Sun Ce had a very bad impression of Zhang Jian, and he was very dismissive when he saw the guards so excited, and he was even more disdainful of Yuan Tan's pride intentionally or unintentionally. However, when he saw Zhang Jian walking slowly, he was still taken aback. Zhang Jian is tall, his waist is straight, his beard is white, he doesn't walk fast, but he is very imposing, he walks step by step, he has the feeling of leisurely walking, but the elite soldiers next to him are a little short of breath, and he is more weak than being surrounded by enemies several times his size on the battlefield.

Sun Ce raised his eyebrows, subconsciously leaned back slightly behind him, and his hands holding Bu Yuan also tightened.

Zhang Jian walked in front of him, his gaze swept over Sun Ce and Yuan Tan's faces, and then fell on Yuan Tan's face. "Yuan Xiansi?"

Yuan Tan had already stood up and hurriedly bowed to Zhang Jian, his body was like a chime, which was a great gift for the younger generation to see the elders. Zhang Jian bowed slightly. "Li Yuanli can have a grandson like you, and he can be blind under Jiuquan."

Sun Ce couldn't help but laugh with a "poof". "Then if I cut him down now and let him go to meet Li Yuanli, will Li Yuanli be happier?"

Zhang Jian's face remained unchanged, he turned his head, looked at Sun Ce quietly, bent over, and bowed to the end. "If the old man's words anger the general, please put the thunderous anger on me, swords, axes, soup and woks, do not hesitate, do not hurt the innocent."

"It's not easy to think of innocence at your feet."

A trace of pain flashed in Zhang Jian's eyes, he lowered his head, motionless, his wrinkled forehead twitched twice, and a few white hairs were broken and swayed gently in the wind. Sun Ce looked at it carefully, and suddenly felt that it was not interesting. An old man in his seventies and eighties, who is about to die, and looks like he is about to be killed, even if he is defeated, what's the point?

"Set up a seat for Gong Zhang." Sun Ce waved his hand. The guards on the side were just about to move, Yuan Tan took the first step and returned to the tent, and after a while, he walked out with a seat in his left hand and a couch in his right hand. Zhang Jian bowed in thanks, took off his shoes, went to the table, squatted, pressed the hem of his clothes with both hands, knelt on the seat with his knees forward, tidied up the hem of his clothes, and saluted Sun Ce again. "General Xie gives me a seat."

Sun Ce was in no mood to talk to him. "Zhang Gongyuan is here, what do you have to teach you?"

"Something to ask for."

"What?"

"Please let the general go of his sons, Zhang Ai and Zhang Zhi."

Sun Ce was inexplicable, he hadn't heard of any of them. Lu Xun on the side stepped forward and whispered a few words in his ear. Only then did Sun Ce understand, pondered for a moment, and chuckled: "Since this matter is done by full favor, I will not interfere." If you want to accuse the pets of indiscriminate killing of innocents, I can send someone to investigate. However, if what you say is not true, according to the law, you will sit back. Zhang Gong, do you want to report the full pet? ”

Zhang Jian raised his head, looked at Sun Ce in surprise, and said after a while: "What the general said is true?" ”

"Seriously."

Zhang Jian nodded solemnly. "If the pet kills innocents indiscriminately, the general will definitely deal with it according to the law?"

"Definitely."

"Thank you, General." Zhang Jian bowed and saluted. "Then the old man won't bother the general, so I'll go back to Gaoping and wait for news." As he spoke, he got up and put on his shoes. Yuan Tan took a step forward, knelt in front of Zhang Jian, and put on Zhang Jian's shoes. Zhang Jian touched Yuan Tan's shoulder to show his gratitude, got up and arched his hand to Sun Ce, turned around and prepared to leave.

Sun Ce was very surprised, and involuntarily stopped Zhang Jian. "Gong Zhang, please stay."

Zhang Jian stopped, his hands arched in front of his chest, neither humble nor arrogant. "I don't know what the general has to say."

"You believe me?"

Zhang Jian paused. "I believe in providence. The general can deceive me, but he will not deceive the sky. ”

Sun Ce smacked his lips, there was always a feeling of punching the air, which was very unhappy, but there was really nothing rude about what Zhang Jian said and did, making him unreasonable, and he couldn't do it if he had to be an old man. But just let Zhang Jian go, and he was unwilling. Two lives, this is probably the most tangled in his memory.

Zhang Jian waited for a while, and saw that Sun Ce's eyes changed, but he didn't speak, his eyes flashed slightly, thoughtful. "Could it be that the general can't agree with what I did back then and wants to refute it?"

"Don't dare." Sun Ce nodded slightly, and finally spit out a little bit of the breath in his heart. "But I really can't agree with what Zhang Gong did back then."

"Shall I kill Hou Lanmanmen, or will I flee to Saiwai?"

"Neither can be agreed. After all these years, you haven't regretted it? ”

Zhang Jian shook his head. "What would you do if you were a general?"

"You should know what I'm going to do."

Zhang Jian nodded, and then showed a smile full of bitterness. "Then does the general know how many chapters are in the book to impeach Hou Lan and so on? How many people offended Hou Lan and died because of this? ”

"Hou Lan is guilty, kill Hou Lan, why kill Hou Lan's family?"

Zhang Jian frowned, revealing a hint of surprise. "The general thinks Hou Lan's family is innocent?"

"Isn't it?"

"Of course not. If it weren't for Hou Lan, how could they get food and clothing for nothing? If it weren't for Hou Lan, how could they run rampant in the countryside and fish and flesh the people? If it weren't for Hou Lan, how could they be blinded and act recklessly? Zhang Jian narrowed his eyes and looked directly at Sun Ce, his eyes were as sharp as a knife. Or did the general think that Hou Lan's palace was forced by life? When the general was in Shanyang for a long time, hadn't he heard of the situation of the Hou family in Fangdong? ”

Sun Ce was speechless. He suddenly realized that he had a misunderstanding, he underestimated the importance of the family in this era. No one is a free man, everyone is part of the family. There are no innocent people at all. The Hou family of Fangdong is not an ordinary person, originally a small hero, Hou Lan entered the palace like Cao Cao's grandfather Cao Teng, in order to improve the family class. From the beginning, he was tied to the family. Hou Lan's family is rich and well-fed because of Hou Lan, and they are rampant in the township, so they naturally have to pay the price for Hou Lan. Even if Zhang Jian didn't kill them, when Hou Lan fell, the court would not let them go.

"Then you can't do your own thing." Sun Ce felt that he had no confidence, and he was a little forceful. "You're the Governor of the East, and Fangdong doesn't seem to be in your jurisdiction, right?"

"According to the general's intentions, the Taishou who is afraid of Hou Lan and dare not practice the law is not guilty, am I guilty?"

Sun Ce wanted to speak and stopped.

"Does the general still want to say that those officials who killed innocents indiscriminately are not guilty, but that I should not flee, I should bow down and be killed, and let Hou Lan take revenge? Those innocent people died not from the perverse actions of the court, but from my cowardice? General, if the imperial court kills General Zhengdong in the name of rebellion now, and wants to kill you, will you bow down and kill, or will you fight back? ”

Sun Ce pondered for a long time, helped Bu Yuan to stand up, and bowed to Zhang Jian. "The kid has no form, begging the sages, and please forgive Zhang Gong."

A hint of discoloration flashed in Zhang Jian's eyes, stared at Sun Ce for a long time, and then turned to look at the Chinese army not far away, and sighed. "The phoenix bird is here, and the peace can be expected. I pity that I am old, I can't be in a prosperous era, and dare to be fortunate for the people in the world. ”