When I came to the lobby, under the lights, a middle-aged man in his forties was waiting.

This person wears a silver crown, a delicate silk robe, a brocade belt around his waist, a square face, and a faint sense of majesty between his eyebrows.

"The general has arrived~"

Outside the hall, a message from the guards sounded.

Zhou Zheng hurriedly turned around, put away his condescending momentum in the past, did not dare to have the slightest neglect and disrespect, and bowed his hand: "Zhou Zheng, the grass people, I have seen the general." ”

Lu Bu glanced at him, beckoned him to sit down, and said with a smile: "Master of the Zhou family, you are not a grass person, in this Yanzhou territory, no one knows that the Zhou family is the leading wealthy family, Cao Mengde has to give you a few thin noodles before, if you are a grass people, what are those people who dig grass roots in the ground for food?" ”

Lu Bu had something to say, and Zhou Zheng felt cold in his heart when he heard it.

He quickly stood up, but Lu Bu motioned for him to sit down, and asked with a smile: "It's so late, the head of the Zhou family is still coming to the house, so he won't be idle to greet me." ”

Zhou Zheng bowed his hand to Lu Bu and replied sincerely: "Since the general asked, the grass people will also say it directly. My nephew is ignorant, and he offended the general today, so I came to the door to make amends to you. ”

As for why the person did not come, because he is being held in prison at the moment.

Zhou Zheng was walking on thin ice, and Lu Bu said with a smile: "You are well-informed." ”

Then the voice changed.

"But today's incident, so many people are watching, if I forgive the Zhou family master's words, how will the people of Yanzhou look at me? They will say that I bless the powerful and bully the weak and fear the hard! ”

"However, since the head of the Zhou family has taken the initiative to come to me to intercede, I will naturally give you some face. In this way, the capital crime of offending General Ben will be spared, and he will be given two hundred boards and distributed to Xiliang. ”

Lu Bu said calmly, as if he had made a great concession.

Two hundred boards? If it's all over, will you still be alive?

Zhou Zheng's face was pale, his nephew grew up in brocade clothes and jade food, and he had never suffered, and he had the Zhou family as a backer all these years, acting domineeringly, and no one in his eyes.

It's just that his eldest brother died early, leaving only such a bloodline, and before his death, the eldest brother still held Zhou Zheng's palm tightly and begged him to take care of it.

Otherwise, Zhou Zhengcai would not have come to Lu Bu in such a low voice.

"General, please be more tolerant ......"

Zhou Zheng wanted to intercede for his nephew again, but Lu Bu waved his hand, as if he was a little impatient: "I'm tired." Chen Wei, send me off. ”

Chen Wei, who was standing at the door, responded to the door, walked up to Zhou Zheng, and gestured: "Master Zhou, please." ”

Alas~

Zhou Zheng sighed, his eyes showed a huge sense of loss, but he didn't dare to say it anymore, if he provoked Lu Bu, the Zhou family might not live in peace in the future.

In the troubled times, although the lords of various families used the hoarded grain to recruit a lot of soldiers and horses, perhaps this was a great force in the eyes of the people, but it was not worth mentioning at all in front of the brave and warlike Lu Bu.

After all, compared with the family members of the nursing home and the iron-blooded army, the difference between them is not a little bit.

was deflated by Lu Bu, and in order to protect his nephew, Zhou Zheng had no choice but to go to find Xiao Ji again, wanting to ask him to help talk.

Xiao Ji took a look, this matter is not big or small, it is not impossible to make Zhou Zheng's nephew safe and sound.

Hearing this, Zhou Zheng was overjoyed and said that as long as he could keep his nephew out of prison safely, he would be rewarded with discipline.

"Don't be in a hurry to thank me, listen to me first."

Xiao Ji stroked his beard with his thumb, with cunning in his eyes, and said slowly: "Now the general is raising food for the people, ready to transport it from Sili or Guanzhong, but Sili is far away from Yan after all, and it will waste a lot of manpower and material resources. Therefore, if the head of the Zhou family can take the initiative to offer 200,000 stone of grain at this time, I will be able to exchange it for a way to live for my nephew. ”

"Two hundred thousand stones! That's too much, isn't it? ”

Zhou Zheng's face was embarrassed, this is not just a lion's mouth, it is simply asking for his life.

In today's world, all parts of the Central Plains are in chaos, and money cannot buy food, and the market is priceless.

"Brother Xiao, can you have less? You also know that my family still has hundreds of mouths waiting to eat, 200,000 stones, I really can't take it out! Zhou Zheng had a sad face and complained to Xiao Ji.

Xiao Ji took a sip of tea, it was not his nephew anyway, and said unhurriedly: "If it is a few hundred stones, a few thousand stones, do you still need to come out?" You don't want to think about it, what kind of crime is your nephew insulting the general in public and threatening to teach the general a lesson? It is not an exaggeration to insult the important ministers of the court and kill the head! If you really want to save him, 100,000 stones, no less. ”

Otherwise, I can't help you.

Zhou Zheng struggled in his heart for a while, and finally gritted his teeth, and agreed with pain: "Okay, I admit it!" ”

The nephew who was on such a back was really a sin in his previous life.

In the early morning of the next day, Xiao Ji found Lu Bu and said that Zhou Zheng was willing to exchange 100,000 stone of grain for the safety of his nephew.

After hearing this, Lu Bu laughed heartily, he didn't expect that a county book that was punished casually could bring him such a big benefit.

Don't say 100,000 stones, 10,000 stones!

As for the collision of the Zhou family's nephew, Lu Bu actually didn't pay too much attention to it. With his current position of power, if he really wants to deal with him, it is tantamount to condescending to fight with a child and surrender his identity.

"Yuan Tu, you have made a great contribution this time, say, what reward do you want?"

Lu Bu looked at Xiao Ji with a smile, 100,000 stone of grain is not a small number, it is enough to support the army's monthly expenses.

"Worrying about the Lord is the duty of subordinates, and I dare not ask for reward." Xiao Ji bowed over, saying this, in fact, he was quite proud in his heart. Thinking that if Chen Gong or Guo Jia were changed, they might not be able to get so much food for the lord.

Lu Bu was very satisfied with Xiao Ji's answer, and nodded secretly.

The three henchmen who followed him, Chen Gong was upright and arrogant, Guo Jia was dissolute, only he was sophisticated and sleek, and he knew how to figure out the master's mind when he spoke and did things.

"When I return to the court, I will perform your exploits to the Son of Heaven and bestow you a knight."

Lu Bu gave a commendation.

Xiao Ji was overjoyed when he heard this, his face was moved, and he thanked him on the spot: "Thank you, Lord Longen!" In this life, I should go to the soup for the lord, and I have nothing to say! ”

Both sides have reaped the benefits, and Xiao Ji can be said to be the biggest winner.

Afterwards, Xiao Ji walked around the mansion with Lu Bu for a while, and asked with some curiosity: "Why don't you see the eldest lady and the little son?" ”

Hearing this, Lu Bu smiled and said, "The two of them, go and play with your new friends." ”