noffsinger Chapter 223 Enraged the Old Thief Yuan! Guo Jia: My mechanical skills aren't bad either!
Chapter 223 Enraged the Old Thief Yuan! Guo Jia: My mechanical skills aren't bad either!
“Cao Mengde, I am Yuan Lin. You must have heard of my name.”
Yuan Lin straightened his clothes, his white hair fluttering in the wind.
Although he is over seventy years old, he is still quite healthy and looks somewhat youthful despite his white hair.
Cao Cao, suppressing his disgust, clasped his hands in a fist salute to Yuan Lin and said:
"Isn't this Minister Yuan?"
"I thought Minister Yuan was long dead, but I never expected him to still be alive and well."
"you!!!"
Yuan Lin thought Cao Cao was going to praise him, but unexpectedly he was scolded for "living a wretched life" and "clinging to life".
In an instant, Yuan Lin's anger exploded, and he wished he could devour Cao Cao alive.
But remembering the task Yuan Shu had entrusted to him, Yuan Lin forced a friendly expression and said:
"Mengde, Runan is the ancestral home of my Yuan family. You have a large army pressing in on our borders. What is your intention?"
"As someone who's been there, let me tell you, this is a very dangerous place. You can't handle it, so don't make a mistake for yourself!"
"Otherwise, you know the power of my Yuan family."
"If you are treated leniently, you can continue to serve as the Minister of Works in the Han Dynasty."
"If you are severely punished, all the powerful families in the world will rise up against you!"
It must be said that Yuan Lin, as an old man of the Yuan family and a former Grand Minister of the Han Dynasty, was no joke when it came to putting on airs.
After listening, Cao Cao and Su Yu exchanged a smile.
This Yuan Lin, he's really a master of deception, one set after another, he's such a show-off!
Do they still think the Yuan family was the most powerful family in the land?
Yuan Shao's prestige was certainly not low.
But Yuan Shu had already become a traitor to the Han Dynasty.
Every single one of the warlords in the land has severed ties with Yuan Shu.
Behind the feudal lords were powerful families.
Yuan Lin raised his arm and shouted, estimating that apart from a few noble families who were blinded by greed and followed Zhong Chao down the wrong path, there were no exceptions.
The remaining powerful Han families, if they still had any sense, would completely ignore him!
Seeing Cao Cao and Su Yu laughing, Yuan Lin angrily said:
"Cao Mengde, what do you mean?"
"Every word I say is worth a thousand pieces of gold!"
"You junior, retreat immediately."
"Otherwise, I will certainly not spare you!"
"Just as your grandfather Cao Teng swept the streets of Luoyang back then, today I'll make you, Cao Mengde, do the same thing and sweep the streets of my Runan!"
Yuan Lin broke down.
For someone like him who has lived a life of nobility, the most painful thing is being ignored by others.
Cao Cao's loud laughter was clearly a sarcastic remark to him and a sign of his disdain.
Just then, Xu Chu, along with Guo Jia and the members of the tomb raiding team, arrived from behind Su Yu.
"Fengxiao, come here quickly, let that old bastard from the Yuan family see the treasure you took out a few days ago!"
Guo Jia's eyes lit up.
For someone like him who doesn't follow rules and regulations, tomb raiding is nothing but thrills!
A look of doubt appeared in Yuan Lin's eyes as he stood on the city wall.
Who are these guys dressed in khaki clothes who suddenly appeared beside Cao Cao?
The next moment, Yuan Lin's eyes widened.
A coffin was seen being carried out by several members of the tomb raiding team.
The coffin was quite unusual, as it was inlaid with many exquisite gold and silver jewels.
It's clearly something only high-ranking officials and nobles could use.
Yuan Lin was extremely familiar with this coffin!
This coffin is none other than his father Yuan Yi's coffin!
no……
Wasn't his father's coffin buried more than 20 years ago?
How would it appear here?
Could it be...
Yuan Lin was struck dumb. A seemingly impossible, yet most likely, scenario flashed through his mind.
His father's coffin was stolen by grave robbers!
Those damned tomb raiders!
The tombs of the Yuan family are all equipped with traps and mechanisms.
Who on earth dared to rob the Yuan family's tomb?
Were they those guys wearing khaki clothes?
A mouthful of blood spurted from Yuan Lin's mouth.
"Pfft!"
As he plummeted downwards, he nearly fell off the city wall.
Su Yu smiled slightly.
The coffins belonging to the Yuan family all come with their own names and identities.
Unlike imperial tombs, where sometimes even after the tomb is robbed, you still have to guess the identity of the person who robbed it.
For example, Yuan Lin's father, Yuan Yi, once held the highest position of Grand Commandant during his lifetime, so his name and official rank were engraved inside his coffin.
Guo Jia robbed several tombs near the Yuan family's ancestral cemetery a few days ago.
Well, it's worth mentioning.
Cao Cao still gave Yuan Shao a lot of face.
Guo Jia and the gold-digging team "temporarily" did not touch the tombs of Yuan Shao's branch.
But for someone like Yuan Lin, sorry, he's a complete stranger to you, so once he makes a move, he makes a move!
"Third Uncle!"
Yuan Shu's face turned ashen upon seeing this.
What the hell!
Only a shameless scoundrel like Cao Cao could pull off such a stunt!
They're actually robbing tombs!
Do they have no bottom line? No principles?
Yuan Lin swayed, and his vision gradually blurred.
In a daze, Yuan Lin seemed to see his father, Yuan Yi, scolding him with his hands behind his back!
"Father...your son is unfilial!"
"Plop" sound.
Yuan Lin collapsed to the ground and died.
Yuan Shu hurriedly dispatched his personal guards and physicians to try to save Yuan Lin.
But Yuan Lin had already stopped breathing, and no matter how hard they tried to save him, they couldn't bring him back to life.
"That old thief is easily frightened."
Su Yu shook his head.
Cao Cao was overjoyed.
That damned old man! Today, I, Cao, have finally avenged my grandfather's death!
Guo Jia's eyes lit up.
Is tomb raiding such a promising industry?
Sure enough, this is much more interesting than Xun Yu's dilapidated Minister of the Imperial Secretariat!
Although, there are indeed many traps in the Yuan family's tomb.
When robbing a tomb, one must overcome certain mechanisms to enter the correct mausoleum.
But... who is Guo Jia?
He once obtained a strange book called the Book of Dunjia (not from official history), which recorded all sorts of miscellaneous knowledge.
Guo Jia was also quite skilled in mechanical arts.
If the Han Dynasty had not exclusively promoted Confucianism, Guo Jia might not have been a Confucian student, but rather a Mohist disciple!
Tomb raiding is a profession that requires specialization.
In addition, the members of the gold-digging team were all skilled tomb raiders selected from the general public.
Cao Cao's gold-digging team, led by Guo Jia, was undoubtedly the best tomb raider of its time!
On the city tower
The Zhongchao soldiers looked at each other in bewilderment.
What to do if the enemy has angered the Third Uncle, who is suspected to be His Majesty, to death on the spot?
I need help urgently!
Yuan Shu stormed off, sending his personal guards to take Yuan Lin's body away with him.
Hoping for peace talks from the clan elders is impossible.
After Yuan Lin's death, the other clan elders would surely be even more terrified of Cao Cao.
Ji Ling and Yang Hong will need at least eight or nine more days to get back to Runan from Nanyang.
These past eight or nine days have been tough...
Suddenly, Yuan Shu had a plan in mind, a method that went against the natural order but was very effective.
"You traitor Cao, let's see if you dare to continue your assault on the city!"
"If you dare to launch a direct attack, even if you obtain Runan, it will be nothing but an empty shell!"
Faced with life and death, Yuan Shu decided to abandon all principles.
Even if he couldn't defend Runan, he would never let Runan fall into Cao Cao's hands for nothing!
Runan, the birthplace of the Yuan family, will ultimately be buried in the hands of the Yuan family.
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