Chapter three hundred and ninety-ninth exchange of prisoners
Seven or eight old women, with all their hands and feet, pressed Miss Lu on the bed, wearing one set on the left and one on the right. When they were young, they put a whole set of red ceremonial robes on Miss Lu.
Then, they used rouge to paint Miss Lu's eyebrows.
She was so stunned that she dressed up like a bride with her head shaking.
After a while, a group of old women took Miss Lu out of the room, while the pottery man was waiting outside the door with a smile.
After looking at Lu Bu's daughter up and down, the pottery merchant nodded with satisfaction.
"Not bad! I can't tell you, this crazy girl, took care of yourself, but it's quite interesting." The pottery merchant nodded with genuine appreciation, which was rare.
Miss Lu bit her lips and stared at him, her rouge-stained cheeks flushed from shyness.
"Why are you dressing me up like this? Aren't you going to send me back! This, what is this?"
The pottery merchant smiled slightly and said, "Miss Lu, don't mind. We have a custom in Xuzhou. When returning captives or hostages, they must be dressed like this. This is a kind of belief."
Miss Lu frowned in confusion: "Your Xuzhou custom of returning prisoners is to dress them up as if they were leaving the palace? This is the first time I've heard of this..."
The potter waved his hand gently, turned around and said, "There are still many things you don't know? Let's go, the time is coming, Tao will personally take you back to your father."
The potter's smile made him look extraordinarily handsome under the sunlight. At that moment, Miss Lu was a little distracted.
She suddenly came back to her senses, lowered her head, tried hard to suppress her little heart that was beating "bang, bang" for a moment, and responded in a low voice.
After walking out of the county government mansion, there was already a carriage hanging with big red flowers, protected by two powerful generals, Zhao Yun and Xu Chu, waiting outside the door.
Miss Lu looked at the red carriage and was stunned again.
"I'll just sit down, sit here?"
The pottery merchant said with a smile: "That's right, just sit on it and go back, Gao Dashang, right?"
"Is this also your custom in Xuzhou?"
"Miss Lu is so smart, she has learned to answer questions herself."
Soldiers and horses escorted the red-draped carriage out of Qamdo County and headed straight for the boundary of the puddles agreed upon with Lu Bu.
Gan Ning and Zhou Tai led two naval forces down the river, guarding them from both sides, and headed straight for the exchange place.
Lu Bu's army had already been waiting at the agreed upon location, and all his elite troops had come out, including Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Song Xian and other powerful generals.
The two sides lined up within a stone's throw and faced each other.
The potter, riding Huang Feidian with his claws, moved forward a certain distance under the protection of Zhao Yun and Xu Chu, and said loudly: "Please come out and answer, Marquis Wen."
Lu Bu had an acquaintance with the pottery merchant at Shouyang Mountain, but at that time one was on the mountain and the other was at the foot of the mountain. Now they are exchanging prisoners on the battlefield. This is the first time they have met at such a close distance.
Although the other party was the most powerful general in the world, with Zhao Yun and Xu Chu around, the chance of Lu Bu trying to touch the pottery merchant was almost zero, so the pottery merchant dared to meet him so boldly.
Lu Bu glanced at Xu Chu and Zhao Yun who were beside the pottery merchant, with a complicated look on his face.
There are quite a few fierce generals under the surname Tao. Just these two in front of me have made me suffer.
Regardless of Xu Chu's bravery, Zhao could almost fight him until the fifth start.
"Marquis Wen, it's been a long time." The pottery merchant smiled and said to Lu Bu: "After two years, Marquis Wen's momentum and demeanor are no less than before. It's really gratifying."
Lu Bu also bowed slightly and said, "I hope Tao Taifu can keep his promise."
Tao Shang laughed loudly, nodded and said: "Don't worry, Marquis Wen, Tao has no merits. He is known to be a gentleman. Tao will never do anything that is untrue to his word."
After saying that, he saw him winking at Zhao Yun behind him.
Zhao Yun understood immediately and held a wooden box in his left hand. He raised his gun and rode slowly over, cautiously came to Lu Bu's side, and handed the wooden box in front of Lu Bu.
Lu Bu also stared at Zhao Yun cautiously, and their gazes almost collided with blazing sparks in the air.
After Lu Bu took the wooden box, Zhao Yun slowly retreated. Lu Bu opened it and took out the roll of white silk with embroidered backing. However, he saw clearly written on it that Lu Bu was appointed "Geyang Order".
It was an imperial edict brought by the pottery merchant from Fan County.
As the emperor's tutor who records ministerial affairs, it would be easy for Tao Taifu to ask the emperor to grant a Geyang Order. However, if there are too many high-ranking officials, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others may not agree.
Tao Shang smiled and said to Lu Bu: "If you need to say anything, Sun Qian has already told Marquis Wen on my behalf. Tao hopes that Marquis Wen will be able to achieve great success, and also wishes that our friendship will last forever."
"Master Taiping is indeed a gentleman. I would like to express my gratitude here... I wonder where my daughter is now?"
The pottery merchant pointed to the car behind him and said with a smile, "That's easy! The lady is right there."
Lu Bu looked at the carriage with big red flowers in confusion, and asked doubtfully: "Why does it look like a wedding?"
The pottery merchant smiled and said: "This is our Xuzhou custom of returning captives. I wish the young lady and Marquis Wen a happy life and a happy family in the days to come."
Lu Bu looked at the pottery merchant blankly for a while, and thought to himself:
Is there something wrong with this kid? Can you tell if he is speaking human language?
Although Lu Bu was confused in his heart, he didn't show it on his face. He coughed heavily and said, "In that case... then Bu is here to express his auspicious words."
The pottery merchant waved his hand behind him and said, "Send Miss to Wenhou Formation!"
Several accompanying old women helped Miss Lu out of the carriage, dragged her big red robe, and walked bit by bit towards the direction of Lu Bu's army.
Behind Lu Bu's army, Song Xian, Wei Xu and others were all dumbfounded.
Xuzhou Army, what kind of trick is this? Returning the captives is like marrying the Huns?
Wei Xu was the cousin of Lu Bu's wife Yan, and therefore the uncle of Lu Bu's daughter. When he saw Miss Lu being sent back dressed like this, he couldn't help but feel a little confused.
"My niece is of excellent appearance and figure. The boy named Tao sent my niece back like this to get married... Couldn't he have brought disaster to my niece?"
When everyone heard this, they were so frightened that they stopped talking.
You are Marquis Wen's cousin. No one dares to care about you as much as you want, but we can't!
When she was young, Miss Lu was sent back to the main camp by the old ladies. Wei Xu hurriedly rode over, looked at her wrapped up and down, and said: "Daughter, what did that fellow Tao Shang do to you?"
Miss Lu didn't react for a while. She looked at Wei Xu in confusion, frowned and said, "No, it's nothing... it just hurts me all over."
"Hiss!" When the generals heard this, they all took a breath of air.
After saying this for a while, how should I tell Marquis Wen?
Wei Xu showed an angry expression.
"What a thief! I call myself a gentleman on weekdays, but I didn't expect that he would do such dirty things in private! I'm not done with him!"
He said this, but Wei Xu did not dare to go up. Wei Xu had also experienced the skills of Xuzhou's military generals. If he picked one at random, he would be beaten until he could not climb out of bed for three to five days.
Over there, Lu Bu had already said goodbye to the pottery merchant and returned to the main formation. Both sides gathered their troops and retreated slowly.
Other generals did not dare to talk casually, but Wei Xu, as Lu Bu's in-law, dared to talk. He rode to Marquis Wen's side and whispered to him: "Brother-in-law, let me tell you something... can you