After about a cup of tea, Lu Su ascended to the gatehouse surrounded by more than a dozen doormen.

I saw that he was sixteen or seventeen years old, with a burly figure, a heavy appearance, and his words and deeds were bold and capable, and he bowed to the two people below the gatehouse: "Lu Su, the owner of the Lower Lujiazhuang, dare to ask the two noble names?" Why? ”

Liu Bowen returned the salute on the horse: "Liu Bowen is under Liu Ji, and he is now the former military advisor of the Hongnong Palace." This general's name is Hua Rong, and he is also a general under the command of King Hongnong, and he came here to ask for food. ”

Lu Su carefully looked at the two of them with a torch, and saw that they were all dignified and extraordinary people, so he no longer doubted it. Although a person's appearance can make up, the temperament exuded from his bones cannot be disguised, and those hungry Ge Pi thieves do not have such a temperament.

"Put down the drawbridge, open the door of the village, and let the two of them enter the village to talk." Lu Su waved his hand and ordered.

"Wouldn't it be dangerous to let them in like this?" A doorman next to him hesitated to remind.

Lu Su smiled disapprenously: "I have more than 1,000 people in Lujiazhuang, they are only two horses, what is the danger?" Just open the door and let it in. ”

The drawbridge was slowly lowered and the gate opened.

Liu Bowen and Hua Rong rode in, Lu Su led in front, and went straight to the council hall to speak.

After the maidservant girl looked at the tea, Lu Su arched her hand and asked: "The two who claim to be the staff of King Hongnong, why did they come to my Lujiazhuang to ask for food?" ”

Liu Bowen put down the tea bowl, shook the feather fan, and asked, "Presumably Mr. Zijing knows about King Hongnong being abolished by Dong Zhuo?" ”

"I've heard of it, but the affairs of the court are not something that a mountain village man like me can talk about, and the villain doesn't dare to talk nonsense." Lu Su said cautiously.

Although he is young, he is in charge of the Lu family's huge family business, and he has already tempered Lu Su with a city government, and he is old and stable, without the frivolity of a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy at all.

Liu Bowen smiled: "Although Zijing can rest assured and bluntly said, that Dong Zhuo's perverse actions have caused the anger of the heavens and the resentment of the people, and the princes of the Eighteenth Route have formed an alliance to crusade, everyone knows that Zijing does not have to worry about the wall at all." After King Hongnong was deposed, he fled to Wancheng and recruited a new army, preparing to go south to Yangzhou to temporarily avoid the edge. Unexpectedly, he was ambushed by Yuan Shu in Runan, losing tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass, and the supply in the army was tight. I heard that Dongcheng Lu Zijing is righteous and bold, and he is better than the ancient Meng Weijun, so the king came to borrow grain, and when the king has made achievements in the future, he will definitely double the return. ”

Seeing the sincerity of what Liu Bowen said, Lu Su put his mind at ease and smiled heartily: "Su has heard about King Hongnong's recruitment in Wancheng, but I didn't expect to go south from our east city, which is really unexpected." Since the king is short of food and can afford Lu Su, how can it be justified if he doesn't borrow this grain? ”

"Haha...... People say that Lu Zijing is bold, and what he said is really true! Liu Bowen shook his fan and laughed.

Lu Su was not carried away by Liu Bowen's compliment, and asked Zhengse: "I wonder how much grain and grass Mr. Liu wants to borrow for King Hongnong?" ”

Liu Bowen stretched out three fingers: "20,000 stones of grain, 10,000 stones of forage, how about it?" ”

Lu Su thought for a while, and said straight to the point: "A month ago, the autumn flood was overflowing, and there were many refugees in Lujiang. But since King Hongnong has come far away, and we are the people of the Han Dynasty, Su is willing to donate 10,000 stone of grain, 5,000 stone of forage, and some cloth and cotton, so as to fulfill the hearts of the people, and as for repayment, there is no need. ”

Liu Bowen didn't have a lion's mouth, and the price given by Lu Su was also fair and generous, and he directly explained that he didn't have to pay it back, which was even more arrogant. Seeing a good deed, everyone will be happy, who knows that at this time, there will be a sudden change.

There were five or six fast horses hurried to the front of the council hall, and the people who were immediately sent out by Lu Su to Shouchun to collect debts were the doormen, who had just returned to the village at this moment, and shouted before they got off the horse: "The owner of the village, something is wrong!" ”

"What's the alarm? Take your time. Lu Su asked calmly.

The doorman wiped the sweat and dust on his forehead, and said anxiously: "A large number of moth thieves came from the east, and the banner looks like Luo Tianwang's Gepi thief, who is coming towards our Lujiazhuang, which is less than ten miles away from Zhuangzi, and our brother is fast, so he overtook it." ”

"How many are there?" Lu Su frowned and asked.

The doorman snorted, "Yes...... There are five or six thousand people, my mother, a piece of black pressing, I have lived for more than 20 years, and I have never seen so many thieves, it seems that our Lujiazhuang is going to be in trouble this time, and the owner of the village hurriedly thought of an idea. ”

A scar-faced doorman beside Lu Su suddenly pulled out a knife and pointed at Liu Bowen and Hua Rong: "Come on, tie up these two people, and they still say that they are not moths and thieves, but people from the government?" If it weren't for the fact that a few brothers bumped into the army of moth thieves on the way back, they would have been deceived by these two thieves, and then they would have opened the door of the village, and our Lujiazhuang would be in trouble! ”

Hua Rong drew his sword in his hand and confronted the guests of Zhuang Dingmen: "I am a general of the imperial court, who dares to do it?" ”

Although Lu Su didn't quite believe that Liu Bowen and Hua Rong were the internal response of the Ge Pi thief, but the matter was very important, the momentum of five or six thousand thieves was not small, and whether more than 1,000 Zhuang Ding could hold it was really not enough to say, it was not possible to make Lujiazhuang usher in the disaster of destroying the village today. Therefore, how to deal with Liu and Hua was hesitant for a while.

Seeing that the situation suddenly changed and the tension in the council hall was tense, Liu Bowen hurriedly spoke, signaling all Zhuang Ding and the doormen to be calm and not to be impatient: "Don't be excited, please listen to me, we are from the west, those Ge Pi thieves are from the east, how can we conclude that we are the internal response of thieves?" ”

Scarface sneered: "Hmph, do you think that the people in our Lujiazhuang are all three-year-old children?" You come in a circle from the west, and you become a member of the government? You're too underestimate me to wait! What are you waiting for, brothers? cut these two people side by side, putting an end to internal response. Then shut the door and stick to it, and then send people to the county seat for help, there is no other way! ”

"Slowly, slowly......" Liu Bowen stretched out his feather fan to tell the guests not to get excited, "Do you think the officers and soldiers of the county will come to save you?" ”

Zhuang Ding, who was still gearing up, listened to Liu Bowen's words and was immediately deflated.

There are more than 3,000 households in the entire Dongcheng County, and more than 500 county soldiers, if they hear that so many moths and thieves are coming, they are afraid that it will be too late to dodge, let alone come to the rescue.

Seeing that his words had an effect, Liu Bowen continued to strike with the hot iron: "In the face of such a huge moth thief, don't say that the county soldiers can't save you, it's the Taishou of Lujiang County, I'm afraid and don't dare to rashly send troops to crusade against the moth thieves, it's not the imperial army, it's not enough to suppress it." ”

"What Mr. Liu said is extremely true, Lujiang is too guarded by Lu Kang, and there are only more than 2,000 county soldiers in the county, and they still have to guard the city, but they are afraid that if they report to Lord Taishou, they will not be able to move back to the rescuers for a while."

Lu Su nodded, agreeing with Liu Bowen's point of view. Since Liu Bowen can make such an analysis, there is a chance that he is not a moth thief.

Liu Bowen arched his hand and said: "What Lord Lu Zhuang said is extremely true, more than two thousand county soldiers have no chance of winning against five or six thousand moth thieves, and the new Taishou may not dare to fall out of the city. Since the thief can't be destroyed, Taishou is likely not to send a single soldier and let Lujiazhuang fend for itself. ”

"I think Mr. has an extraordinary bearing, like a wise person, can he have a clever plan to help me Lujiazhuang survive this difficulty?" Lu Su bowed deeply to Liu Bowen and asked sincerely.

Liu Bowen paced back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back, and explained his ideas: "There are two hundred elite cavalry outside the door, you can open the door and let them in to fight side by side with Zhuang Ding, so that you can temporarily resist the attack of the moth thieves." In addition, the men and horses of King Hongnong are stationed eighty miles to the west, and they will send messengers to ask for help, and they will arrive in the early morning of tomorrow. ”

"So?"

Lu Su stroked his chin with one hand, a little hesitant.

The scarface next to him anxiously advised: "Owner, don't be fooled by this guy's sophistry, if only the two of them should enter the Zhuangzi, it will not be a big problem, if you put the two hundred cavalry outside the door in, it will be too late to regret it!" ”

It is normal for Lu Su and the doorman to refuse to believe it. Liu Bowen knew that if he couldn't come up with a good idea, he might not be able to convince them for a while, so he had an idea and suddenly thought of a brilliant idea.

He smiled and said, "Haha...... Everyone, I have a clever plan to help you keep the village, and listen to Liu Ji. If Master Lu Zhuang thinks that this strategy is to deceive your trust, then Liu Ji will no longer say a word, he will kill or chop, and listen to it! ”I1153