"How did this Yang Kui come to my mansion?" Zhang Zhao asked the housekeeper in the study room.
"Replying to the Patriarch, I'm also not very clear. According to the gatekeeper, this person came to the gate with a young servant, and wanted to see the Lord. Originally, the gatekeeper wanted to drive them away, but he didn't expect that Yang Kui's young servant was so skilled in martial arts that the gatekeeper wasn't a match for him. That's why this lowly one came to know about the commotion. After that, this person started to boast shamelessly." The housekeeper carefully reported to the Patriarch.
"Who is this person?" Zhang Zhao frowned. This Yang Kui wasn't boasting shamelessly. If Zhang Zhao really drove him out, then there would be endless trouble in the future. Yang Kui was able to guess the conspiracy in the mansion. This person was very terrifying. Zhang Zhao should have seen someone with such ability in Jiangdong.
Because Zhang Zhao was not only the head of the nobles in Jiangdong, but he was also a great scholar. It can be said that many scholars in Jiangdong who wanted to become an official would send their name to Zhang Zhao for guidance. But this person seemed to have appeared out of nowhere. If this person was not a talented person, then Zhang Zhao would not know how to manage money. But this person's talent made Zhang Zhao shocked.
"Lord, maybe this person is not from Jiangdong!" The housekeeper added.
"Impossible!" Zhang Zhao directly shook his head. Although this person's voice was hoarse, Zhang Zhao could still hear that this person had a Jiangdong accent. If this person did not live in Jiangdong for decades, then it was impossible to have such an accent. Just like Zhuge Jin and Bu Lu, Zhuge Jin's Jingzhou accent and Bu Lu's Yangzhou accent were difficult to change in a short time.
Who is this person? Zhang Zhao thought for a long time. He thought of all the talented people in Jiangdong, but none of them were like this. These people were either indifferent and did not care about fame and fortune, or they were already working for Sun Ce. Could it be him? Zhang Zhao suddenly thought of a person.
"No, didn't this person leave Jingzhou?" Zhang Zhao frowned, "Go, send someone to follow Yang Kui and his servant. You must inform me of their every move!"
"Yes!" The housekeeper nodded and left.
"If you are him, what are you trying to do?" Zhang Zhao muttered to himself.
The night gradually deepened, and soon, the sky also brightened up. In Zhang Zhao's mansion, a group of Patriarchs woke up very early. It wasn't that they were diligent, but rather that they couldn't sleep. Could they sleep comfortably? If tomorrow's matter was successful, everyone would naturally be happy and their status would rise. But if they failed, then their entire family would die together.
"Zhang Gong, good morning!" The black-robed Yang Kui greeted Zhang Zhao.
"Mr. Yang Kui, good morning!" Zhang Zhao saw that Yang Kui was in good spirits, while the others were all dispirited. It seemed that only Yang Kui had a good night's sleep.
"Ladies and gentlemen, today is the day that will determine whether we will live or die! Even if you want to withdraw, it is too late! We can only fight to the end! "Zhang Zhao said to the group of Patriarchs below.
"Of course, we are all following Zhang Gong's lead." Zuo Li spoke. As soon as Zuo Li spoke, the other lords immediately agreed to listen to Zhang Gong. Indeed, there was no turning back. Once He Rui died, their relationship with Sun Ce and Zhou Yu would be completely broken.
"Good! Now is the time for us to act, Lord Hao! " Zhang Zhao began to give orders.
"Zhang Gong, what orders do you have?" Hao Liu cupped his fist and said.
"Lord Hao, how are the preparations of your Three Thousand Mountain Elites?" Zhang Zhao asked Hao Liu.
"Don't worry, Zhang Gong is ready to receive orders!" Hao Liu said to Zhang Zhao. The five thousand sets of heavy armor were ready.
"Good, then Brother Hao, please go back immediately and send the Three Thousand Mountain Elites to Jianye City to receive us." Zhang Zhao said.
"Understood!" Hao Liu nodded.
"Brother Zuo Li!" Zhang Zhao asked Zuo Li.
"Zhang Gong, what orders do you have?"
"Zhang Gong, please accompany Mister Yang Kui to Zhou Yu's residence and invite our Governor out!" Zhang Zhao thought for a long time and decided not to go because he had more important things to do, which was to welcome the second young master.
"This, this!" Zuo Li hesitated.
"What's wrong, Brother Zuo? Is there a problem?" Zhang Zhao asked.
"Zhang Gong, this old man is old. It's easy to enter the Governor's residence, but it's difficult to leave." Zuo Li said with difficulty. It was obvious that they had to go in and fight. Zuo Li was so old that he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to leave after going in.
Zhang Zhao frowned. The path to Zhou Yu's residence was very important. Zhang Zhao was afraid that there would be trouble if there was no one there.
"This old man will be replaced by my son!" Zuo Li continued.
"Your son?" Zhang Zhao muttered, as if he was hesitating.
"What, Zhang Gong doesn't trust me?" The black-robed man said.
"Mister, you misunderstand!" Zhang Zhao clearly didn't trust the black-robed man, Yang Kui.
"Mr. Zhang, I'm just a commoner. Even in Marquis Wu's eyes, I'm at most a county magistrate. But in Mr. Zhang's eyes, if I follow Second Young Master, I won't be able to escape the position of prefect!" The black-robed man showed a kind of enthusiasm for official positions, which made Zhang Zhao feel a lot more relieved.
The black-robed man wasn't lustful. He didn't touch any of the maidservants sent by Zhang Zhao last night. He wasn't greedy either. Later, Zhang Zhao also sent someone to send a hundred gold and some land deeds, but the black-robed man didn't accept any of them. Now it seemed that this person was obsessed with official positions. Zhang Zhao wasn't afraid of people having desires, but he was afraid of people having no desires. If a person wasn't greedy or lustful, and didn't care about official positions, then he had to be vigilant. Unless this person was detached from the secular world, it was impossible for such a person to enter the secular world.
Now it seemed that Yang Kui was a good official position. This was easy to handle. "Haha, Mister, don't worry. Once it's done, I'll tell the second young master to keep the position of Governor for you."
"Thank you very much, Zhang Gong! Hahahaha! "Yang Kui pretended to be wild with joy.
"Good, Governor Zuo. Let your son follow Mister Yang Kui to the Governor's mansion. You must let the Governor bring order to the chaos!" Zhang Zhao was eloquent. In his words, rebellion had turned into bringing order to the chaos.
"We won't let Zhang Gong down!" The two men cupped their fists and said.
"Master Cheng, your task is to use the five thousand soldiers left behind by General Yan Baihu to guard the Kuiji area and be ready to receive us at any time. You can expand the army at any time. Money and food are easy to deal with!" Zhang Zhao had to make two plans. First, he could use Zhou Yu to force Sun Ce to submit. Second, if Sun Ce didn't buy it, he could rely on Kuiji to expand the army.
"Yes!" Soon, the three groups of troops set off.
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"I say, Mister Yang Kui, why are we dressed like this? How are we going to enter Zhou Yu's mansion? If it were up to me, we should just put on the clothes and go in. Anyway, we have the token in our hands, so we can go in and out freely. " Among the group of people dressed as farmers, a young man was complaining. This person was the son of Governor Zuo Li, Zuo Jie.
"Idiot!" Yang Chen scolded this person in his heart. They really couldn't enter Zhou Yu's mansion if they were wearing martial arts clothes. Not to mention anything else, where would you put your sword? Once you reached the door, you might be stopped.
Although he was dissatisfied with this idiot son of Governor Zuo Li, the black-robed man still explained patiently, "Young Master Zuo, this token is He Rui's, not ours. If He Rui was here, we could cover for him. But now that He Rui is dead, we can't go in directly like this! Please be patient, Young Master Zuo, it will be done soon. "
"Humph, quickly do it, I don't have much time!" Zuo Jie said in a bad mood.
"You!" Yang Chen was about to be rough with this Young Master Zuo, but was stopped by Lu Su. He shook his head, smiled and didn't say anything. He looked at the familiar mansion and couldn't help but say, "Gong Jin, you didn't think that I would come back! This time, let's see who wins and who loses! Come, let's go! "Lu Su said to the people under him.
"What are you doing!" Sure enough, the group was stopped before they could enter Zhou Yu's mansion. There were a few guards with swords over there who stopped the group's carriage.
"This military officer, we are here to deliver some fresh fruits to the Governor's mansion!" Yang Chen took the lead in front. He could be said to be the best here, looking like a butler.
"Delivering fruits?" The guard with swords looked at the carriage and there were indeed a lot of fresh vegetables, but he still wouldn't let them go easily. Their task was to protect Governor Zhou Yu and let him recuperate in peace.
"Delivering fruits? How come I don't know you? " The guard with swords was still very witty. "Then Yuan San won't deliver?"
"Yuan San Ye? Oh, you mean that … "Yang Chen was about to follow the guard's words, but he was kicked by Lu Su behind him. Yang Chen saw that the guard had put his hand on the hilt of his sword, and immediately changed his words." What Yuan San Ye, we don't know him! "
"Oh?" The guard with swords turned his eyes, and the men behind him put down their hands on the sword, making Yang Chen very relieved.
What Yuan family's third son, this was all a lie from the guard with swords. If Yang Chen really followed, then Yang Chen and the others would be left to fight.
But even so, the guard with swords didn't let them go in. "Are these fruits fresh?" The guard with swords took a fruit and asked.
"Fresh, fresh, they were just picked and specially delivered for the Governor." Yang Chen quickly said.
"Is that so?" The guard with swords saw that there was dew on the fruit, and it was indeed just picked, but this person still didn't buy it. "Why do I feel that these are not fresh, could it be that you are using these heavy goods to deceive our Governor?"
"How can this be, this little one doesn't dare!"
"Why don't you dare? I think these fruits are just fresh, but the bottom is all heavy goods. Come, open it for me to see!" The guard with swords shouted loudly.
"Yes!" The other guards immediately came up, and their expressions showed that they wanted to turn over the carriage.
This carriage couldn't be turned over by them, there were swords inside. Once it was searched, it would be terrible, and the Zhou Mansion would be left outside together.
"You!" Young Master Zuo was about to shout and fight with them, but he was stopped by the black-robed man. If Young Master Zuo came forward, then it would be exposed immediately.
"Let's see who dares!" Yang Chen's face suddenly changed. Just a moment ago, he was very affectionate to these guards with swords, and could even be said to be despicable. But now, it was as if he was a different person.
"What? Guilty conscience? Or do you want to resist? " The guards with swords were not afraid at all, and a few of their subordinates directly pulled out their swords. The cold light on the swords made people shudder, and they believed that once they resisted, they would immediately be attacked by the swords.
"Resist, haha? Do you need to resist? You search, you search! Let me tell you, these melons and fruits were given to the Governor to taste by our family's Family Head. You can search hard. If these melons and fruits are damaged, the Governor will eat some bad or rotten ones. Hehe, I want to see how you explain it! "Yang Chen said with a look of 'you come and search.'
"Let's search!" The young guard with swords didn't believe in evil and wanted to come forward to search, but he was stopped by his own leader.
"Leader?"
"Don't worry!" The leader of the guards with swords narrowed his eyes. If Yang Chen didn't let him search, then he would search, because he was protecting the Zhou Mansion and had the duty to investigate together. Even if he made a scene, he wasn't afraid. But this Yang Chen's casual look made the leader of the guards with swords hesitate. He didn't want to inadvertently offend people. In the end, he was just a small general, and didn't even have the qualifications to lead the troops. If he accidentally provoked someone who shouldn't be provoked, then it wouldn't be good. "Whose family servant are you?"
"Haha, you don't care whose family servant I am. Hurry up and search. Once you're done, I'll go back and report to our family head, He Rui. I'll tell him that someone suspects us. Family head, you are sincere to the Governor, but it was destroyed by some people with bad intentions. They also ruined our fruits. This is deliberately to make you lose face in front of the Governor. They want our He Family to be blamed and punished by the Governor. This is to cut off our He Family's path." Yang Chen didn't say his identity on the surface, but between the lines, which one didn't say that he was a member of the He Family?
"He Family?" The guard's pupils dilated. In Jiangdong, one of the aristocratic families that cannot be offended was the He Family. It wasn't because of how powerful the He Family was, but because this person was close to the Governor. It can be said that he was a confidant of the Governor. Even if the Governor was a good person, he wouldn't blame him for such a thing, but he couldn't withstand the revenge of this He Rui.
"Are you really a member of the He Family?" The guard commander hesitated. "Do you have any evidence? “
There is no evidence. Hurry up and search. After searching, we have to send it in. We still have to go back and report! " Yang Chen said impatiently. The black-robed man on the side suddenly came to Yang Chen's ear and seemed to be saying something. But Yang Chen directly slapped the black-robed man and said angrily, "What token!"
"Housekeeper, that, that is the token given by the family head!" The black-robed man said in fear.
"Is the token given by the family head for cats and dogs to see?" Yang Chen said angrily.
"You!" The guard on the other side was angry. What did he mean by cats and dogs?
"No, no, housekeeper, I mean your token fell." The black-robed man said and carefully pointed to the ground.
Everyone looked at the ground and sure enough, a golden token fell on the ground. The word "He" was written on it.
"Aiya, damn it, I lost the Patriarch's command medallion!" Yang Chen scolded and slapped the black-robed man. "Why didn't you say so earlier? Damn it, you cheap slave." Yang Chen said and kicked the black-robed man. The black-robed man was not moved at all and was still trembling.
"It turned out to be Brother He, Brother He!" The guard leader also saw the token clearly. It was indeed authentic, and the words on it couldn't be fake. This token was created by the He Clan's Patriarch and the Zhou Clan's Patriarch, and was given to He Rui by Zhou Yu.
"Don't you want to search?" Yang Chen squinted his eyes.
"Oh, we are all family. What is there to search?" The guard commander said with a smile.
"Let's go!" Yang Chen said and was about to take everyone in.
"Wait!" But he was still stopped by the guard, which scared Yang Chen. He thought that this person really saw something.
"Brother He, this is the main entrance. If you go in, you will have to turn a lot of places. The side door is there. If you go there, you can go directly to the kitchen!" The guard said to Yang Chen. "Ah, I will let a guard take you there! It is more convenient. "
"Don't you want to guard the Zhou Mansion?" Yang Chen looked like he was thinking for him.
"I am afraid that Brother He will get lost. There is no hurry here."
"Thank you so much!" Yang Chen nodded. If there was someone to lead the way in front, why not? "Don't worry. If there is a chance, I will definitely say a few good words to you in front of our family head. If you are not careful, the Governor will know you!" Yang Chen gave a blank check.
"Haha, thank you, thank you Brother He!" The commander of the armed guards was overjoyed. Who didn't want to lead an army into battle? However, he had to be a guard. If he could catch Zhou Yu's attention, he would naturally fall into the army.
"Let's go!" A carriage of weapons under the escort of Yang Chen and others, and then under the leadership of the guard of the Zhou Mansion, went to the back door of the Zhou Mansion.
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