A convoy of more than 400 grain trucks, escorted by nearly a thousand civilians and 3,000 cavalrymen, left Jizhou from the south gate and entered Guantao along the official road.

There was a carriage specially prepared for Han Zhan in the convoy, but he did not stay in the car, but walked with Chen Gong. He smiled and said to Chen Gong: "If you think it's too cold outside, you might as well take the car." After that, he raised his whip and pointed to the carriage behind him.

Seeing Han Zhan riding a horse in the wind and snow, how could Chen Gong get into the warm carriage? He smiled and said, "Thank you, Tinghou Meiyi, I am still willing to ride a horse."

Seeing that Chen Gong was unwilling to ride a carriage, Han Zhan did not force him. If someone talked to him, he would not be too lonely on the way. Besides, he could also engage in condoms with the other party, and when recruiting him in the future, he would also increase his chance of success.

When Chen Gong saw the convoy on the official road covered with snow, he apologized to Han Zhan: "Mr. Tinghou, as cold as the road is cold today, the road is rugged and difficult to walk, but I would like to ask you to personally escort the food and grass to Guantao. On behalf of the military and civilians of Dongjun, I would like to express my gratitude to Tinghou!"

"You are welcome to the public station." Han Zhan looked at the convoy that was struggling in the snow and couldn't help but frowned slightly. He smiled bitterly and said, "But the snow on the official road is too deep. It will take at least four or five days for the convoy to arrive at Guantao. I wonder if the prefect Cao would be anxious."

After hearing what Han Zhan said, Chen Gong was silent for a moment, then said, "It's okay, I will send someone to Dongjun immediately to report the news to the prefect Cao, so as not to worry about not seeing the food truck."

"Since that's the case, the Gongtai will send someone to report the news," Han Zhan urged Chen Gong: "Stop worrying the prefect Cao."

The grain truck only walked for more than thirty miles a day. When Han Zhan saw that it was getting late, he ordered to camp on the spot.

After setting up the camp, Huang Zhong came to Han Zhan's tent and reported to him: "Lord, the camp has been set up. At the end, they will send fifteen horses to the east, south and north respectively. We will also send fifteen horsemen to explore the situation. We can know any movements as soon as possible."

Regarding Huang Zhong's arrangement, Han Zhan nodded with a smile and said in praise: "Han Sheng is still considerate, so that the soldiers and civilians can have a stable sleep tonight."

"Lord," Huang Zhong said carefully after Han Zhan finished speaking, "It's cold outside. If you are not careful, you may get infected with the cold. You'd better take a car to travel tomorrow?"

Han Zhan knew that Huang Zhong was concerned about him and made such a suggestion. He smiled and said, "Thank you for your kindness, but I am not a weak person. Can't even stand this little bit of wind and snow? I will continue to ride a horse tomorrow. Captain Huang doesn't have to worry about it."

The next morning, the grain convoy came out again. Chen Gong was still walking with Han Zhan. After chatting for a few words, Chen Gong suddenly stared at the ground. Han Zhan looked down at the place where he was looking. It was just a pile of messy horse hooves, all left by the cavalry leading the way in front.

Han Zhan asked curiously: "Business Station, I wonder what you are looking at?"

Chen Gong pointed at the snow covered with horses' hooves and said in surprise: "Please look at the horses' hooves on the snow, these horses' hooves on the snow seem to be different from what I usually see."

Chen Gong's words immediately made Han Zhan realize that the other party had a secret on the horse's hoof. After all, the horse's hoof prints with nailed horse's socks and the horse's hoof prints without nailed horse's socks can be seen at a glance. He quickly smiled and said, "The office is talking and laughing, it's all horse's hoof prints. What's the difference?"

"Tinghou," Chen Gong stared at the snow and said stubbornly: "I have observed carefully that the horse hoof prints of the cavalry in Jizhou are indeed different from those of the cavalry in Dongjun."

Han Zhan didn't want him to know the secret of Mashang, so he quickly changed the topic: "Public Terminal, I heard that Cao Gong's assassination of Dong Piece in the past failed and escaped from Chang'an alone. He passed through Zhongmu County and was caught by the soldiers guarding the pass. It was the gentleman who saved him. He even abandoned his official position and rushed to Qiao County with him. I wonder if this is the case?"

Unexpectedly, Chen Gong did not comment after hearing this, but instead asked: "Where did Marquis Zhiting hear this rumor?"

Seeing Chen Gong say this, Han Zhan said in his heart, is it that when Cao Cao died, Chen Gong abandoned his official position to save him? Is it a fabrication in the Romance? In order to figure out this matter, he asked tentatively: "Is it because of rumors spreading, and there is no such thing at all?"

After hearing this, Chen Gong nodded slightly: "Yes, when Meng De escaped from Chang'an, he was indeed captured by soldiers guarding the pass in Zhongmu. I visited the prison at night and learned that he was going to return home to make a fortune and summon the princes of the world to launch troops to kill Dong Zhuo. I felt that he was a loyal and righteous man, so I took him out of the prison and abandoned his official position and ran to Qiao County with him."

After verifying the resignation from Chen Gong, Han Zhan continued to ask: "Did you two pass by Chenggao on your way back to Qiao County?"

As soon as Han Zhan finished speaking, he noticed that Chen Gong's face turned red and even his breathing became rapid. Seeing Chen Gong's reaction, Han Zhan believed Lu Boshe's extermination a little more.

He looked around and saw that the cavalry and himself were keeping a distance, which was all Chen Dao's arrangement. Since Chen Dao became the commander of the guards, he told them that every time he went out, he should keep a certain distance from Han Zhan to avoid affecting his conversation with others. But at the same time, he could not be too far away from Han Zhan, so as not to be unable to rescue him in case of any sudden incident.

Han Zhan smiled faintly at Chen Gong, and then asked in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "I heard a rumor and wanted to confirm it to the gentleman. I wonder if it is possible?"

"What rumors?" Chen Gong asked vigilantly.

"The disaster of Lu Boshe's destruction," Han Zhan asked slowly, "I wonder if it's related to Cao Mengde?"

"You, you," Chen Gong pointed at Han Zhan with his finger and asked incoherently: "Where did you know about this?"

"Don't panic at the office," Han Zhan continued with a smile: "I am not trying to raise an army to ask for punishment, but just to understand who Cao Mengde is so as to decide whether to borrow food from him."

When Chen Gong heard Han Zhan say this, he thought that the other party sent someone to learn about Cao Cao's background in order to borrow food, and he felt much more at ease. However, he still denied the fact that Lu Boshe was exterminated. "Meng De and I did go to Lu Boshe's house that day. However, when we arrived, there was no living in the village, and the nine masters and servants had been killed. According to Meng De's analysis, it may be that the robbers entered the house and robbed him. When the servants resisted, they exterminated Lu Boshe's family in anger."

He was afraid that Han Zhan would not believe it, so after a moment of pause, he then said: "I was going to bury the body at that time, but Meng De said that if anyone saw it, we would not be able to argue. He dismounted and kowtowed three times to the body, and then got on the horse and continued to rush to Qiao County."

From Chen Gong's expression, Han Zhan didn't know whether the story he was talking about was true or false. Who killed Lu Boshe might become a historical unsolved case.

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After walking for another four days on the road, I finally arrived at the territory of Guantao.

The prefect Chen Zhen, the guards Xiahou Lan, Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang and others went out of the city to greet each other five miles away. Seeing Han Zhan appear, several people hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, and said in unison: "See lord!"

"No gift!" Han Zhan reached out to help everyone, and then asked Chen Zhen: "Premier Chen, don't you know if Cao Mengde's troops have ever arrived at the Guantao territory?"

"Reply to the lord," Chen Zhen replied respectfully: "Cao Mengde's troops arrived yesterday and are now camping five miles south of the city. Please wait, and the subordinates will send someone to inform him."

"No need," Han Zhan waved his hand on the horse's back and said, "Let's leave this matter to Mr. Gongtai." After that, he turned his head and looked at Chen Gong, "Public Terminal, please send someone to the south of the city to inform the prefect Cao, and let them receive this batch of food and grass in the south."

After the people sent by Chen Gong left, Han Zhan asked Chen Zhen again: "Premier Chen, don't know how the injury of the college captain is?"

"Return to the lord," Chen Zhen said quickly: "The injury of the college lieutenant has improved. I heard from his servants that he had been walking alone yesterday."

Han Zhan and the grain convoy passed through Guantao. As soon as they left the south gate, they saw a group of people and horses appearing opposite, with about 200 cavalry. There was a black flag in the team, with the above-mentioned "Cao" character as big as a bean. The opponent's troops stopped a hundred steps away, and a cavalry rushed out of the queue and came toward Han Zhan's position.

After Chen Gong saw clearly the person coming, he quickly introduced to Han Zhan: "Qi Bingting Marquis, the one who came is Cao Prefect!"

Looking at the knight coming towards him, Han Zhan felt as if he was dreaming, but he didn't expect that he would meet Cao Cao face to face. He thought to himself that if Huang Zhong was letting Cao Zhao kill him, then the history of the future would be rewritten. In the end, it would not be the "Three Kingdoms Return to Jin", but the unification of the world by himself.

However, these things can only be thought about in my heart, but they can never be done. Once I kill Cao Cao, it will have a bad impact on my reputation. Maybe even Guo Jia and Xun Yu will leave me because they are disgusted with me.

While Han Zhan was thinking about it, Cao Cao had already arrived within twenty steps. Chen Gong, who was standing beside him, rushed over and went to Cao Cao's horse and muttered to him.

After a while, Cao Cao rode his horse again. As the distance got closer, Han Zhan finally saw the other party's face clearly. Cao Cao had a national face with thin eyes and long beards. When the two sides were only two or three steps apart, Cao Cao strangled the horse again and bowed to Han Zhan on the back of the horse: "Meng De has seen Marquis Ting!"

Facing this historical celebrity, Han Zhan seemed a little helpless. He thought to himself: What should I call him? It is inappropriate to call him Prime Minister Cao. He is not a prefect at the moment. If he calls him like this, he might think you are mocking him. It seems inappropriate to call him Meng De. They are all called by people of similar age. Cao Cao is almost forty years old now. Although he is a Marquis of Ting, he is only seventeen or eighteen years old. How can he be with his peers?

Seeing Han Zhan staring at him but not speaking, Cao Cao's face showed a look of embarrassment. However, he quickly regained his calmness, and saluted Han Zhan again, repeating: "Cao Mengde, the prefect of Dongjun, has seen Marquis Ting!"

Han Zhan laughed and said, "Prince Cao, I am polite!" Seeing that although Cao Cao tried his best to hide his emotions, he could still see a trace of dissatisfaction on his face, he continued, "Prince Cao has a good face, the land is wide and round, which is like a dragon and a phoenix among people. This marquis saw it for a moment, so please don't be surprised!"

"Mr. Tinghou has been awarded too much!" After hearing Han Zhan's praise, Cao Cao actually put on a look of fear and fear: "Meng De is just a small prefect, how dare he be the saying of a dragon and a phoenix among people?"

Han Zhan leaned his body and pointed at the hundreds of trucks of food behind him with a horse whip, saying to Cao Cao: "Premier Cao, these are the food and grass you need. Please arrange your manpower as soon as possible."

"Meng De is unforgettable to remember the great kindness of Marquis Ting." Cao Cao's eyes lit up when he saw the hundreds of trucks of grain, and he hurriedly bowed and thanked Han Zhan: "Meng De, on behalf of the people of Dongjun, thanked Marquis Ting!"

"Premier Cao, you might as well hand over the matter of handing over the food and grass to the public station for handling." Han Zhan thought that he would fight Yuan Shao in the beginning of the next spring and Cao Cao would also need to do his best, so he quickly said to him: "Please follow this marquis to the city for a discussion."

"In this way, it's better to obey your orders than to be respectful." Cao Cao saw that Han Zhan defeated Yuan Shao, so he wanted to make friends with him. At this moment, he heard that he invited him to visit the city, so he naturally wanted to agree. However, he still explained to Chen Gong first before following Han Zhan into the city.

Cao Cao followed Han Zhan to the main hall of the prefect's mansion. As soon as he entered the door, he felt as warm as spring. He curiously surrounded him, wanting to know how many braziers were placed in the house. But after looking at it for a long time, he didn't see a single brazier. He couldn't help but ask curiously: "I dare to ask the Marquis Ting, there is no brazier in the main hall, why is it as warm as spring? Why is this?"

Hearing Cao Cao's question, Han Zhan smiled and then said, "Prince Cao doesn't know anything. Now, in Guantao City, he no longer uses braziers, but uses a kang."

"Kang?!" Cao Cao repeated the word and asked in confusion: "Mr. Ting, please forgive me for being a little bit short of knowledge. I have never heard of such a kang."

It's right that I haven't heard of it. Han Zhan said in his heart: In front of me, you are a rustic hat. But on the surface, he still said to Cao Cao politely: "Premier Cao, this is just an object developed by this marquis on a whim. It's not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning."

When Cao Cao heard Han Zhan say this, he suddenly felt that the other party was unfathomable, and his evaluation of him was a little higher. He even thought to himself that even if he could not become friends with the other party, he could not become enemies with him if he was not strong enough. Liu Biao and Yuan Shu in the south were always eyeing their territory. Maybe they would attack at any time, and maybe they would still need to borrow troops from him to rescue him.
Chapter completed!