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The two were talking, when someone came to report from outside, Youzhou Mu Yuan Shu begged to see him.

After hearing this, Liu Xie said to Yuan Heng, go and meet him.

Yuan Heng obediently obeyed, got up and left the tent.

When Yuan Heng left the camp, he saw Yuan Shu standing in the crowd, watching Liu Cong and others try their arrows.

Wearing borrowed heavy armor and dragging a heavy shield, Liu Cong came to the back of the arrow pile.He put on the helmet, squatted down, and covered himself tightly with the big shield, only his eyes were exposed, then he raised his hand and shook it vigorously.

A crossbowman stood at two hundred steps and pulled the crossbow.

The crossbow arrow left the string, let out a sharp roar that broke the wind, and leaped two hundred steps.

This arrow failed to hit the arrow stack, missed by three or four feet, and passed Liu Cong's side.The arrowhead sank into the soil, and the fletching hummed.

Liu Cong stared at Jian Yu closely, his body trembling involuntarily.

A moment later, he raised his hand again, motioning for another shot.

Yuan Heng walked up to Yuan Shu, bowed his hands and saluted.

Yuan Shuzheng watched it interestingly, didn't notice Yuan Heng, and thought it was some ordinary Langguan.Hearing Yuan Heng's address, he knew it was Yuan Heng.

He looked Yuan Heng up and down, both surprised and happy. "You became an official?"

Yuan Heng explained.In fact, she is not a Langguan, she just wears Langguan's clothes and acts as a Lan Tailang who records the emperor's words and deeds.

Yuan Shu was very happy and pointed to Liu Cong who was trying out an arrow. "What is this for? Trying a crossbow or a shield?"

"Trying people." Yuan Heng explained the whole story.

Yuan Shu was very surprised to learn that the boy hiding behind the shield was Liu Cong, Liu Biao's second son.He knew Liu Qi, Liu Biao's eldest son, but he didn't know Liu Cong—Liu Cong was still young at that time.In a blink of an eye, Liu Cong became the boy next to the emperor.

Of course, he is more interested in the emperor's decision than Liu Cong.

Is it necessary to pay so much attention to an ordinary boy who is also Liu Biao's son?

Is it because Liu Biao is a clan?

After walking a few steps, there was a burst of cheers from behind.Yuan Shu turned his head and saw that the crossbowman hit the arrow stack with two consecutive arrows. The powerful arrows not only pierced the arrow stack, but also the shield.

If Liu Cong didn't have heavy armor to defend himself, he would probably be injured.With the heavy armor, he is safe from danger, and can calmly observe the deceleration of the crossbow after two hundred steps.

The cheers just now were issued by Liu Cong, which should have verified the previous conjecture.

But what surprised Yuan Shu was the precision of the crossbowman.

The crossbowman shot a total of three arrows, two of which hit and one missed, but the deviation was not too great.

If it is on the battlefield, these three arrows can be regarded as hits.

This crossbowman's shooting skills are exquisite, and he can act as a shooter.But judging from his clothes, he should be just a junior officer at the level of a village chief or Dubo.

Are there so many talents in the Forbidden Army?

Yuan Shu couldn't help asking.

Yuan Heng didn't care about these things, but she knew that the training in the imperial camp was extremely strict, and even a loose rider like Zhuge Liang had to practice martial arts and archery every day.It's not a hundred shots, but it's still very common to hit seven or eight arrows after a round of twelve arrows.

Yuan Shu knew Zhuge Liang.Zhuge Xuan met him in Shouchun before he went to Yuzhang to serve as prefect, and he had a good impression of Zhuge Liang at that time.But when he heard that Zhuge Liang could open a stone bow and hit seven or eight arrows in one round, he still found it incredible.

"It's nothing, there are so many masters around the emperor, even the emperor himself is a master." Yuan Heng was used to seeing these things, and he didn't think there was any problem, he said calmly.

Yuan Shu blinked at his daughter again, realizing that the situation had changed beyond his expectation.

When he reunited with Yuan Quan in Suiyang, he had this feeling. He just thought that Yuan Quan had to meet the emperor's new policy due to the situation.But when he saw his youngest daughter Yuan Heng, he realized that their change might not be forced, but voluntary.

At least not as helpless as he thought.

They look happy.

Just as Yuan Shu was thinking, Ma Yunlu came towards him, stopped, and bowed to Yuan Shu.Yuan Shu was in a daze, and didn't take it seriously, and nodded casually.

Yuan Heng saw it clearly and tugged at Yuan Shu's sleeve.

"Ah Weng, this is Mr. Ma Gui."

"I know who she is, and it's not the first time I've seen her." Yuan Shu said impatiently.

"Ah Weng, this is nobleman Ma." Yuan Heng stared at him helplessly, and repeated again, emphasizing the word "noble person", reminding Yuan Shu that this is not Ma Teng's daughter or Ma Chao's sister, but a nobleman beside the emperor , not at will.

Yuan Shu woke up suddenly, quickly restrained his expression, and saluted respectfully.

Ma Yunlu smiled slightly, glanced at Yuan Heng, and raised his brows lightly.

Chapter 870 Atonement

Yuan Heng lowered his head shyly, did not respond to Ma Yunlu, and led Yuan Shu forward.

Ma Yunlu is a person close to the emperor, and is close to Cai Yan and Yuan Quan, so he naturally knows Yuan Heng's family mission.The emperor had already expressed his attitude by asking Yuan Heng to learn rituals from Cai Yan.Now Yuan Heng is officially serving as Lan Tailang who records daily life notes, often appears beside the emperor, and is one step closer to entering the palace.

Although the emperor didn't say it clearly, they all felt that this had something to do with Yuan Shu's initiative to ask for an official post.

Although Yuan Heng welcomed Yuan Shu's decision, he was also somewhat disappointed.

After all, Yuan Shu is only in his 40s, so it is too early to retire now.

If Yuan Shao hadn't come here, with Yuan Shu's background, he should have been able to be a dandy all the way to Gongqing.Now that the situation is pressing, the fierce ghost on the road back then had no choice but to bow his head and surrender, and asked to be appointed early.

The father and daughter came to the imperial tent one after the other.

Yuan Shu reported in from outside the tent, and when Liu Xie's voice came from inside, He bowed his hands and entered the tent, not daring to lift his head, only glanced at Liu Xie's position from the corner of his eye, and bowed down.

"An Guohou, Youzhou Shepherd Shu, pay homage to Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty has worked hard, get up and talk." Liu Xie got up from behind the case, walked up to Yuan Shu, and stretched out his hands to help.

"I don't dare to get up." Yuan Shu bent down even lower, and put his forehead on the back of his hand. "The minister is guilty, please punish him."

Liu Xie smiled, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly. "Are you talking about burning down the Nangong Qingsuo Gate?"

"Yes... yes." Yuan Shu's neck was covered with sweat.

"This crime is indeed not a small one. It is almost comparable to Lu Bu's digging the imperial tomb. Tell me how you plan to atone for the crime."

After hearing this, Yuan Shu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the emperor didn't laugh it off—he didn't expect the emperor to let him go easily—but with Lu Bu as a precedent, he didn't have to worry too much.

Lu Bu dug the imperial tomb, but the emperor still gave Lu Bu a chance to make amends.Today Lu Bu is still the Marquis of Wen, and he also commands wolf cavalry to guard the northern border.

According to this example, it is unlikely that the emperor will settle accounts after the autumn and take his title.

"As Your Majesty wishes."

"really?"

"In front of Your Majesty, how dare I speak nonsense."

"Well, I have given you a task. After you complete this task, you will pay off your merits and demerits, and forget the past. How about it?"

Yuan Shu was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed again. "Your Majesty please order."

"Repair the two palaces in Luoyang, but the imperial court will not allocate you a five baht. All the materials, you can find a way by yourself, and you can't break the law and do anything wrong."

Yuan Shu was stunned for a moment, lying on the ground, not daring to move.

To repair the two palaces in Luoyang, we don't give money, and we can't mess around. How can this be done?

The Son of Heaven is trying to embarrass me on purpose, right?

At this time, Yuan Heng coughed lightly: "Your Majesty, the Son of Heaven is lenient, I gave you the opportunity to redeem your sins, why don't you thank me?"

Although Yuan Shu was puzzled, he still decided to trust his daughter and kowtowed to thank her.

Liu Xie turned his head to look at Yuan Heng. Yuan Heng lowered his eyelids and wrote eagerly, avoiding Liu Xie's gaze, but he did not show timidity.

Liu Xie didn't say anything, motioned Yuan Shu to get up, and ordered someone to give him a seat.

Yuan Shu wiped the cold sweat from his brow, took his seat, and looked at Yuan Heng who was writing a book opposite him, feeling both happy and worried.The joy is that the daughter is calm in front of the emperor, and the emperor is not angry.The worry is that he really can't think of any way for Yuan Heng to prepare the materials needed to restore the two palaces.

Liu Xie didn't mention this matter again, but just asked Yuan Shu about the situation in Youzhou.

After Yuan Shu wrote a letter requesting to become an official, he got the edict from the emperor, asking him to go and report on his duties.He handed over the government affairs to Yang Hong, and the military affairs to Zhang Xun and Ji Ling, and he rushed to Xingzai with only a few dozen followers including Chang Nu.

He was originally going to be an official, but now that he has accepted the new task assigned by the emperor, it is naturally impossible to talk about this.

After listening to Yuan Shu's introduction, Liu Xie said to Yuan Shu that there is no need to talk about your request to become an official in the future.Let's rest for two days, and then go to Luoyang.

As for who will succeed Youzhou Mu, it should be left to the Sangong for discussion, and I will not make a decision for the time being.

Yuan Shu fully agreed.

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After leaving the imperial tent, someone took Yuan Shu to rest.

Yuan Shu was indeed tired, he lay down and fell asleep until Huang Yi and Yuan Quan came to invite him to dinner.

After the emperor decided to let Yuan Shu go, Yuan Heng told Huang Yi to take Yuan Quan to him.Although the Son of Heaven did not veto Yuan Shu's request to become an official, it is unlikely that Yuan Shu will be disarmed and returned to the farmland. It is best for the father and daughter to meet here.

Speaking of which, they haven't been together for a long time.

The last time Yuan Shu resigned as Yangzhou pastor and became Youzhou pastor, when he passed by Suiyang, Yuan Quan was busy preparing for the Yinfang, he was so busy that he had no time to say anything to Yuan Shu.

This time, they can have a good get together.

Only Yuan Yao was absent.

Yuan Yao is a man and has stayed in Chang'an.

Yuan Shu sat on the bed and told Huang Yi and Yuan Quan what happened to him.

Huang Yi and Yuan Quan were also very surprised.

It is no surprise that the emperor asked Yuan Shu to restore the two palaces. He burned the palace and killed thousands of people in the palace.

But the imperial court does not allocate money, where will the materials come from?Labor can be paid for by Yuan's family's private property, but the materials for building the palace are not so easy to collect.

Huang Yi said suspiciously: "I heard that the emperor visited the former residence of the Yuan family before his expedition to the East, and was very dissatisfied with the Yuan family's overreach. Could it be that the emperor is going to demolish the former residence of the Yuan family and build the imperial palace?"

Yuan Quan thought for a while, then shook his head. "Yuan's does have some limitations, but compared with the imperial palace, it is still far inferior. Even if there are a few, it is very limited."

"The Yuan family is not the only one who violated the regulations in Luoyang City." Huang Yi said: "Is it not enough to demolish all those who violated the regulations?"

Yuan Quan glanced at Huang Yi, hesitant to speak.

She knew that Huang Yi was actually somewhat dissatisfied with Yuan Shi, but she didn't dare to say it before.Now that he has enough confidence, he doesn't need to look forward and backward anymore, even in front of Yuan Shu, he will speak out.

Yuan Shu said angrily: "The quantity should be enough, but the scale may not be. You have never been in the palace, so you don't know what materials are used in the palace. In the second year of Zhongping, the Nangong disaster occurred, and the fire burned for half a month before it was extinguished." .In order to rebuild the Nangong Palace, the emperor issued an edict to increase the tax by ten qian per mu. One of the main reasons for asking for so much is that the materials for the palace are rare, and it takes huge sums of money to search for them in deep mountains and old forests."

Huang Yi didn't say a word.

He had never been in the palace before, so he didn't know what materials were used to build the palace.Although the Huang family in Jiangxia can be considered a rich family, there is still a distance compared to the Yuan family.He has never been an official in the palace, and he has never seen the real world.

Just as he was talking, Yuan Heng came in, just in time to hear Yuan Shu's last words, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Ah Weng, the Son of Heaven just said to restore the two palaces, but he didn't say to make them exactly the same."

Yuan Shu was at a loss and didn't understand why.

Yuan Quan's eyes lit up, he clapped his hands and smiled. "I understand. The emperor wants to take this opportunity to practice frugality, live within his means, and use the materials available in Luoyang City to repair the two palaces."

"That's right. The emperor ordered Liu Biao to compile and draw the scrolls of Luoyang. The purpose is to warn future generations not to waste extravagance and forget etiquette. If the world is in chaos, no matter how good the palace is, no matter how good the house is, it will be destroyed. Chang'an So, so is Luoyang, you and I are all people who have experienced it, and so is the emperor, how can he remain indifferent and waste human resources and material resources to restore the two palaces? It is time to change customs from now on."

Chapter 871 Family Reunion

After listening to Yuan Heng's explanation, Yuan Shu and the others suddenly realized.

In fact, the truth is not complicated, and there were many signs before—on the premise that someone suggested moving the capital to Chang’an, Liu Xie did not carry out large-scale repairs to the palace in Chang’an—but they all subconsciously thought that Liu Xie was making things difficult for Yuan Shu in order to repay him. The revenge of burning the palace.

"If the Chang'an palace is used as the standard, it's not too difficult to just remove the damaged ones and restore the general function. It's almost the same if you demolish all the extra-standard houses."

Yuan Shu heaved a sigh of relief.

"Indeed, it should be dismantled." Yuan Quan echoed: "Self-restraint and return to courtesy and benevolence, this is the truth that Meng Tong knows, but how many people can practice it? Most of the scholar-officials who should be role models in the world are hypocrites. How can it be undefeated, how can the world not be chaotic."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Shu regained his spirits. "What is most of them hypocrites? From what I can see, ninety-nine out of ten are hypocrites. True gentlemen are as rare as ever. The most typical one is..."

Yuan Quan guessed what he was going to say, got up with him, got up and said: "It's getting late, let's go to dinner, don't make Mrs. Bian wait too long."

Huang Yi stood up in response and followed Yuan Quan out of the tent.

In the middle of Yuan Shu's speech, he was interrupted by Yuan Quan, feeling very uncomfortable.I wanted to say it again, but half of the audience was lost, only Yuan Heng was left looking at him with a smile, and he felt a bit resentful that iron could not be made into steel, and he felt bored immediately.

He jumped up. "Li, Li, you say that you want to restrain yourself and return to the ritual, but how can you be polite in your heart? Isn't this ritual the father and son of the monarch and his ministers? With your attitude, how can you take me as a father seriously?"