Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

"Who?"

Lu Bu frowned instinctively. Although Zhang Lin was a captive, he showed signs of defecting. Moreover, he was on good terms with the Han officials of the Liao Dynasty. If a high-ranking official like the Prime Minister of the Southern Palace defected to him, the reaction he would like to see would be what he wanted to see. If he was exposed at this time...

Standing up involuntarily, Lu Bu's face darkened and he stared at Yu Cheng: "Have you captured him?"

"No... it's not what the king thinks." Yu Cheng had followed Lu Bu for a long time, so he knew what he was thinking. He shook his head and said, "It's a Korean named Yin Yanchun. According to him, he is the Imperial Censor of the Korean Kingdom. He was sent by the King of the Korean Kingdom to the Liao Dynasty to celebrate the Tianxing Festival. Because of the wars in Liaodong, he has been staying in the Liao Dynasty's Shangjing and has just returned. This is not his first time to the Liao Dynasty, so he met Zhang Lin. Now Zhang Lin is dragging him. What should the king do?"

"Oh? From Goryeo?" Lu Bu sat down again, tapping the armrest with his fingers. After a while, he said, "Find Yang Pu. Since a Goryeo official has come to our door, it's the best thing."

Yu Cheng nodded. Not long after, Yang Pu ran in wearing a brocade robe and a straw raincoat. He first took off his rain gear, then walked into the study and bowed, "My king, what do you want me to do?"

It's time to get the officials' uniforms ready as soon as possible.

Glancing at the other person's wet hem, Lu Bu thought to himself and said slowly, "Today, there is an envoy from Goryeo to Liao outside. Zhang Lin is talking to him. You are from the Ministry of Rites, so it is your business to entertain him."

"I understand." Yang Pu nodded: "I will find out the current situation of Goryeo and the location of the pirates as soon as possible."

"You can make the decision on this matter. I just want the result." Lu Bu looked at Yu Cheng and said, "Take Doctor Yang to Zhang Lin and ask him to cooperate."

The two of them saluted and left.

The door was closed, the damp and cold air was blocked outside, and the hall became quiet again.

Gazing at the feng shui map hanging over there, Lu Bu leaned back in his chair, frowning slightly. That Goryeo should be the descendant of Goguryeo, Mahan, and Yemok. If he remembered correctly, that country had always been eyeing the Liaodong land. Since the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, it had attacked Xuantu and Liaodong counties many times, and later it intensified its attacks on Lelang County.

That was the first year of Zhongping, right?

While thinking, Lu Bu gently touched the hard armrest with his fingers. What was the name of the King of Goguryeo?

Gu... Guchuan... That's right, the King of Guguochuan! This guy also caused trouble in Lelang County many times. What happened later?
Lu Bu raised his head and racked his brains to think about what happened more than ten or twenty years ago. He just shook his head for a while. Since entering Luoyang, he has not paid much attention to the border. All he has been thinking about all day is the intrigues among the ministers in the court...

Then he let out a bitter smile. It seemed like... I was the one who was deceived at that time? Thinking about it now, it was really sad.

Recovering his thoughts, Lu Bu stood up and walked to the geomancy map to look at it carefully. After a while, he pointed at Baozhou and Xuanzhou, pondered for a while, then quickly turned around and sat down, picked up a pen to write down the order regarding the border, and then stamped it with the royal seal.

"Somebody come!"

The guard outside quickly opened the door and came in.

"Send this fast horse to Ma Ling, Wang De, and Niu Wenzhong in the south, and ask them to guard against pirates and look after the border at the same time."

After saying that, Lu Bu watched the guards take orders and run into the rain. He looked at the sky and estimated that it was almost noon. Then he found an oil-paper umbrella. He didn't ask others to help him hold the umbrella, and he went back to the backyard alone.

The autumn rain hit the umbrella, making crackling sounds. I walked back to the house in the backyard step by step. I could hear faint voices talking inside and occasional laughter.

creak-

He pushed the door open and walked in with a puff of steam. As soon as the noise in the room stopped, Lu Bu closed the door with his backhand, put down the umbrella, and looked at the three women who turned their heads and said, "What are you talking about? You look so happy?" "My dear, why are you back so early today?"

Wu Qing stood up, reached out to take the cloak, and shuddered: "It's so cold today."

"That's right." As he said this, Lu Bu walked in. The heat from the burning brazier in the room dispelled the chill on his body, and he sat down with one foot: "Qiongying hasn't finished school yet?"

"No." Hu Sanniang stood up and poured some hot soup to drive away the cold and handed it to him: "There is still more than an hour."

"Where is Zaixing? Let's go together?" Lu Bu thought about it and felt that he had been busy recently and didn't seem to have taken much care of his apprentice.

"He's in the military camp." Wu Qing hung up his cloak and walked over to sit down: "You are a master, but you don't even know where your apprentice is."

"I've been busy lately and haven't been able to take care of it for a while." Lu Bu smiled and said, "But the military camp is good. It's a good place to train people. It's better than following me and practicing stupidly at home. I used to do that."

"I know, Your Highness the Prince of Qi." Hu Sanniang stood up and rolled her eyes: "You have said these words dozens of times. Hurry up and wash your hands. Sister Jinniang will prepare lunch in a while."

"I was just talking..." Lu Bu muttered, stood up helplessly, washed his hands and walked over to sit down.

Not long after, footsteps were heard outside, and the door opened. Su Jinniang and several maids came in with dishes and placed them on the table one by one. Then the maids left, leaving the space for the four people in the room.

"Where is Wen'er?" Lu Bu looked around. The noble King of Qi felt a little empty when he didn't see his daughter.

"She's tired from playing and fell asleep." Wu Qing said, picking up an empty bowl and picking up some meat and vegetables: "Let's eat first, and leave these for her to eat when she wakes up."

Lu Bu smacked his lips, but was helpless. He picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of meat. Only then did the three women start eating.

Perhaps it was because the meat was too greasy or because it just wasn’t to her taste, but Hu Sanniang spat out the first piece of mutton she put in her mouth. She covered her mouth and ran to the side, burping a few times.

Three pairs of eyes looked over.

"What...what happened?" Su Jinniang didn't react for a moment. She stared blankly at her sisters who were about to vomit. She couldn't help but pick up a piece of mutton, chewed it twice, looked at Lu Bu and Wu Qing, and murmured softly, "It's not broken..."

Wu Qing raised her delicate eyebrows and stood up: "Could it be that she is pregnant?"

"Got it?" Lu Bu repeated, and then his face was overjoyed. He quickly stood up and ran to open the door: "Someone, go call Jiang Wen over."

Then he turned around and closed the door, watching the two women help Hu Sanniang back to her seat: "Is it true?"

Hu Sanniang shook her head: "I don't know, I just suddenly felt disgusted, maybe not."

Su Jinniang also advised: "My dear, don't worry. Let Jiang Wen help to check the pulse first. If it's not the case, wouldn't it be a false alarm?"

The standing man nodded and drank the wine on the table in one gulp. Wu Qing poured some hot soup and handed it to Hu Sanniang.

As everyone was living a miserable life, in a short while, hurried footsteps were heard outside the door again. The door was pushed open, and Jiang Wen, with raindrops on her body, ran in panting. (End of this chapter)