Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 619
In the land of Qilu, there are outstanding people, and there have been many talented people since ancient times.

Qi County was named after Qi State. During the Warring States Period, Qi State built five capitals, five townships, and five genus in its territory to manage Linzi and 72 counties with a large population due to commercial prosperity. Linzi was the capital of Qi State. Hence the name Linzi".

In the 26th year of Qin Wangzheng (221 BC), Qin State destroyed Qi State, and later divided the world into 36 prefectures. Qi County was one of them. It ruled Linzi, and Linzi was one of the six capitals of Han Dynasty. It can be said that it has always been in the territory of Shandong. The bustling center of the city, the county capital.

But it’s strange to say that, no matter in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period, the Han Dynasty, and the later Three Kingdoms, there are very few people in Qi County who can affect the general trend of the world. Master father Yan.

It was even more desolate in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Take the period from the end of the Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms as an example. In the original history, there were Taishici and Liu Yao in Donglai County, Ren Yu and Guoyuan in Le'an, and even small countries like Pingyuan successively emerged. Apart from Hua Xin, Mi Heng, and Guan Ren, only Qi Jun and Jinan were embarrassed, because none of them had a name or surname.

There are no talents, no heroes, and after Linzi, the fifth capital of the Han Dynasty, was also desolate due to the war, Qi County's sense of existence became even lower.

Of course, the world is different.

Because Wang Zheng was born, not to mention that Yuan Shao was from such a famous family, he was an illiterate trafficker, and now everyone knows that there is a place in Qingzhou called Qi County, and a county in Qi County called Zhao County.

It is precisely because of this that even though Qi County does not belong to Wang Zheng's sphere of influence at the moment, his reputation and even influence in the local area are very high, so high that even if the gentry and gentry in Linzi have been assisting, Yuan Tan has not yet fully Take control of Qi County.

It was precisely because of this that when he learned that the steward who was afraid of absconding was from Qi County, Yuan Shao, who originally thought that Wang Zheng had little suspicion, became half-believing and half-doubting.

The assassin was born in Guanrimen, and Wang Zheng's wife was also a disciple of Guanrimen
The person who recruited the assassin into Zhen's residence was also Wang Zheng's fellow villager.
Still surnamed Wu?
By the way, Wu is the common surname of Qi County. I heard that there are not a few people in the Qingzhou Army with the surname Wu. Isn't even the chief character of the Zhuzi also surnamed Wu?

Of course, although the information collected so far almost all point to Wang Zheng, but after all, there is no ironclad evidence, so the fellow countrymen must have received Wang Zheng's instruction?
Is it possible that someone bought him and deliberately framed him as a native of Fangqi County?

Yuan Shao didn't think of this point. From this, if Wang Zheng was really splashed with sewage, who would benefit?
In other words, who is the person who most hopes that he and Wang Zheng will merge?
Almost subconsciously, Yuan Shao thought of another name. Thinking of the other person, he stood up, walked to the window, stared at the spring scene outside the window with his hands behind his back, two cold lights shot out from his tiger eyes.

He was silent for a while, then suddenly asked: "Yuan Tu, you said that Wang Zheng is more suspected than Liu Biao, so who do you think is more suspicious of Cao Aman or Wang Yukou?"

Pang Ji was startled when he heard the words, why did the lord suddenly mention Cao Cao? Could it be that besides Military Commander Jian, someone else was looking for news for him, and what has been discovered?
Even though he was thinking to himself like this, it showed that Shang Pang Ji's expression remained unmoved. He just glanced at Yuan Shao's back cautiously, and said in an objective and non-subjective tone as much as possible: "Cao Cao and the lord are friends of the president. However, Wang Zheng and the lord have never met, Cao Cao and the lord are both Han subjects, and they are allies with each other, but Wang Zheng is a bandit of the Yellow Turban, in terms of emotion and reason, it seems that the latter is more suspected."

"Hey, it's not just the acquaintance of the general manager"

Yuan Shao looked back at Pang Ji, and said with a half smile but not a smile: "If it wasn't for this general, how could Cao A have been able to become the shepherd of Yanzhou back then if he had not concealed the first-rank eunuch? If it wasn't for this general, how could he have repelled Lu Bu?"

"I will help him over and over again, but what did I get?"

Yuan Shao's voice suddenly became serious, and he said word by word: "After the little emperor was flattered by this dog, he actually named himself a general and this general as a captain. He wants to be superior to this general. What kind of behavior is this?" ?”

"ungrateful!"

"Ah, but in the end Cao Cao still gave the title of General to the lord, which shows that he still respects the lord."

"Shit!"

Yuan Shao couldn't help but swear, "He is not yet mature and his wings are fledgling, so he is afraid that I will attack him now and make a temporary concession!"

"I grew up with him, and I don't know his ghostly thoughts! If I respect this general, why did I write to the imperial court to ask the little emperor to move his capital to Juancheng? Not only was he not approved, but he was also reprimanded."

"Is this the emperor's intention, or is it Cao A's idea? Wouldn't he be able to see it?"

Speaking of this, Yuan Shao sneered again and again, "Hey, with the emperor in hand, I dare to shout and drink at this general, wow, that's great."

The more he talked, the more angry he became, but Pang Ji, who was on the side, listened, but felt relieved and secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Pang Ji and Yuan Shao have known each other for many years, so they naturally know each other's temperament.

If he really discovered something, it shouldn't be this performance. It's more like he hates Cao Cao more than Wang Zheng in his heart at this time, so he subconsciously hopes that the real murderer behind the assassination is the former and not the latter.
It is precisely because of knowing Yuan Shao that Pang Ji knows that the best response is not to mention Cao Cao to explain the difference, but to immediately change the subject, "Who is the mastermind behind the scenes, my lord, according to my opinion, if you can catch that Steward, you can tell the truth!"

"It's not long now, and this beast must have not left Jizhou. Do you want to send a document to arrest him at sea and arrest him throughout the territory?"

Yuan Shao glanced at Pang Ji with some dissatisfaction, why do you lose your eyesight as you get older, and you neither agree with me nor let me scold you?

But Pang Ji was talking about business, so he didn't want to say much, so he waved his hands in a disinterested manner: "Well, let's do this matter, it would be best if we can catch this manager."

"If you don't have enough manpower, go directly to Tian Feng to help recruit some good soldiers from the army."

"promise!"

Seeing Yuan Shao's sullen expression, Pang Ji was very sensible, so he bowed to salute, and retreated voluntarily.Before he had gone too far, he faintly heard Yuan Shao instructing his attendants: "If the second son asks for an audience tomorrow, he will say that he is not feeling well."

The lord is unwell?
Pang Ji's heart was turned on, it had been almost two days since the assassination, and he was fine at that time, how could it be possible to feel unwell now?
Tomorrow, that's just past the wedding period, according to etiquette, Yuan Xi should bring his bride Zhen Mi to visit Yuan Shao and the eldest lady, right?Don't want to see this anymore?
It seems that this assassination made the lord very dissatisfied with Yuan Xi.
Thinking of this, Pang Ji's heart moved, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

Even though Yuan Shao felt that the matter was disgraceful and strictly forbade the spread of the news on the day of the assassination, since it caused an uproar in Yecheng, it would naturally be impossible to hide it from the world.

After all, Wang Zheng's Shouchun and Cao Cao's Xu County can be spied all over the place, and Yuan Shao's Yecheng will naturally receive the same treatment, and since all forces have their own intelligence channels, it is impossible to hide it. of.

So as time went on, it didn't take long before all the princes of the world learned about it.

However, most of the forces and local officials only know the part made public by the Jianjunsi and the Jizhou government office: such as the female assassin who was arrested after a failed assassination, but committed suicide by taking poison ahead of time, Yuan Shao was safe and sound, and so on.

As for the more in-depth inside information, such as the news that the assassin is suspected to be from Guanrimen, and the accomplice's steward is from Qingzhou Qi County, these news have not been circulated for the time being. After all, there are not many people who know it. source.

So when Wang Zheng, who was far away in Shouchun, received this information, he didn't know at all. If Cao Cao's hatred was not too much, and Yuan Shao's mind was too narrow, then he might have become the "number one" at this time. a suspect."

It is also true that Wang Zheng's mentality at this time is more like a melon-eating crowd watching the excitement. At the moment of receiving the information, other princes, and even civil and military officials' immediate focus is probably "Is Yuan Shao dead?" ?”, but what appeared in Wang Zheng’s mind was a series of question marks.
What?
Yuan Shao was assassinated?
Maybe other people will be surprised too, but their surprise is fundamentally different from Wang Zheng's.

The former was surprised that who dared to take such a big risk to stroke the tiger's beard, while Wang Zheng was surprised that no matter whether it was history or romance, it seemed that such a thing had never happened at all?
But in the last years of the dynasty, all the heroes competed for the throne. For the supreme power, everyone did everything possible. In addition to fighting for the hegemony on the battlefield, there were endless assassinations and murders behind the scenes. This is no exception in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Most of the princes with surnames have been assassinated, and they have also sent people to assassinate their opponents.

For example, Dong Zhuo, who was the first to take the lead, was assassinated by Cao Cao (Romance). As for the official history, Wu Fu, the Yueqi school captain, was also assassinated, but they were all unsuccessful.

Cao Cao was also assassinated.

This man is called Xu Ta, and he is Cao Cao's subordinate. The history books do not record who he is. We only know that during the Battle of Guandu, Xu Chu united with several people to assassinate Cao Cao. At that time, Xu Chu was Cao Cao's general guard and was responsible for security. When it comes to security work, with Xu Chu by Cao Cao's side, Xu Chu dare not do anything.

Finally, once, Xu found an opportunity, which was the opportunity for Xu Chu to change shifts. Xu He and others came to see Cao Cao with a sharp knife. Xu Chu was ready to rest when he returned to the camp. Beside Cao Cao, Xu Ta hadn't made a move yet. When he saw Xu Chu turn back, his face changed drastically. Xu Chu realized that the situation was wrong, and immediately beheaded Xu Ta and others, saving Cao Cao's life.

As for Xu and his behind-the-scenes messengers, scholars of later generations basically believe that Yuan Shao is the most likely.

In addition, Liu Bei was also assassinated. When he was the prime minister of Pingyuan, a man named Liu Ping in the same county refused to accept Liu Bei, so he sent an assassin to assassinate Liu Bei.

In the end, Liu Da'er's charm was too amazing, but after only one meal, the assassin gave up on his own initiative, and even betrayed Liu Ping, who was instigating him.

These are all cases of failed assassinations, and there are not a few successful ones.

For example, the death of the most famous Sun Ce, although it is said that the assassin was Xu Gong's three disciples, but it was indeed too coincidental, it happened to be the time when Sun Ce was going to take advantage of Cao Cao's northward confrontation with Yuan Shao in Guandu, and sent troops to attack Xudu to rob Han Xiandi Point.

Considering the principle that whoever benefits the most will have the greatest motivation, many people believe that even if Cao Cao was not the mastermind in Sun Ce's death, he should have participated in it.

Of course, another point is that Guo Jia's prediction is amazing.
Good guy, you said that he would die at the hands of villains in the future, but he was really killed by an assassin?

Could it be that you and Cao Aman designed it in the first place?

In addition, Liu Chong, the prince of Chen State, and Luo Jun, the prime minister of the state, were also killed by the assassins sent by Yuan Shu;

At that time, Yuan Shu's power developed greatly in Huainan, Huainan was not far from Chen Guo. Yuan Shu was short of food once, so he borrowed it from Chen Guo, because Chen Guo was relatively rich at that time, but Luo Jun, the prime minister of Chen Guo who was in power, was unwilling to borrow, so Yuan Shu He held a grudge, but Yuan Shu would still be a Han minister, so naturally he couldn't openly attack the vassal states of the Han clan's relatives, so he could only choose insidious assassination methods.

But no matter whether it was a failed assassination or a successful assassination, it was unknown whether Yuan Shao was too popular or too powerful. Anyway, in the original history, he and Yuan Shu brothers had never encountered such a thing.

now everything has changed
After the initial surprise, Wang Zheng, like everyone else, thought of a more crucial question, who wanted to kill Yuan Shao?
Of course, what he cares about is not who the assassin is, but who is the mastermind behind the scenes!
Mi Fang, who had read the letter before, could think that Wang Zheng would ask this question, and she had thought about it for a while on the way here, and immediately replied after hearing the words: "My lord, judging from the information we have so far, if the assassin is sent by a foreign enemy, it is natural Cao Cao is the most suspected!"

Wang Zheng nodded slightly. He came to this judgment immediately after reading the information. After all, after Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zan, if he wanted to continue to expand his power, he had to go south or go west. From this point of view, both he and Cao Cao were suspected of doing something. .

But on the one hand, Wang Zheng has shown his goodwill many times, and even handed over the Jade Seal of Chuanguo. Go down to the territories of Yanzhou and Guannei, so Cao Cao's suspicion is naturally greater than him.

However, he also heard the implication of Mi Fang's words, since there are foreign enemies, there will naturally be "internal thieves", and immediately asked: "According to what you said, what if it's not foreign enemies?"

"Then Yuan Tan, the eldest son of the Yuan family, and Yuan Shang, the third son, are also suspected."

Mi Fang paused for a moment, then said: "Yuan Fang who came to see the lord last time is also possible!"

Wang Zheng tapped on the case lightly, and thoughtfully said: "The meaning of Zi Fang's words is that this is a dispute between the Yuan family and Yuan Shao's other sons want to frame Yuan Xi?"

This kind of struggle is the most likely to shake the foundation. If the Yuan family had not been divided in the previous life, even if they were defeated in the Guandu battle, the Yuan family would not have no chance of turning the tables.

(End of this chapter)