Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Step over the brazier.

The pomelo leaf was dipped in clean water and swept across the front and back of the figure wearing the beast-faced hooded armor, then dipped in water and swept across the shoulders, before being handed to the maid to let her leave.

Wu Qing took two steps back and bowed with Hu Sanniang and Su Jinniang: "Congratulations, my dear, on your great victory."

Qiu Qiongying and Yang Zaixing in the back immediately stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Disciple Yang Zaixing (Qiu Qiongying) greets the Master."

"Congratulations, sir, on your victorious return home." The servants and maids standing at the back all bowed down.

"Someone is back."

The man who had been fighting for a long time showed a relaxed smile on his face. His strong and sturdy body bent down, and his armor made a slight metallic sound. His curved tiger eyes looked at Lv Wen who was holding the woman's skirt and standing shakily, looking at him timidly: "Daddy is back."

The little guy cried "Wa——" and stretched out his hands. Lu Bu quickly picked him up, patted him in his arms twice, smiled awkwardly and stood up: "It seems that the child has been anxious because of the long time fighting outside."

The three women rarely saw him like this, so they covered their mouths and laughed. Wu Qing looked at the people who were stopped by the guards at the end of the street and said, "My dear, please go back home first. It's not good to stay outside."

"Ah."

Lu Bu agreed with a smile, then coaxed the little guy who was holding on to the belt of his cloak at his collar, took off the ring-handled sword from his waist and threw it to Yu Cheng, then strode into the gate of the mansion.

Yu Cheng at the back took it, looked at the figures moving forward and smiled unconsciously, and shouted to the guards at the back to go into the mansion and go to the resting place to take off their armor and have a rest.

"Do you miss your father? Do you listen to your mother at home? Do you eat well..." The man shook his arms from time to time while walking to let the little one feel the bumps. The series of questions in his mouth made Lu Wen gradually stop wiping her tears.

The three women at the back looked at each other and smiled. Su Jinniang said with a happy face, "We haven't seen each other for such a long time. Your husband only cares about talking to his daughter and ignores the three sisters. Isn't that inappropriate?"

"..." Lu Bu looked a little embarrassed. He turned around to look at the three women, moved his lips twice, and didn't know what to say.

"Pfft-"

The three girls smiled, and Wu Qing glanced at Lu Bu in a charming way: "Sister Jin Niang was just joking, my dear, don't think too much about it."

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Exhaling, the man understood the longing and relief in the eyes of the three women, and said apologetically: "I have been away from the battle before, and I made you worry about it."

"Why don't you take me with you next time?" Hu Sanniang brought up the past: "Then I can take care of you in the army." Lu Bu patted his daughter's plump back, hesitated, and shook his head: "Warfare is no joke. I dare not say that I will win every battle. There should always be someone to protect me at home. Only then can I feel at ease."

The tall woman wanted to say something else, but was pulled back by the two sisters beside her, and finally pouted unwillingly.

The skylight shifted and the lights were turned on earlier than usual. The return of the backbone and the arrival of the three women brought a lot of vitality and laughter to this cold mansion. Wu Qing's maid walked around the mansion, directing the servants to hang lanterns everywhere, and went to the kitchen to urge the cook to prepare banquets and cakes.

One after another, figures carried wooden trays and walked through the corridor, entered the main house and placed them on the table, serving dinner to Lu Bu's family of four adults and one child. A maid brought in water and helped the three of them soak their feet, then left. There would be people waiting outside in the evening, so they were not needed.

The little one was served first, while the four older ones took some drinks and drank them in the room.

The family at this time were together less often than they were apart. After many months of separation, they were finally reunited, but they were still able to understand each other, especially the three women. They knew very well what their men were doing, and their family relatives often came to them for advice under the pretext of visiting.

It was late at night and the house was dark. At some point, the sound of a woman's meowing and the man's rough breathing could be heard from the room. The sound was intermittent in the wind, making people blush.

The morning of the first day of summer came early, and the whole mansion was still quiet. Only the maids and servants who had gotten up early were quietly preparing for the start of the day. There were a few footsteps running in the corridor, and someone leaned against the wooden door to report: "My lord, Li Zhubu and Fang Bingcao are here, and they are waiting in the study."

The figure in the curtain suddenly opened his eyes. Lu Bu sat up gently, looked at the three women lying in a mess, covered them with quilts, got down on the bed quietly, and couldn't help but raised his hand to cover his mouth and yawned. The maid in the outer room heard the noise, pinched herself hard, and ran over to help put on clothes.

After getting dressed and tying his hair, Lu Bu stopped for a moment and told the maid, "Ask the kitchen to pay attention to today's meal. I need to take care of my body."

"Please rest assured, my dear, everything has been arranged."

Nodding, he adjusted the jade pendant on his waist, opened the door, and walked out. The coolness of the early morning refreshed him a little, and he stretched himself lazily: "Be more restrained in the future. It's too late to sleep so late."

He strode out, and Yu Cheng and several guards who were waiting in the distance hurriedly followed him.

Turning around the courtyard and walking through the corridor, the group arrived at the study. Li Zhu and Fang Xuedu had been waiting for a long time and were sipping tea. When they saw the figure walking towards them with the gait of a dragon or a tiger, they hurriedly stood up and bowed. The walking figure waved for them to sit down, and then walked to the table and sat down.

"While I was away, it seems that you have governed Liaoyang Prefecture well. You need to keep working hard. I want to talk about what to do next." Lu Bu asked Yu Cheng to take the geomancy map and hang it up. He drew a line on it with his finger: "From the perspective of the goal, we have accomplished it. We have taken over the richest place in Liaodong. From the perspective of our neighbors, the Jin Kingdom in the north is right at our doorstep. It will only take a day or two for them to attack from Xianzhou. The Liao army in the west may also move eastward to fight us at any time. Although they have lost 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers and horses here, they have not suffered any serious damage. If I were the emperor of Liao, I would definitely accumulate strength again and move eastward to fight us again after the spring plowing."

"Liaozhou, Suizhou, Xianzhou, and Xizhou are our defense lines against the Liao Kingdom, but this defense line is too fragile, so we need to build a dock fort at the place where it must pass. Not only this place, but also Liaozhou and Yinzhou."

The big hand slapped it hard, and the tiger's eyes were a little fierce: "Since we have eaten this piece of fat meat, we can't spit it out again. Let the people below move. When our strength increases, I will eat them!"

Li Zhu and Fang Xuedu stood up, clasped their fists, and nodded vigorously. (End of this chapter)