Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 735 Things of Exchange

Because the fire in Luoyang was spreading, Yuan Xi decided to do his best to put out the fire and rescue the victims after careful consideration, so his departure was delayed for half a day than planned.

Now he finally got the news that the fire was almost completely extinguished and the victims had been properly resettled, so he took Lu Lingqi as the middle army, Xu Huang as the vanguard, Zhang Liao as the rear guard, and the whole army prepared and set off.

In addition to leaving hundreds of people to deal with the aftermath, Yuan Xi reorganized Yuan Shu's worshiping army in the past two days, and most of them became Zhang Liao and Xu Huang's troops as backup.

Zhang Xun was left by Yuan Xi as a partial general. This was a helpless move. After all, the surrendering troops could not be let go. Zhang Xun was quite prestigious in Yuan Shu's army. With him as a general, he could also appease the surrendering troops. military morale.

But regarding the surrender of troops, Yuan Xi made up his mind to find an opportunity to bring him back to Youzhou to undergo labor education after finishing this battle. Otherwise, his rogue habits in Yuan Shu's army may have adverse effects on his own troops. Influence.

When everyone lined up outside the city, soldiers and civilians on the roadside were carrying the body of Yuan Shujun who died in the battle. When Yuan Xi looked over, he found that several people were carrying the body of a general. One of them tilted his hand and the body Shaking, the helmet fell off, revealing a familiar face.

There was also a young woman standing next to the corpse, seeming to be talking to the soldier.

Yuan Xi was startled when he saw the corpse and galloped over. Zhang Xun rode to follow. Seeing Yuan Xi silently looking at the corpse, he asked, "Do you know this person?"

Lu Lingqi also rode up to follow. After seeing the corpse's face, she sighed: "It turns out it's him."

When Zhang Xun saw it, he suddenly said: "I forgot, of course Madam knows her."

"This is the former general under Marquis Wen, Qin Yilu."

"On the night when the envoy attacked the city, he volunteered to set fires everywhere in the city with the intention of stopping the envoy. He was probably discovered and killed by the envoy's soldiers."

"The person kneeling next to him should be his widow, begging the soldiers for his body."

He sighed in his heart. Yuan Xi attacked the city that night, but he didn't know it was the Youzhou Army. Otherwise, with the relationship between Qin Yilu and Marquis Wen, he should have been able to save his life, right?

After hearing this, Lu Lingqi sneered and said, "Have a good death!"

When Zhang Xun heard that Lu Lingqi was full of resentment, he thought that Qin Yilu had offended Mrs. Lu before?

He quickly stopped talking. Seeing the young woman's appearance, Lu Lingqi shook her head and said, "Is this the Liu woman for whom Qin Yilu abandoned his first wife, Mrs. Du?"

"It seems that his appearance is quite different. I really don't understand what he is thinking."

She turned to Yuan Xi, "But her appearance is not ugly. Does your husband intend to take her as a maid?"

Yuan Xi came back to his senses this time and said with a wry smile: "Where did you think you were going?"

"I just lamented that sometimes fate is really wonderful, and some endings cannot be escaped in the end."

He said to Zhang Xun: "Find someone to bury him, and you will take care of the widow."

Zhang Xun:? ? ?

He was a bit confused. What does it mean to take care of yourself?

Didn’t I just say a few words?

Speaking of which, what does taking care of mean?

However, Yuan Xi had already galvanized his horse and ran towards the outside of the city. Lu Lingqi also followed suit. When Zhang Xun saw it, he called two soldiers to deal with the aftermath, and he quickly followed.

Yuan Xi trotted on his horse and stepped out of Luoyang, which was dilapidated and with ruins everywhere. He looked back at this ancient city that carries countless histories and will write more evocative stories in the years to come. Among them, Countless people have left their footprints in it.

From high officials to common people, from the emperor to bandits, Liu Xie, He Jin, Yuan Shao, Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao, Lu Bu, Cai Yong, Cai Zhaoji, Li Jue, Guo Si, Liu Yuan and countless others, some have strengthened its reputation, Some dyed its walls red with blood, some filled its roads with the corpses of the people, some gave their lives to protect it, some abandoned it, some trampled on it, and some regarded it as a It's a memory that some people can't forget.

It will experience countless sufferings in the future, but in the end it survives tenaciously, carrying the struggles of countless people for survival, joys and sorrows, and becoming an indomitable spiritual symbol of the Chinese nation.

Yuan Xi turned his head. For some reason, his heart suddenly became lighter, as if the depression of the past year had been swept away.

Everyone will die, and he is no exception, but he has carved his own movement on this land. Sooner or later, the prelude of peace will be played again on the earth.

Although I may not be able to see this scene at that time, the seeds of hope have been planted, and sooner or later they will take root, sprout, and bear fruit.

He galloped forward on his horse and said to Lu Lingqi, who was following closely beside him: "Lingqi."

Lu Lingqi thought Yuan Xi had something to say, so she quickly asked: "What's the matter, husband?"

Yuan Xi took a deep breath and said softly: "Thank you guys."

"thanks everyone."

Lu Lingqi was confused. Was her husband stimulated, or did he want to write a poem?

Almost at the same time, hundreds of miles away, Yuan Shu was also galloping near the Black Mountain Pass.

But he looked extremely embarrassed, his hair was disheveled, his lips were chapped, and he had not drank water for almost a day!

He had already abandoned the slow carriage, otherwise he would not have been able to get rid of the tarsus-like Youzhou cavalry.

But Yuan Shu found that the other party was following him slowly, as if he was not in a hurry to kill him, but was playing with him!

He was furious. He had almost arrived near Huaicheng before, but he never found the reinforcements to greet him. When he was secretly cursing Zhong Yao for not being a thing, he almost ran into the Youzhou army's camp. When Yuan Shu heard the spies say the flag of the opposite side, When Zhao Shi arrived, he was so frightened that he stopped going to Huaicheng and turned around and ran eastward.

He didn't even have to guess. With Zhao Yun here, Huaicheng's reinforcements would definitely be too late. Now Zhong Yao had no hope. His only hope now was to run to Wei County and surrender to Yuan Shang in Yecheng!

Yuan Shu galloped all the way, but the road in front of him made him hesitate.

He now has two ways, one is to escape from the plains in the south of Montenegro, the other is to cross Montenegro.

The former will definitely be overtaken by the cavalry, but the latter will enter the southern part of Montenegro. It is said that this was Yuan Shang's territory before, but fierce tiger troops often appeared.

While he was hesitating, the sound of hooves from the pursuers behind him gradually approached, Yuan Shu was so frightened that he quickly took the remaining dozens of horses and headed into the dense forest at the Black Mountain Pass.

The woods were extremely dense, and it was already spring, and the bushes and grass in the forest were so thick that it was impossible to ride on the horse. However, in order to survive, Yuan Shu had no choice but to jump off the horse and desperately lead his guards deep into the forest.

Everyone didn't know that they had been running away for a long time, and they didn't care about the convenient direction. When it got dark, Yuan Shu spent the night in fear in the cold mountain wind, waiting until dawn.

He asked people to explore around, and the spies reported that everyone had entered Montenegro, but where they were was unclear. Everyone was hungry and tired, and did not dare to go to the main road, so they had to grope their way through the woods. Yuan Shu was hungry and thirsty at this time, so he asked his followers, "Can you find food?"

"Is there honey water?"

The attendant was also dizzy with hunger at this time, and said casually: "Where can I find honey and water!"

"Just chaff!"

Yuan Shu's Qi orifices were filled with smoke, but he had no choice but to walk. As a result, he ran into a team of a hundred or ten people before he walked for half an hour.

Yuan Shu's bodyguard was facing a formidable enemy when he saw the leading woman in red stepping forward and saying, "Throw away all your weapons now."

"Otherwise you won't be able to save your lives."

A guard who was quite loyal to Yuan Shu shouted: "How brave, do you know that this is Duke Zhong!"

With a bang, his forehead was pierced by a spear. The woman in red was Yang Feng. She took back the iron spear and said disdainfully: "What a crooked Mr. Zhong, I have been following you for a day, eating dust and licking ashes. I am in a bad mood." "

Yang Feng was also angry because every time Xiu Hu asked him to do something, it was all these troublesome things!

He obviously wants to go into battle!

She Shi Shiran walked up and said, "Tell me, who is Yuan Shu?"

Yuan Shu's guards were all tied up and taken away. Yuan Shu was the only one left on the field. Yang Feng looked at Yuan Shu's appearance and sneered: "Are you the second emperor?"

"He looks like a dog, but he doesn't do human things."

"Where's Yuxi?"

Yuan Shu swallowed his anger and said, "If I hand it over, can you let me go?"

Yang Feng laughed out loud after hearing this, "You think well."

"I tell you the truth, the most I can do is leave you with a complete body."

Yuan Shu's legs and feet went weak and he sat down on the ground, his body trembling uncontrollably.

Yang Feng said impatiently: "Hurry up, my patience is limited."

Yuan Shu gritted his teeth and said, "You, who do you belong to?"

"If you were from Yuan Xianfu, I would..."

Yang Feng shook his head and said, "Just give up."

Yuan Shu seemed to understand something and said bitterly: "Ferocious tiger!"

"What a cruel heart!"

Yang Feng pointed the spear at Yuan Shu's head without comment, "Choose for yourself, hang yourself or be killed by me."

Yuan Shu's whole body was filled with fear. At the same time, what kept hitting his brain was the hunger in his belly. This kind of pain that he had barely experienced and the fear of dying made his brain sober. Some.

He said solemnly: "I can hand over the jade seal, but I have to exchange it for something."

Yang Feng shook his head and said: "I can't make the decision, and do you think you still have the qualifications to bargain now?"

Yuan Shu stood up slowly and said, "This thing is not rare."

"It's my last wish."

After a while, Yang Feng asked someone to take out a large wooden bowl and fill it with more than half of the mountain spring water.

After a while, someone rushed over, poured out a small bowl of thick golden honey from the skin bag on his body, and mixed it into the mountain spring water in the wooden bowl.

Honey is mixed into the water, and the flowers bloom slowly, dyeing the clear spring water golden yellow. Under the sunlight, the honey water in the bowl ripples, reflecting dazzling light.

Yuan Shu watched greedily and couldn't help but swallow a few times. His throat was almost smoking. This action not only did not secrete saliva, but made his throat burn.

Seeing him slowly stretching his hand towards the wooden bowl, Yang Feng said, "Where is the jade seal?"

Yuan Shu took out the jade seal from his arms and threw it on the ground as if it were a stone.

The tip of Yang Feng's spear poked out, and he gently picked at the bottom of Yuxi. Yuxi jumped up from the ground, drew an arc in the air, and fell into Yang Feng's hands.

Yang Feng raised it to her eyes and took a look. She couldn't tell whether it was true or false, but she knew that Yuan Shu didn't need to lie to her at this time, so she nodded to the soldier.

When the soldier saw it, he handed the wooden bowl into Yuan Shu's hand.

Yuan Shu looked down at the bowl filled with honey, tears streaming from his eyes.

He slowly raised the wooden bowl to his mouth, greedily tasting the sweetness.

Not long after, Yang Feng took people away.

The mountain wind blew by, causing Yuan Shu's body hanging on the branch to sway. He had hanged himself, and a clean wooden bowl fell at his feet.

(End of this chapter)