Can I get to the other side?

After Cui Yan left, Guo Jia came over from the side hall.

As soon as he arrived at the Xuanshi Hall, he asked anxiously: "Your Majesty, how is it?"

Liu Xie knew that Guo Jia, like him, cared more about Zheng Xuan himself than the three thousand elite Tiger Guards.

He smiled and said, "Zheng Xuan is indeed still in Yecheng."

Guo Jia was overjoyed when he heard this, and said excitedly:

"Zheng Kangcheng is a scholar of heaven and man. His research focuses on ancient classics, and he also adopts modern classics and annotates Confucian classics. His works "Six Arts Theory", "Zheng's Zhouyi Annotation", "Maoshi Zhuanjian", "Astronomy and Seven Political Theory", and "Zhonghou" are widely sought after by scholars. I am no exception."

"If I can get the help of Zheng, scholars all over the world will flock to him."

Guo Jia talked about Zheng Xuan's works casually, just like a little fan.

This made Liu Xie more aware of Zheng Xuan's status in the literati.

He said with a little worry: "Zheng Kangcheng is famous all over the world, and he has countless disciples, but I can't use force on him. What if he doesn't want to serve me?"

According to the history he knew, Zheng Xuan was most known to later generations not for his Confucian classics, but for his loyalty and refusal to serve!

This man sought fame but not officialdom, and devoted himself to writing books and lecturing.

After the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he repeatedly refused the court's recruitment and was unwilling to embark on an official career.

In the second year of Zhongping, in order to win the hearts of the people, General He Jin forcibly recruited him to serve as an official in the court.

As a result, he refused to wear court clothes, and fled after just one night without waiting for the official position to be granted.

In the fourth year of Zhongping, the three ministries of Taiwei, Sikong, and Situ recruited him twice, but were also rejected.

General Yuan Wei's reputation was at its peak, and he recommended him as a minister, but was still rejected.

In the sixth year of Zhongping, Emperor Ling died. Dong Zhuo abolished Emperor Shao and established Emperor Xian. He was extremely powerful, but he still couldn't get Zheng Xuan to serve in the court.

In the third year of Jian'an, Emperor Xian of Han recruited him as the Minister of Agriculture, one of the nine ministers. Who knew that Zheng Xuan, as soon as he arrived in Xu County, asked to retire and return home on the pretext of being sick.

Last year, Yuan Shao held a banquet for all parties and recruited him in the name of the emperor, but was also flatly rejected.

He successively rejected Emperor Ling, He Jin, the three government offices, Yuan Wei, Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, Emperor Xian...

Therefore, in Liu Xie's mind, Zheng Xuan would not be like other ministers, who would run to serve as soon as they heard the emperor recruited.

He also didn't think that he could exude the aura of kingship and make Zheng Xuan bow down.

"Your Majesty must not use force on Zheng Dajia!" Guo Jia was shocked and said quickly: "Zheng Dajia is not only highly respected in the literati, but also in the people."

Liu Xie nodded in agreement.

He had read history books, so he naturally understood that Zheng Xuan's prestige among the people was also terrifying.

History books clearly recorded that in the first year of Jian'an, Zheng Xuan returned to Gaomi from Xuzhou and encountered a large number of Yellow Turban bandits on the way. These bandits not only did not rob Zheng Xuan's property, but also respected him very much.

It can be said that "all who saw Xuan bowed and agreed not to enter the county"!

During the Yellow Turbans' rampage, Gaomi County was not robbed because of Zheng Xuan alone!

With such prestige, whoever dared to bully him would be cut off from the world.

This is also the reason why Zheng Xuan repeatedly refused the invitations of Emperor Lingdi and Emperor Xiandi.

Liu Xie sighed: "In this case, we can only ask Kong Wenju to persuade him with emotion and reason. But Kong Wenju may not be able to persuade him."

Kong Rong and Zheng Xuan had a very good relationship, and once recommended a filial and honest official for Zheng Xuan's only son.

If Kong Rong couldn't persuade Zheng Xuan, Liu Xie would have no choice.

Guo Jia also sighed.

Facing Zheng Xuan, he was powerless and could not think of any solution.

"Forget it! Everything depends on fate, just do your best."

Liu Xie waved his hand and skipped the topic.

He pulled Guo Jia to discuss how to use Cui Yan to trap Yuan Shao.

The two discussed the specific details and implementation plan for nearly two hours, ensuring that as long as Yuan Shao was fooled and led his troops to come, he would definitely be able to fall into a big fall.

"Your Majesty, I admire this plan. If this plan succeeds, at least five of the ten counties in Jizhou will return to Han territory!"

Guo Jia's eyes were bright, excited and emotional.

He did not expect that in just over two years, the emperor's scheming had reached such a point.

But he was vaguely worried.

It is not a good sign that the emperor is scheming.

After the world is unified in the future, he will definitely be a person who specializes in the emperor's mind.

"Feng Xiao is overrated!"

Liu Xie was very pleased to get Guo Jia's approval.

The military tactics he had learned over the past few years were not in vain.

He could come up with some strategies occasionally.

Guo Jia suppressed his worries and said, "Your Majesty, I have a great talent and I would like to recommend him to you."

"Oh? What talent?" Liu Xie was immediately interested and full of expectations.

For such a long time, Guo Jia had only recommended one great talent to him, Sima Yi.

Unexpectedly, he recommended another one today.

To be in Guo Jia's eyes, he must not be incompetent.

Guo Jia's face was a little strange, and he said, "This man's surname is Yang Xiu, his name is Dezu, he is the great-great-grandson of Yang Zhen, and the son of Taiwei Yang Biao."

"Yang Xiu!"

Liu Xie was shocked.

Why did he come to Yecheng?

Yuan Shao had three dukes for four generations, and Yang Xiu's family background was no worse, or even stronger!

From Yang Zhen to Yang Biao, four generations of Taiwei!

In addition, Yang Xiu also had a great relationship with the Yuan family.

He was Yuan Shu's nephew!

"Grand Commander Yang Biao is still in Xu County at this time, deceived by Cao Cao. How could Yang Xiu come to Yecheng to serve me?"

Guo Jia shook his head and said, "Yang Xiu wants to speak to Your Majesty about this matter, and I don't know about it either."

Liu Xie pondered for a moment. Although he was a little worried that Yang Xiu would find out his identity, he still didn't want to miss a great talent like him.

What's more, this is Yecheng.

Even if Yang Xiu finds out, the worst case scenario is that he will be killed secretly!

The order was sent: "Xuan Yang Xiu comes to see you!"

Gao Lan, who was outside the announcement room, took the order and immediately sent people to the recruitment hall to bring Yang Xiu into the palace.

After about a stick of incense, Yang Xiu walked into the announcement room.

When he saw the emperor, he suppressed his excitement and bowed respectfully.

"Your Majesty, Yang Xiu, is here to see you! Your Majesty will be happy for generations to come!"

Liu Xie carefully looked at Yang Xiu, who had left a mark in history books.

He is in his early twenties, has a bookish air about him, and looks very elegant.

This talented person with a distinguished family background was like a thunderbolt.

Cao Cao was ashamed of his talent. Mrs. Bian said that he had unparalleled literary talent, and Cao Zhi praised him as having high regard for Shangjing.

Mi Heng, who was upright and arrogant and liked to insult the powerful, all praised him: "The eldest son, Kong Wenju, and the younger son, Yang Dezu. The remaining sons are too busy to count."

"Flat body!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After Yang Xiu stood up, he secretly looked at the emperor with his peripheral vision.

The more he looked at it, the more he confirmed his suspicion.

When Liu Xie met a close official of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty for the first time, he was afraid that he would ask some personal questions about Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, so he turned away from Guo Jia.

Without giving Yang Xiu a chance to ask questions, he preemptively said:

"Dezu, I haven't seen you for a few years. Is Mr. Yang still well in Xu County?"

Yang Xiu could even guess Cao Cao's thoughts accurately, let alone Liu Xie?

He immediately knew the implication of these words.

He quickly said, "Your Majesty, my father was deceived and did not know that before your Majesty moved the capital, he had been secretly sent to Yecheng.

Now that I learned about this, I was furious. However, Cao's thieves were too powerful to escape. Therefore, I specially ordered my ministers to rush to Yecheng for His Majesty's command. "

Liu Xie was shocked when he heard this.

Yang Biao actually believed what he said in publicity?

No, what Yang Xiu said was that someone secretly sent him to Yecheng.

And this statement was recognized by Yang Biao!

After the surprise, there was a burst of joy.

If it can be established, the flaws in his identity will be reduced.

But who exactly made such remarks?

Liu Xie had no time to think carefully and had to deal with Yang Xiu in front of him first.

At this time, his acting skills have reached perfection, and the moving expression on his face comes easily.

"It's really hard for Mr. Yang to be trapped in the bandit camp."

Seeing the moved expression on Liu Xie's face, Yang Xiu breathed a sigh of relief and said solemnly:

"Everything is for the big man! My father never talks about suffering, nor does he feel it!"

Liu Xie nodded and said: "Since Dezu came to Yecheng, he will work with Guo Fengxiao, the censor Zhongcheng."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Yang Xiu kowtowed his thanks and then said, "Your Majesty, the people who came to Yecheng with me include the son of the cavalry general Dong Cheng, the son of the state leader Fu Wan, and Chen Qun from Cao's thief's account. They The purpose of this trip is to confirm His Majesty’s identity.”

Close ministers of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and even Cao Cao sent people to Yecheng to confirm his identity, which was beyond Liu Xie's expectation.

But one thing is certain, that is, something unexpected must have happened to Cao Cao.

This accident is related to what Yang Xiu just said, "His Majesty had been secretly sent to Yecheng before he moved the capital."

No matter where this rhetoric came from or who spread it.

But for Liu Xie, this is great news.

If used properly, it is even more critical than getting Kong Rong's approval!

Liu Xie asked: "Where are they at this time?"

Yang Xiu replied truthfully: "They have all returned to Xu County."

Just as Liu Xie was about to ask for some details, Gao Lan shouted outside the hall:

"Your Majesty, Guang Luxun has sent you an urgent and confidential message."

Yang Xiu bowed and saluted very consciously: "Your Majesty, I will take my leave first."

Liu Xie nodded. It happened that he was overloaded with information and had not yet figured out how to make use of the news brought by Yang Xiu.

"You go down, I will summon you to the palace in two days."

After Yang Xiu exited the announcement room, Gao Lan walked in with Jia Xu's secret letter.

Liu Xie took a closer look and found that it was related to Gongsun Zan's current situation.

After all, Gongsun Zan's background is far inferior to Yuan Shao.

Even with Zhen's secret support, the losses were still heavy.

In order to achieve the goal of simultaneously consuming the forces of Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao, Zhen's support was always maintained at a level that prevented Gongsun Zan from defeat.

Now, Jia Xu believes that the time is ripe to further consume the forces of both sides.

It is proposed that Zhen provide double stirrups and horseshoes.

And cooperated with Zhang Liao's army to take Yuan Shao's Jizhou army by surprise.

Liu Xie thought about it for a long time and thought it was feasible.

"It just so happens that I also set up a trap for Yuan Shao in Yecheng. Cooperating with Jia Xu's actions, it is really possible to annihilate Yuan Shao's Jizhou army by surprise."

…

at the same time.

Xu County, Sikong Mansion.

After Cao Cao returned from the palace, Chen Qun reported to him the situation in Fu Wan and Dong Cheng's mansion.

"Both Fu De and Dong Xi have returned to Xu County."

"But Dong Cheng and Fu Wan were not at home at the time. According to what the housekeeper said, he went to visit Yang Biao's house."

"I guess something happened in the Yang Mansion."

Chen Qun truthfully told what he saw and heard.

Hearing that both Dong Xi and Fu De were at the house, Cao Cao's suspicions about the two men were dispelled, but his suspicions about Yang Biao doubled.

"Yang Xiu has been sick at home for the past month, but in fact he secretly went to Yecheng; now Dong Cheng and Fu Wan's sons are back, but Yang Xiu is nowhere to be seen, so the idea of ​​substituting the emperor must have been planned by Yang Biao! "

"Dong Cheng and Fu Wan went to Yang Biao's house because of this incident. They were afraid that they were going to Yang Biao to ask for an explanation. Or they were plotting against me."

Cao Cao quickly analyzed the results in his mind.

He was now basically certain that the person behind everything was Yang Biao, but he still lacked the last key piece of evidence and needed to wait for Xun Yu and the others to bring back the results.

"Thank you for your hard work, Changwen. Let's go back and rest first."

Cao Cao said to Chen Qun.

Chen Qun bowed, stood up and left.

As soon as he left, Xu Chu came over and reported to Cao Cao: "My lord, Doctor Guanglu and the others have returned from the Yang Mansion."

Cao Cao's eyes lit up and he walked out of the study quickly.

After a while, we arrived at the lobby.

Xun Yu, Xun You, and Xu You were already waiting here. Seeing Cao Cao, Xun Yu said directly: "Sikong, we have already visited the Yang Mansion."

"Mr. Yang said that this morning he sent someone to take Mr. Yang to a Taoist temple a hundred miles away in Xu County to seek medical treatment, so Mr. Yang is not at home now."

What Xun Yu said was exactly the reason given by Yang Biao.

For him, there was no need to turn against Yang Biao, and he was unwilling to do so. He could just use this reason to turn against Cao Cao.

As for whether Cao Cao believes it or not, and whether Yang Biao will be beaten in the future, that has nothing to do with him.

"Go to a Taoist temple to seek medical treatment?"

Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, and then a gloomy look flashed in his eyes.

For such a poor reason, do you think he is a three-year-old child?

Even if you don't want to edit it in a decent way?

Although he didn't believe it at all, Cao Cao did not reprimand Xun Yu and Xun You in person for not investigating carefully.

These two people, especially Xun Yu, always pretended to be loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty.

He nodded and said: "I see, then let him recover well."

Xun You also saw Cao Cao's thoughts and took the initiative to say: "Da Sikong, if nothing happens, we will leave first."

"Okay, walk slowly all the way."

Xun Yu and Xun You both left.

As soon as they left, Cao Cao's face turned cold. He looked at Xu You and asked, "Ziyuan, did you notice any clues? Is it true that Yang Dezu is not in the house?"

He understood that Xun Yu and Xun You might not want to antagonize Yang Biao.

He may also want to protect Yang Biao.

That's why he sent Xu You there too.

Xu You smiled and said: "You still need to ask me about such a simple matter? Don't you already have the answer in your heart?"

"Xun Yu and Xun You, uncles and nephews, have their own agendas. They responded to your instructions perfunctorily and never thought about getting to the bottom of it."

"I can tell that Yang Xiu hasn't been at home recently. He probably hasn't been at home since that day when he complained of illness. I don't know where he went."

Xu You said while stepping on Xun Yu and the two of them.

He was also curious about where Yang Xiu went.

Hearing this, Cao Cao no longer had any doubts in his heart, gritted his teeth and said: "Okay! Okay! It is indeed Yang Biao! He was the one who sent the emperor to Yecheng!"

"What?" Xu You was startled. He was drinking and almost choked on his drink. He raised his head and looked at Cao Cao in shock.

"What do you mean by cheating on the emperor? What do you mean by lying to me?"

He was stunned by Cao Cao's words.

Cao Cao now regards Xu You as his confidant, so he does not intend to continue to hide it from Xu You, and said in a deep voice:

"A month ago, I sent Chen Qun to Yecheng to let him see the emperor's appearance and demeanor with his own eyes. As a result, he met Yang Xiu, Fu De and Dong Xi on the way."

"But now Chen Qun, Fude, and Dong Xi have all returned to Xu County, but Yang Xiu has not returned. What does this mean? It means that Yang Xiu stayed in Yecheng!"

"That is to say, Yang Biao has long known that the Emperor of Xu County is fake and the Emperor of Yecheng is real, and he is the one controlling everything behind the scenes!"

"It was he who transferred the emperor to Yecheng before moving the capital!"

Xu You looked dull, and the wine gourd in his hand fell to the ground. The wine inside spilled all over the floor, but he, who was always addicted to alcohol, didn't care at all.

Because now there is only one thought echoing in his mind——

"Is it Yang Biao... who sent the emperor to Yecheng?"

Xu You swallowed. He was clearly not drunk after a hundred drinks, but now he felt as if he was drunk, and there were waves of dizziness in front of his eyes.

It all made sense.

Why did the emperor suddenly appear in Yecheng? Why did the two emperors look exactly the same? It turned out that Yang Biao was planning behind it!

This old guy is also a spy hidden under Cao Cao like him!

So today...didn't he harm Yang Biao?

Xu You couldn't help but start to panic. He just wanted to muddy the waters and drive a wedge between Xun Yu and Cao Cao. Unexpectedly, he accidentally injured a loyal member of the Han Dynasty!

If I had known this, I should have helped hide it!

What to do now?

Xu You was anxious, mainly because the emperor never told him that Yang Biao was an insider.

If Yang Biao was harmed because of this, the emperor would definitely not let him go.

Yang Biao was a great hero who endured the humiliation and endured the heavy burden even more than him!

"Ziyuan, Ziyuan?"

Cao Cao didn't expect that Xu You's reaction would be so great that he even frightened the wine gourd, so he stretched out his hand and waved it twice in front of his eyes.

Xu You came back to his senses, bent down to pick up the wine gourd, suppressed his worries and said:

"I really didn't expect Yang Biao to hide so deeply... Ah Man, how do you plan to deal with him now?"

"I will expose him in person and ask him if he has any accomplices!" Cao Cao's eyes were filled with anger, and he gritted his teeth and said, "This old dog has played me like a monkey for two and a half years. This is intolerable!"

"Ziyuan, you come with me. Now the facts are solid and the evidence is complete. I want to see how this old dog will defend himself!"

After being repeatedly fooled and confused, he finally found the real culprit behind the scenes after going through so much hardship. He must vent his anger, otherwise his thoughts will not work at all.

After saying that, Cao Cao stood up and asked Xu Chu to gather the soldiers, and the group went to Yang Biao's mansion in a mighty manner.

Xu You could only bite the bullet and follow him.

Now... it's a big trouble.