In Chang'an Posthouse, Guo Tu quickly walked to a separate small courtyard in the backyard.
A slender young man stood under a blooming peach tree with his hands behind his back.
When he heard the footsteps behind him, he knew who was coming.
Without looking back, he asked: "Sir, is there any news, good or bad?"
Guo Tu seemed to be in a very happy mood.
He walked up behind the young man and cupped his hands and said: "Eldest Master, the Grand Sima Mansion has sent someone here and said that the Lord Protector will be free tomorrow to arrange for His Majesty the Emperor to meet with us so that we can be prepared. " The young man is Yuan Tan, the eldest son of Yuan Shao.
Unfortunately, he is not very popular, otherwise Yuan Shao would not send him to Chang'an.
Everyone knows that there is a 99% chance that he will be forced to stay in Chang'an.
Yuan Tan said calmly: "This is indeed good news.
With this, I can stay as my hostage with peace of mind, and my husband will be able to return to Jizhou soon.
Both my husband and I should be happy."
Guo Tu was silent for a moment, then cupped his hands and said: "Guo knows that the eldest son is resentful.
Why did the lord let you come to Chang'an to be a hostage?
He has so many sons, why did he let you come?
You also resent me for leaving you alone in Chang'an."
Here, right?”
Yuan Tan said: "There is no need to talk about resentment.
My origin has destined this to be my fate, isn't it?"
"Eldest Young Master, you are the oldest among the lord's sons.
Could it be that the lord allowed those younger sons to come?
This is a responsibility that you, as an elder brother, must bear, so it is wrong for you to resent the lord.
Of course. , you can resent Guo, Guo should stay and face the dangers in Chang'an, the treacherous capital city, with the eldest son, but Guo has a more important mission , Guo must return to Nanpi to report the situation in Chang'an City to the lord.
Only in this way can the lord take appropriate countermeasures in time.
Don't worry, eldest son, we have already spent all the gold, silver and jewelry we brought here this time.
These things It's more or less effective.
I can't say that it can guarantee that no one dares to mess with the eldest son in Chang'an City, but at least it can guarantee that the eldest son will not be in danger."
Early the next morning, Guo Tu came to the door of Yuan Tan's room and shouted: "Master, the time has come.
We should go to Weiyang Palace to meet His Majesty the Emperor."
Yuan Tan, who was standing in front of the window in the room, turned around and walked slowly behind the door.
He took a deep breath, opened the door and walked out.
Guo Tu followed immediately.
Since entering the palace, Yuan Tan has felt unprecedented pressure.
This pressure made him breathless.
He didn't understand the reason at first, but he soon understood that this was majestic pressure.
The two of them walked into the main hall and saw a young man sitting on the throne.
There was also a young man standing under His Majesty Dan, but his temperament was completely different.
Both of them understood that the one on the throne was Liu Bian, standing at the bottom.
It’s Liu Cheng.
The two men immediately bowed down and said: "Yuan Tan, the eldest son of Yuan Shao, the shepherd of Jizhou, is engaged in Guo Tu to see your majesty and pay homage to the protector of the country."
"Ping Shen" Liu Bian raised his hand and said.
"Thank you, Your Majesty" Liu Bian glanced at Liu Cheng and saw Liu Cheng nodding slightly, so he asked: "Yuan Tan, your father Yuan Shao has been guarding Jizhou in recent years, organized the Kwantung Allied Forces to attack the imperial court, refused to respect me and the imperial court, withheld the imperial court's taxes, and acted arbitrarily without authorization When appointing officials, you don't take the imperial court seriously at all, and act as if you are king and hegemon in Jizhou.
Do you, the Yuan family, know your guilt?"
There were beads of sweat on Yuan Tan's forehead.
He quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, forgive me.
It's not that my father doesn't respect your Majesty and the imperial court.
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It's just that the imperial court was controlled by the traitor Dong Zhuo at that time, and your majesty was hijacked by Dong Zhuo.
The traitor Dong Zhuo's Some political decrees caused chaos in the world, and the people revolted.
In order to protect the country and the country of the Han Dynasty, my father had to revolt.
Crusade against Dong Zhuo, but my father would never dare to be disrespectful to His Majesty.
This time I came to Chang'an to see His Majesty, it was on my father's order that I came to plead guilty to His Majesty the Emperor.
This time we will pay all the taxes owed to the imperial court in the past few years.
I brought it and specially prepared tribute gifts for Your Majesty.
My father asked me to tell Your Majesty that our Yuan family has been loyal to the Han Dynasty and to the Liu family from generation to generation."
At this time, Liu Cheng asked: "Yuan Tan, since your father Yuan Shao knows that he is guilty, why does he not come to Chang'an to plead guilty in person, but instead sends you here?"
Guo Tu took a step forward and bowed with his hands raised: "Back to the protector, Jizhou has been attacked by Gongsun Zan in the past two years, which has caused great harm to the people in all parts of Jizhou.
Yuan Jizhou has been worried about the people in the past two years, and has become ill from overwork.
It’s better to follow It's a long way from Nanpi to Chang'an, and Yuan Jizhou's body may not be able to make the long journey.
In order to express his repentance, Yuan Jizhou specially sent his most beloved eldest son Tan to Chang'an to plead guilty to His Majesty on his behalf."
Liu Cheng asked: "Why do your majesty and the court believe him?"
Yuan Tan bowed down and said: "If the Lord Protector has any doubts, I am willing to stay in Chang'an.
If my father has any disloyalty, I am willing to let the Lord Protector handle it."
"You" Zhao Cheng asked, walked up to Yuan Tan, looked him up and down, then shook his head and said: "You can't do it.
Although you are Yuan Benchu's eldest son, he doesn't like you very much.
Instead, he likes your third brother Yuan Shang.
So Yuan Shao If we really want to send someone to stay in Chang'an, I hope it will be Yuan Shang instead of you."
"Where is Guo Tu?"
Guo Tu paused, cupped his hands and said: "Here" Liu Chengdao: "If you stay in Chang'an, Yuan Tan, go back and tell your father, Yuan Benchu, to bring his third son, Yuan Shang, and you will leave to return to Nanpi tomorrow.
Do you understand?"
This result was completely beyond the expectations of Guo Tu and Yuan Tan.
Both of them had shock on their faces.
Guo Tu's face quickly turned pale.
He didn't want to stay here, but now he is I couldn't leave even if I wanted to.
Guo Tu didn't even know how he walked out of the palace.
It wasn't until he got on the carriage that Yuan Tan said something that brought him back to his senses: "Don't worry, Mr.
Guo.
You have visited many ministers in the court these days." , with enough preparation, those courtiers must like you very much.
You will be like a fish in water if you stay here.
I will rush back to Nanpi tomorrow to return to my father.
The third child will definitely come over to accompany my husband."
Guo Tu knelt down with a plop: "My lord, please save this subordinate.
I don't want to stay in Chang'an.
I am the lord's confidant.
The imperial court regards me as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh.
If I stay here, I will only die."
Ah, please, the eldest master, please find a way to rescue me from Chang'an after you go back.
If I, Guo Tu, can escape, I swear to be loyal to the eldest master to the death.
I will never have two intentions.
If I have two intentions, I will be beaten five times in the day.
"Thunder" Yuan Tan asked: "Surely what Mr.
Guo said is true?"
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"I have sworn an oath, eldest son, don't you still believe it?"
Yuan Tan pondered for a moment and said: "Okay, I believe Mr.
Guo.
Please stay in Chang'an with peace of mind for the time being.
I will definitely find a way to get Mr.
Guo out of trouble as soon as possible."
After Yuan Tan left, Liu Cheng asked Liu Bian: "What do you think of Yuan Tan?"
Liu argued: "He seems a little depressed."
Liu Cheng couldn't help but laugh, "Melancholy There are many melancholy people in the world, and most of the women who are deeply resentful are melancholy."
"I feel like he doesn't want to stay in Chang'an.
When the emperor just said that he should go back and replace Yuan Shang, his face was obviously happy.
I feel that he and I should have the same hobbies and interests.
Maybe if he stays in Chang'an, we can can become friends” Liu Chengdao: "Your Majesty should know that staying in Chang'an is equivalent to being a hostage.
It's no wonder that he likes to stay.
As Yuan Shao's sons, they all want to stay by Yuan Shao's side.
Only in this way can they have more opportunities to win Yuan Shao's favor." , in order to have a better chance of taking over Yuan Shao's authority after his death."
"It's a pity that such a good playmate has to leave me in the end," Liu Bian said with great emotion.
Liu Cheng shook his head and said with a smile: "No, no, I think that if Yuan Shang comes here, Your Majesty will definitely like Yuan Shang more."
Liu Bian wondered: "Why?"
"I sent someone to check and found that Yuan Shang's interests are exactly the same as your Majesty's."
Yuan Tan didn't want to stay for a moment, nor did he want to stay.
He rushed back to Nanpi with his guards as quickly as possible, and it only took about ten days.
Yuan Shao was very surprised by Yuan Tan's return, so he called him to see him.
After asking, he found out that Liu Cheng wanted Yuan Shang to go to Chang'an as a hostage, which put Yuan Shao in a difficult position.
Among his several sons, Yuan Shang was his favorite, and this son was the most So considerate, he was really reluctant to let Yuan Shang go to Chang'an.
Yuan Shao deliberately delayed, but the troops deployed by the imperial court in Wei County and Changshan Army soon showed signs of large-scale mobilization.
This strong signal made Yuan Shao understand that he could not delay any longer.
The two envoys have not yet reached their destination.
In the land, they have not yet succeeded in provoking the Black Mountain Army and the Tuoba Xianbei people to attack Bingzhou.
"Come here, tell Shang'er and let him prepare to go to Chang'an."
Yuan Shao finally gritted his teeth and endured his heartache and asked Yuan Shang to go to Chang'an as a hostage.
In May, Yuan Shang arrived in Chang'an.
Emperor Liu Bian got along really well with Yuan Shang, and the two had a great time together.
Liu Cheng didn't care about this.
As long as Yuan Shang posed no threat to Liu Bian, he didn't care at all that the two might become brothers.
"My lord, Cao Cao and Zhang Miao teamed up to beat Liu Bei away."
On this day, Jia Xu hurriedly walked to the lobby of the Grand Sima Mansion to report to Liu Cheng.
Liu Cheng was stunned, stopped the pen in his hand and asked: "What did you say?"
Jia Xu cupped his hands and said: "My lord, I just received news from the secret camp.
Cao Cao and Zhang Miao conspired and sent troops to attack Liu Bei.
Liu Bei was unprepared and was defeated.
He lost all his troops and horses.
Only His brothers Guan Yu and Zhang Fei protected him and fled to Xuzhou."
Liu Cheng suddenly stood up and said: "Why didn't you receive any information beforehand?
Liu Bei is not a soft persimmon, so why was he defeated so quickly?"
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"Lord, the news is not false.
My subordinates have already found out.
Zhang Miao sent troops to attack Liu Bei first.
Liu Bei responded quickly.
He sent people to contact Cao Cao to request rescue, and sent troops to fight.
But who knew that Cao Cao was there?
He was stabbed in the back.
One of Cao Cao's generals, named Xia Houyuan, was good at long-distance raids.
He led his army from Dongjun to the back of Liu Bei's army overnight.
Under attack from two sides, Liu Bei was defeated and fled
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