After listening to Zhang Heng's story, Xun You was silent for a moment, and then suddenly looked up.
"Sir, I'm afraid that your visit to Luoyang is not just to rescue Captain Zhang, right?"
Xun You asked, but his tone was full of affirmation.
"What if?" Zhang Heng laughed.
Xun You shook his head, "If it was just to rescue the Taiwei, I'm afraid I would have already left, so why bother to rescue me?"
"Gongda is really quick to talk!" Zhang Heng clapped his hands and said, "Dong, the thief, led the army to resist stubbornly on the front line. I would like to ask Gongda, is there any opportunity that Luoyang can take advantage of?"
Tell me, can something happen?
"have!"
As soon as Zhang Heng finished speaking, Xun You immediately made a decisive move.
With such a straightforward tone, even Zhang Heng couldn't help but be stunned.
This guy is so straightforward.
"Where can Gongda tell me clearly?"
Xun You shook his head, "It's not clear yet, but it definitely exists."
"Since it's not clear, why can Gongda be so sure?" Chen Gong asked curiously.
Xun You cupped his hands at Zhang Heng and said, "It's empty talk. Can you give me two days? I'll definitely find an opportunity. I know you're pressed for time, but I'm sure it won't be short of one or two days."
Give me some time, even if it doesn't exist, I will turn it into something!
At this moment, Xun You's face was full of confidence, his eyes flashed with a blazing light that hurt people's hearts, and there was no hint of stupidity.
Looking at Xun You showing his talent, Zhang Heng nodded slightly.
This is the aura that today’s top counselors should have!
"Don't say two days, even three or five days will do. Gongda can just let it go and do whatever it takes."
"Don't dare to ask for more, two days is enough!"
Xun You waved his sleeves and said.
"Okay." Zhang Heng nodded and said, "Ziyi, please accompany me to protect Gongda these two days."
"As you command!"
Taishi Ci quickly cupped his fists and said.
Xun You cupped his hands at Zhang Heng and Chen Gongyi and said, "I'll resign!"
After saying this, he turned around and left with Tai Shici.
Zhang Heng turned to look at Chen Gong and said with a smile: "Gongtai, what do you think Xun Gongda will do in these two days?"
"Of course it is to collect intelligence and deduce the situation." Chen Gong replied, "Don't you know, Captain, that the current head of the Xun family in Yingchuan, Xun Ciming, is the current Sikong!"
Zhang Heng naturally knew this, but that was not the purpose of asking Chen Gong.
"Then you think Xun Gongda can find an opportunity in two days?"
Chen Gong shook his head, "I know very little about Xun Gongda. I heard that he is dull by nature, but intelligent and restrained. He is also a top talent in the family, and his reputation is second only to Xun's Sanruo. As for whether he can succeed, I don't know. unknown."
The so-called Xunshi Sanruo refers to Xun Wenruo, Xun Xiuruo and Xun Youruo.
Since Huan Ling, eunuchs and relatives have taken turns to be in power, and there have been two disasters of party imprisonment. Scholars and Confucian scholars have been widely implicated. In addition, the emperor sold his officials to win titles, so most knowledgeable people were unable to become officials, or were unwilling to become officials.
As a result, the court's credibility is naturally not as good as before. Then a trend of criticizing people suddenly arose among scholars, for the sake of Qing Dynasty.
If a scholar is dismissed from office and exiled for resisting eunuchs, he will be praised by local folk and the Qing political circle will also give him a title. With a title, you gain status.
This model of clear discussion and criticism once burst out with stronger credibility than the imperial court.
In the past, there was Fang Bowu, the man who followed the rules of the world, and Li Yuanli, the model of the world, who was a world-class superstar.
Among them are Liangzhou Sanming and Jingxiang Bajun, these state and county-level idols.
Later there were Xun's Eight Dragons and Xun's Sanruo, family-level idols.
The three Xunyu brothers all have the word "ruo" in their first names, so they are collectively called Sanruo. They can be regarded as young freshmen who have obtained the title of Qingyi Circle and are ready to make their debut as a group at any time.
As for Xun You, he suffered from his appearance and did not get the title.
After listening to Chen Gong's words, Zhang Heng smiled and nodded again, "Don't trust the people you use, and don't use the people you doubt. Regardless of whether Xun Gongda can succeed, just let him do it. It's just... Gongtai has been staying here these days. Is there no plan in the room?"
After Zhang Heng said this, Chen Gong reacted.
Good guy, Zhang Ziyi wants to take the school entrance examination with me!
Despite Xun You's words, Zhang Heng would never put his eggs in the same basket.
Chen Gong had no choice but to hold his hands and smile: "I do have some ideas, but I just don't dare to show my shame in front of the captain."
"Gongtai is too humble. Since we have a plan, we might as well wait two days for you and Xun Gongda to take action together. A two-pronged approach is the best strategy. What do you think of Gongtai?"
When he said this, Zhang Heng smiled happily, with a smile that didn't deserve a slap on his face.
At this moment, he suddenly felt the pleasure of Liu Bei asking him for advice.
Damn it, it’s good to have a counselor under you, so you don’t have to worry about everything yourself!
"What the captain said is true." Chen Gong nodded in agreement.
"Then it's settled, it's late at night, let's go and rest first." Zhang Heng waved and smiled.
"I'll resign!"
…
The next day.
News of the fire in Sikong Prison spread quickly.
Xu Rong sent more than a dozen servants to set a fire last night, but in fact, it was useless to set a fire with so many people. The key was to deal with the other jailers.
No one put out the fire, so the fire naturally grew bigger and bigger. By the time people outside discovered it, it had reached an irreversible point.
In the end, most of Sikong Prison was burned down, and the prisoners inside burned many people to death, at least twenty or thirty people.
Of course, except for the families of the prisoners, to outsiders, this is not terrible news.
Li Ru came up with a solution the next day: the officials responsible for guarding Sikong Prison were dismissed from office and exiled, the prisoners who were burned to death were given posthumous official posts, and their wives, children, and children were given double pensions and their salaries were still paid.
After that, the incident just passed without attracting much attention.
Except for a certain high-ranking official named Xun...
After learning the news that his great-nephew had been burned to death, Xun Shuang's vision went dark, he almost lost his breath and fell backward on the spot. Fortunately, the servant was quick-sighted and stepped forward to help him, otherwise the old man would have been knocked upside down on the spot.
The servants carried Xun Shuang back to the couch with all their hands and feet, and then quickly summoned the doctor for treatment.
After a long time, Xun Shuang woke up faintly, his cloudy eyes full of sadness.
"Gongda..."
In fact, Xun Shuang also participated in the plot to assassinate Dong Zhuo last year, but none of the officials who were imprisoned confessed him. In addition, Xun Shuang was one of the three princes, highly respected, old and frail, so Dong Zhuo did not touch him.
Ever since Xun You was imprisoned, Xun Shuang had been trying to rescue him. Who would have thought that before he could succeed, his grandnephew would be burned to death in prison.
Xun Shuang felt very sad and couldn't help but burst into tears. He couldn't recover for a long time.
The servants standing aside saw Xun Shuang crying so sadly that they did not dare to come forward to give advice.
At this moment, a servant suddenly walked in.
"Master, someone from Taiwei's Mansion is here. He said he has something to ask for!"
Xun Shuang was crying so sadly that he had no time to take care of his servants.
Seeing this, the housekeeper hurriedly came out and shouted: "Tell the visitor that it is not convenient for the owner of the house to see guests at this time and ask him to come back another day!"
"only!"
The servant agreed and was about to walk out when he was suddenly stopped by Xun Shuang with a wave of his hand.
"slow……"
Xun Shuang slowly wiped his tears with his sleeves and said quietly: "Since a distinguished guest is coming, how can we not see him? Come help me change my clothes."
As a great scholar in the world, Xun Shuang never wanted to lose his etiquette at any time.
"Master, you are not feeling well. It is better to see you another day." The housekeeper quickly came up and persuaded.
"No." Xun Shuang slowly shook his head and said firmly, "Avoiding him is not the way to treat guests. Help me change my clothes."
Everyone couldn't resist Xun Shuang, so they had no choice but to do it.
Under such circumstances, when Tai Shi Ci brought the masked Xun You into the Sikong Mansion, he was naturally not treated well.
