After Liu Xie was rescued by Liu Bei in the chaos, the first thing he did was to announce the news to the people of the world, informing them of the various crimes Yuan Shao had committed. For a while, the people of the world began to be confused.

It was Liu Xie who published reports praising Yuan Shao every now and then. How could a great man become a traitor in the blink of an eye?

The common people didn't know that because they were in a low status and couldn't come into contact with the reality inside the court. This also led to the fact that what Liu Xie said to them could only be used as conversation material after dinner...

But for Yuan Shao, who was a man at that time, it was really different. First, his home was stolen, and then he was pushed to the forefront. These two things alone were enough to bother him. The more important point was that he had previously

Liu Yu, who promised him to share the adversity with him, immediately changed his attitude after hearing Liu Xie's announcement and drew a clear line with Yuan Shao. Yuyang County was used as the boundary. Liu Yu occupied Yuyang and the counties to the west, and Yuan Shao occupied it.

Right Beiping and Liaodong counties.

After Liu Yu spoke out, the Qiang, Wuhuan, and Xianbei soldiers and civilians of all ethnic groups in the pass who were originally staying in Youbeiping and Liaoxi counties, together with the local Han people, began to move their families to Yuyang and other counties. If Yuan Shao had not ordered the entire county to be closed to traffic,

If so, it is estimated that all the people in these two counties will run away.

In addition, another half good and half bad thing happened. After sending envoys to Jizhou to secretly talk to the Zhen family, the Han family and the Wei family, the Wei family directly rejected Yuan Shao's proposal and stated that they had already contacted

Zhang Yang reached a cooperative relationship, but Han Pu's Han family and Zhen Mi's Zhen family expressed their willingness to continue to provide support to Yuan Shao, but both sides had conditions. Han Pu hoped that after Yuan Shao came back, he would be promoted from a merchant to a noble family.

The Zhen family demanded that Yuan Shao protect their business consolidation plan in Hebei.

Yuan Shao agreed to these two requests without even thinking about it. The two families that received a reply were also unambiguous. On the same day, they had people carry large and small bags of gold, silver, grain, grass, and ironware and put them on swill buckets, dung buckets, and garbage trucks.

, to deceive people.

Although the plan was so thorough, it was still noticed by others, just because the city guard felt that the city was not too dirty. Why would there be garbage trucks dumping garbage outside every morning, noon and evening? With this idea in mind, I shouted

Regarding the garbage truck, the driver kept arguing and kept emphasizing that the truck was full of garbage and that the military commander should not dirty his hands. However, the commander was stubborn, so he had to use his hands to pick and pull.

It's okay if you don't pick it up, but you will be shocked when you pick it up. There are several black bags under the smelly garbage. They are hard to the touch. After opening them, it is amazing. The bags are full of pearls, emeralds, horseshoe gold, which has nothing to do with garbage.

It’s related to the previous point.

After seeing this, the officer immediately detained the coachman and ordered the soldiers guarding the city not to allow any vehicles. After the people entered and exited the city, they led the carriage and escorted the coachman away quickly. They ran to the nearest Dong Zhao Mansion and asked him.

Explained the situation.

After thinking for a few breaths, Dong Zhao immediately realized that someone was secretly plotting against Chen Cang. He ordered the sergeant to take people to search around the city for the vehicles entering and exiting the city that he had seen in the past few days. He himself led the driver and rode quickly towards Jia Xu in the north of the city.

At home, I explained the current situation to him...

"It seems that someone wants to help Yuan Shao come back..." Jia Xu snorted coldly and casually said what Dong Zhao had not thought of.

"Who do you think sir did it?"

"Those who are willing to give money to Yuan Shao can be sure of two things. One is that they have a close relationship with Yuan Shao, and the other is that they have money in their hands. Gongren, go and check around to see which powerful family here has been closest to Yuan Shao before.

."

"No need to check." Dong Zhao shook his head slightly and replied: "I have already started to check various aristocratic families as soon as I settled in Jizhou. Among them, the ones that have the greatest relationship with Yuan Shao are the Zhen family and the Han family. The Han family is just a businessman.

, except for a little money, there is nothing that can be put on the table, but this Zhen family has a background, money, food, status, and a tribe, and its reach is far enough and long enough that no one can see it in the whole of Hebei.

He was the one who helped Yuan Shao the most."

After hearing Dong Zhao's explanation, Jia Xu put on an indifferent face, slowly came to the captured coachman, walked around him, stretched out her hand and hit him hard on the shoulder, suddenly and coldly.

The driver was so frightened that he trembled...

Suddenly Jia Xu put on his usual deep smile and asked: "Don't be afraid, tell me, do you want to be cut into pieces with a thousand knives, hold your breath, be quartered by five horses, and then be thrown into the wild to be eaten by wolves and dogs?"

Or do you want to get out alive?"

"I...I...I want to live..." The coachman hesitated for a moment, but finally chose to live. Although the monthly salary paid by the Zhen family was higher, he still couldn't afford to risk his life for such a thing. He was only two years old.

At nineteen years old, what's wrong with wanting to survive?

Jia Xu smiled and nodded, liking the coachman's attitude very much. "Then tell me, whose orders do you obey? How long have you been doing this? How did you get in touch with your master?"

The coachman who was questioned breathed a sigh of relief and said eloquently: "Young one is a servant of the Zhen family. The transportation of food and wages started five days ago. Those garbage trucks, sewage trucks, etc. were all arranged by the Zhen family."

Yes, the connection is that an envoy from Yuan Shao came to Zhen's house."

"Hey, if you weren't paying attention, the little mouse found it and got in..." Jia Xu snorted disapprovingly behind his hands.

"Sir, I have already told you everything I know. You see..." The coachman knelt in front of Jia Xu and Dong Zhao, begging them to be kind and spare his life.

"Don't be afraid. I said that as long as you cooperate, I won't kill you." Jia Xu reached out to help the coachman. After comforting him, he asked Dong Zhao to go to his house and take out a bag of coins. "This money is enough for you to go."

We have purchased dozens of acres of fertile land. Remember, don’t go back to Jizhou, or even stay in Hebei any longer. If the Zhen family finds out that it was you who leaked the secret, you will not be able to save your life.”

"Thank you for being alert, sir! I will go home, pack my bags, and leave here immediately."

Although Jia Xu had sinister plans, he was also unambiguous when it came to showing kindness. Not only did he give the coachman the money, he also asked the sergeant to lead three or five people to follow him home, taking the coachman and his parents with him.

Sent out of the city...

"Konghito, can I ask you a favor?"

"Sir, there is no need to speak. I already know what to do." Dong Zhao bowed and saluted, heading towards the gate of the mansion. Now that he knew where the undercurrent in Nanpi City came from, of course he had to block it with his own hands.

After the arrangements for the Zhen family and the Han family were clear, before Jia Xu entered the house, a messenger ran to him and reported: "For the information of the military adviser, General Lu sent me to invite you to come over to discuss the military situation."

." "I understand, prepare your horses quickly."

"promise!"

Hearing that Lu Bu took the initiative to look for him, Jia Xu didn't even change his clothes, but simply tidied up his appearance on the carriage.

After arriving at the military camp, Jia Xu felt something was wrong. Why were there soldiers ready to go everywhere? They didn't look like they were taking off their armor for training.

With doubts, Jia Xu walked to the commander's tent and found that in addition to Lu Bu, Zhang He, Zhang Liao, Li Jue, Guo Si, Gao Lan, and Qu Yi were also there. "Generals, what kind of wind is blowing today?"

So that you can get together?"

"Military advisor, is this just eliminating us? We are colleagues after all." Gao Lan, the liveliest person, stepped forward and pulled Jia Xu into their midst.

"Tell me, are you preparing to attack Cao Cao or Yuan Shao?" Sitting on the wooden bench closest to Lu Bu, Jia Xu looked around the crowd calmly.

"Yuan Shao." Lu Bu, who was sitting on the throne, responded in a deep voice. He picked up a letter from the table and handed it to Jia Xu, explaining: "This is a letter from Liu Yu to Zhang Yang. I hope he can lend a helping hand and help him."

Yuan Shao drove out of Youzhou."

"This Liu Yu really has a bodhisattva heart. Yuan Shao has turned traitor, and he, an old member of the Liu family, actually wants to expel rather than kill..." Looking at the contents of the letter, Jia Xu shook his head and couldn't help but sigh.

"So are you generals sure you want to march north?"

"That's natural!" Li Jue clenched his hands, showed his white teeth, and said angrily: "This is a good opportunity to avenge the grand master, there is no reason to miss it!"

"Hey, I didn't expect you to be quite loyal to Dong Zhuo."

In response to Qu Yi's strange aura, Li Jue rolled his eyes and said: "Go away! You know nothing! The Grand Master is just old and blinded by the prosperity of Luoyang, so he became like this.

He used to be a jingle bell-ringing hero from Xiliang!"

"Yes, yes, everything you said is right. It's a pity that I didn't see it..." Qu Yi said angrily, which made Li Jue and Guo Si very unhappy. If it weren't for Zhang Liao, Zhang He would be there.

Block it in the middle, I'm afraid we're going to get beaten and scolded again.

Looking at the living treasures in front of him, Jia Xu withdrew his gaze and placed it on Lu Bu's face. "When will the general decide to set off, which general will be left to guard Nanpi?"

"We will set off this afternoon after lunch, and I will let Lingqi stay."

"The general's little daughter..."

Seeing Jia Xu's hesitation, Lu Brown said loudly: "Although this child is young, his mind is very careful and should be tempered properly. Besides, Dong Zhao is here, I believe nothing will happen.

"

"Since the general has made his decision, there is nothing to argue with. I just have one thing that I would like the general to answer."

"go ahead."

"How will the general treat Youzhou after this expedition is completed? In other words, how will he treat Liu Yu, a clan member of the Han Dynasty?"

Hearing the deep meaning of the words, he glanced at Jia Xu out of the corner of his eye. Lu Bu snorted coldly: "Those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish!"
Chapter completed!