Three Kingdoms King of the North

Hearing that Jushou wanted to be buried for Cai Yong, Han Zhan suddenly lost his temper. He pointed at Jushou and said angrily: "Ju Gonghe, since you have failed the Marquis, you should try to remedy it. It’s not about martyrdom. If you want to escape your responsibilities by dying, how can there be such a cheap thing.”

Han Zhan's words not only stunned Jushou, but even Xun Yu who was next to him felt a little too much.He hastened to persuade him: "Zhan'er, I couldn't save Cai Shizhong, and I feel uncomfortable thinking about him for my uncle, so you don't have to make things difficult for him."

"No," Han Zhan said relentlessly, "Since Jushou made a mistake, he must be punished, and he must not be allowed to escape responsibility by death."

Seeing that Xun Yu wanted to persuade him, Ju Shou quickly stopped him, and said softly, "Thank you Xun Changshi for your kindness. Hou Ting is right. You should be punished for making a big mistake." After finishing speaking, he Facing Han Zhan, he said with a righteous look, "I am willing to accept any punishment from Marquis Ting."

Compared with Xun Yu who looked anxious, Guo Jia looked relaxed.Although it was still the twelfth lunar month of winter, he was shaking the lupine in his hand unhurriedly, humming a little song in a low voice.Seeing Guo Jia's expression, Xun Yu snorted heavily and turned his head away.

"Okay, Mr. Ju." Han Zhan saw that Jushou was willing to accept his punishment, so he said to himself: "I order you to lead five hundred soldiers and return to the capital in ten days. You must take the emperor to Jizhou for me. Come. If this matter is done properly, Cai Shizhong's matter will be canceled; if it is not done well, then both crimes will be punished. Even if you don't want to be killed, I will cut your body into thousands of pieces to pay homage to Cai Shizhong's spirit in heaven."

Han Zhan's treatment of Jushou seemed to have been expected by Guo Jia, so his expression did not change at all.When Xun Yu heard Han Zhan's seemingly stern words, he suddenly realized that the purpose of punishing Ju Shou was actually to save his life and dispel the idea of ​​others dying.

Jushou was also a smart man, so he couldn't hear Han Zhan's intention of defending himself, so he quickly made a long bow: "Thank you Tinghou, I will do my best this time, and live up to Tinghou's entrustment."

Han Zhan and the others escorted Cai Yong's coffin back to the State Shepherd's Mansion. Cai Yan, who had been waiting here for a long time, rushed to the coffin and burst into tears.After Han Zhan stepped forward to help Cai Yan up, he called people to move the coffin into the mourning hall that had already been set up.And personally brought Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others to worship.

The scholar-officials in Jizhou City heard that Cai Yong's coffin was placed in the state pastoral mansion, and they also came to pay homage to him.All of a sudden, all kinds of carriages were crowded in front of the State Shepherd's Mansion.

Han Zhan and Cai Yan had their first dispute about where to bury Cai Yong.Han Zhan wanted to bury Cai Yong outside the city of Jizhou, but Cai Yan resolutely refused and insisted on letting his father Ye Luo return to his roots and be buried in the ancestral grave in Chenliu.Han Zhan left in a huff.

When he came out and was blown by the cold wind, his whole body suddenly became sober, and he felt that the dispute between himself and Cai Yan was really unnecessary.Since Cai Yan wanted to bury her father in Chenliu, she would bury her in Chenliu.Anyway, I have been preparing to move the government office from Jizhou City to Yecheng.If you want to save trouble now and bury it outside the city of Jizhou, it will be too far to pay homage in the future.

Thinking of this, he turned around and walked into the house.Said to Cai Yan who was still wiping tears: "Okay, Zhao Ji, don't cry anymore. The Marquis promises to bury Cai Shizhong in Chenliu. Instead, the Marquis of Japan will send someone to escort you and Cai Shizhong's coffin back to Chenliu .”

Hearing that Han Zhan promised to bury his father in Chenliu, Cai Yan hurriedly knelt down and saluted him: "Thank you Tinghou for your kindness, I will never forget it."

"Okay, okay, we are all one family, so we don't need to kneel around all day long." Han Zhan pulled Cai Yan into his arms, and said to her, "Zhao Ji, you should stay longer in Jizhou." A few days. After this Marquis handles the affairs of the state well, let Captain Xiahou lead the troops to send you back."

"Lieutenant Xiahou just rushed back from the capital, and before he had time to rest, Tinghou wanted to send him to escort my concubine to Chenliu." Cai Yan said hesitantly, "Is there something wrong?"

"The Captain Xiahou I'm talking about is not Xiahoulan, but his sister Xiahouyun." Han Zhan thought that the weather is too cold recently, and Faqiu Jun has nothing to do for the time being, so he might as well ask Xiahouyun to escort Cai Yan to Chenliu first. By the way, look along the road to see where there are still big tombs, so that you can start when the conditions are ripe. "The female general will escort you on the road, this Marquis feels at ease."

Cai Yong's coffin stayed in the state pastoral mansion for seven days, and the people who came to pay homage every day almost broke the threshold.Knowing that Cai Yan planned to escort her father's coffin back to Chenliu for burial, the people in the city flocked outside the city to see Cai Yan and the others off.

Han Zhan took a team of guards and sent Cai Yan and the others thirty miles away.Cai Yan urged him again and again: "Tinghou, this place is far away from the city, you should go back to the city earlier."

Hearing what Cai Yan said, Han Zhan knew that it was time to say goodbye, so he reined in his mount and looked at Cai Yan who poked his head out of the carriage window: "Zhaoji, I don't know when I can return to Chenliu this time. Jizhou?"

"Tinghou," Cai Yan felt quite sad when she thought that she was about to part with Han Zhan, but she looked at the carriage carrying her father's coffin behind her, and could only grit her teeth and say: "I return to Chenliu this time. After burying my father, I plan to keep my filial piety for three years. After three years of filial piety, I will return to Jizhou to accompany Tinghou."

Standing by the official road, Han Zhan watched the soldiers and horses escorting Cai Yan and Cai Yong's coffin go away, feeling full of melancholy.After an unknown amount of time, Chen Dao rode his horse and came to him, and said to him in a low voice, "My lord, it's getting late, let's go back to the city early."

When Han Zhan returned to the State Shepherd's Mansion, Patch had already commanded the servants in the mansion to remove the mourning hall.Looking at the servants coming and going, Han Zhan suddenly felt resentful towards Wang Yun who was far away in the capital. He said in his heart: If Wang Yun hadn't insisted on going his own way and killed Cai Yong, Cai Yan wouldn't have had to help the spirit to return to Chenliu. It will not be three years without returning to Jizhou.This hatred, this hatred, must be brought back to Wang Yun.

Thinking of this, he immediately ordered Chen Dao: "Uncle Zhi, immediately notify the Jizhou military officials to come to the mansion to discuss matters."

As the order was issued, all the military officials in the city rushed to the meeting hall in the State Shepherd's Mansion.After Wu sat down on both sides, Han Zhan scanned the crowd with his eyes, and then said: "Everyone, although Bandit Dong is dead now, the power in the court has fallen into the hands of Situ Wangyun. From the perspective of this Marquis , the world is about to go into chaos, what do you guys think about this?"

Military generals never take the initiative to respond to such important court affairs.On the side of the minister, Ju Shou was silent, Xun Yu and Guo Jia were whispering at the side, Xun You sat there in a daze with an absent-minded look, while Xu Shu and Shi Tao discussed in a low voice, and then planned to stand up say.

Unexpectedly, another person took the lead. Everyone saw that it was Zang Hong who was left in Jizhou by Han Zhan. He stood up and said loudly: "Tinghou, Wang Situ is an important minister of the court, not like Dong Zhuo." A treacherous minister can be compared. I don't understand what Tinghou refers to when he speaks of the great chaos in the world?"

After Han Zhan had been planning to seize Qingzhou, he appointed Zang Hong as Qingzhou pastor.This person, like Xun Yu, is proficient in internal affairs, but his ability in strategy is not to be praised.After hearing what he said at this moment, Han Zhan said unhurriedly: "Mr. Zang doesn't know something. Although Bandit Dong is dead, his four generals including Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, and Fan Chou are still alive. Alive. With the character of Wang Situ, the four generals will never be pardoned for the death penalty. In this way, the four generals will take risks and incite the people of Liangzhou to rebel, and then attack the capital."

Before Han Zhan finished speaking, Zang Hong waved his hands and said, "Ting Hou's words are too alarmist. Now that Dong Zhuo is dead, his former subordinates are naturally scattered, and there is no time to escape. It is possible to raise troops to avenge him."

Han Zhan mentioned these words to Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Xun You and others many times on weekdays, and these people were dubious after hearing this, let alone Zang Hong, who was always vigilant against him.Just as he was secretly thinking about how to persuade this person, Xu Shu stood up: "Zang Ziyuan's words are wrong! Shu thinks what the lord said is reasonable."

Since Xu Shu reunited with his mother, found his niece who had been lost for more than ten years, and brought his younger brother Xu Kang to Jizhou, he restored his original name.Seeing that Zang Hong questioned Han Zhan's analysis at this moment, he stood up to support Han Zhan.

Zang Hong turned his head to look at Xu Shu, sneered, and said, "Yuan Zhi, I don't know what Ting Hou said, but there is no reason for it. Why don't you listen to it?"

"Ziyuan," Xu Shu looked at Zang Hong and said, "Just as my lord said just now, the four generals are in charge of Dong Zhuo's army, although Wang Situ killed Dong thief by surprise and took over his army. But these soldiers have not long since arrived, and their morale is not stable, if the former generals ascend to the top, these soldiers will definitely defect, and even if Wang Situ dies by then, he will still be a fool."

Just when Zang Hong was about to refute, Jushou stood up and said to Zang Hong, "Ziyuan, please be safe and don't be impatient. I'm waiting for you to say a few words." He came out from where he was sitting, and said to everyone: "A few months ago, I was ordered by Marquis Fengting to go to the capital to make friends with dignitaries. Besides that, there are two other important things."

Hearing that Jushou went to the capital, in addition to meeting the emperor and making friends with dignitaries, there were two important things. Except for Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others, the rest of the warriors couldn't help being surprised.

Jushou said to himself: "In order to get rid of Dong thief, Tinghou came up with a series of tricks. After he got to the capital, he dedicated this plan to Situ Wangyun. It happened that when he went to Situ's mansion to visit Wang Yun , he also came up with exactly the same plan, but it was not as detailed as Tinghou's plan. Therefore, he decisively changed the plan, according to Tinghou's plan, to separate Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu, the righteous father and son, and make the two Turn against each other."

All the warriors knew about Dong Zhuo's death a long time ago. When they heard that Han Zhan had set up a series of tricks to take Dong Zhuo's life, they still let out a burst of exclamation.

When Zang Hong saw that Jushou had said this, he stopped, and hurriedly urged: "Gongyu, there is one more thing, and what is it?"

Jushou turned his head to look at Han Zhan, and said bitterly, "Tinghou once told him that if Dong Zhuo died, Cai Shizhong might be killed, so he ordered him to take Cai Shizhong away from the capital before Dong Zhuo died. Once he dies, Situ Wang Yun is the one who controls the power in the court, and with his friendship, he will definitely be able to protect Cai Shizhong. Unexpectedly, it was Wang Yun who killed Cai Shizhong in the end!"

Speaking of this, because of his excitement, he lifted his sleeves and wiped his eyes, and continued: "After this trip to the capital, I think that everything in the world is in the Tinghou's expectation. I don't think it will take long before the world will be changed." Returning to chaos, we need to make arrangements early."

After hearing what Jushou said, Zang Hong didn't say anything, but just sat down.Zhao Yun, who was sitting on the side of the general, stood up, cupped his fists and saluted Han Zhan, and asked, "My lord, what should we do?"

"Jizhou is too far away from the capital, and the surrounding area is not at peace. Even if we want to rescue him, we will be beyond our reach." Han Zhan carefully said his next plan to Wu present: "I plan to let the Jujian army lead five hundred soldiers, Sneaked into the capital quietly. When the four generals of Li, Guo and Zhang Fan attacked the capital, they secretly rescued the emperor and took him to Jizhou. I wonder if you have any different opinions?"

After Ju Shou waited for Han Zhan to finish speaking, he looked around, but no one spoke.He hurriedly stepped forward to salute Han Zhan: "Please don't worry, Marquis Ting. If you go to the capital this time, even if you risk your life, you must rescue the emperor."

Chapter 192

When Han Zhan announced that the discussion was over, all the warriors dispersed, and only Guo Jia stood still.Han Zhan guessed that the other party must have something important to tell him, and when there were only two people left in the conference hall, he asked, "Feng Xiao, do you have anything to say to Ben Hou?"

"My lord, it is certainly a good thing to welcome the emperor to Jizhou, but you shouldn't say it in public." Guo Jia frowned and said, "If the matter discussed today is reported to the capital, Li Jue, Guo Si and others will go to the capital again." Wang Yun will definitely send Lu Bu to lead the army to attack. There is Gongsun Zan in the north of Jizhou, and Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu in the south. If there is a battle, the enemy will be defended from several sides, and the situation may get out of hand."

After figuring out what Guo Jia was worried about, Han Zhan felt more at ease.Don't realize that Guo Jia was a famous strategist in history, but that was all a few years later. Today, Guo Jia is still a little immature in strategy, and can't see certain things as clearly as he, a time traveler.

It was based on this consideration that Han Zhan comforted Guo Jia and said, "Don't worry about Feng Xiao. According to Ben Hou's estimation, it will be as fast as January and slow as March, and Li Jue, Guo Si and others will surely raise troops to rebel. At that time, Wang Yun I can't take care of myself, so I don't have the energy to take care of us." At this point, he deliberately paused for a moment, then put on a look of compassion, and added, "When the capital is in chaos, the safety of the current emperor may not be guaranteed. As ministers, we must plan ahead and make preparations to rescue the emperor as soon as possible."

After hearing what Han Zhan said, Guo Jia was really dumbfounded.He secretly said in his heart that the lord must have been agitated by the separation from Zhaoji, and he was a little bit demonic.Knowing that it would be useless to say anything, he said goodbye to Han Zhan and turned back to his official residence.

Looking at the back of Guo Jia's departure, Han Zhan shook his head with a wry smile, and said to himself that few of the officials and generals under him believed that the capital would soon be in chaos.They didn't try their best to oppose their move of sending Jushou to the capital to save the emperor because they didn't think there was any hope of success in this matter, so they didn't bother to argue with themselves.

Han Zhan turned around and walked towards his study, thinking in his heart that spring was about to begin, and the matter of seizing Qingzhou should also be on the agenda.Only by mastering Youzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou and Bingzhou can you have the strength to aspire to the world.

Almost at this time, Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou and others who had just fled back to Liangzhou gathered to discuss matters.They just got bad news. The envoy they sent to the capital to intercede with Wang Yun had been killed by Lu Bu, and the head of the envoy was brought back by Congren.

Sitting in the middle of the conference hall, Li Jue glanced over several of his colleagues one by one, and said disheartenedly: "Situ Wangyun is unwilling to pardon us for the capital crime. In my opinion, with everyone Let’s sit here and wait for death, why not escape separately.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire conference hall became silent.After a long time, Guo Si coughed and asked Zhang Ji and Fan Chou, "I don't know if what you two thought to be naive is advisable?"

Fan Chou is a brave and foolhardy man, he can't come up with any plan, he can only look to Zhang Ji for help.Zhang Ji did not express his opinion, but turned his head to look at a counselor standing behind him and said, "He, what do you think?"

It turns out that the counselor standing behind Zhang Ji is Jia Xu Jia He, a famous poisoner.He came out from behind Zhang Ji, stood in the middle and said to the other three generals: "In my opinion, if the kings abandon the army and go alone, a pavilion chief can bind the king. Why don't you lure the Shaanxi people and the army and horses of the headquarters, and kill them?" Go to Chang'an to avenge Dong Zhuo. If you don't lose money, I will serve the court to rectify the world; if you are invincible, it is not too late to leave."

After Zhang Ji waited for Jia Xu to finish speaking, he looked at Li Jue and asked, "Zhiran, after hearing Mr. Jia's words, I don't know what your plan is."

Before Li Jue could speak, Fan Chou stood up and said firstly, "Anyway, fighting is death, and running is death. Why don't we give it a go, maybe we still have a chance."

Li Jue, who was sitting at the top, said Fan Chou before him, and couldn't help frowning slightly, but he still said with his usual expression: "Sure enough, Mr. He's words make some sense. If that's the case, then Send people to the streets and alleys to spread rumors, saying that Wang Yun is going to kill all the people in Liangzhou. When the people in the city are in panic, we will go up and shout, and then we can gather tens of thousands of troops and go to the capital to attack the old thief Wang Yun."

After the discussion was over, Li Jue sent people outside to spread rumors, saying that Wang Yun would soon raise troops to attack Liangzhou and kill all the people in Liangzhou.When the people in the city heard the news, they really panicked. Some big families hurriedly packed up their belongings and prepared to escape from the city.