Three Kingdoms King of the North

"Wei Hong?" Hearing this name, Hua Hu couldn't help raising his eyebrows, and asked in amazement: "That Chenliu wealthy Wei Hong, Wei Zixu?"

"That's right, it's this person." After Hu Cha gave Hua Hu an affirmative answer, he asked in a low voice, "Does the envoy also want me to help him recruit soldiers?"

Huahu knew that Han Zhan sent Zhao Yun to Changshan County to recruit soldiers.Hearing Hu Cha's guess now, he took it for granted that Han Zhan was going to recruit more recruits, so he followed Hu Cha's words and said, "Brother Hu, you and I have known each other for many years, so we are old friends. Brothers, I advise you , money is just something outside of the body, if you don’t bring it with you, you don’t take it away with death. You have a family and business in Sheguo County, and the strength of the county soldiers. Recruiting soldiers, once the city is breached by the Yellow Turban bandits, it will be destroyed by then."

Hua Hu's voice was not loud, but what he said hit Hu Cha's heart like a heavy hammer.After some deliberation, he finally made the final choice.He stood up, cupped his hands towards Han Zhan, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I have something to say, and I don't know whether to say it or not."

As soon as Hu Cha's words fell, the entire hall became silent, and everyone focused on him, wanting to hear what he had to say.Han Zhan smiled politely at Hu Cha, and said politely, "Mr. Hu has something to say, but it's okay to say it!"

"My lord," Hu Cha greeted Han Zhan first, and then glanced at the wealthy merchants in the hall, "Everyone should know that if the reinforcements hadn't happened to arrive today, Sheguo County would have already fallen into the hands of the Yellow Turban Bandits. The whole city has now become a purgatory on earth. In order to prevent the Yellow Turbans from invading again, Hu intends to contribute three thousand gold alone, and personally go to Yecheng, Chenliu and other places to recruit volunteers for the envoy."

One stone stirred up waves, and after Hu Cha finished speaking, the wealthy businessman sitting next to him also stood up and said boldly, "Your Majesty, the grassroots are also willing to donate five hundred gold to help you recruit soldiers!"

"My lord, the grass-roots are willing to donate three hundred gold!"

"Grassmen are willing to donate two hundred gold!"

The rest of the wealthy businessmen were not to be outdone, and shouted out the amount they wanted to donate one after another.All of a sudden, the thank you banquet organized by Han Zhan turned into a warm fundraising dinner.

Chapter 0064

Sheguo County was attacked by the Yellow Turban Army. Although many soldiers and civilians were killed and injured, at the same time, everyone in the city understood a truth: if there were no soldiers to defend against the enemy, once the Yellow Turban Bandits attacked, their wealth and life would be at risk. If there is no guarantee, the accumulated wealth will be cheap for thieves.It is based on this kind of psychology that the donations from wealthy businessmen and big households here are particularly enthusiastic.

After the banquet was over, while Huahu was counting the number of donations pledged by various wealthy businessmen and big households, Rob walked up to Han Zhan and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, I don't know where the thirty cavalrymen taken away by the county lieutenant are. When can I go back to the county office?"

Han Zhan shook his head and said, "Lieutenant Zhao intends to organize the cavalry into a separate battalion. The number of cavalry is still far away, because the thirty cavalry are also included in it." Seeing Rob's annoyed look on his face , he asked curiously, "Captain Luo, why did you suddenly think of asking about this?"

Rob did not answer Han Zhan's question immediately, but asked instead: "Master, since the cavalry taken away by Lieutenant Zhao cannot be transferred back to the county government, can the cavalry stationed in the cottage be transferred back?"

"Leader Luo," Han Zhan saw that Rob's expression was a little strange, so he straightened his face and asked seriously, "Tell me honestly, what happened that made you so eager to call the cavalry back? "

"Responding to the envoy's words," Rob pouted towards the backyard, and whispered, "When you arrive in Sheguo County, you put all the bandits you caught in the backyard, but the servants do some clumsy work. At the beginning, the younger one and forty cavalrymen also lived in the backyard, and they didn’t dare to act rashly; now seeing that there are only ten of us left, some people have become malicious.”

"Being evil?" Hua Hu, who was sorting out the accounts, immediately stopped writing after hearing what Rob said, looked up at him and asked, "Leader Luo, tell me, what's going on?" ?”

"Yesterday and last night, when one of my men was feeding the horses in the stable, he heard someone talking in a low voice." Rob knew that Hua Hu was someone Han Zhan trusted, so he didn't hide it, but told the truth: " They said that the yellow turban bandits are so powerful that they cannot defend the city, so it is better to tie up the envoy and present it to the yellow turban bandits. Not only will they be able to save their own lives, but they will also be rewarded."

"You bastard, you're really a bastard." Hearing this, Han Zhan hadn't reacted yet, Huahu had already lifted his foot and brought up the cases in front of him.He stood up, looked at Rob and asked angrily: "Leader Luo, why do you keep these kind of people who eat inside and outside?" He turned his face to Han Zhan and said, "Master, you should arrest them immediately." Get up and cut it off."

"Leader Luo," Han Zhan couldn't help the blood rushing to his head when he heard this. He didn't expect to be magnanimous. He treated the captured bandits with courtesy, and even arranged for them to work in the back house. Who knows that these white-eyed wolves Queen avenged his revenge and wanted to catch himself and go to the Yellow Turban Bandit to claim credit.Suppressing the anger in his heart, he gritted his molars and asked, "Do you know who is secretly connected?"

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Rob shook his head and replied: "My subordinates ran over to check immediately, who knew that the other party was very alert. As soon as they heard the movement, they immediately ran away."

"Master, you are the lord of a county, so you must not go on business trips." Hua Hu said emotionally to Han Zhan: "I will rush to the barracks right away and let the county captain Zhao bring his troops back to kill these ungrateful people." Kill all the bandits." After speaking, he cupped his hands at Han Zhan, turned around and walked out of the hall.

"Master Hua, wait a moment," Han Zhan quickly stopped Hua Hu, walked up to him and said, "This matter is just a one-sided opinion of Team Luo and his subordinates. Before we figure it out, we can't act hastily."

"My lord, be careful when sailing for ten thousand years." Hua Hu said with a worried face: "I think it's better to be careful than to believe in this matter."

"Yes, sir." As soon as Huahu finished speaking, Rob also persuaded: "I think it is better to follow what Master Hua said, let Zhao Xianwei lead people to arrest these bandits, otherwise they will stay in the It’s always a big worry here.”

Seeing that Hua Hu and Luo Bu were convincing him with one word, Han Zhan also felt that he should take this opportunity to clean up the villains among the bandits, so he nodded and said, "Master Hua, according to what you said, let the county captain Zhao lead the troops to the county. Ya came to arrest people."

Hua Hu readily agreed, and then walked out of the hall quickly.

Han Zhan walked back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back, thinking to himself that although Zhao Yun had interrogated each of the 35 bandits when he caught them, there must still be treacherous people hiding among them.It would definitely be impossible to kill so many people just because they suspected that someone was causing trouble, but what should I do to find out the bad guys who are hiding among them?

First of all, he wanted to recruit Lin San, and ask him who complained about the current life, and maybe he could find some clues from it.But he quickly denied his idea. If he found Lin San now, it would be easy to scare the snake, and it would not be so easy to arrest him.

At this time, Patch, who was in charge of directing the servants to clean the hall, came in and was surprised when he saw the cases lying on the ground. While packing up the booklets and abacus that fell on the ground, he asked Rob in a panic: " Captain Luo, what happened?"

Rob whispered what had happened and repeated it to Patch.After Patch heard this, he quickly stood up and said to Han Zhan, "Master, since the county government is not safe, you should go to the barracks. Even if there are thieves who want to make trouble, they can't hurt you at all."

Han Zhan looked at the dancing patch in front of him, and accidentally found that his hands were covered with ink, which was accidentally stained when he was cleaning up the sundries on the ground.The moment he saw the ink, Han Zhan suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and immediately thought of a way to find out the traitor.

He quickly leaned close to Patch's ear and whispered something to him in a low voice.Patch first showed a surprised expression, and then a smile bloomed on his face.He nodded, "Don't worry, I will definitely handle this properly."

Half an hour later, Zhao Yun and Xun Yu rushed from the barracks with two hundred infantry and one hundred strong crossbowmen.He ordered his subordinates to block the front and rear doors of the county government office to prevent anyone from escaping in the chaos.After the blockade was completed, Zhao Yun personally led people into the backyard, entered each room in the backyard one by one, arrested all the bandits living here, and brought them all to the lobby.

Kneeling in front of the bandits was Lin San who was the first to join Han Zhan.He had already gone to bed, but was picked up from the bed by the soldiers. He thought that Han Zhan was going to settle accounts after the fall and kill them all.

At this moment, seeing Han Zhan sitting behind the table, although his face was expressionless, he did not show any murderous intent, and he felt a little more at ease in his heart.He boldly asked: "Master Shijun, I wonder if you caught us here in the middle of the night, what's the matter?"

Han Zhan didn't speak, but Hua Hu who was standing next to him spoke up: "I got a tip that someone tried to hijack the envoy to claim credit from the Yellow Turban bandits when the Yellow Turbans attacked the city."

Hua Hu's words were like sprinkling a handful of salt into a hot pot, and it immediately exploded.Lin San first stated: "Who did this? The envoy has been so kind to us, how can he do such a thing that is not as good as a beast?"

"Yes, yes," as soon as Lin San's words fell, the bandits kneeling behind them all said in one voice, "Your envoy is so benevolent and righteous to us, how could we do anything that is not good for you?" matter!"

Han Zhan didn't speak, and when the bandits had finished speaking, he slapped his custom-made gavel hard, drowned out the voices in the hall, and said loudly: "Who was at the stable yesterday, discussing to send this envoy to you?" Hijacking, offering credit to the Yellow Turban bandits? Come out and plead guilty, if not, I will punish you severely."

"Your envoy, you are wronged!" As soon as Han Zhan's voice fell, there were voices of grievances below, "How could we do such an ungrateful thing!"

"It seems that you are not willing to confess truthfully." Han Zhan slapped the gavel again, and said to the bandits: "The envoy can only ask the gods for help to find him out." As he spoke, he He yelled outside, "Bring the thing up."

Following his shout, Patch and Rob came in carrying a two-foot-high wooden box.After the two passed through the kneeling thieves, they put the wooden box on the table in front of Han Zhan with difficulty.

Han Zhan stood up, walked around the table, and saluted to the wooden box, still muttering something in a low voice.Seeing him doing this, Zhao Yun couldn't help but cast a questioning look at Xun Yu, who knew that the other party also looked bewildered.Looking at Huahu again, the other party happened to be looking at him. When the two looked at each other, Huahu shook his head with a bitter face, indicating that he didn't know what kind of medicine Han Zhan's gourd was selling.

After Han Zhan finished saluting, he turned to face the bandit kneeling on the ground and said, "This is a bronze bell given to me by a fairy in the past. It can test whether people are lying or not. Well, you come up one by one. , put your hands into the box from here, and touch the copper bell inside." Han Zhan pointed to the two holes in the wooden box, signaling the bandits to put their hands in from here, "I'm not lying, this bell There will be no movement; if you lie, the bell will ring! Which of you will come first?"

Lin San, eager to prove his innocence, quickly raised his hand and said loudly, "Master, let the younger one come first." Seeing Han Zhan nodding his head to express his consent, he stood up and put his hands in through the hole tremblingly. The wooden box, touched the bronze bell inside.He held his breath and listened for a while, seeing that there was no sound coming from inside, he breathed a sigh of relief and pulled his hand out.

Han Zhan waved his hand at him and said flatly, "Stand aside."

Then there was a second person and a third person, who went up to touch the bronze bell in the box in turn.Xun Yu, Zhao Yun, Hua Hu and others all stared at the bandit who came forward to touch the bronze bell, thinking in unison: "Could it be that this bronze bell was really given to the envoy by an immortal? When it comes to the bronze bell, will the bell really ring?"

Soon, all 35 bandits touched the copper bell one by one, but for some reason, the copper bell in the box never thought about it.When Zhao Yun was at a loss, he heard Han Zhan calling himself: "Zilong, go and check their hands."

Although Zhao Yun didn't know why Han Zhan gave such an order, he still agreed, walked up to the bandits, and checked their hands next to each other.After a while, he turned around and reported to Han Zhan: "I want to report to the envoy, there are 33 people with black ink on their hands, and the hands of the other two are clean."

After hearing Zhao Yun's report, a smile appeared on Han Zhan's face, and he ordered: "Come here, take down these two hands with no ink marks on them, and torture them severely to see if they have colluded with the Yellow Turban Bandits."

Immediately, a yamen servant stepped forward and dragged the two out of the crowd.Just as they were about to take it out, the two shouted in unison: "My lord, wish! Didn't you say that if a liar touches the bronze bell, the bell will ring? We touched the bell, but the bell didn't ring." .”

Seeing that everyone is looking at me eagerly, hoping to get the right answer from me.Han Zhan sneered, and then said: "Actually, the one in the box is an ordinary bell, which won't ring if anyone touches it. I lied to you by saying that just now. I ordered someone to paint ink on the copper bell. Anyone who touches the clock will get their hands stained with ink, and only those who have a guilty conscience dare not touch the clock will have clean hands."

After listening to Han Zhan's explanation, the bandits who originally wanted to defend themselves lowered their heads helplessly. They knew that they had been fooled by the county magistrate, but inadvertently showed their feet.

"Lock them up and keep them under strict supervision." Hua Hu waved his hand at the yamen servant and ordered loudly: "When tomorrow dawns, the envoy will personally interrogate them."

Chapter 0065 Guo Jia's Whereabouts

At noon the next day, Huahu took a few yamen servants to change the drums of grievances in the county yamen.A group of onlookers were attracted, and an elderly man asked curiously, "My lord, what are you doing?"

Hua Hu said casually: "Your Majesty said that the grievance drum at the door is too old, and the people have to beat the drum if they have any grievances, and the drum may be broken in one fell swoop, so I asked someone to replace it with a new one, so that everyone can beat the drum. Complain." As soon as his words fell, there was a sound of good-natured laughter around him.

At this time, a convoy of five carriages was slowly driving along the street.Seeing a group of people gathered around the gate of the county government office, a middle-aged man sitting in the first carriage quickly ordered the driver: "Stop the carriage."