"Bastard, bastard!" Outside of Shucheng, in the camp of Lü Bu, Lü Bu slammed the table in his hand. He was very angry. His anger burned to the point that he wanted to kill someone.
Liu Mang actually slaughtered almost all the nobles in Lujiang? What does he want to do?
"Milord, Milord, calm down, calm down!" Chen Gong also knew the news. He regretted that he should have stayed in Wancheng city so that Hanyang would not have done such a thing.
"Milord, Hanyang did not do it intentionally. You know what kind of person he is! He would not dare! " Chen Gong comforted Lü Bu and dispelled Lü Bu's fear. Once Lü Bu became afraid of Liu Mang, then Liu Mang would be finished. At least, it would be difficult for him to have a foothold in the Lvbu's Army. Every superior would not allow someone to overstep their authority and give orders, even if that person was their own son.
"Why would he not dare!" Lü Bu was angry. "He thinks that I do not know that Sun Ce's wife, Big Joe, is not dead. She hanged herself to death. Who is he trying to fool? Obviously, He Yu is one of the two women who was rescued from the tiger's mouth. He told me that she is dead! I will not talk about this first. Now he is playing this game again? I indulged him too much, too much indulgence! "
Even Lü Bu could not tolerate it? Chen Gong guessed Lü Bu's thoughts. Chen Gong did not know what to say. Liu Mang was really too much.
"Gongtai, you do not need to persuade me. When we go back, I will capture that kid! I want to see who gave him such courage! "Lü Bu had already made up his mind. He wanted to punish Liu Mang.
"No, take him down now! Quickly return to Wan Cheng and pass down my military order to arrest Liu Mang, Liu Hanyang, and Liu Mang! Rebel, rebel! "The more Lü Bu thought about it, the angrier he got.
"My Lord!" Chen Gong knelt down with a thud. "My Lord, you can't, my Lord!" Chen Gong cupped his fist and pleaded, "My lord, Hanyang will never be disloyal. I, Chen Gong, am willing to pay with my life. If Liu Mang dares to be disloyal, I, Chen Gong, will be the first to not spare him! Therefore, Milord, please retract your order! "Chen Gong was also panicking. Lu Bu was still suspicious of Liu Mang! After all, there was no kinship in the royal family.
"Disloyal?!" Lü Bu froze for a moment, "Gongtai, what are you talking about!"
"My Lord, Hanyang is really wholeheartedly for our Lvbu's Army. My Lord, think about it. If there was no Hanyang, we would have become prisoners. If there was no Hanyang, we would have died in Kaiyang City! If there was no Hanyang, how could we rebuild the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry and the Formation Breaker? If Hanyang is disloyal, he can be independent, my Lord! With his name as the King Of Shu, he does not lack righteousness. Do you think that Hanyang is lacking in soldiers and provisions?! " There were three things in the struggle for hegemony in troubled times. The first was righteousness. Although this was something that couldn't be touched or eaten, it was impossible to achieve anything without it. Even those who rebelled knew to follow the will of the heavens to create the general trend and obtain righteousness. Cao Cao, Liu Bang and even Yuan Shao, Sun Ce and the others, which one of them did not set up the banner of the Han dynasty to rebel. Cao Cao was the Minister of Public Works. Liu Bei had the title of Imperial Uncle. He cried for more than ten years before he was recognized.
Even Yuan Shao had the title of Great General. After Sun Ce captured Wan Cheng, he also paid tribute to Xu Du in order to obtain the official position of the Han Emperor.
Liu Mang had the title of King Of Shu. He did not care about other things. The title of King Of Shu as the General of the Southern Expedition could be said to include the four provinces of Jingyi, Yu and Yang. It was much better than Lü Bu's title of Governor of Xu Province.
The second was the logistics of provisions. With Liu Mang's magical means, he could even get the armor of the warhorses, not to mention provisions. Chen Gong had a deep impression of the food on the road to Lang Ye.
The third was the soldiers. With the title of King Of Shu and these military supplies, would there be no need to worry about not having enough people? Chen Gong also saw Liu Mang's training. Although the City Guard was formed not long ago, their fighting strength was not weak. They were the strongest troops in the Lvbu's Army after the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry and the Formation Breaker. At the foot of Mt. Bagong, they even blocked the siege of 2000 Yu Province Cavalry and Chen Lan's and Lei Bo's troops.
With these three things, Liu Mang could go anywhere he wanted.
"Gongtai, what are you doing?!" Lü Bu quickly helped Chen Gong up and frowned. "Why are you telling me this?"
"Isn't Milord going to take down Hanyang!" Chen Gong was also confused. Looking at Lü Bu's appearance, it did not seem like he wanted to directly take down Liu Mang. But the anger from before.
Disloyal? Take down Hanyang?! In addition to the words Chen Gong said when he knelt down, Lü Bu suddenly understood. He looked at Chen Gong and did not know whether to laugh or cry. "Could it be that in Gongtai's eyes, I, Lü Bu, Lü Fengxian, am such an unforgiving person?!"
That's true! Chen Gong said in his mind. Chen Gong knew what Lü Bu's character was like in the past. In order to achieve his goals, he would do anything. Not to mention Liu Mang, once there was a trace of disobedience, he would directly fight with his sword. In Xiapi, he was able to force Song Xian, Wei Xu, and Hou Cheng, these old subordinates to rebel.
However, the current Lü Bu was really much better and had changed too much. He had changed from the selfishness of a wolf to the compassion of a human.
Seeing the uncertainty in Chen Gong's eyes, Lü Bu shook his head. "Gongtai, perhaps Bu did not do well in the past, but that was all in the past!" Lü Bu raised his head and walked out of the tent. Looking at the starry sky, he thought about it. In the past, he had placed too much importance on fame and fortune. His adoptive father died for his fame and fortune. Several of his old brothers also fell for his fame and fortune. He had even almost lost his daughter's happiness. In the end, what did he get? He didn't get anything!
Ten years ago, he had nothing. When he followed his adoptive father into Luoyang, he thought that he could stand at a high position. Ten years later, he still had nothing but fame and fortune.
Ten years was enough for Lü Bu to understand too many things.
"Gongtai, do you know why I am angry? Why do I want to capture that brat Hanyang? It is because you and I have spoiled him too much! "Lü Bu was now like a loving father.
"But he killed those landowning households!" Chen Gong probed. He wanted to see if Lü Bu was telling the truth or not.
"So what if he killed them? I have wanted to kill those landowning households for a long time. Do they really think that I, Lü Bu, am easy to bully? Taking advantage of the people's wealth and taking advantage of their seniority. Even if Hanyang did not take action, sooner or later, I would have taken action! "Lü Bu's eyes revealed a murderous aura.
Lü Bu hated landowning households the most. It had been like this since Bing Province. Some of these landowning households were not bad, but some were truly selfish. Where did the weapons in the hands of the foreigners come from? They were not made by the foreigners themselves, but sold to them by the landowning households. At the border, a set of ironware could be exchanged for a good warhorse. But how much could an ironware be worth? Thousands of gold coins would be the limit. But what about a warhorse? A warhorse would cost several gold coins. The profit was too big. It was so big that the landowning households did not care about their table manners.
But how could they know that every time they sold an ironware, the soldiers at the border would shed their blood. The people at the border would be on tenterhooks. At any time, their families would be destroyed. What did those landowning households know? They only know how to profit. They did not care about anyone else.
The landowning households in Wancheng city were also like this. Those fields, those granaries, were they really their own? How many of them were taken by force? How many of them were stained with blood?
This time, they jumped out and gave Lü Bu an excuse to clean them up. If he wanted to kill them, then he would kill them all.
Lü Bu was angry not because Liu Mang killed those landowning households, nor was it because Liu Mang overstepped his authority and suspected Liu Mang. He was angry because Liu Mang actually did this first. Did he not know that once he started this massacre, he would not be able to take it back?
Did he not know that not only did he kill those landowning households, but he also killed Liu Mang's reputation and righteousness.
Lü Bu could bear the title of a butcher because he did not care. His reputation was already stinky. So what if there was one more? But Liu Mang could not. He was the King Of Shu. He should be a virtuous king or a wise lord, not a butcher!
But now it was too late. Liu Mang's title of a butcher has already spread out.
"My Lord!" Chen Gong realized that he had misunderstood Lü Bu and hurriedly bowed to apologize. Lü Bu waved his hand. His expression was indifferent. How could he not know that people in higher positions were suspicious? He wanted to know why Dong Zhuo died! It was because he was too suspicious, to the point that even Lü Bu could not stand it. In addition, with Diao Chan as an opportunity, Lü Bu directly killed Dong Zhuo.
In Xiangyang City, on a lonely mountain in the west of the city, a few young people were sitting cross-legged beside a chessboard. The one holding the white chess pieces was a young man with a feather fan. His eyes were full of red light. When he waved his feather fan, he looked like an immortal. The one holding the black chess pieces was a short, dark, and wretched man.
There were four people watching the game. Although they were not as unique as the two holding the chess pieces, they were all talents of their generation.
One of them was calm, one was shy, one had a straight face, and the last one was very free and easy.
The two holding the chess pieces were very fast. In a short while, they were already locked in battle on the chessboard.
"Kongming, your chess skills have deteriorated!" The short, dark man showed a hint of pride. Above his chess pieces, a big black dragon was about to form. The dragon's mouth was swallowing the white chess pieces.
"Is that so?" The young man with the feather fan called Kongming did not mind. He continued to place his chess pieces. "Sometimes, what appears on the surface is not always the truth. Don't you think so?"
"Haha, Kongming, if you lose, you lose. Why are you talking so deeply?" the short, dark man said with a smile. The short, dark man did not care, but it did not mean that the other four people did not care. After hearing the young man with the feather fan, they frowned and searched the entire chessboard. The serious man and the shy man could not find the truth of what the young man with the feather fan was talking about.
However, the calm and easy two people gradually found out. They nodded in their hearts and looked to the side. What a true gentleman who watched the game without speaking.
"Lose?!" The young man with the feather fan continued to place his chess piece.
"Kongming, I'll take this first!" The short, dark man's dragon was only one step away. As long as the young man with the feather fan placed another chess piece, the whole situation would be in his hands and he would win.
"Is that so? Shiyuan, you are still too impatient! You let me win! " The young man with the feather fan's last white chess piece was placed at the most crucial part of the dragon. It directly blocked the formation of the dragon and formed a game with the other white chess pieces, directly killing the dragon. The originally living dragon had no way to retreat. The young man with the feather fan had won.
"Humph!" The short, dark man was not satisfied, but there was nothing he could say on the chessboard. He could only change the topic. "Kongming, the wise master you thought highly of is now a murderous demon king. What do you think now?" After saying that, he raised his eyebrows and said.
"Huh?!" The four people sitting on the side frowned at the same time. In the game of chess, they could attack each other mercilessly. However, in reality, they could not do so. The short, dark man's words were completely sarcastic.
The young man with the feather fan was not angry. "Shiyuan, I have said it, but you don't listen! Sometimes what you see on the surface is not the truth! "The words of the young man with the feather fan told the short, dark man that what you see on the surface is not necessarily the truth.
"Then what is the truth?!" The short, dark man sneered. "The moat of Wancheng city is full of heads. The river is red, what kind of truth do you want?!"
"Oh!" The young man with the feather fan did not explain, but smiled indifferently. There was no answer to this topic. If they continued to discuss it, it would only hurt both sides.
The young man with the feather fan's retreat did not make the short, dark man shut up. He opened his mouth to say something but was stopped by the free and easy man.
"Shiyuan, you are too stubborn! There are so many heroes in the world. You can't see a leaf or a tree carefully! "
"In Zhouping, in your opinion, who is the wise master?!" The short, dark man heard the free and easy man's words and turned to face him.
"Wise master?!" The free and easy man knew that Shiyuan was stubborn, but he did not expect Shiyuan to be stubborn to this extent. He shook his head. "For Jun, the world is a wise master, and the world is not a wise master!"
These words were equivalent to not saying anything.
The short, dark man was not satisfied. He looked at the calm, shy and serious man and asked. "Guangyuan Duke Wei Yuanzhi!"
"Xu Du Cao Gong should be the wise master!" The serious man was the first to speak.
The shy man also replied. "Cao Gong should be the wise master!"
"Wise master?!" The calm man shook his head. "I can't see it clearly. I can't see it clearly." The calm man looked at the young man with the feather fan and then looked at the short, dark man. These two people's choices were his choice, but they were not his choice.
"The wise master of this world is Liu Bei Liu Xuande!" The short, dark man provocatively looked at the young man with the feather fan. "This person has great ambition. For the Han dynasty, he has the ambition to support the Han dynasty. Moreover, he is kind and benevolent. He should be our wise master!"
The short, dark man's words made everyone frown. You think that Liu Bei is the wise master, so no one will stop you. But what do you mean by saying that he should be our wise master? Is it because everyone's vision is not as good as yours? Or is it because you can't see people clearly? The short, dark man was too good at provoking hatred.
As expected, the serious man stood up. "Kongming, Jian is not feeling well. Please leave first!"
The shy man also stood up. "Tao Gong should follow Gongwei!"
"Sigh!" The free and easy man sighed. "Yun Yun will also leave!"
"I have an old mother from a concubine's family. Farewell!" The calm man also left.
Only the short, dark man and the young man with the feather fan were left.
"Kongming, only you and I are left. Do you dare to make a bet with me?" The short, dark man was not a bad person, but he liked to compete with others. That was the young man with the feather fan.
"How do you want to bet, Shiyuan?" The young man with the feather fan replied.
"You and I have different masters. When we meet again ten years later, let's see if you, Crouching Dragon, have a good eye for people or if I, Young Phoenix, am better!"
"What's the bet?"
"The loser will be a page boy for ten years!"
"Sure!"
"Swear it!"
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