Yecheng, Yuan Shaofu.

In the flower pavilion in the back garden, Yuan Shao knelt behind a low table and turned his head to look at a pond outside the pavilion.

The pond was covered with green lotus leaves, and under the lotus leaves, fish were swimming freely, and a small carp about the size of a palm emerged from the water, pecked a bubble on the surface of the water, and then plunged into the water as if frightened.

Judging and Feng Ji stood straight opposite Yuan Shao, both of them maintaining a posture of clenching their fists and bowing towards Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao didn't say anything, and the two didn't dare to speak, quietly waiting for Yuan Shao to speak.

After being silent for a long time, Yuan Shaocai turned his head to look at the two, and said with endless solemnity on his face: "The Cao army is powerful, and it is about to arrive in Yecheng, but the king of Qin wants a certain second son to go to Luoyang at this time. ”

"Yuan Gong!" Holding his fists and bowing, the judge first opened his mouth and said to Yuan Shao: "In the battle of Guandu, the King of Qin did not give Yuan Gong the slightest support, but got Tian Feng, Fu Zhu, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou from Yuan Gong, Yuan Gong was loyal to the Han Dynasty, but the King of Qin may not treat Yuan Gong with sincerity......"

Looking up at the trial, Yuan Shao slowly closed his eyes.

If these words were said before Guandu, Yuan Shao would definitely disagree.

But in the first battle of Guandu, he led the army alone to fight against the Cao army, although the Qin army also fought with the Cao army in the Xuanyuan Pass area, but there were not many achievements, and there was no support for the main battlefield of Guandu.

In particular, Tian Feng, Fu Zhu, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou were brought to Luoyang by King Qin, which made Yuan Shao's heart unhappy for a while.

Although these four people, if the King of Qin did not bring them to Luoyang that day, they must have died in the process of the battle of Guandu.

But they used to be Yuan Shao's subordinates after all.

King Qin led these four people to Luoyang and recruited them under his command, which was really a big blow to Yuan Shao's face.

"Yuan Gong!" After the words of the trial, Yuan Shao was hesitating how to respond, Feng Ji hugged his fists and bowed down and said: "Although our army was defeated in the first battle of Guandu, Hebei won because there were many people, and Yuan Gong could recruit a large army again and start a decisive battle with Cao's army!" As for the King of Qin......"

Feng Ji was halfway through his words and didn't continue, while Yuan Shao raised his head sharply to look at him, frowned slightly, and urged him to continue with his eyes.

Seeing Yuan Shao's eyes, Feng Ji continued: "In the battle of Guandu, although the Cao army was victorious, the main force was also quite damaged, and Yuan Gong recruited soldiers and horses, but in two or three months, he could gather seventy or eighty thousand people, and the number was more than that of Cao Jun!" The combat power of our army is still not under Cao's army! ”

His eyes narrowed slightly, Yuan Shao turned his head and shouted outside the flower pavilion: "Someone!" ”

A guard guarding the flower pavilion strode into the pavilion, bowed towards Yuan Shao with his fists clenched, and waited for his orders.

Looking up at the guard, Yuan Shao ordered: "Pass the order, immediately post a recruitment notice, recruit Hebei men, and fight the Cao army in a decisive battle in the near future!" ”

"No!" Clenching his fists and bowing, the guard answered, exited the flower pavilion, and then turned around and walked away quickly.

Turning his head to watch the guards leave, and when the guards walked away, Yuan Shao asked Feng Ji: "Yuan Tu's words are quite polite, recruiting soldiers and horses is a trivial matter, but the King of Qin ......"

"The second son is Yuan Gong's own son!" Holding his fists and bowing again, Feng Ji said to Yuan Shao: "Tian Feng, Fu Zhu, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou, although they have been following Yuan Gong for a long time, they are only outsiders after all. In this world, will any son turn away from his father? ”

Asked by Feng Ji's words, Yuan Shao was stunned for a moment, and his heart was suddenly sudden, and he slapped his forehead and said, "If it weren't for Yuan Tu, I would really offend King Qin this time!" ”

"Yuan Gong!" The meaning of Yuan Shao's words was obviously that he had decided to let Yuan Xi and his wife go to Luoyang, and the judge hurriedly said on the side: "King Qin was unjust to Yuan Gong first, and Yuan Gong has to ...... it."

"Due South!" Waving his hand at the judge, Yuan Shao showed a rare smile on his face, and said to the judge: "In the battle of Guandu, although the King of Qin did not send troops to Guandu, he also suffered a lot of losses in Xuanyuan Pass, and we don't need to ask too much, after all, King Qin is the orthodox Han Dynasty, and if he returns to the great treasure in the future, there will be some benefits!" ”

Yuan Shao said so, and it was not good to say anything more in the trial, so he had to stand aside and keep silent.

Although Yuan Shao did not speak too harshly to the judge, Feng Ji on the side glanced at the judge, and his face was full of pride.

Jia Xu, who came to Yecheng on the order of Liu Wei, left the front hall, and under the guidance of Yuan Shaowei, he first checked into the hall in the city to entertain foreign guests.

The envoy of the King of Qin, logically speaking, should be placed in the wing room of Yuan Shao's mansion, but this time Yuan Shao actually arranged him in the guild hall, Jia Xu already felt that this line of work might not be as simple as he expected.

After checking into the guild hall and leading his guards away, Jia Xu walked to the window and pushed it open.

The window of the guest house where he stayed happened to be facing the street, and when he opened the window, he could see the people of Yecheng coming and going outside the window at a glance.

The fiasco of the Battle of Guandu was a big blow to the entire Hebei, but Yecheng was after all the boundary that Yuan Shao had operated for a long time, and the city was still as noisy as before.

The struggle between the heroes did not have any special significance for the people.

Regardless of whether Yecheng will be managed by Yuan Shao or Cao Cao in the future, the people here will just change the master who rules them.

The guards who followed Jia Xu to Yecheng were all carefully selected from the main force of the Qin army.

Every guard is very experienced in swordsmanship.

At the same time as Jia Xu pushed open the window, two guards standing in his room stepped forward, one on the left and one on the right, not far behind him.

"Yecheng, what a hustle and bustle!" Looking at the street market outside the window, Jia Xu praised softly: "I just don't know if this city will be under the control of His Royal Highness thirty years later!" ”

"Your Highness will become a martial artist, and you will definitely restore the Great Han!" Clenching his fists and bowing, a guard standing behind Jia Xu said: "Yecheng is also the territory of the Han Dynasty, how can it not be under the control of His Highness?" ”

Turning his head and glancing at the guard, Jia Xu smiled slightly, and said to the guard: "You know that Your Highness has become a martial artist, but you don't know that in this world, there are countless heroes, although Your Highness is trying to ensure that the foundation of the Han Dynasty is not destroyed, but which of the heroes from all walks of life does not want to get a piece of the pie from the decline of the Han Dynasty!" We are waiting to follow His Royal Highness Kuang Fu Dahan, and we have a long way to go! ”

After listening to Jia Xu's words, the two guards glanced at each other and said nothing.

"Dare to ask Zhonglang if he can do it?" As soon as Jia Xu turned his head to look out the window again, a deep voice came from the door.

Glancing back at the door, Jia Xu glanced at one of the guards behind him.

Seeing Jia Xu's eyes, the guard turned around and walked to the back of the room and opened it.

Standing outside the door was a man in a bright yellow costume.

The man was about thirty years old, with a mustache on his lips and a burly physique, and it was immediately clear that he was a general who had led the army on horseback all year round.

Jia Xu also recognized this person, this person was none other than Yuan Shao's eldest son, Yuan Tan.

Seeing that it was Yuan Tan standing outside the door, Jia Xu suddenly showed a smile on his face, stepped towards the door, hugged his fists and saluted Yuan Tan and said: "I don't know if the son of Xiansi is coming, I miss the welcome, and I hope that the son is not strange!" ”

Jia Xu greeted him at the door, and Yuan Tan didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly hugged his fists and gave him a salute and said: "Zhonglang came to Yecheng, and his father's etiquette was quite inadequate. ”

As soon as Yuan Tan opened his mouth, he said that it was not on behalf of Yuan Shao to compensate Jia Xu, and Jia Xu hurriedly said: "The prince is too humble, and the subordinates are just ordered by His Royal Highness to come to Yecheng to invite the second prince and his wife to celebrate the birthday of Princess Guan!" ”

mentioned the purpose of Jia Xu's coming to Yecheng, Yuan Tan's face showed a touch of unnaturalness slightly.

He smiled slightly, and asked Jia Xu: "His Royal Highness and my brothers were all acquaintances that day, but I don't know why I only invited the second brother and not the third brother?" ”

Jia Xu didn't expect Yuan Tan to ask such a thing directly, first coldly, and then hurriedly smiled and said, "Isn't it true that Prince Xiansi doesn't know why His Royal Highness didn't invite the two?" ”

was asked by Jia Xu, Yuan Tan was stunned for a moment, blinked his eyes twice, and then smiled, but did not speak.

After Jia Xu spoke, looking at Yuan Tan's expression, it was really a little too playful.

Just from his expression, Yuan Tan could see that Jia Xu's unspoken reason must be about the competition between him and Yuan Shang for Yuan Shao's family business.

The two sons of the Yuan family in Hebei competed for the family business, although they have been deliberately suppressed by Yuan Shao and not spread to the outside world, but paper can't contain the fire after all, and the King of Qin, who is in Luoyang, knows this, and there is nothing surprising.

The expression on Yuan Tan's face was a little embarrassed, Jia Xu knew that this matter could not be said too deeply, and hurriedly said to Yuan Tan: "Son, don't stand outside the door and go into the house to talk!" ”

After clenching his fists and thanking Jia Xu, Yuan Tan strode into the house, and followed him into the house with a guard.

The guard who followed behind Yuan Tan was holding a tray in his hand, which was covered with a sheet of bright yellow satin.

Seeing the tray covered with satin, Jia Xu suddenly had a smile on his face.

It has been a long time since he followed King Qin, and Jia Xu has also been a Qingshui official for many years, and he has done a lot of things, but there are not many benefits.

Although Yuan Tan had not yet asked the guards to remove the satin from the tray, Jia Xu already knew that what was on the tray must have been a benefit given to him by Yuan Tan.

The matter of Daqin, after all, is only the king of Qin alone, even if he receives the benefits of Yuan Tan, at most he will only return to Luoyang to say some good things to him, as for whether it will work out or not, it will depend on the king of Qin.

Knowing Yuan Tan's intentions, Jia Xu was calm in his heart.