Jinyang, Zhao Mansion.

Zhao Yanshen sat in the study and drank tea gently.

Several of his sons were sitting in front of him. Zhao Yanshen held a book and carefully explained the interpretation of the classics to his sons.

In these years, the classics have developed rapidly. From the dispute between ancient and modern texts in the Han Dynasty, to the rise of metaphysics, and now under the impact of Buddhism, the classics have once again returned to the era when everyone was controversial, and different interpretations have reached

It's almost not the same book.

Zhao Yanshen also had some attainments in learning, and often warned his children at home to put classics first and pay attention to their studies.

Just as Zhao Yanshen was explaining seriously, someone outside the door suddenly opened the door.

The two soldiers just broke in and stood inside the door.

They were wearing armor and carrying weapons. The heirs and juniors in front of Zhao Yanshen were frightened by them, so they stood up and backed away.

Zhao Yanshen looked at them calmly, "Sit down, I haven't finished speaking yet."

These people sat down slowly, with beads of sweat on their foreheads. They looked at the soldiers in fear. They couldn't listen to anything Zhao Yanshen said.

Zhao Yanshen didn't care about the soldiers, he just explained the classics in his hands seriously.

After the two soldiers, many more people broke in. They began to search everywhere unscrupulously, passing between Zhao Yanshen and the disciples in front of him. Everyone was trembling with fear, but Zhao Yanshen was as usual.

They searched back and forth in various places for a long time, and then left one by one.

An officer appeared at the door, raising his head slightly.

After Zhao Yanshen finished speaking and was about to have tea, the officer stepped forward and said, "Mr. Zhao, stop talking now and come with us."

Zhao Zhong quickly stopped in front of his father and looked at them angrily, "What do you want to do?!"

"Get out of the way."

It was Zhao Yanshen who spoke. He stood up at some point and scolded his son who was standing in front of him.

Zhao Zhongjiang's eyes were red, looking at his elderly father, he couldn't help wiping his tears.

Zhao Yanshen looked at his sons calmly and whispered: "I can no longer predict what the situation will be like in the future. After I die, everything will be simple and no extravagance. I will leave you many books. Others

You can throw away things, but you must keep these books and study them carefully."

"When I was just born, I was from a prominent family just like you. My father was the magistrate of Luoyang, so I didn't have to worry about food and drink."

"Later, my father passed away, and the family fell into decline. There was no one to support me, and I couldn't keep anything in the house. My mother raised me up. The family was destitute, but she left behind my father's collection of books. In addition to working every day, I devoted myself to reading.

After waiting for the opportunity, I was able to go to Sima Gong as a guest, write articles for him, and get his recommendation, so that I could be valued by Emperor Shenwu and achieve today's achievements."

"I leave this collection of books to you. In the future, you should study hard and don't waste your studies."

As Zhao Yanshen spoke, everyone couldn't help crying.

Zhao Yanshen said nothing else and followed the officer out of the study.

When they walked all the way to the front yard, they saw a burly general standing there in the distance, looking around and marveling.

Zhao Yanshen walked up quickly and bowed to the other party.

This person is Duan Shao.

Duan Shao looked around, "How can a dignified Situ be so frugal?"

"This mansion is too simple. How can I ask for a name?"

Zhao Yanshen also looked at the surrounding environment and randomly found an official in Jinyang. His mansion was more luxurious than this one. Zhao Yanshen said with emotion: "Good luck and misfortune come and go, and the strength of manpower is hard to fathom. It is better if the mansion is shabby.

After I die, there will be no gangsters to rob us. My father just doesn’t understand this truth, which leads to us being tortured, intimidated and robbed by a group of gangsters."

Duan Shao nodded slightly, "It makes some sense."

He turned to look at Zhao Yanshen, his eyes extremely complicated, "I can't find any evidence."

"I sent a lot of people."

"You are indeed at home all the time. You rarely go out. When you go out, you always go to work. I have checked all your servants and heirs. They are all clean and innocent. I can't even find anyone who broke the law."

"No stranger has ever come in or out of the mansion. Even the vegetables and meat are raised and eaten by myself."

"I even checked the place where you dumped the ashes and the barrel where you dumped the dung, and I couldn't find any problems."

"There are no pigeons, there are only four old horses in the house, and there are no secret passages in the house."

"I want to know how you passed the news to Liu Taozi?"

Zhao Yanshen said seriously: "The general doesn't know something. I am best at sorcery. At night, I will tell Liu Taozi the information through dreams."

"Hahaha~~"

Duan Shao laughed loudly. He faced Zhao Yanshen and bowed his head in salute.

"It seems that I am too arbitrary. That's right. There are so many traitors in the country. They all want to save their lives and sell information in order to survive. It is normal for me to doubt you."

"Please forgive me, Mr. Zhao."

Zhao Yanshen was a little surprised, "Won't Da Sima kill me?"

Duan Shao shook his head, "I am not a person who kills indiscriminately."

He looked around, then took Zhao Yanshen's arm and led him to an empty room. When he walked into the house, Duan Shao asked the soldiers to wait outside the door before pulling him to sit down.

"Mr. Zhao, I have a big matter and I need your help."

Zhao Yanshen was a little confused. He looked at Duan Shao's serious face and said, "Da Sima just gives orders."

"Mr. Zhao, are you afraid of death?"

"Is there anyone in the world who is not afraid of death? I'm just afraid that my death is not worth it. Does Da Sima want my head? For what purpose?"

Duan Shao immediately shook his head, "That's not the case."

He pondered for a moment, "Wei Xiaokuan sent someone to find me."

"He wants to help us leave, go south, and establish our country again."

"What?!"

Zhao Yanshen almost jumped up, his eyes widened, "Da Sima!! You know best what kind of person Wei Xiaokuan is. Joining forces with him is tantamount to seeking the skin of a tiger. You can't believe a word he says!!"

Duan Shao was still so solemn, "There is no other way, the food and grass have been exhausted, we can't survive, we must leave."

"He has sent troops into Fenzhou and is gathering them. I will take people to join him. He will help us cross the river and then go all the way down to escort us to Heluo."

"impossible!!"

Zhao Yanshen said loudly: "If you don't say anything else, I just want to take His Majesty away. How many people are there in this palace? How many troops are there? How can you just leave like this with them? That thief general Yao Xiong has been fighting with Liu Taozi for many years. In the past,

He is his number one general and cannot be underestimated!"

"He leads the Shuozhou soldiers and keeps an eye on us. Once we are attacked while crossing the river, we will die in his hands!"

"Besides, there is insufficient food and grass, and most of the Jinyang soldiers are unwilling to leave. Do they have to take their families with them?"

"How is this possible?"

Zhao Yanshen shook his head.

Duan Shao asked in a low voice: "What if I take nothing with me, just take more than a thousand elites, take only the emperor, and leave secretly?"

Zhao Yanshen looked at Duan Shao in confusion at this moment. He felt that the blood of the Lou family in this great Sima had exploded!

Duan Shao's father is Han, but his mother is the biological sister of Empress Dowager Lou.

"Is Da Sima going to defect to the Zhou people? Take His Majesty to defect to Wei Xiaokuan??"

"Is this the big thing that Da Sima wants me to help with?"

“Da Sima, it’s better to execute me now!!”

Duan Shao was not angry, "Unless Mr. Zhao really knows magic and can conjure food out of thin air, there is no other way."

"Jinyang has become an isolated city. Next month, some soldiers will start to starve. In another month, the army will start to starve. After that, we will be tied up and given to Liu Taozi."

"I don't want to see Jinyang become a hell of people eating people."

"Does Mr. Zhao have a better way?"

Zhao Yanshen was speechless for a moment, his face in a daze.

Duan Shao said seriously: "To Wei Xiaokuan, we are nothing. Liu Taozi is the enemy. What's the use of catching me and your majesty? Are we going to exchange them for rewards? That would be beneficial to Liu Taozi. He won't

If you do this, as long as you can reach the south, I can organize the armies in various places, have soldiers, food, and officials, and I can send troops to attack Liu Taozi and take back Hebei."

Zhao Yanshen still looked dull.

Duan Shao said gently: "I can't trust anyone. Mr. Zhao is the only person I can't find a problem with, and he is also the most suitable person to do this."

"I hope Mr. Zhao can help me get out of here."

"I have promised Wei Xiaokuan that Wei Xiaokuan's army will arrive nearby soon to welcome us when we leave."

"I hope Duke Zhao can come forward and let everyone feel that the emperor is in the palace and I am in my own mansion."

"After I escape, you can lead everyone to submit to Liu Taozi."

"What?!"

"I do not understand"

Zhao Yanshen shook his head and looked at Duan Shao, "Da Sima may be too tired. I would rather die than work together with Wei Xiaokuan."

"Then what does Mr. Zhao think we should do?"

"I don't know. It's just that Wei Xiaokuan has a deep hatred for us. Has Grand Sima forgotten those comrades who died in his hands?"

"That was the past, it was different from today."

Duan Shao stood up and saluted Zhao Yanshen, "I ask Mr. Zhao to seriously consider this matter. I have made up my mind and will not change it easily. I will not watch the Qi Kingdom perish in front of my eyes."

Duan Shao said a few words, "I have evacuated all the soldiers, so Duke Zhao can leave everything as before."

After he finished speaking, he stood up and left the room.

The soldiers followed him one after another and disappeared into the distance. Zhao Yanshen watched the other party go away in amazement. Until the door was closed tightly and these people could no longer be seen, Zhao Yanshen turned his head with shock on his face.

He quickly disappeared and began to think deeply.

Could it be a scam?

Duan Shao got on his horse and staggered on the road. The solemnity on his face gradually disappeared at this moment. He half-squinted his eyes and glanced back at the Zhao Mansion in the distance, with a glimmer of light flashing in his eyes.

All the soldiers from Zhao Mansion have left.

Everyone in the Zhao Mansion finally breathed a sigh of relief. Zhao Yanshen took the initiative to dismiss some of the slaves, leaving only a few.

It was as if nothing had happened in the city.

There are noble young men leading people to bully the market in the streets, and starving people gather together to patrol those tall houses with malicious intentions. Accompanied by several roars of cavalry and the cries of the people, everything is so...

It's normal and happy.

Zhao Yanshen finally drove to Duan Shao's house.

The soldiers and gatekeepers in front of the mansion stopped them, and after accepting the bribe as usual, they went in to report.

The two of them soon sat in the study and began to discuss this important matter.

Zhao Yanshen still had a sad look on his face, "Da Sima, I never thought that one day we would join forces with Wei Xiaokuan."

"Didn't you hate him the most in the past?"

"I'm disgusted, but what can I do? Do I have to surrender?"

"Tens of thousands of troops are in Jinyang, but there is no food and grass. Wei Xiaokuan cannot send food and grass over."

Zhao Yanshen sighed helplessly.

"Well, since Da Sima wants to do this, I won't object."

"Da Sima, how can I help you?"

Duan Shao took out the map from his pocket and put it aside. He had obviously read this map countless times, and there were some clear marks left on it, especially the Fen River and several corners of the river.

Duan Shao said calmly: "Liu Taozi's military government has not been established for a long time. I am not worried about them. I am worried about two people. One is Yao Xiong who is thief of Shuozhou, and the other is Tu Xiyue who is thief of Zhaozhou.

"

"Among them, Yao Xiong's troops were the strongest, with more than 10,000 soldiers from Shuozhou. Tu Xiyue's army, which was the original army of the Qing capital, Cheng'an soldiers, some Dingzhou soldiers, and the old soldiers of Kou Liu, were as many as Yao

The heroes are about the same, but their combat power is weak."

"I am ready to give an order to attack the enemy and make them fearful."

"Let Shediluo lead the army to approach Yangqu, and let Yao Xiong dare not not defend."

"Let Gao Fuhu lead the troops towards Leping to contain Tu Xiyue."

"Let Qilian fiercely lead troops to Rongzhou again to influence the enemy's judgment."

"When these three armies are ready to go out, I will lead the elite cavalry to escort the emperor to the city. In short, I will leave here."

Zhao Yanshen was a little stunned, "Can we still organize a large army to set off?"

"Of course, since we don't really want to go, just let them start organizing and make the enemy believe it."

Zhao Yanshen suddenly realized that he was going to war verbally.

Duan Shao then gave a very clear plan for the expedition. This plan was quite comprehensive. If the food and fodder for sending troops were not considered, it would really be possible to send troops to attack Liu Taozi with this strategy. Duan Shao was also extremely good at faking it.

After briefly describing his thoughts, Duan Shao hurriedly hid the map in his arms.

"Tomorrow I will announce the important events of the expedition."

"In five days, I will lead Baibao and the Emperor and leave here."

"At that time, three armies will leave at the same time, also to influence the enemy's judgment."

Zhao Yanshen listened in a daze and just nodded, "Then what do you need me to do?"

"Sit in the rear, coordinate the overall situation, prepare for the expedition, and let everyone believe that we are going to attack Liu Taozi. After I leave for twenty days, you can do whatever you want, and you can defect to Liu Taozi."

"Take it."

Duan Shao handed him a document.

"These are all things you can do after I leave. You must write them down and then burn them."

Zhao Yanshen lowered his head lonely, "Wei."

Zhao Yanshen left here.

The next day, Duan Shao indeed announced to everyone that he would go out to conquer Liu Taozi.

For a time, Jinyang was in turmoil.

Liu Taozi's reputation in Jinyang is not low. After winning continuously and defeating powerful enemies many times, the old Xianbei gang finally recognized this tiger general, and Liu Taozi was already qualified to compete for the leader position.

Many generals in the court had private contacts with Liu Taozi's subordinates.

After all, everyone used to be one family, and many of the generals' children and brothers even lived across the street.

Under such circumstances, Duan Shao wanted to attack Liu Taozi, which immediately aroused opposition from many people.

Duan Shao forcibly suppressed these opponents and began to actively prepare for the crusade against Liu Taozi. At this moment, no one in Jinyang could jump out to oppose Duan Shao. The little emperor was probably not very clear about this and could only be at a loss.

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Duan Shao ordered his scribes to read out many of Liu Taozi's criminal evidence.

Liu Taozi was charged with as many as 47 counts.

When the scribes stood in the palace and read out Liu Taozi's crimes and wanted to inform the world, Liu Taozi no longer belonged to Qi.

He is no longer the general of Qi.

The emperor dismissed him from his official position, took back his title, and at the same time asked everyone in the world to follow him in crusade against Liu Taozi and kill the traitor.

Also deposed was Beida Daxingtai.

Jinyang unilaterally announced the removal of Beidao Daxingtai from now on, and at the same time dismissed many Xingtai officials including Gao Wei.

There were also generals from various places, such as Yao Xiong, Kou Liu, Zhang Heizu, Po Doluo and others, who were all dismissed together.

The only ones who survived were Gao Changgong, Bao Xian and others.

All the officials in the court stood there, listening to the official read out these things, with extremely complicated expressions on their faces.

Some people are happy, some are sad, and some are sad.

From now on, Qi Guo and Liu Taozi are openly enemies.

There will no longer be Liu Taozi, the great general of Qi.

Duan Shao even sent envoys to send these edicts to Liu Taozi's rule, so that these people would also know.

Officials in Yangqu were the first to receive the edict.

Faced with such an edict, there was no disturbance in the entire Yangqu.

"This must be a corrective edict issued by Duan Shao!"

"Duan Shao committed a heinous crime and committed regicide. Then he established a new emperor, took control of the temple, and issued false edicts to depose loyal ministers! He is a sycophant! He is a traitor!"

Shuo Governor Shi took the edict and said to everyone with a look of hatred on his face.

Tian Zili sat in the upper seat and couldn't help but shake his head after listening to his words.

"There is no need to correct the edict or the edict. It has nothing to do with us. What we are following is Cheng'an Shangong, not some Qi general."

The other officials nodded.

Chang Shi hurriedly said: "Tian Gong, that's what I said, but for fear of causing unnecessary trouble, especially those newly acquired lands, it's better to treat them with a corrective edict to appease the superiors and subordinates."

Tian Zili pursed his lips, "Actually, you are right. Duan Shao colluded with the Zhou people and even wanted to send the emperor to them. He is really a traitor."

"I have received extremely reliable news that Duan Shao is really planning to take the young emperor to the Zhou people and take a detour back to Heluo."
Chapter completed!