After finishing entertaining Yang Ling, Zhao Fan breathed a sigh of relief and got up and went to the backyard.
He knocked on the door gently,
"I wonder if sister-in-law has rested?"
"I haven't rested yet. What's wrong, uncle?"
A pleasant voice came from the room, and then the door opened, and a beautiful young woman came out.
She is Zhao Fan's sister-in-law, Mrs. Fan.
"I just finished entertaining the Imperial General Zhengnan. I thought I hadn't seen my sister-in-law for a few days, so I came here to visit her."
Zhao Fan explained.
Since his brother's death three years ago, he has been treating his sister-in-law Fan with great courtesy and visiting him every now and then.
"Uncle, I'm worried. I've been fine in the past few days."
Fan replied.
"That's good, I'll take my leave first."
Zhao Fan cupped his hands and retreated.
He returned to his room. As soon as he took off his clothes and was about to lie down to rest, he heard someone knocking on the door.
"Prefect, prefect..."
Zhao Fan recognized Chen Ying's voice.
He felt a little strange, why would Chen Ying be looking for him so late?
Zhao Fan dressed up again and opened the door to let Chen Ying in.
"It's so late, what do you want?"
"Reporting to the prefect, the people we sent to ask Uncle Liu for help...are back!"
"ah?"
Zhao Fan was stunned for a moment. Seeing Chen Ying's serious expression, an unknown premonition emerged in his heart.
"Is it possible that Uncle Liu Huang's reinforcements have arrived?"
"Indeed, they will arrive tomorrow night at the latest."
Chen Ying smiled bitterly and said,
"Prefect, what should we do?"
Zhao Fan was also dumbfounded when he heard Chen Ying's words.
If he had received the news one day earlier, he would naturally have been unwilling to surrender to Yang Ling.
But it happened that he had already welcomed Cao Jun into the city, and Liu Bei was cautious.
What should I do?
When Zhao Fan was in a dilemma, Chen Ying whispered,
"There is one more thing I forgot to tell the prefect. Uncle Liu Huang's counselor, Yi Ji, is back with our messenger."
"If the prefect doesn't know how to make a decision, it would be better to meet him first."
Zhao Fan thought for a while, nodded and said,
"That's fine, please invite people over quickly!"
"Here!"
Chen Ying took the order and left.
Zhao Fan was alone in the room, pacing back and forth a little restlessly.
Cao's army entered the city on the front foot, and Liu Bei's reinforcements arrived on the back foot. What a coincidence, right? !
After a while, Chen Ying turned back, followed by Yi Ji.
"I've seen the prefect!"
Yi Ji saluted Zhao Fan.
"Mr. Ji Bo, you're welcome. Please take a seat quickly."
Zhao Fan asked Yi Ji to sit down, winked at Chen Ying, and motioned for him to go outside and watch.
After the two of them sat down, Yi Ji directly stated his intention without leaving any ink.
"As early as the prefect sent someone to ask for help, my lord was ready to rush to help."
"But Han Xuan, the governor of Changsha, refused to lend us access to oil and salt."
"After a lot of communication, I was able to persuade him."
"It's just that we came to rescue the prefect with good intentions. Why did the prefect surrender without a fight?"
When Zhao Fan heard this, he couldn't help but sigh and said helplessly,
"It's not that I'm afraid of Cao Jun, it's just that Guiyang County is no match for Cao Jun."
"But there has been no movement from Uncle Liu Huang. In order to avoid the loss of life, the people below chose to sacrifice the city and surrender."
Yi Ji frowned and said in a deep voice,
"Now that the reinforcements have arrived, I wonder what the governor's plan is? Will he continue to help Cao Cao, or will he cooperate with our army internally and externally to capture Yangling?"
"this……"
Zhao Fan was in a dilemma for a while.
Yang Ling and Liu Bei were fighting, but he was the one who suffered.
"I heard that the prefect's sister-in-law is so beautiful that Yang Ling is extremely lustful. If he knew..."
Yi Ji did not continue, but the expression on his face was meaningful!
Zhao Fan was shocked when he thought of his sister-in-law.
Yes, how could I have forgotten this?
If Yang Ling knew that his sister-in-law had the power to conquer the country, how would he let her go?
He gritted his teeth, nodded and said,
"Okay, I'm willing to listen to Mr. Ji Bo!"
"So good!"
Yiji was immediately overjoyed.
The two conspired and made a plan before Yi Ji left in a hurry.
Watching his back disappear into the night, Zhao Fan felt quite complicated.
He looked at Chen Ying aside and said worriedly,
"In your opinion, is it possible for us to capture Yang Ling?"
"Yang Ling only has 30,000 soldiers and horses, and Mr. Ji Bo and the others also have 30,000 soldiers and horses. With mental calculations but not care, it shouldn't be a problem to capture Yang Ling."
Chen Ying analyzed.
"I hope so!"
Zhao Fan sighed.
…
After deciding to act as an internal agent and cooperate with Liu Bei's reinforcements to deal with Yang Ling, Zhao Fan didn't rest well all night.
During the day the next day, he even came to see Yang Ling with a pair of panda eyes.
Seeing him like this, Yang Ling couldn't help but smile and joked,
"It seems that the prefect's nightlife is very exciting."
"The general is overrated. It's just that I was a little too excited to join the general for the first time, so I couldn't sleep."
Zhao Fan was afraid that Yang Ling would see something, so he pretended to be calm and replied.
"It's nothing if you can't sleep. It's just that the prefect did something he shouldn't have done in his excitement."
Yang Ling teased seemingly unintentionally.
But after Zhao Fan heard this, he broke into a cold sweat!
Fortunately, Yang Ling didn't say anything more and just walked out of the house.
Zhao Fan breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly followed Yang Ling.
Accompanied by him, Yang Ling inspected Chen County.
When the group came back, it was already noon. Yang Ling grabbed Zhao Fan and said with a smile,
"What a coincidence, I ordered my men to cook dumplings today, so the prefect might as well dine with us."
Zhao Fan couldn't refuse, so he nodded in agreement.
"Then I'd rather be respectful than obey."
Dumplings were invented by Zhang Ji in Wancheng and have not yet spread to Jingnan.
When the steaming dumplings were served, Zhao Fan smelled the aroma and his index fingers widened for a moment.
After the servants prepared the vinegar, Yang Ling ate a dumpling filled with vinegar, and a satisfied smile suddenly appeared on his face.
Seeing this, Zhao Fan swallowed his saliva, followed suit, picked up a dumpling and put it into his mouth.
The moment he entered, he was stunned.
As a prefect of a county, Zhao Fan had never tasted delicacies.
But compared with the dumplings in front of me, it was still not good enough.
Soft and smooth, the filling is delicious and juicy!
"What do you think, Governor Zhao?"
Yang Ling said with a smile.
"delicious!"
Zhao Fan nodded repeatedly, holding chopsticks in his hands and putting them into his mouth.
After finishing a large plate of dumplings, he sighed with satisfaction,
"This is the first time I've tasted such delicious food."
"This thing is called dumplings. There is a saying that the dumplings are not as delicious as the dumplings, and the fun is not as good as the broomsticks. This shows how delicious the dumplings are."
Yang Ling smiled.
Hearing him talk about his sister-in-law, Zhao Fan's heart tightened and he forced a smile.
"The general is right, these dumplings are so delicious!"
