Wait, please don't call me Emperor Zhaolie

Chapter 325 Yuan Shu's Wrath of Heaven

Yuan Shu heard the familiar voice, turned around and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I don't know what will happen next year, so why should I be afraid of the cold? You are weak, so why are you looking here?"

The visitor had a charming look in her eyes. She was none other than Feng, the one favored by Yuan Shu. She was the daughter of Sili Feng Fang. She had fled to Yangzhou to avoid the chaos and went to Huainan to serve as a clerk. Yuan Shu happened to see her when he climbed up the city wall and was impressed by her beauty, so he took her as his concubine.

Feng Fang had been complacent before, thinking that by following Yuan he would be able to rise to higher levels and share wealth and glory with his fellow men.

Unfortunately, the situation changed in the next two years, making him regret that he wanted to break his thigh. It was too early to place the bet.

The Yuan family was only strong in appearance but weak in reality. The King of Han was another wise leader who revived the Han Dynasty after Emperor Guangwu.

Feng Fang regretted it so much that he wanted to bang his head against the wall, secretly blaming himself for being blind and not recognizing the height of a mountain. When Lord Xuande was attacking the Heluo area, why did he flee to Huainan? Otherwise, with his daughter's beauty, he could have escaped.

He could become a relative of the Han family overnight and rise rapidly to the top.

Now, following Yuan Gonglu not only means no hope of wealth and fame, but also a bleak future, and you may be killed at any time.

If I had known what would happen today, I would have regretted it.

Mrs. Feng didn't know that when it was late at night and everyone was asleep, Grandpa would often hide in his bed and cry alone.

She stepped forward to comfort Yuan Shu, saying, "Mr. Yuan, Zhuangzi said: Safety and danger change, and misfortune and happiness are born together. Throughout life, worries and troubles come with it. Knowing that there is nothing you can do about it, you should accept it as fate. Why worry so much?"

After hearing this, Yuan Shu could not help but shake his head, looking ahead, and said with emotion: "The sky cannot be predicted, the way cannot be planned, and how can the art know the time...prosperity and decline are determined by fate, and rise and fall are beyond words."

"If Yuan Gonglu doesn't accept the mandate of heaven, the imperial seal is of no use."

What a bullshit successor to the Han Dynasty, Dangtu Gao. What a bullshit imperial seal, it is useless, Yuan Shu has it, but the world does not obey.

Instead, he was controlled everywhere. He failed to capture Jingzhou, only captured one of Yangzhou, and suffered heavy casualties when attacking Yuzhou.

At present, Runan has been lost, most of Jiujiang has been lost, and several counties of Lujiang have been lost.

I dare to ask the heavens, where is the fulfillment of the prophecy? !

Yuan Shu looked up and cursed, wanting to raise his finger to point to the sky and the earth.

Suddenly, there was a loud "boom!" and everyone on the watchtower was frightened by the thunder and their faces turned pale.

Feng immediately stepped forward, pulled Yuan Shu down, and said anxiously, "Mr. Yuan, the heaven and earth are spiritual, and we must not disrespect the heavens."

Little did he know that Yuan Shu was almost frightened to death on the spot. He thought the thunder was coming to strike him.

Otherwise, why would thunder suddenly sound right after he finished cursing?

After thinking about it, Yuan Shu couldn't help but feel shocked and angry. It was obviously God who wanted to destroy my Yuan family. What's wrong with scolding you? There was nothing wrong with what I said. Why did you want to kill me?

He thought about it and was about to look up...

Seeing this, many guards hurriedly pulled and dragged Yuan Gong down from the watchtower.

Only Feng was left standing there, leaning against a high mountain and staring at the heavy rain outside. She couldn't help but sigh at her fate and muttered to herself, "The world is in chaos, there is no peace in the country. If the country is in chaos, there is no peace in the family. If the family is in chaos, there is no place to live. If this city is destroyed, how can I survive?"

The daughter of the Feng family didn't know that she was still alive today, thanks to the blessing of the King of Han. Last year, she led the Qingzhou army to the south of Yuzhou and beat the Yellow Turban Army that surrendered to Yuan Shu into pieces, forcing the Huainan generals Zhang Xun, Sun Ce, Qiao Rui and others to surrender or be captured alive. Not only did she destroy tens of thousands of troops, but she also completely shattered Yuan Gonglu's dream of becoming the emperor. As a result, Yuan Shu's concubines and wives became much more obedient. Since the first month of this year, the Han army has surrounded Huainan, which has frightened these women so much that their eyes are twitching, their hearts are trembling, and they are terrified and cover their faces in dismay.

Their clans gave them to Lord Yuan for the sake of official career and wealth. Moreover, as the lord of Huainan, Lord Yuan's food, clothing and other expenses were already extraordinary. His mansion was filled with piles of jade and gold, countless silks, and dazzling pearls and jades everywhere.

Although he was unaware of the noble status of Emperor Liu, he imagined that Lord Yuan was as wealthy as the emperor.

Many concubines also knew that Lord Yuan had secretly kept a seal of the state, which belonged to Qin Emperor Ying Zheng. The Han Dynasty had been passed down for more than 400 years. No one expected that when the thief Dong occupied Luoyang, he would actually lose the seal of the state.

And the lost imperial seal happened to fall into the hands of Lord Yuan. Doesn't it mean that Lord Yuan has the destiny to become an emperor?
Seeing that Yuan Gong's new concubine Feng was very favored, he was jealous and afraid that he would dominate them. When he was about to take action, he learned that Qingzhou Governor Liu Xuande had recaptured Luoyang, resumed sacrifices to the ancestral temple, and was appointed as Xuzhou Governor by Tao Qian. This made Yuan Gong, who proclaimed himself the Earl of Xuzhou, furious.

He wanted to send troops to attack Xuzhou, but was afraid of the brave warriors under Liu Bei's command, so he decided to target the soft Pei State first. As a result, Liu Xuande came.

Not only did Yuan Gong's dream of becoming the emperor end, but their dreams of becoming the queen that they were competing for also ended.

The Han army surrounded Huainan with an invincible force, determined to destroy the Yuan family of Runan. Not only were people in various places in panic, but even Yuan Shu's concubines and clansmen were terrified. If the King of Han learned that the imperial seal was hidden in Yuan Gonglu's hands and had never been handed over, wouldn't it confirm the Yuan family's intention to rebel?

What if the King of Han gets to know about this and is so disgusted that he wants to uproot all the students and former officials of the Yuan family who have been there for decades, and expand the extermination of the three clans to include the concubines' clan? Then none of them will be able to escape.

When many powerful families who were related to Yuan Shu by marriage thought of this, their faces turned pale, cold sweat broke out on their foreheads, and their hearts seemed to be tightly gripped, and they dared not to predict what would happen in the future.

The attitude of the King of Han towards the powerful families was far less gentle than that of Emperor Guangwu. It was obvious that he was trying to win over the gentry and soldiers from the common people, and at the same time he was severely attacking the powerful families, forcing them to hand over their troops and release their slaves and servants.

Not to mention the distant past, the land measurement in the neighboring Xuzhou attracted so many powerful families to join the uprising. Anyone would think twice before acting. It is said that after the King of Han learned about the situation in Xuzhou, he only sent a single word to the officials and soldiers of the counties: "Suppress!"

This word not only made the rebellious tyrants in Xuzhou tremble in their legs, but also made all the powerful families who were afraid of measuring their land subconsciously tremble slightly.

The laws of the King of Han were powerful. When he said he would measure the land, he would do so. When he said he would suppress the rebellion, he would do so without mercy. He did not give anyone the possibility of peace talks.

Before they rebel, you can persuade them patiently and try to resolve the issue amicably.

But as long as you dare to raise the flag of rebellion and attack the county town, I will dare to kill you. Even if I kill many people and blood flows like a river, I will never give you a chance to surrender.

Even if there are fish that slip through the net, they will be hunted down to the end.

When the local tyrants of Xuzhou rebelled, some of the local tyrants of Xia Pi fled to Jiujiang County in Huainan. As a result, the Han army still did not let those people go when they attacked Jiujiang. Even though Taishi Ci was busy attacking the city, he still sent his troops to pursue the rebels who fled to Jiujiang County. After capturing them, those with minor crimes were imprisoned for forced labor, while those with serious crimes were beheaded and thrown into the streets.

This approach undoubtedly made many wealthy families in Huainan lose their will to resist in an instant. They either fled to Jingzhou or Jiangdong before the Han army arrived, or worked with officials to restore order for the Han family. Sun Ben and Sun Xiang, who had been dismissed from their posts, immediately went to Taishi Ci's army. Relying on their identities as Sun Ce, they successfully got an audience with Taishi Ci, the prime minister of Xia Pi. In order to gain merit, the two reported the deployment and movements of Yuan soldiers in Huainan, how they gathered rice to build a city, and pointed out the situation in order to enlighten the Han army.

This greatly surprised Taishi Ci, and also made Zhou Yu, who was hiding as a general in the Han army, smile bitterly.

Once the two Sun family members surrendered, the merits of the Lujiang Zhou family would be greatly reduced.

After all, these two men have served as generals under Yuan Gonglu for many years. Whether they are familiar with the movements of Yuan’s army or in persuading the enemy to surrender, they are much better than Zhou at this moment.

Zhou Yu immediately sent several letters to Lujiang, asking the clan leader to act accordingly.

Since the map of Jiujiang had been presented by Sun, then the map of Lujiang must have been presented by Zhou. Otherwise, how could they have made great contributions to the Han Dynasty?

When the letter was sent back to Shu County, the Zhou clan leader immediately called together many clan elders and the local three elders to discuss when to lead the troops in Shu County, leaving Ji Ling, Liu Xun and others in a state of disarray.

(End of this chapter)