Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 634 Encountering an old acquaintance
Liu He looked at the man who was pulling the trailer with difficulty and staggering forward, and smiled.

He walked over quickly and called out, "Fengxian, are you all right?"

When the man heard the voice, his whole body was shocked and he stood there for a long time.

The soldier next to him recognized Liu He immediately after seeing him, and hurried over. Just as he was about to salute, he was stopped by Liu He.

"No need to be polite. I am here incognito. Please stand guard to the side while I chat with him."

The soldier did not dare to delay and ran away directly.

At this time, Lu Bu had lost a lot of weight, his hair was disheveled, his beard was scraggly, his eyes were bloodshot, and his clothes were tattered. Not to mention the fierce general he used to be, even a beggar on the street would probably be three times stronger than him.

He slowly turned his head and after seeing Liu He's face clearly, his eyes immediately became moist. He fell to his knees in front of Liu He, crying inconsolably.

When he knelt, his body made a "ding-dong" sound, because he was still wearing handcuffs and shackles.

Liu He specially asked three iron art masters to make this pair of handcuffs and shackles for him. They were made of fine steel, and even Liu He's natural supernatural power could not shake them at all. Moreover, after putting them on, the keyholes were blocked with molten iron, and they could not be opened at all, unless Liu He and others used their weapons to cut them off. Otherwise, no one could do anything about it.

"General, please forgive me... please forgive me... ahahaha... I, Lu Bu, am blind. I was blind to oppose you before. Please be magnanimous and forgive me... I really can't bear this kind of suffering... spare my life..."

Liu He looked at him with a smile on his face. "Haha, Lu Bu, the most powerful general in the world, how could you be wrong? As for sparing my life, it is even more embarrassing for me. How dare I kill you? How can I kill you? This little predicament can't be a problem for you, Lu Bu? Don't worry, I believe you will be able to escape soon."

Lu Bu crawled over and hugged Liu He's thighs.

"General, please spare me. I, Lü Bu, swear to heaven that from now on, I will serve you till death and will never have second thoughts. As long as you spare me, I, Lü Fengxian, will be able to lead the cavalry for you and attack together with your second brother Guan Yu, and I will definitely unify the world for you..."

"Tsk, the same excuse again."

Liu He felt very bored. Aren’t these the same words he said to Cao Cao after being captured at Baimen Tower in the original history?
Lu Bu didn't pay attention to Liu He's attitude and continued crying to himself.

"In addition to putting handcuffs and shackles on me, they also forced me to work non-stop every day. Others could take turns to rest, but I couldn't... If I was a little slow, I would be whipped. I couldn't stand it, I couldn't stand it..."

Liu He sneered, "You have brought this upon yourself. If I release you, not only will the hundreds of thousands of soldiers under my command disagree, I'm afraid the Zhao family of Shangdang will also oppose it with all their might. The Zhao family and I have been friends through thick and thin for nearly ten years. Would I fall out with them just because of a surrendered general like you? You are just daydreaming."

However, Lu Bu refused to give in and held on to Liu He's thigh tightly.

"As long as you are willing to let me go, I, Lu Bu, will do anything you ask me to do. If you don't want to use me, you can let me farm for you, herd horses, or even stay in your mansion as a guard. As long as you don't let me suffer here, I can do anything..."

"You are dreaming. You still want to be the guard of my house. Although the guards of my house are just ordinary soldiers, even the three ministers in the court have to be polite to them. You want to do it, but are you qualified?"

Lu Bu was stunned and said, "Then...then...then I will be a slave, a servant, a household servant. Everything is up to you. Just let me leave here. You have the final say. I beg you, I beg you..."

Seeing him crying and snotting, Liu He felt sick and wanted to pull his thigh away, but Lu Bu held on tightly and he could not get away for a while.

He suddenly exerted force on his legs, knocking Lu Bu away, and then waved to the soldier.

"My lord, what do you want?"

Liu He said coldly: "This guy still has a lot of energy, give him more work."

"Well, my lord, don't worry!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Bu became extremely angry and his eyes were about to burst.

"Liu He, you will not die well, you will not die well! Sooner or later, you will be worse off than me, for sure..."

Liu He snorted coldly: "Whether that day will come or not, I'm afraid you won't see it. Right here, reflect on what you have done over the years. If one day I really see him completely recognize his crimes, perhaps I will reconsider."

After saying this, he no longer paid attention to Lu Bu's howling, turned around and left quickly.

"Damn it, you bastard, you're asking for a beating!"

Immediately afterwards, Lu Bu's curses turned into screams.

"Gululu...Gululu..."

Liu He rubbed his stomach. He had rushed all the way here and was now starving.

"Let's go eat first, and take a look at the food prepared for the workers here."

Although he believed that Xun Chen would not deliberately mistreat these workers, it was impossible for Xun Chen to take care of these details personally. What if the people doing the work were not good enough, wouldn't it ruin his reputation?
He didn't need to ask, he just looked at the direction where the workers were walking back and forth, and soon found a huge shack.

Many workers were squatting on the ground around to eat. Liu He took a quick look and saw that each person had a large bowl of millet porridge and two coarse grain cakes. It was not rich, but it was enough to fill them up.

He tied up his horse and walked straight over.

Some workers looked at him in surprise when they saw him, a man who didn't look like a laborer, queuing up, but they didn't ask any questions.

Soon the line reached Liu He, and the person serving food frowned when he saw him. "Who are you? Why don't I know you?"

Liu He smiled and said, "I am new here. I know Lord Xun Chen, but the journey is long. I just arrived here and I am hungry, so I came here to ask for a meal."

The man didn't look like the kind of person who would eat and drink for free, and Liu He was also polite enough in his words, so he didn't take it too seriously.

"Now, here you go."

Liu He took his meal, said thank you, looked around, found a place at random, walked over, squatted down, and started eating.

After eating a few bites, Liu He nodded secretly.

"Well, it seems that Xun Chen is a talented person with good management. Although the porridge and cakes taste ordinary, the portions are sufficient and there is a lot of rice in the porridge. I feel relieved."

After finishing the meal quickly, Liu He felt a little tired and stretched.

"Today we will just spend the night in this wilderness. Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, we will go to the other four cities to have a look. Then it is time to go home."

He was just about to lead his Baiyu Qianlizhui when he saw several people surrounding his BMW. One of them was a man dressed in a brocade robe, who looked like a young man in his twenties, and he kept exclaiming in admiration.

"What a good horse! What a good horse! Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, I have traveled a lot and have seen many fine horses, but none of them is as majestic as this one. It is wonderful, wonderful."

Several attendants nearby hurriedly flattered him: "Sir, you have a wide range of knowledge. If you say it is a good horse, then it must be a good horse. Only someone of your status can match such a good horse."

The young master was very pleased to hear this: "Then what are you waiting for? Find the owner of this horse right away. I want to buy his horse."

"Yes, yes, I'll find it right away."

As soon as the followers turned around, their expressions changed from their previous fawning smiles to arrogant and domineering ones.

"Whose horse is this? Whose? Come out now!"

Liu He didn't know the identity of this young man, let alone why he was here, but since the other party was planning to chase him across the sea, he had no choice but to step forward.

But as the saying goes: Be polite before using force.

He walked over quickly, clasped his fists and saluted: "Excuse me, everyone. This is my horse."

The young man looked back at Liu He, and when he saw what he was wearing, his eyes immediately revealed contempt.

"I thought he belonged to some noble family or a general, but he turned out to be just a poor boy. How can you own such a good horse with your status?"

Liu He was inevitably a little unhappy when he heard his unfriendly tone, but in order to avoid causing trouble, he smiled and replied: "I have traveled all over the place, and I found this horse by chance in the wilds of Liangzhou last year."

The young man had an expression that said "as expected".

"You are lucky, I like your horse. Name your price."

Liu He frowned slightly and said, "I have relied on this horse to travel the world. It is inconvenient to sell it. Please forgive me, sir."

The young man's face immediately darkened, and the followers beside him immediately started shouting.

"You kid, don't be shameless. My master likes your horse and is willing to pay for it. That's your blessing. What are you proud of, a poor boy? If you anger my master, he will take it away directly, and you can't do anything about it."

The workers around seemed to be a little afraid of this young man and avoided him one after another. Even the ones in charge of serving food did not want to provoke him and instead winked at Liu He.

Liu He smiled in response to their kindness and then looked at the young man.

"I wonder who you are, young master, and why you have such a tone?"

The young man had his nose in the air, and although he was half a head taller than Liu He, he looked as if he was looking down on Liu He.

"He doesn't even know my name. You can tell him so that he can learn more."

The attendant was even more arrogant than his master: "Stand still, kid. Don't be scared. My son is a relative of the current Minister of State, one of the Nine Ministers of State, the second son of Master Wang Qian, Wang Tong, and currently the county lieutenant of Dingrong City."

"Wang Qian?"

Liu He naturally knew this name. It was one of the branches of the Taiyuan Wang family, the Shanyang Wang family of Shanyang County in Yanzhou. To say that they were of the same clan as the Taiyuan Wang family was actually a bit far-fetched, but now the Taiyuan Wang family, represented by Wang Yun of the Qixian Wang family, was flourishing in the court, so it was normal for some distant cousins ​​who were separated by generations to come and try to curry favor with them.

Wang Qian was originally the chief secretary of the mansion of the former general He Jin. Later, He Jin was killed and he was unemployed at home. He climbed up the Wang family of Taiyuan. In addition, he was indeed talented, and he rose rapidly in a few years. From a chief secretary of a general's mansion, he gradually became one of the nine ministers of the court, in charge of court sacrifices and national ceremonies, which was somewhat similar to the Minister of Rites in later generations. The future abdication ceremony between himself and Emperor Xian was under his control. He was in a very high position and had great power.

Wang Qian also had an eldest son named Wang Can, who was very famous and one of the Seven Sages of the Jian'an Period. The fact that Wang Qian, as a father, was able to be promoted quickly within a few years was also related to his son's talent and fame. People such as Lu Zhi, Cai Yong, Cui Lie all admired Wang Can very much, which made Wang Qian, as a father, very successful in the court.

(End of this chapter)