Han Fu looked at the eldest son sitting on the couch and said with concern: "Zhan'er, you have been recuperating at home for the past two days, and after your injuries have healed, my father plans to send you to do an important thing." ”

Although Han Zhan had guessed in his heart that the other party wanted him to be an envoy and invite Yuan Shao to enter Jizhou, he still asked knowingly: "Father, I don't know what can make the child serve you?" ”

"You and your uncle Xun Youruo, take my seal ribbon and go to Yuan Benchu's camp together and invite him to Jizhou."

Han Zhan looked at the middle-aged man in front of him who was wearing a black official uniform, wearing a high crown, and was quite rich, and a question arose in his heart: Tao Qiansan asked Xuzhou to give Liu Bei, leaving a beautiful story for the ages; And the one in front of him who gave Jizhou to Yuan Shao left an impression of stupidity and cowardice in later generations. is also giving up the territory under one's jurisdiction to others, how can there be such a big gap?

Thinking of this, he opened his mouth and asked, "Father, Jizhou is your inheritance, why should you give it to others?" ”

"Zhan'er, you should know that after Gongsun Chan occupied Anping, he took advantage of the victory and went south, and his sharpness was unstoppable; Yuan Benchu also took the opportunity to lead troops to the east and went down to the village two hundred miles away from Jizhou. Han Fu introduced the current situation facing Jizhou to Han Zhan in a slow tone: "If you don't invite Yuan Benchu to come to Jizhou, as long as the battle starts, Gongsun Chan attacks from the north, and Yuan Shao attacks the west, how long do you think Jizhou can support a lonely city under the two-way attack?" ”

After Han Zhan heard this, he suddenly realized that his understanding of Han Fu might be a little too one-sided. Han Fu let Jizhou, not because of his intention, but because he was in a state of being attacked by the enemy on his back, with his strength, if he wanted to meet the two armies at the same time, he was really unable to do it. Therefore, he could only bite the bullet and invite Yuan Shao into Jizhou to jointly resist Gongsun Zhan from the north, so that he could survive in a desperate situation.

Han Zhan, who has watched "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", understands in his heart that once Yuan Shao enters Jizhou, it will lead wolves into the room, and he will eat Han Fu, who has mediocre ability, to the point that there are no bones left. Although he knew that no matter what he said, Han Fu, who insisted on going his own way, couldn't listen to it, but Han Zhan still wanted to give it a try.

As the saying goes: there are no two days in the sky, and there are no two masters for the people. My father is now a Jizhou pastor, and if Yuan Benchu is invited again, there will be two Jizhou pastors. Han Zhan asked euphemistically: "Who will be in charge of Jizhou at that time?" ”

Han Zhan's words made Han Fu feel a little surprised, and he hesitated for a long time before saying, "I invited Yuan Benchu to come to Jizhou, just to resist Gongsun Zhan's attack. As long as Gongsun Chan retires from the army, I will send more money and food to Benchu and let him lead the troops back to Bohai. ”

After reorganizing the vocabulary in his mind, Han Zhan then asked, "If Gongsun Zhan retreats, but Yuan Benchu still stays in Jizhou and refuses to leave, how should we deal with it?" ”

Han Fu, who was fooled by Xun Chen and Guo Tu, actually said eloquently about Han Zhan's worries: "Don't look at it, I invited Yuan Benchu to come to Jizhou to fight Gongsun Zhan." But I think I should have understood in my heart that his soldiers and horses entering Jizhou are equivalent to getting a place to rest, and I am still providing him with money and food. After Gongsun Chan retires from the army, even if he does not leave Jizhou for a short time, I believe he will be grateful to me and treat me well. ”

Seeing Han Fu so bent on going his own way, Han Zhan was completely speechless, he knew that it would be useless to persuade him any longer, so he obediently closed his mouth and stopped persuading in vain.

Han Fu stood up and said to Han Zhan who was sitting on the couch: "Okay, it's not early, you can rest early." ”

Han Zhan hurriedly bowed on the couch and bowed his hand: "Father, let's go!" ”

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That night, Han Zhan had insomnia. He felt that he could not sit still and that he had to find a way to save himself. However, if I don't hurry up and make friends with a few powerful people, once something happens, not to mention that I am powerless to turn things around, and even my life will be difficult to protect.

finally waited for dawn, and saw Pear Blossom coming in with a copper basin, ready to serve herself to wash her face and change clothes, and hurriedly said: "Pear Blossom, I'm going to go out for a walk, can you find someone to accompany me?" The reason why he asked this was because the maid was okay to serve herself in the mansion, and there was absolutely no reason to go out with him and show up.

"Childe is going out?" Rika asked in surprise.

"That's right, lying on the couch is suffocating." Han Zhan and Lihua haven't known each other for a long time, and they can't tell her some truths, so they have to find a reason to prevaricate: "I want to go out and walk around." ”

"Patch Patch," Rika shouted as she turned her head towards the door, "You come in!" ”

With Pear Blossom's shout, a man in Tsing Yi came in from outside, although he looked much older than Pear Blossom, he still asked Pear Blossom respectfully: "Sister Pear Blossom, I don't know what to order?" ”

"Childe wants to go out for a walk, you go with him." Rika said, "Remember, don't make any mistakes, or be careful of your neck." Do you understand? ”

"Understood." The male servant lowered his eyebrows and agreed, and then asked Han Zhan, "Do you need to prepare horses for your son?" ”

"No!"

"No!"

Han Zhan and Pear Blossom replied in unison.

Pear Blossom smiled sweetly at Han Zhan, and then said to the servant: "Today, you just go out with your son to relax, so you don't have to prepare horses." ”

In order not to alarm more people, Han Zhan and the servants left the Assassin's Mansion from the back door. After the two came to the street, the servant asked Han Zhan, "Childe, I don't know where you plan to go?" ”

The people Han Zhan desperately wanted to see now were Changshi Geng Wu and Don't Drive Min Chun. In his memory, these two people were resolutely opposed to Yuan Shao's stay in Jizhou, and even took the risk of assassinating Yuan Shao when the overall situation was decided, but was killed by Yan Liangwen. Therefore, when he heard the question of the servant, he replied casually: "Let's go to Geng Changshi's mansion." ”

When he finished speaking, he lifted his leg and left. After walking a few steps, he found that the servant did not follow, so he quickly stopped and looked back, and saw that the servant was still standing in place and did not move. He frowned, and said with some displeasure, "Why are you still standing still?" ”

"Childe," the servant stood in place, pointing in the opposite direction with his finger, and said tremblingly, "But Geng Changshi's mansion is on that side." ”

When Han Fu heard the servant say this, he knew that he was going in the wrong direction, but he was embarrassed to admit that he was wrong on the street, so he said cheekily: "I know that Geng Changshi's mansion is over there, and going this way is just to test whether you know where we are going." ”

As he walked along the street towards Geng Wu's mansion, Han Zhan was surprised to find that the shops on both sides of the street were closed, and there were no vendors selling along the street, and there were very few pedestrians, and everywhere seemed deserted.

Seeing this scene, Han Zhan couldn't help but ask the servant curiously: "What the hell is going on, why can't you even see two figures on the street?" ”

The servant was stunned, he didn't expect Childe to ask this question that everyone knew the answer to. However, he thought that Gongzi was testing himself, and after a while, he replied: "Childe, because of the legend that Gongsun Chan in the north is about to lead his troops south, the people in the city are afraid, and they generally don't dare to go out easily. Some wealthy families even used water tanks filled with stones to cover the gates, so as to prevent their homes from being ransacked by rebels after the city was destroyed. ”

"Oh, I see." Han Zhan nodded, and suddenly remembered something again, so he turned his head and asked the servant who was one position behind: "By the way, what's your name?" ”

"Returning to the child, the small one is called a patch." For the first time, the servant heard Childe take the initiative to ask his name, and quickly replied respectfully. In order to deepen the impression of the other party, he also pointed to a patch of his clothes and said, "This is the patch." It is said that when my mother gave birth to me, she was mending other people's clothes, so she gave me this name. ”

"Patch, patch." Han Zhan repeated the name twice in a low voice, and was about to ask the servant why after entering the Han family, he didn't change it to Han or something like that according to the convention, but he was still using such an ugly name.

At this moment, I suddenly heard the patch say loudly: "Childe, we have arrived, and the big house in front of us is Geng Changshi's mansion." ”

In front of the door of the two Geng Wu's mansion, they saw that the door was closed. Han Zhan shook his head at the patch and instructed him: "Patch, go up and knock on the door!" ”

Patch said yes and ran quickly to the door, banging on the door vigorously while shouting, "Hey, is there anyone in there?" Open the door, open the door quickly! ……”

After knocking for a while, a deep voice came from the door: "Who knocked?" ”

Hearing the sound coming from inside, Patch stopped knocking on the door and said through the door: "Hurry up and tell Lord Changshi, just say that Childe is coming to visit!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a crack opened between the two closed doors, and an old man poked his head out of it and looked out. Han Zhan hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, and said politely: "Uncle, please inform your parents, Master Shi, that Han Zhan, the son of the Han Mansion, has something important to visit." ”

The old man looked Han Zhan up and down, and then said politely: "It turns out that the son has arrived, please wait here for a while, and the old man will go to tell my master." ”