Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

Chapter 700 Origin
"This is a long story..." Lu Guan rubbed his fingers and thought for a while: "I'd better keep it brief."

"I'd like to hear the details." Assistant Li made a gesture and moved two chairs from the corner of the room and placed them beside him.

Yang Pu looked at Wang Zheng with some doubt. The young man suddenly remembered that Yang Pu was still unaware of the situation. He leaned over and whispered in his ear, "The Lu family of Xijin Prefecture may be a relative of the general."

Yang Pu suddenly realized, looked at Li Zhu, and thought that it was still about tracing the source.

Lu Guan walked back a few steps, and Han Duo had no choice but to follow him in. He closed the door and muttered to himself, if he had known it would be so boring, he should have let Guan Ge'er come alone.

"There are some missing copies of my family tree. According to records, it was caused by a fire in the ancestral temple." Lü Guan and Han Duo sat down. The former said with a look of regret, "But at least we managed to rob a lot. The earliest existing copy is from the Kaihuang period of the Sui Dynasty. Many of the family members served as officials in the court. After the Tang Dynasty, the family split into two branches. At that time, our family's hometown was Shouzhangji, the seat of Shouzhang County, which belonged to Jibei County. It should be Yunzhou in the Song Dynasty now."

Li Zhu narrowed his eyes and raised the corners of his mouth slightly, while Wang Zheng, Gao Zhen and Yang Pu frowned.

With his hands raised to the sky, Lu Guan continued, "During the Five Dynasties, our ancestors fled to Huangyin to avoid chaos and settled there. Later, our ancestors participated in the imperial examination in the 12th year of Emperor Shengzong's Tonghe reign and were lucky enough to win the title of No. 1 scholar and Jinshi respectively. From then on, they entered the government as officials. After experiencing ups and downs, they retired as prime ministers, and then the Lu family was established today."

"I didn't expect that your ancestor also lived in Yunzhou." Li Zhu said, and then smiled: "Maybe... this is fate."

Lu Guan didn't understand and gave him a puzzled look. Li Zu didn't intend to explain it to him. He just smiled and said, "Don't worry, young man. I promise that the general will receive you in the near future."

The young man named Lu who was sitting was overjoyed and quickly stood up and bowed to express his gratitude. After a few more words were exchanged, Lu Guan and Han Duo finally said goodbye and left again.

The two returned to their seats, said hello, and then paid the bill with the Han brothers and left. After leaving the restaurant, Han Duo looked around and exhaled: "Brother Guan, the people here are so unhappy. If they don't like us, just let us go. When will this drag on end?"

"Erlang, are those people still dragging it on?"

"If that's still the case, Brother Guan, why don't we just go back? It's useless to keep trying to please others."

They were all young people, and even though they were from wealthy families, there were some with quick tempers who started yelling when they heard Han Duo's words.

"Stop making noise!" Lu Guan waved his hand and glared at Han Duo. The young man over there shrugged with an innocent look on his face.

"I feel that Li Zhubu didn't give me a perfunctory response this time. I will definitely be able to meet the general in the next few days." Lu Guan clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Let's go back first. We will know the result after we meet the general."

The group of young men responded and followed him back, but they didn't look at the young man from the Lu family who was stroking his fingers with a thoughtful look on his face.

Why am I asking about my place of origin today?

……

The mid-autumn night was cool, and the night wind blew over the general's mansion, ruffling the branches and leaves on the treetops.

The lights in the general's mansion gradually went out, and the maids and servants finally put down their tedious work and fell asleep on the bed. In the main house, the sound like a cat's meowing stopped for a while, the lights came on by the window, and the sound of conversation was heard.

"... Sir, if you are upset, the people below you will also be anxious. If you are confused, the people below you will lose their direction. Xiao Haili, Deng Fei, Qiao Lie and their lives are entrusted to you. If you lose your decision, how will they cope?"

Wu Qing rested her head on the man's strong arm and stroked his skin with her fingertips: "Besides... you are also the sky of my mother and me. If the sky is clear, my mother and I can live in peace. No matter how turbulent the outside world is, I hope your mind will be as clear and bright as the sky."

Lu Bu was stunned for a while, then smiled, reached out and touched the woman's soft hair, with a self-deprecating expression: "Even you are starting to worry."

“I’m not…” Wu Qing stretched out his arms and tried to get up.

"You're right. I was a little indecisive." The man held her in his arms again. "Now is different from before. I was worried that I couldn't fulfill my duties as a lord. After all..." After a pause, Lu Bu stretched out his hand and looked at the back of his hand. "Forget it. It's too unlucky to say this."

The big hand went down, searching for something soft. "My dear, don't belittle yourself." The woman arched her back and changed to a comfortable position. "You have fought all the way to Liaodong and established such a great foundation. My two sisters and I are proud of you."

"This is exactly what I'm worried about." Lu Bu stared at the curtain above him. "It's easy to conquer a kingdom, but hard to rule it. The bigger the territory, the easier it is to cause trouble. There are still too few talented people below."

"My dear..." Wu Qing hesitated to speak.

Lu Bu raised his head slightly: "What's wrong? Just say whatever you want to say."

"I remember that the Lu family, who were said to be your relatives, served as officials in the Liao Kingdom for several generations?" In the dim light, a light flashed in the woman's eyes: "If so, why don't you take advantage of it, my dear?"

The eyeballs in the tiger's eyes moved: "What you said makes sense..." The man's voice sounded with a nod: "But let's not talk about it tonight."

Turning over and blowing out the light, the woman let out a soft laugh, "Ah——" and then the sound of a cat's meow continued to be faintly heard from the house.

The bright sunshine pierced the darkness just like yesterday, and the white clouds were slowly drifting away, pushed by the wind.

After breakfast, Lu Bu walked to the hall with square steps. The officials who passed by saluted him with smiles. Compared with usual times, he always felt that these people were overly excited.

Maybe the people down there are doing something...

Although Lu Bu had some guesses in his mind, he was not surprised. After all, Wang Yun had done more things back then. With previous experience, he naturally understood the situation now.

When he stepped into the office, Li Zhu, who had arrived earlier, was writing furiously on official documents. When he saw Lu Bu coming in, he quickly stood up to greet him.

"Let Lu Guan come over."

Mr. Jin Jian was a little stunned when he heard the order. He looked at Lu Bu carefully and suddenly smiled: "Yes, I will go and ask for help right away."

Just as he was about to leave, Lu Bu waved his hand and said, "Just find someone to go. You and the military advisor will help me review some official documents later."

Assistant Li smiled and nodded, then hurried out of the room, first asking someone to call Lu Guan and the others, then walked to Yu Cheng and said softly, "The general is in a good mood today, and he is completely different from yesterday. What happened?"

"I don't know either." Yu Cheng turned around and looked inside the house: "It's been like this since early this morning."

"Oh……"

"What happened?"

Looking at the doubtful supervisor, Assistant Li patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's okay. It may be a good thing."

He took a step and walked in.

Yu Cheng touched his head and said, "Nothing is wrong, that's a good thing."

After thinking for a long time without any result, he shook his head and looked straight ahead.

I'd better stand guard here.

(End of this chapter)