"Ning taught me to bear the world's people, and Hugh taught the world's people to bear me" is a classic treacherous quote by Cao Cao in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". On the fourth occasion, Cao Cao and Chen Gong passed by the home of Cao's father's brother Lü Bohao, who was very enthusiastic and prepared to kill pigs and sell wine to entertain Cao Cao.
Lü Bo went to buy wine, and Cao Cao became suspicious, lying outside the wall of the caotang to listen to the movements, and heard "Tie it up and kill it, how about it?" With this sentence, it was believed that the Lü family wanted to kill him, so he and Chen Gong raised their swords to kill the eight members of the Lü family. When he found out that a pig was tied to the kitchen, he realized that he was not even as good as a pig and had killed a good man by mistake.
In the rendition, Cao Cao's evil is added to the mistake, and he simply kills Lü Boxu, who returned from buying wine, in the middle of the road. Chen Gong thought "silently", and he finally thought that Cao Cao's character was wrong, so he left him.
According to historical records, Cao Cao's killing of Lü Bohao was an unjust case. The Book of Wei records that "Taizu (Cao Cao) yi zhuo will eventually be defeated, so he will not worship and flee back to the countryside." From a few people who rode the late Chenggao (Xingyang, Henan) Lü Bohao; Bo Hao was not there, and his son and the guests robbed Taizu, taking horses and things, and Taizu killed several people with his blade. ”
Cao Cao did not quit, and after leaving Dong Zhuo, he fled all the way to the countryside of Xingyang, and accompanied several people to the home of his old acquaintance Lü Bohao. Lü Bohao was not at home at the time, and his son and several guests had a bad heart, stealing the horses and belongings of Cao Cao and others, and Cao Cao was forced to kill several people.
The Yeshi "Wei Jin Shiyu" records: "Taizu passed the Bo luxury. Bo luxury travel, the five sons are there, ready to be the guest officiation. Taizu thought that he had betrayed his life, suspected himself, and killed eight people in the night with his sword. "Cao Cao passed by the Lü family, Lü Bohao went out, his five sons were at home, very politely treated each other, but Cao Cao suspected betraying Dong Zhuo, Lü Bohao's sons would assassinate themselves, so they attacked first, killed eight people and left.
Sun Sheng of the Jin Dynasty also has a similar record in the Miscellaneous Records: "Taizu heard the sound of his eating utensils, thought he was trying to be himself, and killed him at night." And he said sadly, 'I'd rather bear the burden than the man bear me!' 'Go ahead. ”
These are most likely the source of material for Luo Guanzhong's novels, who were restricted by the feudal orthodoxy of "Honoring Liu Cao" and deliberately smeared Cao Cao, so he added branches and leaves, fabricated the plot of Cao Cao's killing of Lü Bohao, making Cao Cao's image of a traitor more plump.
Based on the above three records of the history of zhengshi and the history of the wild, it is certain that Lü Bohao was not at home, and Cao Cao did not kill Lü Bohao. In history, there is indeed Lü Bohaoqi, a person from Chenggao (present-day Xingyang, Henan), whose birth and death year and life are unknown, and whose tomb is seven kilometers north of the city of Zhongmu County, Henan.