Mi Zhu had worked with Yu Fan for a while, and knew that Yu Fan was more pragmatic and informal. Since Yu Fan had already said that he didn't need to wait for him, there was no need to wait for him, so he also filled the cup with wine.
He stood up, bowed deeply to Zuo Rong, and said: "Master Yu has something to do and needs to come later, and I hope Master Zuo will respect you. Our reception banquet will begin now. Please drink this cup to the full, Master Zuo."
Zuo Rong had already noticed that in the big tent, the table behind the table in the middle was empty. It was obviously the seat of Mr. Yu whom he had never met before. From this point of view, this Mr. Yu should be
He is the person with the highest status here. And his seat is closest to him. If Mr. Yu sits here, it will be more convenient for him to make a move. He couldn't help but decline: "Master Mi, let's wait a little longer."
In fact, the one with the highest status among these people should be Gan Ning. He was the captain of the navy. However, he was suspended from duty by Ma Yun for using troops without authorization. He is still awaiting punishment. Yu Fan is the general manager of the three counties in Jiangnan.
Mi Zhu is the plenipotentiary sent by Liu Xin to take in the refugees. Their identities are unknown.
Their status is almost the same, this is a refugee camp, Mi Zhu can be regarded as the owner here, and the middle seat should have been occupied by Mi Zhu. But Mi Zhu has always been low-key, so he still left that seat to Yu Fan.
It actually widened the distance between him and Zuo Rong invisibly.
Gan Ning had long been impatient and said loudly: "Master Zuo, why are you acting like a mother-in-law? You don't look like a man! Come on, come on, drink, drink!"
The "officials" and "gentry" present here were salivating long ago when they looked at the tables of fine wine and delicacies. After hearing Gan Ning's words, they immediately started shouting. These people are all Zuo Rong's confidants, and they usually don't dare to be there.
They were so unscrupulous in front of Zuo Rong, but these days in Guangling, they were unscrupulous
They robbed the people and played with women, and they no longer knew what the law was. In the past, Zuo Rong was serious in front of them, but in the past few days in Guangling, he had not lived a decadent life like them, and his majesty had long been wiped out.
.They naturally no longer respect Zuo Rong as they did in the past.
Zuo Rong was obviously extremely dissatisfied with the performance of his subordinates, but the first priority now was how to control Mi Zhu. He had no choice but to endure it and said with a frown: "In that case, it is better for Zuo to be respectful than to obey orders. Come on, let's respect Mi Zhu together."
Sir, there will be many places where I need to rely on Sir Mi in the future."
The whole tent suddenly became lively. Gan Ning, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin were originally bandits and were addicted to alcohol. They didn't expect that these "officials and gentry" in Pengcheng had the same moral character as them, so they couldn't help shouting. They were here to help.
It has been many days since Mi Zhu and Yu Fan resettled the fleeing people. Not to mention drinking, they have never even smelled it. Today is an opportunity.
Seeing this, Zuo Rong already had an idea in his mind, and quietly winked at Fan Neng, wanting to repeat the same trick, like he did in Guangling, taking advantage of the drunkenness of the wine to kill secretly. However, there were always four strong men standing behind Mi Zhu.
The guards, Gan Ning and the other four were even more brave and good at fighting. If you want to control Mi Zhu, you can only do it easily by trying to drive away those guards first and then get Gan Ning and the other four drunk.
Fan Neng understood and stood up first. He took turns toasting to Mi Zhu, Gan Ning and others with his confidants pretending to be officials and gentry. Mi Zhu had never liked drinking, not to mention that he was now shouldering the heavy responsibility of resettling the fleeing people, so naturally he would not
Gan Ning and others were willing to drink more, but Gan Ning and others were willing to drink. The amount of wine they drank made Fan Neng and others stunned. After drinking for three rounds, Mi Zhu didn't even finish a glass of wine. Of course, he was very sober, and Gan
Ning and the others didn't seem to be drunk at all.
Zuo Rong picked up the wine cup and said: "There are indeed a lot of generals, but they are short of beautiful women to accompany them. Mr. Zuo has brought many singers with him on the ship. Why not call them over and let them dance a song and chat to help the wine."
Mi Zhu said sternly: "Sir, Mr. Zuo, today Mi is taking the lead for all of you. I am thanking you for your persistence on behalf of the more than 100,000 people in Pengcheng. If we continue to engage in these songs and dances to promote peace, how can we be worthy of these people who have left their homes?"
Zuo Rong suddenly stood up and left his seat, took two steps forward, bowed deeply to Mi Zhu, and said: "It's not what Master Mi said, but Mr. Zuo almost got carried away. With this glass of wine, Mr. Zuo must respect Master Mi in person.
With Sir Xie Mi’s advice, I’ll wake you up.”
After saying that, he raised his feet and walked towards Mi Zhu. Zuo Rong's seat was originally right opposite Mi Zhu. After walking a few steps, he had already arrived in front of Mi Zhu. His hands couldn't help but tremble. As long as he took two steps forward, he would be holding his arms.
He succeeded by placing the short knife inside Mi Zhu's neck. Not only did the food and cloth here belong to him, he could even carry away a large number of people in the refugee camp.
Zuo Rong's left hand was holding a wine cup, and his right hand was quietly close to his chest. There was a sharp knife hidden in the placket of his chest. He stabilized his mind and took another step forward. His right hand had already reached into his placket.
He held the handle of the knife tightly.
Suddenly I heard a voice saying: "Yu came late for some reason and kept you waiting for a long time. Please forgive me!"
Zuo Rong couldn't help but was stunned, his feet were nailed to the ground, and he didn't dare to make any mistake. He turned around and saw five people hurriedly walking in when the tent door was lifted. The leader was a man wearing a blue robe.
The scribe must be the person in charge here, Yu Fan. Ze Rong's mind was spinning quickly, and he immediately retracted his steps and set his target on Yu Fan again. He understood that at this time, it was obviously better to control Yu Fan than to control him.
Mi Zhu is more effective.
The person who came was none other than Yu Fan, and behind him were four people. They all wore bamboo hats on their heads, and the edges of the bamboo hats were pushed down low, making it difficult to see their faces. One of them looked around and suddenly
He said "Huh" and quickly whispered something into Yu Fan's ear. Yu Fan also turned back and whispered to him softly, nodding repeatedly.
Zuo Rong had already turned around, cupped his hands and said, "Master Yu, please take a seat so that Mr. Zuo can toast to you."
The position he is currently standing on is the only way up Yufan to go to the first few cases. His right hand has been stretched to his chest again, slowly exploring the skirt of his clothes.
Yu Fan took two steps forward, suddenly stood up, and asked in a deep voice: "Master Zuo, how many people did you bring with you when you came from Guangling this time?"
Zuo Rong's face suddenly changed. He didn't expect why Yu Fan would ask this question. Could it be that he took advantage of the time when he was not on the ship to send people to the ship to investigate? But the soldiers who could follow him were all dead-set, and they were also in Guangling.
He had gained a lot of benefits, so he probably wouldn't betray himself, so he tried to hide his panic and said with cupped hands: "Back to Mr. Yu, when Mr. Zuo left Pengcheng, there were more than a hundred thousand people accompanying him, and all the officials and gentry of Pengcheng who are here can do it.
testify."
Yu Fan nodded, pointed behind him, and said, "Master Zuo, do you know this person?"
I saw the man behind Yu Fan taking off the bamboo hat on his head, bowing his head gently towards Zuo Rong, and said with a smile: "Does Mr. Zuo know Zhang?"
Zuo Rong took a closer look at the man. He seemed familiar, but couldn't remember it for a moment. He shook his head dully and said, "Please forgive Mr. Zuo for his blindness. May I ask where this brother Zhang is from?"
The man laughed and said: "Master Zuo is in a high position, so naturally he doesn't know ordinary people like us. However, the common people have met Master Zuo a few times, and they have a deep impression of you."
Fan Neng stared at the man surnamed Zhang for a few times, then suddenly said "Ah", quickly left his seat, ran to Zuo Rong and whispered: "Sir, this person seems to be Zhang Zhao, a famous scholar in Pengcheng."
Zuo Rong was stunned for a moment. Zhang Zhao was a famous person in Pengcheng. He had also visited him, but Zhang Zhao didn't like to make friends with powerful people and stayed behind closed doors. Although he had never met Zhang Zhao, Zhang Zhao recognized him. This
Not the most terrible thing
The most terrible thing is that Zhang Zhao should know most of the famous officials and gentry in Pengcheng, but these people here are all disguised by Zuo Rong's confidants. They can hide it from Mi Zhu and Yu Fan, but it is impossible to hide it from them.
Better than Zhang Zhao.
A few days ago, Zang Ba and Xu Sheng happened to flee to Zhang Zhao's village. They were worried that Cao Jun would come and wanted to hide in Pengcheng, but at that time Pengcheng had banned anyone from entering or exiting. In desperation, they had no choice but to go to the south of the Yangtze River.
He defected to Mi Zhu.
From Pengcheng to Jiangnan, Guangling is the only way, and Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong get along well, so it is not surprising that they are not familiar with the place. Guangling was still peaceful at that time, and Zhang Hong did not want to flee to Jiangnan with them, but left them at the village.
Great hospitality.
At this time, Zuo Rong arrived in Guangling, killed Zhao Yu, and allowed the soldiers to burn, kill, and plunder. Fortunately, Zhang Hong liked to be quiet, and his village was far away from the city, so it was not affected by the rebellion for a while, but the news still
Gradually it spread.
Seeing that he could no longer stay in Guangling and couldn't resist the persuasion of Zhang Zhao and others, Zhang Hong had no choice but to pack up his gold and silver, take his family and children, and come to Wu County with Zhang Zhao and others to join Mi Zhu and find a place to stay.
Place.
Zhang Hong has ready-made boats at home, so there is no need to beg those merchant ships and fishing boats. However, there are so many things at home that he is reluctant to throw them away. He is reluctant to throw them away. As he comes and goes, time is delayed. When they arrive at Jiang
By the time we arrived, it was already noon.
Just as everyone was busy loading things onto the ship, a few people suddenly came over, claiming to be the men of Gan Ning, the captain of the Han Navy. It turned out that it was the four horses among their group that caught their attention. This
The four horses were the same ones that were lost in Zhang Liao's army and taken in by Zhang Zhao.
Knowing that this group of people were heading to the south of the Yangtze River to join Mi Zhu, the navy soldiers volunteered to serve as guides, and at the same time two people were separated to drive a boat across the river first and report to Mi Zhu.
Hearing that Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong were also fleeing to the south of the Yangtze River, Mi Zhu was very happy. Some time ago, he heard with his own ears that Liu Xin was inquiring about the two Zhangs in Jiangdong. Now, these two Zhangs came to Jiangdong on their own initiative.
Jiangnan, he must try to keep Er Zhang in Jiangnan no matter what, and persuade them to work for Liu Xin, which can be regarded as a small reward for Liu Xin's efforts to save the people of Xuzhou.