The son of Yuan Shao who traveled through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 53

The sky in March and April is like a baby’s face that changes as soon as it is said. Just now the sky was clear, but in a blink of an eye the sky became dark and the wind turned cold.

When Tian Feng and I came to the hall, Xu You, Ju Shou, Yuan Shang, Shen Pei, Feng Ji, Guo Tu, and Xin Ping were all there.I saw that it was broken, and it was not the right time to come, but when I got to the door, I just had to bite the bullet and go in.

Feng Ji knelt on the ground, Xu You bowed his body, not daring to raise his head, the atmosphere in the hall was a little tense and tense.

When I walked in, I glanced at Yuan Shang who was standing beside me. Yuan Shang was shocked and didn't speak.Tian Feng walked a few steps ahead of me and bowed to his father; "My lord, Tian Feng has something to report."

My father didn't look at him, but looked at me with angry eyes, which made my heartbeat and blood flow faster, and I was a little at a loss.The old man withdrew his eyes from me, stared at Tian Feng, and said in a deep voice; "You tell me." Tian Feng didn't hear the strangeness in his tone at all, and said; "I heard that the lord is going to raise an army to fight Cao Cao, Tian Feng Feng Te came to remonstrate." The old man's face darkened, and he snorted coldly; "Cao Cao coerced the emperor to order the princes, and the crime of treason and injustice cannot be forgiven. Don't Mr. Tian think that this person should be punished." Tian Feng said; "Should be punished, It’s just that Feng thinks that the time is not yet ripe, and he shouldn’t devote all his strength to a decisive battle with him. It’s best to use small groups to harass Cao Jun and make Xu Tu slow down.” The old man was furious and said sharply; “Cao Cao’s soldiers and horses are not enough 20, my Hebei Xiongshi is 60 to [-], more than twice as good as him, now we are outnumbered, we can win in one battle, why bother to go through so much trouble." Only then did Tian Feng hear that his father's attitude was wrong, but He still insisted; "Since ancient times, Taoist soldiers are not expensive, it depends on how to use them. Although Cao Cao has few soldiers, his tactics are flexible, and he is no better than Gongsun Zan. A martial artist. The lord will attack with all the strength of the whole country. If you are defeated, you will regret it."

Ju Shou also flashed out from the side and said, "Hao Bei [Tian Feng's words] is right, my lord, please think twice. Our army has been conquering Gongsun Zan over the years, and the military expenditure on food has been huge. The people and soldiers have long been exhausted, and the food and grass in the warehouse can't handle it." A large-scale war. Jushou thought that it was time to rest with the people, and sent someone to pay Xu Chang to welcome the emperor to Ye. If Cao Cao refused, he would say that Cao Cao prevented the lord from being loyal, and he was famous as a teacher."

Guo Tu suddenly snorted coldly and said: "It's alarmist, General Fenwu is exaggerating." Ju Shou was stunned for a moment, then turned around and said, "What is Mr. Guo's opinion?" Guo Tu said; , Attacking Cao Cao is bound to be easy, and you can return to victory within a month, so why bother." Ju Shou didn't speak, Tian Feng was violent, and immediately jumped up, pointing at Guo Tu's nose and saying; "You flatter the Lord Huo, Have no good intentions. Didn’t you hear that the righteous soldiers who eliminate the violence and the people are called the righteous soldiers, and those who hold guns and bully the weak are called the arrogant soldiers. The righteous soldiers are invincible, and the arrogant soldiers will be defeated. Cao Cao coerced the emperor to command the princes. Politically, the people’s hearts want this, and this is sincere. Fighting for the front. Sending troops to attack Xuchang today is to attack the emperor, and it is easy to fall into the trap. We don’t need a perfect strategy today, but the unsung army will surely be defeated.”

Xu You straightened up and said, "Your Majesty, the army is about to launch, but Tian Feng's words are rude. The cholera army's morale is too serious. If the Lord does not punish severely, if such words spread, the morale of the army will be shaken, and the soldiers will be terrified. "

Shen Pei took advantage of the situation and said, "That's right, what Tian Feng said is fundamentally fallacious. According to what he said, King Wu's attack on Zhou was also unjust. Moreover, he attacked the Han traitor Cao Cao. How could it be said that the master was unknown? A few days ago, His Majesty didn't take off his clothes and order the world." The princes beg for thieves. As the saying goes, if you don’t take it, you will be blamed instead. My lord must make up my mind and don’t be swayed by people with ulterior motives.”

I haven't said a word since I came in, and only then did I hear that something was wrong. How can I talk about important national affairs, turn around and attack, and a large group of people beat Tian Feng and Ju Shou, what's going on? thing.

I was wondering when Fengji, who was kneeling on the ground suddenly, let out a miserable howl like a slaughtered pig, bang bang bang bang, kowtowed on the ground, bleeding, and shouted; Every sentence of the report is true, my lord finally believes it now." Feng Ji cried as if his mother had died; "My lord, General Fenwu Jushou has been appointed both inside and outside the supervisory system, and he has shocked the three armies. Jia Tianfeng, the second son, Yuan Xi, wants to rebel, if the lord does not make a decisive decision, something bad will happen." I was startled, how did it come to me, no wonder, my father's face is so ugly, it turns out Fengji sued here.

Before I had time to speak, Xu You immediately echoed and said, "My lord, the second young master Yuan Xi's whereabouts are secretive these days, making friends with ministers and attracting people's hearts. There are indeed signs of conspiracy." I immediately understood that everything was wrong. It's for me.

My father's eyes shone brightly on me, and I immediately took a step forward and shouted for injustice; "Father, the child was wronged, Xu You and I have a grudge, deliberately framed, there is no evidence of malicious slander, it is really abominable, please father punish him sin."

Xu You bent over and trembled, knelt on the ground as if he had been untied, and said loudly: "My lord, Xu You is dedicated to the public and has no selfishness." I said sharply; "Okay, since you have no selfishness, then show evidence." Fengji's howling like killing a pig finally stopped, but the next words made me unbearable: "My lord, there is a witness in Fengji"

"Witness—" I said with a sneer, "I'm talking nonsense."

The father said coldly: "Since there is a witness, pass it up, Xi'er, how dare you confront the witness." I didn't care, thinking that I had never done it at all, and I didn't believe you could force me. "My child has a clear conscience, there is nothing I dare not."

Shen Pei cupped his hands to his father, and then shouted outside; "Bring Yuan Fu up here."

"Yuan Fu—" I was stunned for a moment, Yuan Fu is the servant in charge of cleaning in my house, what is he doing here.

As soon as Yuan Fu came in, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed, trembling all over. He seemed so frightened that he even forgot his last name, but he still remembered one thing very clearly, as if he had recited it in advance.

The judge walked into Yuan Fu and said sharply, "Yuan Fu, my lord asks you, where are you on duty." Yuan Fu knelt down, glanced at me standing beside me with my mouth wide open, and said in a trembling voice, "Little man— —The villain is——is the residence of the Second Young Master, and he is a servant.”

The appraiser smiled at me proudly, and then said to Yuan Fu, "How does the second son treat you?" Yuan Fu's mouth immediately said, "The kindness is as heavy as a mountain, and he gave the villain 100 taels of silver that day."

I was surprised and said, "Yuan Fu, are you crazy? When did I give you 100 taels of silver? I can't even pay back the money I owe to others. I still have money for you."

Yuan Fu seemed to expect that I would say this, and immediately straightened his waist bent like a shrimp, and said as if something happened; "That's right, my son, did you forget that on that day, you asked me to deliver two letters, One is for Captain Cui Yan, and the other is for Biejia Tianfeng. Afterwards, you gave me 100 taels of silver. Although the son forgot, the villain dare not forget. The villain will always remember the great kindness of the son. Dade, son, Yuan Fu kowtowed to you. Without your money, the villain’s mother would have died of illness if she had no money to buy medicine. By the way, you forgot. I even said hello to him."

"Nonsense, Yuan Fu, did you get your head kicked by a donkey when you woke up in the morning, or did you get your door blocked? When did I ask you to deliver a letter? I—" I said angrily.

Painful expression appeared on his father's face, and he said in a low voice, "Send Jiao Touch to come here." Jiao Touch is a personal soldier, a lieutenant, who is on duty in Yuan's residence every day, and rushes over after a while. Seeing his father, he knelt down on the ground "See my lord." His father didn't ask him to get up, and asked directly; "Second son sent a letter to Tian Feng and Cui Yan, do you know about this?" Jiao Touch said without hesitation; "Yes, it was Yuan Fu who sent the letter." Going, Yuan Fu had informed the general when he went out, and the general was thinking about it, the lord did not restrict the freedom of the young master in order to let the general, so he did not stop him."

I was dumbfounded. What the hell is going on? Could it be that the heads of these people were kicked by donkeys? Are there so many donkeys in Jizhou City?Could it be that they conspired to deal with me?

Before I could figure it out, Yuan Fu crawled over from the ground and said, "My lord, if you still can't remember, the villain is reminding you. When you asked me to deliver a letter to Mr. Cui Yan, you specifically asked the lord People, when you see Master Cui, you must tell him that this letter will be sent to Huainan, and hand it to a general named Zhao Yun face to face, and tell him to make preparations—" "Pa" the father smashed the tea bowl on the low table in front of him. When it landed on the ground, the tea splashed all over Feng Ji.

Feng Ji wiped his tears and said, "Yuan Fu, what did you say when the young master asked you to send a letter to Mr. Tian?" A ferocious sneer appeared on the corner of You's mouth.

Tian Feng looked at me, then at Yuan Fu, and said in bewilderment, "I haven't received any letters from the second son." Yuan Fu sighed and said, "Master Tian's memory is not good, so I'll send you a letter." When you were still in front of me, you opened the letter and read it. After reading it, you kept sighing, then walked up and down the room, and finally stopped, saying, "Go and tell the second son, let He endured it for two days first, allowing me to think of a perfect plan, and then he informed General Jushou that a great thing will happen."

"That's enough, come, take this dog slave to me and throw him into the cell." Father said coldly.Jushou stopped him and said, "Wait a minute, this man can't leave. He can't explain everything after he left."

The father sneered and said, "Isn't the matter already clear? What else is there to say?" Jushou said in surprise, "My lord doesn't believe this man's crazy words. Jushou and the second son have no contact at all."

Father said: "Do you have any relationship with Tian Feng?" Ju Shou smiled wryly; "Of course there is, does the lord think it's inappropriate?" Tian Feng protested; "My lord is clear, I really haven't received anything from the second son. Letter, this is Yuan Fu's nonsense." Father looked at him closely, and said in a deep voice; "Jiao Chu, tell me." Jiao Chu said, "Yes, my lord, Yuan Fu did say that he wanted to send a letter to Tian Feng. As for whether it has gone or not, there will be no way of knowing.”

Tian Feng's face changed color; "This—the captain—you—" Jiao Touch's expression remained unchanged, and he turned to look at me; "Second Young Master, Mr. Tian, ​​I'm just doing my duty to tell the truth, if there is any offense Please forgive me."

Ju Shou was still calm, and said sternly; "Even if the second son wrote a letter to Hao Bei, there is nothing wrong with it. My lord has not restricted you and the ministers to make friends." Tian Feng rushed to say; "Feng has no friendship with the second son, and they never met. Not many." The father sneered; "There is no friendship, why did you come together today, and why did you come here?"

Tian Feng is a straightforward person. Although he has a good brain, he is not calm enough, so he blurted out; "The second son got a secret report saying that Xu You colluded with Cao Cao in order to rebel, so he came here to report. Come along together."

When my father heard it, oh, Xu You reported the two of you for rebellion, and when it was over, you two reported Xu You for rebellion. It was clearly a malicious frame, looking for an opportunity to retaliate, and said impatiently; "How did Xu You rebel?" Xu You kowtowed repeatedly; " Lord Mingjian—this must be the plan that the second son and Tian Feng knew that Xu You had learned of the two men's conspiracy, and wanted to put Xu You to death."

I said, "You have learned about my son and Mr. Tian's conspiracy, so you should tell me." The old man was right after thinking about it, and he still didn't know the content of the letter after talking for a long time?

Ju Shou laughed, and asked Xu You and Feng Ji; "You are saying with certainty that the young master conspired against you. Where is the evidence? Where are the two letters? What did they say?" Xu You said confidently; hand, how do I know what to write."

The old man also showed anger on his face, and said sharply; "Without a letter, how can we conclude that the second son is rebelling against you?" Feng Ji said suddenly; "Although I don't have the letter from the second son to Cui Yan Tianfeng, but Ji has another letter. A letter." I wondered if it was a love letter from your wife, so it has nothing to do with me, and said proudly; "What does someone else's letter have to do with me." Feng Ji stood up abruptly, walked to I said sternly in front of me; "Other people's letters have nothing to do with your son, but Cao Cao's letters don't necessarily matter."

"Cao Cao's letter," I said loudly; "You said Cao Cao wrote me a letter."

Feng Ji sneered, "Who else can I give it to you?" He took out a letter from his pocket and held it up above his head for everyone to see. Anyang Consort Yuan Xi Taiwan Enterprise.Although the father was far away, he could see clearly, and said sharply; "Present." Feng Ji snorted coldly, took the letter into his father's hand and said: "Master Mingjian, this letter is from a merchant who was sent by Xuncheng soldiers last night. I found it on my body and sent it to my residence, Ji knew that this matter was of great importance, so he didn't dare to unpack it privately, so I asked my lord to read it by himself."

Father opened the envelope, took out the letter, and immediately jumped up from the chair; "This—this is indeed Mengde's handwriting—what—"

Father's face became more and more ugly, his fingertips and the corners of his mouth began to tremble, he sat down on the chair in a slump, raised the letter and said to me in a trembling voice; "You—take it and read it yourself—"

Still in shock, I walked over and took the letter from my father, only to see that it said: "I don't know if the appointment made the day before yesterday has been completed. I will betroth the princess to you as promised. Please be sure to dissuade your father, Yuan Shao. He will command his troops to come to Xuchang, otherwise Xuchang will be in danger. If the young master assists you, Cao will live up to the young master's entrustment, and immediately hand over the Runan Xiapi to Zhao Yun, and help the young master defend your father, so that you can stand on your own as you wish——

"Father, this—this letter is fake, my son, I have nothing to do with Cao Cao—" I was so frightened that I almost fainted, and my tongue was tied when I spoke.

My father looked at me and sighed, shook his head and said, "This letter is indeed written by Meng De. My father has known him for many years, and he will never admit his mistake. You don't have to argue." Tian Feng's face also changed, and he snatched the letter from me. After looking at the letter, he stared and said, "My lord, this letter is strange. In Yifeng's opinion, it must be Cao Cao's conspiracy to drive a wedge between the lord and your son and wife."

I said: "Father Mingjian, my child has never thought of self-reliance. As the son of a great general, he enjoys the glory, wealth, and stars, and he is accompanied by a beautiful wife. His wish is enough. Why should he stand on his own and rebel? This is fundamentally wrong." Cao Cao's treacherous plan, please let my father learn from it."

Ju Shou took the letter and looked at it, and immediately smiled; "This is the plan of the 'Warring States Policy' Feng Qiechangta', I have to hide it from others, but I can't hide it from me, my lord must not be fooled." Father said solemnly; "Shut up , You said Cao Cao used tricks, let me ask you, how did Cao Cao know that the three of you were exchanging letters to conspire against others, but why did you use tricks at this time? There is such a coincidence in the world."

The judge fell to his knees in great excitement; "My lord, the second son Tian Fengjushou conspired to rebel against Cao Cao, and the evidence is convincing. My lord must not only care about the relationship between father and son and tolerate adultery. If it turns out to be an armpit in the future, it will be too late for regret."

A consciousness flashed across my mind, and I said sharply; "Father is right, how could Cao Cao predict the future, but at this time he used tricks, and my son concluded that there must be traitors in Jizhou City colluding with Cao thief and exchanging information. Not bad, this person is Xu You."

"Second son, don't spit on people with blood, saying that I, Xu You, colluded with Cao Cao, but there is evidence."

Tian Feng immediately stood up and said, "When General Zuo Yuan Shu died, he once told the second son himself that Cao Cao told General Yuan Shu when he was young that he had an uncle named Xiahou who adopted him to the Xu family in Luoyang and gave birth to a son. It's called Xu You. Xu You should be renamed Xiahou, called Xiahouyou, he is Cao Cao's brother, Xu You and Cao Cao must have colluded with each other to frame me and the second son, my lord, don't listen to outsiders' slander and poison your own son."

My father was preconceived, and he was still willing to believe our words, and said angrily: "Shut up, last time, I wanted to punish this rebellious son, and you, an old man, were the ones who got in the way. This time, you came together to stop me from attacking Cao and colluding with you to frame good people. He also said that the friendship is so-so and we don’t meet much. You—Ju Shou—wasted the trust of General Ben in you, you—come here—"

Jiao Touch was still kneeling on the ground, and when he heard this, he cupped his hands and said, "The last general is here, please tell me, my lord." My father glanced at me, then turned his head and said sharply; "Put—Second Young Master and Tian Feng—into prison—Ju Shou General Fenwu was changed to Zuodudu. The Hebei Army was divided into three, and Guo Tufengji was divided into Zhongdu and Right Dudu, and they were in charge of the army. Everyone retreat, get out—get out—”

Guo Tu was shocked, knelt on the ground and cried: "My lord, how can I still give military power to Jushou for his conspiracy and rebellion? If he harbors resentment and revenge on the lord, what should I do?" Wouldn't it be over if you gave me the position of general?

My father has his plan in mind, oh, the authority of Ju is too heavy to easily rebel, if I give General Fenwu to others, others will not rebel, forget it, it is better to divide the military power into three parts and everyone monitors each other.Jiao Touch stood up from the ground, waved his hands to call a pair of soldiers, and slightly bowed his hands to me; "Second son, the lord's order must not be violated, I have offended you." I shouted loudly; "Father, Xu You and Cao Cao have an extraordinary relationship. , you keep him by your side, he will definitely betray sooner or later, father, think twice." I was really anxious, and my mind was broken, I couldn't move Xu You now, but let this bastard move me, This is not a good thing, my own safety is not a big deal, what I'm thinking of right now is my mother Zhen Mi's elder brother and third younger brother.

Whether the battle of Guandu can be won or not depends on this Xu You. With him, his father will undoubtedly lose. Then his father vomits blood and dies. I was assassinated by Liaodong Governor Gongsun Kang——

Yuan Shang didn't seem to have said a word from the beginning to the end. At this moment, I thought that only my father's favorite son could save me, so I desperately asked him for help; Xin—you have to—Xu You has evil intentions, third brother, you have to be very careful—”

Yuan Shang acted as if he couldn't hear me at all, so he ignored me, went straight to his father, and helped him walk to the inner hall.

My mind went bang, I looked at Judgment and Fengji, and immediately understood half of it. Aren't the judge and Fengji the teacher of the third child?How can I stand with Xu You and Guo Tu? Guo Tu has always been at odds with him because he is jealous of the authority over the three armed forces in Jizhou. It is justifiable to do such a thing. Xu You and I have revenge for killing our brothers, and we also have reasons to retaliate .

But what is the purpose of trial and appointment and Fengji? Is it really as they said, for the country, for the people, for Jizhou and for the lord?These two powerful ministers, even if I were killed, I would not believe that they are so great. They dared to offend me, the second son, at the risk of estrangement, unless——I dare not think about it, I seem to see Yuan Shang's A wicked smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his heart sank, sank, sank to the bottom of the lake.

(End of this chapter)