Can I get to the other side?.

Chapter 148: The offensive and defensive situations are different! If you advance, you can kill all of Yuan Shao's family members, or if you retreat, you can flee to Xuzhou!

"Stop trying to play tricks on me here!"

Xu You sneered, his face unfriendly, "No matter if the emperor is real or fake, he is just a puppet in Yuan Shao's hands. How can you, Jia Wenhe, be a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty who is loyal to the emperor?"

Anyone in this world can be a loyal subject of the Han Dynasty.

Yuan Shao might be possible, Cao Cao might be possible, and even Xu You might be possible.

But only Jia Xu is impossible!

Jia Xu first followed Dong Zhuo, then followed the two thieves Li and Guo, and later followed the uncle and nephew Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu. The strategies he offered were extremely bad to the Han Dynasty, far worse than those of Lu Bu!
Although Lu Bu burned the imperial tomb, he did kill Dong Zhuo and protected the emperor. Only Jia Xu was a traitor from beginning to end and always stood on the opposite side of the emperor.

More importantly, Jia Xu changed camps several times, had no loyalty at all, and was only interested in profit. This was why he dared to drag Jia Xu to serve Cao Cao.

He believed that as long as the benefits were sufficient, it would not be a problem to get Jia Xu to defect with him, which would also increase the value of his joining him.

As a result, Jia Xu now tells him to be loyal to the emperor?
It's almost enough to make people laugh out loud!

"Why not?"

Jia Xu looked at Xu You straight and asked back, his dark eyes were like a deep ancient well, with no bottom to be seen, only deep darkness.

"What you saw was just what I wanted you to see and what His Majesty wanted you to see. Do you really think you understand me and His Majesty? Do you really think that what you saw and heard is true?"

"Can you tell what is true and what is false?"

Xu You was frightened by Jia Xu's words. He could not help but take a step back. He felt that the Jia Xu in front of him was very strange and was not the person he was familiar with before.

Xu You's eyes flickered, and he said, "What do you want to say?"

Jia Xu's words contained too much information and were full of doubts, but he didn't think Jia Xu would tell him these for no reason.

"I have already said."

After shocking Xu You, Jia Xu restrained his momentum and said in a calm tone: "The one I am truly loyal to is the emperor, the emperor of the Han Dynasty. I came here to recruit you on behalf of the emperor."

"Your Majesty is not just a puppet of Yuan Shao as you think. All this is just a show for the outsiders. Everyone, even me, was deceived by your Majesty at the beginning."

"Your Majesty, you are trapped in a shallow shoal. How can you continue to be held hostage by the Yuan thief?"

Jia Xu did not beat around the bush.

Instead, get straight to the point.

He revealed his cards right from the start.

Xu You was stunned for a long time, and then he said in disbelief: "Are you saying that His Majesty has been sleeping on straw and tasting gall all this time, hiding his strength and keeping a low profile?"

Xu You felt like he was listening to a story in a book. How could that cowardly emperor have such courage?
"That's right." Jia Xu nodded, his face solemn, "Your Majesty is a great ruler, with the universe in your mind and the ambition to swallow up the heavens and the earth. You are respectful to the wise and humble, and you only employ people with talent. You are a rare wise ruler!"

"Ziyuan, whether you follow Yuan Shao or Cao Cao, you will only be labeled a traitor in history books. The only right thing to do is to submit to Your Majesty and help Your Majesty restore the Han Dynasty!"

Xu You's mind suddenly flashed with the image of Liu Xie crying in the hall and in front of Yuan Shao.

But at the same time, he couldn't help but think of the imperial majesty displayed by Kong Rong when he met him that day.

Could it be that... Your Majesty is really enduring it?

Even Yuan Shao was deceived?
Thinking of this, Xu You suddenly felt a chill on his back. If this was true, then the emperor was too cunning and scheming.

He could actually endure to this extent!
And fooled everyone!

Xu You felt his scalp tingling, and he suppressed the emotions in his heart and asked, "Even if the emperor is a rare hero, he can only be controlled by Yuan Shao in Yecheng. What kind of waves can he stir up?"

"I have decided to surrender to Cao Cao. Now that you know my plan, I will give up trying to steal the imperial seal. I will not tell anyone about the emperor's affairs, and you should not interfere with my surrender to Cao Cao. This way, we can still maintain our friendship."

Now that things have come to light, everything has been talked about.

Xu You knew that it was impossible to win over Jia Xu to join Cao Cao, and it was also impossible to steal the imperial seal, so he gave up the idea.

Good gathering and good dispersal.

He was not afraid that Jia Xu would report him to Yuan Shao, because when Jia Xu revealed these secrets about the emperor, he would also have something on Jia Xu.

"Ziyuan's words are too arbitrary."

Jia Xu seemed to be confident and not anxious at all. He smiled and said, "If I wasn't absolutely sure, why would I have approached Ziyuan and comforted you every day in the past two months? Why would I take the initiative to expose the emperor's secret today?"

"It is precisely because Ziyuan is worth winning over and can be won over that I do this."

really……

Xu You sighed inwardly. He hadn't noticed it before, but now looking back, he felt that the speed with which he and Jia Xu had grown closer during this period was indeed a little abnormal.

It turns out that everything was done intentionally by Jia Xu.

"I advise you to give up this idea as soon as possible." Xu You looked up at Jia Xu and said coldly: "It is true that I want to rebel against Yuan and join Cao, but I will not choose to be loyal to the emperor. To be disrespectful, what is there in the emperor that is worthy of my loyalty?"

"Getting rid of Yuan Shao's control? That's just wishful thinking!"

The title of emperor is not enough to make him sacrifice himself for someone else, not to mention that the identity of this emperor is not known to be real. What if the one on Cao Cao's side is the real one?

As for the talk about getting rid of Yuan Shao's control, just listen to it.

"A fool's dream?" Jia Xu sneered at the words and said leisurely, "Your Majesty, besides Duke Wen and the governor of Jingzhou are willing to die for you, you also have the help of the world's richest merchant Zhen family and the richest family in Xuzhou, the Mi family.

"Guo Jia and I are the ones who are secretly trying to sow discord among Yuan Shao's descendants. We also have Zhang He and Gao Lan joining us, and we have all the 1,000 guards in the palace under our control."

"Your Majesty may be living in the palace, but you have been hiding your secrets and have put a knife to Yuan Shao's heart. It is no problem for you to lead the troops to kill him immediately!"

"The reason why we are not doing this right now is that we are concerned about Yuan Shao's reputation and Yuan's power. We want to gradually disintegrate and erode Yuan Shao's power."

"Yuan Shao is a towering tree that looks lush and green, but in fact it is rotten and hollow inside. It will collapse sooner or later. It is ridiculous that he has many counselors and capable ministers under his command, but they are only concerned about the interests of their family and only know how to fight against each other. No one can perceive this danger."

There seemed to be sarcasm and disdain in Jia Xu's eyes.

He didn't take the huge Yuan Group seriously at all.

"Ziyuan thinks that it is a foolish dream for Your Majesty to get rid of Yuan Shao's control?"

Silence, long silence.

Xu You's eyes kept changing, as he was both digesting this shocking news and trying to determine the truth of Jia Xu's words.

You have to know that the emperor only came to Yecheng in the autumn of the year before last, which is less than two years at most!
But how could the emperor accumulate such tremendous power right under Yuan Shao's nose in such a short period of time?
Not to mention anything else, if the emperor really controlled the thousand guards in the palace, they could wipe out Yuan Shao's entire family in an instant.

Simply incredible!

Xu You was very upset. After thinking for a long time, he said in a deep voice: "How can I trust you?"

He was shaken.

If everything was as Jia Xu said, then the emperor would be horrible.

With such forbearance and such means, he is very likely to become the next Emperor Guangwu!

"It doesn't matter whether you believe me or not." Jia Xu smiled and asked Xu You, "Ziyuan, why do you think I, who is good at protecting myself, would be loyal to the emperor? Is it really just out of loyalty to the Han Dynasty?"

Jia Xu has a clear understanding of himself.

He also knows how he appears to others.

So he directly used himself as an example.

"you……"

Xu You couldn't find any angle to refute.

Words can deceive, but actions cannot.

The fact that Jia Xu submitted to the emperor already explains a lot.

If the emperor was truly incompetent, without any cunning or means, given Jia Xu's character, he would have fled away long ago.

"Why would the emperor value me? Although I have followed Yuan Shao for a long time, I am not the one he values ​​the most. Before me, there were Tian Feng, Ju Su, Shen Pei, and Feng Ji."

Xu You's attitude had quietly changed. He was no longer opposed to being loyal to the emperor as before, but instead asked about the doubts in his heart.

Among the many advisers under Yuan Shao, he only had the advantage of seniority, but after taking root in Jizhou, Yuan Shao trusted the advisers of the Jizhou faction more, and then his turn.

"There are two reasons." Seeing Xu You's attitude soften, Jia Xu secretly thought that something big could be achieved. Then he held up two fingers and said:
"First, Your Majesty believes that Ziyuan is a man of extraordinary talent, but Yuan Shao does not recognize talented people and lets his talent fall into obscurity. After learning that Ziyuan wanted to abandon Yuan and join Cao, Your Majesty specially ordered me to come and recruit him."

Upon hearing this, Xu You couldn't help but stroke his beard, with a hint of pride in his eyes.

The emperor is the emperor, and he has a good eye for people. Unlike Yuan Shao, who was old and dim-sighted, he repeatedly ignored his advice and trusted Tian Feng and Ju Su.

"The second is Ziyuan's position as the defender of Ye City. Your Majesty will definitely start from Ye City if he plans to do something big in the future. Only by firmly grasping the power of the defender can we be sure of nothing going wrong."

City defender, in charge of the garrison of a city.

There were more than 4,000 defenders in Yecheng, who were responsible for daily city defense, patrolling, and maintaining order in the city.

This position was too important, as it was related to the safety of Ye City. Therefore, even if Yuan Shao was inclined to the Jizhou faction, he did not dare to hand over the city defense.

After Gao Gan took office as the governor of Bingzhou, the defense of Yecheng was divided into four parts, and the defense of the east gate fell to Xu You, a childhood friend of Yuan Shao.

"So that's how it is." Xu You suddenly realized after listening.

There are four gates in Ye City, of which the East Gate is under the control of Xu You. The other three gates are guarded by Yuan clan members.

If a city gate falls into the hands of the emperor, it will be of great convenience whether Lu Bu leads his army to attack and open the city gate in the future, or the emperor is exposed and escapes from Yecheng.

The smile on Jia Xu's face began to fade. He stared into Xu You's eyes and asked, "I have answered all of Ziyuan's questions. It's time for Ziyuan to give your answer."

As he spoke, he calmly reached deep into his sleeve and grasped that touch of coldness.

This was an ultimatum. If Xu You still refused to surrender, he would get rid of him on the spot and then report him to Yuan Shao to prevent future troubles!

"I……"

Faced with the choice Jia Xu once again put forward, Xu You's brain worked rapidly to analyze the current situation.

Cao Cao's power was far inferior to Yuan Shao's. Once Youzhou was conquered, Cao Cao would be the next step.

If I join Cao Cao at this moment, my future will be uncertain.

He had no choice before, but now he has the option of becoming the emperor.

If he was loyal to the emperor, with him, a close relative of Yuan Shao, as an insider, the emperor would have a great chance of escaping from the shackles.

Once the emperor gets rid of Yuan Shao's control, he will ascend to heaven.

He will become a loyal minister and have a bright future. It won't be a problem for him to be granted a title of nobility or appointed as prime minister!
After analyzing the pros and cons, Xu You finally made up his mind. He wanted to be granted a title of nobility and appointed as prime minister. He wanted to stand in front of Yuan Shao as a victor and let Yuan Shao see clearly why he, Xu Ziyuan, was inferior to Tian Feng and others!

He looked at Jia Xu with both eyes fixed, and said solemnly:

"I, Xu Ziyuan, also contributed and shed blood during the Yellow Turban Rebellion. If it weren't for Yuan Shao's coercion, I would not want to be a traitor. I had no choice before, but now I just want to be a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty and serve Your Majesty at my utmost!"

"good!"

Jia Xu released the dagger from his sleeve, the murderous intent in his eyes disappeared, and he showed a happy expression: "Your Majesty would be very happy if he knew that Ziyuan is willing to come back!"

"Come on, come on, Ziyuan, follow me to the palace to meet His Majesty!"

After saying that, he took Xu You and went out.

……

royal palace.

Liu Xie had already persuaded the two Qiao sisters, and the three of them were sleeping together when Gao Lan reported that Xu You had come to the palace to ask for a meeting. So Liu Xie had no choice but to hurriedly pull up his trousers and rush to Xuanshi.

"Wenhe, Ziyuan!"

When Liu Xie saw the two people in the Xuan room, he was overjoyed.

He knew that Xu You had already joined the gang, otherwise Jia Xu would not have brought him here.

With Xu You as an insider, if he did not covet Yuan Shao's huge foundation, he could have killed Yuan Shao's entire family in Yecheng, or escaped to Xuzhou.

"I, the guilty minister Xu You, pay my respects to Your Majesty!"

When Xu You saw Liu Xie coming in, he bowed deeply without saying a word.

He buried his head deeply in the ground, weeping bitterly, "I am a sinner who is so stupid that I don't know the true face of Yuan thief. For such a long time, I didn't know that Your Majesty was being held hostage by Yuan thief, and I have been helping Yuan to commit atrocities! Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

His words were filled with deep regret and self-blame.

I don’t know if it’s because he’s not confident in his acting skills, but he kept his head buried in the ground.

Looking at Xu You's exaggerated acting skills, Liu Xie, as the film emperor of the Han Dynasty, of course had to take the role seriously.

He personally helped Xu You up and said excitedly, "My dear, please get up quickly! You were also deceived by the thief Yuan. As the saying goes, ignorance is not a crime. How can I blame you?"

"Now that you have abandoned evil and joined the light, and are willing to help the Han Dynasty, I have gained another arm!"

Jia Xu, who was standing by, heard this and the corners of his mouth twitched.

He doesn't even know how many arms His Majesty has now, and he says this to everyone he meets.

No, I have to help Your Majesty think of some other new words.

Otherwise, repeating the same tune over and over again would seem perfunctory and would make the old ministers feel uncomfortable.

"His Majesty--!"

Xu You burst into tears again, and when he raised his head, he was actually in tears.

"I have been wandering for half my life and have never met a wise master! Now that Your Majesty values ​​me, I will do my utmost to repay Your Majesty's grace!"

"It is our duty as Han officials to annihilate the thief Yuan and restore the glory of the Han Dynasty!"

After saying that, he kowtowed again.

This acting has completely shed the previous exaggeration and reached the state of returning to nature.

When Liu Xie and Jia Xu saw this scene, they couldn't help but smile at each other.

……

After expressing his loyalty to the emperor, Xu You began to work diligently on government affairs.

His attitude towards Yuan Shao also changed. He was no longer arrogant because he was Yuan Shao's childhood friend. Instead, he always put Yuan Shao first and considered him everywhere.

Occasionally, he would give a well-placed flattery.

Facing the targeting of the Jizhou faction, he acted decent and generous, no longer confronting Yuan Shao as sharply as before, making him lose face.

These changes made Yuan Shao very happy, and the friendship between the two seemed to have returned to that of their youth.

During this period, Guo Jia and Jia Xu, who were planning the "son killing father" plan, also secretly entered the palace for final negotiations with Liu Xie.

"Your Majesty, Xu You has now become Yuan Shao's most trusted person. If the plan between your Majesty and the ministers is exposed, everything can be blamed on Xu You."

"At that time, whether to kill the entire Yuan family and head to Xuzhou, or to continue to lie dormant in Yecheng and plan for Jizhou, it is up to Your Majesty to decide."

"As for Xu You, he can take advantage of the situation and defect to Cao's camp to act as an internal supporter."

After more than a year of forbearance and planning, there was finally a turning point.

Jia Xu and Guo Jia are in a very good mood now. To them, looking at Yuan Shao is no different from looking at dry bones in a tomb.

After Xu You pledged his allegiance, the east gate of Yecheng was under the control of the emperor, and he could advance or retreat freely no matter how the situation developed.

The offensive and defensive momentum is different!

The life and death of the emperor was no longer in Yuan Shao's hands.

On the contrary, as long as Yuan Shao stayed in Yecheng, his life and death depended on the emperor's decision.

"good!"

Liu Xie suddenly felt a surge of heroic spirit in his heart, and all the depression he had felt from being controlled by Yuan Shao disappeared.

If Yuan Xi succeeds in killing his father, he can join forces with Lu Bu and Jizhou will fall into his hands in an instant.

Even if he failed, he could use this opportunity to ignite internal conflicts within Yuan Shao, and let Xu You take all the blame, and he could also push Xu You to Cao Cao's side as an internal supporter.

If he covets Jizhou, he will continue to lie dormant.

On the contrary, he could also kill the entire Yuan family and escape to Xuzhou.

"Whether we can successfully recapture Jizhou depends on the methods of the two of you, my dear ministers."

(End of this chapter)