Three Kingdoms King of the North

Mrs. Liu followed the advice of the judge and tried to win over Yuan Xilai to help Yuan Shang deal with Yuan Tan.She was worried that she would not have a chance to show her kindness to the other party, and when she heard that the marriage in Yecheng was over, she lowered her head and began to think about who, among the officials she knew, had a daughter in her boudoir.After some thinking, she finally thought of a suitable candidate, and said, "Xianyi, a daughter of Guantong, the prefect of Donglai, is only 14 years old. Send someone to be a matchmaker, and ask the prefect to betroth your daughter to you."

For Madam Liu's kindness, Yuan Xi got up again to express his gratitude to her.At the same time, Yuan Xi knew in his heart that Mrs. Liu wanted to win him over in this way and assist Yuan Shang in dealing with Yuan Tan.He considered that he was alone and weak, and he didn't have any subordinates attached to him in Nanpi City, so he had no ability to compete with his two brothers for power.And the wisest choice is to attach to one of them and deal with the other.

Don't look at Yuan Shang as the prefect of Bohai now, but without his own assistance, it would be almost impossible to defeat Yuan Tan.And he and Yuan Tan have always had a bad relationship, even if he joins hands with him to get rid of Yuan Shang, he will not get any benefit.From the analysis of the current situation, the most sensible approach is to join hands with Yuan Shang and Mrs. Liu to eradicate Yuan Tan so that they can have a place to live in Nanpi.

Just when Yuan Xi was considering cooperating with Yuan Shang, Yuan Tan, who left the prefect's mansion angrily, came to the street.His former subordinates Guo Tu, Xin Pi, Xin Ping and others were waiting outside the mansion. When they saw Yuan Tan coming out, they rushed forward to pay homage: "I have seen the eldest son."

The actions of several people were noticed by the guards guarding the door.The leader was a Dubo. Seeing this situation, he not only didn't go in to report to Yuan Shang, but thought in his heart: The eldest son just returned to Nanpi, and there are so many Wus supporting him. It seems that Nanpi will soon be It's about to change hands.

After Guo Tu and the others saluted Yuan Tan, they said, "My lord, this is not the enemy who speaks. We should go to the subordinate's mansion. Let's talk about it in detail."

Everyone came to Guo Tu's mansion, and the host and guest sat down.Simpi asked, "eldest son, why did Jizhou Muhui release you and the second son back together?"

Yuan Tan looked at Xin Pi and snorted coldly, and then said: "George, can't you see that this is the son of the Han family's plan to drive tigers and wolfs away?"

Although Xin Pi and others had already guessed that Han Zhan was using a strategy of driving tigers and wolfs away, when they heard what Yuan Tan said, they still asked curiously, "Why did the eldest son make such a statement?"

"When my son was in Yecheng, he heard the news that the Han family was planning to seize Qingzhou." After Yuan Tan glanced at Wu present, he continued: "Bohai County and Qingzhou are close at hand. When we sent troops to Qingzhou, the soldiers and horses from Bohai County stood aside, so they deliberately let us two brothers back, let us compete with Xianfu for power and profit, and had no time to take care of the war in Qingzhou."

As soon as Yuan Tan finished speaking, someone said: "There are tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Bohai County, and the military power is in the hands of Mr. Xianfu. It is not easy to replace them. In the opinion of my subordinates, Mr. Xianfu is not as good as Fengxian." Master Fu is the master, so as not to hurt the brotherhood."

What this person said made Yuan Tan furious.He followed the prestige and saw that the speaker was wearing a dark red robe, clearly a general.Although the face looked familiar, Yuan Tan couldn't remember the name of the other party in a hurry. He asked in a vicious voice, "I don't know who you are, why are you talking so shamelessly here?"

The general who was named by Yuan Tan quickly stood up and replied with a blushing face, "I am Liu Xun, the guard of Luoyin. What I said just now is from the bottom of my heart. Please, my lord."

"Get out!" Before Liu Xun could finish speaking, Yuan Tan picked up a wine bottle from the table and threw it at Liu Xun.Although Liu Xun dodged sideways in time, the wine splashed from the wine bottle still wet his robe.Seeing Yuan Tan being so violent, Liu Xun knew that what he said would be useless, so he gave Yuan Tan a deep salute, turned around and walked away.

"My lord, please calm down." After Liu Xun left, Guo Tu hurriedly called someone to fetch another wine bottle, poured wine for Yuan Tan himself, and then said: "This person is talking nonsense, please don't Nevermind. Let's continue to discuss the big things."

After the little disturbance, Xin Ping also stood up and asked, "My lord, can I ask, can you mobilize the troops outside the city?"

"Soldiers and horses outside the city?" Yuan Tan was taken aback when he heard Xin Ping's question, and then nodded and said, "That's the soldiers and horses sent by the young son of the Han family to escort me back to Nanpi. After arriving in Nanpi, give me this army and horse to use for two months. Gongze, do you think I can mobilize that army and horse?"

"Since the eldest son can mobilize the soldiers and horses outside the city, the situation will be much more beneficial to us." After Guo Tu knew that the soldiers and horses outside the city could be his help, he said with some pride: "As long as we have the soldiers and horses outside the city at the right time Put this army into the city, surround the prefect's mansion directly, and force Mr. Xianfu to hand over his seal, and then the eldest son will become the new prefect of Bohai." Guo Tu's words immediately aroused the enthusiasm of Xin Ping and Xin Pi. go along.

However, when Yuan Tan, Guo Tu and others were discussing how to force Yuan Shang to relinquish his position as the prefect of Bohai, Liu Xun, who was expelled from the mansion by Yuan Tan, came outside the prefect's mansion again.He stood twenty steps away from the gate of the mansion, thinking over and over in his mind whether he should reveal Yuan Tan's plan to Yuan Shang.

If you don't tell the truth, once Yuan Tan and others fail in their actions, as Yuan Tan's accomplice, I will definitely die.But it might not be the best policy to inform Yuan Shang. If Yuan Tan's strength is enough to crush Yuan Shang, after he becomes the new Bohai prefect, he will also die, and may even be killed by the barbarians.

Du Bo, who was standing outside the gate of the mansion, saw Liu Xun standing in a daze outside the gate, guessing that he might have something to do, he quickly explained to the soldiers guarding the gate, turned over and walked into the mansion.At this moment, the banquet was over, and Yuan Shang, Madam Liu, Shen Pei and others were discussing how to use Yuan Xi. Seeing Uncle Du walking in, Shen Pei immediately asked: "What's the matter?"

"Report to the prefect!" Du Bo said respectfully to Yuan Shang: "The guard of Luoyin, Liu Xun, has been standing outside the mansion for a long time, and the villain has come here to ask the prefect to show you. Do you want to drive him away?"

"It's so late, what is he doing standing outside the gate of the mansion." Yuan Shang knew that Liu Xun was Yuan Tan's former subordinate, so he told Uncle Du with a displeased face: "Drive him away quickly."

"Wait a minute!" Just as Dubo promised and was about to turn around and leave, he was stopped by the judge.The appraiser turned to Yuan Shang and said: "Liu Xun came out of the mansion at this moment, maybe there is something important to report to the young master. The reason why he refused to enter the mansion for so long, I guess he is still a little undecided. Why don't you ask him to come in and ask how it is?" thing?"

After seeing Yuan Shang nodding his head in agreement, the judge immediately told Uncle Du: "Please bring General Liu in quickly!"

After Liu Xun came to the meeting hall, Yuan Shang asked him coldly: "General Liu, what's the matter with you coming to the prefect's mansion right now?"

When Liu Xun heard Yuan Shang's question, he hesitated for a moment, but he still decided to tell Yuan Shang the conspiracy of Guo Tu and others: "Report to the prefect, my subordinates heard their discussion at Guo Tu's place, saying that they intend to assist the eldest son. Seize the post of Bohai Prefect." Fortunately, Liu Xun left sooner rather than later, otherwise he would definitely have told Yuan Shang about the soldiers and horses outside the city being dispatched by Yuan Tan.

"It seems that they are going to do something." After listening to Liu Xun's words, Mrs. Liu thought to herself: "At the banquet just now, I just casually mentioned the marriage with Yuan Xi, and now it seems that my plan has to be changed. Tomorrow, I will send someone to Guan Tong's house to propose a marriage, and ask him to betroth his daughter to Yuan Xi, so that Yuan Xi can work for Shang'er willingly."

Chapter 331 The Mantis Catches the Cicada Oriole Behind

But Mrs. Liu changed her mind: No, Yuan Xi is alone now, and at best he can only act as an internal response by Yuan Tan's side. The soldiers and horses of Yuan Tan joined forces to eradicate Yuan Tan.Thinking of this, she looked up at the judge and asked, "Zhengnan, where is Yuancai now?"

The judge, who was talking in a low voice, heard Mrs. Liu ask about senior officials, and quickly replied: "Returning to Madam, Gongsun Zan has shown signs of making a move recently. General Yuan Cai is currently sitting in Zhangwu to prevent Gongsun Zan's army from going south."

After the interrogation finished, Mrs. Liu was silent for a moment, and then said: "In the plain south of Bohai County, there is a county magistrate named Liu who is said to have a close relationship with Gongsun Zan. If Youzhou sends troops, you think he will do so." Respond?"

"Madam is talking about Liu Bei and Liu Xuande, right? After he called himself King Jing of Zhongshan, he and Gongsun Zan worshiped Lu Zhi as their teacher when they were young." The judge explained to Mrs. Liu: "The two became friends when they were studying. Gongsun Zan is older than Liu Bei, so Liu Bei regards Gongsun Zan as his elder brother. Although the relationship between the two is irreversible, but Liu Bei has few soldiers, even if he intends to raise troops to respond when we fight Gongsun Zan, he will be powerless."

The judge is also a person who is good at observing words and deeds. He saw Madam Liu's worry from Madam Liu's expression, and said quickly: "Madam, please rest assured, Nanpi and Zhang Wu are both well-equipped and well-equipped soldiers. Gongsun Zan's troops are short-lived." We won't be able to attack for a while. The first thing we need to solve is the eldest son!" When he said the last sentence, he lowered his voice, and only he and Mrs. Liu could barely hear it clearly.

"Liu Xun," Madam Liu looked at Liu Xun and said after eating the reassurance given to her by the judge, "It's very good that you can tell right from wrong, but you must return to Yuan Tan's side immediately."

When Liu Xun heard what Madam Liu said, he hurriedly knelt down on the ground and said tremblingly: "If Madam wants to kill the general, please go ahead and do it. Why do you have to send the general back to the eldest son to die?"

"General Liu is too worried." The judge stepped forward to help Liu Xun, and said to him with a smile: "Madam asked you to return to Yuan Tan temporarily, not because she wanted to harm you, but because she wanted you to be an informer. You can report Yuan Tan's plots and plans to his wife or this official. When the eldest son is eliminated, you will naturally have to give credit."

Seeing that Liu Xun was still hesitant, the judge added: "Don't worry, no one will know that you came here to inform the prefect. The eldest son must still regard you as one of his own at this moment."

The judge was not clear. The reason why Liu Xun stood still was because he had not received any promise from Yuan Shang or Mrs. Liu. Based on the few words of the judge, he would never dare to risk his life easily.Fortunately, Yuan Shang is not too stupid, guessing what Liu Xun was thinking, he smiled and said to him: "General Liu, if you are willing to return to my elder brother and be the eyes and ears of the prefect. After the matter is completed, the prefect will definitely not Will be stingy with your rewards."

Seeing that Yuan Shang had spoken, Liu Xun knew that the other party had accepted his offer, so he quickly cupped his hands and saluted, "Liu Xun is willing to serve the eunuch!"

Yuan Shang was not in a hurry to let Liu Xun go back, but discussed with the judge: "Zhengnan, according to the opinion of the prefect, the Youzhou army will not go south in the short term, so we might as well call Gao Yuancai back and work together to get rid of Yuan. Empress Tan, it's not too late to turn around and deal with Gongsun Zan's army."

"Mr. Zhengnan, Shang'er's words are reasonable." As soon as Yuan Shang finished speaking, Mrs. Liu chimed in and said, "Instead of just sitting back and watching to make things bigger, it's better to call Yuan Cai back first, and let him and Shang'er stabilize Nanpi's situation." Let's talk about the situation."

After studying the countermeasures, Yuan Shang first sent people to Zhangwu, and recruited high-ranking cadres to lead his troops back.Afterwards, he said to Liu Xun, "General Liu, return to my elder brother quickly, and if there is any disturbance, you should come and report it immediately."

"Your subordinates obey!" After Liu Xun finished speaking, he quietly exited the meeting room.

Yuan Shang, Shen Pei and others have already worked out a plan on how to eradicate Yuan Tan, but in Guo Tu's mansion, everyone is still arguing about how to force Yuan Shang to step down.Yuan Tan's head hurt from everyone's quarrel, he quickly raised his hands and said loudly: "Everyone, everyone, be quiet, please be quiet!"

After the calm in the hall was restored, he said, "If it was possible to directly lead troops into the prefect's mansion, seize Xianfu's military power, and put him under house arrest, then I would have done so long ago. Have you considered it? What if my mother came forward to stop the soldiers from besieging the Taishou's mansion, what should we do? Are you planning to give me a reputation of disloyalty and filial piety?"

Yuan Tan's words made everyone wake up.It was only then that everyone realized that although Yuan Tan was adopted by Yuan Shao to his elder brother Yuan Ji, Mrs. Liu was still the biological mother of the eldest son Yuan Tan.If Mrs. Liu came out to stop him when he led troops to seize power, the eldest son might really be caught in a dilemma.

When the hall fell into silence, Liu Xun, who had just returned from the prefect's mansion, tiptoed into the hall, returned to the place he had just sat down.The person sitting next to him just glanced at Liu Xun with a strange look, thinking that it took him so long to go to the toilet, it took almost half an hour.

Liu Xun saw that his return did not arouse everyone's suspicion, so he asked the people next to him in a low voice: "I wonder if we have discussed how to seize the power of the prefect?"

The official who was questioned shook his head, and said to Liu Xun in a low voice, "No, I'm arguing about this matter. I've been arguing for more than half an hour, but there is no result at all. My head hurts."

Knowing that Yuan Tan, Guo Tu and others hadn't formulated a plan to deal with Yuan Shang, Liu Xun couldn't help but secretly heaved a sigh of relief.He thought in his mind: From now on, I have to keep in touch with them, so that I can keep abreast of their latest action plan, and then I can quickly report to the prefect.If my information can be of great use, presumably the eunuch will definitely reward me generously. In addition to gold, pearls and beautiful jade, it would be best to have a few more stunning beauties, that would be great.

After Yuan Tan and the others were quiet in the hall, he continued: "No matter what, the Liu family is my son's biological mother. No matter what means we use to seize the power in Yuan Shang's hands, we must not hurt her a single hair."

"Please don't worry, Mr. Yuan Tan." As soon as Yuan Tan finished speaking, Xin Pi said on behalf of everyone: "Don't say Mrs. Liu, even Mr. Xiansi, I will not hurt you. We just want to support Mr. Young master, just serve as the prefect of Bohai."

But Mrs. Liu changed her mind: No, Yuan Xi is alone now, and at best he can only act as an internal response by Yuan Tan's side. The soldiers and horses of Yuan Tan joined forces to eradicate Yuan Tan.Thinking of this, she looked up at the judge and asked, "Zhengnan, where is Yuancai now?"

The judge, who was talking in a low voice, heard Mrs. Liu ask about senior officials, and quickly replied: "Returning to Madam, Gongsun Zan has shown signs of making a move recently. General Yuan Cai is currently sitting in Zhangwu to prevent Gongsun Zan's army from going south."

After the interrogation finished, Mrs. Liu was silent for a moment, and then said: "In the plain south of Bohai County, there is a county magistrate named Liu who is said to have a close relationship with Gongsun Zan. If Youzhou sends troops, you think he will do so." Respond?"

"Madam is talking about Liu Bei and Liu Xuande, right? After he called himself King Jing of Zhongshan, he and Gongsun Zan worshiped Lu Zhi as their teacher when they were young." The judge explained to Mrs. Liu: "The two became friends when they were studying. Gongsun Zan is older than Liu Bei, so Liu Bei regards Gongsun Zan as his elder brother. Although the relationship between the two is irreversible, but Liu Bei has few soldiers, even if he intends to raise troops to respond when we fight Gongsun Zan, he will be powerless."

The judge is also a person who is good at observing words and deeds. He saw Madam Liu's worry from Madam Liu's expression, and said quickly: "Madam, please rest assured, Nanpi and Zhang Wu are both well-equipped and well-equipped soldiers. Gongsun Zan's troops are short-lived." We won't be able to attack for a while. The first thing we need to solve is the eldest son!" When he said the last sentence, he lowered his voice, and only he and Mrs. Liu could barely hear it clearly.

"Liu Xun," Madam Liu looked at Liu Xun and said after eating the reassurance given to her by the judge, "It's very good that you can tell right from wrong, but you must return to Yuan Tan's side immediately."

When Liu Xun heard what Madam Liu said, he hurriedly knelt down on the ground and said tremblingly: "If Madam wants to kill the general, please go ahead and do it. Why do you have to send the general back to the eldest son to die?"