Lü Bu was busy recruiting craftsmen and developing commerce in Xuzhou, and many days before that, Jia Xu, who had come to Hefei, had also made plans for Liu Xun.

The back house of the Hefei government is a wing room used to entertain domestic guests.

There were several low tables in the room, on which good food and wine were already arranged.

Liu Xun walked briskly back and forth in the house, and it could be seen from his actions that he was very anxious and uneasy at this time.

"General, Your Majesty and General Zhang are here!" Outside the house, there was a message from the guards.

Liu Xun slowly closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

Until now, his mind was very complicated.

and Cao **, Lujiang will definitely not end well in the end, maybe he will be like Jia Xu said, and if he dies, he will only have the notoriety of being a traitor.

Killing Zhang Xunsheng and capturing Yuan Yao, he can indeed end well, but in the future, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will say that he will turn his back on the old master in order to survive.

No matter how he chooses, what he will face in the future is not something that ordinary people can bear.

Things have come to this point, and Liu Xun is completely standing on the edge of the cliff.

He turned his heart sideways and instructed the guards outside the door: "Please Your Majesty and General Zhang!" ”

instructed the guards, and Liu Xun went out to greet him personally.

After a while, Zhang Xun accompanied Yuan Yao to come.

Far away, Liu Xun bowed down and gave a big salute: "I've seen Your Majesty!" ”

He did this salute from the depths of his heart, but also with endless guilt.

"General Liu doesn't have to be polite." Unaware that the danger was imminent, Yuan Yao raised his hand.

Liu Xun stood aside and saluted Zhang Xun again.

invited the two of them into the house, and Zhang Xun found that except for a few guards in the room, there was no official: "Who else did General Liu invite today?" ”

"No one else was invited." Liu Xun replied: "Cao Cao's army is stationed in Yijing, and he may come to Hefei at any time, and I don't have the heart to set up a banquet again." ”

"Since you don't have the mind, why do you still invite me and General Zhang?" Yuan Yao was also a little puzzled.

"Your Majesty, please take a seat, I have my own say." Liu Xun bowed down and said, "Later, I will introduce someone for Your Majesty and General Zhang." ”

Yuan Yao and Zhang Xun became more and more confused, and it was difficult to ask, so they had to sit down separately.

"Who does General Liu want to introduce?" After taking his seat, Yuan Yao asked.

"Your Majesty will know later." Liu Xun picked up his glass: "I will first salute Your Majesty and General Zhang." ”

Sensing that this banquet was wrong, Zhang Xun did not pick up the cup.

He looked at Liu Xun suspiciously: "General Liu, who is it?" If you don't say it, I always feel unsafe. ”

"Before meeting that person, I wanted to borrow something from Your Majesty and General Zhang." Liu Xun sighed lightly and put the wine glass down.

Feeling that something was wrong, Yuan Yao asked, "General Liu is spitting, what do you want to borrow?" ”

"I want to borrow Your Majesty's freedom and borrow General Zhang's head!" Before Liu Xun finished speaking, a group of stubborn guards rushed out from behind the screen in the room and surrounded Yuan Yao and Zhang Xun.

At the same time, there was a sound of fighting outside the door.

The fighting ended quickly, and it was obvious that the guards brought by Yuan Yao and Zhang Xun had been dealt with.

"Liu Xun, what do you mean!" Slammed the table, Zhang Xun stood up with his sword.

"I don't mean anything either." Liu Xun said with a face full of embarrassment: "Duke Cao sent Jia Wenhe over and made a promise that as long as I sacrifice the head of General Zhang, he can protect His Majesty from death." For the sake of Your Majesty, I am really helpless! ”

"Liu Xun, you ......" Although Yuan Yao was young, he was not stupid, knowing that he was betrayed, he stood up and pointed at Liu Xun, with an angry look on his face.

"Your Majesty is angry!" Liu Xun got up and walked to the table, knelt on the ground and said: "The minister is also helpless, after today, the minister can no longer meet with the courtesy of a monarch and a minister, and please forgive your majesty!" ”

"I'll kill you!" Liu Xun wanted to take his head and present it to Cao Cao, how could Zhang Xun be willing, he roared angrily and jumped up, drew his sword and pounced on Liu Xun.

It's a pity that he is only one person after all, and he is not an invincible general like Lu Bu, so he was stabbed by the guards who rushed up next to him after he jumped out of two steps.

More than a dozen weapons in the hands of the guards pierced Zhang Xun's body one after another.

When he fell unwillingly, the door was pushed open, and Jia Xu walked in!

Brushing his beard, Jia Xu smiled: "General Liu has made contributions today, and I will definitely make it clear to Gong Cao." Since then, there has been no Huainan Yuan family in the world, and the general can be said to have made great contributions! ”

"Yuan Yao, what the emperor has done is still satisfactory?" The smile stayed on Jia Xu's face: "Are you willing to give up the emperor's false name to serve my father-in-law, or do you want to go to Huangquan with Zhang Xun, there is still a chance to choose at this time." ”

"Jia Gong!" Jia Xu revealed that he wanted to kill Yuan Yao, and Liu Xun hurriedly said: "We agreed to ...... before"

Raising his hand to stop him, Jia Xu said to Liu Xun: "We have left a way to live, but if others want to die, what can we do?" ”

He then asked Yuan Yao: "Dare to ask the emperor of Huainan Kingdom, do you want to die or live?" ”

Although Yuan Yao was burdened with the name of the emperor, where had he ever seen such a battle.

didn't respond to Jia Xu, and he sat on the ground with his ass slumped.

Liu Xun saw Yuan Yao slumped on the ground, for fear that Jia Xu would order him to be killed, so he hurriedly ordered the guards: "Don't catch Yuan Yao quickly!" ”

The guards rushed up and tied up Yuan Yao.

How could Jia Xu not see Liu Xun's thoughts.

He smiled coldly and glanced at Liu Xun.

Liu Xun was chilled by his glance, and hurriedly lowered his head and didn't dare to look at him.

Not to mention that Jia Xu and Liu Xun took Zhang Xun's head and Yuan Yao, who was captured, to show their merits to Cao Cao, when Lu Bu got the news, he just briefly discussed it with Chen Gong, and then ignored it, and focused on making money.

When Xiahoudun left Pengcheng, Yuan Yao had not yet been captured.

After all, Pengcheng is much farther away from Shouchun than Hefei from Shouchun.

When he returned to Shouchun, Jia Xu and others also returned to Cao Cao.

Hearing that Xiahoudun had returned, Cao Cao had him taken to the back house.

Although Cao Cao coveted beauty, it was impossible for him to take his family with him when he marched to fight.

When I came to Shouchun, the people who slept were all local beauties, and there were no beauties present in Cao Cao's room during the day.

Xiahou looked like Cao Cao and stood.

Sitting in the room, Cao Cao raised his eyes to look at him, and asked with a smile: "Yuan Rang went to Pengcheng, did he bring back the Qingzhou Army?" ”

"Lu Fengxian found all kinds of reasons, that is, he refused to return the Qingzhou Army!" Xiahoudun replied: "I heard that Mancheng killed Li Mao, and the lord is about to get Huainan, so I specially came back to help." ”

"I only met Wen He before I met you." Cao Cao said: "Liu Xun killed Zhang Xun and sent Yuan Yao as well, Huainan has fallen into our hands!" ”

"Congratulations, my lord!" Xiahoudun hurriedly congratulated.

Cao Cao waved his hand very calmly: "Don't talk about Huainan, did you find anything wrong with Lu Bu in Pengcheng?" ”

"Not really." Xiahoudun replied: "But he found something called coal, which is very useful. ”

(End of chapter)