"Ziman!" Seeing that everyone didn't speak, in order to break the deadlock, Guo Jia walked up to Dian Wei and asked, "Where is the assassin now?" ”

Faced with Guo Jia's question, Dian Wei did not answer immediately, but turned his attention to Han Zhan for help. After Han Zhan and Dian Wei looked at each other, they understood what the other party was trying to express, so they nodded at him, signaling that he could tell the truth.

"If you return to the military division," after receiving Han Zhan's acquiescence, Dian Wei replied truthfully, "The assassin has been tortured, and he is already dead." ”

"Alas, what a pity." When Xun You heard Dian Wei say this, he was so anxious that he stomped his feet: "General Ziman, you should leave a living mouth, so that when the army class returns to the court, we can take him back and confront Yang Qi and the others in the court." ”

"Gongda's words are wrong," Guo Jia immediately refuted Xun You's statement: "Even if we bring this assassin back to confront Yang Qi and the others, they will deny it flatly, and even bite back, saying that the lord deliberately framed him, and I am afraid that it will affect the lord's reputation at that time." ”

The reason why Han Zhan didn't tell Dian Wei to stay alive was that he considered that such an assassin had brought back to Jingshi, and those main envoys would not admit it, so instead of arguing with them in the court, it was better to calm things down for the time being, and when they relaxed their vigilance, they would give them a thunderous blow and completely eradicate them.

After making up his mind, Han Zhan said to everyone, "Since the assassin is dead, you must keep your mouth shut about this matter, as if this incident has not happened." ”

Hearing Han Zhan say this, everyone couldn't help but be stunned. But Guo Jia, Xun You and the others quickly figured out the reason, and said in a loud voice: "The lord's plan is very good, as long as we conceal the news of the assassin's assassination, those courtiers who secretly instructed the Jingshi will not be able to know whether the assassin has already done something to the lord." If they mistakenly believe that the Assassins are just collecting money and not doing things, they may not be able to work together against the lord again. ”

After listening to the explanations of the two military advisors, the civil and military forces in the tent immediately showed an expression of sudden realization on their faces. If the news of the Assassins was kept tightly sealed, then the courtiers in the capital would not know whether the Assassins had done it or not, and would ask the remnants of the Yellow Turbans for explanation; And those remnants of the Yellow Turban will think that they have been killed by the courtiers when they see that the assassins sent by them are missing, and they will definitely send people to find the courtiers to reason. In this way, there was a contradiction between the two sides of the original cooperation, and if they wanted to send someone to deal with Han Zhan again, they could only find a way again.

Seeing that everyone had already understood their intentions, Han Zhan waved his hand at them and said, "Everyone, it will be dawn in another hour, and the army will still be on its way by then, so let's go back and rest." ”

After Guo Jia and the others left, they came to Han Zhan and asked in a low voice, "How does the lord plan to deal with these courtiers in the future?" ”

"Let the frustrated prison army collect their incriminating evidence first," Han Zhan had already planned in his heart, and when he saw Guo Jia taking the initiative to ask, he simply said what he was thinking: "When the time is ripe, let's cut the grass and eradicate the roots." He was worried that his plan would cause Guo Jia's plan, and specially added, "If these people are not removed, sooner or later they will be a scourge of the court." ”

Who knew that Guo Jia was very in favor of Han Zhan's approach: "What the lord said is extremely true, at present, we will temporarily forbear, secretly collect their evidence, and when the time is ripe, we will decisively eradicate them." ”

As soon as Guo Jia's words were finished, Chen Zhi suddenly walked in from outside the tent, and saluted Han Zhan with a fist: "Lord Qi, there is an envoy from Dongjun Taishou Cao Mengde asking to see him." ”

"What, Cao Mengde's messenger?" Han Zhan looked outside the tent, it was a starry sky outside, he frowned and muttered, "How could you appear outside the camp at such a time?" ”

"Jia estimates that Cao Mengde has something urgent, so he will order the messenger to rush overnight." Guo Jia said to Han Zhan: "It's better to recruit into the account and ask what the hell is going on." ”

Han Zhan was also anxious to know what kind of medicine was sold in Cao Cao's gourd, so he instructed Chen Dao: "Uncle Zhi, bring the messenger up." ”

It didn't take much time, and an official, who looked to be over thirty years old, followed Chen Zhi in. Seeing Han Zhan sitting in the middle, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said respectfully: "Under the rule of Dongjun Taishou, Gaoping County is full of favor, and I have seen the Marquis of Anyang. ”

Full of pets?! Hearing the other party's self-report, Han Zhan almost jumped up from his seat, he thought that Cao Cao had sent an ordinary subordinate as a messenger, but he didn't expect to send a bull from the Three Kingdoms like Man Chong out of the horse, it seems that there must be something important to tell him. He hurriedly pointed to the vacant seat next to him, and said with a smile: "Man Boning is exempt, please sit down!" ”

Man Zhong didn't expect Han Zhan to know his words, and he couldn't help but be stunned. Han Zhan said to Chen Zhi: "Uncle Zhi, Mr. Boning must be tired and hungry after rushing overnight, so quickly go to clean up the wine and vegetables and wash the dust for Mr. Boning." ”

Man Chong, who had woken up from the shock, saw that Han Zhan was instructing his subordinates to prepare wine and food for himself, so he hurriedly bowed to him again, and said gratefully: "Thank you Anyang Hou." ”

After Man Zhong sat down, Han Zhan then asked, "Mr. Boning, I don't know if Cao Taishou sent you to come to see Ben Hou late at night, is there anything important?" ”

Hearing Han Zhan's question, Man Chong hurriedly took out a letter from the sleeve of his robe, held it high above his head with both hands, and said, "My lord ordered me to send an urgent letter to Anyang Hou overnight, please take a look at it. ”

Han Zhan turned his head and glanced at Rob who was standing behind him, Rob hurriedly walked to Man's side, took the letter from his hand, and then walked back and put the letter in front of Han Zhan.

Han Zhan took out the letterhead from the envelope and looked at it carefully. After looking at it for a while, a contemptuous smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and after reading it, he put the letterhead on the table casually, and said with a sneer: "A bunch of shameless villains, Ben Hou is polite to them, do you really think that Ben Hou is weak and can be bullied?" ”

Guo Jia saw Han Zhan's murderous face, and he didn't know what was going on, so he quickly got up and asked, "Lord, I don't know what happened?" ”

Han Zhan picked up the letterhead on the table, handed it to Guo Jia, and said, "These courtiers, who are deeply afraid that Benhou will not die, not only sent assassins, but even contacted Cao Mengde privately, preparing to launch a sneak attack from behind while our army was marching. Cao Mengde disdained to be with them, so he repaired a letter and sent Mr. Boning to warn Ben Hou. ”

"What, the courtiers contacted Cao Mengde and tried to carry out a sneak attack on the army." Han Zhan's words startled Guo Jia, because Cao Cao was a friendly army, so when the army passed through the boundary of Dongjun, the vigilance was not very high, and once it was attacked, the army might collapse. Guo Jia hurriedly took the letterhead in Han Zhan's hand and browsed it with a solemn expression.