I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 75 The three-year period has arrived
Cheng Li's guess was confirmed by Yuan Shu.

He was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted and quickly accepted the fact.

"I see... Sir, I was too shallow and disturbed your sweet dream. Please forgive me."

He bowed and saluted Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu reached out and helped Cheng Li up.

"That's fine, but Zhongde, I have another question for you. Do you think the eunuchs are really planning to do something to the Yuan family when they announced so loudly that they will focus on inspecting Youfufeng? What do they want?"

Cheng Li was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that Yuan Shu was testing him.

Cheng Li has always made his position very clear.

As a close confidant, even if she couldn't become Yuan Shu's confidant, she at least had to understand what Yuan Shu wanted to express.

The relationship between himself and Yuan Shu is actually a monarch-subject relationship, and the monarch often does not speak too strictly, and the subject sometimes needs to understand the mystery on his own. If he cannot do this, he will not be able to serve as a confidant for a long time.

Cheng Li immediately started thinking at full speed, following Yuan Shu's suggestion.

Soon, he thought of something.

"The Yuan family has three generations of officials, and their students and former officials are all over the world. They are the second most powerful family in the world. The eunuchs have great power, but their foundation is shallow. They dare not act rashly against the Yuan family. As you said, even if they know something, they will not really act against the Yuan family immediately.

This time, they obviously knew that they could not do anything to Yuan, and they could not swallow their resentment, so they spread the word to warn Yuan and told him not to go too far. In addition, by warning Yuan, they also showed the outside world the importance of asking local states and counties to fight against the gang.

Even the Yuan family will be punished. When the local county officials know about this, they will definitely re-examine the imperial edict to crack down on the Hook Party. There may have been many people who pretended to obey but secretly disobeyed, but the inspection of Youfufeng will definitely change the attitude of quite a few county officials. At least, they will not pretend to obey but secretly disobey. "

Yuan Shu nodded.

"That's true. Zhongde really understands me, but..."

As soon as Yuan Shu said "but", Cheng Li immediately became nervous.

Could it be that my answer was wrong?

Yuan Shu noticed Cheng Li's expression and smiled.

"The eunuchs' move is indeed not to really attack the Yuan family, but just a warning. However, this warning is obviously very strong. I am the legitimate son of the Yuan family, and in the eyes of the outside world, I am the most powerful candidate for the next head of the Yuan family. If it is not necessary, they will never show a posture to attack me.

The eunuchs' warning was to tell Yuan that they knew about Zhang Jian and his gang's activities in Youfufeng, that they had definite evidence and were very angry about it. This was a serious warning and Yuan must make changes as soon as possible to show his sincerity in continuing to cooperate with the eunuchs.

Cheng Li was stunned, and then his expression changed slightly.

"Sir, this..."

"If Yuan Shikai doesn't show his sincerity in time and make some changes to let the eunuchs know and calm their anger, then the next time may not be a knock."

Yuan Shu said slowly: "Zhongde, this is not a simple sword dance by Xiang Zhuang, aiming at Pei Gong. To intimidate the world is secondary, and to intimidate the Yuan family is the main thing. If we really treat this as nothing, the eunuchs will probably do something next time."

"Then... Sir, why are you still so calm? Don't you need to do something?"

Cheng Li didn't expect that Yuan Shu had gone around in circles and brought things back to the same place. The crisis had not been resolved at all and it was still very dangerous!
But Yuan Shu still didn't look panicked.

"I have no official status, so what can I do? I am a chess piece, a chess piece used by the eunuchs and the Yuan family. The eunuchs are trying to eat me, and the Yuan family will have to pay something to keep me."

Cheng Li was silent and didn't speak for a while.

Indeed, Yuan Shu was famous, had a high status, and had a high academic position, but the problem was that he had no official position and no power.

What can be done in the face of this threat?

"But sir, do we really not have to do anything?"

"This is called a fight between gods, and mortals suffer."

Yuan Shu sighed and said, "What can I do? At this time, it depends on what Luoyang says. But I think the eunuchs went a little too far this time, and it was inappropriate. It doesn't seem like a rational decision. I guess my father and others are also very angry."

Cheng Li was very surprised.

"How did this come about?"

"Didn't I just say that, Zhang Jian?"

Yuan Shu said: "There was a very powerful eunuch named Hou Lan. Before the Party Ban, when Hou Lan's mother died, he built a tomb in violation of regulations and used the funeral to demand bribes. This angered Zhang Jian, who was the governor of his hometown at the time, so Zhang Jian led his men to forcibly destroy his mother's tomb."

"This……"

Cheng Li couldn't hold it in any longer and said hurriedly, "Zhang Jun is indeed very strong-willed, unlike ordinary people. This means that Zhang Jun and Hou Lan are complete mortal enemies. No wonder..."

"So, Zhang Jian's whereabouts must have been leaked by someone. It definitely didn't happen here. It's most likely a problem in Luoyang." Yuan Shu picked up the kettle, poured himself a glass of honey water, took a sip, and moistened his throat.

"But I think that not all eunuchs would be happy with this kind of public pressure on the Yuan family. Hou Lan hates Zhang Jian, that is Hou Lan's own business. Public pressure on the Yuan family would become a conflict between the eunuchs and the Yuan family. Hou Lan dragged all the eunuchs into the water alone. I don't think this is a good thing.

By the way, Zhongde, you probably don't know that outsiders have rumored that the Yuan family has colluded with the eunuchs. This is true, and it's not just ordinary collusion. The eunuch Yuan She is a member of the Yuan family, but the relationship is distant. But since he became the eunuch, the relationship has naturally become closer, so the Yuan family is not easy to deal with. "

Cheng Li was very surprised when he heard this.

"This... this is actually true? I thought... Sir, is it really okay to tell Li about this?"

Yuan Shu nodded.

"I believe you, there's nothing wrong with that."

Cheng Li felt warm at heart and his expression eased a lot.

"If that's the case, will Yuan do anything?"

"Of course. Anyway, I think it's a big problem. My father and others must be very angry."

Yuan Shu smiled and said, "So the next period of time will probably be a good show. The eunuchs who don't want to openly conflict with the Yuan family will definitely do something. Even if Hou Lan was powerful before, this will probably cause a lot of trouble among the eunuchs. The matter of the Right Fufeng inspection will probably be hastily handled and there will be no further news."

Yuan Shu spoke so confidently that Cheng Li couldn't judge whether it was true or not, so he could only follow Yuan Shu's instructions and handle a series of affairs after Yuan Shu ended his mourning period.

He was going to notify the heads of various departments of Yi Xin Hui that it was time to get started. Yuan Shu would soon resume formal public activities, and Yi Xin Hui would usher in a new peak of development.

Moreover, Cheng Li vaguely felt that this time when Yuan Shu "returned to the arena", he would probably do something that he had never done before.

For example, things about power.

Cheng Li started to get busy, and the heads of various departments of Yi Xin Hui also received the notice and started to get busy.

Six days later, Yuan Shu got up early in the morning, burned incense and bathed, took off his mourning clothes in front of Ma Rong's grave, burned them, changed into new clothes, and then solemnly paid his respects to Ma Rong.

"Teacher, the three-year period is over, and it is time for me to leave. After I leave, I will not be able to visit you often, but as long as I am free, I will definitely come to visit you."

Yuan Shu did not look sad. He spoke cheerfully in front of Ma Rong's grave, then poured a full pot of wine in front of Ma Rong's grave. Finally, he bowed and turned around and left slowly.

After walking a few steps, he turned around and looked at Ma Rong's grave. Suddenly, an uncontrollable sadness came over him. Tears couldn't help but well up in his eyes, and tears as big as beans kept falling to the ground.

The emotional outburst came so swiftly that even he was surprised.

He stood there blankly for a while, took out a towel and wiped his eyes, then left with a more determined step.

Beside the thatched cottage, Xu Chong had been waiting for a long time with his horse. When he saw Yuan Shu coming, he lit a torch and handed it to Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu took the torch, took one last look at the thatched hut where he had lived for three years, and then set it on fire with his own hands.

The raging flames soon engulfed the thatched hut, and it was reduced to ashes, but the longing and gratitude remained in Yuan Shu's heart and never left.

On March 11, the third year of Jianning, Yuan Shu ended his three-year mourning period and returned to Liangzhuang from his thatched cottage, officially announcing his return and the resumption of his public activities.

He was greeted by a huge crowd of people.

Yuan Shu originally didn't want to make such a grand scene and didn't expect so many people to come and welcome him.

However, because of his great reputation and popularity, when the news that he had ended his mourning period and returned to normal life spread, everyone became excited and couldn't wait to meet Yuan Shu.

Not only did the members of Yi Xin Hui come, but even many farmers in Liang Zhuang came with their families to welcome Yuan Shu and express their gratitude to him.

Because Yuan Shu really saved their lives.

In other words, Liangzhuang is large enough, but the grand scale of the place with tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people is so huge that it’s hard to describe it.

But Yuan Shu was also really happy.

What is the human heart?

This is the heart of the people.

Yuan Shu believed that most of those who came to welcome him were willing to fight for him.

Zhang Jian, Xia Fu and Liu Biao lived in Liangzhuang under unknown names. Their clothes were the same as most people here and were not outstanding. Only a few people knew their true identities, so they were not afraid of being recognized.

In addition, since Yuan Shu took the risk to protect them, they naturally had to express their gratitude.

As a result, after taking a look at it, I was so surprised that I was speechless.

(End of this chapter)