself.
“My Lord, oh my Lord. If Chen Gui was still alive, his family would never betray us. He knew that if his family wanted to gain power and influence, there are only two ways. One is to become an independent warlord and build his own territory. The other way is to become the vassal of one of the warlords and climb onto his war chariot. According to the Chen family’s strength, it was enough to become independent. Tao Qian, Lu Bu and the big eared Liu, none of them can match the Chen family’s reputation in Xu Province. But the Chen family did not declare independence and instead bowed before them. Why is that? It is because they knew that it’s easy to become warlords, but if they were to be defeated then the Chen family would perish. That’s why Chen family sold out Lu Bu so easily. They sacrificed the entire Xu Province in exchange for their own interest! When my lord has unified the world, how could you not reward the Chen family? At that time, it would practically be impossible for the Chen family not to gain immense wealth!”Guo Jia analyzed.