Lord Yuan

Chapter 173: A serial plan and a chance encounter with Han Dang
Unexpectedly, he got a lot of useful information from the pockmarked man. Out of joy, Yuan Shao specially arranged him into a single room and provided free accommodation and food.

Of course, the living conditions may be much worse than those outside.

However, the pockmarked man was already very satisfied and tried to get leniency for his confession. As a result, he got Yuan Shao's approval and only needed to be detained for more than a month before he was released.

Compared with those who were whipped and treated badly, his treatment was already the best among those who came here.

Yuan Shao took the list above, called for Wen Chou, and asked him to go to this place to capture these people. No matter what method is used, it is best if they are alive and of great use.

When Wen Chou heard this, he immediately patted his chest and vowed: "I will definitely live up to Yuan Jun's mission."

Soon, Wen Chou set off with several members of the Yuan clan. Yuan Shao did not intend to use the soldiers of the Duwei Mansion. Firstly, he did not believe in their loyalty, and secondly, he was afraid that even these soldiers had been corrupted and became Those powerful gentry's minions will inevitably cause some commotion once the news is revealed.

Just as Yuan Shao was proceeding step by step, unexpected news suddenly came from Xun Chen.

A man who claimed to be the head of the Zhao family wanted to meet Xun Chen and the people behind him.

Yuan Shaodang went to see the so-called head of the Zhao family.

Just as Yuan Shao expected, the other party also had a sea green pattern on his neck.

Yuan Shao narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the head of the Zhao family who seemed to have come with bad intentions, but the other party smiled and introduced himself: "I am the head of the Zhao family in Changli County, Zhao Que."

"Compared with today's Chang Shi of the country, he is really young and promising. At such an age, he has already become the second in command in Liaodong. In time, when the captain grows old, won't Chang Shi become the first in command, haha. "

Regarding Zhao Que's so-called friendly attitude, Yuan Shao did not intend to expose it. He just smiled lightly and said: "I wonder what the Zhao family master wants to do when he comes to this official? Is he reporting to the official for a missing person or is he recruiting a thief at home?"

Zhao Que shook his head like a rattle, glanced around and then whispered: "I heard that Chang Shi was going to take office. Last year, I was delayed by something and couldn't come in person. Now I'm here to get to know Chang Shi and get involved. Just a relationship, nothing else."

Yuan Shao looked at Zhao Que, who looked like a smiling tiger in front of him. He knew the cruel and ruthless methods of the other party, but he still smiled and said: "It doesn't have to be like this. The head of the Zhao family is a famous big shot in Changli County. I am just traveling from afar." Come on, I'm extremely sorry that I didn't even visit you. Where else can I take the initiative to visit you, but in this Captain's Mansion?"

Zhao Que's face changed color instantly, and he immediately said: "The words of the long history are serious, all for the better development of Liaodong, a mere gift is not respectful." After saying that, he took out a key from the servant behind him, He whispered cautiously: "This is the key to my Zhao family's warehouse in the east of Changli County. I have to meet Chang Shi today and express my feelings. I hope you can accept it."

Yuan Shao took the key without any politeness, playing with it from time to time, and suddenly asked in confusion: "What's in it? My taste is very unique."

When Zhao saw the change in the other party's attitude, he thought he had improved after receiving the key. He immediately smiled and said: "It's nothing, just some gold and silver equipment, not a lot, only more than 1000 kilograms." Well, I hope Chang Shi can give me some face."

Zhao was not afraid of him accepting it, but he was afraid that he would appear to be righteous and righteous. From this point of view, Chang Shi was still a money-grubbing master.

Everyone loves money. As long as he has a weakness, it will be easy to deal with it. At worst, you will share your interests with him. As time goes by, the handle will naturally fall into your hands. At that point, Didn't you just do whatever you wanted him to do?
Then Zhao Jian is really such a money-grubbing person, but he categorically stated that the other party is both civil and military, and extremely resourceful. Now it seems that Zhao Jian also made mistakes sometimes.

Immediately, Zhao Que let go of the restraints in his heart, and the hanging boulder fell to the bottom safely in an instant.

As for the officials he assigned from various places, Zhao naturally had a plan. When they met for the first time, they would only talk about relationships. When the communication became harmonious in the future, he would mention it casually and it would be solved smoothly. If it failed, he would With all these evidences presented one by one, how dare this young Chang Shi disobey?
After all, this was the fault of his youth. He had to let this long history understand what the dangers of society were.

Zhao Que narrowed his eyes with a smile, stood up with his hands crossed and saluted to say goodbye.

Yuan Shao didn't force him to stay, he just sat and played with the key in his hand, with a smile on his face from time to time. However, this attitude made Zhao Que even more disdainful. Young people are still young people after all.

After Zhao Que left, Yuan Shao immediately called Bu Qu and asked him to take the key to the so-called warehouse. As long as there were things in it, he would move everything to the Duwei Mansion. Then, late at night, he would It was transferred to surrounding counties and disposed of, and all the money exchanged was put into the treasury on the border of the fortress.

When Zhao learned that Yuan Shao was impatient and sent someone there, he felt even more happy. He walked up to Zhao Jian with a smile and said with great interest that the dead situation was solved and only the future would be long.

Although Zhao Jian was suspicious, he didn't know the specific details. He just thought that his uncle was deceiving him.

He was in such a beautiful mood that he did not forget about business. He happened to have a batch of newly arrived high-quality horses in his hands, which were valuable. Along with them, there were some long-stored silk objects, and the most important iron standard equipment. These things are rare outside the Great Wall. hard currency.

Among them, the iron weapons are especially important. These foreign tribes outside the Great Wall have been nomadic people since ancient times. They are skilled in bows and horses, but the weapons they use are extremely ordinary and even blunt.

There are five Hu soldiers and one Han soldier, which one?The weapons are blunt and the bows and crossbows are weak.

This is the inherent shortcoming of the alien race. Just like the difference between war horses and iron weapons in the mainland, the weapons in the hands of the alien race are often extremely laborious even for slaughtering livestock. Even after so many years of border trade, the situation of the alien race has not been greatly improved. , the fundamental reason is that the imperial court has particularly strict control over these iron tools.

If you want to successfully pass the border to trade with foreign races outside the Great Wall, you actually need to obtain a talisman to enter and exit the border.

If you want to obtain this talisman, you need to apply at the local government office. As a powerful person in Changli County, the Zhao family naturally has these at their fingertips.

If this batch of goods sells out smoothly, it will be enough to recover the loss of goods in the warehouse of the money-grubbing Chang Shi.

However, Zhao never takes risks himself. He always assigns other people in his clan to do transactions. He only needs to repair a book.

The goods were moved from several other warehouses of the Zhao family outside Changli County, very close to the border, for the convenience of entry and exit, which could save a lot of time. Little did he know that his actions had actually been watched by many people. .

When this batch of goods was transferred from the warehouse, Yuan Shao's informant had already told him the news. After receiving Yuan Shao's order to let them pass, the Zhao family members who pretended to be business travelers started their journey to the far distance in a mighty manner. Journey beyond the Great Wall.

In order for them to have no suspicion, it is almost impossible for those iron tools to pass through the pass through normal channels.

The Zhao family had greeted him early in the morning, and Yuan Shao had intentionally or unintentionally planned to let him out of seclusion smoothly. The soldiers who inspected him turned a blind eye. In fact, the Zhao family members even laughed. He joked with these soldiers, thinking that the head of the family's greeting was effective.

When this mammoth trade caravan with dozens of cars walked out of the border, the expressions of the soldiers on the fortress changed instantly.

Because Yuan Shao had already made arrangements, after they walked out for an hour or two, he would immediately send out cavalry to intercept them.

Moreover, it was also operated by Yan Liang and others, and Huang Zhong was also in the team.

He didn't expect that the first thing he did when he arrived was to rob these traders. This made Huang Zhong a little puzzled, but because of their trust in Yuan Shao, they still obeyed the order. More than a hundred riders went to the outside of the Great Wall to raid the group of merchants. .

The speed of these Han cavalry was far inferior to those of the Zhao family who pretended to be merchants. It took just over an hour for the galloping Han cavalry to catch up with them.

After some unfriendly communication, at the cost of eight people dying on the other side, Yan Liang and others took the goods without any damage, and also found a letter from the leader.

When Yuan Shao saw the letter, he immediately smiled, and then he asked Na Tianzhao to write a letter in Xianbei language.

The general content is that this batch of goods is very good, but in order not to alert the snake, these people of yours will be left outside the Great Wall to serve them with delicious food and drink. Please send someone to bring so much more goods, and you will be given three times the reward as a trade.Of course, this letter cannot be delivered to the head of the Zhao family so quickly. It is best to wait for a day or two.

But Wen Chou encountered a little trouble.

When Wen Chou arrived at the place, it was already in a mess, as if someone had trampled on it, and several people who clearly lived here were missing.

In order not to alert the snake, Wen Chou had no choice but to climb over the wall to enter and hide in a hidden place to wait for the opportunity.

This is the middle of the night.

When those people were tied up and pushed out of the house, Wen Chou looked confused.

Is it possible that Yuan Jun also arranged for other people?
Just when Wen Chou was wondering, the man in black came out and looked at the sky.

Moon and night.

The man in black whispered softly. Although his voice was very soft, Wen Chou and others who were hiding aside could still hear it clearly.

"You scumbags, you just took advantage of the death of Changshi in the past to oppress your wife and daughter. Now you have even done such perverse and rebellious actions as digging people's graves. Changshi was kind to me in the past, but today I will do it no matter what." Send you bastards to the suburbs so that you can taste the taste of those wild beasts in the suburbs."

What the man in black didn't expect was that Wen Chou heard all this scene clearly. After learning that he was not someone sent by Yuan Jun, and seeing that this man was already planning to run out with him on his back, Wen Chou hurriedly rushed out.

He angrily shouted: "Put it down, we want these people!"

The man in black was shocked. He had been searching for many days. These people had no friends and no family members. They were just idle all day long. Why did a few more people suddenly appear?

But he didn't panic at all. He just threw one of them to the ground with a clang, turned around and drew his long sword to prepare for it.

Wen Chou also took out his big knife, pointed at the opponent with one hand and said: "I know you are a chivalrous man, and I don't want to fight with you. Please leave. We can use these people."

The man in black smiled coldly, thinking it was the person sent by the Zhao family. He was not afraid at all, and even took up the long knife to attack.

Wen Chou said: "You're here just in time." He also waved the sword in his hand and faced him.

The figures of the two men were galloping, the weapons in their hands were opened and closed with great force.

The blades collided with each other, sparks shot out, and the two looked at each other.

Then they separated, waving their weapons again, slashing and stabbing left and right.

The two of them started to fight each other, but the fight became more and more fierce.

Under the moonlight, several people who were tied up with five flowers, as well as Yuan's Buqu who came with Wen Chou, quietly watched the two men performing hacking.

Not long after, the two separated again.

The man in black took a few breaths and looked at the fierce offensive swordsmanship on the other side. Even though he relied on his strong force, he suddenly felt bad. After more than a dozen rounds, he clearly felt that the opponent was not a weakling. His swordsmanship was extremely powerful. He is cunning. If he hadn't dodged instinctively on several occasions, he would have been defeated at this moment. He couldn't help but have an inexplicable feeling towards the person in front of him.

Wen Chou also had a different feeling. Ever since he met Huang Zhong, he had been beaten to pieces. He practiced every day and did not dare to slack off at all. Even if he could not catch up with Huang Zhong, he could not be pulled down too much. , with this idea in mind, his sword skills are naturally better than before.

He thought it would only take a few rounds to take it down, but he felt pressure for no reason.

Why did he only meet monster-level monsters? Even when facing those Xianbei elites, he didn't feel like this. A deep sense of frustration came to his heart. Looking at this posture, even after thirty rounds, It’s not necessarily possible to tell the winner.

Suddenly, seeing several people on the ground trying to untie the rope but in vain, Wen Chou remembered the purpose of his trip. He immediately put away his weapon, cupped his fists and saluted: "Sir, I do have these people." Dayong, my husband came just for the sake of his predecessor, Chang Shi. When he learned that someone had dug up his grave, he was furious and sent me to capture these people."

The man in black looked startled when he heard this, squinting at the other person who didn't look like he was lying, and then asked: "Who is your husband?"

Wen Chou thought about it and recalled the scene just now. This man was obviously someone who wanted to repay his kindness. It would not be a big deal for him to tell Yuan Jun's name, so he said loudly: "My husband is the new chief minister, Yuan Jun." Chang Shi, there was a night attack on the enemy camp before, and later there was the Battle of Liaodong, where he turned defeat into victory, and even deliberately took the body of the previous Chang Shi back for burial."

"The burial of Chang Shi was also arranged by my Yuan Jun. If not, my Yuan Jun would not be so eager to catch these people."

The man in black was dumbfounded by the news. He immediately pulled off the black cloth on his face and said respectfully: "If I had known that it was Yuan Changshi who did it, how could I, Han Dang, have stopped you? Please forgive me for your sin and return the favor." Please forgive me!"

When Wen Chou heard this name, he seemed to have heard it from Yuan Jun, but it was a little vague.

He asked doubtfully: "But Han Dang Han Yigong?"

The man in black also suddenly showed a hint of doubt and asked in surprise: "How do you know my name?"

Wen Shangang was overjoyed and immediately said with a smile: "My Yuan Jun has mentioned your name in front of me more than once. It is said that your archery skills are superb and your bow and horse are skillful. I wish I could make him come back. I never thought that you would be killed by me today." It’s really a joy to meet you.”

Han Dang couldn't help being shocked. The Chang Shi who led the Liaodong War actually remembered the name of an unknown person like himself. No matter where he knew it from, Han Dang felt extremely privileged in his heart.

Coupled with the fact that the peerless warrior Yan Liang was in front of him, Han Dang thought that he would never meet the Ming Lord in his life.

"That Yan Liang is also my Yuan Jun's entourage. If I know that Han Yigong is here, my Yuan Jun will definitely be polite and virtuous, and I can't wait to come in person!" Wen Chou's intuition told him that this Han must be a fierce general. If Yuan Jun can get him, he will add another One arm.

Han Dang was shocked beyond measure. He had thought that Yuan Jun would be proud to have such a strong general in front of him, but he never thought that Yan Liang, who could capture the enemy's general among thousands of troops, was actually under his command. For a moment, Han Dang was so shocked by the sudden news that he didn't know what to do.

Wen Chou threw away his weapon and stepped forward quickly. Taking advantage of his daze, he grabbed the opponent's hand and said with emotion: "I know the courage of the righteous man. If you don't dislike it, you are willing to come with me to meet Yuan Jun." , my Yuan Jun will definitely treat each other with courtesy and will never break his promise!"

Han Dang was stunned and looked at Wen Chou holding his hands. He thought for a moment that he was still a wanderer. After thinking about it for a moment, he suddenly sighed: "I always knew that Yuan Changshi was both brave and strategic, but I never thought that his subordinates could actually And where you are, a fierce general like you will never give up, so Han should follow you!"

Wen Chou was overjoyed and shook Han Dang's arm excitedly.

"I will definitely do it. No matter who my Yuan Jun treats, as long as he does not do evil things, he will always treat him with courtesy. Not to mention a chivalrous man like Yi Gong. If Yuan Jun knows that Yi Gong did it for his predecessor, Chief Shi , I’m afraid I’ll be even happier!”

(End of this chapter)