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Chapter 190

After Xun Yu understood Han Zhan's determination to bring Emperor Xian of Han to Jizhou, he still asked with concern: "Zhan'er, how do you know that Li Jue, Guo Si and other four people would raise an army to cause trouble? Since they could throw away Dong's family and escape after learning that Dong's family died, how could they raise troops to avenge Dong's thief?"

"Uncle," Han Zhan saw Xun Yu ask this question, even Guo Jia cast a curious look at him, and explained to them: "The reason why Li Jue, Guo Si and others abandoned the Dong family in Meiwu City was because they had just heard of the death of Dong Zhe and were in a mess, so they fled in a hurry. However, after they left the capital, they would definitely send envoys to the capital to meet Situ Wang Yun and ask him to pardon the four of them for their sins."

When Guo Jia heard this, he just smiled faintly, and then asked without any objection: "So the lord believes that Wang Situ will forgive the sins of the four of them?"

Han Zhan sneered twice, then said, "In my opinion, Wang Yun would definitely think that Zhuo's domineeringness is all these four people who helped him. Therefore, even if the world is forgiven, these four people will never be forgiven."

Guo Jia nodded thoughtfully about Han Zhan's analysis, but Xun Yu looked dissatisfied: "Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou and others helped the evildoer to abuse. Even if Wang Situ wanted to kill them, it would be reasonable. They only have a few thousand flying bears in their hands. As long as the court's order to attack, they will collapse. The four of them can only surrender."

"Uncle is such a bad word." Han Zhan and Xun Yu finished speaking, immediately continued: "I also think that these four people are not enough to calm the public's anger. If I change my position as King Situ, I will kill the four of them to thank the world. However, before killing them, I must first consider whether I have the strength to kill them.

As far as I know, next to the four of them, there was a counselor named Jia Xu and his name was Wenhe. This man was hailed as an official in his early years, but later resigned from his post due to illness. On his way back to his hometown, he met the rebellious Di people in the mainland. He and dozens of people who were traveling with him were captured by the Di people.

Jia Xu knew that he would have life worries when he fell into the hands of the Di people, so he whispered: "I am Duong Duan's grandson. Don't hurt me, I will ask my family to redeem me with a lot of money." The Duan Duan he mentioned was Duan Duan. Because he had been a border general for a long time and was intimidating the Western Land, he pretended to be Duan's grandson to scare the Di people. When he heard that he was Duong Duan's grandson, he did not dare to harm him, and he sent him back respectfully, while the rest of the people were killed.

Let me ask, would a strategist with such adaptability, not ask them to recruit soldiers and avenge Dong thief when Wang Situ refused to pardon Li Guo, Zhang Fan and other four generals?"

"What the lord said is very true." After Han Zhan finished speaking this time, Guo Jia immediately expressed his agreement: "In Jia's opinion, as long as Wang Situ refuses to pardon the four generals, there will inevitably be a chaos in the capital."

Although Guo Jia and Han Zhan have reached an agreement on their opinions, Xun Yu is still skeptical: "Now there is a large army of 100,000 in the capital, and Lu Bu, the bravest general of the three armies. Even if the four generals launch an army to invade, can't the court beat them up to a fallen water?"

Seeing Xun Yu so stubborn, Han Zhan was a little amused. He thought to himself that although Xun Yu had a good job in internal affairs, when it comes to strategy, let alone Guo Jia, even if he was compared with Xun You, it would be a lot worse than Xun You. If Xun You were here, he might have agreed with his opinion. However, after thinking about this, he suddenly remembered that as the territory he controlled became larger and more troops, it was necessary to establish an organization similar to the later Jinyiwei. He originally planned to wait for the establishment of this organization to be responsible, but at this moment he changed his mind and felt that it might be more appropriate to hand over the organization to Xun You to be responsible.

However, under the current situation, he cannot completely leave Xun Yu for the time being, because when the spring begins, he will order Zhao Yun to lead the troops to capture Qingzhou, and Xun You is Zhao Yun's army officer. Only after Zhao Yun, Xun You and others pass by triumphantly can they consider changing candidates.

When Han Zhan thought of the plan to seize Qingzhou after the beginning of spring, he turned around and asked Guo Jia: "Fengxiao, is General Zilong still training troops today?"

Guo Jia nodded and said to Han Zhan: "The lord mentioned Modao last time. After repeated creation by the blacksmiths, he never met your requirements. Therefore, after careful consideration, General Zilong decided to change the Modao Camp you proposed to form into the Axe Camp."

"Axe Camp?" After hearing what Guo Jia said, Han Zhan's eyes almost fell to the ground. He saw the description of the Modao team "advances like a wall, with both men and horses shattered", and decided to form a Modao team, specifically used to deal with the cavalry. For this reason, he also described the Modao team as he knew to the craftsmen in detail, hoping that they could create what they wanted. Unexpectedly, two months passed, and not only did Modao not build it, Zhao Yun even planned to change the Modao team into the Axe Camp, which really made him speechless.

Seeing Han Zhan silent, Guo Jia quickly explained to him: "Lord, you once said that if you cut down the sword, you can directly break the shield, the blade, the man, the horse, and the people and horses in your hand. But the weapon with three-pointed and two-edged sword is not only troublesome to build, but also too expensive. Therefore, after repeated research by General Jia and General Zilong decided to use the Xuanhua Axe, because this weapon can also achieve the effect the lord said."

Han Zhan originally wanted to ask Guo Jia why he didn't ask for instructions from him if he made such a big change. But then he thought that since he handed over Mo Dao's creativity to Zhao Yun, Guo Jia and others, he has been in Cai Yan's house all day long and has never wanted to leave for a moment. He has left all the things in the state to his subordinates to take charge of them.

He sighed softly and said to Guo Jia: "I know. The Japanese Marquis went to the military camp in person to see what General Zilong's axe camp has trained."

Then, he turned the topic back to the capital: "I think that since Shizhong Cai was killed, Wang Yun will definitely lift the blockade of the post station, and then Ju Jianjun and Xiahou's captain will be able to leave safely. I hope that when they leave Chang'an, they can bring back Cai Shizhong's remains."

Although Han Zhan was a little confident in saying this, Guo Jia and Xun Yu looked at each other and looked at Han Zhan and said, "Lord, please rest assured. In Jiazhi's opinion, Ju Jianjun will definitely find ways to beg Wang Yun when he leaves the capital and ask him to agree to take Cai Shizhong's remains to return to Jizhou."

Guo Jia was just analyzing the possible actions Ju Su took based on the current situation. Unexpectedly, a few days ago, the troops surrounding the post station had just withdrawn, Ju Su rushed to Situ's Mansion and wanted to ask Wang Yun to release Cai Yong.

Unexpectedly, Wang Yun closed the door to thank the guests. The housekeeper and Ju Su had a lot of interactions recently and had received many benefits from him. He secretly told him: "Mr. Ju, if you want Situ to let Shizhong go, you should give up this heart."

When Ju Su heard this, he was very surprised and asked, "Butler, what happened?"

The butler looked around and saw that no one was nearby, so he approached Ju Su and lowered his voice and said to him: "Sir, don't know anything. Shi Zhong Cai has hanged himself in prison."

The butler's words were like a thunder blew up beside Ju Su. He stood there for a long time and finally wanted to ask something more, but he found that the butler had left at some point. Seeing that Ju Su's expression was a little wrong, the two soldiers quickly stepped forward to support him, carried him onto the carriage parked not far away, and hurried back to the station.

The lost Ju Su was carried back to his room by two soldiers. He sat on the couch and looked up at the ceiling. For a moment, he thought of apologizing for death, and even pulled out half of the sword he was wearing. But at the last moment, his reason defeated the impulse. He knew that he was dead at this time and that it would be useless. Even if he was about to die, he had to find Cai Yong's remains first, and after he was sent back to Jizhou, he would commit suicide to apologize to Han Zhan.

Thinking of this, he quickly asked someone to invite Xiahou Lan to tell Xiahou Lan that Cai Yong had been poisoned by Wang Yun. Although Xiahou Lan had learned about Cai Yong's murder from the two soldiers who were with Ju Su, when he heard Ju Su mention this matter again, the muscles on his face twitched a few times. He quickly asked: "Judge Ju Jianjun, now Cai Shizhong is dead, what should we do?"

"Looking for a way to find the remains of Shizhong Cai, and then we will transport them back to Jizhou." Ju Su said with a wry smile: "After Su Shi met the Marquis of Ting, he should apologize for his death."

Xiahou Lan heard that Ju Su was going to apologize for his death. Although she was secretly surprised, she said calmly on the surface: "Jiu Jianjun, our most urgent task is to find Shizhong Cai's body. I don't know how to start?"

After Ju Su was determined to die, he became calmer: "It is estimated that Cai Shizhong's remains are still in the prison. Please ask the captain to go to the prison with a lot of money. Be sure to invite Cai Shizhong's remains out."

Xiahou Lan personally brought more than a dozen cavalrymen and drove a large cart. She bought a good coffin on the way and arrived at the door of the prison. The prison guard outside the door saw a lieutenant coming with more than a dozen cavalrymen, and a carriage carrying coffins followed behind her. She couldn't guess what was going on.

A prison guard stepped forward and asked Xiahou Lan respectfully: "Dare you ask this lieutenant, who is here to collect the body of Lord Cai?"

"That's right," Xiahou Lan turned over and got off the horse, and came to the prison guard. While handing over a bag of gold and silver, she said politely: "I'd like to ask my brother to make a convenient move and let us go in and restrain Lord Cai's remains."

The jailer weighed the bag in his hand and felt heavy. He knew that there must be a lot of things inside. He sighed and said, "I'm sure the lieutenant, our brothers admire Lord Cai's character. After he went there, he found a bamboo mat to wrap him up. He was about to go out to buy a good coffin for him, but he didn't expect you to come first."

Xiahou Lan knew that the prisoner's words were half true and half false. It was possible to wrap the body with a bamboo mat; as for the fact that he was going to send someone to buy a coffin, this must be a lie. However, he still pretended to be confused and said, "Thank you for your kindness, I will thank you on behalf of the Cai family first."

Xiahou Lan brought people to the prison, put Cai Yong's body into a coffin, and turned around to the post station. Halfway through, he suddenly remembered Ju Su's plan to apologize for his death. He quickly called a soldier of a confidant, leaned close to his ear and said a few words in a low voice. After hearing this, the soldier nodded, turned his horse and galloped out of the city, and rushed to Jizhou to report the news to Han Zhan.

Ju Su stood at the door of the post station. When he saw Xiahou Lan and others coming over with the coffin containing Cai Yong's remains, he hurriedly stepped forward, knelt in front of the carriage, and kowtowed to the coffin. He stood up and said to Xiahou Lan: "Secretary Xiahou, it is not suitable to stay here for a long time, so we should set off immediately."

Xiahou Lan brought all cavalrymen, and in less than a stick of incense, she packed up. Two hundred cavalrymen escorted Cai Yong's coffin and headed towards the east gate. Many people along the way saw such a strange army and stood on the side of the road and pointed.

Ju Su and Xiahou Lan led troops to escort Cai Yong's coffin and were about to leave the capital, the news soon reached Situ's mansion. After hearing the report from his subordinates, Wang Yun sighed and ordered: "The dead are the most important. Since Ju Gong and the remains of Cai Shizhong leaving the capital, please follow them. You go to inform the East Gate guards, don't make things difficult for them and let them leave freely."

Wang Yun's subordinates agreed, got up and left the chamber, rushed to the east gate, and conveyed Wang Yun's orders.

Seeing that the east gate was getting closer, Xiahou Lan asked Ju Shu with some concern: "Jiu Jianjun, do you think Wang Situ will send someone to intercept us at the city gate?"

When Ju Su heard Xiahou Lan's question, he shook his head gently and said, "Don't worry, Xiahou Captain, Yusu probably, Shizhong Cai has been secretly executed by Wang Yun. In order to cover up, he would never make things difficult for a dead person. He wished that we would leave the capital earlier. Maybe he had sent someone to notify the guards in the east at this moment, so that we would not make things difficult for us and let us leave the capital smoothly."

What happened next was as Ju Su expected. After receiving the command of Wang Yun, the guard of the East Gate who was escorting Cai Yong's coffin came from afar. He quickly ordered the soldiers to drive away the idle people on the street and leave a convoy for the horse team. When the horse team passed by, the guard even bowed and bowed to Cai Yong's coffin.

Seeing that the guard general was so polite, Xiahou Lan could not without expression. He quickly clasped his fists on the horse's back and saluted: "Thank you, General! We will have a date in the future!"
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