Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 407
Only when Yuan Xi raised his head did he have the opportunity to look directly at Liu Xie and see his face clearly.

Liu Xie's appearance is quite handsome, with a full sky and clear facial features. At first glance, he is the kind of person with great ideas.

However, if you look closely, you can see that the face is sallow and emaciated, and there is still a hint of childishness. The crown clothes seem to be a bit too big, and the body underneath looks a little thin, like a scarecrow in rags in the field.

Yuan Xi thought that Liu Xie's life might not be going well in the past few years, he glanced slightly, then lowered his head again, the moment he looked back, he seemed to vaguely sense that there were two women kneeling behind Liu Xie's seat.

After listening to Yuan Xi's words, Liu Xie let go of Yuan Xi's arm, returned to his seat and sat down, and said: "The general came to see you at this time, so I thought there must be something."

"Please tell me the general."

Yuan Xi thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, the area around Huaicheng is very unsafe right now. Yuan Shu is spying on the south and Black Mountain bandits are making trouble in the north. Please also order Jizhou to send troops to protect the safety of the emperor."

Someone nearby snorted, "The Black Mountain Army was entrusted by the Han court, and the Yuan family attacked without authorization. Who is causing the chaos?"

Yuan Xi looked sideways, and found that the speaker was about 50 to [-] years old, with five strands of long beard, a little thinning hair, and a large forehead.

Yuan Xi didn't know the identities of the officials around Liu Xie. It would be great if Xin Dao Jushou was by his side. Now this person is obviously against the Yuan family. I don't know if it is Ding Chong, Zhong Yao, or someone else?
I was wondering, but I heard someone beside me say: "Master Zhong, there is still no conclusion on the matter of the Black Mountain Army, and His Majesty still needs to make a decision."

Zhong Yao listened, snorted coldly, and stopped talking.

Liu Xie opened his mouth and said to Yuan Xi: "I heard that the Yuan family and the Black Mountain Army are attacking. Why did this happen?"

Yuan Xi thought that Liu Xie was really unusual, and this sentence brought the problem to the crux.

The key conflict of interest between the Yuan family and the Black Mountain Army was in the competition for territory, but the direct reason for the hatred between the two sides was the Yecheng Rebellion provoked by the Black Mountain Army.

Going forward, the reason is that when Yuan Shao just entered Jizhou and his foothold was not stable, the Black Mountain Army was instigated by Gongsun Zan at that time and launched a surprise attack on Yuan's family.

Behind this matter, there may be Hanting's intentions. Given that it was Dong Zhuo of the Liangzhou Army who controlled the Hanting at that time, this matter seemed extremely confusing.

Yuan Xi didn't believe that Liu Xie didn't know anything about this matter. The other party might know more about the inside story than he did. The other party's purpose probably depended on how he responded.

If Yuan Xi's whole article is to say that the Black Mountain Army is wrong from Yuan Shao's point of view, it will definitely not achieve the desired effect. Maybe Liu Xie will strengthen his confidence and help the Black Mountain Army to rectify its name.

He thought for a while, and then said: "The Black Mountain Army is the remnants of the Yellow Turbans. Although they joined the Han court back then, they didn't concentrate on production. They plundered repeatedly. They used the name of the court to poison the counties in Hebei. The people suffered unspeakably."

"For a long time, the prestige of the imperial court has been damaged, and keeping the Black Mountain Army will do more harm than good."

"The Black Mountain Army also deceived the crowd with false rumors, and used the Taiping Dao to worship Huang Tian and damage the majesty of the emperor. How can they show any loyalty to the Han court?"

"Last year, there was a great famine, and the Black Mountain Army looted Jizhou, Youzhou, Sili and other places, causing refugees and damaging the reputation of the Han court. It should be eliminated as soon as possible."

At this moment, someone snorted coldly, "It's true that the Black Mountain Army is using the name of Taiping Dao to confuse people's hearts. I've heard the rumor about General Huang Tian, ​​and it's also spread widely?"

Yuan Xi didn't recognize the voice, and thought that this must be Cao Cao's eyeliner, and he knew the internal affairs of Montenegro so clearly, he didn't look like someone who followed Liu Xie and wandered away, and someone probably gave him advice.

Yuan Xi laughed and said, "This kind of rumors started out of nowhere, who knows if someone with ulterior motives framed me?"

"If you want to talk about the rumors in the Black Mountain Army, I remember Cao Shijun's prestige in it is much higher than mine, right?"

"Could it be that Mr. Cao is also using Taiping Dao's hand to spread rumors?"

Yuan Xi's words were extremely vicious, and the man immediately fell silent.

Liu Xie said to Yuan Xi: "According to Qing's wishes, how should we deal with the Black Mountain Army?"

Yuan Xi immediately said: "Let the Black Mountain Army hand over its territory and soldiers, punish the chief culprit, break up the young and strong among them, and protect the emperor."

As soon as this remark came out, among the ministers present, some were delighted, some fell into deep thought, Zhong Yao and the others immediately wanted to curse out loud, saying that it was under the jurisdiction of the emperor, and most likely the military power would fall back to Lu Bu's hands!

Lu Bu and Cao Cao are at odds with each other. If he grows stronger, will those Cao supporters end well?

Liu Xie said again: "I'm afraid that the leader of the Black Mountain Army will not hand over the soldiers easily?"

"And why didn't I issue an edict to let him lead troops to defend the capital, but to adopt this indirect method?"

Yuan Xi said: "Shu Chen bluntly said that the Black Mountain Army has evil intentions, and it is not credible."

"First, the Black Mountain Army colluded with the Southern Huns. If they let go of the Black Mountain Passage, Huaicheng will be in danger."

"Secondly, there are people manipulating the Black Mountain Army. If they have a different heart, they will lose control and repeat the mistakes of the fall of Chang'an."

"The evidence is that his rebellion in Yecheng was no different from the current chaos in Huaicheng. It is obviously a conspiracy to drive the emperor, and it has been planned for a long time."

"Nonsense!" Zhong Yao was in a hurry. Yuan Xi's last sentence was a typical example of reversing the cause. During the Huaicheng Rebellion, Liu Xie hadn't decided to move to Huaicheng. Where did the Black Mountain Army plot to drive the emperor?

But the disgusting thing about Yuan Xi's words is that Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan led troops to attack Huaicheng when the Black Mountain Army was in rebellion. This clearly means that Cao Cao is behind the Black Mountain Army!

Zhong Yao didn't know the inside story of the Huaicheng Rebellion, but he was as smart as he, and he had already guessed that Cao Cao was behind it. He could guess it, and other ministers could guess it, let alone Liu Xie, who often communicated with his confidants.

On the surface, Yuan Xi was talking about the Black Mountain Army, but in fact he was accusing Sang and scolding Huai, saying that Cao Cao had evil intentions.

Zhong Yao believed that with Liu Xie's intelligence, he would be able to hear the meaning behind Yuan Xi's words, and thus become suspicious of Cao Cao!

That's why he hurriedly jumped out to stop Yuan Xi from continuing to speak. Now that the situation seemed to be getting out of control, he had to muddy the water immediately, let this meeting end quickly, and then inform Cao Cao to prepare for it in court tomorrow!

Yuan Xi smiled slightly, and thought that Zhong Yao was very optimistic about Cao Cao, but the more anxious Zhong Yao was, the more Liu Xie should understand.

At this time, a strange voice sounded, "Zhong Shilang interrupted the Son of Heaven to answer again and again, and those who didn't know thought Zhong Shilang was San Gong."

These words hinted at Cao Cao again. Yuan Shao, who is a Taiwei, is not here, who else can he say?

Everyone saw that it was Dong Cheng who hadn't spoken for a long time. It seemed that he was attacked and killed by Cao Cao's generals in Anyi city.

And at that time, he was rescued by Zhang Xi, who was sent by Lu Bu's department to Zhang Liao and Yuan Xi, and now he jumped out to help Yuan Xi, which can be regarded as repaying the favor.

Zhong Yao's face was flushed red, and he was speechless for a while, but at this time Liu Xie opened his mouth, and what he said was beyond everyone's expectations.

"I heard that Lu Bu is going to marry his daughter to the general as a concubine?"

Yuan Xi was taken aback. It was not surprising that Liu Xie knew about this matter, but the marriage between the two parties had not yet been finalized, and Liu Xie knew about it just because of rumors. Moreover, he was willing to find out about this kind of thing, so it can be seen that he is not a person who makes decisions lightly based on personal likes and dislikes.

Liu Xie is a person who likes to get to the bottom of things and investigate the cause and effect!
Yuan Xi replied honestly: "It's just that I have this intention and mentioned it to Marquis Wen. As for Marquis Wen, I haven't waited for an answer."

He couldn't hide his heart, but if Liu Xie felt that he was joining forces with Lu Bu, it would be a little troublesome.

But that's not the worst, if Liu Xie thinks it's Lu Bu and Yuan Shao who are actually teaming up, that's the real big trouble.

Because Liu Xie's defense against Yuan Shao is far greater than Cao Cao's now, Bi Yuan Shao really did the thing of setting up a new emperor!

Liu Xie fell silent, and everyone was waiting quietly.

After a while, Liu Xie said: "I remember that the general got married not long ago, and his wife is very famous in Jizhou?"

Yuan Xi wondered why Zhen Mi was involved again, and immediately replied: "We have been married for more than half a year, and my wife is indeed very beautiful."

"Oh?" Liu Xie said with a smile: "General look up, how is it compared to my queen?"

Yuan Xi raised his head in surprise, only then did he see clearly that there were two women sitting kneeling behind Liu Xie, one dressed as an aristocrat and the other as a queen.

The one who wears the Queen's clothes is the Queen Fushou, who should be about the same age as Liu Xie, and they are also married not long ago.

She has a fine nose and fine eyes, picturesque eyebrows and eyes, exquisite and slender features, she is indeed a rare beauty, and he has said in his heart that there are beautiful and handsome men in Langya, and this is true.

Fushou sat behind Liu Xie at the beginning, listening to everyone's answers, she could faintly hear the fighting inside, but felt that the inside was extremely dangerous, and she felt her head swell when she listened.

Originally, she was tired from traveling and traveling, and wanted to have a good rest as soon as she entered the city, but Liu Xie met the rather mysterious Yuan family fierce tiger overnight, and Fu Shou and Dong Guiren were also required to accompany her.

Fu Shou didn't quite understand, why should a woman participate in this kind of thing?
When Yuan Xi came in, Fu Shou took a peek and found that his face was resolute, his appearance was very majestic, and it was rare that he didn't have a beard. Compared with Cao Cao who had a big beard before, Fu Shou even came up with a very absurd idea, who is the eunuch after all?
She immediately drove this rude thought out of her mind, and listening to Liu Xie and Yuan Xi's answer, Liu Xie's control of the scene was getting more and more sophisticated, and she couldn't help being a little happy.

But what surprised her was that the fierce tiger, as a courtier, was able to cope with the repeated questioning by the emperor and ministers, and even Zhong Yao lost his composure after being stimulated.

She was listening carefully, but suddenly realized that the conversation was about Mrs. Yuan Xi, and then about herself!

She raised her head in surprise, her eyes widened, and she happened to meet Yuan Xi's gaze, and she felt that there was some murderous look in the other's eyes, as if she could see through something.

She had never seen anyone other than Liu Xie look at her so unscrupulously, and hurriedly lowered her head.

Liu Xie seemed unaware of Fushou's embarrassment behind him, staring into Yuan Xi's eyes with a calm demeanor.

Yuan Xi turned his head and thought for a while, then smiled and said, "Just based on appearance, I'm afraid I might not be as good as my son-in-law."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned. One of the monarchs and ministers dared to ask, and the other dared to answer. How dare Yuan Xi?

Isn't he afraid of Liu Xie's anger?

(End of this chapter)