Chapter 173: Lu Zhi is imprisoned
Zhang Rang also received the news that Ye Chen had made meritorious service again, but this time he still only mentioned Ye Chen's merits in front of Liu Hong, and did not give him an official rank, but still wanted him to continue to make meritorious contributions.
Soon Ye Chen received an order to march into Jizhou, return to Lu Zhi's control, and help exterminate Zhang Jiao.
Ye Chen set off after receiving the order, and Huangfu Song also wanted to recover the surrounding areas occupied by the Yellow Turbans, so he separated from them.
However, when Ye Chen rushed to Guangzong to join Lu Zhi, he received the news that Lu Zhi was arrested, of course Ye Chen knew that Lu Zhi would be arrested, but he still didn't catch up.
Now it has been more than six months, Lu Zhi and Zhang Jiao and others have been fighting for more than three months, but they have not been overcome, the imperial court sent Zuo Feng to inspect, Lu Zhi refused to bribe him, Zuo Feng said bad things about Lu Zhi after he went back, so he was taken down.
When Ye Chen arrived, Lu Zhi had just been caught in the prisoner car and had not walked far. Let Tai Shici and Guan Yu arrange the escort camp to set up camp, and he took hundreds of men and horses to chase after him.
After chasing for more than half an hour, Ye Chen caught up with Lu Zhi's prisoner car.
"Under Jianwei General Ye Chen." Seeing that the guards were about to come over to intercept him, Ye Chen first revealed his name.
Sure enough, after Ye Chen reported his name, although those guards were still in the realm, they didn't come over to intercept him.
"It turned out to be General Jianwei, I don't know what happened to you?" A eunuch came out to speak.
"It turned out to be my father-in-law, and I didn't dare to delay my father-in-law's business, but as soon as I arrived here, I heard that Lu Zhonglang would be imprisoned.
Ye Chen respectfully explained to the eunuch.
Of course, the eunuch knew who Ye Chen was, and he was a guest of honor, so he didn't dare to offend, so he didn't embarrass him.
"That's okay, General Jianwei can talk to Lu Zhi, but it can't be too long, and it can't make it difficult for our family."
Ye Chen said yes again and again, took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to the eunuch, and after the eunuch read it, his brows smiled.
What Ye Chen handed him was a voucher from the bank, which could be exchanged for 100,000 yuan at the Yejia money village in Luoyang.
The little eunuch, who was also very knowledgeable after receiving the money, withdrew their people and watched from a distance.
"Uh, who are you?" Ye Chen came to the prisoner's car and saw that two young people were still there, one with a rough face and a tall and mighty figure, and the other was more gentle but had large earlobes.
Ye Chen saw that the two of them had no intention of leaving, so he asked.
"Oh, after King Jing of Xiazhongshan, Liu Bei Liu Xuande of Zhuojun, this is the second brother of Xia, Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide." Liu Bei heard Ye Chen's question and hurriedly stepped forward to answer.
Liu Bei heard it very clearly just now, the person who came was Jianwei General Ye Chen, Ye Chen knew that as a native of Youzhou, Liu Bei was also thunderous to Ye Chen, but he didn't know when the other party was already General Jianwei.
"Oh, why are you here?" Ye Chen asked deliberately, after Liu Sheng, the king of Zhongshan Jing in this line, it was a trick that Liu Bei had always used, in order to raise his value.
Liu Bei was very disappointed when he saw that Ye Chen was so plain and didn't reveal anything, he had been using various methods to improve his reputation and look forward to rising, but at present, he had nothing except for his second brother Zhang Fei to follow.
Liu Bei heard Ye Chen's question, so he said: "Lu Gongnai is a teacher, and now he has been victimized by a traitor, so he is here to send him off." He wiped his tears as he spoke.
Ye Chen saw a big man crying there, and he couldn't stand it, so he said, "Don't worry, Duke Lu is only going to be a little wronged, and there will be no danger." ”
When Liu Bei heard this, his eyes lit up, and he said with a very excited look: "Ah, really." Thank you General Jianwei for that. I hope you can keep your teacher safe and grateful. ”
Ye Chen glanced at him in disgust, and said in his heart, this guy really thinks that he is Lu Zhi's who, even if I help Lu Zhi, it is Lu Zhi who comes to thank me, and your gratitude will turn from passive to active, and even take the credit of others to yourself.
"I don't need you to thank you, I didn't help Lu Gong myself, Lu Gong's exploits are seen in the world, Your Majesty will definitely see what is going on, and Lu Gong will definitely be fine when he goes back." Ye Chen's words undoubtedly frustrated Liu Bei's calculations, and at the same time made it impossible to be a person inside and out, which made Liu Bei very hurt.
In this way, Bei is relieved. The general had something to say to the teacher, and he was prepared to retreat first. Liu Bei didn't seem to hear Ye Chen's words, and still looked respectful.
Ye Chen didn't answer him, and nodded at him.
Liu Bei turned around, his face suddenly became gloomy, and Zhang Fei also had a stinky face, looking like he was going to eat Ye Chen, but they didn't dare to show it.
"Lu Gong." Ye Chen stepped forward and saluted respectfully.
"We don't seem to know each other." Lu Zhi also knew the relationship between Ye Chen and Zhang Rang, this time he was hurt by the eunuch, so he was not very enthusiastic about Ye Chen.
"Duke Lu, we broke the rules in Dongjun before, and then the court ordered me to come to Duke Lu to control and exterminate the Yellow Turban together, but when I arrived here, Duke Lu was already in prison." Ye Chen simply disbanded.
"Now I'm just a prisoner, and I can't go into battle anymore to kill thieves." Lu Zhi sighed and looked up at the sky, full of helplessness.
"Lu Gong, and rest assured. It's not your fault that you can't kill Zhang Jiao, not only is it not wrong for you to command the battle, but you also have a lot of credit, and when the court understands, it will return your innocence. ”
I don't know if Ye Chen's words played a role, or if Lu Zhi figured it out, he changed back to a breezy expression, which was very elegant.
"I hope so, it's just a pity that I can't kill the Yellow Turban Thief with my own hands."
"Lu Gong, although you can't command the battle on the front line, you still ask Lu Gongjiao to break the enemy's strategy." Ye Chen came to ask for advice sincerely, after all, Lu Zhi had been here for a long time, and he was also familiar with the yellow scarves here.
What's more, Ye Chen wants to come and meet one of the few famous generals of the Han Dynasty, except for Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, it is estimated that there is only this famous general who is loyal to the Han Dynasty.
Lu Zhi thought for a moment and said, "The yellow scarf is powerful, you can't be in a hurry, you just need to wait for the opportunity." Don't look at the Yellow Turban now, but there are many internal contradictions, you only need to confront the Yellow Turban, do not take the initiative to attack, within a few months, there will inevitably be big changes within the Yellow Turban, and then it is the time for a counterattack. Lu Zhi sighed, this was his established strategy, but the court couldn't see his hard work and punished him.
"On the contrary, at this time, take the initiative to attack the Yellow Turban, the Yellow Turban will inevitably be twisted into a rope, the current Yellow Turban people are many and have high morale, if they attack rashly, they will inevitably be attacked by the other party head-on, and they will be defeated." Lu Zhi voiced his opinion.
After listening to this, Ye Chen thought secretly: He is worthy of being a famous general, although he said it simply, he had the courage to judge the trend of the yellow scarf later, and his vision was vicious and hot, and ordinary people could not reach it.
After that, Ye Chen asked him a lot of specific content, and Lu Zhi was very concerned about how to break the thief, and explained to him one by one regardless of whether Ye Chen was a eunuch. The two had not finished talking for an hour, but those eunuchs were not impatient when they received Ye Chen's money.
The eunuch was not impatient, Liu Bei was already impatient, he heard that Lu Zhi was arrested, so he hurried over, in order to make friends with Lu Zhi, in the future, he said that he was Lu Zhi's disciple in front of people, at least Lu Zhi would not say anything to demolish him, and he was so cheeky to play Lu Zhi's name and enhance his reputation.
But just after being troubled by Ye Chen, his wishful thinking was in vain, he wanted to follow this way well, and slowly changed his image in Lu Zhi's eyes, but he didn't expect Ye Chen to talk to Lu Zhi for so long, which made Liu Bei's heart very angry, but there was no trace of abnormality on his face.
"Damn, it's nothing more than hugging the eunuch's thigh." Liu Bei secretly scolded Ye Chen in his heart.