Soon, the scouts under Yuan Shu's command were seen giving Yuan Shu the report brought back by the northern spies and placing it on the table.
Yuan Shu seemed to think that this was a bit too low-key, so he was not in a hurry to open the slip.
He ordered his cronies to find a group of officials from Shouchun who came to the hall to discuss matters.
Yuan Shu made up his mind to show off in front of the officials in Shouchun.
After all, it is not an easy thing to defeat Liu Jian and Liu Deran.
Even Dong Zhuo, an old thief, had suffered repeated defeats under his men. Such a person who never suffered a loss was now in his own hands. How could Yuan Shu not take the opportunity to show off his abilities in front of his men?
This is one of his character traits, he is very happy with his achievements.
This problem is innate and cannot be corrected.
Not long after, a group of officials directly affiliated with the Yangzhou Animal Husbandry Department came to the hall step by step.
They were divided into two rows, standing on both sides of the hall, saluting Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shu waved his hand and ordered the musicians to stop playing, and then ordered all the dancers in the hall to retreat.
Then only Yuan Shu and his direct subordinates were left in the hall.
"Everyone, what day is this evening? What year is it today?" Yuan Shu looked at the crowd with a smile.
Some of the people present were a little confused.
What was the good-natured Yuan Shu asking?
Is this showing off again?
Sure enough, I heard Yuan Shu say:
"To be honest, Yuan sent someone to communicate with Liu Deran and asked him to send my brother Yuan Shiji's son to Jiujiang. At that time, everyone was suspicious of the matter and felt that Liu Deran and my brother had a deep friendship and a trust.
I will definitely not send my nephew here because of my love."
When he said this, Yuan Shu suddenly laughed a few times.
"However, at that time, Yuan insisted that Liu Deran would definitely agree to my request to him this time. If not, he would be suspected of holding my legitimate son of the Yuan family hostage... Among the gentlemen present, many people expressed doubts
If you don’t believe it, now the time has come to verify Yuan’s words.”
At this time, Yuan Shu picked up the slip on the desk, shook it, and said with a smile: "The spies on the front line sent a secret report, saying that Liu Jian has already taken action on this matter. It seems that my nephew has arrived.
The time for Huainan is not far away."
Yuan Shu rambled on for a while, and everyone roughly understood what he meant.
This is for them to brag in public.
As Yuan Shu's immediate confidants, these people know a lot about Yuan Shu's personality and character.
Since Yuan Shu is willing to brag here, let him brag.
"Is it beyond the reach of Liu Jian to make you far-sighted and far-sighted?"
"How wise is your Majesty? Liu Deran is just a barbarian from a border county, and he can only admit defeat in front of your Majesty."
"Liu Jian's reputation has spread all over the world these years, and everything goes smoothly. Now that he stumbles in front of the lord, it can be regarded as teaching him a lesson."
"The envoy has good calculations. Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, Liu Jian and the like are not worthy of consideration in front of the envoy."
"..."
After hearing the praise from his subordinates, Yuan Shu felt very happy and felt a sense of accomplishment.
Then I saw him pick up the slip on the case and unfold it.
"You guys are very complimentary. In fact, Yuan is not someone who can make accurate plans at all times."
"Today, let Yuan share this happy event with all the gentlemen, and all of you will be happy together."
After saying that, Border Yuan Shu slowly unfolded the slip and slowly read out the contents in front of everyone.
The content of the letter is indeed about Liu Jian's arrangements for Yuan Chong...
but……
At the beginning, Yuan Shu was still chanting proudly and with an excited expression.
But the further I read it, the more people in the room heard something was wrong.
Yuan Shu, who was showing off this matter, his voice became softer and quieter as he thought about it, and his smug expression just now began to gradually change. First he was confused, then surprised, and finally his expression became distorted.
Until the end, Yuan Shu finally couldn't read anymore.
He slapped the slip in his hand on the table with an indifferent expression.
For a moment, the entire hall fell into an awkward silence.
Yuan Shu's complexion became worse and worse.
Don't blame Yuan Shu for being angry, Liu Jian's tricks this time were really hateful.
He himself did not come forward to ask for Yuan Chong to be retained. Instead, he took the wrong approach and found Yuan Chong as his disciple, the Zheng family.
Zheng Xuan himself is still studying Confucian classics in his hometown in Qingzhou.
However, Zheng Yi, who inherited the lineage of Zheng Xue, had already joined his brother-in-law's camp and settled in Jizhou, greatly expanding the academic scope of Zheng Xue to the north.
But Yuan Chong, who had reached the age of studying the classics, stayed in Jizhou to study the classics with Zheng Yi.
While the child is growing up, there is absolutely no need for him to return to the family. As his master, Zheng Yi is fully qualified to decide whether he will stay or go.
At this moment, Yuan Shu's calculations were completely shattered.
I thought I would show my face in front of all my subordinates...but I never expected that it would be a huge embarrassment.
After a while, Yuan Shu suddenly stood up and overturned the table in front of him.
"Liu Deran, you actually played tricks on me like this, Yuan Mou vows not to break up with you!"
His face turned red from holding back.
After finishing speaking, Yuan Shu even felt a burst of tightness in his chest, and then he saw Yuan Shu falling to the side in a daze.
"Your Majesty!"
Yuan Shu's cronies were panicked when they saw this, and hurriedly rushed to help Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shu was so angry that he almost fainted, but fortunately, a group of men supported him.
Then two more attendants came forward to comfort his chest.
After a while, Yuan Shu finally recovered from the shortness of breath.
He looked around at all the men present.
"Liu Deran insulted Yuan so much, how could Yuan be willing to divorce him? Is there anything you can do to make Yuan hate him with blood?"
In fact, what Yuan Shu said was quite shameless.
He planned to deal with Liu Jian first, causing Liu Jian trouble, but in the end, Liu Jian failed his own plan, and instead accused Liu Jian of insulting him?
There are not many people in the world who are so unreasonable.
Seeing Yuan Shu being so angry, Yang Hong stood up.
"Your Majesty, according to the official's opinion, this matter should be..."
Before Yang Hong could finish speaking, Yuan Shu pointed at him with dissatisfaction and scolded: "It was you who went to Liu Jian as an envoy last time. Not only did you fail to convince Liu Jian, but you were deceived by Liu Jian.
Come back and say that he is willing to return Yuan Chong to! I have been deceived by Liu Jian until now, and I have been humiliated. How can you show your face to give advice and suggestions in front of me? Get out of here quickly!"
Yang Hong was so embarrassed by Yuan Shu's scolding that he felt annoyed and angry in his heart.
You yourself wanted to plot against Liu Jian and asked me to go as an envoy to make peace. Now that Liu Jian refuses, you come to complain to me? What is the reason?
As a human master, how can one be so narrow-minded?
He was slandering in his heart, but Yang Hong really couldn't afford to offend Yuan Shu, so he could only swallow it in his stomach after receiving this scolding for nothing.
Yuan Shu looked back and forth at the crowd, gritted his teeth and said, "Who else has something to say? But it doesn't matter?"
Yang Hong was pushed aside by Yuan Shu. Others, including Yan Xiang, really couldn't offer advice to Yuan Shu on this matter.
Yuan Shu glanced around at everyone, and when he saw that no one was willing to offer him advice, he became furious.
"Yuan Mou treats you well on weekdays, so why are you all deaf and mute at the critical moment?"
At this moment, a man in armor suddenly came into the hall in a hurry and knelt down on one knee to apologize to Yuan Shu.
"I am happy to do my best, but my work is not going well. I beg you to punish me!"
It was true that there was a leak in the house and it rained all night. As soon as he saw the music, he came back with a sad face to apologize, and Yuan Shu's heart began to feel clogged again.
Just because Le was sent by Yuan Shu to carry out a very secretive mission.
Sun Jian led his troops north to Nanyang. After the news spread to Huainan, the Sun family who were lodging in Shu County, Lujiang, under the protection of Sun Jian's brother-in-law Wu Jing, began to march west to make peace with Sun Jian.
Yuan Shu had previously focused his attention on Yuan Shao, and had neglected the Sun family members.
By the time he recovered, the Sun clan members had already left Shu County under the escort of Wu Jing.
Yuan Shu was furious when he got the news.
As a Yangzhou shepherd, Lujiang Shu County was also under his jurisdiction.
He immediately ordered his subordinate Sima Lejiu to lead a thousand soldiers and horses to pursue the Sun family at starry night.
According to Yuan Shu's request, there is no need to bring back all of Sun Jian's family, but important people such as Sun Jian's immediate family members...such as his wife and son must be brought back.
In fact, in Yuan Shu's opinion, this task should not be too difficult.
But based on Kanle's current performance, it seems that this not-so-difficult task has failed.
"Why do you apologize?" Yuan Shu said in a cold voice.
Lejiu swallowed softly, and answered bravely to Yuan Shu, who was trying to suppress his anger:
"Reporting to the envoy, the last official to pursue the Sun family could have succeeded overnight. However, when they arrived at Luling Ferry, there was a big ship there already, carrying all the Sun family on the boat and heading west. The last official was nearby.
The recruitment of ships was unfavorable. The ships could not carry a thousand men, so they could only take more than a hundred soldiers to follow them upstream...so they could not be captured."
An important point in Lejiu's words was quickly captured by Yuan Shu.
"Although there are few ships temporarily recruited, there are still hundreds of soldiers accompanying you. Is it possible that the Sun family cannot be taken down with the strength of a hundred people?"
When Yuan Shu asked about this, Lejiu's face suddenly turned red.
He said with some hesitation: "Actually, with the power of hundreds of soldiers, it is really not difficult to capture the Sun family members, but who would have thought that among the Sun family members, there is a young man in his teens who is very brave. This person saw me
When he was chasing, he first shot him with arrows, knocking down several sails. Then when a ship approached, he led his men to jump into the boat. The men in the boat were knifed with their own hands. They were extremely brave. When the soldiers behind him saw him, there was no one left.
Dare to come closer..."
"Asshole!"
Yuan Shu heard this and cursed: "How can a group of more than a hundred drunkards scare away a teenage boy from the Sun family? Yuan's face has been completely shamed by you!"
At this moment, Han Yin heard from the side: "Your Majesty, I heard that when the Sun family was in Shu County, they got along well with the Zhou family, and the Sun family was fleeing in a hurry. How could they find someone to carry them so smoothly?"
Their boat? There must be something fishy in this, and someone must be helping them! Your Majesty still needs to carefully investigate and investigate the crime!"
Yuan Shu narrowed his eyes and said, "You mean, the Zhou family in Shu County helped the Sun family escape? So, we need to investigate in detail."
However, what Yuan Shu did not expect was that soon afterwards, people from the Zhou family in Shu County came to Shouchun in person to explain to Yuan Shu.