Without waiting for Han Zhan's class, the first snow in the winter of the second year of Chuping came unconsciously.

Han Zhan and Guo Jia stood at the door of the conference hall, looking at the goose-featherlike snowflakes falling from the gray sky, Guo Jia couldn't help but say with emotion: "It seems that Yuan Shao is really immortal, and it didn't snow until he withdrew from the army." If it was two days early, it was estimated that half of the soldiers would not be able to return to Yecheng. ”

Han Zhan knew very well that Yuan Shao's army was short of food, and the soldiers also lacked winter clothes, camping in the wilderness, and after a heavy snowfall, there would inevitably be a large number of non-combat attrition due to frostbite. If it snowed two days earlier, he would have been able to lead his troops to take the initiative to attack and defeat Yuan's army.

Zhao Yun, who came to report to Han Zhan in the conference hall, couldn't help but show a surprised expression on his face when he saw that Han Zhan and Guo Jia were actually having leisure and enjoying the snow. When Han Zhan saw Zhao Yun standing not far away, he asked with a smile, "Big brother came here in a hurry, is there anything important?" ”

Zhao Yun saw that there were only Han Zhan and Guo Jia at the door of the council hall, and the sentries standing guard were far away, so he said with a private title: "Second brother, it is snowing heavily, and many soldiers do not have winter clothes to protect against the cold. Now there are 500 leather jackets given by Mr. Hu, I don't know how to distribute them? ”

Five hundred leather jackets is a drop in the bucket for the almost 30,000-strong Guantao garrison. After hearing Zhao Yun's question, he thought for a moment, and then said, "These five hundred leather jackets are equipped for the soldiers on duty in the city, don't let them freeze to death." ”

After Han Zhan finished explaining the distribution plan of the leather jacket, Zhao Yun reported again: "There is a sentry soldier who has come to report that they have intercepted a carriage in the west of the city,......" Hearing Zhao Yun solemnly report that a carriage was stopped by a sentry outside the city, Han Zhan immediately pricked up his ears, wanting to hear clearly what was said behind, "There is a female dependent in the car, who claims to be the daughter of Cai Yong, the general of Zuo Zhonglang. ”

"Cai Yong's daughter?" When he heard this name, Han Zhan didn't react yet, but Guo Jia was a spirit, he grabbed Zhao Yun's arm and asked anxiously: "General Zilong, but Cai Yan and Cai Zhaoji, who are married to Hedong Wei Zhongdao?" ”

When he heard Guo Jia mention the name Cai Yan, Han Zhan suddenly woke up, it turned out that the person Guo Jia was talking about was the famous Cai Wenji in later generations! Alas, it's terrible to be uneducated, I always thought that Cai Wenji's father was called Cai Chao, but who knew that it was Cai Yong.

Zhao Yun shook his head at Guo Jia and said, "Back to Mr. Guo's words, I don't know." When our sentry stopped the car to check, a scribe with a sword stood in front of the car, and the sentry was not allowed to come forward. The sentry guessed that the other party might be someone with a big background, so he didn't dare to slack off, and while surrounding them, he sent someone to report to the general. ”

"This scribe has a lot of courage." The sentries sent out were all in groups of fifty, and how remarkable it was that a scribe could face so many soldiers and still have the courage to stand in front of the car and not allow them to approach. Han Zhan fell in love with talent because of this, and he hurriedly asked Zhao Yun: "Does the eldest brother know what the other party's name is?" ”

Zhao Yun frowned and thought for a while, then replied, "According to the sentry, it seems to be called Shan Fu!" As soon as his words fell, Han Zhan had already rushed past him like a gust of wind, leaving only a sentence behind him: "What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and follow me out of the city to greet you!" ”

Han Zhan rushed out of the Taishou Mansion, and saw that the sergeant outside the door was holding a horse, which was Zhao Yun's Jade Lion in the Night, so he hurriedly rushed over and turned over on his horse, and quickly whipped towards the west of the city. When Zhao Yun and Guo Jia rushed to the outside of the mansion, they only saw Han Zhan's shadow, and he couldn't help but wonder: "What's wrong with my second brother, when he heard Cai Zhaoji's name, he didn't react at all, why did he become so out of shape when he heard the name of this Shan Fu?" ”

Han Zhan left the city from the west of the city alone and hurried towards the place where the sentry had stopped the carriage. After a while, he saw a group of sentry agents on horseback in front of him, surrounding a magnificent-looking carriage, and the coachman was shivering incessantly, not knowing whether he was frightened or cold. Beside the carriage was a thinly dressed scribe, riding on a black horse with a sword in hand, staring warily in all directions.

Hearing the sound of hurried horses' hooves behind him, several sentry detectives immediately turned their heads to look in the direction where the sound came from, and when they saw clearly that the person who came was Han Zhan, everyone threw their hands on the horseback and said, "Participate in the pavilion!" ”

"Excuse me!" Han Zhan waved his hand at everyone, then slowed down his horse, passed through the crowd, came to the front of the scribe, and said politely: "Dare to ask this righteous man, but Mr. Shan Fu?" ”

"It's down there," the scribe frowned and looked at Han Zhan carefully, and asked coldly, "Who is Your Excellency?" ”

"Below is the new Jizhou pastor, Zhangshui Pavilion Marquis Han Zhan." After Han Zhan showed the scribe something, he looked around and ordered loudly: "Put away all your weapons!" ”

With Han Zhan's order, the sentries surrounding him put away their blades one after another. And the scribe saw that the soldiers were obedient to Han Zhan's words, and knew that what the young man in front of him said was credible, so he inserted his sword back into the scabbard, turned over and dismounted, and bowed to Han Zhan: "Yingchuan Danfu, I've seen the Pavilion Marquis!" ”

After confirming that the person in front of him was Shan Fu, Han Zhan also hurriedly turned over and dismounted, stepped forward to support the other party, and said politely: "Mr. Shan Fu, my subordinates have just offended a lot, and I ask you to atone for your sins." ”

"It's okay, it's okay." Seeing Han Zhan behaving so politely, Shan Fu also said generously: "It's just a misunderstanding." ”

Han Zhan and Shan Fu were talking, and Zhao Yun and Guo Jia also arrived on horseback. After Guo Jia dismounted, he came to the carriage and asked respectfully, "Is it Miss Cai in the car?" ”

"The slave family is surnamed Cai," a nice voice came from the carriage: "I don't know what to call the son?" ”

"In Xiayingchuan Guo Jia, the word is filial piety." After hearing the other party's self-declared identity, Guo Jia hurriedly said respectfully: "I once went to visit because I envied Lingzun's name, but unfortunately Mr. had already entered the capital as an official at that time, and Jia had no chance to be taught in person. ”

The curtain of the carriage was lifted, revealing a beautiful face, she smiled sweetly at Guo Jia, and said: "It turns out that Your Excellency is Guo Fengxiao, and the slave family once heard your father mention your name, but unfortunately I have never had the opportunity to see it." ”

When Guo Jia heard Cai Yan say this, an expression of surprise suddenly appeared on his face: "Mr. Cai also knows the name of Zaixia, and Zai Xia is really flattered." ”

Seeing that the two of them were not finished chatting as soon as they started, Han Zhan said to Guo Jia with some impatience: "Fengxiao, it's freezing in the wild, don't freeze Miss Cai, let's go back to the city and talk again." ”

"Yes, yes," Hearing Han Zhan say this, Guo Jia came back to his senses and said to Cai Yan: "Miss Cai, this is not the place to speak, let's go into the city and talk about it." ”

After a few moments, the carriage restarted, and accompanied by a dozen sentinels, slowly headed for the city. Han Zhan saw Shan Fu who was about to get on the horse, his body trembled slightly, as if he felt very cold, and hurriedly asked, "Mr. Shan Fu, why are you so thinly dressed?" ”

Shan Fu smiled at Han Zhan and said with some embarrassment: "When I saw these sentry agents just now, I thought I had encountered a robber, and then urged the carriage to speed up and rush over, and I broke my sword with my own sword. In order to facilitate the fight, he took off the clothes he was wearing and threw them away. Tinghou can go back to the city first, and after Shan Fu goes to find his clothes, he will go to the city to meet Tinghou. ”

Hearing that Shan Fu's clothes were thrown away while fleeing for his life, Han Zhan would definitely not let go of this opportunity to curry favor, he hurriedly took off the mink cloak on his body, put it on his body for Shan Fu, and said with a smile: "Mr. Shan Fu, your clothes can't be found for a while, so put on Ben Hou's cloak first." ”

Shan Fu, whose body was about to be frozen, was suddenly put on a mink cloak, and suddenly felt warm all over his body. He hurriedly bowed to Han Zhan: "Thank you Tinghou for the clothes!" ”

"Mr. Shan Fu," Han Zhan behaved very politely to Xu Shu, who was alias Shan Fu: "It's cold outside, let's go back to the city as soon as possible." ”

As the two walked side by side, Han Zhan looked at Shan Fu and asked curiously, "Mr. Shan Fu, Ben Hou is very curious, why did you go with Miss Cai?" ”

Shan Fu smiled slightly and replied: "If you go back to Tinghou, you are traveling in Hedong, and when you meet Miss Cai who wants to go back to Chen Liu's mother's house, I will escort her south. ”

Han Zhan had the intention of leaving Shan Fu behind, so he asked tentatively: "After Mr. Shan Fu sends Miss Cai to Chen Liu, I don't know what his plans are?" ”

"Dong Zhuo made a mess, causing swords and soldiers to rise all over the world." Shan Fu frowned and said, "I plan to continue to go south to avoid chaos after meeting my friends in Chenliu." ”

"I don't know who Mr. Shan Fu's friend is, and who is his name, may he see it?" After Han Zhan asked this sentence, he saw that Shan Fu's face became a little cloudy, and hurriedly added: "If Mr. finds it inconvenient to say it, there is no need to say it." ”

It stands to reason that like Han Zhan, who met for the first time, Shan Fu would not have a heart-to-heart relationship with him at all, but because the other party had just shown the posture of Corporal Lixian and the act of giving clothes, Shan Fu still told him the truth: "I plan to go south with my friend Shi Tao in the same county to avoid chaos and study, Liu Biao's Jingzhou has no war, but it is a good place for a long stay." ”

"Shi Tao?!" After Han Zhan repeated the name, he immediately remembered that this person was also one of Zhuge Liang's friends, although in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there were not many descriptions of him, but since he could become a friend of Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang, it proved that he still had some ability. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but have a heart to solicit: "Mr. Shan Fu, I wonder if you can stay in Jizhou with your friend Shi Guangyuan to help Benhou pacify the troubled times?" ”

As soon as Han Zhan's words fell, Shan Fu's eyes widened and asked, "Tinghou, how did you know Shi Tao's character Guangyuan?" ”

Han Zhan didn't expect that he accidentally leaked his mouth again, and after hesitating for a while, he decided to take a risk and expose Shan Fu's identity to see if he could keep the other party. He smiled at Shan Fu and said, "Actually, Ben Hou not only knows Shi Tao's character Guangyuan, but also knows a little about Mr. Shan Fu's origin. ”

Hearing Han Zhan say this, Shan Fu showed a vigilant look on his face: "Has Tinghou heard of Zai Xia before?" ”

"I once heard others mention a chivalrous man surnamed Xu Mingshu and Zi Yuanzhi. In order to avenge a friend, he killed a bully, and after being caught by the government, he was tied to a pillar to show the public, and the local people came to recognize him. Although everyone recognized who he was, because he was a righteous person, no one betrayed him to the government. Later, he was rescued by his friends, and in order to avoid trouble, he changed his name and surname to go to school. After Han Zhan briefly finished saying what he knew, he asked Shan Fu with a smile: "I wonder if Mr. Shan Fu knows this person?" ”

"That's right, it's Xu Shu down there." Seeing that Han Zhan had discovered his identity, Xu Shu did not hide it anymore, but said with a big grin: "Since the Pavilion Marquis knows his identity, whether he kills or kills, listen to it." ”

Seeing Xu Shu behaving so righteously, Han Zhan just smiled and waved his hand, and said: "Mr. Xu misunderstood, Ben Hou mentioned this matter, not to ask Mr. Xingshi for the crime, on the contrary, he also admired Mr. for his behavior of sticking a knife in his friend's ribs. At the same time, Ben Hou also sincerely hopes that Mr. Xu and your friends can stay in Jizhou to help me. ”

Hearing Han Zhan say this, Xu Shu's heart felt a lot more steady, but he didn't immediately agree to Han Zhan's request, but said euphemistically: "Please forgive the Pavilion Marquis, Shu can't agree to your request for the time being." Shu once promised the Wei family that Miss Cai would be sent to Chenliu safely. After arriving in Chenliu and meeting his friend Guangyuan, he discussed the matter with him to see if he was willing to stay and serve Tinghou. ”

Xu Shu didn't immediately agree to play for himself, which somewhat disappointed Han Zhan. But fortunately, Xu Shu did not completely reject himself, and there was still room for things to turn around, so he arched his hand towards Xu Shu: "Since this is the case, Ben Hou is not strong, everything is respectful." ”

Seeing that Han Zhan was rejected by himself, he did not get angry, on the contrary, he was still polite, Xu Shu felt that when he arrived in Chenliu and saw Shi Tao, he could discuss it with the other party to see if he could stay in Jizhou as an official temporarily.

Back at the Taishou Mansion, the servants had already prepared a charcoal basin and a banquet in the living room, and Han Zhan hurriedly beckoned Xu Shu and Cai Yan to sit down. In order not to reveal Xu Shu's true identity, in front of everyone, he still called the other party Mr. Shan Fu.

Guo Jia had just ridden a horse and Cai Yan's carriage side by side, and the two talked a lot, and they were like a pair of old friends at the moment. Guo Jia asked Cai Yan with a smile: "Miss Cai, I don't know if you can stay in Guantao for a while, so that Jia can ask you about the problem of singing." ”

Cai Yan smiled faintly, "Since Brother Guo is so interested, then the little sister is better to obey her fate and stay here for a few more days." However," said this, her eyebrows fell on Xu Shu, who was sitting at the bottom of Han Zhan, "I wonder if Mr. Shan Fu would mind staying here for a while longer?" ”

Xu Shu is also an empathetic person, and when he heard Cai Yan say this, he immediately guessed the other party's true thoughts, and hurriedly got up and replied, "Miss Cai, I promised the Wei family that I would escort you back to Chenliu safely." But there is no time limit for Shan Fu, as long as the young lady is willing, it doesn't matter how long we stay in Guantao. ”