Speaking of the devil, the devil's story.

Emperor Xian of Han once escaped from danger when Li Li advised Guo Si to go to war. However, after Li and Guo joined forces, they continued to hunt down Emperor Xiandi. Someone recommended Cao Cao, saying that he had made great contributions in suppressing the Qingzhou Yellow Scarf Army, and the allied forces killed him before the emissary came out. Seeing that there was no way out, Xia Houdun was ordered by Cao Cao to lead the army to "protect" successfully. After that, the allied forces of Li and Guo were defeated, and Cao Cao made him a high official. Therefore, there is a saying called "Speak of the devil and he will arrive".

The folk saying is that Cao Cao took the initiative to escort, which is slightly different from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

See "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" for the fourteenth time, "Move to Xu Department". Besides, Cao Cao crusaded against Dongdan. He was the prefect of Dongjun. At this time, the yellow turban insurrectionary appeared in Shandong. He and Bao Xin, the prime minister of northern Hebei Province, fought against the Yellow Scarf Uprising, with more than 300,000 troops. From then on, Cao Cao became more and more famous, and was named the general of Town East by the court. After Dong Cheng and Yang Feng arrived in Luoyang, they were still worried about the attack of Cui Li and Guo Si, so they invited Xian Di and announced that Cao Cao had entered the DPRK to assist the royal family. After receiving the order, Cao Cao set out in Shandong and came to Luoyang to escort him. Just outside Luoyang, Cui Li and Du Ji came to attack Luoyang.

Concise English-Chinese dictionary official explanation, hehe:

Talk of the devil, and he is sure to appear.

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Speak of the devil, here she comes!

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Speak of the devil.

English expression represents the extended meaning of folk proverbs, that is to say, although Cao Cao came to escort the coachman, it was precisely because of Cao Cao's timely escort that he realized the plot of seizing the emperor to make the princes, and he was a devil more insidious than Li Guo and others. So this sentence can sometimes be derogatory.