"Thank you, my emperor! Long live! Long live! Long live!" Lu Bu was stunned for a long time and couldn't recover. If Xu Si hadn't said "Thank you" again, Lu Bu would still be stunned.
Xu Si handed the imperial edict into Lu Bu's hands and said with a smile on his face: "The captain of cavalry is a partial general. From now on, I have to change my title to a general." After saying this, he gave Lu Bu a slight salute with cupped fists.
"Thank you, Minister." Lu Bu said.
Xu Bang said with a smile: "General Lu is so powerful that he is only a mediocre general. I'm afraid greater honors are yet to come."
"Did the emperor himself say this, or did Dong Zhuo say it?" Ding Yuan said suddenly.
Xu Bang was slightly stunned and said: "Yes, these words were said by Mr. Sikong Dong. I just borrowed them to express my congratulations."
"That's it!" Ding Yuan said with profound meaning.
"Without further interruption, Mr. Ding, I will take my leave." Xu Si cupped his fists and saluted.
Ding Yuan only returned the courtesy slightly, but Lu Bu returned the courtesy and said: "I respectfully send you my servant."
After Xu Si left, Ding Yuan said: "Feng Xian, this Cavalry Captain was granted by Dong Zhuo under the guise of the emperor's edict in order to win people's hearts... Send the Red Rabbit Horse first, and then make the Cavalry Captain, Dong Zhuo's intentions towards you.
, it’s just a show of kindness, you have to be on strict guard against it!”
"Since you are gracious to me, why should I be more careful?" Lu Bu said with a calm expression.
Ding Yuan said earnestly: "How can we not guard against his wolfish ambitions!"
"Sir!" Lu Bu couldn't stand listening anymore and shouted loudly: "Your Excellency keeps saying how little you want me to be, but ever since Fengxian followed Your Excellency, he has been very courageous in battle and unfaithful to You, but why didn't you see Your Excellency do anything to him?"
You are so kind to me, why is it that you have been given two horses and one horse, but you have never been promoted to an official or a half-level official?"
Lu Bu's words left Ding Yuan speechless and with a look of shame on his face. He could only say sideways: "What you said makes sense. It was all my negligence in the past, just because I didn't dare to start.
This is a famous weapon of the imperial court, and I will definitely take you more seriously from now on." Lu Bu listened to Ding Yuan's words, looked at Ding Yuan's people, and then left without saying a word.
At the same time, a person came to Dong Zhuo's house. This person was none other than Huangmen Shilang Xu Si. Xu Bin immediately told Dong Zhuo, Li Ru, and Li Su about the situation in which he went to Ding Yuan's house to read out the imperial edict.
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After listening to this, Li Ru said: "This imperial edict from the Jin Dynasty is worth thousands of gold and pearls. Lu Fengxian returned to the lord's banner, so it means Gu Guzhen's ears."
"No." Dong Zhuo waved his hand and said, "A small cavalry captain is not enough to impress Lu Bu. I have other preparations."
"I wonder if my lord has any other proud arrangements?" Li Ru asked.
"What I asked for in the palace was not just an imperial edict. Just imagine how it felt in Lu Bu's heart for a small partial school to be promoted twice in a row in one day?!" Dong Zhuo's eyes gleamed.
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"Okay! Great!" Li Ru and Xu Bang looked at each other and smiled. Li Ru praised: "What a blessing and promotion twice in a day. My lord is indeed very clever!"
"Gaoming." Xu Bang also said.
Dong Zhuo laughed loudly and said: "Nothing, nothing, nothing..."
Ding Yuan's Mansion.
"Your Excellency, Mr. Xu, the Huangmen Minister, has returned." The steward reported to Ding Yuan.
Ding Yuan said in confusion: "What? Come back again?"
Xu Si laughed and walked in. Ding Yuan saluted and said, "Why did Mr. Xu leave and come back?"
Xu Si almost ignored Ding Yuan's question and immediately congratulated Lu Bu: "Congratulations, General Lu! Congratulations, General Lu!"
Lu Bu was also very puzzled and said: "Didn't the Lord Minister have already expressed his congratulations just now?"
"What is gratifying and congratulatory is not just that! The emperor has an edict, and Lu Bu kneels down to accept it!" Xu Si said with a smile.
Lu Bu immediately knelt down and said, "Lü Bu accepts the order."
"By God's blessing, the emperor issued an edict. According to Sikong Dong Zhuo's second report, Lu Bu is extremely powerful and has a bravery that cannot be matched by ten thousand men. There are few of them nowadays. The mere position of Cavalry Commander is not enough to commend him. I specially give him a favor.
The Jin Dynasty was granted the title of General Hu Ben Zhonglang, and I express my gratitude for this gift!" Xu Si read out.
"Kowtow to my emperor, long live! Long live! Long live!" Lu Bu said after receiving the order.
At this time, the housekeeper came to report: "Your Excellency, Li Su from the residence of Lord Sikong would like to see you."
"What is he doing here at this moment?!" Ding Yuan said.
The steward reported back: "It is said that I have prepared many gifts on Master Dong's order to congratulate General Lu."
When Ding Yuan heard this, his already unattractive face suddenly changed color again, and he said angrily: "Even if I say congratulations, it's not his turn, he's gone!" As soon as these words came out, Lu Bu's eyebrows wrinkled slightly, and his expression changed.
It has also changed.
"Wait a minute!" Xu Si suddenly interrupted: "Master Ding, General Lu received the emperor's grace and promotion twice in one day, and was promoted from a small partial school to the rank of Zhonglang General! This is all
Thanks to Mr. Sikong Dong’s guarantee of the memorial, now Mr. Dong has sent someone to congratulate you, but you are trying to block it. I wonder if it’s because you are upset with Mr. Dong? Or maybe you are dissatisfied with General Lu’s promotion?”
When Ding Yuan heard this, he became angry and shouted: "How dare you, a mere servant of the Yellow Clan, to sow discord here."
Xu Bang lowered his head, gave a slight salute and said, "I don't dare, you official!" Then he took a small step back and said nothing, but his eyes were spinning.
"Sir, Mr. Xu is not provoking or creating a estrangement. Fengxian really doesn't understand what's wrong with Mr. Dong sending Li Su here to congratulate him?!" Lu Bu, who had been holding it in for a long time, finally couldn't help it anymore and spoke up.
Ding Yuan said "good" three times, and then said: "You are indeed brave and foolhardy! As the saying goes, the weasel pays New Year greetings to the rooster. Can't you understand such a simple truth?!"
Xu Bang interjected again with a sly smile: "Master Ding, your words...are you comparing Master Dong to a weasel and General Lu to a chicken?! What a gaffe!"
"Shut up!" Ding Yuan shouted loudly: "There is no room for you to speak in Ding's house!"
"Yes." Xu Bang clasped his fists and said, "I shouldn't be meddling in my own business. I'm leaving." After saying that, he turned around and left, followed closely by the two young men behind him.
After Xu Si left, the housekeeper said again: "Sir, are you here or not?"
"Of course I want to see you." Lu Bu said immediately: "People are kind to me, but I have never come to say thank you, which is just a gift. Now they come to say congratulations, and I refuse to see them. How can there be such a thing in the world! Is it true that you really want to show your respect to me in the future?
Stop being a human being?"
"Okay! Come and meet me! I want to see if this Li Su is really here to congratulate you or to estrange him, please!" Ding Yuan said angrily.
After a while, the housekeeper brought Li Su in. Li Su immediately saluted and said: "Li Su, who was born late, has met Master Ding."
"Easy to say." Ding Yuan said sideways.
"By order of Mr. Dong, I am here to congratulate and congratulate the general." Li Su said.
