Hearing Zhao Wen's footsteps, Sun Ce looked back at him and couldn't help but laugh. The old man was old, but he was full of passion and calm. He traveled thousands of miles to ask for help, but he didn't settle the score first. To put it nicely, he was generous, and to put it badly, he was very ambitious and talented. However, there were quite a few officials of this type of Han Dynasty. Many people had no practical experience and could only talk about some great truths. He was just sitting in a position when he actually worked in a local area. He handed over the actual affairs to officials, and he could also gain a reputation for using people with confidence. "The prefect of Nanyang, Cen Gongxiao, Hongnong became a man but whistled." This is the case.

Zhao Wen was the younger brother of Zhao Qian. He entered the official position with his qualifying position and started very well. He was the governor of Jingzhao County, but he did not like to do this kind of practice, so he issued the famous saying "How can a real man fly as a hero? How can a woman be a female?" and resigned from his official position to return to his hometown. This not only did not harm his career, but instead made him more famous. He was soon transferred to the position of Shizhong. The attendant around the emperor had no specific affairs and was a noble position, and later transferred to Sikong. Looking at his resume, it was simply ridiculous.

The preparations for the Government Affairs Hall must be carried out quickly, and people like Zhao Wen are not reliable. They do have integrity, but they only have integrity.

Sun Ce led Zhao Wen to the guesthouse and arranged for him to live in front and be neighbors with Guo Jia, so that Guo Jia would talk to him first. Of course, he could not talk to him about such a thing by himself. Guo Jia conveyed it to at least preserve the face of both parties. He returned to the main house and reported Zhao Wen's intention to Sun Jian. After hearing this, Sun Jian didn't say anything, but just quietly let out a sigh when Sun Ce turned around and left.

After Zhao Wen finished washing up, he sat in the room to rest. When he went out, he knew that he would celebrate the New Year outside, so he prepared clothes. Sun Ce sent someone to bring some new sets of clothes. Zhao Wen tried it, but it fitted and was very satisfied.

Guo Jia shook the feather fan and appeared at the door, looking at Zhao Wen with a smile. "Mr. Zhao, are you okay?"

Zhao Wen stood up to greet him. "Thank you for your concern."

Guo Jia entered the house, looked around, turned around and looked at Zhao Wen, and smiled and said, "Mr. Zhao came from Chang'an and arrived specially before the New Year. Could it be that he wanted to give General Sun a New Year gift?"

Zhao Wen was very embarrassed. Guo Jia must have known his purpose, so he just did not mention it on purpose. He laughed twice with self-deprecating words. "Does the princess' engagement count?"

Guo Jia laughed. "It depends on what her dowry is." Guo Jia walked to the door and looked at the three rooms opposite. "Does Mr. Zhao know who lives opposite?"

"who?"

"The priest Huang Chengyan and his wife of the iron official in Nanyang, their daughter Huang Yueying, entered the Sun family not long ago and became General Sun's concubine. The dowry was the intelligence of their father and daughter. Along with her was Zhen Mi of the Zhen family in Zhongshan, Jibei. The wife originally married by Yuan Shao for his second son Yuan Xi has now become General Sun's concubine. The dowry is the sales website of Zhongshan Dashang. Even if Zhao Gong, even if the eldest princess is not able to take out the dowry, it would not be easy to enter the Sun family."

Listening to Guo Jia's smug tone, Zhao Wen felt very awkward. It was a very frustrating thing for the eldest princess to marry Sun Ce as a concubine. When Guo Jia's tone was heard, Sun Ce not only did not feel honored, but also had to bargain? As the representative of the court, Zhao Wen felt very uncomfortable, but he did not argue with Guo Jia. One reason was that there was no meaning and could not solve the problem; the other was that he was a guest in the Sun family, which made a mess and was disgraceful. Guo Jia was shameless, but he was shameless.

Seeing that Zhao Wen was silent, Guo Jia didn't mind at all and smiled. "When did Mr. Zhao leave Beijing?"

"The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month."

"Twelve days from Chang'an to Wujun, traveling more than a hundred miles a day, Mr. Zhao must be very tired."

"Sure good." Zhao Wen said two words lightly. He was indeed very tired, especially in the past few days, he rushed from Xiangyang to Fuchun in less than five days. Even if he was on a fast boat, it was still very hard for him who was nearly 60 years old. This is a blessing that he is from Shu County and is used to taking a boat, otherwise it would be even more difficult.

"Then you probably don't know the news about Youzhou yet."

"Youzhou?" Zhao Wen was shocked and walked quickly to Guo Jia. "What happened to Youzhou?"

Guo Jia glanced at Zhao Wen, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and smiled proudly. "Mr. Zhao, will something happen in Youzhou?"

Zhao Wen was slightly stunned, knowing that he had lost his composure. Guo Jia's topic was too fast, and he was not mentally prepared, revealing his concern for Youzhou. Before he left Beijing, he knew how many envoys the emperor sent, he came to Wujun, Zhong Shao went to Youzhou, and some people went to Youzhou, and more people went to Liangzhou. Youzhou was a state that the emperor had high hopes for. Whether he could force Yuan Tan to surrender, all his hopes were placed in Youzhou, and the money and food in Jizhou were very important to the court.

Zhao Wen's heartbeat was faster, but he couldn't ask. Judging from Guo Jia's expression, the situation in Youzhou was obviously beneficial to Sun Ce and the court.

Guo Jia shook the feather fan. "Actually, it's nothing. It's just a few people who have been fighting, and some injuries have been killed or injured. Alas, it's the New Year, don't talk about these ominous things, just say it's a little happy. Mr. Zhao, you just mentioned the eldest princess, so you're here to talk about this matter this time?"

Seeing that Guo Jia changed the topic and did not talk about Youzhou, Zhao Wen asked the eldest princess, and was so angry that he blurted out. "What's the matter of the eldest princess? Chang'an is thousands of miles away, and even if the negotiation is completed, it is impossible to come immediately."

Guo Jia grinned and nodded in agreement. "Mr. Zhao is right. Chang'an is too far away. Don't be so anxious. The dinner is about to begin. Be prepared and have fun with the people. The next ten days will be quite fun." As he said that, he bowed and turned around to say goodbye. Before Zhao Wen could speak, he had already left the door and left staggeringly.

Zhao Wen chased to the door and reached out to call Guo Jia, but he couldn't speak, and he regretted it. This was a great opportunity to bargain, but because of his indifference, he said it had collapsed. I don't know what happened in Youzhou. I don't know when I will negotiate with Sun Ce. I don't know what happened to Guo Jia. I don't know what happened to him. I don't know what to do before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Even if the talks start on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month and the negotiation goes smoothly, the news will be twenty years later when it reaches Chang'an.

Why are young people so unreliable nowadays? Either they are aggressive and settle accounts as soon as they meet, or they are speechless, and sometimes they are in Youzhou and Chang'an, making people dizzy and unable to deal with it. The more Zhao Wen thought about it, he became more and more frustrated, and sat by the couch and sulked. The waiter Zhao Fan stood aside and looked at Zhao Wen with pity. He felt that his uncle Zhao Wen was really old, and he could retire and return home after completing this mission.

The Sun family's family banquet was very lively. Zhao Wen was arranged as a guest guest, and Huang Chengyan and Guo Jia were all given the title. Sun Jian and Sun Ce got up several times to drink with Zhao Wen. Although Zhao Wen had a lot of questions to ask, this kind of occasion was really not suitable, so he had to endure it, forced a smile, and drank it with wine. In addition, he was really tired. He couldn't stand it halfway through the dinner and lay on the table.

Sun Ce ordered Zhao Fan and the other two to send Zhao Wen back to rest, exchanged glances with Guo Jia, and smiled knowingly.

It was already early morning when Zhao Wen was awakened by the sound of firecrackers. The sun illuminated the windows, bright. It was very lively outside, with the "crackling" green bamboos constantly blew up, and the children cheered one after another. From time to time, someone came to the door to celebrate the New Year loudly. Zhao Fan and Wang An stood outside the door to receive, happily saying to each other Happy New Year.

Zhao Wen sighed. The New Year has arrived, and everyone is very happy, but he can't be happy at all.

Wang An heard Zhao Wen's sigh and turned to look at him. Seeing that Zhao Wen was awake, he hurried over. "Mr. Zhao, you are awake, do you want to drink water? The sobering tea sent by General Sun has a very good taste."

"Is that?" Zhao Wen struggled to sit up, his head aches. He was old, he felt uncomfortable with a hangover and his mouth was dry. He heard that there was tea to drink, so he quickly asked someone to take it. Wang An took the tea, and Zhao Wen took it in his hand and took a few sips. The tea was warm and slightly hot. After two sips, he became a little energetic. Zhao Wen looked at Zhao Fan and Wang An, and then he realized that they were looking at him with a hurried look.

"Oh, I forgot it." Zhao Wen patted his forehead and ordered the waiter to take his bag. These two waiters were juniors in the clan, who had been serving him and followed him all the way to Wujun. It was extremely hard. During the Chinese New Year, I always had to give some rewards and add joy.

Wang An turned around and turned two burdens, one was prepared by Zhao Wen, and the other was new, which Zhao Wen had never seen before.

"What's this?"

"General Sun sent someone to send him, saying that Mr. Zhao is noble in his identity, and there must be many people coming to pay homage to him. The Sun family has many children, so I'm afraid Mr. Zhao is not prepared enough." Wang An licked his lips and exchanged a look with Zhao Fan.

It was heard that it was sent by Sun Ce. Zhao Wen asked Wang An to open the bag. There was a wooden box inside. On it were two small golden cakes with auspicious words printed on it, and below was a handful of Ansheng Money, with a total of hundreds of them. Zhao Wen understood at a glance and glanced at the two waiters. "Have you seen it?"

Zhao Fan and Wang An smiled and didn't say anything. They opened it last night and saw these two golden cakes, and they knew it was for them. Those romance money were for the Sun family's children. This kind of small golden cake is about one-quarter of the ordinary golden cakes, worth about three thousand yuan, which is more than their pocket money a year. Sun Ce's move was so generous. With this alone, Zhao Fan and Wang An's impression of Sun Ce improved greatly, let alone the new clothes and shoes they were wearing.

Zhao Wen saw it and smiled bitterly. Sun Ce's move made him look beautiful. If he gave money on his usual occasion, he would definitely not want it, but during the New Year, he could not make the two juniors unhappy, so he had to accept it barely.

"Since General Sun rewards you, please accept them, keep them one by one, and don't spend them randomly."

"Ahhh." Zhao Fan, Wang An was overjoyed and quickly put them away one by one. Zhao Fan said with a smile: "Uncle, I heard from Guo Jijiu that Mr. Yang and Mr. Huang were not going back and were going to prepare for the government affairs hall in Wujun, but it was true?"

Zhao Wen glanced at Zhao Fan. He knew about Yang Biao and who Huang Gong was, but he didn't know very well. It should refer to the captured Huang Wan.

"What exactly do you want to say?"

"Uncle, look, the former Grand Marshal Huang Gong was captured by General Sun, the former Situ Yang Gong was left by General Sun, and the current Situ Shi Sun Gong was arrested by General Sun. Will he want to detain uncle, Sikong, as well?"

"Do you want him to hold me?" Zhao Wen took a sip of tea and said slowly.

Zhao Fan said with a smile: "I think it's good to stay in Jiangdong."

Zhao Wen snorted and didn't say anything.
Chapter completed!