New Lubu War

Chapter 43
"Forehead!"

How could Lu Bu fail to understand the hidden meaning in Ding Yuan's words?
This is to accept myself as a son!

special!
Do you really want to be stabbed by Fang Tian's painting halberd?

"Your Majesty is joking!"

Lu Bu laughed and said:

"If you are old and strong, heroic and heroic, with a sense of honesty, you must be a young master who is also talented in both civil and military skills!"

Seeing that Lu Bu was not on the road, Ding Yuan was a little depressed.

He wasn't sure if Lu Bu didn't hear it, or if he changed the subject on purpose.

After thinking for a while, he changed his mind and asked:

"Fengxian was in Jiuyuan, what is his position now?"

"Ashamed!"

Hearing this, Lu Bu cupped his fists and said:
"The last general is Cao Junye, the thief of Wuyuan County, but he was loved by the governor of the old county and entrusted with Wuyuan County's military affairs, so he has been in charge of Wuyuan County's soldiers and horses!"

"what!"

Ding Yuan was taken aback, he didn't expect such a fierce general to be just a county bandit Cao Chuan?

"What a shame!"

Ding Yuan shook his head and sighed, saying:
"It's a pity, a pity, a pity!"

"To protect the environment and the people, and to protect my hometown, it is enough to make a wish, and I dare not have such extravagant hopes!"

Lu Bu clasped his fists and said.

"A man stands between the heaven and the earth. He should help the world and contribute to the country. Why did Feng Xian make such short-sighted remarks?"

Hearing this, Ding Yuan expressed his displeasure and reprimanded him.

"This……!"

Facing Ding Yuan's reprimand, Lu Bu was embarrassed, and finally sighed.

"Feng Xian has something to hide?"

Ding Yuan saw something and asked immediately.

"Don't lie to me!"

Lu Bu cupped his fists again and said:
"Bu also has the idea of ​​helping the world, but he was born in a poor family, and the family has no money, so he can't sit in a high position!"

"I see!"

Ding Yuan nodded.

In today's world, family background is valued. Without one, it is difficult to make a difference. He, who is also from a poor family, naturally understands.

In fact, in the early years, it was not impossible for a poor family to stand out. For example, Ding Yuan, because of his repeated military exploits, was valued and promoted by the three princes in the court at that time.

However, in recent years, family background has become more and more important, especially the system of selling officials established by Emperor Han Ling, which kept many people out.

Just imagine, to buy an official, you need to pay ten thousand times the annual salary. How many people can afford it?
Especially those who are clean and honest officials and do not want to harshly exploit the people.

Looking at Lu Bu's handsome face and his well-mannered appearance, Ding Yuan sighed secretly, and at the same time he liked it even more.

"I really like Feng Xian, and I want to adopt him as a righteous son, are you willing?"

Ding Yuan confessed and said directly.

"This……!"

Cursing secretly in his heart, Lu Bu was speechless.

He didn't want to follow the old path of his predecessor's fate.

Not to mention how embarrassing it is to be someone's son, but there is no freedom in doing things just because there is a father on the head!

"I ask you to forgive me!"

Lu Bu clasped his fists and said:

"It's an honor to be loved by your envoy. However, my family comes from the Lu family of Taigong, and we have always been in the same line, so we can't abandon it!"

The meaning of these words is obvious. Brother Jiang is a descendant of Taigong Jiang. Although his parents were from a poor family, his ancestors were also rich, and they belonged to the top-notch family.

Not only that, brother has no brothers and sisters, and is alone, how can he change his family and become someone else's son?
Although Ding Yuan's intention was not to change his surname through adoption, for a family with a single blood lineage, he couldn't easily recognize his adoptive father.

"what!"

Ding Yuan opened his mouth, but finally remained silent.

He deliberately said that he was just a adopted son, and he didn't change his surname, so it didn't matter.

But when Lu Bu said this, he actually declined it tactfully, so he naturally couldn't bring it up again.

As for what Lu Bu said about the descendants of the grandpa, he didn't take it to heart at all.

Is it interesting to talk about the ancestors of thousands of years ago?

The old man is still a descendant of Yan and Huang, what about the descendants of Fuxi and Nuwa, have you ever said that?

Having said that, the scene was inevitably a little awkward. For a while, Ding Yuan and Lu Bu didn't know what to say.

Sensing this atmosphere, Lu Bu glanced at Zhang Liao indiscriminately.

Zhang Liao immediately cupped his fists to Ding Yuan and said:
"Emissary Ding, more than three years ago, the people of Jiuyuan collectively petitioned the former governor, Emissary Zhang, to entrust General Lu as the governor of Wuyuan County. The court has never followed up. I don't know how the situation is now?"

Naturally, Lu Bu had explained this sentence to Zhang Liao before coming here.

Back then, Zhang Yi refused the people's request for orders, but Zhang Yi did not tell the outside world, and he did not explicitly refuse at that time.

After all, he just asked Lu Bu to 'keep his duty, stop boasting and grandstanding'.

This is not a clear rejection, is it?
Didn't say it after all, for example, clearly stated 'the common people beg for life is useless', or 'the invalid common people beg for life', right?

No outsiders were present at the time, and Zhang Yi didn't tell anyone. Now that he's dead, the only ones who know about it are Lu Bu and Ju Yuan.

Therefore, Lu Bu brought up the old matter again, pretending not to know about Zhang Yi's refusal, and asked Ding Yuan about it.

"Oh? Is there such a thing?"

Sure enough, Ding Yuan had never heard of this, and looked at Lu Bu with a surprised expression on his face.

"This……!"

Lu Bu looked embarrassed, bowed his hands to Ding Yuan, and said embarrassedly:

"Shijun Mo listened to Wenyuan's nonsense, it was just an old incident more than three years ago, don't worry about it!"

After finishing speaking, he glared at Zhang Liao and reprimanded:

"The imperial court has its own judgment on this matter, whichever round you and I get to talk about, don't hesitate to back down!"

Zhang Liao hurriedly backed away, but the expression of displeasure was obvious on his face.

"The old man has indeed never heard of this matter. Fengxian, can you tell me in detail?"

Seeing this, Ding Yuan became very curious, and asked Lu Bu quickly.

It is not an easy matter for the people to ask for their orders. It is impossible to happen if it is not supported by the local people.

If there are people asking for orders, the imperial court will definitely pay attention to it in every possible way, and it is impossible to turn a blind eye.

Moreover, in this day and age, it is not so easy to cheat.

People in the world value promises, trustworthiness, and strictly abide by sentiments, which are not comparable to those of the later generations who talk about it.

Therefore, Ding Yuan didn't think about that.

Of course, in fact, Lu Bu did not cheat.

At the beginning, although it was Juyuan who encouraged the people of Jiuyuan, the people of Jiuyuan really hoped that Lu Bu would be the governor.

An invincible 'flying general' as the frontier sheriff will naturally protect the border and the people, so that the barbarians dare not cross the border.

"This……!"

Lu Bu was in a dilemma.

But in the end, apart from what Zhang Yi scolded, he still told Ding Yuan everything about the request for orders from the people of Jiuyuan.

Finally said:
"My population in Jiuyuan is small, and people who can read and write are even rarer. I can't gather ten thousand people to ask for orders, and even a thousand people can't reach it!"

"Perhaps it is because the number of people requesting orders is not enough, so the court doesn't pay much attention to it!"

"No reason!"

Ding Yuan was furious after hearing this, and he clapped the case and said:

"Back then, Feng Xian used [-] to defeat [-] horsemen, and even chased into the depths of the grassland, chasing and killing them for thousands of miles. He made such great military exploits, and Zhang Shishi turned a blind eye to it?"

He has been in the officialdom for a long time, and he understands the reason after just a rough listen.

It must be that Zhang Yi didn't pay much attention to Lu Bu because he came from a poor family, and even turned a blind eye to Lu Bu's military exploits, treating it as a fraud.

Therefore, Zhang Yi must have withheld the letter of petition from the common people of Jiuyuan and did not report it to the Luoyang court.

"Relax first!"

Ding Yuan turned to Lu Bu and said:
"This old man will definitely report this to the imperial court, in order to honor his past military exploits. In addition to helping this old man defeat the enemy today, the position of the governor of Wuyuan County is within easy reach!"

"Please trouble Mr. Ding, I will be ashamed at the end!"

Lu Bu stopped pretending, got up immediately, and bowed down to Ding Yuan.

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