Three Kingdoms: Ten Times Speed, Diao Chan Says I'm Too Fast

Outside the hall.

A servant stumbled into the hall, his eyes filled with panic.

"Master, Third Master, Fourth Master, something terrible has happened! There are Yellow Turban rebels outside the city!"

The servant knelt down with a thud and pointed behind him.

The hall fell silent instantly.

After realizing what had happened, everyone's eyes widened, including Zhen Jiang, who was also very surprised.

Are the Yellow Turban rebels coming?

So fast?

Having gotten up, Zhen Jian no longer cared about Zhen Jiang and Zhang Shi, and strode outside.

As he walked, he pointed at Zhang Shi and Zhen Jiang, saying, "All the nice words are useless. Now that the enemy is at the gates, if the Zhen family is destroyed, you will be sinners for all eternity!"

"For your own selfish gain, you've pushed the Zhen family into an abyss of no return. Just you wait!"

"Third brother, fourth brother, let's go!"

Zhen Jian flung his sleeves and walked out of the hall.

Zhen Ren from the third wife's family and Zhen You from the fourth wife's family also hurriedly followed in Zhen Jian's footsteps.

As they brushed past Zhen Jiang, both Zhen Ren and Zhen You glared at her with extreme hostility, as if they wanted to devour her whole.

The exorbitant profits from white paper and snow salt are now small.

If the Yellow Turban rebels besiege the city, and the city falls, the entire Zhen family will cease to exist. This is a matter of life and death.

The group walked out of the hall one after another, leaving only Zhen Jiang, Zhang Shi, and Zhao Yun inside.

Zhang was now in a complete panic.

If they don't hand over the methods for making snow salt and white paper, their family will not only be expelled from the main branch, but they also face the destruction of their family.

Anxious, Zhang stepped forward and looked at Zhen Jiang, saying, "Jiang'er, just hand over the recipe."

"I don't want to force you, but right now..."

"If we don't pay now, our entire clan will be wiped out."

"Jiang'er..."

Zhen Jiang, who had been looking down, raised her head and asked, "Mother, don't you believe your daughter either?"

Tears slid down from the rims of her eyes and streamed down the corners of her eyes.

She felt wronged by the pressure from her eldest uncle Zhen Jian, third uncle Zhen Ren, and fourth uncle Zhen You, but she remained strong.

Faced with the doubts of her relatives, Zhen Jiang could no longer bear the grievances in her heart.

Looking at her mother, Zhen Jiang slowly knelt on the ground.

“Mother, Father taught Jiang’er from a young age that sincerity is the way of Heaven; sincerity is the way of man.” Zhen Jiang said while shedding tears, “As a merchant, sincerity can earn you a thousand gold pieces; as a person, sincerity can earn you the respect of the world.”

"Jiang'er once promised someone that she must never reveal the origin of Xueyan and Baizhi without their permission."

“If Mother doesn’t believe me, then Jiang’er has nothing to say.”

“If my uncle really wants to implicate my mother, my two older brothers, and my younger sister, then Jiang’er is willing to bear the consequences.”

"Jiang'er voluntarily removed herself from the clan and will no longer be a member of the Zhen family, so as not to implicate her mother and brother."

"Please forgive your unfilial son, Mother."

As she spoke, Zhen Jiang knelt on the ground with both hands and kowtowed three times to Zhang Shi.

With her forehead slightly flushed, Zhen Jiang stood up after kowtowing and turned to walk out of the hall.

Zhao Yun immediately followed Zhen Jiang's footsteps.

“Young Miss, Zilong has been entrusted by the master and the lord to protect you. Although there are Yellow Turban rebels outside the city, with my spear and my horse, I will definitely be able to lead you out of the city.”

"Since you, my lord, have a master who is not far from here, why not find you and explain everything to you?"

Just now in the hall, it was all the Zhen family's business, and Zhao Yun had no way to interrupt.

Otherwise, it would easily cause unnecessary trouble for Zhen Jiang, but there are no Zhen clan members left now.

Zhao Yun felt compelled to speak his mind.

“Young Miss, your uncle bullies your family so much. If you ask me, we’d rather not have such a clansman.”

Zhao Yun frowned.

Although he did not come from a prominent family like the Zhen family.

However, when we were in our hometown, my family was very united.

When faced with a crisis, everyone will sit together and try to find a solution.

How could this be, leaving the affairs of an entire clan entirely to an orphan and a widow?

When the bandits come, just fight them.

Zhao Yun utterly despised the idea that one had to resort to bullying orphans and widows to survive.

Zhen Jiang walked towards her villa in a very low mood.

Zhao Yun was right about something.

Since this family can no longer tolerate her, she should leave.

Only in this way can she avoid implicating her brother, sister, and mother.

After returning to the villa, Zhen Jiang instructed her maids to begin packing.

............

North of Wuji County.

A Yellow Turban army of about a thousand men had arrived at the city of Wuji, only a hundred or two steps away from the city wall.

The number of people was over a thousand, the vast majority of whom were infantrymen.

There were only about a hundred riders.

Dozens of yellow flags were flying at the front of the procession.

The leader, a general in his thirties, wore a yellow robe over armor, held a large sword, and rode a black horse.

"I am Deng Mao, the vanguard general under Commander Cheng, the chieftain of Youzhou!"

"Can an order be issued from the city walls?"

Holding a large sword and riding a white horse, Deng Mao raised his chin and shouted loudly towards the city wall: "I have come here to inform you."

"General Cheng's army will arrive in an instant. If you surrender the city, you will be spared death."

"If you resist stubbornly, after the city falls, your entire family will be executed."

"Did you hear that? If you did, answer me."

On top of the city.

The three brothers, Zhen Jian, Zhen Ren, and Zhen You, who had come out of the Zhen family's fortified village, arrived at the city wall with more than a hundred private soldiers and servants.

The magistrate of Wuji County was right beside the three brothers at that moment.

A few scattered soldiers, armed with bows and arrows, still stood on the city wall.

However, at this moment, neither the towering city walls nor the weapons in their hands could bring the soldiers or the officials on the city walls any sense of security.

There are still hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban rebels in Xiaquyang.

Unexpectedly, this force turned out to be the Yellow Turban rebels who had marched south from Youzhou.

This means that Wuji County was now surrounded by forces from both the south and the north.

Even if they were to flee the city, they could only do so from the east or west.

However, there is the Zi River to the east, and if you want to escape from the east, you have to cross the Zi River.

In other words, the only way to escape from Wuji County now is to go west.

The magistrate was so frightened that his face turned pale.

The Yellow Turban Army always attacked cities in this way: first intimidate them, then launch a strong assault.

Of course, most county magistrates and officials in cities would be so frightened by the sight of tens of thousands, or even more, Yellow Turban soldiers that they would open the gates.

Otherwise, if the city falls, death is certain.

The Yellow Turban Army never showed mercy when killing officials.

Zhen had a general understanding of the situation of the Yellow Turban Army in Youzhou.

The Yellow Turban Army in Youzhou had already killed Guo Xun, the governor of Youzhou.

The number of people is estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands.

This is more than the population of Wuji County.

There is no way we can win by fighting.

As long as the Yellow Turban leader leads a large number of Yellow Turban soldiers to Wuji County, Wuji County will surely fall.

The only way to save his life and preserve his family's property was to escape.

But if they escaped the city, what if they were caught by the Yellow Turban Army?

That would also lead to certain death.

Previously, when Zhang Bao occupied Quyang, Zhen Jian already had the idea of ​​escaping.

The only concern was encountering Yellow Turban rebels on the way.

So he sent someone to request Li Zhao, the governor of Ji Province, to send troops to protect him.

Li Zhao's initial response was that there was a shortage of troops and manpower, but he had another explanation behind it.

It means they will be asked to hand over the blank paper and the method for making snow salt, and then troops will be sent to escort them to Gaoyi.

Gaoyi was the seat of the prefecture, with high walls and thick fortifications, and it also had enough soldiers to hold the city.

Once the bandits have been suppressed, we can return to Wuji County from Gaoyi.

"Brother, this..."

The third son, Zhen Ren, pointed to the Yellow Turban army outside the city and said, "The vanguard of the Yellow Turban rebels has arrived, and I'm afraid a large force of rebels will arrive in an instant. By then, even if we want to leave, it will be too late."

"What should we do, brother?"

Both Zhen Ren and Zhen You looked anxious.

Their lives and fortunes are tied to Wuji County.

Zhen Jian frowned and said, "We can't worry about that anymore. We were still concerned about the second son's branch before."

"But it's not that we're heartless, it's that if we don't give Li Zhao a satisfactory answer, he won't care about us."

"Alright, Third Brother and Fourth Brother, you two go and take control of Second Brother's entire branch right now. I refuse to believe that we can't handle a little girl like her."

"She has to pay today, whether she likes it or not. Also, immediately send someone to tell Li Zhao that we are willing to pay and ask him to send troops to help us right away."

Zhen Ren and Zhen You nodded immediately after hearing Zhen Jian's words.

However, just as the two turned around and prepared to descend the city wall behind them...

A servant from the Zhen family's fortified village hurried down from the city walls.

Upon seeing Zhen Jian and the others, they immediately greeted them as "Grandpa, Third Master, Fourth Master".

"Miss Zhen Jiang left the city from the south gate."

Zhen Jian was immediately taken aback.

"What did you say?"

"Say it again?" Zhen Jian's eyes widened.