Han Xiang

Chapter 27 Can the Misunderstanding Be Solved?
After Chen Gui finished speaking, he was about to get up, and Chen Deng who was beside him rushed to help him.

"Since the doctor's heart is in Xuzhou, you have to put your heart into raising food." The Chen family's father and son put on a show, and Lu Bu said something beating, meaning that not being filial is not enough.

"Don't worry, Marquis Wen, the old man will do it with all his heart." Chen Gui spoke smoothly, but never mentioned the specific amount.

Chen's father and son bid farewell to Lu Bu, and walked out of the mansion in a blink of an eye. They were supposed to be Liu Bei's lobbyists, but somehow they became "defendants".

Chen Deng wanted to express his opinion as soon as he stepped out of the mansion, but found that the think tank, Chen Gong, was guarding outside. He had no choice but to greet him politely, and did not speak until the carriage started to run.

"Father, Lv Bu's aggressiveness just now must have been conspired by Chen Gong. Maybe the grain ship was not attacked at all, and he deliberately found an excuse to exploit us." Chen Deng's thin face was full of displeasure.

Chen Gui half-closed his eyes, and replied in a low voice: "Yuanlong, don't get angry, you need to be more calm in your actions and words. There may be some groundless rumors. It seems that if you don't subsidize some food, this matter will not end."

"Even if the grain ship is really burned, it doesn't look like Uncle Cong's style. It must be Chen Gong who put him on fire. This guy is really hateful. When I get home, I will send someone to investigate. I don't believe there is no flaw." Chen Gong Den gritted his teeth.

Chen Gui opened his eyes, waved his hands and said, "Yuan Long doesn't need to waste his efforts, even if Gong Wei didn't do this, Lu Bu and Chen Gong would think it was. After all, he is the master of Xuzhou now, so it's unreasonable not to provide some money and food. Plant it."

"Liu Bei wasn't like that at the time."

"If Lu Bu had the character of Liu Bei, with his bravery and fortune, he wouldn't be in such a field. You go secretly to the posthouse at night, bribe Han Yin to frame the grain guard officer, and say that he deliberately burned the grain ship himself. It is because they took Liu Bei's belongings and intended to destroy the marriage between the Yuan and Lu families."

"Why? It's impossible for Yuan Shu to admit it." Chen Deng's eyes widened.

Chen Gui said coldly: "It doesn't matter whether Yuan Shucheng admits it or not, but we can't make up for the food promised to Lv Bu, right? So we need to muddy the water first, and then just give some symbolic funding later. He can do what he did when he asked Dong Zhuo back then. Kill a food official to smooth things over."

"The one who suffers is Lu Bu. Will he marry his daughter if he doesn't get enough dowry?"

"Lu Bu has no principles. He likes to be close to the princes and bureaucrats. In fact, he has no great ambitions, but Yuan Shu's intentions are not right. Once the two get close, it will be harmful to Xuzhou, but not beneficial. It is best for Lu Bu not to marry his daughter. Well, if you turn against Yuan Shu because of this, even if you pay some money for your father, it will be worth it."

Chen Deng had to agree and said: "I've heard a little about Han Yin's personality, and if he pays a lot of money, he will succeed, but I'm sorry for the grain officer."

Chen Gui replied solemnly: "Everyone has a destiny. He was born in a military family in the head of Guizhou, and unfortunately he was Yuan Shu's soldier, so he deserved to end up like this. In the current troubled times, if we want to protect our family business, we must not be kind to women."

"My child understands." Chen Deng nodded in agreement.

That night, Chen Deng paid a heavy gift and visited Han Yin in the posthouse, and finally reached a certain agreement.

Two days later, Chen Gui went to the prefect's mansion again, and only after entering did he find that Lu Bu seemed to be waiting for him.

Lü Bu pointed at the first empty seat, and joked, "Doctor, I am quite late today, so hurry up and take your seat."

"The old man is old, Marquis Wen forgive me." Chen Gui smiled awkwardly, and slowly stepped forward to take a seat.

Seeing that Chen Gui was sitting still, Lu Bu went straight to the point and said, "I don't know how the preparations for the food agreed that day are going?"

Chen Gui replied: "In the past two days, we have been working hard on the preparations. The old man estimates that there will be five thousand hu, which should be able to solve the urgent needs of Marquis Wen."

"Five thousand? Not enough, not enough." Lu Bu waved his hands seriously.

Chen Gui knew that Lu Bu would not accept it, but he didn't expect the other party to be so straightforward, so he adjusted his sitting posture, stroked his beard and said, "Mr. Wen couldn't be more clear about Xuzhou's harvest in the past two years. Even the [-] hu grains were picked out from between the farmers’ teeth, and the Chen family really did their best to support Marquis Wen’s use of troops.”

"The Chen family is a prominent family in Xuzhou, five thousand hu is enough?" Lu Bu lowered his head and rolled his eyes.

"I really tried my best." Chen Gui nodded, and immediately changed the subject: "Besides, I heard that the matter of burning grain and sinking the ship had nothing to do with Gong Wei, but actually Yuan Shu's grain guard, who had ulterior motives , burned the grain ship by himself”

"The doctor is talking about the young general Long Xiang? What is his ulterior motive?" Lu Bu's expression at this time was like a lion facing a rabbit, as if he was determined.

Chen Gui shook his head lightly: "I don't know."

"Let me take a guess. Could it be that Long Xiang was bought by Liu Bei to deliberately sabotage the marriage between this general and Yuan Shu, and then go to relieve Xiao Pei's danger?" Lu Bu asked meaningfully.

After hearing this, Chen Gui rolled his eyes, nodded and agreed, "There should be such a possibility, did Chen Gongtai deduce it?"

Lu Bu shook his head and said, "It's Han Yin."

"Since what Mr. Han said, this matter must be true. The injustice suffered by my younger brother can now be cleared away. The general is wise." Chen Gui was overjoyed after hearing this, and secretly praised Chen Deng's matter It's a good job, Han Yin is actually talking so hard, it is estimated that he has cheated Yuan Shu a lot in the past.

"Don't worry, doctor, Han Yin still has something to say." The corners of Lu Bu's mouth rose.

"Anything else?"

Seeing Lu Bu's strange expression, Chen Gui suddenly had a bad feeling.

Lu Bu leaned forward slightly, and continued with a smile, "Han Yin also said that what you said just now was taught by your son Yuanlong (Chen Deng). The doctor thinks it is true or not? Do you want to call Yuanlong to confront him?"

"This..." Chen Gui's blood rushed straight to his forehead, and he never expected this to be the result.

Lu Bu was sitting and knocking on the table, and said very flatly: "Does the doctor think that Lu Bu is a martial artist, and anyone can plot against me?"

"Absolutely not, there must be a misunderstanding in this." Chen Gui felt that his mouth was full of words at this time, and he seemed to be unable to explain clearly.

"Is it really a misunderstanding?" Lu Bu asked persistently.

Chen Gui was thinking wildly in his mind, he wondered whether this matter could be big or small, and he didn't need to repeat the code for fear of ending in trouble.

Thinking of this, Chen Gui got up solemnly, cupped his hands and said: "All misunderstandings are caused by food. When Chen Gui goes back, he just sells the pot and sells iron. He also collected [-] dendrobium for Marquis Wen within a month. I wonder if this misunderstanding can be resolved?"

"What the doctor said is true?" Lu Bu was surprised.

Chen Gui nodded solemnly and said, "It's hard to follow a man's word, but I also have a small condition."

"Please tell me, doctor." Lu Bu gestured with his hand, his expression turned 180 degrees, and he returned to his former harmonious appearance.

"Xiaopei and Xiapi are the horns of each other. If Liu Bei is destroyed by Ji Ling, there is no guarantee that Yuan Shu will not send troops to Xuzhou. The old man asks Marquis Wen to rescue Xiaopei." Chen Gui knew that he could not escape, so he simply helped a group Liu Bei, by the way, made Mi's family owe him a favor.

"It's a small matter. I am familiar with Xuande, and the doctor will go to rescue him even if he doesn't say anything." Lu Bu is currently short of food, so he naturally obeys the new sponsor's request, but he also needs to speak beautifully.

(End of this chapter)