To the west, you can control the Taihang Mountain Fortress.
Going east, you can reach the shore of the sea.
To the north, Yanshan Mountain serves as a barrier.
To the south, you can also look at Guanluo Jingji.
Precisely because the terrain here is so important, Yuan Shao also chose it as his core hinterland.
When Yuan Shaonan was conquering Cao Cao and stationed in Liyang, he left Shen Pei in Yecheng and gave him full authority to handle important affairs in Yecheng.
Shen Pei has a fierce and upright nature, admiring the integrity of the ancients in every word and deed, and because of his integrity, he was not used by the former Jizhou Mu Han Fu. Therefore, even though he is from Hebei, he is still regarded as a confidant by Yuan Shao, and he is the general shogunate, and he is under Yuan Shao's command.
"Xun Lingjun".
However, Shen Pei and Xun Yu are different social butterflies. They can even be said to be two extremes!
Xun Yu balanced all parties by being good at dancing, playing both sides, and acting as a lubricant to ease conflicts.
Shen Pei, on the other hand, directly suppressed everything with strong tactics, acting arbitrarily and independently. As long as he determined something, even Yuan Shao could not plead for mercy, so he had to execute it according to the law.
With such a resolute temperament, Shen Ping has almost no friends, and naturally he will not form cliques for personal gain.
But this weakness... is also quite obvious.
On this day,
As soon as Shen Pei had finished handling some government affairs, he discovered an official document written by the Yecheng Order.
"Someone killed someone?"
In troubled times, human life is like a piece of grass.
But this does not mean that social order will completely collapse.
There are always some people who will still uphold their conscience, never forget the vow they made when they were young, and unite knowledge with action.
"Those who kill will be punished! This has been the rule of the Han Dynasty for four hundred years!"
The judge decided the penalty after just one glance——
"Let the government take the person! After the trial is clear, he will be beheaded in public!"
This is the law of Han Dynasty, this is the rule...and the punishment should be the same!
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Yangwu, Yuan Ying.
"Please! Mr. Lang! We only have this one child! Just save him!"
In the camp of the famous scholar Xu You, Xu You's wife was crying and pleading with Xu You.
She came from behind all night long, just for one thing -
My child was arrested!
The murderers reported by the Yecheng Order to Shen Pei were Xu You's only heir and one of his nephews.
Both of them were playboys, and they were used to being domineering and domineering because of their status, and they did a lot of evil things.
Not long ago, two people fell in love with a beautiful woman. Not only did they steal her innocence, they also accidentally killed the woman's father and committed a murder.
But as long as this kind of thing is not exposed, they can live their own happy life and regard the law as nothing.
But once it's revealed, it's a different story.
"Cry! Cry! What's the use of crying? You're not the one who spoils them both!"
Xu You had a fierce look on his face and beat and scolded his wife unceremoniously.
"I asked you to teach him on weekdays, and you taught him something like this! Now that the scandal has come out, you think of me?"
Xu You was still angry, so he slapped his wife twice, then leaned aside and remained silent.
When outsiders saw this situation, they might have thought that Xu You was the kind of coward who would only hit his own wife if something happened.
But Xu Youke is not weak at all. On the contrary, using "bold" to describe his temperament is an understatement.
In the first year of Zhongping, Xu You made an agreement with Wang Fen, the governor of Jizhou, Zhou Jing of Pei State and other heroes to plot to depose Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.
You know, the Han Dynasty had not yet collapsed at that time!
Xu You can definitely be called a warrior if he dares to rebel when the central government is stable.
The reason why he was at a loss when it came to his own heir was because Xu You also understood the temperament of a mate.
If you want to save your child from him, it is almost as difficult as climbing to the sky!
"Then Shen Zhengnan is known for his integrity and was entrusted with important tasks by Benchu. How easy is it to let him go?"
Mrs. Xu You also risked her life for the sake of her child, covering her chest and angrily scolding Xu You: "What a shame you call yourself a celebrity! You are close friends with Mr. Yuan and Mr. Cao, but now it seems that you are just a coward who can't even protect your own child!" "
"you!"
Xu You stared so hard that his eyes almost bulged out. He raised his palm high again and wanted to hit it hard.
As the saying goes, the person next to you hurts the most.
Mrs. Xu You's words really hurt Xu You's heart.
I think of Xu You and Xu Ziyuan, who was a famous figure all over the world twenty years ago! Who didn't bow down and call him "Xu Gong" when they saw him at that time?
Even if his plan to depose the Han Ling Emperor failed, Xu You's reputation among scholars was still surprisingly high and he was respected by the world.
After that, he sought refuge with his former friend Yuan Shao. He expected that with their relationship and his own reputation, he should be the most valued person in Yuan Shao's army!
But……
Is Yuan Shao the kind of mediocre person who would let friendship influence his dominance?
As Ju Sue, Tian Feng, Guo Tu and other great talents gradually blossomed in troubled times, why should Yuan Shao hold on to Xu You who had a "black history"?
What's more, people like Ju Shou and Tian Feng have a lot of resources and connections in Hebei. People like Guo Tu and Feng Ji also played a big role in capturing Jizhou for Yuan Shao and even defeated Gongsun Zan. What else does Xu You have besides his fame?
Therefore, every time Yuan Shao's power increases, Xu You's status will decline.
Especially Xu You has been leading the matter of "union between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao"...
It was fine when the two families were at peace, but now that they were fighting, Xu You's existence was a little bit wrong.
In addition, a year ago, when the Battle of Guandu just broke out, Xu You proposed to Yuan Shao the strategy of "taking Qingqi directly to Xuchang" because he failed to see Yuan Shao's intention to weaken the Hebei faction, but was rejected. This made Xu You the laughing stock of everyone.
But usually everyone respects Xu You's seniority and is too embarrassed to say anything.
Now Xu You's fig leaf was pierced by his wife, which made Xu You lose all his remaining dignity.
"Even you look down on me?"
"Crack!"
The slap fell hard, but it didn't hit his wife's face, but slapped him hard.
This slap seemed to make Xu You think about a lot of things.
"Okay! I will write to him today to interrogate Zhengnan! Let's see if my old face, Xu You, is still useful!"
Xu You, not to prove anything, but to get back what was lost!
Xu You wrote a letter himself and asked his wife to submit the letter to the judge.
"If Shen Zhengnan sees this letter, he will definitely release my son immediately!"
Three days later~
The urgent letter was sent from Yecheng to Xu You.
When Xu You saw that it was a letter from a matchmaker, a confident smile appeared on his face.
"Well, you Shen Zhengnan, others say you are upright, but I never thought it was just because you were not given enough!"
For the sake of his own face, Xu You spent a lot of money this time!
Slowly opening the letter, Xu You's smile froze on his face.
There is only one small poem written on the entire bamboo slip -
"A rat has skin, but a human has no manners.
If a man has no manners, what will he do if he does not die?
Rats have teeth, but humans have teeth.
There is no end to human beings, why wait until death!
Rats are physical, while humans are rude.
What a rude person! Hu Buxie will die!"
This is "The Wind and the Rat" in the Book of Songs!