Chapter 12: What is the Purpose?
(Thanks to the book friend "No Dreamers" for rewarding 100 coins, these chapters are transitional chapters, and they can be regarded as digging pits, not deliberately making up the number of words~)
It is worth noting that the title of Lu Bu in Zhen Jiang's words has been changed from "Taiwei" at the beginning to the current "Wenhou", which seems to be just a change in title, maybe it is just unintentional, but Lu Bu heard the deep meaning from it, if it wasn't for his random understanding.
In fact, it would be nothing if it had always been called like this, but suddenly changing the title here will naturally make people think a lot.
Taiwei and Wenhou, one of these two is Lu Bu's current official position, and the other is the current title, and if you dig deeper, the official position is the official representative of the imperial court, and the title is private and only represents himself, Zhen Jiang said that Zhen is going to defect to "Wenhou" instead of the "Taiwei", the meaning is obvious, it is just for Lu Bu to come privately.
Lu Bu thought about it, his heart suddenly moved, and he asked again: "Where is Han Jizhou?" ”
This was asked by Liangle, who understood it and replied: "According to the schedule, it should be in the territory of Zhongshan Kingdom." ”
Wang Cheng was still a little unsure why, but Xun You had already laughed, and said: "What Bo Yu said is a normal footpath, after being ambushed by Gongsun Liaodong, the Han army should be in a hurry, and the footpath should be accelerated, or it may arrive a day or two earlier." ”
Lu Bu asked again: "How long will it take for Zhongshan to be from here?" ”
Wang Cheng also knew this question, and hurriedly replied: "If you are fast, you can go back and forth in one day." ”
Lu Bu laughed secretly in his heart, and even Wang Chengdu began to cooperate with him. This is really the heart of the minister.
Over there, Liangle was still shaking his head and said, "Eh, Miss Zhen is just a mentally handicapped woman, how can she compare with you as a madman, it must take a day to get here from Zhongshan Wuji, right?" ”
Wang Cheng touched the back of his head with a simple look and smiled: "Oh, this is also ha." ”
Lu Bu and the three subordinates sang and Zhen Jiang always watched coldly, but at this time they spoke: "Wen Hou is really a superhuman resource, yes, Zhen came to see Wen Hou, not only to defect, but also to ask for help." ”
Zhen Jiang was direct, and Lu Bu didn't plan to beat around the bush with her. But he was really confused now. Asked, "Help?" Zhen's family was originally supported by Han Jizhou, and now Han Jizhou is in Zhongshan, although now only the remnants of the defeated army are left, but presumably no one dares to provoke in Zhongshan. Under his protection, Zhen should be safe. And how can you ask for help? ”
That Zhen Jiang said miserably: "Han Jizhou was repeatedly defeated by General Yuan Zuo and Gongsun Liaodong. After arriving in Zhongshan, due to the lack of troops and horses, they vigorously recruited merchants and everyone in Zhongshan. Begging for money and food is really a robbery, and it is required to match the amount according to the strength of each family, and the Zhen family is no exception, this is a move to draw bones and suck the marrow! ”
Through the light veil, it seems that she can see the other party's pitiful expression, not to mention that a pair of eyes have been filled with slight tears, and the soft-hearted may have agreed to her in any request.
Lu Bu just looked at her, his eyes playful, "The other families don't know, but your Zhen clan has taken advantage of Han Jizhou's resurgence, is it now that you want to repay one or two, you will have to push back three or four, isn't this ungrateful and ungrateful?" ”
Zhen Jiang shook his head, "It's not the Zhen family's injustice, the Zhen family originally took advantage of Han Jizhou's momentum, but in the past two years, he has been running around in Zhongshan for Han Jizhou, and he has also repaid part of his kindness; What's more, this time it is too much, it is just a matter of asking for money and food to pay back, and it is considered to repay kindness and eliminate wealth, but in addition, I also need my Zhen family to select at least one descendant male to join his army, and another descendant woman to marry under his command. After the death of his own family, all major matters in the clan have a family hall and the clan elders should be discussed, several brothers are still young and overwhelmed by heavy responsibilities, more are weak scholars, and they want to ask them to join the army, no matter which one has what to do? ”
Lu Bu somewhat understood, according to Han Fu's method, it was clear that he wanted to completely tie the Zhen family to his chariot, and find a man to join the army in order to contact the relationship of these families, and find a woman to marry into the army, which can play a role in stabilizing the morale of the army, after all, if you want to continue to control the army at this time, the generals under your command are the key factors, if you can make them all feel at ease, it is okay to rely on the remnants of the army to make a comeback to protect themselves, after all, Hebei is becoming more and more chaotic, I'm afraid that whether it is Lu Bu, Yuan Shao, Gongsun Du, or Cao Cao at that time, they will no longer have time to take care of him, so what is there to worry about?
In fact, if Han Fu is still the pastor of a state now, then he is the heaven of these families, or even the food and clothing parents of a family like the Zhen family, then although these practices may cause some dissatisfaction, they are within a controllable range; The problem is that the current Han Fu is the master of the defeated army, not to mention the great loss of strength, he can't say when he will be divided up by other princes, and it can be seen from his actions that he is almost exhausted, in this case, everyone knows that following him is going to be finished, who is stupid if he wants to follow him, except for those generals and soldiers under his command who have been tied to his chariot, who dares to follow him at this time?
Moreover, the deserters of the Han army had already appeared when Gongsun Du was ambushed, and now I am afraid that there will be no less, which is also the root cause of forcing Han Fu to be in a mess now, and he actually wants to directly take these local snakes in Zhongshan.
At this time, Lu Bu asked another question that seemed to have nothing to do with it: "You said that he also asked a descendant woman to marry into the army, is it yourself or your sister?" ”
Zhen Jiang was puzzled, but still said: "The third sister and the younger sister are too young, and the folk girl still needs to help the family, it is the second sister ......"
She didn't hide anything from Lu Bu, but Lu Bu said in her heart: That's right, the current Luo Shen is still an authentic Lori, how can it not be her turn, but she seems to be a little far behind her.
Of course, these thoughts were just fleeting, Lu Bu himself didn't take it seriously, the bad taste of Strange Shu Huang was just a joke, and then he automatically put it away, Zhen Jiang and these outsiders didn't know what was going on in his mind at the moment, but after seeing Lu Bu ask that strange question, he no longer spoke, but was pondering something, Zhen Jiang felt a little worried in his heart.
The mother of this trip, Zhang, has high hopes for her, in fact, although she is a descendant in the family, she is not very happy, and several younger brothers have not been able to provoke the big beam, and the Zhang family, who is in charge of Han Fu, has also caused a lot of criticism because of this matter, because it is a female stream, some rumors are very unpleasant, but they have survived strongly; But recently, because Han Fu used the Zhen family as a pig and sheep to be slaughtered, it angered these clansmen who had been enjoying the benefits brought by the Zhang family but were still dissatisfied everywhere, if it weren't for some clan elders on their side, I am afraid that my mother and her would really not be able to hold on.
Before coming, Zhen Jiang thought about what it would be like to meet with this legendary military general and prince, her age can be regarded as an "older leftover girl" at this time, if it weren't for housework and helping her mother, she would have married and lived the life of a good wife and mother, and Zhen Jiang, who still maintains a girl's heart for marriage in her heart, naturally has her own expectations, yearning and shyness in the face of those excellent opposite sexes, after hearing so many legends about Lu Fengxian, she finally wants to see the real person, Her heart was by no means as calm as she appeared.
However, after really meeting Lu Bu, she forgot about everything, only knowing that she was carrying a family mission, and in the face of Lu Bu's powerful aura invisibly emanating from every move, word and deed, and being in a weak position, she was under a lot of pressure, and she was always careful for fear of angering the other party, then everything would be over.
To say that in addition to Lu Bu, Zhen can also choose Yuan Shao, or even Nagongsun Du, but her mother Zhang's vision has always been admired by Zhen Jiang, she said that if she wants to come to find this Lu Bu, Zhen will have a way out, then Zhen Jiang will come to Lu Bu without the slightest hesitation.
At this time, I heard Lu Bu say leisurely: "Han Jizhou's actions like this really make me sad. Originally, I came to Hebei because the imperial court received a letter from Han Jizhou asking for help, and in order to support justice and maintain the clarity of the Han family, I was specially sent to coordinate, but I didn't want the situation to change so quickly that it was unpredictable. Please rest assured that the disaster of the Zhen family only lies with Han Fu, and Han Fu is there, just leave it to Ben Hou to deal with. ”
Although Zhen Jiang is a woman, after all, she is from everyone's background, and she is here in Jizhou, she can't believe this Lu Bu's nonsense in her eyes for the recent changes in the month, but she will not take the initiative to break it, after all, it is not good for herself and Zhen, not to mention that Lu Bu took the initiative to take over this matter, she was even more happy, she didn't expect that she would be able to complete this mission so smoothly.
"But ......" Lu Bu knew what he was thinking when he saw her expression, and sneered in his heart, although Zhen said it well, it was Han Fu who forced him too hard, but in the final analysis, it was because his interests were violated, so don't say that Han Fu is only a backer, even if he is their life-saving benefactor, he should abandon it at this time, this is the essence of the family's interests, so although the original plan to deal with Han Fu is only in advance now, it can't be cheap for these Zhongshan families in vain.
Zhen Jiang jumped in her heart when she heard Lu Bu say, "but", it would not be good if it was a sideline, but she still kept calm and did not do the stupid thing that should be inherited immediately regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one, but waited for Lu Bu's orders.
This made Lu Bu a little impressed, this woman seems to be able to be sent out by the Zhen family to take charge of herself, it is indeed not simple, it is said that the children of poor families are in charge of the family early, but in this era, the children of these families have been well educated since childhood, and many of them have begun to take on family responsibilities very early for various reasons, but there are still very few female masters like Zhen Jiang, which will make people feel strange. (To be continued......)