"Crack, bang..."
As a crisp sound rang out, an object of unknown use fell into pieces after close contact with the ground, leaving only hideous pottery shards and scratches of varying depths on the ground.≥ top≥point≥small≥say,
Even occasionally, some fragments will fly out in a weird arc. The sharp fragments look particularly scary. Even if they cannot kill people, they will still cause huge damage if they pass through some of the more fragile parts of the human body. .
"This is already the first few."
"Who knows, I won't be able to count anymore when it exceeds double digits."
The maids hiding in the shadows spoke carefully. They all had ordinary looks. As for the beautiful seniors, those with brains have now become the concubines of the owner of the house or have been given to the generals of the owner of the house. Those silly girls who have no brains to think that they can be favored by virtue of their beauty and figure have long been buried in a tomb in the suburbs.
Maybe they made some other contributions before they died, but anyway, for the owner of the house, it was nothing more than waste.
So now, only these women who have no outstanding specialties and are cautious can stand here.
Unfortunately, they may not want such an "honor".
Because the risk factor of this kind of work is too high, if you are not careful, you will be like a certain sister a few days ago, who just accidentally spilled a little of the wine on the guests, and was struck by the angry host. He was stabbed to death and his body was found on the spot.
They want to escape from here, but it is impossible for them to escape from here. Not to mention the wolf-like soldiers guarding here, even if they can escape successfully, where can they escape to?
The news among the maids is constantly spreading that famine is spreading outside and many refugees have to exchange their children for food. Women like them, who have delicate skin and tender flesh and do not have much fighting power, can only pray if they want not to become the target of the hungry people. God's gift.
The sound of broken items gradually stops, as if the resentment in the owner of the house has been vented, so the alert maids will quickly run back to their jobs. Then they will pretend to have been standing there from just now until now. Even horses don't know the three expressionless expressions. The eyes look at the nose, and the nose looks at the heart.
"You guys, go in and tidy up."
Sure enough, not long after, a young and beautiful woman walked in from outside and gave them instructions with the same expressionless face.
"Yes." This answer sounded weak, without even a trace of warmth.
The woman in front of these maids is one of the "lucky ones" mentioned before. It is just a "lucky one". But it is impossible for her to be so bossy in front of these maids, because the improvement of status has a great impact on life. Safety has not been substantially improved. The only change may be that many of the tasks that originally needed to be done were taken over by others, and there were one or two more maids around me who were once equal to them. But originally, I could hide and wait. The life that ended when the master was furious turned into a life in which one had to face the master's anger and pray that one would not die due to various accidents.
No one knows whether he will die because his voice is not sweet enough and high-pitched when serving his master at night, or whether he will die because his voice is too sweet and high-pitched to cause the master's rage. Likewise, no one knows whether he will die because he eats too much while accompanying his master. If you are not elegant enough, you will be sentenced to death, or if you eat too slowly, the owner here will think that he is dissatisfied with you and his body and head will be separated.
In comparison, serving those generals may be a good result - perhaps most of the generals behave vulgarly and violently. The situation on the battlefield makes the master's mood always at a low point, and naturally it is impossible to let those generals
They are so happy, but even if they are ruined by playing, it seems better than being killed for no reason all the time.
At least the former can be predicted. Even if you are lucky enough to escape and be thrown into a cold woodshed and survive, it is not a bad luck. Unlike the latter, even if you are not killed, you will not know what day it will be.
The tense nerves suddenly broke and he went crazy.
"ah!"
No, the woman who had just been instructing the maid to deal with the mess had lost her breath because she didn't say a word. With a relieved smile on her face, she was lying on the pottery fragments that had not yet been cleaned up. She seemed a little
Weirdly poignant.
But the two maids became trembling because of this woman's death.
In fact, their guess was not wrong, and not long after, the master chopped off the heads of the two trembling girls in a rage because he thought the woman's smile before she died was mocking him.
It wasn't until the hot blood sprayed on his head, body, and feet that he showed a disappointed expression.
As for what he was regretting, no one other than himself could possibly know.
Perhaps, even he himself didn't know what he was thinking at this time.
In fact, he is not the only one who is so anxious?
Throughout the entire mansion, and even extended to the entire city, such emotions continued to spread.
"Yuan Lang, don't think too much and have a good sleep. If you continue like this, you will be unable to bear it."
It's a pity that even Feng's soft words can no longer have much effect. Yuan Shu's red eyes are like a hungry jackal, full of strong aggression, but essentially full of uneasiness and despair.
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Yes, hidden beneath that brutal and violent performance was Yuan Shu's heart that was on the verge of collapse.
He no longer knew how to face the situation in front of him.
At this time, he had almost lost all his pride and confidence.
However, the development of the situation did not give him the slightest light of hope, but instead brought him endless darkness.
Originally Yuan Shu also had his glory days.
With his outstanding family background, excellent abilities, and the extremely comfortable career that followed, Yuan Shu was once a glorious and proud son of heaven.
Although he experienced the resentment of losing his position as leader of the alliance in the battle against Dong, and also experienced the chain reaction of Sun Jian's death in the battle, he had to leave Nanyang and defeat Yuzhou, which made him seem to be inferior to Yuan Shao, who was prosperous in Hebei.
Lack of some confidence.
But this still cannot erase his efforts.
For example, Yixiao Yixin won over Sun Jian, which not only greatly improved his status in the coalition forces, but also allowed him to suppress Liu Biao of Jingzhou for a time. Even if he was unfortunately defeated and returned to Yuzhou, he could immediately regroup because of the previous
During this period, a rather solid foundation was laid. It can be said that if it were not for Sun Jian's slightly strange death, Yuan Shu's performance could be regarded as excellent.
But even if he encountered an unexpected disaster like the death of Sun Jian, Yuan Shu could quickly regain his composure, and boldly activated the young Sun Ce. The reward for this move was that Yuan Shu became a leader with a sphere of influence spanning Yanyu.
Xu Yang's powerful princes.
At that time, Li Shushi was just dealing with the barbarians in a third of an acre of land in Bingshuo, and Yuan Shao was suppressed by Yuan Shu's ally Gongsun Zan. Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, had become famous together with Sun Jian in the battle against Dong.
The vassals were beaten so hard by Sun Jian's descendants that they almost lost their confidence in continuing to fight for world supremacy.
Tao Qian of Xuzhou seems to be very independent, but in fact, except for the northern part of Xuzhou where Liu Bei is located, which is temporarily beyond Yuan Shu's reach, the top and bottom of Xuzhou have been eroded and disintegrated by Yuan Shu's various strategies. There are also countless Yellow Turbans.
Under Yuan Shu's offensive, the remnants became Yuan Shu's hegemony's accomplices, so that Yuan Shu's enemies often had to run around to deal with them.
Yuan Jiujiu was so high-spirited at that time.
It's a pity that since the severe drought, Yuan Shu, who had unlimited violent troops and didn't know how to sort out internal affairs and only resorted to extortionate expropriation to maintain financial balance, suddenly lost the power to continue moving forward. Although he has a low reputation in a certain game of Mowing Empire
It's outrageous, but apart from losing a few titles, it actually has more advantages than disadvantages in unifying the country, but it is obviously impossible in the real society.
After all, Yuan Shu's actions would also affect the vital interests of the vast number of powerful landowners and even some aristocratic families in the occupied areas.
When Yuan Shu's power was still strong, the dissatisfaction accumulated by this policy could not explode on a large scale. However, when Yuan Shu showed a little fatigue, this kind of public support snowballed, making Yuan Shu appear to be extremely powerful.
collapse.
Well, what happened in Chen County proves that even when Yuan Shu seems to be strong, as long as the external forces can give the local forces a certain degree of confidence, they will continue to fight on the front line against Yuan Shu.
It can be said that because of Yuan Shu's increasingly disappointing ruling model, the original die-hard loyalists are wavering, while those who were not firm in the first place are beginning to plan for another way out or simply raising the flag of rebellion.
However, Yuan Shu, who was greatly weakened, lacked effective sanctions against these people.
Maybe he still had Sun Ce's trump card in his hand at that time, but as mentioned before, Yuan Shu was unwilling and unable to use this trump card, no matter in terms of face or actual benefits. In order to use it once, Liu Yao came to attack because of this.
The common enemies of Yuan Shu and Sun Ce - the latter's cousins ​​and uncles were bullied by Liu Yao in Jiangdong.
After some exchanges, Sun Ce happily set off for Jiangdong.
It's a pity that the team may have been purified a lot because of this, but the lack of combat effectiveness is real.
As a result, not long after, Yuan Shu, who was not strong on the outside and even more dry on the inside, was hit hard again - I wonder if it was affected by Li Shushi's performance in Chen County. For Lujiang County, Yuan Shu was also affected.
The region was extremely dissatisfied with its rule. Cao Cao followed suit, and even with the ace card of the emperor, Cao Cao occupied the highest point in terms of righteousness.
Taking advantage of the fact that Sun Ce was still in Jiangdong, not only needing to attack the city and plunder the territory, but also fighting wits and courage with those powerful men who were extremely dissatisfied with him, Cao Cao's soldiers directly surrounded Shouchun City.
Liu Xun, the prefect of Lujiang who had an old relationship with Cao Cao, was appointed by Yuan Shu, but it could be said that Yuan Shu was already declining, while Cao Cao was like the rising sun, and he had the emperor's edict as a good step to climb down, so he surrendered simply -
- Anyway, the condition offered by Cao Cao is that Liu Xun will continue to serve as the governor of Lujiang, and he can also be granted the title of marquis and general, which is really great.
Besides, everyone in the county turned their backs on Yuan Shu and turned to the court, so it was naturally impossible for Liu Xun to go against the trend.
In other words, the entire Lujiang County can theoretically be said to have surrendered without a fight - in fact, it is just like the peaceful liberation of Beiping in another dimension of history: Cao Cao's army besieged Shouchun, just like the People's Liberation Army liberating Tianjin in 29 hours. The Lujiang Family
The powerful lobbying of Liu Xun was like lobbying Fu Zuoyi through the democratic parties. In the end, the bloodless opening of the city can be said to be a matter of course.
The only difference may be that there was a fashionable "Electric XX" in Fu Zuoyi's time. Anyway, the warlords who experienced the Republic of China still played like this even if they were just across the street. But there was no such high-end thing in Liu Xun's time.
, so he could only go to Cao Cao's army camp outside Shouchun City to have a cordial meeting with Cao Cao. Then he stayed in the army for a while.
Of course, based on the relationship between Liu Xun and Cao Cao, this period of time can be regarded as a good friend reminiscing about old times. Even though there are many rules in the military camp, it is actually nothing to a being like Liu Xun, and after the war, he can still
Go back and be his governor.
And in this matter, the only one who felt aggrieved and depressed was naturally Yuan Shu in Shouchun City, who was "kindly" informed by Cao Cao about this matter.
Therefore, it is not entirely unreasonable to say that Yuan Gongli lost his temper again.
Although in the eyes of most of Yuan Shu's subordinates, their lord is suffering from hysteria, and he is afraid that his time is numbered.
To be continued...