Chapter 15: Wei Xun's Ambition (Part 2)

  "Doesn't Qin Yubao have anything to say to Lü Bu?" Lü Bu asked in a low voice.

  "This, Cai Zhonglang's matter, Wang Situ's place..." Qin Xu glanced around and spoke of other things.

  "Tsai is a man who knows how to repay kindness, truly a gentleman. Wang, the Governor, has been somewhat too rigid." Lü's face turned slightly darker.

  "That, Miss Lü is really naive..." Qin Xu continued.

  "I won't pursue the matter of you taking Ling'er out with Cai Yan anymore." Lü Bu's face turned iron-gray.

  "Thank you, sir!" Qin Xu said no more.

  "Wen Yuan, do you still remember what you just said?" Lü Bu suddenly asked Zhang Liao.

  "Reporting to Your Excellency, Liao has forgotten." Zhang Liao's face was as calm as a still well.

  "Alright, does the master know this person Jia Yu?" Qin Xu said slowly after seeing that he had already gained a good advantage and didn't want to provoke Lord Lü further.

  "Jia Yu?" Lü Bu furrowed his brow, seemingly without any recollection of this person, and shook his head.

  "Does the lord still remember Niu Fu?" Suddenly, Gao Shun, who had been silent all along, spoke up: "In the past, when the lord's power shook the Tiger Trap Pass, Niu Fu was ordered to garrison in Shaanxi. Jia Xiang was a deputy general under Niu Fu's command. When Li Jue and Guo Si defeated Sun Jian, General Niu had dealings with him, and Jia Xiang was among them. He was then the Colonel of the Expeditionary Forces."

  "What is so special about this person? How does he compare to the likes of Li Ru?" Lü Bu asked, not understanding why Qin Xu brought up Jia Xu at this time.

  At this time, Jia Xu's reputation had not yet been established. Firstly, it was because the information dissemination in this era was extremely regionalized. Secondly, it was also because Jia Xu, this old fox, although he was always one step ahead of others in terms of strategy and intelligence, did not have much ambition and had always prioritized self-preservation. It is likely that if Wang Yun's methods for dealing with Dong Zhuo's remnants were not too extreme, touching Jia Xu's sensitive nerves, persuading Li Jue and Guo Si to gather the remaining troops in Longzhou and launch a surprise attack on Chang'an, perhaps the situation of the Three Kingdoms rising together would have been delayed by several years.

  "Jia Xu was a man whose name was not well known, but when Dong Zhuo appointed himself as Grand Marshal, he was the Grand Marshal's adjutant." Qin Xu replied solemnly.

  "Ta Wei Yuan?" Lü Bu's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise. Ta Wei Yuan was a high-ranking official in the Ta Wei Fu, equivalent to the Ta Wei's private advisor. Dong Zhuo had appointed himself as Ta Wei during the chaotic times, which showed that Jia Xu was someone Dong Zhuo trusted deeply, but Lü Bu, who was then Dong Zhuo's adopted son, did not know about it, revealing Jia Xu's ability to keep things hidden.

  "Is this the man you were talking about, who is said to be a strategist that Li Jue and Guo Si rely on?" Lü Bu suddenly asked: "Is the Qin steward familiar with this person?"

  "Huh!?" Qin Xu didn't know how to respond. Should he tell Lü Bu that it was all from the book? That Jia Xu was almost single-handedly manipulating the course of the Three Kingdoms? Who would believe that?!

  "This Jia Xun, could it be that he actually has the ability of a ghost or god? Could it be that he was able to plot and calculate that I would launch a night raid?" Lü Bu said in a low voice, not noticing Qin Xu's unusual behavior.

  "But what's the difference!" Lu Bu's solemn expression flashed across his face, and he said loudly: "Chang'an City is as strong as iron, the hearts of the people in the city can be used, with me, Lu Bu, here, even if there are 100,000 more troops, what can they do?"

  "This is awkward..." Qin Xu wanted to say something more, after all, he had unintentionally held the other person's daughter's small hand, although Qin Xu repeatedly emphasized that he was unintentional, but when facing Lü Bu, he always felt a bit embarrassed.

  "Wen Yuan, you've worked hard today, go rest now. Keep an eye on the movements around Chang'an and report to me at any time." Lü Bu seemed to not care about Qin Xu's words either, and before Qin Xu could finish speaking, he ordered Zhang Liao to arrange for the exhausted troops to return and rest.

  "Qin Xu, you did a good job this time. Cai Bojie was a great Confucian scholar of the world, and he shouldn't have died in prison like that." Lü Bu saw Zhang Liao off into the distance, and spoke to Qin Xu in a calm tone.

  It's this tone again, it's this inexplicable gaze again!

  The memories of this life are fragmented and confusing, leaving Qin Xu exhausted from thinking about it, unable to make sense of why Lü Bu, who is normally strict in his military discipline, has been so lenient with him time and again. Whether it was unintentionally patting Lü Bu's shoulder or offending Lü Bu's allies, or even being suspected of abducting Lü Bu's beloved daughter Lü Lingqi, all were smoothed over by Lü Bu himself. Who would believe that Lü Bu was forced to retreat step by step by Qin Xu's intimidation? Qin Xu is not so arrogant as to think that.

  "Hmm!" When only Gao Shun and Qin Xu were left around, Lü Bu suddenly let out a long sigh. Under the dim yellow light, his usually stern face revealed a hint of fatigue that he couldn't hide. He casually found a step, not caring about the dust on it, and sat down with his back against the pillar, as if muttering to himself in the air.

  Is this Lü Bu?

  Seeing Lü Bu's lazy appearance, Qin Xu almost bit his tongue. The records in the book all said that he was a born king of the battlefield, always galloping on the battlefield, and the undefeated war god Lü Bu actually had such moments. Standing beside him, Gao Shun seemed to have gotten used to Lü Bu's behavior like this, took over the helmet in his hand, and sat down on the ground without noticing Qin Xu, staring at the twinkling stars in the night sky, wondering what he was thinking about.

  Qin Xu didn't know whether it was the weakness shown by these two almost invincible men on the battlefield that had infected him, or if it was the oppressive pre-war atmosphere of Chang'an City that was about to arrive, but he also sat down inexplicably.

  "Lao Gao, it's been nearly thirty years, right? Back then, the three of us also sat on the ground like this, making a pact to achieve great things." Lü Bu narrowed his eyes slightly, seemingly lost in thought, speaking in the Wu dialect that Qin Xu couldn't understand.

  Gao Shun turned his face to look at Lü Bu, a hint of nostalgia on his normally expressionless face, accompanied by a faint smile, nodding heavily without saying a word.

  It can be seen that the relationship between Lü Bu and Gao Shun, as well as the rumors of their discord that have been circulating for some time, are not so simple after all.

  "Dad!"

  Just as Qin Xu was wondering why Lü Bu and Gao Shun were acting so strangely today, Lü Lingqi's anxious voice broke the scene that had already overturned Qin Xu's view of history.

  Although the two were still sitting on the ground, Lü Bu was still the same proud and violent Lü Bu, while Gao Shun remained the same expressionless Gao Shun who spoke indifferently to everyone, as if the exhausted man had never appeared before, and nothing had happened in between.

  "Ling'er, what's wrong?" Lü Bu's eyes flashed with a hint of doting love as he stood up.

  "Qin Zhubu, you...you haven't?" Looking at Qin Xu sitting on the ground with Lü Bu and Gao Shun, a hint of surprise flashed in Lü Linggui's eyes. Gao Shun was nothing to be surprised about, as he had been by Lü Bu's side since childhood, but that her father Lü Bu could tolerate Qin Xu being so familiar was something Lü Linggui couldn't wrap her head around.

  I'm not dead? I didn't die at Lü Bu's hands? Qin Xu weakly rolled his eyes. The Lü family is really producing freaks one after another. First, there was a Lü Bu who could rival the Overlord, and now they've produced a Lü Lingqi who would rather die than be inferior to the "Overlord".

  Seeing Qin Xu was fine, the anxious look on Lü Ling's face lessened a lot. Sa Jiao snuggled into Lü Bu's arms and said, "Father isn't angry with Ling'er anymore, is he? Just now Father was so fierce."

  Lü Bu looked at Lü Lingqi with a strange expression, his mouth curled up in a gentle smile: "I've already promised Qin Zhongbo that I won't pursue the matter of you two sneaking into the imperial prison. Is there anything else?"

  Even though Lü Linggui was young, she heard the sarcasm in Lü Bu's words and struggled out of his arms, pouting: "Father is the worst. Always teasing me. I came for a serious matter."

  "What's going on?" Lü Bu still looked nonchalant.

  "Taboo just went to see his mother," said Lyu Lingui.

  "Wei Xu?" Lü Bu asked with a furrowed brow: "What did he go to your mother for? Does he still have the face to come back?"

  It seems that Wei Xu had previously angered Lü Bu more than once, and each time he was spared because he took the route of flattering his wife. Lü Bu thought that this time Wei Xu would continue with his usual tricks, so he didn't pay much attention to his arrival.

  "Has Wei Xiu come to the Yan's place?" A vague piece of information suddenly flashed through Qin Xu's mind, but when he thought about it carefully, there was no clue at all, only a faint feeling of unease.

  Since seeing Lü Bu and Gao Shun sitting on the ground, with an intimate and affectionate appearance, Qin Xu knew that Wei Xu, although being Lü Bu's cheap son-in-law, was not necessarily valued by Lü Bu. From Lü Bu's expression of disdain when hearing Wei Xu's name, it is not hard to understand why Wei Xu, who seemed to be deeply favored by Lü Bu, would be the first to betray him, and together with Hou Cheng, stole Lü Bu's Fang Tian Hua Halberd and Chi Tu Ma, leading to the tragic events at Baimen Tower.

  "What else did that Wei Xu say to your mother? Let my dear daughter come out and tell me in the middle of the night?" Lü Bu was used to Wei Xu's temperament, but he found it strange that Yan Shi would let Lü Lingqi come over and tell him specifically.

  "I didn't hear that clearly!" Lü Linggui secretly glanced at Qin Xu, her eyes full of complaints, making Qin Xu's heart skip a few beats. My big sister, this is not something to be said casually. If Lü Bu misunderstands, it won't be funny.

  Fortunately, Lü Bu's attention seemed to be elsewhere. Lü Lingqi made a ghostly face at Qin Xu in secret and continued: "I only heard that my uncle seemed to say something about letting my mother leave the city quickly or something, I didn't hear very clearly, it seemed like he also said something about avenging past grievances, and seemed to mention Wang Yun, anyway he said a lot of things."

  "Huh?" Even if Lü Bu was being careless, he still sensed something off and asked Lü Lingqi: "Has Wei Xu gone or not?"

  "When I came out, I hadn't left yet. It's the usual quarrel between you and mother on ordinary days. Mother decided to forgive you and asked me to find you in secret." Lü Linggui said with a treasured expression.

  "Not good!"

  "Not good!"

  "Not good!"

  The three men present simultaneously blurted out.

  Qin Xu suddenly remembered the uneasy feeling he had just heard that Wei Xun was going to Yan's place.

  The walls of Chang'an City are high and thick, and the residents inside have suffered greatly from Dong Zhuo's chaotic politics. They will absolutely not allow Dong Zhuo's remnants to occupy Chang'an again; these are all the sources that give Lü Bu confidence in defending Chang'an!

  However, how was Chang'an breached in history of Three Kingdoms?

  Could it be him?!!!!