After the end, there was no conflict between Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. After all, he is a child of the scholar family, and he still has the cultivation he should have. Until the results are out, they can still guarantee composure.

"Second brother, I'm really sorry I couldn't help you. ”

Yuan Chang followed Yuan Shao away, and said apologetically in a secluded place.

Yuan Shao patted Yuan Chang's shoulder gently, and said indifferently: "Chengzhi, this matter has nothing to do with you, the second uncle likes the highway more, so you don't need to take this hand to heart." ”

Of course, this matter is not Yuan Chang's chain, and it is impossible for Yuan Shao to scold him. Otherwise, what would those who supported Yuan Shao think, so Yuan Shao was so generous. Being the patriarch of the Yuan clan is not just a name, with the title of this patriarch, the children of the Yuan clan in all states and counties in the world must obey Yuan Shao's orders, and resources can be called by him. If there is disobedience, it is disrespectful to the patriarch, and it will be condemned by the children of the Yuan family. If it is serious, he will be expelled from the Yuan family, and he will not be allowed to enter the Yuan family ancestral hall after death.

"Second brother, I believe you will definitely be able to become the patriarch. ”

Yuan Chang looked at Yuan Shao, as if he was moved by Yuan Shao's words and deeds, and firmly supported him.

When they returned to their lodgings, no one gathered together to discuss. Because the current situation has nothing to do with them, it is completely up to the six clan elders to negotiate and decide, as long as they make a decision, no one can refute it.

There was nothing to do all night, and the next day everyone had breakfast, thinking that the six clan elders would gather to announce the patriarch's candidate. However, until after lunch, the six clan elders were still silent. It wasn't until later that a subordinate who was responsible for taking care of the six clan elders revealed the news, and everyone knew that the six clan elders had gathered together early in the morning to discuss, and the subordinates who were hiding outside to eavesdrop vaguely heard the fierce quarrels of the six clan elders, quoting scriptures, showing their talents, and providing reasons for the candidates they supported.

In the evening, when the sun was about to set, the six clan elders finally opened the door of the meeting hall, and then let the children of the Yuan clan, as well as the patriarchs of the surrounding clans, enter, and they were about to announce the new patriarch of the Yuan clan.

Yuan Yan sat quietly in the center, his eyes closed, as if what was happening around him had nothing to do with him.

Yuan Lin glanced at Yuan Yan with a little unwillingness, cleared his throat, and when everyone's eyes looked at him, he said slowly: "After the discussion and decision of the six of us, the patriarch of the Yuan clan will be served by the highway. Highway, I hope you don't live up to our expectations and carry forward my Yuan family. ”

Yuan Shu's face was full of surprise, he stood up, lowered his head and said respectfully: "Thank you for your trust, I will definitely lead the Yuan family to glory and let the world look up." ”

At this time, Yuan Yan finally opened his eyes, waved his hand, and said calmly: "Since the patriarch has been decided, you will return to your respective jurisdictions, and the glory of the Yuan family depends on you!"

"Second uncle, my nephew has something to report to you. ”

Just as everyone got up and was about to leave, Yuan Chang suddenly called out to Yuan Shan. Yuan Yan frowned slightly, as if he was a little impatient, but he still stopped and looked at Yuan Chang quietly, wanting to see what he had to say.

Yuan Chang was holding a blackened iron box in his hand, and it looked as if it had been burned by fire.

Yuan Chang handed the iron box to Yuan Shan, bowed his head and said, "Second uncle, the second brother asked me to follow Cao Cao that day." Later, Dong thieves burned Luoyang, and all the princes entered the city to put out the fire. Because Cao Cao had a deep relationship with his second brother, he ordered his soldiers to extinguish the fire in the fourth uncle's mansion after entering the city, and then found this iron box. Cao Cao asked me to hand it over to my second brother, but because I was chased and killed when Cao Cao and I were chasing Dong Thief, I forgot about it for a while. Yesterday, I remembered that my nephew felt that this item might be a valuable item left by the fourth uncle, so he decided to give it to the second uncle. ”

The fourth uncle in Yuan Chang's mouth is Yuan Kui, who was killed by Dong Zhuo, Yuan Feng ranks third, with brother Yuan Ping, Yuan Cheng, and brother Yuan Kui.

This iron box was naturally not discovered by Cao Cao, but taken by Yuan Chang from Yuan Kui's mansion when he went to the Luoyang Palace with Zhao Yun and Han Sui. As for the content inside, Yuan Chang had already read it. Later, Yuan Chang reassembled it with some means, and it looked as if it had not been disassembled. When discussing yesterday, Yuan Shu was very likely to be the patriarch of the people, so he planned to hand over the iron box. After Yuan Shu was confirmed and announced as the patriarch, Yuan Chang took it out.

It doesn't matter who Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are the patriarchs Yuan Chang, but Yuan Shu once revealed his killing intent towards Yuan Chang, so Yuan Chang naturally won't let Yuan Shu become the patriarch smoothly. Moreover, he is now messing with Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao is doing well, so it will definitely not be bad for him.

"Oh, then, show me. ”

Yuan Yan took the iron box from Yuan Chang's hand, and quickly glanced at it, and there seemed to be no sign of opening it. Subsequently, Yuan Yan opened the iron box, but inside was a piece of paper, which seemed to be stained with soot and looked a little worn. Yuan Yan took out the paper, and after reading it unhurriedly, he didn't speak, and handed it to Yuan Lin and Yuan Su casually.

"The second uncle is above, and the nephew knows that time is short, and he knows that the Yuan family should have a new patriarch in the future. The highway talent is quite good, and it is a son-in-law, but if it is a patriarch, it is okay. However, the highway is too careful, and there is a fear of trespassing. If you are not careful, the reputation of my Yuan family for hundreds of years will be ruined. Although it was originally a concubine, it was better than the highway. In the past, he had the merit of punishing eunuchs, and now he is the leader of the coalition army, if he is the patriarch, my Yuan family should stand in the world. If the second uncle sees this book, please think twice, if the second uncle can't see this book, it will be a test for my Yuan family. Nephew Kui's final pen!"

Yuan Lin and Yuan Su read the content on the paper and did not transfer it to others to watch.

Yuan Yan nodded and said in a condensed voice: "This book is indeed Ciyang's handwriting. ”

After speaking, Yuan Yan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at Yuan Chang without a trace, and saw a curious look on Yuan Chang's face, so he was sure that Yuan Chang had not read the content on the paper. Yuan Yan's eyes communicated with Yuan Lin and Yuan Su in the air, and after a while, the three of them nodded at the same time, as if they had made some kind of decision.

"On that day, Dong Thief killed the second positive, and Ciyang seemed to know that his life was not long. Therefore, before he died, he recommended a successor to the patriarch. Ciyang is the former patriarch of the Yuan family, and we should respect his opinion. ”

Everyone in the hall looked at Yuan Shan, wondering who Yuan Kui recommended as the patriarch before he died?

Yuan Shan's gaze swept around the hall, and finally fixed on Yuan Shao, and said solemnly: "Ciyang recommends that Benchu succeed him to the position of patriarch, so the six of us unanimously agree with Ciyang's opinion." ”

There was silence in the hall for a moment, and Yuan Shu jumped out and said urgently: "Second uncle, but you have already decided to let your nephew serve as the patriarch..."

Yuan Yan waved his hand to stop Yuan Shu's words, and said lightly: "Before, the six of us really wanted you to be the head of the Yuan family, but at that time, the six of us didn't know that Ciyang still left this book. Now that we can read the letters left by Ciyang before his death, we naturally have to respect his opinion. Therefore, you don't need to say more, the six of us unanimously decided to succeed to the position of patriarch in the first place. ”

The meaning of the letter left by Yuan Kui before his death is very clear, Yuan Shu is very ambitious and has the idea of becoming an emperor. If Yuan Zhan is forty years younger, he may still fight, and if he succeeds, he will rank ninety-five, and if he fails, he will never recover. However, Yuan Yan is now eighty-five years old after all, and he can't withstand such stimulation. Therefore, he gave up the idea of making Yuan Shu the patriarch.

As for Yuan Lin and Yuan Su, they already belonged to Yuan Shao, and now they naturally will not object.

The two of them wanted Yuan Shao to be the patriarch, so they naturally had a little selfishness. Yuan Ansheng had two sons, Yuan Jing and Yuan Chang, and then the patriarchs of the Yuan clan were all served by Yuan Jing, from Yuan Jing, Yuan Tang, Yuan Feng, and Yuan Kui. And any of the two of them, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, serving as the patriarch, are also descendants of Yuan Jing. And Yuan Lin is different from Yuan Chang, since Yuan Chang, they have lost the position of the patriarch of the Yuan family, if they continue like this, then sooner or later, their Yuan Chang's vein will also be reduced to a sideline. This kind of thing is obviously not what Yuan Lin and Yuan Su want to see.

Then, they supported Yuan Shao as the patriarch on the grounds that he was able to serve as the patriarch. In the future, as long as their children and grandchildren are more talented, they can also serve as patriarchs, and they will not become side branches.

Otherwise, their relationship with Yuan Shao is not so deep, and there is no reason to support Yuan Shao so much.

Seeing Yuan Yan make such a decision, Yuan Shu sat back in his place angrily. The eyes full of murderous intent looked at Yuan Chang unabashedly, if it weren't for Yuan Chang's trick, he would have been the patriarch by now. Yuan Shu was extremely resentful of Yuan Chang at the moment, and knew that Yuan Chang should be directly eliminated that day.

As for Yuan Shao, although he was extremely excited in his heart, in order to show that he was not surprised, there was not the slightest excitement on his face, as if his election as patriarch was just a very normal thing.

"Clan elder, subordinates have important things to report. ”

The choice of the patriarch has been decided, and everyone is about to disperse, but Yuan Shan's guards are shouting eagerly at the door, as if there is something extremely important.

Yuan Yan let the guards in, and then pointed at Yuan Shao and said, "I am now the patriarch of the Yuan clan, if there is anything, just report to him." ”

The guard knelt on one knee and said loudly: "Patriarch, my subordinates received a report from his subordinates in Chang'an that Dong Zhuo was killed by Lu Bu yesterday, and the power in Chang'an was controlled by Situ Wang Yun, and Dong Zhuo's remnants fled from Chang'an. ”

"What, Dong Zhuo is dead?"

"Is this true?"

Hearing that Dong Zhuo was dead, everyone was shocked, after all, Dong Zhuo, who had made the princes return in vain, died quietly like this, how could they not be shocked.

Seeing that some people didn't believe it, the guard said solemnly at the moment: "This matter is true, the subordinates who stayed in Chang'an learned about it yesterday, and immediately left from Chang'an, and eight fast horses died on the way, eating and drinking on horses." was in the subordinate mansion before, and after saying this, he fainted. The subordinates knew that this matter was important, and they did not dare to hesitate, so they immediately came to report. ”

"Well, I already know, go to the treasury and get some money and ginseng, and reward the messenger. ”

"Yes, Patriarch. ”

Yuan Shao let the guards leave, and then looked at the six clan elders of Yuan Shan, and said with a solemn expression: "Clan elders, Dong Zhuo's death is about to cause chaos in the world, we should immediately return to our respective territories and wait for the opportunity to move." ”

"Originally, now that you are the patriarch of the Yuan clan, everything is up to you. ”

Yuan Shao turned his head and swept over the various places present, and said loudly: "Everyone, the world is going to be unpeaceful, and our Yuan clan should take the opportunity to rise." You will immediately return to your respective territories, and I will work together with you to make my Yuan clan the most powerful warrior clan in the world. ”

"Obey the Patriarch's orders!"