I should marry the traitor

Chapter 248: Not a sister? So low?
Yangzhou, the capital of Wujun County.

At night, candlelight flickered in the slightly old room, against the backdrop of the valuable but somewhat worn wooden table.

The wooden tables and chairs were carved with delicate cloud patterns and dragons and phoenixes, but most of the carved patterns were covered by a huge map.

The firelight cast a lonely shadow on Yuan Shao's back. She was alone in the room, quietly looking at the feng shui map. Her face showed alternating joy and sorrow, which seemed a bit contradictory.

She received good news and bad news these days.

The good news is that the little overlord Sun Baifu lived up to expectations, overcame all obstacles along the way, and conquered the entire Yangzhou at an extremely fast speed.

Of course, this is based on the premise that the Sun family and the Zhou family have been operating in Jiangdong for a long time and have extensive connections. Coupled with the influence nominally led by the Yuan family, wherever they go in Yangzhou, the people basically surrender. Even the Yu family, which has a relationship with the Chunyang ancestor, surrendered after only putting forward some conditions.

Rather than surrendering, it was more like joining a gang, which was in line with Yuan Shao's expectations. With the Zhou and Sun families as examples, she successfully united the power of the Jiangdong families.

Even if there are a few blind ones, they are no match for the little bully Sun Baifu. However, a few ants cannot make any waves.

After successfully conquering the noble families of Yangzhou, the Yuan family once again expressed their full support for Yuan Shao. The people of Yuzhou responded one after another, and relying on the influence of the Yuan family, Yuan Shao was able to control most of the territory of Yuzhou.

By this time, although there were too many noble families joining the group and there were many drawbacks, Yuan Shao had finally connected with the basic base in the south.

Yuzhou has a large population, and Yangzhou has abundant money and grain. Yuan Shao is now once again in a situation where he has both money and people. The only problem is that there are too many internal factions to be dispatched. But in any case, it is much better than being trapped in Bohai County.

But the bad news is that Bohai County was lost, Dongyou was also lost, and Huang Guoer was captured.

To be honest, Yuan Shao really didn't expect that Dongyou Island would be lost. She thought that Huang Guoer would create a lot of trouble for Dong Bai in the east, but she didn't expect to lose so easily.

After secretly cursing the useless guy, Yuan Shao could only numbly accept the reality. No matter what the reason was, she lost. She didn't even cause any trouble to Dong Bai. She was such a waste.

"My lord, are you asleep?"

Yan Niang's voice was heard outside the door. When Yuan Shao was thinking behind closed doors, only Yan Niang and Wen Xiu, who were guarding her, would come to disturb her, and the news was also passed on by the two of them.

"Come in, Yan Niang."

Following Yuan Shao's call, Yan Niang pushed the door open and walked in, holding two wax-sealed secret letters in her hands.

"My Lord, I have two secret letters for you."

"Where did it come from?"

"One from the south, and one from the north."

Because it was a secret letter, the sender would not know who sent it, and Yan Niang only knew the direction from which the letter came.

Yuan Shao opened the secret letter from the south and couldn't help but smile.

This message came from the Yu family, but it was sent by the Chunyang Patriarch through the Yu family.

The meaning of the letter was very straightforward. Patriarch Chunyang admitted that he was just a sword cultivator and had no intention of taking over the world, but seeing that Yuan Shao had the potential to be a wise leader, he was willing to meet her.

After reading the secret letter, Yuan Shao's mood could only be described as ecstasy, because she knew that she had made the right bet.

The biggest benefit of using Sun Baifu is that it shows the attitude to the Jiangdong family. Yuan Shao wants to gain the world, and Yangzhou can still belong to them. The plan was perfectly executed, and Yuan Shao also showed her ability to know people and use them well. At the same time, treating the Yu family well also has a slight possibility of gaining the favor of the Chunyang Patriarch.

Warriors and half-bloods are different. Warriors focus on cultivation, so most innate warriors concentrate on training, and very few of them fight for power on their own.

After all, warriors rely on bloodline training, and although the increase in strength is slower, they can also avoid the influence of demon blood on their personality to a large extent.

The Chunyang school practiced by the Chunyang Patriarch is the most difficult sword practice in the martial arts.

For a sword cultivator, what matters is the purity of one's mind. A sword cultivator whose mind is not open enough cannot possibly achieve the innate power.

Therefore, Patriarch Chunyang must be an innate strong man who has no desire to dominate, and is the kind of ally that Yuan Shao needs most.

As a sword cultivator who has achieved innate power, he must not have much interest in fame and fortune. If Yuan Shao wants to win them over, she can only start from the Yu family.

Sword cultivators are also human beings, and as human beings they have emotions.

From the experience of Patriarch Chunyang, we can see that he might have had some dirty dealings with the Yu family when he was young, which might have caused some unpleasantness.

But that was just a small problem. After Patriarch Chunyang achieved enlightenment, he did not come to attack the Yu family. This means that there was only friction between them and the Yu family, not a mortal feud.

Yuan Shao even felt that if she were the current head of the Yu family, she would have knelt down to apologize, begged Patriarch Chunyang to forgive the Yu family and then returned.

After all, Yuan Shao was very clear about how much significance a Xiantian ancestor in his prime meant to a family.

Even the Yuan family, which had three officials for four generations, had only a dying innate being lying in a coffin before Yuan Shao came into the world.

As expected by Yuan Shao, these noble families have existed for hundreds of years, and all of them are shrewd as devils. Idiots are only a very small minority among the very small minority.

The Yu family should have obediently submitted to Patriarch Chunyang a long time ago, although on the surface they may still not be well-liked by the Sword Saint, so they did not assert themselves.

But even if nephews and nephews are not treated well, they are still nephews and we will not just sit back and do nothing about it.

Moreover, even if there was something dirty back then, it should be between one branch and another, and the entire Yu family would not be implicated. Once the Yu family makes the branch that committed the crime bow its head and apologize to Patriarch Chunyang, it is only a matter of time before they are forgiven.

After all, sword practitioners have open minds and are not petty-minded.

Yuan Shao used Sun Baifu and Zhou Mujin to express her attitude to the Jiangdong family, and at the same time treated the Yu family well. Any smart person could understand the meaning behind this.

Sure enough, the Yu family understood Yuan Shao’s meaning and contacted and asked for permission from the Chunyang Patriarch on her behalf, thus getting the opportunity to meet the Chunyang Patriarch.

Patriarch Chunyang did not beat around the bush and directly told Yuan Shao what he meant in the letter.

In this chaotic time, you have some qualities of a wise leader, and you have been kind to the Yu family. I can consider joining your camp, but whether it is feasible or not depends on me, the ancestor, to see if you are really a wise leader.
At this point Yuan Shao breathed a sigh of relief. All things are difficult at the beginning, and it was just a matter of time before he could pull the Chunyang Patriarch into his camp.

Feeling relaxed, Yuan Shao opened another secret letter, which turned out to be from Yuan Kui.

However, after taking a quick look at the contents of the letter, Yuan Shao felt as if she had been struck by a bolt from the blue, and her heart instantly became extremely gloomy.

Cao Mengde? Awakening the bloodline of Jiaozi? Ninety-two percent? Entering the palace as a concubine? Not a sister? So low?

(End of this chapter)