After the two of them sat down in the house, Yan Zhong gave Jia Xu a glass of water: "I knew that Wenhe was still nesting in this wasteland, and you have never been out of office since you resigned due to illness at that time." ”

Jia Xu took a sip of water: "The world is difficult, and this official is not so easy to do, so it's better to stay in his hometown safely." ”

He put down the tea and asked, "I also heard the rumors of those people before I knew that my brother was back, can I take the liberty of asking why?" ”

Yan Zhong sighed: "It's hard to put into words. ”

So he told Ke Jia Xu about his desperate attempt to persuade the emperor Fu Song, who was highly meritorious, to stand on his own.

"When I passed through Luoyang, I heard that Huangfu Song was framed by eunuchs, and he was reduced and demoted and transferred to Chang'an. It's ridiculous, if you listen to me, how can you be today? Huangfu Song missed the opportunity and became a famous general. Yan Zhong said it again.

Jia Xu shook his head with a smile and said, "I think my brother's move is too early and too rash. ”

"Why?"

"Although the Han dynasty is declining day by day, the Han Dynasty has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people for four hundred years, and it cannot be destroyed by a simple rebellion. Moreover, judging from Huangfu Song's continuous deeds, he was deliberately avoiding the suspicion of the Son of Heaven. The elder brother tried to persuade him in the past, but naturally it was in vain. In my opinion, before the death of today's son, the world will still be stable for a while. ”

Yan Zhong nodded and said, "I also figured it out after thinking about it repeatedly on the road, and it was indeed my own attention to the appearance, and I was in a hurry. ”

He laughed again: "Brother Xian is really still so to the point, with the talent of Brother Xian, don't you really think about becoming an officer?" ”

Jia Xu shook his head: "Since the world is about to be in chaos, the risk of being an official is too great. ”

"But do you want to waste your talents?"

"Hehe, I don't have any talent. That's what my brother said, and what other people who know me say. ”

Yan Zhong suddenly remembered something, and said to Jia Xu: "Brother Xian's words are wrong, there is one person besides me who knows Brother Xian's talent. ”

Jia Xu thought that Yan Zhong was joking with him again, and deliberately asked, "Who is it?" ”

Yan Zhong smiled mysteriously: "Pingzhou Assassin Shi Zhang Hao." Then he told Ke Jia Xu about the conversation between Zhang Hao and himself at that time.

"Hahaha, my brother really said such things again to deceive me, as you said, you will know that this is a lie. It seems that this vertical and horizontal technique is really not a good knowledge, so that brother, you are always a liar. ”

Yan Zhong explained: "I lied to you like this before, saying that a celebrity knew your talent and tricked you into going to apprentice, but it was just a joke after all. It's different now, I mean really, that Zhang Hao did ask me about the virtuous brother. ”

Seeing Yan Zhong's serious appearance, Jia Xu didn't seem to be lying this time, and he also pondered: "The two states of Youliang and Liang are thousands of miles apart, how can a person who has never known anything know about it?" ”

"Isn't it strange, I can't figure it out."

Yan Zhong asked again: "When I returned to my hometown, I also heard that many people in Yongliang were talking about Zhang Hao, saying that he was a traitorous villain who deceived the monarch and a shameless person who opened his mouth. In Wenhe's opinion, what kind of person is this Zhang Hao? ”

"He's an ambitious man." Jia Xu said with a smile.

"How so?"

"Others said that he was in the company of eunuchs and deceived the Holy Hearing. But I saw that he was constantly showing kindness to the people, and for this reason he did not hesitate to curry favor with the eunuchs and offend the powerful people in the court.

Now he is in charge of the military administration of the four counties of Pingzhou through the advice of the eunuchs. Although it is nominally a thorn history, in essence it is more appropriate to call him a state pastor.

He also managed to move all the Yellow Turban captives to Liaodong, which was originally vast and sparsely populated, greatly enriching the population of Pingzhou. No matter how you look at it, it looks like preparation for the future. That's why I said he was ambitious. ”

Yan Zhong stood up excitedly: "Yes, why didn't I think of it? At that time, I only cared about Huangfu Song, and I didn't notice him at all. In this way, it seems that I still have a chance to show what I have learned. Wenhe, why don't we go together.

Zhang Hao knows you and asks me, which means that he values you very much, as long as you go, you can also show your strengths. ”

Jia Xu still refused: "I won't go." ”

"Why? Aren't you curious? ”

Jia Xu is almost forty years old, and he has passed that impulsive age: "It doesn't matter if you know or don't know about this kind of thing, but I'm not optimistic about him." ”

"Why?"

"Now the corporal of the world, including you and me, feel that the current disaster is caused by the Son of Heaven being close to the villain and making the eunuchs dictatorial. And this Zhang Hao braved the world's disapproval and got close to the eunuchs, even if it was not his intention, but the corporal of the world already regarded him as a villain.

Even if he has the support of the people all over the world, this governance of the country should still rely on scholars after all. He has lost the approval of the scholars, and in the end he will definitely lose. Big brother don't go either,"

"I know what Wenhe means, but I still want to try again. I'm over 40 years old, but I can't be 'confused'. I haven't been able to realize my ambitions, and I don't want to grow old like this. Even if I fail again this time, I have no regrets. ”

After speaking, Yan Zhong grabbed the luggage that he had just put down not long ago, and went out again. Only Jia Xu was left to sit there alone.

"Is this not even a home, and if you don't succeed, you will become a benevolent? Really. ”

Jia Xu helped Yan Zhong lock the door of his house. When he returned home, he told the servant to pack his belongings, and then told his wife that he was going on a long trip and asked her to take good care of her old mother at home.

He thought to himself: Do you really like what others say doesn't count, seeing is believing. If you go with Yan Zhong, you won't be able to see what kind of person Zhang Hao is, and you can only get the answer you want by surprise.

It just so happened that Jia Xu hadn't gone out for a long time, so he decided to take a long detour and arrive in Pingzhou a little later than Yan Zhong.

……

Since the imperial court newly established Pingzhou, the news of Zhang Hao's assassination history spread all over the world, Zhang and Fang's families have become the top wealthy families in Youzhou, and they are like a city every day. Especially after Zhang Hao was made a marquis, this kind of scene is even more prosperous.

However, for the sake of convenience, the two families decided to move their family to Fang County. This is also the result of Zhang Hao sending people back to discuss with his parents and father-in-law.

After all, family members are always a handle, and if you put it in the hands of others, it is too passive. Zhang Hao couldn't shout "Please give me a piece of the pie".

The original Liaodong vassal state was abolished and merged with half of Liaoxi County to become Changli County. Fang County is also under the jurisdiction of Changli County.

Fang Zhu was responsible for resettling the people in Changli, and when he passed by Fang County, he went into the city to visit his relatives who had been absent for a long time.