"Ju Yi, what are you doing standing in the corner, is there something wrong?"

Just when Ju Yi was in pain, Yuan Shao had unconsciously rode his horse to him, but he didn't notice it.

"Oh!" Ju Yi exclaimed, looking a little flustered.

Fortunately, it was nighttime, and he was standing in the dark corner of the wall where the moonlight could not shine, so his expression was not clearly seen.

After taking a deep breath and quickly stabilizing his mind, Ju Yi said respectfully: "My lord, when the last general sees that the lord is in a bad mood, he doesn't dare to come forward to disturb him, so he can only stand in an inconspicuous place to guard the lord, so as not to disturb the lord's thoughts." ”

"Well, Ju Yi has worked hard. He ordered the soldiers to camp in Zhen's mansion tonight, so that people could buy some food in the city and not disturb the people. Hurry up. Yuan Shao said to Ju Yi with a calm expression.

"No, the last general will take the order!" He bowed, then turned and strode away.

However, Yuan Shao, Guo Tu and Yan Liang didn't notice the moment Ju Yi turned to leave, his body hesitated slightly, and his mouth opened slightly as if he had something to say, but he still couldn't help but say it after all, took a deep breath, and his cheeks were bulging. When he strode away with his back to Yuan Shao and the others, he sighed a long sigh, and his whole body suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.

At this moment, Ju Yi had already made up his mind, he didn't say anything, he didn't care, and he didn't know anything. Anyway, the blood characters in the utility room just now have been washed away by him with a soak of urine, and he has also covered a layer of dirt in the corner of the wall, and the personal soldiers who found the abnormality before are all the descendants he brought from Xiliang, so they can definitely be trusted. In this way, even if Feng Ji is still alive to ask him about this matter in the future, Ju Yi only needs to answer six words: "I don't know, I didn't see it." "As long as he doesn't know, whether it's Feng Ji or Yuan Xi. Or Yuan Shao, if there is no real evidence and no witness, who can take him seriously?

After making this decision, Ju Yi suddenly found that pretending to be deaf and dumb and pretending to know nothing was the only way to clear his suspicion. On the contrary, if he took the initiative to report to Yuan Shaoyu the content of Feng Ji's bloody words, he would put himself in a desperate situation, but pretending to be deaf and dumb could get him out of this quagmire.

"Alas!" After getting such a result, Ju Yi stood outside the backyard gate and looked at Yuan Shao under the lights hundreds of steps away. He sighed heavily.

Yuan Shao's suspicion and suspicion made Ju Yi dare not tell the truth, and Li Li's flawless subtle calculations made Ju Yi suffer, even if he wanted to be loyal to Yuan Shao. Because the price of loyalty is too great, he needs to gamble with his net worth and life, and ants still steal life in troubled times. What's more, it was Ju Yi, the general of Jizhou.

It was also from this moment that there was a complete estrangement between Ju Yi and Yuan Shao. There is no way to return to the old relationship of mutual trust between ministers and ministers.

And it was because Ju Yi happened to find the utility room and found the blood characters left on the ground by Feng Ji. Coupled with his deliberate concealment as a last resort, it invisibly affected many things and indirectly maintained the current situation in the world. Otherwise, once Yuan Shao went all out to rob and kill Li Li, the situation in the world would change greatly, and its impact would be far greater than everyone imagined. The end result may only be known. This person is Li Li himself, because if he dies at this time, history is likely to continue its inherent trajectory and roll forward.

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Nights. The main hall in the backyard of Zhen's house.

In this empty hall, the soldiers dismantled some of the wooden planks of the gatehouse and pieced together a dozen tables, and then took a few soft cushions for Yuan Shao and his generals to sit in the hall and discuss important matters.

Sitting on the upper steps of the empty hall, Yuan Shao looked down at the shabby scene under the hall, and suddenly felt that he was holding a bad breath in his chest and did not vomit or be unhappy, but there was nowhere to vent. In the depression, Yuan Shao's face was gloomy, dark clouds were thick, and his eyes were full of anger, but he couldn't spread this evil breath on everyone in the hall, and he had to endure it himself, which made him feel uncomfortable.

The Zhen family was really ruthless and desperate enough, and they actually moved the huge Zhen Mansion to the emptiness, leaving not even a complete and useful thing. Because of this, although Yuan Shao and his 10,000 soldiers all lived in the Zhen Mansion compound, they only had a shelter from the wind and rain, and there were no other equipment. So much so that there were no tables and stools for individual cases in the lobby discussions, and Yuan Jun had to tear down the door panels and temporarily put together a few tables for the lords and adults to use.

Yuan Shao is an extremely good-looking superior, and it is the first time for him to discuss in such a shabby hall. I think that back then, when he led the troops to the Chenliu Alliance, he was not as shabby as he is today, and he actually demolished a few door panels as a desk, collected a bunch of rags and old clothes and crumpled them into a ball to make a futon, so this is the situation of the meeting in the lobby.

In fact, Yuan Shao could have lived in the county government or stayed overnight in the mansions of other wealthy families in the city, but he couldn't save face. Since he lived in the Zhen Mansion with great fanfare, he could no longer go out of the Zhen Mansion to find another place to stay. This kind of thing that loses his identity and face, he Yuan Shao can't do it, and he doesn't want to do it. Therefore, he would rather live in the empty courtyard of the Zhen Mansion with a swollen face and pretend to be fat, rather than lose face and find another house to stay.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that after Yuan Shao became the ruler of Jizhou, he was lenient and benevolent, although he could not be called a son who loved the people like a son, but he was also one of the few lenient princes in the troubled times. Therefore, he is still a state pastor with a good reputation in the eyes of the people of Jizhou, and he is quite popular with the people. Because of this, people with lofty ideals in Hebei will come to him, making the Jizhou army stronger and stronger, and the military generals gathered, including many wise men and celebrities and fierce hermits.

In the lobby, everyone hastily had dinner, and then the formal discussion.

Prior to this, Wen Chou and Ju Yi, who were in charge of searching the courtyard of Zhenfu, had reported the results of the search to Yuan Shaoyu, and both said that there was nothing suspicious and no valuable clues were found.

"The current situation of the Zhen Mansion, you have all seen it, the huge Zhen Mansion Mansion has moved empty, and thousands of Zhen family members have gone to the building. Let's talk about it, what should we do now? On the main seat of the hall, Yuan Shaohu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a gloomy voice.

Yuan Shao's voice was not loud, but it reverberated in the empty hall, and every word clearly entered the ears of everyone in the hall.

However, until the echo dissipated, everyone in the hall put on a look of bowing their heads in contemplation, and no one answered.

In the hall, Guo Tu and Ju Yi sat opposite each other. At the head of everyone, the two generals Wen Chou and Yan Liang were also seated, followed by more than ten generals in the army.

The scene of these dozen people discussing matters is a relatively rare small-scale discussion in the Jizhou Army, which is also the reason why Yuan Shao temporarily came to Wuji Zhen's house. At present, the Jizhou army is on the way to retreat to Yecheng, and many strategists and generals have followed the army to retreat, otherwise the hall meeting is not the scale of hundreds of people.

"Ahem!" Seeing that everyone was silent, Guo Tu, who was sitting at the top of the left side, coughed lightly, cleared his throat, and said respectfully: "My lord." Previously, the two generals Wen Chou and Ju Yi had thoroughly searched the Zhen Mansion and did not find anything suspicious, which shows that the relocation of the Zhen family was not a hasty move, but a long preparation. Move away calmly. It can be inferred from this that when the second son came to urge the grain with troops two days ago, the Zhen family was already moving. It's just that the Zhen family covers it up very well. So that the second prince and General Ju Yi and others did not notice it in the slightest. Subsequently, the second prince sent General Ju Yi to return to the military camp to report to the lord, and when Ju Yi left on the front foot, the Zhen family on the back foot attacked the second prince and Feng Ji and others, and quickly evacuated Wuji City after succeeding, and disappeared.

If the subordinates' inferences are correct. The two sons and Feng Ji and more than a thousand sergeants had been taken hostage by the Zhen family at this time, in case the lord learned about this and chased and killed them along the way. In addition, the subordinates estimated that the time for the Zhen family to abscond out of the city should not exceed three days. Most likely, he escaped yesterday. The most critical thing now is to see which princes the Zhen family is throwing themselves to, and where the family is moving. If the Zhen family is attached to Gongsun Zhan, they will naturally go to the northeast; If it is attached to Cao Cao in Yanzhou, or Jingzhou, Jiangnan and other prefectures and counties, then the Zhen family should still be in Jizhou at this time, and has not yet left Jizhou. ”

Yuan Shao bowed slightly, frowned, and asked thoughtfully: "According to Yuan Ze's opinion, how to deal with the betrayal of the Zhen family now?" ”

"What's so hard about that!" Without waiting for Guo Tu to reply, Yan Liang, who was sitting behind Guo Tu, suddenly got up and said in a fierce voice: "The thieves of the Zhen family dare to betray the lord and vote for other princes, how can we let him leave lightly, and he will be chased and killed by leading the troops, and swearing to kill him in Jizhou!" In addition, the lord should also order the officials of all counties and counties to confiscate the shops of the Zhen family, arrest the Zhen family, and punish them in order to set an example! ”

"No!" Before Yan Liang's words fell, Guo Tu immediately opened his mouth to object. Then he ignored Yan Liang's annoyed eyes, got up and said to Yuan Shao respectfully: "Lord, what General Yan Liang said is not unreasonable at first glance, the Zhen family is unjust, and it is not wrong for the lord to order the pursuit and killing. However, we don't know where the Zhen family fled now, and there is no goal, how can we lead our troops to chase and kill, we can't order the entire territory of Jizhou counties to search and arrest. If this is the case, then the whole territory of Jizhou will inevitably be in chaos, everyone will be in danger, and the counties will be in chaos. This is one of them.

Second, although the Zhen family's shops are all over the counties and counties of Jizhou, the shops that are really named Zhen's shops only have valuables such as gold, silver, jewelry, and silk, but the other shops do not hang the name of the Zhen family. In this way, even if the lord wants to raid the Zhen family's shop, he can only confiscate the shop with the name of the Zhen family, but other shops cannot be touched lightly. What's more, since the Zhen family had been prepared for a long time, it must have been closed or transferred at this time, or the name was changed, or the money was transferred. In this way, even if the Zhen family shop is raided, it will not gain much, but it will put other businessmen in Jizhou at risk and secretly transfer money to other states and counties, so as not to follow in the footsteps of the Zhen family one day.

Third, the Zhen family has been involved in business for hundreds of years, and has dealings with major families, Haoqiang, and gentry in Jizhou, and the personal relationships are intertwined, so it is difficult to say that the Zhen family's shops are not involved in them, and their interests are connected. Once the lord attacks the Zhen family's shop, it will affect the interests of many official eunuchs and clans who secretly join hands with the Zhen family to do business, which can be said to affect the whole body. Perhaps they did not dare to come forward to resist the lord's order to raid the shop, but they would definitely have a grudge against the lord, thus planting the root cause of the disaster.

Fourth, the princes of Fang today divided their territories, and many counties were often fought over by the princes and changed hands repeatedly. If today's lord did not get the support of the Zhen family, he would kill the Zhen family's shops, and when my Jizhou county fell into the hands of other princes, wouldn't my Jizhou merchants also be killed by other princes. Who else in the world dares to engage in business like this?

Therefore, this case cannot be opened, and the lord cannot be the first person to kill the family of the merchants, otherwise he will definitely bring infamy to the lord and become enemies of the merchants in the world. In addition, the second prince and Feng Ji and others are still hostages in the hands of the Zhen family, if the lord orders them to be hunted down, I am afraid that their lives will not be guaranteed.

Therefore, his subordinates thought that what General Yan Liang said was only trying to be happy for a while, but it was not advisable to leave endless troubles. Please judge the Lord! ”

"Hmm." After Guo Tu finished speaking, Yuan Shao immediately adopted this advice, raised his hand and motioned for Yan Liang to sit down, not to say anything more.

Indeed, Guo Tu's words touched Yuan Shao greatly, because he was able to occupy Jizhou without blood, which was the result of the joint support of the Jizhou family and many merchants. It is precisely because of this that when he took over the Jizhou pastor, the counties and counties were decided, and no county dared to stand on their own and disrespect the order. At the same time, the reason why Jizhou can become the richest state and county among the states in the world is precisely because there are many merchants in Jizhou, who run between the Han states all the year round, and the goods of the counties and counties of Jizhou continue to enter and exit every day, and pay a considerable amount of customs clearance taxes for the entire Jizhou treasury.

Therefore, Guo Tu's advice really touched Yuan Shao's heart, allowing him to gradually come out of the anger of the Zhen family's betrayal, so as to look at this sudden incident rationally and comprehensively. Before that, what he thought in his heart was the same as what Yan Liang said, and he even wanted to personally lead his troops to hunt down the Zhen family's caravan and kill the treacherous Zhen family's entire clan. However, Guo Tu's words made him suddenly alert, and he clearly realized that the Zhen family could become a wealthy businessman in the world, and it was absolutely impossible to succeed with the power of one family, and secretly had inextricable interests with the merchants and eunuch clans in Jizhou and even the counties of the Han Dynasty, otherwise it would be difficult for the Zhen family consortium to grow step by step to today's Cheng dù.

After bowing his head and thinking for a long time, Yuan Shao finally made a decision. I saw him get up suddenly, and ordered in a deep voice: "Order the five counties of Zhongshan Kingdom, Hejian Kingdom, Zhuo County, Changshan Kingdom, and Zhao Kingdom to guard the city passes, strictly check the passing caravans and pedestrians, post notices of the Zhen family, and arrest the Zhen clan and the Zhen family caravan!" In addition, the secret commander ordered the general of the chariot to investigate the whereabouts of the Zhen family and the whereabouts of the Zhen family's caravan, and once verified, immediately robbed and killed; Secretly inspect all the Zhen family shops in Jizhou, find out the details, and when the time is ripe, then punish! ”

With Yuan Shao's order, the handling of the relocation of the Zhen family this time has settled. And in the whole discussion, Ju Yi, who was sitting at the head of the right side, always sat upright, without saying a word, as if he was out of the matter, squinting and watching.

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