Chapter 192

Think of him, Lu Bu, who considers himself invincible in the world, but is trapped in this small Wuyuan, wanting to get ahead but having no opportunity.

No one appreciates his talent.

Those scholar-official clans look down on him, a martial artist, yet they need to rely on his martial power.

Even, they repeatedly embezzled his military merits.

Causing him to be unable to rise.

How hateful!

Even, if it weren't for the fact that more than a year ago, he started trading warhorses, furs, cattle, sheep, wool, etc., with the Su family's chamber of commerce, he would not only have been unable to rise in rank but also unable to earn much money.

At least now, because of the changes brought by Su Xuan, their Lu family is considered wealthy in the entire Bingzhou.

A consolation!

"Forget it! Don't think about these for now!"

"Boyuan is getting married; as his good brother, I must go and drink his wedding wine this time to congratulate him;"

"Hmm! I also have to send him a generous gift;"

"I have it; he must be short of warhorses, so I will go to the grassland in these two months to grab a batch of fine warhorses to send to Boyuan;"

"Coincidentally, in the past few months, the Xiongnu and Xianbei have been restless, repeatedly sending scouts to harass and plunder; I can kill two birds with one stone, hehe!"

"By then, I might be able to take the opportunity to ask Boyuan how I can get ahead;"

"He has been promoted so fast and is so smart; he must have a way, right?"

Lu Bu secretly made up his mind.

He knew he didn't have this brain, so he simply stopped thinking about it and went to find his good brother who had this brain!

In Luoyang, at Cao Cao's residence,

"Tsk tsk! Boyuan is marrying into the Xun clan? Amazing!"

"Miss Xun Cai is very beautiful and outstanding; many people want to marry her but can't reach her, yet my brother succeeded!"

"With the help of the Xun clan, his future is truly limitless; his only shortcoming has been filled! Envious!"

Cao Cao sighed.

Why didn't he have such luck back then?

All along, Su Xuan's only shortcoming was that his background was not strong enough, and there was no powerful family behind him to support him.

His personal connections were also not strong.

But with the support of the Xun clan, everything was made up for.

The Xun clan could also get a son-in-law with an unlimited future, which could be considered a strong alliance.

"Shouldn't I go and congratulate him and drink his wedding wine?"

Cao Cao made up his mind that he must go there.

At the County Lieutenant's residence in Anxi County,

Liu Bei also received the news of Su Xuan's marriage into the Xun clan.

Suddenly, he was full of envy, jealousy, and hatred: "Damn it! Why is every good thing Su Xuan's?"

"Why don't I have such luck?"

Watching others already appointed Generals and enfeoffed as Marquises, and able to marry top scholar-official daughters, while he himself was alone and only a County Lieutenant.

It is simply a world of difference.

Liu Bei didn't feel that his ability was worse than Su Xuan's, but the status quo was completely different; how could his heart be calm?

"Moreover, I have established so many merits, but in the end, I only got the position of Anxi County Lieutenant; this Su Xuan must have embezzled my merits! Hateful!"

Liu Bei gritted his teeth.

These words were just heard by Especially Guan Yu Yu and Zhang Fei who were walking outside the door.

The two looked at each other and saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.

The two simply turned and left, went to Zhang Fei's side and sat down, and while drinking, Zhang Fei couldn't help but sigh: "Big Brother has been like a resentful woman since the rewards ended; it's really giving people a headache;"

"Saying that this matter is Su Xuan's fault is actually a bit too much!"

"That Su Xuan doesn't look like a petty person!"

"Moreover, every time he reported the merits, he didn't hide it from us!"

"Whether he embezzled our merits, don't we know it ourselves?"

"Actually, in the end, it's just that Su Xuan and the people under his command are too powerful, and we didn't manage to grab many outstanding merits!"

"In addition, the imperial court is also desperate for money, and we have to pay money for official positions, it's simply..."

"If we really want to say it, we actually owe Su Xuan and Hansheng and the others quite a few favors!"

"Big Brother being like this is not right!"

He is a straightforward person and says what he thinks.

If he weren't worried that Liu Bei would be unhappy, he would have wanted to say this to Liu Bei's face.

"No choice!"

Especially Guan Yu Yu also shook his head: "Third Brother, you must also understand the unhappiness in Big Brother's heart!"

"Watching others appointed Generals and enfeoffed as Marquises, while he himself has achieved almost nothing and is trapped in this Anxi County, it is normal for Big Brother to be unhappy in his heart～～!"

"Not to mention Big Brother, aren't you and I the same?"

"Big Brother has high aspirations, but unfortunately, reality always fails to let us have our way; we younger brothers can only persuade Big Brother more and help Big Brother more."

They have already sworn brotherhood; what else can they do?

Could he betray Big Brother?

At least, he, Especially Guan Yu Yu, couldn't do such a thing.

The ancients valued a promise as worth a thousand gold; what Especially Guan Yu Yu adheres to in his heart is also righteousness.

"That's all we can do!"

Zhang Fei nodded.

On Su Xuan's side,

after resting for a few days, besides the miscellaneous matters accumulated recently, and sorting out the situation of the chamber of commerce and the troops under his command,

Su Xuan summoned all the civil and military officials under his command again.