Chapter six hundred and sixty-eight Tian Feng deceived
Yuan Shao's resourcefulness is very clear to the pottery merchant.
When he just returned from time travel, Tao Shang had seen Yuan Shao's grandeur and wit. At that time, he was just a younger brother around Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao would play with him if he wanted to, but if he didn't want to, he was among the princes.
You can't even get a warm meal in the circle.
Such a person would easily seek peace with others, especially those who had just seized his territory. The potter would not believe it even if he killed him.
What kind of trick does Yuan Shao want to play?
The pottery merchant entertained the envoy, asked him some questions about Yuan Shao's current situation, then sent someone to take the envoy down to rest, and then began to study the peace letter carefully.
The proposals in the peace treaty were quite satisfactory. First, they described to the pottery merchant the friendship between them when they jointly attacked Dong Zhuo, and then mentioned some righteous words about cats, dogs, and men who were loyal to the emperor, and then explained Yuan Shao's story.
He is willing to work with the pottery merchants to support the imperial court with Emperor Liu Xi as the emperor, and is willing to divide the land of Beihai County among the pottery merchants, and so on.
His words were very sincere, and the conditions were reasonable to a certain extent, but the pottery merchant didn't believe him at all.
Either he found some flaw in the peace book, or it was because his opponent was Yuan Shao.
The pottery merchant simply did not believe that Yuan Shao could be subdued.
When you were young, you might have knelt down a little, but at this age and status... shame may be more important to Comrade Lao Yuan than victory or defeat.
Unless there is something evil in his mind that is waiting to harm himself.
According to the potter's opinion, Yuan Shao must have failed to hold it in.
Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi and others had never met Yuan Shao. Before Guo Jia came to serve under him, he had defected to him. Although he was not hired, he had some interactions with Yuan Shao.
The pottery merchant immediately found him and showed him Yuan Shao's letter asking for peace.
"What do you think Yuan Shao is planning?" the pottery merchant asked Guo Jiadao.
Guo Jia thought about it seriously, and finally slapped the table and said, "Guo didn't think of it!"
The pottery merchant gently touched his chest: "I don't know why you slapped the table. It seemed like you suddenly had an enlightenment and made people happy for nothing."
Guo Jia smiled slightly and said: "But in the final analysis, there are only two possibilities. One is that he sincerely seeks peace with you, and the other is that he uses this to paralyze you and then stabs you in the back...
Which of these two possibilities do you think Yuan Shao is most likely to do?"
Tao Shang sighed: "Isn't this nonsense... The man named Yuan definitely wants to stab me in the back with a knife, but the knife is meant to be stabbed from that direction and to which part."
Guo Jia said helplessly: "Guo is not the roundworm in Yuan Shao's belly. How do I know where Yuan Shao wants to stab the knife... The only way to go now is to appease the people and the city while sending school officials from the school affairs office there."
Go west and listen to Yuan Shao's movements, so you may be able to guess what he wants to do."
It’s true that Guo Jia looks like a ghost, but a ghost is not a god, and it is impossible for him to guess everything in the world.
After all, Yuan Shao is also one of the few heroes in the world. Guo Jian was able to guess seven layers of his mind, but in the end there were three layers that he couldn't figure out.
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Members of the school affairs office rushed to the west to inquire about Yuan Shao's situation. After a few days, they brought back the news about Yuan Shao.
Yuan Jun's other trivial matters did not attract the potter's attention, but Tian Feng's matter made him feel quite interested.
"I didn't expect that Tian Feng would end up with such a result..." The pottery merchant sighed with emotion: "It seems that the old man will eventually die in the hands of Yuan Shao. History has come full circle with him.
It was a pity that we ended up going around again.”
Guo Jia also clicked his tongue and said with emotion: "Tian Yuanhao is still a talented person in Hebei, but it's a pity that he is in a famous position. He offended Yuan Shao so much. Even if he is escorted to Yecheng, he will probably die soon. It's a pity."
The two of them sighed and lamented Tian Feng's fate.
They thought that Tian Feng's incident had nothing to do with them, but Tao Shang and Guo Jia were wrong.
About twenty days later, on this day, the pottery merchant was reviewing the official land deeds for Beihai and Donglai County at the government office in Linzi City. He saw Pei Qian staggering in and said to the pottery merchant:
: "Prime Minister, something big has happened!"
The potter raised his head and looked at Pei Qian, wondering: "What's wrong? What made you so panicked? What big shot came to Linzi City?"
Pei Qian let out a long sigh and said: "I can't say big shots, but Tian Feng Yuanhao came to talk to me! Guo Weiwei asked me to report to the Prime Minister!"
The pottery merchant was stunned when he heard this.
"who?"
"Tian Feng, Tian Yuanhao!"
"Which Tian Feng?"
"That Tian Feng under Yuan Shao!"
"Didn't he get killed by Yuan Shao?"
"No! Not only was he not killed, but he came to join us!"
The pottery merchant stood up, walked back and forth in the hall several times, and finally said to Pei Qian: "Where is Mr. Tian now?"
Pei Qian said hurriedly: "Just outside the city, Mr. Guo is accompanying him right now."
The pottery merchant thought for a moment and said, "Come with me to see it."
Outside the city, Guo Jiazheng was chatting with Tian Feng. When he was young, he saw the pottery merchant coming out to greet him in person.
"Mr. Tian!" The pottery merchant smiled and stepped forward to hold Tian Feng's hand and said, "I have admired Mr. Tian's name for a long time. It is truly a blessing to meet him today! I'm glad to meet you."
Tian Feng's internal injuries from Yuan Shao's beating have not healed yet, and his face is still pale, but he still has some energy.
He sighed deeply, bowed to Mr. Tao, and said: "Foolish man Tian Feng, I have met the Prime Minister. In the past, Tian Feng was blind and fell into the muddy road by mistake. He helped his old master with a sincere heart, but he was not rewarded. Today, he is shameless.
If you come to invest, please ask the Prime Minister to accept it."
"Easy to say, easy to say." Tao Shang said with a smile: "I just heard that Mr. Tian was severely beaten by General Yuan at the Liyang military camp and was escorted back to Yecheng. How did he come here?"
Tian Feng sighed, shook his head and said, "These are just a long story."
The pottery merchant took Tian Feng's hand and said, "Since it's a long story, let's go to the city and talk slowly."
The group of people immediately entered the city.
After arriving at the governor's office, the pottery merchant immediately held a banquet in honor of Tian Feng.
Tian Feng thanked the pottery merchant and told him his "experience" while eating.
According to Tian Feng, on the way to being escorted, he was intercepted and killed by strangers who attempted to kill him. Fortunately, he was rescued by Zhang Xiang, who secretly came to protect him.
The potter asked Zhang why he rescued Tian Feng, and Tian Feng said: It was Zhang, Tian Feng, and Jushu who rescued him. This time, the secret rescue was because Jushu appointed Zhang to rescue Tian Feng in the name of exploration. Jushu calculated that Tian Feng was rescued.
Feng was not on good terms with Guo Tu, Pang Ji and others on weekdays, but now they went into trouble and said that they might secretly harm each other along the way, but they didn't expect it to come true.
Upon hearing this, the pottery merchant suddenly said: "The person who harmed Mr. Tian is really Guo Tu or Pang Ji?"
Tian Feng shook his head and said: "Not sure, maybe it's General Yuan, I can't say for sure."