"You want to accuse Zhongshan Minister Zhang Chun of rebellion?"

Sure enough, Jia Cong's first reaction when he heard the news was also shocked.

No way, the news is really a bit magical - have all the rebels appeared together like this in recent years?

However, fortunately, Li Su has already been persuaded once, so again, the business is skilled enough.

Liu Bei immediately pushed Li Su out: "Dare to teach the envoy to know that this Li Shupeng was originally the secretary of Zhang Shan, the governor of Zhongshan, he witnessed the killing of the original secretary Hu Mao by the post supervisor Zhang Shan, and also saw the letters exchanged between Zhang Shan and Zhang Chun, so he was in danger and waited for the opportunity to serve the court." Just ask him about the details. ”

Jia Cong turned to Li Su, and as usual, he first questioned Li Su's character and tortured Li Su if he was a betrayer.

Li Su also showed off his "teaching and master-apprentice relationship" with the dead Hu Shupeng as usual, Jia Cong heard that his main motive for taking the lead was to avenge his teacher, and finally felt that his character was credible.

Then, Jia Cong began to ask for details, and Li Su told all the analyses he had told Liu Bei.

After listening to this, Jia Cong nodded secretly, touched the goatee under his chin, thought about it for a while, and finally slapped the table and asked:

"There is still something unclear, since you are the new superintendent of the postal service, you have never been far away, how do you know that the county lieutenant of Anxi Liu can help you escape the mercy of the superintendent? Did you have a conspiracy in advance? ”

Liu Bei was slightly surprised when he heard this: he hadn't asked Li Su this question before.

Because of course he knew that he had not conspired with Li Su in advance, there was no need to ask, so he didn't expect it at all.

But from Jia Cong's point of view, he is a third party who stays out of the matter, and he can't help but think about the possibility of "whether Li Su and Liu Bei colluded to frame Shangguan".

It can be said that in the two things of "persuading Liu Bei" and "persuading Jia Cong", the key core difficulty difference lies in this question, and everything else can be copied and copied.

Liu Bei was very worried that Li Su would not be able to answer, or at least not answer properly.

"Boya ...... It's up to you, but don't make a mistake......" Rao is Liu Bei was overjoyed and angry, and he couldn't help but pray secretly in his heart, while peeking at Li Su's reaction next to him with the afterglow of his eyes.

Fortunately, Liu Bei "can take care of his ears with his eyes" and has a good range of vision, so he doesn't have to turn his head to peep, and Jia Cong, who is sitting on the top position, can't see the slightest abnormality.

However, Liu Bei obviously underestimated Li Su.

In his previous life, he was a gold medal negotiator!

I saw that he was still so calm, and replied sincerely: "The kid only knows a simple truth: anyone who is a thief who is plotting to frame him must be a person who is loyal to the court.

Before setting off from Lunu County, the kid looked at the list of officials who had to be killed before Zhang Chun's uprising.

Therefore, the kid took the liberty of thinking that Zhang Chun must have known that Liu County Lieutenant was loyal to the imperial court and could never be a thief. And since the kid wants to fight against the superintendent, only by entrusting this matter to County Lieutenant Liu can he succeed - the facts have also proved that County Lieutenant Liu personally braved the arrow and killed more than 100 Black Mountain thieves along the way, and we were able to get here. ”

Jia Cong sat in front of the desk, moved slightly when he heard the words, and straightened up.

When Liu Bei heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

That's a great way to say that!

Li Su actually explained the reason why he was optimistic about Liu Bei as "the evil that the thief is planning to get rid of, and he must be the most loyal model to the imperial court."

Isn't this the simple logic of "the enemy of the enemy is a friend", in just a few words, it adds a big endorsement to Liu Bei's loyalty attributes.

"I see, this is reasonable, it seems that the name of Liu County Lieutenant Zhongyi is spread in Zhongshan." Jia Cong smiled approvingly and muttered to himself.

Soon, he came up with a disposition opinion: "If this matter is finally conclusive, it is not too much to reward you with fifty catties of gold and another official position." However, there is still a need for proof, so the reward will be written down first. Come and pass on Pan Duwei. ”

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the commander was responsible for the garrison of a county or a pass, with no more than 2,000 soldiers and horses.

It stands to reason that the assassin cannot directly mobilize the county soldiers, but Jia Cong is here to quickly cut through the mess and deal with the mess in Jizhou, and he has the trust of the ten permanent servants, so he can make an exception.

After a while, a military attache was recruited.

Li Su secretly observed the man, but he was also majestic and tall, like a rugby player, and he actually came to see Shangguan in armor.

The lieutenant walked to the front of the hall and saluted with his fists: "The last general, Pan Feng, meet the envoy." ”

Jia Cong nodded, and turned to Liu Bei and Li Su: "This is Pan Feng, the governor of Wei County, I sent him to take the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, and go to Zhongshan with you to investigate." ”

Then he told Pan Feng about the general task, causes and consequences of this time, and advised: "If Zhang Chun is willing to come to Yecheng to confront him, he will treat him with courtesy, and if he really dares to raise troops to resist, he will be captured by force." ”

Pan Fenghu roared and promised: "The last general received the order, I don't know when to leave?" Do you want to go out of the city tonight? ”

Jia Cong: "Don't be reckless, those who seek profit for a hundred miles will be generals, and those who seek profit for fifty miles will be half of the army." When you go back, you will first straighten out the troops and horses of your headquarters, and then leave the city early tomorrow morning. The cavalry can be divided to go first, so as not to alarm Zhang Chun with the army. The specific details of the march can be discussed with Liu Bei. ”

The group then retired.

……

Liu Bei and Li Shu took advantage of the opportunity in a metropolis like Yecheng to dispose of the loot overnight, and also exchanged the bulky money and goods on hand for horseshoe gold for easy carrying, even if the exchange rate suffered a little loss.

Even the extra half of the war horses that came with "one person and two horses" were sold - because the price of Yecheng horses was more expensive than that of Youzhou, and after selling, returning to the north to buy new ones could make a difference, which was about 30% of the principal.

Normal business travelers go south to sell horses, and they have to pay a lot of taxes along the way, and this time they went south on the edge of the area controlled by the official army and the Montenegrin army, which is actually equivalent to evading taxes by the way.

All this, Li Su didn't even have a chance to interject, just watched Liu Bei personally Beiliu, very sloppy and clean, and the price negotiation with buyers was very familiar, and it was done in an hour.

After chatting afterwards, I learned that Liu Bei occasionally made guest appearances as horse sellers, and he had more than ten years of experience - when he was studying in Luoyang, didn't he be a guide for Zhongshan horse merchants Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang.

After Li Su heard about it, he also secretly sighed in his heart: What kind of weaving mat to sell shoes! That's just Liu Bei's means of making a living before he was a minor, okay!

It's just that the image of Romance is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, in fact, people have changed to selling horses instead of shoes since they were fifteen years old. How can you make money selling horses for a few broken money? Otherwise, where will the money come from to recruit the younger brother, and where will the money come from to "raise eagle dogs and beautiful clothes" and enjoy life.

Dealing with business tossed until late at night, a total of dozens of horseshoe gold cakes were exchanged, and then another night of sleep.

Early the next morning, before dawn, they got up early again, rushed to Pan Feng as promised, and gathered all together to prepare for the return trip.

In front of Jia Cong, Pan Feng was relatively polite to Liu Bei, but when he arrived at the barracks, everything was completely up to him, and he didn't plan to ask Liu Bei about the marching route at all.

Pan Feng directly ordered: "County Lieutenant Liu, you and Sima of the cavalry under my account will lead five hundred horsemen to open the way first." I followed with fifteen hundred foot soldiers. In five days, we must arrive in Lunu, and I will lead the infantry to take a section of the Zhangshui waterway, a little slower, and you will arrive a day or two later. ”

If the infantry walked on two legs, they would not be able to reach the distance of seven or eight hundred miles in ten days. But going down the river is much faster, because the boat can travel day and night without having to worry about sleeping.

"Obey the orders of the commander." Liu Bei didn't want to worry about Pan Feng, so he directly chose to take the order.

He is only a county lieutenant, in charge of the defense of a county, and Pan Feng is a lieutenant, in charge of the defense of a county, a deputy county level and a deputy county level, a whole round higher. Even Pan Feng's other Sima, which is equivalent to Pan Feng's deputy position and county level, is half a level higher than Liu Bei.

Pan Feng was dispatching here, and after a while, a cavalry officer entered the account, and Pan Feng pointed and introduced: "This is Sima Zhang He of the other departments of this county, you follow him first." ”

Liu Bei still showed goodwill to Zhang He according to the level of officialdom, neither humble nor arrogant, and said some words about the scene of asking for advice on the way.

Li Su observed from the side, and now Zhang He should be slightly younger than Liu Bei Guan Yu and slightly older than Zhang Fei. At the age of 25, it is not bad to be able to do other Simas.

Then the group set out of camp, Zhang He led 500 cavalry, plus Liu Bei and his party of 16 people, and returned according to the original route where Liu Bei went south.

Because there are 500 elite cavalry this time, of course the Black Mountain thieves will not dare to make a mistake, and they will definitely escape in advance, and it is estimated that they will not encounter a battle on the way back.

After several days of silence, the troops traveled more than 100 miles a day, and four days later re-crossed the Hutuo River and entered the boundary of Zhongshan.

Along the way, Li Su also sighed in his heart: Liu Bei's starting point is really low, and now not only Pan Feng's official rank is higher than him, but even Zhang He is higher than him!

Zhang He was still more serious along the way, and it was only after crossing the Hutuo River that he became relaxed: "I entered the Zhongshan County boundary so easily, it seems that Zhang Chun has not shown his dissenting intentions, County Lieutenant Liu, it will be up to you to explain when the time comes." ”