Yuan Shu always believed that the surname Yuan came from Chen, who was the successor of Shun. He used earth to carry fire and was the second in luck. He also thought that the prophecy said: "The person who succeeded the Han Dynasty should be Tu Gaoye." He was talking about himself, after receiving Sun Ce's tribute.
After the Jade Seal, Yuan Shu became more sure of this guess, and from time to time he would fantasize about reaching the top of the Yuan family one day. That afternoon, someone claiming to be Zhang Shenxian from Hanoi came to see Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu didn't think so at first, but Zhang Shenxian said
He saw the emperor's aura above the palace, and Yuan Shu quickly sent someone to call in.
Yuan Shu was very happy to meet Zhang Shenxian and chatted for three days and nights. Then he summoned his men without waiting for dawn. He went to the main hall with a majestic appearance and said: "Now the Liu family has declined, and even Liu Xie
I was also kept in captivity by Long Fei. I, the fourth and third prince of the Yuan family, have students and former officials all over the world. If Yuan Shao, a bastard, hadn't hindered me, the people would have joined me! Now, the old immortal has proven that the emperor's spirit comes from
I should uphold God's will and comply with the people's will. I want to ascend the throne and proclaim myself emperor. What do you think?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent, with their heads lowered and no one spoke. At this time, the chief secretary Yan Xiang suddenly handed over his hand. Yuan Shu was stunned for a moment, and his face immediately darkened. Yan Xiang did not feel scared at all, and loudly
Said: "In those days, the Zhou people accumulated virtues and merits from their ancestor Houji to King Wen, and they were already two out of three heavens. However, they were still ministers of the Yin and Shang Dynasties. General, although you have been a high official and well-paid, I am afraid you are not as good as Ji.
The family is prosperous, and although the Han Dynasty is declining, it can't be compared with the brutality of Yin Zhou, right?"
After hearing what Yan Xiang said, Yuan Shu was furious: "You bastard, are you saying that I am trying to overstep my bounds?"
"If the general does not listen to our good advice, it will be no different than arrogance. At that time, all the princes in the world will rise up to attack, and it is still unclear whose hands Yangzhou will fall into!" Yan Xiang was still as slow and leisurely as ever.
Zhang Shenxian hurriedly took a step forward: "General, please calm down. Master Bo is also thinking about the general. The general doesn't know. If the general wants to stand on behalf of the Han Dynasty, there is still one thing missing! This thing is a symbol of power. If you get this thing, you will conquer the world."
Lord."
"Oh? What is it?"
"Imperial jade seal!"
"Hahaha...!" Yuan Shu laughed loudly: "What did I think it was? The jade seal is right here with me!"
Zhang Shenxian shook his head: "The general's jade seal is not a jade seal, it is just a copy?"
"What?" Yuan Shu was shocked. Sun Ce really made himself happy for a long time when he gave this thing to him. If it was a fake, then Sun Ce had deceived him: "You Sun Ce, how dare you deceive me?
People, kill all Sun Ce’s family members!”
"Wait a minute!" Zhang Shenxian smiled: "The general has misunderstood again! It's not that General Sun deceived you, but that this jade seal has been exchanged!"
"who?"
"Long Fei!"
"Long Fei?"
Zhang Shenxian nodded: "When Sun Jian led his troops to attack Xiangyang, Long Fei was actually watching from the side. He took advantage of Sun Jian's lone army to penetrate deeply, killed Sun Jian and seized the jade seal, and blamed Huang Zu for the matter.
The family hated Huang Zu deeply, but he never thought that the so-called law of heaven is clear, and the old man was meditating in the clouds that day, and he could see it clearly."
"Go and get the jade seal!" Yuan Shu sent someone to fetch the jade seal, and looked at it carefully up, down, left, right, left, and right. No matter the workmanship or various characteristics of the jade seal, they are all visible on this jade seal.
It's clear. It would be a bit unbelievable to say that it is not a real jade seal.
"General, please look here!" Zhang Shenxian pointed at the coiled dragon on the top of the jade seal. When Jia Xu made the fake jade seal, he was worried about confusion and asked the craftsman to remove the third paw of the coiled dragon's left front paw.
The nails were removed. Except for this, there was no difference between the rest and the real jade seal. Yuan Shu looked at it for a long time, but still couldn't find it. Panlong's paw was coiled under his body, and he couldn't tell the key to it. Zhang
The god smiled slightly and told the flaw. Yuan Shu suddenly realized how could the dragon on the jade seal have no sharp claws. It seemed that this jade seal was really a fake.
"Bang, bang, bang..." Yuan Shu threw the jade seal down the steps and rolled far away on the ground: "Long Fei!"
Ruyin, an important town in Yuzhou, is called Ruyin because it is south of the Ru River. Ruyin is also the intersection of Yuzhou and Yangzhou, Xuzhou, and Yanzhou, so there are no troops stationed here. Because the people are worried, like Ruyin
This kind of place will eventually become the focus of competition between several companies, and the rich and powerful will move away one after another, leaving behind the hungry and poor people living here.
When the people heard that these sudden people were heading to Wancheng, they all started to follow them. The people, led by the local elders, spontaneously followed them. When Chen arrived, Guan Hai also came with him.
After begging for mercy, Long Fei agreed. When he saw the people, not only Ruyin, but also people from nearby villages and towns also joined, and their team suddenly increased to more than 50,000 people.
With such a large number of people, they had to rely on Long Fei to take care of their food, drink, and comfort along the journey of several months. In order to raise the necessary food and grass, they had no choice but to temporarily stop in Ruyin. Long Fei sent more than a dozen teams to buy food everywhere.
The weather is getting colder and colder, and people have to walk more than ten or twenty miles every day. Some old, weak, sick and disabled people cannot keep up with the team, and some are even willing to die from cold and hunger.
Even if I die, I don’t want to hurt other people anymore.
Having just drank a bowl of porridge, he felt much warmer. Long Fei cheered up. While scanning the map, he asked, "How many people who bought food have not returned yet?"
Chen Dao hurriedly replied: "Almost everyone is back. Only the people who went to Yangzhou have no news. I have sent people to take care of them. I believe it will only be a day or two!"
Long Fei nodded: "Very good, we can't stay here for too long, the weather will get colder and colder, and it will be difficult to leave when it snows heavily! Leave marks for them along the way, let's go first, and leave a day early,
The common people will have one less day of suffering!"
"Back! Back!" There was a noise outside the tent, and Dian Wei walked in holding Meng Shuo, who was covered in blood. Meng Shuo's body was covered with knife wounds, and he was hit by two arrows in the back. His face was pale and he was mouthing heavily.
Panting. Long Fei hurriedly asked Dian Wei to put Meng Shuo down, took off his coat and covered Meng Shuo. He looked at Dian Wei: "What's going on?"
Dian Wei shook his head: "He was the only one who came back. He fell off his horse as soon as he entered the camp gate."
Meng Shuo coughed twice: "General, we are under attack!"
Meng Shuo was sent by Long Fei to buy grain in Shouchun. There were more than thirty young men among them. After arriving in Shouchun with their money, they began to rush to buy grain from various grain stores. Within two days, the price of grain in Shouchun increased.
At this time, Meng Shuo and the others also purchased food, and more than thirty people left Shouchun and walked back, talking and laughing. After crossing the Huaihe River, they saw that they would be able to return to Ruyin in two days.
Shuo ordered them to set up camp and rest, and then continue on their way until daybreak.
That night, thousands of troops surrounded them. They claimed to be Ji Ling, a subordinate of General Hussars, and said they were hunting thieves. They took action before they even exchanged a few words with Meng Shuo and the dozens of others.
How could these thirty people be the opponent of thousands of troops? Several of them were killed in an instant. Meng Shuo charged fiercely before breaking out of the siege. Unfortunately, the rest of the people were all killed, as well as the hundreds of loads of grain he had purchased.
It was also confiscated by Yuan Shujun.
Meng Shuo followed this army back to Shouchun. After asking around, he realized that all this was ordered by Yuan Shu in order to trap Long Fei and the others in Ruyin and get some treasure from Long Fei. After fighting out of Shouchun City
At that time, Meng Shuo was discovered and besieged by hundreds of people. Meng Shuo was armed with several knives, was hit by two more arrows, snatched a horse, and then ran back.
"Yuan Shu!" Long Fei gritted his teeth and his eyes widened. Dian Wei and Guan Hai were about to get up and gather their troops.
Guo Jia hurriedly stopped him: "Wait a minute, you two!" He turned to Long Fei and said: "My lord, Yuan Shu's sudden repentance must have some purpose. From Ruyin to the past, it is almost all Yuan Shu's territory. We are taking these people with us, so it is best to be patient for the time being.
, if you want to take revenge, you have to go back to Wancheng!"
"Report...my lord, Yuan Shu's envoy Yang Hong wants to see you!"
"How dare he send someone here! I'll kill him right away!" Dian Wei walked out the door with his halberd in hand. Xu Chu hugged him: "Why are you in such a hurry? Listen to the general!"
Long Fei pondered for a long time and then breathed out fiercely: "Carry brother Meng down, I want to see what Yang Hong says!"
Yang Hong is the long history of Yuan Shu, and he is the person who has followed Yuan Shu for the longest time. There are three people under Yuan Shu who are Yuan Shu's confidants, and one of them is this Yang Hong. Yang Hong is the best talker, and he can tell all kinds of things with his two mouths. Regardless of Yuan Shu,
If you have anything to worry about, ask Yang Hong to explain it, and laugh heartily. Yang Hong is not tall, has a thin face, but is fatter, as if he has a small head on his fat body. The most ugly thing is the duck face
There are two small beards growing on the mouth, which twitch and twitch when speaking, which is very funny.
"General, please be polite to your subordinate, Yang Hong!" Yang Hong stepped into the tent and began to salute until he came to Long Fei. He didn't even bend down before he bowed: "This time, I'm serving the hussar general.
Ming, come here to explain what happened a few days ago. It’s all the fault of that Ji Ling, who was stunned and killed people indiscriminately. The general has punished him severely, which is to vent his anger on the general’s behalf! Someone bring the gift in! "
Two soldiers carried a small alley and brought it over. Inside were a few tattered clothes, a dozen slings of copper coins randomly placed, and two pieces of coarse cloth on top. Yang Hong said with a smile: "These are Shouchun's specialties.
, they were personally selected by the general and given to the general. Please don’t be angry, accept these important gifts. Our family will help protect the great man and regain his glory! Oh, by the way, the remains of those warriors, general.
It has also been properly arranged, general, there is no need to be too sad!"
Yang Hong opened his mouth and talked endlessly. He was performing for half an hour, and the others couldn't get in the conversation at all. Yang Hong's words were flying everywhere. If he was someone who didn't know much about it, he would soon be exposed.
He said that he even felt that Yuan Shu was a very good person, and all of this was just a misunderstanding. Long Fei smiled, and he looked at Yang Hong and smiled: "Yang Changshi really has a clever mouth! I admire you!
Let’s put this matter aside for now! I’m afraid Yang Changshi is here for more than just that, right?”
"The general is indeed very wise!" Yang Hong stretched out his thumb, looked left and right, took two steps forward, and deliberately lowered his voice: "I heard that the national jade seal is here with the general. I want to take a look, okay?"