Chapter 46: The Divine Hand of Hua Tuo (Part 1)

  The Great Hall of the Saltless City Government.

  A crowd of people swarmed together, the sound of hurried footsteps suddenly echoing throughout the entire hall. Among them were not a few tense gasps and faint cries.

  "Brother! Hold on a bit!! Just hold on a bit more!!!"

  Dian Wei and Xu Chu were anxiously supporting a young general covered in blood, while Zhou Cang, He Qi and Liu Yi led over a dozen robust men closely following behind, seemingly with bated breath.

  And this young general was Cao Xin, who had just fought a fierce battle of over 100 rounds with Zhang Liao.

  A group of people quickly came to the main bedroom on the inner side of the hall, and put Cao Xin, who had already turned pale, on the bed. However, that blood-red continued to flow down, wetting the quilt on the bed.

  "General (older brother), how are you!?" Everyone asked in unison, but at this time Cao Xin had regained some consciousness.

  His pale face was bloodless, but Cao Xin still smiled lightly and said: "Zi Xiang, you... tell the master..."

  Liu Yue was suddenly startled, hearing Cao Xin's words, and subconsciously felt that something was off. He hastily asked in terror: "What are you saying, sir? Our lord has not yet returned to Chenliu..."

  "Right, big brother, if you have something to say, go tell that old Cao Cao yourself... what's the point of telling me?" As he spoke, even Zhou Yu felt something was off, but after finishing his sentence, he scratched his head and suddenly let out a loud shout: "What a Zhang Liao! He actually dares to launch a sneak attack on my big brother! I'll go catch up with him right now and make an example of him!"

  "Stop right there!" As if using up the last bit of energy in his body, Cao Xin said this sentence and suddenly felt a sharp pain coming from his chest and abdomen, and then he vomited out blood with a "whoosh".

  The generals were shocked again and rushed to support him, but they saw the hook spear inserted straight into Cao Xin's left chest, and for a moment, they couldn't help but feel frightened.

  At this time, Cao Xin calmed down a bit and scolded Zhou Yu: "Ziyu, you remember! If you dare to be so reckless again, no one will... protect you in the future."

  "Can... big brother, just let Zhang Liao get away like this?"

  At this time, Liu Yue on the side shook his head and said: "Ziyu, I say you still don't understand the adult's meaning. If Zhang Liao is released, after Zhang Liao returns to Lv Bu's military camp, he will definitely suppress the enemy army's morale to a certain extent. Once it spreads out, it will be beneficial to our army."

  He nodded, and a hint of relief appeared on Cao Xing's pale face. He couldn't help but say: "Those who know me... Zixiang..." As he spoke, his chest churned again, and he suddenly spat out another mouthful of blood.

  "General!?"

  He waved his hand and Cao Xin signaled to the crowd that there was no need to panic, but at this moment he wiped the fresh blood from his mouth and continued to Liu Xuan: "If I die..."

  One sentence made everyone's face change color again, but Cao Xin had expected the crowd's reaction and signaled for them to be quiet. He then spoke in a weak tone: "If I die, tell Lord Cao that Xin has not disgraced his mission... held off Lü Bu... only regrettable... Lord Cao did not listen to my words... if only... if only..."

  "General, don't say that anymore... " Xu Chu was now kneeling on the ground, looking at Cao Xin who was two years younger than himself, and he couldn't help but feel a deep admiration. To be able to follow such a person, even if it meant death, would be a willing sacrifice.

  Liu Yue also sighed sorrowfully: "Alas, our lord did not heed the words of the great man... and thus suffered this calamity... Sir, your bitter intentions we are also well aware of..."

  He hastily smiled wryly and shook his head, the longer the hook knife at Cao Xin's chest waited, the more his life slipped away, yet at this moment Cao Xin felt as if the entire world had become much clearer.

  It is said that if all people in the world could experience a moment before death, at least one quarter of them would be great men.

  Cao Xin didn't believe in this saying before, but now he somewhat believes it. Of course, Cao Xin doesn't have the kind of enlightenment that a great person would have, he just recalled his past life and felt regret for the ten years he spent drifting aimlessly at the end of the Han dynasty.

  If I had prepared for today ten years ago, would the outcome be different?

  But everything is too late, history does not have a chance to start all over again.

  Looking at the gloomy faces of the generals, Cao Xin suddenly smiled inexplicably and said faintly: "Help me sit down, I don't want to die lying down..."

  Everyone hurriedly helped Cao Xin up, but at this moment their hearts had all sunk to the bottom of the valley.

  Look at the hook knife inserted into Cao Xin's chest, Cao Xin sat upright on the bed, couldn't help but look at everyone at this moment, and asked in confusion: "Xu Chu... Xu... three?"

  Hearing this question, Xu Chu was taken aback for a moment, and he hastily wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes. He looked around in all directions but couldn't see the other person's figure anywhere.

  At this time, Zhou Ding started muttering again, "Hmph, I didn't see this guy during the battle earlier, he must have deserted!"

  "This..." Xu Chu couldn't help but shake his head bitterly.

  But at this moment, the door outside suddenly came again with a hurried footsteps sound,

  It was actually hearing a shout, and the voice was surprisingly Xu San.

  "General! Brothers! I've brought the doctor!"

  Everyone was overjoyed when they heard the news, but they hurriedly got up to welcome him. Unexpectedly, Xu San seemed even more anxious than anyone else at this moment, and he rushed into the house immediately.

  Behind him was a middle-aged man with disheveled clothes, who seemed to have been dragged here by Xu San.

  "Haha! Good kid! I thought you'd run away, but it turns out this little guy still has some cleverness to him. Hehe, I underestimated you!" With that, he gave the other person a big bear hug, and Zhou Bo suddenly burst out laughing.

  A hint of shyness appeared on his face, and Xu San hastily said: "Brother Zhou should save the general first..."

  Upon hearing this, everyone reacted once more, their faces radiant with a glimmer of hope.

  However, as soon as the doctor entered the room, he was shocked to see Cao Xin sitting upright on the bed with a bloody knife lodged in his chest and a faint smile on his face.

  "A true hero indeed..." Suddenly feeling an indescribable aura of dominance, the former couldn't help but mutter to himself.

  But before anyone could react, the man immediately knelt down in front of Cao Xing and loudly kowtowed, saying: "I am a humble commoner, Hua Tuo. I have long heard of General Lü Bu's great reputation, and today I see that he is indeed the famous Lü Bu among men!"

  Everyone was shocked by a single sentence, but it was just two words from Lü Bu, and one by one, their faces turned strange.

  However, Cao Xing was even more surprised at this moment, not because the other party called himself Lü Bu, but because of those two words "Hua Tuo".

  He didn't pay attention to the other's words, Cao Xing asked first: "Are you Hua Tuo?"

  "That's right."