Can I get to the other side?

Seeing Xu You's smiling face, Cao Cao felt extremely hateful, and the anger he had finally suppressed could not help but rise again.

"You traitor!"

Cao Cao slapped the wine bottle in Xu You's hand to the ground, stepped forward and grabbed him by the collar, and said with a livid face: "I regard you as a close friend, but you are the emperor's insider and secretly betrayed me. !”

"Is this how you repay me?"

Not to be outdone, Xu You also glared at Cao Cao and said loudly: "Everything I do is for you! Ah Hao, you are too simple to defeat the emperor!"

When Cao Cao heard this, he laughed angrily: "Yes, I am just too naive, that's why I believed your lies, and that's why I confided in you!"

Two months ago, after he reached an alliance with Sun Quan, he withdrew his troops and returned to Xu County, and told Xu You about it.

However, just a few days later, his people intercepted a secret letter sent to Yecheng. This secret letter clearly stated the alliance between him and Sun Quan and his plans for Xuzhou.

And the person who sent this secret message was none other than Xu You!

It wasn't until then that he fully understood that Xu You had always been a member of the emperor, and was sent by the emperor to serve as an internal agent under his command!

"I still say that since ancient times, rebels have never had a good end."

Xu You pushed Cao Cao away, not taking his anger to heart at all. He looked like the most rogue, but his eyes were always on Cao Cao's eyes.

"You say I betrayed you, but I have been Your Majesty's internal agent from the beginning to the end. How can I betray you? Besides, I have never done anything harmful to you."

"You were deceived by Yang Biao and others before and supported the false emperor. There was no way out. I came here to let you see through the true face of the false emperor and provide you with a way out."

"And I urge you to surrender to the Emperor for your own good. It is better to surrender to the Emperor than to be executed as a traitor and rebel in the end, right?"

"If I really want to harm you, then why should I persuade you to surrender? Wouldn't it be better to just work as an internal agent under your control, and after you are killed by the emperor, I will enjoy the glory and wealth as a hero?"

"In the final analysis, I don't want to see you die tragically because of the friendship between you and me since childhood."

"Why don't you understand my painstaking efforts?"

Xu You sighed as he spoke, with deep helplessness and sadness in his eyes.

"Shut up!"

Cao Cao's anger grew even stronger when he heard this, and he sneered and said, "You and I are both the same people, don't think that I don't know your thoughts!"

"Convincing me to surrender is a much greater achievement than being a spy! You just want to covet this credit, and you still have the nerve to show mercy?!"

"You are doing it for yourself from beginning to end!"

Cao Cao understands Xu You, just as Xu You understands him. He knows what Xu You has in mind, so he will not be bewitched by Xu You at all.

After learning Xu You's identity, he finally understood why Xu You kept urging him to surrender. He had had doubts before, but he never thought about it.

Xu You didn't blush at all when Cao Cao exposed his inner thoughts, and said with a smile: "You came to me today just to talk about this? No way."

"You seem to be in a bad mood. Let me guess... was Bingzhou captured by His Majesty's army and Gao Gan was defeated?"

Cao Cao's pupils suddenly shrank slightly.

Xu You keenly noticed the change in his expression and smiled: "It's just as I expected."

"How do you know?!"

Cao Cao's eyes were even colder. This news had just come back. Xu You had been imprisoned here for two months. How could he possibly know about this?

Xu You said: "You are so unhappy today that you even came to me to vent your anger. This shows that the reason for your unhappiness must have something to do with the emperor."

"And your biggest concern is that the imperial troops are moving south, but there are still Yuan Shao's remnants in the north, restraining the emperor's hands and feet."

"So I just took a guess."

Listening to Xu You's talk, Cao Cao became more and more surprised, and at the same time his murderous intention became more and more intense.

He hates people who can read his mind.

Xu You turned a blind eye to Cao Cao's murderous intention, and instead said: "If you have any questions, you can talk to me. I am too bored here, but I don't mind giving you advice."

"Anyway, this is the purpose of your trip."

"After all, there are some things that are not convenient for you to tell Xun Yu and Xun You. I am the only one who knows you best."

Xu You once again expressed Cao Cao's inner thoughts.

Cao Cao is such a stubborn person.

On the one hand, he hates that others can see his inner thoughts and doubt everyone; on the other hand, he hopes that someone can make suggestions according to his wishes.

Cao Cao stared at Xu You for a long time with deep eyes.

Finally he let go and sat down with a cold face.

"Is this right?"

Xu You couldn't help laughing, turned around and shouted to Xu Chu who was standing outside the yard: "Xu Chu, warm up a new pot of wine and bring it over!"

After saying that, he sat down opposite Cao Cao, took a chopstick of the cold meat and put it into his mouth. While eating, he asked: "Tell me, Ah Ma, do you have anything to ask me?"

After all the words had been said, Cao Cao stopped holding on and said calmly: "I plan to carry out a family-changing strategy. When Sun Quan sends troops to attack Xuzhou after the spring, he will unite the Jiangdong nobles to cooperate internally and externally to seize Jiangdong."

"Is this plan feasible?"

The alliance with Sun Quan was just his superficial plan. He had no intention of joining forces with Sun Quan to resist the emperor's iron hoof.

His initial goal was to seize Sun Quan's territory. As for Yanzhou and Xuzhou, he could just give them away.

Originally, he planned to take advantage of it slowly, but after learning that the emperor had conquered Bingzhou, he had no intention of delaying it any longer.

"Of course it will."

Xu You nodded and analyzed to Cao Cao: "Your idea is correct. It is indeed impossible to confront the emperor head-on. With your strength, there is no chance of winning."

"Only if you occupy the three states of Yangzhou, Yuzhou, and Jingzhou, can you have the strength to compete with the emperor."

"Of course, I know that you must have such a plan, so let's not mention these for now and just talk about your capture of Jiangdong."

"I advise you not to do this."

Cao Cao frowned and said coldly: "You said this plan is feasible and advised me not to do it. What do you mean?"

These words were so incomprehensible that he couldn't figure out what Xu You was trying to express or whether he was just talking nonsense.

"Look, he's in a hurry."

At this time, Xu Chu brought the wine over. Xu You poured himself a bowl and said in a hurry: "I'm asking you, if you can instigate those Jiangdong nobles today and make them surrender to you, what will happen to them tomorrow?" Will you surrender to the emperor?"

"A vote for you is a vote, and a vote for the emperor is a vote. Anyway, it won't affect the interests of their aristocratic families. Why should they want to become a rebel with you and go all the way to darkness?"

"So I advise you to vote for the emperor as soon as possible and stop making any unnecessary resistance."

Xu You said this and was about to raise his bowl to drink.

But before he could even bring the bowl to his mouth, the furious Cao Cao slapped him away and cursed angrily: "It's all nonsense! After all, you still want to persuade me to surrender!"

I'm sorry that Xu You took such a big detour, but the ultimate goal was to make him surrender. Fortunately, he really believed that this guy was willing to give him advice!

"Just say it, why are you always doing it?"

Xu You looked at the drinks spilled on the floor and couldn't help but become anxious, "Just think about whether what I said makes sense. Those Jiangdong nobles are just grassroots. Am I wrong?"

"And the people under your command, do you really think they are loyal to you and are completely inseparable from you?"

"I'm afraid you don't know. Fu Wan once went to see Xun Yu in private. Did Xun Yu mention this to you?"

"I've said it many times, Ah Hao, you are too naive!"

"You will suffer a loss if you do this!"

Xu You sighed, not knowing whether he felt sorry for Cao Cao or the bowl of wine that he knocked over.

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

After hearing this, Cao Cao's face suddenly showed anger, and he said angrily: "You have reached this point and still want to slander Wen Ruo?!"

He didn't believe what Xu You, a traitor, said.

"Did I slander him?"

Xu You sneered and said: "This is what Fu Wan said to me himself! He thought that Xun Yu was also a loyal minister loyal to the Han Dynasty, so he took the queen's edict and wanted to launch a mutiny with him, but Xun Yu refused. "

"Fu Wan was worried that Xun Yu would report you, so he spat in your face in public on the second day in the name of loyalty."

"But what's interesting is that Xun Yu didn't report Fu Wan... Why do you think this is?"

Cao Cao's expression couldn't help but change.

He was actually quite puzzled by Fu Wan's sudden behavior that day, but if it was as Xu You said, Fu Wan's behavior could be explained.

Although he believed it in his heart, Cao Cao still said harshly: "It must be you who is spitting blood! Don't even think about driving a wedge between me and Wen Ruo!"

"Shit friendship!"

Xu You's face was full of mockery, and he exposed Cao Cao mercilessly, "I would rather teach me to betray the world than teach the world to betray me! These are your own words!"

"If you cared about friendship, you wouldn't have killed Lu Boshe's family in the first place, and Chen Gong wouldn't have abandoned you!"

This sentence can be said to go straight to Cao Cao's heart.

The killing of Lu Boshe's family and the departure of Chen Gong were indeed the eternal pain in his heart. They were past events that he did not want to mention again, but at this time, Xu You revealed them bloodyly.

"Stop rambling!"

Cao Cao slammed the table, glared at Xu You, gritted his teeth and said, "What on earth do you want to say!"

He felt that his head was beginning to hurt again. If he continued to let Xu You talk about his scandals, he felt that he would soon have another headache.

Seeing that Cao Cao was a little angry, Xu You stopped pressing every step of the way, and instead said in a slower tone: "Ah Hao, why don't you want to join me as emperor? Why do you insist on going your own way until you are in trouble?"

"Do you really want to be the emperor? I remember that your initial ideal was to be a general of the Han Dynasty and a loyal minister who supported the Han Dynasty!"

"Where is the Cao Mengde who assassinated Dong Zhuo?"

Cao Cao opened his mouth, but finally said nothing.

Seeing this, Xu You continued: "Ah Hao, listen to my advice and just follow me and join the emperor. With your talents, you will definitely become a famous minister."

Cao Cao said with a complex expression: "After all, I have supported the false emperor, and I have also resisted and disrespected the emperor. Even if there are various reasons, I have done something rebellious."

"I won't end well if I vote for the emperor."

At this moment, Cao Cao finally told Xu You what was in his heart, which was also the fundamental reason why he had been unwilling to surrender to the emperor.

Ambitions are certainly one aspect, but more importantly, he is worried about being liquidated. He has done a lot of rebellious things, which were seen by Yang Biao and others at the beginning.

Even if he did those things to the fake emperor, he didn't know it was a fake emperor at that time, so in the eyes of the emperor, it was equivalent to doing it to the real emperor.

Which emperor would tolerate such a bold traitor?

Even if he was not settled at the beginning, if the emperor suddenly remembered one day and wanted to dig up the old accounts, he would be finished.

"You are so suspicious!"

Xu You couldn't help but sighed and said helplessly: "Your Majesty is truly like Emperor Gao and Emperor Guangwu."

"Your Majesty is so broad-minded, how could he care about such trivial matters? Your Majesty can tolerate and reuse people like Jia Xu and Yuan Xi, let alone you?"

"Listen to me, we will surrender to the emperor, and then I will guarantee you, and I will definitely keep you safe!"

Xu You said solemnly, and poured a bowl of wine into the bowl in front of Cao Cao, and then looked straight at him.

Cao Cao remained silent, and he was also struggling in his heart. He wanted to agree to Xu You, but he couldn't help but doubt.

What if?

What if the emperor's broad-mindedness was just a pretense? What if Jia Xu was also to be liquidated in the future? What if Xu You couldn't protect him?

"Forget it."

Cao Cao finally rejected Xu You's proposal, restrained his expression and said: "You just stay here, I won't kill you, but I won't let you leave either."

After that, he turned around and walked out of the wing room.

Xu You watched Cao Cao leave the study, couldn't help shaking his head, stretched out his hand to pick up the bowl of wine that Cao Cao didn't drink on the table and drank it all, then sighed heavily.

"Suspicion, there is no cure."

...

Cao Cao's expression had returned to normal when he left the wing room.

He told Xu Chu: "Keep watching Xu You, don't let him leave the yard, and don't allow anyone to approach this place."

"Yes, lord!"

Xu Chu nodded heavily in response.

Cao Cao then left, recalling the conversation he had just had with Xu You, including the private meeting between Xun Yu and Fu Wan.

He was not completely sure that what Xu You said was true, but he could not rule out the possibility that it was false. Xun Yu might have had ulterior motives.

"Could it be that Xun Yu has secretly surrendered to the emperor?"

Cao Cao could not help but doubt in his heart, because he knew that Xun Yu's mind was very complicated and he was still loyal to the Han Dynasty. It was not impossible that he could be turned against.

He had to observe carefully.

...

Xiangyang City, Jingzhou, the governor's mansion.

Liu Biao was furious in his study at this time, and scolded Cai Mao and others: "Who told you to agree to Liu Jiyu to send troops to attack Liu Xuande!"

"How dare you conceal such a big thing! How dare you agree to this privately behind my back! Do you want to rebel!"

"I am the lord of Jingzhou!"