Holding the letter sent by Yuan Shu to the messenger in his hand, after reading the letter, Lu Bu waved his hand at Yuan Shu's messenger and said to him: "Your envoy go back to rest, this matter has its own conclusion!" ”

Seeing that Lu Bu did not immediately promise to publicly support Yuan Shu as emperor, although the envoy wanted to say something, he knew that if Lu Bu was forced too hard, it would make Lu Bu go in the opposite direction, so he didn't say more, bowed to Lu Bu with his fists, and exited the front hall.

"Humph!" When Yuan Shu's envoy retreated, Lu Bu threw the letter to the ground and scolded angrily: "Shameless traitor, he actually said that he wanted to be named the king of Xuzhou, and also said that the daughter of XX married his son and will be the queen in the future!" ”

"Wait for the anger!" Seeing that Lu Bu was angry, Chen Gong hurriedly stood up, clasped his fists and said to him: "After Yuan Shu became emperor, heroes from all walks of life cut off contact with him. Hearing that the Qingzhou thief army besieging Xiaopei had withdrawn, Cao Jun thought that he would withdraw to Xuchang in a few days. At that time, Wen Hou will send this person to the King of Qin, and everyone in the world will know that Wen Hou is loyal to the Han family. ”

After listening to Chen Gong's words, Lu Bu frowned slightly, nodded, and said to Chen Gong: "Okay, so-and-so will be patient for a while, and wait until the Cao army withdraws from Xuzhou, and then talk to that Yuan Shu!" ”

The Huainan army set out from Shouchun and approached Xuchang, and the pressure in Xuzhou was suddenly relaxed, but there were still some entanglements between Lu Bu and Yuan Shu.

On the eastern front, although the fighting has been suspended, there is still an undercurrent surging, and there is no real peace.

At this time, Liu Wei didn't have much to do.

The disaster situation in Jing Zhaoyin and Zuo Fengyi has been brought under control, and after the implementation of Liu Wei's new policy in both places, many villages have sprung up, and the number of workshops in various cities has also increased exponentially.

The economies of the two places are growing steadily, and the only problem that is difficult for Liu Wei to solve is grain and grass.

Grain and grass are different from other goods, and the control of grain and grass in various places is extremely strict, even if Liu Wei wants to rely on merchant trade to obtain grain and grass, it is priceless in times of war.

A village outside the city of Luoyang.

There were more than a dozen healthy horses tied to the trees in the village, one of which was Liu Wei's snow-white mount.

At the door of a house, several guards of the King of Qin stood like statues, blocking the door of the house.

In front of the guards was a group of villagers.

Villagers, young and old, were sticking their heads out, trying to see through the human wall of guards' bodies to see inside the house.

In the room of this family, Liu Wei was kneeling in the room, and in front of him, two adults and three children, a man and a woman, stood side by side.

The man was missing a left arm, but his physique was unusually strong. The woman's complexion is slightly dark, and her skin is relatively rough, so you can tell at a glance that she is a village woman who has been working in the fields all year round.

The three children standing in front of them, the eldest was no more than three or four years old, and the youngest was more than a year old at most, and was held in front of him by his mother, his small body was still a little shaky, and when he looked at Liu Wei, his big eyes were full of curiosity.

Behind Liu Wei, Wang Liu and Wang Zhen stood side by side.

Neither of them pressed their hands on the hilt of their swords, looking at the family of five standing opposite, their expressions were not as serious as before, but with a faint smile on the corner of their mouths.

"Sit! Sit down and talk! Seeing that the family of five was very restrained, Liu Wei first made a gesture of invitation to them, and then changed his kneeling sitting to sitting cross-legged on the ground, and beckoned the family of five to sit down with a smile on his face.

Some timidly glanced at each other, but the two adults, a man and a woman, still didn't dare to sit down.

Seeing that the adults didn't dare to sit down, Liu Wei clapped his hands to the youngest child, and said with a smile: "Come, hug this king." ”

The youngest child is not sensible, and he is not very afraid of Liu Wei, since Liu Wei entered their house, he has been looking at the golden crown of hair on Liu Wei's head.

Seeing Liu Bian clapping his hands at him, the child really staggered towards Liu Bian.

When the child walked in front of him, Liu Wei held him in his arms, looked up at the man and woman, and said to them: "This child is not afraid of birth, it is very good, and he will definitely have a chance when he grows up." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, for the compliment!" Bowing down, the man responded tremblingly.

Holding the child, Liu Wei smiled at the couple and said: "The child is promising, but you husband and wife are not promising." ”

As he spoke, Liu Wei raised his hand and pointed at the one-armed man again, and said to him: "Especially you, where is the fierce strength on the battlefield?" How did you see this king today, but like a girl? ”

When Liu Wei said this, the villagers watching outside the door suddenly burst into laughter.

"Quick! Sit down and talk! Clapping his hands on the ground again, Liu Wei first greeted the husband and wife, and then shouted to the guards at the door: "The village is full of old brothers who followed this king on the battlefield, what are you waiting for at the door to do?" Don't get out of the way! ”

After Liu Wei's order, the guards at the door glanced at each other, and a trace of embarrassment appeared on their faces.

Just as the guards were about to retreat and stand up, a man with crutches and a leg missing outside the door shouted to Liu Wei in the room: "Your Highness, don't embarrass the brothers, we were also soldiers of the Luoyang Army, and we also know where the duty lies." ”

"Today, I don't talk about my duties, I only talk about my brothers' old relationship!" Holding the child in one hand, Liu Wei waved his other hand at the guards guarding outside the door, and asked the guards: "Did you hear what this king said?" ”

was urged by Liu Wei again, and the guards outside the door withdrew and stood aside.

But instead of rushing into the house immediately, the villagers crowded at the door and looked inside.

Ever since he was held in Liu Bian's arms, the little child looked up at the crown of hair on Liu Bian's head.

Seeing that Liu Wei didn't seem to be very fierce, he finally stretched out his little hand and wanted to touch the hair crown.

The child reached out to touch his hair crown, Liu Wei glanced at the child in his arms, with a smile on his face, reached out to the top of his head, took off the hair crown, and handed it to the child's hand.

"Your Highness!" Seeing Liu Wei take off the hair crown and give it to the children to play with, Wang Liu, who was standing behind him, whispered to him: "Why did you take the hair crown too?" ”

"The old brother's child wants to play, will this king still be stingy with a hair crown?" Turning his head and saying a word to Wang Liu lightly, Liu Wei picked up the child and said to the husband and wife in the house: "Since you two don't dare to sit next to this king, this king doesn't bother to pay attention to you." There are so many old brothers outside the door, I still don't believe that no one dares to get close to this king! ”

As he spoke, Liu Wei hugged the child and said to the husband and wife in the house and the villagers outside the door: "Follow the old brothers who have made meritorious contributions and established businesses on the battlefield with this king, this king will find a spacious place to talk to you!" ”

Holding the child in his arms and leaving the door, Liu Wei asked the villagers who were crowded at the door, "Where is the village spacious?" ”

"Only the grain field is spacious, but Your Highness ......" A fast-talking villager said a word when Liu Wei asked where it was spacious, but then regretted it and said to Liu Wei: "The grain field is too dirty, Your Highness doesn't dare to go there......"

"Why wouldn't you dare?" Holding the child, Liu Wei waved his hand at the villagers who were speaking, and said to him: "This king also wants to eat grain, maybe there are still old brothers who harvest the grain that this king eats every day." Lead the way for this king, and today we will have a good life on the grain field to catch up with the past! ”

The men in the village were all the soldiers of the Luoyang Army who had followed Liu Wei to fight on the battlefield.

Some of them even followed Liu Wei when he first started.

Although the men are not in the army now, their loyalty to Liu Wei has not diminished in the slightest.

Knowing that Liu Wei was going to the grain field to catch up with them, almost the men in the whole village turned their heads and glared at the fast-talking villagers.

was glared at by almost the whole village, and the fast-talking villager hurriedly lowered his head.

"What's wrong?" Looking around at the villagers beside him, Liu Wei said to them with a little unhappiness in his tone: "It's been a long time, aren't you estranged from this king?" ”

"Xiaomin don't dare!" Hearing that Liu Wei was a little unhappy, the village chief, who had no two arms, bowed down and said to Liu Wei: "It's just that the grain field is really dirty......

"No, the king doesn't mind!" Without waiting for the village chief to finish speaking, Liu Wei waved his hand at him and said to him: "You should be an officer in the army, and this king will hand over the task of leading the way to you, could it be that you want to disobey the order?" ”

"No!" Liu Wei also gave the village chief an order to guide the way in the form of a military order, and the village chief's heart suddenly warmed, and he hurriedly said to Liu Bian: "Obey Your Highness's military order!" ”

After answering Liu's argument, the village chief shouted to the villagers: "Brothers, Your Highness has issued a military order, and we must not disobey it, escort Your Highness to the grain field!" ”

A group of disabled villagers and their mothers-in-law, with their children, gathered around Liu Wei and escorted Liu Wei to the grain field.

Wang Liu and Wang Zhen, who were following Liu Wei, glanced at each other, and each could see the unconcealable emotion in each other's eyes.

The men in the village were seriously injured on the battlefield and could not return to the battlefield, but they never forgot that they were once soldiers of the Luoyang Army, and they once followed Liu Wei on the battlefield in order to restore the Han Dynasty, and to establish an ideal court where everyone has food, clothing, and a house to live in!

Many disabled men have followed Liu Wei for longer than Wang Liu, Wang Zhen and the team of palace guards who protect Liu Wei.

It's no wonder that when he arrived here, Liu Wei put the guards aside.

In front of the brothers who had been on the battlefield together, Liu Wei didn't need to think about his own safety at all.

If there was really an assassin intent to mistreat Liu Wei at this time, everyone, including Wang Liu, Wang Zhen, and the guards, believed that everyone in the village would stand up to protect Liu Wei.