Three Kingdoms Mythology World.

Chapter 2693: Remove the General of the Guard from his post, strip him of his title, and bring down Lin Mu?
“Unlike some people who secretly collude with foreign races to harm their own people, they will surely be punished by heaven in the future!” Lin Mu sneered, mocking him with a pointed remark.

Yuan Shao's face turned ashen at the mockery, but he suppressed his anger and asked again in a deep voice, "General Wei, Lin Mu, are you sure you didn't collude with foreign tribes and let them into the heart of the Central Plains?"

A confident expression appeared on Yuan Shao's face, and his tone was resolute. Seeing this, the other warlords all stared at Lin Mu.

Even Ma Teng, who had just developed a slight liking for Lin Mu, was looking at him intently.

"But why did I receive a contract from a spy planted among the foreign tribes... The content of which is to condone the foreign tribes' plundering of the Central Plains!" Just as Lin Mu had expected, Yuan Shao began to present his evidence.

"And the two parties to the contract, one of whom is the leader of a foreign tribe, and the other is..." Yuan Shao slowly turned his head, looked at Lin Mu, and paused.

"It's you, Lin Mu!!!" Yuan Shao shouted, pointing directly at Lin Mu.

"It really is you, Lin Mu!!!" Wei Zhongdao slammed his hand on the table, pointing at Lin Mu with righteous indignation, as if he wanted to drag Lin Mu into the cesspool of history.

"Gentlemen, you may circulate this contract!" Yuan Shao waved his hand, and more than thirty servants walked in from outside, each carrying several copies of the letter, which he then distributed.

Wei Zhongdao's words were merely a prelude, while Yuan Shao's actions were the fatal blow.

Good heavens, dozens of copies of the contract have been made... They were prepared in advance! Even Lin Mu got a copy from his servant.

Soon, Ji Beiqin, Jiang Chenglong, and others saw the contents of the contract. There was no signature, since it was not the original.

Lin Mu read the contents of the contract and found that it was basically the same as the one he had signed with the leader of the alien race.

"Hmph! Sure enough, they wanted to sign a contract back then, but they absolutely refused to let Dian Wei be the contractor and insisted on having me. So they were really waiting for me here." Lin Mu sneered inwardly.

Guo Jia and the others had actually seen through this long ago, but they still let Lin Mu sign the agreement. After all, the other side was really letting Dian Wei and his men kill more than a million aliens!

In reality, Dian Wei had already secretly killed more than 300,000 alien races, but on the surface, he only reported tens of thousands.

These foreign tribes that were delivered to their doorstep for slaughter were not killed in a fierce battle, but rather through ambushes or when the enemy weakened their own forces, allowing Dian Wei to lead his troops to kill them.

After killing more than 300,000 alien races, they gained more than 200,000 warhorses, as well as some leather armor and weapons, most of which were undamaged.

This really fattened Dian Wei up!
However, the alien races were not as simple as they seemed. Their surprise attack on Youzhou and their lightning-fast entry into Shangdang County were both unexpected events in the Great Wilderness territory.

Not only Lin Mu was surprised, but Yuan Shao, Wei Zhongdao, and others who knew the inside story were also surprised.

Foreign races are not so easily manipulated by them!

The Shangdang Commandery has three million, and the Youzhou Commandery has one million, totaling four million. The original number of foreign tribes was six million, but according to the contract, they were to be killed by Dian Wei, who had killed over one million. So far, over three hundred thousand have been killed, leaving about one million seven hundred thousand.

Basically, all the elites of the alien races had emerged and reached their designated positions.

The remaining 1.7 million-plus members of the foreign tribes are all staying in Yanmen County, Bingzhou, dealing with Dian Wei, Yu Jin, and Zang Ba...

"Vice Alliance Leader Lin, is there a single error in this contract?" Yuan Shao questioned with unwavering resolve. The others were also awaiting an answer.

“That’s right! This is the contract I signed with the alien race.” Lin Mu did not refute it and readily admitted it.

"In the above deal, they can give you over a million alien race members to slaughter and gain merit, right?" Yuan Shao stepped forward, his voice low yet extremely penetrating, and everyone in the hall could hear him.

“Yes!” Lin Mu tossed the letter aside and nodded indifferently.

"The foreign tribes demand that you not send out your divine generals and not resist, is that acceptable?" Yuan Shao continued to question.

"Right!"

"That foreign tribe marched straight in from Yanmen County. Is there any connection to your contract with them?" Yuan Shao continued with three more questions.

“Yes…but…” Lin Mu nodded, but was interrupted by Yuan Shao before he could explain.

Yuan Shao roared, "So what if they exist! For the sake of a mere million or so foreign tribesmen, you dared to let them advance unimpeded, causing harm to tens of millions, even hundreds of millions, of ordinary people, and potentially threatening the very existence of the Han Dynasty! Do you know your crime?!"

"Tsk tsk... Alliance Leader Yuan Shao, based solely on this contract, you've concluded that I'm the culprit behind the three million barbarian tribes that invaded Shangdang County?" Lin Mu remained completely calm and unhurried.

"Hmph! Lin Mu, you and the foreign tribes have used the common people of the world as bargaining chips for your own selfish interests. Your crimes are unforgivable! I, the leader of the alliance, hereby order you to be stripped of your position as General of the Guards, your title to be revoked, and you to be demoted to a commoner!!!" Yuan Shao finally revealed his fangs.

"Hahaha! You, a mere governor of Bohai, do you have the right to dismiss this general? Leader of the Righteous Army, hehehe... just an empty title... only you lot value it..." Lin Mu laughed as if he had seen a big joke.

The other warlords and players who were watching the spectacle originally thought that Yuan Shao would crush Lin Mu, but they didn't expect him to crush him like this... "Lin Mu, don't think you can control everything. In fact, you are just an alien who has nothing!" Yuan Shao sneered, a confident look appearing on his face as he spoke.

Immediately, Yuan Shao took out a scroll from his pocket.

The scroll was golden, and a strange aura lingered around it.

Upon closer inspection, everyone discovered that it was exactly the same as the imperial edict!
"Lin Mu, the late Emperor Liu Hong valued you highly and promoted you at all costs, allowing you to rise rapidly in rank. However, he also considered that you might be detrimental to the Han Dynasty, so he issued an imperial edict in my Yuan family: if you act rebelliously, we can issue an imperial edict to deal with you!!!" Yuan Shao raised the imperial edict and shouted in a solemn voice.

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the others changed slightly. Had the late Emperor Liu Hong truly foreseen Lin Mu's ambition and laid this trap in advance?

Lin Mu was slightly taken aback upon hearing this. Could it really be true?

When Liu Hong was alive, he had complete power and could dismiss Lin Mu.

However, Lin Mu had a question: of the three items Liu Hong gave him, the Sword of Restoration completely disappeared from the world during the alliance meeting, signifying that the power of the Han Dynasty had completely fallen into other hands. Did the imperial edict still have any power?
"Lin Mu, do you know your crime? If you confess and hand over the seal of the General of the State, you can become a carefree marquis!" Yuan Shao's face was full of smugness, looking at Lin Mu as if he were looking at a dog that had fallen on hard times in the street.

At this moment, he seemed to be standing in the position of a victor, reveling in the pleasure of victory.

"Oh... Alliance Leader, could you please open the late Emperor's edict and read its contents aloud to everyone? If I'm to die, I want to die knowing why!" Lin Mu grinned, speaking calmly and composedly.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Shao was slightly taken aback. Even at this point, Lin Mu remained completely calm… Could it be that he was truly unafraid?
Yuan Shao glanced subtly at Yuan Shu, Wei Zhongdao, and the others, who all nodded in response.

"You are a sinner of the Great Han Dynasty, how dare you look at the imperial edict and listen to the emperor's will! Guards, throw the sinner Lin Mu into the death row for me!!!" Yuan Shao would not give Lin Mu a chance. After gaining the upper hand, he immediately used harsh methods to deal with Lin Mu.

"You sinner Lin Mu, you have allowed foreign tribes to wreak havoc in the Central Plains, a disgrace to our nation! I, Zhang Fei of Yan, am willing to capture you for the sake of our alliance leader!!" The first to jump out was not one of Yuan Shao's men, but Zhang Fei, who had been watching the spectacle all along!

Indeed, Zhang Fei leaped out, spear in hand, ready to charge menacingly at Lin Mu. At that moment, Liu Bei, as if wary of something, gently pulled Zhang Fei back; otherwise, Zhang Fei might have attacked Lin Mu on the spot.

Guan Yu, standing beside him, frowned and did not respond.

Is Lin Mu really that easy to bring down?
The other players who were just watching the show didn't expect that the most interesting part of this emergency meeting would be bringing down Lin Mu!
This is…wonderful news!!!
“Yuan Benchu, don’t you know that an imperial edict only gains power when it is read aloud? Even if you don’t read the edict, my position and rank will still be recognized by Heaven and Earth, and you can’t do anything to me.”

“Your order is nothing more than baseless slander, just like Dong Zhuo’s, and it has no real harm.” At this moment, Lin Mu slowly stood up and confronted Yuan Shao.

"Also, I have the letters you used to contact the leaders of the alien races. Guess who gave them to me?" Lin Mu said meaningfully.

"Whoosh!!!" At this moment, a group of elite soldiers rushed in from outside, completely surrounding the hall.

As long as the system doesn't respond, no matter how many charges Yuan Shao brings against him, it will be to no avail.

The rebel alliance... Hah... After personally joining and experiencing it, I realized it's a complete joke!
It's not even as good as children playing house!

All the cities controlled by Dong Zhuo are there, and the rebel army is gathered in Suanzao City, so we can send troops directly to attack them.

No food? Go rob Dong Zhuo!
But... all nineteen warlords are doing nothing in Suanzao City... speechless...

In fact, Lin Mu also knew that Yuan Shao had gathered such a large force, but he was not going to actually fight with swords and spears at the first moment. He wanted to intimidate Dong Zhuo and then have the court officials secretly plot to bring down Dong Zhuo.

Recently, things have been a bit chaotic in Luoyang, the capital city. The imperial guards have been embroiled in several large-scale civil wars, resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of people... These were all instigated by certain individuals who had planted spies within the imperial guards.

In short, Dong Zhuo no longer goes to the palace... Guo Si is handling everything.

And it was Guo Si who spent the night in the palace!
If our lord Dong Zhuo doesn't come, then he's off to a good end. He spends his days in revelry, indulging in the pleasures of the late emperor's concubines and palace maids, living a life of unbridled joy.

Guo Si wasn't truly enjoying himself peacefully; he was frequently attacked, and even when he was indulging in lewd acts with palace maids, the maids riding beneath him would sneak up on him with daggers...

An atmosphere of recklessness permeated the entire capital city.

This is why Dong Zhuo sensed this atmosphere and stayed peacefully in the Prime Minister's residence.

Back to topic.

"Gentlemen, do not resort to arms. We have gathered this righteous army to fight against Dong Zhuo; we must not allow internal strife!"

At this moment, Cao Cao, the peacemaker, stepped forward again.

(End of this chapter)