“Ah, hello!” They were already brother-in-arms, that’s why Liu Mang could not go too far, right? Wait a moment. Why did they call me Prince? Liu Mang thought. Normally, people inside the Lu Bu army called him Sir or Lord, but never called him Prince. Usually someone who could be called Prince had to have such a titlel bestowed onto him.
“Cao Mengde had bestowed you the seal and title of Prince of Shu! The General of the southern expedition!” responded Lu Bu while seen Liu Mang’s confusion.
“Prince of Shu?! General of the southern expedition?”Liu Mang could not comprehend Old Cao’s thinking. Why would someone bestow the title of prince to his enemy?
Liu Mang was trying hard to understand Old Cao’s intention. Chen Gong saw the idiotic expression of helplessness on Liu Mang’s face and started laughing. “Hanyang, Cao Cao recognized you as the emperor’s younger brother and gave you the title of Prince of Shu. He was not intended to flatter you, but he wanted to kill you using borrowed knife.”
“Murders with a borrowed knife?!”Liu Mang was not a fool and he started to understand what Chen Gong just said. Liu Mang got scared and cold sweat started to roll down his back. “Prince of Shu?” This was royal title. Lu Bu’s title was only Marquis of Wen. The General of the southern expedition was supposed to govern both Yi and Jing Provinces. Such a title waS even above Lu Bu’s title General Who Pacifies East. This could have Liu Mang killed easily. Fortunately, his boss was Lu Bu. If it were someone else who was suspicious, they would think it as a threat to have a subordinate whose title was even higher than thos eof themselves. He would then certainly be killed or imprisoned.
“Rest at ease, I am not Cao Mengde!”Lu Bu looked at Liu Mang who was sweating bullets and gave a laugh. Everyone knew that Mengde was overly suspicious to everything. “
“Cao Cao’ scheme was a good one, but unfortunately he had to throw out a lot of money after his fallen soldiers right now!” Gong also laughed. It was not true that Lu Bu would not suspect anyone, but at least he treated his family well. Actually the reason why Lu Bu could be caught by Song Xian was that he had too much faith in them.
Now Liu Mang was Lu Bu’s son-in-law and everything that Lu Bu owned would be inherited by Liu Mang. There was no point in being suspicious.
Having a Prince title could be a big advantage for the Lu Bu army. A righteous cause must always be grasped in one’s hand.
“What is our next destination?!”Liu Mang asked Lu Bu and other people.
”Go to Shouchun!” Lu Bu replied “Conquer Runa and threaten Xu Chang!” According to the news Lu Bu obtained, Yuan Shao had already moved his troops to Guandu. Hebei probably had mostly been pacified and Cao Cao had also conquered Xu Province. It could be said that Cao Cao secured his rear. This two tigers would fight to the death soon, that was why Lu Bu was determined to occupy Runan and eventually control Yu Province.
”Occupy Runan?!”Liu Mang did not know the location of Runan, but he knew that historically there was someone stupid enough to threaten Cao Cao in Runan. At the end he was killed by Old Cao. What was that stupid person’s name? Liu Mang thought about it. Right, that stupid person was called Liu Pi.
“You all had the same thoughts?!” inquired Liu Mang looking at both advisers.
”Ah!”Chen Deng was eager to get his revenge and therefore conquering Runan to threaten Xu Du was exactly what he wanted.
Chen Gong just smiled and did not say anything.
“No matter what, we cannot go to Runan!” Liu Mang finally calmed down and gave his response.