Liu Xuande would never be a succubus of the Eastern Han Dynasty!

"!!"

“(｀??)Ψ”

Upon hearing this, Sheng Xian, Master Lu and Mo Tong, who was hiding in the corner, screamed in surprise at the same time.

Sheng Xian took a few steps forward and asked hurriedly, "Do you agree? This old fox must have seen your abilities and wants you to work for him, so he's using our relationship to tie you down! Don't agree!"

"..."

Although Master Lu did not say anything, he nodded slightly, indicating that he also agreed with Sheng Xian's statement.

Mo Tong looked at the situation here, then looked at Liu Bei's expression, and stood there in a daze, looking a little embarrassed.

It’s not that she cares much about Liu Bei’s marriage, but for a stay-at-home girl, this place full of strangers really makes her feel very uncomfortable.

Even though this was not a social occasion and everyone was discussing the battle plan with great enthusiasm, Mo Tong felt that as long as he was in a crowd, his heart would start to panic and his legs would sometimes even fail to function.

But what Mo Tong found strange was that all these strange little problems disappeared as soon as he saw Liu Bei.

This made her want to stay by Liu Bei's side even more.

"Of course, I declined."

Liu Bei glanced at the approaching Mo Tong with a bit of surprise, and then said: "The world is not yet at peace, and the people are not yet settled. I don't have much time to spend on this right now."

"That's good."

Master Lu nodded in agreement and said, "You are still young. I hope you will devote more energy to studying and making achievements. As for other things that will distract you... I will take care of them all for you."

"That's right," Sheng Xian nodded repeatedly, "Instead of giving that old fox a good deal, you might as well give it to me!"

"?"

The moment he finished speaking, Sheng Xian suddenly felt a strong murderous intent coming like the sea, and turned his head to look.

Master Lu stood still, his red eyes glancing at her without any emotion.

Just a glance, just a glance.

Sheng Xian couldn't even move an inch. A strong desire to survive made him quickly say, "I was just joking...hahaha..."

Only after these words did the astonishing murderous aura disappear.

Sheng Xian looked at Master Lu, who still had no expression on his face, and cursed in his heart: What a protective devil he is, he doesn't even know who to keep Xuande for!

"Can you please stop talking about this?" Liu Bei said helplessly. "Let's talk about business. How far have you discussed this? When do we start?"

"...Xuan De's arrival is opportune. We've already reached a conclusion from our discussion," Master Lu replied. "Let Xiao Zhang tell you the details."

"Ah, where are you going, Master?"

"The Patriarch of the Lu family has proposed marriage. As your elder, how can I be disrespectful? Of course, I should reciprocate and talk to him about you."

After saying this, Master Lu walked straight out without looking back.

"Well, that guy hit a wall."

Sheng Xian's tone was even a bit gloating: "...Who told that old bastard Lu Kang to hide and plot every day? This idea has even reached Lu Zigan's door. Hahaha, he must have come to ask for an explanation."

"..."

Liu Bei turned his head to look at the somewhat erratic woman and warned her, "Sheng Taishou, the situation is extremely critical. Please..."

"Ah, I know."

"We just received intelligence. Although the Mohists' actions were sudden, after suffering initial losses, various regions have gradually recovered and strengthened their city walls. We are now in a stalemate with the enemy."

As Sheng Xian spoke, he handed over the bamboo slips on the table.

Liu Bei caught it and glanced at it quickly.

Although the top leaders of the Han Empire today are corrupt and hostile to each other, this does not mean that the martial ethics of the Han Dynasty have fallen below average.

It can even be said that after so many years of development, the Han army has become highly unified, military power is highly centralized, the army's command and management system has become increasingly strict, and even the military service system is relatively complete.

Even though the top group of people were busy with their work every day, thinking about how to recruit farmers for their own use, from another perspective, the private soldiers also ensured a certain level of combat effectiveness.

The officers and soldiers are brave, tall and loyal, and the private soldiers are well-armed and experienced in fighting. When the two fight alone, they can beat the border aliens so hard that they dare not act rashly, let alone cooperate.

Pirates, bandits, rebels, etc., the combat power of these people is just a group of mobs. Even if they take advantage of the chaos caused by the Mohists to make a feint to the east and attack in the west, and gain a certain advantage temporarily, they will soon be brought down.

For example, the counties were not well prepared at the beginning, which allowed bandits to break into the city, but soon the powerful families sent out their elite troops and successfully repelled the enemy through street fighting.

Afterwards, the officers and soldiers quickly blocked all the city walls and kept all the enemies out.

"According to Miss Mo Tong's observations," Sheng Xian continued, "the Mohists' plan is to cause unrest, massacre everyone in Wu County, and behead me, the prefect, for public display."

"If this happens, the county magistrates will be worried, and the morale of the officers and soldiers will be greatly damaged. We can then use the Mohist troops to help break through other cities."

"Finally, using the name of righteousness to disguise his purpose, he summoned the common people who could no longer survive and launched a massive rebellion."

When Sheng Xian said this, his expression was serious: "As for the resurrection of the founder of the Mohist school... I don't believe in such ghostly and divine theories. I am more inclined to believe that this is a revenge from the old forces."

"Who says it isn't?"

Mo Tong next to him shrugged, indicating that he was too lazy to argue with this resolute realist.

Sheng Xian ignored her and continued, "Just now, your teacher suggested that you, I, and she split up and march from the south, north, and west, picking up defeated soldiers and refugees along the way, fighting to support the enemy, and finally annihilating the enemy completely."

Should we say that he is worthy of being called Master Lu?

Although Wu County is the seat of the county and has much more troops than other counties, if the troops are divided into three groups, they must also leave enough troops to garrison Wu County. Naturally, the troops allocated to the three people will be very small.

In addition, in order to avoid prolonging the battle line, they could only carry five days of rations each and had to enter other cities for supplies within five days. Otherwise, the soldiers would be short of food and their combat effectiveness and morale would inevitably decline.

I'm afraid only Master Lu would dare to take on this kind of battle.

"That being said," Liu Bei shrugged, quickly seeing the hidden meaning. "Although the enemy may possess Mohist technology, they are just a bunch of rural peasants, and their combat effectiveness is far inferior to that of a regular army."

"Now, our purpose in leading the troops there is not to quell the rebellion, but to inspire the people and unite those in the city to launch a counterattack."

Mohist Chapter: Chapter 32: Mo Tong Wants to Eat Mr. Xuande's...

Evening time.

Seeing that everyone had agreed on the plan, Liu Bei pulled Mo Tong out early, leaving Sheng Xian alone to finalize the specific details of the plan.

"Huhuhu..."

As soon as Mo Tong stepped out of the inner palace, his whole body instantly weakened, and the hat on his head that was used to cover his "horns" was tilted.

"Xuan De, I'm glad you're here. Otherwise, if I were left alone in there, I would be so embarrassed."

She turned around to see Liu Bei's expression, and suddenly found that the latter was behind her. He stretched out his hand and pushed her against the door in an instant, with his hands on it, very close to her.

"ah--"

Mo Tong was stunned by this sudden action. He was about to curl his hands in front of him, but when he was halfway there, he suddenly remembered that he was now a "body of steel", so he let go of his hands in mid-air.

She leaned her back against the door, looking up at Liu Bei, who had an expressionless face, and asked in confusion:

"Xuan De, what does this mean?"

"I also want to ask you what you mean?"

Liu Bei took advantage of his height, and with his peach blossom eyes he looked down at the trembling Mo Tong. A faint fragrance filled his nose, so he moved a little closer:

"Your body is not human. No matter how advanced the Mohist mechanical techniques are, they cannot reach the level of 'divination'."

"Besides, you said before that you exist in this body in the form of spiritual power. So, where is your true body?"

"Can you control both lines simultaneously? If not, how do you explain your main body being 'on standby' for so long?"

"I……"

Mo Tong bit her lower lip and tilted her head. A hint of annoyance lingered in her unusual eyes. She whispered, "...Xuan De, I've already cooperated with you so well. What else do you need to do to dispel your suspicions of me?"

When Liu Bei heard this, his tone softened slightly: "I'm sorry, but if I have to bear the consequences alone, I will definitely trust Miss Mo with all my heart."

"But, Miss Mo, please put yourself in my shoes. If you were me, you would have fought many battles with the Mohists, both covertly and overtly, over the past two months. You wanted to flee to another county to continue your struggle, but as soon as you entered the city, you saw the Mohist giants attacking."

"Then, less than half an hour after I entered the city, I was assassinated by a maid controlled by the Mohist master."

"Then suddenly a beautiful girl emerged from the ground, claiming to be a true descendant of the Mohist school. She offered intelligence and resources, and even promised to establish a comprehensive cooperative relationship..."

With every word Liu Bei said, Mo Tong's expression became more and more embarrassed, and in the end he quickly reached out to cover Liu Bei's mouth.

"Okay, okay, I know!"

In fact, Mo Tong was just a bit of a homebody, but he was undoubtedly a genius in other aspects. After listening to Liu Bei's words, he quickly followed the logic and deduced.

The trust between them was equivalent to a gentleman's agreement. It didn't matter when it only concerned the two of them, but Mo Tong had just participated in the formulation of the plan.

This means that if Mo Tong herself is an insider, or if she is equipped with a Mo Zhe eavesdropping device or something like that, their plan will be prevented in advance.

As for why Liu Bei and others did not take advantage of this, but instead turned the tables on them?

Firstly, this is to speculate on events and people's hearts with the utmost malice, and there is no substantial evidence. Secondly, the focus of deploying troops has never been confidentiality, but "speed".

As long as you act quickly, the enemy will be unable to do anything to you even if they know all your deployments, and may even end up hurting themselves.

For example, if I want to attack your left side tomorrow, you will find out through an insider and march quickly to protect your left side overnight. But I will attack you once and then run away. Tomorrow I will attack your right side, and you will run away again... If you keep going like this, you will definitely reveal a fatal flaw.

It's much more reliable than playing a game where I predict what you will predict.

The reason why tricks are tricky is that they can surprise people, but when normal people have the advantage, who would bother to play tricks?

Mo Tong thought from Liu Bei's perspective. The reason why he chose to confront his opponent now had nothing to do with other reasons, but... he was concerned about the lives of the common people.

If there is a one in ten thousand chance that she is an insider, then after the enemy learns of the deployment, they will surely realize that Wujun is poorly guarded and can rush to slaughter all the people in the city to achieve the effect of psychological warfare.

Liu Bei was not worried about his own safety, nor was he worried about the enemy knowing his plan, but he could not tolerate the enemy having the opportunity to massacre the city.

After Mo Tong thought about the logical relationship, he hesitated again and again, and finally gritted his teeth and said with a firm decision:

"This is a secret technique brought by foreigners. Specifically, it involves using this technique to tear apart one's own soul and attach it to other vehicles, thus achieving the effect of having multiple lives with one soul."

"However, this method was too brutal to refine, and the final effect was mediocre. I began to modify it. Now, using this method, I can separate a segment of memory with 'self-awareness' without affecting the combat power of the main body."

Liu Bei frowned slightly, somewhat surprised: "In other words, you are not actually Mo Tong now, but Mo Tong's memory?"

"Yes, and this memory is incomplete," Mo Tong continued, "My memory ends at the moment when I was separated from my original body, so I don't know anything about what happened after that."

"...Secret techniques? Technology? It seems this world is truly a hodgepodge..."

But speaking of this, just from a theoretical point of view, if you really get Mo Tong, wouldn’t that be equivalent to getting a lot of Mo Tong?

That really is a situation where one person can form an army.

Liu Bei felt a headache. After knowing Mo Tong's true situation, he withdrew his hand and took a few steps back, saying, "Sorry, I was too suspicious."

"That's fine, after all, you care about the people of the world, but..."

Looking at the hand that was retracted, Mo Tong didn't know where he mustered the courage from, but he actually reached out and grabbed Liu Bei, who had already retreated, and pulled him back in front of him.

"Miss Mo, what are you doing?"

Mo Tong felt a lot of steam forming on his head. Although his delicate face was expressionless, it was because his body was made of steel and did not have this function.

She still didn't dare to look Liu Bei in the eye, but she mustered up the courage and said weakly, "I...I need compensation."

"What compensation?"

Liu Bei could indeed be said to understand women's hearts, but the Mo Tong in front of him was, firstly, too young and too homely, looking silly and cute; secondly, her body was not made of flesh and blood, so he could not read her expressions.

Thirdly... they have only known each other for less than a day. If they want to have an intimate relationship, they should at least have gone through hardships together, right?

For these reasons, Liu Bei didn't think about it and just asked, "...How about I take you out for something delicious?"

We are all Chinese. When we are happy, we have to have a meal. When we are sad, we have to have a meal. When we get rich, we have to have a meal. Food is the most important thing for people!

Doubt flashed across Mo Tong's eyes, and then they slowly widened, and his voice became even smaller: "Okay... okay... but, I want... I want to eat your..."

"What do you want to eat?"

At this time, a voice full of indifference came from behind Liu Bei.

Mohist Chapter: Chapter 33: Master Lu: To be my disciple's wife, you must be virtuous and cultivate

The weather is getting colder.

Inside the Lu Mansion, Lu Kang half-sat on the bed, looking at the girl beside him, and said slowly, "Qi'er, are you really unwilling to follow your father's matchmaking?"

"Father, you're joking."