Can I get to the other side?

Liu Xie's tone was light, but it sounded like thunder in Yuan Shao's ears. He was so distracted that he couldn't even hold the wine bottle in his hand and dropped it to the ground.

The wine had wet his clothes, but he didn't care about it now. He just stared at Liu Xie closely, with deep shock in his eyes.

"W-what did you say?"

Yuan Shao even raised his voice unconsciously.

Because he was really shocked, the impact of what he just said was even greater than Liu Xie's attempt to turn a lie into truth.

Looking at Yuan Shao's unbelievable expression, Liu Xie smiled slightly and said, "I have kept it secret from you for so long, and it's time to tell you the truth."

"Today I will tell you something from the bottom of my heart."

Liu Xie fiddled with the charcoal to make the fire in the furnace burn more vigorously, and said: "Gongyu has always felt that I don't look like a refugee. He must have mentioned this to you more than once, but you never cared."

"His intuition is correct. I am indeed not a refugee, because I am the real emperor. It's just that I pretended to be so good that you couldn't believe it."

Yuan Shao was so shaken that he could hardly control himself.

Liu Xie...is really the emperor?

Suddenly, Yuan Shao recalled the last letter sent by Jushu, which mentioned this matter, but at the time he thought the letter was a forgery.

Could it be that that letter was really written by Jushu?

"wrong!"

Yuan Shao thought of something again, his eyes suddenly changed, and he said in a deep voice: "If you are the real emperor, then who is the one in Xu County?"

"If the Emperor of Xu County is fake, how can Yang Biao, Fu Wan, Dong Cheng and other close officials of the Emperor support him? Can't they tell the difference?"

"You are not the real emperor! You just deceived everyone because of your good acting skills. How could I be deceived by you so easily?!"

Yuan Shao had a sneer on his face.

When Liu Xie first said that he was the real emperor, he was indeed shocked, but after he realized what he said, he felt that there were many flaws in his words!

He won't be fooled by this guy again!

"I know that Xu You's betrayal must have something to do with you. Otherwise, with his character, it would be impossible for him to kill Shen Pei and then defect to Cao Cao!"

"Moreover, not long after Xu You defected to Cao Cao, Yang Biao hit the wall and committed suicide to express his loyalty. Yang Xiu even came to Yecheng to join you. How could it be such a coincidence?"

"Xu You is your pawn in Xu County!"

"Yes and no!"

Yuan Shao looked stern and questioned.

Now that the doubts in his heart had been answered, his thoughts became extremely clear, and he even realized that there was something wrong with Xu You's betrayal of him.

It was a familiar smell of conspiracy.

In addition, after Xu You went to Xu County, Yang Biao's betrayal of loyalty happened, which made it difficult for him not to connect the two.

Because if there are too many coincidences, they are no longer coincidences.

"Can you guess this?"

Liu Xie was a little surprised when he heard this. He had never revealed anything about Xu You, but Yuan Shao had guessed it himself?

Although he was surprised in his heart, he remained calm on the surface and said calmly: "Xu You is indeed one of my people. He betrayed you and went to Cao Cao with my permission."

"But you guessed something wrong."

"The false emperor in Xu County was just my substitute. Yang Biao, Fu Wan, and Dong Cheng were all my people from beginning to end, and it was only under their protection that I was able to escape."

"They only supported the false emperor to protect me and make you think that I am fake; but when I have the power and am not in danger, how can they continue to support the false emperor?"

"Don't you see that Yang Biao and Fu Wan have arrived in Yecheng? Even the queen has returned to me."

"As for Dong Cheng, it's a pity. He wanted to launch a mutiny to kill Cao Cao, but failed and fled. In the end, he died in the rebellion while escorting the puppet emperor to seduce Yuan Tan."

"What a pity for a loyal minister!"

Liu Xie said with a rather regretful expression.

After hearing this, Yuan Shao was shocked and confused because Liu Xie's words contained too much information - the emperor of Xu County was actually just a stand-in!

If this is the case, it can completely explain why those three people supported the emperor of Xu County, and why Yang Biao and Fu Wan later turned to Liu Xie.

Even the queen returned to Yecheng!

Yang Biao is a veteran of the Han Dynasty, and his loyalty to the Han Dynasty goes without saying; Fu Wan is the head of the country, and his daughter is the queen. These two people are the least likely to support a false emperor!

No matter how talented Liu Xie is and how good his acting skills are, there is no way he can deceive Yang Biao, Fu Wan and Queen Fu who is his pillow.

Yuan Shao's face was pale and his thoughts were confused.

After a long time, he let out a long sigh.

"I was deceived by you... Gongyu and I were deceived by you. You did use good means. You won."

Even as an enemy, Yuan Shao had to admire Liu Xie's audacity, daring to use his emperor's position and himself to enter the game to fight for a chance of survival.

Such a city, scheming and courage are unique even if we look at the four hundred years of Han Dynasty history!

Even heroes with outstanding political skills such as Emperor Jing, Emperor Wen, and Emperor Xuan were far inferior to Liu Xie in this regard.

The most important thing is that Liu Xie is still so young.

Not even close to the crown!

He couldn't imagine where Liu Xie would be if he continued to grow. Sanxing Yanhan was not just talk, it could even create an unprecedentedly powerful Han Empire!

"How could God send down such a monster?"

"Is it true that a big man has endless luck?"

Yuan Shao's mood was complicated and hard to understand. After a moment, he looked up at Liu Xie: "Why are you telling me all this? Are you trying to persuade me to surrender?"

Liu Xie caught him but didn't kill him. Instead, he met with him privately and talked to him so much. It's impossible that he just wanted him to die clearly.

Thinking over it, he could only think of persuading him to surrender.

"Benchu, don't be ridiculous."

Liu Xie smiled and shook his head, "You and I both know that you can't surrender, and I can't keep a traitor like you who has obvious ambitions."

"And if you are alive, Yuan Xi, Ju Yi, Cui Yan, Xu You and those who once worked for you and later served me will feel uneasy."

Indeed, it is good for Yuan Shao to be alive.

Because the power and influence of the Yuan family are huge, Yuan Xi's prestige is not enough to inherit the Yuan family, and only Yuan Shao can control it.

But the disadvantages of him being alive are even greater.

Not to mention what those who betrayed Yuan Shao and joined him would think, just the fact that such a big rebel was recruited to live and even continue to enjoy wealth and glory would make the majesty of imperial power a joke.

From then on, everyone dared to rebel.

After all, the cost of rebellion was so small.

Moreover, Yuan Shao's ambition had already expanded. Human desires were like rolling stones on a mountain. Once they started, they would not stop unless they fell into the abyss.

If they were kept, they would most likely rebel in the future.

"The reason why I told you this is to let you know that I am not a fake emperor, but a real emperor of the Han Dynasty who can lead the Han Dynasty to revival."

"So I hope that you will come forward to surrender the remaining troops in Youzhou and Bingzhou for the sake of the people of the world and for my face."

Liu Xie slowly stated his purpose.

Yuan Shao still had many remnants in various counties of Youzhou. In addition, there were Gao Gan's troops in Yizhou and Guo Yuan's army in Bingzhou.

If we take military action to recover the territory, war is inevitable. In this case, we don't know how many people will be killed and injured, and more importantly, it will waste a lot of time.

But if Yuan Shao comes forward to persuade him to surrender, he can recover Youzhou and Bingzhou without spending a single soldier, and it won't take too long. He can also directly increase tens of thousands of elite soldiers and greatly increase his strength.

"If you are willing to help me recruit those soldiers and horses, although I still want to kill you, I will not harm the Yuan family, and I will reuse Yuan Xi and let him rank among the three officials."

"This is my greatest sincerity to you."

Liu Xie's expression was very sincere.

After listening, Yuan Shao remained silent.

There was no doubt about Liu Xie's identity.

If Liu Xie really intended to persuade him to surrender, he would definitely sneer, because he knew it was a lie with his toes.

He committed such a big crime, and even said that he would let him abdicate to him after unifying the world when he didn't know Liu Xie's identity.

How could a real emperor tolerate it?

He would definitely kill him!

But it is worth considering making a deal.

He was going to die anyway, so it was a good deal to exchange one person's death for the prosperity of the Yuan family.

There was just one problem.

Yuan Shao's mind flashed with Yuan Xi's face, and he could not help but feel disgusted and murderous.

"Why did it have to be that evil beast!"

Yuan Shao looked disgusted.

If it was another son, whether it was Yuan Tan or Yuan Shang, he would have agreed to the deal proposed by Liu Xie without hesitation.

But when he thought that the final beneficiary was Yuan Xi, the beast who killed his brother and imprisoned his father, he felt sick and unwilling - he had long since stopped considering Yuan Xi as his son.

"Benchu, don't worry, think it over."

Liu Xie also saw Yuan Shao's entanglement, knowing that what Yuan Xi did was too much, which made Yuan Shao extremely disgusted.

Then he filled Yuan Shao's glass with wine again.

After Yuan Shao drank the wine from the wine bottle, he suppressed his anger, glanced at Liu Xie, and asked calmly, "Now that you have taken my foundation, what are you going to do next?"

He was asking about Liu Xie's future plans.

Although he was the greatest vassal in the world, Liu Xie's strength would surely increase after defeating him and annexing his power, but it was not so easy to regain the Han Dynasty.

In troubled times, everyone has ambitions.

For example, Yuan Benchu ​​originally just wanted to be a powerful minister to support the Han Dynasty, but as his power continued to grow, he also had the idea of ​​getting involved in the throne.

He didn't believe that other vassal states had no ambition to become emperors. They were all loyal, wise, and good ministers, and they would surrender obediently as soon as the emperor ordered.

"I suddenly remembered an interesting thing."

Liu Xie smiled faintly, and did not directly answer Yuan Shao's question, but talked about other things instead.

"I once watched a waterfowl show and saw a group of cranes dancing under the command of a bird trainer. I was quite surprised at the time. I wondered why those cranes were so obedient."

"So I summoned the bird trainer and asked him how he trained the arrogant cranes to be so obedient. Benchu ​​guessed how the bird trainer answered me?"

Yuan Shao frowned and said, "I can't guess."

Liu Xie smiled, but did not continue to keep the secret. He answered directly: "The bird trainer told me that he has a total of six cranes."

"Two of them were weak, and they were obedient with just a few tricks; the other two were stronger and had a tough temper, but no matter how tough their tempers were, they surrendered after using some ruthless means."

"As for the remaining two cranes that were neither strong nor weak, after seeing that the other four cranes were obedient, they also followed suit."

Liu Xie said, casting his eyes on Yuan Shao.

The sharpness in his eyes was hard to conceal.

"The bird trainer said that we should conquer the weak first, then subdue the strong. As for those who are neither strong nor weak, they will be under our control naturally!"

"This is the way to tame birds!"

Liu Xie's seemingly plain but meaningful words shocked Yuan Shao's heart. He looked at Liu Xie, who was showing his sharp edge, with horror in his eyes.

"The way to tame birds... what a good way to tame birds."

"He wants to be the world's best bird trainer!"

Yuan Shao had a complicated expression. Liu Xie's ambition and skills could be seen from his remarks just now, which really shocked him.

He said it was a crane, but it actually referred to the princes of the world!

Liu Xie's plan was to conquer the weak princes one by one first, and then defeat the strong ones. As for those with average strength, they would surrender.

At this time, the charcoal fire in the stove went out.

All the wine had been drunk.

Liu Xie said with a piercing look: "What do you think about it, are you willing to help me recover Youzhou and Bingzhou?"

Faced with Liu Xie's question, Yuan Shao still felt hesitant and difficult to make a decision, or... there was still a trace of unwillingness.

Is he really going to stop here?

After a long time, Yuan Shao said quietly: "Give me some time to think about it, I can't answer you now."

"It's okay, think about it slowly."

Liu Xie agreed very readily. For someone as arrogant as Yuan Shao, not directly refusing meant that there was hope, but it was just difficult for him to accept the outcome of failure for a while.

He didn't mind waiting a few more days.

"It's cold in the dungeon, so you can live in this wing room from now on. You gave me fine clothes and delicious food, so I won't treat you badly in this regard."

"But Benchu, you'd better not think about escaping. This mansion is full of my people and spies. I won't be as careless as you."

"I won't give you any chance."

After Liu Xie said this warning, he looked at Yuan Shao deeply and got up and left.

Yuan Shao was the only one left in the wing room.

After a long time, a faint sigh sounded.

...

Outside the yard, Zhang He was guarding with people.

After Liu Xie walked out of the yard, he ordered him: "Guard Yuan Shao well. Don't let anyone get close without my order. If he plans to escape, kill him on the spot."

"Yes!"

Zhang He was startled and responded respectfully.

Liu Xie continued to walk away. He felt the cold wind blowing in his face, but his heart was extremely relaxed, and a happy smile appeared on his face.

"This world belongs to me after all!"

"Benchu, I hope you can be smarter and cooperate with me, and don't be ungrateful."