Chapter 92: Cao Cao Can’t Decide This

“Mom, just relax.”

Seeing his mother more worried than him, Mo Xiaobai opened the Instance’s Merit Value Leaderboard: “Look at this. Right now, only he is on the list.”

“The Great Han Dynasty ‘Battle of Guandu’ Instance – Merit Value Leaderboard!”

“1: Innate Ace [5/5]”

“2: Empty!”

“3: Empty!”

The huge Dynasty Instance Merit Value Leaderboard was empty everywhere except for the first name at the top.

Mother Mo glanced at it once and snapped, “You know only one person is on it. With so many Players, the one who got the Merit Value first must be a power ful Player. Don’t ignore it.”

“Mom, there is an old saying you should know better than me. It is said that the first bird to stick its head out gets shot.” Mo Xiaobai shook his head as he heard his mother scold him. “Look closely. What color is his name now?”

“Color? It’s just gray. How can it change?”

“In normal situations, his name should be bright. The only reason it would be gray is if this guy burned a cart of grain and was immediately killed by a Player from the Cao Cao Faction. Maybe he was even cut to pieces with wild swings of blades.”

Knowing his mother didn’t understand these things, Mo Xiaobai explained, “Don’t underestimate the death penalty in Instances. It’s not as harsh as in the Plane, but the minimum penalty for each death is still losing money.”

“You lose money when you die? How much?”

“You lose all the money on your person. Plus, 20% of your inventory funds are deducted. If your funds drop below one Silver, your Items and Equipment start to disappear.”

Mo Xiaobai knew the Intellect Brain was always “tricky.” After explaining the death penalty, he took out a bag of Gold Coins from his Xumi Bag. “I brought dozens of Gold Coins this time. The cost of dying once is enough for other Players to earn in a Plane for a whole year.”

“What? That’s so serious. Then let’s not go. We can stay here.”

One second ago, Mother Mo was urging her son to hurry up, but now she was persuading him to stay. After speaking, she suddenly thought of something and asked, “Why are you carrying so much money with you? Usually, spending a coin or two is enough, right?”

“I’m going to buy people to take them to Daming Village.”

Mo Xiaobai weighed the Gold Coins in his hand and smiled, “Mom, haven’t you noticed there are very few Female Territory Citizens in Daming Village? This time, getting rewards is one thing, but I also want to take a batch of female villagers back with me. Now you know why I only brought a few people, right? The remaining spots are reserved for the Instance’s residents.”

“Isn’t doing that like being a human trafficker?”

“How is that being a human trafficker? At best, I’m organizing a population migration. I will cooperate with the local County Magistrate. If I hadn’t come to Henei, I planned to handle this in the two provinces of Yan and Yu first. As for the Instance Quest, the small Merit Quest we have now is just an appetizer. The main course is still in the pot.”

Listening to her son’s words, Mother Mo was stunned for a long time before coming back to her senses. “But if you move the villagers away, isn’t that going against Cao Cao? And if you only want women, more than a hundred female villagers is not a small number, right? What if he finds out?”

“Haha~ Cao Cao can’t decide this. He has no say in it anymore.”

Mo Xiaobai was amused by his mother’s worry and also remembered an interesting point: “In a few days, Cao Cao should announce a quest, a quest that will trap Players to death.”

“What quest?”

“War has gone this far. Cao Cao wants to test if the Commandery Governors in various places are truly on his side. So, he will order each Commandery Governor to recommend a Filial and Incorruptible official. At that time, Players should be able to take on the quest of escorting the messenger. Guess what the result of doing this quest will be.”

“What result? Don’t you know I don’t understand these things. Don’t leave me in the dark.”

Being pushed by his mother, Mo Xiaobai immediately explained, “At least 60% of the local officials under Cao Cao are secretly colluding with Yuan Shao. Do you think they will listen to Cao Cao? They might just kill the messenger and the Players together to show their loyalty to Yuan Shao.”

Upon hearing this, Mother Mo was shocked and gasped, “Isn’t this quest a one-way ticket to death? How do you know that?”

“This is a major event recorded in history. The Intellect Brain will definitely launch a related quest. Besides this, you must know the story of ‘Passing Five Passes and Slaying Six Generals,’ right? I think that is also a trap.”

Mo Xiaobai made up a random excuse and used “Guan Yu” to distract his mother.

He couldn’t let his mother ask any more questions, or he wouldn’t be able to explain it properly.

Frowning and thinking, Mother Mo suddenly realized, “Guan Yu passing five passes and slaying six generals. If you say it that way, I can guess it. Players escort Guan Yu to find Liu Bei. At first, Liu Bei and his brothers must also suspect Guan Yu. Guan Yu can only kill the escorting Players to show his loyalty to Liu Bei before they can resolve their misunderstandings. That is correct, right?”

“Mom is really Mom. She gets it at a single point.” Although there were some differences in the details, what Mother Mo said was almost exactly what Mo Xiaobai knew from his past life, so he immediately gave her a compliment.

“Alright, alright, stop talking nonsense. Since you have thought this through so clearly, what are you going to do next?”

“First, check Madam Shan’s condition and finish things here. Then I will go to the Pinggao County Magistrate.” Mo Xiaobai stated his plan. Migrating people could be done in the south, so it could also be done in the north. To him, there was not much difference.

Even compared to the two provinces of Yan and Yu, the County Magistrates in various places in Henei did not treat Cao Cao seriously. This included the Sima family as well. Everyone was watching the Battle of Guandu.

Mother Mo and her son chatted for a while in the back, and Li Ji, who had brought the medicine into the room, had already returned.

“Maogong, how is Madam Shan’s condition?”

“Reporting to my Lord, Madam Shan’s face is pale. It is probably caused by bleeding too much after traveling while injured. Since wars have broken out everywhere, even if there is a prescription to replenish blood, we cannot gather all the herbs. If she is lucky enough not to die, I am afraid she will lie in bed for a long time.” Li Ji spent his life on horseback. He might not know about other illnesses, but he knew the condition of losing too much blood and its aftereffects better than anyone else.

Because in the Zhenguan era, there was a Famous General in the Great Tang who became weak for half his life because of this.

Although Madam Shan was far from the terrifying level of losing a few hu of blood, for a weak woman, losing even a little more blood could be life-threatening.

“Losing too much blood, what medicine should be used?”

Mo Xiaobai did not know how to treat illnesses, but he could produce all common herbs on the market. Opening his Xumi Bag, he piled all the pre-packaged herbs on the ground.

Illnesses and injuries that could be cured with medicine were nothing to Mo Xiaobai.

Li Ji looked at the huge pile of herbs in front of him and was stunned for a while. After scanning his eyes around, they landed on a small cloth bag. He asked in surprise, “My Lord, did you even bring Nine-Fragrance Rice?”

“Yes. The space in the Xumi Bag is quite large. I brought not only some Nine-Fragrance Rice but also two jars of Lingzhi Wine. However, I have other uses for that wine. Maogong, if you want to drink it, you will have to return to Daming Village.”

Mo Xiaobai finished speaking, and Li Ji immediately replied, “I dare not be greedy with my cups. Nine-Fragrance Rice is very beneficial to the human body. If I boil a little bit for Madam Shan, I believe she will recover faster.”