"Yuan Highway, how is this possible, how could the assassin be sent by Yuan Highway?" Just as everyone was shocked by the conclusion reached, Gao Ran suddenly said: "Gao thinks that the mastermind behind the assassin may really be Yuan Shu Yuan Highway. ”、

"High school lieutenant," Han Zhan looked at Gao Lan and asked puzzledly, "Why are you so sure that it will be Yuan Highway?" ”

"Lord Qi," Gao Ran hurriedly explained to Han Zhan: "Half a year ago, after Yuan Benchu took Jizhou by skill, Yuan Highway once sent an envoy to Jizhou City to ask Yuan Benchu for 3,000 horses, but he was refused. ”

Hearing Gao Ran say this, Chen Zhen asked curiously: "Captain Gao, I don't know who told you about this?" ”

Gao Ran faced Chen Zhen and said, "Chen Taishou, the envoy sent by Yuan Highway once stayed in Guantao for a day, and he was received by General Xia and Junyi. Under the order of General Junyi, he led the troops to escort the envoy to Jizhou City. A few days later, the envoy hurried back to Guantao, scolded Yuan Benchu in front of me, and said that he would immediately go back to repay his lord for revenge for the humiliation.

Thinking that perhaps after the envoy returned, Yuan Highway was angry with the civil and military forces of Jizhou, so he planned to send assassins to kill a few officials to vent the hatred in his heart. ”

When Han Zhan heard this, he asked puzzledly: "Even if Yuan Benchu refused to provide Yuan Highway with military horses, and the two of them turned their faces because of this, how could they send an assassin to assassinate you?" He turned his head to Chen Zhen, and then asked, "Xiaoqi, what do you think about this matter?" ”

Chen Zhen is good at internal affairs, but he is short of strategy, hearing Han Zhan's question, he shook his head with a wry smile, and replied, "Lord, my subordinates really can't think of it." ”

Hearing Chen Zhen's answer, Han Zhan faintly regretted it in his heart, if Guo Jia and Xun You were by his side, maybe they would be able to guess the reason immediately. At this moment, a messenger came in and reported: "Lord Qi, Mr. Shan Fu is asking to see you outside the mansion!" ”

Shan Fu, when he heard this name, Han Zhan's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he said in his heart How did I forget him, Xu Shu is also a relatively famous military advisor in the Three Kingdoms, and it is not a piece of cake to let him analyze this matter. He hurriedly instructed the officer: "Hurry up and ask Mr. Shan Fu to come in!" ”

Xu Shu soon entered the lobby under the guidance of the officer. He stepped forward and bowed to Han Zhan: "Shan Fu see Tinghou!" ”

"Mr. Shan Fu is exempt!"

After Xu Shu stood up straight, he asked Han Zhan, "Shan Fu heard that the lord sent someone to arrest the assassin who assassinated the high school captain, I don't know if the assassin has taken it?" ”

"The Assassins have been caught." Han Zhan was anxious to understand the truth of the matter, so he said to Xu Shu: "But the assassins would rather die than confess who the mastermind behind them is. I wonder if Mr. Shan Fu can find out who is the one who is responsible for them? ”

Xu Shu pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Dare to ask Tinghou, what did the assassin say above the lobby?" ”

"The Assassins said that their families were all held captive by the Lord's envoys," Han Zhan said, "and they said that they would never confess to the Lord's envoys unless we rescued their families." ”

After Xu Shu waited for Han Zhan to finish speaking, he continued to ask: "I wonder if they have ever said where the other party imprisoned their family members?" ”

"Shouchun!"

Hearing Shouchun's order, Xu Shu's face showed a surprised expression, "Isn't Shouchun Yuan Highway's territory?" Why did he send someone to the pavilion to assassinate the high school captain? ”

Han Zhan told Xu Shu about Yuan Shu's request for a war horse and was refused, and even mentioned Gao Lan's analysis. As soon as Xu Shu waited for Han Zhan to finish speaking, he immediately spoke: "Tinghou, Shan Fu believes that this group of assassins was undoubtedly sent by Yuan Highway. ”

"How so?" Seeing that Xu Shu had made a judgment so quickly, Han Zhan asked curiously, "Mr. Shan Fu, what are you basing your judgment on?" ”

Seeing that everyone was focused on themselves, eager to know the answer to the matter. Xu Shu smiled slightly, and then said calmly: "Yuan Shu is narrow-minded and belongs to the generation of Jianwei who must be repaid. Although he was originally a brother with Yuan Benchu, but he turned his face for the sake of the war horse, Yuan Shu definitely wanted to take revenge. However, raising troops for this kind of thing seems to be unjustifiable, so he can only use other methods to deal with Yuan Benchu.

Our army and Yuan Benchu clashed, even if Yuan Shuyuan was in Shouchun, he should know. Perhaps sensing this as an opportunity, he sent assassins to Guantao and asked them to infiltrate the city to assassinate our generals, in order to provoke the Tinghou and make us and Yuan Benchu an undying adversary. ”

"What Mr. Shan Fu said does have some truth." After listening to Xu Shu's words, Han Zhan felt that his analysis was still somewhat reasonable, but in response to some doubts that still existed, he raised a new question: "Why didn't the assassin start earlier, but waited for Yuan Shao to withdraw from the army before making a move?" ”

Xu Shu stretched out two fingers and said, "According to Shan Fu's speculation, there are no more than two reasons: one is that when the assassins arrived at Guantao, Yuan Shao was in a hurry to attack the city, and they couldn't blend into the city at all; The second is that the assassins have been staying in the city for a long time, they see that the city is in danger, once the defender is assassinated, then the city will fall, and the Yuan army will attack the city of Guantao, and then the jade will be burned, and they are not willing to take such a risk. ”

After listening to Xu Shu's analysis, everyone nodded in agreement. Chen Zhen looked at Han Zhan sideways and said with a smile: "Lord, Mr. Shan Fu is really scheming, and he can actually analyze the truth that Yuan Shu sent someone to assassinate Captain Gao based on some clues, which is really amazing." ”

"Mr. Shan Fu," Han Zhan waited for Chen Zhen to finish speaking, and then humbly asked Xu Shu for advice: "I don't know what we should do now, do we pretend not to know the truth, or do we raise troops to ask Yuan Shu for their crimes?" ”

"Pavilion Marquis, don't be reckless!" Hearing Han Zhan's words of Xingbing's questioning, Xu Shu hurriedly dissuaded him: "Now that Jizhou is unstable, and there are Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan and others eyeing each other, we should not make more strong enemies at this moment." In the opinion of Shan Fu, we can pretend that we don't know anything about this matter for the time being, and wait for the Tinghou to occupy the four states, stabilize the north, and welcome the Son of Heaven from Chang'an to Yecheng, and then go to conquer Yuan Shu with a righteous order. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Shu sighed softly, and said apologetically to Gao Ran on the side: "It's just that in this way, I will be wronged by the high school captain." ”

Gao Ran turned his head and glanced at Han Zhan, who was sitting in the middle, then stood up and said righteously: "Mr. Shan Fu is serious, as long as he can help the lord achieve hegemony, even if he gives up his life, what is it." Besides, it's just a small grievance. ”

After Han Zhan and the others finished showing their loyalty, they also comforted him and said, "Captain Gao, if you are assassinated today, Benhou will definitely seek justice for you in the future." ”