Chapter 0075 Eye Drops
Leaving the very disappointed Song Shuo behind, Xiao Rong returned to his room. He turned around and closed the door, then sat down at the table with the documents in his hand.
He is not as calm as he appears. …
Now it seems that Song Suo is indeed the future Song Qianzheng who possesses a very smart mind. It is precisely because he understands people's hearts that he can get along well with anyone.
This is probably a kind of talent. Even though Song Shuo is still a fool now, he is very sensitive to the kindness and malice of others.
In comparison, Xiao Rong was almost there. He read the letter twice, but he didn't realize Yuan Baifu's intention at all. Even after he left that day, he felt in his heart that since Yuan Baifu and Qu Yunmie had such a good relationship, he probably wouldn't do that kind of thing this time.
Supporting his head, Xiao Rong sighed deeply.
He is really... too naive. Yuan Baifu. Yuan, Baifu.
He was the initiator of the split of the Zhenbei Army, the facilitator of the complete break between Nanyong and the King of Zhenbei, and the fuse for the destruction of Sun Renluan, He Fu and the entire Nanyong.
What is even more unforgivable is that he was the one who killed Gao Xunzhi. …
It seemed that Yuan Baifu had done many wrong things, which had reached the point of being unforgivable, but Xiao Rong knew all this but had never taken any measures against him, because historical records were not that simple. Qu Yunmie at that time was not as easy to talk to as he is now. He repeated the process of killing, revenge, killing, and revenge all day long. The unrest in Yizhou made him anxious, the singing of nursery rhymes made him angry, the morale of the army was low, and he was even more anxious, because he must fight the Xianbei.
There was a problem with the morale of the army. Qu Yunmie certainly knew that this was fatal. He ordered his men to solve the problem. If they couldn't solve it, he would lose his temper. Yuan Baifu was the person he loved and trusted the most, so most of his anger was directed at him. At the same time, since Yuan Baifu went to suppress the unrest in Yizhou, he stayed there for a long time. No one knew how the people from Nanyong found him. It might be that Sun Renluan sent someone, or it might be that Li Xiuheng acted as a matchmaker. In short, Yuan Baifu was persuaded by the people from Nanyong. He didn't want to stay with Qu Yunmie, who was like a firecracker. He wanted to change his loyalty to someone else.
Up to this point, Xiao Rong would not blame him. After all, he remembered clearly what kind of person Qu Yunmie was in the beginning. Although Yuan Baifu was cruel, he could not be said to be a bad person. If a person does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. He just wanted to live a better life.
But he should never, ever, tie Gao Xunzhi up after he found out he was in contact with Nan Yong, and then cut off his head in front of the army, thus cutting off the retreat of the soldiers who were still wavering. …
At first, Yuan Baifu led his troops to occupy Zhongshan County. This was just a simple internal split. This was also the reason why Zhang Biezhi and others did not take this matter seriously. In Zhang Biezhi's view, the king and General Yuan often quarreled, and General Yuan was loyal to the king. He just announced that he would no longer be loyal to the king, and he might take back his words after a while. There are many people who think like Zhang Biezhi. The Zhenbei Army has developed for so many years, and the relationship between them is not just as simple as colleagues. Many people are brothers-in-law or relatives. One word can make this person turn against them again. Yuan Baifu knew this, so when Gao Xun came to negotiate peace, he simply used him as a sacrifice. In this way, everyone knew that they would never go back, because the king would never forgive them, the traitors.
According to historical records, Gao Xunzhi discovered the token that Sun Renluan gave to Yuan Baifu, so Yuan Baifu had to kill him. But after Song Suo pointed out the hidden secret in the letter, Xiao Rong suddenly felt that this reason was not so reliable.
Since he was determined to betray, why was he afraid of the token being discovered? This was more like an excuse Yuan Baifu made for himself, a cover-up for his ruthlessness. ...It was hard to say, because Yuan Baifu knew Qu Yunmie very well. He knew that if Gao Xunzhi died, Qu Yunmie would immediately go berserk. Logically, he shouldn't have done such a stupid thing, but he still did it. Maybe he really had a reason to kill Gao Xunzhi, but it wasn't because the token was discovered.
In short, Yuan Baifu did something that he could never undo, and although he started to escape that night, he did not live for many days. After learning that Yuan Baifu had actually killed Gao Xunzhi, Sun Renluan knew that something was wrong. He was worried that Qu Yunmie would attack him because of this matter, so he decided to go all out and sent out killers to strangle Yuan Baifu to death when he was completely unprepared.
Is this matter over with Yuan Baifu's death? How is that possible? For Qu Yunmie, he lost a teacher and a father, and he must avenge this hatred himself. It doesn't matter if Yuan Baifu is dead, then he will kill Sun Renluan and destroy the entire Nanyong. Someone must pay the price of Gao Xunzhi's death with his life.
Therefore, after resolving the unrest north of the Huai River, Qu Yunmie immediately led his troops south. The situation in Nanyong was also changing rapidly. When Yang Zangyi learned that Qu Yunmie was going to attack, he was so angry that his teeth were itching. It's funny to say that the person who was suffering from stupidity at this time was Sun Renluan. He wished that Yang Zangyi would be killed as soon as possible. However, the official history is completely the opposite. Yang Zangyi felt that if the Yong Dynasty was finished, it would be entirely Sun Renluan's fault. Who made him invite that waste Yuan Baifu? He thought it was a good move, but it ended up leading to such a catastrophe.
Sun Renluan did not consult Yang Zangyi when he killed Yuan Baifu, and Yang Zangyi did not consult him when he killed Sun Renluan. Yang Zangyi and Sun Shannu joined forces. However, unlike what Yang Zangyi thought, Qu Yunmie's anger did not subside after Sun Renluan's death, and all the envoys he sent were killed by him. Qu Yunmie was determined to pay for blood debt with blood.
At this time, even more chaotic things happened. After Sun Shannu was no longer under the control of her brother, she became a hundred times more troublesome than before. The alliance between Queen Mother Sun and Prime Minister Yang broke down. Queen Mother Sun stirred up trouble in the court, but the little emperor indulged her. The little emperor also had his own little thoughts. He did not want to be controlled by others. Although his mother also wanted to control him, he knew subconsciously that her mother did not have the ability to control him. If he had to listen to someone, he wanted to listen to her for the time being instead of Prime Minister Yang.
When internal and external troubles reached a critical point, Prime Minister Yang vomited blood and became seriously ill. The male favorite originally arranged by Yang Zangyi no longer listened to him now that he had power. This wild couple had no political means, but they briefly became the masters of the world. When Qu Yunmie's army came, they made wrong decisions one after another, such as inviting Taoist priests to perform rituals, suppressing Sun Renluan's man, Shen Yangrui, and only using the main generals they thought they could trust, and imitating the original Emperor Guangjia and preparing to run south again if they saw that the situation was not right.
This situation, which had been developing and deteriorating like a domino effect, ended when Qu Yunmie finally broke into the palace and announced its end. Tan'er escaped and was killed by ministers. Sun Shannu ran away and was killed by Qu Yunmie. The young emperor was protected by the Buddhist disciples and tried to escape, but was still found by Qu Yunmie and killed together.
The person who fired the first shot in Sarajevo didn't know that it would later lead to a war of such a large scale. Similarly, Hara Baifu didn't know that his decision would lead to so many events, and even opened up a hellish chaos in the midst of chaos.
But objectively speaking, the culprit of these things was not Yuan Baifu, he was already dead, and everything that happened afterwards was decided by the people behind him, which was why Xiao Rong did not regard him as the villain he should be most vigilant about. In his opinion, Yuan Baifu was also pushed to a dead end by a series of events, and as long as things were no longer the same, he would not do it again. ... Then Song Shuo woke him up.
Before Song Suo said it, Xiao Rong didn't think there was anything wrong with Yuan Baifu's words. But after Song Suo said it, everything was problematic.
The king must control his temper in front of Xiao Rong → Subtext: You must speak to him nicely, because if you don't, he will definitely hate you.
Xiao Rong is already a rare scholar who can make the king live in peace with him → Subtext: Have you forgotten how much you hate scholars? Their bad habits, they look down on you, have you given in to them?
The breakdown of a relationship often doesn't happen in an instant, but rather over time → Subtext: Think about it, how many times have you offended Xiao Rong in the past few months.
Maybe the king offended Xiao Rong without knowing when → Subtext: You have offended him.
When Xiao Rong leaves, it will be too late for the king to regret → Subtext: If you offend him, he will leave. Scholars are ruthless and cold. Will you beg him to come back? You should, but Xiao Rong will not agree to it. He will only laugh at you.
Xiao Rong: “…………”
Perhaps he was over-interpreting it a bit, but considering Qu Yunmie's character, if it was two or three months ago, when they were in Yanmen County, Qu Yunmie did not trust him so much at that time, nor would he listen to him in everything. At that time, he was suspicious, arrogant, inferior, and sensitive. Even if Qu Yunmie would not understand the meaning of this passage directly, a seed would remain in his heart that Xiao Rong might abandon him and turn to be loyal to someone else.
Qu Yunmie is a person who either gives his heart out or gives nothing at all. If he has such a subconscious perception of Xiao Rong, it is obvious how things will develop.
Xiao Rong frowned, feeling very conflicted.
Judging from this letter, Yuan Baifu probably had some opinion about him. He might feel that he threatened his position, or he might not like the fact that Qu Yunmie had to listen to a scholar like him. This could only expose the fact that Yuan Baifu was a narrow-minded person, but it could not expose his intention to leave the Zhenbei Army.
It even seems like he doesn't want to leave, and precisely because he doesn't want to leave, he wants to fight for his own interests.
But he was narrow-minded and scheming at the same time... Moreover, he would contact Qu Yunmie directly for everything and hardly communicated with other people...
Xiao Rong pursed his lips.
In the evening, Qu Yunmie returned from the military camp. The army was very busy now and almost no one was idle. He used to go there for only a few hours every day, but now he stays there the whole day. He will only hurry back to the palace to spend the night when the lights come on.
In fact, at this point he didn't need to come back to spend the night. There was no occasion here that required his presence. And rushing back after dark and leaving before dawn would be very tiring. It would be better for him to stay overnight in the barracks.
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