The familiarity in their speech had risen to a new level. It was as if they were an uncle and a nephew. Because of that familiarity, if anyone saw this they would have certainly thought they were related. Only those who followed Sun Ce from the very beginning, knew that these two were complete strangers.
“In Marquis of Wen’s opinion, what kind of man is my father?!” Everyone in this nation knows about Sun Jian’s insatiable greed and delusions. In his eyes, once he got the Imperial Seal, he could rule this nation, but who knew he was to be eaten by his own oath to those 18 warlords and die a dogs death? But for whatever the reason, Sun Jian is still a very big figure in Sun Ce’s eyes.
TL: Sun Jian found the Imperial Seal in the well after Luo Yang was burned to the ground by Dong Zhuo. But when he was inquired by Yuan Shao and 17 warlords, he denied and he swore to heavens “If I possess Imperial Seal, may my death will be a violent death” aka died like a dog. So, you can say, he was eaten by his own oath.
“Your father, eh?!” Lu Bu drank another glass of wine. Lu Bu thought “Should I say that, Sun Jian is a patriot? He indeed defeated Dong Zhuo and liberated Luo Yang, but at the same time, he also possessed the Imperial Seal, which destroyed his patriot image turned it into a usurper?!”
“Should I say that he is an ambitious and formidable character during the chaos of time? This is also wrong, because when those 18 warlords, except Cao Cao, were thinking of their own benefits whether to continue or not. Sun Jian was the one who was still thinking to continue to Chang’an and kept pressing their crusade against Dong Zhuo.”
“This person is very difficult to judge. After pondering for a long time, Lu Bu finally responded with these words “Polaris has fallen!”