Three Kingdoms King of the North

Jushou was not angry when he heard that Xia Houlan called Wang Yun an old thief, but thought for a while and said: "We must report the situation of the capital to Tinghou as soon as possible, and see what he has in mind."

"Yesterday after Dong thief gave the head, the master has sent Mo Quan and others to hurry back to Jizhou, and is going to report the matter to the lord." Xia Houlan said in a difficult way: "Although I have 200 people under my command, I don't have any real confidants. You can send him back to deliver a letter to the lord."

Jushou thought for a while, and said to Xia Houlan: "Captain Xiahou, I will write a letter to the lord immediately. You immediately send someone out of the post station to chase after Mo Quan who set off yesterday, and ask him to report this matter to the lord." .”

After Xia Houlan waited for Jushou to write the letter, she found a team leader with a good relationship, handed the letter to him, and told him: "Mr. Ju has a letter that needs to be sent back to Jizhou immediately. You find a way to get it out Post station, hurry up and chase after Mo Quan, hand over this letter to him, and let him bring it to the lord."

After the team led the order, they came to the place where the post officials lived, threw on an official uniform and put it on themselves, trying to get out of the post station and chase after Moquan who left yesterday.Unexpectedly, he was stopped by officers and soldiers not far from the post station. The officer leading the team said viciously: "Go back to the post station immediately, or you will be killed."

Chapter 188 Han Zhan's "Invention"

After sending off the doctor and the buddy, Xia Houlan told Jushou what happened just now.After hearing this, Ju Shou said in a skeptical tone: "Lieutenant Xiahou, how did you know that the other party is the secret agent sent by Tinghou to the capital?"

"I saw the badge representing his identity." Xia Houlan explained to Jushou: "The secret agents sent by Jizhou to various places all have a badge representing their identity. On one side is the word spy, and on the other side is a group of The number representing identity cannot be forged by outsiders at all."

"Even if it's a forgery, it doesn't matter." Ju Shou also wanted to think about it at this moment. Wang Yun put himself under house arrest because he didn't want him to interfere with Cai Yong's affairs, and the letter he wrote to Han Zhan was just a summary of the capital's recent situation and The news of Cai Yong's imprisonment told him that even if this letter fell into Wang Yun's hands, it would not do any harm.

After leaving the inn that was besieged by heavy troops, the man immediately said goodbye to the doctor, walked around the street a few times, and only knocked on the door of a house after making sure that no one was following him.The person inside opened the door and saw his own people outside the door, so he let him in, but he went out, looked around vigilantly, and after confirming that there was no danger, he retreated into the house and closed the door behind him.

After a stick of incense, a man riding a horse came out from the back door of this family, looked around for a while, and then galloped towards the east.

Seven days later, he arrived in Jizhou with the details of Jushou's letter.

Xun Yu, who was in charge of the management of the details, hurriedly approached Guo Jia to discuss after receiving the letter from Ju Shou: "Feng Xiao, look at the letter from Gongyu, Wang Yun used a series of tricks to defeat Lu Bu and jointly killed Dong Zhuo. But my lord The worrying thing still happened, Cai Shizhong was sent to prison by Wang Yun."

When Guo Jia heard what Xun Yu said, he couldn't help but turn pale in shock, and hurriedly asked for the letter he had just received, read it carefully, and then said to Xun Yu, "Xun Changshi, I think we should go to the state pastoral mansion as soon as possible. See my lord."

"Be filial and slow." Xun Yu stopped Guo Jia and said to him: "Cai Shizhong is in prison, we have to think of a countermeasure first, so that when Zhan'er asks, we have a countermeasure."

"Xun Changshi, don't worry." Unexpectedly, Guo Jia actually laughed when he heard him say this: "As far as I know, before the lord sent Jugong to go to the capital, he explained two things to him. One One is to offer a series of tricks to Wang Yun, so that Dong Thief and Lu Bu, the righteous father and son, turned against each other; the other is to order Ju Gonghe to find a way to persuade Cai Shizhong to come to Jizhou. Since these things have long been expected by him, can he still think about it? Is there any way?"

After being reminded by Guo Jia, Xun Yu suddenly realized that his nephew seemed to have the ability to predict the future, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then let's go to the state pastor's mansion now and hand over this letter to Let Zhan'er see what he says then."

When the two came to the State Shepherd's Mansion, they happened to meet Chen Dao who was on duty.Guo Jia bowed his hands and saluted the other party, and asked with a smile: "Uncle Zhi, I wonder if the Lord is in the mansion?"

Seeing Xun Yu and Guo Jia coming hand in hand, Chen Dao hastily bowed to salute them, and said respectfully: "My lord has not gone out in the mansion today, please come with Chen."

Chen Dao led Guo Jia and Xun Yu to the outside of the study room, and said politely to them: "You two, please wait here a moment, and wait for Chen to go in and report to the lord." Not long after Chen Dao entered the room, he left again He came out and sat down in a gesture of invitation to the two of them.

Guo Jia and Xun Yu walked into the study and saw Han Zhan sitting in front of some desks, leaning over to write something.The two quickly stepped forward to salute: "I have seen the lord!"

Han Zhan looked up at the two of them, smiled and said, "Uncle and Feng Xiao are here." He pointed to the side with his left hand, "You two, sit down for a while, and wait until Ben Hou finishes drawing this sketch, and then wait with you." Narrative."

Han Zhan's words aroused the two people's great interest. Instead of sitting down, they gathered around to see what Han Zhan was painting.Guo Jia looked at it carefully for a while, and felt that Han Zhan's painting seemed to be some kind of farm tool, which looked familiar, but he couldn't remember the name in a hurry.

Xun Yu was well-informed, and after only looking at it for a while, he tentatively asked Han Zhan, "Zhaner, is it possible that what you drew is a columbine chariot?"

"That's right, it's the columbine cart." Hearing Xun Yu's question, Han Zhan nodded, and then said triumphantly: "The columbine cart can not only complete ditching, planting, and covering soil at one time, it greatly improves the quality of planting. At the same time, it can also ensure consistent row spacing, consistent depth, and uniform density, which is convenient for ventilation and light transmission and field management after emergence, so that the quality of sowing can also be improved."

Just as Han Zhan finished showing off his knowledge to the two, he suddenly realized that something was wrong, and quickly asked Xun Yu: "Uncle just said that this kind of agricultural tool is called a columbine cart, must someone have seen this before?"

"That's right." Xun Yu nodded and said, "This farm tool has been in our dynasty for a hundred years. But the cost is too high, and it has never been popularized."

Hearing that this kind of farm tool had existed for a long time, Han Zhan couldn't help but blushed with shame. He originally wanted to tell the two that it was a farm tool invented by him.Fortunately, Xun Yu named the farm tool first, otherwise he would be ashamed.

Han Zhan hastily coughed heavily, put this blueprint aside, put another blueprint that he had drawn long ago in front of the two, and asked, "I wonder if you two have seen this thing before? "

Xun Yu stared at the drawing for a long time, then shook his head and said, "I've never seen this before." Then he turned his head and asked Guo Jia, "I don't know if Feng Xiao can recognize this thing?"

Guo Jia smiled wryly, and replied, "Jia has never seen this thing before, so it must be something new that the lord just came up with."

Seeing that the two did not recognize the stirrup he had painted, Han Zhan became proud again, and he explained to the two: "This object is called a stirrup. It is a pair of footrests hung on both sides of the saddle for the rider to use when getting on the horse. A harness used to step on the feet when riding. Its role is not only to help people mount the horse, but more importantly, to support the rider's feet while riding, so as to maximize the advantages of riding a horse while effectively protecting the Safety of riders."

When Guo Jia heard what Han Zhan said, he quickly picked up the drawings and looked at them carefully, and at the same time filled in the details of what Han Zhan said.After he organized the vocabulary in his mind, he handed the drawing to Xun Yu who was beside him, and then asked tentatively, "I wonder if my lord will prepare this stirrup for the army?"

"Feng Xiao guessed right." Han Zhan nodded and admitted, "That's exactly what this Marquis thinks about."

"In this way, it's really wonderful." Xun Yu pointed to the drawing with his finger, and said excitedly to Han Zhan: "The horses of our army were shoed a few months ago, which reduced the daily wear and tear of the horses. With this stirrup, it is really like adding wings to a tiger. Given time, I, Jizhou, will definitely be able to train an iron cavalry that is invincible in the world."

Chapter 189 Han Zhan's Decision

After the three of them discussed the stirrups for a while, Han Zhan suddenly remembered that the two of them must have something important to do when they came to see him early in the morning. What's the matter?"

Han Zhan's question made Xun Yu think of the purpose of coming here.Xun Yu took out the letter from the capital from the sleeve of his robe and said to Han Zhan, "Zhan'er, this is a letter from the capital sent by Ju Gonghe. He said that Wang Yun cleverly used a series of tricks to get Lv Bu and Bandit Dong turned against each other. Now Lu Bu has assisted Wang Yun and successfully killed Bandit Dong."

Dong Zhuo's death had long been expected by Han Zhan, and the expression on his face did not change after hearing it.What he was more concerned about was whether he had any idea of ​​sending Jushou to the capital to persuade Cai Yong to leave.As soon as Xun Yu finished speaking, he immediately asked: "Ju Jianjun is in his heart, did he say whether he has left the capital with Cai Shizhong?"

Xun Yu shook his head, and continued: "Feng Xiao and I are here for this purpose. Zhan'er, you'd better read this letter from Ju Gong and you first."

After Han Zhan quickly browsed through the contents of the letter, he slapped his hands heavily on several cases angrily, and said angrily: "The public is wronging me, the public is wronging me!" Then he got up, put his hands behind his back in the room Walking back and forth.Guo Jia saw that Xun Yu wanted to persuade him, so he quickly shook his head at him, signaling that he should be calm and wait until Han Zhan's anger subsides.

After Han Zhan walked back and forth in the house for a few times, he thought to himself that he had made a lot of preparations in advance, so that Cai Yong, who valued love, would not be hurt when he hugged his corpse and cried bitterly on the street after Dong Zhuo died. Come to kill yourself.For this reason, he even sent Jushou to the capital to give Wang Yun a series of countermeasures, but Cai Yong's fate was still the same as in history.

Seeing Han Zhan stop, Guo Jia quickly asked, "My lord, what should we do now that the Jujian Army is under house arrest by Wang Yun? Also, should we send someone to the capital to plead with Wang Yun and let him He let Cai Shizhong go."

"Feng Xiao, it's too late for us to do anything now." Han Zhan sighed and said: "Wang Yun was in power at the beginning, and he was worried that he had nothing to do to stand up. Now that Cai Shizhong is hugging his corpse and crying bitterly on the street, he is terrified. If the Marquis didn't If the analysis is wrong, Cai Shizhong has already been killed by Wang Yun. As for Ju Jianjun and Xiahou Xiaowei, as long as Cai Shizhong dies, Wang Yun will not embarrass them."

Just as Han Zhan finished speaking, there was a dull sound from outside the room, as if someone had fallen down.Then a maid's panicked voice came into the room: "Miss Zhaoji, what's wrong with you? Wake up, wake up!"

When Han Zhan heard this voice, he immediately yelled that it was not good, and rushed out of the study.He saw Cai Yan collapsed by the wall not far away, and a maid was hugging her and kept yelling this.

Han Zhan squatted down, took Cai Yan from the maid, and cursed himself inwardly: When he was analyzing the situation for Guo Jia and Xun Yu, why did he forget that Cai Yan went to the kitchen to help him with breakfast, and he would come over at any time.She must have fainted after hearing about her father's death, and was so anxious for a while.Han Zhan picked up Cai Yan and walked towards his bedroom.

Cai Yan took the maid to deliver breakfast to Han Zhan.Unexpectedly, she walked near the study and heard someone talking inside. She stopped for fear of affecting Han Zhan's business.Unexpectedly, he heard his father's name by accident, and quickly listened carefully.It didn't matter, but I heard that my father was imprisoned by Situ Wangyun because he cried bitterly while hugging the dead body in the street after Dong Zhuo's death.

Just as she was about to go in and ask Han Zhan to find a way to rescue her father, she heard Han Zhan furious inside, so she stopped.Finally, Han Zhan regained his composure. Before she could go in, he heard the news that his father might have been killed. He was filled with grief and indignation for a moment, his eyes darkened, and he fell unconscious.

When Cai Yan opened his eyes, he saw Han Zhan sitting beside him.She sat up abruptly, grabbed Han Zhan's hand, and said in tears, "Tinghou, please save my concubine's father."

In the past, Cai Yan used to call herself a "slave family" in front of Han Zhan, but today she suddenly changed to "a concubine" to tell Han Zhan that she is now a member of the Han family.I just hope that Han Zhan can see her face and find a way to rescue her father.

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Han Zhan shook his head and said, "Zhaoji, it's not that I don't want to save Cai Shizhong, but that I can't. As early as a few months ago, I asked you to write to your father, asking him Come to Jizhou. Even two months ago, he dispatched Duke Ju who had just returned to the capital, ordering him to try every means to persuade your father to leave the capital. At worst, you must save your father’s life.”

When Cai Yan heard Han Zhan talking about Jushou, he seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, and quickly shook Han Zhan's hand and said, "Tinghou, aren't there still two hundred soldiers in the capital? You can let them go To rob the prison and rescue the concubine's father?"

Han Zhan couldn't laugh or cry when he heard Cai Yan say that.He smiled wryly and said: "Zhaoji, Captain Xiahou and the others have already thought of what you were thinking. But before they could do anything, Wang Yun had already mobilized heavy troops to surround the station where they lived, and they were powerless. .”

Cai Yan let go of Han Zhan's hand weakly, looked ahead, and said in a daze, "Tinghou, so the concubine's father is dead?"

"Alas," Han Zhan sighed, and said to Cai Yan, "Zhaoji, although Ju Jianjun and Captain Xiahou could not save your father's life, Wang Yun will not object to his corpse being transported back to Jizhou. After finishing speaking, he stood up, patted Cai Yan on the shoulder twice, turned and walked out of the bedroom.

He came outside and saw Xun Yu and Guo Jia standing outside, so he said to them, "Reply to Jushou and tell him that even if Cai Shizhong's life cannot be saved, he must take his body back to Jizhou. "

Guo Jia wrote down Han Zhan's instructions, and when he was about to turn around and leave, Han Zhan stopped them and added: "At the same time, send reliable people to Liangzhou to make friends with Li Jue, Guo Si, and Zhang who fled there. Four generals, Ji and Fan Chou."

When Xun Yu heard this, he couldn't help interjecting, "Zhan'er, these four people have become bereaved dogs now, is it necessary to make friends with them again?"

"It's absolutely necessary." Han Zhan said resolutely: "If Wang Yun can pardon the four people, they will definitely serve the court. But Wang Yun is headstrong, not only will not pardon them, but will kill them all. In order to protect themselves, these four people must We will raise troops to avenge Dong Zhuo, and Wang Yun will probably die without a place to bury him."