Xiangping.

Gongsun Yuan took his entourage. came to Guan Ning Mansion.

Guan Ning, who is nearly ninety years old, is still quite strong, but his movements have begun to become less agile than before, so Gongsun Yuan came to visit in person.

Guan Ning sat in the hall and didn't go out to greet him, but Gongsun Yuan didn't care at all, but walked in directly, and when he saw Guan Ning, he first bowed slightly, and then said very respectfully: "Gongsun Yuan has seen Guan Gong." ”

"Lord, the old man is physically incapacitated and can't go out to greet him, and I ask the lord to forgive me." Guan Ning said.

"Guan Gong, the students are here, in fact, there is something they want to ask for the education of the Guan Gong. Now that Wei Yan's army is besieging the city, the grain harvested in the autumn of Liaodong cannot be transported to Xiangping at all, and now the grain and grass in Xiangping City will be exhausted, and I am afraid that it will not last long. Gongsun Yuan paused, and then said: "The Han army controls the land of several states and has a huge strength, I think even if I can block their attack this year, it will be difficult to block it again in the future, so I think it is better to surrender early." It can save Liaodong from the scourge of swords. I don't know what to do? ”

Guan Ning nodded, and then said slowly: "It's good that the lord decides on this matter, but if the lord wants to surrender to Liu Chan, there is a big obstacle and has to be removed." ”

"Please advise." Gongsun Yuan said very respectfully.

"Lord, Liu Chan, the lord of the Han Dynasty, is a very person, he has already conquered the world in his teens, galloped on the battlefield, and made immortal achievements. However, as far as the minister knows, Liu Chan was trapped in Runan in order to save Guan Yu, and then caused a stir in Runan Refugees, but one person was born, and Liu Chan, who was almost harmed, was defeated. Then this person fought against Liu Chan several times, I don't know if the lord knows about it? ”

"Guan Gong is talking about Deng Ai?"

"Yes, it is Deng Ai, Liu Chan and Deng Ai have had a grudge for a long time, otherwise Deng Ai would have defected to the Han army instead of the lord. Now if the lord surrenders, how will Deng Ai agree? That Deng Ai has generals in his hands, and he has won the hearts of the army, if he leads the troops to rebel, the lord is in danger! Guan Ning's tone increased by three points.

A piece of sweat suddenly broke out on Gongsun Yuan's head, and he bowed to Guan Ning again, and then said very humbly: "Please teach Guan Ning." ”

"Lord, Emperor Ling died of illness in the past, so He Jin controlled the soldiers of Xiyuan, and his strength was great. But wasn't it killed by Zhang Rang, Zhao Gao, and a group of eunuchs? A few eunuchs can make things happen, so why should the lord be afraid! ”

"I see, thank you Guan Gong for your advice!"

……

Deng Ai came to the door of Gongsun Yuan's mansion, dismounted, and walked straight up the steps.

For Gongsun Yuan's mansion, Deng Ai has been here many times, and he will not feel strange. And early this morning, Gongsun Yuan recruited Deng Ai to go, Deng Ai was also dressed in civilian clothes, hung up a sword, and brought a few entourages to Gongsun Yuan's residence.

A small servant immediately came out of the porter and took Deng Ai's horse, and the steward of Gongsun Yuan's mansion also personally greeted him.

"General Deng, please come in quickly, the lord has been waiting for you for a long time."

"Okay, lead the way!" Deng Ai strode into the gate, and a few followers followed.

"General, please ...... here" The steward did not lead Deng Ai to the lobby, but led Deng Ai to the place where the women in the backyard lived.

"This is the way to the backyard, right?" Deng Ai asked.

"General. The lord has not finished washing, so he asked the general to go to the backyard to rest for a while. ”

"That's not good, the backyard is full of women, it's a little inconvenient for me to go, I'm still waiting in front." Deng Ai said hesitantly.

"General, the lord has just ordered, General Deng Ai, you are not an outsider, you don't need to take care of it."

A group of people came to the backyard gate, and Deng Ai followed the steward in, but Deng Ai's entourage was stopped.

The steward hurriedly explained: "Generals, this is a backyard after all, and it is not good to go in with too many people, so please wait for a moment again." ”

Deng Ai and several entourage guards thought about it, and it was also the same reason, it was indeed inconvenient for a group of big men to enter the backyard, so Deng Ai followed the entourage and walked in, and the guards were waiting in front of the door.

As soon as Deng Ai entered the backyard, he felt that this place was completely different from what he imagined, not to mention, it was empty, and it was very quiet, the doors around him were closed, and no one could be seen moving, which gave Deng Ai the feeling that he had entered a military camp full of guards.

"General, the lord is in the front room." The steward pointed to a large house in front of him and spoke.

Deng Ai followed the steward to the door, and the steward pushed the door open, made a gesture of please, and said, "General, please come in." ”

Deng Ai strode into the room. As soon as Deng Ai entered the door, the steward immediately closed the door.

Deng Ai looked back at the closed door and said slowly, "What's going on today, it's weird." ”

As soon as Deng Ai's words fell, he only heard a "click" outside, as if it was the sound of locking.

"What's going on?" Deng Ai just turned around to check, and with a "whoosh", an arrow broke through the window and hit Deng Ai, Deng Ai rolled over, dodged again, and flashed the arrow.

But then, more arrows followed, through the window, whistling, Deng Ai immediately took a few steps back, lifted a table, and blocked it in front of him.

"Gongsun Yuan wants to kill me!" At this time, Deng Ai finally understood, why it seemed strange to enter Gongsun Yuan's mansion today, it turned out that Gongsun Yuan had already arranged a plan to kill himself!

Deng Ai is an enemy of 10,000 people, and Gongsun Yuan didn't dare to let people go up to fight with Deng Ai in a short fight, for fear that a flash would get away with Deng Ai. That's why Gongsun Yuan used this method to hurt people with secret arrows, even if it was Lu Bu and Zhao Yun, he could only escape in the face of arrows, let alone Deng Ai.

Outside, the archers kept shooting arrows at Fang**, and inside Deng Ai hid behind the table, which looked like a stalemate, but soon, this stalemate was about to be broken.

A group of men came in carrying piles of firewood and, under the cover of the archers, piled up the firewood in front of the door. Immediately after that, the people behind carried barrels of fire oil, rushed over and poured them directly on the past.

"Ignition!" Someone shouted, and several torches were thrown over and thrown on the pyre, igniting the oil on fire, and the pyre suddenly burned, and the billowing smoke drifted out, enveloping the house where Deng Ai was.

Smoke entered the house through the cracks in the doors and windows, and reached Deng Ai's nose, Deng Ai asked about the smell of smoke, and immediately understood that the people outside were preparing to burn him.

"Gongsun Yuan, you are so vicious!"

If it was a thousand troops rushing to kill it, Deng Ai was not afraid, but he didn't expect Gongsun Yuan to use such a despicable method, and Deng Ai couldn't swing his ability at all.

The arrows continued to want to go to the house, and the flames outside were burning more and more, and the billowing smoke seeped into the room, and the table where Deng Ai was hiding was already full of arrows. Although there was no fire in the room, the choking smoke became more and more diffuse.

Gongsun Yuan looked at the burning fire, and his face finally showed a smile, no need to burn, this smoke alone is enough to smoke Deng Ai to death.

"Someone!" Gongsun Yuan recruited him, and the chief housekeeper came over.

"After a while, I will tell the people outside that there was a fire in the house, and General Deng Ai was unfortunately killed in order to save me from the fire."

……

The Han army camp outside Xiangping City.

Ma Qiu hurriedly walked into the tent and came to Wei Yan.

"General, are you looking for me?" Ma Qiu asked.

Wei Yan pointed to the side, motioned for Ma Qiu to sit down, and then said, "I just got the news that Deng Ai is dead. ”

"Deng Ai is dead? How did he die? Ma Qiu asked with a surprised expression.

"A fire broke out in Gongsun Yuan's house, and Deng Ai was burned to death in order to save Gongsun Yuan!"

"Is there such a thing? I didn't expect Deng Ai to die to save Gongsun Yuan, I really can't tell that he is such a person. Ma Qiu's expression was even more surprised.

"Hehe, Deng Ai is certainly not such a person. I think there is something strange about Deng Ai's death. Wei Yan said with a frown.

"Strange? Checkmate. Do you mean Gongsun Yuan's hand? ”

"Ten times it is." Wei Yan nodded: "Gongsun Yuan is a wolf with ambitions, and now although he has said that he has surrendered, I feel that it is a disaster to keep him." But I can't kill him, if I can't find any excuse to kill Gongsun Yuan after I surrender him, if I make up a plausible charge to kill him, it will be very bad for Your Majesty's reputation to spread it. ”

"General, I see that you have been worrying for the past two days, so it was for this?" Ma Qiu smiled and continued, "Leave such a trivial matter to me!" ”

"Ma Qiu, do you have a way, let's talk about it first, don't be self-defeating!"

"It's simple, after entering the city, go straight to Gongsun Yuan's Mansion and kill him. My reputation as a 'horse butcher' is not very good, I don't care about losing my reputation, and besides, I kill people in Ma Qiu, never ask why, and kill if I want to. It's a big deal to turn around and be reprimanded by His Majesty. Ma Qiuman said nonchalantly.

"Well, that's a good idea." Wei Yan nodded slightly, Ma Qiu is famous for his murder, everyone in the world knows that Ma Qiu likes to kill, and he never asks why he kills people, let Ma Qiu kill Gongsun Yuan, and it can be explained to the outside world that Ma Qiu was crazy for a while. It's like Xu Chu killed Xu You, the first hero of the Guandu War, but it just didn't look pleasant, and Cao Cao didn't blame Xu Chu much, because the whole world knew that Xu Chu was a 'tiger idiot', and since they were all 'stupid', no one would go to Xu Chu to investigate it further.

The same thing can also be born in Ma Qiu, the butcher doesn't need a reason to kill people, he will kill if it doesn't look good, even if he settles accounts after the autumn, people will think that Ma Qiu, the butcher, is unreasonable and indiscriminately kills innocents, and will not talk about Adou or Wei Yan.

……

The Han army besieged Xiangping for several months, the food in Xiangping City was exhausted, Gongsun Yuan opened the city and surrendered, and Wei Yan comforted Gongsun Yuan.

That night, Ma Qiu got drunk, led the cavalry into Gongsun Yuan's mansion, slaughtered more than 100 people in Gongsun Yuan's house, and the next day people asked Ma Qiu why he killed Gongsun Yuan, but Ma Qiu said that he drank too much yesterday and couldn't remember what happened.

Because of this matter, Ma Qiu was shackled and sent to Yecheng to obey Adou UC eBook was scolded by the rod for thirty years, and was suspended and retained, as for Gongsun Yuan, he was posthumously named the King of Yan by Adou, with Liaodong as a fief. But Gongsun Yuan's sons were also killed by Ma Qiu, and there was no one to inherit the title and fief. At this point, the Gongsun clan of Liaodong completely ended its decades-long rule over Liaodong.