The messenger team entered the city all the way and stopped directly at the gate of the county government office.
The magistrate of Neihuang County and the city gate guard hurriedly ran out from inside.
The team of messengers dismounted one after another.
The leader was a middle-aged man in his thirties.
The middle-aged man had a scar that almost ran through his entire left eye, which was shocking.
The middle-aged man hugged his fists towards the county magistrate and whispered: "Excuse me, my name is Qianzhao. I have been ordered by the young master to deliver an urgent letter to Yanzhou."
"I passed by here today and need to rest here for a night."
The county magistrate hurriedly made a gesture of invitation and said: "Your Majesty, please come inside!"
As he said that, he led the way and said, "I have cleared away any suspicious people around."
"Currently, the area around this government office is very safe."
Qianzhao asked the team of envoys to disperse and secure every corner of the county government office, while saying to the county magistrate: "Thank you!"
The county magistrate hurriedly smiled and said: "It's all as it should be."
Taking Qian Zhao to a room deep in the county government office, the magistrate said: "Your Majesty, you can rest here. I'll call two maids to come over and take care of you in the evening -"
Qianzhao grabbed the county magistrate and waved his hand and said: "No need, I have prepared my own dry food. I will leave early tomorrow morning. No one else can come near me now."
The county magistrate nodded hurriedly.
Qianzhao ignored the county magistrate and went into the room alone.
The two members of the envoy team stopped at the door of the room and looked at the county magistrate expressionlessly.
One of them even widened his eyes.
Those eyes were so wide and bulging that the county magistrate trembled with fright.
The magistrate smiled at them and left in a hurry.
The two members of the envoy team watched the county magistrate leave, while the big man with round eyes got into the room.
Qianzhao was checking things in the room.
Seeing the big man come in, Qianzhao continued to work and said with a smile: "Third brother, what's the matter?"
Third brother refers to Zhang Fei!
It turns out that when Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei revolted against the Yellow Turbans, they brought Tian Yu out of Zhuo County.
Later, I met Qianzhao again in Changshe.
At that time, Qian Zhao was following his teacher Le Yin and the cavalry general He Miao to attack the Yellow Turbans at Changshe.
In Changshe, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Tian Yu and Qianzhao met each other late and soon became friends.
However, the five of them did not fight together for long. Qianzhao followed his teacher Le Yin and the cavalry general He Miao back to Jingzhao.
In Jingzhao, the Shi Changshi Rebellion broke out, and Qianzhao's teacher Le Yin and the cavalry general He Miao were both killed.
Qianzhao risked his life and took away the teacher's body. After that, he has been mourning the teacher in his hometown.
Later, Yuan Shao recruited him and he followed Yuan Shao.
He didn't expect to see Zhang Fei alone in Yecheng.
However, when I met Zhang Fei again, Zhang Fei was opening a blacksmith shop and making money to support his family.
Although Yuan Shao recruited him again, he refused to go.
Yuan Shao was also a face-loving person. He sent people to call several times, but Zhang Fei didn't go, so he stopped taking action.
After Qianzhao met Zhang Fei, he did not persuade him.
However, after receiving the order of trial matching and sending the letter to Yuan Tan, he immediately called Zhang Fei.
Not for anything else.
This time when sending the letter, Qianzhao clearly felt that there was a lot of crisis.
It is even possible that he will be ambushed and killed on the way, unable to complete the mission.
With Zhang Fei by his side, he felt much more confident.
Zhang Fei sat carelessly in front of the desk, watching Qianzhao busy, and said: "Nothing, I'm just bored and want to talk to someone."
Qianzhao looked back at Zhang Fei and said with a smile: "Third brother, what do you want to talk about?"
Zhang Fei took the wine gourd from the wine gourd hanging from his waist, opened the bottle cap, took a sip, and said quietly: "I want to talk about my eldest brother. My eldest brother is in Wu Kingdom. I wonder how he is doing?"
The movement in Zhaozhao's hand stopped.
After a while, he continued: "If you miss him, go to the Kingdom of Wu to find him. Before King Zhao attacked Shouchun, it is rumored that he personally told King Zhao that he was going to the Kingdom of Wu."
"The King of Wu is acquainted with you, and he is a benevolent and righteous man. All the state ministers have become famous generals under his command. If my eldest brother goes, the King of Wu will not embarrass him."
Guorang, the name of Tian Yu.
"Besides, I haven't heard any news that my eldest brother was killed."
"Then brother should be safe."
"You go directly to Wu County, reveal your identity, and maybe you can meet King Wu."
"It should be no problem to inquire about the whereabouts of eldest brother through King Wu."
Zhang Fei drank a few big sips, sighed, and then said: "I want to see you, but I don't want to see you."
"In the early years, I followed my eldest brother because I wanted to start a career with him and help him support the Han Dynasty."
"Today, the world has already become the world of Wu and Zhao, and the Han Dynasty exists in name only."
"Second brother, it's gone."
"Eldest brother has already lost his temper and just wants to be a general under others."
"What will happen if I see him again?"
After Qianzhao checked the whole room and confirmed that there was nothing unusual, he knelt down and sat down opposite Zhang Fei, sighing: "Things are prone to change, Third Brother, don't blame Big Brother."
"In this world, if there is any possibility, the eldest brother will not give up helping the Han Dynasty."
"But now, the world has changed from a group of heroes competing for supremacy to a divided world. Among them, Jiaozhou Shixie will be annexed sooner or later. What can the eldest brother do?"
"If I want to say it, I can only say that my eldest brother does not have that fate."
"Before, you said that you met with the King of Wu, and the King of Wu advised the eldest brother to abandon Xuzhou and seize Yizhou or Jiangdong."
"If I were here, I might agree."
"It's a pity that I'm not here."
"Brother, you don't trust me either."
"Of course, it's impossible to blame Big Brother."
"At that time, the eldest brother took you, the second brother, and Guorang to wander around. It was rare to find a place to settle in Xuzhou. The eldest brother has led you wandering for a long time, how could he be willing to give up?"
"But if you can't let go of the child, you can't trap the wolf."
"Big brother can't defend Xuzhou Four Battles at all."
"If we had gone south to Jiangdong, pretending to be a clan member of the Han Dynasty, and united with Liu Yao, the then Yangzhou shepherd, we might have been able to capture Jiangdong."
"It's a pity that eldest brother missed this opportunity and let Sun Ce take advantage."
"Then King Wu seized the opportunity."
"Perhaps, the eldest brother followed the advice of King Wu, and the King of Wu is now a wise general under the eldest brother."
Zhang Fei sighed heavily.
Qianzhao also sighed, patted Zhang Fei on the shoulder and said, "It doesn't make much sense to say this now."
"At the beginning, I was mourning the teacher."
"otherwise--"
Zhang Fei once again drank a few gulps of wine depressedly.
Seeing this, Qianzhao said softly: "Go to rest early! You sleep for half the night, third brother, and I will sleep for the rest of the night."
Zhang Fei snorted angrily, drank all the wine in the wine gourd, and then fell asleep.
After a while, Zhang Fei fell asleep, talking in his sleep: "Brother, second brother, I miss you so much."
Qianzhao looked at Zhang Fei with sadness on his face.
Unexpectedly, after we parted ways and met again that day, the situation would be like this: the eldest brother defected to Wu, the second brother died in the war, and the third brother was confused all day long.
The state minister at that time, that young boy, also became a famous general in the Wu Kingdom.
He is the most promising among the few.
However, if we meet again in the future, I'm afraid it won't be a life-or-death fight.
I don’t know who will be able to survive by then?
No matter who survives, they won’t be able to feel at ease for the rest of their lives, right?
Anyway, he had to kill him for the kindness of King Zhao.
However, it would be difficult for him to survive after being assassinated.
Loyalty here in the State of Zhao is the kindness of King Zhao.
But Guorang and his eldest brother are righteous.
Whichever side to choose is difficult.
Qianzhao took out a paper book from the cloth bag hanging on his waist and read it carefully.
It was late at night, and Zhang Fei woke up and asked Qianzhao to rest while he stayed there for the rest of the night.
At this time, dozens of black shadows approached quietly near the county government office.
Who else is the leader, if not Sima Yi and Zhang Chunhua?
The Sima family's spies spread throughout Hebei.
As early as Qian Zhao and his team of messengers arrived here to check in, a city defense guard brought the news to Sima Yi:
Messenger: Pull the move.
Entourage: twenty people.
Sima Yi was very familiar with Qianzhao. This was a brave and strategic general recruited by King Zhao Yuan Shao when he was still alive.
He is a disciple of the famous scholar Le Yin.
He was brave and careful, and was appointed by Yuan Shao to lead a group of Karasuma cavalry.
However, Sima Yi did not recruit anyone else to assist.
He thinks he is very powerful.
In addition to the thirty assassins brought this time, they are all of first-class skill.
Dealing with this messenger team shouldn't be too much of a problem.
Dozens of figures surrounded the entire county government office.
Following Sima Yi's gesture, dozens of figures transformed into two groups: a group of twenty-five people rushed into the county government office from the front; a group of five people, plus him and Zhang Chunhua, attacked from behind.
The officers and soldiers in the county government office, as well as the messenger team, quickly discovered the night attack.
While resisting, they shouted reminders at the county government office.
However, the skills of these assassins are really amazing.
It didn't take long for these officers and soldiers and the envoy team to be executed.
The magistrate was so frightened that he hid in the bedroom and tied the wooden bolt behind his back, trembling with fear.
When did Neihuang County experience such bloody scenes?
The troops he has are not enough to deal with so many vicious people!
Qianzhao and Zhang Fei had long heard the sounds of fighting outside.
Neither of them left the room.
The two of them each drew their weapons.
The holding guard is on the left side of the door, against the wall.
Zhang Fei stayed at the window.
The sound of fighting outside quickly quieted down.
Sima Yi led dozens of assassins outside the room.
Looking inside the room, the corners of Sima Yi's mouth raised slightly.
After making a gesture and asking people to guard the door and window exits, Sima Yi then asked others to bring dry firewood, pile it around the house, and then light it.
Qianzhao and Zhang Fei looked at each other, Qianzhao pointed to Zhang Fei in the direction of the door, walked over first, opened the door, and walked out.
Zhang Fei followed closely behind.
The other party is not preparing to attack, but is waiting for the two of them to rush out, so there is no point in hiding anymore.
As soon as Qian Zhao and Zhang Fei walked out of the room, Sima Yi smiled proudly.
Are you going to die now?
Following Sima Yi's gesture, dozens of assassins surrounded Qian Zhao and Zhang Fei and started fighting.
(End of chapter)
