Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

Saving people was too easy for Lu Bu. Every time he killed the thieves and took their things, he was done with it. But today it seemed a bit troublesome.

"My family has been murdered. It's getting late today. Could you please take me in for the night?"

Under the moonlight, the disheveled woman with messy hair looked at Lu Bu pitifully, her clear and ethereal voice carrying a hint of pleading.

Before Lü Bu could say anything, Wei Xu had already spoken up for her, "Brother-in-law, the city gates are closed. She's all alone and it's pitiful. Can you take her in for a night?"

Although the woman looked disheveled, she was very beautiful. Through her slightly open neckline, one could see her fair, delicate skin. Lu Bu's heart softened and he asked, "Where are the bodies of your family members? Do you need our help in collecting them?"

"They, they're behind me..." the woman sobbed, covering her face with her hands and kneeling down to kowtow. "My benefactor is a very kind man. Ah Ling is so grateful!"

They had rescued many people during this period, and Lu Bu had heard enough words of gratitude. He was too lazy to say anything like "you're welcome". He rode his horse over and pulled up the woman who called herself A Ling and brought her to his horse.

The black hair brushed past, and the subtle fragrance from the woman's hair rushed into his nose, like a delicate flower blooming in spring, rich and fragrant, refreshing to the heart. Lu Bu's body couldn't help but tense up, and the hand around her waist also tightened.

He hadn't touched a woman for a long time. It would be a lie to say that he didn't want to. He was a little lustful, but not vulgar. The woman's parents had just passed away, and he was still in mourning. In order to avoid feeling uncomfortable, he had to keep his distance from her and try not to look at her.

A Ling had been to places of entertainment for a long time, so she could sense any slight reaction from Lu Bu. To be honest, this was the first time she had met such a handsome and brave man. Compared with him, those patrons who frequented brothels were like dogs and pigs. If he were not a fugitive, she would be willing to follow him.

After walking about two miles, I saw several corpses lying on the road, but there was no property. I thought it must have been taken away by thieves.

Lu Bu dismounted and said to A Ling, "I will only help you take your father's body with you. I can't help you with anything else."

They only had two horses, which could barely carry two corpses, and Lu Bu was not kind enough to help her collect the bodies for the servants.

"Ok!"

A Ling responded softly, and Lu Bu carried her off the horse.

"Father, Mother, you died so tragically... Wuuuuu..."

A Ling staggered to two of the corpses and lay on the female corpse, sobbing and crying very sadly. Lu Bu and Wei Xu stood quietly by, thinking of their families who were slaughtered by the Hu people, and their hearts were filled with sadness.

When she was tired of crying, Lu Bu went to help collect the bodies. As soon as his hand touched the male corpse, he suddenly paused, touched the chest of the corpse calmly, and asked, "When did you encounter the bandits?"

Ah Ling replied, "About half an hour ago."

Half an hour?

Lu Bu moved the male corpse's limbs, which were already a little stiff. Based on his experience gained from years of killing, it would take about two hours for a person to become this stiff after death. Could it be that because the weather was cold, it became stiff faster?

Lu Bu glanced suspiciously at A Ling, who was crying pitifully, but still carried the corpse onto the horse.

Back in the woods, Wei Xu helped put the body away and asked, "Young lady, do you have any relatives in the city?"

Ah Ling said, "We originally came here to seek refuge with our relatives, but we never expected to encounter bandits here. Now that my parents have passed away, I don't know where my relatives live."

As she spoke, she took off a jade bracelet from her hand and said, "Could you please go to the city tomorrow to buy me two thin coffins? I want to bury my parents first."

Wei Xu looked embarrassed. "It's not that I don't want to help you, but the two of us can't enter the city."

"Why?" A Ling pretended to be confused.

"Because we are wanted criminals by the imperial court." Lu Bu looked at her and said directly.

Ah Ling was immediately surprised and his words were incoherent. "H-My benefactor is... a fugitive?"

"Well, I have hundreds of lives on my hands."

Ah Ling looked at Lu Bu in shock and fear. Lu Bu looked back at her coldly, "Are you afraid?"

Ah Ling shuddered and stammered, "Yes, yes, benefactor saved Ah Ling, so he is Ah Ling's benefactor..."

She lowered her head and shed tears. "Ah Ling, both of her parents died overnight. She has no ties anymore, so why should she be afraid? When I first heard that you were a wanted criminal, I overreacted. Please forgive me."

Seeing that she did not seem to be pretending, all the doubts in Lu Bu's eyes disappeared. He then remembered that he had also lost all his relatives overnight, and he couldn't help feeling sympathy.

The next day, A Ling went to the city and bought two coffins. After burying his parents, he knelt down miserably and begged for shelter.

"I've inquired today, and my relatives moved away last year. I'm now penniless and alone, and I don't know where to go. I beg you to take me in, even if it means being a slave or a servant. I'm willing to do that."

Take her in? Lu Bu frowned slightly. They themselves still had no place to live, so it would be inconvenient to take such a weak woman with them.

Besides, he is not a gentleman. If such a beauty follows him every day, he will definitely lose control. What if he has a child? Will he run away with him and live a precarious life in the wilderness?

For Lu Bu, sleeping with a woman is nothing, but he has to be responsible for her after sleeping with her, and now he obviously cannot bear this responsibility.

After hesitating for a moment, Lu Bu refused and said, "Young lady, you are very beautiful. Since you want to be a slave, why don't you go to the city and sell yourself? Why follow us?"

Ah Ling paused in her sobs and glanced at Lü Bu with a strange look. She couldn't help but wonder if Lü Bu wasn't good enough in that area, otherwise why would he refuse such a beautiful woman's request to take her in? She asked for a slave, and this guy actually asked her to sell herself?

A Ling secretly felt sorry that Lu Bu was born with a good figure and good looks in vain, as he was actually incompetent.

"I only want to serve you two benefactors to repay you for saving my life. If you are unwilling to take me in, I will have no choice but to hit my head and die in front of my parents' graves."

As he said this, he stood up and was about to hit the tombstone. Judging from his posture, he really wanted to commit suicide.

Wei Xu hurriedly grabbed her and said to Lu Bu, "Brother-in-law, let's keep her. At least she can help us with cooking and washing. If not, ask for more money next time we rescue someone. After we leave Yanmen, let her settle down in the city."

"what ever!"

Just let him stay. It was already his limit to refuse the beauty's request once. What's more, what Ah Xu said made sense. Ah Ling was from a good family. If it really didn't work out, he could just rob her of some money and she could live in the city.

There was only a thatched hut in the forest with two sleeping bunks inside. Lu Bu and Wei Xu squeezed into one and gave the other to A Ling.

The next morning, A Ling got up early to cook, served food to Lu Bu and the other man, and then quickly tidied up the bedding.

Lu Bu said, "Don't clean up yet, come and eat together."

"I'll wait until my benefactor finishes his meal before I eat." A Ling stood aside, treating herself as a maid.

Wei Xu walked over and pulled her over, serving her rice while saying, "We both have no relatives alive. Since you're following us, we're family. You don't have to really think of yourself as a servant."

He placed the previously cooled bowl in her hand and said softly, "Don't be shy, eat quickly!"

Lu Bu raised his eyes and glanced at Wei Xu who was showing his courtesy, and suddenly remembered that this boy was almost old enough to get married.

Lu Bu looked away, lowered his head and drank a mouthful of porridge, wondering, "Why does this porridge taste bitter today?"

"Really? Let me try it." Wei Xu took a sip and savored it carefully. "It seems there is a little bit."

Lu Bu suddenly became alert and glared at A Ling, "Did you add something in it?"

Ah Ling was startled and said quickly, "How could that be? If you don't believe me, I'll drink it and show you."

He quickly drank two sips and explained, "Maybe it was still dark this morning and I didn't see clearly when I was getting water, so I brought some weeds in."

She picked up some chopsticks and dug into the pot, and sure enough, she picked out two weed rhizomes.

When Li Zhubu gave her the medicine, he told her that it was a bit bitter and asked her to add some grass when cooking it, otherwise she would not be able to get away with it.

Seeing that Lu Bu was still suspicious, A Ling gritted her teeth and drank the porridge mouthful by mouthful. This was also what Li Zhubu had instructed her in advance. In order to gain Lu Bu's complete trust, she had to drink it herself first if necessary.

Fearing that Li Zhubu was trying to trick her with poison, she tested the drug on a puppy beforehand and found it was really just a sleeping pill. That's when she agreed to make this trip. If she could perform meritorious service, she could shed her slavery and never have to serve those disgusting people again.

Not long after she finished drinking, A Ling felt dizzy and suddenly lost all strength. Before she fainted, she saw that Lu Bu and the others had also finished their porridge, and she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Hey, Aling, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing A Ling fall down, Wei Xu stood up to help her, but suddenly he felt dizzy, staggered and sat back down.

"Is this grass root poisonous?" Wei Xu muttered and then fell down!

Lu Bu also felt dizzy and his vision was blurred. He bit his tongue and the pain made him slightly more conscious. He then pulled out the dagger he carried with him and quickly cut a wound on his arm.

While letting the blood flow, he held his throat to vomit out all the porridge, then leaned over and gulped down a few mouthfuls of water from the bucket beside him. After inducing vomiting, he felt less dizzy.

He went over to help Wei Xu induce vomiting and drink water, but after a while, he showed no signs of waking up.

"How can a few herbs have such strong medicinal properties?" Lu Bu wondered.

He put Wei Xu down and came to A Ling. He searched her body for a while and found a small white cloth bag with some powder on it from her sleeve.

It is obvious that the drug was given by A Ling.

"How stupid!"

Lu Bu cursed himself inwardly. He had felt something was wrong when he was moving the corpse earlier, but he was bewitched by A Ling's beauty and did not take precautions. If it were not for the immortal's blessing of his physical strength today, he would have been knocked unconscious like A Xu. He was indeed as stupid as the Lu Bu in his dream.

Lu Bu's eyes turned cold, and he used the dagger to cut off A Ling's beautiful head without hesitation.

He picked up Wei Xu and put him on the horse. Just as he was about to leave, he heard footsteps outside the woods.