Chapter 242: Zhao Yun as a Matchmaker
Han Zhan was in the middle of the meeting hall, with civil and military officials standing in the left and right.
Zhao Yun stood up first and reported the night battle to Han Zhan. After hearing this, Han Zhan nodded repeatedly, with a satisfied smile on his face, because from this moment on, Yecheng was his own. If he had known that he could take Yecheng so easily, he would have been trying hard at the beginning. Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi, who were preparing to return the prisoners, were preparing to ask the court to report Yuan Shao to the governor of Yanzhou. Now that Yuan Shao has fled in the desert, Yecheng has fallen into his hands like a ripe apple.
After Zhao Yun finished reporting, Xun You came out to report the Anmin and accepted the treasury. Han Zhan was overjoyed to learn that the money and grain in the city could actually support the 80,000 army for a year.
After all those who should report were reported, Huang Zhong stood out from the queue and said angrily: "My lord, there is something unknown at the end. Please ask your lord for advice."
Although Huang Zhong has not explained what happened, Han Zhan already knew it. He smiled and asked, "Han Sheng, are you trying to ask why this marquis wanted to let Wen Chou go, whom I finally caught, right?"
"That's right!" Huang Zhong replied in a muffled voice.
Han Zhan smiled faintly, and then Shi Potian said in shock: "Han Sheng is absent. I will let go of Wen Chou and Yuan Benchu."
"What, the lord let go of Yuan Benchu?" After hearing this news, except for Guo Jia, Xun You, Ju Su, Meng Dai and other few people who knew the inside story, the rest of the civil and military officials were so surprised that their chin almost hit the ground.
Huang Zhong asked in confusion: "Lord, since you can capture Yuan Shao, why do you still have to let him go? Isn't this the consequences of letting the tiger return to the mountain?"
"The living Yuan Benchu is far better than a dead village marquis." Han Zhan just smiled faintly at Huang Zhong's doubts, and then said: "In time, Han Sheng will naturally understand the hard work of this marquis."
After the meeting, the civil and military officials dispersed one after another, only Guo Jia and Zhao Yun stayed. Guo Jia had something to say to Han Zhan in private, but when he saw Zhao Yun sitting in his seat, he asked curiously: "General Zilong, are you asking for your lord for business?"
"A little private matter." Zhao Yun replied a little embarrassedly: "If Fengxiao has something to do, please discuss with the lord first. It doesn't matter if Yun waits for a while."
Guo Jia knew Zhao Yun's character and knew that he had nothing important to do and would never stay. So he explained what he wanted to discuss in a few words to Han Zhan, and then stood up and said goodbye.
Seeing that he and Zhao Yun were the only ones in the conference hall, Han Zhan got up and walked over, and asked with a smile: "Brother is there something important to stay today, right?"
"Second brother... no, lord!" Zhao Yun first called Han Zhan's second brother habitually, but then he felt something was wrong, so he quickly changed his name: "Two days ago, General Mo was ordered to lead his troops to camp outside the east gate, and someone came out of the city to see General Mo."
"Brother, you and I are sworn brothers, there is no need to be so polite." Han Zhan turned around and walked back to his seat, and then asked, "I wonder what the people coming from the city have talked to the elder brother?" When he said this, a hint of doubt came to his heart: The four gates of Yecheng were closed, and even Qianzhao, Feng Li and the other two could not leave the city, and how could someone go out of the city at the east gate? Could it be that Yuan Shao had sent someone to persuade Zhao Yun to surrender?
Zhao Yun could not guess what Han Zhan was thinking, but reported truthfully: "The person who came was his cousin Zhen Yan."
Hearing the name Zhen Yan, Han Zhan immediately remembered Zhen Yan, a famous beauty in the Three Kingdoms, and asked quickly: "I wonder what my cousin Zhen Yan said?"
When Zhao Yun heard Han Zhan call Zhen Yan a cousin, he was stunned at first, and then he felt relieved. He and Han Zhan were sworn brothers. He was younger than his cousin Zhen Yan, so he could call each other a cousin, and there was nothing wrong with calling each other a cousin. He continued, "He said that his aunt knew that the lord led the troops of Jizhou to surrounded Yecheng, and Yuan Xi was missing. He was unwilling to let his cousin Zhen Mi be a barren, and planned to betroth his cousin to his lord."
When Han Zhan learned that Mrs. Zhen was going to be betroth him, she felt like she was hit by a stack of pies falling from the sky, which made him feel dizzy. He thought to himself: Could this be true? Not my mistake, right? Thinking of this, he twisted his legs hard, and the pain in his brain nerves instantly made him realize that he was not dreaming and that what he heard was true.
Han Zhan originally wanted to agree to this matter in one go, but just as he was about to open his mouth, he felt that he was a little too impatient to do this, and might scare Mrs. Zhen, so he pretended to be calm and said, "Brother, Mrs. Zhen really agreed to be betrothed Mi'er to me?"
"That's right," Zhao Yun nodded and said, "My cousin is still in her prime. Even if she gets engaged, she will have to wait five or six years before she can marry into the Han family."
The five or six-year period that Zhao Yun mentioned reminded Han Zhan that he seemed to be still in the mourning period, and it would take three years to discuss marriage. Therefore, he nodded slowly and said to Zhao Yun: "Since Mrs. Zhen has a good intention, I will not refuse. So, brother, you represent me to go to Zhen's mansion first to see when Mrs. Zhen is free, and I will visit me in person."
As soon as Zhao Yun left the meeting hall, Han Zhan hurried back to the back hall. As soon as he entered the back hall, he shouted loudly: "Robu, Rob~!"
Unexpectedly, as soon as his shout fell, a guard standing in the yard said to him respectfully: "Report to the lord, Luo Junhou is still recovering from his wounds in Guantao at this moment, and has never come to Yecheng."
After the guard reminded him, Han Zhan suddenly remembered Robu, who had just been promoted to military marquis, who was still lying in Guantao's guru's mansion, and was taken care of by the eight aunt who had a affection for him. Han Zhan thought to himself, it was a pity that the eight aunt was not here, otherwise he could ask her for advice. When visiting Zhen's mansion, he should bring some gifts to the door.
Half an hour later, Zhao Yun came to ask for a meeting again.
When Han Zhan heard that Zhao Yun was coming, he hurriedly came out of the room. After a few words of politeness, he invited Zhao Yun into the room. After the two of them sat down, the servants had the tea, Han Zhan couldn't wait to ask: "Brother, I wonder what Mrs. Zhen said when you go to Zhen's mansion?"
"Second brother," Zhao Yun did not call Han Zhan the lord again in such private occasions, but he spoke a little hesitantly: "I just went to Zhen Mansion to visit my aunt..."
Seeing Zhao Yun's appearance, Han Zhan couldn't help but feel a little slack. He said secretly that it wouldn't be a good thing, and Mrs. Zhen was going to change her mind again, right? He asked quickly: "Brother, if there is something wrong, I'm sure I'm mentally prepared."
"That's right," Zhao Yun said with some embarrassment: "My aunt sent Zhen Yan out of the city to see me because the soldiers in Jizhou besieged Yecheng. She was worried that after the army entered the city, there would be chaos soldiers harasse the people, so she temporarily decided to betroth her cousin Zhen Mi to her second brother. But now that our army has entered the city, there is no offense, and she has inevitably changed her mind again..."
"Have you changed your mind?!" Han Zhan was a little stunned when he heard this. The mature duck that was about to be brought to him actually grew wings and flew: "Madam Zhen regrets getting married."
"This, this," Zhao Yun's face turned red, "My aunt did not say she regretted the marriage, but she said that if one daughter does not marry her second husband, if she wants to betroth Zhen Mi's cousin to her second brother, she must first break the engagement with the Yuan family."
"Yuan Shao didn't know where he went, and where I would go to find the Yuan family to break the engagement." Han Zhan was halfway through, and suddenly remembered Yuan Tan and the Yuan Xi brothers, who were still locked in the prison in Jizhou City. He immediately said with confidence: "Then the Hou immediately sent someone to take the Yuan family brothers here and asked them to write a document for the cancellation of the engagement, so that I could go to the Zhen Mansion to propose marriage."
"The living Yuan Benchu is far better than a dead village marquis." Han Zhan just smiled faintly at Huang Zhong's doubts, and then said: "In time, Han Sheng will naturally understand the hard work of this marquis."
After the meeting, the civil and military officials dispersed one after another, only Guo Jia and Zhao Yun stayed. Guo Jia had something to say to Han Zhan in private, but when he saw Zhao Yun sitting in his seat, he asked curiously: "General Zilong, are you asking for your lord for business?"
"A little private matter." Zhao Yun replied a little embarrassedly: "If Fengxiao has something to do, please discuss with the lord first. It doesn't matter if Yun waits for a while."
Guo Jia knew Zhao Yun's character and knew that he had nothing important to do and would never stay. So he explained what he wanted to discuss in a few words to Han Zhan, and then stood up and said goodbye.
Seeing that he and Zhao Yun were the only ones in the conference hall, Han Zhan got up and walked over, and asked with a smile: "Brother is there something important to stay today, right?"
"Second brother... no, lord!" Zhao Yun first called Han Zhan's second brother habitually, but then he felt something was wrong, so he quickly changed his name: "Two days ago, General Mo was ordered to lead his troops to camp outside the east gate, and someone came out of the city to see General Mo."
"Brother, you and I are sworn brothers, there is no need to be so polite." Han Zhan turned around and walked back to his seat, and then asked, "I wonder what the people coming from the city have talked to the elder brother?" When he said this, a hint of doubt came to his heart: The four gates of Yecheng were closed, and even Qianzhao, Feng Li and the other two could not leave the city, and how could someone go out of the city at the east gate? Could it be that Yuan Shao had sent someone to persuade Zhao Yun to surrender?
Zhao Yun could not guess what Han Zhan was thinking, but reported truthfully: "The person who came was his cousin Zhen Yan."
Hearing the name Zhen Yan, Han Zhan immediately remembered Zhen Yan, a famous beauty in the Three Kingdoms, and asked quickly: "I wonder what my cousin Zhen Yan said?"
When Zhao Yun heard Han Zhan call Zhen Yan a cousin, he was stunned at first, and then he felt relieved. He and Han Zhan were sworn brothers. He was younger than his cousin Zhen Yan, so he could call each other a cousin, and there was nothing wrong with calling each other a cousin. He continued, "He said that his aunt knew that the lord led the troops of Jizhou to surrounded Yecheng, and Yuan Xi was missing. He was unwilling to let his cousin Zhen Mi be a barren, and planned to betroth his cousin to his lord."
When Han Zhan learned that Mrs. Zhen was going to be betroth him, she felt like she was hit by a stack of pies falling from the sky, which made him feel dizzy. He thought to himself: Could this be true? Not my mistake, right? Thinking of this, he twisted his legs hard, and the pain in his brain nerves instantly made him realize that he was not dreaming and that what he heard was true.
Han Zhan originally wanted to agree to this matter in one go, but just as he was about to open his mouth, he felt that he was a little too impatient to do this, and might scare Mrs. Zhen, so he pretended to be calm and said, "Brother, Mrs. Zhen really agreed to be betrothed Mi'er to me?"
"That's right," Zhao Yun nodded and said, "My cousin is still in her prime. Even if she gets engaged, she will have to wait five or six years before she can marry into the Han family."
The five or six-year period that Zhao Yun mentioned reminded Han Zhan that he seemed to be still in the mourning period, and it would take three years to discuss marriage. Therefore, he nodded slowly and said to Zhao Yun: "Since Mrs. Zhen has a good intention, I will not refuse. So, brother, you represent me to go to Zhen's mansion first to see when Mrs. Zhen is free, and I will visit me in person."
As soon as Zhao Yun left the meeting hall, Han Zhan hurried back to the back hall. As soon as he entered the back hall, he shouted loudly: "Robu, Rob~!"
Unexpectedly, as soon as his shout fell, a guard standing in the yard said to him respectfully: "Report to the lord, Luo Junhou is still recovering from his wounds in Guantao at this moment, and has never come to Yecheng."
After the guard reminded him, Han Zhan suddenly remembered Robu, who had just been promoted to military marquis, who was still lying in Guantao's guru's mansion, and was taken care of by the eight aunt who had a affection for him. Han Zhan thought to himself, it was a pity that the eight aunt was not here, otherwise he could ask her for advice. When visiting Zhen's mansion, he should bring some gifts to the door.
Half an hour later, Zhao Yun came to ask for a meeting again.
When Han Zhan heard that Zhao Yun was coming, he hurriedly came out of the room. After a few words of politeness, he invited Zhao Yun into the room. After the two of them sat down, the servants had the tea, Han Zhan couldn't wait to ask: "Brother, I wonder what Mrs. Zhen said when you go to Zhen's mansion?"
"Second brother," Zhao Yun did not call Han Zhan the lord again in such private occasions, but he spoke a little hesitantly: "I just went to Zhen Mansion to visit my aunt..."
Seeing Zhao Yun's appearance, Han Zhan couldn't help but feel a little slack. He said secretly that it wouldn't be a good thing, and Mrs. Zhen was going to change her mind again, right? He asked quickly: "Brother, if there is something wrong, I'm sure I'm mentally prepared."
"That's right," Zhao Yun said with some embarrassment: "My aunt sent Zhen Yan out of the city to see me because the soldiers in Jizhou besieged Yecheng. She was worried that after the army entered the city, there would be chaos soldiers harasse the people, so she temporarily decided to betroth her cousin Zhen Mi to her second brother. But now that our army has entered the city, there is no offense, and she has inevitably changed her mind again..."
"Have you changed your mind?!" Han Zhan was a little stunned when he heard this. The mature duck that was about to be brought to him actually grew wings and flew: "Madam Zhen regrets getting married."
Chapter completed!