On the fifth day after Xiahoulan left Yecheng, she returned to Yecheng with the Yuan brothers.

Seeing the arrival of the Yuan brothers, Han Zhan was really overjoyed. However, he knew that he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, so he didn't rush to ask Yuan Xi to write a divorce letter, but arranged the two in the backyard and entertained them with delicious food and drink.

As soon as the Yuan brothers came to Yecheng, they understood in their hearts that their father was defeated by Han Zhan, and now he has become a lost dog, and no one knows where to run. Seeing Han Zhan entertaining himself so politely, the two of them felt very unsteady in their hearts.

Yuan Tan found an opportunity when no one was there, and asked Yuan Xi: "Second brother, you said that Han Tinghou brought us from Jizhou to Yecheng, so what's the matter?" ”

Don't look at the Yuan family brothers who have always been at odds before, but the two were locked up in a prison in Jizhou by Han Zhan, and after a long time, the relationship between the brothers became harmonious. Yuan Xi heard Yuan Tan asking himself at this moment, shook his head, spread his hands and said, "Big brother, little brother has been with you all day long. You don't know, how can I know? ”

Yuan Tan looked up at the roof, and said confusedly: "Kill and don't kill, let go and don't let go, just put my brothers under house arrest in the backyard of the state pastor's mansion, what is Han Tinghou going to do?" ”

Just when the two brothers were guessing about Han Zhan's thoughts, Han Zhan was in the conference hall, discussing with Zhao Yun, Guo Jia and others to let Yuan Xi write a letter of divorce, and then go to Zhen's mansion to ask for marriage.

Guo Jia said with a smile: "As long as the lord slashes the Yuan family brothers, whether there is a divorce letter or not, and goes to the Zhen family to ask for marriage, it is the same." ”

When Zhao Yun heard Guo Jia persuade Han Zhan to kill the Yuan brothers, he couldn't help but look at Han Zhan nervously, and secretly guessed in his heart whether his righteous brother would follow Mr. Guo's persuasion and kill the Yuan brothers with a knife.

But fortunately, what he feared did not happen. After listening to Guo Jia's words, Han Zhan just shook his head and said, "Yuan Benchu is already a toothless tiger now, and he can't pose any threat to us. Even if Ben Hou returned his two sons to him, he wouldn't be able to make any waves, so why should he dirty our hands for these two people? ”

"The Lord is benevolent!" As soon as Han Zhan's words were finished, Zhao Yun hurriedly got up and flattered: "If you are willing to let go of the Yuan family brothers, presumably Yuan Benchu will definitely be grateful to you." ”

"General Zilong." Hearing Zhao Yun call himself the lord, Han Zhan also knew how to call the other party the eldest brother, but asked in an official tone: "When do you think you can let Yuan Xi write a divorce letter?" ”

Without waiting for Zhao Yun to answer, Chen Zhi suddenly hurriedly walked in from outside and reported to Han Zhanyu: "Lord Qiqi, General Dian Wei has returned from patrol, and he has brought a messenger from Chen Liu. ”

"A messenger from Chenliu?" When Han Zhan heard the name of this place, a sense of foreboding suddenly surged in his heart, and he hurriedly instructed Chen Dao: "Quickly invite General Dian Wei and Chen Liu's envoy to come here to speak." ”

After Chen Zhi turned around and left, Han Zhan glanced at Guo Jia and Zhao Yun on the left and right, frowned and said, "Zilong, Feng Xiao, tell me why Zhang Miao suddenly sent someone here, what happened to Zhao Ji?" ”

"The lord is too worried." Guo Jia listened to Han Zhan's worries, and said with a smile: "Maybe Zhang Miao heard that the lord took Yecheng, and he was afraid that your next target would be him, so he specially sent someone to show his goodwill." ”

When Han Zhan heard Guo Jia say this, he nodded, and said with some insincerity: "I hope so." ”

Not long after, Chen Zhi took Dian Wei and Chang Lin to the conference hall.

Dian Wei stepped forward to salute Han Zhan first, and said, "The last general will see the lord!" ”

"General Dian Wei is exempt!" Han Zhan glanced at Chang Lin behind Dian Wei and found that it was a fresh face, so he asked with a smile: "This is a messenger from Chen Liu, I don't know what to call it?" ”

"In Xia Chen, stay in the main book, Chang Lin." Chang Lin heard Han Zhan ask himself, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "See Tinghou!" ”

"Chang Master Book is exempt!" Han Zhan waved his hand at Chang Lin and asked in a polite and distant tone, "I don't know if Taishou Zhang sent His Excellency here, what do you think?" ”

"It turned out to be Mr. Bohuai." Guo Jia heard Chang Lin report his name, and hurriedly got up to salute the other party, and said politely: "Yingchuan Guo Jia, I have seen Mr." ”

"It turned out to be Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao," Chang Lin learned that the advisor sitting next to Han Zhan was actually Guo Jia, who was quite famous in Yingchuan, and couldn't help but be in awe: "Chang Mou once heard that Fengxiao is a talented strategist, a strange man in the world, when I see it today, it is really extraordinary." ”

Han Zhan patiently waited for the two to finish praising each other, and then asked again: "Master Chang, I don't know what happened when you came to Yecheng today?" ”

"Back to Tinghou's words," Chang Lin stepped forward, saluted Han Zhan again, and said respectfully: "I came here to Yecheng, on behalf of Zhang Taishou, to ask Tinghou for guilt." ”

"Please, please, please?" After Han Zhan finished saying this with a smile, he immediately realized that something might have happened that he was worried about, so he suddenly stood up from his seat, walked quickly to Chang Lin's face, and asked nervously, "Isn't something happened to Miss Cai?" ”

Chang Lin guessed his intention when he saw Han Zhan, and thought that Guo Jia had analyzed it for him. But after a quick glance at Guo Jia, he found that the other party also looked shocked, only to know that it was Han Zhan who guessed it himself. He nodded hurriedly and replied, "Miss Cai was robbed two days ago, although Zhang Taishou sent someone to search, but the thief is too cunning, and there is still no trace at this moment." ”

"Master Chang," Han Zhan couldn't help but blood gushing on his head after learning that Cai Yan had an accident, he grabbed Chang Lin's shirt and said with great emotion: "Hurry up and tell Ben Hou, what's going on?" ”

Chang Lin carefully pulled his shirt out of Han Zhan's hand, and then replied cautiously: "A few days ago, an old friend of Zhang Taishou came to visit, saying that he was going to pay homage to Cai Shizhong, but the guards at the gate of the cemetery made it difficult in every way, hoping that Zhang Taishou could remove the guards so that more people could go to worship Cai Shizhong. Zhang Taishou was bewitched by this person for a while, so he ordered someone to remove the guards at the entrance of the cemetery. We guessed that it must have been done by Mrs. Zhang's old friend, so we sent people to search outside the city, but there was no news at all. ”

As the saying goes: the authorities are obsessed with bystanders. Just when Han Zhan seemed uneasy because of Cai Yan's disappearance, Guo Jia, who was still calm, asked the most critical question: "Chang Bohuai, dare to ask Zhang Taishou's old friend, who is it?" Why did he kidnap Miss Cai? ”

"This person's surname is the name of the era of the character Yuantu," Chang Lin replied with a wry smile, "It is the chief strategist under Yuan Benchu." ”

"It turned out to be him." When Guo Jia heard that Zhang Miao's old friend was Feng Ji, he didn't continue to ask, his heart was as clear as a mirror that it was no one else who robbed Cai Yan, it must be Feng Ji.

Zhao Yun saw Han Zhan's anxious appearance, and hurriedly helped him ask Chang Lin: "Master Chang, I don't know which directions you sent people to search?" ”

"Feng Ji came from the east with two teenagers, saying that he was going north to Bohai County." Chang Lin heard Zhao Yun's questioning, although he didn't know who he was, but seeing him and Guo Jia sitting next to Han Zhan left and right, he knew that he must be Han Zhan's important person, and quickly replied: "Therefore, after learning that Miss Cai was missing, I immediately discussed with Taishou and sent two groups of men to the east and north respectively to search for Miss Cai's whereabouts. Who knew that Feng Ji was cunning and cunning, and actually took a different path, which made the pursuers we sent out fall into vain. ”

When Guo Jia heard this, he couldn't help but sigh and said, "If it was really Feng Ji who robbed Miss Cai, he would definitely not go east or north." Instead, they first traveled westward, walked one or two hundred miles, and then traveled north across the Yellow River and north to the Bohai Sea. ”

Han Zhan heard that Feng Ji was about to go north to the Bohai Sea, so he hurriedly shouted at Dian Wei: "Dian Wei, immediately order 3,000 men and horses to set up a card to intercept the official road leading to the Bohai Sea." If you see Feng Ji, I will immediately arrest him and bring him to me. As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately denied it, "No, you don't need to bring me to me, you can chop him into meat puree on the spot." ”

After learning that Cai Yan was missing, Guo Jia was much calmer than Han Zhan, and as soon as Han Zhan finished speaking, he continued to ask: "Bohuai, I want to ask, how many people are around Feng Ji?" ”

"24 people." As soon as Guo Jia's words fell, Chang Lin replied without hesitation: "Among them, there is one Feng Ji, two teenagers, one Feng Ji's personal soldier, and twenty Zhuang Ding. ”

When Dian Wei heard that there were only such a few people, he snorted coldly and said to Han Zhan: "Lord, kill chickens with a knife, there are only more than 20 people, there is no need to set up a card to intercept them, and a certain person can take care of them all." ”

"No, the level must be set." Zhao Yun said to Dian Wei: "There are only more than 20 people in Feng Ji's party, if they are day and night, where will General Dian go to find them?" ”

When Dian Wei heard Zhao Yun say this, he felt that it was such a reason, so he nodded and said to Han Zhan: "Since this is the case, then I will immediately return to the barracks, pick up people and horses to the intersection to set up a card, and absolutely not let the Fengji dog thief escape." ”

"Dian Wei, wait a minute." Just as Dian Wei turned around and wanted to leave, Han Zhan stopped him from behind.

Hearing Han Zhan calling himself, Dian Wei quickly stopped and turned his head to look at Han Zhan, wanting to hear what he would say.

Han Zhan turned his head and said to Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, immediately post a list in the city and offer a reward for the capture of Feng Ji and others." Anyone who can provide the whereabouts of Fengji will be rewarded with 100 gold; Those who can capture the donors will be rewarded with thousands of gold; Even if you take Feng Ji's corpse to see Ben Hou, you will be rewarded with 500 gold. ”

Although Guo Jia felt that Han Zhan's reward was too high, he thought of the relationship between the other party and Cai Yan, and felt that it was taken for granted. He nodded and replied, "My subordinates will draft a proclamation and order someone to go to the city to post it." ”

When Chang Lin heard the reward given by Han Zhan, he smiled bitterly and thought, "Feng Ji, Feng Ji, it's not good for you to offend anyone, but you want to offend this Han Tinghou." As soon as his example comes out, it looks like you're in trouble. ”

The brothers of the Yuan family, who were under house arrest in the backyard, saw the soldiers guarding the door muttering something quietly when it got dark. Yuan Xi was curious for a moment, so he walked over. When the soldier saw Yuan Xi coming over, he shut up.

Yuan Xi asked the two soldiers with a smile: "Two brothers, I don't know what you were talking about just now?" ”

A tall soldier rolled his eyes at Yuan Xi and said angrily, "What are we talking about, what is your business?" If you get bored, you can go back to your room and sleep. ”

"Don't be rude to Yuan Ergongzi." Another small soldier stopped his companion and said generously to Yuan Xi: "Today, Chen left a messenger and said that Miss Cai was kidnapped by Feng Ji, which made Tinghou furious, and he also posted a list and offered a reward for the capture of Feng Ji and others. ”

When the tall man heard the little man say this, he sighed on the side and said, "Alas, I don't know whose luck is good enough to get the reward of the Pavilion Marquis." After glaring at Yuan Xi, he added, "If it weren't for the fact that we were going to wait here for the guards, we would have been able to earn the bounty of this pavilion." ”

Yuan Xi heard that Han Zhan actually offered a thousand gold rewards in order to capture Feng Ji, and he couldn't help but open his mouth wide in surprise. After a long time, he continued to ask, "Two brothers, I don't know who Miss Cai is who was kidnapped by Feng Ji?" Can you make Han Tinghou so angry? ”

"Miss Cai, you don't even know each other?" The tall man's face showed a look of contempt, and he said disdainfully: "She is the daughter of Cai Yong Cai, and my family Tinghou ...... her."

"What are you talking nonsense here?"

When Chang Lin heard the reward given by Han Zhan, he smiled bitterly and thought, "Feng Ji, Feng Ji, it's not good for you to offend anyone, but you want to offend this Han Tinghou." As soon as his example comes out, it looks like you're in trouble. ”

The brothers of the Yuan family, who were under house arrest in the backyard, saw the soldiers guarding the door muttering something quietly when it got dark. Yuan Xi was curious for a moment, so he walked over. When the soldier saw Yuan Xi coming over, he shut up.

Yuan Xi asked the two soldiers with a smile: "Two brothers, I don't know what you were talking about just now?" ”

A tall soldier rolled his eyes at Yuan Xi and said angrily, "What are we talking about, what is your business?" If you get bored, you can go back to your room and sleep. ”

"Don't be rude to Yuan Ergongzi." Another small soldier stopped his companion and said generously to Yuan Xi: "Today, Chen left a messenger and said that Miss Cai was kidnapped by Feng Ji, which made Tinghou furious, and he also posted a list and offered a reward for the capture of Feng Ji and others. ”

When the tall man heard the little man say this, he sighed on the side and said, "Alas, I don't know whose luck is good enough to get the reward of the Pavilion Marquis." After glaring at Yuan Xi, he added, "If it weren't for the fact that we were going to wait here for the guards, we would have been able to earn the bounty of this pavilion." ”

Yuan Xi heard that Han Zhan actually offered a thousand gold rewards in order to capture Feng Ji, and he couldn't help but open his mouth wide in surprise. After a long time, he continued to ask, "Two brothers, I don't know who Miss Cai is who was kidnapped by Feng Ji?" Can you make Han Tinghou so angry? ”

"Miss Cai, you don't even know each other?" The tall man's face showed a look of contempt, and he said disdainfully: "She is the daughter of Cai Yong Cai, and my family Tinghou ...... her."

"What are you talking nonsense here?"