Liu Mang brushed Lu Bu off. “Stop bothering me! The Han emperor is my brother, okay?!” He quickly untied Lu Bu. Wei Xu must've been truly ruthless to tie his former master so tightly. He noticed that Lu Bu’s body was covered in blood from lacerations.
“His Majesty’s younger brother!”
During the Latter Han Dynasty, very few were patriotic or loyal. Lu Bu was the exception.
After Dong Zhou’s death, Lu Bu took control of Luoyang. It stood to reason that Lu Bu would behave like Dong Zhou, doing whatever he wanted in Chang’an. Surprisingly, he didn't. He was completely respectful to the little emperor. Even when he was forced to leave Chang’an, he never threatened him to leave with him.
Afterward, he attacked Yan Province and occupied Puyang before finally running away to Xu Province. This caused the big eared thief to flee. During those times, Lu Bu had always been respectful toward the Han Dynasty.
[TL: Big eared thief is Liu Bei.]
Lu Bu clearly remembered that in Chang’an, His Majesty did not have a younger brother. He had a single elder brother. This was the Prince of Hongnong, Liu Bian, and he had died at the hands of Dong Zhou.
“Stop asking questions, Lu Bu! Back when there was plenty of corruption, the late emperor frequently spoke lividly in regards to money. How would one know of all his sons?"
That's it, he’s a bastard child! Lu Bu nodded understandingly. He held his fist. “I, governor of Xu Province, General Who Pacifies the East, Lu Bu Lu Fengxian, thank sire for the saving me!” Lu Bu really believed that Liu Mang was of royal blood. After all, the golden armor he was wearing couldn't even be worn by regular imperial clansman. It was reserved for those bestowed by the emperor.
[TL: Lu Bu is listing all the titles and his courtesy name when he introduced himself.]
[TL: Lu Bu essentially did a salute of respect to Liu Mang. I suspect you've seen this type of salute before. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTuxfcQQtXcovU_3XLGpKXxpQyjSRwJK2-x55tIkWO2GDEUQZW1]
“Just forget about it.” Liu Mang knew Lu Bu misunderstood. However, regardless of the misunderstanding, his top priority was saving his life.
“Marquis of Wen need say no more. We should gather the remaining soldiers and rush out of Xiapi immediately. Xiapi cannot be guarded anymore.”
[TL: Marquis of Wen is another one of Lu Bu’s titles.]
“Yes!” Although Lu Bu was a very obstinate and opinionated individual, he also had a deep respect for the Han Dynasty. After getting up, he looked for a weapon to gather remnants of soldiers in the city with Liu Mang.
“Alas, pity that my Sky Piercer was thrown out the city walls by those two renegades. Otherwise I needn’t do such!” The weapons nearby were all from Lu Bu’s soldiers that had been killed by Song Xian and Wei Xu. None of the weapons were really comfortable to Lu Bu.
Without the Sky Piercer, Lu Bu was certainly a grade lower in martial abilities. Lu Bu was normally considered the pinnacle of super first class, and now he was only super first class.
Despite all this, his battle prowess would still be strong enough.
“So you were here!” Suddenly, somebody came from the White Gate Tower. It was the squad leader that had been chasing after Liu Mang. He was not as lucky as Liu Mang. Liu Mang’s body was covered entirely in armor, and the squad leader had only leather. Liu Mang could close his eyes and charge through the crowd, while he could not. This was why it had been so difficult for the squad leader to find them. Even the weapons in his hands were close breaking again. Evidently, he had killed a lot of people.
“Don’t be rude!” Lu Bu berated the squad leader after noticing he was wearing the black uniforms his soldiers wore.
“Eh? General?!” The squad leader realized it was Lu Bu and immediately got down on his knees. For the Lu Bu army, Lu Bu was seen as a God.
“This is--” Lu Bu started to introduce Liu Mang, but he was interrupted. “Think about the situation first! Introductions can wait until after we get out of the city!”
“You dare speak to general like that!” The squad leader was about to draw his blade. However, contrary to his expectations, Lu Bu wasn't angry. He even held out his fist and screamed, “Okay!”
What’s with this?!
The squad leader was stunned.