I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 48
Ju Longku, the envoy of the Huns, did not expect that Liu Jian would bet so simply that Lu Bu would win, and he bet so firmly.

Logically speaking, today's banquet is Dong Zhuo's place, and the banquet is Dong Zhuo's banquet. He is the host, and he was led by Lu Bu's team to disturb the interest in rewarding him. Seeing Lu Bu happily leaving with the goods, Naturally, Dong Zhuo felt uncomfortable, and it was normal to use some tricks to make things difficult for Lu Bu and find his psychological balance.

Even he, a Hun, can understand things, why is it that Liu Dayingjie, who made the first contribution, is the first to stand up and speak for Lu Bu?

Didn't he see that Dong Gong seemed to be deliberately embarrassing the other party?
Afterwards, Julong Cave became clear.

According to the Han people, this kid is a brave man!
Thinking of this, the Hun envoy glanced sideways at Dong Zhuo.

Seeing Dong Zhuo's expressionless face, neither joy nor anger, Ju Longku changed his mind and said: "Mr. Liu didn't ask what the gift our Da Shanyu gave Dong Shijun was? How dare you bet against me? Isn't it a bit strange?" Too big? Is it possible that this is what you Han people call being brave and without plan?"

After finishing speaking, all the Huns laughed wantonly.

Dong Zhuo frowned slightly after hearing this.

Even if you drink hard, you shouldn't deliberately belittle my guests in front of Dong Mou!
The Huns in Meiji are so rude!
After waiting for Julongku to finish speaking, Liu Jian replied calmly:

"The gambling between me and the envoy is just for the fun of the game. Why bother to get involved in other things? I am a big man who has never been rigid in his actions. I have recognized a truth. One touch!"

"The demeanor of the celestial dynasty should be like this. It is our true nature to be fearless. It is our integrity to do what we say. Winning or losing in a bet is second. How can the last branch of a strong man be able to speculate and ridicule? Right, Fang Bo?"

"it is good!"

When the words fell, Gao Shun, who had been silent all this time, suddenly praised him.

After Julongku heard this, his face turned red, and he felt ashamed.

Dong Zhuo just smiled lightly and didn't answer.

After all, the Huns are also his guests, and he is not a good master.

But he praised in his heart: some pride!I didn't miss it!
Dong Zhuo clapped his hands immediately, and saw his sergeants driving an ox cart.

There was a wide wooden cage behind the bullock cart, and what was locked in it was a snow leopard that opened its teeth and claws and roared in a low voice.

The beast's eyes faintly emitted a green light in the dark night, making it particularly creepy.

For a while, all the sergeants around were a little sober, whispering to each other, and couldn't help but sweat for Na Lu Bu.

Julongku wanted to flatter Dong Zhuo, but he didn't want to be choked by Liu Jian, so he was very depressed.

Now seeing the snow leopard presented by our side, I am a little proud again, and said: "This is a wilderness white leopard that fifteen hunters of our department took painstaking efforts to catch. Today we celebrate the big Han's victory over Xianbei, and it is specially dedicated to Dong Fangbo's play. for."

Everyone knows that tigers and leopards are ferocious. People in the Han Dynasty had the habit of raising wild beasts in captivity, and there was also a precedent for fighting them with strength.

It is rumored that Liu Xu, the son of Emperor Wu Liu Che, the king of Guangling, once fought with bears, wild boars and other wild animals with his bare hands, and he was proud of it.

But this kind of desperate stupidity is still a minority after all, and most normal people are not willing to take this risk.

Dong Zhuo leaned his body forward, and said with a smile: "Leader Lu, just now your Sima said that you have the ability to pierce Yang with a hundred steps, and the power to kill bears and tigers. Since you have such a unique skill, you should open your eyes to this old man. Bears, tigers and beasts The old man doesn’t have it, but the leopard does have one, since you have courage, why don’t you show off your skills in front of the soldiers of the three armies?”

Lu Bu was sullen and didn't speak.

For a while, the venue fell into an extremely embarrassing situation.

Seeing that Lu Bu didn't reply, the Hun envoy thought he was afraid, and was even more proud. He shouted to Liu Jian, "Liu Canjun, do you still want to bet with us?"

Liu Jian did not retreat at all, and said loudly: "Bet! Why not bet? I will bet that the son of my Han army will win! I will bet fifty gold on you in this game! If you lose, all fifty gold will be given to you!" Go! No regrets."

After that, Liu Jian turned his head and looked around at the generals in Bingzhou, and said: "I am a hero, like a carp crossing the river, I don't know how many people are there. How can I be afraid of a beast? Boys, you dare to bet or not!"

"bet!"

"bet!"

"bet!"

For a moment, the morale of the soldiers of the three armies was high, and they all shouted in response.

Zhang Fei also shouted "gambling", came behind Liu Jian, and asked in a low voice: "Brother, don't we have fifty gold?"

"It's okay. If you lose, ask Dong Zhuo to borrow it. I guess he won't be too embarrassed to ask us later."

Julongku was so angry that Liu Jian had a toothache, but now that things have come to this, he had no choice but to drive the ducks to the shelves.

Julongku took a deep breath and said, "I, I don't have fifty gold..."

Saying this sentence made everyone present laugh out loud.

Even Dong Zhuo couldn't hold back his laughter.

Zhang Fei whispered behind Liu Jian: "Brother, you see how real the Huns are, and then look at you..."

"but!"

The Huns suddenly said loudly: "I have another rare treasure here. It was originally traded with Mobei Nu before I came here this time. I want to go back and dedicate it to our Kunlun God! If you win, I will give this treasure to you!" The treasure is for you!"

Liu Jian also wants to be empty-handed white wolves, so he doesn't care about his so-called treasures.

"It's up to you."

After finishing speaking, Liu Jian turned to look at Lu Bu, and said solemnly: "I don't know whether what the Sima of your county said is true or not, and I don't know whether my subordinates are really capable of fighting bears and tigers, but I want to bet that I, as a Han army Zepao , since I should say that our warriors of the Han army will surely win, even if we know that we have lost, we must say that the king will win! Can you understand what I mean?"

Hearing this, Lu Bu couldn't help but feel his blood boil, and he cupped his hands and said, "Thanks to joining the army, I will do my best!"

Liu Jian turned around, filled a cup of wine in the goblet, and said loudly:

"Only heroes drive tigers and leopards away, and there are no heroes who are afraid of bears! You are a mere snow leopard, and the team will deal with it at its own discretion!"

In a word, not only Lu Bu, but everyone present could not help but be moved by this.

Either Liu Jian doesn't speak, but when he speaks, he is really arrogant.

Lu Bu laughed loudly: "It's just a beast, why drink alcohol if you want to kill it? Put down the wine, come and go as soon as you go!"

After that, he turned and walked towards the cage.

Everyone was amazed.

Although Lu Bu was tall and mighty, if he fought against a snow leopard alone, even if he won, he would be scratched and covered in scars, and eventually died of his wounds.

In this day and age, tetanus is not a joke, and no one dares to get injured easily, because there is really no medicine.

Lu Bu clasped his fists at Liu Jian as a signal, then strode to the cage and shouted, "Open!"

Immediately, a soldier nearby sent a broken blade for Lu Bu to use.

Lu Bu didn't answer it, but said with bare hands, "Open!"

This time, Rao Dong Zhuo couldn't help but change his face.

The Xiongnu envoy and Dong Zhuo just wanted to see Lv Bu make fun of him, but they didn't want him to be so confident and imposing that he only needed to fight beasts with his bare hands.

At this time, Dong Zhuo was already vigilant in his heart, thinking to himself, could this person really be the enemy of ten thousand people?
Next to it, a circle of soldiers with long halberds and nooses formed a circle, trapped the beast cart to death, and another veteran beast driver got on the cart and carefully opened the lock, and then quickly retreated to the side.

The snow leopard seemed to feel the looseness of the gate, and then tentatively pushed the top gate with the leopard's head. The door swung open with the slight force of the beast, and the snow leopard was about to jump in when it saw it.

But at this time, Lu Bu suddenly jumped into the car, and without waiting for the snow leopard to rush out, he rushed directly into the fence facing the beast.

He couldn't react to the leopard in time, he hugged tightly, and locked the snow leopard's throat tightly with his thick elbow.

According to normal reasoning, no matter how brave Lu Bu is, it would be unrealistic to fight beasts without weapons at hand.

It's just that although this leopard is a beast, it's still a half-sized leopard. It's not yet fully grown, and it's been a while since it was imprisoned. It's fed on time every day. At this time, it doesn't feel hungry, and it has been in contact with people for a long time. Out of fighting spirit, he opened the gate suddenly, but Lu Bu suddenly took advantage of the loophole when he couldn't react for a while.

The onlookers couldn't help applauding!
But Dong Zhuo and Julongku's faces were ashen.

It cost a lot of money!

Beast, you should show some mercy!

Although the snow leopard also tried to fight back against Lu Bu with its tail and paws, but Lu Bu was powerful and premeditated, he had already figured out his posture, but he didn't give the beast a chance to react.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

Time passed by little by little, the roar inside the cage was loud, everyone outside the cage held their breath, and no one moved their eyes away.

Not long after, the trapped beast was strangled to death by Lu Bu, and died of exhaustion.

Lu Bu's wrinkled arm was also scratched by a leopard, but he was also wearing plate armor. The wound was not deep, but it was not serious.

A moment later, there was a burst of loud cheers from Bingzhou sergeants in Fang's auditorium!
"Courage!" "Courage!" "Courage!"

"Warrior!"

"Warrior!"

Dong Zhuo could already see that Lu Bu was extraordinary.

He didn't hold back any more, stood up quickly, first asked the others for Lu Bu's name, then ordered someone to immediately prepare a tray of brocade money, and then he personally carried the tray, drank away the surrounding audience, and came in front of Lu Bu.

"Feng Xian is truly a man of dragons and tigers! There are such heroes in the Han army, and I am so relieved! What I said just now is all for fun, so don't worry about Feng Xian!"

After finishing speaking, he handed the tray to Lu Bu, and said with a smile, "It's a reward! I reward it to the Warriors of the Five Plains!!"

Lu Bu was overjoyed when he saw this generous reward.

He knelt on one knee and said, "The last official thanked the emissary for the reward!"

Zhang Fei was quite unhappy looking at it from the sidelines, and said to Liu Jian: "Brother, just now, whether it is Dong Zhuo or the Huns, they all humiliated and despised Lu Bu. Only brother dared to stand up and speak for him! Now Dong Zhuo's expression changed If you find a good man and reward him with money, he will forget the humiliation and hatred just now, and instead kneel down to thank you! What is this!"

Liu Jian gently shook the wine cup in his hand, and said with a smile, "It's also a pity."

"Ah? What kind of embarrassment is there?"

"Okay, brother, don't worry too much about other things, some things we follow our heart, what other people do has nothing to do with us."

At this moment, Lu Bu walked up to Liu Jian again, picked up the wine that Liu Jian had poured for him just now, and drank it with his head raised.

"Thank you for joining the army and speaking for someone just now. This kindness and virtue will never be forgotten by Bu!"

Zhang Fei hummed softly beside him, without even looking at Lu Bu.

But Liu Jian said with a smile: "It's a trivial matter, nothing to worry about."

The banquet that followed turned back to Dong Zhuo's show alone until the banquet ended.

After the banquet, Dong Zhuo invited Liu Jian and others to stay overnight in his barracks, saying that he wanted to have a detailed talk with Liu Jian all night to reminisce about old feelings.

Liu Jian declined Dong Zhuo's kindness, claiming that there were still some matters to be dealt with in his own barracks tomorrow, so he would not delay here.

He didn't want to fall asleep with Dong Zhuo.

As for the Huns envoy, Julongku, with a listless look on his face, he promised that Liu Jian would send someone to send the treasure to his barracks tomorrow.

Liu Jian didn't care.

Dong Zhuo knew Liu Jian's purpose of coming here today, mainly to introduce Zhang Fei to himself and ask him to take care of him on his behalf.

He patted his chest and assured Liu Jian that before the end of Bingzhou's last half-year term, he would definitely find a way to help Zhang Fei go up to the next level of operation, that is, a Sima who was more than a thousand stones, but that's all at most.

If Zhang Fei wants to be promoted again in the future, it will have to depend on Zhang Fei's own ability.

Dong Zhuo dared to say this, and Liu Jian reckoned that he would be able to honor it, because he could feel that Dong Zhuo had a heart for making friends with him, and he would not deceive him about this matter.

In this way, Zhang Fei can rest assured about his future in Bingzhou in the short term.

He has to rush back to Zhuo County in the next few days to prepare for the matter of filial piety.

……

After bidding farewell to Dong Zhuo, Liu Jian and others walked towards their Tunqu, when they suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes behind them.

At first Liu Jian thought it was Dong Zhuo chasing him for something, but after a closer look, he found out that it was Lu Bu and Gao Shun.

Lu Bu rode up to Liu Jian, got off his horse, and came to Liu Jian with Gao Shun.

"Liu Canjun, Bute thanked the army for the past, and just now he was rewarded by Fang Bo, and he had no time to take care of joining the army. I am really ashamed, please join the army, don't blame me."

Liu Jian smiled when he heard this.

Lu Bu, how should I put it?

Although it was the first time we met, Liu Jian was able to come out through a series of things just now. He is indeed very utilitarian, he values ​​benefits more, and he is also a person who can show himself.

But it cannot be completely denied, there is indeed a bit of boldness in the utilitarianism.

Zhang Fei saw Lv Bu knelt down and flattered him after being rewarded by Dong Zhuo, and he disdained him for being a human being.

But Liu Jian felt that Lu Bu was compared with Dong Zhuo, and even compared with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao or himself, what was wrong with him?
People living in the world, to put it bluntly, are chasing something, that is, living for chasing resources.

Food is a resource, water is a resource, land is a resource, status is a resource, fame is a resource, and official position is a resource.

Including the ancient scriptures and modern scriptures that are sought after by the complete gentry, is it not a resource of another situation?

Everyone is for themselves, no one is a real saint.

The prosperity of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. In the competition for interests, no one is truly noble.

(End of this chapter)