The centipede didn't know what kind of smell it smelled, and slowly crawled into Zhang Yan's bedroom, and at this time Zhang Yan had already fallen asleep, and after the centipede crawled onto Zhang Yan's bed, it went directly into Zhang Yan's quilt, and then bit on Zhang Yan's tightly wrapped wound.

After a while, Zhang Yan struggled twice and died, and the centipede crawled onto Zhang Yan's face, and then crawled to Zhang Yan's nostrils and waited for a moment before leaving.

At dawn, Hua Er found Chen Qun and said in a panic: "Family master, something happened!" Zhang Yanhe, he's dead! ”

Chen Qun glared at Hua Er when he heard this: "What's the matter?" ”

Hua Er shook his head: "My subordinates don't know, Zhang Yan was poisoned and died last night." ”

"Poisoned?" Chen Qun frowned when he heard this, and then quickly went to Zhang Yan's residence.

After Chen Qun came to Zhang Yan's bedroom, he saw Zhang Yan, who was completely black and dead, so he frowned at Huang Zhong who was inspecting: "Master, have you found out what kind of poison you have been in?" ”

Huang Zhong sighed and said, "It's a poisonous centipede!" ”

"Poisonous centipede? How can there be a highly poisonous centipede in the house? Chen Qun was puzzled when he heard this.

Huang Zhong shook his head: "Centipedes smell so bloody, maybe there is a highly poisonous centipede near Zhang Yan's bedroom." Okay, long article, the matter has come to this, you should mourn! ”

Chen Qun closed his eyes painfully when he heard this and began to ponder, he naturally thought of Jia Xu, but Chen Qun quickly vetoed it, the guest hall where he met Jia Xu yesterday was very far away from Zhang Yan's bedroom, the guest hall was in the first courtyard when he first entered the Chen Mansion, and Zhang Yan's residence was in the backyard of the Chen Mansion.

After Chen Qun excluded Jia Xu, he couldn't think of anyone anymore.

After Pang De arrived, he saw Zhang Yan's tragic situation and said in a deep voice: "Owner, this matter must have been deliberately done by someone, although centipedes like the smell of blood, but there are so many wounded people in the family now, why was Zhang Yan alone bitten by a highly poisonous centipede?" This matter is so suspicious! ”

Chen Qun frowned and said, "Suspicious is suspicious, but who could it be?" It can't be our family! But outsiders are the only ones who have been here, Senior Brother Jia, and he is even more impossible. ”

Huang Zhong said in a deep voice: "Changwen, everyone is dead, let's return it to the Zhang family, let Zhang Yan go to the soil for peace!" ”

Chen Qun nodded and agreed to Huang Zhong's proposal. After Chen Qun finished speaking, he returned to his residence alone.

After Chen Qun returned to his residence, he couldn't help but worry when he thought that Zhang Yan was dead and that the task assigned by the Emperor's Divine Order to revive the Han Dynasty had basically failed.

In September, Emperor Ling reprimanded the construction of the South Palace for being too slow, and asked the Ten Standing Servants to speed up the process of building the South Palace, and the Ten Standing Servants ordered all states and counties to speed up the delivery of building materials to Luoyang. For a while, the assassins and taishou of all states and counties began to frantically loot the people's fat and people's ointment, of course, the objects they could bully were still those ordinary people, and they didn't dare to move one of the big families, and all the people everywhere were full of voices.

In addition to the frenzied efforts of officials in various localities to enrich their pockets, Chen Qun also noticed a very serious phenomenon, that is, drought, which has lasted since the end of the wheat harvest until now, and all autumn grain and other crops have died of drought. Chen Qun worries that if the drought continues, it will be a question of whether this winter's wheat will be planted on time.

Chen Qun's worries were really fulfilled, and the winter of the third year of Zhonghe was a dry winter, and nine out of ten winter wheat in various parts of the north had not been sown, and even the pasture grass had died of drought.

The Qianghu tribe in the north couldn't survive anymore, so the various tribes launched a winter offensive against the Han Dynasty in the south, and the border passes of Bingzhou and Youzhou were in an emergency.

The Han Dynasty was in dire straits, with ethnic minorities in the north and officials oppressing the people inside, and the people in many places could not bear the oppression and rioted.

After Chen Qun received the information sent back by the states, looking at these heart-wrenching news, Chen Qun just ordered Chen Ji restaurants in various places to do their best to relieve the victims. Fortunately, Chen Kee Restaurant has enough food in stock, although it can't let the victims eat enough, but it also allows the victims to live.

The victims demanded to join the Chen family or sell their children to the Chen family, and Chen Qun ordered Chen Kee restaurants everywhere to do everything they could to keep the victims behind.

For a time, Chen Qun's good name spread far and wide.

After entering December, Ding Yuan invited Chen Qun to lead troops to help him with the attack of the Hell Qianghu tribe, but Chen Qun politely refused on the grounds that he was not an official, but asked Zhu Jun to send Zhang Liao to lead 5,500 cavalry into and resist Hu.

The Chen family's Chen Ji Restaurant received a wide range of victims in various places, so that the population of the Chen family soon skyrocketed to 1.1 million, and all parts of the country sent a steady stream of victims who took refuge in the Chen family to Shaomu Mountain.

Chen Qun ordered the people of Guan and his party to establish more than 20 settlements around Shaomu Mountain, let these victims who had taken refuge in the Chen family live in them, and arrange for them to work in the workshops in the mountain city.

Until the end of the third year of Zhonghe, the Ten Standing Servants did not take the initiative to trouble Chen Qun again, and Chen Qun had been busy dealing with the complicated intelligence and handling the disaster situation in various places, and he had no time to deal with the Ten Standing Attendants.

The three years of Zhonghe passed like this, and Chen Qun gained a lot of good fame in this year.

During the Chinese New Year in the fourth year of Zhonghe, three guests came to Shaomu Mountain to be very special to Chen Qun, his father Chen Ji, uncle Chen Chen, and cousin Xiaoxian came to Shaomu Mountain to meet Chen Qun.

After Chen Qun got the report, he hurriedly took his sister Li Bing'er to greet his father and the other three, although Chen Ji scolded him out of the Chen family two years ago, but Chen Qun knew that it was not the reason why he left the Chen family.

After Chen Qun saw Chen Ji and the other three, he hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "The child has met his father and uncle, and he has seen Xiaoxian. ”

Chen Ji looked at Chen Qun and said solemnly, "You are nineteen years old this year, right?" ”

Chen Qun suddenly felt a sour nose when he heard this: "Yes, father, the child is nineteen years old this year!" ”

Chen Ji looked at Chen Qun and nodded: "What you have done in the past two years is in the eyes of my father, my father didn't expect you to be so capable, I took back what I said two years ago for my father, and apologized to you for my father, you are the glory of the Chen family!" Your grandfather and your uncle praised you for your abilities. ”

Hearing this, Chen Qun looked at Chen Ji with moist eyes and smiled slightly: "Father, you don't need to apologize to the child, you can only blame the child for being too willful at the beginning and not explaining it to you clearly, it is the child's fault!" ”

Hearing this, Xiao Xian stepped forward and hugged Chen Qun: "Brother Changwen, you don't need to be humble, the whole family knows what happened at the beginning, but no one thought that you could carry forward the Chen family so widely!"

You did not get depressed after making money, but did your best to save the Han Dynasty in danger, we can see this clearly, we are here to tell you that you will no longer struggle alone in the future, my father and I will also stand behind you, and my grandfather and grandfather will stand behind you and become your most firm reliance! ”

"Thank you! Thank you Hyo-seon! Thank you, uncle! Thank you! I really need your help! Chen Qun hugged his cousin Xiaoxian tightly and said in a deep voice.

After Chen Qun finished speaking, he let go of Xiaoxian, and then looked at Chen Ji and smiled: "Father, uncle, Xiaoxian, let me introduce you to you, this is my sister Li Bing'er, I treat her as close as Xiaoxue." Bing'er has been with me for the past two years, and she has encouraged me to persist many times when I am about to lose it. ”

"I've seen two uncles, and I've seen Brother Xiaoxian." Li Bing'er then timidly saluted Chen Ji and the others.

Chen Ji looked at Li Bing'er and nodded, "Not bad!" Good girl! ”

Chen Chen also nodded and said: "Yes, at a glance, I know that she is a cultivated woman, eldest brother, I really envy you for giving birth to a good son, and now there is a good righteous daughter." ”

"Hahaha......" everyone laughed in unison when they heard this.

Chen Qun smiled after everyone stopped laughing: "Father, uncle, filial piety, go, go back to our house and have a look!" ”

"Good!" Chen Ji and the three of them said in unison, and after speaking, they went up to Shaomu Mountain with Chen Qun.

Chen Chen smiled at Chen Qun while going up the mountain: "Changwen, uncle has been hearing about how magical and beautiful your young mountain city is in the past two years!" You're going to have to take your uncle for a good visit. ”

Chen Qun smiled and replied, "Of course! Uncle, the big settlements you passed through when you came here are also the brothers of our Chen family, but there are too many people, and they can't live on the Shaomu Mountain, so let them live at the bottom of the mountain. ”

Chen Ji said with a straight face when he heard this: "Changwen, how many people are there on the Chen family side of Shaomu Mountain now?" ”

"One million and one hundred and one thousand." Chen Qun said directly.

"Ahh Chen Ji and the three of them shouted in unison when they heard this.

Chen Qun hurriedly explained: "Originally, there were only 360,000 people, but the drought a year ago caused disaster victims from all over the country to continue, and the victims asked to join the Chen family. ”

Chen Ji frowned when he heard this: "If you do this, you will let those who have a heart also infiltrate the Chen family, they may come to make trouble, you had better have a defense." ”

Chen Qun nodded: "The black sheep are for sure, but I believe that the vast majority are good." If those people have been hiding, forget it, if they dare to make trouble, the Chen family guards will make them pay enough price. ”

Chen Qun and his entourage talked and chatted like this, and came to the gate of Shaomu Mountain City.

After Chen Ji and the others saw that there was really such a magnificent mountain city in the middle of the mountain, they all continued to marvel at the magic of Shaomu Mountain. And after Chen Qun took them to see Shaomu Mountain, the three of them continued to praise Chen Qun's perfect design.

After returning to the Chen Mansion in Shaomu Mountain, Chen Qun first arranged the residence of Chen Ji and the three of them, and then took the three of them to the dining hall to eat together, and invited Xu Shu, Huang Zhong, Dian Wei, Chen Dao, and Pang De to come over and dine together.

After Chen Ji finished eating, he looked at Chen Qun Zhengse and said, "Changwen, for my father, I don't know where you learned to cook, but your food is really delicious." ”

Chen Qun smiled embarrassedly when he heard this: "Father, the child is self-created, the child is a foodie, I tried to make it myself when I thought of it, but I didn't expect to really make so many famous halls, and thanks to these strange ways of eating, the child can have today's achievements." ”

Chen Chen continued: "Changwen, what my uncle appreciates most about Shaomuro Mountain City is not that the food here is delicious, but that Shaomuro Mountain City has a strong escort force, which is my uncle's perception after seeing the current Shaomuro Mountain City, followed by those three workshops, you can independently produce iron and shoes, as well as cloth and silk, it is really very rare!" Finally, it's the good food. ”

Xiaoxian also smiled and said, "Yes, Brother Changwen, I don't know how many soldiers and horses you control now?" ”

Chen Qun smiled when he heard this: "I really haven't counted this, I think about it, four thousand Chen Jiawei, three thousand archers, seven thousand Chen family guards, counting the Danyang guards sent to various places, a total of 35,000 Danyang guards, and seven thousand Chen family guards, that's all." It's ...... in total"

"A total of fifty-six thousand soldiers and horses." Filial piety is the first to take the lead.

Chen Qun smiled and nodded: "Yes, it's so much." ”

Chen Ji nodded after hearing this, glanced at Chen Chen, and then looked at Chen Qun and said, "Changwen, if you now use all the people who can be soldiers in your family as soldiers, how many soldiers and horses can you take out at most?" ”

Chen Qun looked at Chen Ji and said, "Dad, what are you going to do?" Why do you ask this? These guards are only used to protect the safety of the mountain city, and are not used for anything else. ”

Chen Chen smiled when he heard this: "Changwen, your father also has a useful intention in asking this. Now that the world is in turmoil, the Han Dynasty is already in a precarious situation, we want to understand our strength, and we can choose a foothold in the next troubled times. If we don't take a long-term plan, we will be very passive once the troubled times begin. ”

"So?" Chen Qun frowned and said in a deep voice when he heard this.

Xu Shu, Huang Zhong, Dian Wei, Chen Zhi and Pang De all looked at Chen Qun when they heard this.

Chen Qun thought that it was now the fourth year of the New Year, and according to the current momentum, the Han Dynasty would inevitably fall, if nothing else, the troubled times would open two years later, since he had decided to build another Han Dynasty, it would be better to tell everyone directly, so that everyone could rest assured.

After thinking clearly, Chen Qun raised his head and smiled: "Father, uncle, let's let Yuan Zhilai tell you how many people you can come up with in the family." ”

Xu Shu smiled when he heard this: "This junior will call you uncle!" Uncle, now the Chen family can take out a maximum of 300,000 soldiers and horses, and the rest of the people are mostly women, children and children. Although the previous head of the family introduced a lot of manpower to the Chen family, he was not picky about manpower, so he could only produce so much. ”

Chen Ji was overjoyed when he heard this: "300,000! That's a lot! OK. Changwen, for my father and your uncle, I had previously discussed that we would not be able to escape the world after the troubled times came, but now that the Chen family has been developed by you so strongly, we can't avoid it even if we want to. We have to find a way out for the Chen family. ”

Chen Qun nodded and said in a deep voice: "Father, uncle, filial piety, brothers: you don't have to think about the way out of the Chen family, I have already thought about it, that is, let the Chen family become the royal family of the Han Dynasty and build another Han Dynasty." ”

Quiet! Surprisingly quiet!

After Chen Qun finished speaking, whether it was Chen Ji and the others, Xu Shu and others, as well as Wei Da and other guards standing around, they all felt their blood boiling all over their bodies, and the blood in their chests rushed straight to their heads, and everyone was shocked by Chen Qun's words.

"Let the Chen family become the royal family of the Han Dynasty and rebuild a Han Dynasty! My son has a kind! After Chen Ji came back to his senses, he looked at Chen Qun and praised.

Chen Chen shook his head and said, "Brother, this matter is easy to say, but it is very difficult to do!" Don't look at the current momentum of the Chen family, but compared with those big families, it still seems to be lacking in confidence. ”

Xu Shu smiled and said, "I think what Changwen thinks is very good!" And I think long essays can do it too! As for the other big families, whoever disagrees will do it until they obey. ”

Huang Zhong also nodded and said: "I also support Changwen's idea, Changwen is benevolent and righteous, and I have always wanted to help the Han family in my heart, but the current Han family really can't support it, so it's okay to rebuild a big Han!" Changwen, for the teacher to support you, I believe that your master Zilong will definitely support you. ”

Dian Wei then frowned and said, "I also support the owner's decision!" If the owner is the emperor, then the people of the world will live a good life! Whoever disobeys me will beat him until he is convinced! ”

Chen Zhi also got up and hugged his fist at Chen Qun and said: "Since the end of the Yellow Turban Uprising, Shu Zhi has followed the lord all the way to the present, and of course Shu Zhi supports the lord's decision. ”

Pound also got up and said, "I have nothing to say!" I have sold myself to the lord, and the lord's decision is my decision. ”

Hearing this, Chen Ji got up and hugged his fists to everyone and said, "Okay! Then on behalf of Chen Qun, I would like to thank all the heroes for their help! Long article, since you have made a decision, it is better to prepare as soon as possible. ”

Chen Qun nodded and got up and said, "Okay!" After the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, we began to train manpower, and on the surface, we said that there were too many people, and we trained to prevent accidents. ”

"So much the best!" Everyone praised.