Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

The news of Zhang Fan soon reached Taishi Ci in Chang'an, who then sent the message by flying eagle to Anyi in Hedong, the previous stop. From Anyi, the message was passed back to Bingzhou. In just two days, Zhang Mo, who was far away in Jinyang, learned the news that Liu Bei was in Hanzhong.

"There's actually a fish that slipped through the net?!"

When Zhang Mo saw the name Li Ru, she suddenly felt something was wrong. Although there were not many records of this guy in history books, he was charged with poisoning the young emperor. After Dong Zhuo's death, he was able to escape from the hands of his adoptive father, which showed that he was quite capable. Later, when Chang'an City was broken, he served under Li Jue and Guo Si. After Li and Guo were finished, there was no record of him anymore. It was speculated that he was either dead or retired.

Zhang Mo's original opinion on Li Ru's ability was still debatable, but judging from his layout in Hanzhong this time, this man has a brilliant strategy. In addition, he has been in the upper class of the imperial capital for so many years, so his political strategy must be good. This is obviously a master hidden by history. With him assisting Liu Bei, it is not impossible to create a Shu Han.

Compared to Zhang Mo's worry, Lu Bu didn't take Li Ru too seriously. He raised his hand to smooth her frown and said soothingly, "Don't worry too much. Li Ru is just a mean guy. He and Liu Da'er don't get along. They've just been together for a short time and don't know each other well. It's still a fresh start. As time goes by and they get to know each other better, sooner or later, there will be a rift. Don't take it so seriously."

"You're talking like a married couple!"

Zhang Mo laughed for a moment, "Only husband and wife can be like this. The longer the ruler and his subjects spend together, the more tacit understanding they will develop."

"Who said that..." Lu Bu looked around and saw the two kids having fun by themselves. He stretched out his long arm, pulled her close, and quickly pecked her fair face. He said, "Don't we grow more affectionate the longer we spend together?"

Zhang Mojiao glared at him and grabbed his sleeve to wipe the saliva off his face, "Let's talk business! The kid is here, you are always being so frivolous..."

"what is this……"

Lu Bu chuckled wickedly, "Tonight, let my wife experience what true impropriety is..."

"Can you please speak properly..."

Her cheeks flushed, and she hummed a rebuke. She turned and walked into the hall, clutching the letter. Lu Bu followed her in. Zhang Mo sat on the sofa and carefully read the letter from beginning to end. She sighed, "If nothing unexpected happens, Hanzhong should belong to my senior brother."

"It doesn't matter. He's just looking after us temporarily. One more Li Ru won't affect the overall situation." Lu Bu walked over and sat down beside her.

Zhang Mo shook her head. "I feel like he's changed. He's actually able to accept and forgive Li Ru. He's no longer the same Liu Xuande. I don't know if I never saw his true nature clearly, or if he's changed too quickly. When he went to Luoyang and then to Hanzhong, I thought he couldn't bear to go after Liu Jingsheng. Now it seems like maybe it's really what you thought, that he did it on purpose, forcing us to send troops to help him."

She sighed and continued, "Originally, he didn't have a capable advisor, and he didn't have any territory. This time, Li Ru helped him capture Hanzhong, and he felt right at home with Li Ru. He'll definitely treat him the same way he treated Kong Ming in history. Senior Brother is a good-tempered and tolerant person. As long as Li Ru is useful, he can tolerate some minor flaws in other aspects. In fact, I think these two complement each other perfectly. Li Ru's some mean-spirited behavior can just make up for Senior Brother's excessive kindness."

Lü Bu said, "If you're worried about him becoming too powerful to be eliminated in the future, why not have Afan find an opportunity to kill him? This way, we can put the blame on Zhang Lu and put an end to it once and for all."

Lu Bu felt that the best way to resolve the hidden danger was to destroy the body directly.

Zhang Mo shook her head. "With Guan Yu and Zhang Fei here, it's impossible. And judging by the time Afan delivered the letter, they might have already broken through the pass yesterday."

Zhang Mo once, in fact, had this idea for a moment, but she was not a complete politician after all, who could kill people without blinking an eye for power and interests, killing innocent people, even relatives and friends.

Sending Zhang Fan to lead troops to help Liu Bei was actually just a formality. She didn't think that Hanzhong could be captured by just a few thousand people. Who knew how lucky Liu Bei was to meet Li Ru on the way, and Li Ru had been living in seclusion there for many years and knew the situation in Hanzhong very well.

The reason why Li Ru's appearance made her nervous was that according to the current situation, history seemed to be heading towards the direction of the Three Kingdoms, which was definitely not what she wanted.

Lü Bu thought for a moment and said, "Since we can't kill him, let Afan stay as an internal support. Liu Da'er only has a little over a thousand soldiers, and some of them must have died in this battle. With his few men, there's no way he can stabilize the situation in Hanzhong. What's more, there's Liu Fan in the south, who is eyeing him covetously. Even if Afan doesn't mention it himself, I think Liu Da'er will ask him to stay for a while. Let's learn from Gongsun Zan and be generous and give all these people to him. Afan won't betray you."

"An insider..."

Zhang Mo muttered softly, turned around, and looked at his eyes shining brightly. Lu Bu was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is it not possible?"

"Great! That's great!"

She cupped his handsome face, kissed him fiercely, and laughed heartily, "Your idea is fantastic! Ah Fan is one we all cultivated together. He's the most outstanding of the ten elite young men who 'will ride the wind and waves, and sail across the vast ocean.' He's a man of both military and civil skill, and he's not dull-witted. Most importantly, he's loyal. Senior Brother doesn't know his specific identity, so keeping him here as an insider is perfect. Furthermore, several of his officers are from the Juyi Village. They might not be particularly talented in both civil and military matters, but at least they can read. Perhaps these people will become famous under Liu Bei in the future. Let's form an alliance with Senior Brother now and let him compete with Liu Fan. After we've swept through the Central Plains, we'll come back and deal with him."

In fact, if Zhang Fan had been allowed to withdraw at this time, Liu Bei would probably have been taken advantage of by Liu Fan in a few days, but Hanzhong had already been captured, and Zhang Mo did not consider letting it be lost again.

Although she was afraid of Liu Bei, she needed to be even more wary of Liu Fan, whom she was completely unfamiliar with. Who knew how powerful this guy who replaced Liu Zhang as the lord of Yizhou was? What if he was also a heroic figure? It would be better to let Liu Bei occupy Hanzhong than to let him occupy it. At least she knew Liu Bei inside and out.

Having made up her mind, Zhang Mo sent a secret letter to Zhang Fan that day, asking him to stay in Hanzhong.

On the third day after the letter was sent out, Zhang Fan sent another letter, telling her that Liu Bei had captured Hanzhong. At the same time, he asked Zhang Mo for instructions. Liu Bei requested that he be allowed to stay to help stabilize the situation, but he didn't know whether to stay or not.

Zhang Mo then wrote a letter to Liu Bei, congratulating him on finding a foothold. To express his congratulations, he gave him Zhang Fan's troops to consolidate Hanzhong.

Of course, in order to prevent Liu Bei from knowing the existence of the Flying Eagle Team, the letter was delivered by soldiers on express horses.

Liu Bei was naturally happy to have a great general and several thousand soldiers. Although he felt that he might become an enemy of Lu Bu in the future, this should be many years later. At least before Lu Bu dealt with the two major forces of Gongsun Zan and Cao Cao, his relationship with Lu Bu would not be broken. He believed that with his personal charm, he could completely subdue Zhang Fan before the two sides became enemies.

The matter in Hanzhong came to an end for the time being, and Lu Bu turned his attention to the Southern Xiongnu.

He originally thought that after Shanzhou was divided, the Southern Xiongnu would see the situation clearly and surrender on their own initiative. However, he did not expect that after waiting for so long, there was still no response from the other side.

In order to completely eliminate this destabilizing factor and seize the fertile land of the Hetao Plain, Lu Bu decided to use force to pacify the Southern Xiongnu.