Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 586
Judging from Yuan Shu's handling of Duanmu Zhengshuo just now, Liang Xi immediately felt that although Yuan Shu's ambition had been completely wiped out, the arrogance of being a hero in Luoyang City had also turned into greed for power and women.But after all, he is a character who has been nurtured by the family of four generations and three princes. After experiencing several troughs in life, his sensitivity in certain aspects has become more mature and more capable.

Duanmu Zhengshuo perfectly played his role as a "rotten Confucian and quack doctor", so what role should Liang Xi play in front of Yuan Shu?Moreover, how can Yuan Shu be both urgent and unsuspecting?

"Liang Min, the reason why I came to Shouchun has my own plan. Now the world is raging, and the soldiers are fighting endlessly. This is exactly what I want. The Jiujiang soldiers are full of food and food, and they are on one side. Let me watch the general's plot against the Central Plains." It’s been a long time, and after watching it many times, I decided to come here to show off my ambition!”

"Oh? It turned out to be a military strategist." Yuan Shu's fat face, which could no longer see the lines, showed a rare smile: "In the pre-Qin era, a hundred schools of thought contended, and the military strategist used to be unique. But then Qin Shihuang burned books and buried Confucianism, and the Han Dynasty only respected Confucianism. , this branch of the military family is considered lost, I don’t know which branch Mister belongs to?”

Liang Xi narrowed his eyes slightly, he was glad that he did not underestimate Yuan Shu.After all, he is a figure from the gentry, and he knows these ancient stories very well.We must know that the bamboo slips were still commonly used in the Han Dynasty, and a family with a copy of "The Analects of Confucius" was regarded as a scholarly family.Knowledge is very precious in this era, especially when it concerns the history of previous dynasties, and it belongs to the family's secret collection of internal information.

The sentence Yuan Shu asked seemed ordinary, but in fact it was very particular.If Liang Xi pretended to be a military strategist only because he wanted to pretend to be a military strategist or for other purposes, then he would have no idea how many lines the military strategist is divided into.However, since Liang Xi dared to do this, Yuan Shu would not let Yuan Shu see through it so easily: "The four veins of strategy, situation, yin and yang, and skills all have strengths, but if you only learn one vein, you will know it, but you don't know why, and you can't integrate it. .What I inherited is the most insignificant Yin-Yang lineage, but I have also dabbled in the other three lines."

When Liang Xi said this, Yuan Shu's interest was immediately aroused. He leaned forward and glanced at Liang Xi again with narrowed eyes: "Since it is the same line of Yin and Yang, then Mr. Tu Gao is the one who "represents the Han" in "Chunqiu Prophecy". ' How to interpret the phrase?"

The yin and yang lineage of military strategists is said to be the most important thing to the outside world, but in fact it is feudal superstition.And "prophecy" means prophecy. It is the "five elements replacement theory" deduced by Dong Zhongshu, a Confucian scholar in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, based on the five elements and eight trigrams.

Later, Emperor Guangwu pacified the world and stabilized the world. When he raised his troops, he also used this kind of prophecy to confuse people's hearts, so that the big man representing Huode has continued to this day.Therefore, after Guangwu Zhongxing, everyone from the royal family to the common people vigorously studied this technique.If this Liang Min really belongs to the Yin-Yang branch of the military family, then it is impossible for him not to have any insight into this prophecy.

"This prophecy was passed down during Emperor Wu's time. It was said that the Han Dynasty was in trouble in June and July, and those who replaced the Han Dynasty in June and Seventy-two should be Tu Gaoye." Liang Xi sneered in his heart, but he pretended to be very serious on his face and explained: "Han It has been nearly 42 years since Gaozu established the capital of Chang'an. Today, the world is in chaos, and the Han Dynasty is declining. It must be gone in another 400 years. Signs, I dare not speculate on my own."

"This General's word is Gonglu, which should be the word'Tu'. The Yuan family is a famous family. After Yuantao Tu, a doctor in the State of Chen in the Spring and Autumn Period, Shun's Miao descendants. Shun is Tude, and this general is Tude. Virtue, fire and soil in the circulation of the five virtues, this is the order of the change of dynasties, it can be seen that there has been a decree, and the fate has returned. Even now, don’t you know who the "replacing the Han" is?"

Immediately, Liang Xi suddenly realized, and immediately prostrated himself on the ground to congratulate: "Unexpectedly, seeing the real dragon today is indeed the luck of Min's life! No wonder watching the stars the other day and night, four stars will be at the end of the Ji, and there will be a god and a man descending." In Huaiyang, it turned out that the real dragon emperor realized the destiny, and it is indeed a matter of universal celebration!"

"Hahaha..." Yuan Shu was really happy when he heard the words, his fluffy and swollen face like a steamed pancake changed from laughing, especially that face was covered with a thick layer of powder. Laughing, the powder fell off like snow: "Unexpectedly, Mr. Liang is not only a military strategist who uses soldiers like a god on the battlefield, but also such a wonderful person who knows the current affairs. He is really the humerus minister bestowed by heaven what."

This is what Liang Xi wanted. Among Yuan Shu’s factions, only local tyrants, bandits, and alchemists were recruited. The generals Zhang Xun and Liang Gang were useless soldiers. The imperial rebel Han Siam had nowhere to go and took refuge under his command.These people are not good at fighting, and they are all good at fighting troubles.

The remaining counselors are idiots who believe in Confucianism, cautious and inflexible, such as Yan Xiang and Yang Hong are really unsightly.Liang Xi intentionally used the identity of "Yin-Yang Military Striker" to show that he was useful, and also made Yuan Shu feel that he was a caring person.So long as he got close to Yuan Shu like this, Liang Xi didn't believe that he would do nothing.

Right now, it seemed that Yuan Shu didn't need to do anything himself, as he was going to seek death with all his heart.That being the case, Liang Xi also wished that Yuan Shu would go faster on this road to death, and let him kill Yuan Shu with his hands to repay Luo Jun's kindness!
But just when Liang Xi thought he had initially gained Yuan Shu's trust, Yuan Shu's laughter suddenly stopped.The sudden stop made Liang Xi feel that two women had already stepped towards him, one left and one right, and they took out a half-foot-long silver needle from nowhere, and they were about to insert it into Liang Xi. Xi's shoulders.

"Well, you are a bold spy. How dare you deceive this general. Now that the Han Dynasty is in hope of rejuvenation, this general has been defeated for a long time. You have retreated to the Huaiyang area, but you advocate that this general is the real dragon emperor, and you want to make this general take it for himself. Perish?" Yuan Shu stood up suddenly, approaching Liang Xi with steady steps but with a dull murderous aura, even his sparse beard was throbbing with anger: "Say! Who sent you here? Why did you come to Jiujiang? What is the intention?!"

"General, I have never..." Liang Xi wanted to plead guilty when he opened his mouth, but he regretted it when he said it.On the surface, he didn't intend to trick Yuan Shu into proclaiming himself emperor at all just now, it was Yuan Shu's wishful thinking.But just like this, Liang Xi felt Yuan Shu's cunning and suspicious.

Although Yuan Shu is extravagant and lascivious, and has the virtues of a dandy, he leads the heroes in the south to fight against Yuan Shao in the north.If Liang Xi only denied the fact that he didn't seduce Yuan Shu just now, he would definitely not be able to give Yuan Shu a satisfactory answer, and he could only let Yuan Shu kill him without hesitation.

Thinking about this point, Liang Xi suddenly became angry, raised his head and shouted: "General, you don't know the destiny, you are afraid of offending Tianwei, but you want me and other upright people who dare to advise to shut up, it is ridiculous! A man born in In troubled times, you should be proud and drive civil and military forces to conquer the world. If you have no courage, you should bind yourself to the enemy and beg for a dog's life. Why put on airs here?"

Yuan Shu was furious. He kicked Liang Xi in the face and snorted, "I will never repent! The destiny is insignificant, how can you and I figure it out on our own? Since you think I am the one, why did this general go to Nanyang all these years? Going to Yuzhou, you can only hide in the Huaiyang area in the end?"

"Time is fate. At the time when the world was in turmoil and the general situation was not yet clear, the general's outcome was unpredictable. If the world was at your fingertips, how could the general cherish it? Which generation of founding fathers didn't succeed after persevering? If they were easy to usurp like Wang Mang Han, isn’t the world in chaos? The general said that the will of heaven is brilliant and unpredictable, but it’s even more shameful to underestimate and degenerate himself!”

After Liang Xi roared for a while, he closed his eyes tightly and stopped looking at Yuan Shu, as if he wanted to die, waiting for Yuan Shu to give him a good time.

But in fact, Liang Xi's face was expressionless at this time, but he was actually terrified.What he said just now, full of rage, was actually a big gamble. Instead of being cheated by Yuan Shu and showing his flaws, it would be better to bet his life once, betting that the stubborn dream of emperor in Yuan Shu's heart had already taken root.

And Yuan Shu stared at him, and finally a smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Sir, you really deserve to be a staunch military man, this general has killed a lot of ministers..."

(End of this chapter)