Three Kingdoms: Ten Times Speed, Diao Chan Says I'm Too Fast

In the Jiade Hall.

He Jin, Yuan Wei, Yang Ci, and Zhang Wen stood side by side.

The group had already learned of the Yellow Turban Army's arrival in Taiyuan before entering the palace.

It's quite obvious why Liu Hong summoned them.

"Yuan Wei, Yang Ci!"

Sitting on the dragon throne, Liu Hong glared at Yuan Wei and Yang Ci, who were standing below him, and said through gritted teeth, "You asked me to lift the ban on the party members, and I have done so!"

"You asked me to distribute the money and grain in the Western Garden to motivate the soldiers, and I have done so."

"I have also used the people you recommended."

"But what about now!"

"Give me an explanation: why are there more and more rebels, and why are they getting closer and closer to Luoyang? How did they get to Taiyuan Prefecture?"

"How did a few hundred thousand rebels suddenly become a million?!"

"Say it!"

Liu Hong practically shouted.

An unnatural crimson tinge appeared on his originally pale face.

Below the white marble steps, Yuan Wei, Yang Ci, He Jin, and Zhang Wen all knelt on the ground.

"Your Majesty, calm down."

"Your Majesty, please calm down."

"Your Majesty's health is of utmost importance. Please calm your anger."

Liu Hong's eyes were practically spitting fire.

Calm down.

"His Majesty."

Grand Commandant Yang Ci, holding his imperial tablet, raised his head and said, "This old minister believes that there must be something fishy about how such a large army of a million rebels was able to travel hundreds of miles from Ji Province through the Black Mountain."

"How did a million-strong band of rebels manage to cross these vast mountains without food, supplies, or baggage?"

"Furthermore, why did these bandits abandon the cities they were heading south to attack and plunder their supplies, and instead went to the sparsely populated Bingzhou?"

Yang Ci's words instantly drew a glint of light from Yuan Wei's eyes.

How did the Yellow Turban rebels manage to cross the Black Mountain without any supplies or provisions?

Yuan Wei had been thinking about this problem on his way here.

Millions of people.

It would take at least half a month to travel from Quyang in Jizhou through the Black Mountain to Taiyuan County.

How much food will a million people consume in the next two weeks?

It must be at least several hundred thousand shi (a unit of dry measure).

Where did all this grain and fodder come from?

Yuan Wei suddenly remembered something.

After arriving in Jizhou, Duan Yu visited the Zhen family in Zhongshan.

At first, Yuan Wei didn't take this matter to heart, after all, it wasn't a big deal.

Duan Yu caused a huge scene at Zhen's house for the sake of Zhen's daughter.

What Yuan Wei was most concerned about was that the white paper and snow salt that suddenly appeared in Ji Province last year were actually Duan Yu's businesses.

This is something that Yuan Kui is particularly concerned about.

Moreover, it is said that after the Zhen family's white paper and snow salt were intercepted by the Zhen family of Zhongshan, Duan Yu made the Zhen family pay a lot of grain in a fit of anger.

It is said to contain hundreds of thousands of bushels.

Duan Yu's more than 10,000 Liangzhou soldiers certainly couldn't eat all that grain.

Where did all that grain go?

Is it possible...?

hiss!

Thinking of this, a glint of light flashed in Yuan Wei's eyes.

"His Majesty!"

Yuan Wei also raised his head and said to Liu Hong, "Liu Wei, the prefect of Taiyuan Commandery, wrote a letter saying that the Liangzhou troops led by General Duan Yu are right behind the Yellow Turban rebels."

"That means General Wei came from Ji Province with the Yellow Turban rebels."

"As for how the Yellow Turban rebels crossed the Black Mountain, General Wei should be the one who knows best."

"But... why didn't General Wei submit a memorial to Luoyang beforehand?" Yuan Wei asked in confusion. "For such an important matter, General Wei should have submitted a memorial to Luoyang beforehand."

"At the very least, even if there is no time to send a letter to Luoyang, we should notify Ding Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou, and Liu Wei, the prefect of Taiyuan, in advance."

"Such an important matter should not be neglected by General Wei."

Before Liu Hong, who was sitting on the dragon throne, could even express his opinion...

General He Jin was the first to stand up and contradict Yuan Wei: "Minister Yuan, what do you mean by that? Duan Yu is in charge of suppressing bandits, not delivering messages."

"Is there anything wrong with such matters being reported by officials from the state or county?"

"Could it be that Duan Yu harbors ulterior motives?" He Jin rolled his eyes at Yuan Wei.

however.

Yuan Wei was not angry at all after hearing He Jin's words; instead, a smile appeared on his lips.

“General, I did not say that General Wei had any disloyal intentions; it was you who said it.”

"His Majesty."

Yuan Wei, holding up his tablet, looked at Liu Hong and bowed, saying, "This old minister does not doubt General Wei."

"General Wei's suppression of the rebel army was meritorious and arduous; he is undoubtedly a pillar of the Han Dynasty, but..."

Yuan Wei abruptly changed the subject, and with a single sentence, the atmosphere in the hall was immediately enveloped in an eerie atmosphere.

Does Duan Yu harbor ulterior motives?

Liu Hong, sitting on the dragon throne, had a glint in his eyes.

Jian Shuo, who was standing on the white marble steps, raised an eyebrow.

Yang Ci and Zhang Wen both looked at Yuan Wei.

"But the fate of the nation cannot be taken lightly. Just as the General said, this old minister also believes that General Wei has no ulterior motives."

"But there is something I must mention."

Sitting on the dragon throne, Liu Hong's face was frighteningly gloomy.

"You speak," Liu Hong said coldly.

"This old minister received a message from Ji Province that General Wei had made a trip to the Zhen family in Zhongshan because of the matter of Zhen Jiang, the daughter of the Zhen family."

"Of course, this is General Wei's private matter, and this old minister is naturally not discussing General Wei's private affairs."

"But I have heard that the Zhen family has taken out a lot of grain in order to appease General Wei's anger."

hiss!

Upon hearing Yuan Wei's words, the expressions of everyone in the hall immediately changed.

Could it be that Duan Yu provided the grain and provisions for these million Yellow Turban rebels who migrated from Ji Province to Bing Province?

Although Yuan Wei didn't say it that way, the implication was clearly that he was connecting the two.

"Your Majesty, I am not saying that General Wei is in cahoots with the rebels. I just think that perhaps because the rebel army is so powerful, General Wei suffered some setbacks in the previous battles and his supplies were seized?"

"It's just that General Wei didn't report it?"

Yuan Wei continued, "Your Majesty can issue an edict to inquire. If that is indeed the case, it will save Your Majesty from having to guess, won't it?"

Yang Ci knelt beside Yuan Wei, his seemingly cloudy old eyes gleaming with shrewdness.

This Yuan Kui...

What a calculation.

Every sentence says that Duan Yu had no contact with the Yellow Turban rebels.

However, every sentence suggests that the Yellow Turban rebels might have been funded by Duan Yu.

Moreover, He Jin was used to say this.

What Yuan Wei thinks is none of my business.

The important thing is what the emperor thinks after these words are spoken.

After all, this empire belongs to Liu Hong.

The person who is most anxious right now is Liu Hong, who sits on the dragon throne.

He Jin was also dumbfounded.

Staring intently at Liu Hong, who was seated on the dragon throne, he said, "Your Majesty, Duan Yu... Duan Yu shouldn't be like that, right?"

Sitting on the dragon throne, Liu Hong glanced coldly at He Jin, Yuan Wei, Yang Ci, and the others below him, and said, "I summoned you here to resolve the issue."

"This is not for you to question General Wei Duan Yu."

"Now, a million rebel soldiers have arrived in Taiyuan County. What do you suggest we do?"