Cao Bao took the initiative to open the city and ask for surrender, which made Lu Bu, who seized Xuzhou, praise him and look at him differently.

Later, after Chen Gong's allocation, Lu Buna married Cao Bao's daughter as a concubine, and since then he has completely taken Cao Bao for his own use, included him in the list of cronies, and entrusted him with important tasks.

However, marrying Cao Bao's daughter as a concubine was a move that killed two birds with one stone, so that Lu Bu not only got a delicate and lovely beauty, but also got Cao Bao's loyal support, and benefited a lot.

It was the end of April of the third year of Jian'an. On this day, Lu Bu lay on the throne of the state pastor as always, hugging left and right, laughing and playing with the beauties, while watching the graceful dancing of the dancers in the hall in a daze. It's really drunk that everyone is drunk, people who are not charming are self-obsessed, they are leisurely and comfortable, and they envy others!

Just as Lu Bu's cheeks were flushed and slightly drunk, the military advisor Chen Gong hurriedly broke into the lobby, and as soon as he crossed the threshold, he shouted loudly: "Fengxian, Fengxian, the Luoyang envoy sent a secret letter, there is something important to discuss!" ”

"Oh?" At first glance, when he heard that someone called his name in public, Lu Bu's thick eyebrows furrowed slightly, his drunken eyes suddenly opened, and a look of annoyance appeared in his eyes. When he saw that it was Chen Gong again, he shook his head helplessly, then shook his body and fell back into the arms of the beauty.

"Go, go, wait for all to retreat!" Striding into the Chen Palace in the lobby, he waved away the dancing girl in the hall with a disgusted face, walked directly to the upper steps, and then ordered the two beautiful women who were nestled next to Lu Bu to leave quickly.

Chen Gong has done this many times. The subordinates, maidservants, and miscellaneous servants of the entire state governor's mansion were all in awe of him. Among them is also Lu Bu Lu Fengxian, who is seated on the throne.

Once Lu Bu was respectful to Chen Gong, obeyed his words, and respected Chen Gong as his master and father. And Chen Gong often mentions his face to him, and his posture is quite high. That's because at that time, Lu Bu was in a desperate situation, and he was in a difficult situation, if there was no Chen Gong to give advice and seek a way out in every possible way, there would be no Lu Bu today. Even. As early as when Yanzhou fell and was recaptured by Cao Cao, Lu Bu was already in a different place. When he was at his most difficult and helpless, it was Chen Gong who followed him unabated. Give him a plan and encourage him not to be knocked down by the setbacks in front of him, to pick himself up again, and one day he will be able to make a comeback.

Chen Gong proved to be very strategic. Strategic. Extraordinary courage. After the defeat of Yanzhou, he led his troops to Xuzhou to join Liu Bei, temporarily subservient to others, and once the time was ripe, he could make a comeback. After only half a year of living in Xuzhou, the opportunity came. It was Chen Gong who reminded him in time to lead his troops to attack Xuzhou, seize Liu Bei's foundation, and turn over to call the shots. Withdraw the six counties of Xuzhou.

Time has passed, and two years have passed in a blink of an eye. Now. Lu Bu has already secured the position of Xuzhou Mu, the foundation is becoming more and more stable, the soldiers and horses are growing day by day, and the strength is getting stronger and stronger. Therefore, Lu Bu has already regained his self-confidence, and he has regained his former fear, and he believes that he is not afraid of any prince in the world, and he is confident that he has the strength to face an enemy who is coming.

As a result, Lu Bu has changed, becoming extremely confident, arrogant, unruly, and not subject to anyone's restraint at all. But Chen Gong, the military advisor who has always been relied on by him, has not changed at all, he still has the same personality and temper as before, and he still has the previous style of doing things, he likes to make decisions for him in advance, and then directly instructs Lu Bu to carry it out according to his words.

This kind of scene of hearing and facing his life, Lu Bu is really fed up. So much so that he wanted to reprimand Chen Gong fiercely many times, and even give him a little color to see, so that he could know what the courtesy of the lord and the subordinates was, and let him learn the way of being a minister. However, whenever Lu Bu was angry, he couldn't help but think of Chen Gong's persuasion and earnest teaching in his ears when he was in trouble, and he never gave up, always believing that sooner or later, he Lu Bu would be able to make a comeback and regain his former glory. Thinking of this, Lu Bu couldn't help but soften his heart, and he endured it again and again, and did not blame Chen Gong. However, he didn't give Chen Gong a good face, and the anger on his face was not concealed at all, just hoping that Chen Gong could introspect and realize himself, so as to get rid of these bad problems that did not distinguish between primary and inferior.

It's a pity that after two years, Chen Gong still has the same upright and stinky temper as before, and he still calls him by his name, which makes Lu Bu lose face and secretly annoyed.

As the saying goes: this time and that time. In the two years since he took Xuzhou, Lu Bu has long been different. But Chen Gong has not changed at all, and his style of action is the same as before. In the face of such a situation, how should Lu Bu feel, and what face should he have?

It's the same again today. As soon as Chen Gong came, he drove out the dancing girl in the hall and the two beautiful women who served Lu Bu, so that Lu Bu's face was full of iron and he was very annoyed.

"What's the matter with the public station here?" Lying on the wide soft seat, Lu Bu closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, his face was cloudy, showing that he didn't like Chen Gong very much, but because of his old feelings, he couldn't bear it.

After groaning, without waiting for Chen Gong to answer, Lu Bu continued: "If there is nothing to do, the public platform will drink and watch the dance here; If you don't have this Yaxing, please take care of yourself. ”

Perhaps because he was used to seeing Lu Bu speak with a straight face, Chen Gong didn't care about the anger on Lu Bu's face at this moment, and seemed to ignore it. After hearing this, he said to himself: "Feng Xian, when has this been, why do you still have the heart to drink and have fun?" As soon as he spoke, Chen Gong began to preach again. So much so that he put aside all the business he came here for, and nagged in Lu Bu's ear, which was the same before.

"Nowadays, there are wars in all the states of the Central Plains, and the princes of various towns have fought hard in an attempt to carve up the territory of the Yuan brothers. On the battlefield of Hebei, Yanzhou Cao Cao captured Qingzhou in less than half a year, and his strength increased greatly; Coupled with the pressure of the Xiliang army, Yuan Shao of Jizhou is already at the end of his rope and will not be able to support it for long. On the battlefield of Huainan, Jiangdong Sun Ce successively occupied the four counties of Jiangdong, and now occupies most of the Lujiang River, and has developed into a vassal force that cannot be ignored in just two or three years. At present, Liu Biao in Jingzhou withdrew his troops to quell the rebellion, but Huainan Yuan Shu was already declining, his strength was not as good as before, and the day of destruction was not far away. ”

After a pause, Chen Gong sketched a grand blueprint for Lu Bu: "At this time when the world is in turmoil, it is a great opportunity for my Xuzhou to take the opportunity to expand its territory and strengthen its strength. If you send troops to the north. We can join the alliance to fight against Yuan, and join forces with Cao Cao and the Xiliang army in Yanzhou to attack Yuan Shao in Jizhou. After the war, even if we don't get the city. It is impossible to expand the territory, but it can also obtain a lot of money and food; After all, Jizhou is one of the richest counties in the world. Such good things are not available all the time, so why not miss them?

Taking a step back, if I wait for the army to attack Huainan Yuanshu, it will be more profitable. Combined with Jiangdong Sun Ce, flanking Yuan Shu before and after, there will be gains. If the war is smooth. I'll take Yuan Shu's old nest Shouchun directly; If the war does not go well, we can also take advantage of the situation to take Yuzhou and expand the territory. Grow your strength. Such a win-win event is a must-have, and it must not be missed. Don't miss the opportunity and come again! ”

Listening to Chen Gong whispering in his ear for a long time, Lu Bu slowly opened his eyes. Get up and sit up straight. looked at Chen Gong indifferently and was silent. Half an hour later, just when Chen Gong thought that he nodded and agreed, Lu Bu said coldly: "A certain and Yuan Shu have long had an alliance, and they have already been declared ministers last year, how can they go back on their word, betray their promises, and turn against each other?" And so it goes. Will you not trap me in unkindness and injustice, and how will the world think of me? These words. Lu Bu spoke eloquently, righteously and awe-inspiringly, as if he was a rare upright gentleman in heaven and earth, and his reputation was so noble.

But he didn't know how disdainful Chen Gong felt after hearing these words, and it was not an exaggeration to say that he was scornful. To this day, Lu Bu even dared to talk about faith and righteousness, and began to care about his reputation, this is really a big joke!

Looking back at the powerful ministers and overlords who have fallen one after another over the years, half of them died at the hands of him Lu Bu, or they were directly related to him. In just a few years, Lu Bu worshipped three fathers: Bingzhou Assassin Shi Ding Yuan, Xiangguo Dong Zhuo and Situ Wang Yun, the first two were killed by Lu Bu himself, and the latter also died due to Lu Bu's poor rescue. With such a heinous and evil act, how can you mention the word "faithfulness"?

After the defeat of Chang'an, Lü Bu led his troops to defect to Chen Liuzhang Miao, and then begged Cao Cao to take him in, but then took advantage of Cao Cao's troops to attack Xuzhou and attacked Yanzhou, almost forcing Cao Cao to a dead end. Subsequently, Zhang Miao died tragically in the Sili War, and Lu Bu never thought about going to the rescue, even if it was to retrieve Zhang Miao's body. But he didn't care about Zhang Miao's love for helping him in the past, and sat back and watched Zhang Miao's death, standing by and watching. Such an unkind and unrighteous act is unique in the world, but it is very ordinary in Lu Bu, and it is not worth mentioning at all.

Throughout the annals of ancient and modern history, a person like Lu Bu who is disloyal, unfilial, unkind, unjust, has no faith at all, and has no sense of honesty has never been seen in the past. It seems that such a faithless and unrighteous person is embarrassed to talk about honesty and benevolence at this moment, and he still cares about his reputation? Considering all the evil deeds of Lu Bu in the past, does he still have a reputation to speak of?

It is a good thing that there is a way, and bad things spread thousands of miles without going out. Some people have been good people for half their lives, accumulating virtue and doing good deeds, but as long as they do one bad thing, then the good reputation they have accumulated for most of their lives will instantly collapse and come to naught, and then they will be included in the list of bad people. On the other hand, if someone has done evil deeds for half of his life, and it is an indelible evil deed, then no matter how good he has done in the future, he will not be able to wash away the sins on his body. Even if he died, his sins would still fall on his grave and be recorded in the annals of history as a warning to future generations. Lu Bu is one of them.

Recalling the evil things Lu Bu had done, Chen Gong couldn't help blushing, deeply disgusted, but it was inconvenient to speak out. So he had to be silent and try his best to calm his mind, so as not to control his feelings and officially tear his face with Lu Bu.

After a long time, Chen Gong didn't say much, and directly handed over the letter in his sleeve to Lu Bu, and then stood aside, not mixing a word, closing his eyes and recuperating, and keeping silent.

"Ugh! It's ??????" Lu Bu, who thought that Chen Gong was going to preach again, took the letter with a blank expression, looked at Chen Gong suspiciously, and then lowered his head to open the bag, took out the secret letter and looked through it. At first glance, Lu Bu couldn't help but exclaim, and suddenly looked up at Chen Gong, only to see Chen Gong closing his eyes and pretending to sleep, standing there motionless like a wooden stake.

After a short time, after reading the secret letter, Lu Bu slowly rolled up the letter with a gloomy expression, stuffed it back into the bag, frowned and pondered, and did not speak for a long time.

After thinking for a while, Lu Bu sighed softly: "Gongtai must have read the secret letter, so let's do what we say." I also have to bother Mr. Gongtai to raise food and grass baggage, and order the generals to prepare for battle, and set off in five days to fight against Yuan Shu! ”

"No, obey the order." Chen Gong bowed down to receive the order.

This is what he expected, there is no need to bother at all, Lu Bu will never dare to refrain after seeing the secret letter, no matter what, he will implement it according to what the secret letter says. Because this secret letter is the handwriting of the great general Li Li, if there is anyone in the world today who can make Lu Bu dare not say "no", then this person must be Xiliang Li Li. The unruly and untamable Bingzhou Tiger is not fearless, and the only person he fears is Li Li and Li Wenchang, who have repeatedly frustrated his edge.

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