Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 571 Suspicious
When Yuan Yao heard Yuan Yin say that there was a way, he didn't quite believe it and asked in confusion: "What's your uncle's plan?"

Yuan Yin thought about it for a while, and in his heart, Shouchun definitely couldn't hold it.

He actually didn't understand why Yuan Shu wanted to attack Jingzhou. It seemed that it was because Yuan Shu refused to bow to Yuan Shao even at this point.
It is impossible to surrender to Yuan Shao, and it is even more impossible for his three sons. So at this point, can we say that Yuan Shu has backbone or is he persistent?
However, in the past few days, the changes outside Shouchun have exceeded Yuan Yin's expectations. Originally, he thought that as long as he stuck to Shouchun, the princes from all sides would definitely have conflicts. When the time came to fight, he would be able to delay it longer. In some time, the situation may not change.

However, the situation did not develop in the direction Yuan Yin expected. Among the three brothers, Yuan Shang did not participate in the attack on Shouchun due to various reasons. Yuan Tan was blocked by the Huai River. Now, only one of the most troublesome brothers is left in front of Shouchun. The fierce tiger.

This is what Yuan Yin is most worried about. The pressure brought by Xiu Hu is obviously beyond the limit that Shouchun City can withstand. Yuan Yin has a faint feeling that the other party may be planning something dangerous!

So today when he saw Yuan Xijun's offensive on the city was so abnormal, he knew that the opponent must have a plan this time. The plan for now was to delay as much time as possible, stabilize the situation in the city, and not let the opponent succeed!
So Yuan Yin spoke up: "The opponent released so many weapons but did not send troops to attack the city, which shows that they do not want to fight for a long time and do not want to suffer losses."

"Although I don't know the reason, but what the other side wants to do, we will do the opposite."

"Right now, it is unlikely that the opponent will do much on the battlefield. If Your Highness can find a way to slow down the opponent's offensive, maybe we can turn around."

After hearing this, Yuan Yao said aloud: "Uncle, do you mean to use peace talks and other means to delay as much time as possible?"

After hearing this, Yuan Yin looked pleased and said: "His Highness is indeed smart, and he can understand everything at once."

Yuan Yao nodded and wanted to speak. Several stone bullets were fired towards the city wall where everyone was standing. The crackling and shaking continued, and everyone quickly found a place to hide.

Yuan Yao was frightened and looked unhappy. He said to Yuan Yin: "I'm going down first. I will consider what my uncle said when I get back."

When he was leaving, he turned around and took a look. Yuan Shu, the navy commander on the Huai River, was completely at a disadvantage. It looked like he was hopeless.

Yuan Yao went down to the city. On his way back, he hesitated to speak to Li Ye beside him. When he returned to the study room in the mansion alone, he took out a well-hidden mahogany box.

He opened the lock inside the box and found a pile of secret letters neatly stacked inside. He took out a few letters and found that they were all informants.

Among them, there are officials who fight against each other, some who inform others to collaborate with the enemy, and some who advise Yuan Yao to surrender or prepare to succeed. It can be called a chaotic dance of demons.

Yuan Yao is irritated. There is no news from Yuan Shu yet. What if something unexpected happens?
He should be happy at this time, because in that case, Yuan Yao is the real Emperor of the Zhong family, but Yuan Yao is not a fool. He still has some self-knowledge. With his ability, there is no way he can provoke the current situation!

Moreover, someone secretly reported that Yuan Yin's prestige was growing day by day, especially these days when he was supervising the battles at the top of the city, so that the soldiers only knew that there was the emperor's brother, but not his highness!

Yuan Yao looked at the letters spread out in front of him, which looked like they were catching the wind, but were actually written with a nose and an eye.

Logically speaking, the situation in the city is urgent now, and he should not destroy the Great Wall. But even if he thinks so, what about Yuan Yin?
What if Yuan Yin takes the opportunity to plot evil?
Because Yuan Yao brought himself into Yuan Yin's position and found that now was an excellent opportunity for him!
In the absence of Yuan Shu, Yuan Yin is responsible for supervising the country and has a very high prestige. As long as he finds an excuse to get rid of Yuan Yao, who can restrict him?
When the time comes, he can negotiate peace if he wants, and fight if he wants. Why should he look at his own face?
Moreover, Yuan Yao shuddered when he thought of the malicious look on Yuan Yin's face when he suggested peace talks on the top of the city.

How can we negotiate for peace? How can we negotiate for peace?

Not to mention that there was a rift between him and Yuan Xi. If the two parties agreed to meet outside the city, he left the city, and Yuan Yin closed the door and refused to admit his fault, who would he ask to reason with?

Pre-emptive?
Yuan Yao was horrified by his sudden thoughts. There was no direct evidence. If he really wronged Yuan Yin, wouldn't he destroy the Great Wall and lose his reputation?
Unless the matter of Yuan Yao is made a solid case!
He hesitated, and unconsciously got up and walked to Yuan Shu's harem. Normally, he would not be qualified to go, but after Yuan Shu left, he had the responsibility of managing the harem on his behalf, which was not an overstep.

After all, everyone knows that Yuan Shuli's queen, Feng Shi, has no ability to control the harem. She just sits alone all day long and rarely talks to others.

Yuan Yao thought of Feng's beautiful appearance, but an uncontrollable thought arose in his heart. If something happened to Yuan Shu, would it be him?
His body suddenly trembled. How could he have such unrealistic fantasies? After all, Feng was his mother in name only. How could he risk the disapproval of the world and do such a crazy and destructive thing!

He listened to the footsteps, his face was uncertain, no, the enemy was in front of him, what was he doing?
However, he suddenly thought that his uncle did not have this obstacle. If his father died and Yuan Yin found a way to deal with him, Shouchun would be his!
Including that Feng!
In ancient times, when brothers and sisters came together, how often did they take care of their brothers and sisters-in-law?
He couldn't resist Feng's temptation, how could Yuan Yin really be such a gentleman?

After all, the opportunity is great now. He knows people but not their hearts. If Yuan Yin has evil intentions and strikes first and sacrifices his own life to befriend the vicious tiger, he will definitely die without a burial place!
Thinking of this, Yuan Yao sweated coldly, turned around and walked back, sending someone to invite Li Ye.

Rumors spread in the city that night, many of which implied that some of the Yuan family's children were collaborating with the enemy and wanted to sacrifice their lives to protect themselves. The rumors became more and more intense, so much so that they got out of hand the next day, and the soldiers and people in the city began to panic.

And the people involved include almost everyone related to Yuan Shu, including Yuan Shu's son-in-law Huang Yi.

At the suggestion of his ministers, Yuan Yao began to ask Li Ye to take the lead in thoroughly investigating the matter. Two days later, the matter came to an end quickly. Huang Yi really had some problems!

When he was in Shouchun, he had interacted with some merchants from Guangling Haixi and received some gifts. Now after investigation, he found that those merchants were all from the Zhen family caravan, and it was obvious that the fierce tiger was behind it!
Huang Yi, of course, refused to admit it. He screamed loudly, saying that the Zhen family's caravan wanted to do business in Huai River, so they got through him and these gifts of wealth were the reward for the gift.

When Yuan Yao saw these valuable belongings, he was filled with hatred. Unexpectedly, Huang Yi was richer than him!

Of course, the other children of the Yuan family were not very clean. After some investigation, they all had some problems, but Yuan Yin was not found to be involved.Qian Qian Jingjing had no problems at all. Even the previous rumors were not related to Yuan Yin at all.

This is so unusual!
You know, all the children of the Yuan family have financial transactions, why is Yuan Yin the only one missing?

Not only did Yuan Yao not believe it, but even Li Ye, who was in charge of the matter, found it incredible, because Li Ye knew that Yuan Yao had come to him that day and expressed his doubts about Yuan Yin.

But Li Ye advised Yuan Yao not to act rashly and wait a few days before talking. As a result, rumors spread inexplicably that day, involving almost all the Yuan family's children. This was a huge blow to Yuan Yao's reputation. After all, he is now the prince. Responsible for everything about the Yuan family.

Seeing that the rumors were secretly aimed at him, Yuan Yao was extremely angry. Someone must be deliberately smearing him, and the most likely one was Yuan Yin!
As long as he drags all the Yuan family's children into the water, he can speak out and obey the supervising country and sell them all!
The reason why Yuan Yao thinks this way is because spreading rumors was originally the method he thought of using to deal with Yuan Yao, but he didn't expect that the other party would take action in advance!

Yuan Yao called Li Ye over again with a gloomy look, "Why is my uncle so clean? Is it true that the fierce tiger is not connected with him?"

"Sir, do you think it's possible?"

Li Ye smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness, there is indeed no evidence that Mr. Fu is involved."

"I know His Highness wants to investigate him, but how can he do it without any evidence?"

Yuan Yao's eyes flashed, "Isn't it just a tooth for a tooth and spreading rumors?"

"This will give us a reason!"

Li Ye's body was shaken, "Your Highness, this."

"Your Highness, this is a good idea, but now that we are facing a powerful enemy, if we make any random suspicions, I'm afraid it will affect the morale of the troops and people in the city."

Yuan Yao waved his hand and said, "There is nothing to hesitate. I will not accuse him unjustly, but in this extraordinary period, we must find out the matter!"

"If he is innocent, I will expose the matter. But if he really has evil intentions, wouldn't it harm everyone if he does not investigate?"

Seeing that Yuan Yao had made up his mind, Li Ye had no choice but to say: "I will obey His Highness's order."

That night, rumors about Yuan Yin also spread, and intensified within a few days. Li Ye brought people to Yuan Yin's house. Li Ye said respectfully to Yuan Yin: "I know that investigating this matter is disrespectful to the emperor. Therefore, His Highness issued an order to conduct a thorough investigation of the Yuan family’s children in the city, including himself, without exception, and please forgive me.”

Yuan Yin replied: "What did you say, sir? This is as it should be. Now the accounts of the house are all in the study. I will ask someone to take you there."

Someone next to him took Li Ye and others to check the accounts. When the counselors around Yuan Yin saw that everyone had gone away, they whispered: "Master Fu, could this be a deliberate attack by someone with ulterior motives?"

"If anyone uses this to harm the Lord."

After hearing this, Yuan Yin's face darkened and he said: "Silence!"

"Nowadays, the most taboo thing in the city is mutual suspicion. If this continues, how can we defend the city?"

But he himself was also depressed, because he knew that if there was really an investigation, he would most likely be inseparable!
Because he knew that almost all the Yuan family's children in the city, including himself, had benefited from the Zhen family caravan!
The Yuan family is a large family, and the children have the habits of being a noble family. Moreover, Yuan Shu's life is particularly luxurious, and the children of this branch also have a tendency to compare. Under this atmosphere, the expenses required to welcome and send off the children of the Yuan family are bound to be high. Young Master, at this time, the Zhen family caravan is sending money, how can there be no reason not to accept it?

Moreover, the children of the Yuan family are very open-minded. A war is a war, and this is an internal matter within the Yuan family. The fierce tiger is also a Yuan family, and has long been separated from Yuan Shao's group. What's the matter with collecting some of his money? ?
So in the past two years, they have taken this money and don't think there is any problem. Anyway, whether to fight the fierce tiger or not is Yuan Shu's business. He has not collaborated with the enemy, but only collected money to open up his trade routes. What's the point? Afraid?

In this kind of mentality, the Yuan family's children smiled and accepted the financial gifts from the other side. It was not until the fight with Yuan Shu and Xiu Hu that they broke off this relationship. At that time, they felt extremely regretful.

Therefore, everyone including Yuan Yin received the money, and Yuan Yin did not want to hide this relationship, so Li Ye checked the account for a long time, and as expected, discovered the contacts between the Zhen family and Yuan Yin.

Li Ye did not dare to make decisions without permission. After sending someone to consult Yuan Yao, he temporarily confined Yuan Yin to the house and was not allowed to go out. At the same time, Yuan Yao came forward and posted notices throughout the city, saying that he had thoroughly investigated the truth of the rumors and had arrested the guilty Yuan family. The children are being detained and will be dealt with impartially in the future, so that the soldiers and civilians in the city can rest assured.

Yuan Yao was naturally very happy. He finally caught the definite evidence and hit Yuan Yin's reputation!
When the news spread outside the city, Yuan Xi learned about it and smiled at Jushou: "The idle chess game we laid out before has actually come in handy."

"Now that the city is starting to become chaotic, we need to add more firewood down there to make the fire burn brighter."

(End of this chapter)