As the old saying goes: it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge.

Of course, this does not mean that it really doesn't matter if you wait for ten years, but it means that those who want to take revenge must stabilize their mentality, don't rush to success, and don't make trouble until the end not only did not report revenge, but also compensated themselves.

Lu Ren knew very well the meaning of this sentence, and he also knew very well that he was neither a sword immortal god nor a super Saiyan with gray hair in a fit of rage, who could single-handedly go over and cut off the enemy's head. With his current situation, patience, and with the help of the current situation and the corresponding forces, he has the hope of avenging Wan'er.

And after the revenge, how to go on your own road is also a matter of thinking carefully and preparing well, Guo Jia's reminders to Lu Ren, Lu Ren has written them down. And the thing to do well now is to help Cao Cao farm well and save as much grain and grass as possible for the upcoming battle of Guandu.

In other words, Lu Ren's previous farming skills still left some leeway, and he did not go all out. It's nothing, when the master generally has to leave a few tricks to press the bottom of the box, in case of emergency? And now that Lu Ren has made up his mind, it is within his ability, and he almost no longer has any reservations.

In this way, when the summer passed and the autumn of the fourth year of Jian'an began, the initial grain output was estimated to be about 2.2 million stones, 500,000 more than the 1.7 million stones in the previous year. However, this number is not too much in Lu Ren's opinion, after all, there are many preparatory things for the future in the first year, plus the population and acres in Cao Cao's territory have increased, this 500,000 is actually not much. If it weren't for the fact that Lu Ren was not in charge of Tuntian for the third year of Jian'an, and many things were wasted, then it was not impossible that this year's output might reach three million.

Of course, the figure of more than two million has made Cao Cao very satisfied. And after Lu Ren started the autumn harvest, the trivial things were handed over to other people, because Lu Ren had other things to do in his heart. You have to pull yourself out.

However, there was also a small episode during this time, that is, when Lu Ren was communicating with Shirley the next month after sending Wan'er away, Shirley informed Lu Ren that he had found spare parts, which meant that Lu Ren could be picked up at the scheduled time. Of course, Lu Ren was overjoyed when he heard the news, but he also showed Shirley that he would not rush back until his business was completed.

Of course, this is nothing, but for some reason, Lu Ren always felt as if Shirley had something to say to himself, but he was never able to say it. After thinking about it again, Lu Ren was relieved. The heart said that Shirley must have tried to persuade herself to go back on time, but she gave an order to Shirley again, and Shirley had to obey, so it was not normal for Shirley to have something to say but not be able to say? It's just that Lu Ren didn't know that what Shirley wanted to say was actually not this at all......

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In the blink of an eye, a few days passed, and Cao Cao gathered his staff for a meeting. In fact, there was only one thing to discuss, that is, after Cao Cao put the autumn grain into the warehouse, he was ready to use troops to Liyang and parts of Qingzhou according to the original strategy. The purpose is, of course, to prepare well for the decisive battle with Yuan Shao in the future.

The ensuing discussion was nothing too special, and Lu Ren kept his head down and didn't say a word. It wasn't until the selection and assignment of generals were in place and Cao Cao was about to announce the end of the meeting that Lu Ren suddenly raised his head and said to Cao Cao: "Duke Cao." I want to go to Wancheng next. ”

Lu Ren's words shocked everyone, and Cao Cao said in disbelief: "Yihao, what did you just say?" You're going to Wancheng? What are you going to Wancheng for? ”

Lu Ren smiled faintly at Cao Cao: "Cao Gong is very intelligent, how can he not see the purpose of this trip?" ”

Cao Cao's eyes rolled to understand what Lu Ren meant, and he immediately frowned: "Yihao." Are you sure you're going? ”

Lu Ren said: "I don't dare to say that I am absolutely sure, but if I meet Jia Xu, the strategist next to Zhang Xiu, then this matter will be successful." Besides...... Let me speak bluntly. It depends on whether you can tolerate Zhang Xiu, Gong Cao. ”

Cao Cao paused for a moment, then laughed and said, "Why did Yihao say this? If Zhang Xiuken is truly lonely, how can Lone remember the old grudges. It's Yihao, I'm more worried about you......"

Lu Ren didn't say anything, just shook his head gently. Seeing Lu Ren like this, Cao Cao looked sideways at Cheng Yu, and Cheng Yu also looked at Lu Ren carefully for a long time, and finally nodded lightly to Cao Cao.

Seeing this, Cao Cao thought for a while and asked, "Then Yihao, how do you plan to go to Wancheng?" ”

Lu Ren said: "I'll just bring some children from the clan with me." If nothing goes wrong, I will return to the capital within three months. ”

Cao Cao patted the case lightly and said, "Okay! If Yihao can persuade Zhang Xiu to surrender, it will be a great achievement! It's getting late today, Yihao will go back to the house first to rest for a while, and Lone will also repair and tie up the letter, which will be delivered to you tomorrow. Yoshiho, what do you think? ”

"As you wish!"

The matter was settled, but Guo Jia frowned and looked at Lu Ren, secretly shaking his head and saying nothing.

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There are actually not many roads from Xuchang to Wancheng, so it will be more than ten days later......

"The head of the family, there is Wancheng in front."

Lu Ren raised his hand to shade the sun on the horse, looked at the city more than ten miles away for a while, nodded lightly and asked, "Did you find any news in the city a few days ago?" ”

When Lu Ren left Xuchang, he brought twenty Lu disciples with him, and five of them rushed to Wancheng to inquire about some corresponding news according to Lu Ren's order. After being mixed for so many years, Lu Ren understands that trying to persuade a certain force is not something that can be done with a mouth, and there are a lot of objective factors involved.

Look at the Lu family's children again: "Although Zhang Xiu is stationed in Wan and Yang, and is the northern gateway for Liu Biao to resist Jingxiang, it seems that Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao are not very harmonious, at least there is a lot of criticism of Liu Biao between the soldiers and generals. It's just that because of the tight schedule, we haven't been able to find out what the specific situation is. ”

"Really?"

Lu Ren lay on the back of the horse and fell into deep thought: "Zhang Xiu in this period can be regarded as an independent/independent force, although he is attached to Liu Biao, but it is only a relationship between temporary employees who help Liu Biao work, and he is not Liu Biao's direct subordinates, that is to say, he can listen to Liu Biao's orders or not." Hmmm......"

After sorting out such a line of thought, Lu Ren activated the chip to carefully check the information of Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu, and finally landed on such a paragraph about Liu Biao: "'Although the appearance is elegant. And the heart is suspicious'...... Yes, Liu Biao's biggest problem is that he is suspicious, and although there are not many records between Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu in the history books, something can be seen from the relationship between Liu Biao and Liu Bei.

"If I didn't make a mistake, although Liu Biao regarded Zhang Xiu as a watchdog, he was afraid that Zhang Xiu would bite him back if he developed strength, so he didn't let Zhang Xiu eat enough, but he didn't let Zhang Xiu go hungry, and he just hung there. If this is the case, it is no wonder that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao beckoned to Zhang Xiu. Zhang Xiu ran away. Who wants to be half-starved if they have a good life? Okay, there's no point in dreaming here, let's take a closer look after you enter the city. ”

As soon as he thought of this, Lu Ren was about to take twenty horses of the Lu family into the city, and the Lu children beside him hurriedly persuaded: "The head of the family, please think twice!" Zhang Xiu has always been at odds with Cao Gong, and the two families have a parent-child feud. If the head of the house enters the city like this, he is afraid of ......"

Lu Ren waved his hand and said: "The two countries are fighting each other, and they will not be killed." Again. Although the soldiers and horses of Wancheng originally belonged to Zhang Ji, and Zhang Ji was once Dong Zhuo's general, Zhang Xiu was not the kind of brutal person who did not pay attention to morality, and there was Jia Xu by his side. Therefore, the soldiers and horses of Wancheng should be managed by them now, and it will be okay for us to enter the city generously. Without further ado, let's go! ”

Here, Lu Ren urged the horse to go first, and the Lu disciples behind him all looked at each other. Someone couldn't help but whisper: "Hey, do you feel that since the death of the housewife, the head of the family seems to have changed all of a sudden?" ”

"Aren't you talking nonsense? The head of the house is the mother of the house. That's a ...... Oops, I don't know what to say. Anyway, with the temper of our family master, I think it's already very good that he can still look like this after being so stimulated. But then again, Mistress Wan really died too ......."

Lu Ren in front suddenly turned his head and said angrily: "What are you talking about? Hurry up! ”

"Yes, yes, yes!"

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"Stop! Who are you!? ”

In front of the gate of Wancheng, Lu Ren and his party were stopped by the guards of Wancheng. It's no wonder that the twenty or so people all have crossbows and swords and armor, and they are not ordinary characters when they see it.

Lu Ren arched his hand casually on the horse and said: "Xu Du Dasi Nong's Mansion Zhisu Du Lieutenant, Shoushang Shuservant shot Lu Ren, on the order of Cao Sikong, he came to Wancheng to have a meeting with General Zhang. I'm sorry for everyone to go and pass it on. ”

"Immortal, Immortal Master Lu Ren!?"

The distance between Xuchang and Wancheng is not too far, so Lu Ren's name and deeds have long been spread to Wancheng. When a few gatekeepers heard this, they didn't dare to slack off, and after they saluted Lu Ren in a panic, someone passed it on.

Lu Ren was also a little tired from coming over this way, so he lay on the back of the horse and waited. After closing his eyes for a while, when he opened them again, Lu Ren took a closer look at these guards and found that although these guards were strong and strong, their faces were obviously a little hungry, and their eyes were intentionally or unintentionally aimed at the bags of dry food for himself and the children of the Lu family. Seeing this, Lu Ren secretly sneered in his heart, and said in his heart, it seems that my speculation just now should not be wrong. And in this way, Lu Ren was a little more confident in his persuasion of Zhang Xiu this time.

After a while, the sound of horses' hooves in the city sounded, and a group of men and horses rushed to the front. The first general was about thirty years old, and his clothes and armor were quite neat, and the person next to him who was dressed in a scribe's costume was about forty years old, and his gloomy face knew at a glance that he was a very scheming person, and it seemed that these two should be Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu.

Lu Ren immediately bowed to the two of them and said, "In Xia Lu Ren Lu Yihao, dare to ask the two of you, but General Zhang and Mr. Jia?" ”

Zhang Xiu looked at Lu Ren with a puzzled face for a while before returning the salute: "It's Zhang Xiu, Jia Wen and Mr. Jia...... Your Excellency is really Lu Yihao, Lu Servant? (To be continued......)