I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 120: Attacking Yang Ci
Yang Ci felt a panic in his heart.

At this moment, the regret in his heart reached its peak.

Because of his previous wrong delusions, he wished he could travel back in time and strangle himself at that time and replace him.

Unfortunately, he doesn't have Yuan Shu's ability.

However, Yuan Shu did not say anything directly, but slowly talked about the whole origin of the matter.

Including how the eunuchs operated, how they deceived Yuan, and how he himself was manipulated by the eunuchs.

After explaining the whole story, Yuan Shu showed an expression of deep emotion.

"I thought this was just a warning and a trick from the eunuchs, or a small revenge, but who would have thought that for such a long time, the most vicious targets against the Yuan family and Shu were not the eunuchs, but the scholars, and even the many noble families who were very close to the Yuan family.

When they learned about this, many members of the Yuan clan, including Shu, found it unbelievable, especially Yang. Mr. Yang, the Yang and Yuan clans have only been relatives for two or three years, so why are they targeting the Yuan clan this time? This is really surprising. "

Yuan Shu raised a question and wanted to hear how Yang Ci explained it.

Yang Ci seemed to realize that this was Yuan Shu's chance to explain again, so he quickly explained.

“I hope that Yuan Shikai will not misunderstand this matter. This matter… This matter was also caused by my momentary oversight. I did not realize that this was a conspiracy by the eunuchs, and I did not realize that the eunuchs were stirring up trouble behind the scenes. If I had realized it earlier, I would not have been so reckless.

I was also worried because of my concern. The emperor's study of Confucianism is a major national event that cannot be taken lightly. When I heard the news from the palace, I was very shocked. I thought that the Yuan family would adopt this method to push their children into official careers.

This matter involves too many things and has too many connections. I feel that the situation is urgent and cannot be ignored, so I decisively submitted a petition to stop it. However, I never expected that there were many people who followed me in submitting the petition, and these people together pointed the finger at the Yuan family.

They also seem to think that Yuan is the mastermind behind the scenes, wanting to expose the emperor to the School of Mind and increase the number of the fourteen schools of thought to fifteen. You also know the seriousness of this matter, which is tantamount to shaking the foundation of the country. How can the wise men in the court ignore it?"

"Is that so?"

Yuan Shu looked very surprised: "So Yang is not targeting Yuan, he just has doubts about the School of Mind, not dissatisfied with Yuan?"

"Yes, that's right!"

Yang Ci gave a very affirmative answer.

Yuan Shu grinned.

"But why didn't Yang Gong's memorial say the same thing?"

Yang Ci was stunned.

Yuan Shu reached into his bosom and pulled out a memorial written on bamboo slips and placed it on the desk in front of him.

"Mr. Yang, you don't think that with Yuan's ability, a mere memorial is in vain, right?"

Yang Ci was shocked.

Yuan Shu opened the report and took a look.

"Well, there is indeed a discussion about academics, but then the topic changes and directly talks about the Yuan family, saying that this is a conspiracy between the Yuan family and the eunuchs, and that it is the Yuan family who is trying to use unorthodox methods to taint the emperor. They demanded that the emperor punish the Yuan family, punish me, and expel me from Luoyang, and make the Yuan family give a reasonable explanation, otherwise they will be severely punished."

After closing the music sheet, Yuan Shu looked at Yang Ci, whose face was pale, with a smile.

"Mr. Yang, the words on it seem to be somewhat different from what you just said. Could it be that this memorial was not written by you? Was it forged by someone? No way? Who is so bold as to forge it?"

Yang Ci’s face became paler and paler, his hands tightly grasped his clothes, and his whole body seemed to be in an extremely tense state, as if he was about to explode completely.

Seeing this, Yuan Shu knew that the time was right and he could not continue teasing, otherwise Yang Ci would be in trouble.

Then Yuan Shu suddenly laughed out loud, which stunned Yang Ci, who looked at Yuan Shu in surprise.

Yuan Shu just threw the memorial to the ground.

"Yuan and Shu don't really care what is written in this memorial. They also don't care what Lord Yang just said or what he was thinking before. What Yuan and Shu really care about is how Lord Yang views Yuan and eunuchs. Yuan and Shu want to know, does Lord Yang think that Yuan is a more evil enemy than the eunuchs?" Yang Ci shuddered, his whole body trembling, and his eyes widened.

"Absolutely not! Absolutely not! How could Yang see it this way?!"

Yuan Shu's expression changed, and he looked fierce. With a slap, he slammed the table in front of him.

"If that's the case, the eunuch just threw a bait, and Yang couldn't wait to take it and attack Yuan and Shu himself? Why don't you investigate the whole story? Why don't you think carefully about why Yuan did such a thing?!
Lord Yang! Until the end, you did not investigate the cause of the incident. With your wisdom, you could not find out what Xu Situ could find out? You could not find out the problem that Xu Situ could find out? Was it difficult for Yang to send someone to the palace to find out the news?

Is it that you can't find out the truth, or that you don't want to investigate the truth at all? You waited until you found out that Yuan had made a mistake, and then you couldn't wait to attack Yuan. What is your intention? Lord Yang! It was you who took the initiative to seek a marriage with Yuan!"

Yuan Shu's voice was stern and his roar made Yang Ci stunned. He had a pale old face and could not utter a word.

And Yuan Shu’s verbal attack has not ended yet.

"When the Party and Faction Persecution broke out, Yang had nowhere to go. Seeing that the eunuchs were about to kill her, it was Yuan who helped Yang and married her daughter to Wenxian, thus saving the Yang family. But who would have thought that Yang, whom Yuan had helped, would repay her with hatred?

Mr. Yang, I thought you were a well-respected person. I thought Yang would remember Yuan's kindness and would not add insult to injury even if he did not help her. Who would have thought that when disaster struck, Yang would be the first to throw stones at Yuan! He attacked Yuan viciously!

What wrong did Yuan Shi commit against you, Yang Shi? Why did Yang Shi hate Yuan Shi so much? Is it really as the saying goes, a little kindness brings resentment, Yang Shi is not only ungrateful to Yuan Shi, but is also hoping that Yuan Shi will fall apart and be completely destroyed? ! "

"No! It's not like that! It's not like that! Shu, don't misunderstand!"

Yang Ci couldn't help it, he straightened his upper body with his hands on the table, his face full of panic.

"Shu, that's not the case! Yang has never thought of framing Yuan! Nor did they want the Yuan family to be destroyed! This is totally impossible! My son is marrying a daughter of the Yuan family! What good would it do to Yang if the Yuan family was destroyed? How could Yang not understand this truth?"

"Then why did Yang do this? Why did you do this?"

Yuan Shu roared, "Do you know how troubled my father and uncle were because of this matter? How shocked and puzzled they were? How dangerous was the situation facing the Yuan family? If Shu had not had some eloquence and could debate with others without losing, what kind of humiliation and blow would the Yuan family have suffered? How would the eunuchs be so ecstatic?
Yuan Shi had been carefully and painstakingly maintaining the political situation, not allowing the eunuchs to be too arrogant, and privately advocating the protection of the party members, including Shu himself, who was risking his life to protect the party members! How could pretending to be friendly with the eunuchs on the surface be considered collusion? How could protecting the distressed be considered seeking reputation? ! "

Yang Ci was trembling all over, with his mouth open, but he couldn't utter a word.

He really didn't know how to explain it.

Faced with Yuan Shu's fierce verbal attack, he couldn't even come up with a reply.

He just felt that looking at Yuan Shu's eyes full of anger, he couldn't even tell a lie.

It seemed as if lies no longer had any meaning, because those eyes filled with anger had pierced into his heart like sharp swords, seeing through all his dirty thoughts.

Yang Ci slumped back on the cushion weakly, lowered his head, and was at a loss.

Seeing Yang Ci like this, Yuan Shu felt that the effect of this round of verbal attacks was almost achieved.

The purpose of his visit was not to imitate Prime Minister Zhuge and curse Wang Situ to death. He came to seek reconciliation in some sense.

Now that we are standing on the moral high ground and looking down at Yang Ci, there is no need to continue to beat him up when he is down.

He then sat down, was quiet for a while, and sighed deeply.

"Mr. Yang, I didn't come here to say these things. I just wanted to see Yang's repentance on behalf of Yuan and get Yang's apology. This would comfort me a little. But I never expected that all I heard were lies and excuses."

Upon hearing this, Yang Ci looked up in surprise.

"Shu, you are..."

"In the eyes of the Yuan family, the Yang family is not an ordinary family. The Yuan family can be ruthless to other families, but they cannot be ruthless to the Yang family. After all, the marriage between the Yuan family's legitimate daughter and the Yang family's legitimate son has only been a few years."

Yuan Shu sighed and said, "If possible, the Yuan family would naturally want to work hand in hand with the Yang family, but who would have thought that the Yang family would do such a thing. How could the Yuan family not be disheartened? A real man standing between heaven and earth should be based on trust and loyalty. The Yuan family thought so, and thought that the Yang family would be the same, but they didn't expect that the Yuan family was wrong."

(End of this chapter)