Chapter 106 Can He Be Trusted? (1/2)

Chapter 106 – Can He Be Trusted?

”Fengxian! Stop!”

Ding Yuan shouted with all his strength. Because the collision of killing intent and the duel made him weak in the knees, Ding Yuan had to shout instead of jumping in front of Lu Bu.

”Don't worry, pops. He doesn't even hurt.”

Lu Bu shrugged as if he had nothing to do with it. He proceeded toward Tong who was still lying on the ground with his hand on his forehead.

”Good fight, brat. Can you stand?”

Lu Bu extended his hand to Tong, gesturing his goodwill.

Tong grabbed his hand and got up while he was still dizzy by the headache.

”Yeah, thank you, senior.”

”Don't call me senior. Just call me by Fengxian! What's your name?”

”Zhang Tong, senior. I meant brother Fengxian. You can just call me Tong.”

”That's an odd courtesy name. But who cares, right? That was a good outburst by the way! Where did you learn that? It took me five years to master that killing intent. You know that when I was young I …”

Lu Bu started talking nonstop which surprised Tong. He thought that the God of War would be haughty, arrogant, and dignified. However, the person in front of him was just like a battle maniac or a nerd martial artist.

This event made Tong doubt that the big guy over here was actually Lu Bu or an imposter.

'He's too innocent to be a backstabber. Perhaps something turned him into that kind of person. The event at Xiapi in the year 196 was the proof that he can't be trusted … wait! Maybe!'

Tong opened his eyes wide as he had enlightenment. He had one theory in his mind at the moment. If this theory was correct, then the other Lords might have misunderstood him as an unfilial person and branded him as untrustworthy in Tong's history timeline.

By the records of ancient historians, Wang Yun plotted with Lu Bu to kill Dong Zhuo. It was possible that Wang Yun was the mastermind, and it was Lu Bu who was being used as a tool.

After he killed Dong Zhuo and fled from Chang An, he sought shelter under Yuan Shu in Wan City. However, Yuan Shu detested Lu Bu for being unfilial and his deeds for being a betrayer, he did not welcome him. As a consequence, Lu Bu developed a paranoid trait, which worsened his standings with every Lords in the future.

Then, he went to Yuan Shao and asked him to be employed under him, but Yuan Shao plotted to assassinate Lu Bu because of his past deeds. Both of them ended up having a feud with each other because Yuan Shao sent a team of assassins to kill him at night.

Afterward, Lu Bu fled southward. He encountered Zhang Miao in Chenliu, who invited him in and welcomed him wholeheartedly. Unbeknownst to the plot that Zhang Miao had planned, Lu Bu accepted to live in Chenliu for a while.

In 194, Cao Cao, who was the master of Zhang Miao and Chenliu City, launched a campaign against Xu Province under Tao Qian's control. Chen Gong conspired with Zhang Miao and dragged Lu Bu into the picture by forcing him to help them occupying Pu Yang City.

Lu Bu did so as Chen Gong and the rest of the defectors of Cao Cao had asked him, which ended up as him betraying another Lord, and eventually lost the city back to Cao Cao.

Then he was used again by Yuan Shu when Lu Bu sought shelter with Liu Bei. He was tricked into attacking Xiapi by baiting Lu Bu that Yuan Shu would be willing to solve his provision and army supply problems, however, Lu Bu had to help Yuan Shu taking down Liu Bei. Thus, Lu Bu betrayed Liu Bei and took Xiapi.

On 197 Yuan Shu proclaimed himself Emperor, Cao Cao tricked him into becoming an ally and attacking Yuan Shu. As a result, Lu Bu betrayed his previous ally, Yuan Shu.

At the battle of Xiapi, which was Lu Bu's last battle, Cao Cao gave Lu Bu an offer that if he were to surrender to him, Lu Bu would be allowed to serve under Cao Cao. Lu Bu wanted to surrender, but he was stopped by Chen Gong and the others who were once subordinates of Cao Cao because they were afraid of the repercussions of being traitors.

There were many other cases where Lu Bu had been led by the nose by other people and his reputation continued to sink further and further. Everything happened because he lacked the abilities to judge people and skills to make a thorough plan for the future, which ended up getting himself killed by the hands of Cao Cao and Liu Bei in the year 199.

'With zero reputation, Lu Bu was considered deceitful by the historians. But was it actually the case?' Tong thought.

'But there is one more question. If he is not a duplicity person as I have in mind, why did he kill Ding Yuan to serve Dong Zhuo? What is the factor that drove him into this act?'