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Cai Mao who heard what Kuai Yue said just snorted, and turned his head to the side. Kuai Yue greeted Lord Liu Bei with a smile and welcomed him to Xiangyang informing him that Liu Biao was waiting for him inside, Liu Bei smiled humbly at Kuai Yue and thanked Kuai Yue and Cai Mao for welcoming him, after some small exchange between them, Kuai Yue and Cai Mao escorted Liu Bei and his group toward Xiangyang Governor's Castle.
At Xiangyang's Governor Castle, Liu Biao is waiting for the arrival of Liu Bei and his eldest son Liu Qi, he has a bad impression of Liu Bei and Liu Qi thanks to Vai Mao and Lady Cai who speak ill of them.
At his side was Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue's older brother, and leader of the Kuai Clan the most influenced Noble Clan alongside the Cai Clan, and whoever gained their support could become the leader of Jing Province, and their rule would be stable across Jung Province.
The Kuai Clan is an old Noble house in Jing Province, as for the Cai Clan their rise was due to Cai Mao's sister, Lady Cai becoming Liu Biao's concubine and then his wife due to Liu Biao's first wife dying.
At this time a commotion was heard outside of the hall, and then enters Kuai Yue and Cai Mao followed by Liu Qi and Liu Bei alongside Liu Bei's retainers, Kuai Yue and Cai Mao bowed toward Liu Biao, telling him that Liu Qi and Liu Bei have arrived.
Liu Biao thanked them and told them that they could go back to their place, and then he turned toward Liu Qi first welcomed him home and told him that after this he should go back because his stepmother and younger brother missed him.
Liu Qi cupped his hand toward Liu Biao and said that he would do so, and then Liu Biao turned to Liu Bei after acknowledging Liu Qi's words and welcomed him to his court.
Liu Bei expressed his gratitude to Liu Biao for the warm welcome and the honor of meeting him. He extended his thanks for the gracious gesture of assigning Kuai Yue and Cai Mao as his escorts.
Liu Biao, waved his hand indicating to Liu Biao that it was a small thing to do and with genuine interest, expressed his long-standing desire to meet Liu Bei upon learning of another Imperial Scion.
Motioning to a servant, he ordered the preparation of a seat suitable for Liu Bei's esteemed status. As Liu Bei took his place, Liu Biao inquired about the purpose of his visit.
In response, Liu Bei humbly revealed his intention to seek refuge in Jing Province, citing a desire to contribute to the stability and prosperity of the region under Liu Biao's wise governance, also that he would leave Jing Province after finding a safe place for himself and his army.
Liu Biao, Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang, and Cai Mao exchanged knowing glances; Liu Bei's request to seek refuge wasn't entirely unexpected. Having received an anonymous notice of Liu Bei's imminent arrival, they had anticipated the need for a strategic response.
Liu Biao held an emergency meeting alongside Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang, and Cai Mao, and they discussed the situation.
At first, Liu Biao wanted to accept Liu Bei into Jing Province without any condition needed, Cai Mao immediately protested this decision and didn't agree since he felt that Liu Bei would just become a burden, and also would only make Cao Cap turn his eyes toward them.
Kuai Liang not wanting Liu Biao and Cai Mao to have a conflict, put forward a condition that Liu Bei would be stationed in Xinye alongside Liu Qi to guard Xinye.
This is aimed at strengthening Liu Biao's defenses in the north since they didn't invest in a large army there and to create a formidable barrier against potential threats coming from Cao Cao.
After hearing the proposal put forward by Kuai Liang, everyone agreed with this especially Cai Mao since he felt at least Liu Bei would not eat their supplies for nothing, Liu Biao also liked this proposal since he didn't want to have a conflict with Cao Cao, but if he had a conflict at least he would have Liu Bei as first line of defense.
Back in the hall, as Liu Biao conveyed the terms needed to Liu Bei in order for Liu Biao to accept his refuge in Jing Province, Liu Bei turned toward Ju Shou and Wang Xiu where he saw that they nodded their head, indicating for Liu Bei to agree.
Since his advisors told him to agree, he grits his teeth and with a humble face alongside a kind smile agrees to Liu Biao's terms even though actually he doesn't want to, Zhang Fei wants to declare his objection to this decision but Guan Yu managed to stop him.
Liu Biao immediately gave a hearty smile and laugh, saying that since Liu Bei had agreed then he could stay at Jing Province in Xinye, and asked if he needed some supplies for his army to which Liu Bei replied humbly that whatever supplies he could give to keep his army well fed is enough for him.
Liu Biao was touched by the humble and virtuous words said by Liu Bei, who immediately praised him and said that he was an example for himself and the other living Imperial Scions.
After saying those words, Liu Biao told Kuai Yue to order the kitchen to prepare for a banquet to welcome Liu Bei which will be held tonight, and then turned toward preparing army supplies to be given to Liu Bei's army in Xinye.
Liu Bei immediately thanked Liu Biao for his generosity and said that he would protect Xinye and Liu Qi with his life, and with this, the formal meeting between the two Imperial Scions ended.
Liu Biao told Liu Bei that he needed to return to his residence alongside Liu Qi to spend time with his family and that he would meet Liu Bei tonight to which Liu Bei replied that he understood, and that family comes first.
After Liu Biao said his goodbyes to Liu Bei and his retainers, he left the hall alongside Liu Qi and his bodyguards. Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue, and Cai Mao also take their leave after saying goodbye to Liu Bei.
At this time a servant then approached Liu Bei and his retainers, escorting him and his retainers toward the rooms they would sleep in for their stay at Xianyang.
Liu Bei thanked the servant and gave some money to him, and the servant was immediately grateful for such kindness and told Liu Bei if he had anything miscellaneous he needed to do, he could call for him.
The servant then leaves Liu Bei's room, which soon receives guests who are all of Liu Bei's retainers. They entered the room and then Guan Yu alongside Zhang Fei stood at the door, guarding it, and kept their ears toward the hallways in case there's someone approached Liu Bei's room.
Liu Bei: "Ju Shou and Wang Xiu, do you think it's a great decision for me to accept Liu Biao's term? I may be not as bright as the two of you, but I can see that this is a trap laid for us to guard Jing Province from Cao Cao's attack."
Ju Shou: "Yes it was the right decision My Lord, I know that you asked us this because you care for our soldiers, but if we want to stay in Jing Province we need to accept his condition and Xinye is a big town which suit to become our new capital."
Liu Bei: "What? What do you mean Ju Shou? Wait don't tell me that you tried to scheme a way for us to usurp Brother Liu Biao?! I don't agree! How could we become so ungrateful toward Simeon who receives us!"
Wang Xiu: "My Lord please calm down, it's not that we are ungrateful but if My Lord wants to revive the Han Dynasty, sometimes we need to take an opportunity that was laid upon us, whether it was an honorable path or not."
Liu Bei: "What opportunity do the two of you see? I saw that Brother Liu Biao is healthy and his eldest son Liu Qi is truly qualified to be his successor, I could see the young Brother Liu Biao in Liu Qi."
Ju Shou: "It's because My Lord hasn't heard about some rumors that we found when we were at Xinye, I and Wang Xiu silently asked around the reason why Liu Qu was stationed at Xinye, and it turns out it's because of Cai Mao and the Cai Clan."
Wang Xiu: "As Ju Shou said My Lord, Lord Liu Biao's current wife is Lady Cai who was originally his concubine by becoming his legal wife as his first wife died of sickness, and it turns out Lady Cai favored Liu Cong over Liu Qi due to that Cai Mao and the Cai Clan pushed Liu Cong to replace Liu Qi."
Liu Bei: "What?! How could they do that?! No, I must tell Brother Liu Biao, that my nephew Liu Qi is so kind and humble that I don't want him to be manipulated by such a vicious stepmother and her Clan!"
Ju Shou: "Wiat My Lord! Can't you see, this is the opportunity that I and Wang Xiu meant, we can become another powerhouse in Jing Province like Cai Mao and the Cai Clan so we can influence Lord Liu Biao's decision to choose his successor, countering Cai Mao and the Cai Clan."
Liu Bei hearing this became confused and asked Ju Shou what he meant by becoming a powerhouse, the Cai Clan had long rooted themselves in Jing Province using Liu Biao as his backer, so how could they rival them.
Wang Xiu at this time explained to Liu Bei that they can use Xinye as their stepping stone, improving the people's life and conditions there alongside supporting Liu Qi to increase his weight in Liu Biao:a heart and use their army as a subjugation force against bandits to raise Liu Bei's reputation among the people.
While doing so, he and Ju Shou will do a silent visit to other medium and small Noble Clans that were dissatisfied with Cai Mao and the Cai Clan, and from there they will band together and when the times come to divide Jing Province's successor.
They can use this as a trick to their sleeve to convince Liu Biao, and from there, they can usurp Liu Qi slowly by convincing him that Liu Bei is much better leader than him, and for him to hand over Jing Province governorship to Liu Bei when he success the position from Liu Biao.
After hearing that Liu Bei showed a thoughtful look while in truth inside his heart he was already ecstatic with the prospect of having Jing Province as his domain, hearing Ju Shou and Wang Xiu's plans make his heart boil and his ambition to be fired up. Ju Shou and Wang Xiu don't know this, as what they see after the thoughtful look was a heavy sigh, and he accepts their plan while showing a sad expression.
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Name: Lie Fan
Title: Three Heroes Who Defeat Lu Bu
Age: 28 (195 AD)
Level: 16
Next Level: 2,462,000
Renown: 725
Cultivation: Yin Yang Separation (level 9)
SP: 1,071,700
ATTRIBUTE POINTS
STR: 936 (+20)
VIT: 598 (+20)
AGI: 583 (+10)
INT: 587
CHR: 93
WIS: 509
WILL: 397
ATR Points: 0
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After hearing that Liu Bei showed a thoughtful look while in truth inside his heart he was already ecstatic with the prospect of having Jing Province as his domain, hearing Ju Shou and Wang Xiu's plans make his heart boil and his ambition to be fired up. Ju Shou and Wang Xiu don't know this, as what they see after the thoughtful look was a heavy sigh, and he accepts their plan while showing a sad expression.
Ju Shou and Wang Xiu, observing Liu Bei's apparent sadness, were genuinely touched by his apparent acceptance of their plan. Unaware of the fiery ambition burning within Liu Bei, they interpreted his heavy sigh and somber expression as a sign of reluctant agreement.
In response, both Ju Shou and Wang Xiu assured Liu Bei, expressing their conviction that the proposed strategy would not only secure Jing Province but also pave the way for a prosperous future.
Moved by the perceived sacrifice Liu Bei was making, Ju Shou and Wang Xiu, with sincerity in their voices, pledged that this plan would ensure Liu Qi's place as a valued retainer in Liu Bei's new governance over Qing Province.
Liu Bei hearing that acted that he was touched by Ju Shou and Wang Xiu's commitment, clasped their shoulders warmly. Said that their kindness shall be remembered and that he was thankful, saying that he trusted their skill, and awaited the success of their plan.
As they were talking, the door to Liu Beu's room was knocked and a servant informed them that the banquet was ready and that he was told to escort Liu Bei and his retainers.
Hearing that t Liu Bei concluded the meeting and then he alongside Ju Shou, Wang Xiu, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei left Liu Bei's room, heading towards the banquet escorted by the servant designated to them by Liu Biao, while Liu Bei mind buzzed with anticipation of Ju Shou and Wang Xiu's plan.
Meanwhile, at Xiapi, Lie Fan is listening attentively to Mi Zhu's concerns about some noble clans attempting underhanded means in their investment plan for Xiapi's expansion project.
Lie Fan immediately frowns when he hears Mi Zhu's report and responds by saying that they can't let those noble clans' deceit disrupt their plans.
He assured Mi Zhu that he would gather more information, and tell him to proceed with the plan as scheduled, also since the funds were enough for the first step of the plans which was to build the outer walls, he told Mi Zhu to coordinate with Liu Ye.
Mi Zhu nodded his head and assured Lie Fan that he would do so and so the meeting concluded, Mi Zhu left Lie Fan's office to do his task. Lie Fan then tapped his table three times, a signal to call for an Oriole member assigned to him personally.
An Oriole member immediately entered Lie Fan's office from the window, without any chit chat Lie Fan ordered the Oriole members to investigate these noble clans on the list he gave to the Oriole member, and he wanted the information by tomorrow morning.
The Oriole member immediately clapped his hand took the list from Lie Fan's hand, and left Lie Fan's office through the window once again, as he had never been there.
Lie Fan stood up from his seat and went to the terrace of his office, overlooking Xiapi while having a headache thinking that even though he had gone to such lengths to cleanse corruption, there would always be people doing that popping up like cockroaches.
At this time the door to Lie Fan's office was knocked, and Liu Pi his bodyguard voice was heard, informing Lie Fan that Lu Lingqi wanted to meet him and that she had something important to report to him.
Hearing that it was Lu Lingqi, Lie Fan smiled for a second and then told Liu Pi to allow Lu Lingqi to come in, when Lie Fan entered his office from his terrace, Lu Lingqi entered Lie Fan's office at the same time.
Lu Lingqi's face immediately becomes slightly red seeing Lie Fan, and then just hmph at him and then takes a seat on the first seat that Lie Fan always prepared.
Seeing such an act from Lu Lingqi, Lie Fan just shakes his head amused by her action while taking his seat across from her.
Lie Fan: "Young Lady Lu, what honors do I have for your visit? Oh don't tell me it's about Wannian's training, but haven't you just reported about her training yesterday? Wait! Is there something wrong?!"
Lu Lingqi: "Wait a minute you stup- *ahem* My Lord, nothing happened to Wannian don't worry everything is perfect and safe for her, and also how many times have I told you to call me Lady Lu, not Young Lady Lu!"
Lie Fan: " *sigh* that's good that's good, as long there's nothing bad happened to her, also I called you Young Lasy Lu because Lady Lu is your Mother, how many times I have told you about this before, okay just tell me why do you come to visit me then, *sigh* no one has ever acted so rudely to me you are the first one, and you were so polite before."
Lu Lingqi: " Humph! Whatever! The reason I came here is that I have a request, I want to reform my personal unit and raise the banner of the Flower Thorns once again!"
Lie Fan: "Wait a minute, you wanted to reform your personal unit? Does your Mither agree with this? You know how your mother has been very protective of you since the death of your father, and I also have promised your father to keep you and your mother safe, so this is going against my promise so no I can't agree."
Lu Lingqi: "What?! Lie Fan yo- *sigh* fine I understand what you mean, but this is the only way I can live up to My father's legacy and continue the Lu Style Halberd technique that he passed down to me, and I understand My Mother since she doesn't want to lose me but I also want to achieve what My Father has achieved! I won't I make him proud while looking at me from Heaven!"
While saying all of that Lu Lingqi shed some tears because she actually understood Lie Fan's point. She understands that Lie Fan wanted to keep her from harm's way, and also understands that her mother is afraid of losing her.
But since losing her father several months ago, the only thing that kept her going was spending time with her mother, training the martial arts that Lu Bu taught her, and also teaching Wannian her own style that was suited for women.
Doing all of that worked for a while but soon, she realized that all of that wasn't enough and that she needed something more to keep her going which was fighting on the battlefield like her father, and that's why she came here to meet Lie Fan to request that.
Of course, she understands that the chance of Lie Fan rejecting her request was very high, but the moment she heard that Lie Fan rejected her request, she only felt that the world around her crumbled and felt empty inside.
Lie Fan seeing Lu Lingqi suddenly shed some tears and panicked for a while, he took out a napkin from his pocket and wiped the tears that slid down from her eyes, This happened for a moment before the two of them realized the situation that happened between them.
Lu Lingqi's face immediately turned bright red and she immediately jumped off her seat, backing away from Lie Fan by several steps while touching her face and hiding it from Lie Fan, while Lie Fan gave some fake coughs while putting the napkin back in his pocket.
The situation turned awkward for a few moments before Lie Fan's voice was heard agreeing to her request but under one condition, her female unit consisted of only around 1,000 women for now, and he needed to participate personally in the recruitment and the training.
Lu Lingqi was in disbelief at first but soon realized that Lie Fan had just agreed to her request, she let out the brightest smile Lie Fan had seen from her and was stunned by the beautiful sight he saw.
Lu Lingqi thanked Lie Fan for agreeing to her request and agreed to all of Lie Fan's conditions, but when she first received a response from Lie Fan she looked toward Lie Fan and saw the astounded admiration from Lie Fan's face radiating brightly.
Blushing and turning red even more, she stammered her goodbye and then left Lie Fan's office at the fastest speed possible, Lie Fan heard his office door open then came back from his mind and sewing that Lu Lingqi had gone, and shook his head and slap his face while reminding himself that he already has three wives.
Not knowing that a seed that had been planted several years ago suddenly began to blossom and turned into a small plant in his heart, he goes back to his seat and takes care of his duties.
Several days passed by, and Lie Fan and Mi Zhu received Oriole's report the day after their meeting about the noble clans that used dirty money as their investment and found out that it was true to Mi Zhu's report.
Having ironclad evidence, Lie Fan sends Man Chong alongside Mi Fang with two hundred Tian Mao's Battalion soldiers, to apprehend these nobles and execute all of their members and also sophisticated all of their money which will be used as funding for Xiapi's expansion project.
This caused some shockwaves once again in Xiapi, the commoners cheered while the nobles and merchants' clan shook in fear scared that they would become Lie Fan's next target.
So they immediately invested more funds and the funds that were amassed managed to continue the second phase of the project, which was to create important buildings and coat the inner wall with cement to strengthen it.
Lie Fan was satisfied with this and also was shocked by some extreme means Man Chong took to interrogate some of the Noble Clan members about their secret clan funds and their contacts, which aroused some dissatsifciation from some of his subordinates like Cai Yong and Sun Qian.
Lie Fan actually approved of Man Chong's technique and ways of interrogation, so while scolding Man Vhong but subtly indicating that he agrees, he also appeases his subordinates by saying that it was a necessary step needle, where he receives support from Jia Xu and Xun You.
This story managed to calm down after a while, and Lie Fan began to think that Man Chong was an excellent man to become Oriole's Interrogator and create a special unit with him as the leader to interrogate prisoners and spies.
While he was thinking so, Lie Fan right now actually accompanied Lu Lingqi in selecting women for her unit which unknown to Lu Lingqi that all the women who applied were Oriole's members who were interested in participating in the battlefield just like men, Lie Fan did this to keep Lu Lingqi safe and also a safe way to circulate the news of this amongst his own subordinate, because he haven't discussed this with his main advisors and he knew what kind of impact this could have with the social norms of this era.
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Name: Lie Fan
Title: Three Heroes Who Defeat Lu Bu
Age: 28 (195 AD)
Level: 16
Next Level: 2,462,000
Renown: 725
Cultivation: Yin Yang Separation (level 9)
SP: 1,071,700
ATTRIBUTE POINTS
STR: 936 (+20)
VIT: 598 (+20)
AGI: 583 (+10)
INT: 587
CHR: 93
WIS: 509
WILL: 397
ATR Points: 0
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