"Li Ru has seen Lord Wenhou." Li Ru stood in the hall and respectfully hugged his fists and greeted Lu Bu.

Although Li Ru has been having a hard time recently, he can't see anything from his complexion, and he still has that calm and breezy appearance.

The figure is still as thin as ever, although he is dusty, but his bearing is still free and easy, and his face has an expression that seems to be smiling but not smiling.

Lu Bu asked with interest: "I haven't seen you for a few years, Mr. Li's demeanor has not diminished back then, which really makes Lu admire." ”

"Hahaha, Wen Hou laughed. Li Ru is now a lost dog, how can he deserve the praise of Lu Wenhou. ”

"Mr. Lee." Lu Bu looked at Li Ru and continued to speak: "Ming people don't say secret words, Lu asked you to come here to make a deal with you. ”

Li Ru smiled, looked up at Lu Bu and said, "I'll see how Dong Ye is now." ”

"It's nature." Lu Bu raised his hand slightly, and Zhao Yun on the side turned to leave.

After a while, three young men followed Zhao Yun and walked in, the first one was tall and burly, with a beard on his face, it was Dong Zhuo's son Dong Ye, behind him a young man who looked a little like him was Dong Zhuo's nephew Dong Huang, and the other was a somewhat elegant young man, he was Xu Rong's son, Xu Cheng.

Li Ru saw the three of them appear, the smile on his face deepened, and after a careful look, he found that not only did the three children show no traces of being imprisoned, but everyone was full of energy, and obviously their lives were not bad.

Li Ru's heart moved slightly, and he turned his head to look at Lu Bu.

Lu Bu opened his mouth and said, "Does Mr. Li want to ask me why I treat these three so kindly?" ”

"Please also ask Wen Hou to clear your doubts."

"Fang Cai has already told Mr. that I want to make a deal with you, and the three of them have more than 400 subordinates who are the chips in my hand, since it is a transaction, I naturally have to keep the chips in my hand." Lu Bu said indifferently.

"That's all?"

The corners of his mouth curved into an arc, and Lu Bu opened his mouth and said: "Naturally, there are other reasons, but I'm afraid that Mr. will think that I am selling my reputation and reputation, and it is a joke to say it." ”

"Wen Hou also asks for explanation, Li is listening."

"Good!" Lu Bu stood up, walked down the steps, came to Li Ru, looked directly at Li Ru, there was a faint flame burning in the depths of his eyes, and his body exuded a terrifying murderous aura: "Dong Zhuo, and you Li Ru, I, Lu Bu, have an enmity with you, and I can't wait to crush your bones and ashes immediately!" ”

Lu Bu's astonishing momentum suddenly unleashed, and suddenly made the three Dong Ye beside him invariably take half a step back.

However, Li Ru, who was directly facing Lu Bu's murderous eyes and words, not only did not flinch, but nodded with a smile.

"But it's all a personal grudge. Last time in Xiayang, Dong Zhuo had a conversation with me, and I believe it was his heartfelt words. At that time, he and I were talking about national feuds. As far as Zhong is concerned, I should have completely exterminated you! ”

Hearing this, Li Ru's face condensed slightly, Dong Zhuo once told him that when he was in Xiayang, he had a deep conversation with Lu Bu and confided his heart to Lu Bu.

Lu Bu continued: "National enmity and personal grudges are sandwiched together, enough for me Lu Bu to kill you thousands of times!" ”

Li Ru put away his smile and looked at Lu Bu quietly.

Lu Buxing's eyes still contained raging anger, but his words changed.

"However, Dong Zhuo is already dead, although he did not die in my hands, but people die like lights going out, I, Lu Bufei, am not a person who loves to kill, and the grudges of the previous generation will not be angry with the next generation."

His expression was solemn at the moment, his tone was sincere, and with his current identity and status, he didn't need to deceive Li Ru in this situation.

Everyone present was convinced of Lu Bu's words, including Li Ru himself.

Lu Bu then spoke: "As for you Li Ru, although I want to kill you, I love your talent, at that time you and I had different positions, although your methods were vicious, but I have to say that you did nothing wrong." I was also hesitant about how to choose. ”

Li Ru took half a step back, respectfully bowed deeply to Lu Bu and said, "This salute is not for others, but for my father-in-law, thank you for Lu Fengxian's high righteousness." ”

After saying that, Li Ru straightened his waist and got up, and then gave a deep salute again: "This ceremony, I hope that Wen Hou can protect these children and leave a bloodline for the Dong family and the Xu family, and I, Li Ru, am willing to die to repay Wen Hou." ”

The words are earnest, but the resoluteness is evident.

Behind him, Dong Ye, Dong Huang, and Xu Cheng hurriedly knelt behind Li Ru, kowtowed to Lu Bu and said, "General Lu, please don't kill your brother-in-law, I am willing to die on behalf of my brother-in-law." ”

Dong Zhuo, Li Ru, and Xu Rong, although they belong to the monarch and ministers, they all regard each other as confidants.

Li Ru has no queen, he is much older than the three, so he has always regarded the three as his own sons and nephews, before the Chang'an rebellion, Li Ru and the three of them were separated in the chaos.

When Xu Rong led the troops back to help, it was not impossible for them to attack Chang'an at that time, and if they wanted to leave, no party could stop them.

As early as before, Dong Zhuo once joked with him about what happened after his death. At that time, Li Ru secretly swore that he would not let the Dong family die, so no matter what, as long as there was a glimmer of hope, he would never live alone.

As for Xu Rong, he also has the same idea as Li Ru.

Therefore, in order to wait for the news of these three juniors, Li Ru and the others were near Chang'an, and they refused to leave no matter what.

"Hmph, want to die? It's easy for you to think about. Lu Bu sneered.

Li Ru's heart gradually sank, at this time, he forgot what Lu Bu had said before, and his heart was full of fear that Lu Bu might harm Dong Ye and others.

"Poof!" With a bang, Li Ru knelt in front of Lu Bu, slammed his head on the hard stone ground, and immediately blood flowed out, and his mouth trembled: "Li Ru is willing to be punished by a thousand knives, only Wen Hou can let the three of them go!" ”

After saying that, Li Ru got up and took out a dagger from his arms, and with a slight wave, the tail finger of his left hand suddenly flew up.

He snorted, and cold sweat suddenly broke out from his forehead, mixed with the blood flowing from Fang Cai's forehead.

Li Ru was just a weak scholar, and the pain of wielding his finger with a knife was beyond his limit, but he gritted his teeth and waved the dagger in his hand again, ready to continue to cut off the next finger.

Everyone was stunned by Li Ru's sudden move, and even Dong Ye and the three of them behind him were also stunned and knelt in place at this time.

Seeing that the dagger was about to touch Li Ru's left ring finger, a big hand suddenly grabbed Li Ru's right wrist.

The strength of this hand was very strong, like an iron tong, it clamped Li Ru's wrist, and tightened it more and more, Li Ru let go of the dagger in pain, and looked up, only to see that the person who grabbed him was Lu Bu.

Li Ru's series of actions were also very unexpected by Lu Bu, he didn't expect that Li Ru would be so resolute, and when he reacted, Li Ru had already waved the dagger for the second time, and he quickly grabbed Li Ru's right hand.

Lu Bu shouted: "Li Wenyou! I've already said that I'm not going to let you people die, and you don't want to let me go so easily. ”

Immediately afterwards, he glared fiercely at Dong Ye and the three of them, who were about to step forward to support Li Ru, and under his momentum, the three of them did not dare to continue to take a step forward, allowing the blood from Li Ru's wound to flow continuously.

Lu Bu took a deep breath and calmed down for a while, and then spoke: "I said at the beginning that I want to make a deal with you, and the content of the deal is that I, Lu Bu, can save the lives of these three people and can live well under my rule." But ......"

Lu Bu looked at Li Ru and said word by word: "From today onwards, the lives of you and Xu Rong will also belong to me Lu Bu, do you understand?" ”

Most of the people present looked at Lu Bu with wide eyes, and they couldn't guess what kind of medicine Lu Bu was selling in the gourd.

This is neither to recruit Li Ru and the others, nor to talk about any deal, Li Ru has already expressed his attitude very clearly before, I believe that Xu Rong is the same, otherwise he will not agree to Li Ru coming here.

However, Lu Bu went around in a big circle, and even returned to the previous topic, asking for the lives of Li Ru and Xu Rong, and everyone present felt that the clouds and mountains were foggy.

But Xun You, who had been observing from the sidelines, had already understood Lu Bu's intentions, just as Lu Bu said before, because of the problem of identity and position, he wanted to crush Li Ru to ashes, but Li Ru and he belonged to different camps.

Therefore, the things he did were nothing, and on the other hand, Lu Bu valued the talents of the two of them very much and wanted to use them for his own use, but the emotional aspect made him unable to do it directly.

That's why there is such a discourse that seems contradictory on the surface, but in fact, Lu Bu is looking for a reason for himself, or an excuse, to be able to solve this matter with the best of both worlds.

As a bystander, Xun You naturally saw it clearly.

Li Ru was in the game, and he was confused before, so he couldn't turn the corner for a while, but after calming down at the moment, he naturally understood Lu Bu's meaning very clearly.

Li Ru knelt down at Lu Bu's feet again, and said word by word: "I, Li Ru, swear that as long as Wenhou Lu Bu can abide by the agreement, I, Li Ru, and Xu Rong, will be slaves and servants all my life, and I will not give up my life." If Lu Bu violates the agreement, I, Li Wenyou, will not let you go even after death! ”

Li Ru used practical actions to show that he accepted Lu Bu's 'deal', and at the same time, he also used this special oath to establish the content of the 'deal'.

Lu Bu naturally understood what Li Ru meant, so although Li Ru's words were disrespectful, he didn't care.

Li Ru grabbed the dagger again and carved a deep cross on his forehead, and his originally handsome face looked very terrifying at the moment.

Lu Bu looked at Li Ru's movements, was silent, waved his hand, and the medical staff who had come to the door just now came in to bandage Li Ru.

After Lu Bu waited until Li Ru was bandaged, he ordered everyone to retreat, leaving only Li Ru and Xun You, and the three of them discussed until midnight, and Li Ru rushed back to Xu Rongjun overnight.