The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 99 099 Learning without needing

In the hall of Pengcheng State Shepherd's Mansion, there were two middle-aged men in robes sitting.

One of them was tall, with a stern face, frowning brows, a pair of piercing eyes with an aquiline-shaped nose, a large square mouth, and a green beard hanging on his chin. He was Zhang Zhao and Zhang Zibu.

Sitting opposite Zhang Zhao is Zhang Hong and Zhang Zigang. Compared with Zhang Zhao's stalwart figure, Zhang Hong seems a bit dwarfed. He is short, with a round face, single eyelids, and small eyes, which seem to be closed but not closed. , but all the light shot out from the tiny eyelids, giving people a feeling that cannot be underestimated.

Both Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong moved their families to Jiangdu to avoid chaos.Originally, they all thought of crossing the river, but because Yuan Shu was fighting with Liu Yao, the security in the south of the Yangtze River was not good, and there were many mountain and mountain people harming counties and counties, so they gave up their thoughts and stayed in Jiangdu temporarily.

The two of them didn't know each other at first, but they had heard about each other's fame. After living in Jiangdu, they gradually became acquainted with each other by a coincidence. As a result, they hit it off and became a couple who talked about everything. confidant.

Zhang Zhao's personality is upright, he dares to speak out, and he is somewhat stubborn. In addition, he has always been quick to speak, and he has offended many people.Therefore, although he is full of talent, he has never been able to get a platform to display his ambitions.As time passed, Zhang Zhao became disheartened, quit the officialdom early, devoted himself to studying, read a lot of books, and sometimes had to go out to run schools and accept apprentices to teach because of the embarrassment of life.

Once, Tao Qian wanted to hire Zhang Zhao to be his mate, but Zhang Zhao didn't like Tao Qian's behavior, so he refused.Tao Qian thought that Zhang Zhao didn't respect him, so he ordered Zhang Zhao to be arrested and put in a dungeon.Thanks to Zhang Zhao's good friend Zhao Yu's persuasion, Tao Qian was willing to let Zhang Zhao go.

From then on, Zhang Zhao moved to Jiangdu, far away from Tao Qian.

But Zhang Hong is different from Zhang Zhao, perhaps because Zhang Hong is slightly older than Zhang Zhao. His personality is calm, introverted, his emotions and anger are not visible, and he is aloof. .Later, he was recommended as a Maocai. At that time, General He Jin, Taiwei Zhu Jun, and Sikong Xun Shuang all successively hired him as their staff, but he declined all of them politely.

So far, Zhang Hong has never been an official. He relies on his family's few acres of Susukida to live in extreme poverty.

A few days ago, Guangling prefect Chen Deng visited the homes of Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong with greeting cards. After expressing their intentions, both Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong refused to become officials.

Chen Deng visited three times in total, but was rejected all three times. Zhang Zhao was even more rude. In a rage, Chen Deng ordered soldiers to surround the residences of Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong, threatening Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong to go to Pengcheng to serve Zhang. Yan, otherwise, the whole family will be executed.

Although Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong were not afraid, their family members were threatened, so they had to leave immediately and go together.After running around for a while, the two finally arrived in Pengcheng.

Chen Qun, the prefect of Pengcheng, took the lead in receiving Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong. He thought they were here to serve Zhang Yan, but who knew they were here to sue, saying that Chen Deng abused his power and threatened them.

Then Chen Qun hurriedly went to look for Zhang Yan, and happened to meet him at the gate of the city, and the two returned to the State Shepherd's Mansion together.

Zhang Yan and Chen Qun came back to the State Shepherd's Mansion together. When they came to the door, Zhang Yan saw two people around 40 years old sitting in the hall. He asked Chen Qun who was Zhang Zhao and who was Zhang Hong , and then swaggered in.

"Hahaha..." Zhang Yan raised his legs, and as soon as he stepped into the threshold of the hall, he laughed loudly: "The two gentlemen came from a long way, but I did not greet you from afar, I am deeply sorry, and I hope the two gentlemen forgive me! "

Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong saw a person coming in from the outside, and Chen Qun followed closely behind that person, and they all sized them up. They saw that the person was young, with a stern face, an extraordinary appearance, a burly figure, and piercing eyes. Although he was only wearing a solid outfit, it was not difficult to see that this person should be Xuzhou Mu Zhang Yan.

As the saying goes, seeing is better than hearing a hundred times, Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong finished looking at each other, and sighed in their hearts, absolutely never expecting that Zhang Yan is so young.

Although Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong had a tinge of anger in their hearts, they still stood up at the same time. Zhang Zhao took the lead and cupped his hands towards Zhang Yan, shouting: "Crassman Zhang Zhao..."

Zhang Hong followed closely behind and clasped his hands, "Crassman Zhang Hong..."

"My lord!" Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong said in unison.

Zhang Yan hastily waved his hands and said: "You two gentlemen don't need to be so restrained, please forgive me quickly..."

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Yan shouted to the servant standing at the door: "Make two pots of good tea here, I want to treat the two gentlemen well, and then tell the kitchen, prepare the food and drink, I want to..."

Zhang Zhao suddenly interrupted Zhang Yan, and shouted loudly: "My lord!"

Zhang Yan looked at Zhang Zhao, cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Zibu, do you have any instructions?"

Zhang Zhao saw that Zhang Yan was so submissive, his tone was calm, and his attitude was mild, he didn't look like a general who went to battle to kill the enemy at all.Although Zhang Yan treated them so politely, he didn't want to treat Zhang Yan politely, and said sharply: "We didn't come here to eat and drink, we just came here to seek justice from the adults."

"Fair? Mr. Zibu, is there something you can't solve? Just tell me, and I will do my best to help you!" Zhang Yan said.

Zhang Zhao angrily told about Chen Deng besieging his mansion and threatening him with the lives of his whole family.

Zhang Yan nodded repeatedly when he heard it, and after Zhang Zhao finished speaking, Zhang Yan said: "What Chen Yuanlong did is a bit too much, how can he treat famous people like the two gentlemen like this? But, then again. Now, when Chen Deng came to visit again and again, the two gentlemen didn't appreciate it. If it were me, I would be angry too. If you want to be fair, it is most appropriate to come to me. Because Chen Yuanlong did nothing wrong, he just Just follow the order. Because I gave him the order to let him do this!"

Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, and Chen Qun were all surprised when they heard this. Chen Qun hurriedly tugged at the corner of Zhang Yan's clothes, and whispered, "Master, why are you saying this in front of the two of them? Come on, aren't they even more hostile to the lord?"

Zhang Yan chuckled, but did not answer Chen Qun's words. Instead, he said to Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong: "I have heard about your reputation for a long time, and I also know that there were countless people who wanted to invite the two gentlemen to serve as officials, but they all failed." I returned without success. I have learned from the lessons of my predecessors, to be courteous before soldiers. Since you don’t want to come here by yourself, I have no choice but to force you here. Because I really need the help of the two gentlemen.”

"Despicable! Shameless! I didn't expect you to use such indecent methods!" Zhang Zhao scolded.

Zhang Yan pretended not to hear, and even turned a deaf ear to Zhang Zhao's scolding. Instead, he laughed and said, "Mr. Zibu scolded you well! I'm despicable, I'm shameless, and I've never regarded myself as a gentleman. All along, I feel that I am a villain. A villain who will not give up until he achieves his goal. Since Corporal Li Xian is useless to the two gentlemen, then I can only use the means of a villain. Otherwise, how can we meet here now? ?”

Neither Zhang Zhao nor Zhang Hong said a word, they pricked up their ears to listen to what Zhang Yan had to say.When they heard Zhang Yan admitting that he was a villain, for some reason, the two of them felt a little respect for Zhang Yan in their hearts.

"It's the first time I've seen someone who can say that to slander me. My lord, what on earth is he trying to do?" Chen Qun couldn't figure it out, and kept standing quietly by the side without saying a word.

Zhang Yan continued: "Nowadays the world is in turmoil, the warlords are divided, the people are suffering from wars and displacement, and the fertile land is even more barren. Xuzhou is no exception. Cao Cao led the army to attack Xuzhou twice. Not long after this side retreated, Yuan Shu over there Attack again. As Xuzhou shepherd, I shoulder the responsibility of protecting the environment and the people. Although I repelled Cao Cao and Yuan Shu respectively, I have formed a grudge with them since then. They will definitely not let Xuzhou go easily. You guys They are all famous people in the state, all of them have read a lot of books, and they have learned a lot of techniques of governing the country and ways of calming the people from the books, but you are not willing to dedicate what you have learned to benefit the people, but you insist on hiding it. Then let me ask you, since you don't intend to become officials, what's the use of learning those skills of governing the country? If you learn but don't use them, you are not as good as ordinary people. In the eyes of others, you are famous celebrities, but in my eyes Here, you are indeed no different from the common people, at least the common people can join the army at critical moments and shoulder the responsibility of defending their homes and the country, but what can you two celebrities do?"

This passage, Zhang Yan said sonorously, Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong listened carefully, and the two of them had no chance to refute, because of Zhang Yan's words, they fell into deep thought.

"What's the use of learning if you don't use it?" Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong were asking themselves, and at the same time they were deeply moved by Zhang Yan's words.

After a while, Zhang Hong, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "My lord's words are very incisive and very reasonable. We have read a lot of books and learned a lot of art of governing the country from the books. But if we learn it and don’t use it, then what do we learn it for? Listening to what your lord said today made me suddenly enlightened, and I really benefited a lot.”

After a pause, Zhang Hong continued: "Recently, I have often heard people mention your lord, and I also know that your lord has paid a lot for Xuzhou. We can understand your lord's thirst for talents, but everyone has his own ambitions, and your lord should not Force us? As the saying goes, don’t do to others what you don’t want done to you, that’s what I’m talking about, my lord is a person who understands, I think my lord should be very clear about what I mean, right?”

"If the two gentlemen really don't want to become an official, I won't be aggressive. However, in this life, the two gentlemen may stay in Pengcheng forever. Since I can't get it, I will definitely not let others get it. The two gentlemen both have the talents of the world, no matter who falls into the hands, they may become my enemy. I hope the two gentlemen can understand..."

"Don't tell me you want to imprison us?" Zhang Zhaolang asked.

(End of this chapter)