Chapter 68: The Pilgrimage

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Lu Bu raised his legs and crossed the threshold, and under the gaze of hundreds of pairs of eyes, he took two steps forward, bowed his body to ninety degrees, and saluted: "Lu Bu, the minister of Weimo, see Your Majesty."

The sound was loud enough for everyone in the hall to hear clearly.

From the moment Lu Bu entered the palace, His Majesty the Emperor, who was kneeling on the throne, locked his eyes on Lu Bu, he had always preferred tall people, because such people would bring him an extra sense of security.

Lu Bu is nine feet long, more than a little bit beyond ordinary people, Liu Hong saw it, and he already liked it a little bit in his heart, so he raised his hand to Lu Bu and said, "Aiqing is flat." ”

Lu Bu straightened up, lowered his head and just glanced at this today, and in an instant, a large series of accurate data floated through his mind: one hundred and twenty paces apart, the kill rate with his bare hands was zero, the shooting rate was thirty percent, and the success rate of holding the halberd in armor was seventy percent.

Lu Bu naturally would not do such a rebellious thing as assassinating the emperor, and he still knew the gifts of the princes and ministers of heaven and earth. It's just that this has become a habit and instinct for him, and the first thing he sees when he sees a person is to reflexively measure his threat value and kill rate.

What's more, assassinating the emperor in front of so many ministers, whether it is successful or not, Lu Bu's fate will be particularly ugly if nothing else.

Lowering his head and glancing left and right at the position of the courtiers, Lu Bu was about to step towards the ranks of the military attachés, and the position was naturally the last place.

"Aiqing, raise your head, take ten steps forward, I have something to ask you." Liu Hong's voice was not loud, but everyone present pricked up their ears and listened very carefully, for fear of missing a word.

Lu Bu silently walked forward ten steps in his heart, then paused, raised his head and looked directly at the imperial steps in front of him.

Liu Hong took a closer look, and saw that Lu Bu was handsome, with well-proportioned facial features, and the oblique eyebrows above his eyes were even more heroic, and his age was similar to him, and he couldn't help but be a little more happy.

Liu Hong asked, "Do you know why I summoned you to Luoyang?" ”

"The minister is stupid, I don't know." Lu Bu didn't think much about it, and answered truthfully.

Liu Hong pondered for a moment before he said: "Since you don't know, then you should tell everything you saw and heard when you rescued Yanmen Pass, and you must not hide anything." ”

"On that day, the minister led 1,300 soldiers from Yunzhong County to reinforce Yanmen Pass......"

From Zhang Zhong guarding Yanmen Pass, to the wolf cavalry camp and the Xianbei people to start a fierce fight, from guarding the lonely city at night, to taking the virtual as the real, setting up an empty city to scare the retreat.

Lu Bu spoke extremely plainly, as if he was telling a story that had nothing to do with him.

However, the thrilling can be imagined.

The civil and military courtiers on both sides unconsciously turned their eyes to Lu Bu, a young man embroidered with the lowest-level 'pink rice' crest on his court clothes, who had also experienced so many life-and-death struggles and life hanging by a thread.

"That Zhang Yi really didn't send troops to rescue for a long time, and waited until the Xianbei people retreated before arriving at Yanmen Pass?" Liu Hong's paleer face added a little coldness, and there was already some anger in his tone, if Zhang Zhong didn't hold and let the Xianbei people enter the customs and go south, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"The minister does not dare to bully the king." Lu Bu clenched his fists and said in a firm tone, he had no good impression of Zhang Yi in his heart, if Zhang Yi could have reinforced, Yanmen Pass as soon as possible, there would not be so many sons and souls of Bingzhou who returned to Qingshan and buried their bones outside the pass.

"Your Majesty, this General Lu is a bit mysterious. The old slave is shallow and ugly, and he has lived a lot of years and has never seen a character who can ride a thousand. Zhang Rang, who was standing next to Liu Xie, spoke, and his voice was slightly hoarse. Zhang Rang, who is familiar with Liu Hong's temperament, knows that if this continues, Liu Hong will definitely be thunderous, Zhang Yi is difficult to say, maybe he will be led to the anger of the Son of Heaven on him by someone with a heart, Zhang Yi doesn't have much to do with whether he dies or not, it is not good if he is involved.

Liu Hong has always listened to Zhang Rang's opinions very much, and motioned for Zhang Rang to continue.

The purpose of changing the topic was achieved, and Zhang Rang said again: "Your Majesty, there are not a few generals who practice martial arts in the court, why don't you invite one or two to have a discussion with Lu Bu, so as to confirm whether it is really as powerful as he said." ”

"Well, Father, you have some sense, you are right."

Liu Hongshen nodded approvingly, looked at the military attaches on the left, and asked with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, which of you is willing to compete with Lu Bu?" ”

"This old gelding, come up with some bad ideas!" He Jin, who was standing at the head of the generals, scolded in a low voice, he was originally a butcher, and in terms of martial arts alone, among this group of military attachés, he was naturally the existence of the tail of the bottom crane.

Not only He Jin, but also a group of military attachés behind him, no one stepped out of the ranks.

The dignified high-ranking general competed with a despicable captain, wouldn't it make people laugh out when it was spread, they had lived in the capital for a long time, indulged in pleasure, and had long left their martial arts aside. What's more, what Lu Bu just said doesn't seem to be made up, and he looks like a stunned young man who doesn't know the world, if he really fights, with his strength to chase down King Xianbei and flee, he must not beat them to the point that his nose is blue and his face is swollen, and then he will really lose face and completely become the laughing stock of everyone.

After waiting for half a ring, no one came out of the ranks, these generals who usually show off their martial arts, but at this time, they confessed, Liu Hong's face was a little unbearable, and his voice suddenly rose an octave, "Huh? Isn't there anyone who dares to stand up! ”

"Your Majesty, most of the generals in the court are good at commanding and deploying troops, and fighting is not their strong point. A man with a thin short beard stood up among the civil officials, bowed down and made a suggestion to Liu Hong.

When the military attache heard this, it was best to be able to lead the troubles to the east, as long as it didn't burn to himself, he echoed one after another, "Lord Chen is right, Jian Chang's martial arts are outstanding, and he will definitely be able to have a wonderful martial arts competition with Lu Bu." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Rang suddenly secretly screamed badly, and now it can be said that he lifted a stone and shot himself in the foot.

What kind of martial arts is outstanding, how can Zhang Rang not know, but before he could stop it, he heard Liu Hong clapping his hands with both hands, laughing and saying: "Chen Aiqing, your suggestion is good, I actually forgot Jian Shuo." ”

"Someone, go and send it to my general!" Liu Hong casually beckoned a small yellow door and gave a holy order.

In addition to Zhang Rang Zhao Zhong among the ten permanent servants, Liu Hong's most favored is Jian Shuo, who is tall and powerful, and has defeated two muscular strongmen in front of Liu Hong, and even many powerful commanders in the palace have been defeated by him one by one.

It didn't take long for Xiao Huangmen to lead Jian Shuo to the Chongde Palace.

Jian Shuo, who was nearly nine feet tall, stepped forward, walked to Lu Bu's side, and subconsciously peeped at the young man who was a little taller than himself, before bowing to Liu Hong, the son of heaven.

On the way, Jian Shuo asked Xiao Huangmen why His Majesty suddenly summoned him, after learning that it was a martial arts competition, Jian Shuo's heart suddenly became a lot more steady, he has been in the palace all these years, when has he lost once?

Liu Hong raised his hand to let Jian Shuo flatten his body, and introduced him by the way: "Jian Shuo, the person next to you is named Lu Bu, he once broke through the Xianbei cavalry army of 6,000 people alone, you compete with him, I want to see who is better than the two of you." ”

Jian Shuo almost knelt down without a 'plop' when he heard this, he gave Zhang Rang a look, and he couldn't understand why he suddenly made this scene, this Lu Bu is obviously not his own person, what if he really did it.

Listening to Lu Bu's brilliant achievements, Jian Shuo broke out in a cold sweat, and he didn't care so much, and coughed loudly in court, "Your Majesty, the slave maid has been infected with the wind cold recently, and I am afraid that she will have negative hopes." ”

"Wind chill? Why haven't I heard you talk about it, after this competition, I immediately asked the imperial doctor to show you, it's okay, you just need to show seven or eight points of strength, I believe you. Liu Hong said with great concern, and at the same time, he also had blind confidence in Jian Shuo.

After finishing speaking, Liu Hong gave a preventive shot to Lu Bu in the palace: "Jian Shuo is famous for his ability to fight in my palace, it can be said that he is almost invincible, and there is no opponent in the entire Luoyang City, you just have to do your best." ”

With Liu Hong's words, Lu Bu was relieved.

Jian Shuo on the side shouted in his heart with grief: Your Majesty, you are completely putting me to death!!

"Your Majesty, the sky outside is not yet named, why don't you wait until dawn to compare?"

It's just that Jian Shuo can't say that he is bitter, and he must pretend to be proud of Lu Bu, otherwise it will be a big crime of bullying the king, and now he can only find a way to delay as much time as possible, so that Zhang Rang can come up with a solution.

Liu Hong wanted to watch this martial arts competition, let alone wait until dawn, he didn't want to wait for a moment, waved his big hand, and said proudly: "Aiqing don't worry, I immediately put two hundred lanterns on the martial arts field to ensure that it is as bright as day!" ”