Chapter 136
Seeing the pro-soldiers at the door, Xu's mother became even more determined to tie her son's future to Lu Bu. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"Please, sir, please, sir, can you sell these rice cheaper?" A woman with three children kneels in front of a rice shop and cries.
"Get out." A big man came out of the shop, kicked the woman over and over again, and finally spat and scolded: "Poor ghost, don't be embarrassed here if you can't afford it." ā
Most of the personal soldiers with him are billet people, one by one, they are furious, and they want to draw their swords, but the man, Lu Bu's heart is also on fire, those three children may not survive this winter, the population is the most latent force in this cold weapon era, the person is gone, who is he Lu Bu looking to fight for him.
However, Lu Bu stopped the behavior of his own soldiers, and instead turned his head and asked Xu Shengdao, "What do you think?" ā
Xu Sheng didn't think about it, "That woman is really pitiful, if Sheng grows up, he will kill that man alive, but now... Xu Sheng lowered his head and said ashamedly, "Hmm." Seeing that her child was so bloody, Mother Xu nodded.
"Tie up that man." Lu Bu turned his head and ordered, and at the same time, he was also praised in his heart, not only understanding etiquette, but also bloody, but more sensible, worthy of being a general.
"No." The soldiers were overjoyed, and when they went up, they kicked the man to the ground, and several people worked together to press the man to the ground.
Xu Sheng hurriedly stepped forward and helped the woman up, Lu Bu walked up to her and asked, "Is this rice very expensive now?" ā
The woman first glanced at Lu Bu gratefully, and cried in a low voice: "The strong man doesn't know, that Cao Cao besieged the billet for more than two months, and the price of rice in the billet rose for two months, and the poor little woman's husband died in the city, and the family had little money left to spend. He looked down at the three little boys, whose clothes were trembling because of the thinness of their clothes, and said with pity: "Pity my child, who has not eaten for a day." ā
Damn, businessmen in this era are short-sighted. I just wanted to hand over this man to Xia Pi Xiang Chen Dao, but I saw a middle-aged man who looked like a shopkeeper coming out of this rice shop, and when he saw that the man was pressed to the ground, his heart was angry, but his face was full of smiles, and he asked Lu Budao, who was obviously the leader: "I don't know where this clerk offended the strong man, and I will compensate you first, I don't know if the strong man can raise his noble hand in front of the Xia Pi Cheng family." ā
actually threatened Lao Tzu and threatened Lu Bu here. The fire in my heart burned even more.
"Shopkeeper, don't talk nonsense with him, it depends on the owner to beat the dog, this guy has bullied the Cheng family." The man struggled and said loudly.
Lu Bu sneered, the next Pi Cheng family, although there is no such family in his memory, is he as big as me Lu Bu? Joke, "Chop off one of his hands, I don't know if a dog has a broken leg, and its owner wants it." ā
"No." The knife walked with the sound, and with a "ding" sound, the blade of the knife intersected with the ground in an instant, and blood continued to spray out of the broken arm, the man's face was full of disbelief, and there were really people who dared to get along with the Cheng family at this time.
Immediately, a terrible cry of pain resounded through the street, fortunately there were not many pedestrians on the street, otherwise they would have to be blocked, and in broad daylight, someone dared to commit murder on the street.
"Bandage his hands, it's not fun if he dies, by the way, plug his mouth, listen to Lao Tzu upset." Immediately, Lu Bu looked like he was not afraid of boiling water and said to the pale shopkeeper: "This dog is useless, but if your Cheng family wants to save face, you will go to the Yamen of the next Pi Prime Minister to lead the people, and Lao Tzu will give him back there." ā
The shopkeeper didn't expect Lu Bu to be so hot-handed, and the person's arm was cut off when he said it, and he was afraid in his heart, so he could only make promises.
Seeing such a reflection of the cabinet, Lu Bu was very satisfied, this trick is still quite intimidating, and it will be used more in the future. Turning his head to the woman with a frightened face, he said gently: "Don't worry, your child has been raised." "For those who died for their own lives, Lu Bu has no reason to treat their orphans badly.
Seeing that the child had a way to live, the woman's pale face instantly flashed red, and she wanted to kneel down for Lu Bu, without considering Lu Bu's ruthlessness, it was already good for orphans and widows to survive in this troubled world.
Lu Bu stopped the woman, squatted down, patted a boy who seemed to be the oldest, and said with a smile: "Don't thank me, the children are so old, it's a pity to die." ā
"Uncle, can I learn martial arts from you?" Unlike the other two children who hid in their mother's arms after seeing the blood, they didn't dare to look at Lu Bu, this guy was excited when he saw the man being cut, and he cut Lu Bu with anticipation.
"Why?" Lu Bu said in surprise.
"Learning martial arts well can avenge your father, and you can also protect your mother from being bullied." There was a strong hatred in the small eyes.
"Okay." Lu Bu laughed and praised the woman, "You have given birth to a good son. ā
"Take them home first." Lu Bu said to a pro-soldier.
"No." The soldiers responded, and took Xu Sheng and them to continue to the general's mansion.
"Turn around and go to the Yamen of the next Pi Xiang." Lu Bu took the poor man to Chen Dao's yamen.
"Stop, if you report the case, you have to report it first." The official guarding the door saw a group of people dragging a man with a broken back, thinking that he had come to report the crime.
Needless to say, there was naturally a person among the soldiers, and he whispered to the officer: "Tell you adults, General Zuo is here." ā
General Zuo. The official hurriedly confessed to Lu Bu, and crawled to inform their subordinates.
After a while, Chen Dao put on a neat official uniform and hurried towards the door.
Without waiting for him to open his mouth and salute, "Go in and speak." The first to walk towards the back hall, Chen Dao followed with a puzzled face, not knowing which play his general was singing.
"Take this guy down first, don't kill him." At the door of the back hall, Lu Bu pointed to the man who had already taken in more air and had less air out.
Entering the back hall, Lu Bu explained the matter. Then, the anger in his heart suddenly became strong, "How did you behave as a prime minister this time, the price of this rice is so expensive, how many people can't survive this winter." ā
"Lord, it's not that his subordinates don't do their best, but the people involved here are too complicated, I wanted to report it to the lord tomorrow, but I didn't want the lord to ask in person." Chen Dao argued.
"Oh, what's going on?" After calming down the anger in his heart a little, Lu Bu unconsciously tapped the case with his right hand and asked.
"When Cao Sikong first besieged Pi, the lord ordered the stock of the people in Pi to be requisitioned, but some big clans refused to pay grain, and now they sell it at a high price when the people have no grain in their hands, in order to make huge profits." Chen Dao said that as much grievance as you are, how aggrieved you are, isn't this General Zuo's order.
Lu Bu was dumbfounded, rummaged through his memory, it was really an order from "himself", damn, this kind of thing is to kill chickens and take eggs, and if they want to levy them, they will also levy those big clans, if they don't want to, they will suppress them by force, anyway, their reputation is already so bad, even if you compromise these big clans, they may not be able to support you back.
scolded in his heart, and asked on his face: "There are those big clans, what is going on with the Cheng family?" ā
"There are many, among them, led by the three families of Shang, Pang and Gu, and the private soldiers of these three families add up to thousands of people, and the hoarded grain and grass are estimated to be hundreds of thousands of stones according to the subordinates." After pondering for a while, Chen Dao said: "The Cheng family usually doesn't show much dew, but the subordinates have privately investigated, and the Cheng family's industry is as big as the above three. ā
Oh, it doesn't show the mountain dew, "I" was defeated Peng Cheng and retreated to Xiapi in a panic to defend the city, then he won't notice his Cheng family, no wonder I can't find even a little bit of information about this Cheng family in my memory. However, Lu Bu didn't reply to Chen Dao, thinking that they were seeking huge profits, and no matter how expensive the grain was, how much profit could there be. Cao Apu has withdrawn from the army, and these families still don't show favor to me, and they secretly raise the price of food to create turmoil, damn, there must be something greasy here.
A cold light flashed in his eyes, and his heart was even more murderous, it doesn't matter if he looks down on me Lu Bu, there are many people in the world, but if you make trouble for me, you have to pay the price.
Then take a Cheng family to go under the knife first, and at this time, the guy who came to lead the person should come. Lu Bu thought.
Just as Lu Bu thought, Cheng Fan, the housekeeper of the Cheng Mansion, was sent by the third young master of his family to lead the people, and asked the official with a smile at the yamen: "I am the housekeeper of the Cheng Mansion in the west of the city, I don't know if this little brother can see a group of people with a short knife on his waist with a broken hand, half-dead people come to this yamen." "The left hand also secretly stuffed a gold cake into the official, I have to ask whether the group of people brought anyone here, in case they didn't come, and they alarmed the prime minister, it would not end well.
Originally, this kind of money was taken by the officials, but the three words General Zuo were always dangling in front of him, not to mention that you were so polite, even if you pointed a knife at me, I didn't dare to accept it. Stretched out his hand and pushed, and said perfunctorily: "I didn't see it, the guard at this gate has just changed guards, or I'll find someone to ask you?" After speaking, he gave another official a color, and the official naturally knew it in his heart, and hurried to the back hall.
"This." Cheng Fangang wanted to refuse, but there was no way to say it when he saw the words of the officer, but with his many years of experience in watching people, this official actually violated the rules and did not accept the piece of gold cake, and there was a trace of unusual atmosphere in it, and he scolded in his heart, you are a loser, and you don't think about whether you can provoke the people of the Cheng family will be small, and you boldly asked me to lead people, if something happens, I am afraid that I will have to take the responsibility.
Without a trace, he touched the subordinate standing beside him, and the subordinate understood, and immediately turned away.
No matter how sensitive the housekeeper's sense of smell is, he would never have thought that the person he provoked this time was the soil emperor of Xuzhou, General Zuo Lu Bu.
After a while, the official ran back and bowed to Cheng Fan, "The minister of state has an invitation." ā
Cheng Fan's heart was slightly afraid, and he was even more determined that this time was unusual, but he had to send it when he was ready to send it, and the country was affectionate, of course, he, a little housekeeper, couldn't help but give face, so he had to let a few people who came at any time wait outside, and he went in alone to meet the minister of state.
In the lobby, Chen Dao knelt on the desk expressionlessly, Lu Bu stood on the right side with all the pro-soldiers, and the man knelt under the hall, the blood was stopped, but there was still no trace of blood on this face, and when he saw Cheng Fan coming in, his face was happy, and then he looked at Lu Bu with resentment, dare to provoke Cheng Fu, you are dead.