Lu Bu, God of War of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 164 Tianshui 5
Chapter 160 Four

"Master Deng is famous all his life, leaving this child alone is lonely. How about this? I intend to adopt this child as a foster son and train him well so that he can make great achievements in the future, and his father's reputation will not be weakened. I don't know Deng What do you think, madam?" Seeing that this opportunity is rare, Lu Bu took the opportunity to ask Deng Ai to be his adoptive son.

"This? My family's Ai'er is still young, not to mention that I am going to take Ai'er back to my hometown. I am afraid that Ai'er will not have this blessing." Deng replied after a little hesitation.

After all, Lv Bu was Dong Zhuo's subordinate. Dong Zhuo had a bad reputation for usurping the country. In addition, Lv Bu murdered his adoptive father Ding Yuan. Although Deng was ignorant, he had heard about these things from time to time, so for Lu Bu didn't mean to get close.It's just that after meeting each other, I felt that Lu Bu was not as human as the rumors said. In addition, Lu Bu had taken back Deng Fan's body, so he had contact with Lu Bu. Now that Lu Bu suddenly made such a request, Deng was naturally a little bit conflict.

"Hahaha, Madam Deng, do you think that I, Lu Bu, will covet your orphans and widows? Lu Bu just admires Mr. Deng Fan and wants to raise his children for him." After listening to Deng's answer, Lu Bu said, Knowing that Deng Shi had doubts, he said.

"Why did General Lu say that? Our orphans and widows, General Lu naturally has no covetous intentions. But my family officials have just left, so is General Lu going to bully our orphans and widows?" There was some displeasure in his tone, and Deng's tone immediately became firm.

"General Lu's great kindness, Deng Zhongzong is too broken to repay, but please don't threaten Deng's mother and son." Deng Zhong, who was on the side, saw that Lu Bu and Deng's did not talk well, so he stepped forward and said.Although Deng Zhong's words were tactful, his face showed determination, as if he would do his best if he couldn't speak well.

"Hey, Lu Bu is also a self-aware person. He knows that he is notorious and is not up to the important task of teaching your son. However, there is a man in our army, named Lu Zhi, who comes from a famous family and is famous. Lu Bu wanted to make a deal , recognized the poor Deng Ai as his adoptive son, and sent him to Mr. Lu Zhi’s family, so that he could be taught. But now, it seems that the two misunderstood me for bullying the orphans and widows. Lu Bu is really ashamed.” Lu Bu As he said that, he was about to start, with a look of shame on his face.

"This is because my concubine is ignorant and ignorant, and I misunderstood the general's kindness. Please don't be offended by the general." Upon hearing Lu Bu's words, Mrs. Deng immediately understood.Although Lu Bu has a bad reputation and Deng doesn't want to have anything to do with Lu Bula, Lu Zhi is a famous Confucian all over the world. If Deng Ai can get Lu Zhi's teaching and study under Lu Zhi's door, that is what Deng Ai could only wish for.Besides, after Deng Ai was originally Zhongliang, he would not refuse Lu Zhi if he wanted to come, but if Lu Zhi wanted to accept Deng Ai, he still needed someone to recommend him.Deng believes that Lu Bu can do this.But Mrs. Deng himself couldn't do it. It must be that Lu Zhi's threshold is still a bit high for a dead husband.Thinking of this, Mrs. Deng hesitated, wondering if she should let Deng Ai recognize Lu Bu as her godfather?
"General Lu Haihan, it was Deng Zhong who took the liberty just now." Deng Zhong also reflected it now, and quickly put away his irregularities, and said apologetically.

"The two of you are also thinking about Deng Ai's future, so naturally Lu Bu won't blame you. You didn't think about this matter for a while, we can talk about it later, but there is still one thing that needs to be resolved right now. Let's discuss it first." Lu Bu saw Deng didn't make a decision for a while, so he postponed the matter. Lu Bu believed that as long as Deng's mother and son came to him, he would figure out a solution sooner or later, so he was not in a hurry.

"General Dayi, if you have anything to do, just ask." Now Mrs. Deng became polite to Lu Bu again.It seems that Lu Zhi's charm is not small.Lu Bu did so many things, but he couldn't impress Deng Shi. Instead, Deng Shi felt that he had other plans. However, as soon as Lu Zhi's name came out, Deng Shi made a 180-degree turn, and Lu Bu had to do it. Admittedly, the importance of this reputation is still beyond Lu Bu's own imagination.

"Although I brought Lord Deng Fan's body back, Madam Deng still needs to decide how to arrange it. I don't know if Madam Deng is going to bring Lord Deng Fan's body back to her hometown for burial, so that Master Deng will return to her roots? Or should she just bury it here? What about Tianshui? I don't know if Mr. Deng left any words during his lifetime?" Lu Bu asked very aptly, this kind of concern made people feel that Lu Bu was like an equivalent relative.

"This? The concubine is just a woman. How can I manage it? I don't know what my uncle means?" Deng thought for a while but couldn't make up his mind, and turned to look at Deng Zhong.It must be that Deng Zhong was the brother that Deng Fan worshiped before he died. It is reasonable to ask Deng Zhong about this kind of matter.

"Uh, how can I make the decision on this matter, let the lady make the decision." It's not easy for Deng Zhong to express his opinion on this kind of matter, so he pushed the decision to Deng's.

"Hehehe, if you two decide to bury Lord Deng in Tianshui, we will take care of all the funeral matters, and we will never treat Lord Deng Fan badly. Of course, if you two decide to take Lord Deng back to his hometown for burial If so, I will also send a sum of money, which is enough to send Master Deng back and have a grand funeral." Lu Bu looked at the expressions of the two, but said very generously.

"In this case, I need more General Lu Bu. My lord has been an official outside for many years. It is true that the family has some savings. It is good to be able to return to the roots. I would like to thank General Lu Bu for fulfilling my concubine." Deng hurriedly bowed to Lu Bu Said.

"Ma'am, why be so polite. I am an official in the same dynasty as Deng Ai, so I should do something. Since you decided to let Mr. Deng fall back to his roots, it is not bad. But now that the world is in chaos, and Deng Ai is young, it is very inconvenient to go on the road. How about this?" Let Deng Zhong take Mr. Deng's body back to his hometown. The wife and the child will stay first, and when the war eases a little later, I will go to Mr. Lu Zhi and talk about letting the child follow Mr. Lu Zhi. I don't know what Madam Deng wants?" Of course Lu Bu didn't want to let Deng's mother and son leave, as soon as Deng's mother and son left, as the saying goes, there is a huge crowd, and it will be difficult to find them.

"I'm afraid this is inappropriate. Since my husband wants to go back to his hometown for burial, the child and I should go home and watch the funeral." Deng said hesitantly.

"Hey, the world is in turmoil and thieves are everywhere. You orphans and widows are on the road. It's really hard to guarantee your safety. I'll send someone to take you home after the war subsides." Lu Bu further persuaded.

"What General Lu Bu said is true. In the current troubled times, it is really inconvenient for Madam and Young Master to go on the road. I think General Lu Bu is very generous. Madam might as well stay." At this time, Deng Zhong persuaded again.

"That's right, Madam should be thinking about the children instead of herself. Deng Ai is still so young, how can he endure the bumpy road?" Lu Bu advised here.

"In this way, I will bother General Lu Bu, and I will work as a servant in the General's mansion. If the general has any assistants, I will definitely not refuse." This Deng family is a careful person, and he refuses to eat free rice with Lu Bu.

"Hahaha, what did Madam Sister-in-law say? Lu Bu is very happy to do her best for Mr. Deng." Lu Bu laughed loudly. As a result, Lu Bu's busy work finally paid off.

"Uncle, I will entrust the matter of my adults to my uncle, and I will thank you uncle." Mrs. Deng immediately bowed to Deng Zhong and said.

"Ma'am, don't worry, Deng Zhong will come back to look for Madam immediately after finishing his business." Deng Zhong also bowed to Deng.

When something happened here, Lu Bu asked someone to get a big cart, decorated Deng Fan's body, found a good coffin, loaded it into the cart, and handed it to Deng Zhong. Deng Zhong ate food and funeral expenses all the way.Lu Bu was not a stingy person. Now that the big things had been done, he would naturally not place much value on these small moneys. Of course, the funeral expenses of a prefect in ancient times could not be a small amount.However, Deng Fan was originally a clean and honest official, and Longyou City had already fallen, even though Deng Fan had some savings during his lifetime, it has become worthless now, and he can only rely on Lu Bu for everything.

Fortunately, Lu Bu killed Wang Gui, the prefect of Tianshui, and he also had some wealth, which happened to be enough to meet the expenses this time.

While Lu Bu was busy here, the generals under Lu Bu were also busy preparing for the battle.But among the generals, Wei Xu and Dian Wei suffered the most.These two men accepted the task of replenishing [-] cavalry and are busy now.

"Dian Wei, there are only five hundred horses in the Tianshui County soldiers, I'll give you all of them." After checking the strength of the Tianshui County soldiers, Wei Xu said to Dian Wei.

"What? You're really so good, you're all cheap for me? Although the quality of these war horses is a bit poor, they can still be used as a supplement. You don't really want to give up." Dian Wei asked Wei Xu with some doubts.

"Of course, I, Wei Xu, mean what I say. When have I ever lied to you?" Wei Xudao said seriously.

"Then what do you do? I, Dian Wei, are not stingy people, how about it, we have half of the [-] war horses." Dian Wei is also a rough man, if others argue with him, he might not want to let it go. But if others let him, he will feel that he owes others.So he didn't want to take advantage of Wei Xu and said.

"Hey, in fact, I have already replenished my [-] horses, and I am recruiting people now." Wei Xu said with a little embarrassment.

"What? Where did you get your war horse?" Dian Wei asked in surprise.

"Actually, it's nothing. Didn't we burn the Qiang soldiers outside Longyou City? In fact, we captured some war horses. Not too many, [-] horses, just enough for me." Wei Xu said with some embarrassment.

"What? That's not acceptable. You have to share some with me. The war horses of the Qiang people are all good horses. Look at the horses of the soldiers from Tianshui County. They are simply ugly. Some are even slave horses. Where are there war horses?" meaning." Dian Wei only had 2000 men in his hands, so he was naturally unwilling to use these inferior horses.

(End of this chapter)