Last time, it was said that Zhang Yan's spies followed Zhang Liang's clues and found Liang Xu, who was protected by Zhang Sheng and Zhang San, and they immediately passed this discovery back to Zhang Yan.

After Zhang Yan learned the news, he contacted Liang Xu to call Zhang Liang's third uncle, and at the important juncture of the Yellow Turban Army's confrontation with the Han Court, Zhang Jiao actually sent out a disciple to defend a small doll, Zhang Yan guessed that this doll named Liang Xu was likely to be Zhang Jiao's own son.

Such a speculation is not a big blow to Zhang Yan. Although Zhang Yan is only Zhang Jiao's fourth disciple, ranking behind Zhang Sheng, Zhang Yan also has a layer of identity as Zhang Jiao's righteous son. In terms of the intimate relationship with Zhang Jiao, Zhang Sheng is more trusted by Zhang Jiao than Zhang Yan, but in the handling of the Taiping Sect's educational affairs, it is Zhang Yan, who is Zhang Jiao's son, who takes on more tasks, so Zhang Yan does not have much free time to stay by Zhang Jiao's side.

It is precisely because Zhang Yan is Zhang Jiao's righteous son, and often comes forward to deal with teaching affairs in various places for Zhang Jiao, so the Taiping Sect has tacitly accepted that Zhang Yan is Zhang Jiao's next successor. But now that a Zhang Jiao's own son has appeared for no reason, so Zhang Yan has worked hard over the years to make a wedding dress for Zhang Jiao's own son? How can Zhang Yan endure this breath?

Zhang Yan claimed to be sick and locked herself in her room for several days.

Zhang Jiao heard that Zhang Yan was sick, so he sent Zhang Mancheng to visit Zhang Yan. After hearing Zhang Mancheng say that Zhang Yan was fine, but he was just feeling cold, Zhang Jiao didn't take Zhang Yan's illness to heart, and he was busy keeping an eye on the movements of Hanting and planning the next action plan.

Zhang Yan was indeed fine, and soon recovered and returned to his busy work.

It was only when Zhang Yan reappeared in front of everyone that more than a dozen heralds in the Yellow Turban camp were ordered to leave the camp and go to other states and counties to deliver the orders of General Tiangong. The order was given by Zhang Yan, but all along, Zhang Yan often gave orders on behalf of Zhang Jiao, so everyone had no doubts about it.

But Zhang Jiao didn't know that there was such a thing, and these heralds who rushed to various places were not Zhang Jiao's orders at all, but Zhang Yan's orders. Zhang Yan, as the recognized successor of the next generation in the sect, has been taking care of the Taiping Sect for Zhang Jiao for a long time, and has long cultivated his own forces in various places. This time, Zhang Yan sent people to various places to inform his henchmen to seize power and seize the actual control of the Yellow Turban Army in various places. In addition, there is also an assassination order, so that the henchmen of the Youzhou side will get rid of Zhang Liang, Liang Xu, Zhang Sheng, and Zhang San at any cost, and the Qingzhou side will get rid of Zhang Bao. Zhang Yan planned to uproot the Zhang Jiao family and replace the Zhang brothers as the de facto rulers of the Yellow Turban Army.

To eradicate the Zhang Jiao family, of course, the most important Zhang Jiao must be missing. Zhang Yan planned to end Zhang Jiao's life by himself. So after arranging the matter of seizing power on the periphery, Zhang Yan privately found the henchmen and generals in the Jizhou camp and arranged the murder of Zhang Jiao and the seizure of power in Jizhou.

After everything was arranged, Zhang Yan waited for another two days before Shi Shiran went to Zhang Jiao to settle the account.

Zhang Mancheng saw Zhang Yan walking towards him in front of the big tent where Zhang Jiao was located, so he greeted Zhang Yan very cordially: "Fourth brother, are you done with military affairs?" Are you here to greet the master? It's unfortunate that you're here, and the master is cultivating. ”

Zhang Yan said with a bitter face: "I also want to be idle, some time ago, I was dizzy because I was busy, and I didn't pay attention to the weather for a while before I contracted the wind cold." ”

Zhang Mancheng said with a smile: "Fourth brother, now that the weather is starting to get colder, you have to pay attention to your body, the camp can't do without you." Master, the person he relies on the most now, is you. You don't know when you got sick the other day......"

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Zhang Yan didn't let Zhang Mancheng finish speaking, so she interrupted Zhang Mancheng's words, because Zhang Yan knew that what Zhang Mancheng was going to say next must be how Zhang Jiao was worried about his condition, and Zhang Yan felt that these words were disgusting. Zhang Yan felt that in Zhang Jiao's mind, he was just a usable chess piece, and the so-called concern was just to know whether this chess piece was still useful.

Zhang Yan said expressionlessly: "There is an abnormality in the Han army camp, I must see the master, immediately!" ”

Zhang Mancheng saw that what Zhang Yan said was serious, and it was not easy to stop him, because Zhang Jiao treated his disciples like sons on weekdays, and he would not deliberately avoid his own disciples when he practiced, so Zhang Mancheng didn't feel that there was anything wrong with letting Zhang Yan into the account.

Zhang Yan crossed Zhang Mancheng, lifted the curtain of the tent, and was about to enter the account, when he suddenly stopped, turned back to Zhang Mancheng and said: "Fifth brother, do me a favor and call the second brother over, and it is likely that the second brother will have to take the troops out to deal with this matter later." ”

"Okay!" Zhang Mancheng readily agreed, and ran away briskly as soon as he took a step.

Zhang Yan turned her head to enter the big tent, and the curtain was closed again.

After Zhang Yan entered the tent, he did not continue to approach Zhang Jiao, but stood in place and quietly looked at Zhang Jiao in practice.

At this time, Zhang Yan's mood was a little complicated, with both the excitement of being about to replace it and the fear of failure. Because recently, Zhang Jiao suddenly started practicing again, not only easily played with Lu Zhi's Han army, but also successfully predicted and ambushed Dong Zhuo, who heard that he was going to replace Lu Zhi.

Zhang Yan knew that Zhang Jiao knew divination, and he also coveted this miraculous ability. He had begged Zhang Jiao to teach him this skill, but Zhang Jiao only handed him a blank bamboo slip and asked him if he could see anything. At that time, Zhang Yan replied "no", because he really didn't see anything on the bamboo slips. Zhang Jiao sighed and took the bamboo slip back, and didn't say anything else. Since then, Zhang Yan has determined that Zhang Jiao is hiding his secrets, so he did not pass on the "Taiping Technique" to him. However, Zhang Jiao did not pass on the "Taiping Technique" to his other disciples, so Zhang Yan gradually let go of this knot.

It's just that Zhang Jiao's recent clever calculation made Zhang Yan see the great hope of taking the Han dynasty, if the leader of the Yellow Turban Army is him Zhang Yan, and he also knows the "Taiping Technique", Zhang Yan believes that with his military attainments, he can capture Luoyang within half a year.

Zhang Yan's original surname is Chu, and his family was originally a big family in Changshan County, and Zhang Yan is the eldest son and grandson of the head of the Chu family. When Zhang Yan was young, she especially loved to practice martial arts and read military books, and volunteered to be a general who defended his family and the country. There are also enough resources in the family to train this future great general of the Great Han. But the good times didn't last long, and due to the ban of the party, the Chu family was destroyed and wiped out. The loyal servants of the Chu family desperately protected the important people of the Chu family and escaped.

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