"Goo-goo!"

Just as Lu Su lowered his head and pondered, a sound woke him up from his thoughts, and then he looked at the person who made the sound - Li Li with a blank face.

"Brother Zijing, forgive me, I didn't mean to disturb you to think about the problem, my stomach is really empty, and I can't help myself!" Li Li said bluntly as usual.

"Huh?" Lu Su was stunned, but he was quite surprised in his heart, and he deepened his understanding of Li Li's personality and temperament.

"Uncle Cheng, get some food." Lu Su immediately instructed Lu Cheng at the door of the cabin.

Then he said apologetically: "Momentary negligence, poor hospitality, Brother Wenchang Haihan." ”

Zijing must not speak like that. This is me causing you trouble, and I should apologize to you, how can right and wrong be reversed? Li Li waved his hand disappreciatively and said.

Before the words fell, Li Li asked again: "I don't know what Zijing thinks?" ”

"I don't know something, I don't know if Brother Wenchang can tell me directly?" Unconsciously, Lu Su had reversed the previous titles of the two. Before, Li Li called his son Jing brother, but now Lu Su in turn calls Li Li Brother Wenchang.

This seemingly inconspicuous change has already explained a lot of problems, but both sides deliberately downplay these details, and no one will break the mystery.

Li Li happily bowed his head and said: "Zijing, but it doesn't hurt to speak, I will know everything." ”

Lu Su's expression changed slightly, and he paid attention to the hatch out of the corner of his eye, and when he saw that no one was approaching, he immediately said in a low voice: "At present, the situation in Chang'an is complicated, especially Wenchang's move is extremely intriguing, looming, and it seems that he is deliberately hibernating, so he pushed Uncle Ling Li Dao to the court. However, this move can hide from ordinary people, but it is difficult to hide the mouth of the family. seems to be clever, but in fact, it hides the worry of being cocooned and self-bound.

In the past two years, a number of government decrees benefiting the people have been implemented throughout Xiliang, but they are all from the hands of Uncle Ling, Li Dao, which has virtually weakened the prestige of Brother Wenchang, but Uncle Ling is quite popular. In this way, people all over the world have an illusion that Uncle Ling is the master of Xiliang, and Brother Wenchang is just a military general who can fight well. Although people with lofty ideals know the reason, the ordinary people do not know the inside story, at least the people outside Xiliang think that General Li Wei has a lot of love for the people.

I would like to ask Brother Wenchang a few words now. First, who is in charge of Xiliang? Second, have you ever thought that the battle in the southern suburbs of Chang'an is likely to be staged again? ”

Li Li's expression changed when he heard this, and his originally calm eyes suddenly became deep, and he was stunned thoughtfully.

"Childe 、、、" Just as Li Li was contemplating and thinking, Lu Cheng walked into the cabin with a tray. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Lu Su waving his hand and silencing the gesture, so he put the food on the table. Turn around and walk away.

Lu Su's words made Li Li vigilant. Although he believed that his uncle Li Dao would no longer think about it, he vaguely felt that the second problem mentioned by Lu Su was very likely to happen again. It's just that the possibility of another large-scale battle like the Battle of the Southern Suburbs is very small, but Chang'an City will inevitably fall into a turbulent situation again.

To this day, the reason why this kind of disaster is still possible is that the root of it is still in Li Li. Because he always felt that his uncle Li Dao brought him and Li Xian up from a young age, not father and son, but better than father and son. This feeling cannot be ignored, and it is impossible for him to attack Li Dao, otherwise how can he stand in the world.

It is this extremely tangled and complex feeling that makes Li Li feel constrained many times. Dealing with the affairs of Chang'an always needs to take care of Li Wei's feelings, and also take into account the influence of all aspects. This made him very troubled and depressed for a while, and then in addition to the money and grain treasury, he simply handed over the right to Chang'an to his uncle Li Dao and left it alone.

This is also the reason why Li Li has not lived in Chang'an City. It's not that he doesn't want to live in Chang'an, but in order to ensure that the whole territory of Xiliang can be stable and peaceful, so that there will be no fratricidal and civil strife again, so he can only give in. He led the troops outside, and was in charge of the people's livelihood in the two states of Yongliang and Yongliang, while his uncle Li Wei sat in Chang'an and took charge of the court. Only in this way can the uncle and nephew try to avoid conflict and maintain this precious blood relationship.

However, in the past year or so, Li Dao has interfered with the transfer of generals in the county government several times, and has had close contacts with Yang Ding, Hu Zhen and other old generals of Xiliang, and there seem to be signs of a comeback. And Li Li had already received a secret report about these secret things and knew about them, but he did not take any action, did not say anything, and waited and saw what happened.

At this moment, Li Li never expected that Lu Su, an outsider, would be able to see the hidden crisis through the appearance, which was greatly unexpected by Li Li, which made him feel very surprised. This also made him clearly realize that Lu Su was really very strategic, saw the problem very thoroughly, and made extremely accurate judgments.

Looking back on the annals of later generations, Zhuge Kongming knew the situation of three parts of the world before he came out, and Lu Su and Lu Zijing proposed a long-term strategy to consolidate Jiangdong's three-legged stand when he defected to Sun Quan. Then, the course of history proved their respective strategic assumptions, and the two of them fought for their respective ideals all their lives. It's just that Lu Su was more than ten years older than Zhuge Kong, and died at the age of forty-six, walking ahead of Kong Ming, but in the end, Shu Han perished earlier than Eastern Wu.

Therefore, Lu Su may not be as good at fighting as Zhou Yu, nor as good as Zhuge Kongming, but his strategic vision is not inferior to these two.

In addition, Lu Su is also a doer with a loyal and pure ambition, and he is also one of the few humble gentlemen recognized by the world in the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms. Some people also call him a "good man" or a "sincere man", and he is often teased by Zhuge Kongming between applause, but he won a stable situation for Dongwu for 30 years, and laid the cornerstone of the invincibility of Dongwu sailors in the world.

Because of this, Li Li's proposal to become brothers with Lu Su was definitely not a whim, but a desire to recruit Lu Su long before he decided to travel south. It was precisely because he knew what kind of person Lu Su was, and because he was rescued by Lu Su this time, that he wanted to become brothers with Lu Su.

In troubled times, people are unpredictable, and only a real and humble gentleman like Lu Su can make Li Li trust without any worries, and treat him sincerely, hoping to meet a brother and friend who are like each other in the troubled times. Otherwise, as his status gets higher and higher, his territory grows bigger and stronger. Before you know it, you will become a lonely person, and you don't even have a friend who is honest with you.

"Let Zijing wait for a long time." After straightening out his thoughts, a warm smile appeared on Li Li's face again, obviously he had a plan in his heart about the two questions raised by Lu Su just now.

"Brother Wenchang doesn't have to be polite, please have a meal." Lu Su smiled happily.

Li Li smiled, then got up and pulled Lu Su to sit down next to the desk: "Zijing sit down together, let's talk while eating." ”

"It's 、、、 good!" After a moment's hesitation, Lu Su happily responded, and then sat opposite Li Li. And Li Li was really polite, and immediately started to eat a large piece of food after sitting down.

After a while, most of the food was wiped out by Li Li, and Lu Su tasted it lightly, pouring wine for Li Li while eating.

After eating and drinking. Li Li Fangjue's armor was too tight, and it was very inconvenient. Immediately, he said to Lu Su: "Zijing, go and pick up the robe, and lend it to me temporarily." After returning to Xiliang, let your sister-in-law make a few clothes and return them to you. How is it? ”

"Ugh!" Lu Su was stunned when he heard this. In his sight, he saw that Li Li had already begun to remove his armor, as if he didn't treat him as an outsider, and he didn't shy away from it.

Seeing this, Lu Su immediately got up and said with a hearty smile: "Hahaha! Okay, Brother Wenchang, wait a minute. I'll go get the robe at once! Before he finished speaking, he had already walked out of the cabin door, and Li Li looked at his back as he leaned over and went out.

Lu Su, who had just walked out of the hatch, looked up and saw Lu Cheng whispering something to his grandmother. Apparently, he reported Li Li's identity to his grandmother.

"Su'er, come here." Sure enough, when Mrs. Lu saw Lu Su come out, she immediately beckoned him to come.

Lu Su stepped forward quickly and said to Lu Cheng casually: "Uncle Cheng, take a set of my robes, preferably a newly made brocade robe that has not been worn." ”

Lu Cheng nodded happily and retreated, and then Mrs. Lu said with a smile: "Just now, Lu Cheng told me all about the conversation between you and General Li. Lu Cheng said that General Li wants to marry you as a brother with a different surname, is this really the case? ”

"It is true." Lu Su bowed his head and said: "However, General Li's status is too noble, and his grandson really can't climb high, so I think it's better to stop this matter." ”

"Oh?" Old Madam Lu was stunned and groaned, and asked in a low voice, "Could it be that General Li just said it casually, but in fact he was not sincere?" ”

"No, no, no, grandmother must have misunderstood, General Li treats me sincerely, and it is not a polite lie!" Lu Su hurriedly explained.

Old Madam Lu smiled happily when she heard this, and said, "Since this is the case, why does Su'er refuse?" Could it be that Su'er thinks that Li Wenchang, like Yuan Shu, is a person who is not enough to achieve great things? ”

"No, General Li and Yuan Highway are not comparable." Lu Su immediately shook his head and said, "Grandmother must know that Xiliang Li Li was born in the Haoqiang family of Beidi County, not from the scholar clan. In the early years, when people mentioned him, they often called him the nephew of General Li Dao of Xiliang, but now they will call Li Dao the uncle of General Li. Just by this well-known title, you can know the deep meaning of it, that is, General Li Li has grown step by step by relying on his own ability. With General Li's status and strength today, how can Yuan Highway be compared with him, and the disparity is so great that there is no comparison at all. ”

Speaking of this, Lu Su continued with a slightly gloomy expression: "The reason why Sun Er can't marry General Li as brothers with different surnames is not because I am hypocritical, nor is it because General Li is not full of sincerity; However, my own humble position and fear of limited ability have failed to live up to General Lee's ardent expectations. Moreover, if an unknown person like me arrogantly respects General Li and becomes a brother with a different surname, it will be difficult to escape the suspicion of becoming inflammatory, and he will be criticized by others, which will damage General Li's prestige. Therefore, this is the end of the matter, and there is no need to mention it again. ”

Old Madam Lu bowed her head thoughtfully and said, "Well, what Su'er said is reasonable. ”。

"Zijing is too formal, and he thinks about simple things too complicated."

At this time, Li Li walked out of the cabin wearing a dark cyan robe, and happened to hear the conversation between Lu Su and Mrs. Lu's ancestors and grandchildren.

But seeing him walk up to Mrs. Lu, he bowed down and said, "Li Li has seen the old lady." If the old lady doesn't think Wenchang is vulgar, how about I call your grandmother like Zijing in the future? ”

"This 、、、 old body has trespassed, and Wenchang is exempt." After Mrs. Lu was slightly stunned, she helped Li Li up with a smile and said with a smile: "Good, good, good, according to Wenchang, this is the luck of the old body!" ”

When Li Li heard this, he immediately bowed down and bowed: "My grandson has kowtowed to my grandmother, may my grandmother be blessed like the long flowing water of the East China Sea, live longer than the old pine of Nanshan, and live long and healthy, and her face will not change!" ”

"Hahaha!" Hearing this, Mrs. Lu laughed heartily, held Li Li's hands tightly, and said with a smile: "Borrowing Wenchang's auspicious words, grandmother really wants to see Wenchang achieve immortal hegemony with her own eyes!" ”

"So my grandmother agreed that Zijing and I would become brothers with different surnames?" Li Li said urgently with a look of surprise.

Old Madam Lu bowed her head happily and said, "Exactly." The old body is more than a sixtieth year, and it is really a blessing for my Lu family to have a young and promising grandson like Wenchang in my lifetime, how can I refuse! ”

As she spoke, she took Li Li's left hand with one hand and Lu Su's right hand with the other, and then put the hands of the two of them together, and said with a smile: "Today, grandmother testifies to the two of you, just on this big river, Wenchang is the brother, Su'er is the brother, and the brother is a brother with a different surname!" ”

Li Li and Lu Su clasped their hands together, glanced at each other, and then leaned down in front of Mrs. Lu, kneeling down in unison: "Grandson to meet grandmother!" ”

"Little brother meets brother!" After worshipping his grandmother, Lu Su turned to bow to Li Li.

"Virtuous brother is exempt from courtesy, since then my brothers have advanced and retreated together with honor and disgrace, and we have blessings and hardships together!" Li Lilang laughed.

"Hahaha!" When Mrs. Lu saw the scene in front of her, Lao Huai was pleased, with crystal tears in her eyes, she cried with joy, and then she wiped away her tears and laughed.

Seeing that his grandmother was so happy, Li Li and Lu Su were also happy and laughed.

Time passed in the joyful conversation of the three of them, young and old, and as it was close to noon, the two of them helped their grandmother into the cabin to take a nap. Then the two brothers sat down in the bow of the boat and discussed in a low voice what was before them.

"Where was my brother assassinated last night, and where are the people who accompanied him now?" Lu Su asked in a low voice.

Li Li was sad when he heard this, and responded: "Previously, my group of four people stayed in the Bufu, because I was too light on the enemy, almost all the dozens of people in the Bufu were killed, and there were few survivors. The master of the Bufu fell in love with me at first sight, recognized me as a nephew without knowing my identity, and entrusted his own daughter to me. Unexpectedly, they were taken hostage by the Xiahou brothers that night, so as to coerce me into submission, and at the critical moment, my aunt resolutely chose to sacrifice herself, so that I would not be coerced by the Xiahou brothers. After that, the virtuous brothers all knew about it, and Bufu was in Shu County. ”

"Shu County Bufu!" Lu Su's voice changed when he heard this, and he exclaimed: "The junior brother knows where the Bufu is, and we are going to pass through there this time." However, Bufu is hundreds of miles away from us, and it takes five days to reach it by going against the water, and my brother was swept away so far by the flood last night, which is really dangerous! ”

Li Li bowed his head and said: "Yes, it rained heavily last night, and it rained for most of the night, and the floods on both sides of the river were monstrous, too fierce!" Fortunately, I, Li Li, were born with excellent water nature, and I had to be rescued by my virtuous brother in time, so that I could save my life. However, the dead soldiers of Xiahoudun and the Xiahou family are not as lucky as me, presumably they have been swept into the Yangtze River at this time, and there is no place to bury them! ”

—————————— (To be continued)(To be continued......