The Zhang family is a big family, although it is not as good as the Shu family, but there are also 100 families and more than 700 people. The ancestor's original surname was Nie, and he lived in the Yin Pavilion of Yanmen County for generations, because he offended a local family, so the whole family changed his surname to Zhang and moved from the Yin Pavilion to Mayi.

Later, the Yellow Turban Rebellion occurred, and the heroes of the world joined the army one after another, Zhang Liao was the leader of the Zhang clan, and organized dozens of clansmen and the strong people in the township to take refuge in the state and assassinate Shi Ding Yuan, and gradually made meritorious contributions and fought in all directions. At that time, the world was still the country of the Han Emperor, the local officials were the emperor's courtiers, and the officers and soldiers were the army of the Son of Heaven, so the people of the Zhang family did not have to worry about anything, and lived in Mayi County with peace of mind.

Later, the world was divided, the Han family existed in name only, and the state became Yuan Shao's territory. And Zhang Liao and the clansmen of the Zhang family worked for Lu Bu, and they might have clashed with Yuan Shao's forces at some point; In order to avoid attracting disasters, five years ago, as soon as the whole Zhang family discussed, they moved to Baima Pavilion to avoid disasters. Usually they are low-key, if it weren't for Wang Ling and Zhang Liao's relationship with several faces, they would not know that the Zhang family's clansmen moved to the White Horse Pavilion.

Originally, there were 300 households and a population of more than 2,000, which was a large pavilion within a radius of 100 miles. But the people of the Zhang family are united, and the number of people has caught up with one-third of the local, there are still many businessmen in the Zhang family, and there is a lot of wealth, so only lived here for four or five years, the Zhang family became the first big family in the White Horse Pavilion, and Zhang Liao's brother Zhang Qian was elected as the pavilion chief because he was full of poetry and books, and he had been a Bo Cao in the county government.

Zhang Mao was overjoyed when he saw the gift Yuan bought, and left half of it in his butcher's shop, and told his mother-in-law to take care of it. He brought twenty-five taels of silver, five pieces of cloth, and two pieces of silk, and led Yuan Buyer from the three of them straight to his brother Zhang Qian's house.

"Big brother, a distinguished guest has come to visit!" Before Zhang Maoren entered the door, he opened his throat and shouted.

Yuan Mai stood outside the courtyard with a smile on his face and waited, and secretly looked at the Zhang family, a good house, a spacious tiled house, and a vermilion gate, obviously Zhang Liao's eldest brother's status was much stronger than that of the second brother who was a butcher.

has already known from Zhang Mao's mouth that Zhang Qian's identity is the pavilion chief of the White Horse Pavilion, and he can be regarded as a subordinate of the Yuan family, it seems that he is not disgusted with the rule of the Yuan family, which makes Yuan Mai more and more confident to persuade the Zhang brothers to recruit Zhang Liao for himself.

Zhang Qian is closing his eyes at home and thinking about the future of his third brother Zhang Liao. A few days ago, I received a letter from Zhang Liao from Xiapi, in which it was written that not long ago, Lü Bu and Liu Bei had a conflict and led his troops to capture Xiaopei. After that, he vigorously encouraged Cao Cao to capture Xuzhou, and at present, Cao Cao has assembled 80,000 elite troops on standby at the junction of Yanxu and Xuzhou, and the war is about to break out.

Zhang Liao mentioned in the letter that the total strength of Lü Bu's troops was about 50,000, of which 20,000 were newly recruited, including the people of Xuzhou and the Yellow Turban thieves who had been recruited, and their combat effectiveness was very poor. And what is more fatal is that the people of Xuzhou are not convinced by Lu Bu's rule, and in their hearts, they hope that Liu Xuande, who has been passed down from generation to generation, will be the pastor of Xuzhou, so the people are not in agreement.

Analyzing the pros and cons, Zhang Liao was very worried about whether he could hold Xuzhou. In the letter, he told his brother that if he had an accident and unfortunately died in battle, he asked him and his second brother to take care of his elderly parents on his behalf.

"Alas...... This Lu Bu is really a thing that is not enough to succeed and more than to lose, you said that since you robbed Xiapi, what are you going to provoke Liu Bei to do? Wouldn't it be idle to let him give you the gateway to defend Xuzhou? It's okay now, Liu Xuande and Cao Mengde have joined forces, Liu Bei has the hearts of the people, Cao Cao has soldiers and horses, I think you can deal with it? You didn't care if you failed, but you affected my third brother and harmed the future of my people surnamed Zhang......"

The more Zhang Qian thought about it, the more he felt that Lu Bu's general trend had gone, and he originally expected the third brother to lead the Zhang family to establish a reputation and glorify their ancestors, but who knew that they would end up in such a field. The dozens of people who followed Zhang Liao were the elite of the Zhang family, and if they failed or died on the battlefield, the Zhang family would never have a better day.

Zhang Qian is not only the head of the White Horse Pavilion, but also the patriarch of the Zhang family, and often takes the glory of the Zhang family as his own responsibility, but unfortunately he does not have this ability, so he pins his hopes on the third brother Zhang Liao, and now it seems that the hope is getting slimmer and slimmer, and he can't help but look up at the wooden beam on the roof, and let out a helpless sigh.

"Wen Yuan, Wen Yuan, you are so confused, I have already persuaded you, this Lu Bu is not a master worthy of trust, he has killed two father-in-law with his own hands, it is strange that such a person can become a big thing! You don't believe in the words of your brother, and if you don't say it yourself, I'm afraid it will also hurt my Zhang family! ”

"Big brother...... Big brother, are you at home? Still didn't hear? ”

Zhang Mao called a few times outside the door, and when he saw that no one answered, he pushed the door and walked into the room, and saw that the eldest brother was in a daze, grinning, "Big brother, a distinguished guest came to the door and called you out to greet you, why didn't anyone answer?" I thought you weren't home! ”

"Oh...... Who visits? Zhang Qian was stunned at this time, got up and asked.

"It's the fourth son of the state herdsman's family, Yuan Mai, the general of Fenwu!" Zhang Mao whispered, and then pushed his brother, "Come outside to greet you!" ”

Zhang Qian was taken aback, the identity of the son of the state herdsman and his pavilion chief was simply like a cloud, just like the later mayor's family suddenly came to the national leader to inspect, and he was not psychologically prepared, so it was strange not to be surprised!

"Yuan Jizhou's son? What did he—what did he come to do? Is our Zhang family about to come to a catastrophe? Zhang Qian was shocked, his face changed, and he asked in a snort.

Zhang Mao saw that the eldest brother was so frightened, and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, eldest brother, this Yuan Gongzi came with a gift, and it is very rich, I think there should be no malice, you go out to greet others!" ”

Hearing the second brother say this, Zhang Qian's hanging heart finally let go a little, and he didn't care about Yuan Mai's intentions, so he hurriedly sorted out his clothes and walked out of the courtyard. I saw a long-standing and extraordinary son outside the door, knowing that this was the fourth son of the Zhou Mu family that Zhang Mao said, he hurriedly bent down and bowed, and threw himself to the ground: "Oops...... The son came to the White Horse Pavilion, Zhang Qian missed the distance, and asked the son to forgive the sins, and forgive the sins! ”

"Brother Zhang doesn't have to be polite, the abrupt thing he bought, where do you dare to be surprised!" Yuan Mai respectfully helped Zhang Qian up and returned the salute. In order to win over Zhang Wenyuan, who is in a state of shock, he will not hesitate to shout his brother.

Zhang Qian was very surprised by Corporal Lixian, the son of the state herdsman, and looked flattered. Hurriedly let Yuan Mai and his entourage into the house, and ordered his subordinates to watch the tea and entertain them.

Yuan Mai asked Zhang Qian's name, sat down as a guest, and after saying a few polite words, he went straight to the point and said in a deep voice: "I bought this not for anything else, but for Zhang Wenyuan!" ”

Zhang Qian's heart was like fifteen bamboo baskets fetching water, seven up and eight down. I also guessed that Yuan Gongzi was mostly here for the third brother, but I don't know what his purpose is? Seeing that he was polite and came with a generous courtesy, it shouldn't be Xingshi's question, "It's not a secret, the third brother Wenyuan is serving under Lu Bu." At the beginning, Lu Bu was a Hanchen, so Wen Yuan led his clansmen for him to drive, and he couldn't bear to rebel, and hoped that the son would not be blamed. ”

Yuan Mai smiled heartily: "What Brother Zhang said is not bad, if it is not Lu Bu is a Han minister, my Yuan family is also a Han courtier, and I am also an official of the Han family." To each his own master, why should I blame it? ”

After a pause, his tone changed: "It's just that Lu Bu's demise is imminent, I'm afraid Wen Yuan is in trouble, I came to visit this time to save Wen Yuan's life!" ”