Can I get to the other side?

General's Mansion, Council Hall.

"Bang--!"

A teacup whizzed past Jushou's ear and hit the pillar behind him hard. The fragments flew everywhere and a small cut was made on his face, with traces of blood spilling out.

Yuan Xi's face was full of evil, and he stared at Jushou, Shen Pei, and Tian Feng. His eyes were filled with overwhelming anger, and he said sternly: "Tell me! Who spread the rumor that I killed my younger brother and imprisoned my father!"

"Did you, Mr. Ju, do it, or were all three of you involved?"

Recently, the news that Yuan Xi killed his brother and imprisoned his father has been widely circulated in Yecheng. Basically, you can hear such remarks in every major restaurant and teahouse.

What’s even more frightening is that many people have begun to think this is true!

Even when Yuan Xi was young, the guard guarding the west gate secretly told him that the matter had begun to be discussed within the city defense army.

This made Yuan Xi furious.

The reason why he was able to imprison Yuan Shao without any worries was precisely because he deceived the city defense forces in the city.

Once they attack and demand to see Yuan Shao to find out the truth, there will be nothing he can do.

So far, the only people who know the truth are a few senior leaders of Huziying, as well as Ju Sue, Shen Pei, Tian Feng and Jia Xu who have fled!

Yuan Xi will not doubt his private army, because these people are already grasshoppers on the same rope as him;

There is no doubt about Jia Xu, because the news only started to circulate long after Jia Xu left, and Jia Xu had no motive.

Therefore, the three most suspects are Ju Sue, Shen Pei, and Tian Feng!

Especially Jushu!

"This matter has nothing to do with us." Jushou raised his hand to wipe away the wisp of blood on his face, and said calmly: "The three of us are in front of the Second Young Master every day, and we can't leave the house at all. How can we convey the news to the outside world?"

"Besides, we won't risk the general's life."

Yuan Xi's face was filled with dark clouds. Even though he knew what Jushu said was true, he still did not let go of his doubts and just sneered.

"If it's not you, who could it be?"

"Did Yuan Shang, Feng Ji, or Guo Tu and Xin Ping entrust dreams to people outside? You guys should tell me!"

"You are all my father's capable advisers. Aren't you all good at making good decisions? Then you can give me a reasonable explanation!"

Facing Yuan Xi's anger, Jushou and the other three remained silent.

Don't say that they really don't know who is spreading the rumors behind the scenes, and even if they know, they will never say anything.

Seeing this, Yuan Xi became even more annoyed.

When these counselors were working for his father, they rushed to make suggestions and express opinions when they encountered problems. When it came time to work for him, they all started to pretend to be dumb!

This is definitely intentional!

Jia Wenhe is right, these guys should have been killed before. Unless my father died, there was no way they could return home, let alone be used by me!

Yuan Xi began to regret not listening to Jia Xu's advice. At first, he had dreamed of taking over everything Yuan Shao had.

Take these counselors who are indeed capable and have the support of aristocratic families for your own use.

Now it seems that it is completely wrong!

But the matter has come to this, and he has missed the best opportunity. It is impossible to continue killing people at the cusp of the current crisis, otherwise the rumors outside will confirm his evil deeds of killing his brother and imprisoning his father.

After glaring at Jushou and others with hatred, Yuan Xi left the meeting hall angrily.

After he left, Shen Pei breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Jushou, and asked in a low voice: "Gongyu, who do you think spread the news? Is it Xun Chen or Xin Pi? Or is it Xu You?"

In fact, they had some guesses in their minds.

It's just that someone saw through Yuan Xi's lies and wanted to use public opinion to put pressure on Yuan Xi and lead the city defense army to take action in order to rescue Yuan Shao.

And the only people in Yecheng who have the ability to see through this and still have free agency are these three people.

"I can't analyze it for now." Jushou shook his head, touched his chin and said, "But this is a good thing for us. We hope that the city defense army can react as soon as possible and not be deceived by Yuan Xi."

Shen Pei sighed helplessly: "I hope so."

Tian Feng, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said: "If we can find a way to pass the news to Xu Ziyuan or other city defense troops, we don't have to be so passive."

Jushou let out a breath of confusion, "It's a pity that we are trapped in the house and can't get out at all."

…

Five days later, Yuan Xi looked at the investigation information presented and his face gradually became ferocious.

"Okay! Okay! Very good!" Yuan Xi laughed angrily, clutching the briefing in his hand tightly, with strong murderous intent rolling in his eyes, "I don't touch you, I want to calm things down and not make the matter bigger in the future. There is a chance to gain your allegiance!”

"But you guys are not grateful. Instead, you are here to cause trouble for me!"

"Wen He is right, if you want to achieve great things, you must eradicate the roots!"

In the past few days, he mobilized all his connections and resources to investigate where the rumors originated.

After some digging, we finally found the source of the rumors.

It was the Feng family and the Guo family who were leading the push!

Moreover, there were secret reports that Feng Wei and Guo Kai had traveled to and from the Xin Mansion, which meant that the Xin family was also involved.

Yuan Xi also instantly understood the person behind all this—Xin Ping’s younger brother and another counselor under Yuan Shao—Xin Pi!

This man is very resourceful and has a brother-killing grudge against him. It is very possible for him to see through the truth!

"snort!"

After confirming the person behind the scenes, Yuan Xi could no longer restrain his anger. He threw the brief in his hand to the ground, grabbed the sword hanging on the wall, and said coldly:

"Send the order!"

"Leave 100 people in the mansion, and the rest of you, follow me to kill the remaining traitors!"

"Yes!"

Late at night, 400 Tiger Camps followed Yuan Xi out to kill people.

...

Xin Mansion.

Although it was late at night, Xin Pi had not fallen asleep yet. He was discussing the next action with Feng Wei and Guo Kai in the study.

Feng Wei said: "Now everyone in Yecheng knows that Yuan Xi killed his brother and imprisoned his father. But... there is a new news."

Xin Pi frowned and asked: "What new news?"

Feng Wei was a little hesitant when he heard it, and he seemed to be afraid to say it.

Finally, Guo Kai said: "Some people say that the general held the emperor hostage and had the intention of rebellion; Yuan Xi imprisoned the general in order to purge the emperor's side, which was a righteous act of killing relatives." "What nonsense!" As soon as the voice fell, Xin Pi cursed: "The general is a role model for the world, a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty who led an army to kill Dong Zhuo. Who doesn't know this?" "This is clearly a rumor that Yuan Xi deliberately spread in order to get away with it!" Xin Pi was a little annoyed. He didn't expect that Yuan Xi would dare to spread such news in order to get away with it. This is a bad reputation that can completely ruin the reputation of the Yuan family! It's much more serious than killing his brother and imprisoning his father! "Then what should we do?" Feng Wei asked with a worried look on his face. "Yuan Xi has been sending people to investigate who is spreading the news recently. Many people have been arrested. If this continues, he will track us down sooner or later."

Spreading rumors is not just about finding someone to talk to. You have to spend money to hire a large number of street people to chat around the city and spread the news inadvertently.

And doing so will definitely leave a handle. As long as you follow the clues and spend time, you will definitely track them down in the end.

"Don't worry, the time is almost right. I will enter the palace tomorrow and ask the emperor for an order to thoroughly investigate the matter of Yuan Xi killing his brother and imprisoning his father on the grounds of public opinion in the city."

"At that time, you only need to enter the general's mansion to meet the general, and you can make Yuan Xi, the thief, have nowhere to hide!"

Xin Pi said confidently. Except for the message "Yuan Xi killed his relatives for the sake of justice", everything was going according to his plan.

It's not far from the thief being executed and avenging his brother.

However, just as Xin Pi finished speaking, the door of the study was kicked open from outside.

A cold laugh accompanied by the cold wind entered the study.

"You guys are really good at tricks!"

Yuan Xi appeared at the door of the study wearing armor and holding a sword.

At the same time, a large number of fully armed Tiger Camp soldiers rushed into the study and surrounded Xin Pi and others.

Seeing this scene, Xin Pi's face suddenly changed, and he stood up suddenly, staring at Yuan Xi with resentment.

"Thief! How come you are here!"

"Why can't I be here?" Yuan Xi's face was full of sarcasm, but his eyes were full of murderous intent, "If you don't come to see me, I will come to see you! Xin Congshi!"

"No... you should be called the remnants of the traitor!"

As soon as these words came out, Feng Wei and Guo Kai were shocked.

Yuan Xi was going to use the same trick again and label them all traitors!

Xin Pi was furious, pointing at Yuan Xi's nose and cursing: "You thief! You killed your brother and imprisoned your father, and you killed loyal people without permission. You are a traitor! I curse you to die a miserable death!"

"Puff!"

Yuan Xi didn't waste any words with him at all. He slashed with a sword and sent Xin Pi to see Xin Ping on the spot.

Then he looked at Feng Wei and Guo Kai who were trembling with fear and laughed grimly.

"Kill them!"

"No one in the Xin Mansion will be spared!"

Inside the house, blood was splattered.

Outside the house, the waning moon was like a hook.

The next morning, an astonishing news spread.

The Feng family, the Guo family, and the Xin family were suspected of rebellion, and Yuan Xi led troops to the door. Overnight, hundreds of people from the three families were slaughtered!

This news instantly shocked all the noble families in Yecheng!

The noble families in the entire Yecheng were panicked because of this.

For a time, there was a panic, and everyone was in danger.

Three days later

The heads or elders of the major families in Yecheng secretly came to Xun Mansion to discuss with Xun Chen how to seek self-protection under Yuan Xi's bloody suppression.

...

At the same time.

Youzhou, Yicheng, Taishou Mansion.

Gongsun Zan sat in the main seat, looking at the urgent report sent by the spies in his hand, and a touch of ecstasy appeared on his face.

"Brother, how is it?" Gongsun Fan asked anxiously.

"What Jia Wenhe said is true. Half a month ago, all four gates of Yecheng were blocked and no one was allowed to enter or leave. At the same time, Yan Liang led the Jizhou army and stationed near the city gate."

Gongsun Zan handed the urgent report in his hand to Gongsun Fan, and said to his son Gongsun Xu: "Go and invite Jia Xu to come quickly, and don't be negligent in the slightest."

Gongsun Xu took the order and turned to invite Jia Xu.

Gongsun Fan, who had also quickly read the urgent report, laughed and said, "Brother, God helps me! I didn't expect that the old villain Yuan Shao would be rebelled by his son! With such a good opportunity, we must take Jizhou!"

"Hahahaha——!"

Gongsun Zan also laughed heartily.

Since the crusade against Dong Zhuo, he has been fighting with Yuan Shao.

At first, he relied on the elite Baima Yicong and had the upper hand.

He even fought into Jizhou and occupied many counties in Jizhou.

Later, in the Battle of Longcou, he suffered heavy losses in just one defeat, and no longer had the capital to compete with Yuan Shao.

This is the huge gap in background between the two.

Yuan Shao occupied the rich Jizhou, while he occupied only the poor and cold Youzhou.

Yuan Shao could lose many times, but he would be seriously injured if he lost once.

Gongsun Fan said with a little worry: "Although Jia Wenhe has good ideas, his reputation is not very good. My brother used to pay homage to the emperor in front of the two armies and used the name of clearing the court to fight against Yuan Shao. Now if Jia Wenhe is reused..."

"If you don't say it and I don't say it, who knows that he is Jia Wenhe?" Gongsun Zan said indifferently.

He is too short of counselors.

Jia Xu followed Dong Zhuo, Guo Si, Li Jue, Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu successively, although he was a traitor.

But this also shows his ability!

Otherwise, why did the rebels use him repeatedly?

When the two were talking, Zhao Yun frowned slightly.

If Gongsun Zan really uses Jia Xu, a traitor, he will be greatly disappointed.

Just as he was about to persuade Gongsun Zan, Gongsun Xu had already walked in with Jia Xu.

As soon as he entered the door, before Gongsun Zan could speak, Jia Xu took out the imperial edict from his arms.

"Gongsun Zan, the governor of Youzhou, accepts the imperial edict!"

Recently, there have been many people who have been leading the rhythm.

Basically, they have guessed my plot, guessed that Yuan Shao will not die, and the protagonist continues to pretend to be a grandson. It is inevitable that Yuan Shao will not die, and the introduction hints. It is nonsense for the protagonist to pretend to be a grandson.

I didn't want to pay attention to it, but the rhythm is getting bigger and bigger, which seriously affects the senses of new readers, and they really think that the protagonist has always been a waste.

But in fact, everyone knows that the protagonist of Yecheng is bound to be taken down. It's just that it's not taken down as the readers guessed, and it's not directly let Yuan Xi kill Yuan Shao to take it down, that's too unreasonable.

The people who are leading the rhythm say that the protagonist does not seize power and has no power. Seeing this, my dear ministers, say, does the protagonist really have no power? Are they really not going to seize power? Have you really guessed the direction of the plot?

Absolutely not!