After much anticipation, Han Yu had finally arrived.
However, when he saw Han Yu in person, Xu Bei felt guilty for no reason.
"Greetings, my lord."
Han Yu cupped his hands in front of his chest. The atmosphere in the tent dropped to a freezing point. Everyone could tell that Han Yu was in a terrible mood.
Xu Bei helped Han Yu up and said earnestly, "Wenbin, you really made me wait."
"It is my fault that I failed to solve your problems for you. I do not dare to accept Your Highness's kindness. "
Han Yu's face was cold and his voice was stiff. Those who knew him well knew that he was angry. Xu Bei happened to be that 'familiar person'.
"Wenbin is so angry. You must be angry with me." Xu Bei said embarrassedly, "No matter what, you should at least let me know what I did wrong."
A traitor would be sentenced to death if no reason was given. Prisoners on death row also had human rights.
"Everyone makes mistakes." Han Yu spoke. Xu Bei secretly heaved a sigh of relief. Before he could relax, Han Yu continued, "However, the mistakes of the lord can still be forgiven. The mistakes of the advisor cannot be forgiven. The advisor did not fulfill his duty and did not think about remonstrating. Isn't that a dereliction of duty? Allowing the lord to go astray is adding to the mistakes and crimes on top of the crimes! I have made a mistake. Please punish me, my lord. I will not complain. "
If they didn't listen to the last sentence, Han Yu was clearly dissing all the advisors in the tent.
He changed the topic and put all the blame on himself.
The other advisors were speechless.
The feeling of wanting to vomit blood and choking on his lungs was unbearable. Everyone knew that Han Yu was dissing them by name, but they couldn't refute him. After all, he was the one who said he was wrong. Why would an outsider take the blame?
Was he thinking too highly of himself?
Xu Bei blushed. He didn't care what mistakes he had made. The most important thing was to pacify Han Yu first.
Since he had already lowered his head and admitted his mistakes, Han Yu naturally couldn't hold on to it. He gave Xu Bei a way out.
An official relied on the lord's trust and favor to be arrogant. This wasn't having a backbone, it was called having a problem.
Xu Bei said, "Fortunately, Wenbin is here. I feel at ease now."
Every lord was proficient in the art of sweet-talking.
Her methods of coaxing people were profound and numerous, like a sow wearing a bra — one set after another.
Jiang Pengji?
That was a special case. Her words of love had a unique attribute, and it was bound to be picked up.
"I've been rushing all the way here, but the information I've received is not detailed. But there's one thing …" Han Yu paused and said bluntly, "I think you've been a little reckless in your actions, and you've lost your composure as a master. Liu Xi borrowed troops to support Xu Fei. Why did Lord send troops to help Liu Xi? "
Xu Pei was dumbfounded.
When did he help Liu Xi?
"Why does Wenbin say that?"
Han Yu said, "Liu Xi saved Xu Fei. My lord, just let him save her. Aren't you helping Liu Xi by forcing Mountain Urn City to fall? "
Xu Bei almost couldn't breathe.
There was something wrong with this logic.
Han Yu continued to analyze, "Xu Fei is not a good person. Liu Xi saved him, but he saved a hot potato. My Lord, if you stop at the right time, you will be able to fulfill your brotherhood with Xu Fei. This will prevent people from saying that my Lord is heartless. The internal strife between brothers is, after all, a family matter. Liu Xi helped, but my lord didn't intend to kill Xu Fei. Her actions will be labeled as a vile person who instigated strife between brothers. My Lord can even write a declaration of war against Liu Xi, which is a righteous cause. If Liu Xi were to send troops, it would be a nameless army, and it would be no different to morale. But now, my lord has disregarded our brotherhood and attacked Mountain Urn City by force. You can't escape the label of 'heartless'. "
War was a must, but there was a big difference between sending troops with a good reason and sending troops without a good reason.
Xu Bei's actions of attacking Mountain Urn City by force had handed over the initiative to start the war.
He could only hope that Xu Fei was fine. Otherwise, Xu Bei would be slandered by the treacherous old hooligan Liu Xi and be labeled as a murderer.
Internal strife between brothers was not uncommon, but it was rare for bloodshed to occur.
The Dongqing royal family's nest of weirdos didn't count.
Xu Bei felt that Han Yu's words were somewhat familiar, as if he had heard them somewhere before.
He glanced around the military tent and saw Cheng Xun sitting upright on the mat. He couldn't help but feel remorseful.
"Does Wen Bin have a plan to break out of this situation?" Xu Bei was obedient and humbly asked for advice.
Han Yu said, "If my lord can shake hands with Xu Fei and treat him well, this situation will collapse on its own."
Shake hands and make peace?
Xu Bei's expression stiffened.
This request was really too much. He would rather fight with Xu Fei for another 300 rounds.
"When a thousand people are of one heart, they can gain the strength of a thousand people. When ten thousand people are not of one heart, none of them will work alone. My lord and Xu Fei are from the same faction, and both of them are of the same lineage. If they can let go of their former enmity and help each other hand in hand, with the two of them working together as one, why worry about the hegemony? The Xu family won't prosper? "
Han Yu wouldn't have said these words in the past. It would have been useless even if he had said it.
The two brothers were like cross-eyed men. Which one could he persuade?
Now that my lord's power had crushed Xu Fei and pushed him to the bottom of the valley, there was a possibility for both sides to forcefully cooperate.
If he could solve the current situation of the Xu brothers being at loggerheads and end the internal strife of the Xu family, it would be a blessing in disguise.
Thinking of this, Han Yu really wanted to greet the grandfather of the Xu brothers.
It was one thing to be biased, but to cause fratricide and internal strife in the family because of it was biased, this was a completely different matter.
Xu Bei felt awkward for a while, but he couldn't just reject Han Yu's suggestion.
He could only use the tactic of "delaying" to send Han Yu away first, and then he could go back to his nest to think about the gains and losses.
Unexpectedly, before Xu Bei could decide whether or not to bury the hatchet with Xu Fei, a sudden piece of bad news came.
Xu Fei … is gone …
Xu Bei's eyes widened in shock. His right hand gripped the messenger's shoulder tightly and he cried out, "What did you say? Who's dead? "
"Xu, Xu …" The messenger's heart was filled with anxiety. Seeing that Xu Bei's attitude was not right, he corrected himself, "Your lord, is dead."
"How did he die?" Xu Bei seemed to be unable to accept it.
The messenger replied, "He hanged himself."
Han Yu's expression changed drastically.
If he was killed, he could still say that someone's soldiers killed him by mistake and manipulate public opinion to wash away the "stain" on his name.
But if he hanged himself, it would mean that he was forced into a hopeless situation and begged for death!
It was obvious who forced him to do it.
Han Yu was overwhelmed with shock, but his mind was exceptionally clear.
Not only did he have to worry about Jiang Pengji's soldiers, but he also had to worry about Jiang Pengji's slander.
"Where's the corpse?" Xu Bei asked.
The messenger replied, "Your lord's corpse has been collected by his eldest daughter."
Xu Bei heaved a sigh of relief, but Han Yu, who was at the side, was frightened out of his wits.
If the father hanged himself, the person who collected the corpse should not be his wife or son. Why was it his eldest daughter?
Unless …
As he was thinking, the messenger's voice came from outside.
"Report! There's a messenger outside the camp requesting an audience."
Xu Bei said, "Let him in …"
Cheng Yuan volunteered to be the messenger and went to Xu Bei's camp.
Yang Si felt that it was too dangerous, but Cheng Yuan made him relent with one sentence.
"When two armies are at war, Xu Bei is not the lord if the messenger is not executed."
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