The next morning, Chen Gong accompanied Lu Bu out of Pengcheng and rushed towards the coal mine.

Unlike the day before, who went to the coal mine, this time, Sun Ce and his subordinate Jie Fanbing accompanied Lu Bu.

It took five thousand soldiers to change into new style armor.

He drove out of Pengcheng in an orderly formation and followed Lu Bu to the coal mine.

Jie Fan's clothes and armor were bright, and the weapons and armor in his hands were replaced shortly after.

The weapons in the hands of the soldiers were shining with a cold light in the sun.

People who don’t know what to do, may even think that they are going to go out when they see this team of people.

On the way to the coal mine, Chen Gong asked Lu Bu: "Horse Chu planned to stay in the coal mine, but he didn't think that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao might be in a big army near the beginning?"

"The coal mine is only more than ten miles away from Pengcheng. If something happens, I can go back immediately." Lu Bu said: "I have nothing to worry about if you and others guard the city. On the contrary, many facilities in the coal mine are not perfect, making it difficult for me to sleep."

"The Chu Hou is concerned about the mining craftsmen, and they will definitely be grateful." Chen Gong responded.

"I don't need them to be grateful," said Lu Bu. "The craftsmen work in the mine and earn us benefits. Improve facilities so that they can stay in the mine with peace of mind. I don't ask for anything else, I just want a peace of mind."

"How to deal with Mao Jie?" Chen Gong then asked.

Mao Jie has been in Xuzhou for some days. When Lu Bu met him, the two of them left unhappily and ignored him.

From Lu Bu's words, he could hear that as long as the Cao family's intentions were against him, he would immediately turn his mind, but Mao Jie did not rush to leave.

No matter what, you can't just look at the surface.

If Lu Bu said this, he might not necessarily do so.

Although he knew that Cao Cao had been afraid of Lu Bu for a long time and had a desire to kill, Mao Jie believed that as Cao Cao's aide, he should figure it out before going back to report it.

The situation is complicated now. If Lu Bu has no intention of rebelling against Cao Cao, but Cao Cao pointed the finger at Xuzhou, it would give the Yuan family in Hebei a chance to go south!

In the battle of Yi Jing, Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zan and the north was unified from then on.

With his rapid expansion of strength, Yuan Shao became the strongest hero in the world.

With the strength to unify the world, no one dares to be mediocre, and from then on, he will stop participating in the world's conquests.

Mao Jie always believed that Yuan Shao was Cao Cao's biggest enemy.

Although Lu Bu's power expanded very quickly, he did not have too deep roots and would not have threatened the Cao family within at least three to five years.

Mao Jie had already thought about it on the way to Xuzhou. When he saw Lu Bu, he had to make the situation worse and see how Lu Bu reacted.

While making this decision, he also knew that he was playing with fire.

If Lu Bu was too calm, it would not mean that he was loyal to the Cao family and was not afraid of being tested. From another perspective, it was precisely because he had made arrangements in secret that he refused to see the flaws.

On the contrary, if Lu Bu couldn't hold on and decided to rebel against Cao Cao first, no one could bring him back to Cao Cao.

The war between Cao and Yuan families to attack Xuzhou is likely to break out soon.

What made Mao Jie unable to leave Pengcheng immediately was exactly the attitude when he saw him.

At first, Lu Bu was indeed obedient and polite to him, but he changed his face until he said something suspicious.

After turning against each other on the spot, Lu Bu lost the following text. He was not sure that he would rebel against the Cao family. Mao Jie was even more confused. Of course, it was impossible for him to take the initiative to think of Lu Bu saying goodbye.

If Lu Bu sent someone to drive him away, Mao Jie might think that he had indeed made plans to betray the Cao family.

However, Lu Bubing did not do that, but just left him in his residence and ignored him from then on.

Chen Gong asked how to treat Mao Jie, and Lu Bu said, "He is just an envoy sent by Cao Cao. Anyway, he will rebel against Cao Cao sooner or later, and he can kill the Qiqi. It's okay to leave him and send Cao Cao a message. I didn't say too much, and I could even use him to please Cao Cao..."

"The Chu Hou probably had no intention of pleasing Cao Cao at all." Chen Gong replied: "If you want to kill him, you have already taken action. How could you wait until today?"

Turning his head to look at Sun Ce, Lu Bu said, "Actually, since the day I was willing to keep Bofu, I have offended the whole world."

Lu Bu and Chen Gong were talking about Mao Jie, but Sun Ce didn't understand why the topic suddenly fell on his head.

Looking at Lu Bu with a confused look on his face, Sun Ce asked, "Why did Mr. Chu say that?"

"How is Bo Fu and Liu Biao in Jingzhou?" Lu Bu did not answer directly, but asked him this question.

With a frown slightly, Sun Ce's face suddenly changed to look very good: "Horse Chu should know that his father died at the hands of Huang Zu, under Liu Biao. I have an irreconcilable grudge with Huang Zu, so how could Liu Biao escape?"

"In other words, the hatred between Bo Fu and Liu Biao is very deep." Lu Bu asked afterwards.

Sun Ce nodded with a very ugly expression.

"Liu Jingsheng and Bo Fu are irreconcilable. He must hope that I will kill Bo Fu." Lu Bu smiled slightly: "As long as Bo Fu dies, he will lose another enemy in the world. Wouldn't it be better for Liu Jingsheng?"

After hearing what he said, Sun Ce was stunned for a moment and looked at him in surprise.

Chen Gong nodded silently, and the expression on his face became a little complicated: "The Chu Hou accepted Bo Fu and Jiangdong people, but in fact he also took over the hatred between him and Liu Jingsheng. As for Cao Cao, he wanted to kill Chu Hou. Now Xuzhou and Yangzhou are all over the world, and it would be strange if he could still sit still."

"Not to mention Yuan Benchu's side." Lu Bu smiled slightly: "The big-eared thief Liu Bei is still in Hebei. Compared to Cao Cao, he should hate me even more. Now that Cao Cao is trying to join forces with Yuan Shao to attack me, how could Liu Bei miss such an opportunity and not do anything in it?"

"I thought Chu Hou had gained a lot of benefits from Jiangdong, but I didn't expect that Jiangdong had brought so many troubles." Sun Ce said: "I have nothing to say. If the war really comes, I would like to follow Chu Hou and deal with the enemy to the end."

"If I am weak, the enemy is strong, the enemy is strong, the enemy is weak, the enemy is crushing." Lu Bu smiled faintly: "The war has not begun yet. We just judged from the superficial strength that we may not be their opponents. But war is always uncertain. Who dares to say that we who seem weak will definitely lose?"

He then ordered Chen Gong: "The Gongtai returned to Pengcheng and sent Mao Jie outside the city, and asked him to go back to report to Cao Cao. Remember to treat him with courtesy, although he might meet again in a short time, before the fight started, there would be some things on his face."

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Since Guo Jia arrived in Yecheng, Feng Ji, who had opposed the joint efforts of Cao Cao to attack Lu Bu, changed his mind, and Yuan Shao had the intention to attack Xuzhou.

However, Yuan Shao was not Cao Cao after all.

Once Cao Cao makes a decision, he will do it to the end if he does not find that there are indeed problems.

But Yuan Shao is much more indecisive.

During the rebellion of Li Jue and Guo Si, Lu Bu brought the remaining soldiers to Hebei and also served him for some time after the breaking of Chang'an City.

At that time, he was competing with Gongsun Zan for Hebei, and Zhang Yan, a bandit in the Taihang Mountains, also cooperated with Gongsun Yan to become enemies with the Yuan family.

Yuan Shao was always thinking about Gongsun Zan, so he handed Zhang Yan over to Lu Bu to deal with him.

Lu Bu was brave in fighting, and whenever he went to fight, he would definitely lead the way. Yuan Shao was also very satisfied with him for a while at first.

However, not long after, Yuan Shao discovered that Lu Bu was secretly strengthening his strength and didn't know what he was planning.

After all, Yuan Shao is a hero of a generation.

Any hero must be suspicious.

A careless and heartless person can only be a general at most, and has no ability to control the overall situation and control everyone under his command.

Whether Yuan Shao or Cao Cao can achieve their current achievements, the inherent suspicion played a role in protecting them!

Yuan Shao, who was puzzled, sent someone to inquire about Lu Bu's every move.

At that time, Lu Bu was certainly unable to wipe his butt clean. He knew that Yuan Shao had doubts about him and knew that his strength could not shake Yuan Shao's big tree.

Knowing that Yuan Shao had found out what he had done behind his back, Lu Bu and his men fled out of Hebei overnight and went to Xuzhou. Later, Liu Bei pretended to let Xuzhou, but he took Xuzhou without hesitation. The two of them have been in unison since then.

Of course, those things were done by Lu Bu who was taken over.

Although Lu Bu’s mind now has memories of his past, he has long been no longer the Wen Hou who is called the slave of the three surnames by the world!

Before Guo Jia came to Yecheng, Yuan Shao had also heard about Lu Bu's young overnight.

No matter how you think about it, he feels it is unlikely, so of course he will send someone to inquire.

Several groups of people were sent, and the news they brought back was the same. Lu Bu, who was already middle-aged, is indeed returning to his youth now, and looks only seventeen or eighteen years old.

After learning all this, Yuan Shao was even obsessed with thinking about how Lu Bu was young overnight.

It was already forty years, and Yuan Shao could feel that his physical condition was getting worse every year.

When he was young, he was full of energy and energy, and now he is gradually leaving him.

When Lu Bu was young all night, Yuan Shao believed that he should have found a way to immortality...

When people encounter things that cannot be explained clearly, they will always habitually find plausible reasons.

But after finding the reason, many people cannot recognize that this reason is just a wishful excuse for them. As the days pass by, they will become more and more convinced of the authenticity of the reason over time.

In the end, people may even forget that the explanations they had infused with something were just because they could not find the real answer at that time and found a reasonable excuse.

Once you enter this stage, the excuse becomes the truth. Even those who find this excuse may not be able to completely convince themselves will believe its authenticity!

Yuan Shao is such a person who was blinded by the reasons he found.

At first he was not very convinced that Lu Bu had found a way to immortality, but as time went on, he believed in this statement more and more deeply.

When people in Hebei argued that they should attack Cao Cao first or Lu Bu first, Yuan Shao had a plan in mind.

He also knew that Cao Cao was the biggest threat. Compared with the Cao family, Lu Bu might just be itchy in his skin.

However, a voice deep in his heart kept saying to him that if he joined forces with Lu Bu to attack Cao Cao, he would not have been able to obtain news about immortality.

Throughout history, many emperors and generals have explored the mystery of immortality, but no one has ever seen the path.

Suddenly, news came out that Lu Bu returned to his youth overnight and was verified that this was indeed true. How could Yuan Shao not be moved?

It was only in front of the people in Hebei that it was difficult to express his thoughts directly, so that the debate continued to develop.

Feng Ji was persuaded by Guo Jia to change his mind and happened to fall into Yuan Shao's thoughts. He did not hesitate at all and immediately decided to attack Lu Bu.
To be continued...