The book is picked up again.

"What are you doing there stupidly?!" Zhang Yan looked at the stunned messenger and said angrily: "Didn't you hear a certain family asking you?" ”

"This ......" The envoy heard Zhang Yan's words, and knew that this catastrophe could not be avoided, so he gritted his teeth and knelt on one knee again, and said with remorse on his face: "Please ask the lord to atone for his sins, because the price offered by the head of the Chen family is too low, so... So ......"

At this point, he lowered his head deeply and did not continue.

Seeing this, how could Zhang Yan not understand the truth of the matter, and asked with a gloomy face: "So you didn't even talk about it, and you directly vetoed it, right?" ”

"This ...... Be! Although he knew that he would be punished, the giver did not dare to lie, but still nodded, and after saying that, he bowed his head deeply.

"......" Zhang Yan is now gritting her teeth in anger, but she can't say anything.

This messenger has followed him for a long time, knows his habits, if in the past, those who were blackmailed by him dared to lower the price, then he would definitely not hesitate to tear up the ticket!

Therefore, the reason why the envoy rejected the Chen family master so decisively was also to act according to his previous habits.

But is it the same now as it used to be?!

In the past, the highest asking price was only tens of thousands of gold, but now it is thousands of soldiers or war horses!

Even if the head of the Chen family is only willing to pay ten war horses, it is still a deal of hundreds of thousands of catties!

But it's too late to say anything now, since the messengers have already refused, that Zhang Yan doesn't have that face, and continues to ask for ransom.

After thinking of this, Zhang Yan sighed, waved her hand helplessly, and said weakly: "Forget it, the matter has come to this point, there is nothing more to say, you go down and behead Chen Gongzi." ”

"This ......" After hearing Zhang Yan's words, the envoy did not leave, but looked at Zhang Yan with an embarrassed face.

Seeing this, Zhang Yan's face sank, and she asked unhappily, "What?" You don't even listen to a certain family?!

Or is it ......

When you go to Jizhou, you think that a certain family can't control you?!! ”

"The subordinates don't dare!" After the envoy heard Zhang Yan's words, he was almost scared to death, he lowered his head deeply, and reported to Zhang Yanyu: "Lord Qiyu, it's not that his subordinates don't want to listen to the lord's words, but when his subordinates were in Jizhou, they promised the head of the Chen family to try their best to persuade the lord to let him meet his son. ”

This messenger is very trustworthy, he promised the head of the Chen family at the beginning, so even if Zhang Yan was angry, he still kept his promise and persuaded Zhang Yan.

After Zhang Yan heard this, her head was full of black lines, and she asked with a gloomy face, "What if a certain family doesn't agree?!" ”

Just kidding, the envoy didn't bring him any benefits, and at this time he still had the face to intercede, who gave him the guts?!

If it weren't for the messenger who had followed Zhang Yan for many years, Zhang Yan would have slashed him a long time ago!

"Huh......" However, what Zhang Yan didn't expect was that after listening to Zhang Yan's words, the envoy breathed a sigh of relief and replied with a smile: "If you don't agree, you don't agree, and your subordinates have no opinions at all." ”

"......" After Zhang Yan heard the envoy's words, she asked with black lines on her head, "What do you mean by this?" Didn't you already promise the Chen family to persuade a certain family to let him meet his son? Why do you give up halfway now? ”

"Halfway? No, "The messenger has his own."

A set of theories, I saw that he said to Zhang Yan with a relaxed face: "The reason why the subordinates persuade the lord is because the subordinates are entrusted by others and don't want to lose their credit, so they will come to persuade the lord."

And now, the subordinates have persuaded the lord, but the lord has nothing to do with his subordinates if he disagrees, and the subordinates have fulfilled their promises anyway. ”

After finishing speaking, he bowed deeply to Zhang Yan again, and then stood up, intending to go out and finish Chen Gongzi.

But before he had taken a few steps, he heard Zhang Yan's voice behind him, "Wait!" ”

The messenger who had just stepped out of the tent with his front foot ...... his front foot stiffened after hearing Zhang Yan's words, and then quickly turned around, bowed deeply to Zhang Yan, and asked, "May I ask what else the lord commands?" ”

After asking, the messenger's heart and liver trembled, because he was really afraid that Zhang Yan would punish him.

Zhang Yan's methods are very powerful, once he makes up his mind to punish one person, that person will inevitably be worse than dead!

As Zhang Yan's confidant, he has seen many people who have been tortured by Zhang Yan to the point that they can't survive and die.

So when Zhang Yan shouted to stop him, he instinctively felt afraid.

"......" Zhang Yan did not speak after calling out to the messenger, but touched his chin and fell into deep thought.

The envoy's words just now suddenly reminded him that it seemed that he and the family could not continue to negotiate.

Since the head of the Chen family wants to see Chen Gongzi for the last time, it means that Chen Gongzi still has some weight in the heart of the Chen family master!

In other words, if Zhang Yan lowered the ransom for extortion, then he would still be able to claim some benefits from the Chen family master.

After thinking of this, Zhang Yan didn't care about his face, and asked the envoy: "A certain family asked you, what price did the head of the Chen family come up with?" ”

"This ......" After hearing this, the envoy was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what Zhang Yan meant, so he hurriedly replied: "Lord Qiqi, the head of the Chen family said that he can pay fifty war horses or five thousand soldiers. ”

"......" Zhang Yan frowned when he heard about the fifty war horses, and his face was displeased.

Fifty horses is nothing to him?!

Although he also lacks war horses, as long as he has money, he can buy war horses.

Because he and Gongsun Chan of Youzhou are allies, as long as he has money, Gongsun Chan is happy to sell him some war horses.

But his displeasure turned to sunshine when he heard of the five thousand soldiers.

Fifty war horses are indeed nothing, but five thousand obedient soldiers are also a lot of wealth for Zhang Yan.

So after listening to the words of the envoy, he immediately said with a smile: "Five thousand soldiers? It's not a bad bargaining chip, this matter will be handed over to you, as long as you can get 5,000 soldiers, a certain family will not cure you for your previous guilt. ”

After hearing Zhang Yan's words, the "......" envoy fell silent.

He knew what Zhang Yan meant, Zhang Yan wanted him to take the stigma of going back on his word, and then continue to negotiate with the family.

In this way, his reputation will be completely ruined!

However, fortunately, he is just a small person, and it doesn't really matter to him whether he has a reputation or not.

Therefore, after he was silent for a while, he nodded and said: "My subordinates obey the orders of the lord and the public, please rest assured that if you don't come with five thousand soldiers, your subordinates are willing to come and see you!" ”

After saying that, he walked out with a heavy face.

………

Three days later.

The envoy escorted Chen Gongzi with more than 1,000 people and headed towards the border of Jizhou.

Two days ago, he discussed with the head of the Chen family in Jizhou that he would meet at the border between Jizhou and Yanzhou.

And Zhang Yan was afraid that something would happen to him, so he sent a thousand men to protect him.

When he was about to reach the border, it was already getting dark, so the messenger waved his hand and said, "Order the army to be stationed in its place, rest for the night, and march again tomorrow." ”

Although it is true that the rapid march can reach the border now, the emissaries fear that once they reach the border with a tired army, the Maison will take advantage of this opportunity to destroy them.

Although this was unlikely, the cautious envoy ordered the army to be stationed and recuperate, and then continue to set out tomorrow.

However, just as the army was stationed, a noisy voice was suddenly heard from the ranks......

"There are assassins!"

"Kill!!"

"Don't let the Assassins run away!!"

"Someone! What the hell is going on?!! Hearing these chaotic sounds, the unarmored messenger looked startled, and then he ran out of the tent quickly, shouting and screaming.

Just after he finished shouting, a soldier hurriedly ran over, saluted the messenger with a fist, and reported loudly: "General Qiyu, something is wrong, dozens of assassins have infiltrated the camp and killed my captive Chen Gongzi!" ”

"What ?!!" When the messenger heard the soldier's words, none of them stood firm, and fell to the ground with a "plop", and his face suddenly became very pale.

But then, he got up and ran quickly towards the tent where Chen Gongzi was.

When he came to the tent where Chen Gongzi was, he saw dozens of soldiers surrounding Chen Gongzi, not knowing what they were doing.

"Get out of the way!" After the envoy pushed a soldier aside, he immediately looked at Chen Gongzi who was lying on the ground.

Subsequently, he found that Chen Gongzi's face was pale at this time, his lips were purple, and he looked highly poisoned.

Seeing this, the envoy didn't dare to slack off, and immediately squatted down and poked under Chen Gongzi's nose......

"Poof!" When he had finished, the messenger sat down on the ground and muttered, "It's over, it's over, it's all over!" ”

The envoy is already desperate, Chen Gongzi has already lost his breath, what will he do tomorrow to negotiate with the Chen family master?

If he can't negotiate, then what will he give Zhang Yan an explanation?

Thinking of Zhang Yan's inhuman torture methods, the despair in the messenger's heart became even stronger.

At this moment, a small leader squatted lightly in front of the messenger and asked in a low voice, "General, what should I do now?" ”

Although he knew that the messenger was in a very bad mood right now, he had to come and inquire.

Because now that Chen Gongzi has an accident, they, the people who escorted the messenger and Chen Gongzi, will definitely be punished.

If they can't come up with a good idea, they won't end up much better than the messengers.

"What should I do?" The messenger who was sitting on the ground heard this, smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said miserably: "How does a certain family know what to do?!" ”