Can I get to the other side?

For two months, Gongsun Zan had been attacking Jizhou with all his might.

And because of the no-cost business with the Mi family, he made a lot of money by selling Zhen salt.

This made his logistics more stable than before.

This made Yuan Shao feel more stressed. In addition, he was eager to repel Gongsun Zan, so he had to personally take Tian Feng and Ju Shou to the front line to supervise the battle. As for Xu You and Shen Pei, he left them in Lecheng County to guard the rear and manage logistics and internal affairs.

But Xu You was very annoyed with such an arrangement.

"After your majesty ordered me to eliminate Ju Shou, I should rush to Cao Aman as soon as possible to be an insider. How can I keep wasting time here with Yuan Shao?"

Xu You paced back and forth in the government office, feeling a little anxious.

Ju Shou followed Yuan Shao to the front line to fight against Gongsun Zan. God knows when he will come back. Before that, he will continue to lie dormant, which makes him a little uneasy.

Because he could deeply sense Ju Su's vigilance against him, maybe while he was planning how to get rid of Ju Su, Ju Su was also planning how to get rid of him, and he was at risk of being exposed at any time.

Just as Xu You was thinking, a postman hurried into the back hall.

"Xu Bo Cao, I have something to report."

"What is it?"

Xu You collected his thoughts and cast his eyes over.

The postman took out a letter from his arms and whispered, "This is a secret letter sent from Shen Zhizhong's mansion this morning, to be sent to the general on the front line."

Xu You's eyes flashed when he heard this.

He hated Shen Pei to the bone and was also wary of him, so he spent a lot of money to bribe the postman early and asked him to bring all the letters sent from Shen Pei's mansion to him first.

"Well done."

Xu You took out a golden bean from his purse and handed it to the postman, took the letter and read it.

Soon his face changed.

After reading the letter carefully again, Xu You folded it again and returned it, and ordered: "Continue to send it to the general."

"Yes!"

The postman took the letter and bowed and left.

Xu You looked at the postman's figure leaving, his expression gradually became gloomy, and snorted coldly: "Shen Pei, what a Shen Pei!"

He always thought that the only one who was wary of him was Ju Shou, but after reading the letter just now, he realized that Shen Pei had never trusted him, but he didn't show it as obviously as Ju Shou.

Shen Pei had been secretly investigating various clues since he arrived in Lecheng County from Yecheng, and concluded that he and Yuan Xi might be secretly connected.

The letter just now was to inform Yuan Shao!

"Yuan Shao will definitely be suspicious of me after reading the letter... But this is also good, it can keep your majesty out of it."

Xu You took a deep breath and calmed down.

Although he could have stopped the letter, it was meaningless to do so, because Shen Pei had already investigated it clearly. Even if he stopped the letter, Yuan Shao would know it sooner or later.

So it was better to take advantage of the situation and let Yuan Shao think that he was in contact with Yuan Xi, so that he would not suspect the emperor.

But no matter what, he could not stay in Lecheng County. When Yuan Shao received the letter, he would definitely let Shen Pei arrest him. He had to leave Lecheng County as soon as possible to join Cao Cao.

But before leaving...

Xu You's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he stood up and left the government office.

Go to Shen Pei's mansion.

...

Study.

It was pouring outside the house. Shen Pei looked at the gray rain curtain outside the window, and finally sighed, and turned his eyes back to the pile of intelligence on the table in front of him.

It recorded all kinds of evidence of Xu You's connection with Yuan Xi.

It was an indisputable fact that Xu You betrayed Yuan Shao and joined forces with Yuan Xi to kill Yuan Shao, but he found it difficult to accept.

Although he was not on good terms with Xu You, he recognized Xu You's talent; now Xu You chose to betray, Yuan Shao would definitely get rid of him after learning about it.

Shen Pei felt sad because Xin Ping, Guo Tu, and Feng Ji were already dead. If Xu You died again, there would be very few counselors left under Yuan Shao, which was not a good thing.

"Forget it, it's all my own fault."

Shen Pei shook his head. Betrayal was intolerable, and he had already sent the letter. Now all he could do was wait for Yuan Shao's reply.

At this moment, the housekeeper suddenly walked into the study and reported: "Master, Xu Bocao is visiting."

Shen Pei was shocked when he heard this.

Xu You?

Why did he come to visit suddenly?

After a brief thought, Shen Pei told the housekeeper: "Let him wait in the hall, I'll..."

"No need to bother, I'm here."

Before he finished speaking, Xu You appeared outside the study. He patted the rain off his body and looked at Shen Pei with a smile.

"I have something important to discuss with Zhengnan, so I am a little anxious. Zhengnan won't blame me for being rude, right?"

Shen Pei was surprised, but remained calm on the surface. He quietly covered the information on the table with bamboo slips and stood up with a smile.

"How could it be, Ziyuan, come in quickly."

Shen Pei welcomed Xu You into the study and ordered the housekeeper to prepare ginger soup to drive away the cold. Then he asked Xu You, "I wonder what Ziyuan has important to discuss that makes him so anxious?"

It was raining heavily outside today, and Xu You came in the rain. He didn't even wait in the hall and came directly. It can be seen how anxious he was.

This is not in line with Xu You's character.

"Alas..."

Facing the interrogator's inquiry, Xu You sighed and said with a complex expression: "This matter is a bit difficult to discuss... I would like to borrow something from Zhengnan for use, and I ask Zhengnan not to be stingy."

"What do I think it is?"

Shen Pei smiled and said straightforwardly: "Is it money, books, or something else? Ziyuan just said it doesn't matter, I will definitely lend it to you if I have it."

He thought Xu You had something serious to ask him for, but it turned out that he was just here to borrow something, which made him feel relieved.

"Zhengnan, listen to me."

Xu You stood up and came to Shen Pei's side, whispering in his ear: "I want to lend you your life."

Shen Pei was stunned for a moment, and then felt a chill in his chest.

He looked down.

Xu You didn't know when he sent a dagger into his heart, and blood was pouring out, dyeing his clothes red.

"you……"

Shen Pei raised his head and looked at Xu You, his eyes filled with confusion, shock, anger and confusion. He said in disbelief: "Why, why did you do this!"

"Why? You know it very well."

Xu You let go of the judge and let him fall to the ground. He stood up and looked down coldly, "You killed my wife and children, and now you have discovered my identity. How can I keep you?"

At this time, Shen Pei only felt numbness in his limbs, cold hands and feet, and his life was constantly passing away with the gush of blood. However, his face was still filled with anger, and he stared at Xu You and said, "You read that letter!"

Xu You sneered and said: "Do you think I will let you inform Yuan Shao at will like I did when I was in Yecheng before?"

"When you killed my wife and children, you should have thought that such a day would come!"

Killing Shen Pei was not only to surrender a petition to Cao Cao soon, but also to cut off Yuan Shao's arm.

It was to avenge the murder of his wife and children!

Shen Pei wanted to curse, but what came out of his mouth was large mouthfuls of blood. He felt that his vision was getting blurry and his body was getting heavier.

"Xu Ziyuan."

Shen Pei used his last bit of strength to look at Xu You, vomiting blood and saying intermittently: "My lord is in the north, don't, don't let me die facing south, help me..."

He knew he was going to die, but before he died, he wanted to die with dignity.

But he had lost too much blood and now he couldn't even move. Only Xu You could help him.

Hearing Shen Pei's pleading words, Xu You frowned and stared at him for a moment, and finally bent down, helped him sit up from the ground, and faced the north.

"Many, thank you..."

Shen Pei smiled with relief and looked up out of the window with some difficulty. His eyes seemed to want to penetrate the misty rain curtain and see Yuan Shao who was fighting thousands of miles away.

"Lord, I can no longer assist you."

Shen Pei muttered to himself with some regret.

A cold, moist wind blew into the room and blew out the candlestick on the table, leaving only curls of green smoke.

Death is like a lamp going out.

Xu You looked at the lifeless Shen Ping, and the hatred in his heart disappeared at the moment of his death, replaced by bursts of emptiness and loneliness.

Life and death are so big, life and death are so small.

Xu You bowed to the body of the judge, and then left the study, just in time to meet the housekeeper who was bringing ginger soup.

The housekeeper was surprised and said: "Xu Bocao, are you leaving so soon? I haven't drunk the ginger soup yet. Let's finish it before leaving."

"No need."

Xu You looked calm and hid his blood-stained hands in his sleeves, "Your master and I have already discussed the matter. He wants to take a nap and rest for a while. Don't let anyone come in and disturb him."

The steward should be respectful.

Xu You then strode away from Shenfu, returned home and simply packed up some gold and silver items, then rode out of Lecheng County and headed straight for Yanzhou.

"Amao, I'm coming!"

…

Jizhou front line, Jizhou army barracks.

Although the night was already deep, Yuan Shao still didn't fall asleep and was reading the secret letter sent from Lecheng County in his hand.

"Xu You actually hooked up with Yuan Xi?"

After Yuan Shao read the explanation of the trial match and the various evidences listed in the letter, he was extremely shocked and could not believe it at the same time.

He and Xu You have been friends for decades. Why would Xu You join forces with that evil son of Yuan Xi to kill him? This is simply nonsense!

"No, Zhengnan must have made a mistake."

Yuan Shao immediately put on his clothes and stood up, intending to write a handwritten reply to Shen Pei, asking him not to be unreasonably suspicious of Xu You, and to wait until he returns to discuss everything.

But when he looked up, he saw a familiar figure.

It was actually a trial match.

Yuan Shao couldn't help but was stunned for a moment, stood up and said: "Zhengnan, you are not guarding Lecheng County, how can you be here? And... what's wrong with you?"

Shen Pei was dressed in green clothes and his face was frighteningly pale.

Facing Yuan Shao's question, the judge smiled miserably and said with blood and tears: "My lord, take care, be careful."

These words made Yuan Shao feel confused. Just when he was about to ask a question, he saw blood suddenly overflowing from Shen Pei's chest, and soon his whole body was stained with blood.

"Zhengnan, what's wrong with you? Zhengnan——!"

Yuan Shao opened his eyes suddenly and sat up from the bed. After calming down for a while, he realized that it was just a dream and he actually fell asleep while looking at the matching letter.

"It seems I'm too tired."

Looking at the empty camp, Yuan Shao couldn't help but rub his temples. The war had been fierce recently and he hadn't had a good night's sleep for a long time.

At this moment, a figure flashed outside the tent.

Ju Shou and Tian Feng walked into the tent together, both of them with heavy and sad faces, and Ju Shou's eyes were a little red.

"Gong Yu, Yuan Hao, why are you here so late?"

Yuan Shao put down the letter in his hand, put on his clothes and got out of bed.

Ju Shou and Tian Feng looked at each other, and finally Ju Shou said with tears in his eyes: "My lord, there is a bad news, you must not get excited after hearing it."

"What bad news?"

Yuan Shao's heart tightened, and he was inexplicably uneasy.

Tian Feng said in a sad tone: "Just received news, yesterday Xu You killed Shen Pei and fled to Yanzhou!"

Yuan Shao was stunned when he heard it, and after reacting, he smiled at Tian Feng: "Why did Yuan Hao suddenly say such a joke, how could Xu You kill Shen Pei?"

"Okay, it's so late at night, you guys go to rest quickly, I want to sleep too."

Yuan Shao waved his hand, not believing it at all.

"My Lord!"

Ju Shou knelt down to Yuan Shao, choking with sobs, and said, "This is true! Xu You really killed Shen Zhengnan with his own hands and defected!"

"Impossible!"

Yuan Shao roared, overturned the table, pointed at Ju Shou and cursed, "Xu You and I are close friends, how could he defect! Don't talk nonsense!"

"And Zhengnan! Zhengnan is outstanding in martial arts, skilled in archery, horse riding and swordsmanship, and three or five soldiers can't get close to him. How could he be killed by Xu You?!"

"Get out! Get out!"

Yuan Shao was furious. Seeing that Ju Shou and Tian Feng were still not leaving, he immediately went to the wall to draw his sword, but he fell straight down as soon as he took a step.

"My Lord!"

Tian Feng and Ju Shou were horrified and hurried forward to check on Yuan Shao's condition. Together, they lifted him to the bed, and then Tian Feng went out to call the medical officer to come.

Ju Shou stayed by Yuan Shao's bedside to take care of him. At this time, a piece of letter paper on the ground caught his attention. He bent down to pick it up. After glancing at it, he was furious!

"I knew, I knew it was not that easy for Xu You to escape from Yecheng!"

Ju Shou's heart was filled with hatred.

He began to suspect when Xu You fled to Lecheng County, and everything that happened now proved his guess. Xu You was not colluding with Yuan Xi at all, but was sent by the false emperor!

But what did the false emperor send Xu You to do?

Just to kill Shen Pei?

No! That's not right.

In a flash, Ju Shou suddenly understood.

I'm afraid that he or Yuan Shao was the real target of Xu You's killing, and Shen Pei just happened to discover the appearance of Xu You and Yuan Xi's collusion, so he was killed by Xu You!

But why did Xu You flee to Yanzhou?

"Yanzhou... Yanzhou..."

"Cao Cao?"

Ju Su suddenly woke up, and then he immediately realized something terrible - Jia Xu is now serving as Gongsun Zan's strategist.

Instantly, a deep chill completely enveloped Ju Su from head to toe.