Mixed in the Three Kingdoms as a magic stick

Since the moldy rice is stored in the inner part of the granary, there are usually only people guarding the entrance of the granary for people to enter and exit, and they will not be idle to look through it.

So it was not until the beginning of this month that someone discovered the mildew of this large batch of rice grains.

But the first few people who noticed it immediately thought not to report it, but to realize how much impact this matter would have, and the consequences would be daunting-the people trapped in the city had no food to eat, and the people at the top refused to Surrender easily, but if you insist on going on, the first batch of people who starved to death were ordinary people?

Besides, if they reported this honestly, they would die earlier—even if they didn't use the reason of silence, they would not be able to survive under the wrath of the furious Yuan Shu.

The lord surnamed Yuan is notoriously bad-tempered.

After thinking about it, these people all took the same approach.

——The rice tank was covered quietly, and the cloth bag was tied back as it was. In order to hide it for a while, I even helped to sprinkle a layer of good rice on the top.

When he was sick and went home, he packed up the things in secret, tried every means, and the whole family escaped.

Until recently, the general in charge of guarding the city obtained permission to take some rice grain out of it for military use, but found that everything had gone moldy except for the thin layer on the top, and immediately fell into an uproar.

Yuan Shu, who was having fun with his wife and concubines in the backyard, couldn't believe his ears when he heard it. He rode his horse to the granary in person in disbelief, and ordered his soldiers to open all the leftovers. Fang confirmed the truth of the news with his own eyes.

... it's over.

Staring blankly at the stinking moldy rice all over the floor, there was a buzzing sound in his head, his eyes turned black, his mouth was open, but after a long time, he couldn't even utter a word.

On the back, cold sweat suddenly seeped out.

This……

Most of the remaining food and grass are gone, how can we survive until the Yanqing army runs out of food and retreats?

He stood dumbly, turning a deaf ear to his subordinates' frantic pleadings, until Chen Qun, Sima Lang and others heard the news and made a lot of noise in their ears, and his eyeballs rolled around.

But in a moment, monstrous anger emerged inside!

"What a Chen Qun and Chen Changwen, it's hard to deceive me."

Yuan Shu sneered abruptly, turned around suddenly, and firmly held the shoulders of Chen Qun who was frowning. His face was gloomy, and his eyes were extremely vicious.

In his extreme despair, he suddenly realized that some things that had made him feel inconsistent and confused before had been answered.

"It's no wonder that Xun Yu vowed not to surrender at the beginning, but you tried your best to keep him alive, and asked people to serve him with delicious food and drink. Seeing that the situation is not good recently, you sent someone to release him secretly in time. Let's go." Yuan Shu smirked and said, "It turned out to be a retreat that you chose early! Why, do you really think that Villager Yan has such a big heart, and he is willing to let you go by just because of this?"

This reprimand came without thinking, but it was full of words. Chen Qun took a deep breath, and was about to refute, but was overthrown by the red-eyed Yuan Shu, who gnashed his teeth and kicked him fiercely, cursing Said: "Shameless! I'm afraid you are still worried about not having enough bargaining chips, so you have to draw the bottom line again, and use this to make meritorious deeds!"

Apart from Chen Qun, who put him on the throne on the surface, but naturally united with many aristocratic families to evade his power, and who knows everything about the state affairs and the army, who else has this ability? Unknowingly sneaked into this heavily guarded granary and destroyed so much precious food and grass!

Sima Lang was shocked by this rude gesture. He watched Yuan Shu lose the aristocratic demeanor he was always proud of, and kicked Chen Qun who was overthrown to the ground several times before he stepped forward as if he had just woken up from a dream. Blocking: "Changwen is the lord of the Lord, and the sun and the moon can learn from his loyalty and sincerity. It is absolutely impossible to release people in private and attack the food and grass! At this critical moment, it is absolutely inappropriate to be suspicious of each other. Internal strife will only follow the enemy's wishes!"

If it wasn't for Yuan Shu himself who slandered Chen Qun, Sima Lang would almost have said the eight-character evaluation of 'absurd, stupid'.

Chen Qun was very famous in the Ruying family, and after the Yuan family lost power, it was second only to Xun Yu.

Because Xun Yu unswervingly chose to stand on Yanqing's side, he gradually drifted away from the family that was increasingly dissatisfied with Yanqing, making Chen Qun the leader and promoter of Yanzhou's rebellion.

Sima Lang and Chen Qun had served under Yan Qing for quite a long time, and they were building the core of Yanzhou's power, so they were naturally more sensitive.

They are very clear that the reason why Yan Qing, who has been conferred the title of Duke, has been carrying out new policies, large and small, is to gradually reduce the influence of the family by hiding leaves in the forest.

The recommendation system was neglected, and the printing of books became quick and cheap. With the ancient books that Yan Qing snatched from Dong Zhuo, the value of their collections naturally declined accordingly.

The aristocratic status of the aristocratic family is about to fall apart, but they don't want to kill them!

Sima Lang understood that Yan Qing might be willing to let Yuan Shu live because he looked down on the stupid and arrogant Yuan Shu too much, but it is absolutely impossible to let the mastermind of the incident survive.

Yuan Shu was already dizzy with anger, thinking he had figured out the reason, he was still at the time when he hated Chen Qun the most, and his emotions were completely out of control, how could he understand the reason?

"Enough!" Yuan Shu said coldly: "I'm afraid you are not a good thing. Someone! Take these two people down for me and put them in prison!"

After hearing this, Chen Qun lay on the ground and laughed strangely, and the barbaric guards dragged him and Sima Lang away.

The prison is cold and damp, but fortunately, the two imprisoned have been in power for a long time, and there are many more people who obey their orders than Yuan Shu, who is just a pretty air.

It can even be said that they were imprisoned by Yuan Shu at first, but they were caught off guard by the other party's sudden turn of events.

Chen Qun and Sima Lang were released without suffering much, and no one cared about Yuan Shu's opinion.

Concerned about his followers, Chen Qun only silently raised the corners of his lips, forming an arc of indifference and sarcasm.

Sima Lang looked gloomy, Chen Qun asked: "Yuan Shu, where are you now?"

Now that his face has been torn apart, there is no need to show a good face to Yuan Shu who just humiliated him.

No matter how well-bred Chen Qun was, he didn't feel it was necessary.

Apart from throwing the two of them into prison ungratefully, which can be called neat and tidy, he doesn't think Yuan Shu has any ability to do any major things to turn the bad situation around.

The sad news that there is only moldy rice left in the grain storage, once it is released, will definitely have a devastating blow to the hearts of the people and the army. However, the first few bags that were discovered were discovered in the army. If the news is not blocked in time, The consequences could be disastrous.

As a result, Yuan Shu not only didn't realize the seriousness of this matter, but instead patronized them hysterically, and even made matters worse by arresting high-ranking officials and putting them in jail.

Congren replied anxiously: "I left the city before Zishi."

really.

This son of the Yuan family has not stepped out of the city for nearly nine years, and he naively thought that there were a few loyal people around him who would not be moved by the huge rewards, so that he could live to seek refuge with that man whom he had never met before. Killed the concubine Yuan surnamed Yuan who was blowing pillow wind to whitewash Zhang Yang, the son-in-law of Taiping?

It's just a fool's dream.

"That's fine." Chen Qun shook his head with both a smile and a smile, looked at Sima Lang who was pursing his lips, and said without hesitation, "You should go back to your house while he draws people's attention away, and get ready quickly." stop."

The implication is to let him imitate Yuan Shu and lead his family to flee for their lives.

He gave up so simply and neatly, completely different from the calm posture he used to stay up all night to assist Yuan Shu in trying to find a way out, which made Sima Lang terrified.

But this battle has been fought for too long, watching the allies being crushed by Yan Qing one by one, and now they are left to fight alone, and they are at the end of their strength under the outflanking of many parties.

Not only the soldiers and civilians feel pain and fatigue, but even the officials, big and small, who are busy in the mansion, many of them are very clear about the impending defeat.

Sima Lang understood what Chen Qun meant, and he was silent for a moment, without asking the stupid words of 'not so much', he just said: "Then you in the long text..."

His father, Sima Fang, had been working in Beijing, and hadn't had much contact with them, and he didn't get involved this time either.

As the elder brother of the eight sons, he led his family to flee here and there in order to avoid Dong Zhuo's misfortune, so he was taken into Xun Yu's tent, and of course he has to take him away with him now.

However, Yan Qing did not want to hunt down and kill his family because of Sima Fang's "good popularity" in the court and his unchanging honesty and obedience for decades.

Chen Qun readily admitted: "Before the incident, I knew that I had met with my clansmen, and they dispersed and moved to different places, and my family members followed them secretly. Those who are now in the mansion are just disguised by servants."

The cunning rabbit still has three caves, not to mention when doing such a dangerous thing, how can he be so conceited that he doesn't leave a proper way out for his family?

As for himself, he was willing to bet and admit defeat, so he bet on his life, at least until Sima Lang left smoothly.

But today's defeat, is it because he had no eyesight at the beginning, mistakenly entrusted Yuan Shu, a mediocre person who only knows how to hold him back, and the timing was too hasty?Or blame Xun Wenruo for being too loyal and stubborn, destroying the last ray of hope before leaving?Or did he blame himself for his lack of ability, and was doomed to lose to Yan Qing from the very beginning?

As far as he is concerned, he doesn't have the slightest dislike for Yan Qing, and he even admires Yan Qing.

Otherwise, it would not be possible to work for it for so many years.

It's just that from the standpoint of being a child of an aristocratic family, Yan Qing gradually showed a clear ambition, and the tactful and radical yet clever means that matched this ambition were not pleasant. .

He had to fight back.

Looking at the back of Sima Lang who hastily said his goodbyes, apart from sporadic curiosity, Chen Qun felt unprecedentedly calm.

He has suffered a complete defeat, his life is not long, and he will definitely not see the future.

But Yan Qing's plan is very different, and the resistance he will face will only increase with the increase of insiders, so he doesn't know what the final outcome will be.

Jia Wenhe, Guo Fengxiao, and Sun Wentai's sons from the Han family are nothing more than that, and they are more than happy to see the success of this, but the uncles and nephews of the Xun family who also hold important positions under Yan Qing and have been turning a blind eye to this conflict before, How will Chen Gongtai, Zhou Gongjin and others deal with themselves in the future?

While Chen Qun was casually thinking about the question that was destined to have no answer, he was playing with the porcelain cup that contained the cold tea.

Like a stone statue, he leaned against the stone wall and drank it in one gulp until he sat by the window until it was dawn. He picked up the pen energetically and wrote a large paragraph of text on the paper.

"Send this letter to my father." Chen Qun paused for a moment, and wanted to say something else, but forgot it: "That's it. Go!"

As soon as the person left, he let out a long sigh of relief, completely relaxed, leaning against the stone wall, calmly enduring the burning pain that spread from his abdomen to his throat, and slowly closed his eyes.

The only regret in this life is probably that he was unable to really meet this bold and radical hero, a good lord who treats his ministers like a spring breeze and rain, until his death.