The news of Yuan Xi's death in attack reached Yecheng, Yuan Shao was so shocked that he almost fainted.

"The Huns are barbarians, they have repeatedly violated my territory, and this time they have murdered my son Yuan Xi, if you don't take revenge, won't you be ashamed of the people of the world? When he led the soldiers, he went out of Yanmen in the west and killed Hu Lu! Yuan Shao sat on the high platform, resentful, and vowed to personally conquer the Xiongnu and avenge his son Yuan Xi.

The judge said: "The lord is temporarily relieved of the wrath of the thunder, and the second son was killed for no reason, I am afraid that there must be something strange in this." Yanmen is guarded by 20,000 border soldiers, why can the Huns drive straight in? ambushed the four princes first, and then murdered the princes of Xi, and the matter should be investigated thoroughly by the senior officers before giving an explanation to the dead Gongzi Xi. ”

Feng Ji understood the meaning of the trial, this was to splash dirty water on Yuan Mai's body, remove the stumbling block for Yuan Shang, and stood up together: "This matter is indeed strange, when a weighty person is sent to Biansai to investigate, you can draw conclusions!" If the lord allows, I am willing to go to Yanmen in person and investigate this matter thoroughly! ”

"What are you two trying to do? Yanmen is far away from Taihang, and black mountain thieves rarely enter the territory of Yanmen to plunder; There is also a partial barrier, my nephew Gao Gan is stationed here with 3,000 people, and it is impossible for the Montenegrin thieves to use troops on a large scale in the territory of Yanmen, but the Huns often enter the Kou. In the entire territory of Yanmen, except for the 20,000 horses of Liyi taken over by my son Yuan Xi, it was the Northern Expeditionary Army led by Xianyong and Liyi. If it weren't for the Huns who killed Xi'er, could it be that my son Xianyong killed his brother? ”

Yuan Shao glared angrily at the two humerus staff below and asked loudly. Obviously he could not accept such speculation. A son has died. If another son killed his brother, this made Yuan Shao unacceptable no matter what. Not to mention the pain of losing a child, if the matter spreads, won't it make the world laugh?

The only way to do it now is to save the face of the Yuan family and the face of his Yuan family. Even if it's true, cover it up. Even if you want to kill Yuan Mai, you have to kill it quietly, instead of making a big fanfare, so that everyone in the world knows about it. Let everyone know that his fourth son Yuan Shao killed his second son.

And. Now in Yuan Shao's heart, he prefers to accept that his second son died at the hands of the Huns, rather than being killed by his own young son. In that way, he can also kill the Huns to avenge his son, if the murderer is a young son. Is it difficult for him to kill his youngest son to avenge his second son? The palms and backs of the hands are full of meat. Although Yuan Shao doesn't like Yuan buy very much. But this is his own son after all!

For the sake of his own face and the honor of his family, this matter has become Yuan Shao's backlash, and no one is allowed to touch it. No one is allowed to mention it, or he will be furious.

"Wu'er Xianyi died under the sword of the Huns! The evidence is conclusive, and no one can object to it. If someone dares to speculate or even slander my son Yuan Mai, he will not be forgiven! Yuan Shao was furious and walked away.

The judge and Feng Ji looked at each other, and for a moment they couldn't figure out why Yuan Shao was suddenly angry. However, whether Yuan Mai murdered Yuan Xi or not, they only speculated, and there was no real evidence, and they did not dare to draw conclusions. Moreover, Yuan Shao is at a time of sadness at the moment, if he touches his scales again, he is afraid that there will be no good fruit to eat. The two had to retreat, and then think of other ways to deal with Yuan Mai, they couldn't watch his strength grow and threaten Yuan Shang's position.

Yuan Shao's meaning quickly spread in the state pastor's mansion, and Zhu Ling, Yuan Mai's servant boy, learned the news from Zheng Yu's mouth and quietly notified Zhen Yao, Zhen Yao immediately flew a pigeon to Yanmen, and the scouts of Yanmen spread the news to Yuan Mai's ears.

Knowing what Yuan Shao meant, Yuan Mai felt a little relieved, and even felt a little ashamed of Yuan Shao. Prior to this, Yuan Mai had already prepared for the worst, if Yuan Shao had doubts about himself and was ready to recruit himself back to ask for the guilt, he would occupy Yanmen and stand on his own. With his ability to agitate, he should be able to coerce the 40,000 horses under his hands to follow him.

Although the road to hegemony without the Yuan family will be doubly difficult, there is no way to do it. Even if he doesn't kill Yuan Xi, he is honestly being a good boy, with the fledgling Yuan Shang and the heavy army Yuan Tan, he will still be under the fence, and even precarious, it is better to take a different path ruthlessly.

Moreover, Yuan Shao was attacked on all sides, with Gongsun Zan in the north, Cao Cao in the south, and 100,000 horses in the hinterland with Zhang Yan of Montenegro, and the Xiongnu in the west often entered the Kou. Yuan Mai believes that even if Yuan Shao knew that it was Yuan Xi who he murdered, he would not raise a heavy army to crusade against him, he did not have the courage, the courage, and the ruthlessness. Sure enough, everything was as I expected.

Standing on the wall of Yanmen and looking at the south, Yuan Mai said silently in his heart: "I'm sorry, old man, for the sake of my Luoshen and my future hegemony, I have to make such a choice." In the future, I will definitely make the prestige of the Yuan family go further, even if I can't reign over the world, I will tear the earth and seal the king, and become a hegemon! ”

After a few more days, Tian Chou carried Yuan Xi's coffin back to Yecheng. Because the weather was still cold, and the body was embalmed, so Yuan Xi's body was still intact, and Yuan Shao ordered someone to carry it into the state pastor's mansion, stop the body for a day, and then go out for the funeral tomorrow.

"Xi'er, why did you abandon your mother? Which god killed you, you get up and tell your mother, and your mother will seek justice for you! ”

Looking at her son's body, Mrs. Liu Jiao cried and fainted to the ground. Although the child Yuan Shang he loves the most in his heart, Yuan Xi is also the meat that fell from her body, how can he not break his liver and intestines. Although he is a vicious woman, he is only facing competitors, and he is very fond of his son.

Yuan Xi's widow Zhang knelt aside, guarding her husband's spirit, watching her mother-in-law crying sadly, she got up and persuaded: "Mother, please mourn and change, didn't my father-in-law say that my husband died under the sword of the Huns!" ”

At this time, Yuan Shang quietly walked in. Although they also have a competitive relationship with Yuan Xi, they are compatriots after all, in Yuan Shang's eyes, Yuan Xi is far less threatening than Yuan Tan, and maybe he can help him deal with Yuan Tan at a critical moment, so Yuan Xi's death made him feel a little sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox.

"Mother, Zheng Zhengnan and Feng Yuantu said that the elder brother may also be killed by Yuan Mai and Lu Yi, and deliberately framed the Huns. It's just that my father took into account the reputation of the Yuan family and refused to investigate the matter thoroughly, I don't know if my mother can persuade my father to change his mind? Yuan Shang stood beside his mother and whispered.

"Did the two of them really say that?" Liu's face became vicious, "I'll just say how could Xi'er die in the hands of the Huns for no reason, it must be that Yuan Mai and Liyi joined forces to kill your brother in order to seize military power." ”

"Judging Nan and Feng Yuantu means that you should persuade your father, even if he doesn't plan to investigate this matter thoroughly, he should call this rabbit cub back and ask ...... clearly" As he spoke, he made a gesture to wipe his neck, "As long as this guy leaves the barracks and returns to Yecheng, if he wants to kill or chop, he doesn't let his mother do whatever she wants!" ”

"Okay, I'll go find your father." Liu wiped away his tears and stood up.

Before leaving, he muttered fiercely: "If it is really Yuan who bought this dog thing and harmed your brother, I will definitely break the body of Zheng Yu, the fox spirit, into ten thousand pieces, and let her hook up with this evil animal, and the inside and the outside should be together." Sooner or later, they will ink their mothers and daughters to vent the hatred in my heart! ”

In the study, Yuan Shaozheng sat alone and pondered.

The sudden loss of his son devastated him and made him even more depressed. In recent years, Yuan Shao feels that his sharpness is gradually fading and becoming more and more decadent. Gongsun Zhan is like a hundred-legged insect that dies but does not stiffen, making it difficult for him to sleep and eat. Zhang Yan's more than 100,000 black mountain thieves are entrenched on Taihang Mountain, and they are like daggers inserted in Yuan Shao's heart, and they can't get rid of them.

Watching Cao Cao be aggressive in the Central Plains, rise strongly, sweeping the three states of Yan, Henan, and Sili like a storm of falling leaves, and coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, which made Yuan Shao feel that he was getting farther and farther away from the hegemony of dominating the world. (To be continued......)