Three Kingdoms King of the North

"Master" Guo Jia bowed his hands to Han Zhan and said, "In Jia's opinion, Cao Mengde got the letter from the courtier at least half a month ago, but he has delayed sending someone to deliver the letter to the lord until now, indicating that he wants to stay on the sidelines for the time being. If the courtiers had contacted other soldiers, he would have waited for both sides to suffer losses before sending troops. After waiting for so long, he found that there were no other soldiers besides him. Mind, send envoys to warn the lord."

When Guo Jia said this, he paused for a moment, observed the expression on Han Zhan's face, saw that the other party looked calm, and continued to say, "Cao Mengde sent Man Boning to see the lord, and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of selling a good deal. Ask the lord to suspend the repayment of the borrowed grain. Who knows that you are so magnanimous, you can forgive this debt at once, and prevent them from returning the grain. Presumably this is what Cao Mengde wanted."

Hearing what Guo Jia said, Han Zhan felt that he had been tricked by Cao Cao, but he didn't want to admit it. He slapped his face and said, "A mere tens of thousands of hu grains are just a drop in the bucket for Jizhou. If it can make the people of Dongjun feel grateful to the Marquis, it will be enough."

Guo Jia knew that Han Zhan was as good as his promise, and since he had already said that Dongjun's debts would be waived, he would never go back on his word. The reason why he reminded him was to prevent him from making similar mistakes in the future.

Han Zhan hesitated for a moment, then asked back, "Feng Xiao, do you think the Marquis needs to send an envoy to visit back, or write a reply letter to Cao Mengde?"

"There's no need to send envoys." Guo Jia waved his hands and said, "Cao Mengde is just a small eunuch, and he doesn't know that the lord sent envoys to return visits. As for the reply, let the subordinates be responsible."

Han Zhanzheng was worried and didn't know how to write a reply to Cao Cao. Hearing what Guo Jia said, he went along with the situation and said, "If this is the case, I will be obedient to my filial piety."

"The lord is serious, this is the duty of the subordinate."

"It's almost dawn, Feng Xiao should go back and rest first." Han Zhan was worried that Guo Jia's health was not good, and he didn't want him to work too hard, so he said with concern, "As for the letter, it won't be too late to write it on the eve of the army's departure."

The army set off at three o'clock.Before departure, Guo Jia also wrote a reply letter to Cao Cao in Han Zhan's tone, and handed it to Man Chong for him to take back to Dongjun.

When there were still twenty miles away from Yedu, a scout in front came back and reported to Han Zhan, saying that Xun Yu had brought all the civil and military officials from the court fifteen miles out of the city to meet him.

Knowing that the person to greet him was five miles away, Guo Jia immediately said to Han Zhan, "My lord, in Jia's opinion, it is better for us to separate from the army here. We will bring five thousand tiger and leopard cavalry and tiger guards into the city. How about letting General Taishi Ziyi lead his troops to the station?"

"That's very good." After Han Zhan nodded in agreement with Guo Jia's opinion, he ordered Rob behind him, "Go find General Zilong and General Taishi."

Not long after Rob left, Zhao Yun and Tai Shici came on horseback.After Han Zhan waited for the two men to arrive, he said to them, "Xun Changshi led the Chinese and Chinese soldiers to meet the army five miles away. I discussed with the army division and only brought five thousand tiger and leopard cavalry and tiger guards into the city. The rest Hand over all the soldiers and horses to Ziyi, and ask him to take them to the predetermined station. General Zilong, hand over the tiger talisman and seal ribbon to Ziyi."

When Zhao Yun heard that Han Zhan was looking for him, he guessed that he must be planning to divide the troops, so he took the seal ribbon and tiger charm with him.Hearing Han Zhan's order at this moment, he quickly took out the seal ribbon and tiger amulet that he carried with him, and handed them to Guo Jia for inspection.After Guo Jia checked it was correct, he nodded at Han Zhan and handed the things to Tai Shici.

Tai Shici took the seal and the tiger talisman, and said gratefully, "My lord trusts the general so much, even if the general is completely brainless, there is no guarantee."

"Stop, stop" Han Zhan knows that Tai Shici is a loyal person, as long as he is given enough trust, he will do his best. Seeing that he is so determined to himself at this moment, he interrupted him quickly and said to him, "The army is stationed." Finally, carefully restrain the soldiers and horses, and don't let them disturb the place."

"Following orders"

"By the way, Ben Hou almost forgot an important thing." Han Zhan turned his horse's head and was about to leave when he suddenly remembered an important thing and quickly reined in his mount. "Ziyi, Ben Hou has already sent Caojiazhuang Picking up Miss Cao's family, I believe that in ten and a half months, Miss Cao will be able to go to the barracks to meet you."

When Tai Shici heard what Han Zhan said, his face turned red, and he didn't know what to say in a hurry.Han Zhan laughed twice, and galloped forward.Zhao Yun came to Tai Shici's side, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Ziyi, I wish I could serve the lord, and the lord will not treat you badly. Do it yourself, we will meet later."

Three Kingdoms King of the North

Chapter 486

Han Zhan and the others walked forward for several miles, and saw people waiting on both sides of the official road.

Amid the sound of drums and music, Xun Yu came up with a group of soldiers from Jizhou, and bowed his hands to Han Zhan who was sitting on horseback: "My subordinates are waiting to welcome the lord back to the court. Congratulations to the lord for setting Qingzhou!"

After Jizhou Wu passed, the military officials who were ordered to welcome Han Zhan also stepped forward and bowed neatly to Han Zhan: "I will welcome the Marquis of Anyang back to the court, and congratulate the Marquis of Anyang for pacifying Qingzhou!"

For the subordinates who came to greet him, Han Zhan could also sit on horseback.But in the face of all the military officials representing Han Xiandi, he did not dare to be so arrogant, otherwise someone would definitely judge him as domineering, so he quickly got off his horse, stepped forward and bowed his hands to the officials.

When bowing to the crowd, Han Zhan quickly scanned the crowd, trying to find the servant Yang Qi who had been plotting against him behind his back.But after watching for a while, he was disappointed. There were hundreds of military officials in front of him, not to mention a servant who had never met before, even some familiar officials could not be found out from the crowd in a hurry.

Taiwei Yang Biao came out of the crowd, smiled and said to Han Zhan: "Marquis of Anyang, the Holy Majesty has prepared a banquet for you in the palace, let's go to the city quickly."

Looking at Yang Biao who was talking to him, Han Zhan thought to himself: That Yang Qi and Yang Biao are not relatives, right?If there is any relationship between the two, if he takes action against Yang Qi in the future, won't he offend the respected veteran in front of him?

In order to find out whether there is any connection between the two, Han Zhan said respectfully: "Taiwei, take a step to talk."

After the two came to the side, Han Zhan asked Yang Biao in a low voice: "Dare to ask the Taiwei, I wonder if the waiter Yang Qi has anything to do with the Taiwei?"

"He is Yang's elder brother." Yang Biao didn't know why Han Zhan would suddenly ask Yang Qi, and after truthfully explaining the relationship between the two, he asked curiously: "Why did the Marquis of Anyang suddenly ask him? "

Knowing that Yang Qi was actually Yang Biao's cousin, Han Zhan couldn't help crying inwardly. He thought that the two were just related, and he would have less worries when dealing with Yang Qi in the future.Who knows that the two are still cousins, this is offensive, if my subordinates want to punish Yang Qi's clan, wouldn't they also have to get rid of Yang Biao?

Although he was shocked in his heart, on the surface, Han Zhan replied with a normal expression: "Taiwei, I have just recovered Qingzhou, and I plan to choose a capable minister to guard it. Someone recommended Yang Shizhong to me, saying that he is competent. The Marquis of Qingzhou is not familiar with him, so I asked the Taiwei about it."

"Marquis of Anyang," Yang Biao had a confused expression on his face after listening to Han Zhan's words, "but haven't you already announced that Zang Hong is the shepherd of Qingzhou?"

After listening to Yang Biao's question, Han Zhan laughed dryly, and replied with some embarrassment: "This Marquis probably doesn't know Yang Shizhong, so I temporarily acted as Zang Hong's agent for Qingzhou Mu."

Yang Biao never dreamed that Han Zhan's plan to let Yang Qi take up the post of Qingzhou pastor was just an excuse. His real purpose was to find out the connection between Yang Biao and Yang Qi.

Went to the palace to meet Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, and after enjoying the reception banquet, Han Zhan returned to his mansion before dark.After entering the mansion, he didn't rush to the backyard to meet his family, but called his subordinate Wu to discuss matters.

The warriors who accompanied Han Zhan had already guessed that Han Zhan would definitely convene a meeting after the reception banquet was over, so they didn't drink alcohol at the banquet.But Wu who stayed behind didn't know so much, and most of them were drunk.Even Chief Shi Xunyu sat in his seat, feeling drowsy.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Han Zhan said, "Everyone, I have summoned you here today to discuss something important."

"My lord!" As soon as Han Zhan finished speaking, Xun Yu stood up and said with a bit of a tongue: "My lord just returned to the capital, and I was exhausted all the way. If it's not an urgent matter, why not talk about it tomorrow."

"Don't be impatient, Chang Shi. Please sit down first and listen to what Ben Hou has to say." When he was outside the city just now, because there were military officials from the court around him, there were some things that Han Zhan couldn't tell Xun Yu and others. In the mansion, there are all his own people in front of him, so he can know everything and say everything.

After Xun Yu took his seat again, Han Zhan continued, "The reason why the Marquis summoned you and others to discuss the matter after the reception banquet of the Holy Majesty was over is because someone in the court tried to be unfavorable to the Marquis."

"What, someone in the court wants to harm the lord?" Han Zhan's words startled Zhu Wu who stayed behind. Except for Ju Shou who knew the inside story, the rest of the people were all shocked.Tian Feng stood up and asked tentatively: "Is what my lord said based on real evidence, or did you just listen to what others said?"

"What the Marquis said is naturally based on real evidence. There are ministers in the court who secretly colluded with foreign ministers and tried to attack the army on the way back to the division; what's more, they even sent assassins to dig tunnels in the place where the army camped in advance. Afterwards, sneak into the dormitory and assassinate the Marquis." After Han Zhan finished speaking, he ignored Liu Shouwu's expression, but turned his head and told Luo Bu who was standing behind him, "Give the assassin's confession and the letter of the prefect Cao to all the adults to read." .”

With a promise, Rob walked out from behind Han Zhan, and handed the letter and confession that he had prepared long ago into the hands of Chief Shi Xunyu.Xun Yu, who was full of doubts, took the things, glanced at them a few times, then turned pale with shock, and said repeatedly: "It's unreasonable, these courtiers are really deceiving people too much!"

The military officials who stayed behind, after reading Cao Cao's letter and the assassin's confession, and knowing the plot of the court ministers, were all shocked into a cold sweat.Zhang Yun stood up, clasped his fists and said to Han Zhan, "My lord, please give me an order. Someone is willing to lead the troops to arrest all these courtiers and hand them over to the lord for punishment."

After reading the letter, Xun Yu had already woken up from the wine. Although he hated the actions of those courtiers, when he heard Zhang Ying's request to arrest those courtiers who were plotting against Han Zhan behind his back, he quickly stood up and stopped him: " General Jun, don’t be impatient, this matter involves a lot, if you act rashly, I’m afraid it will be a bloodbath. It’s better to think long-term and think of a safe way.”

"Xun Changshi." Seeing that Xun Yu stood up to object, Zhang Yun couldn't help hesitating for a moment, and then said resolutely: "Since these courtiers already have the idea of ​​eradicating the lord, if we don't take action as soon as possible, once they become popular, we will be killed." If you want to get rid of them again, I'm afraid it will not be so easy."

"General Jun, sit down." Han Zhan waited for Zhang He to finish speaking, and said, "These courtiers have no soldiers in their hands. Even if they want to deal with this lord, they can only rely on external forces. As long as we send people to monitor them closely, let them They can't get in touch with the outside world, they become tigers who have their teeth pulled out, and they can't make a difference."

Seeing that Han Zhan seemed to have considered this matter, Zhang He didn't say anything else, he just cupped his fists and saluted him, and then retreated back to his position.

Chapter 487

"Gongyu," Guo Jia said to Jushou after Zhang He retreated to his seat, "during your lord's expedition, you have been responsible for monitoring the courtiers. Tell everyone who are the courtiers who want to do harm to your lord. .”

Hearing Guo Jia named Jushou's name, everyone instinctively focused their attention on him.Jushou got up and walked to the middle of the room, bowed his hands to Han Zhan who was sitting on it, and said loudly: "My lord, after a detailed investigation by my subordinates, there are 39 courtiers involved in the plot to murder the lord, and the leader is the servant. Zhong Yang Qi." Then he read the names of the courtiers involved in the conspiracy and the positions they held.

"What, the leader is the servant Yang Qi?" Zhu Wu, who was originally filled with righteous indignation, showed a shocked expression on his face when he heard Yang Qi's name.If it was someone else, I'm afraid everyone would not have such an expression, but Yang Qi is the elder brother of Taiwei Yang Biao, so everyone has a feeling of being wary.

Several officials originally planned to wait for Jushou to name the mastermind, and then strongly advise Han Zhan, asking him to wipe out these daring courtiers.But after learning that the mastermind was Yang Qi, they became hesitant again.

"Everyone." Han Zhan couldn't help but frowned slightly when he saw the silence of the crowd, and asked, "Tell me, how should this Marquis deal with Yang Qi and others?"

It was silent again.

After a long time, Xun Yu came to the middle of the room, bowed to Han Zhan and said, "My lord, this matter is of great importance. In order not to cause turmoil, we need to make a long-term plan."

"What Chang Shi said is very true." As soon as Xun Yu finished speaking, Tian Feng stood up and echoed: "The imperial court has just moved the capital, and people in the capital are unstable. If so many courtiers are dealt with rashly, it may cause new turmoil. "