My Father in Law is Lu Bu

>Liu Bei was already in bad shape after fighting at Yangzhou.
He did not know about Hu Che Er but he believed that Liu Bei no longer had a chance of claiming the Central Plains.
If Liu Bei could not even take Yangzhou, he would have no future.
When Cao Cao attacks, Liu Bei could only choose to surrender or die.
Jia Xu would not join up with someone like that.

As Liu Mang had won, it could be said that he had passed Jia Xu’s first test.
Now, Jia Xu wanted to see if Liu Mang’s reputation was undeserved or if he truly had courage and insight.
Jia Xu gave Liu Mang two incense stick worth of time.
If Liu Mang is unwilling to come down and talk by then, he would immediately take the soldiers away and surrender to Cao Cao.
He would no longer care even if Zhang Lei had died.
The only thing that mattered was his own safety.
The reason Jia Xu would do this is because he also knew that Liu Mang may dispatch troops and flank him.
This is also why he did not set up camp as he wanted to be able to escape faster.
Two incense stick worth of time was the longest Jia Xu was able to give Liu Mang.

On the other hand, if Liu Mang comes down, he would surrender to Liu Mang.
This would not only prove Liu Mang’s courage and insight.
Jia Xu would have also given Liu Mang a reputation of one who would unite the land.

What Jia Xu had in his hands was the Xiliang Cavalry and Zhang Xiu’s son.
The Xiliang Cavalry’s lord was Zhang Xiu who was also Lu Bu’s enemy.
Lu Bu had lost his trusted lieutenant Zhang Fan to Zhang Xiu and had almost been completely routed.
This kind of enmity would not clear up so easily.
Liu Mang would earn the reputation as someone big hearted enough to accept an enemy.
Naturally, he would be even more accepting of talented people.
Things have changed during these turbulent times but the one thing that stayed the same was the value of reputation.
It was just like how Liu Bei’s hypocritical righteousness was able to brainwash people into following him.
How else could a simple seller of straw sandals achieve such things? He had been defeated so many times but he was persistent like a cockroach and was able to run around with his reputation as a benevolent person.
When Cao Cao managed to capture Liu Bei, he did not kill Liu Bei because he was afraid of stirring up the people’s anger.

Depending on the choice made, Liu Mang would be able to gain the Xiliang Cavalry and also a good reputation.
Otherwise, Jia Xu would go and help Cao Cao, becoming an obstacle to others who want to unite the land.

This multiple choice question was given by Jia Xu to Liu Mang.
The time he gave Liu Mang for the answer was also neither too long nor too short.

“Milord.
Be careful not to be deceived.” Xu Shu persuaded cautiously.
“Yes Milord.
What if they were only pretending to surrender?” Liu Ye also tried to persuade Liu Mang.
These two did not trust Jia Xu at all as the man’s reputation was too horrible.
Besides that, why would Jia Xu call for Liu Mang.
To begin with, he did not even have that qualification.

“Hm?” Liu Mang frowned.
He also did not know what to do.
Even if it was a trap, it should not be too bad.
After all, the Black Flag Army and the Urban Army were already in place.
On the other hand, the Wolf Cavalry is still within the city.
Even if he gets caught, Jia Xu would not be able to escape.

“He is truly Jia Xu Jia Wenhe!” While Liu Mang was still feeling hesitant, he heard a familiar voice.

“Marquis Wen! Milord!” The soldiers all immediately called out.

“Father-in-law!” Liu Mang had also stepped forward to Lu Bu’s side.
Xu Shu frowned at this but also remained silent.

“This person is truly Jia Xu Jia Wenhe!” Others may not know who Jia Xu was but Lu Bu had no reason not to know.
He has met Jia Xu before when Dong Zhuo was still alive.
However, Jia Xu spoke little.
He would not say anything unless he was asked a question by Dong Zhuo.
Eventually, he was forgotten.

After killing Dong Zhuo, Jia Xu vanished.
After that, the two of them should not have crossed paths again but Wang Yun wanted to punish the officers, forcing Jia Xu to take action as his name was on the list of officers to be punished.
In order to protect himself, Jia Xu made Li Jue and Guo Si attack Changan.
At that time, Li Jue and Guo Si had hundreds and thousands of soldiers.
Lu Bu who was in Changan at that time would not be able to escape with his family.
In order not to completely offend Lu Bu, Jia Xu had sent out a letter informing Lu Bu about the attack.
Lu Bu who already had contradictory views with Wang Yun would not sacrifice his life for the man and quickly left.

Because of this, Lu Bu had a profound impression of Jia Xu.
Although it was dark, Lu Bu could still see the man’s face from the torches below.

“Father-in-law.
What about Zhang Xiu’s death?” If Jia Xu had told the truth.
His following words should be the truth as well.

“I do not know whether Zhang Xiu was dead or not.
However, I know that I did not kill him.
It is not possible for Zhang Xiu to die because of me!” Lu Bu had been holding back ever since he heard of Chen Gong’s strategy.
He was also extremely confident of his own martial arts.
He knew that he only bruised Zhang Xiu and that Zhang Xiu could recover in about ten days, Now that Zhang Xiu is dead, more rumors would spread.
Before Lu Bu continued, Xu Shu suddenly asked, “Milord.
What are you doing?” Liu Mang’s figure had already disappeared from the walls.