Mixed in the Three Kingdoms as a strategist

Lu Bu pondered for a moment, then asked, "Is Chong Guang so optimistic about this person?"

Yan Qing resolutely said: "This son is resourceful and good at using soldiers. He is brave and cunning. If the Lord is willing to return his father's old army, it can be said to be the best of both worlds. It can prove his broad-mindedness, and he can also be grateful for his virtue and work hard."

Lu Bu nodded without any hesitation: "I will follow Chongguang's words."

It wasn't purely because he was used to obeying Yan Qing's words, but it was a decision he made after some deliberation.

After defeating Yuan Shu first and suppressing the Yellow Turban later, Lu Bu's men were not short of soldiers and horses. Those who were carefully selected and recruited were elites. There is never enough.

If the heart is discordant and disloyal, it will make it difficult for the military to gather strength and be vulnerable to it.

Although he has not seen whether Sun Ce is capable or not, Yan Qing's eyes have always been venomous, and he has never missed a hand with the discerning talents. Lu Bu has full confidence in him, and he agreed logically. A dowry gift full of sincerity.

This order was emphasized by Yan Qing: the return of the old troops of the Sun family can only be used as a generous gift from Lu Bu to his promising subordinates, not as a condition for their surrender.

After all, Sun Ce, who has not yet proved his strength, is not worthy of this kind of admiration except for his father Yu Weishang. At that time, Sun Ce's social status will be excessively raised, and it will also greatly reduce the prestige of the dignified second-rank Hussar General Lu Bu.

Yan Qing asked again: "My lord, if you are free tomorrow, would you like to go with Qing?"

Originally, I thought about trivial matters and didn't bother my lord to go out in person, but if I want to attack the bandits who support themselves, I have to wait for the Yellow Turban matter, and take Sun Ce with me, unless there is something important in Yuzhou that needs Lu Bu to turn around. is idle.

Impressing the protagonist's sense of presence in front of Sun Ce is much better than allowing him to develop a bad hobby of hunting in the mountains - Yan Qing has never forgotten how the historical Sun Ce died.

Lu Bu said without hesitation, "Yes."

Yan Qing said happily: "It's so good. It's just that it's getting late now, my lord might as well go back to the mansion to rest and make plans tomorrow?"

Lu Bu raised his eyebrows together, and said dissatisfiedly, "Chongguang just accepted Bu's gift, but he won't even let you sit for a while longer?"

Whether it is the speaker or the listener, they all know that this protest is mostly reckless, but if it is accidentally spread and used by others, it will inevitably be suspected of being punished.

Yan Qing smiled gently and said: "My lord, you are joking, let alone Chongguang's mansion, this huge Yangzhou is under your lord's rule, so where is there no place to stay? You can sit for as long as you want."

Lv Bu took an inch and demanded forcefully, "Since that's the case, Bu will stay here overnight."

Yan Qing raised her eyebrows calmly: "It's Qing's fortune to receive such great love."

Immediately, someone prepared a guest room, Yan Qing said with a smile: "Thankfully, Qing had already expected this day, and specially found a carpenter to build a bed that is spacious enough to grow up, so that the Lord will not be tired and sleep with his legs curled up."

Lu Bu glanced at him indifferently, and said meaningfully: "Chong Guang has a heart."

Even though Lu Bu didn't ask to take a bath, after enjoying the hot soup, Yan Qing couldn't help shivering when he remembered how Lu Bu carried the bloody tiger skin into the house, and was sweating profusely. On his own initiative, he ordered the maid to prepare a new bucket and send it to the guest room.

Yan Qing, who had changed her inner clothes, came out of the cubicle, and was surprised to see that Lu Bu was not in the well-arranged guest room, but was quietly leaning on the mustache chair, reading by the light and being placed at will. A book of biographies on the table.

However, this book is obviously not as good as the previous man Xiao Huang's ability to arouse his interest in reading. After catching the movement of Yan Qing, Lu Bu raised his head immediately, and logically read the book that he was not interested in. He closed it again, and asked at the beginning: "Who is making an annotation on this book?"

Yan Qing was stunned for a moment. Although he had only read the book in its entirety, it was not unfamiliar at all—it was Guo Jia’s favorite bedtime reading that Guo Jia had occasionally talked with him by candlelight at night.

It seems that because the move was too hasty, the book was accidentally left here, and I have to deliver it for him tomorrow.

To Lu Bu's question, Yan Qing did not answer immediately, but pulled the corners of his lips reflexively, with a hint of innocence and kindness, and asked cautiously: "But is there something wrong with those annotations?"

I'm afraid that Guo Jia wrote some inappropriate remarks, which happened to be seen by Lu Bu.

Lu Bu's answer was beyond Yan Qing's expectations: "This man's insight has some merits. If Bu wants to use it, can Chongguang know his name?"

Yan Qing was surprised at first, then smiled and said: "My lord and Qing see the same thing! But you are one step late, this person has already been recruited by Qing, and he will take up the post of Yangzhou Biejia."

Lu Bu said calmly: "It really is the Guo family's filial piety?"

Yan Qing nodded: "Exactly."

Yan Qing originally thought that it was rare for Lu Bu to be thirsty for talent, and he would pester him for a few words to try to get him to come over, but after learning that Guo Jia had a job, he seemed to have completely lost interest, loosening his strong shoulders and arms. After that, he stood up abruptly and asked, "Is the hot soup ready?"

Yan Qing said with a smile: "My lord, you can use it in the compartment now."

Lu Bu lifted his thin lips in satisfaction, and strode away.

Yan Qing tidied up the important documents that were placed by the couch, waiting for urgent processing, and suddenly saw the box of gold jewels and jades that he temporarily placed in a corner, and couldn't help frowning.

He is now a powerful official, and he is one of the very few close advisers who can persuade the self-willed tiger Lu Bu, so he is well-deserved hot.

And the ones who secretly sent this bribe into his mansion were only those old subordinates who followed Lu Bu early in the morning.

Seeing that Zhang Liaogao, who had a good relationship with Yan Qing, was promoted step by step, that's all. Jia Xu, Xu Shu, Guo Jia and others reached the sky in one step. After all, they are good at different fields, so they can bear it. Xu Huang, Zhang Liao's unknown lieutenant general, was able to rely on Yan Qing's respect, so he made great progress all the way, and he had the momentum to leave behind all the veterans who fought with the lord and were born and died, so they couldn't do it no matter what. Sit down.

It's not that they were convinced by Yan Qing, but with Wei Xu's bloody lesson learned from the past, no one dared to confront the biggest celebrity in front of Lu Bu, and they had to pretend to be dissatisfied.

In order to get some good words from Yan Qing, they spent a lot of money, from dead objects such as gold, silver, jewelry, silk, satin, four books, five classics, study, calligraphy, to gentle and beautiful young girls, Yan Qing didn't even look at it. , I returned everything intact, and wrote a letter, using soft and hard words, and tried my best to dispel their opportunistic ideas.

In fact, their worries were superfluous. Even Lu Bu, who did not know people clearly in history, had never treated his subordinates harshly.If you want to get promoted, you should definitely not follow these crooked ways-how can you get it with a few words from others, how can it be compared with the actual military exploits?

After several days of calm and calm, Cao Xing thought it was because the etiquette was not thick enough. After thinking about it secretly for a while, he added a few more layers cruelly and quietly asked someone to deliver it.

Yan Qing didn't have the slightest dislike for Cao Xing: Although he betrayed Lv Bu with his boss Hao Meng, he lost his way and found his way back. He is a commendable athlete for his bravery.

Yan Qing stared at these belongings thoughtfully, and as soon as he had an idea in his mind, Lu Bu, who just washed his rough skin off, slipped quietly behind him: "Who sent this?"

Yan Qing looked back and said frankly: "Cao Zhixing."

Lv Bu snorted softly, but to Yan Qing's ears, it was an unbelievably pleasant tone: "That kid still has some eyesight."

Yan Qing: "..."

What is there to be happy about?

Lu Bu leaned lazily on the bearded chair, and said leisurely, "Since he brought it, Chong Guang just accept it. Bu happened to need Zhixing's place, so ask him to accept your favor."

Yan Qing was taken aback: "The precedent of corruption and bribery can't be opened just as it is said! This is absolutely impossible!"

What he was thinking just now was to return half of it, and simply donate the other half in the name of Cao Xing, whether it be used to buy farming tools, or materials for making paper and books, maybe it can also lead to a virtuous circle of giving money.

It's not that they are shy in their pockets, but that there is absolutely no reason to sit and eat. There will no longer be fat sheep like Dong Zhuo slaughtered in the world.

If Lu Bu's idea was followed, Yan Qing would be the only one who would benefit, and the consequences would be even more unimaginable: bribery was common practice during the Han Ling Emperor period, and the tragedy caused by openly selling officials is still vivid in my mind.

Fortunately, Lu Bu just said it casually, and after hearing Yan Qing's righteous words of admonition, he quickly changed his words.

Seeing Lu Bu's calm and careless appearance, Yan Qing breathed a sigh of relief, but almost couldn't help wondering whether the other party was pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, and was trying to test him out.

Lu Bu suddenly said, "That kid Yuan Shu is very noisy, he wasted good porridge and food, can he be killed?"

Yan Qing didn't ask him what he was doing in prison, but only replied: "My lord thinks he is too noisy, just send him away."

Lv Bu gave an ooh with interest, and at some point moved from the Hu chair which was quite far away to Yan Qing's side: "Where are you going?"

Yan Qing's eyebrows were curved, and his expression was gentle and harmless: "Gongsun Bogui is proud of our food and grass support, and he is very powerful to overcome Yuan Benchu's prestige. However, it is far less beneficial for us to continue the game between the two sides."

"Bogui and Shu used to be an old alliance. Seeing his downfall, how can there be no reason not to accept him? They don't know that talking about morality will cause endless troubles. Qing dare to assert that there is no need to spend a single soldier. Within a month, Gongsun will be powerful. You will live in chaos!"

Killing Yuan Shu, in addition to gaining a momentary pleasure, will only form some endless hatred, and it will easily give people the excuse of narrow-mindedness, which is really harmful but not beneficial.

Yan Qing has always insisted on raising Yuan Shu's sharp blade that can help him kill without blood, just waiting for the critical moment when the battle between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan is on the verge of reversal.

If Yuan Shao was tenacious and could overwhelm Gongsun Zan despite the lack of food and grass, Yan Qing would send Yuan Shu to Yuan Shao to see if the good-looking but indecisive Yuan Shao could be cruel enough to kill his own brother; if Gongsun Zan If he wins by a margin, after Yuan Shu comes, will he use it or not?

As the son of the Yuan family who has been favored by the emperor, Yuan Shu is so arrogant that even his brother-in-law can't look down on him. He is even more dismissive of Liu Bei who has a humble background in weaving straw sandals. He once wrote a letter to Lu Bu in history. Dao'shu has never heard of Liu Bei in the world in his life.

But at this very moment when he was most unhappy, the three of them, Liu Guan and Zhang, were the able-bodied men that Gongsun Zan relied heavily on.

For Yuan Shu, it was a great humiliation to have to be colleagues with the most despised person, not to mention that his situation was worse than theirs.

It would be fine if Yuan Shu was really useless, but he knows how to use some of the essence of political officialdom. Once he is upset, he will definitely stir up trouble. There is no capable person under Gongsun Zan who can control the situation, so Yan Qingcai I dare say that within a month, Gongsun Zan's backyard will be on fire.

"Well."

Lu Bu stared intently at his family's military adviser, who was in high spirits and talking eloquently, his mouth became dry and his lips became dry unconsciously.