Three Kingdoms: My father-in-law is Lu Bu

Chapter 106 Chen Lan's Choice
At midnight, after Lu Qiling and Ye Xiao said goodbye, 5000 people took advantage of the darkness to exit the Guangling area from the back camp and turned to the direction of Lingbi.

In Guangling City, Zhang Jing took the token sent by Wu Shuo and asked his servants to make an agreement with Chen Lan that the two parties meet at an abandoned wooden house in a slum area.

For the sake of stability in the city, Ji Ling has already implemented a curfew policy in Guangling City.

Zhang Jing had already paid off the city defense, and after disguised himself, he brought his servants to the secret meeting place.

When the moon was high and the wind was dark, Zhang Jing and his servants were hiding in the shadows, and the quiet environment around them looked a little gloomy, which made the servant couldn't help but feel uneasy.

"Master, why hasn't Chen Lan come yet? Could he be lying to us?"

Zhang Jing stood in the shadows, standing still, looking at the street like a stone.

"Since your news has arrived, Chen Lan will not stop coming, because it concerns his most important person."

The servant nodded. He didn't know anyone important about Chen Lan, but he had indeed informed the other party of the news.

The two waited for another quarter of an hour in the dark, and finally there were voices and footsteps coming from the street corner, which sounded quite a lot.

Zhang Jing's face changed slightly, and he hung the cloth strip in his hand on the pillar next to him, and then pulled the servant to hide in the deserted depths.

Chen Lan and a group of soldiers walked slowly, seemingly casually.

"General Chen, will there really be a spy here tonight?"

The patrol leader was a little excited. He had just been patrolling on the road and met Chen Lan. Chen Lan said that he had brought him to catch the collaborator. If he really caught the person, there would definitely be a lot of benefits when he went back to report his merits to Ji Ling.

When Chen Lan walked to the ruins, she stopped suddenly. Zhang Jing, who was hiding in the dark, couldn't help but feel depressed, and secretly hoped that Chen Lan could see the cloth strip.

"I've also received rumors that a spy may be meeting in the slums, so I'll bring you here to try your luck."

Chen Lan's words made the servant tremble so much that he accidentally knocked down a piece of rotten wood. The sound was particularly harsh in the dark night.

"Who!" the patrol team leader yelled, pretending to go in and search.

Zhang Jing firmly held down the nervous servant to prevent him from rushing out. He stared at the figure outside, anxious.

Suddenly Chen Lan walked quickly to the ruins, turned around and blocked the patrolling corporal.

"Oh, it turned out to be a mouse. I'm sorry I misremembered it. It's rumored that the joint of Xizuo seems to be in the alley on the other side of the Sifang Restaurant. Why don't you go there and have a look, Chief Corps?"

With her hands behind her back, Chen Lan pinched the familiar cloth belt a little nervously, and fixed her eyes on the other party.

The patrol captain looked at Chen Lan hesitantly, and finally showed a smile, then turned around and led the people to walk in other directions.

Chen Lan breathed a sigh of relief, and winked at the soldiers guarding him, and the two soldiers immediately dispersed and stood guard at the street.

Seeing that there was no one else around, Chen Lan couldn't help shouting in a low voice excitedly: "Come out! How did you get this cloth belt!"

Zhang Jing came out with a sullen expression, and looked at Chen Lan with anger.

"Hmph! Did General Chen just want to arrest us and hand them over to Ji Ling for credit?" Zhang Jing thought of his nervousness just now, and couldn't help threatening Chen Lan.

"If we are arrested and fail to return on time, your Brother Lei will also be decapitated at dawn and be buried with us!"

Chen Lan's heart beat wildly after being threatened by Zhang Jing, and she hurriedly apologized to Zhang Jing.

"Both, misunderstanding, this is a misunderstanding. Since Brother Lei handed over the cloth belt to you, it means that Brother Lei trusts you. How could I, Chen Lan, arrest you?"

Chen Lan's explanation sounded blank and weak. After the scene just now, Zhang Jing had already become wary of him. Such people cannot simply be trusted and must be checked and balanced by means.

"Okay, no need to say more, we have come with sincerity tonight, but General Chen seems to be taking chances with us. Since we can't cooperate, let's leave now."

Chen Lan jumped up anxiously, Lei Bo handed over the cloth belt, he must have something to bring to him, so he regretted it very much.

"No! You two, I know I was wrong. Just say whatever you want me to do, as long as you tell me the news about Brother Lei!"

Zhang Jing stopped walking away, a smug smile curled up at the corner of his mouth in the darkness, you wouldn't know that you would be in a hurry until you were stimulated.

"I can only believe half of General Chen's words. Originally General Ye sent us to tell you all the news about Brother Lei tonight, but now I can only tell you half of it."

Chen Lan nodded gratefully and asked in a low voice: "Thank you, General Ye, for your righteousness. Please tell me what Brother Lei has to say. Is he okay now?"

Zhang Jing nodded and handed the other party a letter written by Lei Bo. Of course, the content was written according to Ye Xiao's.

"Lei Bo is fine outside the city now. General Ye said it. You will understand after reading the letter. How to do it specifically? You and my servant can communicate with each other as before. I don't want to see what happened tonight happen again. The big deal is that the fish will die and the net will be broken, do you understand?"

Zhang Jing threatened again, Chen Lan couldn't help snatching the secret letter, walked to the torch next to the guard, and couldn't wait to read it.

"Brother Lei. That's great, it's really Brother Lei's handwriting." Chen Lan was overjoyed, but the more he looked at him, his expression became worse.

Because Lei Bo said in the letter that as long as Chen Lan can help Ye Xiao take down Guangling and become Ye Xiaojun's internal support, they can be released safely at that time, and Ye Xiao doesn't care about where they go in the future.

Chen Lan felt conflicted about being an internal agent and an undercover agent, but thinking of Lei Bo waiting for him outside the city, he couldn't help but gritted his teeth and held the secret letter, and he already had a decision in his heart.

Then turned to look at Zhang Jing and the two, and found that the abandoned wooden house was long gone.

Chen Lan put away the secret letter, thought about burning it to ashes with a torch, and stepped on it a few times before leaving in peace.

"Go! Let's go back!"

Zhang Jing returned to the mansion, and talked to Zhang Hong about Chen Lan's plan to arrest them just now with lingering fear.

Zhang Hong was frightened and also very angry with Chen Lan. He didn't expect the other party to be so cunning.

"Jing'er, it's better not to show up in person, I think Chen Lan will obediently obey us for Lei Bo's sake after you threatened him."

Zhang Jing shook his head slightly and smiled, and said, "Father, my lord, they are leading the way and fighting on the front line. I'm just doing my best behind the scenes. What are you afraid of?"

Henry Zhang patted his younger brother on the shoulder, showing a look of approval.

"Brother Jing is right. On the day when the lord attacks the city, I will definitely mobilize the brothers in the city to raise the flag to echo and fight for the lord's great cause together!"

Zhang Hong rolled his eyes angrily. In his mind, Wu Fu still had the role of charging into battle. Only in this way could he feel a sense of accomplishment by making plans and strategizing behind the scenes.

"The two of you should be careful anyway. The eldest son of the Qiao family, Qiao Ru, has been promoted by Ji Ling to be the captain of Youjiao. The security of the city has been handed over to the Qiao family. You must not be caught by their tails, understand?"

Henry Zhang and Qiao Ruan had never seen eye to eye, and now hearing that Qiao Ruan had become a captain, he snorted unconvinced.

(End of this chapter)