The Yuan Family of the Three Kingdoms I call the shots

Chapter 60

Among the thieves in the hinterland of the Central Plains, if Chang Xi was the most powerful, most cunning, and most vicious leader of the thieves, if Chang Xi claimed to be the second, then no one would dare to be the number one.

This person used to be a big family in Xuzhou, and he had some influence in the territory. He was a big local snake who dominated one side. He used to be a bandit in Mount Tai along with Zang Ba, Sun Guan, Wu Dun, and Yin Li.

After Lu Bu's death, Chang Xi and a group of Taishan thieves accepted Cao Cao's surrender. Chang Xi was appointed as the governor of Donghai County, and he still led the group.

However, Chang Xi was rewarded by the imperial court, but he didn't think of a way to make progress. Instead, he regarded fame as dung, and still regarded himself as a bandit in his daily life.

This person is capricious. After being made an official title by Cao Cao, his evil heart is still alive, and he has repeatedly given birth to signs of rebellion. However, he has never had a chance, so he temporarily hibernates.

In history, Chang Xi was a capable guy. Under Cao Cao's rule, he was able to rebel three times and three times. He was killed by Yu Jin until he surrendered to his old friend's camp because of his overconfidence.

It is a great thing to be able to play him three in and three out in Cao Ying!

It can be seen from this that Chang Xi is a sinister, cunning, and scheming figure.

Even Zhuge Liang specifically mentioned this person in "The List of Later Teachers": "Cao Cao can't conquer Chang's hegemony with five attacks, and he can't succeed when he crosses Chaohu Lake four times."

It is said that under the guidance of Chen Lan, Yuan Shang went to the cottage on Jiuli Mountain, but saw that there were many wooden houses on it, and there were more than a hundred thatched huts, in groups of two and three, three and three, which were majestic and quite large-scale.

In front of the main gate in the mountain, there is a wide flat land, which is suspected to be a school ground for bandits. At this moment, all the bandits are densely gathered in it, separated on two sides, and the barriers are clearly defined.

On the left side of the square, there is a woman with picturesque features, heroic spirit, and outstanding demeanor. It is Lu Lingqi, the leader of the bandits in Jiuli Mountain.

But among the group of reckless men on the right, there was a big man in a green robe with a big smile on his face. He must be Chang Xi.

Chang Xi was half-draped and half-wrapped in a dark green gown, with its thick hem stretching to the ground, covering his feet. On his bare forehead, there were only a handful of half-black and half-yellow curly hair on each side, eyebrows and beard. It was also a mess, and a pair of copper bell-like eyes were also full of blood red and frightening.

At first glance, Chang Xi has a strange appearance and a burly body. He really looks like a hero born in a rough place.

But Lu Lingqi, who was opposite him, knew very well that if she was not careful when dealing with this person in front of her, there might be no bones left.

Behind that heroic and even rough and flamboyant smile, there is a viciousness and murderous intent that can make people's hearts tremble.

Yuan Shang's entourage waited behind them, while he and Chen Lan sneaked into the crowd, hid among the thieves behind Lu Lingqi, secretly sizing up Chang Xi.

Just as Yuan Shang was taking a peek at Chang Xi, Lu Lingqi opened her mouth and said coldly: "The letter sent by Mr. Chang a few days ago, the little girl has already carefully checked it. I am really ashamed to invite you! It's just that although Chang Gong's proposal is reasonable, but the little girl has some grudges with Liu Bei, and she can't accept Chang Gong's invitation. I'm afraid that Chang Gong will have to go away today, and the little girl is really sorry .”

When Yuan Shang heard this, he was immediately curious, what exactly did Chang Xi on the other side want to invite Lu Lingqi for?Why is that old boy Liu Bei involved?
Chang Xi heard Lu Lingqi rejecting him, his complexion did not change, but instead he laughed and said: "Leader Lu's words are too polite, in fact, it is the old man's rudeness to go to the mountain today and dare to invite him. However, Chief Lu's words made this old man lose his face."

Lu Lingqi looked uncomfortable when she heard the words, and said: "Mr. Chang doesn't need to be so polite. If you have nothing else to do, please go down the mountain now. I'm sorry for not seeing you off."

Chang Xi slapped his thigh suddenly, and said with a smile: "Good temper! So stubborn! I was carved out of the same mold as your old man back then! I think when I was commensurate with your father and brother, I admired him the most. Straightforward, bold and uninhibited character! Seeing that my niece looks like a father, I am really relieved, very good, very good!"

Lu Lingqi frowned inwardly, and said bitterly in her heart: "What this old thief said sounds bold and unrestrained, but he is actually pretending to be crazy and foolish to take advantage of me. It is really abhorrent."

Chang Xi didn't seem to be aware of Lu Lingqi's dislike, and said: "But good niece, boldness is boldness, and free and easy is free and easy, but the hatred of killing your father is irrelevant. My niece should not be arrogant, you need to think carefully. The old man is here today. It is the best way for you to get revenge by attaching yourself to Liu Bei and resisting the Cao bandits together! Liu Bei is a descendant of the Han Dynasty, has the honor of an emperor's uncle, and is at odds with Cao Cao. How can you be worthy of Lu Wenhou, who died tragically under Cao Cao? In the future, when you go to the Nine Springs, how will you meet him?"

Lu Lingqi said bluntly: "Mr. Chang, I respect you for being old with my father in the past, so I don't want to say too much. Although Cao Cao raised troops in the battle of Xiapi, Liu Bei also helped. One sentence from the big-eared thief caused my father to die tragically. In fairness, although my father died at the hands of Cao Cao, the big-eared thief has no morals and righteousness, and it is even more hateful. You invited me to join forces with Liu Bei today, but I used my father to suppress me, but if I really obeyed your words, I would be truly ashamed to see him after death. What's more, I, Lu Lingqi, have always been used to acting alone, and I don't want to be a puppet in the hands of others. I hope Chang Gong understands , Don’t blame me.”

Hearing this, Chang Xi turned his head and said to the left and right: "What is that puppet, what does it mean?"

Behind Chang Xi, a thief leader respectfully said: "The head of the house, the meaning of puppet, is a marionette for juggling."

Chang Xi suddenly realized when he heard the words, and said: "My niece, what you said is wrong, let alone a wooden dummy line, I don't even have half of his mother's rope, I don't play puppets!"

Yuan Shang, who was hiding in the crowd, suppressed a smile bitterly. Although he couldn't see Lu Lingqi's current appearance, he could imagine that her small face must not be very good-looking at the moment.

Sure enough, Lu Lingqi said slowly: "Mr. Chang, I'm not in the mood to play with you. Don't treat me like a three-year-old child. You invited me to vote together because you want to increase your own weight. There is even a reason to annex me in the future." Among the people under my command, although I, Lu Lingqi, am not wise, I am not so stupid as to be so stupid that there is no need to discuss the matter of voting for Liu, Duke Chang, please come down here."

Chang Xi didn't move when he heard the words, but just raised his hand to touch the bright forehead, and said: "Hey, that's really not going to work, niece, let me tell you a word of conscience, for this matter, the old man has already made the worst preparations. Today, if you promise, you have to agree, and if you don’t agree, you have to agree! After all, among the reckless, thieves, and knight-errants in the Yu and Xu lands, the old man is the leader. If you are the leader of the bandits, you have to do what I want! If you can’t even give orders, even if you are attached to Liu Bei in the future, how can I gain a foothold in Liu Bei’s heart? Niece, do you think this is the case!”

Lu Lingqi's face turned cold when she heard the words, and she said coldly: "What does Mr. Chang mean, do you want to be tough?"

Chang Xi smiled coldly, and said, "If you say yes, then she will be a mother! Girl Lu, you have only two ways to go today. One is to follow the old man's wishes and lead the people to submit to Liu Bei; If you don't follow the old man's wishes, then don't blame the old man for not thinking about the old relationship with your father, and kill you first, and then recruit your troops. Although it is more troublesome, the result is the same!"

When Lu Lingqi heard that she was not answering, she drew her sword suddenly, and the people behind her also showed their weapons.

On Chang Xi's side, everyone also took out guys one by one, and the two sides were fighting with swords and guns, and there was a tendency of annihilation if there was any disagreement.

"Wait a minute, there is no need to rush to fight. At this moment, let me speak a few words first!"

But Yuan Shang squeezed out from the crowd, stood beside Lu Lingqi, looked at Chang Xi meaningfully, and said, "You are Chang Xi?"

Seeing Yuan Shang, Lu Lingqi couldn't help being very surprised: "Why are you here?"

Chang Xi had already decided to kill Lu Lingqi, but when he saw a handsome young man in armor flashing out from the other party, he didn't seem like one of the bandits, he couldn't help but wondered, but he didn't kill the general immediately .

After carefully looking at Yuan Shang for a while, he saw a nasty smile on Chang Xi's face, and said to Lu Lingqi: "Oh, niece, niece, you really let me worry about you. You didn't inherit much of your father's martial arts. , that kind of masculinity has been completely learned, and a cottage in Nuoda actually has such a handsome male favorite, which is really enviable."

Lu Lingqi's face turned red when she heard this, and she was about to fight Chang Xi with her sword, but was stopped by Yuan Shang and some thieves behind her.

Yuan Shang turned his head away with a smile on his face, looked Chang Xi up and down a few times, and asked again: "Your Excellency is one of the heroes of Mount Tai in the past, and the current governor of Donghai County Chang Xi?"

Chang Xi snorted, gave Yuan Shang a proud look, and said, "So what if it's me! What kind of bastard are you? How dare you come out and call me by my name!"

Yuan Shang smiled and said: "Well, my surname is Yuan, I came from Hebei, and now I am living under the command of Liu Shijun in Runan County. Because I have an old relationship with Miss Lu, I went up the mountain today. Unfortunately, I happened to hear that you wanted to invite Lu The girl wants to join Liu Shijun together, and she feels that she can be an introducer, so if she comes out for a while, don't blame her for being rude."

Chang Xi's heart tightened suddenly, and he remembered the recent rumors in Yan and Yu that an important person from the Yuan family in Hebei led his troops to steal to Runan, joined forces with Liu Bei, and caused chaos in southern Henan.

Now seeing the kid in white armor, with a good appearance, and Lu Lingqi who was on the side, her face remained unmoved after hearing his self-reported name, presumably she already knew the identity of this person.

If it is really the important town of the Yuan family in Hebei, then it is really not easy to offend.

Thinking of this, Chang Xi cupped his fists respectfully, and said boldly: "It turns out that your Excellency is the son of the Yuan family in Hebei. I just spoke poorly, and I hope Mr. Yuan will not blame you."

"Good book, easy to talk about."

But seeing Yuan Shang waved his hand, he said with a smile: "Just now when I came to the mountain, I heard that Mr. Chang seems to have invited Miss Lu to join Liu Shijun and fight Cao's bandits together. It's a pity that Miss Lu joined us in Hebei as early as a month ago. It's a pity to save Duke Chang's face, and I hope that Duke Chang will not blame Miss Lu, if you are angry, you might as well count it on my Yuan family's account in the future, okay?"

When the words fell, I saw that Yuan Shang's soldiers waiting outside the school field could no longer bear it. They showed their weapons one after another, rushed into the school field, joined forces with Lu Lingqi, and confronted Chang Xi from afar.

Chang Xi's complexion suddenly changed!
It's not that the hundred soldiers led by Yuan Shang are so scary, let alone a mere 100 soldiers, even if there are [-] soldiers, together with Lu Lingqi's soldiers and horses, his surname Chang is still not afraid. It's just that the small group of soldiers on the other side are all well-equipped, with copper helmets and hard armor, and their imposing formation is also obviously different from that of ordinary thieves. Obviously, all of them are regular soldiers from the army.

Watching his situation and breaking his spirit, Chang Xi believed in Yuan Shang's identity even more.

He secretly said that although the Yuan family's name is famous, they are far away in Hebei after all, and they have nothing to do with the Central Plains. Chang Xi didn't need to be afraid of him, but he was just about to betray Cao Cao recently, so he really didn't want to take Yuan away in a hurry. Shi was also provoked, otherwise the two most powerful princes in the world would have offended him completely, would he still want to hang out in the world?
Although Chang Xi was born as a bandit, he is not stupid. He would never do such a thing that is not worth the loss.

Having figured this out, Chang Xi immediately cupped his hands at Lu Lingqi, and said with a smile, "No wonder my niece is unwilling to join Liu Bei with the old man. It turns out that she has climbed a high branch of a famous family in Hebei? Hehe, whatever! If you don't force others to be difficult, I will leave now. If my niece makes a fortune in Hebei and meets you in the future, you might as well support this old man, so that it will not be in vain for me to have a brotherly friendship with your father!"

Lu Lingqi's face instantly became extremely ugly.

When Chang Xi said this, he was about to turn around and lead the crowd to leave, but Yuan Shang called out behind him and said, "Mr. Chang, wait for the meeting! I haven't finished my sentence yet, why are you so anxious?"

Chang Xi turned his head strangely, looked at Yuan Shang indifferently, and bared his yellow teeth: "Why? Do you want to keep the old man with the surname Yuan? Although the old man does not come from a famous family, he is not the one to be slaughtered! Fight as you want, come as you want! Compete in soldiers or generals, just draw the road, and the old man will follow!"

Yuan Shang shook his head and said: "Duke Chang misunderstood, I have no such intention, just want to ask you, since your Excellency wanted to betray Cao, why didn't you vote for Hebei, but attached to Liu Bei instead? The four generations and three princes of the family are fierce, so they are not even as good as Liu Bei who lives in a county?"

Hearing this, Chang Xi's expression darkened.

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(ps: Changxi was written because of the need for future plot guidance, and he was used to draw out several important key characters. The Runan chapter will soon come to an end, and the first volume will also end with it. Don’t worry Urgent, allow me to use a few chapters to give this volume a slightly more perfect ending, after all, I am writing a book once, and I don’t want to leave any regrets—the second update is in the middle of the night.)
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