Chapter 168 Ju-sho
So far, the truth about Gao Lan's assassination has finally come to light. Logically speaking, in this case, Han Zhan should be able to return to Jizhou with peace of mind. But at this moment, he suddenly remembered an important thing. Guo Jia sent Jiang Zhai and others to Yecheng to rescue Ju Su. There is no further information yet. Should he wait for news here?
Considering that Chen Zhen was good at internal affairs and was not good at strategy, he summoned Xu Shu to the study room to discuss the matter with him. When there were only two of them in the study room, Han Zhan asked straight to the point: "When Yuan Zhi and Yuan Shao led his troops to attack Guantao, the military supervisor Ju Su once stopped him, but he was imprisoned in the prison of Yecheng. Logically speaking, Yuan Shao was defeated and returned to Yecheng should have released Ju Su. Who knew that after more than a month, Ju Su was still imprisoned in the prison."
After hearing this, Xu Shu thought for a moment and told Han Zhan his analysis: "The Marquis of Ting didn't know anything. Yuan Benchu was generous on the outside but was jealous on the inside and did not think about loyalty. If he was happy on victory, he might be able to forgive Ju Su; if he was defeated now, he would be ashamed, and Ju Gong was afraid that his life would be difficult to save."
When Han Zhan heard that Ju Su was at risk of being killed by Yuan Shao at any time, he couldn't help but be anxious and asked Xu Shu: "Mr. Yuanzhi has a good idea to save Ju Gongyu's life?"
Regarding Han Zhan's question, Xu Shu shook his head and said, "Mr. Ting, it's too late. If Yuan Shao was defeated, he would send someone to sneak into Yecheng, bribe the prison guards, and approach Ju Gong and then there would be hope of saving him. Now that he will send someone, before they can reach Yecheng, Jusu might have been killed by Yuan Shao."
Han Zhan could keep it secret from Chen Zhen, Gao Lan and others when sending people to sneak into Yecheng, but Han Zhan felt that it would be best to tell the truth about Xu Shu, "When Yuan Shao was defeated, Fengxiao sent a group of people to sneak into Yecheng. Later, I asked Ju Gongyu's son Ju Hu to compile a letter and persuade Ju Gongyu to surrender to me."
Han Zhan's words surprised Xu Shu. He didn't expect that Han Zhan would prepare for the future and sent someone to sneak into Yecheng long ago. In this way, he would have a chance of winning. After pausing for a moment, he then asked, "Mr. Ting, I wonder if Ju Su had seen the letter written by his son. What was his reaction after reading it?"
"After reading the letter, Mr. Ju and I refused to leave Yecheng with my subordinates." Han Zhan said with regret: "If Ju Su does not leave Yecheng for a day, even if Ju Hu has the power to overcome all the world, I will not dare to use it."
When Xu Shu heard Han Zhan say this, he was stunned, and then asked curiously: "Mr. Ting, why is this?"
"If I use Juhu, Yuan Shao will attribute the reasons for his defeat in Guantao to Ju Gongyu, thinking that he informed our army, which led to Yuan's defeat." Han Zhan smiled bitterly and said, "In this way, Ju Gongyu may die faster."
Xu Shu had adapted to his new identity and gave advice to Han Zhan: "Mr. Ting, since we already have someone in Yecheng, the matter will be much easier. You can immediately send someone to Yecheng and ask them to force Jusu to abduct. If Yuan Shao takes the initiative and kill him, it would be too late to regret it."
Han Zhan understood that the rescue of Ju Su was imminent at this moment, so he said decisively: "What Yuan Zhi said is very true. I will immediately send someone to Yecheng to inform the people hiding there and find a way to kidnap Ju Gong and kidnap him."
After he wrote a secret letter to Jiang Zhai who stayed in Yecheng, he sent people to Yecheng day and night to find a way to rescue Ju Su as soon as possible. After doing all this, Han Zhan looked at Xu Shu and asked: "Yuan Zhi, I don't know when you plan to restore your real name. I can't always call you Mr. Shan Fu in front of others, right?"
Xu Shu smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Ting, Mr. Xu has killed someone. If you use your real name to serve you, it may damage the reputation of Mr. Ting. Xu should continue to use the name of Shan Fu."
Seeing that Xu Shu is now stubborn, Han Zhan is not willing to force it, so he can only nod and say, "Since Yuan Zhi is so persistent, I respect your choice and call you Dan Fu in front of others."
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Yecheng.
Since Guantao was defeated, Yuan Shao returned to Yecheng and fell seriously ill.
After a little improvement on the day, he went to the military camp to inspect. When passing by a barracks, he heard crying inside, so he ordered his followers to stop and stood outside the window and listened quietly.
I heard one person asking, "Have you ever found out about your brother's whereabouts?"
Another person replied: "I asked someone to go to Dunqiu to inquire. Among the soldiers who escaped, there was no brother in my family. It seems that he is in danger." He paused for a moment and asked back, "Have your brother's injuries improved?"
The first person who spoke actually started to cry: "He died of serious injuries three days ago. If the lord could obey the words of Ju Jianjun, how could our army be defeated in Guantao? Only more than 30,000 people returned to Yecheng. The rest were either killed in battle or scattered on the road."
When Yuan Shao heard the soldiers in the room, he couldn't help but feel particularly regretful: "The honest words were unpleasant. If I had listened to Mr. Ju and he said, it would not have caused a crushing defeat today." Thinking of this, he immediately called his followers and left the military camp.
When he returned to the mansion, he immediately ordered someone to come and ask for advice.
Feng Ji didn't know what important things Yuan Shao had, so he hurriedly followed the envoy to the mansion. Seeing Yuan Shao sitting in the middle of the main hall, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "I have met the lord. I don't know what important things are there to summon his subordinates to come here?"
"Yuantu," Yuan Shao sighed and said to Feng Ji: "When I sent troops to Guantao, Ju Su tried his best to dissuade me, but I insisted on doing my own thing and did not listen to the honest advice, which would lead to a crushing defeat. Now I plan to release him from the prison and let him regain his post. I wonder what Yuantu has to do?"
"Lord, no, no." Hearing that Yuan Shao was going to release Feng Ji, Feng Ji hurriedly dissuaded him: "When Ju Su heard that the lord was defeated in prison, he laughed and said, "I can't get my information out!"
Feng Ji has always been deeply trusted by Yuan Shao, and in many things, Yuan Shao obeyed his advice. At this moment, he was furious: "How dare Shuru laugh at me! I will kill him!" As he said that, he shouted outside, "Come here!"
With Yuan Shao's shouting, a minor official immediately walked in from outside, stood in the hall with his hands down, waiting for Yuan Shao's instructions. Yuan Shao turned around and took off his sword from the sword stand next to him, handed it to the minor official, and told him: "You should take my sword immediately and go to the prison to see Ju Su's level. No mistakes are allowed!"
The little official was shocked when he heard Yuan Shao's order, but he did not dare to disobey, so he could only honestly agree: "Subsidy obey the order!" Then he bent down and left the lobby, took the sword to the prison to kill Ju Su.
Coincidentally, Jiang Jacki took two subordinates to bribe the prison guards and sneaked into the prison. When he saw Ju Su again, he tried his best to persuade him to leave Yecheng and go to Jizhou. However, Ju Su was indifferent to Jiang Jacki's persuasion. He sat on the mat with his eyes closed, like an old monk entering a meditation.
Just as Jiang Chai and others were talking dry and were about to leave temporarily, and they came to persuade him again the next day, the prison guard who was bought by them ran in panic and shouted at Ju Su: "Mr. Ju, the disaster has come, the great disaster has come!"
Hearing the jailer's shout, Ju Su opened his eyes and looked at the other party slowly and asked, "Is it the lord who sent someone to kill me?"
After hearing Ju Su's words, the prison guard widened his eyes in surprise and said for a long time: "Mr. Ju is really aware of things, and he actually knows that his lord wants to send someone to kill you."
"What's the use of predicting things like God?" Ju Su said with a wry smile: "It seems that Su can't escape death."
"Mr. Ju," Jiang Zhai, who was standing aside, learned that Yuan Shao sent someone to kill Ju Su and refused to give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and quickly persuaded: "You are loyal to Yuan Benchu, but he wants to take your life. Is such a lord worthy of your service for him?"
After hearing this, Ju Su sighed: "Oh, these are all the lives of Xu. A few heroes, thank you for your kindness, Xu remembers it in your heart. The messenger who killed me is coming, so you might as well leave."
Ju Su woke up the prison guard, and he quickly said to Jiang Zhai: "I'm talking to you, you'd better leave quickly. If the lord's messenger comes in to see you, I will be unable to get rid of it."
However, before Jiang Zhai and the others left, the minor official holding Yuan Shao's sword had already walked into the prison with great strides. He came to Ju Su's cell and ordered the prison guard to open the prison door and come to Ju Su: "Judge Ju, I am the order of the lord, please use this sword to break yourself."
Ju Su reached out to the other party and said with a wry smile: "Su seems to be doomed. The messenger handed over the lord's sword to Su. After Su Shu cuts off his own back, you can go back early to report to the lord."
Unexpectedly, when the little official heard Ju Su say this, he actually knelt in front of Ju Su and said in a crying voice: "Mr. Ju, although the young man came by order, he was very kind to save the young man. After the gentleman made a break, the young man should commit suicide and follow him..."
Ju Su didn't expect the little official to say this, and couldn't help but look him up and down, and said in surprise: "Su saw that he was very happy, I don't know when he saved your life?"
"Sir, I am so kind of noble people who forget things." Seeing that Ju Su couldn't remember who he was, the little official quickly explained to him: "In the past, the villain worked in the Muslim Mansion of Jizhou Prefecture. Guo Zheng and his congirl committed adultery and killed her husband Cheng, and the young Feng Liang was imprisoned as a witness. Guo Zheng and his congirl both endured severe torture and concealed and denied it in every way. The young man could not withstand the pain of torture, admitted the charge of false accusation, and was sentenced by Shangguan to the crime of false accusation.
Mr. Quankui found a doubt and retried the case. He observed the criminals' expressions and investigated the case in detail. After inspection and verification, the real criminals confessed their guilt and sentenced them to death, so that the young man escaped the murder."
After hearing the little clerk Feng Liang finished speaking, Ju Su pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Well, there are indeed such incidents. At that time, Su found out that there were many doubts in this case, so he personally retried the case and finally restored your innocence."
"Mr. Ju," Jiang Chai, who was hiding beside him, walked over and said, "This little official is a kind and righteous person. Do you want him to be buried with you?"
When Feng Liang saw Jiang Jacky suddenly appearing, he couldn't help but ask vigilantly: "Who are you and why are you in this prison?"
Jiang Zhai ignored him and continued to say to Ju Su: "Mr. Ju, Yecheng cannot be kept for a long time. You should go to Jizhou with us. Your wife, children, and your children are still waiting for you."
"You, you are spies from Jizhou?!" Feng Liang quickly guessed his identity from Jiang Zhai's words. He pointed at Jiang Zhai and said loudly: "You dare to sneak into the prison. Are you not afraid of death?"
"Of course I'm afraid of death," Jiang Zhai said to Feng Liang: "But I was ordered to come here to rescue Mr. Ju. If I can't bring my husband back to Jizhou, I can only die in this prison."
After saying this, Jiang Zhai said to Ju Su again: "Mr. Ju, if you make a decision here today, several people will die for you. And if you are willing to follow us to Jizhou, besides no one has to die, you will have an opportunity to achieve great things."
Feng Liang was actually not willing to die, but because he thought that Ju Su was willing to save himself, he could only say the words just now. At this moment, he heard that there was a way to achieve both worlds, so he quickly helped persuade Ju Su: "Mr. Ju, what this brother said is very true. It is better to live without a good death. It is better to save your life than anything else. You should follow this brother and leave Yecheng to Jizhou."
The jailer who never spoke was afraid that a bunch of people would die in his prison, so he would not be able to explain to him at that time, so he quickly said to Ju Su: "Mr. Ju, we all know that you are wronged. If you die in prison like this, wouldn't it be cheaper for those villains who framed you? I think you should follow this brother to Jizhou. If you want, the younger one is willing to follow you."
Seeing that the prison guard had some reason, Feng Liang quickly struck while the iron was hot and said, "Mr. Ju, my little family is still in Jizhou, and I am willing to follow you to Jizhou!"
"Forget it, just Yier wait, let's go to Jizhou." Ju Su finally made his last choice after being persuaded by everyone. However, he was worried about another thing: "But how can we leave Yecheng and go to Jizhou?"
Jiang Chai felt relaxed when he heard Ju Su agreeing to go to Jizhou. He hurriedly stepped forward and said to Ju Su, "Mr. Ju, don't worry, we have already prepared the carriage, and we are in the alley not far from the prison. As long as the teacher leaves the prison, he can take a carriage and leave Yecheng."
"What about us?" Feng Liang saw that Jiang Zhai seemed to have forgotten him, and quickly reminded him: "You can't leave us alone."
"Don't worry," Jiang Zhai smiled at Feng Liang and said, "Fortunately, we have extra horses, so we can take you two out."
Chapter completed!