Coincidentally!My name is Liu Bian

Chapter 44: Being fooled around
"The second thing?" Blinking, he looked at the depressed Zhang Yan, a little worried that he might accidentally push Zhang Yan into a panic... With a smile, he took the initiative to pour a bowl for Zhang Yan. Drink, toast, "General Zhang Yan, drink, drink! Why don't you drink?"

Zhang Yan looked at him, silently took the bowl of wine, and drank it down.

"Good drinker!" He praised Zhang Yan without hesitation, and poured a bowl of wine for Zhang Yan, "——Drink!"

Zhang Yanfu took another bowl and drank.

"And this bowl!" he continued.

Zhang Yan drank silently.

In this way, he poured Zhang Yan more than ten bowls, which made Zhang Yan panic... Um, it seems that the toast was too much? —— Feeling slightly guilty, he wanted to pour wine for Zhang Yan again, but Zhang Yan’s eyes went straight and she couldn’t drink any more!
"Your Highness, Your Highness, no need!" Zhang Yan burped and smelled of alcohol, "I won't ask anymore, okay?"

he:"……"

This will not work!

If you don’t ask, I’d be embarrassed to tell you.

Embarrassed, he said: "General Zhang Yan, I'm sorry, I'm too nervous! I'm afraid that you will be angry, General... Just now, your face was so gloomy, so gloomy that you could drip water."

After hearing this, Zhang Yan just wanted to smile wryly.

Maybe not long ago, Zhang Yan was really angry, but His Highness kept drinking wine... Ah~ Bah!It was a toast, a toast, and no matter how angry Zhang Yan was, it was diluted by the bowl after bowl of wine!

Now, Zhang Yan really... really wants to go to the toilet.

With a straight face, Zhang Yan said: "Your Highness, so-and-so... I'm not angry. According to the agreement just now, I won't hold a grudge against you for anything you say - Your Highness, just say it quickly!"

After saying that, I can...can...

Zhang Yan's face twisted.

Observing Zhang Yan's reaction, he wanted to laugh out loud unkindly, but he held it back - straight to the point, he said: "General, you have already asked this, so I won't beat around the bush..." Two things, I want to ask you, does the general know anything about the tenant farmers?"

Zhang Yan: "..."

Zhang Yan finally understood: Your Highness not only wants money, but also people...population? !

"I don't know much about it." Zhang Yan replied firmly.

Liu Bian was not fooled, and said quietly: "Really? - That's such a pity! I discovered before that Nanpi County has a much smaller population. I asked the local residents, and everyone spoke very vaguely, only vaguely mentioning General, you seem to be related to you, General! That’s why I made this trip on purpose! I never thought... Alas!"

Sighing heavily, Liu Bian's expression was really melancholy.

Zhang Yanze's face turned red and she couldn't answer her words.

The reason why the population of Nanpi County will decrease sharply... is because most of the farmers in Nanpi County are forced to owe huge debts for various reasons, and are detained in powerful mansions to work all day to pay off their debts!
Especially Zhang Yan, who proclaimed himself the King of Bohai at the beginning, became the king of the mountain and came out on top!The tenant farmers, who account for more than half of the population in Nanpi County, are brought back to the village to farm to feed the brothers in the village...

But can Zhang Yan say this?
No!

Therefore, Zhang Yan plans not to mention it at all, and firmly implements the policy of "reducing big things to small matters, and making trivial matters small" - as long as Zhang Yan doesn't mention, say, or explain, I believe there is nothing His Highness can do...

Before he finished thinking, Zhang Yan heard His Highness say angrily: "So I was deceived again?! This matter has nothing to do with you, General, but I listened to the slander of those villains and insisted on doubting you, General... This time It's the prefect's fault! Please forgive me, General!"

Huh? !

Zhang Yan stared at Liu Bian blankly, unable to turn around: Since His Highness has already reviewed it, then... Zhang Yan quickly showed her magnanimity and generosity, and instead advised:
"Your Highness, this is just a misunderstanding! As long as the misunderstanding is resolved! Zhang will never be angry over this trivial matter. Please rest assured, Your Highness, don't care or pay attention."

"How can this be possible?!" Liu Bian stared at him and said plausibly, "The general has been in the Yellow Turban Army for many years, but his heart has always been towards the Han Dynasty. He is a precious and loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. How can he be free of those villains?" Insult and slander?! When I return, I will deal with those villains severely!"

How beautifully said!Zhang Yan listened and almost believed it!Unexpectedly, Liu Bian changed the subject and said abruptly:

"By the way! Although the general doesn't know about the tenant farmers, can I ask you, general, to help me investigate this matter?"

Zhang Yan: "..."

Co-author I want to check myself?

Zhang Yan completely understood: If we cannot give His Highness a satisfactory result today, His Highness will spend his time here!

Therefore... Zhang Yan still took the initiative to report the tenant farmers' matter. The difference lies in the process. His Highness will not pursue it. As long as Zhang Yan writes the report in a beautiful, tortuous and passionate manner, even if it outlines a greedy and powerful family that is fictitious, , that doesn’t matter? !
Holding her forehead, Zhang Yan said: "Your Highness, this matter is of great importance. Can you allow me to think about it clearly?"

"When will the general plan to reply to me?" Liu Bian asked, determined not to give Zhang Yan a chance to refuse.

Zhang Yan said: "Just... just for a while!"

After saying that, Zhang Yan stood up and rushed out of the house——

"When I come back!"

Zhang Yan's voice still echoed in the room, but Zhang Yan himself was nowhere to be seen!
I also knew that Zhang Yan... went to the toilet.

Without Zhang Yan, Yuan Shao and others were finally willing to turn their attention to Liu Bian.

Unable to help themselves, Yuan Shao and others looked at Liu Bian with eyes that were quite deep and difficult to describe.

Probably no one expected that Liu Bian would find ways to get Zhang Yan drunk, but Zhang Yan was also stupid and did not refuse the drink!
Fortunately, after a lot of troubles, Liu Bian and his party finally achieved the purpose of their trip!
Although not quite worthy of Zhang Yan.

It would be very embarrassing to automatically filter out and ignore Zhang Yan running to the toilet in public. Liu Bian calmly took a bite of the picked wild fruit and found that the wild fruit was quite sweet and had a good taste. He couldn't help but drink more Ate a few.

At the end, he raised his head and saw Yuan Shao and others looking at him intently, forgetting the drinks in their hands. He couldn't help but said happily: "What? How can you imitate General Zhang Yan and not eat or drink? - —Are you full?"

After hearing this, Yuan Shao and others immediately lowered their heads. They ate what they should eat and drank what they should drink, and inadvertently ate until they were eight cents full.

Liu Bian waited patiently for Zhang Yan's return.

After a while, Zhang Yan returned.After sweeping away the passivity just now, Zhang Yan cupped her fists at him and said, "Your Highness, I have kept you waiting for a long time."

Liu Bian's eyes narrowed, he shook his head and said, "General, it will be done when you come back."

After that, he wanted to pour wine for Zhang Yan again.

But this time, he was stopped by Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan was flattered and said: "Your Highness, how dare Zhang ask you to pour the wine? It should be Zhang who pours the wine for His Highness!"

With that said, Zhang Yan pretended to pour him wine.

But he refused——

Calmly, Liu Bian said: "General, general, you haven't responded to my previous request from the prefect? ​​- How can I say this? General, please say it quickly. If you don't say it, I won't be in the mood to drink!"

Easily and skillfully, he declined.

Zhang Yan glanced at Liu Bian in surprise, then finally put down the wine bowl and muttered: "It's not difficult to agree, but..."

"Just what?" he asked.

Zhang Yan replied: "It's just that I am responsible for investigating the tenant farmers, so in what capacity should I intervene?"

Don’t forget that Zhang Yan is still the leader of the Yellow Turban bandit at this moment, right?

Even if Liu Bian had written a letter to the court on Zhang Yan's behalf, recommending Zhang Yan a title, he still had to wait for the official document to be issued before Zhang Yan could clear his identity as the leader of the Yellow Turban Bandits?

So...an infinite loop?

Narrowing his eyes, he looked at Zhang Yan secretly. He couldn't believe that in just a short period of time, Zhang Yan seemed to have changed into a different person, and his mind was particularly flexible - if this was Zhang Yan's own temporary plan, he would Liu Bian wouldn't believe it even if he killed him!
So, is someone helping Zhang Yan?

Smiling softly, he nodded and said: "I understand what the general means... As long as the court issues a document and confer the title of general, the general can investigate the tenant farmers, right?"

In other words: As long as the title is paid, Zhang Yan is willing to take the lead in spitting out the tenant farmers!

Zhang Yan said without thinking: "Why do you need to say that?!"

——How dare you really trade your title for population? !

He squinted at Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan was stunned for a moment, then realized that what she said was inappropriate, and said again: "That's not what I meant..."

"What does that mean?" he asked casually.

As a result, Zhang Yan was so anxious that she was sweating profusely, hemming and hawing, and couldn't make up her words.

"It seems that someone gave some advice, General?" He was half joking, half teasing, "Otherwise, General, the gap between you and your front wouldn't be so obvious."

"Sigh, that person's intelligence is not as good as His Highness's! Isn't it true that I am being fooled by His Highness?" Zhang Yan sighed and confessed honestly, "That's all, I don't dare to hide it from Your Highness... I am indeed being guided by someone - —

Zeng Aniu! ! "

Zhang Yan shouted with great momentum.

Immediately, a thin young scribe ran over, knelt down on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "Big, big leader!"

Zhang Yan pointed her hand at the young scholar and said to Liu Bian: "That's the person!"

There is quite a sense of "this person is the murderer".

Duan was filled with murderous intent.

The young scribe trembled all over and lowered his head.

no no no—

I didn’t dare to raise my head at all!
Liu Bian was quite surprised when he saw this.

Liu Bian’s first thoughts: What’s your surname Zeng?Ah Niu?

Could it be a coincidence?
Suddenly, he remembered that when he was about to arrive in Bohai County, he happened to meet an old village chief. The old village chief once mentioned that there was a child of A Niu in the village, who instigated a dozen villagers to defect to Zhang, who claimed to be the King of Bohai. Yan......

"You..." He stared at Zeng A Niu, not knowing how to make a decision.

On the side, Zhang Yan stared at Zeng Aniu with an unkind look on her face, as if she wanted to kill him.

Clearing his throat, Liu Bian said calmly: "Are you Zeng Aniu? - What are your specialties? Where are you from? Is there anyone in your family? Do you have any relatives? ... By the way, when you went to Bohai County, Are there a dozen or so companions? Are your companions still there?"

Zeng Aniu: "..."

Not only Zeng A Niu, but also Yuan Shao and others glanced at him in surprise, as if asking: Your Highness, what are you thinking about.

"——Uncle Wang!" Turning around, he looked at Liu Bei, "If I remember correctly, you were also there that day, Uncle Wang, right? Uncle Wang, do you still remember what the old village chief said?"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone looked at Liu Bei.

Liu Bei nodded and said: "Remember, why don't you remember? Your Highness, you also promised the old village chief that if there is a chance, you will help the old village chief find A Niu and others?"

The old village chief Xitan shook his head repeatedly and did not agree.

(End of this chapter)