Chapter 41 Giving the Imperial Jade Seal
Lu Bu brought only more than a dozen followers.
After leaving Xia Pi, they rushed all the way to Xudu.
Xu Du was not very far from Xia Pi. In order not to cause trouble, Lu Bu did not ride the Red Rabbit either.
He was riding an ordinary war horse.
They traveled starry night and in just a few days, they arrived outside Xudu City.
After several major wars, Xuzhou has become in decline. Xudu is far away from war, and the people live a stable and prosperous life, and the streets are in a hustle and bustle.
According to Yan Xiang's suggestion, Lu Bu did not enter the city as himself, but pretended to be the relatives of the Lu family.
Last time, due to the fire of food and grass, Cao Cao had to order his troops to retreat.
He was always worried about that matter.
Without breaking through Xuzhou, Cao Cao always felt that his back was unstable.
Recently, he has been raising food and grass, and plans to seize it together with Huainan, Xuzhou and other places in some days.
When Cao Cao heard that Lu Bu sent someone to Xudu, he was confused and asked his staff at the scene: "Lu Fengxian sent someone to Xudu, what do you think he wants to do?"
"Xuzhou has experienced several wars, and now it is full of devastation and people's livelihood. Even if Lu Bu works hard to manage, he will not be able to recover his vitality within three or five years." Guo Jia said: "I think he should have sent someone to Xudu to make an announcement to the lord."
"I was planning to attack again in a few days, but he actually sent someone to show goodwill." Cao Cao smiled coldly: "Lu Bu is becoming more and more innocent. Will I not hit him if I show goodwill?"
"The lord will be both fighting or not, and you still have to meet him." Guo Jia said, "Let's see what sincerity Lu Bu sent him first."
"Okay." Cao Cao ordered the guards: "Bring Lu Bu's messenger."
Lu Bu was waiting outside, and news came from inside that Cao Cao received. He ordered the guards to stay where they were and follow the Cao family guards who came out to greet him into the front hall.
Seeing Lu Bu, Cao Cao, Xun You, Xun Yu and others, they all sat upright, their eyes showing surprise and incredible surprise.
When Lu Bu followed Ding Yuan into Luoyang, he was at the age of twenty-eight or nine.
He was extremely heroic at that time. After Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo turned against each other, he became famous throughout the court and the country after several battles.
The young man who came to Cao Cao and others had a very similar appearance, body and expression to Lu Bu back then, but he was even younger, and there was even a hint of the young man's intentional frivolity in his eyebrows.
"I've seen Mr. Cao!" Lu Bu stood still and bowed.
"Who is the young general?" Cao Cao looked at Lu Bu in confusion.
"I am General Lu Nan, the son of General Lu." Lu Bu said a random name: "Come to pay homage to Mr. Cao at his uncle's order."
"The son of Fengxian was named Lu Hou. He was born strangely, but he was very brave. I have seen him." Cao Cao said, "I didn't expect that his son would be born like him."
Haha, Cao Cao looked at his aides and generals: "Who do you think this son is more like Fengxian's son?"
Cao Cao was interested in ridiculing Lu Bu, and everyone laughed while sitting.
One of them asked Lu Bu: "Little General, have you ever asked your parents at home? When you were there, was your father living at home or Lu Fengxian taking care of you?"
The person who spoke was a short Cao family general.
Lu Bu knew him.
This person's surname is Le and his name is Jin. Although he is short and he is extremely brave on the battlefield.
During the Cao army's repeated battles, Le Jin charged forward and made countless contributions to Cao Cao.
"Because I was born, I decided that I was my uncle's son?" Lu Bu smiled calmly: "The general is short, and I think his hair is also lush. If you want to say that the general looks more like the monkey, I wonder if he was the general's father or the monkey at home back then?"
Le Jin was stuffed with a slap in a crazy laugh, and his face suddenly became ugly.
The staff and generals who were sitting stopped laughing and glared at Lu Bu.
"What do you mean?" Le Jin knelt up with his sword.
"Nothing." Lu Bu still looked calm: "The general reasoned so much, I just asked back according to the general's statement, why are you still angry?"
"Okay, okay!" Le Jin was about to get angry, but Cao Cao waved his hand and said, "This man is smart and has a different temperament, although he looks like Lu Fengxian."
Cao Cao spoke, and although Le Jin was full of anger, he didn't dare to say it out. It was worth sitting down.
"Why did Fengxian let the young general come to Xudu?" Cao Cao asked, "Don't he know that the two families are fighting?"
"Mr. Cao has the dignity of becoming a martial ethics and virtues, and his uncle has long admired him very much." Lu Bu replied: "He was willing to serve before, but Mr. Cao believed the slander of evil people and refused to give him a chance, so he was out of control. A few days ago, my uncle asked me to go to Shouchun and accidentally got a treasure. After seeing it, he said that only Mr. Cao deserved it, so he asked me to send it to him in order to repair it with the Cao family!"
"The young general went to Shouchun?" Cao Cao asked, "Is it possible that Feng first wants to contact Yuan Shu to compete with me?"
"No." Lu Bu smiled calmly: "I'm going to kill Yuan Shu."
"Have you succeeded?" Cao Cao asked.
"He has succeeded." Lu Bu replied: "Now Huainan has become a homeless land. My uncle also planned to ask Cao Gong to take Huainan by offering treasures. He is willing to send troops from Xuzhou to support him and help Cao Gong accomplish great things."
"Bengxian has always been different, why should I believe him?"
"No, it's up to the treasure I brought." Lu Bu reached into his arms and took out a small bag, holding it with both hands and handing it to Cao Cao.
The guard stepped forward to take the bag and turned it to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao opened his bag, and what appeared before him was a jade seal.
The texture of the jade seal is bright and there are patterns of two dragons playing with beads engraved around it.
Especially the eight small seal characters on the front show their supreme status.
"The Jade Seal of the Kingdom!" As soon as Cao Cao spoke, everyone was stunned.
"It is the jade seal of the country." Lu Bu said: "Uncle is willing to offer this item to Mr. Cao to express his heart and mind!"
Playing with the jade seal of the kingdom, Cao Cao asked everyone sitting, "What do you think?"
"Duke Cao!" Someone stood up: "Lu Bu sent this treasure just to delay time. With his three-name slave, he would still rebel sooner or later..."
The man who stood up had fair skin and big ears, which was different from ordinary people. He was Liu Bei who was wandering under Cao Cao's tent.
Cao Cao was still frowning and wondering whether he should accept Lu Bu’s surrender. Lu Bu looked at Liu Bei and sneered: “This person should be Liu Xuande.”
"The young general recognizes me?" Liu Bei looked at Lu Bu in surprise.
"Duke Xuande even ignores his family in order to survive. How many people in the world don't know?" Lu Bu said: "The so-called family, country, only with a family can one have a country, and only with great achievements in the world. I admire heroes like Duke Xuande who can ignore his family's life and death in order to survive. If my uncle could be as unkind as Duke Xuande, he would definitely have done a lot of things."
Chapter completed!