Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 601 The Heart of the Villain
After hearing what Liu said, Mrs. Hong didn't react for a moment, so she lowered her head and said, "But it depends on Aunt Jun's orders."

Mrs. Liu came closer and lowered her voice and said a few words. Mrs. Hong's face changed drastically and she lost her voice and said, "I can't do this!"

Seeing Hong's refusal, Liu's face turned cold, "Why, have you forgotten your identity?"

"Do you think that who gives you the food you need now and the status you have now?"

"If you are asked to contribute to the Yuan family at this time, are you going to push back and stand in your way?"

Mrs. Hong gritted her teeth and said, "I'd like to teach you, my aunt, that this move is really against human ethics. I really don't have the face to do such a thing!"

"And if my husband knows that I do this kind of thing in the future, he will definitely kick me out!"

Mrs. Liu disapproved and said, "I'll go talk to Shang'er."

"You know, we are in an extremely dangerous situation!"

"If anything happens to the head of the family before Shang'er comes back, who knows what the fierce tiger can do?"

"This person is extremely lustful and vindictive. Shang'er offended him before. Now that he has gained power, he will definitely take revenge. If you can't satisfy him and he uses force, can you resist?
"Maybe your end will be even more miserable!"

Hong whispered: "Second Young Master is not that kind of person."

Mrs. Liu snapped her body and slapped Mr. Hong on the face, knocking her to the ground with a ferocious look on her face, "Don't be so shameless!"

"Don't think that just because I look like I'm asking for something from you, you dare to slap me on my nose!"

"You, monk, have not been able to do anything for so many years, what are you still dreaming about?"

"Now this is an opportunity. As long as you can get pregnant, not only will our family have children, but the fierce tiger will also let us go!"

"I'll make it clear today, you can die if you want, but don't drag me into the water with you!"

Hong touched her burning face and sobbed softly. She thought to herself that this was really what a woman from a wealthy family said?It's too shameless!
She still wanted to delay it, but then Liu's words shattered Hong's last thoughts, "Although I can't do anything to the fierce tiger now, at least I am the mistress of the Yuan family, so I can do something for other people."

"I remember there are still some people left in the Hong family, including your biological mother, right?"

After hearing this, Mrs. Hong felt despair welling up in her heart. She had no choice but to bow her head and say, "I obey your order."

Madam Liu then turned from anger to joy, stepped forward, took Madam Hong's hand, and said joyfully, "I knew you were a person with general knowledge."

She sneered in her heart, if it weren't for Hong's usefulness, she wouldn't have bothered to waste so many words with him. After all, she wasn't forced by that ferocious tiger!

Mrs. Liu was heartbroken. When Yuan Shang came back, the Hong family would lose its use value. When the time comes, let her commit suicide. If Yuan Shang drives away the ferocious tiger, Yecheng and even Jizhou will still belong to her mother and son!
The guard poured a bucket of cold water on Shen Rong. The weather was already freezing. Shen Rong was so excited that he shivered all over. He curled up on the straw and kept shaking.

Yuan Xi saw him open his eyes and said without any expression when he spoke: "Continue talking."

Shen Rong named several more people intermittently, and finally he seemed to collapse. No matter how hard the guards pressed him, he was speechless.

Lu Xun sketched on the bamboo slip and finally handed it to Yuan Xi, "These last confessions should be more reliable."

Yuan Xi held the description in the bamboo slip and frowned slightly. The result was the same as what he and Lu Xun had expected before. The biggest suspicion was not directed at Yuan Shang.

On the contrary, Yuan Tan's suspicion is much greater.

However, Shen Rong did not meet Yuan Tan in person. Instead, he contacted the people sent by him privately, and they had many contacts after that.

As for the reason why Shen Rong made such a choice, it was common among the big families. Even among the princes who fight for life and death, their subordinates are often from the same family, or even blood brothers, such as the Xun family of Yingchuan.

The Han Dynasty was a very magical era. For some large families, the louder the slogan of loyalty and filial piety, but the actual practice was completely opposite.

Therefore, Shen Rong placed the treasure on Yuan Tan. Strictly speaking, it could not be said that he was in contact with foreign enemies, but Yuan Xi frowned slightly when he saw the backgrounds of the people he interacted with.

These people all believe in the Tao of Taiping.

It would make sense to say that Yuan Tan mastered the hidden clues under Taiping Road after recruiting the Taishan bandits, but is it really that easy?

You must know that Yuan Tan has mastered the Taishan bandits for less than two years. Isn't it too fast that he could let them penetrate into Yecheng and form an intelligence network within this period of time?

Everyone in Yecheng is registered in the household register, and their household registration can be traced back to several generations of their ancestors. In this case, either a spy is placed in Yecheng, or a person with a clean identity background is trained in Yecheng. It is actually very difficult for a person to be a spy.

Yuan Xi couldn't help but wonder, does Yuan Tan have such ability?

But no matter what, since the thread is exposed, it must be caught.

He handed the bamboo slip to Lu Xun, "Bo Yan, please, arrest all these people."

Lu Xun hesitated and said, "Two of them are nobles."

Yuan Xi said flatly: "Take my seal and ribbon and lead the troops over there. Anyone who dares to stop him will be killed." He turned to look at Shen Rong on the ground and said to the guards: "Give him some clean clothes and don't let him get there early." died."

After Shen Rong heard this, his body trembled involuntarily.

Yuan Xi and Lu Xun came up from the underground, and Lu Xun went to arrest someone. Yuan Xi thought about going to Jushou to inquire about the military situation, but he saw a strange carriage parked in the mansion on the way, so he asked his maid: "Whose carriage is this? "

The maid lowered her head and said, "It's Mrs. Hong's car and she's here to see Mrs. Yuan."

Yuan Xi said "Oh" and didn't take it seriously. She thought that Mrs. Yuan Shang was also very arrogant. At this time, the city was in chaos. What were she running around for?
He rushed to Jushou's room, and he was looking through a pile of bamboo slips with a grimace. When he saw Yuan Xi coming in, he complained: "The master's subordinates are really effective in doing things. In just one morning, they have investigated all the irregularities in Yecheng." No more details!"

"Bo Yan is the best at dealing with this. I'm old now and can't stand the trouble anymore."

When Lu Xunhe was in Guangling, according to Yuan Xi's wishes, he established an organization similar to the School Affairs Office. In order to distinguish it, it was called the Prosecutor's Office. The spies under it were all the people Yuan Xi had deployed before. After reintegration, Many people who are efficient at work but not suitable for fighting have been added, and the number has increased a lot.

These people, either overtly or covertly, had taken action before Yuan Xi entered the city. For example, the messenger who went to die was a spy who was only dispatched in the most critical circumstances.

Yuan Xi said: "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Don't worry about the trivial matters first. Just talk about the important ones."

Jushou heard this and said: "Based on the information received in Yecheng, it can be estimated that it will take about four or five days for Mr. Xianfu to get out of the east pass in Heishan, and it will take more than three days to reach Yecheng."

"And Mr. Xiansi leads more troops. Although he has waterways in Qingzhou, it will take at least half a month to arrive if he uses them all."

"So these are at least seven or eight days, when the young master can let go and do things."

But Yuan Xi said: "I just want to know, where is Zilong now?"

"Logically speaking, even if you travel fifty miles a day, you should be here. Zilong is not the one who broke the promise. Someone must have tripped him up."

Jushou was also a little confused, "That's true. I can only hope that he will send a message as soon as possible."

"Oh, also, after Yan Rouxian Yufu completed the deployment of troops in Youzhou, he has already started to move south. Calculating, he should have reached the Yijing area by now."

"If there is another messenger coming, should we ask him to speed up to Yecheng when we return, or should we wait around?"

Yuan Xi thought for a while and said, "Send the letter now and ask Xian Yufu to quickly lead the army to the direction of Qingzhou to meet Zilong after receiving the letter."

Jushou was surprised, "Master, do you think something will happen to Zilong?"

"Actually, it is normal to miss the deadline. Maybe Zilong's situation is not that critical."

Yuan Xi sighed: "I know, but he is Zilong."

"So I bet he must have had an accident."

"Now that I'm sitting in Yecheng, I can't escape. Otherwise, I would go there myself."

"He has helped me so many times, it's my turn to help him this time."

Jushuo's mood was a little complicated. He knew that Yuan Xi cared so much about Zhao Yun, and it was really not nepotism between the two of them.

Because Zhao Yun was accepted as his subordinate by Yuan Xi when he was first in Beixin City, and he has been the number two figure for a long time.

Moreover, even after Zhao Yun accepted the title of Emperor Youzhou Mu, he did not slack off to avoid the war. He still followed Yuan Xi on the expedition, and even took the initiative to arrive in the Battle of Xuzhou and played a key role.

This reminded Jushu of the beginning of Yuan Shao's army. As a supervisor, he followed Yuan Shao to fight every battle, from the Battle of Baima, to the counterattack of Heishan in Yecheng, to the Battle of Juma River, and finally the Battle of Yijing. , Yuan Shao gave himself full trust.

But since when did the two of them start to drift apart?
Jushu sighed, hoping that the young master and Zhao Yun could maintain this relationship.

The junction of Yanzhou and Qingzhou.

Zhao Yun stood on the top of the mountain, holding a telescope and looking into the mountains in the distance. There were crowds of people over there, and flags were waving. Although it was unknown whether they were true or false, there must be a lot of people there.

Yuan Xi's guess was correct. After Zhao Yun disembarked from Qingzhou, he took a force of 2000 people and drove day and night toward Yecheng. It stands to reason that there would be absolutely no enemy troops in this direction, including the most hostile Yuan Tan's army. , and it is not necessarily possible that he and Zhao Yunjun will openly break up with each other at this time.

Therefore, the initial plan of Zhao Yun's army was to march west along the Yellow River from Qingzhou and clear the coast to prevent the enemy from obstructing Yuan Xi's fleet.

But after entering Yanzhou, he encountered an unexpectedly defeated army.

Lei Bo and Chen Lan's Yuan Shujun.

At that time, Shouchun was defeated by Yuan Xi so quickly that several Yuan Shujun troops on the periphery did not even have time to return to defense. Or maybe they knew that nothing could be done, so they simply did not come to save Shouchun and stood on the mountaintop on their own.

This is the case with Lei Bo and Chen Lan's army. They previously blocked Yuan Tan in the Pengcheng area. After Shouchun was captured, they immediately disappeared without a trace. Unexpectedly, they went north and appeared in Yanzhou!
Zhao Yun keenly realized that there must be a problem. It was just that he was afraid of Yuan Tan's escape. If he entered Yanzhou and confronted Cao Cao, wouldn't it be more difficult to defeat him?
Moreover, there are many people on the opposite side, at least tens of thousands, and they occupy the main road leading to Yanzhou. Zhao Yun must either force his way through or go around elsewhere, but the latter option is not safe. After all, it is equivalent to putting his own The rear route is exposed to the enemy.

After Zhao Yun's calculations, he felt that there was a problem with this army, so he had the patience to let the soldiers hide and rest for two days. Finally today, he found that people with the banner of Cao Ying entered Lei Bo and Chen Lan's camp, and he suddenly realized , it turns out that this army was incorporated by Cao Jun!
(End of this chapter)