The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Xun You, Huo Heng, Chen Yi and others sat guarding the prefecture.

Luan Gu and Cheng Jia took a hundred names across the street to capture the children of Ye Zhao in the city.

Xun Zhen, Wei Guang, Jiang Qin, etc. led the hundreds of people on the street to gallop out of the city, heading towards Zhuangzi outside the county where Zhao Ran was located.

Speaking of Zhao Ran, his son-in-law has been very poor these past few years.

After Xun Zhen arrested and killed Li Hu, Zhao Ran fled outside the county in embarrassment. He thought that Zhao Zhong would be able to vent his anger soon, but Xun Zhen was safe and sound, Xun Zhen was safe and sound, Zhao Rangu He was full of anger, but also even more panicked, especially after learning that Wei Guang had defected to Xun Zhen, he was even more frightened, always worried that Xun Zhen would find trouble with him, plus Xu Zhong, Xun Cheng, Before Xin Ai left Wei County, he would occasionally send some cavalry to hang out outside the Zhuangzi where he was. This made him even more frightened. to stay in the village outside the county.

It is also fortunate that Ye Zhao’s village outside the county is quite large and has complete facilities. The village has both fields, vegetable gardens, poultry and livestock, and even workshops for ironing, winemaking, etc. All of them, even if the gate of the village is closed, he can still be self-sufficient and occupy a large area, which makes him not too embarrassed. In detail, these sons in the village, except for the lack of some friends. Except for the lack of prestige in front of the county people, the rest of his contacts are almost the same as when he was in the county.

The living and treatment are similar, but the difference in mood is too great.

If Zhao Ran's former acquaintances saw him now, they would definitely be shocked.

In the past, Zhao Ran was dressed in fine clothes and food, and his skin was lustrous and moist, "not angry but powerful". At first glance, he was a noble person, but now he is as thin as firewood, his complexion is yellow and dull, and he is sluggish.

However, with Xun Zhen's actions, his "bitter son" finally came to an end.

Because of the suddenness of the incident, when Xun Zhen led Yi from the gallop to Zhuangwai where Zhao Ran was, Zhuangzili didn't know anything about it.

It's not that no one wants to send a letter to Zhao Ran. For example, several county officials in the county house. They are either cronies of the Zhao family, or they have received money from the Zhao family. When Xun Zhen left the city and heard that Xun Zhen was going to arrest Zhao Ran, there were also friends of the Zhao family. , and they are all good horses, and the horses are very fast, but even if someone wants to send a letter to Zhao Ran, it is too late.

—— Having said that, if it is for the sake of confidentiality, it seems that it is more suitable to arrest people at night, but the Han family has a clear law, and the prisoner enters the house at night, even arresting people is not enough. The Minjia was also innocent. Xun Zhen had been preparing for the "capture and destruction of Ye Zhao" for so long, and of course he would not be attacked for a small mistake. Therefore, he did not choose to arrest people at night, but chose to start in the morning.

Even so, because the speed of action was too fast, it only took one hour from the time of publishing the stipulation to the time when the chariots in Ye Zhao's village outside the county took only one hour. The Zhao family is still ignorant.

In order to avoid unnecessary battles, Xun Zhen did not immediately lead people to attack the village, but first took Jiang Qin, Wei Guang, Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, etc. and the righteous servants to the woods outside the village, and ordered two righteous servants After dismounting, taking off his armor, and carrying only the ring knife, he went to call the door outside the village.

Similar to Sun Jian, Xun Zhen also relied on military exploits to make his fortune. The Yellow Turbans, Heishan, and the great thieves of Zhao and Wei have all defeated so many powerful enemies, not to mention the small Zhuangzi of Ye and Zhao? Even if this Zhuangzi had various defensive facilities, even if there were a large number of Zhao's disciples, dead soldiers, and disciples in the Zhuangzi, he could capture Zhao Ran with just a few tricks.

If it was as he expected, Zhuangzi's door opened soon after seeing the two Yi Cong who went to call the door to the door of Zhuang.

After all, although Zhao Ran was worried that Xun Zhen would come to trouble him, it was not "two armies fighting", and the Zhao family was also a member of Zhao Zhong's clan no matter what, and the main force under Xun Zhen's account had long been because of "homesickness." "And they left Wei County with Xu Zhong and others, so the Zhao family's Tufu who guarded the Zhuangmen had no heart at all, and they never thought that Xunzhen would dare to attack Zhuang to arrest people, so although they did not know the two. A righteous obedience, but only after hearing them say "there is a letter sent", they happily opened the gate of the village.

Being able to be chosen by Xun Zhen to deceive the opening of the village gate, these two justices are obviously both warriors.

Although there is no armor and no spear and halberd, but with only two ring knives, where is the only opponent of the Zhao family who guards the door?

When Xun Zhen saw that he was cheating to open the gate of the village, Xun Zhen gave the order to "attack the village". They have all been cut down by those two righteous servants.

If Zhuangmen hadn't been tricked into opening, with the tall Zhuangzi fence, the crossbowmen on the wall, and the hundreds of followers, dead soldiers, and disciples of the Zhao family in the village, Xun Zhen might have to work hard to get Zhuangzi. The attack was broken, but at this moment the gate of the village was already opened. Inside the village were the Zhao family members who were suddenly unprepared, and outside the village were the loyal followers of Xun Zhen who had been gaining momentum for a long time. This battle of "attacking the village" was really boring.

Jiang Qin and Wei Guang led Yi Cong to rush into the village.

Jiang Qin entered the village to fight; Wei Guang entered the village to recognize people.

Xun Zhen was waiting outside Mazhuang under the personal guards of Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, Yuan Zhongqing, and Zuo Bohou.

Eyes followed Jiang Qin and the others from the iron cavalry to enter the village, and suddenly heard the sound of killing in the village, screaming and screaming.

In less than a quarter of an hour, two righteous men rushed out from the galloping horse, each of them carrying a young man in a splendid dress, ran to Xun Zhen's horse, left them behind, and reported loudly: " Wei Guang said, this is Zhao Wen, this is Zhao Zhe!"

Abandoning these two people, the two righteous returned to the village from the horse.

Although Zhao Wen is young, he is Zhao Ran's clan father. In terms of blood relationship with Zhao Zhong, he is closer than Zhao Ran, and Zhao Zhe is Zhao Ran's younger brother.

"What are these two guilty of?"

Hearing Xun Zhen's question, Zhao Yun drove his horse out of the queue, took out the bamboo slips, unfolded them, and quickly found the names of the two men, and read aloud: "Before the Yellow Turbans started, Zhao Wen and the Yellow Turban demons had personal relationships, and they had a relationship with evil spirits. The party also relies on family power, and also serves as servants, invades the small fishermen, and kills slaves and slaves privately; Zhao people are unlawful, and the guests are arrogant, and most of them are thieves.

Before the rise of the Yellow Turbans, the Dao of Taiping was extremely powerful, with millions of believers, and even many of the permanent servants and eunuchs in the court had private contacts with Zhang Jiao and others, and there were also some scholars, what about Zhao Wen? Besides, Jizhou is where Zhang Jiao started his business? What if Julu is next to Wei County? Among Ye Zhao’s children, there are many people who are greedy for the goods that Taiping Dao gave them, or those who seek self-protection during the Yellow Turban chaos, and there are many people who “connect evil and form a party” with Taiping Daoists in private, including Zhao Ran. .

As for Zhao Zhe's unscrupulous lawlessness, his guests being thieves, and his Gu Yu patent, that is, "obstructing others from buying and selling for their own benefit", that is, forcing a monopoly in some aspect of the economic field, and hiding wanted desperadoes Disciple, these are the things that the powerful and powerful families often do. It is not uncommon at all, and it is not uncommon. It is Xun Zhen. Although he has never been a guest as a thief, he has never been a thief, but he has also hid his life. , and even hiding to the present, such as Xu Zhong and Dian Wei, not to mention Xun Zhen, even the children of great nobles and famous people such as Yuan Shao and He Yong, have also done such things as hiding their lives, and even He Yong in order to give friends Killing in private for revenge.

In other words, as long as there are children of the powerful clan, there are very few who have never done illegal things, and it is too easy to find them.

Zhao Wen probably hadn't recovered from the shock, he was lying in front of Xun Zhen's horse with his face covered in dust, raised his head and looked around blankly, dumbfounded. Zhao Zhe was a little more courageous, struggled to get up from the ground, pointed at Xun Zhen and scolded: "Yuzhouer! Dead pawn! You Li Ge dared to lead an army to attack my village, what do you mean?"

Vertical leather, vertical means vertical, leather is a contempt for soldiers. Xun Zhen started his career with military exploits, so Zhao Zhe scolded him like this.

Dian Wei was furious, drove his horse forward, bent down and lifted Zhao Zhe, grabbed Zhao Zhe's neck, like a chicken, pulled out the ring knife in the other hand, looked at Xun Zhen, and waited for Xun Zhen to speak.

Xun Zhen smiled and said to Zhao Yun, "Tick off their names."

Zhao Yun understood, took out a knife and pen, crossed out the names of Zhao Wen and Zhao Zhe, and said loudly, "Zhao Wen and Zhao Zhe resisted arrest with weapons and were killed on the spot."

Before Zhao Wen and Zhao Zhe could react, Dian Wei raised his knives, one knife at a time, killing them both.

Although there is Huo Heng waiting for the trial in the county house, Huo Heng also promises that he will never make a mistake and will definitely decide the case as quickly as possible, but there are too many Ye Zhao people to be arrested this time, except for some key people such as Zhao Ran. , important people, the rest is best if you can find an excuse to deal with it, at least it can save Huo Heng less trouble, and let him try and decide the case of Zhao Ran and others.

Dian Wei killed Zhao Wen and Zhao Zhe, and his own guards stepped forward, cut off the heads of both of them, and threw them into a car that came with them.

Not long after, several more horses rushed out of the village. Just like the two righteous servants just now, these knights also picked up one person each, galloped forward, and threw the people in their hands to Xun Zhen's horse, and loudly announced the number of these horses. The name of the individual, and then turn the horse around and go back to the village.

When these people saw the headless bodies of Zhao Wen and Zhao Zhe, they were already very frightened, but they were even more frightened at this time. They were all faceless, timid and even incontinent. Some people fell to the ground and begged for mercy. He was killed, but he also threatened with false voices, similar to Zhao Zhe's words.

Whether it was incontinence, begging for mercy, or intimidation, Xun Zhen ignored it and asked again, "What's wrong with these people?"

Zhao Yun found their names from the bamboo slips and called them out one by one.

There are those who have the same crimes as Zhao Wen and Zhao Zhe, and although the crimes are different, but the quality is the same, such as stealing people's fields, killing people, leaving homeless people privately, or the interest of the usury being too heavy, or leaving them behind. Naliang people are slaves, slaves and so on.

There were no important people among these people. Xun Zhen also used the excuse of "resisting arrest with weapons and being killed on the spot", and ordered the guards to kill them all, take their heads and throw them into the car.

In this way, the righteous people who have entered the village are constantly being brought out. Xun Zhen regards it as important. Either kill or keep, kill a lot, and keep a little. When it was about noon, the sound of killing in the village gradually subsided. The rebels of the Zhao family, the deceased, and the disciples were all killed, and Zhao Ran was finally caught.

Zhao Ran was held by two righteous servants, his hair was disheveled, he looked like a madman, struggled desperately, and yelled loudly: "Xun thief! You dare to break my Zhuangzi and kill my clan! Just wait, my family attendant will wait for me. Revenge! Today you destroy my village, come and see how you destroy your clan!"

It is also interesting to say that although Xun Zhen has fought against Zhao Ran a lot since entering Wei County, the two of them haven't actually met a few times, especially in the past year or so, because Zhao Ran is hiding in the village outside the county. In the middle of the year, he never dared to enter the city, so Xun Zhen and he had never met.

At this time, seeing Zhao Ran being escorted over, Xun Zhen had no interest in talking to him, just looked at him more, and thought, "My queen's reputation rests on the bones of you and your clan." Or Because of this thought, he instructed Jiang Qin in a rare way, "Zhao Jun is a son of your noble family. He is delicate and expensive, and cannot bear pain. You must not abuse him, and bring him to Huo Qing in its entirety."

Jiang Qin promises.

"Could Yi Cong have casualties?"

"No casualties, a few minor injuries."

The righteousness brought by Xun Zhen is all brave, all veterans of a hundred battles, and they are all equipped with armor and clothing, and they are not expected. Therefore, although there are many Ye Zhaomen, dead soldiers, and disciples in the village, they are actually no one. One deceased, only a few were slightly injured.

Xun Zhen summoned these lightly wounded people to comfort them. Seeing that two of them were not yet wounded, she ordered Jiang Qin to cover them immediately.

Jiang Qin complied with his promise, and immediately ordered someone to tie the wounds to the two wounded.

Jiang Qin's mood was complicated when Xun Zhen "captured and destroyed Ye Zhao".

On the one hand, Zhao Zhong is powerful, and in the foreseeable future, this incident will definitely bring serious consequences to Xun Zhen. Jiang Qin is a person with quite "aspiration". Yes, but as Xun Zhen's old friend, righteous follower, fellow countryman, and close confidant, he must obey Xun Zhen's orders, especially in Xu Zhong, Chen Bao, Jiang Hu, Gao brothers, Su brothers, Gao Su If all the old people in Xixiang, such as Feng Gong, etc. have no objection, he has to obey. If he doesn't obey, then as Liu Bei considered, "If you don't follow the lord to destroy Ye and Zhao, your reputation will be ruined. No foothold", he will also have no foothold from now on.

So from this aspect, he is not very willing, but he has to be willing.

On the other hand, he was previously transferred by Xun Zhen to take Yuan Pan and others to work on the farm together. He lost real military power and left the army. As far as his heart is concerned, he has always been unhappy. , Xun Zhenzhong transferred him back to Yizhong, and Xu Zhong, Chen Bao, etc. didn't stay, only he was kept by his side, let him follow Ye Zhao, and let him escape to the rivers and lakes, so he immediately And with an indescribable and vague sense of pride, he felt that in Xun Zhen's mind, he seemed to have a higher status than Xu Zhong.

Xu Zhong has always been Xun Zhen's first credit in the army, Jiang Qin was originally the second, and later there was Yue Jin, Chen Dao, Xun Cheng, Chen Bao, and Xin After Ai and the others, he can only be ranked second at most, and at most he is the frontrunner with Chen Dao and others. Strictly speaking, he is also ranked behind Xun Cheng and Xin Ai. Xu Zhong is absolutely incomparable, but now he feels that his status seems to be a little higher than Xu Zhong. From this aspect, he is happy again.

Of course, unwillingness or joy, these are Jiang Qin's personal subjective emotions. In essence, objectively speaking, his emotions are irrelevant.

No way, his relationship with Xun Zhen is too close. Since many years ago, in Xixiang, he has been regarded as Xun Zhen's disciple and minion. Even if he wants to change his family now, he will not mention Xun Zhen's status. And the future fame, only because of Xun's illustrious voice in Yingchuan, it is impossible for anyone in Yingchuan to take him, not only will no one take him, but if he "betrays" Xun Zhen at this time, he will be in charge. A notorious "betraying the master and forgetting the righteousness", even the light chivalrous people and people of Yingchuan would not interact with him anymore.

The Han Dynasty valued righteousness, especially the disciplined scholars and light chivalrous men. They valued righteousness more than their lives. The world was like this. Therefore, Du Mai would rather offend Ye Zhao than betray Xunzhen. Therefore, even if Liu Bei did not want to He could not help but follow Xun Zhen, and Jiang Qin did the same.

Xun Zhen looked at the quiet Zhuangzi from afar, and asked, "Are there any other Ye Zhao people listed on the list?"

Wei Guang's clothes were stained with blood. Obviously, he also participated in the battle to kill Ye Zhaomenke, the dead and the disciples.

Wei Guang's second son, Wei Fang, took his family and followed Xu Zhong and others to Yingyin, while his eldest son Wei Weng stayed by his side. At this time, he was standing by Wei Guang's side, holding a soft towel to wipe him. Splashed the blood stains on his armor~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and wiped the blood stains on his beard again.

Wei Guang lifted his beard and let his son wipe it for him, while answering Xun Zhen's question, he said with a smile, "Everything on the list is here!"

Xun Zhen looked back at him and smiled: "Sword the enemy with your sword, come back to wash your beard. Duke Wei is a heroic man, and his songs are praiseworthy."

Wei Guang laughed.

He entrusted his family to Xun Zhen, and took his eldest son to follow Xun Zhen to do this important task. Since then, he and Xun Zhen have been on the same boat. Although compared to Xu Zhong, Jiang Qin, etc., even Cheng Jia, Zhao Yun, etc., he was the latest to join Xun Zhen's sect, but based on this matter alone, Xun Zhen will treat him with credit in the future. It will not be less than Cheng Jia, Jiang Qin and others.

Xun Zhen left Ye County in the morning, and before noon had destroyed Ye Zhao's village outside the county, killed more than 20 Ye Zhao people in the village, and captured Zhao Ran and several others alive. Ye County.

The group was galloping fast and returned to Ye County shortly after noon.

In order to prevent changes, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Jian Yong were ordered to guard the city gate and greeted Xun Zhen and others when they returned.