Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 1675 Who is on the case

  Jizhou, Yecheng.

   Bird Hill.

  Here are half-built palace complexes, some of which have been completed, but some of them are just a shelf, piles of bluestone and wood, which look a little lonely.

  The original labor here was previously transferred by Yuan Shao to assist in transporting grain when attacking Cao Cao, and among them, many people did not come back...

  The setting sun was about to set, and a little bit of fire lit up in the half-built palace.

   This piece of palace is surrounded by mountains and rivers, so the scenery is naturally not bad, but at the moment, the people who are still in the palace don't have any thoughts to see the scenery.

  Under the Bird Mountain, there is a newly established military camp, stationed for those soldiers who followed Yuan Shao and retreated from the front line, those soldiers who have been with Yuan Shao for a long time and are more reliable in terms of loyalty. In the barracks, there was also some depression. I don't know if it was because I was worried about disturbing the nobleman or for other reasons. There was no such hustle and bustle in the past.

  Information from various sources made Yuan Shao and his counselors heave a sigh of relief.

  Cao Cao does not seem to have any plans to enter Jizhou.

   Fei Qian was also busy with some matters in the Western Regions, and stayed in Guanzhong without sending troops.

   This is really a blessing among misfortunes.

After Yuan Shao's defeat, Guo Tufengji and others met again and again to deduce the battle situation, and stepped up the deployment and adjustment of soldiers, worrying that the surrounding hostile forces would take advantage of this opportunity to attack Jizhou. The situation seems to be safe?

  Although I can't understand why these guys around didn't come to take advantage of the fire, but after all, this situation is a good thing...

  However, after confirming that the surrounding area was relatively safe, Yuan Shao relaxed and couldn't hold on anymore. He collapsed and didn't get out of bed for three days.

   How can people not get sick when they eat whole grains?

  Yuan Shao is also human, so there is nothing strange about being sick, but the problem is that Yuan Shao's illness is not at the right time. Perhaps it can be said that when a person like Yuan Shao gets sick, it is never the right time.

For a long time, from Jizhou to Youzhou, from Youzhou to Qingzhou, or the imperial court in the south and Cao Cao in Yanzhou, they have actually lived under the shadow of Yuan Shao, but now they seem to be getting out of Yuan Shao's shadow, First the court, then Cao Cao, and now, who will it be?

Even though Tian Feng's death made Guo Tu, Feng Ji and others feel a little sad, or something hurt them, there was a stronger emotion that suppressed this emotion. Anxiety is also a kind of fear that the future cannot be controlled.

  As a strategist who is proud of his own wisdom, this feeling is very bad, like eating his favorite corn rice, only to find that there is a, um, half a worm in the rice...

Guo Tu and Feng Ji, as well as trial and match, are usually in a state of confrontation, and occasionally have to be sneering and sarcastic, and are even willing to add insult to injury, but they still have a general idea of ​​the strategy formulated by Tian Feng before. He didn't admit it with his mouth, but he also recognized it in his heart. At most, he just felt that he was not inferior.

  However, Yuan Shao did not follow Tian Feng's previous strategy. After changing it midway, he accused Tian Feng of this and that, and then poisoned Tian Feng to death on the way, calling it a sudden death.

  Although Yuan Shao's counselors didn't say anything, what they thought in their hearts was probably quite exciting. And all these thoughts would never have occurred in the minds of Guo Tu, Feng Ji, Judgment, or other people...

  Cao Cao fought with less than 30,000 people, and actually defeated Yuan Shao's nearly 100,000 people!

  Who would have thought of this? !

  Although it is not yet possible to say that the whole army is exhausted, it is almost the same. A large number of young and strong Jizhou civilians were killed by Cao Cao. Even though Cao Cao seemed brutal, it was a heavy blow to the people's livelihood in Jizhou. The winner has the right to dispose of the spoils, while the loser has even a luxury to protest and complain.

   If the battle is defeated, someone must take responsibility.

   Is it because their counselors are not doing their best?

   Or are the soldiers not fighting bravely?

   Or some other reason?

Naturally, it is impossible to say that it was Yuan Shao's fault, so it was the responsibility of the dead Tian Feng. Anyway, the dead would not open their mouths to argue, so even the interrogators who were more friendly with Tian Feng were silent and said nothing. Not sent.

  Undercurrents are brewing under the seemingly ordinary water surface.

  Guo Tu, who had just come down from the top of the bird mountain, was silently watching the bird water winding away under the bird mountain, without speaking for a long time.

   "Brother Gongze..." Far away, someone turned around the woods and greeted.

  Guo Tu looked back and cupped his hands, "Brother Yuan Tu..."

  The two stood together, turning their heads together to look at the sparrow water that was not flowing too much. Both of them vaguely felt that the other had something to do, but they didn't say anything.

  The sky is getting darker, but the sparrow water is still flowing without emotion.

After a while, Feng Ji finally spoke, his voice was a bit dull, as if an invisible silk veil had covered his mouth: "...Recent news... It's unbelievable..." Feng Ji said it very straightforwardly, even at all. They didn't use any allusions or cryptic scriptures. It was like a normal chat, which seemed to indicate to Guo Tu that it was better to be open and honest about the current situation.

  Guo Tu let out a "huh" and didn't answer.

"There is a friend..." Feng Ji didn't know if the "friend" was born out of nothing, anyway, the two knew it well, "Before they were brave, they hunted often, they were not injured, they were proud of the mountains and forests, and tigers and wolves avoided them ..."

  Guo Tu said "hmm", indicating that he was listening.

"...One day, a lynx was stolen from his house, and my friend attacked him in anger..." Feng Ji continued, squinting at Guo Tu, "...unexpectedly, he was injured by a lynx...When others heard about it, they said that it was fiercer than a tiger , Hurt by Lynn Ye, what a smile..."

  Guo Tu let out a "ha", and then said: "Everyone in the world is like this... and I don't know what happened to the friend of Yuan Tu? You can hunt tigers?"

  Feng Ji shook his head and said, "I don't even know..."

  Guo Tu was silent for a moment, then he let out a long sigh, pointed to the sparrow water in front of him and said: "The son said on the river, the dead are like a husband..."

   Feng Ji also fell silent, and then sighed.

The two stood silently for a while, Guo Tu arched his hands, said goodbye to Feng Ji, walked two steps and stopped suddenly, and said as if suddenly remembered: "Brother Wen Zhengnan is not feeling well? I don't know the moment how?"

   "Oh?" Feng Ji rolled his eyes and nodded. "There is such a thing? I should go to visit one or two..."

  Guo Tu nodded, then made eye contact with Feng Ji for a moment, then separated immediately, cupped his hands again, and left.

  Feng Ji stood, watching the only little sunset glow slowly disappearing in the sky, turned around and ordered: "Come on! Go back to the city!"

  ...p(⌒｀q)...

  The judge is not at home, but still in the Yecheng government office.

  Although it's time for late preparations, the audition still hasn't stopped.

  These days, in Yecheng, the security is three points higher than before. Although Yuan Shao has returned and Cao Cao has not continued to attack, the tense situation in Jizhou has not changed much. The elite soldiers stationed in various counties and counties in Jizhou are also constantly gathering together, and then reorganizing under the bird mountain.

It is said that it is to prepare for the war, and to resist the possibility of Cao Cao's next offensive. The so-called ordinary soldiers naturally don't know what the purpose is, but they know that the orders from above are like raindrops, to gather soldiers and collect supplies, and to rectify the defense system , one by one was so busy, and then they complained endlessly...

  But those who understood where the problem lies, kept their mouths shut and said nothing.

  Jizhou is at a time of turmoil.

  On the streets of Yecheng, from time to time, soldiers with small flags on their backs rushed out on horses, took out orders one by one, and then returned with messages one by one, and gathered here for the trial.

On the side of the government office, several Yecheng officials were collecting information, and they walked out of the side hall from time to time to report to the judge in the main hall, and the judge seemed to be thinner than before, but his eyes were sharper. Even a little fierce.

   "I would like to report to your lord that the army is dispatched to Ye today, and the food and wages are too high... The warehouses in the city are scarce, and there are only a few days, and they are not familiar with Zhuanghe. If they are not recruited, they may not be used in time..."

   "I want to report to your lord, I've ordered weapons to be replenished in the battalion recently, there is a shortage of armor, swords and spears, bows and arrows, and there are only 100,000 arrows in the city, and they need to be replenished urgently..."

The judge listened, and then made arrangements one by one. Those who raised materials went to raise materials, and those who urged production went to urge production. They were busy but not chaotic, but the judge's brows were always tightly frowned, like a piece of paper that was quilted. After rubbing the paper hard, it is possible to restore its original smoothness no matter what.

   These money, food and soldiers are not the most troublesome thing for the judge, because the judge knows that all problems that can be solved with money are not problems, and those that money cannot solve are the root of the problem.

  The current turmoil in Jizhou is the biggest knot in the trial and evaluation...

   Tian Feng died.

   Jizhou suddenly had no leader.

  In other words, right now, many people want to be the "salt bearer" of Jizhou. Even if there is something to overthrow Yuan Shao to avenge the gentry of Jizhou, it is after becoming the leader...

  The trial and assignment has been messing around in Jizhou official circles for a long time. What is there that I don’t understand? It is also false to say that he does not have this ambition, but is this position really that easy to take? But when there is chaos, the most fear is internal instability. Once there is a change, it will be unimaginable. I believe everyone understands this truth, but what you understand is what you understand, but you may not be able to do it when you actually do it.

   It's like eating puffer fish and wild animals, don't you understand the reason? It really happened, I'm afraid it's also a lot of the word "true fragrance". At this moment, what should be done to make this most dangerous time pass as soon as possible? What exactly does Yuan Shao mean? How the three sons decide, there should be an explanation...

  Tang Xia's own entourage stretched his head inward, looked at the look on the judge's face, and retracted again.

   "What's the matter?!" The appraiser asked impatiently. He has been busy all day, and now he doesn't even have time to eat dinner, and he didn't make an unknown anger. He has already restrained himself.

   "Reporting to the judge..." The servant hurriedly knelt down and reported, "My wife asked the judge to go back..."

   "What's the matter?" The judge was stunned for a moment, thinking that something big happened at home, so he couldn't help asking again.

   "This...Madam didn't say..." The family's confidant servant lowered his head.

  The examiner pondered for a while, dropped the pen, stood up, and said: "You wait for a good job! Don't slack off!"

The little officials inside and outside the hall hurriedly said yes, and then bent over to send the judge and left the government affairs hall. When they turned around, they felt three points lighter from top to bottom, and a smile could not help appearing on their faces. They shook their sleeves and coughed With a sound, he shouted to the servants who were serving him: "Is there any water? Bring some up!"

  The rest of the petty officials also dropped their pens one after another, shaking their sore necks, turning their arms, talking and laughing in low voices.

   When the sky falls, there will naturally be a tall man to support it!

   Now that the tall man is gone, is it still not possible to work so hard?

   Not to mention how these petty officials are, after the judge got into the carriage, the family confidant whispered to the judge, "It's Feng Cong Cao who came..."

  Period?

   The judge fell into deep thought.

  Feng Ji was originally at odds with Shen Pei, or in other words, the Nanyang faction and the Jizhou faction have never been able to pee in the same pot, but during this battle with Cao Cao, everything changed slightly.

  The Nanyang faction received a serious blow because of Xu You's escape. Although Yuan Shao didn't have any specific words about Fengji, nor did he implicate Fengji because of Xu You, but some of the soldiers that Fengji originally commanded were transferred away.

  So, at a critical moment, Feng Ji extended an olive branch to the judge.

  The son of the judge, originally followed Yuan Shao to the south, and wanted to be gilded in this battle. Of course, the more important thing is that only in this way can Yuan Shao rest assured that Yecheng will be handed over to the judge...

What I didn't expect was that the gold was not plated, but the person was trapped in Cao Cao's hands, so someone told Yuan Shao that the trial and marriage of this kid, the sons are in the hands of Cao Cao, and they will be loyal to Yuan Gong. what? But at this time, Feng Ji stood up to defend the judge and said a few good words. On the one hand, he dispelled Yuan Shao's concerns, and on the other hand, he greatly eased the tension between him and the judge.

  Yuan Shao didn’t bring up this matter again, and Feng Ji also treated it as nothing, but the judge knows that everything has a price, and there is no need to pay now, and it doesn’t mean that it will be free forever...

  The night has shrouded the earth, under the light of the torch, the carriage is pressed on the stone slab, and the judge's eyes are as deep as the night.

   Sure enough, Feng Ji found himself.

  So this time, what will be placed on the table for value measurement?

  (end of this chapter)