Chapter 221: Gentle Regret

Zhang Wen reminded Gai Xun with a word. He came to his senses and shouted: "I must punish that person... It seems like someone named Cao Cao? I must punish him heavily. How far is Luoyang from Chang'an? He has been walking for so many days. If he hadn't been procrastinating, could Li Junhou come to greet him in person? Once he came to greet him, he met a robber..."

Speaking of this, he was embarrassed again and said to Zhang Wen: "General Zhang, you should be responsible for the arrest of thieves in this territory! It is not advisable for officials to interfere in this kind of matter..."

Zhang Wen was furious and shirked the responsibility and pushed it to me! He said, "My Lord is such a bad word. It is true that I am the Sili lieutenant. It is true that I am loyal to my duties. So the territory of Sizhou is peaceful! But why are there thieves? The letter is not that Taipingdao people do it. What kind of people are Taipingdao people? Lord, better than me, they are all people who cannot eat. The people cannot eat, so they become robbers. Whose fault is this? This is obviously a matter of civil affairs, it has nothing to do with me. Civil affairs are yours, and I cannot interfere with it!"

Gai Xun uttered, saying, "This is a bad word. In fact, this matter..." He slapped his thighs and said, "We have always been peaceful in Sizhou. The people have enough food and clothing, no way to pick up the leaves, and no doors to be closed at night. These are all our contributions. But why are there robbers? It is because the local officials in Julu are not good, and the rioters in Taiping Road cannot survive. So they ran to us, and then the hijacking of Li Junhou happened. So they were their fault and had nothing to do with us!"

Zhang Wenxi took a deep breath, turned his eyes and said, "Yes, that's it. The robbery of Li Junhou is all the fault of the Julu local officials and has nothing to do with us. Let's report to the court to punish the Julu local officials. However, I usually don't pay attention to who Julu local officials are!"

"I haven't noticed... People are here, check it quickly!" Gai Xun shouted.

The yamen runner hasn't left yet, and he has to do two things at the same time. He was a little embarrassed and asked: "Sir, General, it's easy to check the name, but who should I send to capture that Cao Cao? It's better to have a higher official position than him, but the people we can send here..."

Zhang Wen lifted his robe and said, "I'll go in person. I'll punish Cao Cao well. No matter who supports him, he will have to make him confess!"

Gai Xun stood up and sent him to the door, shouting: "This matter is entrusted to General Zhang, and it must be done!"

Zhang Wen turned around and said angrily: "I have entrusted everything to me. Don't be idle either. Write a memorial quickly and find out who the local official in Julu is!"

Gai Xun said repeatedly: "Yes, I'll do it right away, I'll do it right away!" He stumbled back to the desk, sat down, and started writing the memorial.

There was chaos in Chang'an, but Cao Cao on the road didn't know that the news didn't come so quickly. Cao Cao was thinking too much, so he slowed down his speed and kept thinking that he wanted to form an alliance with Li Qin to fight against He Jin, but Li Qin was willing to form an alliance with him? He was just a small cavalry captain of the Yulin Army and had no real power. If you want to talk about the duties, you are still a person who is looking at the forage farm. It's all He blamed He Jin for assigning such an errand to himself. Now he doesn't even have the qualification to negotiate terms with Li Qin!

He walked along the way and thought along the way, but Cao Cao never thought that Li Qin could pay attention to his bargaining chips, and the difference in identity was too huge!

The more he thought about it, the more he could not think of a good way, the slower he walked. On this day, he finally reached a one-and-a-half distance from Chang'an City. He would take a night off tonight and arrive in Chang'an when it was dark tomorrow.

Just after noon, Cao Cao ordered to find a place to stay. After all, it was a team to send off the marriage and the emperor gave him a marriage. It was not possible to let him live in an ordinary town. As long as he missed the Guantou, he would not camp in the wild. Now it is close to Chang'an and is densely populated. He plans to enter the county town nearby and go to the city to stay, and ask the county magistrate to arrange it for him.

After a while, the Yulin Army who was sent to the front station came back and told him that the accommodation was arranged. Cao Cao immediately led the team to the county town. He was half an imperial envoy, so the county magistrate naturally had to curry favor with him and arranged him into the inn to live in the best yard.

At this time, it was still early, and there was still a distance before the lights were used. After Cao Cao washed up, he sat in the room. He no longer thought about gentleness. No matter how beautiful the beauty was, it could not match his future. He was thinking about what to do after seeing Li Qin, suddenly a noise came from outside.

Cao Cao was upset and heard the noise outside, he jumped up, left the room, and shouted, "Who is it, who is... Oh, it turns out it is General Zhang, why are you here?"

He recognized Zhang Wen, who was the Sili Captain and an absolute high-ranking official. It is normal for Zhang Wen not to know him, but it is abnormal if he does not know Zhang Wen. When he was in Luoyang, he had met Zhang Wen!

Zhang Wen did not remember whose grandson Cao Cao was, and he was here to find fault, so he would not be very polite. Zhang Wen shouted: "Who is Cao Cao, please come out!"

"The last general is Cao Cao. I have met General Zhang!" Cao Cao hurried forward and saluted Zhang Wen.

Zhang Wen glanced at him and said, "You are Cao Cao? You are here to see the bride. What an important thing is this? Why are you so procrastinating on the road? How long will it take to get from Luoyang to Chang'an? How long have you been away? Do you still take Li Junhou seriously? Do you deserve him?"

Cao Cao was stunned and thought to himself: "There is no specified date. There is no difference between walking slowly and walking fast? Could it be that Li Qin was anxious and sent someone to tell Zhang Wen. Zhang Wen came to yell at me in order to flatter Li Qin? Alas, it's really a high-ranking official to kill people, not to mention that they are several levels older than me, so they can only endure this tone!"

Cao Cao said: "When General Zhang said, it was just because the road was not very peaceful, for the sake of protection..."

Before he could finish his words, Zhang Wen glared at him and shouted, "You know that the road is not peaceful? Since you know why you are still walking so slowly, are you deliberately delaying time? Are you colluding with the robbers?"

Cao Cao was shocked. What did he say? Why did I collude with the robber? I didn’t even see the robbers along the way! He said: “General Zhang Mingjian, because the general knew that the road was not peaceful, he walked slowly. It was precisely because of this that he did not encounter the robbers…”

Before he could finish his words, Zhang Wen would not let him finish his words anyway. Since he was here to find fault, he had to find fault quickly. He couldn't let Cao Cao defend himself!

Zhang Wen pointed at Cao Cao and shouted: "Of course you didn't meet a robber, because you were with the robbers, but Li Junhou met a robber and he was tied up by the robbers! This is all your fault, you must be fully responsible!"

Cao Cao shook his body in shock. He didn't expect that Li Qin would be kidnapped by robbers. Among the most unlikely people in the world who are hijacked, no matter how they rank, Li Qin could be ranked in the top ten. It is possible that Li Qin was assassinated, but it is absolutely impossible that Li Qin was hijacked!

Cao Cao shouted: "General Zhang, Li Junhou will definitely not be kidnapped. It must be because the news is wrong! And, what does this matter have to do with the last chapter?"

Zhang Wen waved his hand and said, "Left and right, take this person down!" The soldiers he brought rushed over, cut Cao Cao's shoulders back, tied him up tightly, and pressed him to the ground.

After tied up Cao Cao, Zhang Wen said: "It was because you walked too slowly that Li Junhou couldn't wait, so he came out of Liangzhou and came to our Sizhou to welcome the bride. As a result, he was kidnapped by a robber. It was not your fault, could it be mine?"

Wisdom, Cao Cao was definitely better than Zhang Wen. He was stunned and said, "This matter is strange, the news must be wrong. General Zhang, please think about what kind of person Li Junhou is? How could he take risks? He could not come to Sizhou, and he would not be able to even beat the followers he brought with him. Li Junhou was born in the army, so how could he make this mistake?"

Zhang Wen exclaimed, and he felt something was wrong. With Li Qin's character, he really didn't do such a stupid thing. Not to mention Li Qin, even he wouldn't have done such a thing. Moreover, the letter said that he brought 100 elite soldiers. Although the number of people was a little smaller, how much would it take to defeat hundreds of elite soldiers who helped the corner?

The robbers are all mobs, and it is impossible to defeat the elite soldiers of Fujiao. Even if they are defeated, the number of people cannot be thousands! A gang of robbers with thousands of people, not even hundreds of Sizhou. If there were thousands of people, he would have been unable to sit still and had to bring troops to suppress the bandits. This is Sizhou, not a place like Bingzhou and Liangzhou. It is impossible for large-scale robbers to appear. Even people from Taipingdao could not recruit a brigade of thousands of people as soon as Li Qin entered Sizhou.

After hearing Cao Cao's words, Zhang Wen felt something was wrong, so he naturally did not scold him anymore, but he did not let the soldiers loosen Cao Cao!

The yard is in the ***, so I can hear the next yard naturally. The sound is so loud that I can hear the entire inn, let alone the yard next door. Wenrou lives next door. She is sitting on the couch, holding Erqiao from left to right in her arms. She could hear clearly what Zhang Wen and Cao Cao shouted.

Wenrou felt very uncomfortable and thought to herself: "It seems that I can't get married in this life, why did I die again? I thought this marriage would be successful. Then Li Qin is a famous hero and a great hero. I thought his life would be very strong, but I didn't expect that he would die before I met!"

Qiao Ying asked, "Auntie, what are they talking about, but another uncle died of illness?"

Gentle shook his head and said, "No, he was not sick. He is a very famous general. Unlike those who used to do so, he would not get sick, but he was kidnapped by a bad person. He probably died at this time!"

Qiao Qian said, "It's not that he is sick! Then he is a famous general, why can he be robbed by someone? Will he not want to marry you, aunt?"

Gentle blinked and said, "No, he has never seen me!"

"The uncles in the past have never met them!" Qiao Qian said.

The little girl was simple-minded and only thought about whether Li Qin was willing to marry Wenru. Qiao Ying thought for a while and said, "Can he pretend to be dead? When you leave, he will be alive again?"
Chapter completed!