Three Kingdoms: Stealing the Tiger Talisman and forcing Yuan Shao to become a monk

Chapter 209 Change of Patriarch, Yuanlong Heart!
Xuzhou's geographical location, for Jiangdong, is almost the same as the gateway to the Central Plains.

If Sun Ce gets Xuzhou, he will be able to break away from the present, and can only rely on the plight of the Jiangdong family. He can completely rely on Xuzhou and use Xuzhou as a springboard.

If you are far away, you can attack Youyan, and if you are close, you can ignore the Central Plains.

Further contact with the gentry of the Central Plains, the relationship with the Jiangdong family will be reversed instantly!

And this is something that the Jiangdong family will absolutely not tolerate.

Perhaps in the end, Zhou Yu and Sun Ce can rely on strategy and force to win the struggle against the Jiangdong family.

But in this process, the Chen family in Xuzhou, who played a key role, will definitely cast all the anger on the Jiangdong family who was caught dead.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu may be spared, but it would be a dream to keep the century-old foundation of the Chen family in Xuzhou.

To sum up, the Chen family seems to have a respected status in Xuzhou, and can be called the crown of the state, but in fact, its status has long been different from the previous situation where it was able to advance and retreat with ease.

"Troubled times do not allow us to continue to maintain a neutral posture, father, times have changed."

There was a bit of sadness in Chen Deng's tone.

After listening to Chen Deng's words, Chen Gui also responded silently.

Chen Gui had never thought about what Chen Deng said.

But I don't know if it's because I'm getting old and my thinking is slow, or because I'm old and weak, and I'm blinded by the prosperity and prosperity of the Chen family in front of me.

Chen Gui had been deliberately avoiding this question until tonight, when his parent and son Chen Deng completely exposed it.

"Ugh……"

Chen Gui let out a long sigh, looking at Chen Deng with both relief and worry.

It is gratifying to see Chen Deng's growth and ability.

But the worry was actually worrying. In Chen Deng's hands, Chen Gui was really not sure where the big ship of the Chen family would sail.

After a long silence, Chen Gui finally spoke:

"Then Yuanlong, in your opinion, what should our Chen family do next?"

Hearing Chen Gui's words, Chen Deng showed a half bitter, half helpless smile, and said slowly:

"If you rely on the child, it is nothing more than a choice between the two. If you choose Mr. Cao, then you should be vain with General Yuan Tan. When he comes to the door, my Chen family will agree to all the conditions, creating a form of obedience. Yuan's plan is the same as when he dealt with Wen Hou before."

Chen Deng slowly arrived at his strategy, obviously already well-planned.

He served the Yuan family openly, but secretly connected with Cao Cao.

There is the Chen family in the city of Xuzhou, inquiring about the truth for Cao Cao, when the army is approaching the city.

Whether it is to make noise in the city, it will be convenient for Cao Jun to attack the city.

It's better to contact the rich families in the countryside outside the city. At that time, it will not be too difficult to take over Xuzhou City with internal and external joint efforts.

Moreover, if the Chen family really took this move, on the one hand, it would have made a great contribution to Cao Cao, which can be called sending charcoal in the snow.

On the other hand, it is equivalent to a cut with Hebei. When Cao Cao wants to appoint the Chen family again, he will no longer be as worried as he is now.

In fact, in the official history, when Chen Deng really became the prefect of Guangling, it was because Yuan Shao was destroyed that Cao Cao really felt at ease and let the Chen family take control of the real power.

After listening to Chen Deng's words, Chen Gui fell into deep thought, but after a while, he spoke again:
"If you vote for Duke Cao, what about Duke Yuan?"

Hearing his father's question, Chen Deng shook his head with a helpless expression:

"If you vote for Yuan Gong, it will be much simpler."

Chen Deng pointed out the window, in the direction of Xuzhou City, his tone was very calm, and his voice was very indifferent, but the chill in his words could not be concealed no matter what:

"It's nothing more than breaking down the homes of the wealthy families outside the city with General Yuan, looting the fields and treasuries, and enriching the Xuzhou government treasury, and all of this..."

Chen Deng pointed to his father, and then to himself:
"It must be done by our Chen family to make it happen!"

Hearing his son's words, Chen Gui was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help but said in shock:
"Why is this? Why is this?!"

Seeing that the old father's face was no longer as indifferent as before, Chen Deng only felt that the sadness in his heart became more and more intense, but after reading the information he had inquired these days, he felt that Yuan Tan and Yuan Xiansi in his heart. Compared with awe and even fear.

This sadness is really insignificant.

Taking a deep breath, Chen Deng gently sorted out the information collected by the Chen family on the table in front of him.

After Yuan Tan entered Xuzhou, every move he made was divided into three piles.

One pile is the process before and after Yuan Tan's surprise attack on Xuzhou.

One pile is the whole process of Yuan Tan spreading rumors and gathering surrendered soldiers.

There is also a pile of information about Yuan Tan's establishment of the Xuzhou Army and the establishment of a training camp.

Some of these information even have records of Yuan Tan's conversations with his general Gao Lan and his subordinate Che Zhou.

But when he saw these detailed information, Chen Dengfei was not satisfied with the high degree of task completion of the Chen family's spies.

On the contrary, I feel extremely cold!
The Chen family is in Xuzhou, no matter how powerful it is.

For a new vassal in Xuzhou, the Chen family had absolutely no guts to plant spies in the prefect's mansion in order to ensure their own safety.

But many of those conversations were the words Yuan Tan talked with his subordinates in the prefect's mansion.

There is only one reason why these information can be recorded by the Chen family's spies in a grand manner!
These things were deliberately done by Yuan Tan to let people spread them out.

The purpose is to let the Chen family know and send a signal to the Chen family!
He, Yuan Tan, has the strength to ask the Chen family to join him.

But again, if the Chen family couldn't give Yuan Tan a satisfactory answer to this signal, they would still pretend to be deaf and dumb.

When Yuan Tan came to the door in person, what he brought with him was not the official seal that the Chen family had hoped for.

It's something that Yuan Tan, as an unparalleled warrior, is better at using -

Knife!

Chen Deng closed his eyes slightly, opened them again after a while, looked at the old father who had recovered from his shock, and obviously understood the deep meaning behind Yuan Tan's move, and said softly:

"Father, I wonder what your decision is?"

Looking at the determined Chen Deng, Chen Gui smiled wryly, shook his head and said:
"If I had chosen Duke Cao, Yuanlong, I'm afraid you wouldn't have let me leave this pavilion today."

Chen Gui's gaze fell behind Chen Deng, and under the light of the lights, a few shadows of knives could be vaguely seen shaking outside the window.

Chen Deng said softly:

"The child has also studied Confucianism, and knows the righteousness of father and son. He will never do anything unbearable. He just asks his father to step down as the head of the family."

Hearing that Chen Deng finally admitted his preparation, Chen Gui could no longer bear the doubts in his heart.

Now that the father and son have opened up the conversation, Chen Gui's previous frustration has been swept away. The cunning fox who plotted against the world's most powerful general Lu Bu in the past has regained his momentum, looked directly into Chen Deng's eyes, and said in a solemn voice:
"Then Yuan Tan and Yuan Xiansi really deserve your loyalty, Chen Yuanlong!"

After Chen Deng was silent for a moment, he did not answer Chen Gui's question directly, but asked softly:
"Father, if a person has the courage of Lu Bu and the conspiracy of Chen Gongtai, can this person be called the hero of the world?"

After listening to Chen Deng's words, Chen Gui finally fell silent.

After a long time, this wise old man who supported the Chen family and stood upright for a generation in Xuzhou waved his hand feebly:
"I see, you go down and get ready."

When Chen Deng heard the words, a gleam of joy finally flashed across his face, he bowed down and was about to leave the room, but he hadn't walked out yet.

But Chen Gui spoke again and stopped him: "Slow down."

When Chen Deng looked back in doubt, he saw Chen Gui's hands. After groping around his waist for a while, he untied a seal ribbon, stood up with some difficulty, and removed the seal ribbon that symbolized the position of the Patriarch of the Chen family.

It hung on Chen Deng's waist solemnly!

(End of this chapter)