The Three Kingdoms Of The North Are Proud And Heroic

Coming out of the side hall, Zu Zhao was ordered by his grandfather to entertain several distinguished guests to a vacant wing room in the west courtyard to rest.

The guards who were outside the side hall before were all Gongsun Zhan and Hao Yan's servants, and they were arranged to stay in the guest room facing south of the manor. When accompanying the group along the corridor, the three of them were contemplative at first, and occasionally whispered a few words, all of which were worried about the thieves in Lingzhi County.

Just past the gate of the West Courtyard, Gongsun Zhan suddenly walked two steps faster, parallel to Zu Zhao who led the way in front.

"Master Zu, I heard General Zu mention earlier that you also studied under Master Lu back then, right?"

"Exactly. About six years ago, my grandfather would be sent to Zhuo County to learn the Xi scriptures from Master Lu, but unfortunately the time was not long. Oh, I heard that Lord Gongsun is also a disciple of Master Lu? Zu Zhao understood what Gongsun Chan meant, and replied in a tone that was not impatient or impatient.

"Hehe, that's a coincidence. In this way, you and I should be brothers in the same class, if you don't dislike it, I will call you a brother. Gongsun Chan smiled happily.

"It's such an honor for my brother to take care of me." Zu Zhao stopped and formally saluted Gongsun Zhan. Although Gongsun Chan is only a long history of a country now, even so, he can be regarded as a figure with a head and a face in comparison. What's more, it won't be long before he becomes famous and becomes a warlord. For him, it is obvious that he still needs to make more friends with characters before he is fledgling.

"Okay, okay." Gongsun Zhan stepped forward and helped Zu Zhao.

Zhang Nan, who followed later, saw this scene, and had a lot of thoughts in his heart, no matter what, he was far less than a county governor like Gongsun Zhan, and it seemed that he would not be able to underestimate Zu Zhao in the future.

At this moment, a person suddenly trotted in behind the corridor, but it was Zu Zhan.

"The eldest son."

Zu Zhao, Gongsun Chan and the others turned back together. Zu Zhan came to him, saluted Gongsun Zhan and the others first, and then whispered to Zu Zhao: "Ah Cheng and they are back, and they are waiting for the eldest prince to come over in the backyard." "

Zu Cheng and others were injured that day and have been staying in Lingzhi County to recuperate. Originally, his injuries were not serious, but later he stayed in Lingzhi County to take care of other wounded. Not only that, Zu Zhao also specially instructed Zu Cheng before leaving for the Lingzhi to contact Tian Xian at the appropriate opportunity to go to the county prison to verify the clues of the thieves. Rushing back today, it is obvious that there is something to gain.

Immediately, Zu Zhao compensated Gongsun Zhan and others, let Zu Zhan lead the way, and he turned to the backyard.

When they came to the backyard racecourse, seven or eight children were helping a few injured thieves into the courtyard, and Zu Cheng was still wearing bandages on his arms, looking very haggard. Zu Zhao first came to those injured children, condoled and admonished them, and then greeted Zu Cheng again, and Zu Cheng reluctantly bowed.

"Are you okay?" Zu Zhao greeted.

"Thank you for the eldest son's hanging, it's no big deal." Zu Cheng said with a sigh.

"That's good. Is there any news on the Lingzhi side? Zu Zhao immediately asked again.

"Yes, early yesterday morning, Lord Tian asked me to go to the county jail, but the prison did not detain those thief chiefs."

"Really?" Zu Zhao wrinkled his brows and pondered for a moment, such an important prisoner was actually not in the prison, so Wang Xianjun should not do anything stupid, and immediately said, "In this case, can you find out other news?"

"Although there were no thieves, all the thieves confessed, and they said that they did not plan to rob our ancestors' horses, and most of them didn't even know about our ancestors' families, but they only set up an ambush the day before." Zu Cheng said.

"Improvised?" Zu Zhao squinted his eyes, his face grim, "It's unlikely. According to our investigation of the scene of the incident that night, it was clear that the thieves had been carefully arranged.

"But that's what the thieves in the cell said, isn't it... They deceive! Zu Cheng said angrily.

Zu Zhao took a slow breath and looked thoughtful.

"It's not good to say for the time being, maybe these little minions didn't know about it in advance, but their leaders had already made detailed plans in advance, so they were able to carry out it in an orderly manner." He said speculatively.

"Oh, yes. They also said that not all the Hu people who came this time were Hu people. The reason why they are hiding in the woods is not to hide from us to track down the horse robbery, but to pick up some other teams. They said that this time it was going to be a big vote. Zu Cheng put on a look of seriousness and said extremely seriously.

"What? What exactly are they going to do? Zu Zhao's eyes were cold, and he immediately asked.

"I asked, whether it was coercion or inducement, and even we tricked others to confess, but they still said they didn't know." Zu Cheng sighed helplessly and said, looking a little annoyed.

"It seems that this matter is really not trivial. It's a pity that the clues we have now are really limited, coupled with the stupid inaction of the king of Lingzhi County, even if we report this matter, I am afraid that there will be no result. Zu Zhao said in a deep voice.

"Then what should I do, the thieves are so rampant, and the conspiracy is so obvious, can you just let it go?" Zu Cheng said in a hurry.

"I'm afraid this matter needs to be considered in the long run. This time, the thieves must have disrupted their original plan, and they will definitely not dare to mess around for a while. From now on, even if the officials do nothing, we must be more vigilant. Zu Zhao said angrily.

"Eh, in that case, we should strengthen our daily drills, actively prepare, and prepare for the enemy!" After Zu Cheng thought about it, he suddenly had an epiphany, and hurriedly proposed.

"You're right. Originally, it was for the preparation of thieves for the winter of this year, but now the thieves dare to collude with the thieves, and the threat is getting bigger and bigger, and we should also actively deal with it. A few days later, I asked Zhang Yuan and Zhang Yu to come out and discuss the matter carefully. Zu Zhao nodded and said, he didn't react much on the surface, everything was logical, but there was a trace of pride in his heart, and his subtext was that he hoped that others would realize the importance of preparing for thieves in the past.

"That's right. Looking at it below, from now on, not only will the Zhang brothers be invited to join the exercise, but I am afraid that Zhang Luo will have more young people in the county. The number of thieves and thieves this time is already above us, who knows if there will be more thieves in the future! Zu Cheng said categorically.

"Let's talk about it later. Anyway, the winter preparation for theft is about to begin, and then you can take advantage of the call of the county government to do this. Zu Zhao said insightfully.

"That's right. However, that must be agreed with Chen Xianjun first. Zu Cheng said again.

"Well, I believe that Chen Xianjun's side won't be too troublesome. After all, we have a precedent for begging for thieves, and in addition, my ancestors took the lead in preparing for thieves in previous years, so Chen Xianjun has no reason not to trust us. Zu Zhao said with a slight bow.

Zu Cheng nodded again and again with Zu Zhao, in the past month, he really found that the eldest prince had changed greatly, but there was nothing to feel abrupt, after all, this year is the year of the eldest prince's aspirations, and he has already entered adulthood. The eldest prince has repeatedly made wise predictions and judgments about what happened in the past period of time, and with his own brave side, how can he be unconvinced?

"By the way, how is Han Yigong lately?" After a moment of silence, Zu Zhao turned to ask again.

Han Dang has been much more low-key since Lingzhi County, and he almost can't see a shadow on weekdays. Later, after returning to Xu Wu with the children of the ancestral family, he didn't even say hello, and disappeared without a trace. Although on the first day of the ancestral family's memorial banquet, Han Dang still appeared to eat a glass of wine, but before Zu Zhao rushed over from the inner courtyard, the people left again.

"Han Yigong? I haven't seen it in the last few days. But listening to Ah Zhong and Da Zhuang, they seem to have seen Han Yigong yesterday, and he was in the county seat. Zu Cheng said with some confusion.

"Oh, okay, I'm just asking. You go and rest first. Zu Zhao nodded slightly and said.