Three Kingdoms King of the North

But after he finished speaking, he felt that the atmosphere in the room was a bit wrong, so he hurriedly looked around.I saw his son Juhu standing aside with his hands down expressionlessly like a wooden sculpture; while his brother Juzong, an official fan, kept rubbing his hands like ants on a hot pot.

He thought that now that his family members were all in Jizhou, even if he didn't want to work for Han Zhan, he still couldn't stop his brother and son from finding an official position under Han Zhan's hands.He sighed softly, and said to Han Zhan: "Tinghou, my younger brother has always wanted to work for Tinghou, but Tinghou was worried that his work in Jizhou would endanger my life, so he refused to agree. Now The professor has returned safely, and I don’t know if Tinghou can arrange a suitable position for his younger brother. Also,” he glanced at his son, he continued, “The dog, Juhu, also has some abilities, like Meng Tinghou. , can you also give him an official position?"

After Han Zhan waited for Jushou to finish speaking, he took a look at Juhu first, and saw that the other party stood aside with his head bowed and said nothing, as if he didn't hear him being talked about at all.As for Juzong, seeing Han Zhan looking at him, he quickly nodded and bowed to express his kindness to Han Zhan.

Han Zhan thought to himself: "After Yuan Shao died, Juhu helped Yuan Shang guard Handan, but was shot to death by Zhang Liao. He was considered a loyal courtier. But this Juzong, I have never heard of it. I don't know him. How is your ability, is it reliable?"

But in order to give Jushou a face, even if Juzong is a rich man, he can only admit it with his nose.So he smiled and said to Jushou: "Mr. Ju, please rest assured, Brother Ling and Young Master Ling, after Benhou returns, Xun Changshi will definitely arrange a suitable place for them."

Knowing that Han Zhan was willing to arrange a position for himself, Juzong immediately burst into laughter from ear to ear.Although Juhu tried his best to control his emotions and pretended not to be shocked by honor or disgrace, the slightly upturned corners of his mouth fully exposed the joy in his heart.

After Han Zhan dealt with the matter of Juzong and Juhu, he continued to persuade Jushou: "Mr. Ju, I heard that Yuan Benchu ​​visited Jizhou when he first entered Jizhou. Qian, my Yuan family has been favored for generations, and I am determined to do my best to restore the Han Dynasty. However, Duke Huan of Qi could not become the overlord without Guan Zhong, and Gou Jian could not keep the Yue Kingdom without Fan Li. I want to work together with Qing to secure the country , I wonder if you have any clever plan?"

Hearing what Han Zhan said, Juzong and Juhu's expressions changed drastically, thinking that Han Zhan was going to settle accounts after the fall.But Ju Shou nodded slightly, and said with a normal expression: "Yes, there is indeed such a thing."

Han Zhan's attention was focused on Jushou, and he didn't pay attention to the reactions of other people. He continued: "Mr. Dong Zhuo was terrified. When he crossed the Hebei, Bohai would obey his orders; if he gathered the soldiers of one county, he would gather the people of Jizhou. The prestige crossed Heshuo, and his reputation was more important than the world! Now if the general is the first to raise the army to fight east, he can set Qingzhou Yellow Turban; Black Mountain, you can destroy Zhang Yan. Then go back to the north to fight Gongsun Zan; shock the Rong and Di, and conquer the Xiongnu. You can own the land of the four states north of the Yellow River, so you can recruit heroes and gather millions of troops to welcome the emperor In Xijing, and the Fuzong Temple in Luoyang. With this order to command the world, who can resist if the punishment is not accepted?"

After Ju Shou waited for Han Zhan to finish speaking, he nodded again, and said lightly, "I never thought that Marquis Ting knew so clearly about the original conversation between Shou and Yuan Benchu. If Marquis Ting wants to deal with Shou, just do it." He said with great nostalgia Looking at his son and brother, "But please be merciful, Marquis Ting, and spare the family members of the professor."

"Mr. Ju misunderstood." Han Zhan said to Jushou: "Ben Hou said these things to you, not to blame you, but to think that what you said is quite reasonable. Now Ben Hou has taken it back. After leaving Jizhou, the next step is to conquer Qingzhou, Beiheyouzhou in the east, and Bingzhou in the west. After the land of the four states is obtained, we will welcome the emperor to Yecheng, and take the emperor with him to order the world.”

Jushou didn't expect Han Zhan to have such ambitions, and he fell into deep contemplation: Should he continue to spend time at home, or go out to work for Han Zhan.

Seeing that Jushou didn't reply for a long time, Han Zhan felt that if he didn't take a strong dose of medicine, then today's visit would be in vain.So he went on to say: "A wise man can see through the world, but often can't see the traps around him. If you meet a self-willed protagonist, even if you have a great ability, it is useless. Mr. Ju, follow the wrong People are very dangerous. Not only are you in danger of having someone's head fall at any time, but your family members are also in danger. Even if you find that Yuan Shao is not the Lord, don't be so discouraged. There are many choices for people, so don't be in a tree. Hang me."

After hearing Han Zhan's heartfelt words, Ju Zong also chimed in and said, "Brother, Tinghou invited you to become an official because of sincerity, I don't think you need to shirk." After finishing speaking, he stood aside The Juhu kept winking, beckoning him to say something too.

"Father," Juhu took a step forward, bowed to Jushou and said, "Tinghou Xiande is a rare master of enlightenment. My child implores you to come out of the mountain and serve Tinghou."

Seeing that his son and brothers were persuading him, Jushou knew that there was no point in trying to evade, he sighed, got up and came to Han Zhan, bowed and saluted: "Shou Jian Tinghou, from now on, I am willing to stay In Jizhou, I worked like a dog and a horse for the Marquis of Ting."

Seeing that Jushou agreed to work for him, Han Zhan couldn't help laughing, stood up and supported Jushou, and said with a smile: "Since Mr. Ju is willing to serve for this Marquis, he will still serve as the supervisor of the army and General Fenwei."

Jushou didn't expect that Han Zhan was so generous that after he surrendered, he would let himself take up the original official position. Just this tolerance made Jushou feel warm in his heart.

Now that Jushou has surrendered to himself, Han Zhan started to talk to him about business: "Mr. Ju, if you want to welcome the emperor to Jizhou, the most suitable place to be the capital is Yecheng. Do you have any good ideas? Let Yuan Shao hand over Yecheng to us?"

"Let Yuan Benchu ​​give us the city of Ye?" When Jushou heard what Han Zhan said, he was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Tinghou, you think the problem is too simple, even though Yuan Benchu ​​has repeatedly defeated you. in his hands, but Yecheng is his foundation, if he wants to give it up, it is tantamount to a dream."

Chapter 174 The Yuan Brothers

Juzong, who was standing aside, was frightened into a cold sweat when he heard that Jushou spoke to Han Zhan in such an impolite tone.He stared nervously at the two of them, ready to persuade Han Zhan when he lost his temper.

But what he didn't expect was that after listening to Ju Shou's words, Han Zhan just smiled lightly, and then said: "Mr. Ju, if I recommend Yuan Benchu ​​as the governor of Yanzhou, and return his two sons and the general Chunyu Qiong to him at the same time." Tell me, will he give up Yecheng because of this?"

"What, what did you say?" Jushou couldn't help feeling hot when he heard Han Zhan say that Yuan Shao's two sons were in Jizhou now. He asked excitedly, "Does Tinghou mean that Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi are still alive?" die?"

"Yes," Han Zhan nodded and said affirmatively, "The two of them are locked in the prison of the State Shepherd's Mansion. The Marquis treats them with delicious food and drinks every day, and he never lacks courtesy."

"Great, this is really great." After confirming that the Yuan brothers were not dead, Ju Shou immediately became excited: "Yuan Benchu ​​heard that the two sons died at the hands of Tinghou, and suddenly became furious, and sent all the soldiers and horses of Wei County to attack the hall. Tao Shou was sent to jail because he discouraged him from sending troops."

Han Zhan wanted to know Jushou's true opinion, so he asked respectfully, "Mr. Ju, tell me, if I send the Yuan brothers back to Yecheng, will Yuan Benchu ​​agree to our terms?"

"It's hard to say, but you can give it a try." As for how Yuan Shao would react after the Yuan brothers were sent back to Yecheng, at this moment, even the resourceful Ju Shou had no idea. "I wonder if Marquis Ting can let me meet the two sons?"

"Yes." Han Zhan immediately agreed to Jushou's request without hesitation: "If sir is willing, we can go to the prison together now and meet the Yuan brothers who are locked inside."

After Jushou followed Han Zhan into the prison, he found that the environment here was much better than when he was in Yecheng.The first time I met Yuan Tan, he lived in a single room, which was neatly tidied up, and there were even wine and food on the tables beside the couch.Yuan Tan, who was pouring himself a drink, was taken aback when he saw Jushou and Han Zhan entering the cell, and then his face showed ecstasy.He put down the wine glass in his hand, got up and grabbed Ju Shou's arm, and said excitedly: "Ju Jianjun, why did you come here? Didn't my father ask you to come here to redeem me?"

Ju Shou broke free from Yuan Tan lightly, and bowed his hands to salute him: "See you, Young Master!" After standing up straight, he continued, "Shou is no longer Yuan Benchu's subordinate, and he came here just to visit Young Master."

Hearing that Jushou was no longer a subordinate of the Yuan family, and now he followed Han Zhan to see him in the prison, even if Yuan Tan was a fool, he knew in his heart that Jushou had abandoned the Yuan family and joined Han Zhan.So he snorted heavily, then sat back in front of the desks again, and said angrily: "Why come to see me, do you want to see how embarrassed I am today?"

"The eldest son misunderstood." Although Jushou had already surrendered to Han Zhan, but because the time was too short, he still regarded himself as a member of the Yuan family from the bottom of his heart.Therefore, seeing Yuan Tan's displeasure, he quickly explained: "In the past, I returned to Yecheng with Yuan Gong. I didn't get any news from the eldest son, so I thought that something happened to the eldest son. Yuan Gong even raised [-] troops to attack Guantao, I want to avenge the two young masters!"

"What, my father sent a hundred thousand troops to attack Guantao in order to avenge me?" Yuan Tan couldn't help being stunned when he heard Jushou's words.After a while, he suddenly asked in surprise: "Mr. Ju, what did you just say, father avenged the two sons, did something happen to the second brother?"

Ju Shou did not answer Yuan Tan's question, but turned his attention to Han Zhan, waiting for him to give Yuan Tan an answer.Seeing Jushou's gaze, Han Zhan took the initiative to take two steps forward, facing Yuan Tan and said, "My lord, I never told you that my younger brother Yuan Xi is also imprisoned in this prison. "

"Han Zhan," Yuan Tan stood up, pointed at Han Zhan, and asked angrily, "Since my younger brother has been locked in this prison, why didn't you tell me about it?",

Han Zhan sneered, then shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands, and said, "My lord, you can't blame me, because you never asked me about it, so Benhou didn't say anything."

"You, you, you!" Yuan Tan pointed at Han Zhan, too angry to speak.

"Mr. Ju," Han Zhan didn't want to chat with Yuan Tan anymore, so he said to Ju Shou, "Let's go see the second son now."

Soon, the two came to Yuan Xi's cell again.

When Yuan Xi saw Ju Shou followed Han Zhan into his room, he also had a look of joy.However, he opened his mouth and swallowed back what he wanted to say. He had seen very clearly just now that Jushou's respectful attitude towards Han Zhan was not at all like the envoy sent by his father. On the contrary, it was Han Zhan subordinates are more appropriate.

Therefore, after a moment of silence, he asked: "Ju Jianjun, if I read correctly, you have already surrendered to Marquis Zhangshuiting, right?"

"Second Young Master's guess is right." Ju Shou couldn't help but blush when he heard this question, and then replied with some embarrassment: "Shou has indeed surrendered to Tinghou, and now he is the supervisor of Jizhou."

"Forget it," Yuan Xi wanted to be more open about Jushou's surrender to Han Zhan. He waved his hand and said, "I understand that everyone has their own ambitions. Since the supervisor has made such a decision, there must be you." The reason. I will stop asking you about your difficulties."

Han Zhan waited for the two to chat for a while, and suddenly said: "Second Young Master, I plan to let one person go back to Yecheng. Between you and brother Ling, only one can go back. I don't know if you want to let brother go back, or you want to go back to Yecheng alone. go back?"

Han Zhan's question was very insidious. He knew that with Yuan Xi's personality, if he had the opportunity to return to Yecheng, he would never stay again.But if Yuan Xi said that he wanted to go back, he would put himself in an inhumane situation.Therefore, Yuan Xi did not speak for a long time after listening to this question.Ju Shou didn't know why Han Zhan would ask this question, and he couldn't help but looked at the two of them in bewilderment, not knowing what state they were in.

After a long time, Yuan Xi finally made a final decision.He smiled bitterly at Han Zhan, and then said, "Tinghou, I think even if I don't say anything, Tinghou understands what I think about it."

"That's right, this Marquis understands what the second young master is thinking. The young master sent us a letter from Jieqiao to tell the eldest son that he was going to lead his troops to Jieqiao. This Marquis knew what the second young master wanted. It's the eldest son's life." After Han Zhan finished speaking, he left Ju Shou and Yuan Xi behind and strode outside.

When he stepped out of the prison door, he left a sentence: "Second son, I will send you a poem. When you have time, you can study it carefully. Cooking beans burns the bean, and the bean weeps in the cauldron. It is the same root. Sheng, why are you in such a hurry!"

Chapter 175

When Han Zhan walked out of the prison, Ju Shou also chased after him, and asked puzzledly, "Tinghou, I wonder why you gave such a poem to the second son of Yuan? Also, what happened to Jieqiao sending someone to deliver the letter?"

Han Zhan turned to face Jushou and said, "When Yuan Benchu ​​was confronting Gongsun Zan, he sent someone to recruit the eldest son Yuan Tan who was stationed in Rencheng. At that time, we received a secret report from an unknown source, saying that Yuan Tan was going to go through a certain place. Jieqiao joined forces with Yuan Benchu. Therefore, according to the secret report, we defeated Yuan's army near the road and captured Yuan Tan alive."

"Brothers fight against the wall, brothers fight against the wall!" After hearing Han Zhan's words, Ju Shou immediately beat his chest and feet, and said sadly: "In the face of the great enemy, I did not expect that the Yuan brothers would do such a thing that hurts relatives and makes enemies happy."

Seeing such a big reaction from Jushou, Han Zhan thought to himself: If you knew that after Yuan Shao's death, the three Yuan brothers attacked each other in order to fight for power, you would probably vomit blood even more.If it weren't for the three Yuan brothers fighting among themselves, Cao Cao would probably have to go through a lot of trouble if he wanted to unify the north.But after thinking about it, internal fighting seems to be a tradition of the Yuan family: Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu had a great time fighting; Even if they died in prison, Zhang He and Gao Lan would not surrender to Cao.

Thinking of Cao Cao, Han Zhan suddenly remembered one thing. In the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Jun was defeated, but Jushou was captured by Cao Jun because he was imprisoned by Yuan Shao and could not escape, and dedicated to Cao Cao.Cao Cao once persuaded him at the beginning: "There is no plan at the beginning, and you don't need to speak from the king. How can you still be obsessed? If I get the first step early, the world will have nothing to worry about." He also made people entertain him with delicious food and drink.Even so, Jushou took advantage of the unpreparedness and tried to escape to Yuan Shao's place by stealing the horse. Cao Cao caught him and killed him in anger.

Han Zhan continued to think in his heart: Jushou had to surrender to himself temporarily because the Ju family was in Jizhou, and because he was seeking an official position for his younger brother Juzong and son Juhu.It seems that the decision I made to let Jushou continue to serve as the supervisor of the army and general Fenwei was a bit too hasty.Before entrusting him with important responsibilities, he must be asked to do one thing for himself, which should be his nomination certificate.

But let him do what?

Just as Han Zhan was thinking hard, he suddenly heard Jushou say: "Tinghou, I heard that Cai Shizhong's daughter Zhaoji is in the state pastoral mansion, can I introduce you to him?"

Hearing Jushou mentioned Zhao Ji, Han Zhan suddenly had a flash of inspiration: By the way, didn't I find a way to bring Cai Yong back to Jizhou?Although he sent a subordinate to bring Cai Yan's letter to Chang'an, with Cai Yong's character, he definitely would not leave Chang'an with an unknown person and travel long distances to Jizhou just because of a letter.But if the person who invited him became Jushou, maybe the situation would be quite different.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on his face immediately: "Since Ju Jianjun is so elegant, then let's go back to the mansion with this Marquis."