Chapter 172 Han Zhan visits
Under the escort of Huang Zhong and others, Ju Su arrived near Guantao City the next afternoon.
Jiang Zhai's sharp eyes were still following a distance. He saw the crowd standing beside the official road to greet us, and quickly said to Ju Su: "Mr. Ju, look, the lord leads people out of the city to greet us."
Although Ju Su has not yet made up his mind to serve Han Zhan, he was still quite moved when he saw hundreds of people in front of him braved the snow and waited by the road. He murmured: "What kind of virtue is the way to teach him? How can he actually work the Marquis of Labor Ting go out of the city to greet him ten miles away."
Han Zhan went out today, wearing a black fox cloak, and he didn't feel cold when he stood by the roadside. Seeing Ju Su coming towards him under the escort of Huang Zhong and others, he hurriedly met him. From a distance, he laughed and bowed to Ju Su: "Mr. Ju, I haven't seen you for half a year, are you safe?"
Seeing Han Zhan saluting him, Ju Su was still sitting steadily on the horse's back, he quickly turned over and got out of the horse and returned the greeting: "Marquis Ting is a Ju! Mr. Ting has not had time to thank Ju for his life-saving grace."
Seeing that Ju Su's clothes were a little thin, Han Zhan quickly took off his cloak and put it on him. At the same time, he said with concern: "Mr. Ju has suffered from prison for several months and cannot get cold. Please put on this cloak of this marquis to keep the cold."
Just as Ju Su was so grateful that Rob, who was standing not far away, thought to himself: "Last time when he came to Guantao, the lord gave him a white martened cloak to Mr. Shan Fu. Now Shan Fu has become the lord's subordinate; then he gave Miss Cai a white fox cloak, and Miss Cai became the lord's woman. Now he gave Mr. Ju a black fox cloak, and Mr. Ju must have surrendered to the lord. This is probably what those scholars said about "untiing clothes and pushing food". I didn't expect the effect to be so good. It seems that Mr. Hu should prepare more cloaks."
The group returned to the city. Han Zhan was preparing to hold a banquet in the lobby to entertain Ju Su. Unexpectedly, Ju Su waved his hand and said, "Thank you for your kindness. You are tired of your lap and horse. You want to rest for a while. You also asked Ting Hou to send someone to deliver the meal to the room where Ju Su lives."
Ju Su said this very rudely, and the civil and military officials standing beside Han Zhan showed unhappy expressions on their faces. But Han Zhan still said as usual: "As far as the teacher said, I will send someone to deliver the food to the teacher's room later." Then he called a servant and asked him to guide Ju Su to rest. When Ju Su left, Feng Liang and the prison guard followed closely.
Han Zhan looked at the backs of several people and asked Huang Zhong who was standing beside him; "Hansheng, I wonder who the two people who were following Mr. Ju?"
"Return to the words of the lord," Huang Zhong quickly replied respectfully: "The one on the left is Feng Liang, who is a resident under Yuan Benchu. Yuan Shao ordered him to go to the prison to kill Mr. Ju with his sword, but he thought that Mr. Ju had saved one of him, so he violated Yuan Benchu's order and rescued Mr. Ju with Jiang Chai and others. The one on the right is the jailer who was guarding Mr. Ju. When Jiang Chai and the others rescued Mr. Ju, he also left with him."
"Let them follow Mr. Ju." Hearing that these two people also made some efforts in the rescue of Ju Su, Han Zhan suddenly felt good about the two of them and quickly ordered Chen Zhen: "Xiaoqi, I will arrange a place for them in the backyard later."
Next is to reward merits and successfully rescue Ju Su, Jiang Chai should make a contribution. Therefore, in addition to rewarding gold and silk, Han Zhan also praised him greatly. Huang Zhong led his troops to repel Yuan Shao's pursuers, which was also an indispensable contribution. Han Zhan also rewarded him with a large amount of gold and silk.
In order to celebrate the merits of everyone, Han Zhan held a banquet in the hall to entertain all the meritorious officials. After everyone had enough food and food, Han Zhan announced in public that he would return to Jizhou tomorrow, which caused another cheer.
Han Zhan came out of the banquet and walked straight to the backyard. He wanted to visit Ju Su to see if there was any possibility of persuading him. Unexpectedly, as soon as he reached the door, he was stopped by Feng Liang and the prison guard who were guarding outside the door. Feng Liang said respectfully: "See Marquis Ting, Mr. Ju occasionally felt the wind and cold and could not meet guests. Please stay."
"What a cold feeling," Han Zhan said in his heart: "I just don't want to see me, but I came up with such a far-fetched reason." However, he did not expose Ju Su's lies, but said politely to Feng Liang: "Since that's the case, I won't disturb Mr. Ju. Please tell Mr. Ju that Han Zhan had visited him."
"Please rest assured by Tinghou," Feng Liang replied with a smile: "I will report to Mr. Ju afterwards."
"It's so good." Han Zhan nodded and continued: "Please tell Mr. Ju that we will return to Jizhou tomorrow. Please prepare early."
As soon as Han Zhan left, Feng Liang pushed open the door and walked in to Ju Su who was sitting on the kang and said, "Mr. Ju, Marquis Ting has left."
After hearing this, Ju Su did not speak, but just nodded silently.
Feng Liang asked in confusion about Ju Su's reaction: "Mr. Ju, I don't understand why Mr. Ting treats him sincerely, but you deliberately keep a distance from him?"
"Who can be ruthless without plants or trees?" Ju Su sighed and said, "Do you think Su can't see the sincerity of Tinghou? Don't you think he has the upper hand now on Yuan Benchu, but he is too young and has too weak power. It would be easier to completely defeat Yuan Benchu, who was the third master of the four generations."
After hearing this, Feng Liang nodded in a vague way, and then asked: "Mr. Ju, since this is the case, it is not suitable to stay here for a long time. Let's leave here!"
Ju Su looked up at Feng Liang and asked with a sneer: "Do you think we have left Guantao now, and there is still somewhere to go?"
Ju Su asked Feng Liang. After thinking for a long time, he shook his head and said, "The Yuan family's four generations and three masters, and there are many disciples and officials. No matter where we escape, we may be arrested and become a meeting gift for Yuan Benchu. It seems that following Marquis Ting back to Jizhou may be our only choice."
"There must be a road before the car arrives at the mountain. Since we don't know what our future fate will be, we can only take one step at a time." It is said that he sighed and said to Feng Liang: "It's too cold outside, so you two should go back early to rest." As he said that, he patted the sitting kang with his hand and added, "Ting Hou has a lot of ideas. I heard that this warm kang was created by his subordinates based on the drawings he drew."
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The next morning, the army set off for Jizhou. In order to take care of Ju Su, Han Zhan gave up his carriage to Ju Su, and he rode a horse with Huang Zhong and walked in front of the group of people.
It took only one day on the road and finally returned to Jizhou. Han Zhan knew that Ju Su didn't want to see him for the time being, so he arranged for Luo Bu to escort Ju Su home, while he and Huang Zhong, Xu Shu, Xiahou Lan and others went back to the prefecture's palace directly.
Just as Han Zhan, Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others were discussing affairs, Ju Su also returned home and saw his family. When Ju Hu saw his father come back, he was overjoyed and hurried forward to kneel down.
Ju Su helped his son up and asked with concern: "Is everything in the family good?"
"Don't worry, father." Hearing Ju Su's question, Ju Hu hurriedly replied: "The city of Jizhou was broken that day, and the child thought he would die. Who knew that the Han family army would not be in trouble after entering the city. The Marquis of Zhangshuiting even sent soldiers to guard the door so that no sluts would come to the mansion to harass him."
After Ju Hu introduced the situation in Jizhou, Ju Su was very surprised. He thought to himself that he was an important strategist under Yuan Shao. After Han Zhan occupied Jizhou, even if he did not kill his family, he should put them in house arrest. Unexpectedly, Han Zhan's style of doing things was surprising. He neither killed his family nor placed them in house arrest. On the contrary, he sent someone to protect his mansion and let his family enter and exit freely.
Seeing Ju Su silent, Ju Hu hurriedly added: "Some day ago, my uncle planned to join the position of Tinghou and held a half-office in Jizhou, but was rejected by Tinghou."
Ju Su felt very strange when he heard that his brother wanted to defect to Han Zhan, but was rejected by Han Zhan: "What the hell is going on?"
Ju Hu hurriedly smiled and said, "Reply to my father's words, Tinghou said, you were in the prison in Yecheng at that time. If someone from our Ju family was an official in Jizhou, it would inevitably threaten his father's life. Therefore, there is no need for Ju family to be an official in Jizhou for the time being. It would not be too late to arrange an official position for us after my father returned to Jizhou safely."
Ju Su knew his brother Ju Zong very well and was keen on being an official. When Yuan Shao was in Jizhou, he visited him many times, asking him to say good things to him in front of Yuan Shao so that he could be a single official and half position. But Ju Su could only have his own brother's ability, so he decisively refused.
At this time, a servant came to report: "Master, the second master came to visit, and now he is outside the mansion."
When he heard that his brother Ju Zong was coming, Ju Su snorted and then ordered: "Let him come in."
Ju Zong followed the servant and walked in with great strides. He was still far away and shouted at the top of his throat: "Brother, I heard that you are back, I'm here to visit me."
Although Ju Su didn't like this brother, he politely called the other party to sit down when he saw the flesh and blood relatives, and then asked knowingly: "Second brother, why are you free to come to Brother Wei today?"
"Brother," Ju Zong said quickly with a smile: "I didn't hear that my brother is back, come and see you."
"Is there nothing else?"
"No more." Ju Zong naturally would not ask Ju Su to plead with Han Zhan as soon as he met, and he wanted to find a job for him. Instead, he pretended to say, "I'm just here to visit my brother."
"Okay, since you have seen it, then go back." Ju Su said, stood up and said to Ju Zong, "I'm tired all the way and want to rest."
Seeing Ju Su getting up and leaving, Ju Zong was immediately panicked. His purpose today was to seek a job in the city of Ji Su through Ju Su. If he didn't tell the truth at this moment, when Ju Su went to the backyard to rest, it would be less convenient for him to say anything. So he quickly stopped Ju Su: "Brother, please stay!"
Ju Su stopped, turned his head and asked, "What else does the second brother have?"
"Brother," Ju Zong said helplessly: "Tinghou had just seized Jizhou. Because there were not many people available, many affairs in Jizhou could not be carried out for the time being. I dared to ask my elder brother to say a few words in front of Tinghou, and ask me to get a job for me. I wonder if I can?"
"I am now an idle cloud and Yehe, and I am not as gentle as a lie. I don't want to deal with any Tinghou." Ju Su snorted and said, "Even if I go to plead with him in person, can he listen to me?"
Ju Su's words made Ju Zong completely stunned. He thought that his brother was rescued from Yecheng by Han Zhan and would definitely be highly valued by Han Zhan. He said a few words to him, but it was not a matter of raising his hands. But now he realized that his brother did not have any official position.
Just as Ju Zong was about to leave dejectedly, he saw a soldier standing guard outside the door running in hurriedly. He knew that Han Zhan had issued an order that no one was allowed to enter the Ju Mansion before he received his permission. At this moment, he saw a soldier entering the mansion, and there were only two possibilities: one was to confiscate the house and the other was to invade a big man.
It is definitely impossible to confiscate the house. There is no situation where a person has just been rescued from Yecheng, and he will kill people all over the family as soon as he comes back to Jizhou. Then it is only the second possibility, if a big man comes to visit. If the soldiers who can stand guard outside the door enter the Ju Mansion at will, it proves that the person who came is not a small official, maybe Han Zhan himself is still there.
Thinking of this, Ju Zong stopped quickly and turned his head to look at the soldier who rushed in. The soldier came to Ju Su and bowed and bowed: "Mr. Ju, my lord is asking for a meeting outside the mansion!"
When he heard that Han Zhan was really here, Ju Zong was overjoyed. Before Ju Su could speak, he said first: "How can this military master let Ting Hou wait outside the mansion for a long time? Please invite him in quickly."
With little skill, Han Zhan walked into the Ju Mansion surrounded by several guards. Seeing Han Zhan visiting, Ju Su didn't want to deal with him anymore, he still left the main hall to greet him: "Su meets the Marquis of Ting!"
"Mr. Ju is not a gift!" Han Zhan hurriedly stepped forward and reached out to support Ju Su, and said with a smile: "I am taking the liberty to attack you, please don't be surprised by Mr. Ju!"
"No wonder, no wonder!" Ju Zong said excitedly, "Mr. Ting, it's not where to speak outside, so please go into the house and talk in detail."
Seeing that Ju Zong was speaking on his behalf again, Ju Su glared at him dissatisfiedly, then turned to Han Zhan and said politely: "Mr. Ting, please come inside and talk."
The group walked into the main hall, and the several guards brought by Han Zhan stayed outside the door. Without waiting for Ju Su's order, Ju Zong shouted outside: "Come here, give tea to Tinghou!"
When the servant placed the tea on the table in front of everyone, Ju Su asked Han Zhan lightly: "Does Hou Buzhiting have any opinions when he is here today?"
Chapter completed!