Can I get to the other side?.

Chapter 160 The End of Yuan Xi
Although Mrs. Liu was a woman of modesty, as Yuan Shao's first wife, she naturally understood the overall situation and the general situation. Just by hearing what Ju Su said, she realized the importance of the issue.

Gongsun Zan attacks, Ye City is in danger!

So she didn't hesitate at all, wiped her tears and asked directly: "What should I do? How can I help you rescue the general?"

Hearing Madam Liu's agreement, Ju Su was delighted and said quickly, "It's very simple. The city defense army has been deceived by the second young master. Madam, you just need to go find the city defense army commander and the city guard to explain the situation and ask them to lead the troops to rescue the general!"

"Now the three of us are trapped in the mansion. The only one who can pass the message to the outside world, convince the city defense army and rescue the general is my wife!"

Mrs. Liu is now their last hope.

At this time, Shen Pei added, "In the next few days, the second young master will come to the palace again to ask the emperor for an official position. When the time comes, Madam will go out again. While the second young master is not at home, quickly lead the troops to rush to help!"

If Yuan Xi was at home, he might do something crazy if he was forced into a corner, so it would be safest to take action when he is not around.

"I understand."

Madam Liu nodded, and then asked with some concern: "But if we do this, nothing will happen to Xianyi, right? He... is my son after all."

Although she was very sad about Yuan Xi's act of killing his brother, he was still her own son after all, and she didn't want to see another son get into trouble.

Ju Su said sternly, "Madam, please rest assured. The Second Young Master was just bewitched by the treacherous people. It's not his fault. We will all plead with the General when the time comes."

Only then did Mrs. Liu feel completely relieved.

Afterwards, Ju Shou and the other two explained to her in detail, including what to do after finding the city defense troops, and only then did they leave with peace of mind.

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Due to the threat of Gongsun Zan's attack, in order to ensure the safety of Jizhou, Yuan Xi issued an order in the name of Yuan Shao, appointing Yan Liang as the commander-in-chief and leading two generals, Han Meng and Chunyu Qiong, to lead a large army to meet the enemy.

At the same time, he also began to plan to seek an official position.

"Since I don't have the same majesty as my father that can frighten the emperor, I will do the opposite and treat the emperor with respect."

"I have prepared a lot of wealth and treasures to offer this time. As long as I can please the emperor, it won't be difficult to talk about the official appointment. I was too reckless last time."

Outside Yuan's mansion, Yuan Xi looked at the treasures that the soldiers were loading onto the carts one by one, and thought to himself that he didn't believe that so many things could not impress the emperor.

There were so many treasures that they filled ten carriages.

After the soldiers had moved everything, Yuan Xi said to the soldiers at the door, "When I'm away, remember to keep a close watch on the General's Mansion and don't allow anyone to enter or leave."

"Especially keep a close eye on Ju Shou, Shen Pei, and Tian Feng!"

This time, Yuan Xi did not plan to bring Ju Shou and others into the palace.

The last time he brought it with him, the emperor summoned Ju Su, which scared him a lot; in order to avoid the same thing from happening again, he wanted to enter the palace alone this time.

"Yes, second son!"

The gatekeeper responded respectfully.

Only then did Yuan Xi feel relieved, and then he got on the carriage and headed to the palace with a lot of treasures.

At this time in the general's mansion.

Madam Liu also received the news of Yuan Xi's departure, so she immediately took the private seal and letter given to her by Ju Su and others and walked out of the General's Mansion.

But she was stopped at the door.

"Madam, the Second Young Master has ordered that no one is allowed to enter or leave the General's Mansion when he is not here. Please go back!"

The gatekeepers knew Madam Liu, so they were particularly respectful.

Madam Liu's face was as cold as frost. She snorted coldly, "Who do you think you are? How dare you stop me? Your second son is my son! I am his mother and the General's Mansion is my home. Why are you not allowing me to leave?"

The gatekeeper felt his scalp tingling, but still said, "Second Master's order, I am just..."

"Get out of the way! I want to see who dares to stop me!"

Mrs. Liu was too lazy to talk nonsense with him and walked straight out of the house, not caring about the soldiers' obstruction at all.

After all, she was the mistress of the Yuan family. She tried to leave the house by force. Although the soldiers guarding the gate wanted to stop her, they did not dare to act rudely and could only let her leave.

After leaving the General's Mansion, Madam Liu took a carriage directly to the South Gate, and found the South Gate guard on the city gate tower.

"Why is my aunt here?"

The commander of the South Gate was surprised when he saw Madam Liu and quickly stood up to greet her.

Madam Liu said with a serious look, "Nephew, something happened to your uncle. The one who really committed the crime was Yuan Xi. He killed your cousin Yuan Shang and imprisoned your uncle."

"Now Ju Jianjun, Shen Zhizhong and Tian Biejia are all trapped in his mansion. Here are their seals and letters. You should quickly notify the other city defense troops to go to the general's mansion and rescue your uncle!"

After hearing what Madam Liu said, the commander of the South Gate took another look at the seal and letter in his hand. His expression suddenly changed and only four words emerged in his mind.

What a big deal!

He did not dare to hesitate and immediately said, "Aunt, this matter is very serious. I dare not make a decision on my own. I will take you to see Xu Chengshou now!"

"it is good!"

Madam Liu nodded and followed him out of the city gate tower.

The commander of the South Gate sent people to notify the commanders of the West Gate and North Gate, while taking Madam Liu to the East Gate. When they arrived, the commanders of the other two gates had already arrived.

Xu You saw the guards of the three city gates rushing in at the same time, and saw Madam Liu. He was startled and stood up and asked, "Madam? What are you doing..."

Madam Liu said anxiously, "Ziyuan, the general has been imprisoned by Yuan Xi. Ju Jianjun and his men asked me to find you and ask you to lead the troops to rescue the general as soon as Yuan Xi enters the palace!"

"what?"

Xu You was shocked when he heard this, but what shocked him was not the news, but the fact that Yuan Xi actually let Madam Liu leave the house and sent this news out!

How can you be so stupid!
The key is that all the guards of the three gates are here now. Even if he wants to suppress the news, he can't. The other three guards will not sit idly by!

Seeing Xu You remained silent, Madam Liu became alert and asked, "Why doesn't Ziyuan say anything? Doesn't he believe me?"

Before coming, Ju Shou had told her that one of the four guards was secretly in collusion with Yuan Xi, so she must be careful and it would be best to call all the guards together first.

So she chose to find her nephew, the guard of the South Gate, and then finally rushed to Xu You.

"Of course not."

Seeing that the guards at the three gates were all looking at him, Xu You quickly responded with a clever idea: "I was just startled... So, several generals, mobilize the troops to rescue the general, and I will go to the palace to report to the emperor and ask him to intervene."

At this point, the news of Yuan Xi's imprisoned father could no longer be suppressed, and he had to send troops there, otherwise he would be suspected of being in cahoots with Yuan Xi. However, he could take this opportunity to enter the palace and quickly inform that guy Yuan Xi.

"Thank you for your help."

Madam Liu's eyes lit up. She didn't want Yuan Xi to be involved in this battle. It would be best if Yuan Xi could be captured in the palace.

"Take action!"

Xu You nodded and hurriedly left the city gate tower.

The guards at the three gates also left.

The West Gate Guard walked on the way to the military camp, his face was extremely ugly. He didn't expect that things would develop to this point. Yuan Xi actually imprisoned the general! "What should I do? I opened the city gate to let Yuan Xi in that day. It's not an exaggeration to say that I am his biggest accomplice. If the general escapes, he will definitely make trouble for me afterwards. Then my life will be in danger!" The West Gate Guard said worriedly.

If it were an ordinary situation, it would be fine, but this time the situation was too special, which directly led to the death of one of Yuan Shao’s sons and several of his close advisers.

Yuan Xi is Yuan Shao’s biological son, so he will definitely not die.

Then, in order to vent his anger and make an example of someone, Yuan Shao would definitely target his relative who was outside the third degree of kinship!

The deputy general beside the commander of the West Gate also had a look of fear on his face. It was he who suggested opening the city gate that day, and he would not be able to escape the reckoning afterwards.

After some hesitation, the deputy general pulled the West Gate garrison commander aside and whispered, "General, things have come to this point. We have no choice but to follow the Second Young Master to the end!"

"We will go and inform the Second Young Master now to hurry back to the mansion. There are still 500 Tiger Battalion members in the Second Young Master's mansion. All our brothers will listen to you. When the battle starts, we can suddenly turn against you and help the Tiger Battalion resist the city defense forces from other gates. We can hold out until the Second Young Master returns. We may have a chance!"

Yuan Shao could not be allowed to escape at any cost.

Once Yuan Shao escapes, they will be doomed.

Hearing this, General Ximen's face changed, but he hesitated for only a moment before he made up his mind and said to the deputy general, "Then you must ride into the palace quickly to find the second young master. You must get there before Xu You. You must not let the second young master be caught by Xu You!"

"promise!"

The deputy general clasped his fists in response and left in a hurry.

The commander of the West Gate turned and headed for the West Gate City Defense Army camp. He needed to quickly give instructions to his soldiers so that they could turn against the enemy when the battle started.

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royal palace.

After Xu You rushed to the palace in a hurry, he did not go into the palace to find Yuan Xi first, nor did he go to see Liu Xie. Instead, he first found Zhang He and Gao Lan.

"Generals, something big has happened!"

Xu You was so tired that he was out of breath, but he had no time to rest, so he said anxiously: "Yuan Shao's first wife, Madam Liu, told the city defense army that Yuan Shao was imprisoned. Now the city defense army is on the way to the general's mansion to rescue Yuan Shao!"

"Yuan Shao must not escape. It is too late to report to His Majesty now. I need the help of the Imperial Guards and two generals! I am willing to take all the responsibility alone!"

Zhang He and Gao Lan were stunned when they heard this and wanted to refuse, but when they saw Xu You was so anxious and it was related to Yuan Shao, they finally nodded.

"What do we need to do?"

Xu You pulled the two people over and whispered in their ears.

……

On the other hand, after Yuan Xi presented all his treasures and valuables to the emperor, he did not receive any reward except a faint reply from Liu Xie, "My dear minister, you are thoughtful." Naturally, his plan to seek an official position fell through, and he could only leave the palace with regret.

As soon as he left the palace, a deputy general came hurriedly on horseback.

"Second Master, something bad has happened! Something terrible has happened!"

The deputy general jumped off his horse, tumbled and crawled to Yuan Xi, and said in a panic: "Your mother just found Xu Chengshou and other city defense commanders, saying that you imprisoned the general in the mansion and asked the city defense army to lead troops to rescue him!"

"My general has a deep friendship with the Second Young Master, and I don't want to see you fail like this, so I sent this general to inform the Second Young Master."

"My general said that he would lead the West Gate garrison to turn against the enemy and work with the Tiger Camp to resist the city defense forces at the other three gates to buy time for you. Please, Second Young Master, return to the General's Mansion as soon as possible!"

Yuan Xi was horrified after hearing this, he never expected that despite all the precautions, he would be backstabbed by his mother and the news would be leaked!

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"

"How could it become like this!"

Yuan Xi was extremely anxious and felt desperate.

In this situation, it is meaningless for him to go back or not. The news of his father Yuan Shao's imprisonment has been known to the city defense army, and the matter can no longer be concealed!

Unless he used Yuan Shao's life to threaten everyone like before, what would be the use? He could no longer inherit the throne legitimately!

"Second Young Master! Second Young Master——!"

Just when Yuan Xi was feeling a mixture of anger and confusion and didn't know what to do, a shout suddenly came. He turned his head and saw Xu You running towards him.

The deputy general was shocked when he saw Xu You, and hurriedly said, "Second Master, be careful! Xu You came to the palace to report to His Majesty and ask His Majesty to take charge of the situation!"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Xi immediately became alert and quickly took a few steps back.

Xu You also noticed the deputy general standing next to Yuan Xi. He recognized him as the one standing next to General Ximen at a glance, and suddenly he understood.

It turned out that the commander of the west gate had surrendered to Yuan Xi.

This way... we will be more confident.

Xu You withdrew his gaze from the deputy general and said to Yuan Xi anxiously, "Second Master, your imprisonment of your father has been exposed. While the general is still trapped, you should quickly follow me to the east gate. I will open the city gate and let you leave!"

When these words were spoken, Yuan Xi and the deputy general were stunned.

Didn’t Xu You come here to arrest people?
The deputy general reacted and said immediately: "Second Master, don't believe him! I heard him say with my own ears that he would go to the palace to report to the emperor so that he could arrest you. He must be lying!"

But as soon as he finished speaking, Xu You snorted coldly: "What do you know? If I don't say this, how can you find an excuse to leave and come to the palace to inform the second young master?"

"If I really wanted to capture the Second Young Master, I would have brought the Royal Guards with me by now. Why would I come alone?"

The deputy general opened his mouth but was speechless, because Xu You had indeed come alone.

"Why would Uncle Shi want to help me?"

Yuan Xi frowned and asked, everyone was thinking about capturing him and rescuing his father Yuan Shao, but Xu You, one of his father's most trusted advisers, would actually choose to help him?

This is really unreasonable.

Xu You sighed, "With the ruthless methods of the general, if you fail and are caught, you will not be able to escape death. And I have watched you grow up, and I have long regarded you as my own nephew in my heart. How can I watch you die?"

"Please don't waste time, and quickly follow me to the east gate to escape."

Yuan Xi was moved when he heard this. He didn't expect that among all the advisers under Yuan Shao, only Xu You was truly kind to him!

For a moment, Yuan Xi couldn't help but burst into tears, and choked up and said: "Thank you for your kindness, uncle, but... even if I escape from Yecheng, where can I go?"

"What's more, there are those soldiers from Ximen and Tiger Camp fighting for me. How can I abandon them and run away?"

Yuan Xi was unwilling to accept failure.

He still wants to take a gamble!
"Ugh……"

Xu You sighed deeply, and then said: "Since the Second Young Master still wants to fight, I have a way that may help the Second Young Master turn defeat into victory."

"any solution?"

Yuan Xi was overjoyed to find a way out of the desperate situation and asked immediately.

Xu You's eyes sparkled as he said word by word: "Imperial Guards!"

(End of this chapter)