Chapter 1: The Old and Bloody Bridge Section

  Rumbling, crackling, and booming sounds filled the air as dark clouds rolled in and thunderclaps shook the sky. Lü Rui, a university graduate, took shelter under a large tree to escape the rain. Leaning against the trunk, he exclaimed, "Haha, I've finally graduated from university! A happy life is just around the corner!" Suddenly, a loud clap of thunder struck, and Lü Rui felt a purple light flash before him, rendering him unconscious.

  "Huh? What is this place, why can't I see anything? Why does it seem like there's water around me, and my hands and feet can't move? What's going on? Heaven, can you tell me what's happening? Oh heaven, where am I?"

  "Ouch, what's going on? Why is my head being squeezed? Ah, what's happening? What's going on? It's squeezing again! Who's pressing down on my head? Light? There's actually light, what is this? Ah, it hurts so much... With a groan, Lü Rui finally saw the blurry light again. What? Is there something wrong with my eyes? Can't see anything clearly? What's going on?"

  I don't know how long it took, but suddenly there was a small dot here. What is this thing? It smells so good, yeah, I'm hungry, take a bite? Can something come out of here? It's quite delicious, I'm starving, eat quickly, eat quickly, gulp gulp, full now.

  Lü Rui tried to move his body, but it seemed like he had no control over it. At this moment, an old woman appeared in Lü Rui's line of sight. The old woman smiled at Lü Rui and picked him up, bringing him before a man dressed in luxurious attire. The man looked at Lü Rui with a smile, then took Lü Rui from the old woman's arms, looking left and right as he repeatedly said: "Not bad, not bad, my son is really not bad, haha!"

  Lü Rui only realized now that he might have crossed over, crossing into ancient times, and had even turned into an infant. However, looking at the situation, it seemed like his reincarnation wasn't bad, having been born into a wealthy family. Although Lü Rui was just a newborn infant, perhaps due to the reason of crossing over, his hearing and vision exceeded that of ordinary infants, as if he were a normal person. In the man's arms, Lü Rui slowly closed his eyes.

  For Lü Rui, crossing over might be a good thing. He was an orphan who grew up in an orphanage and had never seen his biological parents, nor did he have any impression of them. Unlike other children, Lü Rui's childhood lacked the care of parents, so he could only quietly read books in the orphanage, especially history books. Because of his love for reading, Lü Rui became the only university student from the orphanage. Unfortunately, just after graduation, while trying to avoid the rain, he ended up like this... Alas, an ancient crossing bridge segment!

  Before long, a hundred days had passed and the day of Lü Rui's hundredth-day banquet had arrived. On this day, guests from all over came to the mansion, filling it with excitement and noise. Lü Rui was also carried by Nai Niang into the main hall, where he saw his father and mother hosting the guests in the central hall. Suddenly, a short, dark-skinned man with an unimpressive appearance walked in. As soon as Lü Rui saw this person, he was startled. Although the man looked unremarkable, his eyes were piercing and seemed to freeze people's hearts. Could it be that this was a remarkable person?

  His father saw the newcomer, overjoyed, and hastily came forward saying: "Brother Mengde, you've come, that's great! I thought you weren't coming." Cao saw his good friend, laughed loudly and said: "Today is Brother Lü's big day, how could I not come?" After finishing speaking, he laughed loudly, holding his father's hand, as if they were old friends meeting again, very affectionate. Lü Rui heard this, Mengde? This should be the man's courtesy name, Brother Lü? The family he was reborn into should also have the surname Lü, haha, that's not bad, the surname hasn't changed, and he can be considered to have not forgotten his ancestors either.

  The banquet was held amidst laughter and cheers, and Lv Rui also became the protagonist of this banquet. On a large table in front of him, various items were placed, including books, wooden swords, seals, brushes, etc. It was clear that this was a draw, a traditional custom for children to test their future development, whether they would be good at literature or martial arts, and to cultivate their own children.

  Lü Rui, of course, knew the significance of these things being placed on the large table. So when Lü Rui was put on the table by his nanny, he crawled over, first grabbing a large seal and then taking a long sword, after which he fell onto the large table and started crying. The guests saw this and couldn't help but burst out laughing, thinking that this child was too amusing. All the guests also praised Lü Rui, holding the large seal and wooden sword, saying that he would definitely become a great general who would bring peace to the country in the future. When Lü Rui's father heard this, he laughed loudly and was extremely delighted.

  The banquet ended soon, and many guests left. The man named Meng De stayed behind and lived in the Lv Mansion. In the following days, Meng De often played with Lv Rui at the Lv Mansion, and Lv Rui responded with a smile, making Meng De very happy. On the seventh day, Meng De finally left the Lv Mansion, and Lv Rui's father came to see him off with his entourage.

  By the brook in the suburbs, Meng De said: "Brother Lü, today we part ways, I don't know when we can meet again. When you have time, please come to Xiao County and visit my mansion as a guest, or go to Dongjun to find me, I will definitely entertain you." Lü Rui's father nodded his hands and said: "Good, Brother Meng De, I will definitely go to find Meng De and drink a few cups with him."

  At this moment, a book boy ran over, panting, still holding Lü Rui in his arms, and said to Cao: "Sir, run quickly, someone wants to kill you. Just now, just now, there was a big killing at the Lü Mansion." Lü Rui heard this, stunned, then grabbed the person's collar and said: "What did you say? The Lü Mansion had a big killing, what about my family?"

  The young servant looked at Lü Rui's father and said, "Master Lü, almost everyone in your household has been killed. Only the mistress handed over the young master to me. Look." After finishing speaking, he handed Lü Rui over to Master Lü. Master Lü looked at his own son, who was the only bloodline left of the Lü family. If anything went wrong, the Lü family would be extinct.

  Thinking of this, Lü Laoye turned to Meng De and said: "Meng De, take my child away quickly, please take good care of this child, hurry up, I'll block the people coming." Meng De was stunned when he heard it, then said: "Brother Lü, what are you talking about? Because of my affair, I've already regretted involving Brother Lü, why are you doing this now? Let me block the people coming, you quickly take the child away!"

  Lü Laoye smiled and said: "Meng De, my Lü family is also a big clan here. Whoever dares to come to my Lü family to kill you must not be simple. If they can't find you, they will slaughter my whole family. Is it just because they can't find you? I'm afraid it's to silence people by killing them. Since that's the case, change into my clothes. We'll ride fast horses separately, you go east and I'll go west, to divert the enemy for you. My son, the only bloodline of the Lü family is relying on you, Meng De!"

  After finishing the sentence, Lü Laoye drew out the sword from his chest and killed Shū Tóng with one stroke. Meng De looked at him, stunned for a moment, and said: "Lü brother? What's this?" This is the only person who knows our secret, Meng De, quickly change your clothes." Meng De nodded, exchanged outer garments with Lü Laoye, then each rode a fast horse and went in different directions.

  "Quickly, catch the man in red! Quickly, catch him, he is Cao Mengde!" A group of people with masks and big knives chased after Master Lü who was wearing a red robe. "Big brother, there's another one holding a child over there, should we chase him?" "No need, that's someone from the Lü family running away, no need to bother with him, dealing with Cao Mengde is more important."

  Soon, at the edge of the cliff, Lü held his long sword in front of his chest and said: "Who are you? How dare you come to kill me Cao Mengde?" The man in black laughed and said: "Hehe, Cao Mengde, being a Duwei in Luoyang is quite impressive. You even managed to create a five-colored stick to hit our young master with. Not bad, not bad at all! This is exactly what will get you killed!"

  Lü Laoye looked up at the sky and laughed loudly, saying: "So that's how it is! I, Cao Mengde, will never die at the hands of you petty people!" After finishing speaking, he jumped off from his body and leaped down the cliff. The black-clad men were shocked and shouted: "Quickly, quickly send someone to search for him, we must see his severed head!"

  The rest of the men in black bowed their fists and said, "Yes." The group then went down the cliff to search for Mr. Lü's body. "Sir, the body is here." "Good, let's cut off his head and take it back to show Lord Zhang." After saying that, they cut off Mr. Lü's head and returned to report their mission accomplished.

  Cao brought Lü Rui, galloping all the way to Dongqun, entering the county government office. At this time, Cao's guard team was already in the county government office. When Cao saw Cao Chun, he felt at ease. Cao Chun was shocked by Cao's appearance and asked: "Big brother, what's wrong with you? What happened?" Cao looked at Cao Chun and said: "This is not a place to talk, quickly write a letter back home, let the clan send more people to Dunqiu, to clean up the soldiers."

  Cao Chun looked at Cao and clasped his fists in respect: "Yes sir, big brother." Then he retreated.

  At this time, Cao looked at Lü Rui in his arms and saw that he was already asleep. Although Lü Rui knew what had happened, there was nothing he could do - a three-month-old baby couldn't do anything. His parents from this era were dead, and he could only rely on Meng De, who had been entrusted by his father. Cao sighed and said with moist eyes: "Brother Lü, rest assured that I will treat this child as my own and raise him well."

  Three years later, a lovely little boy with cherry blossom pink lips appeared in Cao's mansion. This little boy was Lü Rui, the son of Lü Boqi, Cao's good friend three years ago. At this time, Lü Rui had already known his true identity and that he had been reborn into the family of Lü Boqi, a friend of Cao. Due to Lü Rui's arrival, the original history of Lü Boqi's family being killed by Cao was altered, as well as Lü Rui's own life. At this time, with his modern soul, Lü Rui became Cao's adopted son and the young master of the Cao mansion! A melodramatic plot twist: a Lü Rui wielding butterfly wings arrived in the late Eastern Han dynasty!