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In a secret room of the Cao Gang branch.
"It's indeed Young Lord Lu…I haven't seen you for more than ten years. I thought…"
"Uncle Cai, do you also think that Fengxian died tragically in the Lü Gate murder case?" Lu Bu tilted his head and smiled.”
Cai Pi sighed and said,"Sigh…" Back then, Cai Pimeng was single-handedly supported by the old lord Lu Xing, and he didn't hesitate to provide me with ten thousand taels of gold to develop the shipping industry. Otherwise, how could there be one of the four gangs of the martial arts world today, the Cao Gang? Therefore, when something happened to my lord, I led more than ten capable assistants to Sichuan to see if I could help…Unfortunately, the Lu Family Manor has already turned into ashes, and there is no news of you. Now, knowing that you are safe and sound, and that you have an unparalleled technique, I think the old lord should die with a smile.”
Lu Bu patted Cai Pi's shoulder as a form of praise. He said lightly,""Let bygones be bygones. Uncle Cai, don't be too sad…Today, I came to visit because I hope that Uncle Cai can help me out on account of the fact that you were my father's subordinate!”
Cai Pi said disapprovingly,"Young Master is Cai Pi's lord. What's there to help or not?" As long as you give the order, Zhang Chou and I will definitely go through fire and water for you! Speaking of Zhang Chou, I've already sent my confidant to inform him to come. Why hasn't he shown up yet…He must have drunk himself unconscious in some brothel.”
"Hey! Hey! Hey! Old Cai, you vile person, you actually dared to gossip to the young master behind my back. Isn't that a little too unkind?”
An old man pushed open the door and entered. His head was coiled with a long piece of hemp woven cloth, and he was dressed in a green-brown suit. He had a leopard's head and tiger's eyes, and his two curls of beard were curled up. His arms were rolled up by his long sleeves, revealing his lean muscles. At a glance, it was obvious that he was an expert in hard body techniques.
Once the old man entered, he sat down next to Cai Pi and used his elbow to secretly punch Cai Pi's stomach. He even scolded with a smile,""In any case, I, Zhang Chou, have spent a lot of money in the past ten years to find the young master. Now that you've said that, it seems that I'm just a traitor who has completely forgotten about the old master after obtaining some benefits!”
Cai Pi saw this and used his right hand to block Zhang Chou's elbow punch. Seeing that Zhang Chou was going to attack again, he said angrily,"It's fine if you beat, scold, and laugh normally, but you're still so impudent when the young master is here!”
Zhang Chou and Cai Pi seemed to greet each other as if they were greeting each other. It was as if they had forgotten about Lu Bu. When they heard Cai Pi mention it, they awkwardly stopped and said to Lu Bu,"Young Master, please forgive me. I'm just a commoner and can't be seen in public.”
It was beyond Lu Bu's expectations that he would receive such respect from the other party even though it was the first time they met. Moreover, this person was one of the four major gangs. Seeing that Zhang Chou was so nostalgic and did not dare to cross the line, Lu Bu immediately changed the topic and said to Cai Pi as if he was helping Zhang Chou out of the awkward situation,"Uncle Cai, you're too kind. You and Uncle Zhang loved Fengxian very much when he was young, and now you're already ranked as one of the four gangs in the world. Your influence is different from before. Seeing that Fengxian, the son who called him brother back then, still doesn't abandon him, just this friendship alone is something that Fengxian will never be able to repay in this lifetime!”
Although Zhang Chou was an old subordinate of Lu Xing, he was still one of the Four Great Tribes. Although he had heard that his old friend Cai Pi had found a successor to his old master, he was still uneasy on the way here. He didn't know how to face the bloodline of his old master. Now that he heard Lu Bu's understanding words, the courage and ambition of his youth that was not afraid of death reappeared. He patted his chest and said,"Young Lord, please don't say that. Although I, Zhang Chou, and Cai Pi have today's glory and wealth, we both know that if it wasn't for the Lord's support, we would never have today's grain warehouse. Therefore, as long as Young Master has the order, even if the two of us have to climb a mountain of knives or plunge into a pot of oil, I won't frown!”
Lu Bu shifted his body to make himself more comfortable and said,""Uncle Cai, Uncle Zhang, Fengxian didn't come here because he wanted to get any benefits from these two uncles. However, I hope that I can borrow your strength to join Ding Yuan.”
Such a request really surprised the two of them, especially Zhang Chou, who gave Cai Pi a strange look and said to Lu Bu,""With Ding Yuan working with us now, your request is as easy as drinking water. However, Young Master, your intelligence and strategy are not inferior to Ding Yuan's. The attendants beside you are all invincible. Even if you want to replace them today, you can count us in…However, you only want to be under him. This…"
Cai Pi responded to Zhang Chou's gaze and took a deep breath,""Just as Old Zhang said, with the strength of the Cao Gang and the Zhan Alliance, it is enough for Young Master to sit on the throne of the Jingzhou Provincial Governor…Although the two of us had already taken a fancy to my son-in-law Liu Biao's plan to replace Ding Yuan, but... That was then and that was now. Since the young lord wanted to develop Jing State, how could he only want to be under Ding Yuan? If the two of us obeyed the young lord's wishes, how could we be worthy of the old lord's kindness?”
Lu Bu nodded his head and said," I understand your thoughts. However, I, Lu Bu, wish to use my own strength to obtain what I want. I don't want to take the Jing Province by force. Although Ding Yuan is the military clan that is the least favored in the south, he still has some supporters…I would hope to use my own method to obtain it step by step.”
"Of course, the Jing state is only a part of my dream. My goal is the hope that my father and my ancestors have been unable to hope for in their entire lives-to rebuild the territory of the Lu Dynasty. "Now that the Yellow Turban bandits are in chaos, the central government has no power to control the area. I hope to take this opportunity to catch up with the path of hegemony.”
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