The Yuan clan of Runan, the big bosses in charge of daily affairs in the clan gathered together.
All the old men were so angry that their faces were red, their ears were bare, their hands and feet were trembling. Those who didn't know it thought it was a patient meeting held by Parkinson's patients.
The main topic of the Yuan clan meeting: Yuan Benchu was defeated, a huge defeat, with little room for improvement.
The crowd is noisy and the anger bar is full.
Opinions are confused, each room has its own agenda, and all kinds of selfish motives are undoubtedly exposed.
Some people are complaining that Yuan Shao led his troops back to Runan. With the support of his family, now everyone in Yuzhou has been named Yuan, so why did the Cao and Tao families get involved?
Some people were cursing Yuan Shu and led his troops away to Yangzhou without saying a word, regardless of the interests of the family.
There are also people who rely on their elders and betray them, accusing Yuan Kui. It was precisely because Yuan Kui supported Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers that now there is no one in the clan to use and no troops to send.
Yuan Wei was sitting on the Grand Master's chair, leaning against the back of the chair and closing his eyes to meditate, as if the mess in the hall had nothing to do with him.
The quarrels became louder and louder, and the topic even deviated from the original intention and ended up somewhere thousands of miles away.
It wasn't until Yuan Wei heard someone yelling and scolding that Yuan Shao's defeat in Jizhou was due to a concubine having an affair with a groom that he could no longer suppress the anger in his heart.
"enough!"
Yuan Wei shouted sharply, and the hall suddenly became quiet.
But after just a few quiet breaths, the seniors in the lead started arguing again.
"Shut up. If you keep arguing, it will only make the situation worse. What else will it do?"
Yuan Wei was really tired. This was his last effort. If the elders of these clans refused to stop their unnecessary quarrels, he decided to step down from his position as clan leader, return to his own library, and spend the rest of his life drinking ancient books.
He agreed with the choice of the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu from the bottom of his heart.
It's not that the family's support is weak, it's that there are too many blood-sucking people in the family.
If Yuan Shao returns to Runan, although he can integrate Yuzhou as quickly as possible with the help of his family, depending on the virtues of the elders in the clan, I am afraid that more than half of the Yuzhou officialdom will be occupied by people surnamed Yuan. Then what kind of Yuzhou will there be?
What prospects are there?
The reason why Yuan Shu quietly led his troops to leave was because he was tormented by the ubiquitous nepotism in the clan and lost all love, so he simply left the family in a hurry and started a new career.
The fact that Yuan Shao, the star of the Yuan family, defeated Jizhou was not necessarily a bad thing.
With the Yuan family from Runan here, even if Lin Mad Dog claims to bite everything, he would not dare to take Ben Chu's life easily.
As long as the Yuan family is willing to spend a lot of money, it will not be difficult to redeem Yuan Shao's family from Mad Dog Lin.
Because Dong Zhuo unscrupulously brought trouble to the imperial court, Yuan Wei resigned in anger and returned home, causing the Yuan family to lose its position in the center of the Han Dynasty.
inner pillars.
If Yuan Wei could still manage to unite the power of all clan members, he would show off his old face and go to Chenliu to become an official again. At the same time, he would help Yuan Shao on his horse when he returned home, and finally give him a ride.
With Yuan Benchu's broadmindedness and talent, he will be able to quickly establish a foothold in the court. If Yuan Shu opens up a new world in Yangzhou, then the Yuan family, with Yuan Shao inside and Yuan Shu outside, will definitely create greater glory and shine on the lintel.
So when Yuan Wei gave his last drink, his eyes were as wide as a bell, his face was ferocious and terrifying, his long beard was trembling, and everyone could clearly hear the old master's teeth grinding.
Seeing that Yuan Wei was serious, the remaining old men fell silent and looked at Yuan Wei with strange expressions, not knowing what the old master was going to say.
Cao Cao robbed half of Yuzhou. After Tao Qian swallowed Lu County, he was about to take Pi County away from Cao Cao. In the entire Yuzhou, only Runan, where the Yuan family was located, had no one to snatch it, but he stared at it with red eyes.
There are not a few people here. At least Liu Biao of Jingzhou has been frequently deploying troops to the Runan border recently, which shows his intentions.
It seems that no one in the world cares about Yuan Wei's old face anymore, and the elders of the Yuan clan gradually do not take Yuan Wei seriously.
The dignified Three Dukes of the Han Dynasty resigned from office as long as the old master said he should. On this point, the opinions of the clan members were huge.
Can you be the third prince on your own? It’s not like the whole family pushed you to that position.
If you say you don’t want it, then you don’t want it. Have you asked other people in the clan for their opinions?
Yuan Wei used his remaining power to calm down the situation and said word by word: "Brothers are jealous of each other and resist their insults. Now that the Yuan family's overthrow is imminent, you are still fighting for your own petty profits.
What a disgrace it is to keep chattering. Wei wants to resume his official career in Chenliu and restore the reputation of the Yuan family to the generals. Are you willing to help?"
No matter how loud your sister is, we are brothers, let’s get together to fight against outsiders!
At this moment, Yuan Wei abandoned the good horse and did not look back, but it was not too late to pick up the lost sheep.
The terrifying personal connections of the old Yuan family exploded with astonishing energy. Even Liu Yan, who was far away in Yizhou, wrote to the Young Emperor of the Han Dynasty, requesting to re-appoint Grand Tutor Yuan Wei to stabilize the chaos in the world.
When Lin Feng received the news, he was drinking with Yuan Shao.
Gaoyang City failed to withstand the trapped camp, and was attacked from three sides by the Guards Battalion and the Red Flame Battalion. Yuan Shao defended for half a month, and finally ran out of ammunition and food, so he had to open the city and ask for surrender.
The most important thing is that after Huaziying captured Wen'an City, they escorted Yuan Tan to the foot of Gaoyang City and let Yuan Tan enter the city on a hanging basket.
After the father and son met, they hugged each other and cried.
Yuan Shao learned from Yuan Tan that not only the Red Flame Camp was completed outside Gaoyang City, but also a Huazi Camp was added. The four battalions of the Lin Army besieged Gaoyang, and no one else could save the day.
When the Gaoyang city gate opened and Yuan Shao walked out of the city with his arms tied naked, it was also announced that Lin Feng, as the governor of Qingzhou, was also the governor of Qingzhou.
He was appointed governor of Jizhou.
Yuan Shao's family, his concubine, and Guo Tu were all put into prison carts and wooden cages, and were escorted by the army to the outside of Wuyuan City.
Lin Feng personally went out of the city to greet him, pretended to scold Gao Shun, Dian Wei and others who were escorting him. He personally opened the wooden cage where Yuan Shao was imprisoned and helped Yuan Shao out of the prison car.
"Brother Benchu, these killers in the army are all stupid and ignorant. How could they treat you like this? Please rest assured, brother, I will definitely punish these bastards severely. This is why Brother Benchu is so angry."
Yuan Shao is not a fool. After many years of official career, among other things, his skill value of observing words and emotions has already been maxed out.
"What are you saying to Zhirou? Shao Ben is a defeated general. The grace of not killing him is already a great favor. How can he have any extravagant hopes?"
There is no need to act, they are all thousand-year-old foxes, so don’t play nonsense here.
If you don’t kill me, I sincerely thank you for eight generations of my ancestors. Thank you!
With a smile on his face, Lin Feng, who had to do the whole thing when acting, walked arm in arm with Yuan Shao, and the two entered Wuyuan side by side.
Before Yuan Shao walked into the city gate, his eyes suddenly tightened, as if he saw something extraordinary.
On the north tower of Wuyuan City, Xu You and Xu Ziyuan, who had lived a life of self-importance, were hanging high on the top. The body had turned black. Apparently it had been hanging for a long time and was about to dry out and turn into bacon.
Lin Feng hated Xu You to the core. The original guard camp of more than 200 people was completely wiped out due to Xu You's cunning plan.
This is also the only tragic defeat in Lin Feng's life so far.
Even though Xu You's intelligence was as high as 80 and he could add another counselor if he could subdue him, Lin Feng still ordered Xu You to be hanged outside Wuyuan City and his body was never allowed to be collected.
This made it clear that Xu You would be allowed to be turned into ashes by the wind and sun, and would never be reincarnated.
Therefore, when Yuan Shao saw Xu You hanging on the city gate tower, he felt sad for a moment and almost burst into tears.
Although the friendship between Xu You and Yuan Shao was good, it did not make Yuan Shao miss Ruosi. It was just that after seeing Xu You's tragic end, Yuan Shao thought of his unknown fate in the future, regretted and feared, and naturally could no longer restrain his surging emotions.
tears.
Lin Feng put his arm around Yuan Shao's shoulders: "Brother Benchu, why did you lose your temper? Could it be that Feng was disrespectful just now?"
Yuan Shao shook his head, stretched out his sleeves and wiped two random strokes on his face: "Shao just felt that Zhirou did not think about past grudges and was lenient towards others, so he shed tears because of this."
At that moment, Xu You was completely forgotten, Yuan Shao followed Lin Feng into the city.
With Lin Feng's performance, Gao Shun naturally ordered the soldiers to ask everyone in the wooden cage of the prison car to come out.
Guo Tu and Shen Pei looked at each other, both of them somewhat moved.
It seems that Mad Dog Lin is not as disowning as the legend says, so the lives of the Yuan family should have been saved.