Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Chapter 71 Having you is truly my blessing

Judging from Jia Xu's past performance, it can only be said to be at a mediocre level. Even if he is appointed by Niu Fu to work in the auxiliary army, he is guaranteed to do well every time.

If we describe it in terms of exams, then Jia Xu is a typical player who can accurately score fifty points every time.

There is nothing wrong with Niu Fu, but there is nothing worthy of attention or praise.

Therefore, it was really hard for Jia Xu to understand that he, who had behaved so mediocrely, was actually targeted by Li Ji, and even went to such great lengths to get him to help Liu Bei.

Hearing this, Li Ji was speechless for a moment.

After all, the highlight of Jia Xu's ability comes entirely from the future that has not happened yet, but now Jia Xu has not shown any outstanding ability.

However, Li Ji said with a smile on his face.

"Basically, Wenhe is definitely not one of those people who is pedantic about benevolence and morality. He is unscrupulous in his actions and has a ruthless and tenacious nature. However, the Lord's character is too benevolent and may be controlled by others due to his character in the future. Therefore, Wenhe's assistance is needed. also."

After hearing this, Jia Xu's gentle and gentlemanly expression darkened.

Li Ji said it nicely, but in fact he was completely commenting on Jia Xu's determination to do things without any lower limit. Just when dealing with some people or things that are not easy to deal with with benevolence, Jia Xu can make up for this. defect.

If Jia Xu could hear Li Ji's voice, then Li Ji would have one sentence in his mind: Lord Rende, this matter is difficult to handle, so please don't do it. Let's go out for a walk and relax, and then secretly close the door and let Jia Xu go.

Then, even though Jia Xu did something that was against benevolence and was harshly punished by Liu Bei afterwards, Li Ji tried to dissuade and comfort him, considering the relationship between Jia Xu and Li Ji.

With Liu Bei's character of attaching great importance to love and justice, how could he really ignore Li Ji's feelings and kill Jia Xu?
  Naturally, the only choice is to forgive Jia Xu and warn him again, "Don't do this next time."

However, Jia Xu naturally didn't know Li Ji's plan at this moment, so he sarcastically said.

"I think Zikun is not a kind person, and he may not care more about benevolence, justice and morality than I do."

"Ji, you can be kind."

Li Ji replied with a smile.

After all, Liu Bei's character dictates that the mainstream ethos of his group must be benevolence. So since Li Ji wants to become the leader of Liu Bei's subordinates, his behavior must not be completely inconsistent.

Otherwise, either Li Ji will have many conflicts with other civil servants and generals, or there will be many conflicts between Li Ji and Liu Bei.

For example, no matter how powerful the "human killer" Bai Qi is, he will probably not be reused under Liu Bei. This is a matter of compatibility.

The same is true for Jia Xu. Jia Xu's character is destined that he will never truly become the head of the civil servants under Liu Bei no matter what.

However, Jia Xu's biggest pursuit was not high officialdom and high salary, so this level of contradiction did not bother Li Ji.

"Wen He doesn't need to worry too much, and he will understand if he spends more time with his lord."

Li Ji patted Jia Xu on the shoulder and said. "From now on, we can be regarded as colleagues. I would also like to ask Wen He for more advice. I would be very grateful."

"I am really lucky to have you as my colleague." Jia Xupi replied with a smile.

"Don't Wen He think that you and I are acquaintances of Boya and Zhong Ziqi, and we are actually close friends?" Li Ji said.

"Zhong Ziqi won't think about when to take Bo Ya's head. If I turn around and leave, I'm afraid Zikun won't spare my life, right?"

"How can they be the same?"

Li Ji said matter-of-factly.

"It is precisely because I know Wen He's heart that I will use this method to keep Wen He. Even if I can't win Wen He's heart, I still want to keep Wen He first."

As Li Ji spoke, he still had no intention of handing over the bloody book and cloth.

After all, if he wanted to kill Jia Xu at any time, all he had to do was forge a blood letter from an infant with inconsistent handwriting, and he could reasonably kill Jia Xu at any time.

This kind of thing is useful to keep.

People like Jia Xu, who appear to be gentlemen but actually act with no bottom line, need a little deterrence at all times.

A gentleman can bully him, but a villain needs to control his life.

Jia Xu narrowed his eyes slightly and said. "Don't forget, I also know the details of how Zikun forged the name of the Li family in Longxi. If this matter is publicized, Zikun will be despised by the world."

Li Ji chuckled lightly and replied.

"Isn't this the guarantee I gave to Wen He? Teaching Wen He can be at ease."

In fact, Li Ji didn't know that this was a clue. In this era when aristocratic families had the majority of the say, if Li Ji pretended to be someone from other aristocratic families, he would be despised by all the aristocratic families in the world.

For the sake of safety, Li Ji could just make up his own origin in Wu County.

With Li Ji's right to speak under Liu Bei, he could completely hide this from anyone, but Li Ji still chose to let Jia Xu know about it and participate in it.

The purpose is to make Jia Xu feel at ease.

If only one party has the handle, it will make people panic, but both parties need the other's handle. This is often a relationship that is much stronger than interests.

Moreover, the relationship between Li Ji and Jia Xu will also allow Jia Xu to display his abilities safely under Liu Bei in the future without having to worry about acting too viciously and being disgusted and spurned by Liu Bei.

After this conversation, Jia Xu's face still seemed displeased, but in fact he had basically figured out Li Ji's thoughts, and he couldn't help but feel that Li Ji was really my close friend.

Li Ji not only considered every aspect for Liu Bei, but also provided various guarantees for Jia Xu to demonstrate his abilities.

'Li Zikun is even more extraordinary than previously thought...' Jia Xu commented silently in his heart.

'It's a pity that the relationship between me and Zikun is not stable. If I marry my daughter to Zikun, it will be too close...'

Suddenly, Jia Xu thought of something and said.

"Zikun, I think what Mr. Xuande said is quite good. You can consider it."

"What?" Li Ji didn't react for a moment.

"You and I have become adopted father and son, and we are of the right age...eh? Zikun, what are you looking for, looking around?" Jia Xu asked with some confusion.

Li Ji replied with an unkind expression. "Let me see if there is a painted halberd by Fang Tian..."

Fang Tian painted a halberd?

Jia Xu didn't understand what he meant, but he roughly understood what Li Ji meant. He was undoubtedly trying to find a handy weapon to stab me to death!

Immediately, Jia Xu, who believed that a gentleman should not stand under dangerous walls, stood up and left without any hesitation, escaping from Li Ji's sight.

Even after Jia Xu left, Li Ji still looked worried. When Zhao Yun came to take Li Ji to the banquet, Li Ji didn't forget to ask.

"Zilong, what do you think about me practicing Fang Tian's painted halberd instead?"

Zhao Yun heard this and replied seriously.

"Mr. Zikun, Fang Tian's painted halberd is mostly a ceremonial object, and very few people use it as a weapon. It includes shoveling, back cutting, horizontal stabbing, downward slashing thrust, diagonal thrust, horizontal slashing, cutting, etc. Various techniques such as through blows, pick blows, and direct cuts are extremely demanding and cannot be mastered by ordinary people."

"Relatively speaking, the sword is a gentleman's weapon, and it is more suitable for Mr. Zikun to practice it to strengthen his body and protect himself."

Li Ji nodded, not forcing it, but he also secretly planned to keep a Fangtian Painted Halberd in the room in the future so that he would not need to use it.

When Lu Bu kills his adoptive father in the future, Jia Xu will be frightened when he sees Fang Tian painting his halberd again and will not dare to mention it again.

When Li Ji arrived at the main hall where the banquet was held, Jia Xu had already arrived and was chatting happily with Liu Bei. After Li Ji and Zhao Yun arrived, Liu Bei announced that the banquet had begun.

Although this was a private banquet hosted by Liu Bei, the standards were far from those of yesterday, but it was more warm and harmonious, and more about the exchange of feelings between each other.

Liu Bei did not have any self-esteem, but often took the initiative to drink with Jia Xu and Zhao Yun.

The only regret is that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have not returned yet, and Xiahou Bo has also returned to Changshan to bring his younger brother Xiahou Lan with him to Wu Commandery.

Originally, both Zhao Yun and Xiahou Bo believed that Xiahoulan had not accomplished much in his studies and was not yet able to serve Liu Bei, so they declined to bring Xiahoulan who was more like a family member.

However, Li Ji believed that just because Xiahou Lan had not accomplished anything in his studies, Xiahou Bo should be the one to discipline him more and supervise his achievements.

Xiahou Bo thought about this again and again, and decided to follow Li Ji's advice and return to Changshan to bring Xiahou Lan with him.

As for Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, none of them are married now, and Gao Tang has also passed away, so naturally they have no family members to speak of.

Naturally, this banquet lasted until nightfall, and everyone present had enough wine and food before they dispersed to rest.

But before Li Ji returned to his room to rest and fall asleep, a certain thought flashed through him, and he felt as if he had overlooked something small.

However, under the surge of drunkenness, Li Ji briefly thought about the arrangements and situations of everyone under Liu Bei's command, and after confirming that there were no problems, he fell asleep peacefully.

……

at the same time.

In another mansion not far from Liu Bei's mansion.

Cao Cao, who was making tea by the stove, had been drinking tea for a whole day. Looking at the hazy night, after confirming that Li Ji could not visit today, he suddenly swept all the stoves and teapots in front of him to the ground.

"Oh!"

"Somebody come!"

Cao Cao shouted.

"Brother."

After taking turns drinking tea with Cao Cao for a long time, Xiahou Dun and Xia Houyuan, who were so drunk, were hiding in a corner, but then they hurriedly came out.

Cao Cao said with a gloomy expression. "Go and ask me about what's going on in Liu Da'er's mansion today."

"Yes, brother."

Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan looked at each other, and immediately understood the reason for Cao Cao's anger, and quickly went down to arrange for people to inquire.

Soon, the news spread back to Cao Cao's ears.

After learning that Liu Bei was hosting a banquet in his mansion to entertain his subordinates for most of the day today, Cao Cao said with an angry smile.

"Okay, okay, it seems that Liu Daer still has a certain ability to win people over. He doesn't want Li Zikun to come to visit Yu Cao, so he uses this method to keep Li Zikun in the house."

"Hmph! If you can't get over the mountain, then go to the mountain."

"Yuan Rang, go and send a greeting to Liu Dal'er. I will visit Li Zikun at Liu Dal'er's house tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)