Chapter 423: Homecoming
Acquaintances are easy to do.
Li Dao saw that Lu Bu did not bring many soldiers and horses, so he asked the city gate officer to let Lu Bu and the others go, saying that he would go to Tongyu Taishi later.
The two walked in the city, and now Li Dao has been promoted from the captain of Xiliang to a general, as for the military rank, it is still worse than Lu Bu, but it is not low.
Luoyang's prosperity is much more lonely, in the past, the streets were full of pedestrians and tourists, but now, it seems that there is a lot less. When acquaintances met, they also bowed their heads and left, not daring to take the initiative to greet them, people were panicked, and even the patrol soldiers were more than twice as many as before.
In the entire Luoyang City, there is a depressing atmosphere.
"Childish, what's going on?" Lu Bu and Li Dao's private relationship was not bad, so they called each other by name.
Li Dao did not hide it, in fact, this is not a secret: "Fengxian, you don't know, recently, there have been rampant thieves in Luoyang City, and there have been many thieves who have assassinated the Taishi, the former Yue Cavalry Captain Wu Fu, and the later Dian Military Captain Cao Cao, and even many important ministers of the court, who secretly conspired to harm the Taishi. β
"I can't figure it out, the master treats them well, these people don't know how to be grateful, they actually take revenge, they are really wolf-hearted!"
Li Dao said resentfully, he was a general under Dong Zhuo, and his position was naturally to stand on Dong Zhuo's side and speak for Dong Zhuo.
Therefore, there was a strict investigation at the gate of the city before, which was also Dong Zhuo's order, once a suspicious person was found, he did not have to report it layer by layer, but directly dragged to the court prison, and tortured first. Even if an innocent person is beaten to death, he doesn't have to care about those one or two despicable lives.
The two talked while walking, and after walking for a while, they were at a fork in the street, and they should have gone straight south, but Lu Bu turned right along the intersection.
Li Dao's steps stopped, and he turned sideways and asked Lu Bu: "Won't Feng Xian go to Taishi's Mansion to meet Taishi Dong?" β
According to the rules, Lu Bu should first report to the imperial court when he returns, and only after obtaining approval can he return to the palace to rest. But how can the current imperial court still be called the imperial court, it is just a plaything in Dong Zhuo's hands. Li Dao didn't say anything about the Son of Heaven or the imperial court, but he only mentioned the words 'Taishifu' to remind and hint at Lu Bu.
Today's Luoyang City is not what it used to be, the Son of Heaven and the Three Princes are nothing, and Dong Zhuo of Xiangguo is the one who dominates.
Even if Li Dao said this, Lu Bu still didn't mean to turn around, he seemed to smile and said: "I haven't returned home for a long time, not to mention the dust, the bloody aura on my body is very heavy, after I bathe and change clothes, I will visit the Taishi tomorrow." β
Li Dao's footsteps did not move, and his eyes were complicated when he looked at Lu Bu.
Lu Bu glanced back at him and wondered, "Childish, why don't you leave?" β
Li Dao stopped in place and shook his head slightly: "I won't go to the house to bother today, I still have something to do, and I'll come back to visit another day." β
Lu Bu did not force him to stay, said goodbye to Li Dao, and parted ways.
Walking to Lu Mansion, his lively and lovely daughter did not wait for him at the door like last time, and Lu Bu couldn't help but feel a little lost in his heart.
When the servant who guarded the door saw Lu Bu, he shouted happily all the way into the house: "The master of the house is back, the master of the house is back......"
Lu Bu raised his legs and stepped up the steps and walked into the mansion.
Knowing that Lu Bu had returned, Song Xian and the steward rushed to the door as soon as possible, and when Lu Bu came back, they had a backbone.
The little bell that was teasing the 'black ball' in the corner of the wall heard the ringing, stopped what he was doing, stood up and ran over happily, a pair of bells on his waist, jingle bell ~ jingle bell ~
The black ball ball is the black cat that Lu Bu bought back at the beginning. The steward knew that this was a pet given to his wife by the head of the house, and his wife liked it too, so he specially arranged for the servants to serve her with good food and drink, and now she was round and fat.
The steward welcomed Lu Bu into the hall, and Cao Xing, who had not seen each other for a long time, saw Song Xian, both of whom were the first old brothers to follow Lu Bu. He took the initiative to go up and punch Song Xian, and said with a smile: "Old Song, I haven't seen you for a long time, your waist seems to be a lot stronger!" β
In the face of Cao Xing's ridicule, Song Xian just glanced at him and ignored him.
However, Cao Xing's kung fu is not bad, and the name of 'the first hob meat of the wolf riding camp' is not in vain. He quietly pulled Song Xian aside, squeezed his eyebrows, and said in an extremely coquettish and obscene manner: "Old Song, you and I have a good time, how about it, the girls from the Liyang Fang in the west of the city are very energetic?" β
When he first left, Cao Xing was afraid that Song Xian would be bored in the house alone, so he specially introduced him to a good place, saying that he could go to "relax and relax" at any time.
After coming to Luoyang for such a long time, Cao Xing had already touched Luoyang City.
Song Xian finally spoke, but only said one word in an urn: "Get out." β
Cao Xing, who was still hooking his shoulders and back, immediately changed his face, and scolded angrily: "Hey, you guy, you are really kind to be a donkey's liver and lungs, and you don't know how to enjoy the mountain barbarian, if Lao Tzu is ......"
Song Xian glared at Cao Xing, and the latter's voice immediately weakened, obviously he had been beaten up before, and he had a long memory.
"Song Xian, you've become stronger."
Lu Bu's gaze stayed on Song Xian for a moment, and then nodded and praised: "Very good." β
"General Xie's compliment!"
Song Xian hugged his fists and replied, he was happy to be praised by Lu Bu, and he also knew that this would definitely not be able to hide Lu Bu's vicious eyes.
I don't know when there have been more and more strong people beside Lu Bu, Chen Wei and Huang Zhong will not mention it, and even in the nascent young marshal army, the strength of Zhang Liao, Pang De, Ma Chao and others has also grown rapidly.
If you don't work hard, you will be left far behind.
Song Xian didn't say anything, but in his heart, he didn't want to fall and admit defeat. He wanted to follow Lu Bu all the time, so during the time when Lu Bu was away, he was working hard every day to practice martial arts.
On the way to martial arts, Lu Bu once told them that in addition to innate talent, the most important thing is acquired hard work.
Although hard work may not be able to reach the heights of those who are strongest, it can bring the disparity between them and them closer.
In addition to familiar characters such as Cao Xing and Ma Zhong, Lu Bu also brought back a strange teenager.
He was Yan Rou, and after leading the way with Lu Bu, he also followed Lu Bu back to Luoyang. Lu Bu felt that this kid was bold and careful, alert and agile, and familiar with the northern Liaobei area, which was worthy of being cultivated.
As for Wang Zheng, LΓΌ Bu told him not to go back to Beijing with him, but to go to Bingzhou with his token and start to set up an intelligence assassination agency.
The steward made a brief report to Lu Bu, and now the people in Luoyang City are scattered, and the rumors are precarious. Many innocent officials and civilians were martyred and executed, but fortunately it did not affect Lu Bu's mansion.
Not only that, after Dong Zhuo learned that this was Lu Bu's mansion, he also asked people to send a lot of gifts and silks, and also strictly ordered his minions not to come to harass him.
After the steward's report, Lu Bu's face was gloomy, when he was in Guanzhong before, Dong Zhuo had the intention of wooing himself, and his attitude was sincere.
However, Lu Bu knew Dong Zhuo's final fate, not to mention that he didn't want to send someone under the fence now.
However, people are under the roof, and many things are often involuntary.
Thinking of this, Lu Bu sighed, very melancholy!