PS: Yesterday I was sick, with a low-grade fever and general weakness...... ）

Although the title is only the third duke, but the head of Yuan Shao's mansion is undoubtedly the largest among the princes in the world, even if it is Kang Peng, who has been called the king, and Yuan Shu, who has been called the emperor, the luxury and grandeur of the mansion are far inferior to Yuan Shao, on both sides of the gate of Yuan Shao's mansion, is a pair of white jade lions up to nine feet, exquisite carving, majestic momentum, just this pair of jade lions, it is enough to disgrace the Kang Peng family known as the palace. It is even more incredible, from the gate of Yuan Shao's house to the official hall, the road of 999 steps is all paved with terrazzo white stone, and the middle is finely carved on the nine dragons and nine phoenixes, and on both sides is the passage taken by the hundred officials. At the end of winter and the beginning of spring, the weather is still very cold, Yuan Shao's house is still on both sides of the road every three steps with a charcoal basin, the silver charcoal in the pot is burned red, so that the courtyard is warm like spring, Xu Shu first arrived in your place I don't know the inside story, I wore thicker clothes, and was roasted by the charcoal fire to sweat slightly, my heart even shouted, or Yuan Shao will enjoy the most!

At three o'clock in the morning, a Yuan Shao attendant walked out of the hall, stood on the steps and sang: "Da Sima, the first-class Rongguo Gong, and the Jizhou Mu Yuan Gong ascended to the hall, and the civil and military officials and the envoys of King Kang entered the meeting. In the sound of bells, drums, silk and bamboo, Yuan Shaojun's ministers bowed their heads and embraced Yugui, walked into the hall with neat steps, knelt down on their knees in front of Yuan Shao, and kowtowed: "The ministers knock to see the lord." Xu Shu didn't kneel, but pondered in his heart, this Yuan Shao really wants to be the king and wants to go crazy, this throne has not yet ascended, but he has put the prince's shelf first.

"Flat." A loud voice sounded in the hall, Yuan Shaojun, the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, got up and lined up in two shifts, Xu Shu had a chance to look at Yuan Shao's appearance, as rumored, Yuan Shao looked much more handsome than Dong Lao, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, a straight nose and a square mouth, and Qi sideburns and long beards fluttering through his chest, obviously more imperial than Dong Lao.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have great tidings for you." Yuan Shao looked very happy, and his voice was full of excitement, "When my father was hunting in Weishui the day before yesterday, he hunted an auspicious thing!" A big good thing! Speaking of this, Yuan Shao waved his hand, and the two sergeants immediately carried a dead tiger in - a tiger with black stripes on a white background!

"White Tiger! White tiger! The hall immediately sounded many exclamations, Yuan Shao said well, the green dragon, the white tiger, the phoenix and the unicorn ancient four divine beasts, it is auspicious auspicious things, according to legend, when the king of Wu was in Zhou, there was a phoenix in Qishan, so it evolved into the appearance of the four divine beasts, it represents the appearance of the true son of heaven, Kang Peng is the king, Hua Xin used a fake green dragon, deceived the world to think that Kang Peng is the real dragon son of heaven, but Yuan Shao can hunt a real white tiger.

Most of the scholars of that era believed in the theory of ghosts and gods, and after being surprised, almost all of Yuan Shaojun's civil and military pairs knelt down on Yuan Shao's knees, kowtowed, and shouted: "The lord Hong Fu Qitian will definitely be able to unify the Central Plains and rejuvenate the Han Dynasty." Only Xu Shu and Tian Feng did not kneel, Xu Shu did not believe that Yuan Shao, a brutal prince who could only fish and flesh the people, could also hunt divine beasts, Tian Feng simply did not believe in ghosts and gods at all, and was close to the white tiger and wanted to take a closer look, who expected that as soon as Tian Feng approached the white tiger, Yuan Shao shouted, "Tian Feng, what are you doing?" ”

Tian Feng turned around and said: "Back to the lord, the minister wants to get closer to this ancient beast. ”

"Stop!" Yuan Shao said angrily: "The white tiger is an ancient divine beast, how can it be watched by any person?" Come on, carry the white tiger to the treasure house of the father, and no one is allowed to take it out without the handwritten warrant of the father! Yuan Shao's words came out, many people were bright, especially Xu Shu laughed secretly in his heart, and said no wonder I came to Yecheng with an important letter from King Kang to Yuan Shao Jiuxi, but Yuan Shao went to Weishui to hunt, it turned out that he also wanted to get something auspicious to come out and pave the way for his title of king, the truth of this white tiger can be imagined.

Tian Feng silently returned to the train, he also knew what medicine Yuan Shao was selling in the gourd, and at the same time, Tian Feng was secretly worried in his heart, Yuan Shao was so enthusiastic about being the king, if Dong Thief used the king as bait to trick Yuan Shao into making a wrong choice, it would be very dangerous. And Guo Tu, Xin Ping, Feng Ji and Xian Pei and others were overjoyed, since Yuan Shao was in a hurry to enter the king, then he would agree to ally with Dong Zhuojun.

At this time, Yuan Shao glanced at Tian Feng angrily, turned his gaze to Xu Shu, and said with a smile: "This is Mr. Yuanzhi, right?" Mr. Yuanzhi came to Hebei, and his father-in-law happened to have something to do and failed to greet him, so he hoped that Mr. Yuanzhi would not be blamed. ”

"Gong Yuan is too polite, the villain really doesn't dare to be a villain." Xu Shu and Yuan Shao hypocritically politely, to the point, Xu Shu took out Kang Peng's letter from his arms and held it with both hands, Yuan Shao took it in the morning, and respectfully held it in front of Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao suppressed the excitement in his heart, his hand trembled and took it to watch, when reading the letter, Yuan Shao's face was cloudy and changeable, sometimes happy, sometimes frowning and pondering, a short letter, Yuan Shao read it for half an hour.

"Mr. Yuanzhi, what His Royal Highness King Kang means, my father already understands." Yuan Shao put down the letter and said lightly: "But another meaning of King Kang, this prince doesn't understand, King Kang wants this prince to take Qingzhou first, and then he is willing to give this prince Jiuxi, could it be that King Kang wants to borrow this knife to kill King Kang's enemy Cao Cao?" ”

"Yuan Gong misunderstood." Xu Shu was not in a hurry, and arched his hand: "King Kang is not borrowing a knife to kill, but hoping to ally with Yuan Gong to jointly crusade against the world's thieves, Yuan Gong went south to attack Cao Cao, King Kang went east to attack Sun Quan, and then attacked Liu Bei in the north and south, the Han Dynasty can end the troubled times, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and share the peace, King Kang and His Royal Highness King Chen are the ministers of the Han Dynasty, and establish immortal meritorious deeds, and from then on, the princes and princes will be eternal,"

Yuan Shao was a little moved by Xu Shu's ghost words, deep in his heart, the shadow of the defeat in front of the Tiger Prison Pass has not been eliminated, although Tian Feng has been suggesting to him openly and secretly for more than a year, I don't know how many times he has suggested to him that attacking the rear of Dong Zhuo's army when the main force of Dong Zhuo's army is pinned down in Yizhou can not only destroy the expansion of Dong Zhuo's army, but also expand his own territory, but Yuan Shao is hesitant, in addition to being indecisive by nature, he is afraid of another big defeat like the Battle of Tiger Pass, and the fear of Dong Zhuo's army's combat effectiveness, has been engraved into Yuan Shao's bones.

"Mr. Yuan Nao has a point." Yuan Tan couldn't wait to jump out, knelt down on one knee in front of Yuan Shao, hugged his fists and said: "Father, Cao thief forcibly seized the god seed first, forced the people of Hanoi later, and then forcibly took Kong Rong's Qingzhou, all kinds of evil deeds, people and gods abandoned together, heaven and earth are not tolerated." The child dared to ask his father to make an independent decision and form an alliance with His Royal Highness King Kang to fight against Cao thief, and the child was willing to be the vanguard of the front. ”

As soon as Yuan Tan's words came out, Yuan Shang and his party were immediately shocked, and Yuan Tan's dead party Guo Tu and Xin Ping immediately jumped out and said in unison: "Lord, what the eldest prince said is not needed, Cao Cao is a national thief, it is already a conclusion in the world, and the Cao thief army is stationed in Dongjun, directly threatening our army's Baima Liyang and other places, the blade is directed at Yecheng, Cao Cao is not dead, and our army is difficult to sit back." ”

This time, Yuan Shang and his party were even more panicked, and a thought arose in their hearts, Yuan Tan also wanted to curry favor with Dong Zhuo and pull in the world's most powerful foreign aid! At that moment, Yuan Shang didn't dare to slack off, and immediately came out and said: "Father, the child also thinks that Mr. Yuanzhi's words are very reasonable, such as today's fragmentation, the princes and the division of one side, the decline of the Han family has little influence, and the father and King Kang both have heavy troops, if the father and King Kang form an alliance, it is just a matter of raising hands to pacify the troubled times, and the father can also establish immortal feats, and from then on by thousands of people to worship, the world praises." "Yuan Shang's military exploits are far inferior to his half-brother, it is a big obstacle for him to win the heir, if his eldest brother grabs the support of Dong Zhuojun, then he will definitely not have any chance to win the heir, so Yuan Shang's sycophant is even more disgusting," His Royal Highness King Kang's name of benevolence and righteousness is known all over the world, and he has always done what he says, and his father and King Kang's alliance is tantamount to adding wings to a tiger, Cao Cao and Liu Bei will be wiped out when he raises his hand, and his father can also be justifiably promoted as the king, and worshiped by the people of the world. ”

"The words of the second son are really reasonable." He Fengji was also unwilling to be lonely and came out to echo Yuan Tan and resolutely supported an alliance with Dong Zhuojun.

Yuan Shao is a little strange, he also knows that the two sons are fighting to the death behind their backs, and they are mortal enemies in the court, Yuan Tan supports it, Yuan Shang is definitely against it, what Yuan Shang wants to do, Yuan Tan will definitely stumble, like this, at the same time support a major strategic decision, but Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang are the first to suffer as adults.

Yuan Shaozheng was strange, Tian Feng had already blown up his chest, and said: "Lord, no, don't, don't, Dong thief is clearly borrowing a knife to kill people, borrowing the lord's knife to kill Cao Cao, which can not only eliminate the threat of our army to his rear, but also consume the strength of our army and Cao Cao's army, no matter whether our army wins or loses, the beneficiary is only Dong Thief." ”

Before Xu Shu left, Kang Peng specially explained that he must be careful of Tian Feng, who has always been hostile to Dong Zhuojun, and Tian Feng is a decent person, Dong Zhuojun has no way to clean him up, which is the biggest stumbling block in the Dong Yuan Alliance. Xu Shu immediately said: "Lord Tian has too many hearts, King Kang has a noble character, honesty and trustworthiness, a deep understanding of righteousness, and the name of integrity is known to the world, how can he do that despicable thing?" After King Kang formed an alliance with Yuan Gong, he would support Yuan Gong to fight thieves with money and grain from the five states, how could he talk about consuming Yuan Gong's strength? Speaking of this, Xu Shu arched his hand towards Yuan Shao, "Yuan Gong, when Yuan Gong's younger brother was attacked by Liu Bei, he was isolated and helpless, and only King Kang missed the old days, and he did everything possible to send ordnance, grain and grass to the Highway Lord to help the Highway Lord resist Liu Bei, and King Kang's righteousness can be seen." And Yuan Gong and King Kang are close at hand, will King Kang's support for Yuan Gong be less than that of the highway adults? ”

Yuan Shao knew that Dong Zhuojun was providing support to his younger brother behind his back, and when Yuan Shu asked him for help, he took out Dong Zhuojun's list of support for him and showed him, hoping that his brother could learn from outsiders. Thinking of this, Yuan Shao couldn't help but nod and was about to speak.

"Fart!" Yuan Shao's most hated subordinate Tian Feng scolded first, which made Yuan Shao unhappy for a while, Tian Feng pointed at Xu Shu's nose and scolded: "What kind of faith did Dong thief have? Ma Teng formed an alliance with Dong Thief and died at the hands of the Qiang people, and Dong Thief sat idly by! Zhang Lu formed an alliance with Dong Thief and was annexed by Dong Thief by the fake extermination! Liu Yan from Yizhou also had an eyebrow with Dong Thief back then, but what happened to him? Sun Jian is the son and daughter of Dong Thief, and he was killed by Dong Thief himself! Who has a good end for those who have formed an alliance with Dong Thief? ”

Xu Shu was scolded by Tian Feng and was speechless, Dong Boss has never spoken to the princes, and he has done anything lacking in virtue when crossing the river, demolishing the bridge, going to the house, and pumping the ladder, Tian Feng said, there is indeed no lie. When Xu Shu was thinking hard about responding to Tian Feng's question, Xu You slowly stood up and said to Tian Feng: "What Lord Tian said is not accurate, Ma Teng was besieged by the Qiang people, and King Kang quickly sent troops to rescue him, but Ma Teng's life was thin, when King Kang rescued him, he was already seriously injured and died in Huangquan in a few days, how can it be regarded as King Kang's treachery?" Ma Teng's death has always been a secret at the top of Dong Zhuojun, and the two maids who took care of Ma Teng also died in an accidental military accident, except for Kang Peng, Jia Xu, and Li Ru, no one in the world knows the real cause of Ma Teng's death.

Tian Feng was very strange, Xu Yu was originally a cadre who resolutely supported Liancao to resist Dong, and now he came out to help Dong Zhuo speak, what does this mean? Xu You continued: "As for Zhang Lu being annexed by Taishi Dong, where does this start? Hanzhong is the land of the Han Dynasty, King Kang was ordered to crusade against Liu Yan who seized Yizhou, Zhang Lu refused to give way, Dong Taishi could not attack it, afterwards King Kang did not remember the old evil, and Zhang Lu was named the general of Zhennan and the Taishou of Jingyang. Compared with Hanzhong, it is much better, and Zhang Lu blames King Kang again, it will be too much. ”

"What about Sun Jian's death?" Tian Fengxin faintly felt that something was wrong, although he didn't know the reason for Xu You's defection, but Xu You's turn to support Lian Dong to resist Cao was undoubtedly an unusually heavy blow to the Liancao faction.

"Sun Jian was not killed by King Kang." It was actually Yuan Shao who said this, Yuan Shao took out a piece of text and said: "This is sent by King Kang this morning, Sun Jian died at the hands of his subordinate Zhou Yu, blame King Kang, King Kang found Sun Jian's old subordinate Huang Gai, Huang Gai has come forward to testify, for King Kang to clear up the grievances." ”

Tian Feng was dumbfounded, at this time, Chen Lin came out of the ranks, took out a letter, raised his head and said: "The lord, the minister also hates the Cao thief to the core, and supports the lord and King Kang to form an alliance to fight against the Cao thief. ”

"Alright, alright, bring it up." Yuan Shao took the text written by Chen Lin, and saw the above book: Gai Wenming's main plan is to control the change, and the loyal ministers are worried that it is difficult to establish power. It is because there are extraordinary people, and then there are extraordinary things; If there is something extraordinary, then make extraordinary contributions. The husband is not the same, and the solid is not what the people want...... (PS: I won't write all of it in the book, otherwise the old wolf will take advantage of it, a few thousand words...... ）

Yuan Shao looked at the text more and more happy, but Tian Feng was sweating profusely, quietly pulled Chen Lin, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Kong Zhang, haven't you always supported Lian Cao's resistance to Dong?" Why have you changed your stance now? ”

Chen Lin glanced at Tian Feng and deliberately said loudly: "No, Cao Thief has been convicted in heaven, and the crime is unforgivable, how can Chen Lin be in the same stream as him?" Moreover, an alliance with King Kang has a hundred benefits and no harm, Chen Lin is public and private, and he must support the lord and King Kang to form an alliance against Cao! Chen Lin's voice was very loud, attracting the attention of Yuan Shaojun and everyone to Tian Feng, and even Yuan Shao put down the text and looked at Tian Feng coldly.

In front of everyone's eyes, Tian Feng took a few steps back, looking at Chen Lin as if he didn't know him, and suddenly, Tian Feng grabbed Fu Zhi's hand and said almost pleadingly: "Mr. Fu, you have a word, the lord must not ally with Cao Cao, otherwise our army can only bring about its own destruction." ”

Frustrated Professor looked at Tian Feng, and then looked at Yuan Shao, who was sitting on the main seat with a straight face, gritted his teeth and said: "The alliance is very important, Frustrated Professor does not dare to intervene, and everything is requested to be decided by the Lord and the Minister." ”

"What did you say?" Tian Feng was like crazy, grabbed the collar of the frustrated professor and shook it, and shouted: "The lord has always been indecisive, you and I are the lord's ministers, and at the critical juncture that concerns the future of our army, you actually said that the lord himself decides, you, you, you are disloyal and unfilial, you deserve death!" ”

"And you!" Tian Feng pointed at Yuan Tan, Yuan Shang, Guo Tu, Xin Ping and Xian, Feng Ji and others and scolded: "What benefits did Dong Thief give you? How much bribe was given to you? I actually let you come to harm the lord like this, and push my Hebei army off the cliff! Are you worthy of your lord and your conscience? ”

"Father, you have been wronged." Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang knelt down towards Yuan Shao together, crying: "The children dare to accept the benefits of King Kang, the children are just thinking about their father's inheritance, Tian Feng framed the children like this, and begged the father to be the master of the children!" ”

"My lord, we will never dare to accept the benefits of King Kang." Guo Tu, Xin Ping, Ju Pei and Feng Ji, Xu You, Chen Lin and others also knelt down together, and Xu You cried loudly, "Lord, we are just thinking about your big things, and we definitely did not accept bribes from King Kang. Xu You secretly hated Tian Feng in his heart, and at the same time decided that after returning home today, he would immediately hide the gold in the cellar and move it out in a decade or two.

"You didn't accept a penny from Dong Thief!" The angry Tian Feng grabbed Xu You's hair and scolded: "You have accepted Dong Thief's daughter!" ”

"Shut up!" Yuan Shao, who had not spoken, finally spoke, and Yuan Shao's face was pale, and he shouted: "Tian Feng roared in court, attacked and slandered his colleagues, and deserved to be beheaded!" Come on, pull Tian Feng down and cut it down! ”

"Lord, it doesn't matter if Tian Feng dies." Tian Feng struggled in the hands of the warrior and cried: "But the lord must not form an alliance with the Dong thief, make a big mistake, and regret it in the future, it will be too late." ”

"Slash! Chop! Yuan Shao remembered that Tian Feng had repeatedly committed crimes before, so he hated it so much that he stomped his feet and scolded him more than once, and Yuan Shaojun's civil and military affairs were as silent as a cicada, and no one came up to intercede for Tian Feng, but Xu Shu couldn't bear to see a brave and loyal loyal minister die unjustly under his own knife, and opened his mouth to intercede for Tian Feng, "Yuan Gong, your two armies are about to form an alliance, and it is not good to kill the minister in the alliance, please spare Lord Tian this time." ”

Yuan Shao was embarrassed to refute Xu Shu's face, nodded and said: "For the sake of Mr. Yuan Zhi, Tian Feng will be temporarily imprisoned and will be dealt with later." He turned to Tian Feng again and said, "Tian Feng, why don't you thank Lord Tian for saving his life?" ”

"Whew!" Tian Feng spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm on Xu Shu's body, and scolded: "Hypocrisy! Tian Feng doesn't appreciate it, you go back and tell Dong Zhuo that he has conquered Hebei, and Tian Feng will never surrender to him! ”

Yuan Shao was furious, and after drinking the order to immediately escort Tian Feng down, he turned to Xu Shu and said with a smile: "Mr. Yuanzhi, let's talk about the specific treaty of the alliance." ”

Soon, Dong Zhuojun and Yuan Shaojun reached an alliance, the specific contents are as follows: 1, Dong Zhuojun and Yuan Shaojun's defense lines in Baima (north) and Huguan each retreated thirty miles, gave way to the middle ground, and only stationed defensive forces, not offensive forces, and never invaded each other; Second, Yuan Shao immediately declared war on Cao Cao's army and was responsible for eliminating Cao Cao, while Dong Zhuojun was responsible for eliminating Sun Quan, and Dong Zhuojun provided a certain amount of material support to Yuan Shaojun; Third, after Cao Cao and Sun Quan were eliminated, Kang Peng granted Yuan Shao Jiuxi, and Yuan Shaojun and Dong Zhuojun jointly attacked Liu Bei and divided the world equally.

After the contract was concluded, it was already afternoon, Yuan Shao immediately ordered a banquet to celebrate, and during the banquet, Yuan Shang took the time to whisper to Xu Shu alone: "Mr. Yuan Zhi, when should I propose to King Kang's granddaughter?" I hope for Mr. advice. ”

Xu Shu smiled slightly and replied in a low voice: "As long as the third prince has a dowry that he can handle, he can propose to King Kang at any time." ”

"What kind of dowry is worth it?" Yuan Shang thought for a moment and said in a low voice: "According to my guess, gold jewelry and other mundane things, King Kang will definitely not look down on them. ”

"Yes, the third prince is indeed extremely smart." Xu Shu flattered, and said in a low voice: "The third prince knows that King Kang hates Cao Cao to the core, Xu Shu heard that Cao Cao's father has a family of more than 40 people living in Jinan, and Cao Cao's brother Cao De is taking care of it, and Cao Cao's troops in Jinan are empty...... ”