After Pei Qian arrived at Zhang Yan's mansion, he just bowed his hand and sang, "General Zhang, please invite him, the lower official Pei Qian has politeness."

Pei Qian's behavior immediately made all the civil and military officials under Zhang Yan's command furious. Because such behavior was very frivolous and rude, it was not only not the attitude the envoy should have, but it seemed like his superiors met his subordinates. So all of these people pointed at Pei Qian and said, "It's so rude, it's really hateful. It's not enough to calm the public's anger if you don't kill them!"

Zhang Yan's face was also ugly. Pei Qian actually made him unable to get out of Taiwan in front of so many people, so he said coldly, "You'd better give me a reasonable explanation, otherwise you can't come or go today."

Pei Qian smiled faintly and said, "There is nothing to explain in this matter. General Zhang, your old nest, Shangdang, has been lost. Now you are rootless duckweed. At the same time, you are infatuated with Yuan Shao. What other ways do you have to go besides surrendering to my lord? My actions just now were just to greet future colleagues. Isn't it a shame?"

"What did he say? Shangdang has lost it? Haha, this is the biggest joke I have heard. No, I laughed so hard that my stomach hurts. Please help me rub it."

"Who, who has time to help you rub it? I couldn't straighten my waist, hehe, I really don't know how this guy's head is? How dare he say such big words?"

"Yes, if Pei Qing was still in Hanoi, it might be possible, but Pei Qing had already arrived in Chang'an. With those wine bags in Hedong or Hanoi, who can defeat me Shangdang?"

After hearing Pei Qian's words, everyone took this as a joke. Even Zhang Yan said with a smile on his face, "I really didn't expect you to like to tell such jokes. I was going to be a good hospitality, but I didn't expect you to be a character who likes to deceive people with big talk. Since that's the case, I don't need to entertain you anymore. I should have taken your life and let you taste the lesson of cheating on me. But I think your master Pei Qing is also my Yellow Turban lineage, so I will spare your life for the time being."

Then Zhang Yan ordered Pei Qian to be stabbed into the dungeon and guarded him.

Zhang Yan originally thought that Pei Qian should have a look of earth. Even if he was a little bit brave, it would not be impossible to kneel down and beg for mercy. However, he saw Pei Qing smiling calmly and said, "I hope you will send someone back and find out if your Shangdang City is still there. Otherwise, if you lose the root of the matter, you will hate me again. Even if you want to find a place to settle down."

When all the civil and military officials under Zhang Yan were furious when they heard this, they shouted loudly to kill Pei Qian. However, Pei Qian's expression remained unchanged and his expression was calm, because he was sure that Zhang Yan would never dare to kill him.

Pei Qian was as expected, and Zhang Yan did not dare to kill him. Now Gongsun Zan was defeated. Although Yuan Shao's strength was greatly reduced, he was not his opponent alone. He could not deal with Yuan Shao. If Pei Qian was killed, he would definitely cause Pei Qing's crazy revenge. After all, Pei Qian is Pei Qing's clan brother and he trusted the most. At that time, Zhang Yan, who was attacked from both sides, would have no way out.

Moreover, when Zhang Yan saw that Pei Qian was so confident, he felt a little unconfident. If Pei Qing really captured Shangdang, he would have to go to the path of surrendering to Pei Qing, and Pei Qian would naturally not be able to kill him.

Therefore, Zhang Yan did not accept the suggestions of all the civil and military officials, but ordered Pei Qian to be guarded in the dungeon. Then he secretly sent his confidant to the Shangdang to investigate and see if it was really as Pei Qian said.

Pei Qian walked out without any hesitation, and then was imprisoned in the dungeon.

After coming to the dungeon, Pei Qian did not feel any melancholy or resentful, but calmly and had a cordial conversation with the prison guarding him.

However, the prison head did not have such interest to talk to a prisoner. He was not enthusiastic about Pei Qian. He didn't even give Pei Qian a sip of hot soup or some straw in the cold and humid prison. The prison rice that Pei Qian ate was cold leftover rice. Fortunately, it was winter now, otherwise the food he ate would definitely be rotten rice.

Pei Qian didn't say anything about this, but one of the righteous men couldn't stand it anymore. The righteous men's name was Zhu Gongdao, an ordinary prison guard in the dungeon. However, he publicly went against the prison head's wishes and sent Pei Qian hot soup and straw, and even a broken hemp was used to keep him cold.

Although Pei Qian didn't care about the treatment he received from the prison, he was still very moved by Zhu Gongdao's kindness. He silently wrote down the name Zhu Gongdao and decided to wait until Zhang Yan surrendered, he would definitely take this person away.

What surprised Pei Qian even more next happened. At midnight that night, Zhu Gongdao suddenly came to the dungeon and said to Pei Qian, "Jingdao has always heard of Wen Xinggong's name. He knows that Wen Xinggong is a well-established man, but he shouldn't have come here. Fortunately, Zhang Yan and the others were not prepared. Gongdao had knocked out the guards. I'll send you out. I have a set of clothes here. After the husband goes out, he changes his clothes. I will arrange for you to leave the city."

Pei Qian did not expect that Zhu Gongdao was such a righteous man who risked his life to save him. He was shocked and admired Zhu Gongdao even more. However, he would not leave. Instead, he smiled and said, "Thank you, Zhu Yishi, for coming to save him for his own sake, but I cannot leave. Zhang Yan dared not kill me, otherwise he would face the joint attack of Yuan Shao and our army at the same time. Now that Changzicheng has been broken by our army, Zhang Yan has always had a feud with Yuan Shao, and Gongsun Zan's strength has been greatly reduced. In this case, he has no way out except for surrendering to our army. I believe that within three days, Zhang Yan will definitely ask me to leave here in person. Of course, during this period, I am very likely to be rolled and persecuted by those unsightly jailers and prison leaders. Please also ask the righteous man to protect me."

In fact, Pei Qian did not need Zhu Gongdao's special protection, because he believed that no one would dare to harm him without Zhang Yan's instructions. However, he wanted to leave Zhu Gongdao in this way. He was worried that Zhu Gongdao would leave because he felt that he had not done anything. A righteous man like this was really likely to do such a thing.

Zhu Gongdao didn't think so much. He originally wanted to leave, but after Pei Qian said this, he felt that he still needed to stay, so he agreed and decided to do everything possible to help and take care of Pei Qian.

"Thank you, Zhu Yishi for your kindness." Pei Qian thanked Zhu Gongdao for giving thanks, but he laughed secretly in his heart. Although his methods were not open enough, it was worth it to be able to keep such a righteous man.

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Chapter completed!