Lie Fan: " Yes! that's one of the reasons and Master Xun You have seen yourself how the Empire is slowly corroding from the inside, Officials are corrupt, rebellion is everywhere with the Yellow Turbans being our biggest yet, epidemic and hunger everywhere, and Our Emperor with his hedonistic lifestyle not caring if the people suffer with the 10 attendants enriching themselves at the expense of our government stability"
Xun You was silenced by Lie Fan's explanation as every single one of them is true and he already saw with his own eyes the ugliness that Lie Fan describes
He began to contemplate the reason why he closed his eye and sense from all of this which he found the answer because of his loyalty to the Han Dynasty but now he doesn't know if his loyalty is good enough for the Han Dynasty right now
Lie Fan can see that Xun You heart is beginning to shift toward the path he wanted and began to include how he wanted the world to be better for the people and everyone he holds dear because the foundation of the dynasty is the people
Xun you hearing that were surprised as what Lie Fan says makes sense the foundation of the dynasty is the people and without them, no matter how refined and incorrupt their government system is it will not function without the people or the lower classes of the population
While Xun You was in reflecting on what Lie Fan just said and his offer, Wang Yun was talking with many officials looking for Jia Xu he take this as a favor he does for Lie Fan by having Lie Fan owing him a favor he can ask for his help in the future
Wang Yun was talking with many officials, especially the military officials as Jia Xu was a commandant and with Wang Yun's prestige in the court he finally found someone who knew Jia Xu but he was not that close with him as Jia Xu by nature is an Introverted person doesn't like to make friends and he was shown where Jia Xu is sitting
Wang Yun goes in the direction he was shown and when he reached the location he saw a late 30-year-old man sitting with an honest-looking face on the corner alone, drinking his wine and eating some food while others are ignoring him this man
Wang Yun instantly knows that he is Jia Xu and approaches this person as he wanted to meet the man who makes Lie Fan looks for him even asking for a favor to help him
Wang Yun: " Hello there I'm Wang Yun, are you Sir Jia Xu the Commandant of Pingjin?"
Jia Xu: " Hello Sir Wang Yun yes I'm Jia Xu, may I know the reason that Sir Wang Yun is looking for me who was an ordinary official?"
Wang Yun: " I was here on behalf of the Host of the Banquet who would like to invite you to talk with him I don't know if Sir Jia Xu has time?"
Jia Xu: " Aha-haa so General Lie wanted to meet me an ordinary official with ordinary influence! Of course, I accept the invitation from General Lie!"
Everyone around them was shocked that Wang Yun was talking happily with this person who was moody and cynical toward them before his words have no apparent malice, but it rouse a feeling of weary caution in those who heard what he says
Wang Yun leads Jia Xu to where Lie Fan is and when they arrived at his table they heard what Lie Fan said about how the Han Dynasty will collapse, Wang Yun was astonished and a bit upset with what Lie Fan said even though it's true while Jia Xu was intrigued by the words that come out from Lie Fan as he speaks from the facts that happening right now and not clinging to lofty ideals
Wang Yun: " *ahem* Little Lie the person you're looking for is here, Sir Jia Xu may I present to you our host General Lie Fan"
Lie Fan hears his name called and turns his head to Wang Yun introducing him to Jia Xu, Lie Fan was scrutinizing Jia Xu's appearance first and it matched the description he remembered from the history and ROTK games he played
Lie Fan: " Hello Sir Jia Xu thank you for meeting me I hope it's not too sudden for you"
Jia Xu: "Oh no no, I wanted to meet with General Lie Fan also but under different circumstances as I don't like too much spotlight way shine on me"
Lie Fan: "Oh really! Come and have a seat with us, but if you do not like others joining in our conversation maybe Uncle Wang and Master Xun You can change places first?"
Jia Xu: " Aha-haa no need, I was interested in Brother Xun You's opinion on General Lie's Statement from before"
Xun You was put on the spot by Jia Xu, Wang Yun is a bit cautious about Jia Xu's purpose in asking that while on the other side, Lie Fan knew that Jia Xu is sly by nature, and even though his comment may seem harmless but it arouses people to feel cautious of him and be suspicious of him thanks to the tone he is using
His only way to make Jia Xu feels safe and be loyal to him by let's say inviting his mother to live with them at Huai'An and trusted whatever Jia Xu advises or does unconditionally as he will feel trusted just like how Cao Cao managed to win Jia Xu's heart minus the inviting his mother of course
Xun You: " While what General Lie says is true, as long as we can oust the 10 attendants from their position of power and change Your Majesty's ways then the Han Dynasty will live on and the world will not fall into chaos"
Jia Xu: " Aha-haa Aha-haa Brother Xun You outlook is still too idealistic, that's if you can achieve what you say but the fact is the 10 attendants are still in power while you failed to bring them down, and sooner or later another rebellion or even a coup d'etat bringing the Han Dynasty downfall and chaos will reign supreme"
Wang Yun: " Sir Jia Xu's outlook on life is too boring, without our ideals to live by then what can we achieve and the Han Dynasty will live long even after we died"
Jia Xu: " Loyalty, fairness, nor patriotism are nothing if they stand in the way of our true goal of doing something. Experience has taught me to seek lasting results rather than try to maintain lofty ideals that you have that can stop me from achieving long-term results by any means necessary "
Lie Fan hearing Jia Xu's answer began to laugh out loud as he liked the answer Jia Xu says, pragmatic, practical, underhanded means, and poisonous are the type of things you can use to describe Jia Xu, and he needs a man like this that doesn't afraid to dirty his hands
Wang Yun was made speechless by Jia Xu's statement and Xun You was like receiving a new lesson that he have never learned anywhere either from the Academy or his family which loyal to the Han Dynasty
Lie Fan: "Master Jia Xu is truly a wise man that was like Zhang Liang and Chen Xi, his words are invigorating and opened many eyes! I don't know if Master Jia Xu has ever thought of using your talent elsewhere?"
Jia Xu: "General Lie is jesting, my talent is used for the revitalization of the Han Dynasty"
Lie Fan: "Just like a bird can choose the trees they are building its nest, a talented people can choose the master's their gonna serve"
Wang Yun: "Little Lie wanted to have this renegade serving you?!
Wang Yun was angry as Lie Fan continuously persuaded Jia Xu and liked the way Jia Xu handled the situation which irritated the Loyal Wang Yun where his shout attracted everyone at the banquet to their location
Sun Qian arrived at their location to know what was going on and receive Lie Fan's gaze to bring all three of his guest to another room to wait for him there, while he distract the other guest attention and acted as if nothing happened merrily laughing with the other guest
Wang Yun, Xun You, and Jia Xu were brought to another room, when he passed Lie Fan he was told to tell Xu Kai to search Jia Xu Manor in Luoyang tonight if there was a sign of his mother living in the manor
Sun Qian was puzzled as Lie Fan never requested such a thing but he trust Lie Fan unconditionally over the passing days his loyalty began to solely belong to Lie Fan and not Han Dynasty anymore because Lie Fan slowly changed his outlook on the Han Dynasty portraying it as a sickly beast that will fall sooner or later
Thanks to Lie Fan's high charm attribute and many topics to choose from thanks to his knowledge of the modern world he managed to divert every guest's attention back to the banquet
After an hour everyone was told that the banquet is wrapped up saying goodbye and thank you to all the guests, Lie Fan goes to the room where the ladies of the officials is being hosted by his mother and told them that the banquet has ended
Diao Chan and Ying Yue were sitting right beside each other but they aren't communicating with each other whatsoever, Yu Yan can see that something is going on between them and always try to pry from them what happened by bringing the conversation to them
When Lie Fan entered the room and told everyone that the banquet is over, Yu Yan can see that both Diao Chan and Ying Yue turn their head in his direction, Ying Yue showing her affection for Lie Fan and Diao Chan is intrigued and attracted to Lie Fan
Yu Yan began to understand what made them doesn't talk with each other and as a woman can understand the feeling they have but as Lie Fan's mother she feels happy that her son is attracting many flowers
Lie Fan saw Diao Chan and Ying Yue both looking at him, so he walked toward their spot to tell Diao Chan to wait there with his mother and Ying Yue as Wang Yun is busy
Ying Yue sees Lie Fan talking with Diao Chan first and not saying even a single word to her makes her feel sad but she holds this feeling as she knows that Lie Fan is destined for greatness and will have more than one woman as his wife
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Name: Lie Fan
Title: Yellow Heaven Subjugator
Age: 17 Years Old (184 AD)
Level: 13
Next Level: 912.000
Renown: 125
Cultivation: Art Of War (level 7)
SP: 141.700
ATTRIBUTE POINTS
STR: 355
VIT: 125
AGI: 132
INT: 145
CHR: 90
WIS: 100
WILL: 75
ATR Points: 10
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Ying Yue sees Lie Fan talking with Diao Chan first and not saying even a single word to her makes her feel sad but she holds this feeling as she knows that Lie Fan is destined for greatness and will have more than one woman as his wife
Lie Fan can feel the sadness that was radiating from Ying Yue and the furious gaze from his mother, he glanced at Ying Yue full of love that he thought only Ying Yue can see.
Diao Chan from the side saw the interaction between the two of them and she knew the reason now why Ying Yue is giving her the cold shoulder since they first meet
When Lie Fan introduced Ying Yue to everyone as his soon-to-be wife Diao Chan arrived late and because of the tension when Wang Yun teased him in front of Ying Yue making Lie Fan ended the introduction right there
Lie Fan left the room after informing everyone, leaving Diao Chan and Ying Yue together while Yu Yan as the hostess accompany the guests leaving the two of them alone
Diao Chan: "Hello Sister may I know your name?"
Ying Yue: "Hello My name is Ying Yue, Sister Diao Chan and I'm 17 this year, Sister doesn't need to introduce yourself I know who sister is"
Diao Chan: "Oh? Sister Ying knew my name but ignored me from our first meeting until now, is it because of a certain person?"
Ying Yue hearing the teasing in Diao Chan's voice turned bright red and glared at Diao Chan like a little cat showing her fang when its toy was taken from it
Diao Chan sees Ying Yue's reaction giggles and knew the reason why Lie Fan loves her as her reaction is too adorable with her pure heart in which she apologizes to Ying Yue to cool her down
Ying Yue: "Sister Diao Chan misunderstand, I just feel a bit sick today so I decided to stay silent"
Diao Chan: "Fufufu Sister Ying don't need to lie, I'm older than you by 2 years and I have seen the same things happening when there's in a lady's gathering"
Ying Yue: "Then If Sister Diao Chan knew what I feel then you should know that Young Master and I will be married soon!"
Diao Chan: "Oh really? That makes me sad but I don't know if General Lie accept another wife fufu"
Ying Yue: "I don't care if Young Master has another wife than me, while I'm just a lowly maid that was lucky to be loved by Young Master but if you dare to approach him for other agendas or to hurt him then even if you're a noblewoman I will fight you!"
Diao Chan seeing the sudden outburst from Ying Yue feels like having a little sister with her emotions out in the open easy to read and she doesn't know what will happen to her in the future when Lie Fan has another mistress if they are sinister woman's
Diao Chan put her hand on Ying Yue's head and stroke her head lightly, Ying Yue was startled by what Diao Chan did and with her innocent heart began to feel that Diao Chan is not that bad after all
Diao Chan: "I will be honest with Sister Ying, Big Sister is interested in General Lie, he is the first Young Man who managed to impress my Father and even work together and he is not bad in the eye also fufu"
Ying Yue: "It's up to the heavens and Young Master Lie whenever Sister Diao Chan can be with Young Master"
Diao Chan and Ying Yue began to converse with each other after addressing the issue they got, Diao Chan acted like a big sister to Ying Yue and began to teach her how to conduct herself like a lady and how to speak like a lady
Yu Yan after escorting the ladies of the officials come back and was dumbfounded by what she saw as Diao Chan and Ying Yue is now talking with each other with a smile on their faces like they were close friends
Yu Yan go toward them and joined their conversation, Diao Chan was a bit nervous as maybe in the future Yu Yan can be her mother-in-law if she can be sure that the feelings she had for Lie Fan are love not just a short-term interest
While in this room the atmosphere is in harmony with laughter can be heard, in the study of the manor it feels tense as Jia Xu was sitting on the right side not caring about Wang Yun's glare and Xun You is conversing with Sun Qian about the statement that Lie Fan said that surprised him before
Sun Qian knew how Xun You feels as he already saw everything that happens firsthand and more bloody than what Xun You saw, since his first battle following Lie Fan and how his Master Lu Zhi was demoted just like that thanks to an eunuch slowly his loyalty began to shift from Han Dynasty and Lie Fan to just Lie Fan
Lie Fan arrived at the study and feels the tense atmosphere seeing it from the opened door, especially between Jia Xu and Wang Yun but when he wanted to enter Xu Kai arrive from behind calling for him
Xu Kai: "Big Brother! I have the information you wanted that Master Sun told me to search for!"
Lie Fan: "Really? That's great so how is it?"
Xu Kai: "I and some oriole members managed to infiltrate the Manor as servants and an old lady is living in the manor coming with him to the capital to cure her sickness and looks like he also has a family but all of them are living in his hometown when I asked the servants there"
Lie Fan: "Good Job Xu Kai you have done well, go and hire some group of mercenaries acting as Imperial Soldiers led by a member from Oriole of your choosing to transport them to Luoyang"
Xu Kai: "Huh? Why would we do that Big Brother? Aren't you wanted to recruit him?"
Lie Fan: "Yes that's true but this man is cunning and sly by nature and also doesn't like to be the center of attention so he will try to weasel out of my invitation either by pretending to be sick or going back to his hometown, by bringing his family here in Luoyang and inviting them to Huai'An is my safest bet"
Xu Kai: "Isn't it too extreme doing that just to recruit someone to join us?"
Lie Fan: "No and Xu Kai you're a leader of an intelligence group, you will do many unspeakable things in the future and this is just the tip of the iceberg, if you don't want to lose then you have to do any means necessary to take down your enemy"
Xu Kai: "Okay Big Brother... I understand what you mean"
Lie Fan: "Good, hire the best mercenary company you can find and pay them half first when our guest arrived safely then the other half will be paid"
Xu Kai: "Will do Big Brother, I'm sending the brothers to search for the merc company while I continue recruiting and training new brothers and sisters"
Seeing Xu Kai leaving, Lie Fan enter the study and greeted everyone there with a smile in an attempt to ease the tense atmosphere, Sun Qian stood up from his seat and walked toward Lie Fan gesturing that he managed to put some seeds inside Xun You so they only need to wait
Lie Fan acknowledge what he said and told Sun Qian to take a seat, he wanted to make at least the people in this room on the same page especially Jia Xu as he is a bit cynical
Lie Fan: "Everyone, let's all calm down and be on the same page as the 10 attendants are our common enemies now"
Jia Xu: "Aha-haa General Lie is jesting, it's the enemies of all of you, not me so why was I included in this conversation?"
Lie Fan: "Why Of Course because Master Jia Xu is joining under me right? You don't want something to happen inside your manor?"
Jia Xu hearing that was stunned for a second and continued acting like nothing is wrong but inside he was angry at himself as he is not cautious enough and not expecting Lie Fan also willing to use underhanded means
Wang Yun, Xun You, and Sun Qian heard the threat in Lie Fan's sentence which puzzled them as Lie Fan was never been this aggressive this is the first time they saw Lie Fan acting like this even when facing the 10 attendants
Lie Fan: "I know why you come back to Luoyang Master Jia Xu, what If I told you that I have something that can cure the illness?"
Jia Xu: "I don't know what General Lie is saying, but If General Lie had that kind of medicine then it's better to hold it for yourself"
Lie Fan: "Haha! That's true but I have sent people to bring the others to Luoyang, I don't know if Master Jia Xu is impressed by my action?"
Jia Xu hearing that began to feel panic for the first time, as he never expects Lie Fan to be the same as him, he investigated Lie Fan and found out that he act honorably with kindness even when facing despicable people like Dong Zhuo but he never expects that all of that is a cover considering the age Lie Fan had
While he is impressed by the guts that Lie Fan had showing that he is not being muddled by the Confucianism teaching and with the talent he had Jia Xu knew he will reach a high position in the future even if the Han Dynasty still stand tall.
Lie Fan: "What about like this, I give Master Jia Xu some time to think about my offer at least until the others arrived at Luoyang maybe in 1 or 2 months, If you agree the illness will be cured and don't try to run as many eyes are watching you"
After saying that Lie Fan tell everyone that they will continue discussing the plan to bring down the 10 attendants another day, Wang Yun and Xun You take their leave after hearing what Lie Fan said while in their hearts began to realize the true Lie Fan that was hidden inside was much different than the facade he is using
Jia Xu also takes his leave and before exiting the study he turned around taking a glance at Lie Fan with respect and interest alongside fear because he controls his family
Sun Qian: "I don't know that My Lord managed to hide everything so deep, from the way My lord acts looks like My Lord has other ambitions that I don't know of?"
__________________________
Name: Lie Fan
Title: Yellow Heaven Subjugator
Age: 17 Years Old (184 AD)
Level: 13
Next Level: 912.000
Renown: 125
Cultivation: Art Of War (level 7)
SP: 141.700
ATTRIBUTE POINTS
STR: 355
VIT: 125
AGI: 132
INT: 145
CHR: 90
WIS: 100
WILL: 75
ATR Points: 10
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