Xu You's son was imprisoned, beating someone is not a serious crime, even if it is the emperor's son, with the current situation and Xu You's identity, there will not be much punishment, but this time in order to make Xu You's memory increase, Xu You's son was beaten forty boards in public.

At the same time, the trial also liquidated the various violations of the law in the past year of the Xu family, and many people were arrested and put in prison, and the entire Xu family was crying.

The autumn breeze was bleak, Xu You sat in the gazebo at home, drinking sullen wine one after another, Yuan Shang didn't move him, he was still a Taifu, but this face was beaten this time.

Thinking that he was able to run for Yuan Shao to seize Jizhou, Yuan Shao was able to dominate the three states, which he also had a lot of credit, and the new lord succeeded to the throne was also promoted by himself, but now it is only a year, but he is treated like this, Xu You's heart of resentment continues to pour out, looking at the quiet night around, the low crying sound that keeps coming out of the courtyard, Xu You suddenly laughed, and whispered: "The birds are all good bows hidden, and the cunning rabbits are dead and the lackeys are cooked, but unfortunately, the world has not decided to do such a thing, I don't know if there is a spirit in the sky, how will it be emotional?" ”

"Head of the house!" The butler came in, bowed and said, "Mr. Gongze is asking to see you outside the door." ”

"Guo Tu?" Xu You was slightly stunned when he heard this, shook his head and smiled: "This person will come here, he will have a plan, I won't see it!" ”

What Guo Tu wanted to do, even if he didn't meet, Xu You could guess that although he was angry, he didn't want to see Yuan Shao's foundation gone.

"The head of the house." The housekeeper has followed Xu You since he was a child, and he was a scholar of Xu You in his early years, and later after Xu You became famous, he became the housekeeper of Xu You's family, and after entering Yecheng, he became Xu You's housekeeper, and he could speak beside Xu You, and said in a low voice at this moment: "Now in this Yecheng, most scholars are watching the jokes of the head of the house, although the head of the house is high, he still loses his future here in the prime minister, and sooner or later he will lose his power, why not seek a way out?" ”

"Received a benefit?" Xu You narrowed his eyes and looked at his housekeeper.

His early career was not smooth, to the Zhongping years, but also a runner, when the assassination of the Ling Emperor failed, fled for a few years, never abandoned, loyalty, Xu You is believed in his housekeeper, but in virtue, the early years of hard life were too much, so some greed for money, this is not a big problem, but it also depends on the time.

"Never." The housekeeper hurriedly shook his head: "I just think that this matter is beneficial to the head of the family, and I don't dare to make decisions on my own." ”

Xu You hesitated for a moment, now his situation in Yecheng is indeed not very good, how beautiful he was before, how embarrassed he is now, the position of Taifu has not been lost, but Dahan has never been a place where he only looks at his official position, and the former general He Jin is the best example.

"Let him in." After a while, Xu Yu made a decision and said to the housekeeper.

"Whoa!"

Soon, Guo Tu came in under the leadership of the housekeeper, looked at Xu Yu who was drinking alone in the pavilion, and said with a smile: "Brother Ziyuan is a good Yaxing." ”

"It's rare that at this time, there are still people who are willing to come to see me, you are not in the plains to assist the eldest prince, but you come to Yecheng, are you not afraid that there will be no return?" Xu You asked Guo Tu to add wine utensils, helped him pour wine, and asked with a smile.

"I heard that Brother Ziyuan was in trouble, so I came to visit, and besides, I usually visited, didn't the eldest prince also give up the fight for Jizhou? The prime minister has no reason to take me. Guo Tu took the wine and smiled.

"Stop making trouble, today's Jizhou can't stand the toss." After a moment of silence, Xu You sighed and said: "I know that the eldest prince will not give up, but now the cooperation will benefit both sides, and the division will hurt both sides, and the final winner will not be the prime minister, let alone the eldest prince." ”

"At the beginning, if you supported the eldest prince......" Guo Tu frowned, it was not strange for Xu You to guess the purpose of his coming, but at this time, Xu You was still on Yuan Shang's side, which made Guo Tu very puzzled.

"Yuan Tan has the courage and no strategy, and he has no strategy to achieve great things, he can't afford this Jizhou foundation." Xu Yu said leisurely, he has followed Yuan Shao for many years, for Yuan Shao's three sons, he may see it more clearly than Yuan Shao, Yuan Tan Yonglie has no plan, Yuan Xi is weak, and he has no overlord's appearance, although Yuan Shang fell into his face this time, but among Yuan Shao's three sons, Yuan Shang is the only one who can provoke the foundation of the Yuan family, even if there is no Yuan Shao's will, he will support Yuan Shang.

"Now like this, is it the result of Brother Ziyuan's support for the third son?" Guo Tu looked at the direction of the inner courtyard, the sound of crying was still coming, and he laughed: "Maybe what Brother Ziyuan said is good, but the eldest prince treats people sincerely, if he is in power, there will never be such a thing, when the time comes, with you and I to make suggestions, what if there is less decision?" Ziyuan is dedicated to the public, and he admires it very much, but it is also because of Brother Yuan, my Yingchuan scholars are now living hard, and this is all thanks to Brother Ziyuan! ”

After Yuan Shang took power, although Xu You was in a high position, it did not bring any benefits to the Yingchuan scholars, Xun Chen did not fight, and now under Yuan Shang's account, Tian Feng, Frustration, Feng Ji, and the Yingchuan faction that could compete with the Jizhou scholars at the beginning had no sense of existence, especially after Xu You's accident this time, it was even more declining.

Xu You didn't speak, everyone has selfish intentions, and he naturally has it, in the early years, he didn't pay too much attention to the factional dispute, because as long as Yuan Shao is there, no one can shake his status, even if Yuan Shao dies later, Yuan Shang succeeds to the throne, Xu You, as an auxiliary minister, has a transcendent status, and there is no need to worry about it.

But this time, when he was in trouble, the scholars who used to surround him avoided him one by one, which made Xu You once again experience the warmth and coldness of human feelings and the cold of the world after more than ten years.

"The eldest prince asked the prince to come, do you have a promise?" Xu You looked at Guo Tu, and the expression on his face gradually became a little playful.

"Captain's position." Guo Tu said with a smile.

Although Xu You is the Taifu, but the position of the Taifu actually has no real power, before Xu You advocated Yuan Shang to succeed to the throne, so Yuan Shang has a lot of respect for Xu You, many major events in the court have to consult Xu You, is that Xu You has the ability to influence the court, but after this incident, Yuan Shang became cold to Xu You, Xu You's Taifu is just a fictitious position, high but no power, Taiwei is actually about the same, in fact, no matter which court, the fame of the three dukes is greater than the real power has basically become the norm, but in comparison, the Taiwei ranks among the three dukes, and there is also a clear ownership in his hands, Even if Xu You is left out in the cold again, he still has the rights in his hands.

"Thank you for me, eldest son." Xu You pondered for a moment, then suddenly smiled.

"Then ......" Guo Tu frowned and looked at Xu You, not understanding what Xu You meant, whether to agree or not to agree, give a quasi-word.

"Tell the eldest prince that now the third prince has a lot of power, and the hearts of the people in Jizhou have been decided, if you want to succeed, there are only two strategies." Xu You said indifferently.

"Oh?" Guo Tu sat up straight, looked at Xu You and said, "Please also ask Ziyuan for advice." ”

"One, gather elite troops to attack Yecheng, if you can break the city, then the big thing can be decided!" Xu You said in a deep voice.

"It's too risky." Guo Tu frowned and shook his head, "Please also ask Ziyuan to teach me another one." ”

"Another plan, to cut off Bohai, Zhao and other places, and secretly unite the second prince, but this plan will definitely be detected by the third prince, and there will be no sword soldiers at that time." Xu You grabbed the wine and raised his head and said: "In my opinion, a surprise attack on Yecheng is the best policy, which can avoid internal friction in Jizhou. ”

Guo Tu frowned and pondered for a moment, then looked at Xu You and said, "Ziyuan, don't bully me, there are really only these two ways to go?" ”

"Why do you think I'm reluctant to help him? The hearts of the people in Jizhou have been decided, if you want to reverse the situation at this time, you can only go to the edge of the sword and divide the victory and defeat in a very short time, otherwise, once the war continues, it will be a lose-lose situation! Xu You looked at Guo Tu and said with a smile: "Do you think that if there is a big war in Jizhou, Chen Mo and Cao Cao will sit back and watch such a good opportunity?" ”

"In other words, this second strategy doesn't work at all?" Guo Tu naturally thought of this problem, and there was only one way left in front of Yuan Tan.

Xu You sighed and said, "From the beginning, he didn't have many opportunities; Of course, if there is a change in Chen Mo and Cao Cao, there may be a strategy, but there is not much time to wait for Yuer, not to mention that such an opportunity is not easy to encounter. ”

Chen Mo and Cao Cao had an accident at the same time and had no time to look around, this probability is almost equal to none.

Guo Tu frowned and looked at Xu You, thought for a moment and got up and said, "In this case, I will say goodbye, as for how to break off, and after discussing with the eldest prince first, I will come to ask Ziyuan for advice." ”

"Walk slowly." Xu You got up and sent him out the door.

"The head of the house?" The housekeeper came to Xu You's side and looked at Xu You with some concern.

"There are wolves outside, and brothers fighting inside, Jizhou may not have much time!" In the night, looking at the direction of Guo Tu's departure, Xu You sighed faintly, and said silently in his heart: "The beginning, the beginning, it's not that Xu You is disloyal, it's just that the internal troubles in Jizhou are difficult to mediate, the third prince is not allowed to me, and the minister is no longer able to assist~"

"What's the owner's plan?" Hearing this, the butler's heart moved, and he bowed down and asked.

"And send your family members across the Yellow River, cover your crotch and think about how to get out!" Xu You snorted coldly, Jizhou let the two brothers fight, he won't care anymore.

"Then I am waiting for the family business in Jizhou......" The housekeeper was a little reluctant to hear this, Xu Yu has a lot of industry in Jizhou.

"Don't worry, what you lost today will be returned tenfold tomorrow." Xu You said proudly.

This world is not a prince of the Yuan family, Cao Cao and Chen Mo are not weaker than the Yuan family, after the death of Yuan Shao, the Yuan family's power declined, and now who is strong and who is weak, especially unknown, and then after the two brothers make trouble, I am afraid that defeat is not far away.

The housekeeper nodded, bowed and retreated, as for who Xu You was going to go to, the housekeeper didn't ask.

In fact, Xu You is also thinking about this issue now, and now he can only defect to Chen Mo and Cao Cao, as for who to defect to, Chen Mo has several relationships with him, but in his bones, Xu You actually looks down on Chen Mo, and Cao Cao and he are also close friends, he believes that when he goes to Suiyang, Cao Cao will never treat himself badly.

At that moment, Xu You made a decision in his heart, looked in the direction of the palace, sneered, threw down the wine and went back to the room to rest.