"What did you say?" Zhao Sheng glared at Zhao Fan, his face turned dark red, and his eyes almost popped out, "You want me to hand over my wife to Liu Zhang? That's unreasonable, you two sons, do you believe that I am now
I’ll tear you apart.”
"Brother, don't be anxious. Brother, don't be anxious." Zhao Fan quickly raised his hand and begged for mercy: "Brother, listen to what I have to say in detail. Now Liu Zhang's army is approaching, and his men are all the elite soldiers of Yizhou, and the Sun family is unwilling to send troops.
We are absolutely invincible and have no choice but to compromise.
But it is absolutely impossible for the eldest brother to surrender to Liu Zhang butcher like this. We only need to protect Guiyang. In this way, if Liu Zhang loses to Liu Jingzhou, we will naturally still be ministers of Jingzhou. If Liu Zhang is lucky enough to defeat Liu
Jingzhou, occupying the entire Jingzhou, aren't we still ministers of Jingzhou? Does the eldest brother hope to die under the butcher's knife of Liu Zhang?
To get Liu Zhang to agree to our nominal submission and actual possession of Guiyang, extraordinary measures must be used. Looking at Liu Zhang's trip, he actually made the emperor and his ministers antagonize over a barbarian woman. It can be seen that he is a lustful person. His eldest brother's wife is the Fan family.
, but we can't find a second beauty in the whole of Jingnan and even Jingzhou. Can Liu Zhang not be moved by it when he sees her?
The Fan family was originally a trophy obtained by the eldest brother from killing his adoptive father, Zhang Yi's general Fan Chang. She was not considered the eldest brother's real wife. Since it was a trophy, there was no harm in giving it to Liu Zhang. If she passed this level, the eldest brother would not be able to marry any woman he wanted.
A man shouldn't be burdened by a woman, Bao Long, don't you think so?"
Zhao Fan was eager to persuade Zhao Sheng and asked Bao Long to help him. Bao Long hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes, that's what the second general said." But he despised it in his heart. How can he be a man? If he sends a woman out, he will be a man?
"But..." Zhao Sheng still couldn't make up his mind.
"Brother, don't hesitate any more." Zhao Fan and Bao Long both looked at Zhao Sheng eagerly.
Zhao Sheng struggled and said: "It's not that I can't tell the difference between a woman and a city, which is light and which is important. It's just that I have only had the Fan family for a short time. I haven't trained her well yet, so I really can't bear to part with her. Alas, that's fine."
Zhao Sheng sighed: "I'll just follow you."
"Big brother (general) is wise." Zhao Fan and Bao Long were immediately overjoyed.
At the Sichuan Army camp, Liu Zhang and the generals were discussing military affairs. Suddenly a soldier came to report: "Guiyang Prefect Zhao Sheng has envoys asking to see him."
"Zhao Sheng sent an envoy?" Liu Zhang frowned, put down his pen, washed his hands, and led the generals to the Chinese army's tent.
"Who is there below?" Liu Zhang sat at the main seat and said slowly while drinking tea.
"Bao Long, the prefect of Guiyang, joined the army under Zhao Sheng to pay homage to Uncle Liu, the herdsman of Yizhou." Bao Long bowed and replied.
"Did Zhao Sheng send you to surrender?"
"Exactly."
Liu Zhang almost spit out his tea. He just asked casually, but Bao Long answered readily. Liu Zhang really didn't expect that Zhao Sheng would send an envoy to ask for surrender.
"In addition to asking for surrender, our Governor Zhao also sent a gift to Uncle Liu, and asked him to accept it."
Bao Long said and clapped his hands, and a woman walked in from outside the tent. The woman was dressed in pure white silk, with a delicate and fair face. Her gait was dignified and elegant. She raised her lotus steps lightly. As soon as she appeared, she immediately shocked the whole audience, as if
The whole tent was lit up, and even the main generals of the Sichuan Army changed their colors slightly. Liu Zhang was stunned for a moment when he looked at the woman.
Bao Long raised his eyelids and glanced at Liu Zhang. He was very satisfied with the effect of Fan's appearance and said respectfully: "Uncle Liu Huang, my eunuch deeply hates Liu Biao's insensitivity. As a member of the clan, he has no ambition to save the emperor and help the Han Dynasty. He has long abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side."
The meaning is, looking forward to the emperor's uncle is like looking forward to the rain during a severe drought.
Now that the emperor's uncle's army is here, the prefect is willing to surrender to the emperor. He only asks that he can guard the gate of Jingnan for the emperor's uncle, be acquainted with moral politics internally, and resist the Shanyue sun policy externally. This girl Fan is the solemn proof that the prefect of Zhao is loyal to the emperor's uncle. Please also ask
The emperor’s uncle agrees to Zhao’s kindness and loyalty.”
As Bao Long said this, he bowed ninety degrees and bowed down. Fazheng, who was next to Liu Zhang, said in a deep voice: "Bao joins the army. As far as I know, Fan is the wife of Zhao Sheng. Why did she give it to my lord? Is he willing to do it, Governor Zhao?"
"
The ministers also looked at Bao Long, all with the intention of making fun of him, but Bao Long replied calmly: "I think this is Mr. Fa Zhengfa Xiaozhi, the first adviser to the emperor's uncle. Mr. Fazheng is an outstanding strategist, and the sky is full of water.
He crossed the sea and defeated Zhang Lu's 50,000-strong army, but why was he so stubborn?
Wanting to save the emperor and help the Han Dynasty was so noble and glorious, but also so urgent. Fan could bring together benevolent officials like Liu Huangshu and Zhao Taishou, which would have made great contributions to the country and the country. When it was righteous, why should he stick to the rules and regulations?
"
Bao Long's words were righteous, and Fazheng was speechless. He really didn't expect that a person could cover up a shameless thing to this extent and still look upright.
"What's more." Bao Long shook his clothes and said, "What's more, there is another reason for this."
"Oh, what's the reason?" Liu Zhang asked with a smile. Listening to Bao Long's nonsense, Liu Zhang thought it was a fun thing.
Bao Long said confidently: "Fan's original name was Fan Lixiang. She was a fierce general under Zhang Yi and the adopted daughter of Fan Chang, the former prefect of Guiyang. Fan's inheritance was her father's style and she was a woman of loyalty. After Fan Chang died, Fan met her that day.
When he came to Zhao, he bluntly said that the governor was not an ideal husband. Fan said that a sincere hero must meet three conditions."
"What three conditions?" Liu Zhang looked at Fan's face, which was as clear as jade but as melancholy as a deep pool. Anyway, he didn't see any sense of loyalty to a woman, but he could still let Bao Long continue.
"First of all." Bao Long stretched out a finger: "It must be a prince, holding a heavy army, and killing decisively."
Liu Zhang nodded.
"Second, it must be a member of the Han clan and royal orthodoxy."
Liu Zhang frowned and nodded slightly.
"Thirdly, this person must be from Jiangxia."
"Huh?" Liu Zhang was stunned. Bao Long's words suddenly reminded him of the origin of the Fan family. In history, after the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei took control of the four counties in Jingnan. Zhao Fan wanted to give the Fan family to Zhao Yun to protect Guiyang.
At that time, Zhao Fan mentioned the three requirements for Fan's remarriage, all according to Zhao Yun's design. Unexpectedly, his brother Zhao Sheng was still here today and actually sent his wife over, and also set the three conditions according to his own.
But Liu Zhang was still a little confused and asked: "I am indeed from Jiangxia, but why did Fan choose a Jiangxia person? Are our Jiangxia men better than those from other places?"
"Hahahaha." The generals laughed.
Bao Long said without changing his expression: "Unknown to the emperor, Fan Chang had been doing street entertainment to survive before he took refuge with the Zhang family. However, when the world was in chaos and the people were suffering, the father and daughter had a meager income. They often had nothing to eat and were almost reduced to poverty.
As a beggar, when Fan was nine years old, she passed by Jiangxia and someone gave her a bowl of clear soup noodles. From then on, Fan's little heart was engraved with the Jiangxia plot, so she had a special impression of Jiangxia people."
Bao Long wiped his eyes as he spoke, as if he was extremely moved, while Fan, who was not far behind him, was as calm as water, with a numb face.
"Prefect Zhao originally thought that there was no one in the world who could meet the requirements of the Fan family, so he accepted the Fan family. Now that the Fan family has met a good man, he should give it up. This not only fulfills the Fan family, but also fulfills a good story. Please forgive me, uncle."
Governor Zhao has put in a lot of good intentions."
"I see." Liu Zhang nodded: "In that case, Fan will stay and you can go back by yourself."
"Ah?" Bao Long opened his mouth wide.
Liu Zhang took a sip of tea and said slowly: "Fan's three conditions, I'm afraid no one in the world can satisfy them except me, Liu Zhang. If she doesn't follow me, who will she follow? I accept it and we can discuss other matters later."