"In the past three years, Duke Xuande should have secured Xuzhou, and Duke Cao will only become more and more powerless to attack Xu."

As soon as Lu Ren's words came out, Liu Bei's gaze at Lu Ren became very strange. It's no wonder that Liu Bei is like this, you Lu Ren is now an official of Cao Cao, but you said such things to Liu Bei, who are you? Based on the ideology and morality of the ancients, Liu Bei's evaluation of Lu Ren is a bit difficult to say.

Lu Ren is not stupid, and he has been mixed in this era for more than a year, so of course he understands the reason for the mess, so he smiled helplessly at Liu Bei with half-truths: "I was forced to leave Xuzhou at the beginning, and now I am an official under the account of Duke Cao, but in fact, it is just a mess." Speaking from my heart, the last thing I want to see is to fight, and I don't want to see Xuzhou, which was originally stable and rich, affected by the war, but I have also lived here for a while, so I still want Xuzhou in my heart. ”

This explanation is so-so, Liu Bei nodded, and then said to Lu Ren: "That's it, Mr. Lu might as well abandon this contemptuous post and return to Xuzhou?" I am willing to hire him for a different position. ”

The conditions should be said to be very generous, but Lu Ren shook his head. Liu Bei's Xuzhou was unstable, and Lu Ren also felt that he didn't have the ability to affect the next process between Lu Bu and Cao Cao. And regardless of these, Lu Ren came to Xuzhou this time with his own ideas, where could he give up because of Liu Bei's conditions? Thinking about what he saw that day, Lu Ren couldn't help but secretly warn himself in his heart not to forget his righteousness, in that case, he would really not be a person.

Sighing, Lu Ren said to Liu Bei: "Thank you Xuande Gong for your kindness, but forgive Lu Ren for his fate." Xuande Gong must not be embarrassed for me, you need to know that I offended all the people in Xuzhou that day, and now I suddenly ran back to Xuzhou to be an official, isn't it no different from throwing myself into the thorn bushes? I don't want to make myself uncomfortable. ”

Liu Bei also remembered the incident that Lu Ren had made at the beginning, so he could only shake his head and sigh lightly. If anyone really thinks of Liu Bei as the kind of person who can only cry and run, it is very wrong. Liu Beihe's military ability and strategic vision may be relatively poor, but playing interpersonal and political vision can definitely be among the top ten among many figures at that time. Therefore, Liu Bei knew very well that if he really brought Lu Ren here, he would only attract the dissatisfaction of the Xuzhou officials and cause trouble for himself, unless Lu Ren existed as his personal adviser. But now Lu Ren is already a person with a formal official position, where would he lose his official position and come to him as a low-status house slave?

"That's it, since Mr. Lu is unwilling, it is inconvenient for him to force it. Yes...... Mr. Lu said that he came to Xu for private matters, but he didn't know what was going on? If you can do what you can do, do your best. ”

Lu Renxin said that if you can really agree happily, it will be a strange thing, and I don't know how much it will take! At that moment, he smiled and said, "I really want Xuande Gong to help me in this matter." I won't talk nonsense anymore, I came to Xuzhou this time to buy a large amount of grain. ”

Liu Bei's face immediately became quite ugly. How could he not know about the locust drought in Gunzhou? Even Liu Bei's tone began to turn a little cold: "I see...... There was a shortage of grain in Gunzhou, and Cao Mengde's army was unable to support it, so he sent you to Xuzhou to buy grain and grass to solve this dilemma. However, Mr. Lu, although he is stupid, also knows that Cao Mengde is the enemy of Xuzhou, how can he do the foolish thing of being an enemy? ”

Lu Ren had been prepared for this situation, so at this moment, seeing that Liu Bei had entered the track he had expected before, his heart relaxed a lot. At the same time, Lu Ren was also secretly glad that this was talking to Liu Bei alone, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were not present, after all, Liu Bei was still a good talker, at least he would not turn his face too thoroughly. Guan Erye and Zhang Sanye are hot-tempered, especially Zhang Fei, who will do it when he turns his face.

Smiling indifferently, Lu Ren began to formally fool Liu Bei: "Xuande Gong, you are mistaken, although I came to Xuzhou to buy grain, I did not buy grain for Cao Gong, I only bought it for myself, for the hungry people in Gunzhou." Xuande Gong, you were also a person who suffered from hunger and cold in your early years, so you should know very well what it was like. It's just that today's Xuande Gong has become the town guard of a state, and he is in the high hall of the mansion, do you know what kind of hunger the people of Gunzhou have been? ”

These words are actually already scolding Liu Bei, but the scolding is more tactful. However, Lu Ren knows very well that in the face of these ancients, sometimes it is more effective to scold appropriately. Especially people like Liu Bei, there is often the kind of drama that suddenly wakes up after being scolded, and then becomes even more polite...... Whether this kind of drama is true or false, Lu Ren doesn't bother to ask.

Sure enough, Liu Bei was first taken aback, and then asked urgently: "How are the people of Gunzhou?" ”

Lu Ren shook his head: "I don't really want to say it. Moreover, Xuzhou should have a detailed work to investigate in Gunzhou, and his own detailed work should be more credible, so why should Xuande Gong ask me, a person in the enemy camp who has a suspicion? I can only tell Xuande Gong like this, the tragic situation of the people in Gunzhou made me, a person who has always had no heart and lungs, unable to stand it, so I raised some money and came to Xuzhou to find old acquaintances to buy some grain and rice back, in order to open a porridge room to help the people. ”

Where would Liu Bei believe this kind of thing so easily? Moreover, in that era and situation, food is the most important strategic material, but all those who have a little brain take it very seriously, and where can someone easily allow someone to traffic food to other countries? What's more, it's still sold to the enemy.

However, Lu Ren had already prepared, so the unfathomable face before came out again, and after taking a sip of the teacup, he smiled and said, "What Xuan Degong is thinking in his heart now, I can roughly guess some of it." But I want to ask, will Xuan Degong feel that he is a stupid person in the next? Knowing that Xuzhou has hostility and resentment towards Cao Gong, but he still came to Xuzhou to buy grain and grass, everyone seems to be a foolish person, doing a stupid thing. ”

This "reversal" came a little suddenly, and Liu Bei was a little stunned at the time. As Lu Ren said, Liu Bei doesn't think Lu Ren is the kind of person who is "stupid". And on the contrary, although Liu Bei's dealings with Lu Ren are pitiful, Lu Ren is in a more critical place, and Liu Bei has a more critical one, so Liu Bei has always felt that Lu Ren is a ...... Not to say that it is unfathomable, but at least I will feel that Lu Ren is a little unusual. Now that Lu Ren suddenly came to such a "reversal", Liu Bei's heart suddenly moved, and he leaned closer to Lu Ren and then whispered: "I wish to hear about it." ”

In fact, Lu Ren's heart was also full of atmosphere at this moment, and he secretly said: "'Would you like to hear it'?" It's good that you Liu Bei is 'willing to hear the details', my sister's biggest worry is that you will give me a 'Hugh has to quibble here', in that case, my drama will not be easy to sing. Fortunately, it's okay, but fortunately, Zhang Fei, who has few brains and tendons and is a quick temper, is not there. But then again, smart people think a lot. If Zhuge Liang's empty city plan had met someone like Zhang Fei, Zhuge Liang would have died many times. ”

The smile on his face was still there, and he secretly adjusted his mentality a little before he said: "It's not a secret, if you don't rely on it, where do you dare to go to Xuzhou to humiliate yourself?" But where do you start...... In this way, Xuande Gong and let me ask you first, now Cao Gong is declining to the bottom, if Xuande Gong sends troops to attack Cao with the enmity of Xuzhou at this time, Cao Gong will most likely not be able to resist, when Xuzhou's old enmity is snowy, Xuande Gong can take Gunzhou into the palm of his hand, Xuande Gong cares? ”

Is Liu Xuande really a person without strategic vision? I'm afraid no one thinks so, right? At most, it is just that Liu Bei's ability in this area is slightly worse. And even if Liu Bei's ability is really so poor, there is still a Chen Deng by Liu Bei's side during this period, and Chen Deng is the person who proposed to Liu Bei that "I am willing to ride 100,000 for Junhe, and then try to map the world".

Chen Deng's reputation in history is not obvious, mainly because he died of illness in his thirties, and he has no chance to show anything. But Lu Ren carefully consulted the historical materials and knew that Chen Deng was ordered to defend Xuzhou after Cao Cao occupied it, not only did he beat fierce people like Sun Ce who were a little helpless against Xuzhou, but even had the intention of aggressively advancing Jiangdong, and Liu Bei's evaluation of Chen Deng was also very high. And it is precisely because Lu Ren knows these that he has sufficient reason and confidence to believe that Liu Bei is not without enterprising intentions during this period, but does not dare to make any moves.

In addition, Lu Ren also guessed one thing, that is, with Liu Bei's consistent style of doing things, he would never respond to Lu Ren truthfully, but should respond with a straight face and a loud voice: "How can Bei do such a despicable thing that takes advantage of people's danger!" ”

Lu Renxin said take a look, isn't it here? I knew you would say that. At that moment, Lu Ren smiled meaningfully at Liu Bei, and once again picked up the teacup and drank the tea and poured water: "Xuande Gong is a person with great ambitions, and a person who wants to achieve a great cause can't have the kindness of a woman in many cases, so let me, a villain, spend Xuande Gong's belly as a gentleman...... Xuande Gong, you don't want it, you really can't! ”

"......" Liu Bei's expression suddenly became very exciting, he wanted to throw his sleeves away from Lu Ren in his usual style, but he felt that Lu Ren must have a deep meaning in coming to Xu this time, so he didn't do it. After being silent for a moment again, Liu Bei still felt that it would be better not to be too pretentious in front of Lu Ren, a "master", and to have something practical: "Why did Mr. Lu say that he didn't want to, but he couldn't'?" ”

Lu Ren smiled: "Xuande Gong, don't forget, I also lived in Xuzhou for a period of time, and I also helped Mi Beijia to come up with ideas by his side, I always know something about the secret things in Xuzhou officialdom...... Xuande Gong, these staff members and family members in Xuzhou are not easy to manage, right? ”