The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 436 Accidents
When Li Yuan heard this name, he suddenly realized why the person in front of him looked so familiar. It turned out to be Jiang Qin, an old general of Sun Ce. Gan Ning had written to Xiapi to mention this matter, but he forgot it for a while and said, "Hahahaha, It turned out to be you, no wonder I feel so familiar, are you used to living in Xiangyang, is there anything you don't like?"

"Thank you, my lord, for your concern. General Gan treated me very well, and I didn't feel uncomfortable." Jiang Qin replied, feeling relieved at the same time.

The banquet ended with the guests enjoying themselves. Li Yuan and the others didn't drink a lot, because they had to go on the road the next day, so they tried not to drink if they could.

Early the next morning, Gan Ning personally sent Li Yuan out of the city, and then sent Jiang Qin to lead [-] soldiers to station in Shangyong, ready to meet Li Yuan at any time.Li Yuan first went to Shangyong on this trip, and then went to Hanzhong.

More than 20 days later, Li Yuan and his team came to Hanzhong from Xiangyang. The actual distance was much farther than he imagined. After all, ancient technology was not developed, and the number of days needed for a long trip was basically estimated, so it was impossible to calculate it very accurately.

Although Hanzhong is not in the Central Plains, it is still prosperous under Zhang Lu's governance, and its population is much larger than that of ordinary cities.In "history", Zhang Lu has dominated Hanzhong for 30 years. It is said that he is the tenth grandson of Zhang Liang, the Marquis of Liu in the Western Han Dynasty, and the third generation celestial master of Wu Dou Mi Dao.

"Zhongkang, I didn't expect it to be so far from Xiangyang to Hanzhong. We have been walking for almost a month." Li Yuan and others finally entered the city and found an inn to rest.

"Indeed, my lord, we have worked hard on this journey. Do we need to rest in Hanzhong for a few more days to recover our strength?" In fact, Xu Zhu didn't feel tired, but he was worried that Li Yuan was overworked, so he suggested that Li Yuan rest for few days.

Li Yuan knew Xu Zhu's good intentions, but he didn't want to stay in Hanzhong for too long, let alone Zhang Lu's territory. He said: "I understand Zhongkang's intentions, but I, Li Yuan, are not so fragile. Let's take a day off today. Replenish food and water, and continue on the journey tomorrow, and it is estimated that we will arrive in Wuwei in another month."

Xu Zhu knew that Li Yuan's martial arts were not inferior to his own, and the reason why he cared was because he was Li Yuan's personal guard.Li Yuan suddenly remembered something, and said: "Zhongkang, you must maintain sufficient physical strength before arriving in Wuwei, and you may have to fight hard when you meet Ma Teng."

Xu Zhu was stunned when he heard the words: "Why is there such a hard fight? Could it be that Ma Teng will be disadvantageous to the Lord?"

"No, Ma Teng has a son named Ma Chao, whose name is Mengqi. Ma Chao is extremely powerful and brave in martial arts. He is a fierce general and very belligerent. Zhongkang, you are so brave and mighty in the world. Maybe he can't help telling you If I start a challenge, Ma Teng will look down on me if I am timid, because most people in Xiliang respect the brave, so this battle should be inevitable." When Li Yuanyi mentioned Wuwei, the first thing Li Yuanyi thought of was not Ma Teng but Ma Chao.

Ma Chao is one of the five tiger generals of the Shu Han in "history". He once fought against Xu Zhu for three days and three nights regardless of the outcome. He fought from day to night. He was a fierce and brave general. Because of Ma Chao's bravery, he was honored as General Shenweitian. As long as there was Ma Chao, the Qiang and Huns would not dare to offend Xiliang.

"So that's the case, my lord, don't worry, I will definitely defeat Ma Chao in the end, and I won't let you down." Xu Zhu assured him that he had absolute confidence in himself.

"I trust Zhongkang's martial arts, but Ma Chao is an extraordinary opponent, so once you fight against him, don't hold back. You must use your best, but when you win, you can't let him be too embarrassing. After all, we have to fight against him. For Ma Teng to form an alliance, we still need to give him some face." Although Li Yuan didn't know how powerful Ma Chao was, he had enough confidence in Xu Zhu.

"The end general knows." Hearing what Li Yuan said, Xu Zhu wanted to fight Ma Chao even more. It had been a long time since he had met an opponent who could make him use his full strength.

Xu Zhu chatted with Li Yuan for a while and then went back to the room to rest. They had nothing to say all night. In the early morning of the next day, when everyone was about to leave, Li Yuan was packing up in the room. Something happened to Wang Feng."

Hearing this, Li Yuan hurriedly went to open the door, and seeing Xu Zhu's face was a little anxious. He rarely saw Xu Zhu like this, and asked, "What's the matter, don't worry, just speak slowly."

"Just now downstairs in the inn, Wang Feng planned to help us prepare more dry food, but the boss saw that Wang Feng was a stranger who deliberately raised the price, Wang Feng had a dispute with the boss, and then the boss asked his servants to drive him out with sticks How could those servants be his opponents? They were knocked to the ground by him with three punches and two kicks, but when they were seen by an official who happened to pass by, the boss deliberately said that Wang Feng was causing trouble in the inn and injured his subordinates. Wang Feng arrested and went to the Yamen to investigate, he knew that he couldn't do anything to the officials, otherwise it would ruin the Lord's affairs, so he could only let the officials handle it."

Xu Zhu explained the ins and outs of the matter in detail.

"Only Wang Feng was arrested, are the others okay?" Li Yuan was worried that other Tiger Guard soldiers would rescue Wang Feng, which would make things difficult.

"They're all fine," Xu Zhu shook his head. "At first, the brothers wanted to rescue them, but Wang Feng told them not to do so, otherwise the identity of the lord would be revealed, so they didn't do anything."

"Everyone is still calm, the fault is on the boss, what about others now?"

"I went to the yamen with the official, and I heard that the trial will start soon." Xu Zhu replied.

"Zhongkang, tell the soldiers of the Tiger Guards to wait in the inn. Don't wander around. I'll go and see for myself." Li Yuan decided to go to the Yamen to check. He couldn't ignore Wang Feng being arrested, but he couldn't lead the Tiger Guards directly Go to ask for someone, if you do this, Zhang Lu will definitely be alarmed.

"My lord, I will go with you." Xu Zhu said worriedly.

"No, you stay in the inn." Li Yuan still decided to leave Xu Zhu in the inn, and then left for the Yamen.

I have to say that the efficiency of the yamen is really fast enough. As soon as the person is arrested, he is immediately promoted to the court for trial. There are also many people watching the excitement. Li Yuan squeezed in with his strong body and stood at the front. The two sides were full of officials, and the official sitting on the main seat had a fat head and big ears, and his face was full of oil and water. He could tell at a glance that he was not a good official.

Li Yuan asked a commoner dressed as a scribe beside him: "Brother, do you know the name of this gentleman who is judging the case?"

The commoner replied: "Hey, it looks like you are from a foreign country. The name of this lord is Yang Song, and he is a close friend of Zhang Lu, the prefect of Hanzhong."

"It turned out to be Yang Song. Since he is Zhang Lu's confidant, why did he come to handle the case?" Li Yuan wondered. In his impression, Yang Song was a villain who was greedy for money and ungrateful for profit, but he was also a counselor under Zhang Lu's command. Zhang Lu has quite a position around him.

(End of this chapter)