Can I get to the other side?

Thunder and rain are all grace from the emperor.

Yuan Xi thoroughly understood what it meant to be with the emperor like a tiger.

Just a scolding brought him far more fear than Yuan Shao when he was angry in the past.

After respectfully paying a salute to Liu Xie, Yuan Xi bowed and left the Xuanshi.

He had neither the confidence to face the emperor directly nor the prestige to hold the emperor hostage.

Even if he was unwilling to be rejected for his request for an official position, he dared not show it.

Especially since he had just committed the evil act of killing his brother and imprisoning his father, if he offended the emperor again and was accused of disrespect, the situation he had finally stabilized would collapse in an instant.

Ju Su and others who were waiting outside the hall also heard Liu Xie's scolding.

At this moment, seeing Yuan Xi leaving with an unexpected look on his face, he also guessed the result of his request for an official position this time.

"I didn't expect that he would actually reject Yuan Xi..." Ju Su's eyes flashed with a hint of complexity.

He originally thought that Liu Xie, with his flattering character, would definitely agree to Yuan Xi's request without hesitation after learning that Yuan Shao was under house arrest.

However, the facts were the opposite of his guess.

Liu Xie not only did not give Yuan Xi an official position, but directly scolded him.

"The general is in a desperate situation, but this boy is still loyal. Did I make a mistake before?"

Ju Su fell into deep thought and began to doubt his previous judgment.

Shen Pei and Tian Feng did not know what Ju Su was thinking, they just felt happy.

The emperor's refusal to give Yuan Xi an official position meant that Yuan Xi could not legitimately control the troops and horses, let alone smoothly take over Yuan Shao's power.

This was a great thing for them.

"Go back to the mansion."

Yuan Xi spit out two words with an ugly look and strode out of the palace.

But at this time, Gao Lan also walked out of the Xuanshi Hall, looked at Ju Su and said: "Your Majesty has ordered that Ju Su be summoned to the court."

Ju Su was stunned when he heard this, and followed Gao Lan into the Xuanshi Hall under Yuan Xi's gloomy eyes.

Shen Pei and Tian Feng looked at each other, both of them looked panicked.

The emperor had just rebuked Yuan Xi, but at this moment he summoned Ju Su, who was in charge of the internal and external affairs and the three armies for Yuan Shao, alone. No matter what they talked about, Yuan Xi would think that the emperor was on Yuan Shao's side!

Therefore, he was strongly wary of and dissatisfied with Ju Su.

It is even possible that he would kill Ju Su on a random charge like killing Feng Ji.

…

After entering the palace, Ju Su saluted respectfully: "Your Majesty, I am here to see your Majesty, and I wish you peace."

Just as Shen Pei and Tian Feng thought, Liu Xie summoned Ju Su alone in order to get rid of him through Yuan Xi.

Even if Yuan Xi was not removed, it didn't matter to him.

Just knowing that Ju Su was outside the palace, he did it.

"I'm fine." Liu Xie was about to dismiss Gao Lan, but Zhang He hurried over.

Zhang He saw that there was an outsider, so he came to Liu Xie and whispered: "Your Majesty, there is news from the east gate that Guanglu Xun has left the city."

Liu Xie sighed in his heart, feeling a little disappointed.

Whether Yuan Xi killed his father or not, he would eventually kill Jia Xu.

Before he completely took power, Jia Xu had to leave Yecheng.

After the separation of the monarch and the minister, I don't know when they will meet again.

Waving his hand to dismiss Zhang He and Gao Lan, Liu Xie secretly said: "Jia Xu will go to Youzhou this time to persuade Gongsun Zan to take advantage of Yuan Xi's killing his brother and imprisoning his father to attack Jizhou and force Yuan Xi to transfer Yan Liang's army away from Yecheng.

After Yan Liang's army leaves, I will have no worries. The life and death of Yuan Shao and Yuan Xi are all in a thought. Yecheng will also fall completely into my control."

Ju Su saw that Zhang He and Gao Lan had already retreated, and his original respectful expression disappeared instantly. He said to Liu Xie in an imperative tone:

"Yuan Xi killed his brother and imprisoned his father. The lord is now under house arrest in the mansion and cannot go out. You quickly order the guards to capture Yuan Xi."

"Oh?" Liu Xie said with a look of surprise: "Why did I hear Yuan Xi say that Yuan Shang deliberately seized power, and the general was so angry that he fell ill."

As long as he said a word, Yuan Xi, who was still outside the palace, could not leave the palace.

Yuan Shao's crisis was resolved in an instant.

But how could Liu Xie do this?

Ju Su said angrily: "You were deceived by him! The one who seized power was not Yuan Shang, but Yuan Xi himself! Now is a godsend opportunity to take down Yuan Xi and resolve the crisis of the lord. Don't miss it. Otherwise, once he leaves the palace, you can't do anything to him."

Liu Xie shook his head and said: "What you said is too different from what Yuan Xi said. How can I listen to your words?"

Ju Su was anxious, "How could I lie to you! You just need to call Tian Feng and Shen Pei outside the palace to ask them."

Liu Xie was still unmoved, "You guys are just the counselors of the general, but Yuan Xi is the general's own son. How can I believe you and not Yuan Xi? Why don't I call Yuan Xi in, and the four of you face each other. How about it?"

Ju Su heard the words and immediately realized that something was wrong.

He was so smart that he immediately understood that the refugee in front of him always had evil intentions.

The reason why he refused to confer the title of Grand Commandant on Yuan Xi was not because he was loyal to Yuan Shao, but because he did not want Yuan Xi to become the next Yuan Shao.

Thinking of this, Ju Su's heart was in turmoil. He opened his eyes in disbelief and pointed at Liu Xie with trembling fingers, "You...you..."

He never thought that the refugee who was about to starve to death would have such great ambitions after sitting in that position.

As long as Yuan Shao was always under house arrest, Yuan Xi, who had insufficient reputation and insufficient military strength, could not compete with Liu Xie, who occupied the great cause of the emperor.

After a little analysis, he saw Liu Xie's real purpose.

——Use Yuan Xi's killing of his brother and imprisoning his father to turn Yuan Xi into a chess piece, so as to achieve the purpose of turning the fake into the real, and completely become the real emperor!

Ju Su lowered his voice and growled: "I asked you to pretend to be the emperor, and my lord and I gave you wealth and honor, otherwise you would have starved to death in the wild!

You think you can control Yuan Xi, you think you can turn him into a chess piece in your hand. But you forgot that there are tens of thousands of troops outside the city!

As long as Yuan Xi uses the name of the lord to mobilize troops into the city, no matter what you plan, you will be vulnerable in front of the army!"

"Insolent!" Liu Xie shouted angrily, "Everyone knows that I fell into trouble in Yecheng, and Yuan Shao, Lu Bu, Liu Bei, Gongsun Zan and others all regard me as the supreme. Ju Su, you are so bold that you dare to say that I am a fake emperor. Could it be that you have received benefits from Cao thieves!"

The Jizhou army led by Yan Liang outside the city was the only concern in Liu Xie's heart.

If there were no tens of thousands of Jizhou troops, he would have ordered Zhang He and Gao Lan to lead the imperial guards to kill Yuan Shao's entire family when Yuan Xi started the rebellion yesterday.

But as long as Jia Xu persuaded Gongsun Zan to send troops and take the initiative to attack Jizhou, the Jizhou troops outside the city would no longer be his concern.

At this time, Ju Su's threat had no effect on him. All he had to do was wait for the opportunity.

When the Jizhou troops left, it was the time for him to break free from the shackles and soar into the sky!

"You...what did you say?"

Ju Su's pupils erupted directly with a magnitude 9 earthquake.

His eyes were filled with three parts of regret, three parts of anger, three parts of resentment, and one part of disbelief.

"I am appointed by heaven and am the 24th emperor of the Han Dynasty. Kong Rong, who is famous all over the world, did not dare to question my identity. How dare you, a mere retainer of Yuan Shao, bark like a dog!"

Liu Xie suddenly stood up from the soft couch and looked at Ju Su with cold eyes.

"Since you welcomed me into Yecheng, I will forgive you once. If you do it again, you will be killed along with your entire clan!"

"Come here, take this rebellious minister out of the palace! Remember, be respectful to him when you reach the palace gate."

Gao Lan heard the voice and immediately brought two guards in to take Ju Shou out.

After Ju Shou left, Liu Xie asked Zhang He to summon Guo Jia to the palace to discuss matters.

Yuan Xi, a mediocre person, had neither prestige nor troops, and he was much easier to deal with than Yuan Shao as a fake emperor.

He and Guo Jia took advantage of this and made a good plan.

...

Outside the palace.

When Yuan Xi saw Gao Lan respectfully escorting Ju Shou out of the palace, his face turned pale.

The emperor's attitude towards Ju Shou was completely different from his own. He could tell with his ass that Ju Shou must have conspired against him in front of the emperor.

"What did you say to His Majesty? What did His Majesty promise you?"

As soon as Gao Lan left, Yuan Xi pushed Ju Shou against the palace wall with a ferocious face and interrogated him.

"Second Master, His Majesty didn't promise anything. His Majesty just rewarded and encouraged me because of my meritorious service in welcoming him."

Ju Shou knew that he was being used by Liu Xie, and he felt very aggrieved.

But even so, he couldn't tell the true identity of Liu Xie to the outside world.

Not to mention whether anyone believed it or not, even if someone believed it, he and Yuan Shao would be completely infamous for thousands of years, and the family behind them would be completely ruined.

History books of later generations will never let them go, especially him, the initiator.

"Do you think I am a fool? I saw Gao Lan respectfully escort you out of the palace!"

Yuan Xi roared angrily, the veins on his neck were exposed, and the sword was directly placed on Ju Shou's neck.

"Second Young Master, don't mess around at the gate of the palace!" Shen Pei was afraid that Yuan Xi would kill Ju Su in anger, so he quickly persuaded him: "No matter what, let's wait until we get back to the mansion."

"Zhengnan is right. The second young master is against Gong Yu as soon as he leaves the palace, which will inevitably make His Majesty dissatisfied. This is extremely disadvantageous for the second young master to inherit Jizhou in the future!" Tian Feng also said some soft words to Yuan Xi.

He was sure that Ju Su must have reached some kind of agreement with the emperor on the matter of Yuan Shao's escape from trouble, so how could he let Ju Su get into trouble.

"Hmph!"

Yuan Xi snorted angrily, and finally let Ju Su go.

"Go back to the mansion!"

Under the care of the soldiers of the Tiger Camp, Tian Feng, Shen Pei, and Ju Su followed Yuan Xi to the general's mansion obediently.

Along the way, Ju Su was in a state of despair, with regret in his eyes. He shouted frantically in his heart: "If I had known this, I shouldn't have advised the lord to establish a fake emperor."

At first, I thought it was just good luck that I met a refugee who looked exactly like the emperor, and I had the idea of ​​establishing a fake emperor.

During this period of time, Yuan Shao did gain many benefits by relying on this emperor.

But the consequences were unacceptable.

Yuan Xi suddenly started a rebellion, not only was Yuan Shao under house arrest, but even the great foundation was at risk of falling into the hands of others.

…

After Yuan Xi returned to the General's Mansion with Ju Su and the other two, he was about to find Jia Xu to discuss countermeasures for the matter of entering the palace just now, but he was nowhere to be seen.

After asking, he learned that Jia Xu had left the General's Mansion.

"When did you leave? Where did you go?" Yuan Xi's heart tightened, and he had an inexplicable bad premonition.

"After the second son left the mansion for a cup of tea, I saw Guanglu Xun riding a carriage and heading towards the east gate."

"Send someone to chase! Quick!" Yuan Xi's expression changed suddenly, and he immediately ordered to chase people. Now that the whole city is blocked, Jia Xu is heading towards the city gate. It's so weird.

Seeing this, the judge shook his head and sighed: "Second Young Master, you should save your energy. Jia Xu is vicious, but extremely cautious. Seeing that Second Young Master is unwilling to kill the general and us, he will definitely not do it for fear of retaliation. Will stay.”

"This officer is good at protecting himself. He must have left some backup to get out of the city safely. If his guess is correct, he has already left Yecheng by now."

"It's just a pity that we couldn't kill this scourge."

Although Shen Pei didn't want to admit it, he also agreed with Jia Xu's previous advice to Yuan Xi.

As long as Yuan Shao doesn't die, Yuan Xi will never be able to truly take power, nor will he be able to bring counselors like them back.

Just like now, while fighting with Yuan Xixu, they will try their best to rescue Yuan Shao from trouble.

And when Yuan Shao gets out of trouble, Jia Xu will die!

This is why he is so afraid of Jia Xu.

The viciousness of this man's plans, the accuracy of his vision, and the decisiveness of his actions are all the best he has ever seen in his life. As long as he is not dead, he will feel uneasy.

Standing on the opposite side of him is like being stared at by a secret poisonous snake, and you can't live in peace.

Yuan Xi remained gloomy and silent until half an hour later, soldiers came to report.

"Second Young Master, Jia Xu took your private seal and left the city in a hanging basket."

"What?!" Yuan Xi was furious, and at the same time extremely frightened. When the whole city was under martial law, Jia Xu could still escape. When did this guy prepare a retreat?

When did he secretly take away his private seal?

Did you expect that he would not kill his father?

Could it be...that as Jia Xu said, if he doesn't kill his father, if he doesn't kill Shen Pei and others, will he definitely fail in the end?

Yuan Xi's eyes changed, and he glanced at Jushou and the other three men. His murderous intention fluctuated, and he seemed to be considering whether to take action immediately.

Jushou, Shenpei and Tian Feng felt frightened when they saw the murderous intention in Yuan Xi's eyes.

Shen Pei quickly said: "After the eldest son passed away, the second son is the only heir to the master. Since we are loyal to the master, as long as the second master does not kill the master, how can we betray him? The arrest of Jia Xu is the most important thing right now. We must not let him spread the news in the city!"

Tian Feng also changed the topic and said: "Yes, if Jia Xu spreads the news in the city, both Cao Cao and Gongsun Zan will immediately send troops to attack Jizhou."

Under the successive persuasion of Shen Pei and Tian Feng, Yuan Xi also realized the seriousness of the problem, and the murderous intention in his heart slowly disappeared.

"By order of the general, Jia Xu is wanted throughout Jizhou. If caught, he will be killed on the spot!"

Since killing Yuan Shang, Yuan Xi's heart has become cold.

He doesn't care how much help Jia Xu gives him, as long as it threatens him, it is an enemy and must be eradicated!

After issuing several orders in the name of the general, Yuan Xi looked at Shen Pei and others and said coldly: "You are not allowed to leave the house without my permission. Later, I will send someone to take care of your family members." Take them together!”

"Before this young master takes complete power, you will live in the Yuan Mansion!"

Jia Xu's betrayal gave Yuan Xi a big wake-up call and made him realize that none of these counselors were simple things.

From now on, he must be on full alert!

Hearing this, the faces of Shen Pei and others changed drastically.

Yuan Xi looked at Jushou again and said, "Jusuo Jun will follow me. I need to know what you said to His Majesty in the propaganda room!"