I, Liu Bian, the hero

Chapter 126 Meeting Yuan Shu

In the early morning of the next day, Qu Mu and Jian Shuo went to the city to meet Huang Wan, and immediately handed over the list of Xu Shao's confessions made yesterday.

Huang Wan only felt dizzy when he saw the hundreds of names listed on the list. After all, if Qu Mu and Jian Shuo acted harder, these young scholars would not be able to escape suffering.

In contrast, it seemed that Xu Shao intentionally placed a long row of people with the Yuan surname behind about a dozen or so names, but Huang Wan was not surprised at all. Maybe it will bypass the Runan Yuan family?
Yuan Yin, Yuan Tan, Yuan Shang, Yuan Xi, Yuan Yao...

Thinking of these names silently, Huang Wan let out a sigh of relief, and while handing the roster to Runan prefect Zhao Qian, asked Qu Mu, "It seems that the angels have lost a lot of strength?"

Qu Mu heard Huang Wan's intention to inquire about Xu Shao's current situation, and said with a smile: "Actually, it didn't take much effort. Our family just frightened and pretended to torture Xu Shao, but the executioner Hu Ben only beat him once." Xu Shao cried and begged bitterly, and promised to confess these people."

"One stick?" Huang Wan couldn't believe it.

Qu Mu spread out his hands and said, "Ah, only one stick."

With just one stick, it is naturally impossible to beat people into anything. Huang Wan also heaved a sigh of relief, but when he saw the contemptuous smile on the corner of Qu Mu's mouth, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

You said that you, Xu Zijiang, showed such arrogance yesterday that he couldn't even hold a stick?
Reminiscent of the rumor that Cao Cao, the son of Cao Song, threatened Xu Shao with weapons, forcing the latter to comment on him, Huang Wan couldn't help shaking his head, feeling a sense of lamentation that one generation is inferior to the next.

From the side, Zhao Qian also saw from the expressions of Qu Mu, Jian Shuo, and others that they disdain Xu Shao—or possibly scholars, and felt a little uncomfortable, but he didn't dare to show it. With a cough, he changed the subject and said, "Yuan Yin, Yuan Tan and others on the roster, I wonder if the two angels know their details?"

"Let's look at Taishou Zhao for guidance." Qu Mu smiled and cupped his hands.

Zhao Qian did not hide anything, and said truthfully: "Yuan Yin is the son of Sikong and Yuan Kai; Yuan Tan, Yuan Shang, and Yuan Xi are the sons of Yuan Shao, the former captain of Sili; and Yuan Yao is the son of Yuan Shu, the former general of Huben Zhonglang. The rest of the people with the Yuan surname are mostly members of the Yuan clan."

"Huh."

Qu Mu chuckled, but his expression became serious.

After a while, he turned his head to look at Huang Wan, and deliberately asked for instructions: "Inspector Huang, look at this..."

Huang Wan thought for a moment, then said to Qu Mu: "The Yuan family in Runan, four generations and three princes, has a very high prestige, and it is in Runan. Before the matter is verified, I think it is not appropriate to make a final conclusion. It is better to send someone to arrest him first. Come and ask me?"

Qu Mu said with a smile: "Then follow the governor's words."

Seeing this, Huang Wan turned to look at Zhao Qian, who understood and said hurriedly, "I will send the government officials to go."

Just as he was talking, a doorman suddenly came to report: "The prefect, ask the rebellious lieutenant Yuan Gonglu to see him."

Zhao Qian, Qu Mu, and Jian Shuo were slightly startled. When Zhao Qian and Huang Wan looked at each other, Qu Mu was puzzled, "We thought Yuan Shu was begging for thieves in Chen Country?"

Zhao Qian hurriedly replied: "Yes, I didn't receive the news that he was going to withdraw his troops before I was dismissed."

Hearing this, Qu Mu raised his hand to touch his chin, which was only covered with fluff, and played with his taste: "I guess he probably received the news that Governor Huang and our family came to Pingyu. Hehehe, it seems that the prefect Zhao In the mansion, there are quite a few Yuan's eyeliners..."

Zhao Qian, who was ridiculed, looked embarrassed, but he didn't refute it. After all, it was true and he knew it well.

Just when he was embarrassed, Huang Wan rescued him and said: "Since he is here, let him come in."

Zhao Qian nodded, and hurriedly ordered the doorman who came to inform: "Please come in."

"Yes!"

The gatekeeper obeyed the order and left.

After a while, I saw an imposing man in armor striding out of the courtyard, without the slightest restraint of setting foot in the county mansion.

On the contrary, Zhao Qian, the prefect, seemed a little cautious, and raised his right hand lightly, as if he meant to come out of the house to greet him. Because the rest of the people in the house didn't move, he turned his head to look at Huang Wan, and then at Qu Mu and Jian. Shuo, until Huang Wan glanced at him, then put down the right hand that seemed to have no idea where to put it.

Qu Mu saw all this scene in his eyes.

After a while, the man, or former Huben Zhonglang Yuan Shu and Yuan Gonglu stepped into the house.

Perhaps it was due to the long-term pressure, Zhao Qian, as the prefect, couldn't help but stepped forward and asked, "Lieutenant Yuan."

"Prefect."

Yuan Shu returned the salute with a smile. During this period, his eyes quickly glanced at Huang Wan who was sitting in the main seat in the hall, and Qu Mu and Jian Shuo who were sitting in the east seat. When I arrived, I didn't greet him personally, so I hope Mr. Huang is no wonder."

Huang Wan didn't get up either, but just nodded in response.

He has this qualification.

And Yuan Shu was not surprised, turned his head to look at Qu Mu and Jian Shuo, and said with a smile: "The two are the guards of the Gongwei Division, I don't know how to call them?"

Seeing that Yuan Shu dominated the crowd as soon as he showed up, Qu Mu and Jian Shuo felt a little displeased, and Jian Shuo smiled deliberately: "Lieutenant Yuan is such a noble person, you forget things. When you were General Lang, our family met you many times."

The words 'Hu Ben Zhong Lang Jiang' can be said to have touched Yuan Shu's taboo, which made his complexion gradually darken.

But Qu Mu didn't think it was enough, and he pretended to blame Jian Shuo: "Mr. Jian said this. At that time, you and I were just a little yellow family in the palace. How could Zhonglang take you and me seriously? It's normal not to recognize you and me."

"That's right." Jian Shuo quacked, mockingly.

In fact, in history, even He Jin was quite taboo about Jian Shuo, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, but in this life, Emperor Yu did not need Jian Shuo's support. Dong Hou and Liu Xie, so Jian Shuo was just a small Huang family under Zhang Rang from the beginning to the end, and naturally he was not too brilliant, not enough to be valued by He Jin, Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shu. The eunuchs of Dedian who served as the permanent servants of the Shangshu were even more important.

But even now, He Jin, Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shu didn't pay much attention to it. After all, in their eyes, Qu Mu was at best just a favored eunuch next to the prince Liu Bian, and the general He Jin was still the prince's uncle!
It is not an exaggeration to say that Yuan Shu really didn't take Qu Mu, Jian Shuo and other small Huangmen very seriously in Luoyang Han Palace in the past, that is, Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, and Guo Sheng, the group of regular attendants, are worthy of his release. some thought.

However, now that the feng shui is turning, the former majestic Huben Zhonglang will be reduced to a miscellaneous captain today, and the two little yellow gates that he didn't pay attention to at the beginning, have now transformed into the guards of the Gongwei Division and the new king's guards. The minion was also ridiculed by the other party, which made Yuan's heart furious, and she pressed the scabbard on her waist with her left hand and cursed: "The flattery villain, once he succeeds in one day, he gets carried away, how dare he be presumptuous in front of Yuan, he really treats Yuan!" Don't dare to kill you?!"

Compared to Qu Mu who was slightly overwhelmed by Yuan Shu's aura, Jian Shuo was not afraid at all, and confronted him tit for tat: "We are the angels of fate, if you have the slightest intention to do harm, you are plotting rebellion! Where are you going?!"

As soon as the words fell, several tiger warriors behind the two stood with their swords on their hands, looking at Yuan Shu.

Huben...

Yuan Shu, who hadn't paid much attention just now, only now noticed that the people standing behind Qu Mu and Jian Shuo turned out to be tiger ben warriors. It wasn't his former boss, he became more and more ashamed, and his face turned red angrily.

At this time, the eunuch Zhao Qian saw that the atmosphere was not right, so he hurriedly stepped forward to smooth things over, and Huang Wan also made peace and said, "For my sake, how about taking a step back?"

Apparently Yuan Shu might not really dare to draw his sword at this moment. Hearing this, he went down the donkey and said, "Hmph, for Huang Gong's sake, I won't argue with you two!"

After that, he turned around and sat on Zhao Qian's lower head.

Qu Mu and Jian Shuo were naturally unhappy, but Huang Wan still had to give face, so they sneered twice and stopped ridiculing.

Seeing that the dispute dissipated, Huang Wan also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately asked Yuan Shu, "I heard that Captain Yuan led his army to pursue the Gebei bandits to Chen State, why did they return?"

Yuan Shu glanced at Qu and Mu calmly, clasped his fists and said, "I heard that Mr. Huang came to Runan, and guessed that there might be some important event. That's why he came here to see if there is anything I can do."

As soon as Huang Wan heard it, he guessed that Yuan Shu was here for Qu Mu and Jian Shuo, and he didn't say anything. After all, Yuan Yin and Yuan Tan were invited, and Yuan Shu couldn't be avoided. The situation of Pi thieves.

Yuan Shu replied: "Before I led the army alone to attack, the thieves couldn't stop me, so I fled to the state of Chen. Now I join forces with the king of Chen, and the thieves are more and more invincible. However, the thieves are cunning. They fled into the mountains during the day and harassed the village at night. , although the soldiers and horses under the command of King Chen and I are enough to defeat him, but it is difficult to find traces of the bandits from the vast mountains and forests for a while, so we cannot wipe them out."

"Is it because they can't be wiped out or do they intend to appease?" Qu Mu sneered from the side: "Our family has heard that the Gepi Yellow Turban is not clear to your Yuan family!"

"Hmph." Yuan Shu snorted coldly, assuming he didn't bother to pay attention to Qu Mu.

During this period, Huang Wan also took a deep look at Yuan Shu.

In fact, he also felt a little strange about it, but there were some things Qu Mu could say, but he couldn't.

After thinking about it for a while, he decided to put this matter aside for the time being, and said to Yuan Shu, "The two angels came to Yuzhou at the emperor's order to thoroughly investigate the fact that the scholars in Runan made false comments on the government and slandered the court. It also involves people from your Yuan family..."

As he spoke, he handed over the list Xu Shao gave to Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu took a few glances and saw no surprise at all. Seeing this, Qu Mu asked suspiciously, "Lieutenant Yuan doesn't seem surprised?"

Yuan Shu glanced at Qu Mu, and said calmly: "Most of the poetry and wine gatherings of my Runan scholars are held by my family, and it involves my family, what's so strange?"

This rich and powerful sentence immediately stunned Qu Mu, and asked after a while: "Then you, the Yuan family, are the ones who slandered the imperial court?"

However, Yuan Shu ignored him and turned to Huang Wan, "Mr. Huang, where did this list come from?"

Huang Wan said truthfully, "It was offered by Xu Shao and General Xu Zi."

Yuan Shu was taken aback for a moment, and then his expression became weird and playful.

Seeing this, Huang Wan asked Yuan Shu, "Lieutenant Yuan, can you call some of the noble sons and nephews listed on the list to inquire, and ask who deliberately provoked trouble during the poetry reception to slander the court?"

Yuan Shu said with a smile: "Maybe some juniors are drunk and talking nonsense, is it worth the imperial court's mobilization?"

"This one……"

Huang Wan didn't know how to answer, after all, the new king wanted to investigate, what could he do?
After stroking his beard for a while, he said slowly: "It is not appropriate to comment on government affairs wantonly, let alone slander and slander. If it is verified that it is deliberate, it will naturally be strictly controlled."

Seeing Huang Wan's statement, Yuan Shu also understood that this matter cannot be avoided, nodded and said: "Huang Gong speaks, I naturally dare not disobey. I will return to Ruyang now, and tomorrow will be the latest to list the clan members on the list. bring."

"Thank you." Huang Wan nodded, and ordered the eunuch Zhao Qian: "The eunuch will send someone to summon the rest."

"Obey." Zhao Qian bowed his hands and accepted the order.

(End of this chapter)