Although everything was arranged, Liu Lan did not return the account, but walked down the steps, took his hands, stood in the middle of the steps, and said in a deep voice: "Actually, everyone has long known the whereabouts of Zang Ba in their hearts, even if they are not sure, at least they have guessed, yes, it is what you think in your hearts!" ”

Liu Lan affirmed what they thought in their hearts, but on the other hand, he didn't say anything, and that sentence is even more meaningful as you think in your hearts, and this sentence is undoubtedly aimed at those who are tired of it, because at this time only he will be eager to know Zang Ba's true whereabouts.

Just when many people regretted in their hearts, Liu Lan's eyes were as sharp as eagles and looked at them: "It's not that I deliberately want to hide it from everyone, but there is another reason!" ”

"Another reason?" Guan Yu got up in confusion and said, "Another reason?" What do you mean by this? ”

"Yes, my lord!" Zhang Fei also stood up, and said in a sullen voice: "I think that such a good thing as rescuing Qingzhou is useless, where is the need for Zang Ba of Lao Shizi?" It's better for the lord to give me 5,000 men and horses now, and then he will definitely capture that Yuan Tan child in front of the lord and let him be disposed of! ”

Xu Chu glanced at Zhang Fei on the side, sneered, suddenly got up, and said: "How can you get 5,000 people, the lord only needs to give Zhongkang 3,000 people, and then the head of Yuan Tan Xiao'er will be raised, if it is 5,000 people, I can't say that I have to go to Jizhou by the way, and bring that Yuan Shao to the main case!" ”

"Xu Zhongkang, you have such a big breath!" Zhang Fei's bronze bell-like eyes immediately opened and turned to Liu Lan like a fire, shouting, "Lord." You give him 5,000 men, and I want to see if he can arrest Yuan Shao!" ”

"Nonsense!" Liu Lan's face immediately became gloomy. At this time, they quarreled so much, didn't this make a mess for me? said angrily: "I don't care about you when you usually make trouble." Don't you know what this place is? Still messing around here? The more he talked, the more angry he became, he wanted to call the guards to pull the two of them down and play fifty boards each, but he didn't want to say anything, but he saw Zhang Fei and said with a straight face: "Lord, I didn't mess around, if you give me 5,000 men and horses now, if you can't bring Yuan Tan, you can dispose of it!" ”

"My lord. The last general is willing to set up a military order, as long as he gives the last general 3,000 men and horses, if he can't destroy Yuan Tan, he must kill him and listen to him! ”

Xu Chu glanced at Zhang Fei with three points of arrogance and provocation in his eyes, and it was clear in his eyes that five thousand people brought Yuan Tan, and Lao Tzu's three thousand people could be annihilated!

Zhang Fei glared at Xu Chu with disdain on his face, that clearly means that you didn't say that 5,000 people arrested Yuan Shao? Why are 3,000 people arrested Yuan Tan now? You set up a military order for 5,000 people to arrest Yuan Shao! There was a look of disdain in his eyes.

Liu Lan looked at the expressions of the two of them, how could he not know what the meaning was in the eyes of the two, although he knew that the two of them were competitive. But he can't change the established strategy because of the two of them, the most important thing now is that Guangling urgently needs to solve it, and he waved his hand to interrupt the two and said, "Okay." Qingzhou has been sent by Zang Ba, so you two don't need to say much, if you want to kill it. Then leave all your strength under Guangling City! ”

"No."

When the two saw him, they didn't mention Qingzhou, but talked about Guangling. I could only sigh in response. Both of them knew in their hearts that Guangling was like a grass carp. But Qingzhou is a fat sheep, and if you want to eat meat in a big gulp, you naturally have to eat sheep, and although grass carp is also meat, and there are few spines, but after all, there are so many volumes and quantities, how can you eat to the fullest? So although the two of them promised happily, the disappointment was already overflowing.

Liu Lan directly ignored the two of them, slowly walked to the front of the tent, turned his back to everyone, and said: "I have already said before, the reason why I will hide the matter of Zang Ba from everyone is that there is something unspeakable, since everyone came to ask me, then I will no longer hide it from everyone." ”

Everyone looked at Liu Lan in unison, looking forward to it, the lord must have said this for another reason or hidden reason, not because this matter was kept secret, and now it is natural to uncover the mystery. Looking at his back, he found that the lord's body suddenly began to tremble, like a shiver, and the amplitude was getting bigger and bigger, and they had already begun to care, but just as he was about to speak, he saw him slowly turn around, his face was flushed, as if he had great confidence, and said: "The reason why I want to hide this matter is not that there is anything ulterior about this matter, but that there has always been a spy sent by Yuan Shao hidden among the people. ”

Saying this, Liu Lan's body, which was still trembling before, suddenly stopped swinging loudly, and slowly walked towards the main seat, but when he walked to the seats of Xu Sheng and Zhen Yan at the end, he stopped again and said, "Fortunately, Zang Ba has been walking for many days, and I am not afraid of leaking it again if I say it today." ”

After a short silence, the room immediately became noisy, and everyone was talking and guessing who this spy was, and just after the discussion detonated, I suddenly saw Zhang Fei roar, and immediately suppressed the noisy sound in the house, and the sound like thunder immediately made the room fall into silence, and the silence was only for a moment, and I saw Zhang Fei say: "Lord, is there the spy you said in this house?" ”

Liu Lan nodded, and was about to continue talking, but he heard Zhang Fei roar and said, "No matter who this spy is, it will definitely not be Xu Zhongkang!" In his heart, the spy in the house will naturally not be him and Guan Yu, these old brothers, and it will never be Xu Zhongkang and Zhen Xiaozi, so as the scope narrows, this spy is about to come out!

Unexpectedly, this pair of enemies did not fall into the ground at the critical moment, but tried their best to defend them. Liu Lan nodded with satisfaction in his heart, but looked at Zhang Fei with a smile on his face, and said, "Yide, how can you be sure that this spy is not Zhongkang?" ”

"How can I be sure?" Zhang Fei looked up at the lord, and suddenly as if he was blessed to his heart, he hurriedly jumped up, ran to Xu Chu and lifted him up, and shouted: "Xu Zhongkang, Xu Zhongkang, I didn't expect you to be a fucking spy, it's all because I am blind on weekdays, and I am in the company of a villain like you!" ”

As he spoke, he punched Xu Chu and scolded at the same time: "I said why do you want to say that you are going to fight Jizhou, I think you are going to go to your old master!" ”

Xu Chu stretched out his hand to protect him, and when he broke free of Zhang Fei, he fell to his knees. Crying also said: "The lord is wronged, wronged." I want to be conscientious since Xu Wu followed the lord. Don't dare to be a little sloppy, how can it be Yuan Shao's treachery, it is Yuan Shao, and the last general has never seen it so far. At the end of the talk, he kowtowed, and his forehead was bloody: "Please also ask the lord to be clear, if Zhongkang has two hearts, I will not die well!" ”

He moved too fast, so much so that the thumping sound of his kowtow came out, and Liu Lan said something to stop him. But it was too late, so he hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and said, "Zhongkang, get up quickly, how can I not know your loyalty, and when did I say that you are this spy?" After speaking, he glared at Zhang Fei as if he was annoyed, and said, "It's all you idiot, when did I say that it was Zhongkang?" ”

"Didn't the lord say just now, didn't I say how I ...... sure?"

Zhang Fei said that he didn't know how to say it next, and he found that the lord's words just now did not say that Xu Chu was a traitor. It was completely his misunderstanding, scratching his head, and smiling awkwardly: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding!" With that, he stepped back to the table.

Before the feast. Zhang Fei suddenly thought of something, exclaimed, and said, "Lord." Since it's not Zhongkang, who is this mole? He said this. Everyone's eyes looked at Liu Lan in unison, and they couldn't hide their desire to know the inside story.

Liu Lan waved his hand. said: "I know who the traitor is, but I don't want to say it in public. Walking slowly, he walked to the case of Zhang Jaw and Zhang Fei, and said meaningfully to everyone: "I hope it can take the initiative to admit to me, if he can admit it, thinking about the master and servant, I will definitely not blame the past, as if nothing happened!" ”

After speaking, he walked slowly to his main seat, but when he reached the third step, he looked back abruptly and looked at everyone: "I will wait for him in the study today, I really hope that he will come to me!" Otherwise, don't blame me for not remembering the old love. ”

After speaking, Liu Lan climbed the stairs and slowly sat down, picked up the silk cloth paper on the desk, and said, "You will understand what this is in your heart, so I won't say more!" He looked at everyone, waved his hand, and said, "Okay, everyone stand down for the time being!" ”

The council hall is an independent courtyard, and the courtyard is heavily guarded, and the guards pass through it from time to time, and there are two classes of halberd soldiers in front of the door.

Entering the courtyard, the verdant summer makes the flowers and birds and trees in the courtyard even more beautiful, I don't know when it rains lightly outside the conference hall, the raindrops are not big but very dense, falling to the ground, there is a clattering sound.

There was a drum erected in front of the door of the chamber, and if Liu Lan was deliberating, he would beat this drum, but at this time, the drum was hit by raindrops, making a small beep, and the beep sound spread to the house, so that everyone's hearts began to beat up and down with the same rhythm with the drum.

Everyone quit the house one by one, but their mood began to sink like raindrops, and their eyes looked at everyone around them vigilantly, as if they were spies except themselves, but there were exceptions, that was Zhang Fei, because most of them had already gathered around him at this time, as if only in this way could they prove their innocence.

Liu Lan never thought that there would be such a consequence, and the mutual suspicion made him regret it, but fortunately, there was only one day, maybe such a scene would disappear after the sky was bright tomorrow.

Raising his head, he watched the disappearing backs of everyone, until Guan Yu was about to exit the door, but he suddenly shouted: "Yun Chang, you stay for a while, I want to discuss the matter of Guangling with you!" ”

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Guan Yu left, but Liu Lan waited endlessly in the study with apprehension and anxiety, although it was boring to wait, but deep down he didn't regret it, he wanted to make one last effort......

He didn't know if he could get the result he wanted most in his heart by doing this, just like the four words 'summer furnace and winter fan', even if he did useless things, but at least he could get a little comfort in his heart, and he had done his best to redeem and redeem his companions.

Yes, it is a companion, or a brother, although as his power increases, the old brothers around him are no longer as casual as they used to be, and they are more respectful to him, but no matter what, he still has that friendship in his heart, and he can't bear to dispose of it like this.

You can say that Liu Lan is not decisive enough to kill, some women are kind, but this is him, maybe time can change everything, but this nature will not change with time.

He may become ruthless to the enemy, but when it comes to his comrades-in-arms who have fought side by side, it is difficult for him to raise the butcher knife in his hand......

Time flies, I don't know when the colorful bridge outside the house is in the sky, such a beautiful scenery does not attract his attention, still sitting in front of the low table aimlessly waiting, such a boring wait began to make him a little bored, he casually took out a bamboo book from the shelf, Mao Shi, but it is no longer the one Liu Yin gave him, but the interpretation in it is exactly the same as that one, there is no difference.

But I wanted to pass the time by reading Mao Shi, but I found that I had the heart to look at it even a few times, just glanced at it a few times, then threw the book aside, stood up, walked down the steps, came to the window, opened the coarse cloth window, and breathed the fresh air after the rain, but at the same time he thought of something important, that is, the rectification of Xuzhou City, after living in Xuzhou, Liu Lan has been appeasing the old forces in Xuzhou City, and now Xuzhou is only left with Guangling, as long as Guangling is flat, Then he can boldly elect officials and make rectifications to Xuzhou in an orderly manner.

And the first point is naturally the land reform of Xuzhou City, there is also the reconstruction, for the land reform because of Xiaopei's experience, it is no longer a problem, as long as there is Guoyuan, this matter can be done. However, the reconstruction of Xuzhou City is different from Xiao Pei, and he is now thinking about how to expand the scale of Xuzhou City, so that Xuzhou City and Pengcheng can be merged into one.

Liu Lan has always had doubts about this matter, in his impression, Xuzhou City should not exist, and the real Xuzhou Governance Office should be Pengcheng, but when he learned a little about Xuzhou City, he found that Xuzhou City and Pengcheng were like a person and his shadow.

As for why the shadow (Xuzhou City) broke away from the ontology (Pengcheng), this can be traced back to the national policy taken by Liu Bang in the early Han Dynasty to suppress Pengcheng and support Xuzhou City in order to reduce Xiang Yu's influence in Pengcheng.

Therefore, the two cities are very close to each other, which is easy to integrate, and after the integration, Xuzhou City or the new Pengcheng will become one of the largest cities in China, and its scale and prosperity will once again return to the level of the early Han Dynasty. (To be continued.) )