The truth of Gao Ran's assassination, so far, has finally come out. It stands to reason that in this case, Han Zhan should be able to return to Jizhou with peace of mind. But he suddenly remembered an important thing at this moment, Guo Jia sent Jiang Jackal and others to Yecheng to rescue Fu Zhu, but there has been no follow-up so far, should he wait for news here?

Considering that Chen Zhen was good at internal affairs and not good at strategy, he summoned Xu Shu to the study and discussed the matter with him. When there were only the two of them in the study, Han Zhan asked straight to the point: "Yuan Zhi, when Yuan Shao led his troops to attack Guantao, the prison army was frustrated and stopped him, and he was imprisoned in the prison of Yecheng. It stands to reason that Yuan Shao lost the battle, and when he returned to Yecheng, he should release Fu Zhu. Who knew that more than a month later, Fu Zhu was still in prison. ”

After listening to this, Xu Shu thought about it for a while, and then told Han Zhan his analysis: "Tinghou doesn't know anything, Yuan Benchu is wide on the outside and jealous on the inside, and he doesn't think about loyalty. If you are victorious and rejoice, you may be able to forgive frustration; If you lose the battle today, you will be ashamed, and you will be frustrated and afraid that your life will not be saved. ”

Hearing that Fu Zhi was in danger of being killed by Yuan Shao at any time, Han Zhan couldn't help but feel anxious, and hurriedly asked Xu Shu: "Does Mr. Yuan Zhi have a good plan to save Fu Gonghe's life?" ”

Regarding Han Zhan's question, Xu Shu shook his head and said, "Tinghou, it's too late, it's too late." If Yuan Shao's army was defeated, he sent someone to infiltrate Yecheng, bribe the jailer, and get close to Fu Gonghe, then there was still hope of rescuing him. Now if you send people again, before they get to Yecheng, maybe they have been killed by Yuan Shao. ”

Han Zhan can keep the matter of sending people to infiltrate Yecheng secrets from Chen Zhen, Gao Ran and others, but for Xu Shu, a strategist, Han Zhan feels that it is best to tell the truth: "Fengxiao once sent a group of people to infiltrate Yecheng when Yuan Shao's army was defeated. Later, I also asked Fu Gonghe's son Fu Hu to repair a letter to persuade Fu Gong and his son to submit to me. ”

Han Zhan's words surprised Xu Shu, he didn't expect Han Zhan to take precautions and send someone to sneak into Yecheng a long time ago, so that he would have a good chance of rescuing Fu Zhi. After a pause, he then asked, "Tinghou, I wonder if you have ever seen the letter written by his son, and what is his reaction after reading it?" ”

"After reading the letter, he refused to leave Yecheng with my subordinates." Han Zhan said with regret on his face: "If Fu Zhu doesn't leave Yecheng for a day, then even if Fu Hu has a meridian and a weft, Ben Hou won't dare to use it." ”

When Xu Shu heard Han Zhan say this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then asked curiously, "Tinghou, why is this?" ”

"If I used the frustration hu, Yuan Shao would attribute the reason for his defeat in Guantao to the frustration of Gonghe, thinking that it was he who reported to our army that led to the fiasco of Yuan's army." Han Zhan smiled bitterly and said, "In this way, I'm afraid that the frustrated prince will die faster." ”

Xu Shu had already adapted to his new identity, so he gave advice to Han Zhan: "Tinghou, since we already have someone in Yecheng, things will be much easier." You can immediately send someone to summon Ye Cheng, and let them forcibly take Fu Zhu away, if Yuan Shao is allowed to act first and kill him, then it will be too late to regret it. ”

Han Zhan understood that the matter of rescuing Fu Zhi at this moment was already imminent, so he said decisively: "What Yuan Zhi said is extremely true, I will immediately send someone to Yecheng to inform the people hiding there, and find a way to take Fu Gong and him away." ”

After he wrote a secret letter to Jiang Jackal who stayed in Yecheng, he sent people to Yecheng day and night, asking them to find a way to rescue Fu Cheng as soon as possible. After doing all this, Han Zhan looked at Xu Shu and asked, "Yuan Zhi, I don't know when you plan to restore your real name, I can't always call you Mr. Shan Fu in front of others, right?" ”

Xu Shu smiled bitterly and said, "Tinghou, Xu has killed someone, if you use your real name to serve you, I'm afraid it will damage Tinghou's reputation." In the name of Shan Fu, Xu should continue to use it. ”

Seeing that Xu Shu was now stubborn, Han Zhan couldn't force it, so he could only nod his head and say: "Since Yuan Zhi is so insistent, Ben Hou will respect your choice and still call you Shan Fu in front of people." ”

…………

Yecheng.

Yuan Shao has been seriously ill since the defeat of the Guantao army when he returned to Yecheng.

When the day had improved a little, he went to inspect the barracks. Passing by one of the barracks, he heard a cry inside and ordered his attendants to stop, and he stood outside the window and listened quietly.

I heard one person asking, "Have you ever found out the whereabouts of your brother?" ”

Another replied, "I have sent someone to Dunqiu to inquire about it, and among the soldiers who have fled back is not my brother, and it seems that he is more than lucky." He paused for a moment and then asked, "Is your brother's injury improving?" ”

The first to speak began to weep: "Three days ago, he died of his wounds. If the lord could listen to the words of the frustrated army, how could our army be defeated in Guantao, and the 100,000 army returned to Yecheng with only more than 30,000 people. The rest were either killed in battle or scattered along the way. ”

Hearing the soldiers in the room, Yuan Shao couldn't help but feel extremely remorseful: "Loyalty is against the ear, if I had listened to the words of the frustrated prince, I would not have suffered today's fiasco." Thinking of this, he immediately greeted his entourage and left the barracks.

When he returned to the mansion, he immediately ordered someone to summon Feng Ji and said that there was a discussion.

Feng Ji didn't know what was important to Yuan Shao, so he hurriedly followed the envoy to the mansion. Seeing Yuan Shao sitting in the middle of the main hall, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "I've seen the lord." I don't know what the Lord is in a hurry to summon his subordinates here, what's the matter? ”

"Yuan Tu," Yuan Shao sighed, and said to Feng Ji: "When I sent the army to Tao, I tried my best to dissuade it, but if I insisted on going my own way and couldn't listen to the advice, I would suffer a fiasco." Now I plan to release him from prison and reinstate him as an official, I don't know what Yuan Tu has to say? ”

"Don't, don't, don't." Hearing that Yuan Shao was going to release Feng Ji, Feng Ji hurriedly dissuaded him and said: "When I heard that the lord's army was defeated in prison, I stroked my palms and laughed and said: I didn't expect it!" ”

Feng Ji has always won Yuan Shao's trust, and in many things, Yuan Shao obeyed him. Hearing him say this at this moment, he was suddenly furious: "How dare you laugh at me!" I'm going to kill them! As he spoke, he shouted outside, "Someone! ”

With Yuan Shao's shout, a small official immediately walked in from outside, standing in the hall with his hands down, waiting for Yuan Shao's orders. Yuan Shao turned around and took his sword from the sword rack next to him, handed it to the little official, and instructed him: "You immediately take this sword of mine and go to the prison to get the head of the conferred to see him, there must be no mistake!" ”

When the little official heard Yuan Shao's order, he couldn't help but be shocked, but he didn't dare to disobey the order, so he could only honestly agree: "The subordinates obey the order!" Then he bent down and exited the hall, and went to the prison with his sword to kill him.

Coincidentally, Jiang Jackal took two of his subordinates, bribed the jailer, slipped into the prison, met Fu Zhu again, and tried his best to persuade him to leave Yecheng and go to Jizhou. But he was completely indifferent to Jiang Jackal's persuasion, and he sat on the mat with his eyes closed, like an old monk.

Just as Jiang Jackal and the others were talking dryly, ready to leave temporarily and come back to persuade them another day, the jailer who had been bribed by them ran in in a panic and shouted at Fu Zhu: "Mr. Fu, disaster is coming, big disaster is coming!" ”

Hearing the jailer's shout, Fu Zhi opened his eyes, looked at the other party and asked unhurriedly, "Did the lord send someone to kill me?" ”

After hearing the words of Fu Zhi, the jailer's eyes widened in surprise, and it took a long time before he said, "Mr. Fu is really like a god, and he actually knows that the lord is going to send someone to kill you." ”

"What's the use of being like a god?!" Frustrated with a wry smile and said, "It seems that it is impossible to escape death." ”

"Mr. Fu," Jiang Jackal, who was standing on the side, learned that Yuan Shao had sent someone to kill Fu Zhu, and refused to give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he hurriedly persuaded him: "You are loyal to Yuan Benchu, but he wants to take your life, is such a lord still worthy of your service for him?" ”

After hearing this, he sighed: "Alas, this is all a given." A few strong men, thank you for your kindness, and I will remember it. The messenger who killed me is coming, so you better leave quickly. ”

The frustrated words reminded the jailer, and he hurriedly said to Jiang Jackal: "I said a few masters, you better leave quickly, if the messenger of the lord comes in to see you, then I will not be able to get out of it." ”

But before Jiang Jackal and the others left, the little official holding Yuan Shao's sword had already strode into the prison. He came to the prison cell and ordered the jailer to open the cell door and come to the door: "The prisoner, the little one is on the orders of the lord, please use this sword to kill yourself." ”

Frustrated with the other party stretched out his hand, and said with a wry smile: "It seems that the grant is in a catastrophe, the messenger handed over the lord's sword to the grant, and after the grant is broken, you can also go back to the lord as soon as possible." ”

Unexpectedly, when the little official heard Fu Zhu say this, he actually knelt down in front of Fu Zhu with a puff, and said in a crying voice: "Mr. Fu, although the little one came by order, Mr. has a life-saving grace for the little one." After the gentleman breaks himself, the little one should also kill himself......"

Frustrated that the little official would say this, he couldn't help but look him up and down, and said in surprise: "Seeing that the foot is very good, I don't know when I saved your life?" ”

"Sir, what a noble man forgets." Seeing that he couldn't remember who he was, the little official hurriedly explained to him: "In the past, the villain was an errand boy in the Jizhou Prefecture Governor's Mansion. Guo Zhenghe, a citizen in the city, committed adultery with his sister and killed her husband Cheng He, and the little Feng Liang was imprisoned as a witness. Guo Zheng and his sister both endured severe torture and concealed and denied it in every possible way. The little one couldn't stand the pain of the torture, pleaded guilty to the crime of false accusation, and was sentenced to the crime of sitting against the punishment according to the false accusation.

Mr. Quanyi found out the suspicion, retried the case, and investigated the case in detail through the investigation of the criminal's words and feelings, and after inspection and verification, the real criminal pleaded guilty to the law, so that the little one escaped the scourge of killing. ”

After listening to the little official Feng Liang, he pondered for a moment, then nodded and said: "Well, there is indeed such a thing, at that time, he found that there were many doubts in this case, so he personally retried the case, and finally returned your innocence." ”

"Mr. Fu," Jiang Jackal, who was hiding on the side, listened to the conversation between the two and came over and said, "This little official is a person with affection and righteousness, do you want him to bury you with you?" ”

Feng Liang saw the ginger jackal that suddenly appeared, and couldn't help but ask vigilantly: "Who are you and why are you in this prison?" ”

Jiang Jackal ignored him, but continued to say to Fu Zhu: "Mr. Fu, you can't stay in Yecheng for a long time, you should go to Jizhou with us, your wife and children are still waiting for you there." ”

"You, you are a spy in Jizhou?!" Feng Liang quickly guessed his identity from Jiang Jackal's words, he pointed at Jiang Jackal with his finger and said loudly: "You actually dare to sneak into the prison, aren't you afraid of death?" ”

"Of course I'm afraid of death," Jiang Jackal said to Feng Liang, "But I was ordered to come here to rescue Mr. Fu, if I can't bring Mr. back to Jizhou, then I can only die in this prison." ”

After saying this, Jiang Jackal said to Fu Zhi again: "Mr. Fu, if you make a decision here today, several people will die for you. And if you are willing to go to Jizhou with us, in addition to the fact that everyone does not have to die, you can also have a chance to make a big difference. ”

Feng Liang actually didn't want to die, but he thought that he had a life-saving grace for him, so he could only bite the bullet and say what he just said. At this moment, he heard that there was a way to get the best of both worlds, and he hurriedly helped persuade Fu Zhu: "Mr. Fu, what this brother said is extremely true, it is better to die than to live, and it is better to save your life than anything else." You should follow this brother and leave Yecheng for Jizhou. ”

The jailer, who had never spoken, was afraid that a bunch of people would die in his prison, and it would be difficult for him to explain to the above, so he hurriedly said to Fu Zhu: "Mr. Fu, we all know that you have been wronged. If you die in prison like this, won't it be cheaper for those villains who framed you? I think you should follow this brother to Jizhou, if you want, the little one is willing to follow you. ”

Feng Liang saw that what the jailer said made some sense, and hurriedly struck while the iron was hot and said, "Mr. Fu, the little family members are still in Jizhou, and they are willing to follow you to Jizhou!" ”

"That's it, just wait for Yi'er, let's go to Jizhou." Under the persuasion of everyone, Fu Zhu finally made the final choice. But he was also worried about another thing: "But how can we leave Yecheng and go to Jizhou?" ”

Jiang Jackal's mood became relaxed when he heard that Fu Zhu agreed to go to Jizhou, and he hurriedly stepped forward and said to Fu Zhu: "Don't worry, Mr. Fu, we have already prepared the carriage, which is in the alley not far from the prison. As soon as Mr. leaves the prison, he can leave Yecheng by car. ”

"What about us?" Feng Liang saw that Jiang Jackal seemed to have forgotten about himself, and hurriedly reminded: "You can't leave us alone." ”

"Don't worry," Jiang Ying smiled at Feng Liang and said, "Fortunately, we have extra horses, so we can take the two of you away together." ”

After two incense sticks, Fu Zhu left the prison with the support of Jiang Jackal and Feng Liang and sat in the carriage parked at the door. As soon as the frustration was done, the coachman in front of him waved his whip and drove the carriage towards the north gate of the city. And Jiang Jackal, Feng Liang and the others rode horses and followed closely behind the carriage.