Chen An hurriedly raised his eyes to look, but saw that the messenger was thirty or forty years old, medium height, short beard and long face, neat crown and dress, and thanked Shi Chang outside the hall door, and walked forward unhurriedly.

"Miao Lan, the special envoy of Longxi Taishou, has seen Chen Duwei, and he is polite."

Chen An leaned forward and opened his narrow eyes, "But Longxi Miao's master book is in person?" ”

At the beginning, when Gao Yue heard Feng Liang's report and said that the bandit leader who intended to rob the military horses before was the commander under the command of the old prince of Nanyang, called Chen An, he couldn't help but be surprised, and then remembered who Chen An, who had left a strong mark in the history books.

According to the history books, Chen Anben was the commander of Sima Mo, the king of Nanyang. This person is extremely brave, and the blade he is used to using in battle is also very unique, but he holds a seven-foot broadsword in his left hand and a snake spear in his right hand.

Later, Chang'an was broken by the Xiongnu Han State, Sima Mo was captured, and he was killed after failing to surrender. Chen An relied on his extraordinary skills to fight desperately to get out of the encirclement, successfully escaped from Chang'an, and wandered for many years, and later defected to Sima Bao, who had inherited the title of the king of Nanyang and the garrison of Shangtai.

Sima Bao was very happy with the arrival of his father's old department and Chen An, and Chen An later performed exceptionally well in the battles ordered to crusade against the Qiang people, and Sima Bao treated him more favorably, so it aroused the jealousy of Sima Bao's original subordinate general Zhang Chun and others, and on the one hand, he simply sent assassins to assassinate him, forcing Chen An to flee to Longcheng.

In the fourth year of Jianxing (316), Emperor Jin was forced to surrender to Former Zhao, and the throne of the Jin Dynasty was vacant. Sima Bao coveted the throne, but Sima Rui was successively called the king of Jin in the first year of Jianwu (317) and the emperor in the first year of Taixing (318), and he was the emperor of Jin Yuan. It didn't take long for Sima Bao to finally lose his patience, and he also proclaimed himself the king of Jin, changed his year name, set up hundreds of officials, and controlled the same emperor, and did not submit to Sima Rui at all. After Chen An and Sima Bao experienced the grievances and hatreds of division and merger, they also gave birth to a heart of self-reliance, claiming to be the assassin of Qinzhou, surrendering to Qianzhao, and began to send troops to attack Sima Bao on their own initiative.

Later, after Sima Bao was killed by his subordinates, when Chen An was at his peak, he had more than 100,000 soldiers, claiming to be the governor of the capital, the fake Huang Yue, the general, the governor of Yong, Liang, Qin, and Liang, and finally proclaimed himself the king of Liang, dominating Qinzhou and dominating the northwest.

In addition to leaving a name in history for his extraordinary bravery, Chen An was both righteous and evil in his life, loyal and traitorous, good at soothing soldiers and soldiers, and treating the people well, and won the nostalgia and remembrance of the soldiers and civilians of Longshang after his death; But he was cruel and easy to kill, and the arson army looted on a large scale, causing the people's livelihood to be miserable. This is a person with a typical dual personality.

Gao Yue knew very well that although Chen An was still only a young man who had just begun to bear a brave name, if he developed according to the normal track of history, he would eventually grow into a towering tree and become a prince that Liu Yao, the brave king of the Huns, would not dare to underestimate. Now that he has a fate to deal with, in the troubled times, the heroes of the world, each by means to recruit, Chen An can be regarded as a talent no matter what, although he knows that he is not a loyal person, but Gao Yue still wants to try his best to recruit Chen An at the end of his life.

So the day after the report, Gao Yue made up his mind, but at most he was rejected by Chen An, and he couldn't even dare to ask. He also took a lot of thought when considering the messenger. First of all, Yang Ke and Han Yong are either full of Tao Luo, or they are wise and deep. The key Gao Yue is still a little selfish, he will not let these two people act as messengers at all, in case there is a good one, it will cut off his right arm, if it is not the key, he will not use these two people easily.

In addition, it is best not to count on the generals, not to mention Gao Yue's subordinates, Li Hu is in Shouyang, He Cheng is in Di Dao, Sun Long has been sent to Yinping to pacify the place, and the rest of the generals such as Lei Qizhi, Gu Siduo, Peng Jun, etc., are all arrogant and impatient people, so brave and ruthless, and Chen An will most likely choke on the spot when they meet, so they repeatedly promise that they will not be temperamental, but several important generals are not good at diplomatic rhetoric, and Gao Yue really has no confidence that he can expect them to complete the task.

The rest are the civil servants. Gao Yue thought about it, and finally chose the person on the main book Miao Lan. First of all, Miao Lan is the chief secretary of Longxi County, and as a seven-rank official, he will not lose his etiquette when he visits a small lieutenant who is embarrassed by Luo Tuo; The most important thing is that Miao Lan himself is a generous and loyal person, and he treats people with sincerity and kindness. Let Miao Lan go, he will be able to better express his sincerity to Chen An, and in the face of an honest person like Miao Lan, Chen An will refuse in person, and it is not good to be too embarrassed and threatened, and Miao Lan will be able to return safely.

Even if Gao Yue invited Miao Lan to come, he told his wishes truthfully to the point. When Miao Lan heard this, he promised that he had never contributed to the Lord, and he was very ashamed, and now he had the opportunity to share his worries for the Lord, no matter how good it was, he would definitely use all his strength to persuade Chen An to come to the Lord. Gao Yue was overjoyed, and after he was ready, he personally sent Miao Lan out of the city, and waited for good news in the city.

Chen An was taken aback when he heard Miao Lan sign up for his surname. Miao Lan's reputation for loyalty and sincerity, Chen An has also heard of it. I didn't expect to meet in person today, but I felt a little respectful. In addition, Chen An also knew that Miao Lan was the master of Longxi, a serious seven-rank official with eight hundred, and an important official of Longxi County, and he could come here, at least it showed that Longxi Taishou Gao Yue attached great importance to himself.

Chen An couldn't help but stand up, came up, and personally invited Miao Lan to sit down, "Master Miao's name is good, I have heard it before, and now I can see it in person, like an unexpected joy, please take a seat." He beckoned Miao Lan to sit down, and at the same time asked his subordinates to bring hot water, looked directly at Miao Lan and said: "Our place is simple, the conditions are difficult, there is no fragrant tea for a while, only the water of the spring in the mountain, and I hope that the master book will not be strange." ”

"Where, Chen Duwei is really polite, this water is very sweet and delicious, but it is rare to drink it, good, very good."

Miao Lan hurriedly thanked him, took the big bowl and took a sip of hot air, and praised it. Chen An saw that his face was sincere and not pretentious, and he couldn't help but feel a little happy in his heart, and felt that Miao Lan was kind and approachable, Chen An couldn't help but smile a little.

Miao Lan took out a letter from his arms, solemnly handed it to Chen An, and said earnestly: "Chen Duwei, this is written by my father-in-law, a sincere heart, all on paper, please read it first." ”

Chen Anxun thanked him, Dafang took the paper, and read it by himself first. In the hall, there was silence between the guests and the hosts.

Miao Lan drank a few sips of water unhurriedly. One is indeed a little thirsty, and the other is that he also took the opportunity to quietly observe Chen An, so as to reserve some buffer time for the topic to be cut to the topic later. When on the road, Miao Lan wanted to say that he was not worried about this mission, it was also false, Chen An was cruel or violent, treacherous or deceitful, he didn't know at all, the road ahead was like fog, and the luck and evil were uncertain. Miao Lan even held the attitude of being a confidant and dying, thinking that at most, he would be killed by Chen An, and he would not lose the reputation of his own lord.

Unexpectedly, after a short period of contact, Miao Lan's impression of Chen An has changed a little. He only felt that although Chen An was young and his clothes were tattered, he was polite and polite, which was completely different from the rough and arrogant chaotic soldiers and bandits in his imagination. Especially in his words and deeds, there is a heroic spirit between his eyebrows that cannot be concealed, which makes people have to look sideways.

In addition, look at this wide hall, although it is built of thick logs, but it has a simple and concise atmosphere, the tables and chairs in the hall are placed in order, and the ground is also very clean, and the imagination of the small dirty, smelly bandit nest, there is really a world of difference, this from the other side, shows that as the lord of the mountain, Chen An, clean and self-reliant and unwilling to degenerate.

After a while, Chen An finished reading the letter, his narrow eyes narrowed, and he kept blinking for a while, not speaking, and not knowing what he was thinking.

The host does not move, the guest does not move. He didn't speak, Miao Lan didn't make a sound, since the letter had been read, Miao Lan knew that Chen An always had to make a statement, so he looked at Chen An silently, waiting for him to speak.

"Not long ago, I had a misunderstanding with your army, and I also had a discussion with a general of your army because of this. I don't know, what was the surname of the bearded general at that time? ”

Chen An did not directly say the main point, but unhurriedly asked about the sneak attack on the Longxi army. This matter has long passed, and it has not caused any adverse consequences, and it is not a confidential matter, so Miao Lan told the truth: "Ah, if Chen Duwei refers to the cavalry general who transported the war horses of our army before, then let Chen Duwei know that this general is the commander of our army's cavalry, called Lei Qizhi." ”

"Thunder seven fingers, thunder seven fingers." Chen An narrowed his triangular eyes, thoughtfully, as if he wanted to focus on remembering this name, muttered to himself for a moment, and then asked: "With this General Lei's ability, is he among the best in your army, and is he valued and favored by Gao Taishou?" ”