But seeing Yuan Shang's sluggish face, he suddenly became furious. He glared and grabbed Xin Ping.
He hissed angrily: "Bastard, what kind of good plan did I think you had... You... you actually asked me to surrender to Cao Cao? Xin Zhongzhi! Do you know whose hands my father died in?" ? Are you offering this strategy to trap me in a place of disloyalty and injustice?"
"Third Young Master, be gentler!" We killed Tian Feng, captured Yecheng, and cut off Yuan Xi's basic support in the rear. With Cao Cao's ability, we will be able to wipe out Yuan Xi and Yuan Xi! By then, the heroes in Hebei will be leaderless, and they will be ranked according to seniority. Third Young Master, you You are the heir that everyone loves! At that time, you will take over the power and call on the heroes of Hebei to work together to resist Cao Cao. With the strength of Hebei, what is there to fear? This is a God-given opportunity. If the third son misses it, he will regret it. ah!"
What do people who fall from heaven to earth desire most? What do disenfranchised people desire most?
It's not money, it's not beauty, it's not wealth, it's not comfort, it's the desire to stand at the pinnacle of power again, and once again grasp the power that makes people obsessed with beauty!
If you don't lose, you won't know how to cherish. When a person loses everything, he can fully understand the value of the lost things, and he will even more want to do everything possible to regain the things that once belonged to him!
This is the case with Yuan Shang now. Although he has no worries about food and clothing every day and enjoys comfort and wealth, his desire for lost power has already caused wrinkles on his face and turned his hair into silver threads.
Every deep mark on his face and every streak of snow on his head are the best proof that he thinks about power day and night. After all, they are all descendants of the Yuan family.
Now, Xin Ping has given him a way to regain everything he lost by surrendering to the enemy who killed his father. This suggestion is a watershed. On the left side of the watershed is human nature and morality, and on the right side of the watershed is power and the world. One wrong step and the result could be hugely different!
Yuan Shang thought carefully for a long time, biting his lower lip tightly with his teeth, so hard that he could almost break his lip and cause blood to spurt out!
After a long time, Yuan Shang slowly spoke.
"If I temporarily surrender to Cao Cao, can you really guarantee that I can regain the leadership of the four states? What kind of character does Cao Cao have, how can he allow me to stand up so easily?"
When Xin Ping saw Yuan Shang relenting, a big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground, and he hurriedly asked: "Don't worry, eldest son, Cao Cao is currently at war with Yuan Xi. He just wants to use our power to quickly destroy Yuan Xi. How can he think of it?" So many, and when Yuan Xi dies in the future, Yuan's prestige and fame in Hebei are beyond Cao Cao's imagination. Even if he has amazing talents, it is difficult for him to be popular among the people. Besides, Xin and Guo Gongze are still there. Even if we risk our lives, we will definitely be able to protect the three young masters. This is a God-given opportunity, and I hope you will not miss it. Otherwise... In this life, you will have to live under someone else's roof until you die!"
Xin Ping's last words were like a thunderbolt that hit Yuan Shang's heavenly spirit right and wrong, beating him so hard that he couldn't move in an instant.
"Okay! I, my lord... will fight!" When he thought of living the same life until his death, the fierce light in Yuan Shang's eyes suddenly became stronger, and he almost fell into madness.
"Okay!" Xin Ping hurriedly stood up, bowed, and said excitedly: "The third young master has the opportunity to hide the world, and has the ambition to overlook the sky. As a minister, I really admire him. I will go all out to help the young master achieve his dominance, even if he is shattered to pieces. Don’t hesitate to do so!”
Yuan Shang nodded solemnly, raised his hand to help Xin Ping, and said: "Okay, okay, okay! You and I are of one mind, and the monarch and ministers work together, why worry about not being able to destroy Yuan Xi and Cao Cao... I just ask you, If we want to seize Yecheng and kill Tian Feng, what should I do?"
Xin Ping hurriedly stood up and said: "Although Yecheng is empty now, Tian Feng is the lord of Yecheng before the battle after all, and there are definitely many guards around him. The top priority is to recruit troops and horses to expand his strength in order to carry out an attack... .I don’t know how many confidants of the Third Young Master there are in Yecheng and the counties and counties near Yecheng. I also ask the Third Young Master to inform them one by one, and summon them with a letter in blood, ordering them to come to Yecheng with me, and to command them in preparation for King Qin. Looking for an opportunity to seize power!"
"Okay!" Yuan Shang heard that there was nothing inappropriate in Xin Ping's words. He stood up and walked to the table, pulled out a roll of pleated cloth, bit his index finger, and wrote it in blood on it!
Xin Ping slowly walked to Yuan Shang's side, squinting his eyes and carefully looking at the red letters Yuan Shang wrote on the pleated cloth. His eyes slightly narrowed, and the corners of his mouth unknowingly curled up. A weird smile.
The opportunity to avenge Yuan Tan finally came. Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang were in internal strife. Only with the help of Cao Cao could they avenge their dead master Yuan Tan.
There is something pitiful about this hateful man. Whether he is an old man or a bad guy, God will give him a chance.
When he was young, Yuan Shang finished writing, then folded up the bloody book, handed it to Xin Ping with both hands, and choked with tears: "Zhongzhi, everything is left to you! Please deal with it properly and don't let me down!"
Xin Ping knelt on his knees, raised his hands high, and said with tears in his eyes: "Don't worry, Third Young Master, Xin Ping will definitely fulfill his mission!"
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The night is dark and the moonlight is like sand and mist.
In a deep street outside Yuan Shang's residence, a short figure of Kuluo was spinning in place. While rubbing his hands, he looked up anxiously at Yuan Shang's residence in the distance, as if he was waiting for something.
This man is called Wang Er, and he is a swordsman and pen officer under Xun You, Cao's military advisor. This time, under Xun You's order, he disguised himself as a merchant and came to Yecheng to carry out a plan to create discord and instigate rebellion.
Following Xun You's instructions, Wang Er first approached Xin Ping to lead the way, then he approached Guo Tu, and now he approached Yuan Shang, and everything went smoothly.
But after all, he was carrying out sabotage behind enemy lines, so Wang Er couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
He is from Xuchang, Henan. Logically speaking, no one in Yecheng should know him. But for some reason, Wang Er always feels vaguely, a little uneasy, and has an indescribable nervousness.
As the saying goes, the sky is unpredictable, and people are prone to misfortunes and blessings. Sometimes people just forget about it and drink cold water to stuff their teeth. Sometimes they don't want to encounter something, but it just happens.
A carriage traveling in the night passed by the door of Yuan Shang's mansion. The curtains on the carriage were unknowingly blown open by the north.
Revealing a sweet and delicate cheek, it is like the brilliant flower on the moonlit night, so beautiful that it makes people suffocate, so beautiful that it makes people dizzy, and its beauty makes people dazzled.
Although the curtains in the car only flickered, facing the moonlight, Wang Er's anxious figure in the distance was still reflected in the eyes of the beautiful woman in the car.
"Huh?" Wannian Princess Liu Yan raised her lips and was suddenly surprised. She hurriedly called to the coachman and said: "Stop, stop!"
The coachman was a soldier who was ordered by the Yuan family to protect Liu Yan's safety. He had full authority to obey Liu Yan's orders. He immediately pulled the reins and stopped in a hurry.
After asking the driver to stop, Liu Yan jumped out of the carriage and tiptoed behind Wang Er, who was sweating anxiously.
He gently raised his hand, like a kitten, and whispered at the back of Wang Dong's neck.
"Hey, who are you and what are you doing sneakily!"
Wang Er was immediately frightened and jumped up to the height of three feet.
"Ouch! Ah! Who!? Who? Who! Scaring me? I'm not afraid!"
"You!" Liu Yan jumped with a smile, then raised her Qianqian finger and shouted, "Send your name and tell me! Have I seen you somewhere?"
When Wang Eryi saw the person coming, his feet suddenly gave way and he almost fell down. He was so frightened that he lost his soul and stared at Liu Yan, so surprised that he could not speak.
I thought no one in Yecheng would recognize him, but I didn't expect to run into this unlucky girl!
The little idiot Princess Wannian may have a bad memory, but as one of Wang Yue's former confidants, Wang Er is definitely very clever!
He recognized this at a glance as the girl who was called "Yuan Yan" by Wang Yue and Yuan Xi at the Wang Yue Martial Arts Hall in Luoyang.
God knows she actually showed up here in Yecheng, and she was chattering about how kind she was. If it wasn't for the girl's bad memory, wouldn't she be in trouble!
Wang Er hurriedly turned his head, wiped his sweat and stepped back. As he walked, he said: "Miss, you recognized the wrong person. I have never seen Miss... I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"
Liu Yan refused to give up, grabbed Wang Er's sleeve, and said: "No! I must have seen you somewhere, but I just couldn't remember it for a moment... Well, your accent doesn't sound like someone from Hebei." ! Are you from Henan? Are you from Sili?"
"Yes...yes...that's right!" Er suddenly flicked his sleeves and said in a panic: "Men and women are not close to each other, where are these women from? They talk nonsense and make nonsense. It's simply It’s indecent! Get out, get out, get out, get out!”
Seeing Liu Yan staring at him with a pair of cute big eyes, she didn't move, as if she didn't listen.
Wang Er couldn't help but secretly complain, pointing at her and saying: "You...you don't want to get out, right? Okay, then, then, I'll get out!"
After saying that, I saw this guy smearing oil on the soles of his feet, staggering like a mouse crossing the street, turned around and disappeared into the vast moonlight.
Liu Yan was left standing there, touching her chin, looking straight at Wang Er's disappearing back, her eyes filled with twinkling doubts.
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Wang Er was so excited by Wannian Princess Liu Yan that he was so frightened that he couldn't choose his way out and stumbled towards Yuan Shang's mansion.
It happened that Xin Ping came out of the back door cautiously. The two of them were so anxious that they didn't see it. They bumped into each other with a "pop" and each of them squatted on the ground.
"Which blind man... doesn't have eyes... Huh? Is it you? Mr. Wang! Why aren't you waiting for me at the street corner? What are you doing here?" Xin Ping said with twinkling eyes.
Wang Er smiled awkwardly, but did not answer. He just changed the subject and said, "How is it? Is the matter done?"
Xin Ping patted his sleeves, stood up, and said with a smile: "That fool Yuan Shang, he believes whatever I say, and he thinks he can reap the benefits and turn around again in the future. He is simply overestimating his abilities... However, Thanks to him, I now have the blood letter he wrote personally and the list of people I can contact. As long as I plan well, I have enough strength! Killing Tian Feng and seizing Ye City is not a problem!"
"Okay!" After hearing Xin Ping's words, Wang Er clapped his hands happily and said cheerfully: "Mr. It was difficult to do anything, but Mr. Xiang thought of borrowing it. Yuan Shang's power was used to help him, and he was able to achieve great success in an instant. It is really unparalleled! If this big thing is successful, Wang will definitely ask Mr. Xun to report to Prime Minister Cao and give Mr. Xin I will never fail to reward you generously!”
Xin Ping bowed his hands to Wang Er and said with a smile: "In that case, I would like to introduce you to Mr. Wang... This is not the place to talk. Come with me to my house to meet you and let us talk about the details."
"Don't you dare disobey me!" Wang Er looked around with a smile on his face. The two of them immediately flashed towards the alley to the west and quickly disappeared into the darkness of the night.
Not long after the two figures disappeared, a small head with soft hair appeared vaguely at the entrance of the alley to the north. A pair of big watery eyes looked at Xin Ping and Wang. Er's back was stunned.
If Wannian Princess Liu Yan hadn't discovered Ni Duan, there was a real possibility that Cao Cao and Yuan Shang would have captured Yecheng, the rear area of Emperor Xuanwu of Emperor Taizong and Yuan Xi at that time.
After all, it was Emperor Taizong Xuanwu and Yuan Xi who betrayed Princess Liu Yan. Liu Yan had never betrayed Yuan Xi. What kind of heart did Yuan Xi have to do with the poisoned wine in the harem?
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With this doubt, Wannian Princess Liu Yan returned to the mansion in a carriage. As soon as Fang entered the mansion, he happened to see the smile of Gao Yue sitting in the main hall.
Although the first meeting was a bit unpleasant since we met in Yecheng to get married.
But with the passage of time and the same concern for Yuan Xi, the relationship between the two unknowingly got better and better, and they seemed to regret meeting each other too late.
Liu Yan was a political marriage link between the Yuan family and the royal family. Apart from Yuan Xi, Tang Ji, Liu He and a few others, she had no friends, but Liu Yan was innocent and innocent.
And Gao Yue was gradually infected by Liu Yan's innocence. Now the two stick together whenever they have nothing to do in Yecheng, and they are treated as sisters, which is very appropriate. At least that's the case now, who can tell what will happen in the future.
Today happened to be the time when Gao Yue had finished taking care of things at home, and came over to take a look at Liu Yan with some fine silks and satins sent by Zhen Mi. He didn't want this girl to go out to play in the city, so he had to wait. This waiting turned out to be until the dark day .
In Yuan Xi's harem, only Wannian Princess Liu Yan is treated like this. After all, she is the princess second only to the eldest wife Gao Yue, so her status lies here.
"Ah, Sister Wugou~!" When Liu Yan saw Gao Yue waiting for her in the hall, she smiled and came to Gao Yue's side happily, shook her hand and said with a smile: "It's so late, Wu Gu Sister Ji, why did you come to me?"
"Isn't it just to wait for Her Royal Highness the Princess?" Gao Yue rolled her eyes at Liu Yan, and said slightly accusingly: "Sister, you are just playful on weekdays, why are you running out of the city at this juncture? The war is in chaos, what if? Something went wrong, what should I do? Look, it's already so late. If you come back a little later, sister, I'd like to go and report the case to General Gaogan of the City Lieutenant's Mansion."
Liu Yan stuck out her tongue mischievously and said with a smile: "I can't help it. Didn't my sister meet an acquaintance? So I was delayed for a while and made my sister worried."
"Nonsense, princess sister, you are a foreigner. Apart from us, do you have any acquaintances? You don't know a reasonable reason for lying!" Gao Yue smiled and tapped Liu Yan's smooth forehead as a punishment.
Liu Yan raised her hand and rubbed the top of her head, pouted and said: "Sister Wu Gu, I really didn't lie to you! I really met an acquaintance! Although I forgot his name, I must have seen that person somewhere before. .....I just can’t remember who it is..."
Seeing Liu Yan's serious look, Gao Yue shook her head helplessly, and then asked the maid to call the guards who were ordered to protect Liu Yan and ask them.
Through the guard's narration, Gao Yue roughly knew the situation, and then he frowned slightly and asked Liu Yan, "Sister Princess, you said you and that person are on good terms?"
"Yes, I must have seen him somewhere!" Liu Yan nodded confidently.
"And it's still in front of the third son Yuan Shang's residence?"
"Well, I happened to pass by his place when I came back."
Gao Yue's frown deepened: "And you also saw him whispering and having a very happy conversation with Mr. Xin Pingxin?"
"Well, I followed you secretly and saw it... What's wrong, sister, did I do something wrong?"
Gao Yue gently rubbed her chin, thought carefully for a while, and finally nodded slowly: "It seems that sister, you seem to have discovered something big accidentally... This matter, We have to tell Mr. Zigang immediately!"
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