"The Sima family may... maybe there is something unspeakable to drink." Zhang Wang sighed.

Zhang Chunhua glared at the almond eyes and snorted coldly: "The emperor sent Changshui lieutenant Zhong Ji to lead his army into Hanoi. That Ji had a strong relationship with the Sima family. Once he entered Hanoi, the first thing he did was to visit the Sima family in Wen County. If the Sima family wanted to save his father, he just had to open his mouth to Zhong Ji and put pressure on Xinpi through Zhong Ji to rescue his father, but they were so angry that they refused to save him."

Zhang Wang's face gradually showed anger as he listened to his daughter's analysis.

After pondering for a long time, Zhang Wang slapped the table and said in a deep voice: "Hua'er, you are right. The Sima family only cares about themselves and refuses to save them when they die. How can my Zhang family marry them again? I will send someone to Wen County and push your engagement."

Zhang Wang immediately wrote a letter and sent his confidant housekeeper to Wen County to sever his marriage from the Sima family.

And just before his army left the city, a cavalryman had quietly emerged from Chaoge and rushed towards Wen County.

...

In the east of Wen County, beside hundreds of acres of fertile fields, there is a huge manor.

That garden is the manor of the wealthy family of Wen County and the famous Sima family in Hanoi.

In the manor, in the slightly dim lobby, a man in his thirties was playing chess with a young man in his twenties.

The older man was Sima Lang, the eldest son of the Sima family, and the young man was his younger brother Sima Yi.

"Zhongda, Mr. Zhang was imprisoned for Xinpi, and the Zhang family was even more confiscated. You had an engagement with the lady of the Zhang family, but we didn't help each other. Is this really OK?" Sima Lang pinched the chess piece, but his face was full of worry.

"My engagement with Miss Zhang's family is just a marriage between the family, and it is nothing more than for the benefit of the family. Now that the Zhang family has been confiscated, it has declined and has no use for our Sima family. Why should we take action again?"

When Sima Yi spoke, his face was expressionless, his tone was as plain as ice, and his deepness was somewhat inconsistent with his age.

Sima Lang paused for a moment and sighed: "After that being said, if we can help each other, the Zhang family may not be declining."

Sima Yi did not look up, but stared at the chessboard and said, "In order to avenge my brother, Xinpi has killed many county officials who want to surrender to Yuan Fang. Most of this person will not let Zhang Wang go. Now he surrenders to the court. In order to win people's hearts, the emperor will still appoint him as the prefect of Hanoi. If we use the sect to put pressure on Xinpi, even if Zhang Wang can be rescued, he offended Xinpi. My brother thinks, will my Sima family be in Hanoi at that time have a good life?"

After saying this, Sima Lang suddenly realized and couldn't help but exclaim: "It's Zhongda that you think deeply, but I've neglected it."

A trace of pride flashed across the corner of Sima Yi's mouth in an instant, and it flashed away.

Then, he lowered his voice and said, "Besides, I heard that when Xinpi was raiding the Zhang family, the Zhang family's lady fled forcibly. Xinpi was furious and sent troops to chase him out of the city. As for her, a weak woman, she might have died in the chaos. Zhang Wang had only this woman. Once she died, how could the Zhang family marry my Sima family?"

Sima Lang suddenly realized his understanding, was stunned for a while before sighing: "So that's the case. If this is the case, it's true that it's not to save Zhang Wang. It's just Zhongda, how could you be so well-informed?"

"I am in chaos today. If there is no sufficient information, how can I plan my strategy? I will not hide it from you. My eyes were all over Hanoi a few years ago. Every move in the county could not escape my eyes." Sima Yi raised a little weird.

At this moment, the servants outside the hall hurriedly arrived and presented the latest information from Chaoge.

Sima Yi still had no expression on his face. He took it casually and took it. After a few glances, his expression suddenly changed.

"Chaoge City was actually broken so quickly. How is this possible?" Sima Yi blurted out, looking very surprised.

He looked down immediately, but his surprised face became more and more gloomy and astonished, and he actually gritted his teeth and showed a sense of jealousy.

According to the information, Miss Zhang successfully escaped from Chaoge and fell into the river by the arrow and was rescued by Yuan Fang. She even offered advice to Yuan Fang, and defeated Chaoge and killed Xinpi.

The information also stated that in order to commend Zhang Wang's merits, Yuan Fang also appointed Zhang Wang as the prefect of Hanoi on the spot.

All of this was beyond Sima Yi's expectations.

Sima Lang grabbed the information and was shocked. He immediately frowned and said, "I didn't expect that Miss Zhang would be saved by Yuan Fang. Yuan Fang would have defeated Chaoge so quickly. If Zhang Wang became the prefect of Hanoi, he would be afraid that our Sima family would not rescue him. At that time, the status of our Sima family in Hanoi will be even more dangerous. Zhongda, it seems that your decision has been made wrong."

Sima Yi's face was as gloomy as iron, his fists were clenched secretly, and a cold look was revealed in his eyebrows.

After pondering for a long time, he hit the chess case with his fist and said coldly: "Yuan Fang, I will never let you threaten the interests of my Sima family, and I will never~~"

As he muttered to himself, a trace of cold and weirdness flashed in Sima Yi's eyes.

...

East of Qinshui, Wude City.

A day ago, Yuan Fang's cavalry captured this city, and the Hanoi capital Huai County was across the Qinshui River from Wude City.

Yuan Fang's cavalry stopped moving westward.

Because, on the other side of Qinshui, the general Zong Ji sent by the emperor had occupied Huai County before him and inserted the emperor's banner on the top of the city.

If Yuan Fang launched an attack on Huai County, it would be like he was going to war against the emperor.

Of course, he could defeat the emperor's imperial guards and forcibly seize Huai County, but doing so would be equivalent to turning against the emperor and interrupting his strategy of respecting the king and expelling the barbarians with his own hands.

With Yuan Fang's strength, he could of course do this, and even lead his army to Luoyang and directly destroy Liu Xie.

However, the two states of Youbian have not yet been captured, and the fruits of victory have not been completely digested. The strategy of respecting the king and expelling the barbarians has its usefulness. At this time, Yuan Fang did not intend to turn against the emperor.

Unless the emperor insists on fighting against him and insists on stealing his fruits of victory.

Therefore, Yuan Fang did not launch an attack on Huai County, but instead stationed troops at Wude. While waiting for the subsequent army to arrive, he sent envoys to Luoyang and asked the emperor to evacuate the army from Huai County and collect Hanoi County in a decent way.

A few days later, Dong Zhao's secret envoy sent the latest information from Luoyang to Wude.

In general, just five words:

The emperor was very angry.

The Han emperor Liu Xie felt that the whole world was the land of his Han family. It was natural for him to send the Imperial Guards to take back Hanoi. As a minister, why should you stop me?

According to Dong Zhao, when Liu Xie received Yuan Fang's report, he was furious in the court and threw Yuan Fang's report to the ground.

Even Liu Xie almost scolded Yuan Fang as a rebel minister in front of all the ministers.

Looking at the secret report, Yuan Fang's eyebrows became deeper and deeper. A hint of disgust gradually appeared between his eyebrows.

"Damn, this emperor is really shameless. What era is this? He really thinks he is the true emperor. In the world, is it the land of the Han family?"

Zhang Fei, who was impatient, couldn't sit still at the first time and vented his dissatisfaction with cursing.

Zhuge Liang said unsatisfiedly: "I remember that the emperor fled to Luoyang in a down-and-out period and was controlled by the princes like a puppet. It was the master who offered him food and grass every year to support him and civil and military officials. It was also the master who respected the king and expelled the barbarians, and gave him a firm foothold in Luoyang. He also had his own imperial guards and had the decent emperor again. Now he was not satisfied, and it would be fine if he wanted to steal the fruits of our victory, but he dared to denounce his master as a rebellious minister. This emperor really doesn't know how to be rude."

The words of the two of them resonated with everyone, and everyone was indignant.

In amidst anger, Yuan Fang threw away the information and snorted coldly: "Some people are always unsatisfied. The more you treat him, the more you will not be grateful to you over time, but will think that you treat him well. When one day, he becomes more and more greedy and you are a little bit inferior to him, he will be furious and full of resentment, as if you have done a great bad thing and suffered a great grievance. It seems that our emperor is also such a person."

A word revealed the nature of the emperor.

The generals nodded one after another, and their anger became even stronger.

"Master, what should we do now?" Zhuge Liang said.

Yuan Fang slapped the table and said in a deep voice: "Since the emperor thinks that it is natural for me, Yuan Fang, treat him well, then I will teach him some lessons."

At this moment, Yuan Jian ordered to fully dispatch the subsequent infantry and cavalry army and rush to the Wude line as soon as possible.

Yuan Fang wanted to use his mighty military force to give the greedy emperor in Luoyang a fierce deterrent to make him sober.

A few days later, the subsequent 70,000 troops arrived at the Wude line.

Yuan Fang led the 70,000 infantry and cavalry army to camp along the east bank of Qinshui for more than ten miles, forming a threat to the Huai County Zongji Division on the west bank.

Yuan Fang's army was so dazzling, and it quickly worked.

Dong Zhao of Luoyang sent another secret report within a few days, saying that after the emperor received the news that Yuan Fang's army was approaching, his arrogance was immediately depressed, and under their indirect attacks, he began to feel guilty and shake.

Two days after receiving this secret report, several ships on the other side sailed to the east coast under the banner of the Emperor's Talismanship.

The scout came to report that he said that he was the emperor's order and brought more than a hundred bottles of imperial wine to comfort Yuan Fang and commended Yuan Fang for his great achievements in eliminating Yuan Shao's rebel traitors.

"It seems that the emperor is giving in and wants to repair it with the master in the name of giving wine and comfort." Zhuge Liang said with a smile.

Yuan Fang smiled and asked Zhuan Ji to pass it in.

Soon, the kind of compilation came in, and he personally held a bottle of imperial wine and walked into the tent with a smile on his face.

"The Grand Sima and General eliminated Yuan Shao and pacified Hebei, which was a hero of the country. The emperor was grateful to the General for his extraordinary achievements and specially gave him imperial wine to commend him."

Zhong Ji respectfully presented the imperial wine, and respected Yuan Fang and praised him in all kinds of compliments.

Since the emperor had given in his favor, Yuan Yan decided to give the emperor a face, so he asked the left and right generals to take the imperial wine and pour a glass of it in front of the case.

"Then I will thank the emperor for his kindness." Yuan Fang picked up the cup and planned to drink it.

At this moment, Yuan Fang inadvertently noticed that the mixed expression suddenly became nervous when he picked up the cup.

Moreover, his eyes were staring at the wine glass in his hand.

This slight change can escape Yuan Fang's eyes.

Yuan Fang suddenly felt suspicious, and his thoughts moved, and suddenly opened his mind reading pupils, and instilled in the mind quietly.

"I see!"
Chapter completed!