There are indeed rumors circulating in Ye City that Yuan Fang has rebellious intentions in favor of his troops.

Tian Feng is not a person who doesn't hear what is going on outside the window. How could he not hear these rumors?

However, he has a clear mind and knows that these rumors are most likely spread by Yuan Tan's people, with the purpose of driving a wedge between the father and son relationship between Yuan Shao and Yuan Fang.

But rumors are rumors, and no one has ever really put these rumors on the stage for discussion. Even Xu You and others have never publicly accused Yuan Fang of treason in front of everyone.

Now, Yuan Shao himself has pierced this layer of window paper.

He actually stated directly in front of his staff that he suspected that Yuan Fang did have the intention to rebel.

Xu You and Xin Ping looked at each other with secret pride in their brows.

Shen Pei and Ju Shou looked out the window and pretended not to hear what Yuan Shao just said.

Only Tian Feng, who kept himself clean and did not belong to any faction, looked shocked and stunned, not believing that Yuan Shao could say such a thing.

After being shocked for a long time, Tian Feng regained his composure and said seriously: "My lord, the second young master captured Qingzhou almost with his bare hands. He even resisted Gongsun Zan in the north and Tao Qian in the south. He restrained the two major enemies, so that the lord could

Concentrate your efforts to defeat the Black Mountain bandits. The second young master has made great contributions, how can the lord believe in the rumors easily!"

Tian Feng bluntly spoke out against Yuan Fang's remonstrances, recounted Yuan Fang's extraordinary achievements, and complained about Yuan Fang's injustice.

Yuan Shao's cold and solemn expression moved slightly, as if Tian Feng's words made him change his mind at a certain moment.

"Yuan Hao, what you are saying makes it sound like my lord's inheritance was built by the second young master. My lord has done nothing and is just sitting back and enjoying the profits." Xu You took the opportunity to seize the opportunity and provoke Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao's expression changed as expected, and he glared at Tian Feng with a sharp look, hinting at anger.

Tian Feng was startled and said anxiously: "Of course I don't mean that, what I mean is..."

Tian Feng's eloquence was not as good as Xu You's. When he got anxious, he didn't know how to defend himself. He was so anxious that it seemed as if Xu You had been right.

Xu You sneered and took advantage of the situation and said: "Since there are rumors outside, it means they are not groundless. With your lord's wisdom, can't you tell the truth from the lies?"

Tian Feng was choked so much that his face turned red and he glared at Xu You, but he didn't know how to fight back.

At this time, Xin Ping followed up and said: "Actually, the marriage is a family matter of the lord. As ministers, we should not interfere. It's just that the Zhen family is a famous family in Jizhou and one of the three richest people in the world. The lord and the

Marriage should be extremely cautious, and to be honest, it should not be decided by a method such as a military test."

When Guo Tu proposed to divide the two states and compete in martial arts to decide who would marry the Zhen family, Xin Ping and others thought that Yuan Fang would definitely lose, so no one raised any objections.

Now that Yuan Fang had won the competition, Xin Ping jumped out and rejected Guo Tu's proposal, completely forgetting how they agreed in the first place.

After hearing this, Yuan Shao nodded and said, "What Zhongzhi said makes sense. It's all Guo Gongze's fault. He came up with such a childishly bad idea and caused the current trouble."

Guo Tu had been killed, so Yuan Shao simply put the responsibility on the dead man.

Xu You immediately responded: "Actually, Zhen Gong originally had his eye on the Third Young Master. As the third Young Master's legitimate son, it is most appropriate to marry the Zhen family. As for the Second Young Master, although he is also the son of the lord, his status is of course noble, but

...Ahem, I think it’s better to choose the third young master.”

Xu You did not dare to speak bluntly about Yuan Fang's humble status in front of so many people, but the implication was clear.

Yuan Shao pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "I have made up my mind, let's marry Xianyi to the Zhen family."

As soon as this statement came out, Xu You and other Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi groups all breathed a sigh of relief and secretly rejoiced.

As for Shen Pei and other members of Yuan Shang's faction, they did not express their opinions, which was equivalent to acquiescing to Yuan Shao's decision.

After all, Yuan Fang is now so prestigious and popular that he poses a greater threat to Yuan Shang than Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi. It is the lesser of two evils, and Yuan Shang is happy to see Yuan Fang suppressed.

Yuan Shao's decision hit Tian Feng's head like a bolt from the blue.

Suddenly, Tian Feng was extremely disappointed and angry.

He was a strong and upright person. Seeing Yuan Shao's injustice, he couldn't hold it back anymore. He jumped up, raised his hands and said sternly: "Feng has the courage to say something. How can my lord look down on the second young master and treat him unfairly just because he is not a legitimate son?

Has my lord forgotten his life experience?"

That last sentence seemed to suddenly reveal Yuan Shao's scars, causing Yuan Shao's body to tremble and suddenly change color.

Once upon a time, Yuan Shaonai was the son of his biological father, Yuan Feng, who had an affair with a maid on a whim. This life experience can be said to be exactly the same as that of Yuan Fang.

As the saying goes, a son is more valuable than his mother, and the status of a maid is inferior to that of a concubine. In fact, Yuan Shao is also an illegitimate son with a low status.

It was not until later that Yuan Feng adopted Yuan Shao as his brother Yuan Cheng's son, and Yuan Shao became a legitimate son of Yuan Cheng's lineage from a humble illegitimate son.

Yuan Shao, who was born an illegitimate son, has now forgotten his experiences and treats his illegitimate son with injustice and contempt.

This is like a poor man who is looked down upon by others. After becoming rich, he looks down upon the poor even more.

The extremely angry Tian Feng did not care about taking care of Yuan Shao's face, and openly exposed Yuan Shao's sore spots.

All the staff on the left and right had never expected that Tian Feng would be so strong-willed and dare to offend Yuan Shao in this way, and they were all shocked.

Xu You reacted quickly and said angrily: "Tian Yuanhao, you are so brave. You dare to openly ridicule the lord's origin. You are guilty of the following and deserve death!"

As soon as Xu You spoke out, a group of colleagues who had long disliked Tian Feng began to accuse Tian Feng.

Even Shen Pei and other members of Yuan Shang's group took the opportunity to add insult to injury and formed a group to attack Tian Feng.

Fanned by the crowd, Yuan Shao became angry and slapped the table and shouted: "Tian Feng, you have done this repeatedly. I have tolerated you for a long time. Now you are humiliating me in public. This is really abominable. Come here, beat Tian Feng for me."

Go to jail and wait to be dealt with!"

The order was passed, and the pro-army soldiers on the left and right came forward fiercely and were about to tie up Tian Feng.

However, Tian Feng was not afraid at all and said generously: "Feng's loyal words are offensive to my ears, but they were all imagined by my lord. If my lord insists on treating the second young master like this, I'm afraid he will regret it in the future."

Yuan Shao became even more angry and shouted: "Bring him away quickly, I don't want to hear a word of his fallacy!"

"You don't need to do anything, I will leave on my own."

Tian Feng pushed aside the soldiers on the left and right, held his hands behind his hands and raised his head, and walked out of the hall generously and fearlessly.

Tian Feng was an important minister, but he was imprisoned for Yuan Shao. Some of the other staff who sympathized with Yuan Fang were afraid of Yuan Shao's wrath and did not dare to support Yuan Fang.

Yuan Shao's anger gradually subsided, and his irritated mood subsided slightly.

Seeing this, Xu You hurriedly added: "My lord's decision is really wise, but my subordinates think it is safer to call the second young master back to Yecheng first before announcing the marriage."

Yuan Shao nodded slightly and felt that Yuan Fang must be summoned back to Yecheng first just in case.

Xin Ping continued: "However, if the second young master is recalled, someone in Qingzhou will have to take charge of the overall situation. I think it is better for the lord to appoint the first young master as the shepherd of Qingzhou and let him take over the Qingzhou army."

Summoning Yuan Fang back, vacating Qingzhou, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. With such a big fat piece of meat, Xin Ping certainly wanted Yuan Tan to steal this easy-to-get piece of fat meat.

"My lord, I think Xin Zhongzhi's proposal is inappropriate." Before Yuan Shao could speak, the judge immediately jumped out to object.

Yuan Xi has already captured half of Bingzhou. If Yuan Tan is allowed to sit on the position of Qingzhou Mu again, the power of the Ruying faction will greatly increase. This is naturally intolerable to the Hebei scholar faction led by Yuan Shang.

For a time, Shen Pei and other Hebei factions, and Xin Ping and other Ru Ying factions, started arguing over who would take over Qingzhou.

When Yuan Shao was still worried about which of his sons should be appointed as the shepherds of Qingzhou, Yuan Fang placed his eyes and ears in Yecheng and sent this important information to Pingyuan on flying horses.

Plains, military mansion.

At the top, Yuan Fang looked at the information in his hand, with traces of anger burning wildly on his handsome face.

Snap!

Yuan Fang threw the information on the case, gritted his teeth and said: "I expected you to break the agreement and break your promise, but I didn't expect that you could bear to jail even a loyal minister like Tian Feng, Yuan Benchu
Chapter completed!