Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 218 Outsmarting Linzi (2)

They didn't need to intervene in the affairs outside the city, so they didn't mention it. Everyone thought that Gao Lan was afraid that they would take his credit, so they would stop them.

"General Gao, please follow me to the mansion to have a talk!" Yuan Tan stepped forward to hold Gao Lan and said.

Gao Lan hurriedly took half a step back, dodging Yuan Tan's hand, cupped his hands and saluted, "The eldest son is the last general, the eldest son has a noble status, how can he go with a rough man like me, the eldest son should invite you first!"

"In this case, I'd rather be respectful than obedient!" After Gao Lan finished speaking, he bent over and stretched out his hand as a gesture of invitation. Yuan Tan was very satisfied with Gao Lan's attitude, nodded and said, then turned and walked towards the palace.

Everyone hurriedly followed, Gao Lan straightened his waist, glanced contemptuously at Yuan Tan's back, and sighed secretly in his heart, Yuan Shao is also a hero, the former Yuan Tan is also considered good, although compared with Yuan Shao, he is not as good as Yuan Shao, but he will not How much difference.

But seeing Yuan Tan now, he has lost his vigor and enterprising spirit, which is really a pity!It seems that the Yuan family is really going to die.

Everyone came to the main hall of the palace to discuss politics. Yuan Tan sat on the throne and asked Gao Lan in the hall: "This time I can solve Linzi's predicament thanks to the help of General Gao. achievement!"

"Thank you, Mr. Gao Lan!" Gao Lan cupped his fists and saluted, "I will give the order of the lord here, Yuan Tan, governor of Qingzhou, listen to the order!"

Gao Lan took out Liu Bowen's forged Yuan Shao's handbook from his arms, held it high above his head, and strode up the steps of the main hall. Yuan Tan immediately got up from the throne and ran down the steps, Gao Lan stood on the high platform of the throne.

Opening the fake Yuan Shao handbook, clearing his throat, Yuan Tan and his left and right civil and military staff in the hall knelt together and shouted: "Respectfully listen to the Lord's instruction!"

"Yuan Tan, the governor of Qingzhou, was not good at fighting the enemy, and he failed my expectations of you. Although Qingzhou basically missed, he defended Linzi."

"... In the battle of Guandu, our army reported successes again and again, and we were able to capture Xuchang in a short time, but you missed the opportunity and deserved to be punished for your crime! Since you have made many military exploits, I will spare you the death penalty, and go back to Yecheng to face the wall and think about your mistakes ! High-ranking officials and others are not good at assisting, and they will be punished together.”

"From now on, the affairs of Qingzhou will be handed over to Gao Lan to take over the post of governor of Yuan Tan! Yuan Tan will step down from all duties, and Gao Lan will send troops to escort Yuan Tan, Gao Gan and others back to Yecheng. There must be no mistakes!"

Gao Lan collected the fake Yuan Shao's letter, walked down the steps, and said to Yuan Tan: "Young Master, at the end of the day, I will order someone to escort the Young Master and you all back to Ye City."

"Wait a minute! I want to verify the authenticity of this handbook, in case there is something wrong with Xiaoxiao." As soon as Gao Lan finished speaking, someone came out to stop him.

Gao Lan looked up, and it turned out to be Yuan Tan's Qingzhou Biejia Wang Xiu. Gao Lan snorted coldly, "Why, do you dare to question the Lord's order?"

Wang Xiu cupped his hands and said: "My lord's order, I naturally dare not question it, just in case, I want to check it if it doesn't work, please forgive me, General!"

"Presumptuous! The lord's handwriting is just what you say!" Gao Lan roared, but Wang Xiu refused to budge. He didn't believe that Yuan Shao would be so ignorant of the relationship between father and son that he wanted to bring Yuan Tan back to Yecheng and put him under house arrest. , called thinking behind closed doors, is actually to put Yuan Tan under house arrest.

"Please show me the general, if it is really the master's letter, I will die to apologize!"

"Okay!" Gao Lanqi's hands trembled, and he handed the fake handbook to Wang Xiu, "Take it! When you return to Yecheng, you can go to the lord to accept the crime yourself!"

Gao Lan was not afraid that Wang Xiu would be able to tell the truth from the fake. When he got this handbook, he was shocked!After careful identification, he couldn't tell that it was a fake. If Liu Bowen hadn't given it to him, he would have thought it was real.

Whether it's the seal or the handwriting on it, they are all exactly the same, basically to the point of confusing the real one, even he, one of the four Hebei court pillars under Yuan Shao, can't tell it apart, so how could someone at Wang Xiu's level be able to recognize it? come out.

"I have offended you! Please forgive me, General Gao!" Wang Xiu took the handwritten note, apologized, and hastily opened Yuan Shao's handwritten note to confirm it carefully.

"How about it? You can tell the authenticity!" Gao Lan said to Wang Xiu, who had an unbelievable expression on his face.

"This handwriting belongs to the lord, there is nothing wrong with it!" Wang Xiu felt bitter, and exchanged the handwriting to Gao Lan, never expecting that Yuan Shao would be so ignorant of the love between father and son.

"Even if the eldest son is wrong, the lord will not treat the eldest son like this." Everyone understood what Wang Xiu said, but they couldn't say it out.

Yuan Tan sat on the ground dejectedly. This time in Yecheng, he was afraid that he would become a prisoner.

"Actually, the lord just wanted to reprimand the eldest son." Gao Lan said, and everyone looked at Gao Lan.

"Fengji and Shenpei went forward to slander the lord, and wanted to execute the eldest son!"

"What!"Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and they didn't expect this to happen. Yuan Tan's hatred for Fengji and Shenpei deepened.

"If it wasn't for Wen Chou, Yan Liang, Zhang He, and me trying to dissuade him, he would have given the eldest son a chance to go back to Yecheng and face the wall to contemplate his mistakes. The one who came here to read the lord's letter would probably be Feng Ji." Gao Lan continued.

"If Fengji comes here, he will give the Eldest Young Master to death, so as to remove obstacles for Young Master Yuan Shang, who has always been on good terms with him."

"Why did my lord agree to Feng Ji's slander?" Gao Gan asked, and everyone nodded.

"It's not that the lord loves the third son, so he took the opportunity to get rid of the eldest son, so that the third son will inherit the position of the lord in the future." Gao Lan said.

Yuan Shao has always liked Yuan Shang, the third son. This is a well-known fact. Yuan Shao never concealed his love for Yuan Shang, and he wanted to make Yuan Shang his successor many times.

Who told Yuan Shang to be as good-looking as Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao's second wife Liu Shi also liked Yuan Shang, so he planned to make Yuan Shang his successor, but everyone opposed it, so it didn't work.

"Please don't make it difficult for me, Eldest Young Master, and everyone, let's go back to Yecheng!" Gao Lan looked at the silent crowd and urged while the iron was hot.

"Ah!" Yuan Tan sighed softly, took off the seal ribbon on his body, handed it to Gao Lan, turned around and walked out of the hall, and everyone had to follow Yuan Tan back to Ye City when they saw this.

It's just that they don't know that the place they are going to is not Yecheng, but the enemy camp outside the city. They will be taken as prisoners and escorted back to Xuchang.

Gao Lan ordered people to prepare a carriage, then selected a group of elite soldiers, escorted them out of the city, and sent them to Luo Cheng and others, while he stayed to control Linzi City.

With Gao Lan, the traitor, and a fake Yuan Shao's letter, he easily tricked Linzi into his hands.

A group of elite cavalry escorted Yuan Tan and others out of Linzi City. Yuan Tan raised the curtain of the car, took a last look at Linzi, put down the curtain reluctantly, and sighed secretly, wondering what kind of ending was waiting for him.

(End of this chapter)