Han Xiang

Chapter 138 Zhang Zibu with a Gun and a Stick

Thinking of the beauty, Long Xiang patted his thigh lightly, looked at the autumn scenery outside the city, and started humming involuntarily.

"I was watching the mountain scenery from the city tower, and I heard the commotion outside the city. The flags were flying, but it turned out that they were soldiers sent by Sima."

"Long Sima, Master Lu asks you to return to the residence quickly, there is an urgent matter to discuss."

Long Xiang was humming to the point where he was suddenly interrupted by Cao Xing who rushed over, he was panting with his hands on his knees, probably tired from climbing the stairs too fast.

"Urgent?"

Long Xiang was leaning lazily on the column head, but after listening to Cao Xing's words, he felt as if he was struck by lightning, and he straightened up straight.

As the commander of the cavalry battalion, Cao Xing usually delivered the news through the messengers. Now he came to invite Long Xiang himself, which shows how urgent Lu Su's matter is.

"Sun Ce's envoy has arrived in Hefei, and"

"And what?"

"The rangers in the last general's camp found an unknown number of troops on the south side of Chaohu Lake. It is estimated that the number of troops will not be less than [-] to [-]."

"What? Let's go."

Long Xiang was puzzled by Sun Ce's envoy at first, thinking that he had no contact with him at all, but when he heard that the [-] to [-] troops immediately understood, he dared to say that Sun Ce had already finished fighting Lujiang, and pointed his troops at Hefei.

Old Sun, if you don't talk about martial arts, why don't you leave Hefei to your brother?
Long Xiang was complaining in his heart, but his body was not idle at all, calling his little follower Qiao Ni and Cao Xing to go downstairs.

On the way, he asked the envoy's name. Cao Xing said that he was in a hurry and didn't ask clearly. He only knew that the person's surname was Zhang.

Long Xiang didn't worry about who the emissary was, even if the Jade Emperor came, he had to fight first, really thought Hefei was a public toilet?Zheng Bao, Liu Xun, and Sun Ce lined up.

Not long after, the three rushed back to Jun Sima's Mansion, Long Xiang saw five or six war horses tied outside the door, probably the mounts of Sun Ce's envoy.

"Scatter all your people, and pay close attention to the movement of the Chaohu army. Every half an hour, you need to know the new situation. I guess Sun Ce is coming to take Hefei. "

"The end will be arranged immediately."

Long Xiang assigned Cao Xing tasks outside the gate, and then entered the courtyard and the main hall with a nervous heart. After all, Sun Ce was famous for his ability to conquer wars, both in this world and in later generations. Can the strength be held.

At this moment in the main hall, Lu Su was chatting with the envoy, and the content seemed to be related to Zhou Yu.

"Sir, Long Sima is here."

Accompanied by Lu Su's reminder, the envoy stood up slowly and saluted, looked Long Xiang up and down when he cupped his hands, and said to himself that the person in front of him was young enough, about the same age as his lord who raised the army.

Long Xiang clasped his fists and nodded slightly, Lu Su took the opportunity to introduce him: "This is Zhang Zhao and Zhang Zibu, they are the long history under General Sun's account, and they pay homage to Fujun Zhonglang."

"Oh? So it's Mr. Zibu? I've been looking forward to it for a long time."

When Long Xiang heard that it was Zhang Zhao, his originally stern expression suddenly softened, and his attitude turned 180 degrees, thinking that the famous "French counselor" might be able to help him resolve the crisis.

Zhang Zhao was in his prime at this time, his eyebrows, cheekbones, and chin set off a well-defined face. He may have fought with Sun Ce for a long time. His long beard showed no mottled signs, he was simply a charming middle-aged uncle, completely different from the image of the old man in the film and television drama.

Just as the saying goes, don’t hit a smiling person, Zhang Zhao saw Long Xiang giving him face, so he reciprocated it with a smile, and said back: "A mere name is not worth mentioning. Long Sima occupied Hefei and beheaded Zheng Bao. He is really a young hero."

"Mr. is overrated. I just have better luck. Let's sit down and talk."

"Long Sima is really humble"

While the two were exchanging polite greetings, Long Xiang signaled Zhang Zhao to sit down and talk, and then asked straight to the point: "General Sun and I have never met before, what is Mr. Unknown's business here?"

Zhang Zhao glanced at Lu Su, cupped his hands and replied, "Zhao's trip is to ask for marriage between the lord and Zhou Yu. My lord and Long Sima both escaped from the Yuan family. Although you didn't have friendship before, you took this opportunity to form a relationship between Qin and Jin." Well, Hefei and Jiangdong are brothers and friendly countries, and we will work together to achieve great things in the future."

When Long Xiang heard it, good guy, why did the words sound so familiar?It seems that Zheng Bao used this as an excuse. He thought that picking up Erqiao halfway would change their fate of being concubines, but Sun Ce and Zhou Yu chased them all the way to Hefei.

"Sir, what do you mean? Long's parents are dead, and he has no sisters or brothers. I don't know about General Sun and Zhou Lang." Long Xiang knew what he meant but pretended to be stupid.

Zhang Zhao said with a smile: "I just talked with Master Lu, and I heard that Qiao Gong's two daughters are temporarily living in Hefei, and they are both young enough to marry. Since they married from Hefei, they will naturally be counted on Long Sima."

Long Xiang suddenly realized and nodded, and took advantage of the situation to look at Lu Su who was smiling awkwardly. The other party seemed to be saying, "The smell of wine is not afraid of deep alleys."

"I would venture to ask, are General Sun and Zhou Lang married? Although the sisters of the Qiao family are not from a famous family, if they are concubines, I'm afraid."

"They have been crowned for many years, and naturally they have married wives. However, my lord and Zhou Lang are both outstanding people. Even if they marry them as concubines, they are better than ordinary wives."

After Zhang Zhao dealt with Long Xiang, he turned his head and pulled Lu Su into the water: "Master Lu is knowledgeable and talented, so he should understand this truth. You and Long Sima have a good talk about it."

"It's not easy to talk about." Lu Su cupped his hands in embarrassment, thinking that there is no way to persuade this matter.

"I was originally a general of General Qiao. Although Miss Qiao's family is old enough, she is still in her filial piety. Mr. Zibu proposes in Hefei. I can't be the master." Long Xiang frowned and shook his head, casually glanced into the hall to listen the bridge.

Qiao Ni had understood just now and was very shocked. At this time, according to Long Xiang's voice prompt, he immediately slipped out of the main hall to report to the back house.

Zhang Zhao saw that Long Xiang was trying to evade, so he reminded with a gun and a stick: "Long Sima is the master of Hefei, let alone Qiao Rui's daughter, I think Yuan Shu's daughter can be the master, right? In troubled times, it is not necessary to stay three years." During the filial piety period, Lujiang was acquired by my lord a few days ago, we are neighbors now, my lord is really sincere."

"So General Sun brought tens of thousands of people to welcome the relatives?" Long Xiang was a little upset at being threatened by Zhang Zhao, and directly revealed Sun Ce's real purpose.

Zhang Zhao was startled when he heard this. He didn't expect that Hefei Sentinel was so far away, and Long Xiang would be aware of the one-day distance between himself and the army.

Zhang Zhao suppressed the shock in his heart, his face was still calm, and explained with a smile: "There are many bandits in the land of Jianghuai. Although Long Sima wiped out Zheng Bao, there are still Zhang Duo, Xu Gan, Chen Lan, Lei Xu and others. , My lord is also for safety on the way to welcome the relatives."

Long Xiang didn't even intend to complain, he thought he was a thousand-year-old fox, what kind of Liaozhai are you playing for me?
"General Sun really came here to take concubines? Why do I think it's for Hefei? If the second daughter of the Qiao family is sent out, will Jiangdong's troops retreat immediately?"

"Long Sima thinks too much, my lord is really here to welcome her, but what if..."

(End of this chapter)