Xun Yu, who had just returned to the mansion, heard his family say that Han Zhan had sent someone to summon him, so he hurriedly ordered someone to be called in. As soon as the soldiers entered the door, he couldn't wait to ask, "What is the important matter for the lord to recruit me?" ”

The soldier shook his head and replied honestly: "If you go back to the long history, the villain doesn't know. ”

After listening to the soldier's answer, Xun Yu couldn't help frowning secretly, and his mind thought quickly, considering whether there was any major incident recently that he had ignored, otherwise Han Zhan would not be in a hurry to recruit himself to the State Pastoral Mansion. Xun Yu looked at the soldiers and asked, "Who is in the mansion now?" ”

"Back to Changshi," replied the soldier respectfully, "General Guo, General Zhao, General Huang, and General Dian are all here, and they seem to be discussing something important. ”

"Discuss something important?!" When Xun Yu heard this, he couldn't help but be taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Before they enter the mansion a few days, who is going to visit the lord?" ”

The soldier pondered for a moment, and then replied, "There is a messenger from Chenliu who once visited the lord. But the lord didn't say a few words to him, so he ordered the Luo guards to send him to the post house to rest. ”

"Chen Liu's messenger?" After listening to what the soldier said, Xun Yu was even more puzzled, and said that Jizhou and Chen Liu had no contact because of Han Fu's death, how could there be a sudden visit from Chen Liu's envoy, could something happen? Thinking of this, he asked the soldier, "Do you know the name of the messenger?" ”

"The little one heard the lord and the military call him Gongtai," replied the soldier with some embarrassment, "As for the surname, the little one does not know." ”

Xun Yu went through the words in his mind, and soon thought of Chen Gong. As soon as this idea came up, he denied it, and he thought to himself: This is impossible, Chen Gongtai is Cao Mengde's subordinate, how can he become Chen Liu's envoy? I must have made a mistake.

After sending away the soldiers, Xun Yu hurried to the state governor's mansion. At the door, he met Fu Zhi, who had just come out of the carriage, so he greeted the other party and took the initiative to ask, "Gonghe, do you know what is the important matter for the Lord to summon us here?" ”

Hearing Xun Yu's question, Fu Zhi looked at him blankly, and asked, "Don't you know why the lord summoned us to discuss the matter?" ”

"I don't know." Xun Yu replied truthfully: "Since the lord came back from the expedition, he has been messing around with the women of Lefang in the mansion every day, and he has never asked about political affairs. ”

The two were talking, and saw a carriage stop at the door, Xu Shu walked out of the carriage, saw Xun Yu and Fu Zhu standing outside the gate of the mansion, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "I've seen a long history!" I've seen the Overseer! ”

"Yuan Zhi!" Xun Yu, as the governor of Ji, replaced Han Zhan every day to discuss matters in the court, and he didn't have much time to meet with these officials in the state. Seeing Xu Shu appear at this moment, he guessed that he must have been recruited by Han Zhan, and after returning the salute, he asked rhetorically: "Do you know why the lord recruited me to wait here?" ”

"I don't know what I do." Xu Shu originally wanted to learn from Xun Yu and Fu Yu about the reason why Han Zhan recruited him to come to the mansion, but seeing that the two of them also knew nothing like himself, he couldn't help but say in surprise: "Don't you two know the reason why the lord summoned us?" ”

"I don't know." Xun Yu and Fu Yu replied with red faces.

"Three adults, why are you still chatting here, the lord has been waiting for you inside." Just when the three monks were confused, Luo Bu, who was standing outside the gate of the mansion, came over and urged the three of them: "Hurry up and invite inside." ”

Xun Yu suddenly remembered that the soldiers who came to inform him had heard that the messenger from Chen Liu was brought to the post house by Luo Bu, so he stepped forward, grabbed Luo Bu's arm, and asked a little impatiently: "Let me ask you, what is the name of the Chen Liu envoy you brought to the post station?" ”

Rob replied without hesitation: "The surname is Chen Minggong, the word Gongtai, and it is a messenger sent by Chen Liuzhang Taishou. ”

After confirming that Chen Liu's envoy was Chen Gong, Xun Yu's brows furrowed even tighter, and he said to himself: "Strange, how could Chen Gongtai become Chen Liu's envoy?" ”

"Uncle," Xun Yu walked up to his side and said to him respectfully, "If you want to know what's going on, you can only go in and ask the lord." ”

"That's right, that's right." Regarding Xun Yu's proposal, Xun Yu nodded vigorously and said, "Only when I see the lord will I know what happened." ”

The three of them followed Rob into the hall and saw that it was full of people. Xun Yu took a general look, as long as the civil and military officials in Jizhou were in Yedu, they were basically all there.

After Han Zhan and the others greeted Xun Yu and the others, he beckoned them to sit down, and then said: "Not long ago, Chen Liutaishou Zhang Miao sent Chen Gong Tai of Chen Palace to meet Ben Hou, and asked Ben Hou to send troops to fight against Cao Mengde together. Benhou has gathered you together for this purpose. ”

In addition to Guo Jia, Zhao Yun and others, the newcomers were stunned by the news. After a long silence in the hall, there was immediately a chatter. Looking at the subordinates who were talking to each other, Han Zhan didn't speak, he just wanted to hear what they all thought.

"Lord!" Xu Shu stood up, bowed and asked, "Isn't Chen Gongtai Cao Mengde's subordinate, why does he want to act as Zhang Miao's envoy to persuade the lord to send troops to attack Cao Mengde?" ”

Guo Jia saw that not only Xu Shu, but also many Jizhou civil and military officers wanted to find out why Chen Gong would help Zhang Miao, so he got up and told everyone in detail about Chen Gong's grudge against Cao Mengde, and finally emphasized: "The lord invites you to come here, just to hope that everyone can speak freely and say what they think in their hearts, so that he can also make a decision." ”

"Enlighten the lord!" As soon as Guo Jia's words were finished, Fu Zhi stood up and said, "This is a once-in-a-lifetime good time, if you send troops to fight against Cao Mengde,......

But before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Xun Yu: "The frustrated prison army's words are wrong. Cao Mengde has no enmity with us in the past and no grievances in the near future, if he wants to send troops to fight, it is a nameless division. Moreover, he also sent someone to the lord last time to warn him, exposing the courtiers who tried to plot against the lord, and he was kind to us in this matter, and we owe him a favor. If he sends troops to deal with his benefactor, I am afraid that it will hinder the reputation of the lord. ”

Jizhou civil and military forces supported the opinion of frustration and agreed to send troops to fight against Cao Mengde; Some agreed with Xun Yu's opinion, thinking that Han Zhan should not do something treacherous, so as not to attract criticism from the courtiers.

"Quiet, quiet!" Han Zhan was so anguimous by the quarrel between the two gangs that he hurriedly used the paperweight on the table to knock on the table a few times: "Give Ben Hou a quiet time!" ”

Jizhou Wenwu, who was arguing endlessly, closed their mouths when they heard Han Zhan's shout, and they all turned their eyes to Han Zhan, wanting to hear what kind of decision he would make.

After Han Zhan's gaze swept over everyone's bodies one by one, he asked, "Who has a different opinion?" ”

"Lord!" Tian Feng, who has never had a high sense of existence, walked out of the queue and came to the hall, and after bowing to Han Zhan, he said unhurriedly: "My subordinates have a strategy to resolve the current predicament. ”

When Han Zhan saw Tian Feng coming out, he guessed that the other party's thoughts must be different from Xun Yu and Fu Zhu, so he urged a little anxiously: "Yuan Hao, what is the best plan, come quickly." ”

"We can salute before we fight!"

"Salute before soldiers?" Hearing Tian Feng say this, Han Zhan couldn't help but be stunned, and said in his heart that what you said was equivalent to not saying it, so he asked, "Yuan Hao, I don't know what to understand?" ”

"We can ask Your Majesty to grant Cao Mengde an official position in the court, and appoint someone to take office." Tian Feng said confidently: "If he is willing to honestly go to the central government to take office, then the lord and Zhang Taishou will be able to divide the eastern county without blood." ”

When Dian Wei heard this, he couldn't help but interject and asked, "What if he refuses?" ”

"If he refuses," Tian Feng said here, and said with a sneer: "Then the lord can send troops in the name of resisting the decree, and no one will be able to find anything to say at that time." ”

"Yuan Hao's trick is good to salute first and then soldier, I think it is feasible." Guo Jia agreed with Tian Feng's proposal, and then turned his head and asked Han Zhan: "I don't know what the Lord wills?" ”