Can I get to the other side?

All rats in the world share one stone.

Jiangdong monopolizes eight battles.

Liu Xie originally thought that the Jiangdong rats were just joking, but when he learned that Sun Quan pretended to surrender and stabbed Zhang Liao in the back, he felt that this was the pure truth.

Sun Quan's kindness was blinded in vain. If Zhang Liao and Huang Zhong hadn't been so brave and defeated the enemy, they might have been stabbed in the back by Sun Quan!

Now these rats are in his hands.

Then he definitely can't let it go easily.

Following Liu Xie's order, Sun Quan, Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu and others who were tied up by Wu Hua Da were escorted into Tai'an Palace by the guards.

"Kneel down!"

Gao Lan scolded and kicked Sun Quan in the leg.

Sun Quan was immediately kicked and staggered.

Seeing this, Cheng Pu yelled at him: "You bunch of Lu Bu's lackeys! If you have the ability, come to me, don't insult my lord!"

"Shut up!"

The guard on the side was not polite to Cheng Pu. Hearing this, without saying anything, he slapped him in the face, causing blood to flow from the corner of his mouth.

But Cheng Pu was still unconvinced. He stiffened his neck and glared at the ministers in the palace, cursing: "A group of rebellious ministers and thieves who help Lu to abuse and hold the emperor hostage, you will not end well!"

These words stunned the officials.

Holding the emperor hostage? Helping Lu to harm him?

Everyone looked at Lu Bu.

At this time, Lu Bu was also confused. He raised his eyebrows and said: "What are you talking nonsense, old man? When did this general hold the emperor hostage? Stop talking nonsense!"

You can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately.

He, Lu Fengxian, is a very loyal minister!

Zhou Tai on the side sneered: "Slave of the third surname! Why are you still pretending to be here now? I don't know if you have kidnapped the emperor!"

"The fact that we are defeated and fall into your hands is not a crime of war, but a destiny of destiny!"

Lu Bu only felt that he had been greatly slandered, and pointed at Zhou Tai and cursed: "How can you accuse someone of innocence out of thin air!"

"Fengxian, there is no need to talk to him anymore."

Just when Lu Bu was about to have a good relationship with Zhou Tai, Liu Xie, who was sitting above him, suddenly spoke and cast his eyes on the people in the hall.

In other words, it fell on Sun Quan.

"Sun Quan, both your father and brother are rebellious thieves. I gave you the opportunity to surrender to the imperial court, but you didn't know how to cherish it and chose to continue to be my enemy."

"Now that things have happened, do you know you are guilty?"

Liu Xie's tone was very indifferent.

At this moment, he no longer seemed approachable, but turned into a high-ranking emperor with the power of life and death!

Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Zhou Tai and others were all shocked when they heard this. They looked up at Liu Xie in astonishment and couldn't react for a moment.

Wasn't the emperor held hostage by Lu Bu?

But the emperor in front of him could make Lu Bu shut up obediently with just one word. How could this majestic demeanor look like he was being held hostage?

Facing Liu Xie's sharp gaze, Sun Quan was silent for a long time, and finally sighed: "Return to your majesty, the guilty subject Sun Quan...is guilty."

Cheng Pu and the others looked shocked.

What the hell is going on?

Sun Quan looked at the three of them and said with a complicated expression: "Your Majesty has never been held hostage by Duke Wen. This is just a lie I deceived you."

"I am an enemy of the imperial court and His Majesty, not for the sake of clearing the emperor's side or supporting the Han Dynasty, but for my own ambitions."

In front of the emperor, he finally told the truth.

There is no point in hiding it at this moment.

After he finished speaking, he did not look at the shocked Cheng Pu and the others, but bowed deeply to Liu Xie and said, "Your Majesty, everything is the fault of the guilty minister."

"The guilty minister rebelled and conspired, and knew that his crime was unpardonable. However, the guilty minister's generals and family members were all deceived by the guilty minister, and they did not know that they were rebelling."

"Your Majesty, please be merciful and forgive their mistakes. The guilty officials are willing to bear all the punishment!"

Sun Quan did not yell at the court and provoke the emperor in public like Yuan Shao did, but he sincerely confessed his fault and asked the emperor to punish him.

His temper is not as stubborn as Yuan Shao's, and he is fully aware of his current situation. He knows that refusing to plead guilty will only lead to the destruction of his family.

Taking the initiative to plead guilty has a chance of survival.

Zhou Yu sighed slightly when he heard this, and Cheng Pu and the other three also woke up as if from a dream. However, when they learned that they had been deceived, they did not choose to curse Sun Quan, but their eyes were red.

"My lord, why did you say this?"

Han Dang's voice was choked with sobs, and he said to Sun Quan in a deep voice: "We are Sun's retainers. No matter what the lord does, we will do it to the death!"

"I am willing to die together with my lord!"

Even though they knew that Sun Quan had deceived them, they had no resentment and were still willing to die with Sun Quan.

Because they are all retainers of the Sun family.

Even if they knew that Sun Quan was against the emperor, they would not hesitate to support him in order to repay the Sun family's kindness to them.

"Nonsense!"

Upon hearing this, Sun Quan angrily scolded the three of them and said sternly: "I'm just lying to you. What does my rebellion have to do with you?"

"Why don't you confess to your Majesty quickly?"

Cheng Pu and the others were in great mourning, but at this moment, Liu Xie above him suddenly let out a faint laugh, which was particularly harsh in the hall.

Liu Xie held his chin with one hand, tapped the armrest of the dragon chair with one hand, and said with approval: "What a group of heroes and heroes who are committed to fighting crimes before the emperor."

As he spoke, he looked at the people below through the bead curtain of the crown, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "But wait... what do you think this is?"

All civil and military officials also looked at Sun Quan and others indifferently.

Sun Quan's heart suddenly trembled.

Before he could speak, Liu Xie waved his hand casually and said, "Drag these three generals who are guilty of treason and kill them together with the whole family."

"promise!"

Gao Lan immediately accepted the order with clasped fists and led others to drag Cheng Pu and the others out of the hall.

They were not even given a chance to confess their sins.

After dealing with the three of them, Liu Xie looked at Sun Quan again and said coldly: "I just asked you whether you admit guilt. I didn't let you talk so much nonsense."

"I gave you the opportunity to surrender before, but you didn't cherish it. Only now that you are captured do you know how to regret it and ask for my forgiveness?"

"Do you know how many warriors I have lost because of you alone?"

"It's easy to spare you, but give back the lives of my strong soldiers!"

If there was no such thing as surrender, he might have forgiven Sun Quan's relatives and subordinates and only killed Sun Quan.

But Sun Quan pretended to surrender and chose to backstab, so there was nothing to say. Now he not only wanted to kill Sun Quan, but also wanted to completely clean up all his subordinates and forces and uproot them!

Failure to do so is not enough to shock people!

Sun Quan was shocked when he heard this, and endless regret and fear emerged in his heart. He couldn't help but plead: "Your Majesty, the guilty minister has been convicted! Please be merciful, please be merciful!"

"Hold it down and kill it somewhere else!"

Liu Xie ignored Sun Quan's pleas and made a decision without expression, directly pronouncing Sun Quan's death sentence.

Sun Quan's pleas gradually faded away.

Zhou Yu was the only one left in the palace.

At this time, Zhang Liao stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, this person's name is Zhou Yu. He was the former governor-general under Sun Quan. After Sun Quan was captured, he surrendered and handed over half of Xuzhou."

Zhang Liao briefly introduced Zhou Yu's actions.

Then he retreated and stopped talking.

He had no friendship with Zhou Yu, he just told the truth. How the emperor dealt with Zhou Yu had nothing to do with him.

"Zhou Yu?"

This name made Liu Xie raise his eyebrows, and his eyes turned towards the handsome young man kneeling in the center of the hall.

The famous Zhou Gongjin.

It was right in front of him now.

Zhou Yu has been silent since entering the hall. Even when he felt Liu Xie's gaze, he remained silent.

Liu Xie examined him for a moment and said calmly: "Since you surrendered half of Xuzhou, why don't you say anything now?"

His impression of Zhou Yu was very average.

Although Zhou Yu's intelligence ranks high in the entire Three Kingdoms, not inferior to Zhuge Liang, he is still his enemy.

Moreover, the Zhou family and the Sun family are also family friends. Zhou Yu assisted Sun Ce before, and later assisted Sun Quan. The Sun and Zhou families have long been bound together.

Therefore, it is unlikely that Zhou Yu can be conquered.

But what he didn't understand was why Zhou Yu chose to surrender before, but now he didn't say a word when he arrived in front of the emperor, not even a word of confession and begging for mercy.

Zhou Yu lowered his eyes and said calmly: "The guilty minister surrendered to Xuzhou because he followed the advice of his friends."

"Besides, the situation is over, and the outcome cannot be changed whether you vote or not, so it would be better to have fewer casualties and killings."

"As for why I didn't speak... I knew that I had committed a serious crime of treason. Now I have only one way to die. What's the point of speaking or not speaking?"

The crime of treason cannot be erased by surrender.

Unless he voluntarily surrendered before Sun Quan was captured and helped the court defeat Sun Quan, in that case he would not only be pardoned, but also be granted the title of general.

But after Sun Quan was captured and surrendered, whether he lived or died depended on the emperor's will, but he didn't care about it because he was already prepared to die.

“Friend’s advice?”

When Liu Xie heard this, his heart suddenly moved, and he asked: "Who is your good friend? Is he also under Sun Quan?"

When he mentioned Zhou Yu's friends, the first thing he thought of was Lu Su. According to history, Lu Su should have also served under Sun Quan, but Lu Su was not seen among the people captured this time.

Could it be that he is already dead?

Zhou Yu replied: "The guilty minister's friend's surname is Lu, his name is Su, and his given name is Zijing. He is a wise man whom the guilty minister befriended when he was the chief of Ju Chao. He has the talents of Guan Zhong and Zhang Zifang."

"When the guilty minister went to seek refuge with Sun Bofu, I wanted to invite him to go with him, but it happened that his mother died of illness and he had to go home to observe mourning."

"Later, he came to see me when General Zhang was attacking Xuzhou, and helped me repel General Zhang's attacks many times, but he did not accept the official position conferred by Sun Zhongmou."

"Lu Zijing is an innocent man. He has repeatedly urged the guilty ministers to surrender to the court, but I have not agreed. I hope your majesty will be aware of this and not kill a good man by mistake."

Zhou Yu briefly introduced Lu Su.

Of course he didn't say this for no reason. He was exonerating Lu Su and paving the way for him.

This was the last thing he could do for his friend. He owed Lu Su so much that he could never repay it in his lifetime.

"So it's because of him?"

Zhang Liao couldn't help but look surprised when he heard this, "No wonder my schemes were repeatedly discovered during that period... This person is really good."

His previous attack on Xuzhou was extremely smooth, but for a period of time later his plans were discovered many times, and the momentum of the attack was blocked.

It turned out to be because of this person's existence.

Hearing Zhou Yu's words, Liu Xie suddenly felt a little surprised. If Lu Su had never accepted Sun Quan's official position, then he could really use it for his own purposes.

Thinking of this, Liu Xie continued to ask: "You exonerate your friend, why don't you exonerate yourself? I have always cherished talents. If you beg me for surrender, I may forgive you."

Zhou Yu's words just now changed his mind. If Zhou Yu is willing to beg for mercy, he can forgive him.

After all, Zhou Yu has surrendered voluntarily before, so it is not unreasonable to make an exception and forgive him. It is a pity to kill such a talent.

The ministers were shocked when they heard this.

Cui Yan took the lead and said: "Your Majesty, this official once assisted the traitor Sun Ce to be an enemy of the court. This time, he surrendered by offering Xuzhou and it was not his own will. How can he be easily forgiven?"

"Your Majesty, please don't be soft-hearted!"

Cui Yan's words represent the thoughts of most ministers, just like Jia Xu and Guo Jia.

Although they didn't say it, they all thought that killing Zhou Yu was the best choice, and the risk of staying was too great.

Lu Bu also snorted coldly and said, "If there had not been enough time when I killed Sun Ce's child last time, I would have killed him too!"

"But it's not too late to kill him now!"

When he killed Sun Ce, it was Zhou Yu who led the troops to help Sun Ce. He had no good feelings towards the enemy.

Feeling the fearful gazes from everyone, Zhou Yu's expression was neither sad nor happy. He remained silent, but a hint of gloom flashed in the depths of his eyes.

"My dear ministers, what you said makes sense.

Liu Xie nodded. Just when the ministers thought he had decided to punish Zhou Yu, he smiled heartily and said, "But I can tolerate everything in the world, let alone a guilty minister?"

After speaking, Liu Xie looked down at Zhou Yu from top to bottom.

"Mr. Zhou, let me ask you--"

"Do you know your crime? "

Zhou Yu was shocked and looked up in surprise.

Then he met Liu Xie's majestic and sharp eyes, as if he could see through him from head to toe. The overwhelming momentum made him feel as small as an ant.

It was like seeing the sky above.

Zhou Yu was stunned for a long time, and finally, under the gaze of everyone, he slowly lowered his head and said in a trembling voice: "The guilty minister Zhou Yu... knows the crime!"

"Okay."

The majesty of Liu Xie disappeared like ice and snow, and he smiled lightly: "Considering that you surrendered voluntarily, I will spare you the death penalty and put you in prison."

"Take him away. "

Of course, it is impossible to absolve Zhou Yu of all his guilt so easily, but it is possible to exempt him from the death penalty. As for whether to use it or not, we will see later.

Zhou Yu felt mixed emotions and kowtowed to express his gratitude.

Then he allowed the guards to take him away from the hall.

During this process, none of the civil and military officials in the hall dared to say anything against it. The emperor could kill Sun Quan and others with one word, or exempt Zhou Yu from the death penalty with one word.

This is the will of the emperor.

Thunder and rain are all grace from heaven!

Everyone once again deeply felt Liu Xie's majesty and courage, and the awe in their hearts became even deeper.

The Han Dynasty is about to fall. My dear ministers, please cast some monthly votes to support the Han Dynasty. I will appoint you as generals.