Chapter 48: Zhang Zhao had to give in
When the news of Lu Bu's entry into Xuzhou came, Zhang Zhao was worried, Tao Qian might take gentle measures when facing him, but Lu Bu is a world-famous general, and when he faces literati, will he have so much patience at all, and the most likely situation is that he will draw his sword without saying a word.
Zhang Zhao has the backbone of a literati, it doesn't mean that he wants to die in the hands of Lu Bu, Lu Bu's reputation is already rotten.
During this period, Zhang Zhao also thought of a lot of ways, but Xuzhou's house arrest for him did not stop at all.
Until Lu Bu appeared outside the courtyard.
"Wen Hou is coming, why don't you hurry up and salute to greet you." Seeing that Zhang Zhao was still sitting in the courtyard, a soldier couldn't help but step forward and scold.
Zhang Zhao snorted coldly and ignored the soldier's scolding.
"You, after seeing Wen Hou, if you still behave like this, you will definitely be punished." Perhaps because he had been guarding Zhang Zhao for a long time, the soldiers expressed concern about Zhang Zhao's situation.
The soldiers who followed Lu Bu quickly took over control of the courtyard, and Lu Bu and Jia Xu walked into the courtyard.
Seeing that there was a person in the courtyard, he poured himself a drink comfortably, and Lu Bu's brows furrowed slightly.
"Wen Hou, this person is Zhang Zhao, Zhang Zibu." Jia Xu stepped forward and said in a low voice.
Lu Bu snorted coldly: "There is a lot of shelf, when I see Ben Hou coming, I won't even get up to greet him, could it be that the literati in the world are so arrogant?" ”
"It's not that the literati are arrogant, but that there must be people who are worthy of the literati's courtesy." Zhang Zhao said lightly.
Lu Bu's face was a little unkind, "Good with sharp teeth." ”
Seeing that the words between the two were a little intense, Jia Xu hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Wen Hou learned that Zhang Zibu was here, so he came here on purpose. ”
Zhang Zhao's face softened a little when he heard this, he was invited by Tao Qian to come to Pengcheng, and after refusing Tao Qian's appointment, he was placed under house arrest in Pengcheng, which was a huge shame in Zhang Zhao's eyes.
Who would have thought that the dignified Xuzhou Thorn History would actually do a forced job.
"The intention of this general to come, with Zhang Zibu's intelligence, must have guessed something, right?" Lu Bu asked with a smile.
"Wenhou is brave, no one in the world can stop him, he is just a literati below, why not come Wenhou in person, Wenhou please go back." Zhang Zhao said lightly.
Although the words were polite, the intention of rejecting Lu Bu was extremely obvious.
Lu Bu invited: "Zibu has great talents, and Ben will be ordered to govern the land of Xuzhou, which is the time for Zibu to show his strength." ”
Zhang Zhaodao: "The Tao is not the same, Tao Qian is the assassin of Xuzhou appointed by the imperial court, you betrayed Ding Yuan and took refuge in Lu Bu's old thief, and attacked the land of the Han courtiers without authorization, it is simply a great rebellion, although there is an appointment from the imperial court, you still want to make the subordinates succumb?" ”
Lu Bu's eyes suddenly turned cold, his previous behavior was indeed a little deviant, but after coming to Dahan, Lu Bu did not regret his actions, he had to survive in this troubled world, and the only way to control his destiny was to improve his strength.
"In this case, Zibu doesn't want to take refuge in this general?" Lu Bu asked with a cold expression.
Jia Xu hurriedly gave Zhang Zhao a look, why did he come to Lu Bu's command in the first place, it was because Lu Bu was arrogant and domineering, and if he didn't agree to Lu Bu's words, it was very simple, it would be Lu Bu's butcher's knife that would be greeted by him, anyway, now Lu Bu is a broken jar, and his reputation is already like this, do you still hope that his reputation will be improved by what kind of way.
Zhang Zhao naturally noticed the change in Jia Xu's expression, and still maintained a rebellious side: "Take refuge in you?" I don't want to bear the name of rebellion and be scolded by future generations, even if it is death. ”
"Come here, pull Zhang Zhao out and behead him, consume Xuzhou's money and food all day long, but he doesn't want to do things for Ben General, what's the use of staying with such people." Lu Bu snorted coldly.
The two soldiers immediately stepped forward, set up Zhang Zhao left and right, and dragged them out, they were the soldiers in the army, and what they needed to do was to carry out Lu Bu's orders to the letter.
Zhang Zhao's expression was calm, and he did not show fear at all because of the face of death, just this bearing made the two soldiers a little admired.
Jia Xu hurriedly persuaded: "Wen Hou, this person must not be executed, if this is the case, Wen Hou will be fooled." ”
Lu Bu stretched out his hand to stop the two soldiers and asked, "Why did Wen He say this?" ”
"The Zhang family is the wang clan of Pengcheng, Zhang Zhao is a member of the Zhang family, and has a reputation, and his execution will definitely make the literati in Xuzhou denounce Wen Houye, Wen Hou wants to govern Xuzhou, and he must need the help of talents, such a move is not to make the Xuzhou family chill, and Zhang Zhao's move is to let the Xuzhou family secretly turn away from Wen Houye, and Wen Hou executed Zhang Zibu, and it was he who got the reputation." Jia Xu said.
Lu Bu snorted coldly: "It's just the Zhang family, if you want to fight against the general, it seems that the Zhang family wants to pay a heavy price for this." ”
"It's not a disaster for my family." Zhang Zhao said slowly, although he is not afraid of death, but he does not want the Zhang family to be implicated because of this, the development of a family is not an overnight thing, although the people of the Zhang family are not outstanding in Xuzhou officialdom over the years, but the influence of the Zhang family is still very great.
Lu Bu laughed and said: "Here in Benjiang, there is no disaster that will not affect your family, as long as you anger Benjiang, your family will also suffer because of this." ”
Lu Bu's laughter was extremely rampant, but after it fell into Zhang Zhao's ears, it made him feel powerless, and there was nothing to meet a person like Tao Qian, and if he didn't obey his appointment, he would be placed under house arrest at most, a military general like Lu Bu would bring disaster to the family, but it was useless to reason with someone like Lu Bu.
"Zibu, you have to think about it carefully, Wen Hou has never had so many scruples about doing things." Jia Xu stepped forward and said in a low voice.
After a long silence, Zhang Zhao arched his hand and said, "I am willing to obey the appointment of Wen Hou." ”
"If this was the case, how could it be so troublesome." Lu Budao: "From now on, you can help Wen He, if you dare to make any small moves in secret, you will know the consequences." ”
The threatening words fell into Zhang Zhao's ears, with a completely different feeling, with his reputation, even if he went to other states and counties, he would definitely be appointed to an official position, but he could only do things under Lu Bu carefully.
And judging from Lu Bu's attitude, it will be a difficult thing for the Zhang family to get rid of Lu Bu's control for the time being.
Zhang Zhao suddenly felt that the future of the Zhang family was dark.
Lu Bu's entry into Pengcheng was an extremely sudden thing, and his house arrest was still not lifted, not only that, such a thing happened today, otherwise, the Zhang family would definitely have left Pengcheng under Zhang Zhao's persuasion.