I would rather let the world betray me than let the world betray me. This is what Cao Cao said to Chen Gong. Cao Cao attempted to assassinate Dong Zhuo under the guise of offering his sword, so he fled in a hurry. In Zhongmu County, he met the county magistrate Chen Gong. Chen Gong was moved by Cao Cao's bravery and loyalty, so he joined Cao Cao's escape queue.

On the way to escape, the two passed by Lu Boxhe's family. At night, Lu Boxhe was preparing to kill a pig to entertain Cao Cao. Cao Cao heard the sound of sharpening knives and suspected that Lu Boxhe and his family wanted to kill him, so he killed Lu Boxe. Chen Gong accused Cao Cao of being unjust, but Cao Cao replied, "I would rather teach me to betray the people of the world than teach the people of the world to betray me."

Introduction to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was a clever young man who allowed his heroes to be debauched and did not rule the industry. When he was twenty years old, he promoted Xiaolian to the rank of Lang and was awarded the title of Lieutenant of the North of Luoyang. Later he served as Cavalry Commander and participated in suppressing the Yellow Turban Army. When he moved to Jinan to be the prime minister, he ordered officials to be exempted from corruption and obscene sacrifices were banned. He was appointed as the prefect of Dongjun, but he refused and returned home claiming illness. As Dong Zhuo was good at government, he dispersed his family wealth and raised troops to fight against Dong Zhuo with Yuan Shao and other rebels.

In the third year of Chuping (192), they captured Yanzhou, divided and lured more than 300,000 Yellow Turban troops to surrender, and selected their elites to form the Qingzhou Army. Since then, their military strength has greatly increased, and they have defeated Yuan Shu, Tao Qian, Lu Bu, etc. department. In the first year of Jian'an (196), Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was welcomed to Xu (today's east of Xuchang, Henan). He became the commander of the army, and took charge of the affairs of the state.