Reach out and don't hit the smiley person.

Everyone was warmly invited, but Lu Bu didn't know how to push it back, and the aspect of socializing has always been his shortcoming. You can't just arrest them all and beat them up one by one.

At this time, the little yellow gate in front of the Son of Heaven came quickly and informed Lu Bu that the Son of Heaven wanted to see him.

When several officials who strongly invited Lu Bu heard this, it was naturally His Majesty who was the greatest, and the proposal to invite Lu Bu into the palace could only be put aside for the time being.

followed the little yellow gate all the way to the outside of the Zhangde Palace, and after the ceremony, Lu Bu was able to meet the Son of Heaven.

"Chen Lu Bu, see Your Majesty."

Although it is not in the court, the etiquette of the audience is indispensable.

Liu Hong gave Lu Bu a seat and asked him if he knew the intention of setting up the Eighth Lieutenant of the West Garden.

Lu Bu naturally knew this that in the past two years, the faction of the great general He Jin had developed too strongly, and the Son of Heaven wanted to suppress it a little, so the eighth lieutenant of Xiyuan was established, so he could take the opportunity to divide most of the military power held by He Jin in Luoyang.

Liu Hong was non-committal to Lu Bu's answer, and he asked again: "Then do you know why I want to push you to the position of captain of the military academy alone?" ”

Lu Bu shook his head, he really didn't understand this.

Among the eight people, five came from the official eunuch family, and Jian Shuo and Feng Fang belonged to the eunuch faction. According to the close and far comb, it is also more pleasing to the Son of Heaven.

Why did the position of captain not reach Jian Shuo, but gave it to himself?

Lu Bu couldn't figure it out.

Seeing that Lu Bu didn't know, the Son of Heaven didn't mean anything to explain, chatted with him for a few words, and waved his hand to let him go back.

Jian Shuo is good, but he still has to obey Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others, and at some point, he will definitely be more biased towards eunuchs. And Lu Bu, who has no identity background, has just become the best candidate.

In the past, Liu Hong wanted the two sides to check and balance each other, but now he wants to cultivate Lu Bu into a third-party force that is circling it. No matter which side of the eunuchs is strong, Lu Bu can be used to jointly suppress and achieve the effect of balance between the two sides.

Before leaving, Lu Bu hesitated for a while, clenched his fists and asked the Son of Heaven: "Your Majesty, the minister has a question, I don't know how to deal with it, I want to ask Your Majesty." ”

Liu Hong looked at him and motioned for Lu Bu to continue.

Lu Bu continued: "Many officials in the court have invited their ministers to their mansions as guests. The minister didn't know whether to go or not. ”

This matter is quite a headache for Lu Bu, even if he dodges it today, there will be tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. As long as he is still favored by the Son of Heaven, these officials will definitely come to invite him every day.

Eating and drinking came second, for fear that some people would have bad intentions and secretly trick him.

Liu Hong didn't give a clear answer after hearing this, but said: "This is your business, I won't let you decide, whether you go or not, you can do it yourself." ”

Back at the palace from the palace, dozens of glittering boxes of gifts were placed in the hall.

Seeing this, Lu Bu couldn't take a break, so he summoned the steward of the mansion and asked with a little anger: "What's going on with these things?" ”

After getting along for a while, the steward also got a general understanding of Lu Bu's temperament and hobbies. Hearing the master's question, he immediately bowed down and replied: "Back to the master, it is some lords and adults in the city who sent their servants to the mansion. ”

It wasn't given by someone else, so it could be that they flew in on their own long feet!

Lu Bu was angry in his heart, of course he knew that these things were given by others, what he wanted to ask was: "Who asked you to put these things into the mansion!" ”

"It's the villain's own idea, please punish the master." As soon as he heard Lu Bu's tone, the steward knew that he shouldn't accept these gifts, so he immediately knelt down and hurriedly took the initiative to admit his mistake.

In fact, this is not to blame the steward, mainly because Lu Bu did not say before that he could not accept gifts and money.

Thinking of this, Lu Bu's tone eased a lot. He first got the steward up, and then set the rule: "Return all these things to me." Also, if someone comes to give gifts in the future, they will all be given to me, and no one will be brought into the house, understand! ”

The steward hurriedly nodded in response, and immediately began to ask the servants to return all the things in the church, one by one, to their original owners.

At this time, Xi Ce heard the sound here and walked over. He said hello, and when he saw the anger on Lu Bu's face, he asked curiously: "What is it that makes the general so angry?" ”

Lu Buwang saw Xi Ce coming, his face improved a lot, and he told Xi Ce about the steward's unauthorized acceptance of gifts, and said that he would set a rule that no gifts should be accepted in the future.

"Do you know this, sir?" Lu Bu asked.

Xi Ce nodded, and said unabashedly: "I was in the mansion at the time, watching them move things into the hall one by one. ”

What happened in the court today, Xi Ce didn't know, but he could guess with his toes that Lu Bu must have made a great breakthrough in his official position.

On weekdays, there is not a single fly and mosquito in the house, but today, the gift-givers have come seven or eight times.

This has already shown that Lu Bu has become the favored minister of the Son of Heaven and the upstart of Luoyang.

"Sir, you too, since you are in the house, why don't you ask anyone to stop you, if this thing falls out, so that others will seize the handle. Haven't all my previous efforts been in vain! Knowing that Xi Ce was in the mansion at the time, Lu Bu complained a little in his tone, and he felt that Xi Ce had made a big mistake this time.

The joke was very indifferent, and he persuaded Lu Bu unhurriedly: "General, be bolder, others dare to accept it, why don't you dare?" When you first came to Luoyang, it's right to be low-key, but now it's different, you already have the Son of Heaven as a solid backing, so what are you afraid of! ”

"But ......" Lu Bu wanted to speak and stopped, wouldn't he become a 'corrupt official' in the mouth of the people by accepting bribes in private.

"General, you have to show your flaws, and you have to have a handle in the hands of the Son of Heaven. Otherwise, if you have no desires, the Son of Heaven will not use you without reservation. Xi Ce shook his head slightly, lowered his voice, and then gave Lu Bu a famous saying.

When the water is clear, there are no fish.

Lu Bu slowly pondered the meaning of the joke's words, but at this time, the joke picked up the large stack of invitations on the desk from the hall, stuffed everything in Lu Bu's arms, and entrusted him with an important task: "From today on, general, you should go to explore and study, and socialize in the officialdom." ”

Lu Bu looked at the red invitations stacked in his arms, although he couldn't figure out the meaning of those words, he also felt that what he said was quite reasonable. He told the steward, who was busy taking inventory, that he didn't have to return the items, and that if anything or a gift came in the future, he would accept it all.

At first, the steward thought that his ears were hallucinating, and Lu Bu just now scolded him for not accepting these things, why did he change again in a blink of an eye?

But since the master has spoken, the steward has complied with everything.

Lu Bu handed the invitations to the steward and asked him to start arranging his itinerary from tomorrow.

After explaining the matter, Lu Bu felt a little tired, so he prepared to go back to the room to rest.

Looking at Lu Bu's departing back, there was complexity in the eyes of the playful strategy.

Guo Jia came out of nowhere at this time, came to Xi Ce, and said with a smile on his face: "Xi Zhicai, I will obey you for this point, and dare to push Lu Bu into the fire pit like this." ”

Lu Bu started at the end of the micro-end, fought in the south and the north, and never enjoyed the glory of wealth and glory. However, this Luoyang City is a prosperous playground, with dogs and horses, rare treasures, and countless treasures.

"When Lu Bu indulges in it and loses his mind with playthings, you can cry when the time comes." Guo Jia hooked the corners of his mouth, he lost to Xice so many times.

This time, it's time to pull back a game.