Chapter 344: Zi Jing Disrespects
"My Lord, is it really necessary to do this?"

Lu Su bowed deeply, but Liu Bei just turned around and waved his right hand backwards.

Wei Yan, who was on duty nearby, understood and conveyed the message to the two white-flag soldiers with his eyes.

Immediately, two white-flag soldiers grabbed Lu Su and pulled him back. When Lu Su was young, he was a good rider, archer, and swordsman. He had some physical strength, and his shoulders and arms resisted instinctively.

The two white-flag soldiers changed to a backward-grip capture method, and Lu Su immediately felt the pain and lost his strength, so he was escorted out of the barracks by the two white-flag soldiers.

An old soldier came forward and took off Lu Su's black hat without saying anything. He then started cutting his hair with the newly produced scissors in Jingzhou.

Lu Su's face turned red, and the old soldier took a pair of scissors to cut Lu Su's three or four-inch long beard short.

Then he wiped the scissors clean and put them in the leather bag on his waist, and took out the razor: "Sir, please don't move. If you scratch your scalp, it will be fatal."

The old soldier gave a warning and used an old cloth to dip it in water. Lu Su reluctantly took a look and saw that it was a cloth made by cutting Cao's flag into several pieces and the water was warm wood ash water.

Soak a cloth in water and use it to wipe Lu Su's short hair. Repeat this several times until his hair becomes wet and soft.

The old soldier began to shave Lu Su's hair with a razor, and finally his beard and moustache.

After more than half an hour, Lu Su's hair and beard were completely gone. He sat helplessly beside his broken hair, and the afternoon sun shining on his scalp was particularly stinging.

Soon Chen Qun was summoned. When he passed by, he didn't recognize Lu Su at first glance, but recognized him at second glance: "Mr. Zijing?"

Hearing this, Lu Su raised his head and quickly raised his left hand to cover his nose with his sleeve. His eyes showed regret and anger. "Mr. Changwen, it seems that Mr. Xuande is not interested in this and is not a fellow traveler."

"Mr. Rang Zijing...what's the reason for this?"

Chen Qun took off his outer robe, knelt on one knee, drew his sword, cut off a corner, and wrapped it around Lu Su's head.

Lu Su was also innocent. He recalled briefly: "Just now I came to see Liu Shijun. After introducing myself, I told him how much the King of Huainan admired Liu Shijun. I never thought that after only three or five words, Liu Shijun ordered his men to shave my head."

"No, this is worse than the punishment of shaving one's head."

Lu Su raised his hand and touched his smooth chin. Without the decoration of a beard, his elegant and majestic temperament immediately disappeared. Now he didn't need to look in the mirror to know that he looked like a eunuch.

He was angry and resentful in his heart, but he dared not show it, for fear that Liu Bei would chop off his head before he could even use his useful body.

"Mr. Zijing, wait a moment. Let me go and see what is going on here, Lord Xuande."

After Chen Qun finished speaking, he put on his outer robe without the left sleeve again and walked quickly towards the barracks tent, putting it on as he walked, not giving Lu Su a chance to object or to keep him.

Chen Qun was very eager to get Liu Bei to join the alliance.

In the barracks, Liu Bei was eating a relatively tender cucumber when Chen Qun came in. When he saw Chen Qun coming in, Liu Bei did not stand up, but sat lazily and pointed at the empty seat beside him.

While chewing the crisp cucumber, Liu Bei asked with a smile: "Is this long article about seeking an explanation for Lu Su?"

"I dare not. I wonder how he has offended Lord Xuande?"

"At first, there was nothing wrong. They just blamed his bad handwriting. Lu Su, Su Su Su, Su Jing, why did he have to be Zi Jing?"

As Liu Bei spoke, he picked up the gift list that Lu Su had presented during their meeting and threw it to Chen Qun. Chen Qun took it and saw that Lu Su's courtesy name was Zijing.

I immediately knew that Liu Bei didn't like others using this word, and this was just an excuse to exaggerate the unhappiness in his heart.

Chen Qun also knew that Liu Zijing was Liu Bei's most respected uncle. Without Liu Zijing's care and support like his own son, there would be no Liu Bei today.

Chen Qun smiled bitterly, put the gift list aside with both hands, and asked, "Lord Xuande, are you interested in the Grand Marshal?"

"It's not what Changwen thinks. Whether it's the Grand Marshal or the King of Huainan, they are both pillars of the royal family. I have a good impression of them all."

Liu Bei grabbed the cucumber by the stem and threw it out of the door, saying, "To our army, Cao Cao is now a traitor. At this point, if I don't move my troops, or if I make a truce with Cao Cao, our army's morale will surely be greatly reduced. Without this vigorous and vigorous spirit, and the righteousness of punishing evil, what difference is there between me and Liu Jingsheng and his ilk?" Liu Bei pointed to the east and said, "This battle is unavoidable. If the King of Huainan wants to talk to me, he can only do so after I win. If I lose, I will not have the face to see the King of Huainan."

Chen Qun was not surprised to hear this, so he cupped his hands and said, "Since Lord Xuande is determined, I have nothing more to say."

After a pause, Chen Qun asked, "Lord Xuande may write to me. I have long wanted to travel to Guanzhong and pay a visit to the Grand Marshal, but I am bound in Xudu and cannot move. Now that Lord Xuande has offended Huainan, I want to find a way out for the people of Yuzhou."

Liu Bei looked Chen Qun up and down, and suddenly laughed: "This is a trivial matter. It just so happens that Xianhe also wants to see the Grand Marshal, and Changwen is going with him. Beihai Sun Gongyou is already in Guanzhong. With Gongyou's support, I think Changwen's travel will not be restricted."

Chen Qun asked again: "Can it be delayed for a few days? Paying a visit to the Grand Marshal is a major event. I want to gather many outstanding people to go to Guanzhong together to discuss major issues in the world."

"I'm afraid that won't work. The military situation is urgent. Xianhe will set off tonight and will arrive in Chang'an in about seven days."

"Yes, I will go and say goodbye to Lu Su now."

Chen Qun stood up and saluted. Seeing that Liu Bei had no other instructions, he took a few steps back and then turned and left.

After he left, Guan Yu came out from behind the screen and said, "Brother, how can the people of Yan and Yu be so spineless?"

Liu Bei coughed twice, and Xu Shu came out from the other side of the screen with a normal expression: "My lord, now it seems that the new dynasty has been established, and the coalition forces supported by all parties are also a motley crowd, and are definitely not a match for the Grand Marshal. Judging from Chen Changwen's attitude, there must be no shortage of such people in all parties. In the future, people like him will compete to please the Grand Marshal. I'm afraid the situation in the world will not be what the Jianghuai people think."

Thinking of the strength of Guanzhong, Xu Shu couldn't help but sigh.

Before, he defeated the Southern Xiongnu and beheaded 100,000 of them, and he could still comfort himself. After all, the Southern Xiongnu had declined, and the value of their heads was similar to that of the miscellaneous Hu people, not as good as those of the Qiang, Wuhuan, and even less as good as those of the Xianbei.

Now, when they set out to attack Hexi, they killed the two new and old Xianbei kings who were fighting for the throne, and the new king was eager to surrender.

We don’t know the exact number of heads beheaded, and we will only know the answer after the heads are transported to the Skull Nest for inspection.

Guan Yu also said at this time: "Brother, now that things have come to this, there is nothing to regret. Our army should focus on the present and fight Cao Cao with all our strength."

As long as the whole army is not wiped out, everyone has a way to retreat.

Even if Liu Biao and his son retook Nanyang, they would go to Guanzhong to serve as guest generals and guest troops.

Given the generosity that Da Sima has always shown, he will not let them go without any food and drink expenses.

It is possible that they will be entrusted with an important task, allowing them to concentrate on helping to manage and attack enemies in a certain direction.

Sometimes guest troops are more useful than internal personnel.

"I was the one who wanted to shave his hair and beard, so how could I regret it?"

Liu Bei gestured to Guan Yu and Xu Shu to eat cucumbers, and continued, "No wonder the Grand Marshal likes to shave their beards and hair, it is indeed quite refreshing. What makes me unhappy is Chen Changwen, I thought he would have some sense of justice. Looking at Yuan Yaoqing, I know that he only cares about the gains and losses of his own family, not the country."

Liu Bei sighed and said to Guan Yu and Xu Shu, "No wonder the Grand Marshal regards them as thieves."

Xu Shu agreed with this statement, but felt a little embarrassed.

Guan Yu explained: "The State of Chen was originally a powerful vassal state in the Central Plains. It was destroyed overnight. It was like a traitor letting a wolf into the house. The Grand Marshal was born in the royal family of Chen. How could he not notice it?"

Liu Bei also nodded, raised his hand to touch his smooth chin, and rubbed his thumb back and forth on his mustache: "Forget about it, has Zhu Ling replied?"

Xu Shu, who was in charge of intelligence, immediately replied: "No movement yet."

"Hurry him up again and tell him that Huainan is about to be given a title. Our army stands with the Grand Marshal."

"Here."

(End of this chapter)