Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 40 Open the skylight and speak eloquently

Yuan Xi knew that among the three sent by Yuan Shao this time, the eldest brother Yuan Tan, the mastermind Xun Chen, and one of the four pillars of the court Gao Lan, none of them were easy to deal with.

It's not easy to be fooled by just pulling out one, and the three of them have different positions!
This is like an extremely delicate chain, with three rings interlocking, making it difficult for people to know where to break through in order to keep their own territory in Beixin City.

My father really gave himself a problem.

Therefore, from the moment Yuan Xi entered the mansion, he used various tricks to test the three of them, to see which of them was the weakest link.

Seeing that Gao Lan was behaving abnormally now, Yuan Xi picked up an elbow, put it in front of his eyes, and sighed, "Brother, what you said just now was not bad. I suddenly remembered that Qu Yi, who betrayed his father, was hacked to death in this room." inner."

"At that time, I was hiding behind the board wall, and saw dozens of knives slashing at him, cutting him to pieces in a short while."

"Like this elbow in front of you."

As soon as these words came out, with a puff, Yuan Tansheng spat out the elbow in his mouth.

Xun Chen chewed the elbow with difficulty a few times, swallowed it, and said with a chuckle, "Mr. Yuan's comparison is strange, but this pork is so delicious, it can't be compared with human flesh."

"But we have never eaten human flesh, and we don't know what it tastes like."

Yuan Xi stared at Xun Chen, but glanced at Gao Lan out of the corner of his eye, and said with a smile: "What you said is true, but I'm afraid that some people will eat people soon."

What Yuan Xi was talking about was actually about the fact that Cheng Yu in Cao Cao's army would be made into human flesh. Xun Chen didn't know why, so he just laughed.

However, Yuan Xi found that Gao Lan's forehead seemed to be sweating, and his hand under the table was unconsciously tightened.

Gao Lan has ghosts in his heart!

Otherwise, he wouldn't have reacted so strongly to Qu Yi's killing. He thought he was hiding something, and he was afraid that he would end up like Qu Yi, so he panicked.

The weakest link!
Yuan Xi suddenly said to Gao Lan: "General Gao, you are loyal to my father. Unlike that wolf-hearted Qu Yi, I don't have any good things here. You must take some of these maids away."

After hearing the applause repeatedly, Xun Chen said to Gao Lan, "Second Master Yuan sincerely presented his beautiful concubine. This is a good story. General Gao is blessed."

Gao Lan quickly thanked him with a dry smile, but the smile on his face was quite stiff.

Yuan Tan couldn't bear it anymore, half of the banquet was eaten, and the rhythm was getting more and more deviated by Yuan Xi. When he entered the mansion, he tried to force Yuan Xi to submit, but it was useless at all!

He was forced to have no choice but to go straight in and said: "Second brother, I came this time to help my father understand what happened in Beixin City."

"If it's true what the second brother said, the next thing will be very complicated."

"Especially on Gongsun Zan's side. After the battle of Jieqiao, our army and Gongsun Zan's army ceased fighting under the mediation of the court."

"The conflicts that occurred during this period were not carried out in the name of Yuan Jun and Gongsun Zan's Army."

Yuan Xi was silent, what Yuan Tan said was on point.

In the past three years, the battles surrounding Zhuojun Beixin City have hidden a lot of inside information, and the banners played by both sides are not aboveboard.

That's why this matter was taken advantage of by people, including the lack of food and grass transported to Beixincheng, and someone secretly tripped it up.

Yuan Tan said: "Second brother, please tell the truth. If both Mr. Xun and General Gao feel that something is wrong, I have no choice but to bring you back to Yecheng."

"First of all, since the Xiongnu rogues were led by Liu Bao, the son of Nandan Yu Yufuluo, they must be elite, and the combat power of a few hundred people is definitely not low."

"How did the second brother use hundreds of recruits who have been trained for two years to win a big victory?"

As soon as these words came out, Xun Chen also echoed: "The old man is also very curious."

"I heard that hundreds of Huns were killed in the First World War, but only a dozen people died on your side?"

"If this is the case, the Second Young Master is indeed an immortal general. It would be a pity to stay here in Beixin City. He should return to the Lord's side to assist him."

Yuan Xi smiled slightly, and Yuan Tan, Xunchen and Chen sang together, keeping the words tight.

If you don’t do well, you will be taken back. If you do well, you will have to go back. Isn’t your own Beixin City just like this?
After hearing Xun Chen's words, Yuan Xi's face remained unchanged: "Sir, it's just a fluke."

"That day when Gongsun Zan's army besieged the city, and the Southern Huns plundered from the south, I made a bet with General Zilong and counted with a hundred soldiers."

"There are a total of [-] troops on both sides, and they are still inferior to the Xiongnu. I just wanted to delay the time and let General Zilong retreat in the face of difficulties."

"I didn't expect him to agree, so I had no choice but to bite the bullet and lead the soldiers out of the city."

"In that day's battle, the Huns were powerful, but General Zilong insisted on fighting and took the lead, so I was there to help with some insignificant things."

"General Zilong is brave and resourceful, and he manages the army well. Later, he was forced to rebel by Gongsun Zan and defected to me. It is really a blessing for my Yuan family."

His words may be true or false, the bet with Zhao Yun cannot be concealed, thousands of ears are listening to him, this must be told the truth.

But there are some details that he must conceal.

Xun Chen chuckled, noncommittal about Zhao Yun's matter, and said: "I heard that in that battle, the prince's soldiers were all wearing armor, and there were even dozens of heavy cavalry?"

Yuan Xi admitted straightforwardly: "That's right, they are my private soldiers supported by my salary."

Gao Lan said, "It costs a lot for a soldier, let alone a cavalry soldier. You can raise so many soldiers and have the time to raise so many maidservants. It seems that Beixin City is quite rich."

Yuan Xi smiled and said: "It's not worth mentioning. I found someone to rob the tomb for the armor. The food and wages are the property of the gentry family who accidentally fell from the top of the city. It's a waste to leave it anyway, so I used it."

Everyone's faces were stiff, and you have the guts to say it!

Yuan Tan pondered, but there was only one thing he wanted to confirm.

Yuan Xi did not collude with Gongsun Zan.

While unlikely, it's not impossible.

Because this seemingly impossible thing happened in the Yuan family a few years ago.

Yuan Kui was killed.

The current situation in the world is that Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are vying for the position of the head of the Yuan family, and they are fighting for the world.

But a few years ago, the position of the head of the Yuan family did not belong to the two of them, but to Situ Yuanwei.

If Yuan Kui passed away, the position of Patriarch would probably go to his nephew Yuan Ji, and if Yuan Ji had something to do, it would be the turn of Yuan Wei's son Yuan Yin.

But Yuan Kai's family and Yuan Ji were all killed by Dong Zhuo, and the position of the head of the Yuan family was vacated.

Some people say that Yuan Kui was killed because after Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu escaped from Luoyang, they joined the Jujube Allied Forces against Dong Zhuo, which angered Dong Zhuo and killed Yuan Kui's family.

But those who understand the rules of the gentry circle understand that this matter is not that simple.

Because Yuan Kui is Dong Zhuo's mentor!

Although Dong Zhuo was born in Yingchuan back then, his ancestors were from Liangzhou, which was at the bottom of the chain of contempt by the gentry, so Dong Zhuo spent many years, but still could not find the opportunity to become an official.

Later, he was recommended by Duan Jiong, governor of Bingzhou, and was made a vassal by Situ Yuan Kui, and only then did he formally enter the official circle of the gentry.

It can be said that Yuan Kai was kind to Dong Zhuo.

For the gentry, whoever recommends and supports them is their mentor, and a mentor is like a father, and this is the case for life.

If you are disrespectful to your mentor, it is a great disrespect.

Combined with Dong Zhuo's later behavior style of vigorously making friends with the gentry, it is impossible for him to kill Yuan Kai.

But it just happened.

But no matter what, the Yuan brothers borrowed a knife to kill people, and it was widely spread that they killed the patriarch's uncle, and Yuan Shao caught this big pot.

The Yuan family had lessons learned from the past, so they naturally had doubts about Yuan Xing's inexplicable victory over the mighty Liu Bao and Gongsun Zan.

(End of this chapter)