“Thanks to your Chen family’s blessing, I’m still alive!” The trident in Lu Bu’s hands started to buzz, showing its master’s killing intent.
“Hehe, it’s good to be alive, good to be alive!” Chen Deng laughed. “Oh Marquis of Wen, a few days back, Xu Province was still yours and you had seventy thousand men. How come are only left with this few men now?!” laughed Chen Deng.
“Humph! Why I’m left with this few men, how would you, Chen Deng, not know?! If you didn’t, then you won’t have appeared in front of me now!” said Lu Bu with a snort.
“Marquis of Wen oh Marquis, my father and I did it for your sake too!” Chen Deng had an expression like he was thinking for your sake. “Prime Minister Cao was sent on imperial orders to rule over the world. Marquis of Wen, as an official of Han, you ought to lay down your military power and enter the imperial court as an official. When the moment comes, your position would thus ascend a couple ranks and bring splendor shines on your family’s door! To give the Xu Province to Prime Minister Cao is to give the Xu Province to the Emperor!”
“For my sake? Haha. What a great way to do things for my sake! No wonder your Chen family of Guangling could take root in Xu Province for all these years! Fifteen thousand troops! What a large number!” Lu Bu began to held a bit of admiration for the Chen family. They were already here when Tao Qian was still in power. Tao Qian have forgotten about them. Then when Liu Bei and finally he controlled Xu Province, they were still there as the lord of Guangling! Not only were they not harmed at all, they even grew larger!
Fifteen thousand troops was even comparable to a warlord’s!
“What a pity!” Lu Bu continued. “What a pity that your old father, Chen Gui, cannot live till this date!”
Hearing that Lu Bu mentioned his father, Chen Deng frowned. “Marquis of Wen, as the saying goes, one shall not strike the face when beating someone up, one shall not bring forth one’s relative in an argument! Marquis of Wen, wasn’t your speech just now lacking etiquette?!”
“Hahahaha! I understand, I understand!” Lu Bu looked at Chen Deng with a mocking smile. It was exactly as Gongtai said, this Chen Deng still didn’t know of that incident. “I suspect you still didn’t know! No wonder, no wonder!”
“Didn’t know?!” Chen Deng already suspected that Lu Bu had a trap set up. Now, hearing Lu Bu’s words, he grew even more suspicious.
“When did the Marquis of Wen started talking in riddles and rhymes. This isn’t like the Marquis of Wen’s style!” said Chen Deng.
“Sigh! Oh Chen Deng, why bother?! For your Prime Minister Cao to not tell you, he must certainly have his reasons! Say, as an outsider, how could I intrude upon your business?!”