newbobooks Chapter 345 The anti-Cao leader behind the scenes is actually the one who betrayed his benefactor!
Chapter 345 The anti-Cao leader behind the scenes is actually the one who betrayed his benefactor!
The wind is gentle and the sun is beautiful, and the sky is clear.
Jimuji Miao's fate was already sealed.
And this moment.
Xun Yu got up very early—or rather, he hadn't gone to sleep yet.
Exhausted, he opened the gates of the Minister of Works' residence.
I'm a darling!
It didn't matter if the door wasn't opened; as soon as it was opened, a scholar quickly grabbed Xun Yu's leg and bound him tightly.
"Lord Xun, you must stand up for us scholars!"
"If you don't stand up for us, we scholars will be completely finished!"
Xun Yu was dumbfounded.
What merit do I possess to deserve such a high hat?
Besides, who the hell are you?
Do I, Xun Yu, know you?
Unbeknownst to him, under Su Yu's influence, Xun Yu's shamelessness grew day by day.
The refined and scholarly Xun Yu of history was probably killed.
"I am... I am Geng Ji."
"The people behind me are all scholars."
Geng Ji pointed to the group of neatly dressed Confucian scholars behind him.
"Geng Ji?"
"So you're the guy who refused to serve in my Ministry of Personnel, saying even dogs wouldn't come here?"
Xun Yu's fist hardened instantly.
Motherfucker!
How can you belittle the Ministry of Personnel like this?
It's all a rumor! A rumor!
Geng Jiren was dumbfounded.
no……
The rumor is that you, Xun Wenruo, are gentle and refined.
What the hell is this thing that looks like neither human nor ghost?
next moment.
Behind Xun Yu.
The many servants of the Minister's mansion, who had been working overtime and hadn't slept yet, stared intently at Geng Ji, as if they were ghosts reborn.
That look seemed to say:
"You're the one spreading rumors about the Minister's residence?"
"Is it that even dogs wouldn't come? It's like even ghosts wouldn't come!"
"Is this a place where normal living beings can stay?"
"Well, lad, you refused the position offered by the Minister of Personnel, didn't you?"
Sima Yi patted Geng Ji on the shoulder.
Before Geng Ji could react, a huge slap was already coming towards his face!
Sima Yi was, after all, a scion of a prestigious family who had diligently studied self-defense swordsmanship since childhood.
I'm a little weak because I didn't sleep all night.
But his swordsmanship skills were still there, so beating up a moron like Geng Ji was no problem at all.
What?
You're saying it's wrong to openly assault someone in Xuchang city?
Geng Ji, a commoner, openly attacked an official of the Minister's office, and the official wasn't even allowed to retaliate?
Besides, it's not easy to train a qualified ox or horse.
Even if this matter were to escalate to the Court of Justice, Geng Ji would bear full responsibility, and Sima Yi would bear no responsibility.
"You...you...how could you do this?"
Behind Geng Ji, a Confucian scholar pointed at Sima Yi and said.
"Damn it! Take this!"
Yang Xiu took a swift step and kicked the scholar in the stomach!
At this moment, Yang Xiu was like a King of Fighters reincarnated, executing this flying kick with incredible smoothness.
"Get out of here!"
"Otherwise, I'll have that idiot Xu Chu arrest you all right now!"
The one who spoke was Xun Yu, the head of the Minister's office.
The former Lord Xun is dead!
The current Xun Lingjun has absorbed all the grievances of working people.
Aside from Su Yu, anyone else who provokes him is doomed!
Geng Ji was so frightened that he fled in panic.
The group of Confucian scholars behind him also scattered like birds and beasts.
These people are different from the three hundred Confucian scholars who participated in the last march.
Most of them are genuine anti-Cao Cao figures!
If I get caught and they find out I'm not clean, then I'm finished!
But obviously.
They underestimated the speed of the intelligence guards.
They also underestimated Jia Xu, the Commander of the Imperial Guard, and Lu Xun, who held no official position but was temporarily serving as an executioner in the Court of Justice.
Dozens of anti-Cao Cao figures, along with Geng Ji, were captured by Jia Xu and Lu Xun's troops.
It's okay, we won't resort to torture to extract confessions, we'll just beat them to death!
……
Outside Xuchang City
The anti-Cao leader sat alone in his seat.
Suddenly, the courtyard was violently struck.
The anti-Cao leader had just drawn his sword when it was snatched away by a burly man coming from the opposite direction.
Behind the burly man, Su Yu led three hundred elite soldiers, completely surrounding the area.
"you……"
The anti-Cao leader tried to break free from Xu Chu, but Xu Chu tightened his grip even more.
Should I call you Shan Fu or Xu Shu?
"Or, shall I call you the Number One Swordsman of Yingchuan?"
Su Yu's eyes were full of amusement.
The anti-Cao leader's eyes showed surprise.
Then, in a fit of rage and shame, he closed his eyes.
At this moment, he was like a lamb without wool in front of Su Yu, utterly vulnerable.
"Seven years ago, you killed your master and more than ten students from the academy in Yingchuan."
"Then, you left your hometown, abandoned your elderly mother, and went to Jingzhou."
"In Jingzhou, you joined Sima Hui's Shuijing Academy and achieved good results there, becoming one of Sima Hui's core disciples."
"Unfortunately, you are from Yingchuan, not Jingzhou, so you can't possibly be valued by Liu Biao."
“You strongly disagree with my lord’s ideas.”
"They believe that Xun Wenruo betrayed the people of Yingchuan as a collective."
"But... tell me, who exactly is the outlier among the people of Yingchuan?"
"You might think you have a chivalrous spirit, similar to Jing Ke or Gao Jianli from the pre-Qin period."
"But have you ever considered that your plan is nothing but child's play?"
"Your assassination attempt is also pointless."
"Perhaps one day, you will transform yourself into a strategist under some feudal lord."
"But I'm telling you, you don't have a chance."
"From now on, all that awaits you is regret and reflection."
Su Yu waved his hand, and Xu Chu knocked Xu Shu unconscious and put him in the carriage, heading to the Court of Justice.
……
"Master, is this the guy who instigated all this behind the scenes?"
Cao Ang pointed to Xu Shu, who was slumped on the ground.
"exactly."
"This fellow is also a talented man from Yingchuan, but he considers himself loyal to the Han Dynasty and wants to do chivalrous things."
Su Yu looked at Xu Shu with a mocking expression.
He disliked Xu Shu very much.
Because this person is pretentious, arrogant, and likes to act like a prostitute!
Don't rush, let Su Yu explain slowly.
Xu Shu, that fellow, knowing full well that his mother was in Yingchuan, insisted on joining Liu Bei's camp, the vanguard against Cao Cao.
That’s all.
The story that Cheng Yu and Xu Shu were friends, and that Cheng Yu sent someone to invite Xu Shu's mother to Xuchang in order to blackmail Xu Shu, is pure fabrication.
Use your brain to think about it, where did Cheng Yu get to know a young man like Xu Shu?
Cheng Yu was an official who came out during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, while Xu Shu was nothing!
This guy is a madman who abandoned his elderly mother, committed murder, and fled!
He went to Jingzhou and, under Sima Hui's guidance, became a self-taught strategist.
During the Battle of Changban, seeing Liu Bei's precarious situation, Xu Shu immediately fled. (According to the Records of the Three Kingdoms, Xu Shu only joined Cao Cao's camp at the Battle of Changban, and he left Liu Bei without saying goodbye.)
After leaving Liu Bei.
Xu Shu appealed to his fellow townsmen from Yingchuan and joined Cao Cao's camp through his connection with Xun Yu.
Even more outrageous moves are coming!
The story goes that Xu Shu entered Cao Cao's camp and remained silent.
This was to highlight the deep bond between Xu Shu and Liu Bei, and to praise Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness.
In reality, after Xun Yu's death, Xu Shu publicly declared that Xun Yu deserved to die! Xun Yu was a traitor to the people of Yingchuan!
His arrogant behavior angered Cao Cao.
Even during the reign of Cao Pi, Xu Shu held a sinecure.
Ah, where is it that he "refused to offer advice to Cao Cao's camp"?
It was clearly Cao Cao's camp that disdained to use this shameless scoundrel who had personally murdered his master, abandoned his elderly mother, abandoned his lord, and betrayed his benefactor in his career!
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