Faced with Ju Shou's instructions, Feng Ji naturally did not dare delay for even a moment. He hurried to Yuan Shao's tent and said:
"My lord, I was just inspecting the camp. When I reached Xu You's tent, I found that the man had already left."
"Did my lord perhaps give him military orders and have him return to Wei Commandery to stand guard?"
Though he had come to persuade Yuan Shao, he could not let Yuan Shao realize that he had prepared for this in advance, so he put on an act as though he knew none of the details.
Yuan Shao was already in the midst of his anger. Hearing this, he flew into a rage again.
"I had intended to spare that man's head, yet he actually dared betray me and flee?"
"Where has he gone? Someone, go after him and kill him for me!"
Seeing this, Feng Ji naturally could not let Yuan Shao give chase. He hurriedly advised:
"My lord, do not be hasty. I merely saw that he was not in his camp and do not know where he has gone."
"If Brother Ziyuan has not left, would my lord's actions not chill the heart of a loyal servant?"
His words were naturally intended to lure Yuan Shao into revealing the reason again. Yuan Shao immediately fell for it and angrily said:
"Xu You took bribes together with his entire household and has already been thrown into prison by Shen Pei. How can he be called a loyal servant?"
Having said this, he told Feng Ji everything that had happened in the tent earlier.
"A creature so wanton and reckless, now absent from camp, must be seeking to defect to the enemy. If I do not kill him, how can I vent the hatred