Guan Qing withdrew from the tent, and a moment later, two soldiers opened the curtain and walked into the tent, one of them carrying a steaming clay pot in his hand, and the other holding a tray with two pottery tea bowls on the tray.

Entering the tent, the soldiers with the tray first placed a pottery bowl on a low table not far from the bed, and then placed a pottery bowl on the small table in front of Lu Bu.

After the two pottery bowls were placed, the soldier put the tray on the ground near the tent curtain, and moved the small low table, which was still some distance from the bed, to Liu Wei, who was still sitting on the cover.

It wasn't until the soldier had prepared everything that the soldier carrying the clay pot stepped forward to fill the tea bowl for the two with hot water.

The tea leaves had already been placed in the tea bowl, and the hot water brewed down, and it was loosely brewed in an instant, and a faint fragrance of tea soon filled the tent.

"This tea is Mengding mountain tea!" When the two soldiers retreated, Liu Wei picked up the teacup on the low table in front of him, put the teacup to his nose and smelled it, and said to Lu Bu, who was kneeling in the tent: "This king doesn't know tea, but he knows this tea." ”

Liu Wei picked up the teacup, and Lu Bu also hurriedly picked up the teacup in front of him.

However, he didn't put the teacup on the tip of his nose to smell it like Liu Bian, but turned his head and looked at Liu Bian without blinking.

"If you want to know this tea, you must also mention that in the past, in order to kill Dong Zhuo, this king entered Chang'an!" Just smelling the fragrance of the tea, Liu Wei put down the teacup again, looked up at Lu Bu and said: "In Situ Wang Yun's house, this king and Wang Situ discussed how to kill Dong Zhuo, and Situ happened to entertain this king with this tea. ”

"It's been a long time since Wang Situ died!" Liu Wei mentioned Wang Yun, Lu Bu's expression showed a little loss, sighed lightly, put down the teacup, and said to Liu Wei: "On that day, Li Dao and Guo Yan besieged the city, and the last general did not investigate the spies in the city, so that Chang'an City was broken. The last general once begged Wang Situ to go out of the city with the last general, but Situ was worried about His Majesty and was unwilling to leave the city until he died. When the end of the general's army was brought out of the encirclement, his majesty fell into the hands of thieves again, and Wang Situ was also martyred! ”

"The two thieves are powerful, and the soldiers in the city are outnumbered!" Kneeling on the bed, pressing his hands on the table top of the low table, Liu Wei looked at Lu Bu, a smile indifferent on the corner of his mouth, and said to Lu Bu: "How can you complain about Feng Xian?" ”

Regarding Wang Yun's death, Lu Bu was always a little reluctant in his heart, although Liu Wei opened his mouth to persuade him, his expression still showed a little loneliness, sighed lightly, pressed his hands on his thighs, and did not answer Liu Wei's words.

"Wang Situ informed the king on the same day that when the emperor was declared in this dynasty, the monk Ganlu Puhui Zen Master planted seven tea trees in Mengding Mountain, and the tea art of 'Tianfeng Twelve Products' created by him has also been widely spread in the market today." Picking up the teacup again, Liu Wei put his lips on the edge of the teacup, took a sip of tea, shook his head slightly, and then said to Lu Bu: "Tea tasting, tea art is the key. If you brew it directly with hot water like today, no matter how good the tea is, it will lose a little taste. ”

Kneeling in the tent, he looked at Liu Wei without blinking. Lu Bu's eyes flashed with doubt, and he was quite puzzled that Liu Wei was just talking to him about tea art.

"Tea is like people!" Putting the tea cup back on the table, Liu Wei raised his head and looked at Lu Bu, and said to him: "Good tea is like Fengxian, it is a masterpiece in the world, but it is only brewed with hot water, and if the tea art is missing, there is a lot less taste!" ”

As soon as Liu Wei said this, Lu Bu suddenly understood that Liu Wei was using tea as a metaphor for him. After thinking about it, over the years, he first attached himself to Ding Yuan, and then followed Dong Zhuo, although they all worshipped the two as their fathers, but in fact they were not reused, just like good tea was simply brewed with hot water.

There was a lot of feeling in his heart, and he faintly heard some different meanings from Liu Bian's words, Lu Bu hurriedly stood up, hugged his fists and bowed to Liu Bian, and said to Liu Bian with endless trepidation: "The end of yesterday will be abrupt, and I hope Your Highness is not strange!" ”

"How can I blame you!" Raising his hand and waving towards Lu Bu, the corners of Liu Wei's mouth were slightly tugged, revealing an indifferent smile, and said to Lu Bu: "The soldiers have been marching for days, and they are already exhausted!" If it had not been for the first warning, the army would have marched slowly, and I am afraid that the time it would take to reach Luoyang would have been much slower than that of resting for a day and then marching forward. ”

Clenched his fists and bowed, standing facing Liu Bi, he didn't know whether Liu Bi praised him or damaged his Lu Bu, and fine beads of sweat were already oozing from his forehead.

"Your Highness, several local officials came to the outside of the barracks with many people!" Just when Liu Wei saw that Lu Bu looked nervous and was about to continue speaking, the voice of a pro-soldier came from outside the tent.

Hearing the voice of the pro-soldier, Liu Wei glanced at Lu Bu, and saw that Lu Bu had always lowered his head and did not dare to look at him, so he stood up with some disappointment and asked outside the tent: "The army passed through here, and the king did not know anyone, why did the local officials lead the people here?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness, the people learned that the army passed through here, and deliberately killed many cattle, sheep, pigs and dogs, and prepared a lot of vegetables, fruits, and grains to send outside the tooth gate, saying that they wanted to work for the army!" As soon as Liu Wei's words fell, the soldiers who came to report the news immediately replied.

Knowing that it was the local officials who brought the people to the labor army, Liu Wei's brows tightened, and he strode towards the tent curtain.

Just as he was passing by Lu Bu, Liu Wei turned his head and said to Lu Bu, who was still in a fist-hugging and bowing posture: "Feng Xian will follow this king for a while!" ”

"No!" He had never been left by Liu Bian's side, and suddenly heard that Liu Biao asked him to accompany him, Lu Bu was stunned for a moment, his heart was suddenly happy, and he hurriedly responded, and when Liu Biao opened the curtain and walked out of Lu, he also followed Lu in stride.

As soon as he came out of the tent, Liu Wei looked in the direction of the tooth gate in the distance.

There were many soldiers of the Luoyang Army gathered near the Yamen, and around the soldiers of the Luoyang Army wearing red robes, there were at least 1,000 people of the labor army.

Seeing the people gathered outside the Yamen, Liu Wei frowned slightly, and strode towards the Yamen.

Seeing Liu Wei striding towards the tooth gate, Lu Bu hurriedly followed. As soon as Lu Bu raised his heels, more than a dozen of Liu Bian's bodyguards followed closely behind the two.

Although the local officials brought many cattle, sheep, pork, and countless vegetables, fruits, and grains that had been slaughtered and washed clean, the soldiers of the Luoyang Army blocked them in front of the Yamen and did not let them enter the Yamen for half a step.

"Your Highness is here!" Liu Wei and Lu Bu arrived near the Yamen, and the crowd didn't know who shouted, and when they heard the shouting, the Luoyang army that was surrounding the Yamen turned their heads one after another, and when they saw that it was really Liu Bi coming, they hurriedly made way for him.

"What's going on?" When he arrived at the Yamen, Liu Wei first turned his head to look at the soldiers of the Luoyang Army who had retreated to the side, and then turned his gaze to the several Hedong officials who were still standing outside the Yamen, and asked the officials: "Why did you bring the villagers to the barracks?" ”

"Back to Your Highness!" Liu Wei opened his mouth to ask the people why they came here, and the officials immediately became nervous, and all of them showed a panicked look on their faces, and one of the officials hurriedly clasped his fists and bowed to Liu Wei and said: "I heard that His Royal Highness led the army here, and the villagers slaughtered cattle and sheep, prepared a lot of meat, and prepared vegetables, fruits, and grains, and the women also sewed a lot of military shoes for the soldiers, and specially came to work the army. As local officials, we know that this should not be the case, but the villagers love His Highness, and we can't stop it......"

"Block?" Before the official's words fell, Liu Wei smiled slightly, and repeated the two words he said, although he had the intention to say something to the official, but in the end what he said was: "Since the villagers are here, why don't you invite them into the barracks?" ”

After Liu Wei's words, the general who led many Luoyang Army soldiers to surround the Yamen hurriedly waved his hand to the Luoyang Army near the Yamen, and shouted loudly: "All the troops withdraw, please enter the camp!" ”

With the general's order, the Luoyang army blocked in the tooth gate retreated to both sides, leaving only Liu Wei, Lu Bu and a few personal soldiers who escorted Liu Wei here.

The Luoyang army that surrounded the Yamen retreated to the side, and the people outside the Yamen looked at each other one by one, and hesitated for a long time before an old man rubbed behind the official who had replied to Liu before, and whispered something to the official.

After listening to what the old man said, the official put his hands together, just bowed down, and was about to speak to Liu Wei, but Liu Wei raised his hand to the old man and said to the old man: "Old man, if you have anything to say, just say it to this king, and you don't need to tell it through the mouth of others. ”

Liu Wei said a word and choked back what the official was about to say.

Standing outside the tooth gate, the official maintained a fist-hugging posture, but did not dare to say what he wanted to say.

The old man who had spoken to the officials heard Liu Wei asking him to speak directly, so he hurriedly leaned over, with an unconcealable panic on his face, and said to Liu Wei: "Your Highness forgives me, the villagers just feel that there are too many people, and it is not good to enter the barracks after all." Just let some people carry the meat and food of the labor army in! ”

"Don't worry about it!" Raising his fists and arching towards the people crowded outside the tooth gate, Liu Wei said to the people with a smile on his face: "There is no war at the moment, the army is just stationed on the bank of this Fenshui for a day, and will leave early in the morning, the villagers just enter the camp, please!" ”

As he spoke, Liu Wei withdrew and stood aside, and made a gesture of invitation to the people standing in the black press outside the tooth gate.

The people with meat, wine, vegetables, fruits, and grains were very excited in their hearts when they were invited by Liu Bian, and they didn't care about the ugly look on the faces of the local officials who led them to the barracks, and shouted "Thank you, Your Highness" in a mixed voice.

Thousands of people who came to labor entered the barracks, and several officials who led the people here followed behind, raising their feet and wanting to follow the people into the camp, but they were blocked by the soldiers of the Luoyang Army on both sides of the Yamen.

Turning his head to look at the local officials, Liu Wei frowned slightly, and strode to follow the people to the inside of the barracks.

Lu Bu, who came to the Yamen with Liu Bian, strode towards them, lowered his voice and said to them: "It's not easy for the people, you want them to slaughter dogs and sheep, and send so much food, vegetables and fruits, don't you think Your Highness will reward you?" ”

Lu Bu pointed to the key point in one sentence, and the officials were suddenly taken aback, and hurriedly clenched their fists and bowed, due to panic, the clothes on the back of their backs were wet with cold sweat, and they said to Lu Bu in unison: "I am ignorant, I implore the general to save me!" ”