Shen Lian followed Lü Bu to the bookstore and reported the situation of the Jinyiwei to Lü Bu.
"Reporting to my lord, the brothers of the Embroidered Uniform Guards are gathered in the manor outside Luoyang.
I'll be at your disposal at any time!"
Lu Bu said to Shen Lian,
"Send 50 people into the Marquis of Champion's estate to protect the estate.
The rest of the brothers will temporarily join the Zhen Family Chamber of Commerce.
I want to use the Zhen Family Chamber of Commerce as a base to establish strongholds in each province.
In the future, the task of gathering information would be handed over to the Jinyiwei.”
"Also, help me keep an eye on the Yuan family's eyes and ears.
If they dare to ruin my plan, I will kill them without mercy!”
Shen Lian cupped his fists and replied,"
"Shen Lian will obey my lord's orders!"
After Lu Bu acknowledged Zhang Rang as his godfather, the direction of the court changed.
Zhang Rang was ruthless, and many of those who had impeached Lu Bu were imprisoned.
The rest of the officials were also as quiet as cicadas in winter, not daring to make another sound.
After this incident, the Yuan Clan's influence in the imperial court had suffered significant losses.
In the Yuan Residence, Yuan Feng, Yuan Kui, and a few juniors were gathered in the hall to discuss matters.
The atmosphere in the room was very heavy.
Sikong Yuanfeng frowned and said,
"I don't know what happened to that old eunuch Zhang Rang, but he arrested many of our Yuan family's subordinate officials.
We've never been on good terms with the eunuchs, but we haven't reached the point of fighting to the death, right?
What is Zhang Rang trying to do?"
It was only in the past few days that Yuan Shu's face had completely subsided. He said hatefully,
"Zhang Rang, that old eunuch dog, is the most greedy!
I think Lu Bu must have given him money to make Zhang Rang that dog risk his life to help Lu Bu!”
Yuan Shao also echoed,
"What the highway said is not without reason. Lu Bu has a caravan under him that sells immortal wine and fine salt that is popular in Luoyang.
He could take out a bargaining chip to bribe Zhang Rang.”
Grand Tutor Yuan Kui's heart skipped a beat as he asked Yuan Shao,"
"Have you investigated the origins of Lu Bu's caravan?
If there is a problem with his caravan, we can completely seal it up and take it into the hands of my Yuan family.”
Yuan Shao's face darkened as he shook his head and said,"
"The clues have been cut off. We only know that it was the Chamber of Commerce of the Zhen family in Zhongshan. For some reason, it was taken by Lu Bu.
These few days, I've continued to send people to investigate, but there's no news from the people who went to investigate the Chamber of Commerce.
Something bad must have happened."
Yuan Feng sighed,"
"Let's put Lu Bu's matter aside for now. Don't send anyone to investigate his Chamber of Commerce.
This round, my Yuan family has lost."
Yuan Shu said unwillingly,
"Are we going to let go of the humiliation our Yuan Family suffered?”
Yuan Kui stroked his beard and said with a cold smile,"
"It's never too late for a gentleman to take revenge.
Since Lu Bu was a general, he would definitely fight.
In this world, there was no general who could always win. It was the fate of a general to die on the battlefield.”
While the Yuan Family was discussing how to deal with Lu Bu, Lu Bu was sparring with his Junior Brother Zhang Liao in the courtyard.
Lu Bu held an ordinary halberd in his hand, and he was unable to raise his head just by relying on his basic halberd techniques.
After less than ten rounds, Zhang Liao was about to be defeated. He was anxious and shouted,
"Yellow Dragon Spear Technique, Yellow Dragon in the Abyss!"
After experiencing the tempering of life and death battles, Zhang Liao's Yellow Dragon Spear Technique had already advanced to the Advanced Level.
The spear pierced straight into Lu Bu's chest, and it had the power of a dragon leaping into the abyss.
Lu Bu turned the halberd in his hand and easily knocked away Zhang Liao's Yellow Dragon Hook Scythe Spear, placing the halberd beside him.
"Wenyuan, you lost again."
"I'm not fighting anymore, I'm not fighting anymore!"
Zhang Liao sat on the ground and said gloomily,
"I have no chance of winning at all. Senior Brother's improvement speed is too abnormal!”
What Zhang Liao said was the truth. Before Lu Bu joined the army, they could still spar for thirty to fifty rounds.
Ever since Lu Bu entered the battlefield, his strength had increased by leaps and bounds.
Now, Zhang Liao couldn't even last ten rounds.
"I'd better go and spar with Zhang He. It's more interesting to fight with him.”
When Zhang Liao mentioned Zhang He, Lu Bu's heart skipped a beat. He said to Zhang Liao,"
"Wenyuan, call Xu Yi and Boping back today. Tell them that I'm treating them to a meal.”
Zhang Liao stood up and patted the dust off his body. He said to Lu Bu,"
"Senior Brother, did you find Zhang He to introduce him to Master?”
Lu Bu smiled and said,"
"You can even guess that?
He had the qualifications to be a good general, and his foundation in spear arts was very solid.
I believe that Master will like such a disciple.”
"Alright, I'll go find them.
Senior Brother, prepare more good wine. I'm already full of it.”
After Zhang Liao left, Lu Bu strolled to the backyard to look for Li Yan.
At this moment, Li Yan was lying on a bench in the courtyard, sunbathing. He was still wearing a straw hat on his face.
Seeing his adopted son, Lu Bu, Li Yan threw his straw hat on the ground and said with a smile,
"Fengxian, those little fellows you recruited in the residence recently are not bad.
How did you train him?"
Lu Bu knew that the 'little guy' that Li Yan mentioned was the Jinyiwei expert that Shen Lian had transferred over.
He sat in front of Li Yan and lowered his head to reply to his foster father,
"These brothers were originally wandering warriors in the pugilistic world and were recruited by my son.
If Godfather thinks that their aptitude is not bad, he might as well teach them martial arts.”
Li Yan waved his hand repeatedly.
"There are too many people.
If I had that time, I might as well bask in the sun.
Opening a dojo in the capital like my old friend is simply too tiring.”
"Godfather, can you take in another disciple?
I have a fierce general under me who has the potential to be a peerless fierce general.
If Godfather accepts him, he will not disgrace your reputation.”
"Kid, you've calculated well.”
Li Yan sat up and picked up the tea on the table to take a sip. He smiled playfully at Lu Bu and said,
"You want your father to nurture good generals for you?
Alright, but you have to agree to one condition.”
"What condition?"
"Follow me to challenge the dojo tomorrow."
"Challenge?"
Lu Bu found it very strange. With his father's Mythical level strength, why would he be interested in a small dojo?
"The dojo is run by an old friend of mine.
As long as you can defeat all of his disciples, your father will take in your generals.”
"How is it? You didn't lose out on this deal, right?”
Lu Bu seemed to have thought of something and asked Li Yan,
"Father's old friend, could he be one of the Five Uniques?”
Li Yan nodded and said with a smile,
"That's right. The owner of the dojo is the Sword Saint of the Five Uniques.
I haven't seen him for a long time. I have to give him a surprise this time.”
As soon as Li Yan finished speaking, Lu Bu received a system notification:
"Ding! "Detected that the host is going to challenge the dojo with his foster father, Li Yan. System mission issued."
[Mission Title: Return!] There was! Who was it?
[Mission objective: Defeat all martial masters in the dojo.]
[Mission Reward: Legendary Martial Skill: Overlord Sword Technique]
[Mission failure penalty: Randomly deprive the host of a skill.]”
Since the system's mission had arrived, Lu Bu could only smile bitterly and say,"
"Since Godfather has given the order, how can I disobey?
Who told me, Lu Bu, to be a filial son?"
Li Yan laughed and said,
"Alright, with Fengxian's filial piety, I'll accept the little guy you brought today!”
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