Can I get to the other side?

The emperor returned triumphantly, and the people of Yecheng were excited.

Kong Rong, Yang Biao and others who stayed in the city led hundreds of officials to greet him thirty miles outside the city early. Even though they were shivering in the snow, they did not dare to complain.

The official road was full of people watching the excitement.

One reason was that the emperor returned triumphantly, and the other was that they heard the news that the great rebel Yuan Shao was captured alive, so they came to watch.

Gradually, a burst of rapid and orderly horse hoof sounds came, and three thousand Yulin guards led the way, which was so majestic.

Then the emperor's carriage slowly drove in under the protection of the Tiger Guards, and Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Zhang He and other generals followed in front and behind the carriage.

As soon as he saw the emperor's carriage, Kong Rong immediately led the civil and military officials to step forward and saluted respectfully, saying: "We welcome your majesty back to the court!"

"Welcome your majesty to the triumphant return--!"

The ministers bowed their heads and sang the salute loudly.

A group of nobles who were high above knelt and saluted in the snow. The onlookers were shocked by this scene and felt awe in their hearts.

They deeply felt the majesty of the emperor.

The whole scene was quiet.

Then everyone heard a faint laugh from the luxurious emperor's carriage: "My dear ministers, please don't be polite."

"I personally led the expedition this time, captured the rebel Yuan Shao, and returned victoriously. It is a happy event for the whole world to celebrate. All the ministers will escort this thief back to the palace with me."

"I will hold a public trial of him."

The ministers were shocked when they heard this, and then they looked at the prison car behind the emperor's carriage, and their faces changed drastically.

There was a man sitting in the prisoner car, with heavy shackles on his hands and feet, his hair was slightly messy, and his expression was a little haggard.

But they were very familiar with that face.

It was General Yuan Shao!

"Really, really caught?"

Although the ministers had already learned that Yuan Shao was captured alive, they were still shocked when they saw it with their own eyes.

After four generations of three officials, Yuan Benchu, who dominated the north and was known as the overlord of Hebei, actually became a prisoner of the emperor!

The most shocked were the noble families headed by Xun Chen who had served Yuan Shao. They knew best how strong Yuan Shao's foundation was, but they were also very happy at the same time!

Because for them, Yuan Shao was a huge threat. As long as he was alive, they, the traitors, would not be at peace. After all, no one knew whether Yuan Shao would make a comeback in the future.

Now that Yuan Shao was captured, they no longer had to worry!

"Damn Liu Xie!"

Feeling the mockery and surprise in the eyes of the ministers, although Yuan Shao was furious, he did not curse, but looked back coldly without fear.

He knew that Liu Xie wanted to humiliate him in this way, making him furious, or even unable to bear the humiliation and surrender, but how could he let Liu Xie do what he wanted?

He Yuan Benchu ​​also had his pride!

The ministers had withdrawn their eyes from Yuan Shao at this time, and saluted one after another: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations, Your Majesty, for successfully capturing the traitor--!"

"Return to the palace."

Liu Xie said lightly, and the convoy continued to move forward.

Yuan Xi personally drove the prisoner car behind, which attracted the people on both sides of the road to watch.

"Is this man Yuan Shao?"

"I never thought that the Yuan family would produce two traitors!"

"When His Majesty issued the imperial decree, he refused to surrender. It has only been a short time since then, and he has become a prisoner."

"Your Majesty will lead the army in person, and the traitors will be punished!"

"Humph! When Yuan Shao killed Yuan Shu for the sake of justice, I really thought he was a loyal person to the Han Dynasty. I didn't expect that he was the biggest traitor!"

"He is still a role model for the world, ugh!"

"Alas, you can't say that. Yuan Shao once pointed his sword at Dong, but in the end, He has taken the old path of Dong Zhuo and has become like Dong Zhuo."

"Who is the man driving the car?"

"It is Yuan Shao's second son Yuan Xi, who is now the General of Chariots and Cavalry and a loyal minister!"

"It must be a bad feeling for him to escort his father back personally. Yuan Shao is really a sinner."

"It's hard to be both loyal and filial."

"The reputation of the Yuan family now depends on Yuan Xi."

...

The people talked to each other and pointed at Yuan Shao in the prison car. Their expressions were angry, sarcastic, disgusted, or regretful.

Even though Yuan Shao had prepared himself mentally, he still felt incomparable shame when he heard the harsh comments.

In the past, he was respected and admired wherever he went, but now he was pointed at by this group of unruly people!

From the clouds, he fell into the mud!

Anyone can come and step on him!

Yuan Shao clenched his teeth, clenched his fists, and his nails dug deep into his flesh. His spine, which used to be straight, seemed to have become a little hunched.

But he still managed not to lose his composure, sitting upright in the prisoner's car, trying to maintain the last bit of decency and dignity.

In sharp contrast to him.

was Yuan Xi, who was driving a carriage in front.

Although the people cursed Yuan Shao in various ways, they all gave a thumbs up to Yuan Xi and praised him endlessly.

Because the Han Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, and what was greater than filial piety was the righteousness of the family and the country, but there were too few people who could sacrifice their relatives for the greater good. Yuan Xi was a model of loyalty to the emperor and the country!

At this moment, Yuan Xi felt extremely comfortable all over his body, which was even more comfortable than drinking a bowl of ice-cold honey water in the summer!

"This is what it feels like to be admired by thousands of people!"

"No wonder my father cares so much about reputation. He has enjoyed the admiration and praise of people all over the world for so many years. It's my turn!"

"I am Yuan Xianyi, a model in the world!"

Yuan Xizhi was so proud that he suppressed the raised corners of his mouth, but his hand waving the whip slowed down, slowing down a bit.

…

Imperial Palace, Tai'an Hall.

Liu Xie didn't even rest after returning to the palace. After changing into the emperor's crown, he directly summoned the ministers to ascend to the court.

In the main hall, all officials gathered.

Liu Xie sat high on the dragon chair, looked down at Yuan Shao below, and said in a cold voice: "Yuan Shao! You usurped and rebelled, resisted the imperial decree, and disrespected the emperor. Do you think you are guilty now?"

The cold voice echoed throughout the hall.

At this time, Yuan Shao was kneeling in the center of the hall under the supervision of Zhang He and Gao Lan. After hearing this, he raised his head and faced Liu Xie directly, and said bitterly: "I am not guilty! Why should I plead guilty!"

"You, a foolish king, listened to the slanders of these two thieves, Lu Bu and Yuan Xi, and killed loyal ministers! You will be infamy for thousands of years!"

The parade just now made him lose face. At this time, he only had anger and hatred for Liu Xie, and there was no way he would give in!

However, even at this point, he still did not dare to expose Liu Xie's identity.

"presumptuous!"

Among the ministers, Fu Wan was the first to stand up, pointed at Yuan Shao's nose and cursed: "Everyone knows Yuan Benchu's intentions!"

"You are nothing more than a treacherous villain, yet you dare to call yourself a loyal minister? This is the most ridiculous thing in the world!"

Xun Chen also said with a face of hatred: "I was deceived by you and helped Yuan to commit abuse. If Wen Gong and General Chaqi hadn't teamed up to tear apart your hypocritical face, I'm afraid Your Majesty would still be held hostage by you, and I would still be held hostage by you. You are deceived!”

"It is entirely your own fault that you have fallen into this situation today. You just don't want to repent, but you are still talking nonsense here. It is simply shameless!"

With that said, Xun Chen bowed his hands to Liu Xie who was sitting on the dragon throne, and said impassionedly: "Your Majesty, I request that this thief be killed immediately and that the punishment be set forth in the law!"

After hearing this, the ministers all agreed.

They all wished Yuan Shao would die quickly.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Yuan Shao looked around at the ministers, laughed and sarcastically said: "Above the temple, rotten wood serves as an official! Between the palace and the emperor, the beasts eat their salary!"

"The wolf-hearted people are in charge of the government, and the servile and servile people are in power! I'm talking about you, a group of dogs with broken spines and people who betray the master!"

Yuan Shao stared at Xun Chen, Ju Yi, Cui Yan and others.

There was deep anger in his eyes.

"The failure of my great cause was not caused by destiny, but by man-made disaster! If it weren't for these villains like you to betray me, how could I have ended up in this situation!"

"It's just death now! But I am not guilty, let alone plead guilty! You are not qualified to judge me! No one in the world can judge me, Yuan Benchu!"

"You, Liu Xie, can't do it either!"

Yuan Shao's words were inspiring and full of pride!

He admitted that Liu Xie defeated him.

But in his opinion, the reason why Liu Xie was able to win was not only due to his skill and ability, but also because of the betrayal of the people under his command!

If Yuan Xi did not betray him, would he lose Yecheng? So that Zhang Liao was allowed to lead the army into Jizhou.

If Ju Yi doesn't betray him and allows him to escape back to Youzhou smoothly, then he may have a chance to make a comeback.

How could Liu Xie win so easily?

And Yuan Shao's scoldings can be said to have deeply touched the pain points of Xun Chen and others, making their faces livid with anger and showing resentment.

"Your Majesty! This thief has gone crazy, kill him as soon as possible!"

"Yes! Kill him!"

"Behead him in public!"

The ministers were furious and asked Liu Xie for orders.

Liu Xie raised his hand and pressed down, suppressing all the sounds immediately, and then said expressionlessly: "I don't care whether you admit or not, I only want to ask you a question..."

"Don't even think about it!"

Before Liu Xie could say anything, Yuan Shao interrupted him directly, with a decisive tone: "You want to take over You and Bingzhou without any blood, how can I let you, a foolish king, do so!"

"Even if I die, I will not surrender for you!"

Liu Xie's eyes were sharp and he said: "Yuan Shao! I don't want to start another war, so I give you opportunities again and again. Do you really think that I don't dare to punish your nine Yuan clans!"

"Nine tribes? Hahahaha!"

Yuan Shao seemed to have heard a big joke and looked directly into Liu Xie's eyes and said: "You are just going to kill my ten Yuan clan members, so why not! You should try to kill one of them!"

"Okay! Okay! Okay!"

Liu Xie slammed the table, laughed angrily, and said sternly: "Then I will kill your ten tribes! Let you reunite in the underworld!"

The emperor's wrath laid down millions of corpses, and the rivers of blood drifted across the river!

Yuan Shao had a sneer on his face, showing no fear.

On the contrary, all the officials in the palace were shocked when they heard Liu Xie's words, even Guo Jia and Jia Xu.

"Your Majesty! No!"

Kong Rong was the first to stand up, knelt down to Liu Xie, and said in a hurried tone: "The annihilation of ten tribes has never happened before!"

"If Your Majesty acts like this, he will definitely leave a bad reputation as a tyrant and be reviled by future generations!"

The father's family is four, the mother's family is three, and the wife's family is two.

These are the nine tribes.

And the ten clans have to add disciples!

The fourth and third generations of the Yuan family have disciples and former officials all over the world. If Liu Xie wants to kill the ten clans, more than half of the current noble clans will be implicated!

Kill so many people at once.

It will definitely cause chaos in the world!

Yang Biao, Xun Chen and other ministers did not dare to hesitate, and stood up and said: "Your Majesty, killing too much will hurt the harmony of heaven and harm your majesty's reputation! This must not be done!"

They were also involved in many things with the Yuan family.

If the ten clans were executed, they would all die!

Guo Jia and Jia Xu also hurriedly advised: "Your Majesty, although the thief Yuan is evil, but there are many innocent people in the ten clans, please think twice!"

Although the ten clans were not involved in them, it had a great impact on the reputation of the emperor. They certainly could not watch Liu Xie do such a thing on impulse.

The whole hall was full of kneeling.

Yuan Shao looked at Liu Xie with a playful look on his face. He was not surprised at all by such a scene, and even laughed sarcastically: "Your Majesty, why don't you execute my ten clans?"

Liu Xie grabbed the armrest of the dragon chair tightly.

The murderous intent in his eyes became more and more intense.

But he had regained some rationality at this time. He knew that if he really ordered the extermination of the ten clans of the Yuan family, the involvement would be too huge, and he did not want to do so.

"Yuan family..."

Liu Xie's face turned pale, and he swallowed his anger and said coldly: "Pass on my order to exterminate the nine clans of the Yuan family!"

Guo Jia and Jia Xu finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, but Yang Biao, Xun Chen and others still did not stand up, and persuaded them bitterly: "Your Majesty, you can't be so tyrannical!"

"Even if you exterminate the nine clans, you will have to kill more than 10,000 people, which may cause complaints from the world."

"Please think twice, Your Majesty!"

Liu Xie's face turned colder and colder, staring at everyone, and said coldly: "I exterminate his nine clans, and you want to stop me?"

"Stand up and speak to me!"

The ministers bowed their heads, and no one spoke.

No one stood up.

Liu Xie was furious and said, "I told you to stand up! Are you all deaf!"

"Hahaha! Hahahaha——!"

In the court, all the dignitaries knelt and did not move, only Yuan Shao stood up and laughed wantonly, and the shackles collided with each other and made a crisp sound.

He opened his arms, looked at Liu Xie with his head held high, and said with a smile: "These people hate me to the bone! They all want me to die!"

"But when they heard that Your Majesty was going to kill my nine clans, they desperately pleaded for me. Your Majesty, do you know why?"

"Because they are all involved with my Yuan family!"

Yuan Shao asked himself and answered himself, with a flush of excitement on his face, "They are not one person, they are backed by major families!"

"They are inextricably linked to my Yuan family!"

"If you kill my nine clans, at least half of the people in this temple will die! Their wives Their sons, their children, their relatives and friends, all will be implicated!"

"So they dare not!"

Yuan Shao laughed recklessly, arrogant to the extreme, "My Yuan family is the first of the world's aristocratic families!"

"Who in the world dares to destroy my Yuan family? Who else can destroy my Yuan family? !"

"Destroy my nine clans? Hahaha——"

Yuan Shao's laughter became louder and louder. He no longer concealed his arrogance, revealing the spirit of being the overlord of Hebei, the first lord in the world, and the descendant of three officials for four generations. He looked at Liu Xie, who was sitting high on the dragon throne, with a sharp look, and said sternly:

"You are not qualified!"