Chapter 516: Sudden Change
Yuan Shao of Jizhou learned the news that Zhao Xing was going to Yuyang. It was the fifth day after the departure of the family group. On the subsequent journey, Zhao Xing took another sixteen days to arrive in Yuyang City.
From Jizhou to Yuyang, it only takes five days to get to Yuyang. This meant that if Yuan Shao wanted to do something in Yuyang City, he would have plenty of time to set up and prepare.
Some time ago, Zhuge Liang went all the way south to meet with the state pastors, and did not go north to Yecheng, Jizhou to meet Yuan Shao, but this did not affect Yuan Shao's determination and speed to join the anti-Zhao alliance of the imperial court.
Between Yecheng and the eastern capital Luoyang, there is only one Hanoi County, and in terms of distance, Chenliu where Cao Cao is located is only 100 miles away from Luoyang, so whether it is in terms of the speed of news transmission or the secret personnel exchanges, Yecheng and Luoyang are very closely connected. What the Son of Heaven said in the court in the morning could reach Yuan Shao's ears the next morning, and the news that the court was preparing to take action against Zhao Xing, Yuan Shao knew even earlier than Cao Cao.
It is said that there are people in the court who are good officials, and the key is that once someone is high in the temple, he can quickly inform the emperor's actions and preferences to the people he wants to promote and take care of, and the local officials who have accurate information can make preparations in advance according to their preferences, so that they can naturally win the favor of the peak more easily than their competitors, and the speed of promotion will be as fast as riding a rocket.
There is a "true Taifu" Yuan Kui looking at the wind above the court, and the Yuan family who has always wanted to get rid of the "fake Taifu" Zhao Xing, after learning that the imperial court was preparing to use the snowflake salt incident to take action against the Jin State for the first time, they began to prepare secretly.
After Yuan Shao told several strategists about Zhao Xing's trip to Yuyang, everyone started to make an article about Zhao Xing's whereabouts.
After analyzing and deliberating, it was suggested that Yuan Shao on the one hand quickly contact Zhang Yan of Montenegro and ask him to select a group of dead soldiers to infiltrate Youzhou and ambush them at the throat of the main road outside Yuyang City, waiting for an opportunity to assassinate Zhao Xing; on the other hand, the Yuan family used the dead soldiers of the family to infiltrate Yuyang City, create chaos and panic in the city on Zhao Yun's wedding day, and blame Gongsun Zhan, causing suspicion and suspicion between Zhao Xing and Gongsun Zhan.
These two suggestions did not seem clever, but they could have the effect of delaying Zhao Xing's next move, and Yuan Shao's purpose was to let Zhao Xing stay in Youzhou for more time, so as to buy more time for the imperial court and the Yuan family to launch follow-up actions.
Yuan Shao was rare and resolute this time, and did not hesitate to adopt the advice of the strategists around him, not only secretly arranged for his nephew ** to go to Montenegro to meet Zhang Yan in person, but also sent fifty dead soldiers raised by the family to secretly march to Yuyang City under the cover of various identities.
On the ninth day of October, Yuyang City is very lively, from Dongyang Street to Zuixianlou on the way to the city full of people who watch the excitement, even many passing foreign traders can't help but be curious, put a good business and don't do it, squeeze into the crowd to make do.
The people all ran to the East Street to see the bustle, and the originally noisy West Street on weekdays fell silent, and only the street patrol officials who were in charge of the city's security walked back and forth, not daring to relax at all.
When the three officials saw their superiors coming from the street on horseback, they stopped together to salute and wait for instructions.
"Hello Wang Bantou!" said the crowd of patrol streets.
"He Dayong, Xu Kai, Zheng Yu, the three of you are in charge of the security of Xinli Lane on West Street today, you must not be lazy, you need to pay attention to the whereabouts of suspicious people on the street at all times, and don't let people with ulterior motives disturb the marriage of the Grand Duke!" the team leader explained with a serious face.
"Subordinates obey orders!" replied Zhong Patrol Street with a serious face.
After a short time, Wang Bantou rode away on horseback and went to South Street to inspect and supervise the officials on duty. For those of them who have public office, watching this kind of thing has nothing to do with them, and the more people gather together, the more they have to keep their eyes open and take precautions.
Behind the door of an inconspicuous shop in Xinli Lane, several pairs of eyes silently watched Wang Bantou and the three street patrol officials meet and then separate from each other, without making the slightest noise from beginning to end. The people in the house and the people on the street may have been only a dozen steps away, but the three ordinary servants on the street did not have the keen feeling of being secretly targeted.
When the three officials who patrolled the streets walked to the entrance of the alley, someone in the house said in a deep voice: "Do you understand everyone's respective tasks?"
"Yi San understands, go to the North Street County Guard Mansion and set fire!"
"Jia Twenty-one understands, go to the Fang City at the south gate to set fire!"
"A sixteen understands, go to Xijiao Lane to kill people!"
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"Okay, now split up! Once the deeds are revealed, after being besieged by the officers and soldiers of the brigade, desperately flee to the governor's mansion, remember the words of the lord before leaving!" The leader of the house looked at everyone fiercely and gave the last order.
Not long after, a group of people of all kinds of clothes walked over the wall from the backyard of this shop, through the courtyards and secluded places at the end of the alleys, and saw that these mysterious people turned out to be high-flying rangers.
"Crackle, crackle, crackle...... Bang, bang...... Boom ......" firecrackers mixed with the sound of musical instruments blowing and beating sounded all the way from the drunken fairy building, the groom and Zhao Yun rode a high-headed horse to open the way in front, the sedan chair carried by eight people followed behind, and the closest to the welcoming team on the streets on both sides was the upright soldier wall standing in two rows. The people were close behind the soldiers, poking their heads out or stretching out a hand from time to time, and then they were politely but without hesitation shoved back by the soldiers in charge of guarding in front.
A few streets that were not far away, because the people were too enthusiastic, from time to time some people crowded through the human wall composed of soldiers, causing the welcoming procession to take half an hour to arrive at the Zhao Mansion.
The guests and friends who had been looking forward to it gathered around, and looked at Zhao Yun, who was wearing a big red wedding dress and had a serious face, picked up the curtain of the sedan chair and pulled out the bride with a long red silk cloth on her head. Everyone still recognizes this set of marriage ceremonies suggested by Zhao Xing, which not only looks lively, but also adds a lot of festive flavor.
The master of ceremonies who presided over the wedding was Sima Zhi, and he was also very status. He saw that Zhao Yun had already led the bride into the mansion, so he cleared his throat and shouted loudly: "The bride enters the mansion, plays music, and fires cannons!"
"Knock, knock, knock...... Tick, answer, answer......" gongs, drums, and trumpets sounded one after another.
"Bang, bang......" A salute rang out over the Governor's Mansion.
"The bride and groom, worship heaven and earth!"
"Second worship high hall!"
"Husband and wife worship each other!"
"Send to the cave!"
The wedding ceremonies went one after another, and seeing that it was about to be time to drink the wedding wine, suddenly Wang Bantou, who was originally patrolling on the South Street, rushed in with a bloody body, and looked at the familiar Lord Zhou Mu Gongsun, Lord Sima of Zhizhong, General Zhao, Lord Taishou Cui, and several other people who were not very familiar with each other, but their identities were extremely prominent, and said without hesitation: "Oh no, there are young people who are making trouble in the city, and I ask all the adults to strengthen their precautions and not be assassinated by traitors!"