"Uncle Huang, you don't have to be so pretentious in front of me, right? I don't want to say some things too clearly, it is enough for you and me to know each other. ”

Liu Bei's eyes flickered a few more times, and when he saw that there was no one near him, he whispered to Lu Ren: "Lu Servant, Bei is determined to restore the Han Dynasty, and you are also a person who cares about the Han Family, and you are brave today......

Lu Ren immediately interrupted Liu Bei's words: "Uncle Huang, you also know that I have no intention of becoming an official, and since Wan'er passed away, I have long been like ashes, and now I really don't want to step into the official career again, I just want to find a peaceful place to spend the day." ”

Liu Bei stretched out his claws, grabbed Lu Ren's wrist and said hurriedly: "But Lu Servant shoots, with today's momentum, ......"

Lu Ren flipped his wrist and wanted to shake off Liu Bei's hand but couldn't, so he smiled and said calmly: "Uncle Huang, if you really want to gain a foothold in Jingxiang and make a career according to what you want in your heart, then you must not beat my idea." ”

Liu Bei was stunned: "Why!?" ...... with the talent of land servants"

Lu Ren said with a smile: "It is precisely because of these talents and false names that Uncle Huang, you can't beat my idea." If you think about it carefully, I was originally a person who abandoned my official position and fled from Cao Ying. When I arrived in my hometown of Wu County, Sun Quan wanted to force me to summon me, but I didn't go, so I hid in Liu Jingzhou, Sun's nemesis; When I arrived in Jingxiang, Liu Jingzhou also wanted to summon me, but I still didn't respond, and hid here to live my own quiet life. In this case, if I suddenly come under your command, what will Cao Cao think? What would Sun Quan think? The most important thing is Liu Jingzhou, what will he think? Uncle Huang, you are now under the fence, and if you don't notice some things, you will only set yourself on fire. ”

"......" Liu Bei was speechless for a long time, and the hand that held Lu Ren's wrist finally slowly let go.

Lu Ren smiled and picked up his teacup, and after taking a sip, he said, "There are many hidden talents in the land of Jingchu. And Liu Jingzhou's 'cover the good and the good and can't use it, and cover the evil and can't go', the imperial uncle only needs to pay more attention, and visit more world-famous Confucians such as Mr. Shuijing and Pang Degong, and at the same time spread benevolence, righteousness and kindness, and wait for the time to come. There will be ten times more virtuous people than Lu Ren for the use of the imperial uncle. As for me, if I can help and should help, I will help a group of imperial uncles in secret. But Uncle Huang, you must not come to me too much, otherwise it is easy to arouse suspicion, and you can only come and sit occasionally when you are free. I'll say something ugly again, I just want to do business and make money with peace of mind now, Xuande Gong, don't drag me into the water, okay? ”

Liu Bei was silent for a long time, and sighed: "Alas! It seems that Bei and Lu Servant are the ones who have no chance to shoot after all! Bei still remembers being in Xuzhou. If Lu Servant hadn't been forced to leave Cao Ying by his inferior brother......"

Lu Ren said with a smile: "There is a providence in the dark, and you can't ask for it." Well, let me give Uncle Huang another piece of advice...... All sages and people with real talents and hard work often have a bit of their own temper, Uncle Huang, you are open-minded, you will naturally disagree, but you must take care of Yun Chang and Yide. Yun Chang is arrogant in nature, and he can treat the soldiers well but is arrogant to the scholars; Winged virtue is like fire. Although he loves and respects gentlemen, he does not care about villains. If these two imperial uncles don't take care of it well, I'm afraid that the wise men who defected to the imperial uncle's side will be a little unbearable. It's easy to get into unnecessary trouble. ”

Liu Bei bowed his hand and thanked: "Bei Yi knows, thank you Lu Servant." ”

Lu Ren smiled faintly: "With the lesson and the preface, it is really not appropriate for Uncle Huang to stay with me for too long, so please ask Uncle Huang to return to Xinye as soon as possible." Ah yes, after Uncle Huang returns to Xinye, he can send Mi Zizhong to come to me. There are two things I have to say to him face to face. ”

Liu Beiqi said: "Can you talk about it first?" ”

Lu Ren pursed his lips and said with a dry smile: "It has nothing to do with Uncle Huang, my current identity is just a businessman, I can sell some grain, grass and military supplies to Uncle Huang cheaply, as far as I know, Uncle Huang, you don't have much money now." And many times you can't buy what you want to buy if you have money, and I can be regarded as secretly helping Uncle Huang to straighten out your troops. But now that I'm under the roof, I have to bow my head, and in order not to anger anyone, I have to let Mi Zizhong run through these things...... The relationship between me and Miss Mi Jia, Uncle Huang, you know. Therefore, only if Mi Zi Zhong comes, I will not get into any trouble. ”

In fact, Liu Bei would not have felt strange about this matter, after all, it can be said that everyone knows that the relationship between Lu Ren and Mi Zhen is extraordinary, but Lu Ren will say it to his face like this, Liu Bei will still feel a little surprised, but after a pause, he said to Lu Ren with a very strange look: "In this way, Lu Fu is preparing to ......."

Lu Ren shook his head in a pretentious gesture and sighed bitterly: "Alas, don't mention it...... It was after Wan'er's death that I was in a trance all day long, and I used wine all day to drown my sorrows, and one day I ......"

Liu Bei also pretended to point at Lu Ren and said, "Drunk and disorderly? ”

Lu Ren nodded vigorously, and sighed a few more times before he said, "Uncle Annoying Emperor said a few good words for Lu Ren in front of Brother Zizhong...... At this point, I can't ignore it, and besides, if a man's husband dares to do it, he will dare to do it, and as for what kind of infamy people will have for me, I will admit it. ”

Liu Bei smiled: "It's okay, it's okay, in fact, you almost made a marriage contract, and Lu Servant shot you and you were drunk, so it's not a big deal." Please rest assured that this matter will be handled for Lu Servant. As for the matter of food and grass and military supplies......"

Lu Ren said: "Uncle Huang, you are not good at this, so let Brother Zizhong come and talk to me in detail." ”

Liu Bei thought about it, and when he saw that it was not early, he got up and said goodbye. In fact, to be honest, although Liu Bei came this time with the intention of recruiting Lu Ren, he didn't have any hope. But Lu Ren said that he could help him secretly, and he also asked Mi Zhu to talk to him about the business of grain, grass and military supplies, which was already extra good news for Liu Bei. After all, Liu Bei is now in Xinye, with no more than 3,000 soldiers, and the food and grass are quite limited, so it is difficult to expand the military even if he wants to. And if Lu Ren can help him in secret, it is difficult to say how much benefit Liu Bei will get for a while.

In fact, when Liu Bei knew that Lu Ren was in Jingxiang, he also received some secret news, that is, the current Lu Ren has been inserted into the trade circle here in Jingxiang, and the first object of the cooperative transaction is Cai Mao of the Jingxiang Wang clan, it is said that the amount of a grain transaction not long ago exceeded 30,000 Hu, the seller is Cai Mao, and the buyer is Lu Ren. And it is unknown where Lu Ren will resell these 30,000 pieces of grain. 30,000 Hu, not much, but not a lot, at least for Liu Bei, it is enough for thousands of people to eat for a long time. But the question is, what can Liu Bei come up with?

With many questions, Liu Bei left the village. Lu Ren personally sent Liu Bei out of the village, and was about to go to the riverside to find Cai Yan to go back, when suddenly a girl shouted and trotted all the way over, ran to the nearest place and jumped into Lu Ren's arms: "My lord! ”

"Xiao, Xiaolan!? Oops—"

Because it came a little suddenly, Lu Ren didn't stabilize his body all of a sudden, and was pounced on the ground by the wild girl Xiao Lu Lan. Seeing Lu Lan hook Lu Ren's neck again, she smiled happily: "My lord, Xiaolan misses you so much!" Do you want Xiaolan, adult? ”

"You girl will be coquettish when she sees me! I don't know if I miss you, I just know that my back hurts so much!! ”

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On the bank of the river in the small village, Cai Yan and Lu Lan sat side by side on a bluestone, both of their smooth feet as smooth as jade into the river water, enjoying the coolness of the heart, while whispering some girls' whispers. At this moment, Cai Yan's dignified elegance and Lu Lan's liveliness and beauty converged, forming a set of dazzling pictures on the bank of the river, attracting many people to lock their eyes firmly on the two of them.

However, perhaps because Cai Yan and Lu Lan on this side are too beautiful and cute, attracting the attention of people in the past, people ignore that there is a character who should really be noticed under the shade of a certain willow tree not far from Cai Yan and Lu Lan, that is, Lu Ren.

Under the shade of the tree, Lu Ren, who has always been regarded as a wanderer, did not look at Cai Yan and Lu Lan's side even if it was not an exaggeration to call it beautiful, but calmly talked with a sturdy man in his thirties, wearing a warrior costume and chivalrous makeup, with a cold and resolute face.

"Zhang Fang, what is the news you have found in Xiangyang City in the past six months?"

Zhang Fang was originally a centurion in the 700 traps camp under Gao Shun. When Lü Bu was defeated, the camp was almost completely annihilated, but Zhang Fang and a few people desperately escaped from Xiapi City. Later, these people worked as grass robbers in the surrounding areas of Xuzhou for a period of time in order to survive, but they unexpectedly ran into Gao Shun, who was rescued by Lu Ren and rescued by Cao Cao, who was going to settle in Yizhou with the fleet. Zhang Fang and others were originally Gao Shun's old subordinates, and they had always respected Gao Shun, so they naturally defected to Gao Shun without saying a word, and then Gao Shun took Zhang Fang and others in Yizhou, and made a lot of contributions to the initial foothold of the Lu and Mi clans in Yizhou.

Later, Lu Ren teased Cao Cao and successfully escaped from Cao Ying, and took a large number of people around him from Xuzhou to Yizhou, and met Gao Shun and Minchan once. After arriving in Yizhou, Lu Ren formulated his own strategic plan based on the current situation of the Lu and Mi clans in Yizhou, and the first link in the plan was that Lu Ren would return to the Central Plains first. And Lu Ren insisted on returning to the Central Plains, Gao Shun considered that Lu Ren's self-protection strength was somewhat insufficient, so he sent Zhang Fang and three other subordinates who were trapped in the camp to Lu Ren's side as Lu Ren's personal guard.

After that, Lu Ren first went to Wu County, and then on the surface, he made it look like he wanted to live in seclusion in his "hometown", on the one hand, he was looking for the Lu clan in the fourth surname of Wu, and on the other hand, he deliberately attracted the attention of Sun Quan, who had just inherited Sun Ce's position for a few years, and the fundamental purpose was to release the news of his own people in the Central Plains.

Sure enough, as soon as Sun Quan heard that Lu Ren, who was "richer and more powerful than Xiao He", had "returned" to Wu County, he immediately sent someone to invite Lu Ren to come out. Of course, under Lu Ren's early preparations, the people sent by Sun Quan all pounced without exception...... (To be continued.) )