Chapter 308

"This woman is decent; she looks quite smart and has courage. Her genes should be good!"

"The girl has also taken a liking to him; she's looking at my Brother Bei as if she's about to drool!"

Just then, Pang Tong rode over to report,

"My lord, the rogue soldiers have basically been killed, but several hundred commoners have also been killed."

Liu Bei said in a deep voice,

"Have the soldiers continue searching for routed troops; anyone found plundering the people is to be killed without mercy!"

"Understood!"

Hearing the words "my lord," the woman in the carriage couldn't help but have her eyes light up. Her pupils shifted, and she cried out,

"I feel so dizzy!"

Her body swayed, and she fell toward Liu Bei, who was outside the carriage.

Liu Bei: "??"

"Am I being scammed?"

He still hurriedly caught her, and the warm, fragrant body fell into his arms!

Liu Bei, who hadn't tasted meat in three months, smelled the faint fragrance on the woman and held her even tighter.

The woman's eyes were closed, her eyelashes were long, and her face was full of collagen...

Pang Tong had excellent eyesight and hurriedly cupped his hands,

"My lord, we have been on the road all day, and the weather is cold. Let us first head to the Wen County seat to take shelter from the wind and snow."

Liu Bei nodded,

"Very well!"

The commoners had originally feared the rogue soldiers, but hearing that Lord Liu Xuande had arrived with his army, they flocked to the streets to offer vegetables and wine to Liu Bei's troops.

"It's a good thing Lord Liu Xuande came, otherwise we would have been wiped out by the rogue soldiers."

"Indeed, Lord Liu Xuande's soldiers have such good discipline; Cao Cao and Ding Yuan Shao don't do anything good!"

"Lord Liu Xuande, please take Henei Commandery so we can live a good life too."

"Eh, who is the woman in Lord Liu Xuande's arms?"

"I heard she was snatched by the rogue soldiers and saved by Lord Liu Xuande."

"How pitiful. I hope Lord Liu Xuande takes her in, otherwise she has nowhere to go."

Everyone didn't know the situation, thinking she had been snatched by rogue soldiers and not knowing if anything had happened, and now that she was being held by Lord Liu Xuande, this girl really had nowhere to go if she didn't follow him.

Liu Bei felt more and more that the girl in his arms was scamming him,

"To actually cling to her savior—this girl's IQ is not low."

Liu Bei stayed temporarily in the county government office in the city; the original magistrate had long since run off without a trace.

Liu Bei tucked the woman in with a quilt,

And the woman suddenly woke up, hugging Liu Bei's arm with a pitiful expression, saying in a delicate voice,

"Benefactor, I am all alone with nowhere to go. I beg you to take me in."

Liu Bei was ignited by her expression, so he simply stopped pretending. After all, the woman was lonely and helpless, and he was just doing a good deed!

Liu Bei taught the woman some powerful chatting techniques, chatting until she was drenched in sweat.

The two chatted more and more enthusiastically,

And Liu Bei exclaimed,

"Your name is Zhang Zhang Chunhua?!"

The woman was puzzled,

"Yes, Benefactor, do you know me?"

Liu Bei shook his head,

"I don't!"

He continued to bury his head in chatting, thinking to himself,

"Am I doing Military Sima Yi a disservice, or am I doing Military Sima Zhao a disservice?"

After a long time, Zhang Zhang Chunhua curled up in Liu Bei's arms, recounting her "tragic" encounter,

"Benefactor, my family sent me to Wen County to get married, but I didn't expect to encounter the chaos of war. That Military Sima family ran off without even saying a word!"

"I had just arrived outside Wen County when my family servants were all killed. It's fortunate my father is in poor health and didn't come this time."

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"If it weren't for you, Benefactor, I fear I would have already met a tragic end!"

Liu Bei squeezed the warm cotton ball,

"This Military Sima family is indeed unscrupulous. From now on, you will follow me."

Zhang Zhang Chunhua had been waiting for these words; her eyes shone, and she thought to herself,

"The ancients were right: after the extreme comes the turn. Although I was almost captured, I met Lord Liu Xuande. Hehe, life will be good from now on. If my father knew I didn't marry Military Sima Yi but followed Lord Liu Xuande instead, he would probably be overjoyed!"

Zhang Zhang Chunhua said in a delicate voice,

"Lord Liu Xuande, there were some things I didn't understand just now. Could you teach me some more?"

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Liu Bei was naturally fond of being a teacher and satisfied her reasonable request!

He sighed inwardly,

"So much for pursuing the Cao army—how did Military Sima Yi's wife disappear? What about Military Sima Zhao's ambition? What about the Emperor of Jin? What a disaster!"

Thinking of this, Liu Bei seemed even more motivated.

Zhang Zhang Chunhua was tearful, moved to tears, "Benefactor is truly brave and skilled in battle; I admire you, woo woo woo."

Early the next morning, Liu Bei left the bedroom under Zhang Zhang Chunhua's service,

And Pang Tong was already waiting there,

"My lord, the rogue soldiers in Wen County have been basically cleared out."

"The Military Sima family had already moved their entire household across the Yellow River toward Yuzhou before the rogue soldiers arrived."

"The messenger they sent to notify Zhang Zhang Chunhua's carriage convoy was killed by rogue cavalry, so they missed each other."

Liu Bei frowned,

"So this Military Sima family went to defect to Cao Cao?"

"My lord, Military Sima Lang was already working under Cao Cao."

Liu Bei didn't know how much of a decision-making role Military Sima Yi had played in this,

"This Military Sima Yi is planning to suck the Cao family dry, isn't he?"

Pang Tong reported other matters,

"My lord, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have already pursued out of Henei Commandery and reached Wei Commandery."

Liu Bei nodded,

"The defenses of Ye City are extremely strong. Let them show off their might in Wei Commandery for a bit, then have them return."

"Understood!"

Liu Bei didn't expect that,

After a fierce charge by Ma Chao and Zhang Zhang Liao, they had also caught a big fish for him.

Ding Yuan Shang, the third son Ding Yuan Shao loved most, had been captured by Zhang Zhang Liao!

Liu Bei, having nothing to do, pacified the scholar-official families of Wen County and went to the inner courtyard to pacify Zhang Zhang Chunhua's heart.

"Zhang Chunhua, the Military Sima family has already moved their entire household across the Yellow River and gone to defect to Cao Cao."

Zhang Zhang Chunhua spat,

"Shameless Military Sima Yi, he ran off without even saying a word!"

Liu Bei naturally didn't say that Military Sima Yi had actually sent someone to notify her.

"I have already sent people to Pinggao to notify and protect your father."

Zhang Zhang Chunhua bowed gracefully,

"Thank you, Benefactor."

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