Jizhou, Nanpi.

"Huh? Divine decree? That Dong Zhuo's old thief is not good to enjoy happiness in Beijing, what kind of holy decree did he send someone to? Or is he old and confused, thinking I'm going to do his bidding? After Yuan Shao heard the soldier's briefing, he immediately sneered and sneered.

However, although Yuan Shao was disdainful of Dong Zhuo's whimsy, he immediately ordered someone to invite the messenger in. After all, no matter what, after all, the envoy came as an angel of the imperial court to issue a holy decree in the name of the emperor, and Yuan Shao didn't want to fall into defiance of the imperial power.

Immediately, Yuan Shao summoned everyone to gather in the hall used for deliberations, ready to see what Dong Zhuo was thinking when he suddenly issued a holy decree in the name of the imperial court. It's just that what he couldn't have imagined was that the content of this decree ......

"What?! Dong Zhuo's old thief was killed?! How can it be?! The angel had just recited less than half of the contents of the holy decree when Yuan Shao stood up in shock, looked at the angel in amazement and exclaimed. That appearance is much, much worse than his usual unfazed appearance.

However, Yuan Shao was not alone, because even Xu You and others, who were known for their wisdom, all looked extremely shocked. Come to think of it, who wouldn't be stunned when they heard the news? Even Li Yi is like this, let alone others.

It's just that Yuan Shao's reaction was obviously much greater than that of Li Yi and Yuan Shu, he stepped forward and snatched the angel's holy decree, and kept looking at it with a hideous face, and only after a long time did he muttered to himself in an unbelievable tone, "What a Ma Teng!" I underestimated you! ”

Yuan Shao's murmur was not loud, but now because everyone was too shocked, the hall was silent, which made Yuan Shao's words immediately reach everyone's ears.

"The lord is saying that the person who eradicated the Dong thief is that Liangzhou Ma Teng?!" Xu You asked in disbelief, even more so than he had just heard the news that Dong Zhuo had been killed.

"That's right, it's Ma Teng and Ma Shoucheng who blocked our army in Yewang City in the past!" Yuan Shao replied with a sneer when he heard this.

"How is that possible?!" Xu You and some people who knew Ma Teng a little bit suddenly exclaimed.

They don't know much about Ma Teng, because since they became the ruler of Jizhou, Yuan Shao and his subordinates have been busy calculating Jizhou, and then they broke out with Liu Bei and others, and they didn't have time to deal with those bad things in Chang'an. This also made most of their impression of Ma Teng focus on the information they found during the crusade against Dong Zhuo in the past.

Well...... A Liangzhou anti-thief leader who took refuge in Dong Zhuo.

"Not only Ma Teng, but also Situ Wang Yun, Sili Lieutenant Huang Wan, Hu Ben Zhonglang General Li Su and others, but ...... Wang Yun was killed by Dong Zhuo when he eradicated Dong Zhuo, and Li Su was also killed in an ambush when he attacked Dong Zhuo's dock fort built in Yixian County with Ma Teng......" Yuan Shao said casually, but when he said this, he seemed to be in an unhappy mood or for other reasons, and threw the holy decree to Xu Yu on the side with an impatient look. At the same time, he cast out the angel.

This attitude is obviously a great disrespect to the Holy Decree, but Xu You and the others didn't think so much at this time, their only thought now was to find out how Dong Zhuo died and what the current situation of the imperial court was. Although it is impossible to write these things in the holy decree, just as Li Yi can see from the content of the holy decree that Ma Teng has controlled the court, Xu You and others can also see it, and they also get the same answer as Li Yi's side.

Perhaps, the reason why Ma Teng promulgated this holy decree through the imperial court is to express such a meaning, "You are free, I will not exercise any control over you just because I control the imperial court." ”

"Lord, since the imperial court has recognized the identity of the lord Jizhou pastor, why don't you take this opportunity to negotiate peace with that Liu Yu? If he agrees, the lord can attack Zhang Yan of the Black Mountain with peace of mind. And if he does not agree, the lord can crown him with the crime of treason. In this way, the morale of its army will be in turmoil, and then the lord will raise troops to fight again, and Youzhou can be determined! Xu Yu said respectfully.

Hearing this, everyone in the hall echoed in unison, yes, for them, whether it is Dong Zhuo or Ma Teng who controls the imperial court, as long as it is not the kind of person who can command the world not to dare to disobey, it has no meaning. In that case, it is better to use this decree for greater good.

Of course, they also saw the conspiracy implied in Ma Teng's holy decree, and promoted Li Yi's flying cavalry general to Zhiwanshi, and worshiped Yuan Shao as the general and Yuan Shu as the chariot general...... You must know that the strongest force today, in addition to Ma Teng, who controls the imperial court, there are three of them, Yuan Shu sits in Nanyang, Yuzhou, with the largest territory and the largest population. Li Yi sits on a small part of the state and Sili and Jizhou, and the army is known as the strongest in the world. And what about Yuan Shao? As a descendant of the Yuan family of the fourth and third princes, plus the leader of the alliance against the Dong coalition army, the prestige champion of the world.

Give these three people such a high status, and let them stay in the place...... Ma Teng's purpose is clearly self-evident.

"Well, let's do it according to Ziyuan's plan. In addition, he sent people to Qingzhou and Wei County to tell Liu Bei and Na Yanliang the news. I think that in this case, Li Yi and Liu Bei should not come to trouble me again. Yuan Shao said in a deep voice. And Mengde! He's not going to reject me this time, is he? ”

Since the beginning of March, the combined forces of Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zhan, and Zhang Yan have been constantly fighting in the northern part of Hejian Kingdom, and the two sides have won and lost each other, and it seems that it is difficult to distinguish a winner in a short time. In addition to the fact that Gongsun Zhan finally got the support of the entire Youzhou, the main willingness was because Yuan Shao allocated a large number of troops to guard against Li Yi, who occupied the western part of Wei County, and Liu Bei, who was in Qingzhou.

"My lord, my subordinates think that in addition to this, they should also send someone to inquire about the situation in Youzhou. His subordinates always felt that Liu Yu's attitude seemed to be too far behind before. Xun Chen said respectfully.

"The subordinates agree." Guo Tu and the others opened their mouths and agreed.

"Well, that's it!" Yuan Shao nodded in agreement.

Soon, the people sent to Youzhou returned, but instead of seeing Liu Yu, they brought back the information that Liu Yu was seriously ill and handed over Youzhou to Gongsun Zhan.

"My lord! There must be deception in it! In the opinion of his subordinates, I am afraid that Liu Youzhou has been placed under house arrest by that Gongsun Zhan! Xu Yu said quickly.

"Did the person sent to Youzhou send any news back?" Yuan Shao asked with a solemn expression.

"Not for the time being, but if Gongsun Chan really puts Liu Yu under house arrest or kills him, I think there will be news soon." Xun Chen said respectfully.

"Excellent! Let them check it out for me! It would be better to be able to find some evidence! Yuan Shao said with some excitement.