Lu Ren's fleet set off from Xiangyang and arrived in Jiangxia in less than two days after traveling down the river. And with the current situation, Lu Ren and Liu Qi no longer need to do anything to cover up, so they asked to see Liu Qi in a grand manner.

Liu Qi was naturally overjoyed when he saw Lu Renna. After all, for Liu Qi, if something happens in Jingzhou, Liu Qi is still counting on Lu Ren to take him in, not to mention that Cao Cao sent troops not long ago, Liu Qi's heart is panicked.

On the other hand, Lu Ren also had to give Liu Qi a shot in the arm at this time, and he had to explain some things to Liu Qi. For example, Lu Ren's industry in Xiangyang cannot really be thrown away, but it must be sold and transferred accordingly, and those things in Jingzhou will be transferred to Jiangling and Jiangxia.

According to Lu Ren's inference, after the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei mainly squatted in Jiangling, and there will always be a lot of business to do between himself and Liu Bei, and the corresponding relationship should naturally be maintained; As for Jiangxia, after Lu Ren left this time, people like Zhang Fang would settle in Jiangxia first, on the one hand, in order to maintain the Yangtze River water transportation trade route, and on the other hand, they also left the corresponding ships for Zhang Fang, if the situation was really not good, let Zhang Fang take people to board the ship and return to Yizhou, and even take Liu Qi away by the way.

Without further ado, after Lu Ren and Liu Qi exchanged polite words, Liu Qi asked Lu Ren where he was going, and Lu Ren gave a general explanation of the current situation, and then took the opportunity to indicate to Liu Qi that he would arrange Zhang Fang and them in Jiangxia. Liu Qi naturally understood that Lu Ren was leaving him the last way to retreat, and of course he agreed with joy in his heart.

Liu Qi is an honest man, and Lu Ren is also very relieved about what he promised. So after staying in Jiangxia for two or three days, and dealing with these things, Lu Ren's fleet set sail again. Then he stopped at Chaisang. And at this moment, Lu Ren called the people around him together and said a few words......

"What!? Yihao, do you want to live in Chaisang temporarily, not return to Yizhou? ”

Lu Ren looked at everyone's shocked expressions, nodded and smiled: "Yes, I can't go back to Yizhou right now." Because here in Koto, I still have some things to do. As soon as the matter is done, I will rush back to Yizhou immediately. ”

As wise as Xu Shu couldn't figure out Lu Ren's head, he hesitated and asked, "Brother, what else do you have to do?" Why don't I stay and help my brother? ”

Lu Ren shook his head: "Don't, don't stay here for any of you, go back to Yizhou for me." Especially Yuan Zhi, I have already told you some of my arrangements in the north in the past few days, and you have to help me grasp the changes in the situation in the north, so as soon as you arrive in Yizhou, you will follow Shirley and help Shirley analyze the situation in the north. Otherwise, I don't know how much I will lose. ”

Xu Shu frowned and nodded.

Minchan asked on the side: "Yihao, what you said 'all', do you want me to go back to Yizhou and not stay by your side?" ”

Lu Ren continued to nod: "That's right, I mean that I am the only one left in Chaisang." To be honest, I'm pretty sure of what I'm going to do next, but there's no denying that it's a bit risky. Whoever of you stays with me, I'll be easily distracted. ”

"How does this work!?"

This sentence was shouted out by Minchan and Xu Shu and others.

Lu Ren's face sank: "What's wrong?" I'm a bit of a risk-taker, but if I don't do it. If something happens next, it will probably be very unfavorable to us in Yizhou! ”

Xu Shu hurriedly said: "Brother, you are the first of us." If it is a dangerous thing, you should not do it yourself. If my brother can trust me, please leave it to me! ”

Lu Ren waved his hand: "You are not suitable...... It's not that you don't have that ability, but a lot of things you do don't have the effect I want at all, and the factors in this have nothing to do with your ability. Oh, don't worry! I, Lu Ren, don't have other skills, but I dare to say that my ability to steer the rudder and escape from the wind is absolutely first-class. Don't forget. I escaped from Xudu alone, and I have many escape skills that you don't know. ”

Xu Shu said: "Having said that, but ...... At worst, the elder brother should also leave some attendants by his side, and Mrs. Xiu should also stay with his brother to be in danger. ”

Lu Ren smiled again: "No, no, no." You're all treasures in my eyes, so I don't want anything to happen to any of you. Again, you can rest assured of me, and besides, I'm not unattended here in Chaisang. ”

"This ......?"

Lu Ren looked at Minchan and said with a smile: "We have always had a good relationship with Sun Shangxiang, the lord of Jiangdong County, and my personal relationship with Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin is also very good, at least it looks very good, so now that I am staying with them as a guest, will they let me do anything?" ”

"But ......"

Lu Ren waved his hand again and said, "Don't say it, I've made up my mind." You just do what I say. Finally, I would like to remind you again, no one should play tricks to stay secretly, if you really want to do that, it will only distract me, but it will be easy to get into trouble. Got it? ”

“…… All right. ”

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In the dead of night, Lu Ren stood on the bow of the boat and played the bamboo flute, using the melodious and soft melody to calm the excitement hidden in his heart.

Lu Ren naturally had his purpose in doing this. In fact, as early as a certain time, Lu Ren already had the idea in his heart now, but the time has not yet come, and he can't put it into practice yet.

Didn't Lu Ren always make ghosts between Jing Xiang and Sun Wu before? Therefore, Lu Ren had long realized that these ghosts he had engaged in might affect the Sun-Liu Alliance in the future Battle of Chibi. Maybe this is Lu Ren's heart, but Lu Ren thinks that it is better for him, an outlier, to ensure that this incident happens smoothly. To put it simply, Lu Ren just wanted to suggest to Zhou Yu to form an alliance with Liu Bei at the right time, and if necessary, he might also act as a liaison between the two families.

It's just that in this way, Lu Ren's adventure element came out. As mentioned before, Lu Ren wanted to ask Lao Cao for an official position, and Lao Cao would give Lu Ren this official position, the main purpose was to use Lu Ren's Yizhou to distract Sun Quan's attention. Under this premise, Lu Ren's stay in Sun Wu's territory is easy to be taken hostage by Sun Quan, and maybe his life will be lost because of this, so the timing of running away must be grasped.

According to Lu Ren's repeated and careful analysis of the information on his hands, he finally concluded that the time point when Lao Cao would give himself an official position should be before he used troops against Sun Wu after he had completed the entire Jingzhou, that is, when the army was stationed in Chibi. In terms of strategic significance, it is most appropriate for Lao Cao to tell the world at this time.

And what Lu Ren has to do is to promote the conclusion of the Sun-Liu alliance before this, and then hurry up to flash people. But it is precisely because of this that Lu Ren really doesn't dare to let anyone stay by his side, because he can run away at any time by himself, and if there are other people, it will only become a drag at a critical time.

For example, Diao Chan may be pestered by Sun Shangxiang all day long, and when it comes to the critical moment, Diao Chan will become Sun Quan's hostage before she has time to run away, which is not what Lu Ren wants to see.

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Chaisang, Zhou Yu Fudi.

"Lu Servant Shooting? Why are you here!? ”

Faced with Zhou Yu's surprise, Lu Ren was not surprised. In fact, Lu Ren knew very well that Zhou Yu's attitude towards himself was mostly to use the ingredients, to put it simply, to use himself to obtain intelligence in the Jingzhou area. And Zhou Yu also wanted to pit Lu Ren at the beginning, so as to force Lu Ren to be out of Sun Wu, but the result of the trouble later really made Zhou Yu cry and laugh, so he also changed his strategic arrangement for Lu Ren.

Based on this position, Zhou Yu has always deliberately avoided direct encounters with Lu Ren to avoid Lu Ren from being difficult to be a person on Jingxiang's side, and Lu Ren has always been like this. Although it has never been explicitly stated between the two people, it can be described by the word "tacit", anyway, it is very clear between them. So that's why Lu Ren suddenly appeared in Zhou Yu so openly, and Zhou Yu was shocked and immediately felt that something was going to happen on Jing Xiang's side.

After the politeness of Xu Li and the tea, Lu Ren had just sat down in the middle of the banquet, and Zhou Yu immediately asked: "Lu Servant is visiting like this, isn't it ...... from Jing Xiang's side?" ”

Lu Ren knew that the circulation of information at that time was not very convenient, although Zhou Yu must have a fine work lurking in the Jingxiang area, but due to many conditions, the circulation of information would not be as fast as that of a businessman. However, this is also an advantage that Lu Ren can take advantage of, so now his face was gloomy at first, and then he nodded to Zhou Yu and said, "Jingxiang's side is in trouble, and if I don't run away, I'm afraid I'll die ugly." ”

Zhou Yu: How smart is that? It was really called "a little bit is clear", and he immediately squinted and frowned: "What does the Lu servant mean by shooting his words...... I heard that not long ago, Cao Gong sent a large army to invade Jingzhou, but fortunately he was defeated and returned by Liu Yuzhou. Obviously, Jingzhou won, but now Lu Servant has gone to Chaisang, thinking that Lu Servant has expected that Cao Gong will march south soon, so he hurriedly left Jingxiang to avoid war, right? ”

Lu Ren nodded. It's better to talk about this kind of thing with a character like Zhou Yu, and you can't talk too much.

Seeing Zhou Yu get up and leave the table, he paced in the hall with his hands behind his back, and after a while, he asked Lu Ren again: "Lu Yu has far-reaching knowledge, and he has served under Cao Gong for many years in the old days, so he knows Cao Gong's truth very well. In Lu Fu's opinion, when will Cao Gong raise troops from Xudu? ”

What Lu Ren should say here still has to say, but it is a half-truth: "If you follow Lao Cao's habit of using troops, you should raise troops after the grain is harvested in this autumn and autumn, at most half a year." If it weren't for that, I wouldn't have run so fast. ”

Zhou Yu smiled: "It's no wonder that Lu Servant will abandon many industries in Jingxiang Land and come here once and for a while, but where does Lu Servant Shoot want to go now?" ”

Lu Ren also smiled: "Where else can I go?" I ran back to my one-third of an acre of land in Yizhou, overseas! Brother Gongjin, you and I know many things, and I don't say it so clearly. Anyway, I'm here today to inform Brother Gongjin of you, and ask Brother Gongjin to take precautions as soon as possible. (To be continued.) )