Three Kingdoms King of the North

After Han Zhan asked Han Xiandi to demote Yang Qi and others to Qingzhou, the courtiers were unavoidably panicked. They were deeply afraid that Han Zhan would settle accounts after the fall and drive out all the people in the court who had relations with Yang Qi and others from the capital.

However, after a few days, there was still no movement from the State Shepherd's Mansion, and Han Zhan kept saying that he was sick and did not go to court.The courtiers who had something to do with Yang Qi and the others couldn't help but want to find out what was going on while they were thankful.Some idiots felt that this was an opportunity to curry favor with Han Zhan, so they used the pretext of visiting a doctor to go to the State Shepherd's Mansion, hoping to find out why Han Zhan had been staying behind closed doors.

But what they didn't expect was that the courtiers who went to the State Shepherd's Mansion couldn't even enter the gate, so they were stopped by Rob who was guarding the gate.For these courtiers who came to flatter, Rob told them very politely that the Marquis of Anyang had contracted a cold and was not fit to see guests.Please leave their names, and after Anyang Hou recovers, he will come to the door to thank you in person.

Although the courtiers who came to the door couldn't even enter the door, but hearing Rob's words, I felt a lot more at ease as if I had taken a reassurance.They left their greeting cards and gifts one after another, and stuffed a lot of gold, jade and jewelry for Rob, before they left one after another.

After the courtiers left, Rob turned around and went to the backyard to report to Han Zhan about dismissing the courtiers.After hearing this, Han Zhan, who was writing the script, asked casually, "Rob, which courtiers have come, and what gifts did they give the Marquis?"

Rob hurriedly placed the receipts in front of Han Zhan respectfully.Han Zhan flipped through a few gift lists and found that they were basically gold, jade, jewelry and some precious medicinal materials.After reading the gift list, he looked up at Rob and said, "Make a list of the visitors, and return some gifts to them another day."

"My lord!" Hearing what Han Zhan said, Rob asked curiously, "These visiting courtiers almost colluded with Yang Qi. Are you really going to let them go so easily?"

"Robu, it's time and time." Han Zhan picked up the gift list in front of him, handed it to Rob, and said in his mouth: "Since they are showing favor to me, I can't refuse people thousands of miles away. Besides It is time for the court to employ people, if the courtiers who have conflicts with this Marquis are all released, and those who are dismissed are dismissed, then who will be in charge of the important affairs of the court?"

Rob nodded half-understood, and asked curiously: "Master, are you going to stay at home like this all the time, and won't go to court because of illness?"

"It's not the right time for Benhou to show up for the time being." Han Zhan said slowly: "Now that the emperor is in Benhou's territory, if Benhou appears in the court every day, he will definitely be criticized and crowned as a powerful minister." But now that he is sick and cannot go to the court, the courtiers will gradually weaken their wariness towards the Marquis, and they may take the initiative to approach him. In this way, the Marquis can choose some trustworthy people to entrust important tasks..."

As Han Zhan was talking, he suddenly realized that something was wrong. Talking to Guo Jia about these words, he could still understand what was going on. Talking to Rob was like playing the piano to a cow.He stopped talking, waved his hand at Rob, and said, "Okay, it's none of your business here, you should step back first."

After Rob left, Han Zhan looked at "The Female Consort", which was almost finished, and wondered in his heart, what should he write next after finishing this Huangmei Opera?Of the Huangmei operas I remember, apart from "The Concubine", there seems to be only one "Pairing of Immortals", and there are only two here, which is obviously not enough. Transplant several classic dramas and adapt them into new Huangmei Opera.

Han Zhan was thinking, when he heard someone talking at the door, he listened for a moment, and heard the voices of the butler Patch and Ba Gu, and said to the outside: "Bai Gu and Patch are outside, if you have anything, come in and say Let's go." Bagu and Patch, who were talking at the door, heard Han Zhan calling them in, and they didn't dare to neglect, they hurried into the room to meet Han Zhan.

"Tell me, the two of you are here, what can you do with Ben Hou?"

"My lord," Patch first said with a smile, "Second Miss and Miss Cai asked the younger one to come over and ask if you can come over and tell them a new story today. They can already recite that "The Son-in-Law" fluently."

"Patch, you go back and tell the second lady and Miss Cai that Benhou will be there soon." Han Zhan hesitated for a moment, then said, "Today, Benhou will tell them a new story called "Pairing of Immortals". Make sure they like it."

Hearing what Han Zhan said, Patch hurriedly agreed, then turned and left the room, happily looking for Han Yan and Cai Yan, ready to tell them the good news.

After Patch left, Ba Gu took a step forward and asked respectfully, "Master Hou, I wonder if you have written the later libretto of "The Son-in-Law". The girls in the band are still waiting for rehearsal."

"Just finished." Han Zhan picked up the stack of manuscripts that had just been written on the table, handed them to Bagu, and said to her, "The rest of the manuscripts are here, take them back and show them to the girls." Look, let them practice as soon as possible."

Bagu stepped forward to take the manuscript with both hands, bowed her body and took two steps back, and then asked Han Zhan cautiously: "Master Hou, after the girls have finished practicing "The Female Consort", do you plan to let them rehearse what you just did? Did you mean "Pairing of Immortals"?"

"That's right." Han Zhan felt that if he wanted to successfully launch Huangmei Opera, he had to use these two most classic Huangmei Operas as a stepping stone.As long as it attracts enough attention, Huangmei Opera will soon become something that everyone loves to see.It is precisely because of this consideration that after the rehearsal of "The Son-in-Law", "The Match of the Immortals" should also make its debut: "This is what this gang thinks about."

"Master Hou, can I ask one more question?"

"Ask, what's the matter?"

"After the girls have practiced "The Female Consort", where do you plan to let them perform?" Bagu tentatively asked, "Should I perform at the banquet in the state pastor's mansion, or send them to the mansions of the adults to perform?" Woolen cloth?"

"After you have practiced well, I plan to let you perform in the palace." Han Zhan waited for Bagu to finish speaking, and Shi Potian announced in shock: "As long as the Holy Majesty likes the plays you perform, you will be famous and famous. There will be countless rewards. As for where you will perform next, this Marquis depends on the situation, and I can’t give you an accurate answer at the moment.”

Knowing that she could take these girls from the music workshop to perform the Huangmei Opera presented by the Marquis of Anyang for the current emperor, Ba Gu blushed with excitement.You know, being able to show your face in front of the emperor is a great event for Guangzong to honor his ancestors. Even if the emperor wants to make Anyanghou a little bit in everything, he is the emperor after all, and he can straighten his back when he returns to his hometown to worship his ancestors in the future.

"Bagu, why are you still standing here?" Han Zhan saw Bagu standing in front of his table, her cheeks were red, and she looked absent-minded, so he knocked on the table with his hand and said to her: "No If you have something to do, you should hurry back and urge the girls to rehearse. The sooner you practice this play, the sooner you can go to perform for the emperor."

"I'm going right away." Han Zhan's voice woke Bagu up from her trance, and she quickly replied respectfully: "I will definitely tell the girls to practice hard, and I will never let the Lord Hou treat us badly." expectations."

Three Kingdoms King of the North

Three Kingdoms King of the North

Chapter 499 Chen Gong and Cao Mengde turned against each other

While Han Zhan was staying in the mansion every day, urging the women in Lefang to practice Huangmei Opera, something unexpected happened in Dongjun, where Cao Mengde was the prefect.

The cause of the incident was that Bian Rang, who used to be the prefect of Jiujiang, resigned from office and retired to live in Chenliu.Because relying on his own talent, he didn't take Cao Mengde seriously, and despised and belittled Cao Cao many times.Some of Bian Rang's enemies reported to Cao Mengde, Cao Mengde, in a rage, personally ordered Bian Rang to be killed and his family members were imprisoned.

Chen Gong, who was still working for Cao Mengde, learned that his friend Bian Rang had been killed and his family members were also imprisoned. He hurriedly came to plead with Cao Mengde, hoping that he would spare Bian Rang's family members.Seeing Chen Gong pleading for Bian Rang's family members, Cao Mengde felt a little embarrassed, so he could only vaguely say that in a few days, Bian Rang's family members would be released from prison.

Unexpectedly, less than two days later, Cao Mengde ordered that all Bian Rang's family members be beheaded for public display.When Chen Gong heard the news, he rushed to the prefect's mansion immediately to ask to see Cao Mengde, but the soldiers at the gate said that the prefect was ill and could not see him.If he couldn't see Cao Mengde, he couldn't take his life back. Chen Gong could only watch helplessly as his friend's family members fell to the ground.

A team leader outside the door saw Chen Gong leaving sadly, he couldn't bear it, so he caught up with Chen Gong and told him in a low voice: "Chen Zong, the family of the prefect Bian is still alive."

Hearing what the team leader said, Chen Gong couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked: "I don't know who is still alive in the Bian family, where is he now?"

"The Luan family, the wife of the Bian prefect, was left behind by the prefect Cao." The team leader didn't dare to say too much, and left in a hurry after saying this.

After Chen Gong listened to the team leader's words, he immediately understood why Cao Mengde wanted to kill the Bian family. It turned out that he was looking at Bian Rang's wife.Chen Gong and Bian Rang are good friends, so they naturally know the beauty of Bian's wife, Luan Shi. With Cao Mengde's lustful nature, it is not surprising that he would do such a thing.

If it is said that Chen Gong had many conflicts with Cao Mengde in the past two years, but they are still in a state of peace.But Cao Mengde killed his friend and occupied his friend's wife, which made Chen Gong intolerable.After heartbroken Chen Gong returned to his home, after repeated thinking, he decided to abandon Cao Mengde and leave.But before leaving, he planned to bring down Cao Mengde and lobby the county magistrates in Dongjun to let them leave Cao Mengde and make Cao Mengde a loner.

After dawn the next day, Chen Gong left Dongjun on horseback, and went to visit the county magistrates in the subordinate counties.As an employee of Dongjun County, he still has some understanding of the situation of these county magistrates. For those county magistrates who have no good impressions of Cao Mengde, he directly lobbyed the other party and encouraged them to rebel; First test the other party's attitude towards Cao Mengde, and then carefully adopt a sideways approach to persuade the other party to leave Cao Mengde.

Faced with Chen Gong's persuasion, the county magistrates did not express their position immediately, because they couldn't figure out what was going on.You know, when Cao Mengde was able to become the prefect of Dongjun, Chen Gong played a great role in it.Now that Chen Gong actually came forward to persuade him to oppose Cao Mengde, who knows what conspiracy is inside, if he agrees casually, he might lose his own life.

It was precisely because of the concerns of the county magistrates that Chen Gong returned without success.He was unwilling to fail like this, so he decided to go to Chenliu to find Zhang Miao to try his luck. He knew very well that Zhang Miao had been eyeing the position of Yanzhou Inspector. If he was willing to raise troops against Cao Mengde, he could help him ascend to the position of Yanzhou Inspector. .

When he came to Chenliu's prefect's mansion, he revealed his identity to the soldiers at the gate.Knowing that it was Dong Jun who came to visit the prefect, the soldiers did not dare to neglect, and hurried inside to report to Zhang Miao.

Zhang Miao was discussing matters with his subordinates, when he learned that Chen Gong was asking for an audience outside the mansion, he immediately brought people out to meet him.Still far away, he bowed his hands to Chen Gong and said with a smile: "Gongtai, the prefect never greeted me from afar, please forgive me."

Seeing Zhang Miao leading people out to greet him, Chen Gong hurriedly stepped forward to return the salute, and said respectfully, "Gong has seen Taishou Zhang!"

When he came to the main hall, Zhang Miao asked Chen Gong to sit on his lower head, and asked with a smile, "Gongtai is here to deliver a letter for Cao Gong?"

"No, no!" Chen Gong waved his hands and said, "Gong came to Chen Liu to discuss important matters with Zhang Taishou."

"Gongtai, if you have any important matters to discuss with the prefect, it's okay to say."

Before Chen Gong spoke, he looked around at the officials sitting around, as if he had some concerns.Seeing Chen Gong's expression, Zhang Miao quickly said, "Gongtai, this place is full of trustworthy people. If you have anything to say, it's okay to say it."

Chen Gong nodded and asked: "Prefect Zhang, if you have the opportunity to become the governor of Yanzhou, I wonder if you would be willing to take up this position?"

Being able to be the governor of Yanzhou is naturally much better than the prefect of Chenliu who he is now.Hearing this, Zhang Miao's heart beat faster. He looked at Chen Gong and asked tentatively, "Gongtai, the prefect really has this intention, but unfortunately his strength is not enough to take on this important task. What, what!"

After confirming that Zhang Miao did intend to be the governor of Yanzhou, Chen Gong smiled slightly and said, "If Prefect Zhang is willing to raise troops to attack Cao Mengde, then after the matter is completed, Gong is willing to lobby the officials of Yanzhou to let them recommend you as the governor of Yanzhou. "

Zhang Miao never dreamed that Chen Gong came here to persuade him to attack Cao Mengde.He was stunned for a while, then smiled wryly and said: "Gongtai is joking, you are Cao Gong's confidant, and you actually say something about attacking Cao Gong, this joke is not funny at all."

"Prefect Zhang, what Gong said is from the bottom of his heart." Seeing that Zhang Miao thought he was joking, Chen Gong raised his voice and said, "If you are willing to send troops to attack Cao Mengde, Gong is willing to promise you with his wealth and life. Can lobby Yanzhou officials to support you as the governor of Yanzhou."

In all fairness, the official position of governor of Yanzhou is indeed very attractive, and Zhang Miao even dreamed of becoming the governor of Yanzhou.But if the condition for becoming the governor is to fight against Cao Mengde, that would be a different matter. Zhang Miao is very self-aware, he doesn't think that with his own strength, he can compete with Cao Mengde.

Thinking of this, Zhang Miao raised his hand and slapped the cases in front of him, and said sharply: "Chen Gongtai, you are so brave, you should come here to lobby the prefect to be an enemy of Cao Gong. Come!"

Following Zhang Miao's shout, a group of soldiers poured in from outside the main hall.Seeing his subordinates coming, Zhang Miao pointed at Chen Gong who was sitting at the bottom with his hand, and ordered: "Take this person down immediately and put him in prison!"

Not long ago, those soldiers saw the eunuch respectfully welcome this person into the mansion.It didn't take long, and it was too outrageous for him to let himself take down the opponent.The soldiers didn't follow the orders to go forward to pick up the man, but just stood where they were, staring at Chen Gong, who was as stable as Mount Tai, in a daze.

Seeing his subordinates standing there in a daze, Zhang Miao was very angry. He slapped the table with his hand and raised his voice and said, "Didn't you hear what this prefect said? Hurry up and take him down!"