"What are you afraid of?"
"Let's just say that we found many bandits in Hezhou and they fled all the way to Dongzhou. In order to maintain the tranquility of Hezhou and Dongzhou, we led a large army to pursue them in Dongzhou."
"They used Taizhou on us, didn't they say anything?"
Zhang Bao said to the two of them with a smile.
"Do you think Dongzhou is so easy to deal with?"
Fan Hanzhong rolled his eyes.
As the state pastor of Hezhou, he naturally has a very good understanding of the situation in the surrounding states.
"I heard that last time Dongzhou catered to Zhu Yue's ideas and sent 20,000 troops to Liaozhou, but they were all killed by Zhu Yue's people."
"You lost 20,000 people all at once, and you don't even dare to fart. How capable can you be?"
"Besides, look at Taizhou. Zhu Yue doesn't even pay attention to him. I just won't go. Not only will I not go, I will also attack your Hezhou while you are away. What can you do to me?"
"This is hard!"
Zhang Bao said with contempt.
Fan Hanzhong was speechless.
In the recent events, Dongzhou's attitude is indeed not very good, and he has no backbone at all.
Dongzhou has no choice. Originally, its military strength was not strong. Since it had salt fields, it didn't care much before. But now since the chaos, without military strength, there is no confidence.
Moreover, Dongzhou is tightly surrounded by Liaozhou and Hezhou, and there is the sea on the other side. If we really want to fight, it will not be difficult.
Fan Hanzhong sighed.
Before.
They were thinking about how to avoid war and how to let the people live a stable life.
But now, the trees want to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop.
Perhaps only by fighting can we regain stability.
"Let's go, go to my place tonight, talk about these things, make a decision and start working. The competition now is speed."
"There are too many people here, don't let anyone listen."
Zhang Bao said to Fan Hanzhong.
"Let's go, Lao Huang, you come too, it's been a long time since we drank together."
"Tell my sister-in-law that after drinking too much at night, she went to sleep at Yueyan Restaurant!"
Zhang Bao smiled and dragged Fan Hanzhong and Huang Chenzhi out.
…
Inside the backyard.
The father-in-law who came from the palace was already lying under the table with his arms stretched out.
"Get up and drink again, you old bastard!"
"You're too cowardly!"
"Is the person named Cao very powerful? Why are you so awesome?"
"If he comes, I'll kill him with one mouthful!"
"Oh, I'll go!"
As cups and plates fell to the floor, Lao He also fell under the table, swaying, and finally did not get up again.
Among all the drinking buddies that Lao He has ever met, this father-in-law in front of him can definitely be ranked among the top three.
It's really awesome.
At the beginning, Lao He thought he would be defeated soon.
As a result, the father-in-law fought hard with Lao He until the end. Lao He was confused, but the father-in-law insisted on playing it safe.
When Lao He took a look, how could this be done?
Originally, I was thinking of getting something out of this old guy's mouth, but I didn't expect that this old guy's drinking capacity was so terrible.
If this continues, maybe the old eunuch will find out the details about Lao He.
Old He gritted his teeth and took advantage of the opportunity to urinate to get out the poison. The wine he poured for the old eunuch was all mixed with the drug.
Finally, under such circumstances, the old eunuch was brought down reluctantly.
But Lao He himself fell to the ground.
…
That night.
A dozen black figures took advantage of the darkness and quietly came outside the Sanhe County Yamen.
They climbed into each other's courtyard walls, and after a while, the entire yamen burst into flames.
"quick!"
"Hurry and save people!"
"There are people inside!"
"Fight the fire, get water quickly!"
"..."
The whole yamen instantly became chaotic.
Zhang Bao and the others drank until late at night. They were drowsily asleep when they were disturbed by a knock on the door.
As soon as he opened the door, Bai Fang hurried in.
"grown ups!"
"Oh no, there's a fire in the Yamen!"
When Zhang Bao and the others heard this, they almost woke up from the wine.
"It's broken. It seems that Uncle He hasn't come back yet. He's still in the Yamen. Let's go!"
"There's something wrong with this fire!"
"Bai Fang, take people directly to the city gate. Anyone who dares to break out will be held down by me!"
"let's go!"
Zhang Bao ordered to Bai Fang and ran towards the Yamen with Fan Hanzhong and Huang Chenzhi.
At this time, the backyard of the Yamen was completely burned.
Fortunately, some of the government officials in front reacted quickly. They rushed in as soon as the fire broke out and dragged Lao He and his father-in-law out with all their might.
But the fire was burning faster than they expected.
Those who came with the father-in-law were all killed in the flames.
Lao He and the old eunuch woke up dazedly under the water, and were dumbfounded when they saw the raging fire and billowing smoke in front of them.
The old eunuch trembled all over. Seeing Zhang Bao come in, he quickly stepped forward and hugged Zhang Bao's legs and started howling.
"Master Zhang, I was wrong!"
"I was indeed sent by Cao Kang to find out the news. I had no choice but to do so!"
"Spare my life!"
As he spoke, he kowtowed to Zhang Bao.
Zhang Bao was confused.
In fact, before the old eunuch came to Sanhe County, he heard from Cao Kang about the fate of the eunuch who had previously announced the decree.
Cao Kang couldn't hide the news that he had been robbed by bandits.
And Zhang Bao showed up again later, which explained everything.
Not to mention, this Zhang Bao has been fighting all the way up to this point.
That's why their team never acted like an imperial envoy on the way into Hezhou and came to Sanhe County honestly.
Even when giving the imperial edict to Zhang Bao, it was handed directly to Zhang Bao.
The purpose is to worry that if Zhang Bao is in a bad mood and kills them, it will be troublesome.
After a long banquet and drinks, my husband's heart finally relaxed. He even felt that Zhang Bao was very gentle and polite to him.
The previous statements about Zhang Bao were just rumors.
But now he woke up and looked at the raging fire in front of him. Hearing that those who came with him had perished in the flames, the old eunuch suddenly came to his senses.
He set a fire and rescued himself again. It was obvious that he was giving himself a blow.
If I continue to be dishonest, I might end up like the people before me.
Only then did the old eunuch panic.
Zhang Bao looked at the old eunuch's reaction and couldn't laugh or cry. Naturally, he knew that the old eunuch had misunderstood.
I finally planned to let them go this time, but I suffered such an unreasonable disaster.
Where does this make sense?
But there was no use saying anything now.
The fire was obviously directed at the Yamen.
Either he came for the old eunuch or the two of them, Huang Chenzhi and Fan Hanzhong.
After all, Huang Chenzhi and Fan Hanzhong both lived in the Yamen during this period.
Moreover, Sanhe County Government, which he thought was safe, was actually infiltrated, and Zhang Bao's eyes gradually became colder.
"Come on, take this person down and keep him under strict supervision!"
"Order the Tielin Army and all government officials to assemble!"
Zhang Bao said coldly.
