Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 76
In order not to make it difficult for Cui Di, Liu Yu finally gave up and took the emerald horse.

Walking out of the inner room, Liu Yu took a look at the steward of Situ's mansion, and saw that he was over five years old, and the goatee on his chin was also a little gray, but he was energetic and ruddy. It seemed that the food in Situ's mansion Still very nourishing.

When the steward saw that Cui Di was accompanying other people in the room, he felt slighted in his heart.

Just when he was about to get angry, he was stunned by Liu Yu's eyes. Living in Situ's mansion made him see people much better.

He hurriedly avoided Liu Yu's sight, but went straight to Cui Di to question the emerald horse.

Liu Yu didn't want to take care of these trivial matters and walked out of the shop, but before going out, he heard Cui Di call that person Wang Guanshi.

Liu Yu left the West City and went directly to Xiaowei's Mansion at the East Gate.

Xiaowei's Mansion at the East Gate is the location of the yamen of Luoyang's four gate guards, but in order to facilitate management and inspection of Luoyang city defense, Xu Rong took it as his mansion.

It was only when he went outside the mansion that he saw Ma Teng waiting in front of the door.

After Ma Chao succeeded in apprenticeship, his father Ma Teng also naturally became more friendly to Liu Yu. When he saw Liu Yu coming to the appointment, he warmly greeted him.

Ma Teng said: "Just now General Xu ordered me to drive to invite you, but when I arrived at King Zhongshan's mansion, I realized that you had left early in the morning, so I had to wait here!"

Liu Yu smiled and waved his hands, "You and I are considered a family, Brother Ma, don't be polite to me in the future, just find someone to go to the mansion and let us know."

Liu Yu became Ma Chao's master, and he and Ma Teng were called brothers of the same generation.

After hearing this, Ma Teng was very happy, thinking that being able to establish a relationship with Luoyang upstarts would definitely be of great help to take root in Luoyang City in the future.

Ma Teng is also very ambitious. He was originally a local warlord, but now he is only a school lieutenant in the army in Luoyang, so he is naturally dissatisfied.

That's why he thought that his son was looking for a master and visited many princes and ministers, but most of them hit a wall, and he didn't find a way until Liu Yu came here.

Walking into the Colonel's Mansion, Liu Yu asked in a low voice, "I don't know why General Xu Rong invited me today?"

Ma Teng replied knowingly: "One is to clean up the wind and dust for the King of Zhongshan, and the other is for the ancient tomb. This time, General Xu specially invited a master who is proficient in the art of ventilation and water. It is estimated that he will be able to arrive in the east of Luoyang in the afternoon." Door."

Hearing this, Liu Yu smiled and didn't ask any more questions, but he thought that Xu Rong attached great importance to the tomb robbery, and even invited other Feng Shui masters. It seems that he urgently needs a batch of treasures to exchange for military rations!
And if he can help Xu Rong one step ahead of the Feng Shui master, he will definitely gain more friendship from him.

The two walked side by side, before they reached the front hall, Xu Rong came out to meet him.

"The transmission of the servants in the mansion was a bit slow, and I was really rude for not being able to go outside the mansion to greet him in person!"

"General Xu is very polite. You first delivered food and rice and then hosted a banquet. I am very touched by this friendship!"

Hearing Liu Yu say this, Xu Rong felt very happy, and the other party agreed, which meant that what he asked for was pretty much the same.

Xu Rong personally led Liu Yu into the hall and took a seat, the two exchanged greetings again, and then Liu Yu took out the gift he was carrying with him.

"I specially selected these pieces of jade in West Market, but I don't know if General Xu likes them or not!"

"Oh, how could I accept such a big gift!" Xu Rong got up and refused. He had a request for Liu Yu today, how could he accept the other party's things before he opened his mouth.

"It's impolite to come and not to go!" Liu Yu pushed the jade forward again, indicating that it was a return gift for the food gift the day before yesterday.

"General Xu, don't worry, Brother Ma told me about it before coming here. The lack of food in the army is a big deal, so as long as it doesn't involve my Great Han Ancestral Temple, I will definitely do my best to help find the entrance to the underground palace!"

As a member of the royal family, Liu Yu certainly cannot help outsiders steal his ancestor's underground palace, this is a major event that damages wisdom.

Upon hearing this, Xu Rong quickly explained: "I have already found out that it is a large tomb from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty! There is no need to worry about this matter. Let's have a banquet first. Today is mainly to clean up the dust for the King of Zhongshan, and we will talk about other things later."

Xu Rong didn't expect Liu Yu to agree to what he asked straight to the point as soon as he came up, and Liu Yu's confident attitude also made Xu Rong believe that the spies who came back from Kangjiazhuang should not lie.

This Zhongshan King Liu Yu is really a person who knows the art of fighting.

So Xu Rong expressed his gratitude to Liu Yu again, and also recognized Ma Teng's ability to handle affairs.

It's just that Xu Rong was curious and puzzled when he heard that the two brothers matched each other.

It wasn't until I heard that Ma Chao had worshiped Liu Yu as his teacher that I realized the relationship between the two, and I felt a little more envious in my heart.

Xu Rong thought that no matter whether Liu Yu knew the art of inversion or not, and whether he could help find the entrance of the underground palace, he had plans to make friends with this upstart in Luoyang, but he never thought about it, but Ma Teng got there first!

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The banquet began when the food and wine were served, and Xu Rong also called Ma Teng and another captain to accompany him.

After drinking for three rounds, Xu Rong introduced the accompanying captain to Liu Yu.

This person's name is Wu Qian, who is the captain of Xu Rong's subordinate who is in charge of inverting, and the Feng Shui master Ma Teng said he would invite is his elder brother.

Liu Yu was not interested in the little people in Daedou, so he chatted with Xu Rong about some things in the court with a little gesture.

Liu Yu said: "Tomorrow is the court meeting. I haven't received any communication since I came back from Hulaoguan. I really don't know what to do."

But Xu Rong said with a smile: "The king of Zhongshan is self-effacing. Lu Fengxian's small defeat in the battle of Luoyang and Sun Jian were awarded the five-featured Zhonglang general and Dutinghou, and the king of Zhongshan defeated the main force of the coalition forces of the princes outside the Hulao pass. This reward Certainly not inferior to Lu Bu!"

Liu Yu shook his head slightly, saying that he didn't care about the imperial court's rewards, but was only worried about the food price in Luoyang City, and wondered whether the imperial court had formulated an effective plan.

When Xu Rong heard about it, he also frowned sadly.

Xu Rong said: "People from all over the country are self-respecting and unwilling to send food to Luoyang easily. What kind of plan can the imperial court come up with? Now it can only be sold back at a high price by the mysterious rich businessman."

Liu Yu asked: "Why didn't the grand master send food from Chang'an City?"

Xu Rong sighed and explained that 10,000+ white wave thieves suddenly appeared in the Hongnong area. They first occupied the city and then destroyed the official roads, so that Zhang Ji, the guard of Chang'an, dared not send food easily to Luoyang.

Hearing this, Liu Yu also frowned, thinking that no wonder the spies sent to Mengjin didn't find any bandits making trouble, so they all ran to Hongnong City, which is closer to Chang'an.

According to historical records, the Baibo bandits should have caused chaos in the Mengjin area, but now they occupy the more important Hongnong city. It is no wonder that Dong Zhuo didn't let Chang'an send food in a hurry.

It's just why this group of bandits suddenly ran to Hongnong to threaten the defense of Chang'an City, and it happened to be at the critical moment when Luoyang City was short of food?

Could it be that there is some connection between them and the mysterious rich businessman?

(End of this chapter)