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Chapter 900 Guan Yu Comes to Ask for a Daughter

With Qiao Rui's death, the defenders, who had already been shocked by Su Yao's "Heavenly Thunder", completely collapsed.

For a moment, with Su Yao as the center, like a wave, the defenders knelt on the ground in large numbers, turned their backs on their weapons, took off their armor, and declared their surrender.

Thus, Shouchun, the former capital of the Chu State and Yuan Shu's old nest, was easily conquered, ending with a glorious victory for the Han army.

As a result, all of Shouchun's 8,000 defenders and 20,000 militiamen surrendered, except for those affected by the explosion and the 300-odd people who were killed in the first wave of Su Yao's charge.

All the remaining civil and military officials including the county magistrate, chief clerk, commander, and Sima were captured. Even the local thief Cao took advantage of the chaos of the siege and volunteered to take his county officials to attack and directly sealed off Yuan Shu's mansion in the city.

Not only were Yuan Shu's wife, children and the elderly who stayed in Shouchun captured in one fell swoop, but all the gold, silver and treasures that Yuan Shu had worked so hard to accumulate and collect along the way, as well as food, fodder, military equipment, precious books and other supplies were also confiscated by the Han army.

At noon the next day, almost the whole city was shocked when they saw carts loaded with spoils being transported out of Yuan Shu's mansion.

"My goodness, this is probably not just the treasure he took away from Nanyang, right?"

"You hide so much treasure, and yet you are trying to increase taxes and levies on us!"

"Beast! Shameless!"

The onlookers echoed and angrily cursed Yuan Shu for his greed and tyranny.

After Yuan Shu fled to Huainan, in order to deal with the threats from Su Yao and Yuan Shao, he frantically increased taxes and plundered the people, making them suffer.

Upon seeing this situation, Su Yao immediately gave orders to open the granaries to release grain and distribute part of the seized supplies to the people, which immediately won the support of the entire city.

"This great general seems to be different from the rumors."

"Yes, yes. Not only did they not massacre the city, they even distributed food to us!"

"It's really strange that there aren't even any soldiers who would break into people's houses."

"The magic thief is the real devil!"

The direction of public opinion in Shouchun City completely changed overnight, and the people rushed to tell each other and praised the general's benevolence.

Inside the county magistrate's mansion, Yuan Shu's family members knelt on the ground, trembling, and longing for a little mercy.

Yuan Shu's wife, Madam Yuan, pulled her two little daughters and other concubines of Yuan Shu and fell to the ground begging, saying that they, as women, had never participated in their husband's plans and hoped that the general would show mercy and spare their lives.

Su Yao stood on the steps, looking at the once high-ranking Yuan family members, and suddenly felt a little funny.

This was certainly not because Su Yao had any bad taste. In fact, he didn't care about these women at all. He just ordered them to be packed up and sent to Luoyang to be punished according to their crimes.

However, this afternoon, while the troops were resting, Su Yao just ran to the granary and opened it to release grain. When he came back, he saw Guan Yu with a red face making a request to him.

"Ah? You want me to release a woman?"

After hearing Guan Yu's words, Su Yao suddenly looked strange.

Su Yao looked Guan Yu up and down, and saw that the usually majestic Guan Yu was now a little uneasy, with even the tips of his ears a little red. It was obvious that he mustered up a lot of courage to bring up this matter to him.

At this moment, Su Yao finally remembered that Guan Yu had a similar experience in history. He asked Cao Cao to marry Du, the wife of Qin Yilu, a general under Lu Bu. It would have been better if he hadn't mentioned it. As soon as he mentioned it, Cao Cao took a fancy to the beauty and took the initiative. However, it can also be seen from this that Guan Yu's aesthetic taste is indeed online.

This actually aroused Su Yao's interest.

Su Yao asked with great interest: "I wonder which girl is this? How could Yun Chang miss her so much?"

Su Yao's mind raced as he suddenly remembered that Yuan Shu seemed to have a daughter who was extremely beautiful, and who later married Sun Quan and was almost made queen. Could it be this woman?

However, Guan Yu coughed lightly, and bowed awkwardly, saying: "I am not greedy for beauty, but Yuan Shu's concubine Feng, the daughter of the former Xiyuan Schoolmaster Feng Fang, fled to Yangzhou to avoid the chaos but was forcibly taken in by Yuan Shu. Now that we have just married, I cannot bear it..."

Facing Su Yao's playful gaze, Guan Yu's voice became lower and lower, and finally he simply closed his eyes and remained silent. This was completely different from the scene in history where he argued with Cao Cao.

This is the difference in prestige between the two.

Su Yao has already conquered Guan Yu with his absolute dominance on the battlefield. Although he is older, he still dares not show any arrogance in front of this unfathomable general.

Su Yao laughed: "Yun Chang is a chivalrous man who is kind and gentle to women."

"Feng was born into a noble family, but was also abused by Yuan Shu. It's quite pitiful."

Su Yao pinched his chin and thought for a moment:

"However, Yuan Shu's crime is treason, and his family members should be punished according to the law. It would be inappropriate to let them off so easily."

"How about this, you bring them all here, and I'll think of a way to make them redeem their crimes by doing meritorious service."

"If it works, then I will give them freedom, demote them to commoners, and let them leave on their own."

"If that doesn't work, then as long as you cooperate, I can also grant him a pardon from death and exile. At that time, this daughter of Feng will be awarded to Yunchang according to her merits, and you can take good care of her."

When Guan Yu heard Su Yao's last words, "Give Yunchang a reward according to his merits," his already reddened ears almost burned. He forced himself to remain calm and bowed with his fists clasped together: "Thank you, General, for your help! I will go and bring Yuan's family here right away."

Soon, dozens of women knelt on the bluestone bricks of the county magistrate's mansion.

Maybe it was because the villain Cao remembered their old friendship, or maybe he wanted to flatter Su Yao, or maybe it was because Guan Yu took care of them. In short, these wives and daughters of Yuan Shu were obviously not abused. Instead, they all put on some makeup and dressed up.

However, at this moment of life and death, even though they were dressed up carefully and their clothes were luxurious, it was obvious that they could not hide their embarrassment.

After Mrs. Yuan's desperate pleading, Su Yao was silent for a moment, and suddenly said: "Raise your head."

Everyone froze at first, and then, led by Madam Yuan, they raised their heads tremblingly and met Su Yao's gaze.

Then, Su Yao felt a little bored.

There were two daughters kneeling in front of Yuan Shu's wife, Madam Yuan, the younger one was just a little girl, and the older one was only eleven or twelve years old. Although they were delicate and pitiful, it was obvious that Su Yao was not such a beast and would not have any improper thoughts about such young girls.

It is said that women are sensitive. Madam Yuan obviously saw something in Su Yao's eyes. She thought of Yuan Shao sending his daughter away before, and the fact that the general would almost always take in local women or give the defeated soldiers' families to the soldiers every time he conquered a place, and her heart suddenly tightened.

If the general didn't like them, they wouldn't know what terrible future was waiting for them.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Yuan's fingertips unconsciously pinched her daughter's palm, which caused the girl to let out a suppressed sob. She suppressed the fear that surged in her throat, pulled her eldest daughter to kneel and move forward two steps, and spoke sadly.
(End of this chapter)