East of Chang'an City, Lu Fu.

The crisp sound of the bell sounded in the courtyard, and Lu Bu, who had returned from the court, heard the sound and couldn't help but speed up the pace of his steps.

When they came to the courtyard, Little Bell was playing with his two younger brothers, and there were five or six maidservants standing next to him, carefully accompanying and guarding them.

Lu Bu took two steps forward and called dotingly: "Little bell." ”

Hearing the familiar voice, the little bell turned around, and when she saw her father appear in front of her, she cried out with great joy: "Daddy! ”

Then she subconsciously ran forward, but she didn't run two steps, she paused, turned her head away, and hummed arrogantly: "Hmph, I don't want you~"

Lu Bu, who had already opened his arms when he squatted down, suddenly looked embarrassed, estimated that the little bell was still angry with him, so he said to his daughter flatteringly: "Little bell, look what gift Daddy brought you." ”

As he spoke, Lu Bu took out a small wooden windmill from his arms, opened his mouth and blew hard, and the windmill whirled.

Wow~~~

The two youngest sons looked straight in their eyes, staring stupidly at the small toy in their father's hand, and the corners of their mouths unconsciously overflowed.

Seeing the children like this, Lu Bu knew that this little thing was not wrong, so he beckoned to them and said with a smile: "Come on, come on, you have everything~"

The three little ones ran over in a hurry, one for each of them, and smiled from ear to ear.

Then he lifted the small windmill and ran around in the courtyard, and the whole yard was filled with the joyful laughter of the three sisters and brothers.

The joy of children may be as simple as that.

After a while, Xi Ce came over to walk around, but he didn't expect to bump into Lu Bu here, and he couldn't help but ask a little curiously: "General, why are you back?" ”

According to his estimates, Lu Bu will have at least two or three months before he returns.

When I came back at this time, I must have changed halfway.

Lu Bu stood up and instructed the maidservants to take care of the three little bell sisters and brothers, and then said to the same joke: "Sir, this matter is a long story. Let's go and sit down in the hall and explain it to you slowly. ”

When they arrived in the lobby, after the two sat down, Lu Bu told Xiliang and the court about the same thing.

After listening to the joke, he took a sip of cold water and seemed to smile: "General Loss, you tried your best to rescue them, but in the end, you saved a group of white-eyed wolves." ”

Who's to say it isn't?

Lu Bu smiled bitterly, his heart was cold!

Today, when he was targeted in the court, no one was willing to come out to speak for him. Either stand on the opposite side of him, or choose to watch from the sidelines.

If Ding Gong hadn't been demoted and transferred out of Chang'an, he might have said a few words for Lu Bu.

However, it is precisely because of today's incident that Lu Bu can see the true face of these courtiers.

At first, he thought that by saving the lives of these officials, they would treat him well and give his full support to some political initiatives. I didn't expect it to be the same as before, and it was even worse than before.

Originally, I still had a little illusion about them, but now it seems that it is simply unrealistic.

Cui and Yang had helped Lu Bu before, but in the final analysis, it was only a temporary cooperative relationship after all, and they would definitely not offend hundreds of officials for the sake of Lu Bu.

"What are the general's plans for the future?" Xi Ce held the water cup in his palm and asked sideways.

"Since they want to make things difficult everywhere, I don't need to continue to get used to them."

Lu Bu took a deep breath, and the bad luck of Fang Cai was swept away, and the momentum of giving up who else was returning to his body: "Didn't they want to see my jokes and push me to death with all their intentions?" I'll see if they're eloquent and eloquent, or if I'm more assertive. ”

In dealing with these stubborn and corrupt officials, there is no mercy at all.

Otherwise, it will always be yourself who suffers.

Hearing this, a flash of light flashed in his eyes, and he lowered his voice: "What does the general want?" ”

Lu Bu glanced left and right, and retreated all the servants in the hall, leaving only him and Xi Ce sitting in the hall.

"Didn't Geng Ren want to be in the limelight, then let him go!"

Lu Bu said disapprovingly, eighty percent of the soldiers in Guanzhong only obeyed his orders, and his soldiers and horses were not requisitioned by the imperial court, so they transferred 5,000 soldiers to Geng Ren from Hedong.

Regardless of the combat effectiveness of these 5,000 soldiers, the number of hundreds of thousands of rebels in Liangzhou alone is enough for them to drink several pots. What's more, Geng Ren, who commanded them, was just a person who took it for granted.

"Han Sui's calculations, I know very well that they just want to use the big tree of the imperial court to shelter from the wind and rain, and privately strengthen their own power. I turned a blind eye to them, also because I can't spare my hand now, in that case, let them take Geng Ren's head first as a vote of favor to me! ”

Speaking of this, Lu Bu's eyes flashed with murderous intent.

"The general is far-sighted, and I can't do it!" Xi Ce said with his hands, and he was very suspicious of sycophancy.

In Xi Ce's view, today's Lu Bu is no longer the reckless general who needed his advice on everything. Lu Bu has his own ideas, as well as his own unique vision and vision.

What the drama strategy has to do is just to assist with peace of mind on the side, and just check and fill in the gaps.

"The only thing that gives me a headache is that there is no power of its own in the court. When it comes to major events in the court, there is no one to speak for me. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come back for nothing. ”

There are many generals around Lu Bu who can fight well, but there is a shortage of strategists. Not to mention strategists, even decent literati can't come up with a few, and the drama is not keen on official careers, and is lazy by nature.

"Why don't you recruit generals?" The drama strategy was groaned, and Lu Bu came up with an idea.

Lu Bu's face was pale, and his heart was very bottomless: "Everyone in the world knows that I am a martial artist, and I have no family background, can those scholars who are above the top of the eyes take a fancy to me?" ”

Although he is now a Marquis of Wen and a right general, he has almost zero family background.

"Why should the general sigh, in addition to those children of the family, aren't there many students of the Han family who have no way to serve?"

"Mr. means ......"

Xi Ce nodded solemnly, he wants to use these poor students to form a network, so that Lu Bu can rise to become a new family!

Family.

Speaking of simple, it takes dozens or hundreds of years of precipitation to form a behemoth.

Qiang pressed the excitement in his heart, and Lu Bu asked again: "Sir, I heard that a while ago, a series of assassinations occurred in Chang'an City, and many small and medium-sized officials died. ”

Others said that Dong Zhuo did it, but Lu Bu didn't believe it. Now Dong Zhuo is already a rat crossing the street, there is no need to provoke the court again and force himself to a dead end.

For Lu Bu, Xice did not have the slightest intention of concealing it, and frankly admitted that it was all instructed by him. Lu Bu said in his heart, sure enough, but he didn't blame him.

Then, the two walked out of the hall together, standing at the door and looking up at the blue sky.

"General, when Liangzhou is stabilized, I have a bold idea." Xi Ce said indifferently.

Lu Bu, who was standing with his hands in his hands, glanced sideways at the Confucian beside him, and was a little curious: "Sir, please speak." ”

"I want to restart the Silk Road!"