Chapter 57 Zhen's arrival in Chu

Just when Lu Ren was "busy" on Chaisang's side, near Xiangyang in Jingbei, a caravan of about two or three hundred people was slowly marching towards Xiangyang. It's just that it's a caravan, but I'm afraid that a discerning person can see at a glance that this is a clan team that is going to migrate to Jingxiang.

For such a team of relocated clans, no one here in Jingxiang would find it strange. In fact, since the time of Dong Zhuo's rebellion, the clans that fled to Jingxiang were almost one after another. To this day, the war in the Yellow River valley has almost never been interrupted, and it is not surprising that a large number of displaced people will still flow into the Jingxiang region, which was the most stable area at that time.

In the middle of the procession was a cart of oxen rides, and needless to say, it was the central figure of the clan that was carried in the cart. After walking for a while, someone suddenly came to the front of the car and said: "Old mother, someone in front of the team blocked the road and asked me if we were from the Zhen clan in Zhongshan." ”

The curtain of the car was not lifted, and an old female voice came out of the car: "Does the other party have a self-known name?" ”

"He claimed to be a ...... of the servants of the Army"

There was a muffled sound in the car, and I don't know what was smashed, and then the old woman in the car said angrily: "Lu Ren's people? The car is driving and stopping, and the old man is going to see who this shameless man sent to see me! ”

A few minutes later, the old woman stood in front of the visitor with the help of Yahuan. This old lady Zhen looks like she is about sixty years old this year, although she is old, she can still see her charm between the corners of her eyebrows, and people can't help but secretly speak, saying that if this old lady is younger than thirty years old, she will definitely be a generation of beautiful women. And in Lu Ren's words, the trick will also be included in the list of those who must be included in the harem by Cao Cao.

Speechless, the number of courtesies for meeting is not less, so the person who came respectfully gave a deep salute and said: "Dare to ask, but is it Mrs. Zhen?" ”

Old Madam Zhen hung up and down for a while, snorted and said coldly: "It's the old body." Who is the foot? Why here? ”

When the people came to say, they were scolded when they met. It seems that the news from the people who were sent out to inquire about the news has been very correct. However, this also made the people who came have already been mentally prepared, and there was no chaos in the play, so they still responded respectfully: "In Xia Zhangfang, it is the person in charge of the lord's affairs in the land of Jingxiang." ”

Old Madam Zhen snorted coldly again, and did not answer Zhang Fang's words, but asked directly: "Zhen Jiang, Zhen Mi, where are the two unfaithful and unfilial daughters now?" ”

Zhang Fang responded unhurriedly: "Don't worry, old lady, the two young ladies Jiang and Mi are now temporarily living in Yizhou, not in Jingxiang. ”

"Not in Jingxiang!? In what Yizhou!? ”

Mrs. Zhen was furious on the spot, raised her hand and pointed at Zhang Fang and scolded: "My Zhen family has no male successor. It was a helpless move for the two sisters to go out to sell goods, but they didn't know how to cherish themselves, and they abandoned their homes and fled until today, which is a great shame for my Zhen family! At the beginning, he was an old man who had already responded to the courtship of the second son of the Yuan family, although he did not give a dowry for many reasons, Zhen Mi was already the wife of the Yuan family. She acted like this, did she know that she had harmed the entire Zhongshan Zhen clan!? ”

Zhang Fang knew about those rumors, but because he had already received Lu Ren's prompt, of course he was pretending to be confused at this time: "Old lady, what's going on?" On the same day, Jiang and Mi were diverted to Xuzhou because of the exchange of troops. Unfortunately, he was robbed by thieves and all of them scattered, so he had no choice but to temporarily throw himself into the mansion of my lord for refuge, and then escape from Xu Du with my lord......"

How could Mrs. Zhen listen to the words at this time, and scolded again: "You still have to quibble!?" Abandoning one's home and running away from marriage is abandoning one's home and running away from marriage. How can there be so many false arguments? ”

Looking at Mrs. Zhen again, she was angry, but she raised her crutches and wanted to beat Zhang Fang, but where would Zhang Fang allow this old man to mess around? Moreover, Zhang Fang was a person with 700 camps under Gao Shun at the beginning, and his skills were not a joke, and he dodged Mrs. Zhen's crutches with a random flash. His face also became a little gloomy, and he said slightly angrily: "Old lady, what do you mean by this?" How do I listen to the old lady. Every sentence is saying that my father-in-law has an affair with Miss Zhen? The relationship between my father-in-law and Miss Zhen is innocent!! ”

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How could the people of the Zhen clan come to Jingzhou? Actually, to put it bluntly, it's really simple.

A few years ago, Zhen Jiang and Zhen Mi went to Henan to run business, just in time for the official start of the battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, so their sisters did not dare to take the road of Guandu and Baima, so they changed their route to the east, wanting to return to Qingzhou from Xuzhou first, and then Yuan Tan, the assassin of Qingzhou at that time, escorted their sisters back to Zhongshan. But he ran into bandits halfway through the road, and almost lost all his money and property, but he accidentally ran into Zhao Yun and was rescued, and then he ran into Lu Ren, who temporarily went to Xuzhou to serve as a pacification. Because of the business relationship between Zhen and Lu Ren, he naturally defected to Lu Ren's side to seek refuge.

Because considering the belligerent relationship between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao at that time, Zhen Mi, as Yuan Shao's daughter-in-law, naturally did not dare to speak out, so as not to be harmed by Yuan Shao. But as the situation developed, the Zhen sisters also had to flee to Yizhou with Lu Ren. At this time, Lu Ren arranged to send the news back to Zhongshan, and it only said that the Zhen sisters were killed by thieves on the road.

But that's often the way things go, and they don't necessarily go in the predetermined direction. "The Zhen sisters were killed by thieves" can be regarded as an explanation to the Yuan family, but it is also a bit unrealistic to make the Yuan family not hold a grudge against the Zhen clan. Although on the surface, the Yuan family is not easy to say anything about the Zhen family, but it is not too simple to make something bad in secret.

And the most important thing is that the battle of Guandu had been fought at that time, and Yuan Shao was in a hurry to turn over after he lost, and it was indispensable to carry out excessive conscription and levy money and grain in the territory. At this time, the Zhen clan had offended the Yuan family, so it lost its backer, and when it came to things like conscription, money and food, it naturally became the object of "key" care, and other people who had long coveted the Zhen clan had to do something to do, so the Zhen clan in the six or seven years of Jian'an was like a person who had been hungry for a long time and bit his artery, and his blood was continuously sucked away. If it weren't for Yuan Shao's illness and death, and Cao Cao broke Yuan Shao's three sons in a row, the Zhen clan would have been sucked into dry corpses by the Yuan family, and then the family would have been ruined.

But at this time, the Zhen clan was already seriously injured, and it was difficult to recover, but there was no objection. At this time, Lu Ren had already returned to Jingchu in the Central Plains from Yizhou, whether it was for Lu Ren's own purposes, or for the request of the Zhen sisters, Lu Ren would definitely send people to Zhongshan to inquire about the news, so it was certain that Lu Ren's people would connect with the Zhen clan.

After Old Madam Zhen learned about such a thing, even if she was angry again, she understood that it had reached a critical juncture related to the survival of the clan. Not to mention that the war between the Cao and Yuan families was still going on at this time, even if Cao Cao broke through Yecheng and occupied Hebei, their Zhen family also lost their foundation because there was no one who could come out, who let Zhen Yao, who is now the only one left, be a sick man who may die at any time? In desperation, Mrs. Zhen could only lead her people to leave Zhongshan and go to Jingzhou to find Lu Ren to attach.

Of course, there are also reasons why I heard that the clansmen of the Lu and Mi clans live and work in Yizhou. It is self-evident how much of the attraction of such a piece of land to many clans will be in troubled times. And now the Zhen clan needs such a piece of land to recuperate. So after a long journey, Mrs. Zhen finally arrived in the Jingzhou area.

However, the timing of their arrival was a bit unfortunate, and Lu Ren decided to leave Jingzhou for a period of time due to a series of changes. But Lu Ren took this aspect into account, so he gave a key explanation to Zhang Fang. Anyway, with Lu Ren's current capital in the Jingzhou area, it is really not difficult to settle a dilapidated clan, and Lu Ren is also a little short of people on hand, so it is just right for the people in the Zhen clan who want to do things to go to the top first.

After all, the avenue was not a place to speak, so a large group of people rushed to the road under the leadership of Zhang Fang, and came to the fishing village where Lu Ren temporarily lived at the second watch of the night.

Old Madam Zhen's anger has not subsided, and after the fatigue of the whole way, and she is older, she actually fell ill as soon as she settled down temporarily. Lu Ren was not there, and Zhang Fang had nothing to do, so he hurriedly asked people to go to the doctor to take a look. And in this case, it's really not the time to say anything. Anyway, according to Lu Ren's previous instructions, Zhang Fang would have settled down the Zhen clan first. As for sending the Zhen clan to Yizhou...... That will have to wait for Lu Ren's next fleet to come over, according to the current situation, I am afraid that it will take about four months for the ship to come.

Zhang Fang also has a set of communication tools in his hand, and Lu Ren is now in Chaisang, and he is still within the contact range of the communication tools, so after Zhang Fang got free, he immediately used the communication tools to inform Lu Ren of the arrival of the Zhen clan, but it made Lu Ren have a headache. It is said that his fleet is now in Chaisang, and it is not difficult to go back and pick up the people of the Zhen clan on the ship and then take them directly to Yizhou, but the problem is that in the current situation, where can he easily turn around and sail back? Not to mention anything else, if Zhou Yu's problem here is not solved, isn't he Lu Ren turning around and going back to Jingzhou to deliver food to Liu Biao?

After thinking about it again, Lu Ren decided that this matter should be put aside for now. Anyway, before letting Zhang Fang settle the Zhen clan for a while, then there shouldn't be any problems at least for a few months. If Zhou Yu's affairs here are handled well, then it will not be much of a problem to go back and pick up all the Zhen clan members on the ship and send them to Yizhou.

However, it is better to say hello to the Zhen sisters first, because in the previous communication with Shirley, Shirley said that the Zhen sisters were restless. If these two sisters did something stupid in a panic, it would be very detrimental to Lu Ren's next development steps.

So, Lu Ren took out the set of "Thousands of Miles of Sound Transmission" device that he had shown to Cai Yan before, and informed Shirley to find the Zhen sisters, and he wanted to tell the Zhen sisters about the situation in person. Maybe it's not of great use at the moment, but it's still the same sentence, as long as you can stabilize the mentality of these two sisters at the moment. Aren't all people like that? Only when there is hope in the heart can the heart be settled...... (To be continued.) )

PS: I'm sorry, I made a mistake when I cut it, and it has been corrected. Excuse me! It's almost the New Year, the bottle is very busy, and it always makes mistakes, so please forgive me!