Chapter 55

The Xia country livestream room exploded completely.

"Damn, big-eared thief, I misjudged you!"

"The big-eared thief has become a 'money-demanding hermit'; I seem to see him saying, 'You have to pay more!'"

"The big-eared thief is too cunning; he's taking advantage of submitting to Dong Zhuo to seek benefits!"

"Lu Zhi is probably going to be pissed to death."

"The big-eared thief is confused; what's the use of short-term benefits? Submitting to Dong Zhuo will completely ruin your reputation; who will come to join you in the future?"

"I thought he had foresight; it seems he's just like that!"

"Bai Yuekui and Hua Hua Mulan are probably going to be pissed to death by him!"

"The heroes in the hearts of Cai and Gan are going to be shattered."

The livestream room was full of complaints, and they had a very negative opinion of Liu Bei!

Liu Bei snorted.

"Lu Bu even got the Red Hare horse; Lord Dong's sincerity toward me is not enough, or did Mr. Jia misreport it?"

Zhang Fei's bell-sized eyes stared at Jia Xu.

"Good for you, Jia Wenhe, you actually dare to embezzle my brother's benefits."

Zhang Fei stood up to find his serpent spear!

Liu Bei pulled him back.

"Zhang Yide, don't be impulsive; listen to Mr. Jia's explanation first!"

Jia Xu: ?? Explanation for what?

This Liu Bei is too treacherous. If Liu Bei doesn't submit to Dong Zhuo, is it because he, Jia Xu, intercepted the benefits?!

"This Fatty Dong won't kill me, right? Phew, I mean Lord Dong!"

Jia Xu waved his hand.

"Prefect Liu, Lord Dong is sincere in wanting you to submit."

Liu Bei snorted.

"Please return to Lord Dong and tell him that I, Liu Bei, plan to return to Taiyuan."

"Zhang Yide, quickly notify Yunchang and have him lead thirty thousand iron cavalry south to Hedong; the Baibo Army there is probably going to cause trouble again."

Jia Xu's mouth twitched; thirty thousand iron cavalry—why didn't you say fifty thousand!

He cupped his hands and said,

"Prefect Liu, please calm your anger; allow me to go back and report to Lord Dong."

Zhang Fei mocked,

"So you can't make the decision; why say so much? Why don't you go back quickly!"

Jia Xu really wanted to punch Zhang Fei in his round face, but unfortunately, he couldn't beat him, so he endured it!

He still had to hide his light and temporarily lie low, not letting people see his talent!

Jia Xu looked again at Zhao Yun, who had an uncertain expression on the side.

"This Zhao Zhao Zilong is probably very dissatisfied with Liu Bei's behavior."

After Jia Xu left,

Zhao Yun hesitated to speak.

"My Lord, Dong Zhuo is a jackal; submitting to him will probably be despised by the people of the world."

Liu Bei said indifferently,

"Is Zhao Zilong going to abandon me?"

Zhao Yun quickly stood up and knelt on one knee.

"My Lord, your subordinate swore to follow you; I will not regret it in this life!"

Liu Bei helped him up.

"Zhao Zilong, don't worry; I know exactly what I'm doing."

Zhao Yun remembered Liu Bei's past actions of helping the people and cursed himself for being confused; the Lord must have his own ideas.

Zhang Fei laughed on the side.

"Big Brother, how did I do just now? Do I look like a brute who wants more benefits?"

Liu Bei smiled.

"Zhang Yide, I didn't expect you to be subtle within your roughness and see through my intentions."

Zhang Fei looked outside.

"Big Brother is a person with the ambitions of a swan; how could he be bought by Dong Zhuo's petty gains? Only someone brainless like Lu Bu would fall for it."

Liu Bei thought to himself, "Holy crap," even Zhang Fei said Lu Bu was brainless; then Lu Bu is truly brainless!

Liu Bei looked at the two and said in a low voice,

"Don't worry, I'm just pretending to submit to Dong Zhuo; after he relaxes his vigilance, I will give him a fatal blow!"

Zhao Yun was filled with tears and felt extremely guilty.

"My Lord, your subordinate deserves to die! I actually misunderstood you."

Liu Bei held Zhao Yun's hand.

"Zhao Zilong, you were just afraid that I would go astray; I understand!"

Zhao Yun felt even deeper guilt; the Lord trusted him so much, yet he actually... next time he must perform more meritorious service to make up for his guilt toward the Lord!

Liu Bei patted Zhao Yun on the shoulder.

"Zhao Zilong, you have always been loyal. That Jia Xu just now is an old fox; I was afraid you would reveal a flaw... so I didn't clarify it beforehand..."

"Zhao Zilong, just continue to show a conflicted expression later."

Zhao Yun... he felt it might have been better not to know! He regretted it!

Livestream room,

"What does the big-eared thief want to do? I can't even guess anymore."

"I guess he wants to get benefits from both sides."

"Look at my Zhao Yun brother's guilty expression; I'm afraid if the big-eared thief told him to go kill Dong Zhuo, he wouldn't even blink!"

"Jia Xu just now is an old fox? His performance was average; how come I can't see it?"

"The big-eared thief is walking on a tightrope; be careful of flipping the car!"

Dong Zhuo's residence,

"What? This kid Liu Bei wants to be the Inspector of Bingzhou?"

"His appetite is truly huge!"

Dong Zhuo and Li Ru were both shocked.

Jia Xu brought Liu Bei's meaning and then said nothing more.

Dong Zhuo looked at Li Ru.

"What do you say we do now? Liu Bei's ambition is too great."

Li Ru thought for a while.

"My Lord, Bingzhou is currently an empty shell. Xihe, Yunzhong, Dingxiang, Yanmen, and Shuofang are all in the hands of foreign tribes, and Shangdang is controlled by the Heishan bandits. Only Taiyuan is under Liu Bei; it doesn't matter if you give him the position of Inspector of Bingzhou."

"Moreover, great ambition is not necessarily a bad thing."

Dong Zhuo was a little unhappy.

"This Liu Bei is only twenty-nine; I campaigned for so many years before I became the Inspector of Liangzhou!"

Li Ru persuaded him,

"My Lord, one Inspector of Bingzhou can win the hearts of twenty thousand elite soldiers. If we don't satisfy him, we will have two more enemies; this account..."

"Moreover, there is an ancient saying about buying horse bones with a thousand gold pieces. If Liu Bei submits to you and you give him the position of Inspector of Bingzhou, won't others flock to submit to you?"