Chapter 376: Yuan Shu's Death
Gwangling County, Gangdu Port.
This is the place where the four directions converge, located in the place where the Jianghuai meets, not far to the east is the mouth of the sea, so the merchants from the north and south are all concentrated here, it is the largest and most important port in Guangling.
Yuan Shu took his family and soldiers to Jiangdu by big boat, got off the boat, and after going ashore, he inquired about the road to Hailing, although the nearby Guangling City was more prosperous, but because this was the seat of the county, Yuan Shu decided to bypass Guangling City to avoid being discovered by Guangling Taishou Chen Deng, and decided to bypass Guangling City, take Hailing to Yandu Port, and take a sea boat here to go directly to the territory of Donglai in Qingzhou, he has already received the news, now Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan has occupied Donglai County through a surprise attack on the waterway, as long as he gets there, it will be completely safe.
Yuan Shu's plan was good, but it didn't take long for Chen Deng's people to discover the abnormality, at that time Chen Deng himself sat in Jiangdu Port to personally investigate, and immediately went to investigate in person after hearing about one, Yuan Shu saw that Chen Deng was coming, and immediately turned around and ran, at the critical moment, fortunately, his subordinate Zhang Xun led the people to resist to the death, which bought him a certain amount of time, but Zhang Xun unfortunately died in the process.
Yuan Shu had no choice but to lead the crowd to flee in the northeast direction, because at this time Chen Deng was leading the crowd to chase and intercept him, so Yuan Shu did not dare to take the main road at all, nor did he dare to rush during the day, so he could only take the small road at night, and after several days of arduous trekking, he came to Yandu Port.
After Yuan Shu and others came to Yandu Port, they didn't have time to rest and eat, so they immediately found a group of fishing boats, and in order to prevent someone from chasing and killing, they deliberately killed all the fishermen, and gathered the surplus fishing boats and burned them, and then took a boat to Donglai.
But he didn't expect that it didn't take long to meet a group of pirates from the sea, although Yuan Shu desperately escaped and finally got rid of the pirates, but all the gold treasures, pearls and jade on the ship were robbed by the pirates.
At this moment, an even worse news came, in the melee, Yuan Shu's heirloom jade seal was also gone, and missing along with the heirloom jade seal was one of Yuan Shu's most trusted officials, this official was named Xu Xuan.
This Xu Xuan was originally a native of Guangling Haixi, the official to Jingzhou Thorn History, and later because of the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the famous Han general Zhu Jun led the army to pacify the Nanyang Yellow Turban Rebellion to save him, and since then he has given up his official position to follow Zhu Jun, and later after Zhu Jun was defeated, he fled thousands of miles to Yuan Shu here, and since then he has gradually gained the trust of Yuan Shu, all the way up, sitting on the seat of the servant, and even Yuan Shu's most precious heirloom jade seal has been handed over to him to be in charge.
But I didn't expect that I trusted him so much, this Xu Xuan actually chose to betray at a critical moment, Yuan Shu suddenly scolded angrily after hearing the news, and was depressed, so he became ill.
But I didn't expect Yuan Shu's illness to get worse and worse, at noon the next day, Yuan Shu, who had a dry mouth, wanted honey water to quench his thirst, but now the whole family on the whole boat only had more than 30 wheat crumbs, where is there any honey? The cook is now extremely patient, and said sullenly: "There is no honey, only blood." ”
After Yuan Shu got the news, he suddenly screamed, and sighed to the sky: "I, Yuan Shu, are so far!" ”
Subsequently, Yuan Shu's condition deteriorated again, and he vomited blood and died.
Yuan Shu's death suddenly made this fleet lose its core, and everyone immediately fell into a panic, and now in this vast sea, they didn't know what to do at all.
In the end, Yuan Yao became the leader under the recommendation of everyone, he was not familiar with Yuan Tan, and he lost the jade seal and wealth, even if he went to Yuan Shao, I am afraid that he would not be treated.
Therefore, after discussing with Yang Hong and others, Yuan Yao decided to go ashore by boat and find a wilderness village to live in seclusion, and no longer intervene in political affairs.
Xu Xuan went ashore after stealing the jade seal, but did not go to Chen Deng, but after a disguise, he went to Lujiang to find Pei Qing after a long journey, and after arriving in Lujiang, he heard that Pei Qing had left Lujiang to go to Peiguo, he didn't say anything, and rushed to Peiguo, and finally saw Pei Qing.
When Pei Qing heard the news of the visit of the deceased Xu Xuan, he immediately went out of the camp to greet him.
"Haha, Meng Yu, after many years of absence, has it always been good?" Pei Qing was very happy when he saw Xu Xuan, and asked with a sincere face.
Zhang Chao, who was standing next to Pei Qing, was also full of excitement, the reunion of old friends was one of the four fortunate things in life.
However, Zhang Chao is also very emotional now, he chose to follow Pei Qing at the beginning, and he has already ranked among Pei Qing's former military advisors and joined the army, worshiped as a military general, and was awarded the title of Marquis of Yan Ting, such treatment and status, but Xu Xuan, who is like a lost dog in front of him, is far from being comparable.
Xu Xuan said with a ashamed face: "At the beginning of Chang'an, the lower officials were ashamed to see Pei Gong, so they went to Huainan and defected to General Yuan, but General Yuan insisted on going his own way, and he was arrogant, did not listen to dissuasion, and made such a rebellious move, the lower official knew that he would be defeated, but he did not leave in time, the main purpose was to obtain the jade seal of the country, so as to make up for the merits, fortunately, he finally got the opportunity, General Yuan encountered bandits when crossing the sea, and all the gold and jade were robbed, and the lower official took the jade seal in chaos, After grabbing a small boat and returning to Guangling, after several tosses, he finally saw Pei Gong, and now handed over the jade seal to Pei Gong for disposal, which can be regarded as making up for it. ”
Pei Qing took the jade seal with both hands, opened the box and glanced at it, and sighed softly: "For this heirloom jade seal, how many heroes have lost their nature, when Wang Mang was humble to the corporal, the world praised it every day, but then he finally ignored the obedience and usurped my Han Jiangshan Sheji, at the beginning, his aunt Queen Mother, was also extremely angry, threw this jade seal on the ground, collapsed a corner, Wang Mang had no choice but to make up for it with gold, but Wang Mang can make up for the jade seal, but he can't make up for the world, because of his perverse behavior, especially his untimely reforms, finally caused a great chaos in the world, Wang Mang not only lost his society, but even his life was finally not saved. ”
Pei Qing paused when he said this, looked at Deng Dang, Zheng Chang and the others, and sighed again: "Another example is Sun Wentai, the tiger of Jiangdong, how brave is it?" However, because of this small jade seal, he lost his mind, and his heart was full of ambition, and he lost his life under the crossbow arrow when he conquered Liu Biao, isn't this the will of heaven? Needless to say, if he doesn't call the emperor, the southeast is promising, but overnight, the rebellion and the relatives, the thousands of people pointed out, asking for a cup of honey and not getting, and finally vomiting blood and dying, when the king of Chuzhuang won the Central Plains, Wang Sunman said to him, in the virtue is not in the Ding, although this can not eliminate the ambition of the king of Chuzhuang, but the flower is reasonable, there is no corresponding virtue, even if you get the jade seal? If the Son is still there today, I should choose another time to dedicate the jade seal to the Son of Heaven, but I can't let the national thief Cao Cao take advantage of it, today Yuan Shu has been defeated, I should reorganize the troops, crusade against the national thief, and welcome back the Son of Heaven! Meng Yu, you have made great contributions to the jade seal, and I will definitely make a contribution for you! ”