At the end of the year, Chen Gong accepted the call as soon as Cheng Yu said, and then rushed to Xi County directly in the snow without waiting for the New Year. Unexpectedly, when he came here, he met the generals in the city of Xixian County, and after careful questioning, he found out that it was Zang Hong, the Taishou of Le'an, who colluded with Liu Xun, the captain of Huya, to rebel and had been lured to the city to be arrested.

Chen Gongtai didn't say anything when he heard this, but just asked where the school was located, so he got off the bus directly, walked with his sword in hand, held his head high, and went straight to the school field.

And when I came to the school ground, I saw two well-dressed and armored generals Angzang being bound under the rammed earth general platform in the school field, and above the general platform, a person with a high crown and a square and clean face, was looking directly at the stage angrily, and on both sides and behind him were almost full of people with high-crowned robes and saber seals, and even lined up all the way to the bottom of the general's platform.

"Ziyuan!" Yuan Shao, who was dressed in a big hat, looked at Zang Hong who was tied in the snow under the stage, and could not hide his anger. "Your father was raised by my uncle, you used to come and go in front of me when you were a teenager, and now you have grown up and become an adult, and you know how pleased I am to see you after seeing your talent, so that I directly entrusted the affairs of Qingzhou to you a person who was not in time to stand, and then I came to Qingzhou in person, and regardless of the dissuasion of the left and right, you are too guarded by Le'an, and you are in charge of the military and political affairs of a county...... Such a favor, did you only change the sentence 'I wish to die quickly'? ”

"What does the lord want?" The person who was bound in the audience raised his head, and it was really a young face, but he showed disdain, and it was Zang Hong Zang Ziyuan.

"I don't ask for anything, I just want to know, with the relationship between you and me and my kindness to you, can't you be loyal to me?" Yuan Shao's tone became more and more indignant, as if he was unsettled.

"I don't understand what my lord said." Zang Hong raised his head and sneered at the people on the stage. "You let me do things for Qingzhou, I entered Jinan alone, after inheriting the Yellow Turban Army, you let me go north to Le'an, and I immediately went to Pingle'an to stab Gongsun Zhan's side. Besides, I don't know that my father and son are both greatly favored by the Yuan family, if the word Yuan's protégé, the generals of the Kwantung region are none other than me Zang Hong, so since I was appointed as Le'an too punctual, I will take the lead and bow down to the ministers, all letters, face-to-faces, will call themselves servants, and will respect you as the lord...... In the army, only me and Guo Gong are called that, right? In short, whether it is a name or a reality, how can I say that I am not faithful? ”

Yuan Shao laughed angrily: "In this way, loyalty is also you, and betrayal is also you?" Just now, you clearly admitted that you received Liu Xun's letter, and you heard that Liu Gongshan returned to his hometown, and Kong Rong was in the court, so you did move to raise troops and deviate from my thoughts. ”

"Yes, otherwise why would you 'want to die quickly'?"

"Why so?!" Yuan Benchu was furious and drew his sword. "I'm talking to you in the snow today, just to ask this question! Ask clearly, if you die, how can I be soft-hearted? ”

"Why is this so, don't you know?" Zang Hong's hands were tied, still looking forward to the left and right and smiling. "For you, the master, rebelled against me, my servant, and if so, why can't I, the servant, rebel against you, the lord?"

"I have never heard of a traitor to the Lord." Before Yuan Shao could respond, the people in the audience next to him had a move in their hearts, and suddenly raised their swords and came out of the ranks.

"Mr. today smelled it." Zang Hong glanced at this person, although he didn't know him, and he was on the verge of life and death, he still called Mr. politely.

"Dongjun Chen Gong has seen Zang Fujun, and asked Fujun to give advice." This person bowed his head in the wind and snow, and with a self-report to his home, he blocked back the few people on the stage who were originally going to scold.

"Nothing else." Zang Hong glanced at Chen Gong again and responded calmly. "Although I am a minister, I am also a minister first...... On the same day, the sour jujube swore an oath, and I was the one who swore the oath, and the sour jujube princes made an appointment with comrades to crusade against Dong Zhuo and revive the Han Dynasty, and said that the oath-makers would not deviate from each other, and everyone in the world knew about it...... However, my lord knew about this, but he abandoned the directors first, and swallowed the Kwantung princes later......"

"Do you blame me for the matter of begging Dong?" In front of everyone's eyes, Yuan Shao couldn't help but be anxious when he heard this, and directly refuted on the stage. "Dong Zhuo killed the young emperor first, which made me lose my righteousness, and moved the capital to Chang'an, making me useless; What can I do if General Wei goes out of Hedong and Hongnong to cut off traffic? And isn't it right to turn around and crusade against the Yellow Turban? If there is no me to Mount Tai, Qingzhou will be a white land! ”

"So, I didn't have any intention of rebelling at that time?" Zang Hong also retorted. "It's just that the two Zhang Fujun are guilty? What is the crime of the bridge king? What is Liu Tingshi's crime? What is Jibei's crime? What is the crime of the North Sea? The lord has done this terrible thing again and again, have you ever wondered where he has put me as a servant? Don't you know that I once worked for Zhang Fujun? Don't you know that my oath with the Kwantung generals is for the country and the lord? I don't know if I had an appointment with Kong Wenju when I was ordered by you to pacify Qingzhou? Lord, because of you, I, Zang Hong, seem to have become a disloyal, unfilial, unfriendly and shameless person, so I was loyal in the past, and I am resentful today...... So much for! May you die quickly! ”

Yuan Shao was stunned for a long time, looked at Zang Hong, who was waiting to die, and then looked at Chen Gong who was standing on the side with his sword on his back, and he didn't know how to reply for a while, so he could only look at the other person again: "Liu Xun, do you mean the same thing?" ”

"That's exactly what it means." Liu Xun, who had been silent, also raised his head and said. "On that day, Ming Gong asked me to organize the alliance, and I was the one who contacted Erzhang, Liu, Qiao, and Bao...... As a result, Ming Gong made such a person today, what am I? A villain of treachery? Or is it a fool who coaxes people into it but gets into it? If you don't oppose Ming Gong, how can you clear yourself? ”

Yuan Shao was extremely depressed in his heart, but he could only walk off the stage and ask Chen Gong: "Mr. Unexpectedly, he is here...... In such a situation, is there anything that the gentleman has to teach me? ”

In the end, he had already reached out and held Chen Gongtai's hand, which was a courtesy.

"There's nothing to explain." Chen Gongtai looked at his holding hand, and he also said bluntly with a blank face. "It's just three things......"

"Please." Yuan Shao stubbornly continued, while several henchmen and advisors who followed him down couldn't help but look at each other.

"First, since there has been a rebellion, in the chaos, when it is broken, it will be broken, please kill the general of the chariot and cavalry quickly, and use the military law to become famous." Chen Gong said calmly.

"I see." Yuan Shao immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Second, the second Zhang is to ask Dong Xianxian, a famous man in Yanzhou, because of the defeat of the army, he was imprisoned, and there are many people in the world who are not convinced, so the general of the Che Cavalry should not be wrong again and again, please release it quickly and make compensation." Chen Gong continued to speak proudly. "Otherwise, people like Zang Fujun and Liu Duwei will only increase in the future...... Because if people are not convinced, they will be uneasy, and if they are uneasy, they will think about change. ”

Yuan Shao opened his mouth to speak, but finally took a long breath, and then nodded heavily, and Zang Hong and Liu Xun, who were tied up next to him, also suddenly unloaded it when they saw this situation, and said nothing.

"Third," Chen Gong's tone softened. "Ming Gong, in the future, please be able to know people well...... Because the world's elites are willing to follow Ming Gong are all wanted, some people seek loyalty and too much life and death, some people seek wealth and goods regardless of shame, some people seek power and unscrupulous means, Zang Fujun, Liu Duwei is not their fault for such righteous people to fall into such a fate, on the contrary, because the world's respect for loyalty and righteousness will think that it is caused by Ming Gong's inability to use people, and please take this as a lesson. ”

Yuan Shao let go of the other party's hands, took a few steps back, and bowed down in the more windy snow to show that he was taught, and stepped forward to hold the other party again. Immediately, the two ignored others and left the school directly hand in hand, and Xin Ping and others stayed on the platform to continue to deal with the criminals, and with an order, blood splattered three feet, in the end, Zang Hong and Liu Xun died lightly.

However, after the execution, Xin Ping and the others did not rush back, but chatted with each other in the snow.

"It's a pity for Zang Ziyuan." Guo Tu shook his head and sighed. "Just thirty years old, he was a county guard, and he was also a former official who had been with him for generations, and he could have had a great future, but he died because of this kind of thing, isn't it ridiculous?"

"What's so ridiculous?" Feng Ji disagreed. "Die well, die without complaint, I thought that he had guessed that he would die before he came, but he came to die...... Indeed, he can be called a righteous man. ”

"It's just a small thing." Xin Ping sighed. "If you are in turmoil today, and you need heroes to help you and stabilize the chaos, what qualifications does a person like this have to be called a righteous man for the sake of his personal reputation? Only he still has a bit of a pure heart, knows how not to involve others, and comes alone, which may be commendable. If he waits a few more years and makes the climate in the local area, won't thousands of innocent people die in vain for him? ”

"Zang Ziyuan seeks benevolence, why do you bother to say more, what I care more about is what kind of person do you think this Chen Gongtai is?" Xu You, who was dressed in a white coat, sneered and twisted his beard. "This is the first thing to say, and it's really eye-catching."

"Upright and wise, knowing the overall situation without being informal, can be regarded as a character." Feng Ji frowned.

"That's not what it meant." Xu Ziyuan shook his head and said. "I'm asking, since he said that some of our Yuan Cheqi people seek wealth, some people, and some people seek righteousness, then I don't know what this Chen Gongtai is asking for this trip?"

"What can you ask for?" Xin Ping said disapprerovingly. "Isn't it a matter of weight?"

"What's important?" Feng Ji asked curiously.

"Naturally, listen to me in everything, use me in everything, and respect me in everything......" Xin Ping sneered. I think he has such a talent, and he is a local celebrity in Yanzhou, and now our general is about to appease the local people, so he must come here to taste what he wants. ”

Since these words came out, don't say that Guo Tu and Xu You had a slightly cold face, even Feng Ji was a little pale...... Every time Ji asks for help, Xu Yu asks for money, Xin Ping seeks that the family in other places can settle down, and Guo Tu asks for all three, and these four are afraid that they will not be able to please Chen Gongtai.

However, judging from the current situation, in the face of Chen Gongtai, who has a home advantage and this kind of character, everyone seems to have no way for a while, otherwise wouldn't it be in vain to ignore the overall situation?

"I just hope that the snow will melt in the spring, and I will go to Hebei earlier." After a long pause, Xin Ping still looked at the snowflakes that had covered the ground with blood, and sighed softly. "Over there in Hebei, the people in Nanyang and Yingchuan are already a little hesitant because of General Wei's begging for Dong Gongcheng."

"What are you hesitating about?" Guo Tu disagreed. "What General Wei did in Guanzhong regards the world as cattle and sheep, is it a place where you and I can settle down? As for returning to Yuzhou, General Wei played good chess there, so that Yuzhou is now more than three points, and when the spring begins, there will be a continuous war, where can I go back? ”

Everyone became more and more emotional, but finally threw down the two corpses on the ground and turned back in the snow.

"I have thanked Liu Yuzhou for his rescue." Just when Yuan Shao's group of wise men discussed the situation in Yuzhou, it was also the New Year's pass, and in front of the temple in Peiguo Fuli County, a middle-aged scribe was slowly bowing down to Liu Bei in the snow. "If it weren't for Liu Yuzhou's rescue this time, the servant would almost not be able to protect it."

"Why should Mr. Zibu care?" Liu Bei earnestly supported the other party, facing each other. "Tao Xuzhou was just deceived by traitors this time, and he was confused for a while, even if I didn't invite Yang Gong to Xuzhou, he would have let his feet out sooner or later...... Moreover, even if you want to thank Yang Gong, you should also thank Yang Gong. ”

"Of course Yang Gong wants to thank you." The so-called Mr. Zibu is naturally Zhang Zhao, got up and held Liu Bei's arm and smiled. "But Liu Yuzhou must also be thanked, so as soon as he returned home, he immediately came here to see the envoy."

"Luckily, you and I live nearby." Liu Bei also rarely smiled. "It's convenient."

Zhang Zhao thought for a while, and then the two of them went straight into the hall and sat down separately, because Zhang Zhao was a top celebrity in Xuzhou, so in addition to Lu Dai, who escorted Yang Biao to Xuzhou, Zhang Fei, Jian Yong, and several local scribes and officers who came to take refuge were all seated.

In other words, Zhang Zhao came here for a reason.

Tao Qian, a bad old man, was originally recognized as having a bad personality, and after he easily unified Xuzhou, he became even more unscrupulous...... For example, he cited Zhang Zhao as Maocai, and Zhang Zibu probably felt that he didn't want to stand out in the troubled times, so he resigned. So, it may be that he wants to kill chickens and monkeys, or he may really feel that Zhang Zhao looks down on him, in short, Tao Qian gave Xuzhou's Maocai this year to Wang Lang, who had nothing to do when he returned home, and arrested Zhang Zhao in prison as a warning.

Of course, this matter is a bit excessive, everyone in Xuzhou persuaded Tao Gongzu to release people, but in the troubled times, Gongsun Xun can drive out the minister, Yuan Shao can kill people and establish authority, and even Liu Yan can build some cars to lust for the peak of life, why not allow Tao Qian Weifu to be single-minded?

Therefore, Tao Gongzu turned his face horizontally, and for a while, no one could really save Zhang Zibu.

However, it happened to be at this time that Yang Biao, who came with the festival, finally broke through the obstacles of his brother-in-law Yuan Shu, and came to Fuli to meet Liu Bei, and after Liu Bei took the will, he invited Yang Biao to go to Xuzhou to rescue Zhang Zhao.

Yang Biao thought about it, it seemed that he was also angry with Gongsun Xun when he returned to Chang'an, and Xuzhou from Tao Gongzu to Wang Lang, and then to Chen Qi's father and son were all acquaintances, so he pushed the boat down the river and went to Xuzhou for the New Year with a scepter. As for Xuzhou, Tao Qian had to give face to Yang Ci's son Yang Biao even if he didn't give face to others, so he fished Zhang Zhao out of prison.

That's why we saw each other this time.

The two sides sat down and talked a few words, but suddenly Zhang Zibu asked a tricky question: "Liu Yuzhou, you are the official assassin of Yuzhou in the imperial court, and Yang Gong personally holds the festival to be named, but why is he only temporarily stationed in Fuli on the border of Xuzhou?" ”

Liu Bei's face did not change, and he replied calmly: "The situation is difficult, the five counties of Yuzhou, the general of the Hou is now passing on the place, and the two counties of Yingchuan and Runan are all under his orders, and I can't reach it; The northern part of the Liang State and the Pei State was close to Yanzhou, so they both rode from the Yuan chariot, so that the Chen State was also cut off...... When I came back from recruitment, I was already very content to be able to temporarily settle down in the six and a half counties of Fuli, Xuan, Longkang, Qi, Rong, and Xiang in the central and southern parts of Peiguo. ”

"What are these words?" Zhang Zhao shook his head again and again. "The history of a state assassin, according to the six counties, how can it be satisfied? The generals and horses are in full bloom, and Sun Jian, the Jiangdong tiger, is indeed not good at relative, but Cao Mengde, who is signed by Yuan Cheqi, may not be the opponent of the envoy, right? I heard that this person is not good at warfare, and in the autumn, he went to Danyang to recruit troops with the envoy, but half of the soldiers and horses he recruited mutinied and fled halfway through, but they were collected along the way by the envoy you who came from behind...... The reason why this kind of person can gain a foothold in the north of Peiguo and Liang is nothing more than relying on his family in Qiaoxian County at the junction of Pei and Liang, and he has the name of the township party, so why not attack it? ”

"Mr. Zibu doesn't know." Liu Bei's face remained unchanged. "In the middle of the year, I was defeated by Dong, I had an appointment with Brother Meng De and Brother Wentai about life and death, and now as soon as I change hands, I will go to meet with swords and soldiers for the sake of the territory, I Liu Bei can't do this kind of thing, why should Mr. say more?"

"When you are decided, you will continue to suffer from it." Zhang Zhao continued to persuade sincerely. "Liu Yuanjun, you are the official assassin of Yuzhou in the imperial court, and Yang Gong has traveled thousands of miles to come here to pass on the king's life, and the so-called Ming Zheng is smooth. Not to mention, the envoy is not a person without roots, first, there is the support of General Wei in the court, second, there is the support of Tao Xuzhou behind him, and third, the general himself is well-known in the world...... And now, if you don't take advantage of Cao Mengde's instability, attack and win, and wait for him to gain a foothold in northern Henan, I am afraid that he will swallow the six counties of your envoy in turn. ”

"There is no need to persuade again." Liu Bei waved his hand again and again. "I follow my brother Sun Wenqi in everything, his people say people-oriented, I am also people-oriented, his people say not to live up to others, I can't bear people today...... If the two brothers of Cao Sun don't come to attack me, I will never take the initiative to send troops. ”

Zhang Zhao couldn't help but smile and shook his head: "General Wei wouldn't be so stupid. ”

"I thought Mr. was a famous man in Xuzhou." Hearing this, Zhang Fei on the side finally couldn't bear it anymore. "There must be high opinions, so I have always treated each other with courtesy, but I didn't expect you to be just a treacherous person who persuades people to go against righteousness...... My generation of Youzhou boys, although he is dead, can he lose his righteousness? ”

Liu Bei's face still did not change, but he also shook his head: "I have never heard of my brother's treachery." ”

Jian Yong didn't speak, just spread his legs directly, lay down beside the brazier with his head up, and no longer looked at Zhang Zhao.

"The envoy and General Zhang, as well as this Mr. Xianhe, have misunderstood." Seeing this, Zhang Zhao smiled again. "What you just said when you got up is just a temptation...... In my opinion, the eldest husband was born in the world, and he did something and did not do something, and then he could have great things. This move by the envoy is certainly commendable. It's just that I really want to remind the envoy that if you take General Wei as an example, you must know that he will never sit still! And now that the directors have been completed, and the king wants to make meritorious deeds, is it really only guarding these six counties to the ground? These six counties are so broken that they don't even have a population of 100,000, and raising 3,000 soldiers has reached the extreme. ”

"What the hell does Mr. Zibu mean?" Liu Bei and Zhang Fei glanced at each other, and then they re-inquired about each other.

"Don't hide it." Zhang Zhao sighed faintly. "This time I hurt Tao Gongzu, and the situation in the Central Plains is uneasy, I was originally going to take Huainan, and then move my family to Jiangdong to avoid chaos...... Only after receiving the great favor of the king, he could not fail to repay it, so he came to Fu Li's line to seek repayment. ”

Hearing this, Liu Bei was really surprised in his heart, but Zhang Zibu continued to talk about it, so his face did not change.

"To make the name of the emperor Yuzhou Assassin History, but unwilling to attack each other, this is a commendable move, in fact, in the lower also feel that the people who can calm the place in the troubled times are the best choice, not with people who only know martial arts." Zhang Zhao continued to speak earnestly. "However, the world has reached this point, and the heroes of the troubled times have established their careers and settled the people, so why should they be arrested? Peiguo south of a Huai separation, Jiujiang, Lujiang two now although nominally belong to the general Yuan Highway, but in fact bandits are numerous, no one can control, the people can only build a dock fort to defend themselves, the two Taishou in Huainan is also hidden in the city bitter, if the king to the people of the foundation of the cause, why not mention the three thousand elite, south to the Huai River, for the Huainan two Taishou to clean up the thieves, on the one hand to collect the thieves and soldiers and horses to the people, on the other hand, do not expect to take Huainan, but the two Taishou will definitely help because of the gratitude to the envoy. At that time, if you turn back to the situation in Yuzhou, you will also be able to have a little more confidence. ”

Liu Bei was suddenly surprised for a while, but shook his head more than once: "Having said that, I am too familiar with Huainan and Huainan, so I can send troops for no reason." ”

"I'll go for you." Zhang Zhao leaned over and bowed, but it turned out to be Mao Sui's self-recommendation. "It is imperative that the general can send troops next spring, so that he can be prepared before the harvest next fall."

"Why before next year's autumn harvest?" Liu Bei hurriedly helped the other party up, and then asked curiously.

"Because as I expected, after the autumn harvest next year, the soldiers will continue to be fed, and there will be a big war in the world." Zhang Zhao replied calmly. "For example, General Hebei Wei and Yuan Che Cavalry, General Jing Xianghou and Liu Jingzhou, are all extremely obvious. And these four figures are the four strongest today except for Tao Xuzhou, once the war starts, the battle line stretches for thousands of miles, and the so-called world cannot get rid of it...... At that time, it will make you want to hide, and if you are in the waves, you will not be able to hide. ”

Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, and Jian Yongqi, who had just turned around, changed color.

"What's that?" Heavy snow fell, on the side of the Pujin Pass of the Yellow River, Gongsun Xun, who did not know what his opponent was doing, took a good time to personally welcome his mother to Chang'an for the New Year, and his people looked left and right on the newly completed pontoon bridge in Pujin, but suddenly caught a glimpse of a strange thing in the snow. "Why don't I remember that there are such high-rise buildings in Pujin...... It's a high-rise building, right on the other side of the river? ”

"Returning to the general." Zhang Ji, who had just returned from the other side of the river in the snow, bowed his head. "It's a high-rise building, but when the Pujin pontoon bridge was rebuilt with work for relief, the old lady ordered one of the craftsmen to build it there, and it has just been completed for ten years...... Call it the Stork Tower! ”

Gongsun Xun raised his head and laughed, and only after a long time did he reluctantly continue to ask: "Good name, but I don't know if there is an inscription poem in the stork tower, do you want me to cross the river to write one?" ”

"General Mingjian...... On the second floor, there is indeed a little poem that is so strange that it is only twenty words. Zhang Derong continued to reply. However, the poem is not only untitled, but also naïve and ridiculous, when the floor was completed when the river was frozen, the poem actually said that the Yellow River flows into the sea, so ridiculous, I think it should not hinder the general's masterpiece. ”

Gongsun Xun's smile stopped abruptly.

—————I'm the dividing line where my smile fades—————

"In the past Taizu Pingguanzhong, take the land east of the Sanfu River, with the weight of the destruction of the war, it is the pro-governor Pujin, rebuild the pontoon bridge, and build the floor with the rest of the work, called the stork building. Lou Cheng, the blue sky, the shadow is reversed, independent of Zhongzhou, with the gate of the town pass, and the lock of the three Jin luck. Taizu sighed, but he inscribed a poem on it, saying: 'The sun is at the end of the mountain, and the Yellow River flows into the sea. If you want to be poor, go to the next level. 'When the pass is peaceful, the soldiers and horses return to the hometown with gold beads, the soldiers are arrogant, often think about wealth, and pass Pujin, hear the Taizu inscription poems and words, are ashamed of themselves, but recite each other to encourage themselves, and the military heart is restored. —"Shilin Miscellaneous". Yan. Recorded by Anonymous