After Xun Chen left Li Ru's mansion, he returned to the inn where he lived. He sat alone in the room, thinking about the people he would visit next. Without Li Ru's line, he had to find someone to recommend Dong Zhuo again. With Xun Chen's relationship network, he could find many officials in the court in Chang'an City, but the officials in the court could not speak in front of Dong Zhuo.

Xun Chen screened Dong Zhuo's civil servants and military generals one by one, and finally his eyes lit up and he had a candidate.

Immediately, Xun Chen ordered his servants to prepare the carriage.

Soon, a carriage quickly left the inn and headed towards the residence of Duting Hou and General Lu Bu of the Central Army. There were three reasons why Xun Chen chose General Lu Bu of the Central Army. First, Lu Bu was Dong Zhuo's adopted son, and he was the most respected general of Dong Zhuo, and he was easy to see Dong Zhuo; second, Lu Bu was a military general, and he was simpler than Li Ru's mind and easy to persuade; third, although Lu Bu was valued by Dong Zhuo, he did not receive the support of the generals of the Western Liang army under Dong Zhuo, and was highly excluded and easily attracted.

The carriage stopped outside the mansion, and Xun Chen asked the servant to hand over the name of the sage.

The Zhonglang took the housekeeper of the mansion, glanced at Xun Chen, and closed the door.

After a moment, the door creaked open. A tiger-body wolf-waisted, and a handsome young man strode out. This man was Lu Bu. He was wearing a brocade blue robe and a big cloak. He walked towards him. After seeing Xun Chen, he held his fists and saluted, saying, "When I woke up this morning, I heard the magpies screaming on the branches, and I knew there was a happy event. Unexpectedly, Mr. Xun came from Jizhou, please!"

"General, please!"

Xun Chen breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Lu Bu's expression.

In the Battle of Hulao Pass in the past, Wang Lei and Lu Bu were opposing sides. Xun Chen came to see Lu Bu, and was worried that Lu Bu would not meet at that time. Lu Bu had a good attitude, so Xun Chen would easily implement the next plan.

Enter the hall and the guest and the host sit down.

After Lu Bu asked the attendants in the mansion to serve tea, he asked straight to the point: "Mr. Xun is a ruling school under Wang Lei's command. This time he came to Chang'an, he must have a heavy responsibility. I wonder what it was?"

Although Lu Bu was a military man, he also hoped to be recognized by scholars.

Xun Chen is from the Xun family in Yingchuan, and his identity forced Lu Bu to pay attention to it. In addition, Xun Chen came to Chang'an on behalf of Wang Lei, so there must be something to do and the two sides have the opportunity to cooperate.

With such thoughts, Lu Bu met him in person.

Xun Chen praised: "The general's eyes are like a torch. Chen has a heavy responsibility to come to Chang'an from thousands of miles away."

"Oh, can you say something?" Lu Bu said curiously.

Xun Chen shook his sleeves and said slowly: "During Yuan Shao's tenure as the prefect of Bohai County, he rebelled repeatedly and now he joins the Wuhuan army to slaughter the people of Jizhou. The general once served in Bingzhou and should know the cruelty of the Hu people. The lord is actively resisting, but he hopes to get the support of Dong Xiang. Dong Xiang scolds Yuan Shao and formally appointed the lord as the governor of Jizhou with the order of the emperor. The general is Dong Xiang's adopted son, with a noble status and can meet Dong Xiang at any time, so please introduce him."

Lu Bu thought for a while and asked, "What can the adoptive father get if he helped Wang Lei denounce Yuan Shao and even gave him a formal appointment?"

If you want Dong Zhuo to issue an order, it is impossible to complete without profit.

When Dong Zhuo promoted Yuan Shao to serve as the prefect of Bohai County, in order to appease Yuan Shao, he also wanted to win over Yuan's disciples and former officials. Unfortunately, he failed to get what he wanted, and Yuan Shao became Dong Zhuo's enemy.

Xun Chen said calmly, neither humble nor arrogantly: "For Dong Xiang, only one order is needed. The lord intends to form an alliance with Dong Xiang and help each other. As a line of defense in the northeast direction of Dong Xiang, it will prevent attacks from Youzhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou and other places. In addition, when Dong Xiang encounters danger, the lord will also lead the army to rescue him."

Lu Bu nodded and agreed quite.

Unlike Li Ru, the problem Lu Bu considered was very simple.

What did you give? What did you get?

After comparing the two, we immediately came to the conclusion. Wang Lei was already the governor of Jizhou. Dong Zhuo only needed an order. What he did was just to go with the flow. Wang Lei gave differently, and he wanted to help Dong Zhuo solve the danger.

Lu Bu asked again: "Mr. Xun, what benefits can I get?"

Xun Chen said: "The lord's friendship!"

"Friendship?" Lu Bu frowned, slightly unhappy.

How much money can a friendship be worth?

Lu Bu felt that friendship was useless, so he was despising him!

Xun Chen noticed Lu Bu's thoughts and explained in a hurry: "General, do you know why you cannot gain the recognition of scholars?" Before coming, Xun Chen studied Lu Bu's information and had a general understanding of Lu Bu.

Therefore, Xun Chen's speech is very targeted.

Lu Bu said in a deep voice: "Why?"

Xun Chen replied: "Please forgive me for my offense. The general grew up in Bingzhou and was influenced by the Hu people. His style of conduct was different from that of the Central Plains. The Hu people valued interests and did not take faith, righteousness, benevolence and virtue seriously, and believed that this could be abandoned at any time. But the Central Plains is different, and what they value was precisely faith, righteousness, benevolence, virtue, and interests."

Lu Bu frowned and showed a look of disbelief.

Let's go and lie!

Xun Chen looked confident and explained: "The general should know 'filial piety and integrity'. The so-called filial piety and integrity means that a person is filial to his parents, upright, trustworthy and virtue, is enough to be an official."

"Du Ji, the chief clerk under the lord, was recommended for his filial piety and entered the officialdom."

"Li Yin, a teacher engaged in Qianzhao, was killed. He and Qianzhao's disciples restrained Le Yin's corpse. On the way back to their hometown, they encountered bandits, and the rest of the disciples escaped, but he swears to escort Le Yin's corpse back to their hometown to become famous in Jizhou. Then, Qianzhao was valued by Yuan Shao."

"Faith, righteousness, benevolence, and virtue are exactly what the Central Plains value, and what one values ​​is a person's virtue."

"The general has obtained the friendship of the lord, and this is the lord's guarantee of faith. If the lord is betrayal and the general promotes the matter, it will have all the impact on the lord's reputation, and many officials will be disloyal from the lord."

"In fact, Xiang Dong has not been recognized by scholars so far because he just killed but did not cultivate virtue. Such a person cannot conquer others with virtue, and can only intimidate officials with force."

After Xun Chen said it, a look of not understanding appeared on Lu Bu's face.

In history, Lu Bu was a person who was completely interested in interests. For the sake of power, he killed Ding Yuan without hesitation; for greater power, Lu Bu cooperated with Wang Yun and killed his second adopted father Dong Zhuo without hesitation. Later, Liu Bei took him in and stayed in Xuzhou, and Lu Bu could turn against him and occupy Xuzhou and drive Liu Bei out.

At the moment, Lu Bu looked puzzled.

He wanted to fight back against Xun Chen's words, but Xun Chen's description made him quite moved.

Cultivate virtues!

This seems like a good idea.

Xun Chen struck while the iron was hot and continued: "In addition, my lord and Dong Xiang join forces are beneficial to both parties, and they are all beneficial and harmless. The general can not only get the friendship of my lord, but also get the respect of Dong Xiang, because you are the one who connects Dong Xiang and my lord. In another way, my lord is the general's backing."

Lu Bu nodded and said, "It's really good!"

Xun Chen smiled and said, "It's a matter of mutual benefit, so it's naturally good." Xun Chen thought to himself that it's easy to talk to Lu Bu, and he competes with Li Ru, but Lu Bu is a military general, and there are not so many twists and turns in his belly, so it's easy to fool him.

Xun Chen's words must have loopholes, but Lu Bu cannot refute them in a short time.

After a few words, Lu Bu was persuaded.

Lu Bu stood up and said, "Mr. Xun came for the matter of Wangzhou Mu. The matter is urgent. I will take you to Wu to meet your charity. Everything depends on you."
Chapter completed!