Han Xiang

Chapter 15 Lu Bu's Tool Man
At the welcome banquet the next day, Hao Meng saw that Chen Gong's expression was normal, and wondered what the other party's plans were.

Because Long Xiang was 'drunk' last night, he originally planned to cancel the reception banquet, but Lu Bu insisted on inviting him, so he could only go to the banquet in a low spirit.

After taking his seat in the prefect's mansion, Long Xiang lowered his head and pretended to be a transparent person.

Lu Bu was obviously very concerned. He looked at Long Xiang who bowed his head and asked, "Long Sima, are you feeling unwell?"

"Reporting to General, General Long's complexion is not very good because he is not acclimatized to the environment."

Fearing that Long Xiang would answer wrongly, Han Yin got up to answer for him.

Lu Bu nodded affirmatively: "Perhaps the food in the post house is not to your liking, but today's wine and food are all top-grade in Xuzhou, you can taste more."

"The general obeys orders." Long Xiang hurriedly raised his head and clasped his fists in thanks.

As soon as he raised his head, he saw Lu Bu on the main seat glowing from a distance.

Long Xiang guessed that after he became the lord of Xuzhou, he hadn't come out of the excitement period yet, but when he was besieged by Cao Cao's heavy troops in the future, this guy would be unshaven, threatened to be hurt by alcohol, and ordered the soldiers to accompany him to quit drinking.

Lu Bu held a banquet exceeding the specifications, and arranged for all civil servants and military personnel to attend. Celebrities such as Zhang Liao, Cheng Lian, Wei Xu, Hao Meng, Chen Gong, etc. were all present, except Gao Shun, the leader of the camp who was not involved.

Long Xiang thought that he knew Lv Bu's generals at this time, and it would not be so abrupt to visit them one by one, but he didn't know that Gao Shun was sent by Lv Bu to work at this time. He gathered refugees around Xiapi and did statistics.

After drinking for three rounds, Han Yin stood up and saluted Lu Bu.

He once again clarified the purpose of his visit: "I don't know what Han said yesterday, did General Lu discuss it? My lord is still waiting eagerly in Huainan."

"Ah? Please sit down, Mr. Han."

Lu Bu smiled slightly, waved to Han Yin to sit down, and then added:
"My daughter is young, and my humble wife is very reluctant to part with her. Let me persuade you for a few more days. Today we will just drink and talk more about romance, and we will discuss the rest later."

Lu Bu moved his wife out as a shield, and Han Yin didn't dare to go too far under the eaves, so he had to sit down and drink resentfully.

Han Yin thought that the other party was still calculating the conditions, and he didn't know how much dowry he would ask for. If Lu Bu opened his mouth, he would not be able to get much money. It seemed that he had to pay close attention to the activities.

Zhang Liao, Chen Gong and others toasted in turn, and Han Yin handled it independently.

Lu Bu was very curious: "Long Sima hasn't touched the cup for a long time, does it mean that Xuzhou wine is bitter?"

Long Xiang himself was fishing, and when he heard Lu Bu's roll call, he got up immediately, clasped his fists and explained with a smile on his face: "The last general is soft-spoken, and his drinking capacity is too bad, so he dare not make a fool of himself in front of the heroes. Please forgive me, General Lu."

"Young heroes can't drink alcohol? I heard that Long Sima once retreated Zhang Fei alone. Zhang Fei is not afraid of alcohol, is he afraid of alcohol? Hahaha."

Lu Bu's words were like thunder on the ground, everyone in his tent knew that Zhang Fei was fierce, and they didn't believe that Long Xiang had such strength at all, so they all waited for Long Xiang to explain himself.

"This is a real story, in Huaiyin last month"

Han Yin originally intended to testify for Long Xiang, but seeing the generals in the hall, they seemed unwilling to listen to him at all.

He sat down to make fun of himself, and poked Long Xiang, who looked unharmed at the next table, to mean that you should settle your affairs by yourself.

Long Xiang immediately got up and clasped his fists, explaining in a serious tone: "General Lu Rong said that he will encounter Zhang Fei at the end of the day. In fact, it is just a trick to retreat from the enemy. It is all rumored by outsiders, and there are countless things to do."

"Ok?"

Han Yin's eyes widened, and he thought he was showing timidity?What's wrong with boldly admitting?Zhang Fei was not in front of him again.

"A trick? How to trick it? Can you tell me?" Lu Bu asked like a cannonball, obviously interested.

Long Xiang nodded and replied: "That day, Zhang Fei was exhausted, and because he hadn't eaten for many days, his strength was weaker than before, but the last general also fought hard to block, so he picked up the Zhangba Snake Spear. Zhang Fei saw that our army was neat and tidy. , so there is no hard work.”

Everyone suddenly realized after hearing this, Lu Bu nodded and said with a little regret: "It turns out that the ring-eyed thief was hungry and exhausted. Long Sima Ruo sacrificed himself to capture and kill this person, and he is probably famous all over the world."

"Sacrifice his life? Zhang Fei is still struggling with the beasts, and he is fighting hard. I don't know how many people will die. In the end, all his troops will be afraid of his prestige, so..."

Long Xiang lowered his head before he could speak.

Hao Meng in the hall heard the word sacrifice, and understood Long Xiang's thoughts better than others. His father did not get good results by sacrificing his life, so it was impossible to fight Zhang Fei desperately at that time.

"Long Sima is really an honest general, but this kind of thing is really not easy to force. When I see that ring-eyed black fellow in the future, I will definitely teach you a lesson or two."

Lu Bu stroked his beard, his face was full of pride, and he thought that only his position could fight Zhang Fei back and forth.

"Thank you, General."

Long Xiang cupped his fists to express his thanks, lamenting that Lu Bu is also a layman, and you pretended to be him by accident, thinking that if I had your force value, I would definitely fight Zhang Fei for a while at that time, and I would not be afraid to block that spear.

As Long Xiang brought Zhang Fei into the topic, Lu Bu started joking with everyone about the "ring-eyed thief". In short, Zhang Fei didn't have a good word to say, which showed that Lu Bu and Zhang Fei didn't deal with each other.

Long Xiang suddenly realized that he was invited by Lu Bu, perhaps the biggest purpose was to humiliate Zhang Fei behind his back, and he was completely a tool man in Lu Bu's eyes.

Thinking of this, Long Xiang 'drunk' himself with a few glasses of wine, and was carried back to the post house by Cao Xing's men again.

For the remaining three days, Han Yin and Long Xiang's soldiers split into two groups to give gifts to the civil and military men under Lu Bu, so as to leave a good impression on the Yuan family in Xiapi.

Long Xiang Yizui is famous in Xiapi, so in his follow-up visits, the other party is very interested in not preparing wine.

Three days later, Lu Bu sent someone to euphemistically reveal to Han Yin that there was a food shortage in Xuzhou recently, and he did not need other dowry gifts to marry his daughter. He hoped that Yuan Shu could support 20 hu of military rations, as well as some ordnance and armor.

Han Yin guessed that Lu Bu's tone was serious, but he didn't expect the other party to really speak loudly.

At this time, the higher Lu Bu asked for the betrothal gift, the less room for Han Yin to maneuver.

Han Yin thought about it all the way, and finally decided to take a risk. After all, it's okay for Yuan Shu to suffer a lot. Who made his lord rich and powerful.

Yuan Shu took the gift list transcribed by Han Yin, and read it strangely like giving the name of a dish.

"The military ration is 20 hu."

"Two thousand collars for armor."

"One thousand weapons."

"Three thousand pieces of silk cloth."

"One thousand gold."

"Lu Bu has a really big appetite. Think his daughter is made of gold? Gold people are not so expensive."

Yuan Shu raised the gift sheet and threw it on the ground, although Huainan was able to take it out easily, but Yuan felt very heartbroken.

Han Yin carefully picked it up on the ground, clasped his hands and carefully explained:

"The lord is about to proclaim himself emperor. Lu Bu thought that the son's marriage to a wife is actually a prince's concubine, so the dowry is relatively grand."

"Well, it makes sense, but he asked for it, which made me very uncomfortable."

Yuan Shu slapped the table, and after Han Yin's explanation just now, his anger subsided a lot.

Seeing that Yuan Yu's tone had eased, Han Yin continued to speak: "Lv Bu is a martial artist, so he probably didn't think that much."

"Well, if you don't know as much as ordinary people, I will let Wen Ze (Yan Xiang) prepare the things listed in the gift list."

Yuan Shu shook his head helplessly, and then added: "Has Zhang Jiong's letter been delivered yet?"

"The letter has been delivered to Hao Meng, and Chen Gong also mentioned it, I don't know if they are brave enough."

Yuan Shu stroked his beard and sneered: "Next, while preparing the dowry, we are waiting for news from Xuzhou. Lu Bu has a very bad style of work. It will be a matter of time before his subordinates will rebel. Hao Meng is now in charge of the defense of Xiapi City. The possibility of success is quite high. If this man can really capture and kill Lu Bu, I will take advantage of the situation and take Xuzhou."

(End of this chapter)