At this time, Ma Riyan had fallen ill because of Yuan Shu's bullying, and he also knew that the peace in the world he longed for was getting farther and farther away, and his efforts in the past few years had become a laughing stock.

Two years earlier, he and Zhao Qi had tried their best to get the Kwantung princes to stop their disputes, but Yuan Shu and Cao Cao fought again, and after a crushing defeat, they followed them to Shouchun.

After arriving in Shouchun, he helped Yuan Shu, who was slightly obedient to the arrangement of the imperial court, and recommended and recruited Zhu Zhi, Sun Ce, Hua Xin and others as officials. Let Yangzhou temporarily settle down, which can be regarded as supporting the development of Yuan Shu.

But who is Yuan Shu? That was infamous in later generations.

He intensified and was not satisfied with that. He found Ma Ripan, borrowed his talisman, and took possession of it without returning it.

In the Han Dynasty, the festival was on behalf of the Son of Heaven, with high prestige and power, and most of the ministers who held the festival were people with deep qualifications and high morality.

Ma Riyan's festival is one level higher than the later Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, Zhang Liao, etc., which also means more respect.

As a result, he was snatched away by Yuan Shu, and he snatched away the runes, which was equivalent to Yuan Shu's disrespect to the Son of Heaven, and made Ma Riyan angry. Yuan Shu also forced Ma Riyan to recruit Yuan Shu's soldiers to serve as prominent captains and other positions in order to buy people's hearts.

Ma Riyan was furious and reprimanded Yuan Shu for opening the mansion like a robber robbing a house, and as a result, he was imprisoned and basically lost his freedom.

This Yuan Shu also shamelessly invited Ma Riyan to be his military advisor, but sternly refused for him. In this way, his daily treatment became more and more rudimentary, and he fell ill because he was too humiliated.

Fortunately, slightly different from history, Tong Yuan intersected with him several times, leaving him with a glimmer of hope in his heart.

Sure enough, Liu Pi and Gong, who were temporarily attached to Yuan Shu, passed this information to Hedong, Zuo Fengyi and other places through the Four Seas Merchant Gang.

Therefore, before the outbreak of the war in Bingzhou, Zhang Lu and Tong Yuan already understood the general situation. And because the intelligence came from the dark line, it was half a year earlier than the imperial court learned about the situation through Liu Biao's letter.

Tong Yuan knew Ma Riyan's hierarchical status, and remembered Ma Lao's teachings to him before bidding farewell to Chang'an.

Maybe Ma Riyan's actions will be shamed by the decency of the scholars, but at least he will not snatch power and "unconsciously" do something that harms the people and the world.

Those who can do this can try to unite, not to mention such a coincidence, it happens to be Ma Riyan, and it happens to be Huainan in the east of Runan.

There was a gleam in his eyes, it seemed that the time had come, and the Four Seas Merchant Gang could arrange in advance and get back Ma Riyan and Runan's side with a vote of talent.

I hope that Ma Riyan can take action by himself, and he will be able to start here.

Of course, Ma Riyan did not sit still, before he got the news from the Four Seas Merchant Gang, he had been trying to get in touch with Hua Xin, Sun Ce, Zhu Zhi and others to explain to them Yuan Shu's wolf ambitions.

Sure enough, several of them wanted to help Ma Riyan, and they became more and more separated from Yuan Shu. It's just that because Yuan Shu is strong and has attracted a group of Runan scholars to support him, no one can persuade him to release Ma Riyan.

As a result, this information flowed to the boundary of Liu Biao in Jingzhou through some scholars, so at the beginning of the second year of Xingping, Liu Biao wrote a letter to reprimand Yuan Shu.

In the first month of the second year of Xingping, the heroes and handsomes around Huainan all came to Shouchun to visit Yuan Shu with their own gifts. For example, Liu Pi, Gong Du, Zheng Bao, Zhang Duo, Xu Qian and others belong to the well-known leaders.

This Zheng Bao is a strong man entrenched in the Chaohu Lake and Lujiang area, and there are nearly 10,000 parts of the department. He has always looked at each other with Liu Pi, Gong Du and others, who were born as yellow turban moth thieves.

However, there is Yuan Shu, the fourth world's third duke, and the famous boss above, so they can only be honest at times, and at most look for trouble with each other behind their backs.

When Zheng Bao saw Liu Pi and Gong Du, he opened his mouth and said, "I heard that you are going hungry there, and you are going to rob the food of other people's scholars, you really don't forget your roots?" ”

Gong Du did not back down, "Hehe, your place is quite rich, but why is there less than 10,000 soldiers and horses?" Let me tell you, we have 30,000 brothers, and you really can't be ranked with us. ”

Zhang Duo behind Zheng Bao was not convinced, and said anxiously, "What's the use of you having more people?" We have contacted the descendants of Guangwu here, Liu Ye, who was born in a big family, and the famous rich man, Lu Su? ”

Zheng Bao shouted, "How many times have you said it, you can't call your life, you have to call Mr. Ziyang and Mr. Zijing." In this way, Liu Ye and Lu Su will be happy and come to us. ”

Zhang Duo hurriedly said, "Yes, Mr. Ziyang, Mr. Zijing, after showing respect, Liu Ye, Lu Su and their families will support us." ”

"Stupid! How many times have you said it, you can't call the scribe by name. ”

Zhang Duo was reprimanded by Zheng Bao, but said to himself, "It's strange, why do I call people by their names again?" ”

Liu Pi and Gong both glanced at each other, and couldn't help but laugh at them, causing more disputes. Now that they have more important things to do, it's better not to get into more trouble.

Zhou Cang, who was following them, thought of Zheng Bao, and what they said was not also an important piece of information? It is better to ask the four seas in the future if there is a need, and how much food can be exchanged for the brothers after continuing to dig.

After two days of feasting, Ma Riyan seemed to be sick and did not show up for a long time. However, the way they inquired about the news was seen by others, and they didn't know what trouble they would cause.

Liu Bi and Gong both used money to open the way, and it was easy to understand the details of the conflict between Ma Riyan and Yuan Shu, and basically knew his latest physical state.

Ma Riyan has been in poor health recently, and he was already old, but because of humiliation and confinement, he fell ill.

Although he did not prohibit others from visiting him, Yuan Shu would also make a note of who had visited. Considering Yuan Shu's suspicious and violent personality, it was really inappropriate for Liu Pi and Gong to rashly visit Ma Lao.

Back at the pavilion in the city, the two discussed the task again, and found that it was indeed not easy to obtain a large amount of bounty and official recognition from the east side of the river.

But this year is the king of the mountain, refreshing is refreshing, but there is no prospect. They were only vassals of Yuan Shu, and it was clear at a glance that this Yuan Highway was no match for Cao Mengde at all.

Let's switch to others, although Cao Cao has absorbed a lot of the Yellow Turban Army as an army, but he has eliminated the Yingchuan Rebel Army of Huang Shao and He Yi, who are close to them, last year, and has always been hostile to them in Runan.

Liu Biao in the west is stable and solid, but he attaches importance to the scholars and is hostile to the moth thieves. They will never accept their strength, and they have fought before. Others, such as Liu Bei and Liu Xuan, are also not very willing to take refuge.

Only the Chang'an court is strong and tolerant. In particular, the Xinxi Liang Army in Xiayang and Hedong accepted many soldiers and horses from the bottom of the family, and also had a good relationship with the Black Mountain, Baibo and other departments.