The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 34 034 Mi Zhu Was Arrested
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Zhang Yan left the State Shepherd's Mansion with a displeased expression on his face. What he never dreamed of was that the money Tao Qian gave him was only five hundred gold.

Five hundred gold just want to use it to build a fortress and form a powerful army?
It's just wishful thinking.

At this moment, Zhang Yan's state of mind plummeted, the original vigor disappeared, and what he got instead was a look of melancholy.

Xu Sheng saw Zhang Yan's depressed mood, but he didn't ask any more questions, and just followed behind quietly.

Zhang Yan was in front, Xu Sheng was behind, and the two walked aimlessly on the street.

"Master Zhang, please stay!"

Suddenly, a loud voice came from behind Zhang Yan. He turned his head and saw Wang Lang and Zhao Yu, who were in charge of Zhizhong, chasing after him.

He cupped his hands and said, "My lords, what's the matter?"

Wang Lang first glanced at Xu Sheng who was behind Zhang Yan, seeing that Xu Sheng had been tattooed on his face, he couldn't help showing a trace of panic in his expression.

Zhang Yan saw the clue and hurriedly said: "Master Wang, don't be afraid. Although Xu Sheng has been tortured by tattooing, he has already reformed himself. Now he is my confidant. Without my order, he will not hurt anyone. .”

Hearing Zhang Yan's words, Wang Lang felt relieved, looked around, saw that this place was located in a busy city, and there was a lot of noise nearby, so he said to Zhang Yan: "Master Zhang, there are many people talking here, it's not a place to talk, can you come to the house?" A story?"

Hearing that Wang Lang seemed to have something to say to himself, Zhang Yan nodded, cupped his hands and said, "Then disturb Mr. Wang."

As soon as the words fell, Wang Lang and Zhao Yu were in front, Zhang Yan and Xu Sheng were in the back. The four turned around a few streets and finally came to the gate of a house.

Wang Lang stopped in front of the door and said to Zhang Yan: "Master Zhang, this is the humble house, to be honored to have such a distinguished guest as Mr. Zhang, it will make the humble house flourish..."

"What is Mr. Wang talking about? Zhang is just a martial artist..."

"Even if Mr. Zhang is a martial artist, in Wang's opinion, he is also a martial artist who is well versed in the art of war, and I, Xuzhou, need a martial artist like Mr. Zhang. Mr. Zhang, please come inside!"

Wang Lang pushed open the door, stood at the door, and personally invited Zhang Yan into the house.

Zhang Yan raised his leg and stepped into Wang Lang's house, only then did he notice that Wang Lang's residence was no different from that of ordinary people.

According to historical records: Wang Lang is talented and generous, but his character is rigorous and generous.He often ridiculed the secular world for those who have the reputation of being charitable, but they don't care about the poor and lowly, so they often use their wealth to help those in need.It can be seen from this that Wang Lang is indeed an honest official who builds the world with virtue, has both talents and abilities, and refuses to seek fame by kitsch.

Wang Lang studied under Taiwei Yang Ci in his early years. He was erudite and well-known. He annotated Confucian classics and was very famous.Therefore, he was recommended by Yang Ci as a doctor and served as the magistrate of Suiqiu County.

Later, because of Yang Ci's death, he abandoned his official position and went into mourning. No matter who recommends him again, he will no longer be an official.If it wasn't because Tao Qian saved the lives of his family by chance, he would not be willing to become an official.

Zhang Yan and Xu Sheng were invited to the living room by Wang Lang and Zhao Yu, and the four sat as guests and hosts.

Wang Lang asked another pot of good tea to be offered, and when it was full, he picked up the teacup and said to Zhang Yan: "Master Zhang, Wang never drinks alcohol, so I invite Haihan. Today Wang uses tea instead of wine. A toast to Mr. Zhang."

Zhang Yan picked up the teacup, drank it all in one gulp, and then said in a gentle and elegant way: "My lord Wang invited me here, it shouldn't be just for drinking tea, right?"

"Master Zhang is really smart..." Wang Lang laughed loudly, and gave Zhao Yu a wink.

Zhao Yu understood, and hurriedly said: "Actually, we called Mr. Zhang here to discuss something important."

"Zhang is all ears." Zhang Yan said.

Wang Lang said: "Today in the State Shepherd's Mansion, Mr. Zhang, please don't take what Tao Shijun said to heart. After all, during this period of time, various places in Xuzhou have indeed been using money. However, no matter how difficult it is, Tao Shijun Jun originally planned to allocate two thousand gold from the treasury as funds for building fortresses and forming a strong army. But Tao Shijun did not know where he heard about Mi Zhu's funding of Mr. Zhang's five thousand gold, and he was immediately angry. However, The person Tao Shijun is angry with is not Master Zhang, but Mi Zhu."

"Is it because Mi Zhu gave me too much gold?" Zhang Yan asked.

Zhao Yudao: "Exactly. Although Mi Zhu is the richest man in Xuzhou, he is kind and charitable. He often uses some money to support Tao Shijun. In my impression, Tao Shijun once went to ask Mi Zhu once in the most difficult time. At that time, Mi Zhu only gave Tao Shijun five hundred gold. But now Mi Zhu gave Mr. Zhang five thousand gold with a wave of his hand. Such a big gap will make anyone feel uncomfortable. That's why Tao Shijun only I gave Lord Zhang five hundred gold..."

Wang Lang hastily interjected: "The reason why Tao Shijun did this is entirely for the sake of the overall situation. Since Mr. Zhang has received so much support from Mi Zhu, then Tao Shijun can use the money originally used to build fortresses and form a strong army. Relief for the refugees... So please, Mr. Zhang, for the sake of thousands of refugees, don't take this matter to heart..."

"Yes, yes, the overall situation is the most important thing in everything." Zhao Yu echoed.

Listening to Wang Lang and Zhao Yu singing together, Zhang Yan not only explained why Tao Shijun only gave him five hundred gold, but also meant to comfort him, as if he was afraid that he would resent Tao Qian.

"Don't worry, my lords, I don't mean to hate Tao Shijun at all. In fact, I didn't come here to ask for money. On the contrary, I just wanted to tell Tao Shijun that I have Mi Zhu's support and I don't want to do it anymore. That's a lot of money..."

Hearing Zhang Yan's words, Wang Lang and Zhao Yu finally felt relieved and heaved a sigh of relief.

"Dong dong dong..."

Suddenly, there was a hasty knock on the door outside.

As soon as Wang Lang's family opened the door, a person rushed in. Wang Lang's family couldn't stop them, they broke into the hall directly, ran in front of Zhang Yan, knelt down immediately, and begged, "Zhang Yan My lord, hurry... quickly save my master..."

Zhang Yan suddenly saw Mi Qiang, the steward of the Mi Mansion kneeling on the ground, and immediately asked, "What's wrong with your master?"

"Just now, Cao Bao led Danyang soldiers to surround the entire Mi Mansion. He insisted that my master is a spy of Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao, so he dragged my master from the bed and tied him up. The servants and maidservants in the mansion were taken away. Let's go, I protected the eldest lady and escaped from the Mi Mansion, and put her in a safe place first, and then I came to look for the lord, please hurry up and save my master!"

Mi Qiang's words were persuasive, with a sincere expression on his face, he didn't look like he was lying.

As soon as these words came out, everyone present seemed to have heard a bolt from the blue.

"Where did Cao Bao take him?" Zhang Yan asked hastily.

"Master and others were taken to the dungeon by Cao Bao...Master Zhang, I found you with great difficulty, please save my master, my master was wronged!" Mi Qiang cried.

Zhang Yan stood up abruptly, and strode towards the door. When he reached the door, he stopped suddenly, turned around and said to Wang Lang and Zhao Yu who were astonished, "My lords, Mi Zhu has always been kind and generous. The common man is a kind person. I don't believe he is a spy of Cao Cao. I think there must be some misunderstanding. I will go to the dungeon to save people, and I will ask the two adults to help me. I will go to the state shepherd's mansion to find out what happened .”

"Okay, let's go now." Wang Lang and Zhao Yu replied in unison.

Cao Bao is Tao Qian's confidant, this is a well-known fact, not to mention that Cao Bao is leading Danyang soldiers this time, if Tao Qian did not order, how dare Cao Bao be so presumptuous?
The group immediately divided into three groups. Wang Lang and Zhao Yu went to the State Shepherd's Mansion to ask Tao Qian what happened. Zhang Yan took Xu Sheng directly to the Dungeon of Tancheng. After Mi Qiang told Zhang Yan where Mi Zhen was hiding, he went Go back to protect Mi Zhen.

Zhang Yan was very anxious, he started to run, walking like flying, Xu Sheng followed closely behind him, after some inquiries, he found out where the dungeon was.

He and Xu Sheng soon arrived at the gate of the Tancheng dungeon, but they saw that the guards here were all Danyang soldiers, with a post every three steps and a post every five steps, the defense was so strict.

"Master, do you want me to distract them?" Seeing this, Xu Sheng immediately asked.

Zhang Yan shook his head and said: "No need, I will go in alone later, you go to the barracks to find Zang Ba, just tell me that I am in trouble, and ask him to lead troops to rescue."

"Here."

"It's not too late, let's go now!"

"Here!"

Xu Sheng responded, quickly left Zhang Yan, and galloped towards the barracks.

Zhang Yan stayed at the door of the dungeon for a while, observed carefully for a while, and saw a jailer coming out from the door of the cell, carrying a huge basket, and he followed him quietly.

He followed the jailer all the way to an alley, and seeing no one around, he shot quickly and knocked the jailer unconscious from behind, then took off the jailer's clothes, put them on himself, and returned to the cell directly.

Zhang Yan swaggered to the door of the cell, and the Danyang soldiers who were in charge of guarding him saw that he was wearing the clothes of a jailer, and they didn't even stop him, so they let him in directly.

As soon as he stepped into the gate of the cell, he saw that the courtyard was full of Danyang soldiers, with three steps and one post, and five steps and one post, the guards were really airtight.

At the same time, he vaguely heard howls and loud whips coming from the cell.

He glanced around, and suddenly saw a room directly opposite with the door wide open, and ten Danyang soldiers were standing at the door, and Cao Bao's hysterical roar came from inside: "I'll give you another chance, what do you draw?" Don't draw a bet?"

Immediately afterwards, Mi Zhu's voice came out: "I'm not guilty, why do I need to be charged?"

"Okay! If you don't eat a toast, you'll have to drink as a fine, tie him up and let him taste my whip!" Cao Bao roared angrily.

Hearing this, Zhang Yan couldn't bear it anymore, and angrily walked towards the opposite room.

(End of this chapter)