Three Caos fighting for a bride? Zhen Ji, I, Cao Zhi, will take her!

Zhuojun, Zhuo County, Lu Prefecture.

Lu Yu, the head of the Lu family, called a group of confidants to his study late at night.

Among these people were Lu Yu’s uncles, Lu Yu’s brothers, and servants of the Lu Mansion.

Obviously, the closeness of Lu Yu's relationship with them was not measured by blood relationship, but by how much dirty work they did for Lu Yu.

"Master, why did you call us here at this time? What big thing happened?"

In front of Lu Yu, an old man with white hair and beard said in a deep voice.

He was Lu Zhi's cousin and Lu Yu's uncle.

"That's right!" Lu Yu said in a deep voice.

"I've received news that Cao Cao has sent his fourth son, Cao Zhi, to lead his troops north. They will arrive in Zhuo County soon!"

"What, this—"

After hearing Lu Yu's words, everyone in the room was shocked.

They didn't expect that Cao Cao would act so quickly, and the person he sent this time was Cao Zhi.

When I think about what Cao Zhi has done in the past six months.

Everyone couldn't help but feel worried...

They were worried that Cao Zhi would find out about what the Lu family did in private.

They were even more worried that Lu Yu would be so ignorant as to provoke Cao Zhi, thus bringing disaster to the Lu family.

"Haha... What are you thinking? I, Lu Yu, may be proud, but I'm not a fool. I know my own limitations. Provoking Cao Zhi is tantamount to seeking death. Don't worry, I won't do that!"

Lu Yu smiled.

"Whoo~"

Hearing Lu Yu say this, everyone in the room breathed a sigh of relief.

"Master, since Cao Zhi is coming with such force, how should we respond?"

Just then, Lu Yu's cousin spoke.

"Of course we surrender!" Lu Yu said seriously:

"Who is Cao Zhi? I don't need to elaborate too much. The reason I gathered you all here late at night is that I have a few things to ask of you!"

"First, the looting of the nobles must cease. To maintain secrecy, all those who know about this, except for those present here, will be killed!"

"Secondly, starting tomorrow, I will be distributing porridge and food in Zhuo County. You must discipline your families and don't let them do anything that would bring shame to our Lu family!"

"Third, starting tomorrow, all of us in the Lu family will switch to studying the School of Mind. I will reward anyone who makes a difference in this field handsomely. But if I find out that anyone dares to cling to the Classics, don't blame me for being ungrateful!"

As expected, it’s Lu Yu.

Three simple commands.

Directly establish the Lu family’s lofty image.

Especially the fact that the entire Lu family switched to studying psychology showed his courage.

You know, the Lu family of Fanyang can have the status it has today.

It all depends on Lu Zhi's achievements in Confucian classics and the admiration of countless Confucian classics disciples.

But now, in order to please Cao Zhi.

Lu Yu actually smashed the Lu family's Confucian classics signboard himself.

With such courage, how many people in this world can do it?

When Cao Zhi met Lu Yu, would he feel happy and make Lu Yu his close friend?

Of course, the premise of all this is that—

Cao Zhi had not met Lu Wu, and Cao Zhi had not learned from the servants of the Lu family about the dirty things done by Lu Yu and the Lu family!

But unfortunately, there is no if!!!

Regarding Lu Yu’s first two orders.

At this moment, everyone in the room raised their hands in agreement.

As for Lu Yu’s third order.

Those who have Lu family blood are unwilling to do so.

But due to Lu Yu's prestige, everyone could only complain in their hearts.

Just like that, accompanied by Lu Yu's three orders.

The entire Zhuo County has become different from before.

Wake up from sleep.

Ordinary people living in Zhuo County suddenly discovered.

The nobles of the Lu family, who had previously acted arrogantly and would beat and scold him and others at will, now made a 180-degree turn in their attitude towards him.

Not only did they reduce or exempt their own land rent, but for some families, they even gave away their oxen for free.

And those disaster victims who passed through Zhuo County.

At this time, everyone can have a full meal in the porridge stall of the Lu Mansion.

After dinner, some people would come to ask if we wanted to settle down here.

If you want to settle here, the Lu family will provide land and waive the land rent for the first two years.

Of course, there are also frustrated people.

These people are naturally the Confucian classics students who are studying in the Lu Mansion.

Just overnight.

They discovered that everyone in the Lu family, from the sixty-year-old elders to the ten-year-old children, had begun to study psychology.

And they were all dismissed.

They were very puzzled by this, so they went to find the relevant people in the Lu Mansion to argue.

The result of doing this was a severe beating.

Faced with the Lu family's bullying, the students had no choice but to leave...

……

Seven days later.

Cao Zhi's army entered Zhuo County.

As soon as he entered Zhuo County, Cao Zhi discovered the difference here.

This is different from the previous situation where there were disaster victims everywhere and they were moving south in groups.

There are almost no disaster victims in Zhuo County now.

Occasionally, some disaster victims would go in groups of three or four to Zhuo County, where the Lu family lived.

After asking around, Cao Zhi finally found out.

Lu Yu, the current head of the Lu family, is distributing porridge to help the people.

"Not only did they give out porridge, I heard that after I went there, the Lu family also distributed land!"

A disaster victim said excitedly.

Cao Zhi: “???”

Cao Zhi and others: “???”

"Zijian, what do you think Lu Yu is up to?"

Beside Cao Zhi, Cao Zhang frowned.

"Third Young Master, if I'm not mistaken, Lu Yu knew we were coming, so he did this on purpose!"

Without waiting for Cao Zhi to answer, Zhang Liao on the side said indignantly.

"Yes, the Lu family is acting this time just for us to see!"

Cao Zhi laughed.

"How ridiculous! They really take us for fools! Zijian, you must not let them go!"

Cao Zhang said angrily.

"Don't worry, I know what's going on!"

Cao Zhi sneered.

……

Three more days passed.

Cao Zhi and others entered Zhuo County.

Cao Zhi and others just arrived here.

Not far away in the county town of Zhuo County.

A group of people rushed out, and there seemed to be dozens of them.

The flag they were waving was the flag of the Lu Mansion.

The leader was riding Zhao Yun’s Jade Lion of Night.

"Come on, let me kill them all!"

Cao Zhang waved the Fang Tian Hua Ji in his hand, eager to try.

"No rush, Third Young Master, let's play with them for a while first!"

At this moment, Jia Xu suggested.

"Okay, I'll listen to Wenhe!"

Cao Zhi laughed.

Then he gave Zhao Yun a warning.

Zhao Yun understood and quickly put a black cloak on his armor, then hid behind the soldiers.

After a cup of tea time.

Lu Yu and everyone in the Lu Mansion came before Cao Zhi's army.

As soon as he arrived here, Lu Yu dismounted and said respectfully:

"Lu Yu, the head of the Lu family, greets the Fourth Young Master and all the generals!"

"Are you Lu Yu?"

Cao Zhi looked at the newcomer and sighed:

"He has a handsome face and a noble bearing, worthy of being the son of Minister Lu!"

"Fourth Young Master, your praise is too great. I only became the head of the family by chance thanks to my father's fame. I dare not compare myself with you!"

Lu Yu said modestly.

"Ever since the Yuan family stole Youzhou, the Lu family has wanted to return to the imperial court every day, but we are unable to move our ancestral foundation here. Now that we see the imperial army, the Lu family must surrender!"

"In order to show the sincerity of my Lu family, I have brought three gifts with me this time. I hope you will accept them!" Lu Yu said with a smile.

As they were talking, servants from the Lu Mansion carried out four boxes.

Seeing that Cao Zhi and others all looked puzzled.

Lu Yu then smiled and explained to everyone:

"This first gift is the manuscripts of my late father, Lu Zhi. After he passed away, I originally planned to burn them all. However, considering that my father was a great scholar of Confucian classics, these manuscripts might still be useful. Therefore, I have carefully preserved them, hoping that one day they can contribute to the study of the mind!"

"Although the Second Young Master created his own School of Mind, I have heard that Minister Cao once said that regardless of whether it is the School of Mind or the Classics, as long as it can be used by the court, it is a good theory. Therefore, I would like to use the Fourth Young Master to present these manuscripts to Minister Cao..."

"The second gift is that I know the Fourth Young Master's trip is to recapture Youzhou!"

"My Lu family is weak and cannot help the Fourth Young Master recover Youzhou, but my Lu family still has some power in Zhuo County, so my Lu family is ready to offer the entire Zhuo County to the Fourth Young Master!"

As he was speaking, a handsome young man walked out from behind Lu Yu.

On the tray in his hand lay the seal of the governor of Zhuo County and the household registration list.

Seeing that Lu Yu could even produce both of them.

Cao Zhi couldn't help but be shocked.

You must know that the prefect of Zhuo County is not from the Lu family.

But at this moment, the county magistrate's seal and household registration list were actually in Lu Yu's hands.

This is enough to prove the power of the Lu family in Zhuo County!

"As for the third gift..."

At this point, Lu Yu's face instinctively showed a trace of pity.

Cao Zhi knew that Lu Yu was acting on purpose.

Accompanied by Lu Yu's words.

Another member of the Lu family came out, holding a small box in his arms.

What was contained in the suspicious box was a disfigured human head.

"Fourth Master, this head is that of Zhao Yun, Zhao Zilong, Liu Bei's personal bodyguard!"

"Not long ago, Liu Bei, relying on the fact that he was a disciple of my father, sent his confidant Zhao Yun north to contact the Lu family, hoping that the Lu family would join him in opposing Cao Sikong!"

"My Lu family has been loyal and righteous for generations. How could we do such a thing? Therefore, we used a trick to kill this thief!"

Lu Yu said with a righteous look on his face.

Seeing that Lu Yu had even taken out Zhao Yun's head, Cao Zhang finally couldn't help but say:

"It's just a disfigured head. If you say it's Zhao Yun, then it's Zhao Yun. I'm still Yuan Xi!"

"Who is this general?"

Lu Yu frowned, obviously dissatisfied with Cao Zhang's interruption.

"No problem, Master Cao Zhang!"

Cao Zhang sneered.

"It turned out to be the Third Young Master!"

Seeing that Cao Zhang was actually Cao Zhi's brother, Lu Yu immediately put away his contempt and said quickly:

"General Cao, this is indeed Zhao Yun's head. I have physical evidence here!"

At this point, Lu Yu's face instinctively showed a trace of pain, and then he asked someone to take out a spear.

Lu Yu pointed at his spear, then at the warhorse under his crotch, and said respectfully:

"This thing is called the Dragon Gallbladder Silver Spear, and it's the weapon of the thief Zhao Yun!"

"And this warhorse is the mount of the thief Zhao Yun, named the Jade Lion of the Night!"

"Zhao Ye Jade Lion is indeed a good horse!"

Cao Zhang smiled and said:

"I just don't know if Patriarch Lu can give up his love?"

"That's how it should be!"

Although Lu Yu was unwilling, he still did not dare to disobey Cao Zhang.

As he spoke, he got off his horse with a smile.

"Haha, Patriarch Lu is really nice!"

Cao Zhang laughed.

"I just don't know if Patriarch Lu would be willing if I give this warhorse to someone else?"

"This... since this horse already belongs to General Cao, no matter how General Cao disposes of it, it has nothing to do with me!"

Lu Yu suppressed his inner dissatisfaction and said calmly.

At this point, he began to suspect that Cao Zhang was deliberately playing a trick on him, so he turned his gaze to Cao Zhi.

But to Lu Yu's disappointment, Cao Zhi was looking at him seriously at this moment.

It felt like watching a monkey show.

While Lu Yu was puzzled, Cao Zhang laughed and said:

"Zilong, this horse is for you!"

"Zilong???"

The moment Lu Yu heard Cao Zhang's words, he was stunned.

In Lu Yu's confusion.

Zhao Yun took off his black robe, rode up to Lu Yu, and sneered:

"Master Lu, long time no see!"