Three Kingdoms New Lü Bu

  Lü Bu had the coffin carried into the courtyard and placed to one side. Yan Ni hugged Li Jia's younger sister as they followed everyone into the house. Lü Bu knelt down in the main hall of the Li residence, while everyone else stood on either side.

  Lü Bu asked Li's younger sister: "What... is your name?"

  Li Jia's younger sister was quite sensible and, seeing the situation, didn't dare to cry too much. Wiping away her tears, she replied: "My family is poor and illiterate, my parents never gave me a name. The neighbors all call me Li Niang'er, sometimes also calling me Li Mei Zi."

  Lü Bu listened and felt a bit awkward. He said, "It's inconvenient to call you nameless, I am Lü Bu, the Marquis of Jiuyuan. How about we give you a name?"

  Everyone was stunned. Li's sister didn't seem to notice, but when she heard that Lü Bu was the Marquis of Chiyang, she quickly knelt down and kowtowed, saying: "I will do everything as you command, sir."

  Lü Bu saw Li's younger sister, her small face like a peach blossom in the rain. He said: "Let's call you Yu'er then, from now on you'll be Li Yu'er."

  Li Yu'er listened and hastily kowtowed in gratitude. Lü Bu asked again: "Is there anyone else at home?"

  Li Yu'er thought of her deceased brother, and tears flowed down again. For a moment, she couldn't say anything, and could only nod in response. Lü Bu thought for a moment and said: "Alright, from now on, you'll follow me. You can keep company with Yan sister here, it's good that the two of you have each other to talk to. How about that?"

  Li Yu'er heard that Lü Bu wanted her to follow him. Firstly, there was someone to accompany him, and secondly, being able to follow the military marquis as his family member was a natural nod of agreement.

  Lü Bu then called out to Zhang Liao: "Xiahou. Bring me that hunting bow of Li Guang's."

  Zang Ba responded: "Yes, County Lieutenant." He turned around and was about to go get Li Quan's hunting share.

  Lü Bu heard this and became unhappy. He coldly said: "Stop right there."

  Zang Ba turned back again. Lü Bu took out the military marquis seal from his bosom and placed it to one side, saying: "Earlier, Lord Wang had already handed over the military marquis seal to me, and had also submitted a memorial to the governor, recommending me as military marquis. You all must remember this in the future."

  Everyone was overjoyed and congratulated Lü Bu. Lü Bu, on the other hand, looked like a petty person who had achieved his goal. He also instructed: "Gao Shun was originally the county magistrate of Shuofang. Today, I am the military marquis, so this position will naturally be taken over by Gao Shun again." Everyone listened and congratulated Gao Shun again. Gao Shun's expression remained calm, and he bowed to Lü Bu with a fist.

  Lü Bu didn't wait for everyone to finish celebrating, and said: "Everyone doesn't have to be too happy, I've already discussed it with Lord Wang. Since the north is poor and lacks money and grain, from today on, our border army's salary and expenses will all be self-funded..." He paused intentionally, scanning the crowd in a circle. Only Gao Shun and Zang Ba had normal expressions, while everyone else looked like they'd changed color. Lü Bu's expression immediately turned cold, and he said harshly: "Hmph. In the future, when you all go out hunting, you'll put in your utmost effort. Otherwise, don't even mention salary, you'll only have the northwest wind to drink."

  Everyone saw Lü Bu's anger and didn't dare to make a sound again. Zang Ba took the opportunity to go out and bring back Li Quan's spoils of war. There was one piece of cowhide, one piece of sheepskin, half a bag of flatbread, and a small silver ingot. These things were what Li Yu'er had seen before in other people's wealthy households. Especially that small silver ingot, she had never seen it before.

  Lü Bu had Zhang Liao place the treasures in front of Li Ru'er and said, "Ru'er, these things were exchanged for your brother's life, you take them."

  Li Yu'er listened and hurriedly knelt down in front of Lü Bu again, kowtowing to thank him. Lü Bu said: "This is what you should get, no need to thank me." Then he asked the crowd: "Li Quan's head has been exposed for two or three days, although the weather has turned cold, it is not suitable for long exposure, and it should be buried quickly."

  Zang Ba said: "Tomorrow can be carried out of the city for burial."

  Lü Bu said with dissatisfaction: "I saw Li Hui's corpse had already started to rot, how can we wait until tomorrow? There are wolves outside the city, and Li Hui doesn't even have a good coffin. If things go wrong, he might be dug up by the wolves. As soldiers, being wrapped in horse hide is already not bad, no need to be too particular. I just saw that although the courtyard is broken, it's quite big, why don't we just dig a hole on one side and bury him there?"

  Everyone was shocked again when they heard this. Cao Xing said: "Jun Hou, if you are buried in the courtyard, it's feared to be unlucky."

  Lü Bu muttered to himself: "What's unlucky? I'm a man from 1,800 years later, you're all zombies to me. If it's unlucky, I'd have become a zombie long ago." He then said in a cold voice: "What's unlucky about burying him in the courtyard? It's better than being dug up by wolves outside the city." He paused and asked Li Yu'er: "Yu'er, if we bury your brother in the courtyard, will you be afraid?"

  Yuer agreed: "Don't worry, brother has always been the most affectionate to me. I don't want him to be taken away by the wolves. I beg of you, General Jun, to take charge and bury my brother under that jujube tree in our courtyard. In the future, when I miss my brother, I can also pay my respects."

  Lü Bu said, "Well, it's settled then. Rain will have nothing to fear, as I and your sister will move here tonight."

  Then Lü Bu ordered someone to bury Li Hui's head and body in the Li family courtyard. Everyone didn't leave until midnight. Although Li Yu'er lost her brother, she was very sensible. Seeing that Lü Bu's clothes were stained with blood, she stayed up all night to boil water for him to wash.

  The next day, Lü Bu returned to Gao Shun's home to fetch some things. As he was leaving, he led a horse that he had seized from the bandits and said to Lady Gao: "Sister-in-law, I have been troubling you for several days now. This horse is a gift for you; please accept it."

  Gao's family was startled and hurriedly declined: "It can't be used, it can't be used. How dare our humble household accept such a valuable gift."

  Lü Bu didn't like nonsense, so he looked at Gao Shun and said, "Just call it a draw and end it, no need to drag things out."

  Gao Shun said to his wife: "The General's kindness cannot be refused, accept it and that's all."

  Lü Bu then said to Gao Shun, "Those two horses and the weapons will be taken into the military camp as military supplies. We'll rest for a day today, and tomorrow we'll issue an announcement to recruit border troops. We should quickly train our soldiers, as time is running out. I'm sure the Xianbei will also come south, so we must make preparations."

  Gao Shun asked: "General, are you really going to defend Yanmen to the death?"

  Lü Bu's face darkened with rage. "Nonsense!" he bellowed. "With me here, the Xianbei dare not invade our borders and steal a single grain of rice."

  Gao Shun heard this and a surge of arrogance rose up, but he suppressed it in his heart. He turned around and said: "Since General Hou has already obtained the seal, why not move into the military camp? The camp originally had a mansion for General Hou, but since Governor Wang lives in the county government office, it was abandoned and unused. I see that Li Quan's house is quite run down, so when I was young, I led people to the military camp to clean up General Hou's mansion. This way, General Hou can handle affairs more conveniently."

  Lü Bu agreed: "In that case, I'll trouble you, General Cao. I'll go fetch Yan Ni and Yu'er now." With that, he mounted his horse and galloped towards the Li residence.

  Gao Shun was unclear about the relationship between Lü Bu and Yan Ni for a moment. He thought they were husband and wife, but sometimes he felt it didn't seem like that. However, he rarely went to worry about these trivial matters. Since Lü Bu said Yan Ni was his concubine, then calling her madam would do.

  At noon, Lü Bu took Yan Ni and Li Yu'er to live in the Shuofang military camp. Lü Bu also got some wealth, saw Yan Ni learning needlework, and let her make a leather armor for himself with cowhide, and a leather cloak for herself with sheepskin. Having a place to settle down, Lü Bu thought about how to protect this hard-won achievement. Yan Ni was also at ease, and even Li Yu'er lived a peaceful life because she had someone to rely on. The two girls, one big and one small, spent their days learning how to make a living.

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