Yuan Xi took Sun Li to the door to greet Xu You in person. Seeing that his expression was quite unnatural, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Sir, it's really wonderful to see you in my humble home."
Xu You wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a smile: "You thought that the envoy would be leaving soon, but he remembered a few urgent things. He was afraid of being delayed, so he hurried over."
"This disturbs the envoy, and I really feel uneasy."
After hearing this, Yuan Xi smiled and said: "No, sir, you are dedicated to serving the public and your heart is magnanimous, so there is no need to be uneasy."
Xu You felt the sweat on his forehead seeping out again. He glanced aside and saw Sun Li pressing his hand on the handle of the Huanshou knife, and his heart stopped even more.
He had already inquired about it, and found out that Sun Li was the most capable personal guard around Yuan Xi, and this person was responsible for everything around Yuan Xi.
The head of the leader of the Black Mountain Army hanging on the city wall today was also chopped off by this person, and maybe his nephew's head was also cut off!
According to the informant, Sun Li looked young, but his strength was quite amazing. He hit the leader on the neck with his sword and sent his head flying far away!
When Xu You heard the thought of his nephew who had been beheaded, his stomach turned and a sense of fear arose.
Although Yuan Xi had gained such a great reputation and was known as the fierce tiger of the Yuan family, at that time Xu You was attached to Yuan Shang and came to Youzhou to cause trouble, and he did not take Yuan Xi seriously.
Without him, Xu You and Yuan Shao are old friends of the same generation. Xu You's family is quite powerful, and he himself is quite capable. Which of the younger members of the Yuan family wouldn't give him a third or fifth of face?
So after Xu You came to Youzhou, he always felt good about himself until the situation in Jicheng got out of control.
Although his nephew Xu Jie was greedy for some money and food, he could not commit the crime to death no matter what. However, he was killed by Yuan Xi in public!
When Xu You heard the news, a chill rose from the soles of his feet. Why didn't Yuan Xi care about Yuan Shang and his own face?
This is obviously over done!
What happened next made Xu You even more stunned, because the charge Yuan Xi charged Xu Jie'an with was not greed for money, but conspiracy to assassinate Yuan Xi!
Xu You knew his nephew's courage. How could he assassinate Yuan Xi?
However, Yuan Xi produced personal and material evidence, leaving Xu You speechless, but every time he thought about it, he felt that this incident was weird.
It is true that Yuan Shang wanted to target Yuan Xi, but he only wanted to suppress and weaken him, but he never thought of killing Yuan Xi!
Xu You thought about it afterwards and came up with two possibilities.
First, in order to kill Xu Jie, Yuan Xi placed non-existent charges on him.
The second is that this matter indeed happened, but it was not done by Xu Jie. There was someone else who was the mastermind. Yuan Xi just used this matter to get rid of Xu Jie!
But no matter what the situation was, what Yuan Xi did exceeded Xu You's expectations, and what he did was too dangerous!
This crazy act that ignored the unspoken rules among scholars, in Xu You's eyes, his life has been threatened. What he wants is to be promoted and make a fortune, not to become a scapegoat in the fight between Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi, thereby risking his life!
During the day, Xu You saw Yuan Xi collecting evidence on the street. After returning home, he was restless. He finally made up his mind to come to Yuan Xi's house to plead guilty. Otherwise, who knows if he would be pulled out of bed and chopped off his head when sleeping at night. ?
Seeing Yuan Xi looking at him with a hint of joking, Xu You finally couldn't help it, knelt on the ground and said: "You have little ability and have made many mistakes. Please forgive me!"
Yuan Xi stepped forward to help him up and said with a smile: "Mr. Ziyuan, why do you do this? My people have made many mistakes, and I have never seen anything done to them."
"Sir, please come in and talk in detail."
Yuan Xi held Xu You's hand and felt that the other person was shaking unconsciously, thinking that Xu You was not very courageous.
Sure enough, it's good to be a crazy person, killing and killing all the way, which will make people scared.
Yuan Xi felt that he had some psychological distortion, and he vaguely resonated with Cao Cao's killing of the Yanzhou nobles. The only difference between the two was that Cao Cao killed all the common people and nobles, while Yuan Xi only killed officials and bandits with bad conduct. .
But Yuan Xi also had a headache, so he knocked on the mountain to shake the tiger. He didn't expect Xu You to be so timid, and he originally wanted to keep him useful!
Thinking of this, he turned to Sun Li and said, "Go and call Mr. Fengxiao."
Xu You was anxious after hearing this and said hurriedly: "You just want to have a few words with the young master privately."
After hearing this, Yuan Xi asked Xu You to go into the room and sit down, and asked Sun Li to go out first to get out of the way. Then he said, "Mr. Ziyuan is here. Is there any urgent military situation?"
Seeing Yuan Xi pretending to be innocent, Xu You stammered: "You and I had some disagreements before. Of course, some of the mistakes were caused by You's negligence."
Yuan Xi interrupted him, waved his hand and said: "Neither sir nor my father-in-law is a person who abandons public service for personal reasons. Who can have no faults? Why should we do this if we make some small mistakes?"
The more Yuan Xi said this, the more guilty Xu You felt. He wiped his sweat and said: "It's not a small one. There are some shortages of money and food. Although you tried your best to make up for it, there are still some mistakes. It's because some people below are too greedy and you can't stop it."
After hearing this, Yuan Xi smiled and said, "Did the people below take the money, but put the blame on the people above?"
"These petty officials are too abominable. They don't say anything about their evil deeds, but they also slander the superior officials. I will investigate them carefully and skin them."
Xu You suffered a cardiac arrest again. He was greedy for money and food. How could he do it himself?
Naturally, it was the petty officials below who took advantage of the situation, exploited the corrupt officials, falsified the accounts, and then gave the bulk of the money to their superiors and subordinates as filial piety.
The subordinate officials then withdrew a part of it, and then handed it over to their superiors again, and passed it on step by step, before it fell into the hands of Xu You. In this way, whoever saw it had a share, and no one could escape the connection, so they would naturally hide it from each other.
Xu You's set of things has become an unspoken rule in the officialdom. It does not dirty his own hands, but also benefits everyone and makes everyone happy.
Now Yuan Xi wanted to start from the bottom, so Xu You couldn't tell for a moment. Was Yuan Xi joking to comfort himself, or was he really going to do this?
Xu You was in a state of confusion, but Guo Jia walked in and said with a smile: "I've heard for a long time that Ziyuan is a good drinker, why don't you come to Jia to drink?"
"When I was in Yingchuan, I heard about Mr. Ziyuan's name for a long time. Now that I have met him, how can I disrespect him?"
Guo Jia turned to Yuan Xi, "Master, you won't blame Jia for taking the decision without permission, right?"
Yuan Xi smiled and said: "Sir, you came just in time. Mr. Ziyuan has worked hard these days and has made great achievements. Logically speaking, I should serve him a drink to express my gratitude."
As soon as he waved, the maids brought wine and food, and the rest were accompanied by wine and dancers, and the scene became lively for a while.
Xu You was given several glasses of wine by Guo Jia, and he couldn't talk to Yuan Xi anymore, so he had to put aside his thoughts for the time being and start drinking with Guo Jia.
Yuan Xi thought to himself that Guo Jia came just in time, and Xu You was not easy to fool. Guo Jia just happened to be able to cover it up for him, making Xu You unsure of his true thoughts.
What I want is to make Xu You feel unsure and do things cautiously, so that he doesn't dare to cause trouble at this time.
Xu You is indeed a thunderbolt, but letting him explode when and how to maximize his effect is what Yuan Xi wants.
When he saw Xu You and Guo Jia talking, he made an excuse to say that he was not feeling well, so he left the table and let the two top counselors interact with each other.
When he walked out, he saw Sun Li still standing outside the door, pressing the handle of the knife, and he smiled and said: "You are honest, there is no need to unsheath your knife tonight, don't be so nervous."
Xu You, who was pouring wine in the room, shook his hand, tilted the spout of the wine bottle, and fell to the ground all over the table.
Guo Jia drunkenly held his hand and said, "Mr. Ziyuan is drunk!"
"Jiabie is not good at anything, except that he is better than Mr. in terms of his ability to drink!"
Xu Youxin said you are too strong, but I am just not in the mood to drink. Let’s see what you can do!
However, he knew that Guo Jia was the mastermind of Yuan Xi and could not afford to offend him. He smiled forcefully and said: "Mr. Fengxiao is full of wisdom and has helped you achieve great achievements. You should be ashamed of yourself."
Guo Jia burped from wine, shook his head and said, "Sir, what you said is wrong. Your talent is a hundred times greater than Jia's, but he just didn't meet a good opportunity."
Xu You drank the wine in his hand and said, "Follow me as a filial piety, but now that Duke Ben Chu has become a leader, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to make meritorious deeds in the future."
"It's different when Mr. Fengxiao assists Mr. Xianyi. Youzhou is in ruins and waiting to be revitalized. There is a lot to be done."
Guo Jia patted Xu You's shoulder with hazy eyes, "Mr. Ziyuan is thinking too narrowly."
"Mr.'s opportunities are no less than those of Jia, and may even be several times greater."
Xu You's heart moved, "How do you say this?"
Guo Jia muttered incoherently. Xu You listened intently, but his heart was filled with turmoil.
Yuan Xi and Sun Li were talking outside. When they heard that Guo Jia was already applying eye drops to Xu You, they smiled slightly. Regardless of whether Xu You believed it or not, the seeds of doubt had been planted.
Because people always have desires, especially people like Xu You who have a high self-esteem and are passionate about fame and wealth, it is easier to be fooled.
One day he will make a choice, and then it will be time to use countermeasures.
Seeing that the night was already dark and there was no need to go back to see Xu You, Yuan Xi asked Sun Li to go back and take care of his family while he went back to his house.
When he walked to the corner of the yard, a gust of wind blew over him, and there was a creaking sound. He took a closer look, wasn't this the wooden building he had built earlier?
When the wooden building was built, it was not very strong and would sway slightly when strong winds blew. Later, when Yuan Xi and Cai Zhaoji and Cao Xian went up there more, the wooden building swayed so much that it became dangerous.
After Yuan Xi left, the wooden building had not been repaired for so long, and it became even more dilapidated.
Yuan Xi got up and used the movements in Wuqinxi. He jumped up the wooden ladder extremely quickly. He stepped up and down the wooden ladder and climbed up with extremely fast steps.
In just a few breaths, Yuan Xi climbed halfway up the ten-foot-high wooden ladder, but as his height increased, the wooden building shook even more.
I heard the creaking and creaking, the wooden building swinging back and forth more and more, and then I heard an exclamation from above.
Yuan Xi was stunned and stopped, "Who is up there?"
After a while, Hou's voice came softly from the wooden house, "It's my concubine."
Yuan Xi was in the air, thinking that after what happened last time, you still dare to go up to the wooden building?
But come to think of it, I blocked you this time?
Hey hey hey!
(End of chapter)
