When Yuan Kui returned to the mansion, it was almost noon, and the housekeeper greeted him and took the robe handed by Yuan Kui.

"Master, the meal has been prepared, do you want to eat now?" The housekeeper hung up his robe and looked at Yuan Kuidao.

"Don't be busy, call the highway first." Yuan Kui waved his hand, how could he be in the mood to eat.

"Whoa." The housekeeper agreed, and then looked at Yuan Kui and said, "The eldest prince is also in the mansion, is it invited together?" ”

"Benchu is back?" Yuan Kui looked at the housekeeper with some surprise, Yuan Shao is now the captain of Si Li, has his own mansion, and most of the time he has to listen to the tune under He Jin, and he rarely comes back.

"I heard that the general gave him a three-day holiday, and the eldest prince was fine, so he went home to take a look." The butler nodded.

"Then call them all together." Yuan Kui nodded, although Yuan Shao is a concubine, he is steady, has a heroic personality, knows how to forbear, and is quite liked by Yuan Kui, otherwise how could Yuan Shao sit in the position of Si Li's lieutenant as a concubine? In terms of authority, it is even heavier than Yuan Shu's Tiger Ben Zhonglang General.

Soon, Yuan Shao strode in, saluted Yuan Kui, and knelt on Yuan Kui's left hand, but Yuan Shu was like a child who had done something wrong, not as ostentatious as usual, until Yuan Shao sat down and greeted him, he sat down awkwardly.

Looking at Yuan Shu's appearance, Yuan Kui sighed, Yuan Shu is a descendant, and his talent is not bad, not to mention how good he is, but he has both civil and military skills, he can command troops and kill enemies, and Wen can also govern places, but his personality is too impetuous, impulsive and irritable, and he is not liked by Yuan Kui.

"Uncle invited me to wait this time, but it was for the highway and Xiuming's gambling contract?" Yuan Shao looked at Yuan Shu's appearance, and a smile flashed in his eyes.

"Xiuming? But you're kind! Yuan Shu glanced at Yuan Shao, and snorted in a disdainful voice, if he didn't know about the crime at this moment, he couldn't be angry in front of Yuan Kui, and he would definitely taunt Yuan Shao at this moment.

"I do have some friendship with him, you should know that." Yuan Shao shook his head: "As for the grievances between you and him, it has nothing to do with me. ”

"But now that he's insulted me, it's none of your business?" Yuan Shu snorted coldly.

"Enough!" As soon as Yuan Kui slapped the table, he felt angry when he looked at Yuan Shu, and saw that Yuan Shu was still messing around at the moment, so he was angry for a while, so he grabbed the inkstone on the table and smashed it according to Yuan Shu's head.

Fortunately, Yuan Shu is also a practitioner, and he is agile, so he hurriedly grabbed it, but the flying ink still splashed his face.

"Uncle......" Yuan Shu wiped the ink on his face and looked at Yuan Kui incredulously.

"Look at the good things you do!" Yuan Kui threw out the inkstone and regretted it a little, seeing that Yuan Shu was fine, he was relieved, but this anger came up again: "Who made you gamble with that Ye Zhao?" It's all over the city!? Although Ye Zhao is from a good family, what is his ability to command the army? Don't you know? What do you think about fighting him? ”

If you make a bet that can win steadily, it's just that, even if there is some chance of winning, Yuan Kui will not be so angry, but Yuan Shu just goes to fight with others to fight the army!

That is a person who killed from the frontier to the Central Plains, many times with less to win more, and weak to defeat strong, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a famous general, not to mention Yuan Shu, a general of this level, there are not many people who can be moved by the Yuan family.

"How can I publicize it, it must be Ye Zhao who secretly fueled the troubles, so that this matter is known all over the city." Yuan Shu wiped his face twice, so that his face and hands were covered with ink, and he looked even dirtier, and looked at Yuan Kui with a gloomy face.

As for the gambling contract, do you want to tell Yuan Kui that he was angry and anxious, and he wanted to fight with Ye Zhao, and then he felt that it was wrong to change his words?

"Such a big deal? Why didn't you tell me that day? Yuan Kui said angrily.

"I thought it was a trivial ......" Yuan Shu said a little unwillingly: "I thought that as long as I didn't admit it, after a few days, it would naturally pass, and Ye Zhao didn't dare to entangle with my Yuan family, who knew that this son was so hateful, he actually spread the news......" In the end, seeing Yuan Kui's eyes were even more angry, his voice couldn't help but decrease.

"A trifle?" Yuan Kui looked at Yuan Shu, his voice suddenly raised, and he sneered: "You didn't know that Ye Zhao on the first day, don't you know his cunning?" ”

Yuan Shao on the side was puzzled when he heard this: "I don't think that Ye Zhao is a treacherous person. ”

"I know that I had a good relationship with Ye Zhao at the beginning, if there is no such thing, the old man is also happy to see it, this person is talented, if he can recruit my Yuan family, he should be a help!" Yuan Kui sneered: "When Ye Zhao was in Runan, he obviously saw that my Yuan clan was deployed, but he still broke Liu Pi and Gong Du's two roads, so that my Yuan clan's deployment failed, and then Chen Liu's meritorious service was handed over, it can be seen that he really did not dare to be the enemy of my Yuan clan at the beginning, but on the one hand, he was better than you, but on the other hand, he confronted the highway, you can say that he is a person in temperament, but this person acts, plans and then acts, he is by no means a casual person, he shows favor to you, but he does not pretend to the highway, I am afraid that he wants to provoke internal disputes in my Yuan clan." ”

"This incident, originally a misunderstanding, if he really respected my Yuan family, the highway was unwilling to fight, he should not have been investigated, but now he is chasing and fighting, before I said that this person and the royal family are close, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to my Yuan family, I want to suppress one or two, who would think that this person actually took this opportunity to openly argue with my Yuan family, I am afraid that behind the scenes, His Majesty's instructions are indispensable! And I'm sure that the estrangement from him in the first place has been noticed by him, and it is this way that he has acted so simply. Yuan Kui sneered.

Yuan Kui has been in the officialdom for many years, and Ye Zhao's Taoism at this time is obviously a little tender compared to him, although he has not guessed all of Ye Zhao's thoughts, but he is also seventy or eighty.

Yuan Shao's face also became unpleasant when he heard this: "If this is the case, this son's scheming is so deep that it is really terrifying!" ”

"Scheming?" Yuan Kui shook his head, looked at Yuan Shao and sneered: "No matter how deep the scheming is, he can't make waves in front of the old man, what is really terrifying is not his scheming, but this person's ambition, but he was born in a good family, but he didn't have the slightest awe of my Yuan family from the beginning, whether it was the original or the highway, in his eyes, he was just a usable person." ”

When Yuan Shao heard this, his heart was even more uncomfortable, and what followed was an unspeakable anger, he had already regarded Ye Zhao as his own, even if the clan wanted to suppress Ye Zhao, he had also thought about relying on this person as a confidant after he gained power, but now that Yuan Kui analyzed it, Ye Zhao became a little hateful, and the image of a treacherous villain who used himself to win a high position had unconsciously replaced the image of Ye Zhao's original loyal minister in Yuan Shao's heart.

"This person ...... Kill! Although Yuan Shao was modest in front of Yuan Kui, he was not without arrogance in his heart, he had always thought that he was a smart person, but now he was a smart person and was used as a pawn, he didn't think that he was not smart enough, but Ye Zhao was too cunning and betrayed his trust, and it was precisely because of this that he had murderous thoughts on Ye Zhao.

"Kill?" Yuan Shu said disdainfully: "How to kill?" Now that he has climbed to the royal family, how can he still put my Yuan family in his eyes, with His Majesty to protect him, how can you and I endure him? ”

"Royal?" Yuan Shao snorted coldly when he heard this, but he didn't speak, some words, even in front of his own family, couldn't be said.

"Now is not the time to talk about this matter, Your Majesty has already decided this matter, and you want to witness this battle in person, more importantly, this time Your Majesty has also added a lottery, and will choose one person from between Ye Zhao and the highway to serve as the guard captain, and whoever can win this battle will be the guard captain." Yuan Kui said in a deep voice: "This battle is no longer a matter of road face, it is related to the future of my Yuan family. ”

"Captain?" Yuan Shao looked at Yuan Kui with some surprise, and then at Yuan Shu, and suddenly felt a little jealous in his heart, this is the position of Jiuqing, in the court, only under the three dukes, and it is also a real official position with military power.

It's just that at this moment, this guard captain obviously has nothing to do with him, and can only be elected between Yuan Shu and Ye Zhao, no matter who gets this position, Yuan Shao doesn't want to see it.

It's just that when he saw Yuan Kui's gaze, his heart suddenly trembled, he quickly calmed down, and arched his hand: "In this way, this battle on the highway must be won!" ”

"I had a friendship with that Ye Zhao at the beginning, what do you think of this victory?" Seeing Yuan Shao quickly calm down, Yuan Kui nodded with satisfaction, jealousy is not terrible, what is terrible is that he can't control his jealousy and makes stupid moves, at least Yuan Shao's performance at this moment makes Yuan Kui very satisfied.

Pushing Yuan Shu to the guard captain is also forced by the situation, if it is up to him to decide, Yuan Shao is more suitable for this position than Yuan Shu, but Yuan Shao can calm down so quickly, but Yuan Kui is very pleased, those who do big things must have the ability to stay calm at all times.

Yuan Shao took a deep breath, glanced at Yuan Shu and said with a wry smile: "If it is not for Shao to increase the morale of others, Ye Zhao is in harmony with his soldiers, it is difficult to figure out, if the strength of the two sides is similar, I am afraid that the highway has little chance." ”

This is already quite a polite statement, not to mention Runan and Liang Guo, the battle of Nanyang, everyone has witnessed it with their own eyes, whether it is the forced crossing of the water at the beginning, or the turning of the tide in Wancheng, Ye Zhao's ability to lead troops and control the situation, not to mention the similarity of troops, even if Ye Zhao's troops are cut by half, Yuan Shu may not be able to win.

When Yuan Shu heard this, his face was not very good-looking, but he didn't say much, even if he didn't want to admit it, he couldn't be reckless at this moment.

"Is there a solution?" Yuan Kui asked with a smile.

"I can only use some means, nothing more than to weaken Ye Zhao's troops, and on top of the equipment armor, my Yuan family will fund it to try to help the road raise the best equipment, and in addition, it is the source of the soldiers themselves, but this point needs the help of the butcher." Yuan Shao pondered.

The butcher, naturally, is He Jin, although he is a general, but in private, the family does not think too highly of this powerful general.

"I will talk to He Jin about this matter, but how to do it is to plan carefully."