Three Kingdoms King of the North

The maid blushed and agreed, then turned and walked outside, thinking to herself: Hou Ting is really ridiculous, not long ago I had a good time with Miss Cai, and I am not ashamed to come here again so soon.

Chapter 0161

Han Zhan spent the next few days very comfortably, discussing matters with Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others in the conference hall during the day, or going to the military camp to watch Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong train soldiers.And after dark, he would go to Cai Yong's room, listen to her play the piano, and recite poems against her, naturally, he would also do some things that make love between men and women, good nights but short.

Although Han Zhan doesn't have much talent, but I don't know if he had an adventure while traveling. His memory is particularly amazing now. He even memorizes the poems and songs he read when he was studying.Except for the poems, he can't compare with Cai Yan, and the rest of the poems come from his mouth.Seeing that Mr. Ruyi, whom he had set his eyes on, was so versatile, Cai Yan put all his heart on him.

In the early morning of this day, after helping Cai Yan draw his eyebrows, Han Zhan was searching for suitable poems in his mind to praise Cai Yan's beauty, but he heard Patch shouting anxiously outside.

Han Zhan knew that since he often stayed at Cai Yan's place, Patch, the housekeeper, would never bother him if he had nothing important to do, so he asked outside, "Patch, what's the matter?"

"Responding to your son," Patch replied outside the door: "Mr. Guo asked me to invite you to the meeting hall, and said that a Mr. Chen came to visit."

"Master Chen?" Hearing Patch say this, Han Zhan frowned, and thought to himself: "Master Chen, is it Chen Zhen and Chen Xiaoqi? He didn't stay in Guantao as his prefect, and ran to Jizhou What are you here for?"

With this question in mind, Han Zhan came to the meeting room, but unexpectedly found that Guo Jia, Xun Yu and the others were chatting with a strange-looking official.Seeing Han Zhan walking into the conference hall, several people rushed to greet him, bowed and saluted: "See you, my lord!"

"No courtesy!" Han Zhan raised his hand to the others, signaling them not to be too polite.After Xun Yu and the others stood up straight, he looked at the strange official and asked, "I don't know what to call this lord?"

"See Tinghou," an official who seemed to be in his early thirties, bowed to Han Zhan and introduced himself: "My surname is Chen, my name is Gongtai, and my name is Gongtai. I am a subordinate of Cao Taishou in Dongjun."

"Chen Gong?!" When Han Zhan heard this name, his eyes almost went dark and he fell to the ground.He thought to himself, Chen Gong didn't quietly leave Cao Cao because he killed Lu Boshe's family by mistake and said "I'd rather let the world down than let the world down on me".Why is he now Cao Cao's subordinate again?

After Han Zhan sat down in the middle, he frowned and thought for a while, and finally figured out what the problem was. What he knew about Chen Gong came from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which was very different from the real history.He looked at Chen Gong and asked with a smile: "Mr. Gongtai came to Jizhou from Dongjun, what advice do you have?"

"Tinghou," Chen Gong said respectfully, "the grain harvest in Dongjun is poor this year. Governor Cao was worried that the crops would not be harvested next year, so he sent me here to borrow grain from Tinghou."

"Borrowing grain?!" After hearing Chen Gong's intention, Han Zhan asked blankly, "I wonder how much grain and grass the prefect Cao intends to borrow from me?"

Chen Gong stretched out his right hand, made a gesture and said, "Eighty thousand dendrobium."

[-] hu. Hearing this number, Han Zhan couldn't help sneering. He said that you and I, Cao Mengde, were not close relatives. We had never even met each other. How dare you open your mouth and ask me to borrow [-] hu of grain. You can really speak.

However, he did not express his dissatisfaction on his face, but asked Guo Jia calmly: "Feng Xiao, you said this grain, can we borrow it?"

Guo Jia in this time and space has never had any contact with Cao Cao, so naturally he would not speak for him. He thought for a while and replied, "My lord, [-] hu of grain is not a small amount. Even if we lend it to Governor Cao , but I don’t know how he transported so much grain from Jizhou back to Dongjun?”

Hearing Guo Jia's words, Han Zhan immediately knew what he should say: "That's right, what Feng Xiao said is very true. We have a bad relationship with Yuan Shao. If we want to transport food to Dongjun, we must pass through Yuan Shao's territory. Once He sent people to rob food, how should we respond?"

Regarding Han Zhan's rejection of his request to borrow grain, Chen Gong had been prepared for a long time, but after hearing what he said, he really felt that this was an unsolvable problem: soldiers and horses from Dongjun must not come to Jizhou to transport grain; However, when Jizhou soldiers and horses send food to Dongjun, they must pass through Yuan Shao's territory again, and they will not be able to escape the fate of being hijacked.

Seeing Chen Gong's embarrassing expression, Xun Yu couldn't bear to see it, and quickly stood up and said to Han Zhan, "My lord, I have a solution, I don't know if I should say it or not?"

When Han Zhan heard that Xun Yu unexpectedly didn't call him by his name, but called himself the Lord, he knew that what he wanted to talk about was very important, so he nodded at him and said, "Please tell me the history of Xun Chang!"

"Jizhou has plenty of grain and grass, and a mere [-] dendrobium is just a drop in nine cows." Xun Yu said unhurriedly, "We can transport the grain and grass to Guantao, and then inform the prefect Cao to lead troops to Guantao to collect the grain and grass. As for when they return , Whether Yuan Shao will send troops to intercept it has nothing to do with us."

As soon as Xun Yu finished speaking, Xun You echoed, "What Xun Changshi said is very true, and my subordinates seconded it!"

Then Tian Feng also came out and said: "The subordinates also seconded!"

Seeing Xun's uncle and nephew and Tian Feng say good things about him, Chen Gong gave them a grateful glance.

Han Zhan saw that Xun's uncle and nephew and Tian Feng were all speaking well for Cao Cao, if he objected again, he would be a villain in vain.He stared at Chen Gong for a while, and suddenly thought that when Cao Cao sent troops to attack Xuzhou, Chen Gong somehow betrayed him and went to Lu Bu.Since Chen Gong can defect to Lu Bu, why can't he defect to himself?

In order to leave a good impression on Chen Gong, he did not object to the borrowing of grain: "Okay, then Xun Changshi should hurry up and prepare to lend the grain and grass to Dongjun. Captain Huang led people to Guantao."

After explaining the task to Xun Yu, Han Zhan said to Chen Gong again: "Mr. Gongtai, please send someone back to report to Governor Cao, and ask him to lead the troops to Guantao to receive the grain and grass."

Seeing that he had finally fulfilled his mission and completed the errand assigned by Cao Cao, Chen Gong immediately showed a relaxed expression on his face.He hurried forward and bowed to Han Zhan: "On behalf of the people of Dongjun, thank you Tinghou!"

After sending Chen Gong away, Han Zhan told Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao, immediately send someone to Guantao to inform Xia Houlan and ask him to strengthen his defenses to prevent the Dongjun soldiers from using false means to destroy Guo. "

Unexpectedly, Guo Jia had a smile on his face when he heard what Han Zhan said.Seeing Guo Jia's expression, Han Zhan couldn't help asking strangely, "Feng Xiao, why are you laughing?"

"My lord," Guo Jia replied with a smile, "Jia thought you would ignore this, but I didn't expect you to take all these things into consideration."

Seeing that he and Guo Jia were the only ones in the conference hall, Han Zhan lowered his voice and said to Guo Jia, "By the way, Feng Xiao, Ben Hou has something I want to discuss with you."

Seeing Han Zhan's mysterious expression, Guo Jia guessed that it must be a very important matter. In order to prevent the wall from having ears, he also whispered: "My lord, please tell me!"

"Chen Gongtai is quite cunning, and this Marquis wants to recruit him." In front of Guo Jia, Han Zhan, that is, a real person, did not tell lies, so he said bluntly, "I don't know what Feng Xiao thinks?"

"As far as Jia knows," Guo Jia shook his head after listening to Han Zhan's words, and said, "Cao Mengde failed to assassinate Dong Bandit and escaped from Chang'an. He was captured by the guards on the way. It was Chen Gongtai who felt his loyalty and did not hesitate to abandon him. The official fled with him. Jia thought that trying to recruit him was tantamount to seeking a fish from a tree."

Seeing that Guo Jia did not hold much hope in recruiting Chen Gong, Han Zhan decided to tell Guo Jia about Lu Boshe: "Does Fengxiao know about Lu Boshe?",

"Lu Boshe?!" Hearing this name, Guo Jia showed a confused expression on his face: "Who is he?"

"Lu Boshe is the sworn brother of Cao Mengde's father. Chen Gong abandoned his official position and Cao Cao fled to Chenggao and came to Lu Boshe's home." Han Zhan didn't know whether Lu Boshe's story was true or not, but he still told him I told Guo Jia about this: "Lü Boshe saw the son of his sworn brother visiting, and even though he knew that he was being shadowed, he still received him warmly. Because there was no good wine at home, he went to the neighboring village to buy wine overnight.

The servants of the Lu family were sharpening their knives in the backyard, preparing to kill pigs to entertain Cao Cao.Unexpectedly, when Cao Cao heard the whetstone, he thought that the other party was planning to plot against him, so he rushed in without any explanation, and killed all the servants and Lu family members.It wasn't until he found the pig tied up in the kitchen that he realized he had killed the wrong person.

When the two left Lu's house in a hurry, they met Lu Boshe who had returned from selling wine.In order to prevent Lu Boshe from discovering his murder, Cao Cao even killed Lu Boshe. "

"No way, Cao Mengde is this kind of person?" After Guo Jia heard this, his eyes widened in surprise, and he asked in an unbelievable tone: "He is actually such a wolf-hearted person, why Jia thought he was a good person?" .”

However, Guo Jia considered the issue more comprehensively. After a moment of silence, he discovered one of the doubts: "Master, Jia thinks this is unreliable. You just said that everyone in the Lu family was killed by Cao Cao, so you know Only Cao Cao and Chen Gong know about this matter. Both of them will keep this matter secret, so who revealed this matter?"

Guo Jia's question really caught Han Zhan's attention.He can't tell Guo Jia that he saw this incident from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, right?In that case, it would be no wonder that Guo Jia didn't regard him as a lunatic.He coughed heavily, and then said: "There are gods up three feet above your head. If you want people to know it, you have to do it yourself. This Marquis also heard about it occasionally. If I hadn't seen Chen Gongtai today, I would not have remembered this matter." thing."

After listening to Han Zhan's half-truth and half-false explanation, Guo Jia said thoughtfully: "If this is true, then Jia thinks that he is somewhat sure of recruiting Chen Gong."

The envoy sent by Chen Gong back to Dongjun returned on the fifth day, and he brought a letter written by Cao Cao.Cao Cao said in the letter that he planned to lead three thousand troops to Guantao to receive the grain and grass lent by Jizhou.

After Han Zhan saw the letter presented by Chen Gong, he nodded, stood up and ordered, "Lieutenant Huang, early tomorrow morning, you will lead three thousand troops to escort the grain and grass to Guantao."

Huang Zhong hurriedly came out and replied: "The last general obeys orders!"

However, when Chen Gong thanked Han Zhan, Han Zhan saw Guo Jia winking at him. He immediately remembered the agreement he had made with the other party two days ago, and quickly added: "This loan to Dongjun is about the people of Guandong County. This batch of grain and grass must not be lost. Therefore, Ben Hou decided to personally escort this batch of grain and grass to Guantao together with Captain Huang."

Han Zhan's decision made everyone below have different expressions.Guo Jia was the instigator, so naturally he nodded secretly with a smile; while the uncle and nephew of the Xun family turned pale with shock, and said in unison: "My lord, you are a body of gold, how can you venture into a dangerous place by yourself?"

"Tinghou," although Chen Gong was very moved when he heard that Han Zhan said that he would personally escort the batch of grain and grass to Guantao, but out of concern for Han Zhan's safety, he still persuaded him with kind words: "If it's cold today, Tao It’s not easy to go, in my opinion, Marquis Ting doesn’t have to make this trip in person. On behalf of the people of Dongjun, I would like to express my gratitude to Marquis Ting!”

"Gongtai," Han Zhan left his seat, walked in front of Chen Gong, helped him up, and said with a smile on his face, "If you don't personally send this batch of grain and grass to Guantao and hand it over to Governor Cao, Benhou is really worried. Gongtai, you go back to rest first, and tomorrow morning, accompany Benhou to escort food and grass to Guantao."

Hearing what Han Zhan said, Chen Gong's eyes turned red, and he hurriedly bowed again: "Thank you Tinghou! If that's the case, I'll take my leave first!"

"Mr. Gongtai please!" Han Zhan waved his hand towards Chen Gong: "We will meet again tomorrow."

After Chen Gong left, Xun Yu, who was stomping his feet anxiously, came over and asked Han Zhan, "Zhan'er, only Captain Huang is in charge of transporting food, why do you need to make this trip yourself?"

Naturally, Han Zhan would not tell Xun Yu in public that I was going to recruit Chen Gong. In order to make a good impression on him, he decided to go to Guantao himself impromptu.He rolled his eyes and immediately thought about it: "Uncle, we are going to fight Yuan Shao in spring, if we can win over Cao Mengde and let him send troops to restrain us then, our chances of winning will be greater."

"If you want to contact Cao Mengde, Zhan'er can send a special envoy to Dongjun." Xun Yu said angrily, "Why do you have to go there again?"

"Uncle doesn't know something. If the Marquis sends someone to discuss with Cao Mengde, the envoy will have to come back to ask the Marquis for instructions. It will take a lot of time." Han Zhan continued. : "If the Marquis goes there in person, the situation is different. If there is any matter between the two parties, the Marquis can make a decision on the spot."