Lu Buwei knew that Zhou Yuanfu was talking about him, so he pretended to breathe a sigh of relief.
"Is this a difficult matter? I'd say it's not difficult. It's quite difficult. I'm tired from working for Yingzheng all my life. General Zhou, please let me go."
"I am afraid that Brother Cui will not be able to handle this matter alone, so I ask Prime Minister Lu to help me secretly. If I can help you find a good career for me, I will be very grateful! I will never stop Prime Minister Lu whether he goes or stays!"
"Is this true?"
"Promises are never made lightly, so I will live up to them!"
Lu Buwei slapped his waist, "My old waist is about to break after running all night. It can't be as rough and thick as your brother. I have to rest before setting off."
"It's natural. Mr. Lu has had a hard time running around all night. How about I give you a massage on your waist? This is my method..."
"You're a bastard! You still want to take advantage of me!"
Lu Buwei suddenly turned his face and walked back to the original house after speaking.
Zhou Yuanfu smiled bitterly and shook his head. His good intentions were treated as a fool by Lu Buwei. The old man's thoughts were quite complicated.
By the time Guan Yu and Zhang Liao came back from hunting, the sun was already setting in the west. In addition to pheasants and rabbits, they also hunted a wild boar.
Seeing that Cui Niupi was not there, Guan Yu thought he was lazy and went to look for him. Zhou Yuanfu hurriedly told him that Cui Niupi had been sent out to do something. At that moment, Guan Yu killed the pig, Zhang Liao made a fire, and Zhou Yuanfu went to look for Lu Buwei.
When he reached the door, Zhou Yuanfu paused his feet and pretended to cough twice.
"Prime Minister Lu, Prime Minister Lu, Guan Yu and the others have returned from hunting. It's time to eat." He said as he opened the door and walked in.
Over there, Lu Buwei's sleeping face was red. He obviously felt comfortable in his sleep. He sat up and stretched.
"Brother Zhou, is it time to eat?"
"Mr. Lu, when there are only two of us, please don't be so polite. Otherwise, you can call me Yuan Fu when there is no one around, and you can call me Brother Zhou when there are people around. Is that okay?"
Over there, Lu Buwei didn't seem to wake up, "Brother Zhou, where are you?"
When Zhou Yuanfu heard that Lu Buwei called him brother again, he felt that something was not right. Could it be that Lu Buwei had changed his mind? He probably felt that the matter was difficult to handle, so he wanted to regret it. But if Lu Buwei had not intervened, would Cui Niupi have been able to accomplish this with his unreasonable character?
It's hard to tell.
"Mr. Lu, please don't make fun of me. Guan Yu and the others are barbeque. Let's eat quickly. After we finish, we'll ask Prime Minister Lu to do some hard work."
Lu Buwei was confused over there, "Brother Zhou, what's wrong? Why did you call me Prime Minister Lu? Could it be that Lu Bu has caught up with us?"
This time it was Zhou Yuanfu's turn to be surprised. He stared at the woman in front of him and couldn't say a word.
Seeing that Zhou Yuanfu didn't answer for a long time, the woman quickly adjusted her clothes and saw that she had two extra braids.
"Oh, why are there two more braids? Did Brother Zhou braid them for me?"
There is endless joy in her words, and her beautiful eyes reveal joy and shyness.
Zhou Yuanfu nodded mechanically, then reached out and slapped himself twice to make sure he was not dreaming.
"Lu Xiangmo wanted to scare me. I did hit you twice in the mouth at the beginning. That was because I had no choice. Lu Xiangmo wanted to play tricks on me."
When Diao Chan saw Zhou Yuanfu slap her twice in the mouth, she was immediately frightened. She hurriedly walked to Zhou Yuanfu and touched his cheek with her hand, "Brother Zhou, why did you hit yourself? Could it be that Chan'er said something wrong?"
Is it done?”
Zhou Yuanfu trembled with excitement, "Are you really Diao Chan? Wait, let me be quiet. By the way, let me ask you, what did I say to you when we first met?"
Diao Chan smiled and said: "How could I forget the words of Brother Zhou who are so talented in literature? 'As graceful as a startling giant, as graceful as a swimming dragon, as glorious as the autumn chrysanthemums, and as magnificent as the spring pine'. By the way, there is another sentence, 'I'll do it'
It's up to you."
Zhou Yuanfu was horrified and sat down on the ground.
…
Bajun, Zhang Xiu's residence.
The thin Zhang Xiu was angry, "What? Those barbarians refused to take action?"
A tall, round-faced Taoist priest next to him had a troubled look on his face, "Uncle Master..."
"What did you call me? There are no rules!"
The Taoist priest was startled and quickly changed his words, "Master, this disciple has tried his best. Those barbarians said that Governor Cao..."
Zhang Xiu snorted coldly, and the Taoist shrank back in fear.
"That old man Cao Qian was kind to them, and they couldn't bear to betray them. If they wanted to raise an army, that would be unless that old man Cao Qian no longer served as an official in Bashu. The old man Cao Qian is also seriously ill now. I guess..."
"Humph, if you can't handle such a small thing, how can I entrust you with important responsibilities in the future?"
Zhang Xiu deliberately lengthened his tone and said.
The Taoist priest was dripping with cold sweat and lowered his body further.
"The ghost mother is here!"
Following the shouting, a gust of fragrant wind floated, and an attractive young woman with a curvy front and back quickly walked into the lobby.
"You, my child, don't go home first when you come back. I don't know if you still have me as your mother in your heart."
The young woman scolded the round-faced Taoist priest. To outsiders, her scolding words were full of endearment.
When Zhang Xiu saw this young woman, he immediately beamed and said, "Junior sister is here, please sit down quickly." Then he turned around and ordered: "Hurry up and serve the fragrant tea!"
The young woman ignored Zhang Xiu and looked up and down at the young man who was sweating. "I got a tan from my trip out. Why are I sweating so much? The weather isn't hot either?" She took out a handkerchief and wiped it with the round-faced Taoist priest.
sweat.
The young woman was relieved in this way, and the Taoist priest quickly took the handkerchief and started wiping it himself.
Seeing that the young woman was ignoring him, Zhang Xiu deliberately cleared his throat and said, "Gongqi, let's go home for now. Although the matter was not accomplished this time, it is hard work without credit. Don't let me down again next time."
The young man called Gongqi was Zhang Lu. After the death of Zhang Lu's father Zhang Heng, by chance, the Five Pecks of Rice religion fell into the hands of his uncle Zhang Xiu. Zhang Heng's wife was named Lu Quan, who was quite knowledgeable in ghost ways.
The Five Pecks of Rice Cult has a high prestige and is respectfully called "Ghost Mother" by the followers. Although Zhang Xiu coveted Lu Quan's beauty, he did not dare to use force because of Lu Quan's skill in magic.
This time, Zhang Xiu saw chaos in all directions, so he took the opportunity to raise troops in Bajun and attacked the city and plundered the land. Because the city of Jiangzhou was strong, it could not be breached for a while. Therefore, he sent Zhang Lu to Bazhong to contact the Bancheng barbarians, hoping to use the barbarians to
He used his troops to attack the city. Although the Bancheng barbarians rebelled against the imperial court many times, they did not want to send troops at this time.
After hearing Zhang Xiu's words, Zhang Lu bowed and wanted to leave as if he had been granted amnesty. Lu's mother took Zhang Lu's hand and wanted to leave with him.
Seeing this, Zhang Xiu quickly said: "Junior sister, please go slowly, I have other important matters to discuss. Gongqi will go back on his own first."
After finishing speaking, he waved his hand and signaled Zhang Lu to retreat.
Zhang Lu glanced at Lu's mother, and Lu Quan nodded gently. Zhang Lu had no choice but to bow and retreat.
"Ever since junior sister returned to youth, she has become more and more delicate. Standing with Gong Qi doesn't look like mother and son, but more like brother and sister, hahaha." Zhang Xiu said with a smile.
"If the leader has no other instructions, I will resign." Lu Quan said coldly.
"Hold on," Zhang Xiu saw that the ghost mother Lu Quan was unmoved, so he had to say sternly, "Without the help of these Banzhen barbarians, Jiangzhou City will be difficult to break. I wonder if my junior sister has any clever ideas to help me capture the city?"
Lu Quan frowned when he heard this. Zhang Xiu had taken away the teaching rights and bullied the orphans and widowed mothers. How could she help him do this? She was about to shake her head and refuse.
Zhang Xiu spoke again, "Seeing that Gongqi is growing up day by day, I also intend to delegate more affairs of the teaching to him, but now I have to help me with this difficult problem." As he said this, he reached out to Lu Quan.
Slim hands.
When Lu Quan heard that Zhang Xiu was going to share some of the Jiaozhong office with Zhang Lu, he felt a little happy. However, Zhang Xiu grabbed his hands, and when he wanted to pull them back, Zhang Xiu had already tightened his grip.
"Junior sister, your skillful hands are still as delicate as before. If you didn't choose senior brother back then, the two of us..."
Zhang Xiu said seductively while slowly stroking the smooth back of Lu Quan's hand.
Lu Quan tried his best to break free from Zhang Xiu's hand, "Senior brother, please respect yourself!" After saying this, he was afraid that Zhang Xiu would become angry, so he said softly, "Senior brother, I don't know your heart, but..."
"Just what?"
Lu Quan pretended to frown and said, "It's just that I heard that the ghost soldiers in the sect have been talking about it a lot recently."
Zhang Xiu pricked up his ears when he heard this. He was not in the right position, and he paid more attention to the opinions of ordinary believers. He heard that Lu Quan said that the ghost soldiers had private discussions, so he listened carefully.
"The ghost soldiers are all talking about it. Senior brother said before that he was the acting leader. Seeing that Gong Qi is becoming more capable every day, is it time for Gong Qi to take over as the leader..."