Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

A cold wind howled outside the tent. The curtains that had been lifted when Yuan Shao left were still swaying gently. Tian Feng sighed deeply and walked out of the tent. As he reached the door, he was met by Ju Su, who hurried over. Ju Su asked, "What's going on? Has the lord agreed to send troops?"

Tian Feng sighed again, a look of sarcasm on his face. "I agreed, but the young master is missing, and the lord has gone looking for him again."

Upon hearing Yuan Shao's agreement, Ju Su's face lit up with joy. He said, "This is a military camp. Where can a little kid like him run to? Let's go and recruit the troops first. Once we find them, we can send them out."

Tian Feng said nothing, only shook his head in disappointment, and walked back to his tent with his hands behind his back. Ju Su saw him like this and followed him, puzzled, asking, "What's wrong?"

Tian Feng stopped and looked back at Ju Su. He felt like there was something stuck in his throat that he couldn't get out of it until he said it.

"It may be disrespectful to say this, but it is difficult for my lord to accomplish great things with such a temperament. Even if he dispatches his troops today, there will be countless things in the future that will make him hesitate and hesitate. He will not be able to defeat Lü Bu."

This is truly disrespectful! Ju Su glanced around nervously and lowered his voice, "Since you know my lord's temper, how dare you say such words?"

Tian Feng said indifferently, "I'm telling the truth. If you don't believe me, just wait and see."

Ju Su was silent for a moment, then sighed with regret, "No one is perfect. My lord, you have many flaws, but you're not without your merits. You say he can't defeat Lü Bu, but I think he and Lü Bu are very similar. They both value affection, but Lü Bu is a little more shameless than him."

A smile finally broke out on Tian Feng's serious face. "Although Lü Bu is shameless, he's very skillful at being shameless. He's clearly been exploiting the young master from beginning to end, yet he appears to be righteous and benevolent. At least so far, his reputation has only grown higher and higher, and everything he does is morally justified. My lord, on the other hand, has sent troops to Bingzhou for no reason and demanded the return of a hostage before the battle. This trip has completely lost its moral integrity. Alas! Instead of fighting Gongsun Zan, you sent troops to Bingzhou for such a lame excuse, and then hesitated after sending troops. This war is hopeless!"

As he walked forward, he said, "If we don't seize Hukou Pass this time, Lü Bu will surely launch a counterattack when he returns from Jinyang. We can forget about General Qu. We just have to rely on Hanoi to repel Zhang Liao quickly and come to our aid. We've wasted so much manpower and resources, and now we can only hope to escape unscathed!"

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"Why is this bucket so heavy today? Is there still some water left in it?"

By the creek, the cook in charge of fetching water took an empty wooden barrel down from the cart. He was about to open the lid to take a look when the barrel suddenly shook and then fell to the ground with a bang. A child crawled out of it. The child's hands and feet were very nimble, and as soon as he got out of the barrel, he ran wildly along the river bank.

The soldier was stunned for a moment and then came to his senses, only to see that the child had already run dozens of steps away.

"Where did this child come from?" asked a soldier nearby.

"How should I know?" the soldier asked in confusion.

"Oh! This must be the young master that the Lord just found a few days ago!" A leader shouted, "Quick, hurry and get him back! I can't afford to blame you if you lose him."

So, a group of soldiers ran after Yuan Shang.

Although Yuan Shang was only six years old, he had been a wild child in the village for two years, so his legs and feet were very nimble, and everyone could not catch up with him for a while.

After a group of people chased each other for a distance, Yuan Shang gradually lost his strength. He looked back at the soldiers who were almost catching up, and he couldn't help but panic, gasping for breath and shouting, "Fa Xiaozhi, you said you would come to pick me up, where is the person? Where is the person?"

As soon as he finished speaking, several people emerged from a forest not far from the river bank. Who else could the leader be but Fa Zheng?

Yuan Shang was overjoyed and ran wildly with his last bit of strength. Fa Zheng also rushed towards him with his men. The moment he was caught, Yuan Shang flew into Fa Zheng's arms.

The soldiers who were chasing the man went up to snatch him away, but when they saw the other men draw their swords, they hesitated again.

Fa Zheng looked at the cooks and said, "You are unarmed. Can you snatch the person from me?"

The leader hesitated for a moment, then picked up a nearby stick and held it across his chest. "If we lose the young master, we'll die if we go back. We might as well give it a try! Who are you? Why did you kidnap the young master?"

The other soldiers also looked for weapons they could use, some with stones and some with branches, ready to fight to the death with the enemy.

Fa Zheng said calmly, "It doesn't matter who I am. Can't you see that your young master left with me of his own accord? I don't want to kill anyone, but there are ways for you to save your lives."

He took a step back, holding Yuan Shang in his arms, and continued, "The young master hid himself in the barrel. Today, only you know about this. Just pretend you haven't seen the young master and do what you need to do. No one will bother you. If you don't know what's good for you and insist on fighting, not to mention whether you can get him back, if you accidentally injure the young master in the fight, you will face military punishment at best, or even death at worst. Why bother?"

"Captain, what the other party said makes sense. Let's pretend that we don't know and go back after fetching water. Even if the superiors send people to ask, we can just say that we didn't see it." said a soldier.

The village chief regained consciousness, dropped the stick in his hand, turned around and walked back. As he walked, he said, "If anyone reveals a word about what happened today, none of us will survive. Shut up."

He looked around at everyone and said sternly, "If anyone wants to report this to gain merit, you'd better think it through. We don't even know who took the young master away. If you report this to no avail, it will only anger the Lord. If you end up suffering instead of gaining merit, don't blame me for not warning you."

Everyone nodded repeatedly, and one soldier said, "This isn't snitching, this is confessing. Who would do such a thing?"

Elsewhere, Fa Zheng carried Yuan Shang through the woods to a carriage parked by the road. He stuffed the little man into the carriage and asked again, "Are you sure you want to return to the stronghold and not stay with your father?"

Yuan Shang nodded vigorously. "My father says he loves me the most, but he didn't care whether I lived or died before, and he refused to send me back to the village. He kept a close watch on me like a prisoner every day, not letting me play in the mud or climb trees. He said it was for my own good, but I don't think it's good at all. I miss my mother and my friends, and I want to go to kindergarten."

Fa Zheng got into the car and asked, "Did you know that your father is fighting with Lüzhou Mu?"

"I know, what does this have to do with me?"

"The head of that stronghold is the wife of Governor Lu, the beautiful woman who gave you the cake earlier. She actually kidnapped you."

Yuan Shang said, "So what? She didn't treat us like prisoners, and she even let us go to school. I like it there, and I also like the pastries and snacks she makes. Of course, I like her too. It would be even better if she could sell cakes in the shops in the village, so that I can ask Xu Ziyuan to go and buy me some cakes."

Fa Zheng couldn't help but pinch his chubby little face, "Can you please stop thinking about eating and playing all day? I'm talking to you about serious matters."

Yuan Shang asked stupidly, "What's the matter?"

"It's just that your father might lose the battle because of you getting lost. Will you regret running away secretly in the future? Will you blame her?"

"What does it have to do with me if he loses the battle? Who should I blame?"

Looking at Yuan Shang, who looked confused, Fa Zheng sighed inwardly and said, "Your father doesn't stop loving you. In fact, he loves you very much!"

Yuan Shang was silent for a long time. After a long pause, he muttered, "But he loves fighting even more! He asked Uncle Meng De to throw stones at me just to be able to fight!"

Fa Zheng couldn't help but burst out laughing. He touched Yuan Shang's little head and said, "You're right, he loves fighting more!"