Chapter 466 The Admiral is sad and suffering

Looking at the empty mansion, Yuan Shao said thoughtfully: "Money and food are the key to restricting one's own development and growth!"

Without money and food, even if you have hundreds of thousands of male soldiers, what can you do, just like Xiliang Li Li. This son has 400,000 soldiers, and most of them are Xiliang Xiaocai, and his combat power is so strong that no prince in the world can compete with it.

However, Xiliang has been a place of barbarian ravages since ancient times, and it is also a place of long-term war, and all the prefectures and counties under its jurisdiction have been war-torn for a long time, the people have been displaced, the money and food have been exhausted, and the land is barren and barren, and the land is barren and poor.

Because of this, even though Li Li Xiaoer had hundreds of thousands of male soldiers, he could only be trapped in a corner, watching the Central Plains states and counties have thousands of miles of fertile fields and sufficient money and food, but there was no food and grass to supply the army to go on the expedition. Therefore, when we wantonly sent troops to attack the city and pull out the fortress, Li Li could only sit in the west and sigh, unable to wave his troops to the east.

If Xiliang Li Li meets a wealthy family like the Zhen family in Zhongshan, I am afraid that he will take the Zhen family into his pocket no matter what, and even send troops to rob him. It's a pity that Zhang Zhen's family is far away in Zhongshan Kingdom, Jizhou, and it is too far away from Xiliang, maybe Li Li has never even heard of the name of the Zhen family. Otherwise, once Li Li can get the support of a big consortium like the Zhen family, he will be able to have the ability to send troops to the Central Plains in a short period of time, and with the Zhen family's strong financial resources, he can use the Xiliang army to fight for at least three months to half a year. If this is the case, the situation in the world will change greatly, and our forces such as Jizhou and Yanzhou Cao Cao and Hanoi Zhang Yang will inevitably bear the brunt, and it will be difficult for forces such as Chen Liu, Zhang Miao, Jiyin Lu Bu, and Nanyang Yuan Shu to stand alone. ”

Just when Yuan Shao said this, in addition to Guo Tu and Yan Liang, who were following him closely, heard these words, there was another person in the corner of the wall dozens of steps away from the three of them.

It was precisely Yuan Shao's words that made this person who had a major event to report to him suddenly stop, and then hid in the corner of the wall and hesitated. Repeatedly weigh whether he should tell Yuan Shao about the heavy dà discovery he had just seized.

Rewind time to half an hour ago.

Just when Yuan Shao, Guo Tu, and Yan Liang rode their horses to inspect the backyard of the Zhen Mansion, Wen Chou and Ju Yi were ordered to lead their subordinates to search the front yard and the middle courtyard of the Zhen Mansion one by one, Wen Chou was in charge of the middle court, and Ju Yi was leading his cronies to search the front yard.

The front yard of Zhen Mansion is not just a row of houses, as explained above, the front yard has six courtyards and hundreds of houses.

Ju Yi ordered his subordinates to search the front three courtyards in the front yard, one by one, even in the corners of the wall, and he himself took more than 600 cronies to search the front yard and the back three into the house.

Since most of the valuables in the house have been removed by the Zhen family. As a result, every room is very messy, and the search is very time-consuming and laborious. Therefore, just by searching the courtyard of Sanjin, Ju Yi's 3,000 soldiers were tossed up and down in front of the house, behind the house, and upstairs. I'm tired enough, but I don't get anything.

Just when Ju Yi decided that there was no need to continue the search, he was about to order the troops to be withdrawn. His subordinates searched for the fifth descendant who entered the mansion, but suddenly ran to report to him. Find important clues in the utility room in the northwest corner of the yard.

Immediately, Ju Yi quickly came to the utility room, and under the guidance of his own soldiers, he saw a valuable jade pendant and a piece of brocade robe soaked in blood on the ground under the west corner of the room.

The moment he saw the jade pendant, Ju Yi felt that this piece of jade was very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere. Immediately, he squatted in the corner of the wall and looked at the jade pendant in his hand, but he couldn't remember when he had seen this piece of jade for a while. And in whom did you see it. So he casually picked up the blood-soaked blood cloth on the ground, hoping to find something on it, but unfortunately there was nothing on it, only red blood stains. Nothing else.

However, just as Ju Yi got up in disappointment, out of the corner of his eye, he accidentally caught a glimpse of a line of blood on the ground where he had just picked up the blood cloth. This is a bloody word written by someone dipping his hand in the blood on his body, the handwriting is very clear, every stroke is very clear, obviously there is enough blood, and it is definitely not written by biting his fingers.

When he squatted down to inspect again, a few blood words on the bluestone slab suddenly met Ju Yi's eyes: "Zheng Feng is Xiliang Li Li, the Zhen family has been attached, and he will go from now on." There are also two small and vague characters under this line of words, obviously the person who wrote the blood character was very worried about being discovered, but he was afraid that his own people would not know who wrote it after seeing it, so he left his name: "Fengji." ”

"Ahh The moment he saw this line of blood, Ju Yi exclaimed in surprise, stunned, and then was awakened by the footsteps of his own soldiers.

Seeing that the soldiers were walking towards him, Ju Yi almost subconsciously stood up straight, stepped on the blood words left by Feng Ji under his feet, and waved at the soldiers with a solemn face: "There is nothing here, you go to other rooms to take a look, and close the door when you go out!" ”

After the soldiers left, Ju Yi walked very cautiously to the back of the door and listened to the footsteps outside the door. When he was sure that no one was near the utility room, he turned around and walked to the corner, where he squatted and stared at the blood on the ground with his eyes intended.

At this time, Ju Yi already knew who the jade pendant in his hand was, and it went without saying that this piece of jade was a good time. However, this is not a jade pendant, but an ornament on Fengji's belt, in order to show his identity.

The blood stains and blood cloth on the corner of the wall were also left by Feng Ji, which indicates that he was imprisoned in the utility room, and was beaten so badly that blood was splashed everywhere in the corner and on the ground.

In addition, Ju Yi also saw that there was also a large blood stain on the west corner of the wall not far away, which was more blood than the east corner of the Fengji word, splashing blood on the wall, which was shocking. Without thinking about it, Ju Yi knew that the blood stains on the west corner of the wall were left by Yuan Xi. Previously, Yuan Xi and Feng Ji were both imprisoned here, and were whipped and beaten, so that blood splattered everywhere and splashed spots on the wall, which attracted the attention of the pro-soldiers, and only then did they report to themselves that they had found clues.

In fact, the moment Ju Yi saw the blood word, he immediately thought that Yuan Xi and Feng Ji wanted to kill Zheng Feng the day before yesterday, uh, it should be Li Li! Just because Yuan and Feng wanted to kill Xiliang Li Li, it was almost whimsical, and it was impossible to succeed; Even if they had hundreds of armor soldiers and a thousand soldiers stationed at the four gates, all of them together would not be able to kill Li Li.

Who is Xiliang Li Li? It was the commander of the Western Liang Army, who had experienced a hundred battles and was invincible, and in just half a year, he rose rapidly in the place where he had fought for a long time in Liangzhou, and then he was out of control and annexed the Western Liang Army left by Dong Zhuo. He swept the two states of Yongliang with his army, and ended the two states of Xiliang after a hundred years of war in one fell swoop. Such a strong Xiliang overlord could not be killed by Yuan Xi and Feng Ji, two white-faced scholars and more than a thousand armor soldiers, even if Li Li infiltrated the Zhen family in Zhongshan alone, it was not something that they could deal with.

What's more, Xiliang Li Li, as the commander of the Xiliang Army, has 400,000 troops, and his fierce generals are like clouds, and there are many elite and strong generals. How could such a high-ranking person travel without his subordinates. What about sneaking into Jizhou alone?

Therefore, seeing this qiē in front of him is a matter of course in Ju Yi's eyes. From this, it is not difficult for him to imagine that after he left with his own soldiers that day, Yuan Xi and Feng Ji with 1,500 armor soldiers not only failed to kill Li Li. Instead, they were all killed by Li Li's subordinates lurking around, while Yuan and Feng were captured by Li Lisheng. Imprisoned in the utility room in the front yard of Zhen's house. Maybe. At this time, the two had already been killed by Li Li, and the bodies were buried somewhere.

After clearing his thoughts, Ju Yi suddenly remembered what Li Li said to him the day before yesterday, and immediately thought of the true purpose of Li Li's words.

Li Li's words were very precise for Ju Yi, and there was no lie. It can be described as a golden and jade good word. However, the reason why Li Li said this to him was not without purpose, on the contrary. Li Li just wanted him to be suspicious of Yuan Shao, Yuan Xi's father and son, prompting him to turn around and leave Wuji City in a fit of anger.

Obviously, Li Li knew Ju Yi very well, saw his mind thoroughly, and every word was right in Ju Yi's arms, and successfully forced Ju Yi away. After Ju Yi left, Yuan Xi and Feng Ji had more than 1,000 elite armor soldiers, but there were no generals to command the battle. Therefore, even if a group of wolves led by a group of wolves that have lost their head are not weak, what is the use, they are not much different from a group of sheep.

After completely connecting the beginning and end of the matter, Ju Yi couldn't help but exclaim sincerely: "Xiliang Li Wenchang really lives up to his reputation, counts everything, is witty and cunning, and is even more ruthless!" ”

Indeed, Ju Yi experienced Li Li's ruthless methods.

Now the Zhen family has attached itself to Li Li and moved away, and Yuan Xi and Feng Ji and more than 1,000 Yuan Shao's personal soldiers who came with them were all killed by Li Li. In this way, Li Li patted his ass and left, but put him Juyi in. The day before yesterday, he followed Yuan Xi to Wuji City, and his duty was to protect Yuan Xi and Feng Ji, and also had the task of investigating the reality of the Zhen family, and after he returned to the camp in a bad mood, he told Yuan Shao that the Zhen family had no dissent, and it was normal. As a result, everything is not normal, Yuan Xi and Feng Ji's life and death are unknown, the Zhen family is attached to Li Li, and now they don't know where to go. The most important thing is that he and Xiliang Li Li met head-on, but instead of making a move, Li Li calmly escaped.

If Yuan Shao knows the details of these things, how can Ju Yi deal with himself and how to explain to Yuan Shao? No matter how generous Yuan Shao is, it is inevitable to suspect that he secretly colluded with Li Li, deliberately concealed the truth, and used it as a cover for the Zhen family's evacuation of Jizhou, and also designed to frame Yuan Xi, Feng Ji and more than 1,000 personal soldiers and soldiers who lost their lives. This is because of Yuan Shao's generosity and tolerance that such suspicions will breed.

In fact, Yuan Shao is not generous at all, but he is very suspicious, and he is often suspicious of the generals under his command, and it is difficult to achieve absolute trust; Even the two of Yan Liangwen and Chou, whom he trusts the most at the moment, are no exception.

Therefore, once Yuan Shao learned that Zhen's "cousin Zheng Feng" was Xiliang Li Li, and the Zhen family still attached themselves to Li Li and fled to Xiliang with Li Li. If Yuan Shao catches or kills Li Li, if he can't catch Li Li and can't find the Zhen family, then Ju Yi will have to carry the black cauldron! Yuan Shao will never let him go, and will even pile up the pain of losing his son and all the guilt and anger on him, so that his life is difficult to protect, and he will either lead the people to rebel or wait to be killed.

"Li Li, Li Li, you can make me miserable, you are forcing me to a dead end!" After sorting out the stakes, Ju Yi muttered bitterly.

At this moment, Ju Yi, who knew the truth, was bitter in his heart, he was really miserable, and he didn't have tears if he wanted to cry!

The most terrible thing is that in this matter, the more Ju Yi tells the truth, the more he can't tell the truth, and the more he says that he is more suspicious. Because of what he shouldn't say, he has already said it to Yuan Shao; What he shouldn't have done, he also did when he faced Li Li, and many people can testify. In such a situation, according to the truth, if Yuan Shao does not suspect that he is secretly colluding with Li Li, it means that Yuan Shao has something wrong with his brain.

Who wouldn't have thought that there was a problem with his Ju Yi in such an obvious matter?

There is another point that makes Ju Yi suffer, that is, what Li Li said to him, he can only hold it in his heart, as long as he is still serving under Yuan Shao's account, he has to keep his mouth shut, and he can't say it to anyone, let alone Yuan Shao. Therefore, if Yuan Shao asked Ju Yi what he said to Li Li, and Li Li said something to him that prompted him to leave on the spot, then he was really speechless, and it was not easy to make up a convincing lie. Because Li Li's words only worked for him, and were of no use to others.

can't even tell the truth, this is the most helpless and painful thing for Ju Yi.

If he can't tell the truth, what should he do?

Xiliang Li Li appeared in Jizhou, such a shocking thing, you can't hide it and not report it, right?

Even Ju Yi was lucky in his heart, thinking that if he took the initiative to report the matter to Yuan Shaoyu, he would hide other discoveries, such as the bloodstains in this utility room and Feng Ji's name. In this way, Yuan Shao will not suspect that he and Li Li are secretly colluding?

After making up his mind, Ju Yi immediately went to the backyard alone, ready to report the matter to Yuan Shaoyu. Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked to the corner of the wall, he heard Yuan Shao talk about the importance of money and food in the troubled times, and then talked about what would happen if Li Li got the support of the Zhen family consortium.

In an instant, Ju Yi immediately stopped, his mind was in chaos, and the decision he had just made up his mind immediately wavered again.

"What if I can't find Li Li, can't recover the Zhen family, and can't find the bodies of Yuan Xi and Feng Ji? Then didn't I lie about the military situation and make a fuss about nothing, but I was in a commotion? Leaning in the dark of the corner, Ju Yi pondered and weighed carefully, but he couldn't make up his mind.

At this moment, Ju Yi really wanted to scold his mother, it was so sad that he wanted to die!

After more than ten years of fighting, he has never been so hesitant as today, this feeling is too painful!

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