Chapter five hundred and twenty fifth white-eyed wolf
After the banquet, Taoshang sent someone to send Gao Gan, Gao Rou, Zhong Changtong and others down to rest, while he personally sent Yuan Tan back to the post house.
The two of them didn't say a word on the road.
Yuan Tan is not a simple fool. Although he is very grateful for the pottery merchant's generous treatment, he sometimes tries to figure out the potter's intentions.
Based on the identity and status of the pottery merchant, Yuan Tan would not think that the pottery merchant would have friendship with him for no reason. Although he is the son of the famous Yuan family, after all, the pottery merchant is also the overlord of the southeast. They just have a simple relationship and do not want to gain anything from him.
is unrealistic.
After the carriage arrived at the post house, the pottery merchant smiled and said to Yuan Tan: "Brother, we are here, rest early. I will send you and Brother Gao back to Hebei some day. There are a lot of wars at the moment, and there is chaos everywhere.
This is not a good time, please be patient for a while."
Yuan Tan got off the carriage, hesitated and said, "Brother Tao, I want to ask you a few words, is it okay?"
The pottery merchant jumped off the carriage and said with a smile: "Brother, if you want to ask me anything, I can help you."
Yuan Tan looked at the potter's kind smile and felt a little embarrassed for some reason.
But you still have to ask if you should.
He spoke for a long time and then said: "Brother Tao, speaking of it, you and I have known each other for a long time. Although you belong to Yuan's hostile camp, Yuan cannot hate you anyway.
If nothing else, according to common sense, I should have died in your hands twice."
The potter waved his hand gently and said: "Brother, there is no need to be so outspoken. What else do we need to be polite between you and me?"
Yuan Tan ignored him and just continued: "And today you will give me the favor of not killing the high-ranking officials, so that the high-ranking officials will show their affection to me... Brother Tao, Yuan is also the governor of a state after all. Some things still matter.
You can see it! If you say you just did it unintentionally, Yuan will not believe it! What on earth do you want to do? "
The pottery merchant stopped his smile and took a deep look at Yuan Tan.
Well, it was indeed as Yuan Tan said. After all, this boy was from a wealthy family of the Yuan family, and had also served as a governor. If he was fooled so easily, he would not be a descendant of the Yuan family.
And in the final analysis, no matter how close this kid is to me, it's just a superficial phenomenon. Historically, this guy turned against his biological brother for power and position, and had no regard for brotherhood. He is a ruthless person, a purebred!
After considering his words, Tao Shang immediately said: "Brother Xiansi, since you said it, I don't want to hide it from you. To tell you the truth, I am helping you lay the foundation for inheriting the position of general the next day.
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When Yuan Tan heard this, his brows suddenly tightened.
He looked at the pottery merchant intently and said word by word: "Do you want to hold Yuan Mou hostage?"
Tao Shang laughed and said: "Brother Yuan, the little family is angry. Even though I thought about it, do you think this is possible? Your Yuan family is located in the four states of Hebei. Looking at the world, who can control your Yuan family?
I’m afraid the emperor won’t succeed either.”
Yuan Tan fell silent upon hearing this.
What the potter said is indeed true. How can he control himself? He does not seem to have this ability.
Tao Shang continued to say to Yuan Tan: "As I said back then, as long as the elder brother can become the master of Hebei, the younger brother will have a relaxed environment in the future. He can advance, attack, retreat and defend. If one day, the younger brother really can't stop the invasion of Hebei.
Wei, if I surrender to my brother, he will not treat me poorly? Brother, do you think so?"
Faced with this temptation, what else can Yuan Tan say?
Naturally, he kept nodding his head and kept saying "that's that."
But Yuan Tan also had his own little plan in mind.
Since the pottery merchant wants to help him rise to the top, why not do it?
As long as you become the lord of Hebei, how you will treat the pottery merchants in the future, or how you should treat Xuzhou, will not depend on your own mood?
No matter how loyal the pottery merchant was to him, he was just an enemy of Hebei from a standpoint.
After thinking about this, the big stone in Yuan Tan's heart just fell into place, and he began to plan how to scheme against the pottery merchant from his perspective to gain more support from him.
But Yuan Tan's change had long been expected by the pottery merchant.
It would be weird if this white-eyed wolf doesn't bite you.
Yuan Tan suddenly asked the pottery merchant a very important question.
"My dear brother, now that my army from Hebei is approaching, Xuzhou is in danger of being saved. At this moment, how can you still be in the mood to plan your future affairs for your brother? I'm afraid that before the day comes for me to inherit the throne, you will have already lost ground and been defeated.
Already..."
When he said this, Yuan Tan could not say anything else, because he found that the pottery merchant was still smiling, but Yuan Tan could not see the slightest trace of fear or panic on his face.
After a long while, Fang listened to Tao Shang say calmly: "Yan Liang, I have easily subdued the high officials. The situation along the east bank of the Yellow River has been decided. Who does brother have to say about the outcome of this war? I must be the one who loses ground and is defeated."
Woolen cloth?"
Yuan Tan grinned when he heard this, but he couldn't think of anything to refute.
…
The pottery merchant did not rush to send Yuan Tan, Gao Gan and others back first. On the contrary, he still detained these people in his own hands.
But he sent someone back to Yuan Shao.
This person is Pang Ji.
Also following Pang Ji back to Yuan Shao was the body of Hebei general Yan Liang.
The pottery merchant still had some bottom lines in his work. For a famous general like Yan Liang, the pottery merchant finally chose not to behead and humiliate him, but sent the intact body back to Yuan Shao.
Although lime was placed on the body to ensure that it slowed down the decay as much as possible, after so many days, Yan Liang's body still began to rot and smell. When it stopped in front of Yuan Shao, its smell was no longer smellable.
Everyone nearby covered their noses with their hands or sleeves, but Yuan Shao's face turned red with anger.
He glared at Pang Ji beside him, the anger in his eyes almost lighting him up.
Pang Ji also knew that he was in the wrong, but he just lowered his head and did not dare to speak.
Among the generals, Wen Chou and Yan Liang were as close as brothers. This man was very loyal to the generals. He didn't care that the smell of the corpse seemed to attract flies, so he cried and pounced on it.
"Brother! You died so miserably."
Wen Chou's cries made Yuan Shao even more upset and angry. He waved his hands angrily to the left and right, pointed at Pang Ji and said, "Drag this useless thing down and kill it!"
Hearing this, Pang Ji was so frightened that he knelt down and said, "General, I am not guilty."
"Not guilty?" Yuan Shao sneered: "You lost your troops, lost your generals, were captured by mistake, and you still claim to be innocent? If you are not guilty, who in the world is guilty?"
"This, this!" Pang Ji spoke incoherently, not knowing what to say.
Yuan Shang came to Yuan Shao from Yecheng some time ago. After hearing the words, he admonished: "Father, the blame for the defeat does not lie with Duke Pang. After all, he is only the supervisor of the army, not the commander. The person who caused our army to lose troops and generals is the one who caused the loss of our army."
Brother..."
"Bastard!" Yuan Shao was completely furious today, and even Yuan Shang couldn't help it: "Why are you talking! That's your eldest brother! You beast!"
Yuan Shang was speechless and speechless.
It seemed like this was the first time he heard Yuan Shao speak to him like this since he was a child.
And you actually called yourself a beast?
I am a beast, what are you?
Old beast!
Jushu could see that Yuan Shao was mentally confused because he had killed Yan Liang, so he stood up and said to Yuan Shao: "General, at this time of war, it would be unfavorable to kill the mastermind. General Yan Liang is dead, and the eldest son and Lord Gaofu have been killed."
Capture, the morale of the three armies has been shaken, but at this juncture, we can no longer carry out reckless killings, so as not to affect the three armies."