Can I get to the other side?

Liu Xie walked up to Queen Fu, looked down at this stubborn and morally observant woman, and showed off his peak acting skills.

In his eyes, there were three parts pain, three parts regret, three parts anger and one part love.

"Not long after Zitong entered the palace, he was kidnapped by Dong Zhuo and went to Chang'an with me. In the following years, I didn't live a peaceful life for a day. It was really hard on you. But even so, you shouldn't even acknowledge me. Don’t come out!”

After Empress Fu heard the word Zi Tong, her delicate body trembled and her pupils suddenly shrank.

Zitong was the emperor's name for the empress, but she had only heard these two words from the emperor when she was established as empress five years ago.

After that, he wandered all the way, fled Chang'an, returned east to Luoyang, and was kidnapped by Cao Cao to Xu County.

During this period, the emperor never called her Zitong.

He even favored Dong Guiren.

Queen Fu: "You..."

However, Liu Xie did not give her a chance to speak. He turned sideways to face Empress Fu, with his hands behind his back, and he raised his head and looked out of the window at a 45-degree angle, showing a look of nostalgia and emotion.

"When I was young, Dong Zhuo entered the capital and caused trouble in the imperial court. I saw with my own eyes the emperor's brother sitting slumped on the dragon throne and crying, but I did not dare to resist Dong Zhuo."

"That scene is something I will never forget."

"At that moment, I was thinking that if I ascend the throne as emperor, I will never let anyone hold me hostage, and I will never become the puppet of any treacherous official."

"As long as there is an opportunity, I will seize it with all my strength! I will imitate Emperor Guangwu of the ancestors and sweep across the world and defeat all the enemies."

"Later, the imperial brother was deposed, and Thief Dong made me the emperor. I am not the imperial brother, and I will not be a puppet, let alone surrender to Thief Dong's overwhelming power!"

"Gradually, under my planning, we finally got a turn for the better."

Speaking of this, Liu Xie paused deliberately.

If Queen Fu wants to continue listening, then continue to make it up and use her to play a game of chess again.

If she had no intention of listening, then this would be the last time Liu Xie stepped into Jiaofang Palace. From now on, Jiaofang Palace would be completely sealed off, and not only Queen Fu but also the maids inside were not allowed to go out.

Empress Fu looked at Liu Xie's profile and his determined eyes, and couldn't help but think:

"The emperor was fashionable and dared to scold Dong Zhuo when he was young, but when he grew up, he did not dare to scold Guo Si, Li Jue, Cao Cao and others, and became their puppets, crying in the palace every day. In just a few years, they were completely different. ”

Seeing Liu Xie pause, she couldn't help but ask: "What's the turning point?"

Liu Xie suppressed the corners of his mouth that were about to rise, turned around and looked at Empress Fu, and asked, "Queen, do you know who raised me?"

Empress Fu frowned and said, "The emperor lost his mother when he was young, and he was raised by the empress dowager."

If you answer directly, it will feel like you are acknowledging Liu Xie's identity in disguise.

So she only talked about the emperor, not Liu Xie.

Liu Xie didn't pay attention to Queen Fu's little thoughts, nodded and said:

"I lost my mother when I was young, and I grew up under the care of the Empress Dowager. Later, the Empress Dowager was killed by He Jinzhen. There were only some eunuchs left by the Empress Dowager to serve me. ”

"After I ascend the throne, I don't have any military power. Without military power, I will become a puppet of Dong Zhuo and his like."

"Later, thanks to God's mercy, I finally found a person who looked exactly like me from among the people. So we came up with a plan to change the situation, and I got rid of the hostage and came to Yecheng."

"Yuan Shao is the most powerful prince in the world after Dong Zhuo. However, there are many factions within him that attack each other. As long as I work step by step, I may not be unable to obtain Yuan Shao's inheritance."

"Three years later, I succeeded. I drove Yuan Shao out of Yecheng, and recovered Wei County, Yangping County, Guangping County, and Lu Bu's Xuzhou. I had 40,000 soldiers and held great power. I just waited for Qingzhou to be conquered. Can regain the entire territory of Jizhou."

"By then, the three states of Xuzhou, Qingzhou, and Jizhou will be connected and unify the north. It will be just around the corner. In this way, we will have the foundation of Guangwu. Why worry about the injustice of the world?"

Empress Fu looked at Liu Xie who was getting more and more energetic, listened to how he drove away Yuan Shao step by step, and listened to his ambition to unify the world, and she felt admired in her heart.

She had to admit that if her position were changed to that of Xu County, she would never be where she is today.

After hesitating for a moment, she asked: "You have nothing to do with the man from Xu County? Are you not a twin brother?"

Liu Xie shook his head, walked slowly to Queen Fu, and sat down on her soft body.

Queen Fu's body tensed up, but she still didn't pull away.

Liu Xie smiled slightly in his heart. He had no thoughts about Queen Fu.

This move was just a small test, which showed that Queen Fu's heart had finally changed, and she was not as calm as she appeared on the surface.

"How can there be any twin brothers?"

"I said that he is a shadow and a substitute found from the people."

"The queen still doesn't believe in cheating on the emperor and changing the day, so I'll talk to you about it."

After hearing this, Queen Fu's eyes lit up.

Why did Yang Biao and her father firmly believe that the emperor had been betrayed after finishing the ceremony?

Even Dong Cheng, as the most trusted person by the emperor, regarded the emperor of Xu County as a false emperor.

This doubt has been buried in her heart for a long time.

Liu Xiedao: "Since the Queen knows that I was raised by the Empress Dowager, she must also know about the relationship between Dong Cheng and me."

Dong Cheng!

Liu Xie did not mention Yang Biao and Fu Wan, who were expected by Queen Fu, but only mentioned Dong Cheng, which immediately shocked her.

She subconsciously remembered everything about Dong Cheng.

Dong Cheng was born into the Dong family in Hejian, Jizhou, and was the nephew of the Empress Dowager.

When the emperor fled from Chang'an to Luoyang, Dong Cheng was always by his side. He was from the Dong family in Hejian, so he had the means to secretly send the emperor to Jizhou.

When the emperor returned to Luoyang, Han Xian disrupted the government affairs. It was Dong Cheng who transferred Cao Cao to Beijing, and Cao Cao welcomed the emperor and moved the capital to Xu County.

At these two points in time, Dong Cheng had the opportunity to change the emperor's contract.

Could it be that the reason why Cao Cao was allowed to enter the capital to welcome the emperor was to protect the real emperor who entered Yecheng alone to seek Yuan Shao's inheritance?

Otherwise, how can we explain that when Dong Cheng was in Xu County, he suddenly decided that the emperor was fake.

You must know that at that time, the emperor trusted him the most and doted on his daughter Dong Guiren.

Queen Fu didn't want to think about this, let alone question the identity of the emperor of Xu County.

But this series of clues connected together had to make her think wildly.

Liu Xie continued: "After the false emperor escaped from Xu County, under the escort of Huben guards, he did not go to Liu Biao, but went all the way to Shouxian County to look for Lu Bu. Does the Queen know why?"

Queen Fu opened her mouth, not knowing how to answer.

If the emperor of Xu County is really the orthodox Han Dynasty, the first choice place must be Jingzhou, not the place where Lu Bu is.

The only explanation is that he was afraid that Liu Biao would find out his identity and lead to death.

For a moment, she was confused.

If the man in Xu County is not the emperor, how should she deal with herself?

Seeing that Queen Fu's mood was completely confused, Liu Xie said again:

"Now, Lu Bu has ordered people to escort the puppet emperor to Yecheng."

"As my substitute, I am willing to give him a dignified death, but he is so audacious that he wants to turn falsehood into truth!"

While observing Empress Fu's expression, Liu Xie said: "The false emperor was rebellious and had to be killed. The reason why I didn't ask Lu Bu and Dong Cheng to kill the false emperor immediately was because he was still valuable... …”

He told the story of how to use the puppet emperor to capture Qingzhou, and disguised Dong Cheng as a loyal minister who had betrayed the emperor.

In any case, Dong Cheng would not survive in Cao Xing's escort team.

Put all the credit for subverting the emperor on his head, and just die without any evidence.

When Queen Fu heard this, she seemed a little lost.

I don’t know whether it was because Emperor Xian of Han had become a pawn in a conspiracy to seize Qingzhou and was bound to die, or because she mistakenly identified the emperor.

When Liu Xie saw this, he was very satisfied. He stood up and said, "Zitong, please rest and recuperate. I will come to see you in a few days with the reward for you."

After that, he left Jiaofang Hall directly.

He was thinking about how Queen Fu could use her to play a big game of chess and gain more benefits if she really believed his lies.

Empress Fu looked at Liu Xie's back and murmured to herself: "But why don't you answer me some secrets that only the emperor and I know? Or was it that the contract had been switched before that?"

…

Youzhou.

Yuan Shao's army has been besieging Ji County for many days.

But no results were achieved.

First, because Ji County has a strong city and there are many defenders in the city.

Even if Yuan Shao mobilized tens of thousands of troops to attack day and night, he could not easily conquer it.

Dozens of attacks all ended in failure.

Apart from the casualties and casualties of batch after batch of soldiers, nothing was gained.

Chinese army camp.

Yuan Shaozheng was furious at Lu Xiang, slammed the table, and cursed angrily: "If I ask you to bring a batch of grain and grass over, either Zhang Yan will snatch it away or the grain and grass will be burned!"

"It's been ten days, it's been ten days!"

"Is it so difficult to transport a batch of grain and grass?"

"What on earth do you do for food!"

The other generals in the camp were silent.

Lu Xiang said in a bitter tone: "General, the Black Mountain Army is here and there. They ambush us on the road we must pass to transport food. Every time, tens of thousands of people are dispatched together. Our soldiers and horses transporting food and grass are simply not enough to withstand their offensive." ”

"And they were like crazy. They were not afraid of death and attacked regardless of casualties, just to steal all our food and grass. If they couldn't take away, they would set fire to it."

"We really have no choice."

Facing the Black Mountain Army, Lu Xiang was really helpless. These people were hiding in the Taihang Mountains and were just a group of bandits.

He was definitely able to fight, but the opponent was not afraid of death at all, and every time he retreated back to the Taihang Mountains, he couldn't catch up even if he wanted to continue chasing.

The most important thing is that you never know when they will attack. It is really difficult to deal with.

Yuan Shao's face turned extremely gloomy when he heard this.

Zhang Yan, Black Mountain Army!

It's these guys again!

"Lord."

Tian Feng stood up at the side and advised Yuan Shao: "The Black Mountain Army has obviously united with Gongsun Xu to prevent us from capturing Jixian."

"Right now, this group of thieves are hiding in the Taihang Mountains, only watching our logistical supply attacks. If this continues, there will be big problems sooner or later."

"Gongsun Xu is just a bunch of trapped beasts. Even if we give him a chance to breathe in the winter, what will happen?"

"In my opinion, it would be better for us to attack other cities in Yuyang County. After capturing the entire Yuyang County, we can reorganize our army and conquer Jixian County in one go in the spring next year."

He still hoped that Yuan Shao would withdraw his troops.

Stop staring at Jixian.

But Yuan Shao couldn't listen to Tian Feng's words now, and said coldly: "I'll give him a chance to breathe, and it will take years and months before he can return to Yecheng!"

"Pass my military order to recruit 50,000 soldiers from Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Bingzhou!"

Tian Feng's expression suddenly changed when he heard this. Just when he was about to object, a soldier hurriedly broke into the camp.

"General! The eldest son sent an urgent report from Qingzhou! It is said that Zhang Liao sent someone to secretly escort the emperor to leave Jizhou and cross the border from Qingzhou to Xuzhou!"

"Right now, Lu Bu has abandoned Yangzhou and is deploying troops on the border of Xuzhou. He is preparing to take the Emperor's imperial chariot to march in person, and together with Zhang Liao, he will raise a total of 40,000 troops to attack Qingzhou!"

"The eldest son has launched a search for the team escorting the emperor in Qingzhou, but the situation is very dangerous. I request the general to send troops to help as soon as possible!"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the account changed their expressions!

The emperor actually left Yecheng? !

Tian Feng was the first to come to his senses and said extremely anxiously: "General! We must not let Lu Bu get the emperor! Once he takes the emperor's chariot to conquer personally, Qingzhou will be destroyed!"

"Once Qingzhou is defeated, Jizhou will not be protected. By then Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou will be connected. Even if the lord takes Youzhou, he will lose his overall momentum!"

The reason why Lu Bu was not taken seriously before and Zhang Liao was allowed to occupy Yecheng was because there was Qingzhou between Xuzhou and Jizhou.

As long as a heavy army is deployed in Qingzhou, then Zhang Liao, no matter how he is in Jizhou, is just a rootless piece of grass that can be dealt with when free hands are available.

But once Qingzhou is captured by Lu Bu, the situation will change drastically, because at that time Lu Bu can directly threaten the security of Jizhou and even Youzhou and Bingzhou!

"Lu Bu!!"

Yuan Shao also felt furious in his heart.

Naturally, he also knew the importance of Qingzhou, otherwise he would not have let Yuan Tan lead an army of 25,000 to garrison it when he was eager to attack Jixian.

But if Zhang Liao and Lu Bu each lead an army of 20,000 to attack Qingzhou, Yuan Tan will definitely not be able to resist it, because even he dare not underestimate Lu Bu's bravery.

What's more, Lu Bu still has the emperor in his hands.

If he held the emperor's chariot hostage and marched in person, he would be invincible.

"Send a message back immediately, asking Yuan Tan to defend Qingzhou no matter what, and intercept the Emperor at all costs!"

"Send my military order to reorganize the army and evacuate Jixian County tomorrow!"

Yuan Shao ordered without hesitation.

Although he really wanted to capture Jixian, compared with Jixian, Qingzhou's safety was the most important, and he could tell which was more important.

"Report——!"

But just as he said this military order, another soldier rushed into the camp and reported urgently: "General! Jizhou has come to report that Zhang Liao led an army of 20,000 people from Wei County and marched to Qingzhou!"

"What?!"

Yuan Shao was shocked, stood up suddenly, and said sternly: "Send the order to the whole army! Abandon all baggage and send troops to support Qingzhou immediately!"

Zhang Liao's army came out in full force, indicating that Lu Bu's army was about to move out as well. Qingzhou was now in extreme danger!

If we don't go to help, Qingzhou will be destroyed!

"promise!"

All the generals agreed and hurriedly left the Chinese army camp to convey military orders.

…

Taihang Mountains, on a certain mountain.

Sun Qing, who was responsible for observing Yuan Jun's movements, had a panoramic view of everything going on in the general's camp. After he ordered his men to continue watching here, he returned to the stronghold alone.

"Boss! Yuan Shao's military camp has begun to move. It seems that they are planning to retreat from Jixian!"

"good!"

Zhang Yan's eyes flashed when he heard this, and his face showed fighting spirit and excitement. He laughed loudly, looked up at the many senior Montenegrin troops in the village, and shouted:

"Brothers! It's time for us to make contributions and serve the imperial court!"

"High officials, great salaries, glory and wealth are right in front of you!"

"Work with me to defeat Yuan Thief's army and become a general!"

Zhang Yan never thought about Ting Hou at all.

What he wants is a township marquis or even a county marquis!

If he could be granted the title of Marquis of Zhending County, he would be willing to pay any price!

"kill--!!"

In the village, Zhang Yan was responded to by the screams and passionate roars of many Black Mountain bandits.

For the sake of glory and wealth, they will not hesitate to sacrifice their lives, because this is their only chance to be recruited by the court and gain a good life!

Even if they were facing Yuan Shao, they would still rush forward and take a bite!

Under Zhang Yan's order, the entire Black Mountain Army mobilized and traveled through the Taihang Mountains to ambush Yuan Shao's army on the only way to retreat.

This retreat will be full of blood.

…

Qingzhou, Linzi.

Yuan Tan looked at the stack of battle reports on the table that came back from the front line, his face full of unconcealable anxiety, and he walked back and forth in the study like an ant on a hot pot.

Zhang Liao sent troops from Wei County to attack Qingzhou.

Lu Bu also sent troops from Langya and went straight to Dongguan County.

Both sides were aggressive.

Although he had more than 20,000 troops stationed in Qingzhou, he still found it very difficult to face two fronts that were unfolding at the same time, and unfavorable news frequently came back from the front lines.

"The Emperor, where is the Emperor hiding?"

"Why can't I find it?"

Yuan Tan kicked the table over and all the information on it was scattered on the floor, but this still couldn't calm the anger in his heart.

The only chance to survive until Yuan Shao comes to help is to find the emperor.

But he had mobilized ten thousand troops to search in various cities and mountains in Dongguan County, but still found no trace of the Emperor, which made him begin to doubt whether the Emperor was really in Dongguan County.

Thinking of this, Yuan Tan immediately asked someone to bring Yuan Xi over. In a furious state, he also tore off his previous disguise of a kind brother, stepped forward and grabbed Yuan Xi's neck.

"Did Zhang Liao secretly escort the emperor through Qingzhou? Are you lying to me?"

"Yuan Xi! Tell me the truth!"

Yuan Tan looked ferocious and shouted sternly.

Yuan Xi was pinched by Yuan Tan and rolled his eyes for a while. He felt it was difficult to breathe and his vision began to turn black. He struggled hard and kept slapping Yuan Tan's hand.

"Still unwilling to say it?!"

When Yuan Tan saw that he was silent, his eyes became more fierce and the strength in his hands gradually increased.

He knew this guy was tough-talking!

Seeing that Yuan Xi was about to be strangled to death, the guard standing by the side finally couldn't stand it anymore and whispered in a low voice: "First Master, you pinch the Second Young Master, he can't speak..."

Yuan Tan was stunned for a moment before he realized what he was doing.

Then he let go of Yuan Xi.

"Cough cough... cough cough cough -"

Yuan Xi fell directly to the ground, coughing and wheezing continuously, with snot, tears and drool all over the floor, looking extremely miserable.

After a long time, he looked up at Yuan Tan with a pale face and tearful eyes, and said in a hoarse voice: "Why don't you just kill me..."

It's so fucking torturous.

This should be inappropriate.

Yuan Tan looked gloomy and snorted coldly: "It's so easy for you to die! Answer my question quickly, where is the emperor now? Have you lied to me before?"

"If you continue to refuse to tell the truth, don't blame me for putting you to death regardless of brotherly love!"

Yuan Tan didn't want to make it so ugly.

But the situation is too critical right now.

If the emperor could not be found again, the armies of Lu Bu and Zhang Liao would be able to crush him, so he had to pry more information out of Yuan Xi.

"What else can I say!"

Yuan Xi got angry, got up from the ground and cursed: "I have said everything I should say! I only know that the emperor is in Dongguan County now, how do I know where he is specifically?"

"If eldest brother wants to kill me, you don't have to make so many excuses, just do it! Anyway, I am just a scum of the Yuan family who killed my brother and imprisoned my father. What kind of brotherly relationship do I have with eldest brother!"

Yuan Xi can be regarded as risking his life.

Directly angrily criticized Yuan Tan.

Yuan Tan's eyes were cloudy and uncertain. He placed his left hand on the long sword at his waist and looked at Yuan Xi in front of him, with murderous intent rising and falling in his heart.

But Yuan Xi looked directly into his eyes without any fear.

The atmosphere in the study was solemn, but it was soon broken by Wang Xiu who hurriedly walked into the study.

"My eldest son, General Lu Kuang sent news that a woodcutter had seen a caravan of hundreds of people in a mountain in Dongguan County, and they have been living in the mountain for a long time!"

"Now General Lu Kuang has led the army to search!"

Yuan Tan was startled, and then his face showed ecstasy!

It stands to reason that caravans travel through major cities and rarely stay in the wild for so long, but this caravan actually stayed in the mountains for a long time. There is obviously something wrong!

Most likely they were the team escorting the Emperor!

Yuan Tan smiled, stepped forward and patted Yuan Xi on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Xianyi, I was just joking with you just now, don't take it seriously."

"My brother is connected to you by heart, why would I doubt you?"

"You have a good rest and go out first for your brother."

After Yuan Tan finished speaking, he hurriedly left the study. He planned to go to Dongguan County in person and lead troops to search for the emperor!

"This guy..."

Looking at Yuan Tan's leaving figure, Yuan Xi's expression was a little ugly, and at the same time he felt a little worried in his heart.

The team escorting the pseudo-emperor still showed signs.

I hope they can be caught later, try to delay as much time as possible, and gain more results for His Majesty's army.