"The general is in the mansion, and Lu wants to see him?"

Speaking coldly, Lu Bu casually pulled out Fang Tian's painting halberd and handed it to Wei Xu behind him. Immediately, without waiting for Guo Jia to answer, he stepped forward, crossed the threshold into the front yard, and walked straight to the main hall.

Guo Jia raised his hand to signal Wei Xu and the others to stop and not enter, so he looked at the alleys on both sides of the mansion gate with deep meaning, but saw more than ten figures leaving in a hurry, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Seeing this, Guo Jia smiled coldly, and his heart was relieved.

Obviously, these people who were in a hurry were the eyeliners that Sun Ce had planted around the governor's mansion. These people are always staring at the people who are in and out of the state pastoral mansion, and the slightest wind and grass can't escape the ears and eyes of these eyeliners, and then reach Sun Ce's ears. Like today, when Lu Bu led the army to theorize, Sun Ce must have already received the news and is paying close attention to the follow-up progress of the situation.

After smiling indifferently, Guo Jia hurriedly followed Lu Bu, and said as he walked: "The lord and Zijing are serving tea in the hall, and Mrs. Lingqi is also here, and Wen Hou came at the right time." ”

"Oh?" Lu Bu paused when he heard the sound, then took a deep breath, the anger on his face subsided a lot, and slowly walked towards the main hall. Guo Jia smiled when he saw this, and then waved his hand to signal that Dian Wei didn't have to follow, Gu Zi followed behind Lu Bu unhurriedly, and walked up the steps into the main hall.

As soon as he stepped into the main hall, Lu Bu heard hearty laughter coming from behind the screen on the right side of the main hall. This is Li Li's voice, Lu Bu has long been familiar with this kind of laughter, as long as he hears the sound, he doesn't have to think about it, he knows that the laughter comes from Li Li.

Just as Lu Bu was about to take a step, he heard Li Li's laughter and someone actually mentioned his name. Suddenly, Lu Bu's feet suddenly stopped, he stood still, listening intently to the conversation behind the screen. At this time, Guo Jia, who was following behind Lu Bu, shook his head lightly after seeing this. But he didn't make a noise, so he walked lightly into the side hall on the left side of the main hall, and there was a pot of steaming hot tea on the desk, and then Gu Zi sat down and tasted tea leisurely.

Obviously, this is a fragrant tea prepared in advance, Guo Jia has no penchant for eavesdropping through the wall, so naturally he will not stand at the door and accompany Lu Bu to eavesdrop on the conversation between Li Li and Lu Su. So he went back to the side hall on the left. Slowly sipping tea, he got up from time to time to look at Lu Bu, who was standing motionless at the door of the main hall, with an unfathomable smile on his face.

And that's not all. Guo Jia also withdrew the maidservants serving in the hall, and signaled the soldiers in the hall not to make a noise, pretending not to see it. This provided extremely favorable conditions for Lu Bu to eavesdrop on the conversation behind the screen, and no one disturbed him. No one will remind Li Li and Lu Su who are talking about the two behind the screen. Pitchers have ears.

In the side hall on the right, Li Li and Lu Su sat opposite each other around a desk, drinking tea and talking, talking happily and laughing. Lu Lingqi, who was dressed in red, sat on the side and looked at the fragrant tea on the stove, adding hot tea to the teacup in front of the two of them from time to time, and sat quietly next to him.

It is worth mentioning. There are not many henchmen and close ministers who can enjoy this kind of treatment in Li Li's mansion, and they are no more than a pair of fingers when they are full. And Linhuai Lusu is just one of them. Because he is not only Li Li's confidant, but also a sworn brother who once had a life-saving grace for Li Li.

So all along, as long as Lu Su returned to Chang'an or followed Li Li to go out with the army, Li Li never shied away from Lu Su. The two often dine or drink tea together, and if Li Li's wife and concubine also travel with the army, they will take the initiative to show up to greet Lu Su, and occasionally sit aside like Lu Lingqi to add tea and pour wine for them.

But most of the time, Li Li's wife won't do these things, and Lu Su can't afford it, so he can't sit still, and he is honestly afraid. After all, this society has an extremely strict status hierarchy, although there is only one word difference between the wife room and the concubine room, but the status is very different and cannot be compared.

There is a difference between these so-called respect and humility, maybe Li Li doesn't care about it, and he doesn't value it, but Lu Su is very serious, always keeps it in mind, and abides by etiquette, and never goes beyond half a step.

In this era, concubines served on the sidelines, which could show the familiarity and closeness of their masters and guests, but the wives generally did not show up. Because the wife's room often symbolizes the noble status and prominent family of the master's family, it is equivalent to the identity and status of the husband's family itself.

This may be the origin of the right family, generally men with status will marry everyone's ladies as their wives, it seems that only in this way can they be worthy of the prominent family of the husband's family, and every word and deed represents the status and face of the husband's family. This subtle custom has been passed down for thousands of years, and it is still everywhere and widely spread today.

?????? In Li Li's hearty laughter, Lu Su said with a smile: "At present, the military and political affairs of the counties and counties under the jurisdiction of Yuzhou have been basically dredged and straightened out, and they are on the right track. However, the foolish brother always has one thing to worry about, and he asks the brother to make it clear. This time, we will bring all the cities of Yuzhou, Jiujiang and Lujiang under our rule, so how can the princes of Sun Ce and Lu Bu give up?

Jiangdong Sun Ce said that after all, he still occupied most of the territory of Lujiang County, but Xuzhou Lu Bu did not gain an inch of land, and he did not get any benefits. In this way, Wen Hou was afraid that he would not swallow his anger, and he was bound to come to reason with his brother and ask for Yuzhou County. Once this matter is not handled properly, it will inevitably cause irreconcilable disputes, and even the two families will turn against each other. When he spoke, Lu Su couldn't help but restrain his smile, his expression was solemn, and there was a trace of worry on his cheeks.

It was Lu Su's words that prompted Lu Bu, who had walked to the door of the main hall, to stop and listen, he wanted to hear how Li Li replied, and this was the purpose of his trip. He wanted to know what Li Li's intention was to eat alone so blatantly, and where did he arrange him?

On the right side of the screen, after Li Li heard Lu Su's words, he slowly smiled, turned his head to look at Lu Lingqi, who was also listening with his ears pricked up, and a graceful arc appeared at the corner of his mouth. It seems unfathomable and elusive.

Immediately, Li Li took a sip of tea and said without hurry: "What is Zijing's opinion on the current situation?" Before the words fell, he added: "I'm talking about the situation in the Central Plains, of course, Zijing can also look at the world." There is no need to scruple about what comes to mind between you and my brothers. Say it as bluntly. ”

Lu Su's expression changed slightly after hearing this, and he was a little surprised, and he couldn't understand why his brother didn't tell him directly. On the contrary, he talked about everything else left and right, and quietly changed the topic. Even so, Lu Su still has to answer all questions, and will not directly say the doubts in his heart.

"At present, the situation in the Central Plains has become clearer. In addition to the fact that the Hebei battlefield is still stalemate, most of the counties in the Central Plains have fallen into the hands of the elder brother, and Nanyang, Yuzhou, Jiujiang and Lujiang all belong to the elder brother. Up to now, the elder brother has successively Chang'an Sanfu and Yongliang Erzhou. Plug Shuozhou, the north and the state, into the throat of Hanzhong, the hinterland of the Central Plains. In the east, the state of Seyyou and the state of the outside of the country, plus the states and counties captured by the southern expedition. It is now that there are as many as six states under the rule of my brother, and the territory actually controlled by zhì occupies about seventy percent of the Han world, and it is well deserved to be the first prince of the Han Dynasty. Megatron's overlords! Speaking of Li Li's current sphere of influence. Lu Su couldn't help but accentuate his tone, his feelings were quite excited, and his expression was excited.

Indeed, when he decided to follow Li Li, it was when Li Li became famous, occupying Chang'an and coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes. However, Li Li at that time was very powerful. However, the actual territory occupied is limited to the two prefectures of Xiliang and the three auxiliary places of Chang'an, and they are still in a corner. But in less than five years. Li Li led the army to fight a series of fierce troops, from the Saishang Hetao to the eastern capital Luoyang, and then from Bingzhou to the east into Youzhou, and then from Luoyang to Jianghuai. In the past few years, the territory under his rule has been expanded from the Western Regions to the banks of the Yangtze River, and the number of prefectures and counties has increased to six, and Yongzhou, Shuozhou and Lingzhou have been added, pacifying many barbarians and occupying the vast northern grasslands. As a result, the territory is far larger than the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty. However, in the territory of the Han Dynasty, only seventy percent of the territory under Li Li was ruled, and the remaining thirty percent was still in the hands of other princes.

After a pause in his voice, Lu Su calmed down and continued: "At present, there are still six princes in the world, Yuan Shao of Jizhou, Cao Cao of Yanzhou, Lu Bu of Xuzhou, Sun Ce of Jiangdong, Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Liu Zhang of Yizhou. Among these princes, the situation on the battlefield in Hebei is the most stalemate, and after the war is clear, at least one of the princes will be eliminated. At present, on the battlefield of Huainan, with the panic of Yuan Shu's father and son, only Jiangdong Sun Ce, Xuzhou Lu Bu and Jingzhou Liu Biao are left among the princes of Jianghuai. And these three forces are also the greatest danger to our army's occupation of Huainan, among which Xuzhou Lu Bu is the most serious. ”

Speaking of this, Lu Su turned his head to look at Lu Lingqi, smiled apologetically, and then continued: "Xuzhou is an important town in the Central Plains, connecting the Central Plains in the north and Jianghuai in the south, and its geographical location is extremely important. Now our army occupies Huainan, Xuzhou is in the rear of our army, the south is the Lujiang River and Jiangdong counties occupied by Jiangdong Sun Ce, and the west is Jingzhou Liu Biao, the situation is very unfavorable and the situation is worrying.

Jingzhou Liu Biao's strength is stable, and our army should not fight with it for the time being, and they can be at peace with each other. Jiangdong Sun Ce occupies the four counties of Jiangdong, and there is the Yangtze River moat to block it, as long as he leads the army back to Jiangdong, our army will be helpless against him; Therefore, it is not advisable to deal with them for the time being unless it is necessary.

The so-called lesser of two evils. Compared with Liu Biao and Sun Ce, Xuzhou is undoubtedly a greater threat to our army, so the next goal of our army must be ??????" Because Lu Lingqi was beside him, Lu Su's words came to an abrupt end here, but the meaning of his words was already very clear.

Lu Su's voice fell, and Li Li continued to speak: "What Zijing said is reasonable. As a matter of fact, whether our army occupies Huainan or Wenhou further expands its power, it is an indisputable fact that both sides will inevitably fight each other. The existence of the Xuzhou army posed a huge threat to the occupation of our army, and the city under the control of our army also clamped down on the development and growth of the Xuzhou army, so it ?????? The time has come when this problem cannot be left unsolved. The reason why I occupy Yuzhou now is to let Wen Hou choose carefully whether Xuzhou wants to be an enemy of me Li Li or take the initiative to negotiate peace. In this expedition against Yuan, I cooperated with Wen Hou tacitly, and only then did I have a great victory in Shouchun. Taking a step back, there are really very few princes who can accommodate Marquis Wen today, but I, Li Li, welcome Marquis Wen to ??????come and vote at any time."

After Lu Bu, who was standing at the door of the main hall, heard Li Li's words, his face changed again and again, his hands clenched into fists but separated, and then clenched his fists, showing that he was extremely uncalm in his heart and was struggling violently. After a while, Lu Bu turned around and walked out of the main hall, but his steps seemed slow and heavy, and each step seemed to weigh as much as a thousand catties.

But this scene was seen by Guo Jia, who was always observing Lu Bu, and suddenly a meaningful smile appeared on his face, and he watched Lu Bu walk out of the mansion step by step.

"Your father is gone. It seems that Zijing's words just now touched him a lot, and asked him to think about it carefully. It's just that??? There was not much time left for him. As the heavy footsteps outside the hall faded away, behind the screen, Li Li whispered to Lu Lingqi.

Lu Su's voice changed when he heard this, he looked at Lu Lingqi's expression with a puzzled face, and then looked back at Li Li. After Li Li nodded affirmatively, Lu Su knew that the partition wall had ears, and Lu Bu was standing behind the screen just now.

"The husband has done a lot for the concubine, and the concubine is content. The concubine can only do for her father, and her husband does not have to worry too much in the future. No matter what the result is, the concubine will not complain about her husband. Having said that, Lu Lingqi's expression was very heavy, and her eyes were full of worry??????

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