Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 1039 The banquet is not easy

The time was getting later and later, but Gao Shun, who was in the Zhang Family's Great Fort Army, was just wondering. He naturally knew what kind of character Lu Bu was. It is simply impossible for people who are close to each other to have a happy conversation.

  At the same time, it’s just an ordinary banquet, and I don’t think there are so many troublesome things. Why did the banquet take so long today?

  At first, Gao Shun thought that Lu Bu and those gentry might be discussing something, so he didn't care, but as time went by, Gao Shun gradually felt that something was wrong.

  At the north gate of the Zhangjiabao’s fort, all the guards and guards in the Zhangjiabao are stationed. These people are dressed in armor and patrolling back and forth under the light of torches. The night was getting dark, but the manpower on the fortress didn't seem to decrease at all. These guards could be seen pacing slowly, sitting or standing, and some of them didn't even stick their heads out of the wall to look at Lu Bu's camp. They only occasionally whispered a word or two to each other, and there was no one chatting and laughing...

  The situation is getting weirder and weirder.

   "Someone has something important, please see Marquis Wen!" Gao Shun and Cheng Lian stood outside the Zhang Family Fort and shouted loudly into Wubao.

  There are many people on the Wubao, but after a long time, someone replied: "...According to the usual practice, the doors of the castle are not opened at night, and Marquis Wen is having a feast in the castle... If there are some trivial matters, we will talk about it tomorrow..."

  Gao Shun shouted: "I have military information to report, and if you dare to stop it, it will be a death penalty! If you don't report it quickly, don't blame me for attacking the door immediately!"

   "..." There was silence on the castle for a while, and after a while, a voice replied, "...Forget it, wait a minute, someone will send a message..."

   After a long time, when Gao Shun gradually lost his patience, he heard a voice from inside, saying: "Marquis Wen is on his way, wait here!"

   After waiting for a while, Gao Shun was finally relieved to hear voices coming gradually, and hearing that Lu Bu's loud voice was also among them.

"Huh?" Lu Bu drank a lot, but he wasn't drunk yet, but he was a little fuzzy. Seeing Gao Shun, he hesitated for a moment, and then said, "...Uh, what's the military emergency? "

  Gao Shun cupped his hands and said: "...to Marquis Wen, in the army, the general should not be away for a long time, please return Marquis Wen to the camp..."

   Lu Bu frowned, a little displeased.

Since leaving Chang'an, Lu Bu originally thought that he was at least a Marquis with martial arts skills, and he was also a hero who killed Dong Zhuo. It will not be reused immediately, but there will be some preferential treatment.

  However, the reality quickly shattered the dreams of Lu Bu and others.

  After leaving Chang'an in the east, who would have expected that Lu Bu, who is unparalleled in the world, would also face difficulties repeatedly!

   After defecting to Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu didn't even have to look straight in the face. He raised his head all day long and looked at people with two big nostrils exposed. How could this make Lu Bu bear it?

  The cost of food and clothing is even worse than that of a lieutenant under Yuan Shu. Lu Bu really didn't want Gao Shun, Wei Xu and others to suffer, so he had the audacity to ask for it, but he was turned away!

   If he hadn't been forced to help, how could Lu Bu speak according to Lu Bu's temperament?

   Really Kong has martial arts, but there is nothing he can do!

  Although it was said that they broke up peacefully in the end, the cold water of reality had already poured on Lu Bu's head and body, and even chilled his heart.

   Fortunately, when Yuan Shao came here, Lu Bu saw some hope again.

  Although Yuan Shao didn't pay much attention to Lu Bu, but at least let Lu Bu lead the army, which is already a good change...

   At least saw some hope.

  Lu Bu was happy because of this, so he just relaxed today and drank a few more drinks, but Gao Shun called him out halfway. Although he knew that Gao Shun had good intentions, he still felt a little unhappy...

  And one very important point, or what Lu Bu thinks is very important, is that after Lu Bu experienced the Dong Zhuo incident, he gradually never paid attention to it, or could not understand the changes in the status of these gentry.

Originally, Lu Bu didn't think highly of these so-called gentry children, thinking that they were weak and useless at all, but what he didn't expect was that the gentry children who usually seemed to be submissive, unknowingly laid an airtight cover. The big net put Dong Zhuo into the net.

   Even put Lu Bu himself into such a net.

   During that period of time when Lu Bu was out of work at home, while he was distressed, he also kept thinking. He didn't want to follow Dong Zhuo's old path, and confronting the gentry was actually unworkable.

   This is different from pleasing Yuan Shao. At most, Yuan Shao just nodded and smiled, and at most he gave himself some soldiers to lead, and it was over...

   And Jizhou has always been the headquarters of the gentry in Shandong. Want to leave the gentry and go it alone?

hehe.

  A general without soldiers by his side is even worse than a dog.

  Dong Zhuoquan controlled many soldiers in Xiliang, but at that time he didn't have many soldiers he could directly control, so he died.

  But in order to control the soldiers, you must feed and pay the soldiers, and where does the money and food come from?

After all, it is necessary to rely on the gentry to collect money and food to support it. As the saying goes, if you take other people's hands softly, eat other people's mouths, and don't give others some benefits, then how can these gentry be willing to take money and food again and again? come out?

   By smashing and robbing?

  Is it like this all your life?

   Isn’t that different from horse thieves and bandits?

   Therefore, Lu Bu felt that if he had to make some changes, at least his relationship with the gentry should not be too rigid.

This time when I arrived in Jizhou, since I was appointed by Yuan Shao, if I want to gain a foothold in Jizhou, of course I have to be more or less tactful with the gentry in Jizhou. When the strength is down, it can't last long.

However, even though Lv Bu had such an idea, Lv Bu didn't quite understand what he should do to be considered the most suitable. As a result, the three gentry from Jizhou that he met here in the Zhang Family Fort, even had a friendly talk with each other. , this cannot but make Lu Bu feel joyful...

Therefore, when Gao Shun called him out from the banquet, he heard that there was no so-called urgent military affairs. Lü Bu has always been straight-hearted, and he clearly wrote down his feelings on his face. Even people who are not familiar with it can see clearly that everyone around is quiet at the moment.

  A scribe next to Lu Bu, named Wang Tong, is an offshoot of the Wang family in Taiyuan. He moved to Jizhou a hundred years ago, and he can be regarded as an old aborigine.

Wang Tong looked at the situation, and suddenly said: "Why should Marquis Wen care about it... This...hehe, this captain also has good intentions...So, it's getting late today, and it's inconvenient for me to force Marquis Wen to stay..." After finishing speaking, he slightly Smiling, then glanced at the other person beside him.

  The other person was named Li Xi, stroked his beard, and sighed: "...It's a pity, we will leave after two days, I'm afraid it will be difficult to meet Wenhou again..."

  The last person next to him was named Liu Fan, who also chimed in and said, "I heard that Marquis Wen talked about Bingbei style, and I also yearn for it, but it's just entangled with common things, but I can't do anything..."

"Yes, alas, there is a saying in the Book of Songs," Li Xi said, shaking his head, "Plucking weeds and picking weeds, wey also stops. Every day returns, and there is no end to the year. The house is ruined, and the family is the reason. Habitat, because of the evil spirit...the ancients did not deceive me..."

  Wang Tong looked at Lu Bu's dazed look, and said with a smile, "This is Caiwei... Oh, what you said is just like Marquis Wen stationed at the border..."

Lu Bu nodded half-understood, then thought for a while, and said, "Today, I have been honored by the hospitality of the three of you, this... well, Bu will prepare a small salary in the camp tomorrow afternoon, I wonder if the three of you are free..." Not to be rude, although Lu Bu is not a son of a noble family, he still knows a little bit about etiquette, so Lu Bu just said it like this, originally he didn't expect these three people to agree, but he didn't expect these three people to agree...

  Lv Bu was overjoyed, and suddenly laughed, he reconfirmed the time with the three of them, and took Gao Shun and others away.

  The three Jizhou gentry saw Lu Bu walking away, so they slowly put away their smiles, looked at each other, shook their heads in unison, and let out low contemptuous laughter.

   "I don't even know about picking weeds..." Li Xi sneered, "It's so vulgar that you want to get involved in Jizhou?"

   Liu Fan nodded and said: "Thinking of Jizhou, where poetry and books are passed down from generation to generation, and the style of writing is at its peak, how can it be so coveted by a martial artist?"

  Wang Tong didn't say anything right away, but instead looked at the owner of the Zhang Family Fort, Zhang Shi, and said, "Why did you stop me just now? Why didn't you let him report?"

  Bao Zhang was a little confused, looked at Wang Tong, and said hesitantly: "...This...is not from General Ju..."

   "Bold!" Hearing this, Li Xi glanced to both sides, and said in a deep voice, "Stop talking nonsense!"

  Fort Master Zhang was stunned for a moment, then he said no more knowingly, and then took the three of them back to the hall, asked the servants to remove the banquet, served tea soup again, and then asked Wang Tong for advice in a low voice.

   "This matter... my nephew is confused..." Wang Tong looked at Bao Zhang, shook his head and said, "Your father is also a very intelligent person, why are you so... oh..."

  Bao Zhang hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "This... my nephew is stupid, I ask the three uncles to teach me..."

Wang Tong shook his head, beckoned for Baozhang to come closer, and said in a low voice: "...General Ju, hehe, what General Ju said is that he wants to be here... But you once thought, if this person falls into the fort, hehe ... You have such a great wealth, do you want it or not?"

Liu Fan also said: "Although this person is extremely dull, he has also experienced battles for a long time. He is an ordinary three or five good players, and he may not be able to get close. My nephew said, how do you want to arrange it? Could it be that you set up three hundred knives and axes here, and throw them away?" Is it worth the cup? Haha..."

There are many exaggerated stories about Liu Bang and Xiang Yu's Hongmen Banquet, but in fact, how can so many people be ambushed in a small hall, with knives, axes and armor, clanging in one place , I'm afraid it's hard not to let people know.

Besides, as a general in the army, he came all the way here in a **** storm, so how could he be unprepared, and his personal guards were also at his side. After a greeting, even if he drank some wine, he was not drunk, at most he was a little slow in his movements That's all.

Therefore, if you really do something inside the fort, not to mention whether you can achieve what you want, as well as those Gao Shun and others outside the fort, they will not let it go. There are many, but to fight against those veterans, the outcome is unknown.

"...But General Ju didn't have something to say..." Zhang Baozhu just halfway through speaking, his face suddenly changed, looked at Wang Tong's face, and said in a low voice, "...Uncle's words, could it be that when the incident happens, General Ju... also Will you break your promise?"

Wang Tong laughed out loud, patted the master of Zhangjiabao on the shoulder, and said, "Nephew Zhang Xian, if you think about it again, does General Ju have anything to say about keeping you safe after the incident? Ha, I'm afraid it was talking too much about gold, silk and property. , The official position is just given and accepted... If you have a destiny, you can naturally receive it, but if... Hehe, how can you say that General Ju broke his promise? Why did you break your promise?"

  The master of Zhangjiabao woke up like a dream, bowed deeply quickly, and said almost tearfully: "If it wasn't for what uncle said, my nephew's life might not be safe!"

   Li Xi glanced at the Zhang Family Fortress and coughed slightly.

  The master of the Zhangjiabao quickly turned around and thanked Li Xi and Liu Fan, and then asked someone to prepare some thank-you gifts, scarves, etc...

  Li Xi smiled and declined for a while, and then seemed reluctant, nodded with great hospitality, and accepted.

   After receiving the gift, he naturally relieved Zhang Jiabao's worries.

  Wang Tong raised his little finger, took a sip from the tea bowl, then put it down, shook his head and said, "Oh, it's just a pity..."

  The master of Zhangjiabao thought it was difficult to handle and was about to give up, so he said with a bitter face, "Uncle, please help me to come up with an idea... Otherwise, General Ju will blame me..."

  Wang Tong raised his eyebrows, and said: "Nephew, you don't need to worry. What I said was a pity, didn't refer to this matter, but... Sigh, it's really embarrassing that such a brave person doesn't have the opportunity to get close..."

   This sounds pretty good, but if it is connected with Wang Tong’s habits, it’s not so easy to say...

Li Xi looked at Wang Tong, knowing it well, laughed a few times, and said, "Brother Wang, don't be sorry... There is a new martial artist in a certain family, and he is also brave. If Brother Wang is interested, you might as well give it to Wang Tong." How are you brother?"

   "My dear brother, you're welcome, you're welcome..." Wang Tong chuckled and didn't refuse. Some people like money, some people like beauties, some people like handsome men, and of course some people like brave men. Wang Tong is good at everything, but his hobbies are a bit special...

Liu Fan saw that the master of the Zhang family was at a loss, and was thinking about the hospitality of the master of the Zhang family and the gold and silk belongings to be delivered to his hands, so he said: "Nephew, if this matter is not handled, General Ju will , I’m afraid it’s unreasonable, but if you want to do it...hehe, it’s actually not difficult..."

  The master of Zhangjiabao was a little puzzled, and said: "He has returned to the camp now, surrounded by soldiers, if he wants to do something, it will be even more difficult, so how to do it?"

  Wang Tong laughed loudly, and said: "Do you know why General Ju wants to get rid of this person? Without him, you have the military power...so all you need is this and this..."

  (end of this chapter)