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Chapter 153: Change of Ownership of Ye City (Part )

The moment Yuan Xi showed up, Xu You was startled, because Yuan Xi's appearance at this moment was too horrifying!
Not only was his hair disheveled and his body covered in blood, but he was also holding four heads in his hands that were dripping with blood. He looked like a demon.

Behind him followed Tian Feng and Shen Pei, both with heavy faces.

"Clap!"

Yuan Xi casually threw four bloody heads on the ground, and one of the heads just rolled to the feet of Xu You and Ju Shou.

The two men looked down and saw that it was Yuan Shang's head. They were all horrified!

They looked up again and saw the other three heads were also very familiar.

They were Feng Ji, Guo Tu and Xin Ping.

"This...what the hell is going on!"

Ju Su's face turned pale and he spoke in a trembling voice.

"As you can see, they were killed by me personally."

Yuan Xi spoke lightly, as if the people he killed were just untouchables in the countryside outside the city.

Ju Su raised his head and stared at Yuan Xi, his heart filled with anger. He asked in a stern voice, "Why did the Second Young Master want to kill the Third Young Master and the three confidants of the General?"

It only took him half an hour to lead his troops from the General's Mansion, but he still arrived a step too late, resulting in the deaths of Yuan Shang, Feng Ji and others!

Unlike Ju Shou, Xu You was already ecstatic after the initial shock.

Yuan Xi actually killed Yuan Shang, and yet he appeared here. Doesn't that mean that his mutiny was successful?

Yuan Shao might have been killed by this time.

Suppressing the ecstasy in his heart, Xu You remained cautious before confirming the news of Yuan Shao's death.

He pretended to be angry and scolded Yuan Xi: "Yuan Xi! Do you know what you are doing? You even killed your own brother. Aren't you afraid of the general's punishment?"

"What did I do? I was getting rid of the thieves for my father!" Yuan Xi sneered and said without any emotion: "Yuan Shang, Feng Ji, Xin Ping, and Guo Tu held my father hostage and plotted to succeed me. They have been killed on the spot by me!"

"My father was so angry that he fainted because of Yuan Shang's rebellious son. I am ordered to take charge of all the affairs in the city and eliminate Yuan Shang's accomplices! Here is the order!"

Yuan Xi took out the edict from his bosom and threw it to Xu You and Ju Su.

When the two of them unfolded it, they found that what was written on it was exactly as Yuan Xi had said.

It was also stamped with the general's seal and Yuan Shao's private seal, which showed that it was undoubtedly Yuan Shao's order.

"This is impossible!" Ju Su naturally couldn't believe Yuan Xi so easily, and asked in a sharp tone: "I want to see the general and confirm this matter with him in person!"

Yuan Shang, Feng Ji and others have been waiting outside Yuan Shao's room all day today. When did they ever take Yuan Shao hostage?
He saw with his own eyes Yuan Xi leading his troops into the mansion, and now he is clearly turning the tables.

Yuan Xi snorted angrily and said, "I have already said that my father is in a coma due to rage! To protect my father's safety, no one can see him until I have thoroughly investigated all the traitors and their accomplices!"

"In this matter, Shen Zhizhong and Tian Biejia have testified for this young master!"

After saying that, Yuan Xi looked at Shen Pei and Tian Feng who had been standing silently in the back.

Xu You, Ju Su, and the city defense troops they brought with them all focused their eyes on the two men.

"Yuan Hao, is it really as the Second Young Master said?"

Ju Su stared at Tian Feng intently. He believed that Tian Feng would never lie given his character.

Tian Feng opened his mouth, wanting to refute Yuan Xi's lies to his face.

But when he thought about Yuan Shao's safety, he felt furious.

After a long silence, he slowly said, "It is just as the Second Young Master said. The Third Young Master and Feng Ji, Xin Ping, Guo Tu and others wanted to hold the Lord hostage and seize the throne. Fortunately, the Lord had already noticed it and secretly ordered the Second Young Master to lead the troops into the city and kill them all."

Ju Shou opened his eyes wide, his face full of disbelief.

Was Tian Feng lying with his eyes open, or was everything he had just seen in the mansion an illusion?
He looked at Shen Pei standing beside Tian Feng with disbelief.

Seeing this, Shen Pei also nodded and said, "Indeed."

No matter how unwilling Tian Feng and Shen Pei were, they had to cooperate with Yuan Xi for Yuan Shao's safety.

As long as we continue to play out this drama and as long as we keep pretending to be submissive, there may be a chance to rescue Yuan Shao from trouble in the future.

Ju Shou was very angry at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he understood everything in an instant.

Neither Tian Feng nor Shen Pei were the kind of people who were afraid of death.

There is only one reason that can threaten them and force them to help Yuan Xi lie, and that is Yuan Shao’s safety!

In other words, Yuan Shao is not in danger of his life at the moment.

Ju Su felt a little relieved. As long as Yuan Shao was not dead, everything would be fine.

Xu You, who was standing by, saw Shen Pei and Tian Feng helping Yuan Xi cover up the truth, and also realized that Yuan Shao was not dead, and felt a pity in his heart.

He cursed Yuan Xi and said that he was a boy not worthy of being a consultant.

"Why did you leave your post without my father's order? Are you also Yuan Shang's accomplices?"

Yuan Xi's eyes were as fast as lightning as he continued to attack, looking viciously at the four guards who were gradually arriving at the general's mansion.

The West Gate Guard quickly said, "Second Young Master, I heard from the military supervisor that something had happened in the General's mansion, so I led the troops to come and help. Second Young Master, you know me. I have had a bad relationship with Yuan Shang since I was a child, so I can't be his accomplice."

At this time, General Ximen was extremely panicked.

He didn't expect that opening the city gate to let Yuan Xi enter the city would directly lead to the death of the Third Young Master and several other important figures.

Were they really traitors who were executed for holding Yuan Shao hostage?

General Ximen didn't dare to think about it, nor did he want to think about it.

Yuan Xi said in a clear voice: "I have killed all the traitors around my father, and the general's mansion is safe. I am taking over all the affairs of Yecheng under my father's order. Pass on my order. The whole city will be under martial law immediately. No one is allowed to enter or leave the city gate!"

"promise!"

The commander of the west gate was the first to agree.

The commander of the north gate, the commander of the south gate, and Xu You, the commander of the east gate, could only bow and obey orders.

Seeing Yuan Xi constantly giving orders, Xu You began to think in his mind.

"Although this guy didn't kill Yuan Shao, I guess he just put him under house arrest. If I create chaos now and notify the Imperial Guards to come, facing the 4,000 city defense troops, as long as I charge in regardless of life and death, I will definitely have a chance to kill Yuan Xi and Yuan Shao..."

However, as soon as Xu You's thought came to mind, it was shattered by Yuan Xi's words.

Yuan Xi took out another decree from his arms and handed it to the deputy general of the Tiger Camp standing next to him.

"Take this order out of the city and give it to General Yan Liang. Order him to lead his troops to station outside the city and be ready to be dispatched at any time!"

"Yes!" The deputy general of the Tiger Camp took the order with both hands and left.

When Xu You saw this, his heart sank instantly.

If there were only 4,000 city defense troops and 500 Tiger Camp troops, then with the bravery of Zhang He and Gao Lan, plus 1,000 imperial guards, the chances of killing Yuan Shao in the chaos would be as high as 30 to 40 percent.

But now Yuan Xi has sent someone out of the city with an imperial edict, and Yan Liang will lead his army to the city gate in an hour at most.

Once he learns of the fighting in the city, he will certainly lead his troops into the city.

And within one hour, it was impossible for a thousand guards to break through the formation of the four thousand city defense troops and the five hundred Tiger Camps.

Killing Yuan Shao and Yuan Xi was nonsense. Instead, Yan Liang led his army to arrive and everything was over.

"Damn it!" Xu You clenched his teeth, feeling unwilling.

Although Yuan Shao is not dead, the current situation is far better than before for the emperor.

Compared with Yuan Shao, Yuan Xi is not worth mentioning at all.

As orders were issued one after another, Yuan Xi's nerves, which had been tense all night, finally relaxed a little.

After arranging everything, he took Tian Feng, Shen Pei and forced Ju Su to return to the General's Mansion.

……

Thirty miles away from Yecheng is the Jizhou military camp.

The deputy general of the Tiger Camp handed the order to Yan Liang in person and said respectfully, "The general has ordered General Yan to lead 20,000 Jizhou troops to station at the four gates of Yecheng, east, west, south and north, and be ready to be deployed at any time!"

Yan Liang took the order and glanced at its contents. Realizing that something big had happened in the city, he frowned and asked, "Why did the general suddenly order me to dispatch troops?"

"I, I don't know." Facing Yan Liang's question, the deputy general felt his heart skip a beat, but he still gritted his teeth and replied in a low voice: "This is the order of the general, and I am just passing it on."

Yuan Xi had instructed that he should just answer any questions he was asked and say he knew nothing.

The more you say, the more mistakes you make.

Without saying anything, although Yan Liang was confused, he didn't think too much about it.

Yan Liang took the decree and read it over several times. After confirming that there was no problem with the general's seal on it, he did not continue to ask questions.

Anyway, it was the general's order, so he just had to do it.

"I understand, General."

Yan Liang put away the order, stood up, put on his armor, and called the officer.

"Order the entire army to rush to Yecheng!"

……

royal palace.

After Xu You entered the palace, Liu Xie called Jia Xu and Guo Jia to the Xuanshi Hall.

As soon as he saw Xu You, Jia Xu couldn't wait to ask, "Did Yuan Xi succeed or fail?"

Guo Jia didn't say anything, but just looked at Xu You with sharp eyes.

Both of them wanted to know whether the plan of "killing the father with the son" was successful.

After considering his words, Xu You said, "The plan was successful... but not completely successful."

"What do you mean?" Guo Jia and Jia Xu both frowned in confusion.

There were only two options for Yuan Xi's rebellion: success or failure. Was there a third way out?
Xu You said: "Yuan Xi led his troops into Yuan's mansion and killed Yuan Shang, Feng Ji, Guo Tu, and Xin Ping. But he did not kill Yuan Shao, he just imprisoned him in the mansion..."

He recounted everything that had happened tonight, in detail.

"...Yuan Xi, under the pretext of Yuan Shao's order, ordered Yan Liang to lead his troops to station at the four city gates and await deployment. The entire city is now under martial law, and no one is allowed to enter or leave. Outside Yuan's mansion, there are 2,000 city defense troops on duty at all times, and there are also 500 soldiers from the Tiger Camp guarding the mansion."

"I thought before that the Imperial Guards would not be able to capture Yuan's mansion and kill Yuan Shao and Yuan Xi before Yan Liang led his troops into the city, so I did not send a message and told the Imperial Guards to stay put."

After hearing everything that happened tonight during Yuan Xi's uprising, Liu Xie could not help but curse, "Now that it has come to this, why not kill Yuan Shao as well? If Yuan Shao is not dead, Ju Su and Shen Pei will never submit to him, Yuan Xi!"

No one present, whether it was Jia Xu, Guo Jia or Xu You, understood Yuan Xi's behavior.

If Yuan Shao hadn't died, he would have been a disaster to Yuan Xi!
Since he had already killed his own brother and decided to seize power, how could he be merciful at the critical moment?
Guo Jia sighed, "Yuan Xi thought that by imprisoning Yuan Shao, he could force Tian Feng and Shen Pei to surrender, and thus use Yuan Shao's power for his own benefit, but he never thought about whether his prestige was enough!"

"As long as Yuan Shao is alive, Tian Feng and Shen Pei will never truly surrender. They will only think about how to help Yuan Shao out of trouble all the time!"

Jia Xu's face was gloomy, and he couldn't help cursing: "You are not worthy of being my advisor! You think you are smart, but you are actually very stupid!"

He was extremely annoyed at this moment. Yuan Xi's arbitrary tampering with his plan was simply superfluous. Not only did it make this mutiny and power grabbing seem out of place, but it also made their plan of taking advantage of the situation come to nothing!
"What a pity to waste such a good opportunity." Guo Jia sighed with great regret.

Xu You's worries were right. The 1,000 imperial guards really had no way of breaking into Yuan's mansion before Yan Liang entered the city, and there was also the risk of being exposed.

"I'm going to find Yuan Xi!"

Jia Xu said in a deep voice, murderous intent flashing in his eyes.

"Opportunities are rare and will never come back! Yuan Shao must die no matter what, we must not waste this opportunity!"

Even though Feng Ji, Guo Tu and others died, it was already a great harvest.

But this opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and Jia Xu and others, including Liu Xie, are not satisfied. What they want is to achieve their goal in one fell swoop.

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The General's Mansion.

Outside the room where Yuan Shao was imprisoned, there were at least twenty elite soldiers from the Tiger Camp guarding in shifts, forbidding anyone except Yuan Xi to approach.

Shen Pei, Tian Feng and Ju Shou followed Yuan Xi into the yard, but they were stopped by the guards after taking only two steps.

"Yuan Xi! What do you want?" Tian Feng suppressed his anger, stared at Yuan Xi's back and said loudly: "We have covered it up for you according to your instructions. Do you really want to attack the general?"

"What are you talking about, Biejia Tian?" Yuan Xi stopped, turned around and looked at the two of them, and spoke lightly.

"All I want is to succeed the throne. Why would I attack my father? I still need your assistance."

"As long as you are willing to work for me, I will not treat you unfairly, and I will not harm your people. As for my father, as a son, I will let him live out his days in peace."

As he spoke, he waved his hand and said, "It's getting late. You have been busy all night, so you can rest in the mansion."

Several soldiers came forward and took Tian Feng and the other two to the guest rooms in the general's mansion to rest.

Yuan Xi strode into the yard and pushed open Yuan Shao's room.

As the door opened, a boot flew over.

Yuan Xi dodged by slightly turning sideways and caught the boot.

At this time, Yuan Shao, who was wearing his inner clothes in the wing room, was looking at Yuan Xi with a sullen face, his eyes filled with boundless anger, and he said word by word: "Get out!"

He woke up when Yuan Xi was giving orders outside the mansion. After waking up and seeing the bloodstains in the yard and the soldiers guarding it, he understood everything and knew his current situation - he was imprisoned!

"Why is father so angry?"

Yuan Xi walked slowly into the room, leaned over to put the boots on Yuan Shao's feet, and said with a puzzled look:

"My father didn't want me to be a coward and wanted me to fight for it, so I fought for it. I just did what my father expected, so why was he angry about it? Wasn't I doing well enough?"

"My expectations?"

Yuan Shao laughed in anger, kicked Yuan Xi, who was helping him put on his boots, and shouted angrily: "When did I ever teach you to commit treason? When did I ever teach you to imprison your own father?"

"Where's Xianfu? What have you done to him?"

What he was most concerned about at this moment was who Yuan Xi had killed tonight, whose bloodstains were in the yard, and how Yuan Shang was doing at the moment?
"Father really cares about my third brother the most."

Yuan Xi sighed, then raised his head and grinned at Yuan Shao.

"It's a pity that he is dead."

(End of this chapter)