Chen Deng left Dongyang County and rushed to a corner at the west gate of Xutai County.
As he barked, a hemp rope hung down from the city wall.
Chen Deng grabbed the hemp rope and was pulled up by the person above.
Just after patting his clothes, Chen Deng was about to leave when a sneer rang out.
Several soldiers lowered their heads and retreated to both sides, not daring to look at Chen Deng.
Behind them, two young women wearing armor walked over.
The one in front was fifteen or sixteen years old. He was relatively short and only reached the shoulders of the surrounding soldiers.
However, the breastplate of her armor was particularly protruding.
Her armor is also completely different from the armor of the surrounding soldiers, and seems to be tailor-made for women.
Her skin is wheat-colored, giving people a very different look from ordinary women.
A saber hangs from her waist, and a halberd that is as "top-heavy" as her body rests on her shoulder.
Looks out of place.
The one at the back is about eighteen or nineteen years old, tall, with fair skin, lowered eyelids, and looks resigned.
Chen Deng watched the two women walking over: "."
No wonder everyone has their heads down.
Seeing the two women approaching, Chen Deng saluted the girl in front of him and said, "Chen Deng has met the lady!"
The girl at the front is none other than Lu Bu's only daughter, Lu Qiling.
Lu Bu cared deeply about his only daughter and raised her completely as a son.
On weekdays, she was taught to read and write, and even taught her martial arts in person.
This Lu Qiling is indeed Lu Bu's son.
She is naturally powerful, has a carefree personality, and is not afraid of getting hurt. She feels like a female general.
This time Lu Bu went to the polder from Xiapi to face the attack from Jiangdong. Lu Bu brought her here after her various requests.
As for the young woman behind, she is Liu Bei's eldest daughter Liu Yu.
In his hometown in Zhuojun, Liu Bei actually already had a wife named Liu. She was the daughter of a declining scholarly family in Zhuojun.
Liu's father saw Liu Bei's bold character and worshiped the great scholar Lu Zhi as his disciple. He believed that Liu Bei must not be a creature of the pond, so he betrothed his daughter to him.
Later, the Yellow Turbans broke out and the world was in chaos. The imperial court asked each county to recruit local heroes on their own, and Liu Bei also responded in his hometown. From then on, his old mother, his wife Liu Shi, and his six-year-old daughter Liu Yu were left behind, never to return.
Until the old mother and Mr. Liu passed away one after another, they did not wait for his return.
However, his classmate Gongsun Zan came over twice in person, gave them some help, and informed Liu Bei of the current news.
Liu Bei's daughter was not originally named Liu Yu, but Liu Ying.
Before her death, Mrs. Liu was deeply resentful that Liu Bei would never return, so she changed her daughter's name to Liu Yu.
Chongqing originally meant unswerving determination.
Mrs. Liu wanted Liu Bei to know her sarcasm after seeing her daughter.
When the two just got married, Liu Bei had always stated that he would be unswervingly devoted to her.
Now, he and his mother-in-law have passed away, and he can't come back.
She hoped that Liu Bei could live in self-blame forever.
She even hired her son, a martial artist who had taught Liu Bei to practice martial arts, to teach Liu Yu how to practice martial arts, and he still used a two-handed sword like Liu Bei's.
In this way, when Liu Bei sees his daughter, who is obviously well-behaved, but turns into a man, he will blame himself more and more.
After burying her mother Liu, Liu Yu disguised herself as a man and traveled all the way with her mother's resentment. Finally, she found Liu Bei in Xuzhou who had taken over the position of Xuzhou Mu.
Liu Bei's life at this time was extremely comfortable.
He became a state shepherd, married a beautiful concubine named Gan who was the same age as Liu Yu, and gave birth to a little daughter Liu Xu.
When Liu Yu found Liu Bei and revealed his identity, Liu Bei remembered his hometown.
After learning that his old mother had died of illness many years ago, Liu Bei did not even ask about Liu's condition.
It wasn't until Liu Yu took the initiative to bring it up and mentioned the reason for changing his name that Liu Bei nodded.
After that, Liu Bei arranged for Liu Yu to live with Gan and Liu Xu in Xuzhou.
Liu Yu wanted to assassinate his father Liu Bei more than once.
However, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei often followed.
There was also a guard captain named Chen Dao who stayed with him every step of the way.
Even when Liu Bei and Gan were having fun in the boudoir, Chen Dao arranged for people to take turns at the door of the room.
Therefore, Liu Yu never had a chance.
Later, Lu Bu was driven from Yanzhou to Xuzhou by Cao Cao and robbed Xuzhou. Liu Bei and Lu Bu helped each other on the surface, but in fact they were suspicious of each other. Liu Bei had a deep hatred for Lu Bu and was often secretly angry and wanted to eat Lu Bu's flesh.
Liu Yu then turned around and made friends with Lu Bu's daughter Lu Qiling.
However, she clearly complained about Liu Bei's indifference to her.
Moreover, it didn't take long for Liu Bei to be driven to Xiaopei by Lu Bu. Later, because Lu Bu took advantage of Yuan Shu's crusade to recruit troops in Xuzhou, his attempt to recapture Xuzhou failed, and Lu Bu took Xiaopei away.
Liu Bei fled from Xiaopei with the remaining defeated generals, leaving Gan, Liu Xu, and some of his servants behind in Xiaopei.
Liu Yu is also among the abandoned members.
This is the second time she has been abandoned.
Chen Gong suggested that Mrs. Gan and Liu Bei's youngest daughter Liu Xu be executed.
Liu Yu looked at Mrs. Gan holding Liu Xu with a frightened look on her face, and thought of how her mother had been so fierce during the day and crying alone at night since she could remember, and then she begged Lu Qiling to protect Mrs. Gan, Liu Xu and the others.
Now, because of the attack from Jiangdong, Liu Yu moved Gan and Liu Xu and his party to Xiapi, and he followed Lu Qiling to the polder.
When Liu Yu saw Chen Deng, he still lowered his head, seemingly indifferent to everything.
Lu Qiling raised her chin and looked at Chen Deng sarcastically: "Chen Yuanlong, you are so brave! We are at war with Jiangdong, and you left the city in the middle of the night. What on earth do you want to do?"
"Chen Gong told dad a long time ago that you, Chen Yuanlong, are not a good person and you will be executed. It seems that he was right!"
Chen Deng wants to quibble.
Lu Qiling grabbed him by the collar and dragged him away.
When the soldiers on the city wall saw this, they wanted to stop it.
Chen Deng shook his head at them, and he followed Lu Qiling and Liu Yu down the city wall honestly, and went straight to the gate of Lu Bu's bedroom in the Xutai Mansion.
While still outside the bedroom door, I heard a woman's suppressed cries and strange banging sounds coming from inside.
Lu Qiling let go of Chen Deng's hand, frowned, walked up quickly, and knocked on the door.
Only then did the crying and banging sounds of the woman inside stop.
The door opened, and Lu Bu, disheveled, hurried out and said, "What's the matter? Jiangdong is attacking the city?"
Seeing Lu Qiling and Chen Deng, Lu Bu glared at Lu Qiling angrily, and while pulling up his clothes, he said, "Ling'er, what are you talking about again? You're very busy as a father!"
Lu Qiling said angrily: "Dad, it's okay for you to act recklessly on weekdays. Now, with the war right in front of you, do you still have something to worry about? If the enemy takes the opportunity to attack the city, and you, as the commander, are not here, why don't you let the city wall What should our soldiers do?"
Lu Bu said with a smile: "It's impossible. During the day, my father went on patrol and made it clear that Jiangdong would not attack the city, so he could enjoy it at night."
Seeing that Lu Qiling was still scolding him, Lu Bu quickly changed the subject and said to Chen Deng who was behind Lu Qiling: "Yuanlong, why did you come here in the middle of the night?"
Lu Qiling suppressed her anger.
have to.
This kind of thing has already happened, and my father has refused to change his ways despite repeated admonitions, so it's useless even if he talks about it.
No matter what a man says, he can't control that thing!
Let’s talk about more important things.
Lu Qiling grabbed Chen Deng's collar again, dragged him in front of her and said: "This Chen Yuanlong just came back from the west of the city! It was in the middle of the night, when we were fighting Jiangdong, what was his intention to kill? Come on! Chen Gong is right, he is not a good person!"
Lu Bu also looked at Chen Deng with a serious face and said, "Yuanlong!"
Chen Deng glanced at Lu Qiling's hand grabbing his collar, and said to Lu Bu: "General, can you let me let go first? I can't breathe."
Lu Bu pursed his lips and said to Lu Qiling: "Let him go. He really dares to collaborate with the enemy. As a father, I will not let him go."
Lu Qiling snorted at Chen Deng and then released Chen Deng forcefully.
Chen Deng pulled his collar, and then said to Lu Bu: "General, you have wronged me! All my people are in Xiapi as hostages, and my old father is at the pole. If I collaborate with the enemy, won't I waste the lives of my people and my old father? I Although Chen Deng doesn’t think he is very smart, he still thinks he is somewhat filial. How could I be so stupid and openly cooperate with the enemy? How could I do such an animal thing? "
Lu Bu looked at Lu Qiling and said, "That's true. If you really wanted to collaborate with the enemy, how could you be caught so easily by Ling'er? Yuanlong is also a famous person. Moreover, everyone knows about his family situation."
Lu Qiling stared at Chen Deng with a gloomy face and said, "Who knows!"
Chen Deng smiled bitterly, pulled out the sword from his waist, handed the hilt to Lu Bu and said: "Since the general doesn't believe it and insists on putting me to death, then behead me now. After I die, tell others, I, Chen Deng, take the blame on myself and have nothing to do with you, general. Otherwise, I'm afraid those people will be ignorant and take the opportunity to cause trouble."
"Now that Cao Cao and Jiangdong are attacking at the same time, we in Xuzhou are in danger, and we cannot afford to have civil strife."
"Otherwise, it will only make the relatives angry and the enemies happy."
Lu Qiling's eyebrows were raised angrily.
This Chen Deng, on the verge of death, still dares to threaten!
Lu Bu hurriedly held her shoulders and said, "Don't be ridiculous! Besides, Yuan Long is right."
Lu Bu smiled at Chen Deng, inserted the long sword handed over by Chen Deng back into the latter's scabbard, and said: "What are you doing? I still know Yuan Long's heart. I don't ask you what you are doing. I believe you. Go and rest early, we may have to deal with the war tomorrow."
Chen Deng thanked him and then withdrew.
Lu Qiling watched Chen Deng disappear outside the door and said angrily: "Dad, this Chen Deng, he definitely has bad intentions! Did he go out of the city in the middle of the night to see the sun?"
Lu Bu sighed: "It must be with bad intentions. However, I, Xuzhou, are in great danger now. If we are not careful, the city will be destroyed and people will be killed."
"And Chen Deng's tribe and father are all being held hostage in front of his eyes. This is his weakness."
"As long as he is rebellious without knowing it, we will turn a blind eye."
"Otherwise, just like Ling'er, you were so reckless and killed him. It would be so easy! Just one sword strike and it's over!"
"But after killing him? There will be chaos in Xiapi!"
"Now is the time when Cao Cao and Jiang Dong are attacking at the same time."
"If things get messy again in Xiapi, what do you want me to do as a father?"
Lu Qiling's anger subsided. She hesitated for a moment, but finally made up her mind and said, "How about dad, please let someone contact the old thief Yuan Shu again, and say that your daughter is willing to marry his son, and you will unite again?"
Lu Bu shook his head and said, "It's too late."
Lu Qiling said blankly: "Why?"
Lu Bu sighed and said: "Yuan Shu is now left with Shouchun and other places, which are the turtles in the jar! Either the Cao thieves or Jiangdong took it. He has no time to take care of himself. How can he have the ability to save us again?"
(End of chapter)
