At the banquet, Zhang Shiping and Su Yi, who originally came to the banquet, were still a little restrained, and when they saw clearly that the people sitting in the hall were acquaintances, Zhang Shiping couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and hurriedly saluted everyone.

When Guo Jia returned the gift, he asked Zhang Shiping with a smile: "Master Zhang, don't come to harm?" ”

"The blessing of the military division of Toguo." Zhang Shiping said with a smile: "Everything is fine with the villain, but he misses the prince and the adults, so he took Su Yi from Zhending to come here to meet the prince." ”

Guo Jia stared at Su Yi beside Zhang Shiping and asked, "Who is this person, and there are some similarities with Su Shuang." ”

"This is Su Shuang's younger brother Su Yi." Zhang Shiping said with a smile: "I came to Jizhou with the villain to meet the prince." ”

When Han Zhan saw that everyone had arrived, he invited everyone to take a seat, and then announced the opening of the table.

Just as Han Zhan raised the wine bottle and was about to say a few words, he saw Huang Zhong hurriedly walking in from outside. From the expression on Huang Zhong's face, Han Zhan guessed that something must have happened, and hurriedly asked, "Han Sheng, you came here in a hurry, could it be that something happened?" ”

"Lord Qi, a man twenty miles east of the city is coming to report." Huang Zhong said angrily: "Majia Village was attacked by gangsters, and hundreds of people in the village died tragically at the hands of the Yellow Turban thieves. ”

As soon as he heard this, Han Zhan stood up suddenly, threw the wine bottle in his hand to the ground, and asked angrily, "Han Sheng, where is the report?" ”

"I'll see you outside the council chamber."

"Let them in!"

Taking advantage of Huang Zhong's efforts to go out, Han Zhan turned his head and said to Dian Wei: "Ziman, you quickly return to the camp, order three thousand cavalry, and prepare to go out of the city with Benhou." ”

"The last general commands!" Dian Wei got up and said yes, then turned to leave.

Just as Dian Wei walked out of the council hall, Huang Zhong took Li Zheng to Han Zhan's face. Li Zheng, who was about sixty years old, heard that the person sitting in the middle was Jizhou Mu, so he hurriedly knelt in front of Han Zhan, and said with a crying voice: "I ask the prince to be the master of the hundreds of dead people in Majia Village." ”

"Li Zheng," Han Zhan didn't let the other party get up, but asked straight to the point: "Tell me, what's going on?" ”

"If you go back to the palace," Li Zheng replied respectfully, "this afternoon, more than 100 people with yellow scarves suddenly rushed in from outside the village, asking everyone for money and food. …… Everyone refused to give it, and as a result, they began to kill, and they took pity on the hundreds of people in my Majia Village, and they lost their lives in vain......"

"Li Zheng, you said that hundreds of people in Majia Village have lost their lives, why are you still alive?" After Han Zhan waited for Li Zheng to finish speaking, he immediately asked the question in his heart: "Could it be that the Yellow Turban Thief saw that you were Li Zheng and deliberately spared your life?" ”

"No, no, no." Li Zheng is also a smart person, he heard from Han Zhan's words that Fu Jun suspected that he was having an affair with the Yellow Turban Thief, and hurriedly defended: "When the Yellow Turban Thief went on a killing spree, it was the dog who hid the little old man in the well, so that the Yellow Turban Thief did not find it...... After the Yellow Turban thieves ransacked the village, they set a fire to the village...... Fortunately, the little old man still had a horse hidden in the forest outside the village, so he hurried to report the news...... Worried about encountering thieves on the road, Xiao Lao'er also deliberately made a circle and entered the city from the north of the city, and then met this General Huang......"

After Han Zhan waited for Li Zheng to finish speaking, he asked for some details, and then instructed Rob to take Li Zheng down to rest. As soon as Li Zheng left, Han Zhan turned his head to look at Zhao Yun and asked with a straight face: "General Zilong, I remember that the direction of the east of the city has always been patrolled by you, why did the Yellow Turban Thieves loot the village twenty miles east of the city, but you don't know anything?" ”

"Returning to the lord's words," Don't look at Zhao Yun as Han Zhan's sworn brother, but in this kind of public occasion, he still shows due respect to Han Zhan: "Today is not the last general to patrol the city, so I didn't wait for the first time to know about the Yellow Turban thief, and I ask the lord to forgive me." ”

Han Zhan asked a little annoyed, "Who is patrolling the city today?" ”

"Back to the lord's words," Zhao Yun hurriedly replied, "It's Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan." ”

"Rob, Rob." After Han Zhan shouted twice, he suddenly remembered that he had ordered Rob to settle down, and hurriedly changed his words: "Someone!" ”

As he shouted, a guard walked in from outside the door and saluted him: "What does the lord command?" ”

"Hurry up and find Zhang Liao, Zhang Wenyuan to see Ben Hou."

The guards, who had accepted Han Zhan's order, hurriedly left the Prefecture Governor's Mansion and rushed to the east of the city to find Zhang Liao. When he saw Zhang Liao at the east gate, Zhang Liao was standing with Wei Xu talking near the city gate cave. The guards hurriedly urged the horse forward, saluted Zhang Liao and said, "Captain Zhang, the lord is invited!" ”

"Understood, I'll go right away." After Zhang Liao finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Wei Xu and said to him: "You also go with a certain person to see the lord and report everything you see to the lord." ”

Not long after, Zhang Liao and Wei Xu appeared in front of Han Zhan. Han Zhan waited for the two of them to salute before asking, "Zhang Wenyuan, are you patrolling the city today?" ”..

"Back to the lord's words." Zhang Liao hurriedly replied respectfully: "It is the last general who patrols the city. ”

Han Zhan stared at him and asked angrily, "Then what happened today?" ”

"About an hour ago, when the last general was patrolling the city, he suddenly saw puffs of black smoke rising from the east of the city, as if some village was on fire. So he ordered his subordinate Wei Xu to lead a team of cavalry to check. Speaking of this, Zhang Liao turned to the side, pointed at Wei Xu and said, "Now Wei Xu has returned from the sentry and reported what he saw to the last general." The last general originally wanted to come to report the matter to the lord, but he didn't expect the lord to send someone to summon his subordinates first. ”

After listening to Zhang Liao's explanation, the anger on Han Zhan's face gradually dissipated, it seems that the slaughter of Majiazhuang in the east of the city was not that Zhang Liao did not notice, but that he delayed time in order to wait for Wei Xu's return. Han Zhan struggled to control his emotions, and tried his best to ask Wei Xu in a flat tone, "Wei Xu, tell me what you saw." ”

Half an hour later, Han Zhan took Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Dian Wei, Zhang Liao and three thousand iron horsemen to Majia Village. The fires in the village have been largely extinguished, smoke is still rising from the unburned beams, and the bodies of villagers who have died in different postures are everywhere on the dirt roads and beside the houses.

Seeing this scene, Han Zhan couldn't help but blood gushing up on his head, turned his head and said loudly: "Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, and Dian Wei stepped forward to listen to the order!" ”

The three people who were named by Han Zhan hurriedly urged their horses to step forward and salute with their hands crossed on horseback: "The last general!" ”

"Each of you will lead a thousand cavalry, and you will search in three directions: east, south, and north." Han Zhan gritted his teeth and said, "We must find these Yellow Turban thieves who are doing evil." "The reason why Han Zhan is so angry is entirely because the current Yedu is almost the hinterland of Jizhou, and he actually found a yellow turban thief in this kind of place, didn't he slap himself in the face? That's why he personally brought people to inspect them, and he was eager to eradicate these thieves immediately.

The three generals were ordered to go in different directions to search for the Yellow Turban thieves who had escaped after sacking the village. Han Zhan was left with only Zhang Liao, Wei Xu, and Luo Bu, as well as fifty cavalrymen.

Not long after the cavalry left, Rob suddenly said to Han Zhan in surprise: "Lord, listen, there seem to be living people in the village, and my subordinates hear the sound of someone moaning. ”

Han Zhan hurriedly listened, but heard nothing. He was about to count Rob a few words when a low moan was heard not far away. He hurriedly pointed with his hand in the direction where the voice came from, and said, "It seems that in that position, let's go over and have a look." ”

The people followed the sound and found that the sound was coming from a courtyard. In this courtyard surrounded by mud walls rammed with yellow mud, there was a female corpse lying on her stomach, her back was slashed with a knife, and the flesh was blurred, which was unbearable to see. There was a bloodstained woodcutter beside her, and it was unknown whether she had used it to defend herself or if she had been hacked to death by it.

Han Zhan's eyes were sharp, and he saw a blood stain beside her, extending into the half-burned room. He walked forward, but was stopped by Rob: "Lord, be careful! ”

"It's okay," Han Zhan thought that maybe the injured person was in the house, so he said to Rob, "Go in with Benhou and take a look." ”

The two walked outside the rubble-strewn hall and saw a man in ragged clothes sitting against the wall, his hands on his abdomen, and humming quietly. Han Zhan saw that there was a pair of scissors stuck in his abdomen, and his hand covered the surroundings of the scissors, so he couldn't stop the bleeding well, and the blood was still flowing out.

Just as Rob stepped forward to help, he was stopped by Han Zhan. But when Rob turned his head and looked at Han Zhan with a surprised gaze, Han Zhan said coldly, "This is a yellow turban thief. ”

"What, Yellow Turban Thief?" When Luo Bu heard Han Zhan say this, he couldn't help but be stunned: "Lord, how do you know that he is a yellow turban thief?" ”

"You're blind." Han Zhan raised his hand and slapped Rob on the back of the head: "You didn't see the yellow belt tied on his head." ”

Rob had just entered the door, his attention was focused on the man's wound, and he didn't even notice that he had a yellow scarf wrapped around his head. Besides, even if he saw it, Rob wouldn't care too much, because the yellow turban thieves he had seen were all wrapped in yellow turbans, and it was indeed rare to tie a yellow ribbon like this.

Han Zhan pulled out the sword at his waist, pointed at the other party, and asked coldly, "Who is your leader, and where are you going to meet after slaughtering the village?" ”

The man sneered, coughed and said, "Who are you...... Hmph, why should I tell you...... You dog officer......"

Before he could finish his words, Han Zhan suddenly heard someone roaring behind him, and then a figure rushed between him and Rob and rushed in front of the Yellow Turban Thief. After a moment of distraction, Han Zhan saw clearly that it was Li Zheng in the village who rushed over, and was about to ask a few questions, but saw Li Zheng holding a firewood knife and slashing at the Yellow Turban Thief with all his might, shouting and screaming while chopping back.

The guards standing in the courtyard saw that Li was rushing into the house with a firewood knife, and they were afraid that he would be unfavorable to Han Zhan, so they also rushed in with their blades. When they came in and saw what was happening in front of them, they were stunned. Fortunately, Rob was still awake, and he hurriedly ordered the two guards to step forward and hand over the firewood knife in Lizheng's hand, and cut his hands behind his back.

Han Zhan asked at Li Zheng, "Li Zheng, Ben Hou is asking him, why did you kill him." ”

"Lord Fujun, it's my daughter lying in the courtyard." Li Zheng howled loudly: "It was this yellow turban thief who killed her, I want to avenge her!" ”

Knowing that Li Zheng killed the Yellow Turban Thief to avenge his dead daughter, Han Zhan felt his nose sour for a while. He thought to himself: If he encounters this situation, he will definitely not be polite to this yellow turban thief. So he waved at the guards: "Let him go." The guards let go of Li Zheng and watched with sympathetic eyes as the old man came to the female corpse and knelt down, caressing the corpse and weeping bitterly.

Han Zhan looked at the corpse in the hall, and thought to himself: It must be this yellow turban thief who tried to do something wrong to the woman, and the woman didn't comply, so she stabbed him with scissors. The yellow turban thief was angry and slashed the woman to death. If it weren't for Li Zheng's impulse to kill this only living mouth, maybe he would have been able to ask for useful information from him, which would be a pity.

Han Zhan turned around and called the three guards and said to them: "You immediately go to find the three generals Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, and Dian Wei, and convey Benhou's password, once you catch up with those yellow turban thieves, kill them all, and leave no one behind." ”

"Yes!"

The three guards said yes, trotted out of the courtyard, mounted their horses outside the courtyard, and headed in three directions: east, south, and north.

"Lord!" Zhang Liao came to Han Zhan's face, frowned and said, "There is something unknown in the end. The yellow turban thieves in Jizhou have long been cleared, where did this group of yellow turban thieves come from? ”

Without waiting for Han Zhan to speak, Rob cautiously asked, "Lord, do your subordinates think that it may be Guan Hai's subordinates?" ”

"Guan Hai's subordinates?!" Regarding Rob's speculation, Han Zhan denied it without hesitation: "This is impossible. The tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops under Guan Hai have already been properly settled, how can they do such a massacre of villages? ”

"There were tens of thousands of Yellow Turban thieves who surrendered to us in Beihai." Seeing that Han Zhan didn't believe in his judgment, Luo Bu analyzed to him and said: "Even if Guan Hai submits to the lord, there must still be unruly people under his subordinates, who are unwilling to suffer in Tuntian Zhuangzi, so they take risks and do such crazy things. ”

Rob's analysis made Han Zhan hesitate a little, and at the moment he regretted a little, why didn't he bring Guo Jia with him when he came out this time, otherwise he could ask him to help him analyze and figure out what was going on. I have the heart to ask Rob to go back and please, it's getting late, and it's almost midnight when I come and go. Therefore, as soon as this idea came to him, he denied it.

Since Guo Jia couldn't help himself, Han Zhan could only use his own brains and began to analyze the matter: what Luo Bu said also made some sense, in the place near Yedu now, a group of yellow turban thieves suddenly appeared, unless they fell from the sky, otherwise it is very likely that they escaped from Tuntian Zhuangzi and reunited together. If this is the case, he will send someone to strengthen the supervision of the old department.