Volume 4 is in the ascendant Chapter 410: For Children
"Did you say before that you wanted me to stay?"
"Huh? What did you say?" Bai Tu heard Cao Bang seemed to mutter something.
"It's nothing. Thank you, King Chu, for your care during this period. I have to go and meet up with the envoys from Wei State, and will not come to say goodbye afterwards." Cao Bang said as he bowed to Bai Tu.
"Be careful on your journey..." Bai Tu was also a little sad.
Not only was an important source of scripts lost, but Bai Tu and Cao Bang had become very familiar with each other during this period, and it was unknown how long it would take for them to meet again .
More importantly, Bai Tu didn't know what the situation would be like when they met again...
Maybe I captured Cao Cao's entire family? Emmm...
As for not coming to say goodbye before leaving, it was also discussed beforehand. Although Wancheng to Xucheng is less than 200 miles away, and the road is flat, but... Xu County was about to be abandoned by Cao Cao at this time. After all, Sili and Xuzhou were not under Cao Cao's control now, and Xu County was sandwiched between the auxiliary Han forces on both sides, and there was no strategic location to defend.
If someone from Fu Han knew that Bai Tu released the hostage at this time, even though it was just a "bonus" and not Cao Pi, he might send people to kill him in order to create discord!
Therefore, the news that the Wei envoy was in Wancheng was not made public.
After Cao Bang turned and left, Lu Lingqi stared at her back for a long time, until... she found that Bai Tu was still looking!
"Do you feel that Cao Bang is a little..." Lu Lingqi was a little confused about how to describe this feeling.
"Huh? What?"
"Nothing." Lu Lingqi just instinctively doubted that Cao Bang might be...
After bidding farewell to Cao Bang, Bai Tu began to be busy in Wancheng. He first went to meet Wen Pin, who lived in the suburbs of Wancheng - this was the one who really wanted to live in seclusion!
Because Jingzhou Prefecture nominally surrendered as a whole, Wen Pin, as the top general of Jingzhou Prefecture before, was still considered to have surrendered voluntarily, and was even conferred a miscellaneous general by Bai Tu when the country was founded. Although Wen Pin had been active on the anti-Chu front until he was stunned to hear that Jingzhou Prefecture had surrendered to Chu.
After all, in the end, Wen Pin still had 20,000 to 30,000 men under his command, and because Liu Cong and Madam Cai had already surrendered, he did not resist stubbornly and expand the damage, which can be considered a contribution.
However, Wen Pin accepted the title only to show his obedience. After the situation in Xiangyang eased and he could leave, Wen Pin resigned and left.
Unlike those who were waiting for the stairs in Xiangyang, Wen Pin went directly back to his hometown in Wan County...
When Bai Tu arrived at Wen Pin's home, he found that there was only an old man with a disabled hand working as a doorman in his house, and his wife also lived in a small village, doing laundry and miscellaneous chores. The configuration of the house was several levels lower than that of Zhuge Liang's thatched cottage.
Although there had been envoys to the throne before, his casual attire was very different from the solemn imperial robes of the time.
As for the family, only Wen Pin's wife and two children were at home, and they did not recognize Bai Tu. However, Mrs. Wen still invited Bai Tu into the front hall. However, the old man with the broken palm looked at Lu Bu with evasive eyes, as if he wanted to remind Mrs. Wen something, but he did not get the chance.
Mrs. Wen did not recognize Bai Tu, but she was not unaware of his purpose - in fact, after Wen Pin "retired" and returned home, officials from the county often came to "inquire about his well-being", which was actually just to invite him to come out of retirement.
After all, the additional performance for recruiting civil and military talents is very high. Even Zhang Xiu came in person. He did not come for the performance, but just did not want Wen Pin to be buried. Besides... Wen Pin lived near Wancheng, so Zhang Xiu naturally visited him.
But the person who came today made Mrs. Lingwen feel a little different. As soon as he came, he insisted on seeing the child.
Wen Pin had two sons, Wen Dai, eight years old, and Wen Xiu, five years old. The younger brother Wen Xiu was adopted and was an orphan left behind after the death of one of Wen Pin's personal guards.
As Wen Pin's wife, she had already mastered the skill of refusing any gift. She knew that those who gave gifts wanted her husband to leave the country, but her husband didn't want to...
In fact, Mrs. Wen didn't want to do that either. Although a man should aspire to be a noble, but after experiencing the previous separation, Mrs. Wen no longer had the mentality of hoping her husband would be a noble. It would be nice to be an ordinary person with wealth!
However, Mrs. Wen did not expect that Bai Tu was more skilled than her. After seeing that Mrs. Wen refused to accept the gift, he set his sights on the two children.
From rock candy, Rubik's Cube, to Lu Bu's action figures...
"Sister-in-law! This is for the child!" Bai Tu insisted.
The two little boys were also successfully attracted by Bai Tu's gift, but they still seemed a little hesitant to touch it, and looked at their mother pitifully.
At this moment, Bai Tu also took out his "ultimate move"...
"Come... look, uncle has a great hero here. Dangdangdangdang... do you know who this is?" Bai Tu said, taking out a palm-sized figurine of a general wearing yellow and white armor and holding a red spear.
"It seems... it's daddy! It's daddy's armor!" Wen Xiu looked at the figure in Bai Tu's hand with admiration.
"Yes, it's your father." Bai Tu said with a smile.
"Is Daddy also a great hero? Has Daddy ever killed the big devil?" Wen Dai asked in a mutter.
The figurine of Lu Bu shows him beheading Dong Zhuo, who has a demonized appearance.
Wendai is three years older, but because Wenpin is away from home all year round, he knows less about his father. Wenxiu was adopted by Wenpin a year ago, and to him... Wenpin is a great hero.
"Of course, your father is a great hero. Now you can go to the local school and study peacefully for ten days every month. This is all thanks to your father!" Bai Tu said with certainty.
Wen Dai and Wen Xiu: ...
Bai Tu was telling the two little boys about their father's heroic deeds, while the gatekeeper with the broken hand had gone to the fields to look for Wen Pin!
Wen Pin did not expect that Bai Tu would come to his house on his own initiative.
When he returned home, he found that there were many generals and guards around him - although they were all in plain clothes, how could they hide it from Wen Pin?
As soon as I entered the house, I found Bai Tu in the front hall, talking to his wife and two children. The two children seemed to be holding some handicrafts in their hands?
Mrs. Wen couldn't recognize Bai Tu, so how could Wen Pin not recognize him? He hurried forward...
"I am Wen Pin, a humble servant, and I am here to meet the king." Wen Pin was dressed in ordinary cloth, unlike the flashy generals and scholars in Cheng Ji's world. He even looked like he had just come back from working in the fields.
This is the real meaning of "working hard in the fields". Although Wen Pin's family was not an ordinary farmer and had received many rewards in Jingzhou Prefecture before, but... if they were to be classified, they still could not be considered a wealthy family.
Especially after returning home to "retire" when he was less than 30 years old, Wen Pin could not sit idle and usually went to work in the fields.
"Zhongye, please stand up quickly. Since this is not official business, then there is no King of Chu. I just came to take a look..." Bai Tu said kindly.
