Outside Lu Zhuang, a squad of fully armed soldiers waited for Lu Bu, fifty of them, all of them radiating a murderous aura, but most of Lu Zhuang's men were trained by Lu Bu, and Zhuang Yong, who guarded Zhuangzi, was an even more aristocrat. Although the equipment could have been better than these people, the aura was alright. I was worried these people would cause trouble, so I did not dare to let them in and sent someone to inform Lu Bu.
This is not a border guard!
When Lu Bu saw these men, he immediately judged that these soldiers and horses were not border guards, and their armor was not as fragile as that of border generals.
"Who are you?" Lu Bu asked, raising his eyebrows and looking at the soldiers.
"But Brother Feng?" Listening to the news was coming from the car guarded by thirty soldiers. Lu Bu saw a middle-aged woman stepping out of the curtain. When the carriage boarded and alighted, there was a hint of gallantry in the lady's graceful manner, which was not in ordinary women but vaguely familiar.
"You are…" Lu Bu could not recognize it for a while, and it seemed he did not know many women of status.
"Younger Sister Yan Xueyun." Lady Wei Wei bowed and smiled lightly, "The brothers have not seen each other for many years, but their valor has not diminished."
"It turned out to be the messenger's wife. Lu Bu didn't dare to climb the height, so the lady still called me by my name." Lu Bu took a deep breath. Yan Changkong's son-in-law later became the imperial emissary. He is a retired general from the army a few years back. I told Lu Bu while passing by Luzhuang.
"It's been all these years, and your brother still hates my father?" Yan Xueyun looked at Lu Bu, a little disappointed.
"Don't you dare, what kind of hero is General Yan? Lu Bu is a careless husband, how can she have the right to be angry with him?" Lu Bu shook his head and said, "If madam is just watching a joke, you just saw it, please come back. A small person, but I don't want to climb high."
"The little sister just wants to show the brother something. If the brother still wants to follow after seeing her, the little sister will turn and walk away, not stopping for a second." Yan Xueyun smiled at Lu Bu.
Lu Bu didn't say anything else. Yan Xueyun asked someone to carry a box in front of Lu Bu and opened the box. Inside was a book of monuments, all very old.
"What does this mean?" Lu Bu looked at Yan Xueyun in confusion.
"These are the papers my father recommended to my brother in court." Yan Xueyun sighed, looked at Lu Bu, and said, "Brother, see for yourself."
Lu Bu was puzzled, and he took out a scroll of bamboo slips from the box and opened it to read. Still, Yan Changkong recommended his monument to the court given the time it was written during those years when he was a county captain.
Looking at the familiar handwriting, Lu Bu felt a little uneasy in his heart. He took out some scrolls to read but made the recommendation himself. There were 21 scrolls, starting with the year he returned to his hometown.
In astonishment, Lu Bu took the playbook in his hand, and he didn't know what to think. He only realized that the resentment he had harbored for more than 20 years had turned into confusion at this moment.
"The court first selects officers on the basis of military merit, but after reaching the rank of general, they have to look at their credentials. My father wanted... you and I to get married, so that the elder brother would also have a good background." Are." And promoting it is easy. It's just…" Yan Xueyun sighed; some rumors in the army even spread to the general's mansion, and Yan Xueyun admired Lu Bu's ability to leave his wife without being influenced by wealth. Hard to get promoted, Is.
"Old... general, why didn't he say anything?" Lu Bu felt his voice tremble when he said this.
"What would you say if you were the older brother?" Yan Xueyun replied, "My father said that my older brother was very similar to him when he was young."
Naturally, this will not happen. What is the use of talking if things don't get done?
"In order not to make my brother feel left out, all the rewards given by the royal court were added up by my father, and he also used the Yan family's wealth. It's a pity..."
It's a pity that Lu Bu's temper is too hot, and he can't stand it. He feels the army is doing him an injustice, so he directly and passively sabotages its work.
Lu Bu's eyes hurt a little; he raised his head, took a deep breath, and said, "Madam, how is the old general now?"
When he left the military camp, Lu Bu was only 30 years old, Yan Changcong was already 50, and now Lu Bu has reached that age.
"This is not very good. Originally, according to my father's wish, these things would not be shown to the generals, but now that the country's strength is dwindling, the court's support for the border areas is decreasing day by day is happening. On the Beiguan side, the current food and wages are less than half of what they were in previous years. In order to strengthen the defense line and prevent foreign enemies from entering, my father already grayed his hair Whenever the barbarians come to attack, he always listens to his father saying that if Fengxiang were here, what a crazy round these barbarians would be… Recently, he was diagnosed with a serious illness. faced. In my sleep, I was either dreaming about the situation in Beiguan or calling out my brother's name..."
Lu Bu felt like something was blocking his heart and listened silently. Beiguan's defense capability had been getting worse and worse over the years. Lu Bu could understand it. He built Lu Zhuang here to help share the pressure somewhat.
"Father probably won't..." Yan Xueyun looked at Lu Bu: "Can you go back and see him, brother?"
Lu Bu nodded and said, "Just wait for me... I'll be here!"
Initially, he wanted to say that he would leave tomorrow. However, when he thought Yan Changkong might be dying, Lu Bu could not sit still and immediately asked someone to bring the horse.
"Papa, it's your birthday today, what's so special about it?" Lu Bu's sons caught Lu Bu by surprise.
"Brother, don't worry, my father's illness doesn't matter. Little sister doesn't know that today is my brother's birthday, so I took the liberty to come here, and I'm not ready. I hope my Sorry brother!" Yan Xueyun quickly stopped Lu Bu and said.
"These are the best gifts." More than 20 years of knots in Lu Bu's heart have been loosened, but now he wants to return to Beiguan.
"It is in no hurry. The younger sister just came here and is hungry. Can the brother give the younger sister something to drink?" Yan Xueyun asked with a smile.
"Naturally, this was amusing, Bu Weizhou." With a smile, Lu Bu brought Yan Xueyun back to the village and introduced him to his wife.
"The lady has seen his wife." The wife stood up with the help of her daughter-in-law and wanted to salute Yan Xueyun, trembling. How dare Yan Xueyun bear it? She quickly rushed over to support him.
"I have heard for a long time that the elder brother has a good wife in the family, but he has never met her. The younger sister should go to meet her sister-in-law."
Although it was a courtesy, looking at his wife's current physical condition, Lu Bu naturally did not want his wife to give him any gifts, so he immediately supported his wife and said, "As soon as you are old, Go on, don't worry." These false rituals. The banquet is over. I'll wait on the table."
"Big brother and his wife are really jealous of others." Yan Xueyun said honestly, Lu Bu's wife is obviously not a beautiful woman. Be a man
"What are you talking about at this age, come to the table!"