Three Kingdoms

The spring rain was pattering outside the window. In this weather, the originally frozen river slowly melted, and the water in the river gradually began to rise.

The rain came very quickly, and you could hear some pedestrians outside the yard running awkwardly in the rain, stepping on puddles. The maids and maids in the back yard were busy putting away their clothes despite the spring rain. From time to time, small screams came from them. It was not known whether the clothes fell off or someone touched each other.

The window of the study room was open. Although some raindrops drifted closer, Lu Bu didn't care. He just sat in front of the window and looked outside the room, his eyes a little wandering. He didn't know whether he was looking at the sky or the drizzle.

This is the study room. In addition to the desk, there are several bookshelves with some books on them. However, the desk in front of Lu Bu is empty, with no books at all. Lu Bu can recognize some words, and there is no problem with simple writings, etc., but if he needs to calm down and read the classics articles, is this...

Lu Bu did not have much attainment in this area at that time. Although there were some factors that were not easy to obtain such as scriptures, the main reason was due to his own personality. He likes to practice martial arts lively and does not like to sit and read. However, as time goes by, some living habits will not change because of personal preferences.

It's like Lu Bu is sitting in the study now, although there are no books on the desk. In a daze, Lu Bu vaguely remembered that he was running towards forty...

Standing at thirty.

No confusion at forty.

Are you considered established?

It should...well, that should be it, right?

Lu Bu himself was not very sure. Although there seems to be some changes with the addition of General Wei, Zhi Jinwu, and Jie Jie Yue, there seems to be no change.

Are you no longer confused?

Hehe, hehe...

Lu Bu patted the table gently, then stood up, turned around and left the bookstore, and came to the backyard. In the side room of the backyard, Xiaocao exposed half of her body in front of the window, and seemed to be doing some women's work. She was dressed in elegant clothes and had a graceful figure, as if she was a painted picture of a beautiful lady.

As if aware of Lu Bu's gaze, Xiaocao raised her head, looked at Lu Bu, pursed her lips, and smiled slightly. Xiaocai is not a playful and playful person. Even with Lu Bu, she doesn't seem to have any intention of competing for favor. She basically sits quietly like this every day, either doing some female celebrity work or doing other things. Draw some pictures and it seems like you won’t have to go out for the rest of your life...

It can be said that Xiaocao's character and Lu Bu's are completely opposite.

But Lu Bu just liked it.

Do you need a reason to like someone?

Xiaocao has no name, Xiaocao is just her nickname. It turns out that Xiaocao has been called Nvshi and Nvshi before, and she has also been called Qingyi and Diaochan, but Xiaocao doesn't like them. She just wants to be called Xiaocao.

Lu Bu walked over with his hands behind his back, and then stood aside and watched for a while. The two of them didn't speak. They just sat quietly and the other stood.

Xiaocao gave Lu Bu a rather strange feeling. Lu Bu had noticed it when he was still in Chang'an, but now it is more and more obvious. When I was secretly in love with Lu Bu before, as long as Lu Bu liked it, I would do anything, including sex. If I felt that Lu Bu liked him, I would do anything. But on the other hand, he was a pure person. To the extreme, during sex, he is basically unwilling to speak or even make a sound. When he is nervous, he bites his lips desperately and blushes even if he makes a little sound.

After having sex, Xiaocao, who had cleaned Lu Bu and was wearing a thin bellyband or small clothes, was probably used to sleeping sideways holding one of Lu Bu's arms, and she didn't mind Lu Bu kneading her anywhere. Sometimes when Lu Bu turned his head, he could probably see the sleeping Xiaocao with a slight smile on her lips.

This kind of smile is very strange. Well, I can't say it is strange. It just makes Lu Bu feel a rare sense of calm. It seemed to be a very satisfying and happy feeling, which was what made Lu Bu fall in love with Xiaocao even more.

Lu Bu looked at it quietly for a while, but finally couldn't stand still. He stretched out his hand to fiddle with the red frame of Xiaocao Nu, then turned aside to look at the pattern embroidered by Xiaocao, and walked back and forth several times.

"Lang Jun..." Xiaocao stopped what he was doing and looked at Lu Bu.

"Uh, haha," Lu Bu put down the thin silk that was pulled up by his rough hands and scratched his head, "It's okay. I have nothing to do. I just took a look... How about you drink with me?"

"Drink?" Xiaocao stiffened for a moment, as if he was seriously and painfully considering Lu Bu's suggestion.

"Forget it, forget it..." Lu Bu waved his hand. He was just talking out of habit. He knew that Xiaocao's alcohol capacity was almost the same as one cup...

Xiaocao looked at Lu Bu and said, "How about Mr. Lang and his wife go and drink? My wife should be able to drink."

Lu Buba smacked his lips and shook his head. Lu Bu couldn't say he liked or disliked his wife, Mrs. Yan, after all these years. It's just that it would be too boring to have to look at Mrs. Yan's stinky face while drinking.

Mrs. Yan is not a bad-hearted person, and she does not necessarily dislike Xiaocao, but it seems that she is not very happy in her heart, and she is a person who cannot hide things, so it shows on her face. Maybe Mrs. Yan just hopes that Lu Bu can say a few soft words to show that her position will not move. But the problem is that Lu Bu doesn't understand at all, or he doesn't bother to say it even if he understands. Maybe he doesn't think it's necessary at all. Don't want to say it.

As a big man, Lu Bu was already upset by dealing with the intrigues outside. But when he got home, he had to face Madam Yan's serious face. Although he knew in his heart that Madam Yan didn't have any bad intentions, Lu Bu also had to say soft words to Mrs. Yan's companion, which Lu Bu simply couldn't do.

Therefore, even if Lu Bu met Mrs. Yan, he had nothing to say. The more silent the two of them were, the less likely they were to sit together. Sometimes they seemed like strangers.

Lu Bu shook his head, waved his hands, and said, "You go about your business, I'll just go by myself..."

"Oh..." Xiaocao nodded obediently, then his eyes lingered on Lu Bu's back for a while, then he lowered his head and continued to be a prostitute.

"Come here, go and invite General Wei." Lu Bu went to the back hall and asked his servants to prepare drinks and dishes while asking someone to invite Wei Xu. Wei Xu's sister, the Wei family, was more or less a poor person. She could not survive the wind and frost in the north in the early years. When she followed Lu Bu, she did not live a good life for a day. When Lu Bu got a serious official position By the time, it had turned into a handful of loess...

Wei Xu lived not far away and arrived quickly. When they met, he quickly paid homage to Lu Bu.

"No need to be polite, get up. We are all family members, so be casual." Lu Bu did not stand up to greet him, but pointed to the seat next to him and said lazily, "Just treat it as if you are at home..."

Although Lu Bu said this, Wei Xu did not dare to be too presumptuous, but he also did not dare to go against Lu Bu's wishes. In the end, after a slight hesitation, he still bowed his hands and sat down at the table.

"Come! Drink!" Lu Bu simply raised the wine bowl and poured it down for himself.

Wei Xucai picked up the wine bowl and wanted to toast Lu Bu, but before he could say anything, he saw Lu Bu drink it in one gulp. He felt a little embarrassed, so he quickly picked it up and drank it too.

Lu Bu felt a little bored. He listened to the drizzle and didn't bring up any topic, so he just drank. Wei Xu rolled his eyes and didn't know how to start a conversation, so the two of them were bored, and the atmosphere Just like this humid spring, people feel a little moldy in their hearts.

"Well, when you go to Bingbei, how do you think Zhengxi's soldiers compare with ours?" In the end, Lu Bu started the topic first and asked Wei Xudao.

Wei Xu quickly put down the wine bowl, cupped his hands and said, "Report to Marquis Wen..."

"Be casual!" Lu Bu frowned, "I told you, just like one of your own family..."

"...Uh, I obey..." Even though he said this, when Wei Xu saw Lu Bu frowning and getting angry, he suddenly panicked and didn't know where to put his hands.

"Forget it, go ahead..." Lu Bu sighed slightly and waved his hand.

"Yes, I didn't go to Binbei for a long time..." Wei Xu continued to collect himself and said, "But it seems that the soldiers in Zhengxi are stronger and their armors are relatively complete, especially... ...Well, especially that feeling, I can’t quite put it into words, like what is it? Well, it feels like the people under Gao Gao Wei’s men. Of course, the soldiers are not as strong as Gao Gao Wei’s men, so they should be worse, but the feeling It’s almost the same as above, ah…that’s how I feel…”

Wei Xu talked without beginning and end, but he found that what he said was very messy. He glanced at Lu Bu cautiously, and found that Lu Bu didn't seem to care at all, but was holding the wine bowl in a daze.

"Haha..." Lu Bu seemed to recall something, the originally cold lines on his face softened a little, and he said with a bit of a smile, "Do you know, in fact, the soldiers and horses formed by Bo Ping, In fact, it was Zheng Xi who suggested it in the first place..."

"Oh, ah?" Wei Xu opened his eyes wide.

Lu Bu glanced at Wei Xu, picked up the wine bowl and drank, and then said, "What else?"

"And... and..." Wei Xu didn't know what Lu Bu wanted to ask, so he could only think back desperately, with a thin glimmer of water on his forehead, "And... oh, and those Zhengxi The weapons used by the soldiers are all very good. Even the ordinary spearheads seem to be made of refined iron rather than cast. The materials used for the ring-shou knives used by the soldiers are said to be at least fifty refined. Cut down a wooden stake as thick as a goose egg with one knife, and there won't even be a gap!"

"Then what?" Lu Bu nodded, smiled, and continued, drinking another bowl of wine.

"Then?! Then..." Wei Xu swallowed, blinked his eyes and thought, "Then...ah, there is a... um, yes, a steamed bun restaurant in Pingyang City. That good guy, indeed It's delicious. The buns are fluffy and soft. The middle is completely covered with meat, like mixed meat. It tastes like mutton but not entirely mutton. It tastes the most delicious when it's hot... When you bite into it, you can smell the aroma of meat and wheat. They all had their nostrils drilled! I took my men with me and ate them all..."

Lu Bu waved his hand to interrupt Wei Xu's wonderful memories and said, "I didn't ask you this. I mean, how many soldiers are there in the Western Expedition, how are they distributed, and how are the people's livelihood in the market..."

"Ahem..." Wei Xu didn't know whether he choked on his drink or his own saliva. He coughed twice before saying, "General Zhengxi's soldiers are stationed in Pingyang at least about 3,000 people. The rest ... I don’t know... people’s livelihood, it’s very prosperous, really, it was still winter when I went there, it was snowing, most of the shops on the street were still open, and there was still business..."

"Well..." Lu Bu snorted lightly, not sure whether to express satisfaction or dissatisfaction, "Is there any news about Wenyuan?"

"I heard that Colonel Zhang was stationed in Shangdang, but I didn't see him..." Wei Xu said with his hands in hand.

Lu Bu raised his head, his eyes were a little dark, and he sighed, "Shangdang...it's pretty close to Yanmen..."

After listening for a while, Lu Bu suddenly said to Wei Xu: "You will go find the Gao Gao Lieutenant later, and help the Gao Gao Lieutenant to help his men fall into the camp. Just say it was me who said it..."

Wei Xu was stunned for a moment, then became a little happy, and quickly answered. After all, the generals who command the army hope that their soldiers can be brave and good at fighting, and they are all elite. Although there are only more than 300 soldiers under Gao Shun, each of them can be said to be an elite. Wei Xu was naturally very happy to be able to join them and help manage them.

Seeing that Lu Bu had nothing else to say, Wei Xu blinked and stood up to say goodbye to Lu Bu.

Lu Bu lowered his gaze and waved his hand without saying anything. When Wei Xu walked away, Lu Bu let out a long sigh.

This wine has no taste.

When I was poor, there was no good wine to drink. In the wine shops in Wuyuan, the cheapest ones were some sour wine, the kind that would make your teeth soft after drinking too much. But after killing the Xianbei dog, I exchanged the head for some reward money. , you can buy some fried beans and pickled vegetables with your brothers, and then bring a jar of sour wine. Although you often drink it with a frown, you feel very comfortable in your heart!

Later, when we arrived in Luoyang, we had a few good drinks. Well, after all, we basically drank with Zhengxi and Wenyuan. At that time, the wine was all good wine, and brothers were still brothers. There were endless things to say and talk about. After drinking too much, I lay down in the living room. I didn’t know when I rolled into the yard in the middle of the night.

Later, although the drinks were still good, but...

Lu Bu stared blankly at the night of drinks on the table. He didn't know how much time had passed. Then suddenly he felt unusually depressed. He stretched out his hand and overturned the table, causing dishes and wine bowls to fly everywhere!

"Bring me the halberd!" Lu Bu ignored the messy scene and walked straight to the courtyard and shouted, "I want to practice martial arts!"