Chapter 24: The Waves Are Coming
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Kong Ling finally waited for Li Min's news, among the several recent events related to the Taishou Mansion, the only thing that caught Kong Ling's attention was that the Taishou Mansion placed a person under house arrest, that person's name was Liu Miao, a relative of the Han family, and it was said that Dong Zhuo was sent to take over the Yingchuan Taishou.
After Li Min left, Kong Ling brought his friend Xu Jing over, and after a detailed discussion, they both felt that Liu Miao might be the "real dragon" mentioned by the Taoist priest.
Kong Ling decided to meet Liu Miao, but at this time he received another important news - the head of the Yuan family of the fourth and third dukes, the Han Taifu Yuan Kui's family was killed by Dong Zhuo.
The news was so shocking that Kong Ling and Xu Jing were both stunned.
After a long time, Xu Jingcai said tremblingly: "Then Liu Miao won't come for me, right?" β
Kong Ling understood what Xu Jing meant, Xu Jing fled to Kong Ling in order to avoid Dong Zhuo's pursuit, and now Dong Zhuo sent someone to be the Taishou of Yingchuan, and he also brought hundreds of elite soldiers, so Xu Jing couldn't think about it.
Kong Ling thought for a while and said, "I thought it wouldn't, if it was really for you, Dong Zhuo wouldn't use Liu Miao, Liu Miao was a relative of the Han family after all, and in the current situation, it was unlikely that he would be completely of the same mind as Dong Zhuo." Looking at Liu Miao's first thing when he came to Yingchuan, he was looking for talents, which should be purely for his duties. β
"But why did you come to Yingchuan? As far as I know, Li Min's term of office has not yet expired, and there is no fault, and there is absolutely no reason to replace him at will. Xu Jing was still a little unsure.
"It should be a coincidence, Dong Zhuo had a precedent of appointing Liu Biao as the pastor of Jingzhou before. I believe that Dong Zhuo's continued to let the Han clan members serve in the local area in order to ease the relationship with the imperial family and weaken the power of the Yuan family and other families. The more Kong Ling spoke, the more reasonable he felt, and he continued to comfort Xu Jing, "I will personally meet Liu Miao tomorrow, and I will naturally know the details at that time." β
"Then please leave it to Brother Gongxu." Xu Jing's heart finally settled down.
It's just that it's not clear whether Liu Miao's appointment is related to Taifu's death. But no matter what, it seems that the matter of discussing Dong is going to fail, and maybe one day I will have to die with the public holiday. Kong Ling comforted Xu Jing, but she turned to sigh.
"Brother Gongxu is still worried about Yuan's embarrassment?"
Kong Ling nodded, "At the beginning, because I was not angry with the Yuan family for unloading the mill and killing the donkey, I killed Nanyang Taishou Zhang Shi for no reason, and then there was a public leave of absence for your death, so I said that I was sick and did not go to participate in the alliance." If Mrs. Yuan is here, there is hope for Dong to be destroyed, but I am not worried. Now that Yuan Taifu has an accident, the Yuan family's influence in the court has been greatly reduced, and it will inevitably strengthen its control over local states and counties. For me, the assassin who failed to attend the meeting but still held a large army, the Yuan brothers will definitely not let go. β
Xu Jing said: "I heard that Yuan Taifu did not designate the heir of the next generation of the head of the family, which is why he divided the three most outstanding descendants of Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Yuan Yi into three ways, and he hoped to use this battle against Dong to select the best one and take over the Yuan family in the future." Now that Yuan Taifu has passed away suddenly, the three Yuan brothers will inevitably compete with each other, and Yuzhou in the hands of Brother Gongxu can be regarded as a kind of bargaining chip, and maybe it will become the object of their struggle. β
Kong Ling shook her head with a wry smile and said, "Although what the public holiday said is reasonable, it will not happen. In Yuan's generation, Yuan Shao is the best at raising a name, and his prestige is also the highest among the scholars. When Yuan Taifu set the strategy for the princes, I could see that Yuan Taifu was ready to let his three nephews each lead one side. And Jingzhou and Yuzhou, where I am located, should be Yuan Shu's target range. At the beginning, Yuan Shu used Sun Jian to kill Jingzhou Assassin Shi, but because of Liu Biao, he failed to control Jingzhou, and only got Zhang Zhi's Nanyang. Now the importance of Yuzhou to him is self-evident, he absolutely cannot accept my Yuzhou to Yuan Shao's side, otherwise it means that he will be completely suppressed by Yuan Shao. Judging from Yuan Shu's previous actions, it is very likely that he will deal with me like he did with Wang Rui and Zhang Shi. β
"As long as Brother Gongxu holds this tens of thousands of troops, Yuan Shu may not be able to do anything to you."
"Alas! Even if I have an army of tens of thousands, what can I do? Yuan Shu didn't know what means to use, and recruited Sun Jian to work for him, Sun Jian was nicknamed the Jiangdong Tiger, brave and good at fighting, and was by no means a vain person, it is said that even Dong Zhuo was quite jealous of him. As a brother, I am definitely not his opponent, Jingzhou Wang Rui and Nanyang Zhang Shi are lessons from the past! β
Of course, Xu Jing had also heard of the prestige of the Jiangdong Tiger, and the two smiled bitterly for a while.
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In another tent not far from them, Li Min, the eldest of the three Li brothers, and Li Yan, the second, also sat together.
Li Min said: "Second brother, what is the reason why you put that person named Liu Miao under house arrest?" If he is Dong Zhuo's spy, I won't believe it, eldest brother, I heard that Liu Miao is a descendant of the Han family, and he will definitely not be the same as Dong Zhuo. β
Li Yan said with a smile: "I know that I can't hide it from my eldest brother, it doesn't matter whether Liu Miao is a spy or not, the important thing is that we can't let him rob the eldest brother's position as the Taishou." β
"I still have doubts in my heart, are you sure that Liu Miao is really here to take over as Yingchuan Taishou?"
"Big brother, can't you still trust me?"
Li Min didn't notice the trace of unnaturalness on Li Yan's face, and when he heard Li Yan's words, he no longer doubted it.
Now Kong Tingshi suddenly paid attention to this matter, and I don't know why. In case Liu Miao is related to Kong Ling, I'm afraid it's hard to explain! β
Li Yan smiled mysteriously and said, "Don't worry, big brother, don't say that they have nothing to do with each other, even if they are related, it doesn't matter." Kong Ling is about to be unable to protect himself, where did he take care of his eldest brother's affairs at that time? At that time, the eldest brother may be able to pick up a thorn history to play with. β
Li Min looked at Li Yan suspiciously, and said, "Why is this?" β
Li Yan said in a low voice: "That son in Nanyang has sent me a letter!" β
"Oh? What's the explanation? Li Min knew that Li Yan had always been very close to the Yuan family of the Fourth and Third Dukes, and Li Yan's Yuzhou was operated by the Yuan family, and even his own position as the Taishou of Yingchuan was related to the Yuan family. All thanks to their deceased father, because their father was a protΓ©gΓ© of Yuan Huai, the head of the Yuan family.
"Yuan Gongzi was very dissatisfied with Kong Ling, and he sent someone to hope that I could help get rid of Kong Ling and help him control Yuzhou."
"Huh?" Li Min was taken aback, "You agreed?" Kong Ling is a famous person in the world, but he can't mess around, if the matter is leaked, our Li family will be finished! β
Li Yan smiled slightly, "That Kong Ling is just a vain name, little brother, I have already planned everything." It was the people from Nanyang who did it, and even if the matter was revealed, it had nothing to do with me. Besides, I've got a substitute for the dead! β
"For the dead? Who is it? Li Min hurriedly asked.
"Who's the big brother having a headache?" Li Yan asked rhetorically.
"You mean Liu Miao?"