The army led by Xu Chu's army and Guo Yan and Li Wei failed to intercept Yuan Shu before Yuan Shu got on the boat and went downstream, so Yuan Shu escaped.

For this reason, Xu Zisheng lost his temper, but there was nothing he could do, things had happened, Yuan Shu had escaped, even if he was unwilling, Xu Zisheng could only lose his temper, at this juncture, it was not realistic to punish Xu Chu and others.

When this news reached Cao Cao, it did not surprise Cao Cao too much, after all, it was expected by Cao Cao, he was more concerned about Mo Shuyan's safety, but fortunately, what came later also confirmed that Mo Shuyan was safe and sound.

As for Yuan Shu, he returned to Jizhou, of course, Feng Ji and Zhang He and others, seeing that Yuan Shu still had a certain amount of troops, did not oppose Yuan Shu, but continued to lurk and be safe.

Because Yuan Shu succeeded this time, although Chang'an was saved, it had suffered great losses, and Xu Zisheng also learned from it, and sent additional defenders of Tongguan to completely prevent anyone from raiding from Tongguan again.

As for Linzhou, Xu Zisheng also symbolically gave Linzhou some praise, took back his corpse, and gave him a thick burial, which can be regarded as appeasing the hearts of the soldiers in Chang'an.

The war is finally over, and it has come to an end at this time, Cao Cao's rear has been greatly damaged, Yuan Shu's troops have been greatly damaged, Xu Zisheng's Chang'an has yet to be restored, and the whole world has returned to a strange calm and temporarily settled.

More than a month later, when Zhou Yu came to Chang'an again with Sun Jian's secret letter, this peace began to disrupt from Chang'an.

Because this is a formal visit, Xu Zisheng met with Zhou Yu in front of the new minister of civil and military affairs in the palace hall.

"Gong Jin meets Xu Gong."

Zhou Yu made a slight gesture and bowed, without too much sincere respect, just to make some scenes.

"No courtesy."

Xu Zisheng didn't care much about these things, and then smiled: "I don't know what news Gongjin brought?" ”

Zhou Yu took out a secret letter from his arms, raised his hands, and said softly: "This is the meaning of my father-in-law, and I also ask Duke Xu to take a look." ”

Immediately, Xu Zisheng's attendants brought Zhou Yu's secret letter and sent it to Xu Zisheng.

After taking the letter, Xu Zisheng read it carefully, and after reading it, Xu Zisheng closed the secret letter, frowned and said: "Why do you want to add Qiao Wan, doesn't your family master know that Qiao Wan is the insider of my husband Mo Shuyan?" ”

"It's not my intention, and I don't want to be like this in my heart, so I have no shame to face Mr. Mo, and I am deeply ashamed." Zhou Yu sighed.

"If I do this, is your lord really willing to form an alliance to kill Cao Cao?" Xu Zisheng asked suddenly.

"That's what Mi Xin says."

Zhou Yu nodded, and then said, "I'm just a tool for the lord's marriage, how dare I speak for him?" ”

At this time, a trace of hatred appeared in Zhou Yu's eyes, although he quickly covered up the past, he was still seen by Xu Zisheng.

"I can't give you an answer in a short time, give me some time, let me think about it, you can live in the palace for the time being, or don't you go to meet Mo Shuyan, how about it?" Xu Zisheng said.

"I am willing to obey the orders of Duke Xu."

"Okay, come here, take Gongjin down to rest, so that you can serve."

"No."

Immediately, Zhou Yu, under the leadership of his attendants, left this place.

"You guys should also step down, Jia Xu stay."

After Zhou Yu left, Xu Zisheng commanded again.

"No."

The newly appointed Minister of Civil and Military Affairs did not dare to disobey Xu Zisheng's wishes, bowed to him, and left the palace together.

"Wenhe, come forward, take a look at this letter." beckoned, Xu Zisheng said.

So Jia Xu stepped forward, took Xu Zisheng's letter, read it, and looked a little weird.

Seeing this, Xu Zisheng said in a condensed voice: "If you think there is anything wrong, just say it, there are no outsiders now." ”

"No."

Jia Xu responded, holding the secret letter in his left hand and said: "It stands to reason that marriages are just one-person marriages, why does Sun Jian have to do this and arrange a marriage for Zhou Yu, and this object happens to be Qiao Wan?" ”

"Sun Jian said very clearly, Qiao Gong has two daughters, just matched with Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, after all, Sun Quan is still young, and it is not easy to get married." Xu Zisheng reminded.

"Even if this statement is true, why does Sun Jian insist on finding relatives for Zhou Yu, and what does he want to do?" Jia Xu asked again.

"Unless he wants to test Zhou Yu's loyalty, just because after he returned from Chang'an, he mentioned the marriage theory, which aroused Sun Jian's suspicions."

When Xu Zisheng said this, Jia Xu suddenly had nothing to refute, and he believed this statement.

"In that case, how does the lord plan to tell Mr. Mo, he will definitely not agree."

"Disagree?"

Xu Zisheng sneered a few times, and suddenly asked, "Do you think Mo Shuyan is really doing me a big favor?" ”

"Could it be that the lord has found something?" Jia Xu asked with some puzzlement.

Hearing this, Xu Zisheng stood up, walked to Jia Xu's side, and said with a sneer: "On the trip to Mianchi County, he could not have gotten going, but he still insisted on taking the three squads and lost more than half of the three elite squads; proposed a method to disrupt Cao Cao's attack behind enemy lines, which seemed to help us solve the crisis, but invisibly, basically erased our intelligence system; Weiyu County, if you want Linzhou to give up the benefits of Chang'an, go to Weiyu County to die, and almost let Chang'an be ruined. ”

"This pile, one by one, seems to be to help me, but invisibly, it is to weaken the strength of all aspects, and the disadvantages of keeping him have been revealed, but the effect is getting smaller and smaller."

"What do you mean?" Jia Xu was already a little cold in his heart, and there was no excuse for the crime he wanted to add, Xu Zisheng imposed the blame on Mo Shuyan, but he didn't care about Mo Shuyan's merits, in a certain sense, it was also a warning to Jia Xu.

Hearing this, Xu Zisheng paused, and then said: "If he agrees, I can still let him live, if he insists on not complying, then forcibly send Qiao Wan to go, as for Mo Shuyan, I don't mind letting him die again, anyway, he and Qiao Wan are not husband and wife." ”

"I see."

Jia Xu didn't ask any more, and instead proposed: "It's better for the lord to leave this matter to me, the lord still doesn't want to kill Mr. Mo, I promise, Mr. Mo will willingly send Qiao Wan away." ”

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"Then you go."

"No."

Immediately, Jia Xu took the order to leave, Xu Zisheng looked at the back of Jia Xu leaving, his eyes flashed a little.