Three Kingdoms, at the beginning of the game, recognize the thief as the father, hit the spectacle,

"Please wait a moment, I will open the door for Qu Shuai!"

Accompanied by the voice of the soldiers, Zhang Yan saw that the previously closed city gate was pulled open by the crowd, and a general in iron armor and a yellow robe jumped out from behind the city gate on horseback.

"This is Shuai Pei Qu, Mr. Yang has an order to welcome you into the city."

I saw that the general in yellow robe had a kind face, and his two beards were raised like crescent moons.When he saw that the two people in front of him had just brought a few guards and stationed all the nearly [-] parts near the city wall hundreds of meters away, his face immediately relaxed a lot.

"I'm Pei Yuanshao, the great general under Zhang Jiao, the great virtuous teacher back then. The Duke Yang you're talking about is Yang Feng? Old Pei, I've heard of him for a long time, and I've wanted to meet him for a long time!"

A rude and unrestrained voice came out of Pei Yuanshao's mouth, and when he reined in his horse, he jumped forward.The white horse's front hooves were raised high, looking full of energy.

At this moment, facing that unfamiliar yellow turban general, Pei Yuanshao knew that he was playing the role of leader of the entire team, so naturally he couldn't lose his momentum in front of the opponent.

Seeing this, the soldiers guarding the city gate suddenly took half a step back.

Earlier, before everyone arrived in Anyi City, Zhang Yan and Pei Yuanshao had repeatedly instructed that they must deliberately put on a haughty look in front of the opponent's generals, so that the opponent's fear would be lowered.

It's just that Zhang Yan really didn't know, there was no need for him to ask, Pei Yuanshao's character should have been like this.

Back then, when Pei Yuanshao had only a thousand yellow scarves, he really had to swallow his anger for the sake of everyone's survival, and thought about taking everyone to join Yang Feng and have a good meal.

But now he is no longer the yellow scarf commander who has three or two big cats and kittens under his command, but a big Han general who leads more than 4000 troops, let alone hugging Zhang Yan's thigh.

Even though Zhang Yan hasn't given him the talisman for dispatching troops, nor has he given him a formal letter of appointment, but in the eyes of pure Pei Yuanshao, he is already an official general, an official general at the level of a thousand-man superintendent of the Han Dynasty.

Even considering that his current strength far exceeds the thousand-man level, his status is much higher than that of ordinary generals.

Facing an ordinary yellow scarf general at this moment, Pei Yuanshao naturally didn't have to pretend, he really looked down on him.

"It's Yang Feng from the Yang family in Hedong. Mr. Yang sent me to escort you and your guards into the city. The place to stay has been arranged for you. Tonight, there will be a special banquet for you in the city, for Pei Shuai and everyone present. .”

"It's just a pity, now that the long-term battle in Hedong has just ended, and the people in the city are terrified. I really can't stand the evil spirit of Pei Shuai's army. I hope Pei Shuai will forgive me."

Without showing any angry look, the yellow-robed general just turned slightly sideways and invited Pei Yuanshao and Zhang Yan and others who were following him into the city. Nearly ten thousand soldiers all blocked the door.

"It seems that there is no chance to lead troops into the city..."

Looking at the other party's amiable face, but actually wary of himself and others, Zhang Yan couldn't help sighing.

This is also to be expected.

After all, it was an army of nearly [-] people, so it was normal for Yang Feng to be wary of himself.If the gates of the city were opened wide like this and he came in, Zhang Yan would wonder if the other party had set up an ambush in the city to plot against him.

Not long after the two of them entered the city, the simple-faced soldier on the previous city wall suddenly sneaked down the city wall when everyone was patrolling and changing shifts, knocked on the back door of a spacious compound in the city, and then turned to the door. The direction behind said in a low voice:

"Go and tell Madam, they are coming!"

Chapter 14 The House of Wei in the East River

At night, the bright moonlight shone on the moss-covered stone steps, giving off a cool light.On the deserted street, occasionally a black magpie or two would fall, making a slight thumping sound.

"Squeak-"

Accompanied by a light knock of the door hinge, a man in a long robe came out of the yard lightly. The black magpie on the street outside the gate was frightened and immediately flew up. The sound of flapping wings broke the silent night.

The man was exactly Zhang Yan who had taken off his heavy general's armor and put it back on his regular uniform.

At the second watch, Pei Yuanshao had already gone to the prefect's mansion for a banquet.Considering his own safety, Zhang Yan, who was afraid of being slammed by Yang Feng and others, did not go with him, but chose to come to the main road in Anyi City alone at night.

When he entered the city in the daytime, he appeared to be an ordinary person in front of the Yellow Turban, so the general in yellow robe only regarded him as Pei Yuanshao's follower and didn't pay much attention to it.

Walking on the street, the whole city was silent because of the curfew during the war. Zhang Yan looked at the city wall in the distance, feeling a little unwilling.

In the opposite direction, there were faint voices of talking and laughing. Zhang Yan knew that it was the prefect's mansion where a banquet was being held, and he had no intention of joining in the fun, instead, he walked away from the prefect's mansion.

He planned to go around the city wall to see if there was any chance to bring in the thousands of soldiers outside the city.

The planned goal of breaking through the bottleneck was not realized, and Zhang Yan was always filled with a feeling of boredom.However, if a war is forcibly set off for the sake of a breakthrough and the soldiers attack the city, it will cause a large number of casualties to the soldiers under his command, which is obviously not worth the candle.

"Da da……"

The slight sound of footsteps echoed on the street, and just when Zhang Yan was at a loss as to what to do, a young man's voice came from behind him.

"General Zhang..." (whispering)

"?"

Looking back suspiciously, Zhang Yan vaguely heard someone calling him.But when he turned his head, the street was indeed completely silent again, with no one at all.

"Who?"

Scratching his head in confusion, Zhang Yan asked in a low voice.

There are not many people in this river east who know themselves.Even if someone had heard of Zhang Yan, the fourth son and fourth richest dude in Luoyang, they would never recognize what he looked like.

"It's not necessarily haunted, is it?"

Just when Zhang Yan hesitated, a short figure suddenly emerged from the corner.

"General Zhang, I have been waiting for you for a long time, and my master asked me to invite you over."

Under the moonlight, the figure ran up to Zhang Yan with small steps, first bowed, and then made a "please" gesture, signaling Zhang Yan to follow behind him.

He was actually a handsome boy of thirteen or fourteen years old with fair skin like a woman.

"Your master? Looking for me?"

"Who is your master?"

Zhang Yan raised his eyebrows, a little surprised.

……

"General Zhang, this is my master."

Following behind the handsome young man, Zhang Yan wandered around the city of Anyi for a long time, and then came to the back door of a deep house compound.

At the door, a man who looked like he was in his 30s, but looked extremely old was waiting for him.

"Is that you looking for me?"

Looking at the master in the boy's mouth with interest, Zhang Yan only felt that the other party was pale and his limbs were stiff and weak.Although his appearance is the same as that of an ordinary middle-aged man, there is an indescribably weak and sickness in his body.

"Old man Wei Ke, I have been waiting for General Zhang here for a long time."

Seeing Zhang Yan coming with the young servant, Wei Ke who was waiting at the door clasped his fists and arched his hands towards him, then smiled and pointed to the door behind him.

"Wei Ming, open the door quickly, and bring a pot of tea to the side hall, hurry up."

"Wei Xie? You... are you Wei Boxie?"

Taking a step back slightly, after Zhang Yan heard the other party's self-introduction, he ignored the young man who briskly ran to open the door, instead he looked up and glanced at the courtyard behind the old man.

Zhang Yan hadn't noticed the size of the courtyard just now in the haste of walking in the middle of the night, it was just bigger than his small courtyard in Luoyang.

Now that he heard the man's self-introduction, he realized that the courtyard of the other party's house stretched for an entire block, and the side of the street where he was standing was full of property owned by the other party.

"It turned out to be the Patriarch of the Hedong Wei family. I am next to Zhang Yan. The Wei Patriarch is very polite."

Immediately clasping his hands together like the opponent, Zhang Yan finally understood why the opponent found him the first time he entered Anyi City.

"No, if it's this family, it probably entered into the eyes and ears of the other party just after I brought someone to the border of the River East..."

"Hedong Wei Family, one of the five wealthy families in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, ranked third among the five richest merchants in the world, and the number one scholarly family in Hedong..."

Countless dazzling halos flashed through Zhang Yan's mind, a drop of cold sweat dripped from his forehead, and at the same time, he became a little curious about the other party's intentions.

After all, to be honest, he and the Wei family do have some connections...

After saluting respectfully, Zhang Yan didn't act like a general in front of the old man, but gave him enough face.

Although the people do not fight with the officials, when the people reached the level of Wei Ke, they had already escaped from the basic power structure of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Considering the identity of the other party and his transcendent status in the entire group of scholars, Zhang Yan knew that if he could make friends with the other party this time, or at least gain the favor of the other party, then when he ran Lujiang in the future, he would get unanimous praise from the scholars in the world. A small boost and convenience.

What's more, if Wei Ji is willing to move his family line to Lujiang, those gentry families in Jiangdong such as the Lu family and the Gu family will have to concentrate on fighting the invasion of the Wei family at the first time, and there will be no chance to block Zhang Yan again.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yan couldn't help but lower his posture.And his low profile obviously made the other party very useful. The expression on Wei Ke's face was no longer as cautious as it was at the beginning, and gradually became friendly.

"Don't dare to act, dare not act, the old man was rude first, disturbing the general in the middle of the night, and I still hope that the general will be Haihan..."

Hearty laughter sounded, and Wei Yan squinted his eyes and made an invitation gesture to Zhang Yan, and at the same time woke Zhang Yan from that trance state.

"General Zhang, it's windy at night, let me go into the house with the old man and talk about it."

Reaching out and pulling Zhang Yan's sleeve, Zhang Yan watched the other party wink at him, and immediately understood what the other party meant.

Indeed, Anyi City is still under the control of the Yellow Turban.Although the night was quiet at this time, it was difficult to guarantee that the walls on the street had ears, and it was really not a good place to talk outside.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yan did not refuse, and just followed the other party into the courtyard.

After a while, a short figure appeared and gently closed the courtyard door.

Chapter 15 Cai Yan

Following behind Wei Ji, Zhang Yan walked through the quiet courtyard at night, and then entered a quiet room.

Entering the room, an oil lamp was burning on the square table in the middle. The oil lamp emitted a faint light and gave off a familiar smell.

It is suet.

……

"General Zhang, please sit down."

After closing the door casually, Wei Jiao pointed to the position of the upper head, motioning for Zhang Yan to take the seat, while he himself sat beside him.

"I don't know why Patriarch Wei sent someone to find me late at night?"

The two sat down one after another, Zhang Yan tidied up his robes, and seeing that the other party had no intention of speaking, he took the initiative to ask.

In the middle of the night, Zhang Yan didn't believe that the other party was acting on a whim, so he sent the young servant Wei Ming to look for him.Seeing Wei Ming's appearance, he had clearly been wandering around Zhang Yan's door for several hours, as if he had calculated that he would not stay in the room obediently at night, but would go out to check the environment in the city.

"General Zhang, don't worry too much. If the old man disturbs you late at night, you must discuss something important."

Smiling friendly towards Zhang Yan, Wei Ji first appeased the other party's emotions, and then continued:

"Hedong is located in the Central Plains. In recent years, the Yellow Turban banditry has been banned repeatedly. Now the Han court sent generals to Hedong to suppress the bandits. I have heard about it for a long time."

"Today's special invitation to the general is to discuss the matter of Xiancheng and extermination of bandits."

"Dedicating the city to destroy the bandits?"

Hearing Wei Ji's words, Zhang Yan was a little surprised at first, and then frowned tightly.