Chapter 136 Lu Xun’s determination, Tzuyu’s night visit
Lu Xun was very happy to learn that Liu Mang and Zhuge Liang successfully met Wu Hou.
In his opinion, it was a happy event to be able to help the young master and husband who were friendly to him.
"It's been a hard day today, Boyan."
"It doesn't matter! The young master and your husband didn't make things difficult for me. They are already kind to Bo Yan!"
Lu Xun sighed and said, "To be honest, the Lu family has always been suppressed by the Jiangdong nobles because they offended the late lord Sun Ce."
"Thanks to the young master for the sugar and fine wine, the Lu family can now make some progress."
"Brother Lu Xuan has praised the young master for his righteousness many times!"
Liu Mang nodded, knowing that it was not easy for Lu Xun in the Lu family.
Doing the householder's work without the householder's advice.
If you do a good job, you won't be attacked; if you don't do a good job, you will be blamed.
Lu Boyan? It’s hard to say!
Zhuge Liang chuckled and said: "Boyan is in the Wuhou Mansion, I think he will be put into great use."
"Zijing has said that the Marquis of Wu is willing to accept the elites from Jiangdong and gather them under his command!"
Lu Xun shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Sir, that's ridiculous! How can Boyan be considered one of the heroes of Jiangdong? He's just a weak scholar."
"Now that I am in the lowest position in the Wuhou Mansion, I don't have much chance to speak, but I am making the young master and sir laugh."
When Liu Mang learned about Lu Xun's current situation, a bold idea formed in his mind.
Why did a talent like Lu Xun have to wait until the Battle of Yiling to become famous all over the world?
"Poaching Lu Xun is equivalent to buying an insurance policy for my father!"
Liu Mang made up his mind that he must poach Lu Xun!
"Bo Yan, may I ask what you think about your future?"
"Sooner or later, Lu Ji will be in charge of the Lu family, not you."
Liu Mang's sincere smile, at least to Lu Xun now, was like spring breeze and rain, warming people's hearts.
Others only looked at whether Lu Xun was flying high, and no one ever thought about whether Lu Xun was tired from flying.
"This... Young Master, Boyan has no plans for himself now!"
"I just want to assist my father and run the Lu family well!"
In two sentences, I never mentioned serving Sun Quan!
Liu Mang asked again: "Get married and start a business! I wonder if Boyan has ever been married?"
Lu Xun blushed when he heard this. He wanted to start a family, but with the Lu family's situation, how could any noble family come to marry him?
"There is still... no woman is willing to marry Boyan!"
"Oh! That's because they are blind! I heard that Mr. Zhuge has a niece who is gentle and virtuous!"
"Um?"
Zhuge Liang was a little confused. Where did his niece come from? The young master was obviously talking nonsense!
"Sir... what are you..."
"Would Bo Yan be interested in a woman from the Zhuge clan?"
"That's an honor for Lu Xun!"
When Lu Xun heard this, he bowed and saluted. Zhuge Liang was now highly regarded under Liu Bei.
In addition, Liu Bei now occupies the four counties of Jingnan, and he is by no means the great uncle of the Han Dynasty who was beaten as panic as a lost dog in history!
If he can marry Zhuge Liang, Lu Xun's status will also rise!
Not to mention, there is another Mr. Zhuge in Jiangdong - Zhuge Jin!
Nowadays, Zhuge Jin is the eldest official under Sun Quan and is highly regarded by the Marquis of Wu.
"Alas! My husband and I will go to Wuhou's mansion tomorrow, but we just don't know how to get in..."
Lu Xun rubbed his calf and gritted his teeth when he thought of the courtesy Mr. Liu Mang had given him today!
"Don't worry, young master, Tomorrow Boyan will have his own way to let you enter Wuhou's residence!"
"That's good, everything will be over with Boyan! Sir, why don't you meet your niece-in-law soon?"
Zhuge Liang looked helpless and had no choice but to step forward and exchange a few words.
Lu Xun left early, and it wasn't until midnight that another visitor came.
"Kong Ming? Are you here?"
Zhuge Jin came here in the dark. As a senior official, he could not come to visit his brother during the day in order to avoid suspicion.
"Brother!"
Zhuge Liang was overjoyed and said: "Long years no see! I'll wake up the young master and introduce you to him!"
"No need!"
Zhuge Jin shook his head, and then had a long chat with Zhuge Liang.
"Kong Ming! The general trend of the world is now very clear!"
"Cao Cao dominates the north and has no rivals!"
"The Marquis of Wu is located in the east of the Yangtze River, and even with the natural dangers of the Yangtze River, it would be difficult for Cao Cao to conquer the east of the Yangtze River!"
"Why don't you come to assist the Marquis of Wu? My brothers will share the same position, and it will become a good story in the future!"
Zhuge Jin said sincerely: "I heard what Ling Gongji said, that Liu Mang is just a bastard, Liu Bei can only cry and howl, and is not worthy of your help at all!"
Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan lightly and said with a smile: "Brother, my young master has a saying! Don't put your eggs in one basket."
"I asked you to defect to the Marquis of Wu, why are you telling me about eggs?"
"One more thing, the market is risky, so you need to be cautious when investing!"
Liu Mang's daily conversations with Zhuge Liang made him know many new words, but Zhuge Jin did not understand them.
"We choose Mingzhu, just like doing business and investing."
"What a joke! How can I, a scholar, be compared to a low-level merchant like me?"
"Brother, please don't get angry, and listen to what Kong Ming has to say. If I, the Zhuge family, want to pass on, we must not risk everything."
Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan lightly and said with a smile: "Now that my brother has become the chief official of Sun Quan, he is deeply trusted by him!"
"Uncle Liu Huang visited the thatched cottage three times, and the young master is a disciple of Kong Ming. Both father and son have great trust in me!"
"My third brother Zhuge Jun, after he becomes an official, I will definitely let him go to the north to join Cao Cao."
"No matter who among the three can win the world in the future, my Zhuge family can continue to do so!"
Can't eggs be put in one basket?
Zhuge Jin stroked his beard gently and felt that what his brother said was very reasonable.
"Hahahaha! Kong Ming, you are still the same as when you were a child!"
"If you don't want to serve as a Marquis of Wu, you'll use those principles to excuse your brother!"
"It's just that your fallacy makes Brother Wei think it's quite reasonable!"
Zhuge Jin clasped his hands and laughed, no matter who the two of them serve as their master, their brotherly love will never change.
"This is my young master's professor, and Liang has decided to let me go."
Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "Brother, can you tell Kong Ming what Wu Hou is thinking?"
Zhuge Jin sighed: "Today when I was at Wuhou's mansion, I saw you two masters and disciples stacking rocks and climbing over the wall to get in!"
"If I hadn't cleaned up the rocks, I'm afraid you two would have been caught by the guards!"
Zhuge Liang heard this and quickly thanked his brother.
"Alas! This is brotherly love, how can we say thank you?"
"It's just that now the Marquis of Wu can't help himself! Zhang Zibu and others have repeatedly advised the Marquis of Wu to surrender to Cao Cao!"
"Because of this, Marquis Wu asked Lu Zijing to go to Jiangxia and invite you, master and disciple, to come!"
Zhuge Liang asked in confusion: "Then why did the Marquis of Wu ask us to leave the next day?"
Zhuge Jin whispered: "This is for Zhang Zhao and others to see! Otherwise, these people will go and complain to Wu Guotai!"
"Wuhou, there is nothing we can do! After the old master passed away, Wuhou served his mother with the utmost filial piety!"
Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan lightly, looked at his disciple Liu Mang's room, and said with a smile: "What if Wu Guotai has a good son-in-law?"
Zhuge Jin wondered: "Kong Ming, what do you mean? You already have Yueying, so you can't do anything to disgrace your younger siblings!"