Three Kingdoms King of the North

"My lord," Gao Lan quickly explained to Han Zhan, "Half a year ago, after Yuan Benchu ​​took Jizhou by chance, Yuan Gonglu sent envoys to Jizhou City to ask Yuan Benchu ​​for [-] horses, but they were rejected."

Hearing what Gao Lan said, Chen Zhen asked curiously: "Lieutenant Gao Gao, I don't know about this, who told you?"

Gao Lan turned to Chen Zhen and said: "Prefect Chen, the envoy sent by Yuan Gonglu once stayed in Guantao for a day, and was received by General He Jun. I also ordered the envoy to escort the envoy to Jizhou under the order of General Jun. A few days later, the envoy hurried back to Guantao again, scolded Yuan Benchu ​​in front of me, and said that he would go back immediately and report to his lord in order to avenge his humiliation.

In my mind, maybe after the envoy reported back, Yuan Gonglu turned his anger on Jizhou Wu, so he planned to send assassins to kill a few officials to vent his hatred. "

Hearing this, Han Zhan asked in puzzlement: "Even if Yuan Benchu ​​refused to provide Yuan Gonglu with horses and the two of them fell out because of this, how could they send an assassin to assassinate you?" He turned his head to Chen Zhen and asked , "Xiaoqi, what do you think about this matter?"

Chen Zhen is good at internal affairs, but short of strategy. Hearing Han Zhan's question, he shook his head with a wry smile and replied, "My lord, I really can't figure it out."

Hearing Chen Zhen's answer, Han Zhan felt a little regretful in his heart. If Guo Jia and Xun You were by his side, they might be able to guess the reason immediately.At this moment, an officer came in to report: "My lord, Mr. Shan Fu is asking to see you outside the mansion!"

Shan Fu, when Han Zhan heard this name, his eyes lit up, and he thought how could I have forgotten him, Xu Shu is also a relatively famous military adviser in the Three Kingdoms, so asking him to analyze this matter is not a piece of cake.He hurriedly ordered the guards: "Please come in, Mr. Shan Fu!"

Xu Shu quickly entered the lobby under the guidance of the guards.He stepped forward and bowed to Han Zhan: "Shan Fu sees Tinghou!"

"Mr. Shan Fu is free!"

After Xu Shu stood up straight, he asked Han Zhan, "Shan Fu heard that the lord sent someone to capture the assassin who assassinated the high school lieutenant. I wonder if the assassin ever captured him?"

"The assassins are all gone." Eager to know the truth of the matter, Han Zhan said to Xu Shu, "But the assassins would rather die than admit who the mastermind behind them is. I wonder if Mr. Shan Fu can find out who they are By whom?"

Xu Shu pondered for a moment, then asked: "May I ask Tinghou, what did the assassin say when he was above the hall?"

"The assassins said that their family members were all detained by the envoy," Han Zhan said, "They said that unless we rescued their family members, they would never confess to the envoy."

Xu Shu waited for Han Zhan to finish speaking, and continued to ask: "I wonder if they ever told me where the other party imprisoned their family members?"

"Shouchun!"

Hearing Shouchun's order, Xu Shu showed a surprised expression on his face, "Isn't Shouchun the territory of Yuan Gonglu? Why did he send someone to Guantao to assassinate Captain Gao?"

Han Zhan told Xu Shu about the rejection of Yuan Shu's request for a war horse from Yuan Shao, and even mentioned Gao Lan's analysis.Xu Shu waited for Han Zhan to finish speaking, and immediately said, "Tinghou, Shan Fu believes that these assassins were undoubtedly sent by Yuan Gonglu."

"Why do you know that?" Seeing that Xu Shu made a judgment so quickly, Han Zhan asked curiously, "Mr. Shan Fu, on what basis did you make your judgment?"

Seeing that everyone focused their eyes on him, they were eager to know the answer to the matter.Xu Shu smiled slightly, and then said calmly: "Yuan Shu is narrow-minded, and belongs to the generation who must take revenge. Although he and Yuan Benchu ​​are brothers, but because of the war horse, Yuan Shu definitely wants revenge. It's not right, so he can only use other methods to deal with Yuan Benchu.

Our army is fighting Yuan Benchu, even if Yuan Shuyuan is in Shouchun, he should know about it.He probably thought this was an opportunity, so he sent assassins to Guantao, letting them sneak into the city to assassinate our generals, in order to anger Tinghou and make us and Yuan Benchu ​​endless enemies. "

"Mr. Shan Fu's words are indeed somewhat reasonable." After hearing what Xu Shu said, Han Zhan felt that his analysis was somewhat reasonable, but he raised new questions for some remaining doubts: " Why didn't the assassins strike sooner, but waited for Yuan Shao to retreat?"

Xu Shu stretched out two fingers and said, "According to Shan Fu's speculation, there are no more than two reasons: one is that when the assassins arrived at Guantao, Yuan Shao was rushing to attack the city, and they couldn't get into the city at all; Here, they saw that the city was in dire straits, and once the defenders were assassinated, the city would fall, and Yuan Jun invaded Guantao City, and then everything would be destroyed, and they were unwilling to take such a risk."

After listening to Xu Shu's analysis, everyone nodded in agreement.Chen Zhen looked sideways at Han Zhan, and said with a smile, "My lord, Mr. Shan Fu is really cunning. He was able to analyze the truth about the fact that Yuan Shu sent people to assassinate the high school lieutenant based on some clues. It's really amazing."

"Mr. Shan Fu," Han Zhan waited for Chen Zhen to finish speaking, and humbly asked Xu Shu, "I don't know what we should do now. Should we pretend not to know the truth, or raise troops to question Yuan Shu?"

"Marquis Ting, don't be reckless!" Hearing Han Zhan's questioning, Xu Shu hurriedly dissuaded him, saying, "Now that Jizhou is not stable, and Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan and others are watching, we should not make more powerful enemies at this moment. From Shan Fu's point of view, we can pretend to be ignorant of this matter for the time being, wait for Ting Hou to occupy the four states, stabilize the north, welcome the emperor from Chang'an to Yecheng, and then use the order of righteousness to attack Yuan Shu."

Speaking of this, Xu Shu sighed softly, and said apologetically to Gao Lan who was beside him: "It's just that I've wronged Captain Gao."

Gao Lan turned his head and glanced at Han Zhan who was sitting in the middle, then stood up, and said righteously: "Mr. Shan Fu is serious, as long as I can help the lord achieve hegemony, it's nothing if I give up my life. Besides, it's just a little grievance."

After Han Zhan waited for Gao Lanbiao to finish his loyalty, he also comforted him and said, "Lieutenant Gao Gao, for your revenge for being assassinated today, this Marquis will definitely seek justice for you in the future."

Chapter 0167

After Xu Shu's analysis, the case of Gao Lan's assassination came to light.Chen Zhen got up and said to Han Zhan, "My lord, we were able to eliminate Yuan Shu's assassin's lair in one fell swoop, thanks to the contribution of the woman who came to report the news. See, do you want to honor the bounty promised by the government?"

"Prefect Chen," Han Zhan looked at Chen Zhen and said with a smile, "Since it is a reward promised in advance, it is natural to pay every cent, otherwise it will damage the reputation of the government."

After getting Han Zhan's permission, Chen Zhen immediately called an officer and said, "Quickly go and call Mrs. Chen to the eunuch's mansion to receive the reward."

After hearing Chen Zhen's order, the officer showed joy on his face, and quickly replied, "I obey!"

Han Zhan knew that these servants had the habit of plucking geese. In order to prevent the bounty he gave Chen from being swallowed up, he saw the servant turned to leave, so he quickly added: "Let Chen come to this hall to receive the reward!"

The officer who was full of joy, when he heard what Han Zhan said, the smile on his face suddenly turned into a wry smile.But where did he dare to disobey orders, he could only honestly answer again: "Little one obeys orders!"

Seeing the guard leave the hall, Chen Zhen asked in a puzzled way: "My lord, I don't understand, why did you ask Mrs. Chen to come to the lobby to receive the reward? Just call her into the mansion and ask the guard to give her the reward. Why bother?"

Hearing what Chen Zhen said, Han Zhan knew that he didn't understand that the guards would do things in private, so he quickly explained to him: "Xiao Qi, you don't know, if you ask the guards to transfer the money to Chen, the guards will Withholding part of it in the middle, how much bounty Chen can get is unknown."

"No way?" Hearing what Han Zhan said, Chen Zhen had an unbelievable expression on his face: "My lord, my subordinates have always been extremely strict, and this should not happen in Guantao City, right?"

"Xiaoqi, it's very easy for the servants below to fool you." Han Zhan didn't want to get entangled in such trivial matters, so he specifically said to Chen Zhen: "If the Chen family who reported the news is not from this Marquis As an old acquaintance, this Marquis will not meddle in other people's business and cut off people's wealth. But this Chen's family is poor and it is difficult to survive. To her, this bounty is no different from life-saving money, and the guards must not allow it to be withheld. "

After Chen Zhen waited for Han Zhan to finish speaking, he quickly bowed and said, "My lord is considerate of the people, and it's really a blessing for them to take care of the orphans and widows. Chen represents the people of Guantao, thank you, lord!"

After a stick of incense, the guard brought Mrs. Chen to the lobby.Seeing so many officials sitting in the hall, Mrs. Chen couldn't help feeling a little at a loss. She knelt down in front of Han Zhan, kowtowed a few times, and said in a panic, "Little lady, please refer to the Marquis of Ting and the Lord Prefect!"

"Excuse me!" Han Zhan waited for Mrs. Chen to raise his head, and then ordered the guards standing beside him with a tray, "Come here, give the reward to this woman."

The frowning guard, holding a plate of gold cakes, walked up to Mrs. Chen.Mrs. Chen hurriedly took the tray, put it on the ground, and said in a crying voice, "Thank you Tinghou, thank you, Lord Prefect."

When Mrs. Chen was receiving the reward in the eunuch's mansion, a group of people gathered outside the gate of the mansion. Most of them were the neighbors of Mrs. Chen. Han Zhan, Marquis of Shuiting, wanted to reward him personally, and these people came to watch the fun.

The guards outside the gate, seeing so many people suddenly surrounding them, thought they were going to make trouble, so they couldn't help getting nervous.The lead officer bravely shouted at them: "What are you going to do?"

An old man with a white beard stepped forward and said to him: "My lord, we heard that Mrs. Chen came to the prefect's mansion to receive the reward, and he came here to see the excitement."

Knowing that the other party was not causing trouble, the guard immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly waved to the people surrounding the mansion, saying: "Since it is to watch the excitement, everyone stand back and block the gate of the mansion."

The common people retreated ten steps away and began to discuss one after another.Someone said: "The government said that the informant will be rewarded with ten gold, which is one hundred coins. Do you think they can give it to them?"

"I think it's pretty cool." As soon as he finished speaking, someone beside him said coldly, "Let's not talk about a hundred coins, it's not bad if the government can give her ten coins. Maybe the guards will take some benefits from her, At most, there will only be seven or eight strands left."

"Oh, Chen's name is really bitter." An old man who knew Chen's family said, "Her younger brother was beaten to death by hooligans in Sheguo County. She took her siblings and two children to travel long distances to Guantao. They were also ransacked by bandits. If the government even withholds the rewards of orphans and widows, it would be too wicked."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone immediately retorted: "I don't think so. It is said that the new Jizhou Shepherd Aiming for the People is Ruzi. Since he said that he would reward ten gold pieces, he probably won't break his promise."

"Whether you will break your promise, you will know when Mrs. Chen comes out." Just as the old man said this, he suddenly pointed in the direction of the mansion gate and said loudly: "Look, Mrs. Chen has come out."

Hearing what he said, everyone looked towards the front of the mansion at the same time, and saw the familiar Mrs. Chen coming out of the mansion, wiping tears as they walked.Seeing this situation, the old man was the first to say: "Everyone has seen it, Mrs. Chen was wiping tears while walking, it seems that the government didn't keep their promises, and they didn't give her a bounty at all."

Hearing what the old man said, the surrounding people were in an uproar.Immediately, a few good people squeezed out from the crowd, came in front of Mrs. Chen, and asked loudly: "What's wrong, what the government says doesn't mean anything, didn't they give you a reward?"

When Mrs. Chen heard what these people said, she was taken aback for a moment, then nodded vigorously, and said: "Yes, yes, I agreed to ten gold, so I gave ten gold." He untied one of his bundles and let the people around him see the ten golden cakes inside.

"I said Mrs. Chen," the old man squeezed in front of Mrs. Chen, and asked with some displeasure, "Since the government has given you a bounty, why are you crying? I thought the government's words were worthless."

As soon as the old man finished speaking, there was laughter all around.

Mrs. Chen bowed sideways to the old man and said apologetically, "Thank you for your concern, I am very happy."

At this time, Han Zhan, Chen Zhen and others came out from the gate of the mansion, and the people immediately fell silent. "Fellow folks," Han Zhan heard their conversation in the mansion, and quickly said loudly: "The government will do what it says, and if it says reward ten golds, it will be ten golds. It will never break its word. Please rest assured, folks."