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Linzi City includes the ancient city of Qi in Linzi and the old county of Linzi. It belongs to the ancient city of Qi, which lasted for more than 630 years until Qin Shihuang destroyed Qi.

Today, Linzi City is a famous county in the country. It was once a city that was the former site of the capital. It has gone through vicissitudes and has been repeated for a long time after many twists and turns. To this day, the city has become quite huge. The entire city is built against the plain. From a distance, it can be seen that its city is magnificent, ancient and beautiful, and it is truly worthy of being known as a famous county.

Tens of miles outside the south gate of Linzi City, Yuan Tan led his subordinates Hua Yan, Kong Shun, Wang Zhao and other confidants, including all the generals and officials in the city, and brought more than a thousand people to welcome Yuan Shang's troops here.

After exploring Ma Ma to the south, he found out the news of Yuan Shang and others' march, and quickly turned his head to report to Yuan Tan.

"The eldest son, the third son's army and carriages were already marching ten miles south. The troops and horses of his troops were depressed, their momentum was not high, their flags were scattered, their armor was broken, and the soldiers were all covered in dust. It seemed that they had just experienced a hard battle."

Yuan Tan said in a deep voice: "What is the condition of the third young master? But what are the injuries?"

The spy reported: "The subordinates were ordered to go to the army of the third prince and informed the eldest prince to welcome him here. However, the person who spoke to the subordinates was General Zhang He and Zhang who followed the army. The third prince did not see me personally from beginning to end."

Yuan Tan frowned when he heard this. According to the truth, he was here to welcome him. The envoy sent could almost represent Qingzhou's greetings to Yuan Shang. According to the etiquette of aristocratic families, Yuan Shang should have met and dealt with him in person. Now, not only did he not receive him personally, but he asked Zhang He to deal with him. This move inevitably lost some careful etiquette. With Yuan Shang's birth, it was impossible for him not to understand this truth.

If you think about this mistake carefully, maybe there is only one reason to explain...

Yuan Shang himself, what happened!

Thinking of this, Yuan Tan couldn't help but feel ecstatic. If this son really died young, it was really the kindness of God! If this is the case, he would inherit his father's business in the future and live in Hebei, and he would sweep the world. The dream of standing in the Central Plains is just around the corner!

Yuan Tan tried his best to suppress the restlessness in his heart, and still kept his voice low and said to the spy: "Let us lead the way, let's go five miles forward to pick up my brother back to the city!"

"promise!"

In less than half an hour, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang's troops finally met and met 30 miles away from Linzi.

Yuan Tan smiled extremely honestly, and immediately stepped forward, bowed to Zhang He, who was leading the army in front, and smiled heartily: "General Zhang! It's been a long time since I saw you for many days, General Zhang is still in a state of grace, and he is very happy."

Zhang He was exhausted and covered in dust, but he could not hide his innate heroic spirit. At this moment, he looked at Yuan Tan deeply, then lowered his eyes, and there was a faint sense of exploration and deep suspicion in his eyes.

"The eldest son, Zhang He is wearing armor! You can't give a full gift to the young master, I hope the eldest son will forgive you."

Yuan Tan laughed and shook his head and said, "General Zhang is so polite. Why should we do this between you and me? Hey? What a heretic... What about my third brother Xianfu, why didn't he come? Could it be that he was leading the army behind?"

A strange look flashed quickly on Zhang He's face. He pushed his horse forward and whispered, "Young Master, can you take a step to talk to him?"

Yuan Tan was stunned when he heard this, then turned the horse, took a few steps to the side, and moved a little away from others with Zhang He.

"What does General Zhang say? Could it be that something happened to my third brother?"

Zhang He's face tightened, and suddenly showed sadness and regret on his face. He said to Yuan Tan tremblingly: "Young Master, I am incompetent and have never protected the third master Zhouquan. I will be a death sentence... a death sentence!"

Yuan Tan's heart turned sharply, but his face was straightforward and said righteously: "General Zhang doesn't need to do this, but why bother? What's going on? You have something to say slowly!"

Zhang He choked and whispered: "Midnight before yesterday, our army camped in a valley north of the Ji River. The soldiers rushed back to Hebei from the Central Plains, working all the way, so they were lazy and did not be careful at night! When they didn't want to sleep, something happened. A Black Mountain army that came from somewhere that night took advantage of our army's unpreparedness and searched for an opportunity to rob the village and burned and killed them. We were negligent, and the soldiers were placed in a dangerous place for a while!"

"The Heishan Army... robbed the village..." Yuan Tan pretended to be shocked and puzzled, muttering: "What about my third brother? Could it be that my thiefs in Heishan..."

Zhang He shook his head and said, "Although the Heishan Army came more urgently, fortunately, the third young master was in good command. The last general fought bravely with Gao Lan and other generals, and finally repelled them with hard work. He did not expect that the disaster would not go alone. In the chaos, there were another white cavalry and horses of hundreds of people coming from somewhere. They rode our army and the Heishan Army to get a clever profit! Not only did they ruin many of our soldiers and horses, but they also......."

Yuan Tan was delighted and hurriedly said, "What else?"

"The third young master was captured and left..."

"What? It's true!" Yuan Tan's tone trembled, and there was a hint of joy in his grief and anger.

Zhang He continued: "The general of the Mo hurriedly repelled Heishan and chased for several miles. However, the enemy was too overwhelmed and the general in the lead was very cunning. Zhang He had been twisting and turns, but he could not catch up. The general of the Mo hurriedly sent people to search everywhere, and hurriedly led his army to Linzi. He also asked the eldest son to quickly order Zhuo County and counties to investigate the whereabouts of the white cavalry in detail to save the third son from the tiger's mouth!"

White Horse Cavalry?!

After Yuan Tan thought about it carefully for a while, he suddenly felt ecstatic!

Yuan Tan had also heard of this white horse cavalry. It seemed that the white horses from Youzhou were in the past. They were about three or five hundred cavalry and were rampant in the Ji and Qing areas, either attacking counties or hijacking food and grass, and specifically opposing the Yuan clan. However, because the other party had a small number of people and were good at wandering, the states never took it seriously and did not send troops to fight and kill them.

But what I never expected was that this army actually did something like taking Yuan Shang away today!

After Yuan and Gongsun Zan took the land and killed themselves, Yu Zhong, who had Baima Yicong, now robbed Yuan Shang. It was expected that this kid would definitely be dead and killed by the sword. He wanted to use the Black Mountain Army to kill this kid. Unexpectedly, the Black Mountain Army did not use it, but a white horse Yicong came out halfway. Although it exceeded his plan, it was the same destination, and the result was also greatly satisfied.

Yuan Tan was extremely happy, but his face was full of sorrow. He gritted his teeth and said, "Dare you dare to kidnap my brother? I swear to destroy it! General Zhang, please follow me to Qingzhou Village to rest! I immediately sent someone to inform the counties and counties in Qingzhou, and asked them to send people everywhere to find the whereabouts of the white horse cavalry, and wrote a book to his father, asking him to send troops to conquer and rescue the third brother in a hurry! He will not be hurt at all!"

Zhang He's face was slightly calmer and bowed and said, "Young Master Xie is so worried! If you can rescue the third master safely, even if the last general ends up being sentenced to death by the lord in the future, you will have no regrets!"

Yuan Tan hurriedly said, "General Zhang is a famous general in Hebei. How could he say such a despairing thing? The fact that his third brother was kidnapped was unexpected. What does it have to do with General Zhang? Don't worry, if your father really blames the general in the future, Yuan Tan will advise you!"

Zhang He choked up and clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for your kindness, eldest son!"

Yuan Tan helped him up through the horse's hand, and before he knew it, a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

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After putting Zhang He and others in the southern camp of Linzi City, Yuan Tan immediately ordered to send multiple scouts out to investigate Yuan Shang's whereabouts, and wrote letters to Qingzhou counties and counties, trying their best to find out the whereabouts of Baima Yicong Yuzhong, and immediately wrote a letter, ordering people to send them to Jizhou quickly, asking Yuan Shao to mediate in the center, send troops to search, and help Qingzhou departments rescue Yuan Shang.

After all this, Yuan Tan immediately rushed back to the prefect's mansion and summoned his confidants Hua Yan and Kong Shun to the mansion to discuss their thoughts.

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In the study, Yuan Tan could no longer hide his inner joy, and raised his head and laughed: "God helps me! It's God helping me! The Black Mountain Army is not useful, but unexpectedly, a white horse came out in the middle of the way. Xianfu, Xianfu, this is not because of your brother's cruelty, but because you are not lucky, you are destined to have such a solution! How regretful, how regretful! Hahaha--"

Below Yuan Tan, his confidant Hua Yan bowed to him and said happily: "Congratulations to the eldest son, congratulations to the eldest son, the rest of the white horses have a grudge against our army to kill the lord and seize the land, and their grievances are almost irreconcilable! Now that the third son is in their hands, it is absolutely unreasonable to survive! Now Yuan Shang will surely die, Yuan Xi is weak and has no monarchy, and Yuan Mai is young and cannot bear the throne. From now on, no one in Hebei will compete with the eldest son for succession. With the great talent of the eldest son, we will achieve the lofty ambition in our hearts in a few years. Our subordinates and confidants will be able to rely on the young son for their blessings for the rest of our lives!"

Yuan Tan nodded when he heard this, his face full of relief and cheerful expressions, pointed at Hua Yan and said, "Good words! Well said! But we should not be too proud. We should do the superficial skills well, but we should do it well! Especially in the pursuit of the White Horse Army, the generals, spies, and scouts in the army must give this young master a twelve-point spirit, and post a list of articles throughout Qingzhou, promise a heavy reward, and find out what the White Horse Army is, so that my father in Yecheng can see how deep and affectionate my brothers in the Yuan family are, and how much they respect each other!"

After hearing this, his confidant Kong Shun hurriedly said, "Young Master, this is not enough. You might as well call it sick in a few days on the grounds that you are not allowed to find your brother. Then, Zhuo Wangxiu wrote a tribute in advance. After the news of the death of the third prince was confirmed in the future, he took back the body. The tribute returned to Yecheng with illness and read the tribute in tears. At that time, he could take back the ministers and scholars in Yecheng to return to his heart, so that the lord could feel at ease. Why not do it?"

Yuan Tan nodded after hearing this: "Okay, okay! I didn't expect that as soon as Yuan Xianfu died, your ideas came out one by one. According to Kong Shun, Wang Xiu wrote a sacrificial article, which must be touching and heartbreaking! In addition, the servants in the mansion began to spread words to the outside world, saying that I was infected with wind and cold because of the pain of missing my brother, and I couldn't get sick... It's already my life is not long!"

When the two of them heard this, they bowed and said together: "No..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard the trusted guard guards outside the study suddenly speak out and said to Yuan Tan: "Grand Prince, the scouts sent outside the East City have entered the mansion. If you have any important matters, you should report to the Grand Prince!"

Yuan Tan frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "What's so anxious? Didn't you see this young master discussing important matters?"

The guard hesitated for a moment and said, "But the eldest son, the scout brought...it is the news from the third son!"
Chapter completed!