Although Cao Cao's words were frank, he was still reserved and did not tell what he thought about Yuan Shao.

Even so, Yuan Shao was still relieved after hearing this, as if he had relieved a heart disease. He breathed a sigh of relief. A few strands of blood appeared on his stiff and pale cheeks, and his complexion improved significantly.

Obviously, the death of Emperor Liu Xie of Han was like a big rock pressing on Yuan Shao's heart, which made him breathless and unable to turn over. It was like a thorn in his throat and a light on his back, which made him suffer a lot and he was always worried and never forgot about it for a moment.

Now Cao Cao finally said a fair word and stood on his side. This made Yuan Shao feel very relieved, and he also removed a big rock pressing on his heart. His tense mind was slightly relieved and he felt much more relaxed.

"In more than two years, Meng De was the first person to believe me, Yuan Shao. Although many people said the same thing in front of me, I don't believe them, but I believe Meng De's words!" Yuan Shao, whose expression had improved slightly, spoke significantly louder at this time and his tone was aggravated.

After hearing this, Cao Cao's mood not only did not improve, but became heavier, and he felt ashamed and even a little regretful. Because he did not tell the truth to Yuan Shao, he had reserved what he said just now. He was worried that once the words today were spread and fell into Li Li's ears, it would be very unfavorable to him, and even led to Li Li's indictment or openly attacking him. It was precisely because of this concern that Cao Cao deliberately concealed it, but it also expressed his attitude, and the overall meaning was still expressed.

"Brother Benchu ​​is so serious. After Liu Xie died suddenly, many princes knew that he could never be killed by Brother Benchu. Poisoning is even more nonsense. It is purely because someone tried to confuse the public and took the opportunity to frame Brother Benchu ​​in order to achieve his unspeakable goal. The person who is most likely to do this was Li Li Li of Xiliang." Perhaps because he felt guilty, Cao Cao said everything in his heart at this moment.

Seeing Yuan Shao's listening look, Cao Cao paused and continued, "In fact, it is easy to see the flaws in this matter. Although Li Li concealed it well, it still could not cover up the truth of the matter. Just imagine, before Brother Benchu ​​welcomed the throne, Liu Xie and all the officials were always in the hands of Li Li, and the scouts and meticulous works of the Xiliang Army were almost everywhere. The ability to block news and the speed of inquiring military information were above all the princes in the world, and they were actually the leader of the heroes. In addition, Li Li was strong and had many soldiers and horses. Especially the Western Liang Iron Cavalry traveled 300 miles a day and 200 miles a night, which was the world's famous Iron Army of the Knights.

Since this, Li Li has both fine works all over the world, first-class scout teams, and the fast-moving cavalry of Xiliang. Under such a tight blockade, how could Liu Xie and all the officials escape from Chang'an and return to Luoyang without any danger?

However, the fact is that Liu Xie and all the officials escaped. What does this mean? There is no doubt that all this shows that the reason why Liu Xie and all the officials successfully escaped Chang'an and returned to Luoyang was that Li Li deliberately let them back, or that all this was a huge conspiracy that Li Li had already planned, just waiting for us and other forces to fight for it and jump into the trap.

If this was just a guess before, then everything is clear now. The fact that no matter which princes snatched the emperor and all officials into their hands, the result would be like Brother Benchu, despised by the world, pointed out by thousands of men, and spoke a word from everyone, and eventually ended up with an eternal infatuation of unfaithfulness, filial piety, unkindness and unrighteousness. The most important thing is that now those who know the inside story have died one after another, and there is no evidence of death, so that this matter will never be clarified, the truth will be completely buried, and it will never be revealed to the world.

So hey! Li Li has always been meticulous in his actions and is free from water. Everything he does is impeccable, his methods are vicious and he does not leave any hidden dangers." Before he finished speaking, Cao Cao sighed and sighed, with a helpless expression, as if he was willing to help Yuan Shao clear the charge of regicide, but he had no choice but to do anything. He had the will but lacked strength. He could only sigh, that's all.

It has to be said that Cao Cao is indeed a scheming person, quick-witted and extremely scheming person. The whole lot of speculation he said is almost the same as the "truth". The only deviation is that not all princes are qualified to seize Liu Xie and all officials. The only princes who are truly qualified to compete for are Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. Otherwise, Li Li would never sit idly by, let alone wait and see his plans fail.

So, to a certain extent, Yuan Shao was a scapegoat for him, Cao Cao. Otherwise, perhaps it was Yuan Shao who was in danger at this moment, but Cao Mengde.

In addition, Cao Cao knew that Liu Xie's death had many suspicions, but he joined the alliance against Yuan as soon as possible and tried his best to attack Qingzhou. Now he has already snatched Qingzhou and taken it for himself. He snatched Yuan Shao's territory without any mercy. At this moment, he was still arrogant and provoked in front of Yuan Shaoming. What was Cao Cao's intention? It is indeed worth pondering, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he has ulterior motives.

Perhaps, this is related to Li Lishu's army's southern expedition.

Since the beginning of winter, the war in the north has been forced to stop, but Li Li did not stop, but led his army to fight south to attack Yuan Shu in Huainan. What is particularly important is that after Li Li's southern expedition, he attacked the city and captured the villages, and now he has surrounded Yuan Shu in Shouchun City, and he is about to come to an end.

Once Yuan Shu is defeated, a large area of ​​Huainan territory will fall into Li Li's hands again, making his strength stronger. This is not good news for Cao Cao, because the stronger Li Li is, the more dangerous he is, Cao Cao is.

How could Cao Cao not understand the truth that the lips are gone and the teeth are cold?

Because of this, when he received Yuan Shao's personal letter, he agreed without thinking. Then he deliberately hid his whereabouts, avoided the fine spy placed by the princes of various towns in the plains, and after disguising himself, he only brought more than a hundred personal soldiers to Ganling Station and had a secret conversation with Yuan Shao in person.

This secret talk is different from the past and is of great significance. Not only did Cao Cao attach great importance to it, but Yuan Shao from Jizhou also showed twelve points of sincerity, so he had almost no greetings after the meeting, and treated each other openly and honestly.

Nowadays, Yuan Shao's physical condition is undoubtedly a secretive and secretive **. However, in front of Cao Cao, Yuan Shao did not hide anything, and told Cao Cao frankly without reservation, and said in detail, telling Cao Cao in detail. This means that Yuan Shao attaches great importance to this secret talk, full of sincerity, and at the same time, he deserves the "virtuous brother". Cao Cao also needs to respond to Yuan Shao with full sincerity, so he conveys his speculation. Although he was still careful at first, he finally revealed the truth after weighing the pros and cons, so he used it to gain Yuan Shao's trust.

In fact, as the inferences or speculations that Cao Cao said, Yuan Shao was the person involved and the biggest direct victim, how could he not know? In other words, in pursuing the sudden death of Liu Xie, Yuan Shao was more careful than anyone else, and wanted to know the truth of the matter and keep himself innocent. However, as Cao Cao said, when the truth surfaced, it was useless, because the people who knew the inside story and participated in it died one after another, and the undead insiders were all under Li Li's account, and Li Liyi was the important minister. So this is a headless case, a dark case, the truth was completely buried underground, and it will never be revealed to the world.

However, for Yuan Shao, who was four generations and three Dukes, the charge of killing the monarch and treason was too great. Even if he could bear it himself, the Yuan clan and the loyal ancestors of the Yuan family who had been loyal and kind for many generations could not bear this huge charge. If this was really done by him, there was nothing to say. The problem was that this matter had nothing to do with him at all, but he had to bear the eternal infamy, and was surrounded and conquered by the princes of various towns, despised by the world, and criticized.

To this day, some rumors are widely circulated in the world: "The country of the Han Dynasty was destroyed in the hands of Yuan Shao for four hundred years, and Yuan Shao was a sinner of the Han Dynasty." There are also "Yuan Shao killed the lord, Yuan Shu usurped the throne, and the Yuan family was full of conspiracy and chaos in the country and tyrannical people." There are countless rumors like this, and they criticized Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu in a decent manner, which was worse than pigs and dogs. They even extended upwards to the three generations of the Yuan family's ancestors and spread down to Yuan Shao's descendants. In short, there were no good people in the Yuan family, and they were all traitors who committed rebellion and harmed the country and the people.

As the saying goes, a geese leave a sound when passing by, and a person leaves a name when passing by.

Now, Yuan Shao is in his twilight years old, terminally ill, and is still surrounded by the army of princes, and is as dangerous as he is. At this time, for Yuan Shao, dominating the country, fighting for the world, and fame and fortune are nothing more than passing clouds and insignificant. What he is most worried about at the moment is that the reputation of the Yuan family's loyal and kindness for generations and the future prospects for his children. It doesn't matter what he ends up with in the end, but it cannot drag the Yuan family and their children to be implicated with him and embark on the road of no return together.

However, among the princes in the world, among the various vassals, there were only a handful of vassals who dared to contact him at this time. Most of the princes were afraid of hiding him. Who would dare to have something to do with him, let alone go privately. After counting and thinking about it over and over again, Yuan Shao finally decided to put the biggest bet in his life on Cao Cao's last fight. Only he could entrust his funeral, and there was no one else.

After a brief silence, Yuan Shao said with slightest voice: "I believe Meng De has heard of the war in Huainan. Not long ago, Gaolu (Yuan Shu) sent someone to send a letter, which said that the Zhong Dynasty was the foundation of my Yuan family and could not fall into the hands of people from other families, so he wanted to give up the throne of Zhong to me. I promised him that when Shouchun City was broken and the highway returned to heaven, I, Yuan Shao, would take the heaven's order and ascend the throne to the throne. Then he surrendered to Meng De."

"Ah!" Cao Cao was shocked when he heard this, stared at Yuan Shao with wide eyes, his face full of horror. Obviously, he was frightened, and was very scared. At this moment, Cao Cao was as smart as the sea, extremely smart as a person. He wanted to break his head but couldn't think of what Yuan Shao was going to do, and what he wanted him to do.

The night is getting darker, the bitter cold wind swept across the mountains and rivers, and the "whistling" whistling sound ravaged the sky

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