Three Kingdoms King of the North

Chapter 0152: Li Ru's Letter

After the army stayed in Guantao for another two days, Han Zhan returned to Jizhou with the army.Xun Yu, Zhang He, Tian Feng and others who stayed behind in Jizhou, when they heard the news that Han Zhan had returned to Jizhou, they immediately led their people out of the city in the snow for ten miles to meet them.

Xun Yu and Han Zhan walked side by side, glanced at the carriage in the queue, and asked curiously, "Zhan'er, is that Kazuren's carriage?"

"Cai Yan, the daughter of Cai Yong, Cai Bojie, Zuo Zhonglang." Han Zhan explained to Xun Yu: "She married into the Hedong Wei family, and her husband died not long after. Now that the three-year filial piety is over, she left the Wei family. Return to her natal family. She was detained by me when she passed through Guantao City."

Hearing that Cai Yan, the daughter of Cai Yong, was in the carriage, Xun Yu had an unexpected expression on his face: "It turns out that she is the daughter of Cai Bojie. It is said that she is knowledgeable, able to compose poems and Fu, is proficient in astronomy, and is good at debating and arguing." Rhythm, and she also has the beauty of the country and the city. I didn't expect her to come to Jizhou."

Seeing Xun Yu's praise of Cai Yan, Han Zhan couldn't help feeling a little complacent: "Uncle, Zhao Ji will live in Jizhou for a long time, and you will have a lot of opportunities to see her in the future."

Xun Yu nodded yes, and then said to Han Zhan about the business: "Zhan'er, I received a letter from Li Ru, and he hopes that you can go to Chang'an as soon as possible to meet Grand Master Dong."

Hearing what Xun Yu said, Han Zhan thought to himself, now that the road is blocked by heavy snow and the road is difficult, the only way to go to Chang'an is the spring of next year, but that time is not far from Dong Zhuo's time.Wang Yunshi made a series of tricks and killed Dong Zhuo with Lu Bu, Li Su and others. Li Jue and Guo Si avenged Dong Zhuo and soon led Xiliang soldiers to capture Chang'an.If he rushed to Chang'an during this time, he might accidentally take his own life in it.So he said decisively: "No."

Although Xun Yu couldn't understand Dong Zhuo's actions, but for the sake of Han Zhan's future, he persuaded Han Zhan tactfully: "Zhaner, although Dong Zhuo is a national thief, it is righteous to coerce the emperor to order the world. The reason why Li Ru wrote this A letter may be Dong Bandit's instruction."

"If you want to cross the Yellow River with ice, you will climb the snow-covered Taihang Mountains." Han Zhan said two lines of Li Bai's poem casually, and added: "It's not that I don't want to go, but it's a pity that the weather is cold and the roads are difficult. Let's wait for the spring of next year." , It will not be too late to go to Chang'an to meet the Grand Master."

"Okay." Seeing that Han Zhan was unwilling to go to Chang'an, Xun Yu could only nod his head and said, "The envoy sent by Li Ru is still in the mansion. When I return to the mansion, I will tell him what you mean."

Han Zhan suddenly remembered Guo Tu and Xin Pi who were missing, and quickly asked Xun Yu, "Uncle, do you know where Guo Tu and Xin Pi are?"

Guo Tu disappeared after Yuan Tan was ambushed; Simpi disappeared after Hu Zhi and Du Chang's Black Mountain Army broke through Ren County and escaped from the city in disguise.Before sending troops to Guantao, Han Zhan told Xun Yu to find out the whereabouts of the two of them. In any case, they were more or less historical figures. There was no reason for them to disappear like this. They must be hiding somewhere.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Han Zhan finished asking, Xun Yu nodded and said, "According to our army's detailed report, both of them have gone to Bohai County and Nanpi City to join Yuan Shang.

"The secret agents we sent to Bohai County, have you figured out the situation there?" Han Zhan continued to ask: "Who are the capable people under Yuan Shao in Bohai County?"

Xun Yu thought for a while and replied, "There is Xu You, there are high-ranking officials in Wu, and there are about [-] to [-] troops."

After knowing the strength of Yuan Jun in Bohai County, Han Zhan just said "oh" softly, and then said to Xun Yu: "Uncle, although there are many soldiers and horses in Bohai County, they are not enough to worry about. We can easily eliminate them." them."

Han Yan and Lihua, who greeted Han Zhan in the backyard, couldn't help being stunned when they saw Han Zhan coming in with a charming woman behind him.

Lihua's eyes turned red, and tears almost came out of her eyes. There was a jade in the backyard, which made her sad enough, but she didn't expect that her son went out to fight, and when he came back, he brought back a woman.

Seeing something wrong with Lihua's expression, Han Yan asked Han Zhan angrily, "Brother, who is this little lady? Why did you follow you to the backyard?"

Han Zhan had seen Lihua's reaction a long time ago. He knew that the other party was jealous, and when he was thinking about how to explain it to her, his precious sister turned on him.He hurriedly laughed, called Cai Yan over, and introduced to Han Zhan: "Second sister, let me introduce you. This is Cai Bojie's daughter Cai Yan and Cai Zhaoji. She will live with us from now on. Can you tell me?" Don't bully her." Then he turned to Cai Yan, "This is my sister-in-law Han Yan."

After Cai Yan waited for Han Zhan to finish his introduction, he stepped forward to salute Han Yan: "Zhao Ji has met Miss Yan'er."

Han Zhan saw that Cai Yan was so polite to him, so naturally he couldn't get angry again, so he could only try to squeeze a smile on his face, and said to the other party: "From now on, we will be our own family, sister Cai doesn't need to be so polite."

"Pear Blossom," Han Zhan saw that Pear Blossom was about to cry, and quickly told her, "Zhao Ji has been exhausted all the way, and needs to rest, so you take her to take a bath and change clothes."

"Yes, young master." After Lihua agreed with a crying voice, she raised her hand to wipe her face, and said to Cai Yan with a forced smile: "Miss Cai, please come with the maid."

Cai Yan nodded gratefully to Han Zhan, then followed Lihua with her maid and walked towards the inner courtyard.

Seeing Lihua leave, Fei Cui and Ah Nuan, who were standing in the crowd, ran out immediately, holding one of Han Zhan's arms on the left and one on the right. The little bird leaned on his body and said softly: "Tinghou, you are finally back, the servants miss you every day."

"Wait a minute," Han Zhan heard that the two of them had changed their address, and asked curiously, "Didn't you always call me Young Lord, why do you call me Tinghou now?"

Fei Cui glanced quickly at Han Yan who was not far away, and said timidly: "It's the lady who said, it's better to call Ting Hou."

Han Zhan did not continue to entangle in the address, but took the two of them back to his room.Seeing Patch following in quietly, he told him, "Patch, you go out to find Rob, and tell him that I ordered him to arrange manpower as soon as possible to set up a few more kangs in the room in the backyard. "

"Fire Kang?" Hearing Han Zhan's order, Patch asked in a dazed manner, "My lord, what is a heated Kang?"

When Patch asked this question, Fei Cui and Ah Nuan looked at Han Zhan curiously, wanting to find out what Ting Hou was talking about.But Han Zhan smiled and didn't answer, but urged Patch: "What are you doing here, don't hurry up. By the way, you can arrange for someone to prepare hot water. I plan to take a bath in the room." When Patch turned to leave , Han Zhan ordered Ah Nuan to go to the back kitchen to get him something to eat.

Hearing that Han Zhan was going to take a bath in the house, as soon as Patch and Ah Nuan left, Fei Cui leaned into his ear and asked in a low voice, "Tinghou, let the servant wait for you to take a bath and change clothes later."

Han Zhan laughed and said jokingly, "Okay, okay, will you take a bath with Benhou later? How about we play with mandarin ducks?"

Fei Cui didn't expect Han Zhan to say such bold words, her face flushed with shame, and she buried her head deeply in Han Zhan's arms, neither agreeing nor objecting.

After everyone got ready, Han Zhan, with the help of Fei Cui, took off his clothes and lay down in the barrel, and began to take a hot bath.While Fei Cui was washing his hair with water, he began to think quietly: In a few months, Dong Zhuo would die on the bodies of Wang Yun and Lu Bu.However, Li Jue and Guo Si were unwilling to sit still and led the Xiliang army to capture Chang'an, forced Lu Bu away, killed Wang Yun, and held Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty hostage.What should I do in this situation?The leader of the army, Qin Wang, is the old birthday star who hanged himself for a long time; he can't do it just by watching from the sidelines and watching the people in Chang'an suffer.

"What should I do?" Han Zhan thought to himself, and asked unconsciously.

"What is Tinghou talking about?" Fei Cui, who was helping Han Zhan to wash his hair, heard him talking to himself, and quickly asked, "Did the servant pull too hard and hurt Tinghou's hair?"

"No, no, it has nothing to do with you." Han Zhan waved his hands repeatedly and said, "Benhou was thinking about other things, and he was so engrossed in his thoughts that he said it out to himself."

Just as Han Zhan was staring at the peach blossom-faced Jade, thinking whether to drag her into the wooden barrel and play with the mandarin ducks in the water, Patch barged in untimely: "My lord!"

Han Zhan, who had been disturbed, turned his face down, and asked dissatisfiedly, "Patch, what's the matter?"

"Return to your son," Patch saw that Han Zhan's face was a little strange, and quickly explained: "Mr. Xun and Mr. Guo are waiting for you in the conference hall, saying that they have important matters to discuss!"

"I see," Han Zhan waved his hand at Patch and ordered, "You go out first. After I take a shower and change clothes, I will go to the conference hall."

Han Zhan thought that he had just returned to Jizhou today, and the big guys would have to rest for a day or two before gathering in the conference hall to discuss matters.Unexpectedly, Guo Jia and the others were so anxious that they would send Patch to urge them while they were taking a bath.

After washing in a hurry, Han Zhan got up and got dressed with the help of Fei Cui. He didn't even bother to eat the food that Ah Nuan just brought, so he rushed to the meeting hall in a hurry.

"Everyone," Han Zhan asked a group of ministers sitting below after sitting down in the middle of the conference hall, "I don't know why you are rushing me here so urgently?"

"My lord, Jia heard that Dong Thief's confidant Li Ru sent you a letter." Guo Jia came out and asked, "I wonder if my lord wants to rush to Chang'an immediately?"

Han Zhan snorted coldly, and then said: "Now the weather is cold and the roads are rough and difficult, how can we go to Chang'an? Even if we go, we will have to wait until we defeat Yuan Shao and capture Yecheng in the next year."

I thought such an answer could be perfunctory for Guo Jia and others.Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Guo Jia interjected and said, "My lord is on a mission. Don't say we can't go now. Even if we defeat Yuan Shao in the next year, we won't be able to go to Chang'an. Dong Zhuo is also a national traitor. How can we bow our knees to him."

Guo Jia's words immediately aroused the response of Xun You, Tian Feng and others.After the meeting hall became quiet again, Guo Jia went on to say: "According to Jia's analysis, Dong Zhuo is full of evil, and he will die sooner or later. We should draw a clear line with him as soon as possible. Otherwise, once we are classified as Dong thief's party, we will It’s hard to argue.”

Regarding Guo Jia's statement, no one thought it was alarmist talk. After all, Dong Zhuo had done too many bad things, and everyone wanted him to die.Tian Feng asked Guo Jia curiously: "Feng Xiao, I wonder how long Dong Zhuo can live?"

Before Guo Jia could answer, Han Zhan suddenly remembered a poem by Cao Cao, and couldn't help but recite it in public: "The traitor ministers hold the throne of the country, kill the master and die Yujing. Destroy the emperor's foundation, and burn the ancestral temple. Spread it to the west Migrate, howl and go. Zhanpiluo City, Weizi mourns."

Hearing Han Zhan's eloquence, he made a poem casually. Guo Jia and Xun You, who had heard Han Zhan's poems in Guantao, looked quite natural, but Xun Yu, Tian Feng, Zang Hong and others were surprised Ba almost fell to the ground. They never dreamed that Han Zhan could compose poetry.

Xun Yu pointed at Han Zhan and asked in surprise, "Zhan'er, is this your poem?"

Han Zhan smiled lightly, and asked back, "I wonder if my uncle has heard this poem before? If not, it means I did it."

Xun Yu frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head resolutely, and replied, "No, never, this is the first time I've heard this poem."

"Xun Changshi," Guo Jia said to Xun Yu with a smile, "since you have never heard of this poem before, it means that this poem was written by the lord. In fact, there is nothing unusual about this. A few days ago, I and When Gongda was in Guantao, he even heard a poem that the lord gave to Miss Cai!"

"What, Zhan'er gave Miss Cai a poem?" Hearing what Guo Jia said, Xun Yu showed a suspicious expression on his face: "Feng Xiao, can you read it and listen to it?"

"The clouds look like clothes, flowers look like faces, and the spring breeze blows the threshold. If you don't meet at the top of Qunyu Mountain, you will meet at Yaotai." After Guo Jia finished reciting the poems written by Han Zhan, he smiled and said to Xun Yu: "Xun Chang Shi, if I hadn't been by my side at that time, I really couldn't believe that the lord could write such a good poem. As soon as this poem came out, Gongda and I felt ashamed."

After hearing this, Xun Yu nodded and said, "Feng Xiao's words are reasonable. I have never heard of these two poems, so I think they must have been written by Zhan'er. By the way, on the way back to the city today, I told him After reading Li Ru's letter, he casually said: "If you want to cross the Yellow River, the river will be blocked by ice, and you will climb the Taihang Mountains covered with snow. In just a few words, you can describe the difficulty of the road vividly and vividly, which is really unconvincing."