Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 335 Donkey Meat, Lu Bu

Yes, Zhang Zhong's hope of escaping from Youzhou and returning to Chang'an is this seemingly ordinary horse dealer in front of him.

Two months ago, he heard that the Han Dynasty had established Jinyiwei, an assassination institution.Regarding this matter, his reaction was the same as that of ordinary people, thinking that it was impossible for him to come into contact with such a secret and mysterious organization.Unexpectedly, he saw the man in brocade in his room that night.

That's right, the man was wearing a really expensive brocade robe, the scarlet brocade robe was even embroidered with flying fish and auspicious beasts, and the slender and cold long knife at his waist suddenly came out of its sheath, making Zhang Zhong feel like his own soul They all flew out of the body.

At that time, Zhang Zhong couldn't believe the visitor at all.It wasn't until he showed the token that Zhang Zhong was convinced that this person was definitely not sent by Gongsun Zan to test him.After all, only those who are familiar with the royal family's collection can know the order of the cloud pattern black iron.Moreover, the visitor explained the evolution of the Embroidered Clothes Envoy and Jin Yiwei clearly and clearly.

That night, the visitor just told himself that His Majesty had not forgotten him.Zhang Zhong asked Jin Yiwei to take him away from Youzhou, but Jin Yiwei replied that he still had a major task to stay here.

In the past two months since that meeting, Zhang Zhong has been thinking about why the emperor kept him in Youzhou.But no matter how he thought about it, he could only think that it was probably related to His Majesty asking him to pay attention to a righteous man named Zhao Yun.

Fortunately, Zhang Zhong never neglected this matter. After entering Youzhou for the first time, he personally handed over the letter of the Son of Heaven to the young general in white robe.That young white-robed general was indeed as His Majesty had expected, a righteous man who helped the Han family, Zhang Zhong was able to be preserved in Youzhou, and most of the credit was due to this young white-robed general.

However, Zhang Zhong never saw that person again after the shocking appearance two months ago.Unexpectedly, last night, he received a signal at his door, asking him to come to the market today to see him.

"Well……"

Hearing what the donkey owner said, Zhang Zhong subconsciously looked around and found that no one noticed their conversation.After Zhang Zhong asked the donkey owner to lead the donkey out, he took a closer look at the donkey owner's appearance - the person in front of him should not be the one who sneaked into his house two months ago.

Because Zhang Zhong remembered that although the lights in his room were dim that night, the Jin Yiwei's appearance was as bright as a bright moon, and he was handsome and elegant.The donkey owner in front of him, no matter how he looked at it, was a snobbish, cunning and extremely vulgar businessman.

Finally, Zhang Zhong took out five strings of big money from his pocket and handed them to him.The donkey owner thankfully accepted the money, and graciously put a set of harness on the donkey.

Until Zhang Zhong was confused and was waiting for this person to tell him some more information or tasks, he found that the whole transaction was completely like buying a donkey—this made Zhang Zhong feel a little lost and worried for a while.

However, at this moment, the donkey owner patted the set of pack lightly at an angle that was difficult for others to see, with a very cautious look in his eyes.

The eyes of the two people intersected here, and Zhang Zhong suddenly nodded knowingly.

Zhang Zhong led the donkey to an unoccupied corner and took off the pack from its back.The shape of this pair of carts is a flat trapezoid. The inside is surrounded by willow wood to form a frame, and the outside is covered with cooked cowhide. It is quite tough and can withstand long-distance travel.Zhang Zhong reached out to the base of the pack and stroked it back and forth along the seam, and soon found that the cowhide on one side could be opened.

After all, he had no experience in fine work, and his face changed drastically in an instant.Fortunately, in the entire Yi County, he, the envoy of the Han Dynasty, has already become a marginal figure and is not worth noting at all.

Zhang Zhong secretly lamented that the Son of Heaven had a deep mind and chose a transparent person like himself. He looked around and carefully lifted a corner of the cowhide, then reached into the empty stomach of the pack and took out a folded piece of rice paper.Zhang Zhong quickly put the rice paper into the interlayer of his arms, and then covered the cowhide as it was, before leading the donkey to the corner as if nothing had happened.

Next, he visited the enclosures of several donkey and horse dealers and bought three donkeys, two mules and two horses.When the sun went down, Zhang Zhong drove all the livestock he bought to the stables of the prefect's mansion, and complained a few words that he was a big man in the servant, and he was reduced to buying horses for others. Returned to his home as usual.

Afterwards, Zhang Zhong immediately walked into the bedroom and closed the door.The bedroom is not big, and both sides of the room are full of bookshelves, on which are placed many volumes of uneven thickness; by the window is a bed, beside the bed is a red lacquered desk, next to it is a painted jumping table. The screen of the seven-pan dancing girl.

After confirming that he was the only one in the room, Zhang Zhong pulled the screen behind him, then knelt in front of the desks, lit the candles, and took out the rice paper hidden in the interlayer of his clothes.Afterwards, he took out a volume of books from the bookshelf, corresponding to the code on the rice paper, and translated the contents of the secret letter.When he was about to move, Zhang Zhong stood up, melted the secret letter and rice paper on the candle, with a surprised and inexplicable expression on his face.

"Your Majesty, I never believed in the world that there are strange people who sit behind closed doors and know the world's affairs from afar. But you not only know the situation of the world, but also treat the world as a game of chess in your hands. Every step is implied Deep meaning..." At this moment, Zhang Zhong couldn't help but bowed deeply to Chang'an in the far west.Because he knew that he would soon be able to return to that haunted place...

It was at this time that the donkey owner in the market had already arrived at the river where Ji and You intersect.

On the remote and uninhabited path, he suddenly straightened his back, and suddenly changed from a slightly stooped old donkey owner to a tall and straight young man.When he came to an extremely unusual place, after confirming that the location was correct, he quickly ran to a bush beside the road and squatted down, digging out a package from the ground.Some clothes, a customs clearance document and a gourd were hidden in the package.

There is a brown liquid in the gourd. The donkey owner poured this liquid on the palm of his hand, rubbed it, and then smeared it on his face.Soon all the darkness and wrinkles on his face disappeared, replaced by a fair and handsome face, and after changing into the gentleman's clothes, this handsome young man seemed to add a bit of vitality to this barren mountain .

After finishing these, he walked towards Hejian City. When he arrived at Hejian City, the city gate was closed, so he had no choice but to choose to spend the night in the posthouse under the city.

The old pawn in the post house brought him a bowl of shochu and asked casually, "Where did the guest come from?"

"Oh, I'm from Hanoi, and my name is Zhang Can." Zhang Can took the bowl and replied with a smile.By this time, he had completely spoken with a Hanoi accent.

Such an answer did not arouse the suspicion of postmen. After the Son of Heaven prospered the trade route, merchants from all over the world moved after hearing the news, risking their homes and clans, and wanted to transport their goods to the place in Guanzhong, which was said to be full of gold.Of course, those who can do such a big business must have some overt or covert support behind them.Looking at the guest officer's scholarly attire and his decent conversation, instead of being suspicious of him, the postman became more respectful to him inexplicably.

As a result, the postman didn't ask Zhang Can what he was doing in Hejian, but he sighed worriedly and said, "The nearest Hejian is not peaceful..."

Zhang Can smiled and nodded again, but did not ask any questions on this topic.The postman saw Zhang Can's hint, and after bringing some food, he took Zhang Can's reward and withdrew with a smile on his face.

Facing the donkey meat, which was said to be even more delicious than dragon meat, although Zhang Can knew how rare it was to be able to eat a piece of donkey meat at this time, he still seemed to have no appetite.Because, he knew more and more details about Hejian than that postman.

After the battle between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan at the boundary bridge, he sent troops to attack Gongsun Zan several times but failed. Therefore, Qu Yi, the No. 1 general in Hebei Province, was left to guard Hejian, a strategically important place where Hebei and Hebei intersect.However, after Qu Yi defeated Gongsun Zan at Jieqiao, his arrogance and self-satisfaction aroused Yuan Shao's jealousy, so Yuan Shao replaced Qu Yi with another fierce man.

However, the battle with Gongsun Zan exhausted Yuan Shao's wealth after all.And this new general was also an arrogant general with meritorious service. After several urgings, he had no choice but to order the indulgent soldiers to collect food on the spot.And in this era, everyone knows that local food collection means looting, chaos, and innocent deaths...

Oh, by the way, this new general to Hejian is named Lu Bu.

Zhang Can took a hard bite of the donkey meat, with an expression as if he expected the donkey meat in his hand to be Lu Bu.Because, this time he came to Hejian to meet Lu Bu.

(End of this chapter)