Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Chapter 27 Ambition
In the early morning, the sun climbed into the blue sky, sprinkled the light on the top of the mountain, and slowly covered the dark mountain with a cloak of brilliance.The wind on the top of the mountain is getting colder in this season, blowing on the face is like cutting with a knife, and it hurts the face.

After finishing his morning exercise, Lu Bu stopped his posture and stood still with white gas on his head. He picked up a dry cloth hanging on the side to wipe off the sweat on his face.

Yesterday he went to Shenjiazhuang and didn't return until it was almost at night. After sleeping for only two or three hours, he didn't feel very tired. Instead, he woke up in the morning with indescribable energy, probably he had a goal.

Lu Bu believed so.

Seeing that it was not early, Lu Bu picked up Fang Tianji, walked down the mountain road, and went straight back to the village.

"My brother got up early." Deng Fei also got up at this time, rinsing his mouth with a bowl of water, and brushing his teeth with a brush dipped in tooth powder.

It is said that the teeth brush was originally made of horsetail, more than an inch long, and it was mostly placed on the horns of the cow. However, the Song Dynasty was short of horses, so pig hair was used instead. The tooth powder is made of various traditional Chinese medicines, which can clean the breath.

This is also one of the most thoughtful things that Lu Bu felt when he came to this era. After all, in his era, he just rinsed his mouth with tea and removed food residue between his teeth. How could this thing be useful.

"Get up, brother." Lu Bu greeted, put the things into the house now, and cleaned his mouth with one hand and the other like Deng Fei.

"Brother, the statistics of yesterday's income are out." Deng Fei had finished his work at this time, put down his bowl and said, "A total of 1 copper coins, [-] silver taels and [-] shi grains."

"puff--"

Lu Bu spit out the water in his mouth: "It's not as good as the Gao family."

"According to the servants, the Shen family seems to have sent out a lot of money and food before." Deng Fei frowned and said, "Old man Shen only asks a few teachers from the county to pull the money and food away every time. It's a pity Whereabouts no one knows."

"It doesn't matter." Lu Bu put the toothbrush into his mouth, and said vaguely, "It's not ours, who cares who he gives it to."

Deng Fei nodded: "What brother said is true, but the biggest harvest yesterday was that there were more than 30 dealers willing to join us. It turns out that the charity of distributing food to others is the easiest to win people's hearts."

"All arranged?" Lu Bu muttered vaguely.

Deng Fei patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, brother, it has been arranged. Now the old brother is leading me to learn horse riding and practice martial arts. They are all strong young men. After practicing for a month, they will be able to use it when they see the blood. .”

Lu Bu nodded, but sighed in his heart, it seems that the soldiers trained in this way are only at the level of rural soldiers, if Gao Shun was here...

It's that a certain is greedy, but if he settles down in the future, he will train a cavalry by himself for driving.

Lu Bu finished brushing his teeth, rinsed his mouth, and said to Deng Fei: "Brother Deng Fei, after dinner, you can ask Brother Qiao Lie to come over for some advice."

Deng Fei nodded yes, he only guessed what was going on in his heart, after all, he didn't have a clue, so he didn't think about it.

Nearly three o'clock, everyone woke up one by one, and after breakfast, Qiao Lie came to Lu Bu's door, knocked on the door and entered.

"Brother, Brother Deng Fei said that you are looking for a poor way?"

Lu Bu looked up to see Qiao Lie coming in, and pointed at the chair: "Brother is here, sit down."

Qiao Lie saw that he walked into the house and sat down on the chair: "I don't know what's the matter with brother?"

Lu Bu closed the Warring States policy in his hand, walked over and sat down opposite Qiao Lie and said, "A small matter, I wonder if brother has any plans for the future?"

Hearing this, Qiao Lie's mind changed. In the past few days, Lu Bu's subordinates have successively joined Fei Zhen, Xue Can, and E Quanzhong. The first two are his old friends. He really chose the wrong place and couldn't find a way out. Sometimes I thought that Lu Bu is a person who is used to giving favors to others, and everyone in the Majia Village received his favors. Deng Fei said that he also distributed money to the tenants when he smashed the kiln for the first time. its matter.And he sympathized with the weak, even if he was betrayed by the villagers, he didn't vent his anger, which shows his benevolence.According to Xiao Haili, Lu Bu was once surrounded by officers and soldiers because of his comrades, he had already broken out of the siege but he went back to save others, this incident can be called extraordinary loyalty.And all the way back to the north, as the leader charged forward, as far as he saw, he was indeed a man of unparalleled courage, so after thinking about it, he recommended Lu Bu to the two, and the two also worshiped him as their elder brother.

Later, when the E Quanzhong incident broke out, Lu Bu didn't say he was helping, but he did so. This also convinced him once again that this person is a good man who can be associated with.

They are all gangsters, who have long since disbelieved in the meaning of righteousness, and will never hesitate to die. Although there are such people, there are more heroes in the rivers and lakes who have given their brothers the step of advancement. In Qiao Lie's view, It is the normal state of the world to agree to turn around and sell you to your face. People like Lu Bu who don't say anything but help you wholeheartedly are an outlier, so they seem to be commendable.

No matter how you say it, Lu Bu took over the most important typing in the green forest. Although his reputation is not obvious at the moment, as time goes by, with the help of many people, this reputation will definitely spread.

As for Yu Lulin, another important aspect of human relations, although this Lu Bu may not be doing well, he is a man who can listen to people's words, and he listened to what he said several times.

Qiao Lie's thoughts turned, and he thought to himself: people are not grass and trees, who can be ruthless, so many days of getting along, let the poor Taoist leave here and find another place but he is not willing, that's all, let's fall grass, follow the Daoist's instructions Temperament, concealment is also a matter of one day at a time.

He was originally a decisive character, wanted to make up his mind, stood up immediately and said: "From now on, Poor Dao is willing to follow my elder brother, and there will be no difference between water and fire in the future."

Lu Bu was taken aback when he heard the words, he didn't mean to ask Qiao Lie about his personal plans, but this was a happy event, so he laughed and said: "It's a good fortune to have a virtuous brother to help me, and I hope my virtuous brother will help me a lot in the future."

Qiao Lie smiled and said, "Dare not to obey."

Sitting down again, the two felt that they were getting closer to each other. As far as Lu Bu was concerned, this brother was quite capable, but he was rarely willing to use his brains. He was a talent that was urgently needed for him, but he had been unwilling to serve him. People are anxious.

As far as Qiao Lie is concerned, this journey is accompanied by two brothers. Although the two brothers are older and younger, their identities are still separated by a layer, especially when Ma Ling joins the group face to face, and then Fei and Xue agree with each other. The parties involved were indeed a little embarrassed.

At this time, one of them was anxious and the other was completely free of embarrassment. They couldn't help but looked at each other and smiled again.

In the end it was Lu Bu who was more anxious, so he said, "Brother, we are a family now, and I can't make up my mind about something, can you explain it to me?"

Seeing this, Qiao Lie hurriedly said: "Brother, please tell me, my younger brother knows everything."

Lu Bu thought about it, and felt that he couldn't ask what his future plans were in the original words, otherwise the two of them would be embarrassed again, which would be unattractive, so he said: "I told my brother before that I want to stay in Liaodi after leaving Liao." Da Song looks around."

Qiao Lie nodded, Lu Bu had indeed told him before.

"However, now there are three more brothers, Fei, Xue and E Quanzhong, who are willing to entrust their wealth and life to a certain person. A certain person is thinking about whether they should first occupy a place with a treasure of geomantic omen to find a place for all the brothers to settle down." Lu Bu pointed and touched it with his fingers. Hard stubble on the chin: "Brother, what do you care about?"

Qiao Lie narrowed his eyes slightly, because he wanted to care about the future development of the gang. After thinking for a while, he said, "Before this, I don't know what my brother's ambition is? I hope I can tell the poor."

Lu Bu was slightly taken aback, lost in thought.

Ambition, if it is in the previous life, it should be famous in the world, and its achievements will cover the world.The former did it, but the reputation was mixed. From what he heard and saw now, he might have even more notoriety, but Lu Bu didn't care too much. Would he be afraid of people talking about his merits and demerits?Moreover, he has finally reached the realm where no one in the world knows the king.As for the latter, he was on the brink of failure, losing to Cao Amana, and even his life was lost.

Now...

The experience of the Han Chinese in Liao Kingdom in his mind, and the picture of the Han Chinese being bullied by the Khitan nobles deep in his memory, made him, who was born on the frontier of the Han Dynasty, feel inexplicably sad and indignant.

The division of the Liao and Song territories on the map yesterday also gave him an understanding of the territory of the Song Dynasty for the first time. The loss of that large area of ​​the old land of the Han family was particularly dazzling in his eyes. There was a roar of anger in his chest, and the responsibility of being a great man kept roaring in his mind.

Lu Bu raised his head slowly, looked at Qiao Lie squarely, and said in a sonorous metallic voice with firm will, "Someone wants to restore the territory of my Han family."

Qiao Lie was stunned, his eyes widened. He had thought about many answers, whether he established a stronghold to dominate one side, or murdered and set fire to be recruited, or dominated one side to be happy and happy. At that time, he had an idea to give suggestions, except I thought that Lu Bu would have such words.

It's just that it sounds bigger and more powerful than the former!

Seeing that Qiao Lie's lips moved without words, Lu Bu asked, "Didn't my virtuous brother think that someone is teasing you?"

Shaking his head, he said: "This is indeed what a certain person is thinking, there is absolutely no joke."

After sitting in a daze for a while, Qiao Lie smiled wryly: "My brother has great ambitions, but... is it true that my brother is planning to join the court?"

Lu Bu didn't answer either, but said blankly, "How long has it been since the founding of the Song Dynasty?"

Qiao Lie counted silently, stretched out his hand and counted with his hands: "From Taizu of this dynasty, after Taizong, Zhenzong, Renzong, Yingzong, Shenzong, Zhezong to the official family of this dynasty, it has been about 50 to [-] years. "

Lu Bu sneered, his voice suppressed: "Eight emperors, failed to take back the land of our Han family for 150 years, and still want to be loyal to him? So, ashamed to be with him."

Qiao Lie opened his mouth and thought for a long time: "Then brother is planning to rebel?"

According to his thinking, if he didn't want to join the imperial court, he would definitely have to fight against the imperial court, so it was feasible, but the final success or failure was hard to say.

"The timing is not right. There is no condition to separate lands and borders at this time." Lu Bu shook his head. He is a person who has experienced troubled times and has his own way of judging the situation. The states and counties obeyed the orders of the imperial court, and this was not the time for riots.

Lu Bu's words made Qiao Lie a little confused, and he smiled wryly, "If you say so, how do you plan to do it, brother?"

"I don't know." Lu Bu shook his head, stopped suddenly, and then smiled: "But I think too far for my brother, brother, don't worry about this matter, just worry about a certain way out. There is still a way to go. Take one step at a time."

Qiao Lie also smiled shyly. He was disturbed when he heard this at the first time, and unconsciously thought about it, it really shouldn't be.But it's also the fault of people like him, it's easy to think too much, but even so, he, Lu Bu, can really say that he has never heard of it just now?
Immediately said: "Since that's the case, I'll find a good place first."

Lu Bu opened the "Warring States Policy" in front of him, took out the geomancy map obtained yesterday, spread it out on the table, and said: "Yes, this is obtained from the Shen family yesterday, and I am really not familiar with the Song Dynasty. It should teach me something.”

Qiao Lie nodded and looked carefully when he heard the words, and couldn't help being surprised when he saw the name of the drafter: "Xu Guanzhong? Is it him?"

"Xiandi knows this person?" Lu Bu gave him a strange look.

"Pindao once heard about this man in a brothel when he visited the Daming Mansion in the past. He said that he was a genius. He was proficient in everything in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and he was also proficient in foreign language. The flower girls there were also proud to get a song by him." .”

Lu Bu smiled slightly: "He is a wonderful person."

Qiao Lie also smiled: "What my brother said is that I should go to Daming Mansion when I have time. There are indeed many wonderful people in the brothel there."

The two looked at each other with a smile that a man could understand, and then looked down at the map.

After a while, Qiao Lie said something.

(End of this chapter)