The Reincarnation of Lu Bu at the End of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 545 Yuan Shu Can't Back This Pot

Oh~oh~oh~~~
The crowing of the rooster awakened the sleeping people in the city.

Zhang Laojiu, who lives in the west of the city, got up early as usual, splashed cold water on his face, picked up his hoe, and prepared to go out to farm.

People at that time did not have the concept of 'eating breakfast', only noon and dinner.

Since the moth thief, wars have been raging in the Central Plains, and countless people have been forcibly displaced.Not to mention two meals, if there is one meal, there will not be so many corpses starved to death on the way.

Compared with the Central Plains, the Guanzhong side is much more stable. Most people don’t say that they can eat and wear without worrying about it, at least they won’t go hungry.

For the people at the bottom, this is already a great kindness.

After Zhang Laojiu went out, the sky was not fully bright yet, he hummed an unknown song, thinking about how much grain and food he would have left this year, excluding taxes.

After walking for a while, he stopped suddenly, his simple yellow face seemed a little puzzled, he sniffed his nose again, as if there was a fishy smell in the air.

This fishy smell is not like the smell of slaughtered chickens, ducks, pigs and dogs, but an indescribable feeling, which makes the chest tight.

People are always curious about unknown things.

Even Zhang Laojiu, who is a farmer, was no exception. He was curious and decided to find out, so he slowly groped along the direction where the fishy smell came from.

The fishy smell came from the direction of the market. At this time, the vendors had not yet set up their stalls, and there was not a single pedestrian on the street.

When Zhang Laojiu walked to the gate of the market, the fishy smell was already extremely strong, even a little smoky.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Zhang Laojiu's eyes widened, and he was stunned and shocked!
dead!

So many dead people!

Not far in front of him, two or three hundred corpses were stacked together, like a square tower, as tall as several people.

Zhang Laojiu is just a farmer with his face turned to the loess and his back to the sky. He has dealt with the land all his life, and he has never seen such a horrible scene.

When he saw it for the first time, he was scared out of his wits by the fierce eyes of the corpse facing him, and fell back to the ground.

Then he ran towards the official mansion, rolling and crawling, beating the big leather drum at the gate of Chang'an Lingfu with a thump, thud, thump.

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Weiyang Palace, Xuanshi Palace.

The emperor Liu Xie ascended the throne of God, and from his yawning from time to time, we can know that the emperor did not sleep well last night.

"I will pay my respects to Your Majesty, Your Majesty will last forever." All the officials in the palace bowed and saluted the emperor one after another.

Liu Xiegang wanted to say, "Everything is flat", but when he looked down, it was wrong!
"Why are there so many Qing families missing this morning?"

Liu Xie asked in bewilderment. During the court meeting on weekdays, one or two people would be missing.But if there are two or 30 people missing, as long as you are not blind, you can see it. After all, there is such a large space left.

"Why isn't Sikong here?"

When he looked ahead, Liu Xie became more and more curious. The three men at the top were only Yang Biao and Wang Yun, without Sikong and Huangwan.

"Return to Your Majesty, Huang Sikong has taken two months of sick leave, and may not be able to enter the court to discuss politics in a short period of time." Wang Yun, who was in charge of personnel affairs, came out and said.

Liu Xie heard that since Huang Wan was ill, he ignored him and pointed to the vacant seats and asked, "Then what about the others, are they also ill?"

Except for Sikong Huangwan, Jiuqing sent three people, and other doctors, Lingshi, and Langguan were also missing a large area.

What about people?

Everyone in the hall looked at me and at you, but they didn't dare to speak.

"Why is the Qing family not talking anymore, but I asked the wrong question?" Liu Xie became more and more curious about this. In the past, the Qing family always had disputes in the court hall, but why is it so quiet today.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the other ministers will not be able to come."

After a while of silence, Taiwei Yang Biao came out and reported to the emperor: "Just last night, more than [-] courtiers including Taichang Qing Geng Mi, Tingwei Qing Du Huan, etc., were killed, and their bodies were all placed in the courtyard. Live."

All the officials in the hall heard the words, although they were all mentally prepared, but they couldn't help being moved when they heard it from Yang Biao's mouth again.

More than twenty courtiers, many officials in the city, and hundreds of mansions were all destroyed overnight.In addition to the officials and government servants who lay dead on the street, the number of people who died during the night was 8000.

This is still at the feet of the Son of Heaven.

How appalling!

"What!" Liu Xie, who was on the throne, turned pale with shock when he suddenly learned of this.

In Liu Xie's impression, Dong Zhuo was the only person who dared to do such a cruel thing.

Can……

Not long ago, Dong Zhuo had died.

The young emperor was at a loss on the throne, and there was a trace of fear in his blank eyes. All the officials and ministers below were silent.

For a moment, the huge Xuanshi Hall fell into a pool of stagnant silence.

After a while, the Son of Heaven finally came to his senses, restrained the fear in his heart, and tried to keep his tone as calm as possible: "Taiwei, do you know who did it?"

Yang Biao hesitated for a moment, then shook his head slightly: "I don't know."

However, in fact, the day before the incident, Yang Biao had received a secret letter telling him not to go out at night, otherwise there would be a catastrophe.

As for who wrote this letter, it was not clear at first, but now, it is a close guess.

Apart from the army, who else can kill thousands of lives overnight.

As for who is behind the scenes manipulating that army, many people in the palace know it well.

Yang Biao knew something about Geng Mi, Du Wan and others joining forces to deal with Lu Bu. He thought that a small punishment would be enough, but he didn't expect that Lu Bu ordered to kill their whole family.

But even if they knew the truth, who would dare to say it?
Lu Bu was so crazy that he dared to destroy the whole family. They had no military power, so how could they contend with it.Being able to survive last night, perhaps they should also thank Lu Bu for not killing him. This is giving them a chance to stand in line again.

"Your Majesty, such a heinous thing is definitely beyond the capabilities of ordinary thieves and thieves. Such a big movement is bound to alarm the army guarding the city. Your Majesty might as well call the general who guarded the city last night into the palace. Just ask." As the Taifu who taught the emperor, Riji gave his own advice.

Liu Xie wanted to listen to what the teacher said, and what Ma Riying said was very reasonable.

"Who was the general who guarded the city last night?" Liu Xie asked.

"Return to Your Majesty, it is Song Xian."

"Follow someone, pass him into the palace."

After half a quarter of an hour, Song Xian arrived outside the Xuanshi hall.

After the emperor learned about it, he was sent to come in.

It was the first time for Song Xian to enter the palace to face the saint, and he kept his head down all the way, feeling uneasy.Now facing all the officials of the emperor, he is even more cautious, walking lightly like a little woman, bowing with fists folded: "Humble post Song Xian, I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

Liu Xie nodded, indicating that Taifu Ma Rixun can wait for questioning.

Ma Rixun first sized up Song Xian, and then began to interrogate him in front of everyone.

"You were the vigil last night?"

"It's a humble job."

"Then did you see or hear anything?"

"Returning to the Grand Tutor, when I was patrolling the night last night, I saw a large number of officials gathered in the city. I wanted to find out what happened. Whoever wanted to be attacked by thieves almost succeeded."

"Who was sneak attacking General Song?"

"It's the new school officer on the tower. He took the paperwork from the Sikong Mansion and said it was a temporary change of defense. The humble officer believed it at the time."

Hearing this, the officials in the hall started whispering, how could Sikong and Huang Wan be involved.

Ma Rixun coughed twice, signaling for everyone to be quiet, and then asked: "Then do you have evidence?"

"This is the document."

As he spoke, Song Xian took out the Huaizhong document.

Ma Rizun took it and opened it, and frowned instantly, he didn't expect it really came from the Sikong Mansion, the seal stamped on it could not deceive anyone.

"Then what did you do after that?"

"Eliminate the rebels in the city, and then stick to your post."

Song Xian replied in this way, in fact, his first reaction at the time was that this matter was definitely directed at the general.But as soon as he led the people down the tower, he ran into the subordinates sent by Cao Xing, saying that he was asked to guard the tower and not to manage the affairs of the city.

After Song Xian knew about it, he returned to the tower.

"Then did other troops enter the city last night?"

"Back to the Grand Tutor, the east, west, and north sides of the city are all closed. As for the south, the humble officials have not had time to check before they are summoned to the palace by His Majesty."

Regardless of Song Xian's seldom talking on weekdays, he answered questions in an orderly manner.

"Since there are no problems on the east, west, and north sides, the problem may lie in the south. Your Majesty might as well call the school guards at the south gate and question them face to face."

Da Si Nong Ding Gong came out at the right time. He has always been a shrewd person, and he knows how to do many things without having to go through them.

Soon, the school officials at the Nancheng Gate were also called to the palace.

When Ma Rixun asked about what happened last night, the general named 'Yao Tong' seemed very excited and insisted on the spot, almost crying bitterly: "Your Majesty, it's Yuan Shu, it's Yuan Shu, Your Majesty!"

His mentor, Geng Mi, treated him with great kindness, and he also obeyed the order to let these guys into the city at the risk of great risks.As a result, a group of hungry wolves with green eyes were recruited to kill his mentor's whole family, old and young.

He vowed to avenge this revenge!

Hearing that Yao Tong had confessed to Yuan Shu, everyone was in an uproar again. This news was even more explosive than Sikong and Huang Wan being involved.

"Nonsense, the four generations and three princes of the Yuan family are deeply favored by the emperor. How could they do such a thing without a father or a king? What's more, Yuan Shu has no deep hatred with these officials. Why did he send troops to kill his whole family?"

Finally, someone in the hall couldn't bear it anymore, and came out to reprimand angrily.

Although the Yuan family is not in the court, there are still many former students and officials of them in the court.

What everyone saw was that Zhongcheng, the imperial censor, made a high attack.

"I would like to ask all of you, if this matter was really done by Yuan Shu, what is his gain? Could it be that he intentionally smeared his reputation and let the world criticize him? Let me ask you, if it were you, would you do this?"

Gao Xi's debate can be said to hit the nail on the head.

All the ministers in the hall nodded secretly, none of the people who could reach the court level was a fool.

Apart from the initial astonishment, after thinking about it in a blink of an eye, I quickly discovered many suspicious points.

The simplest point is that killing Geng Mi so many officials in the government and the opposition did not benefit Yuan Shu at all.No matter how stupid he is, he won't do such a thing that hurts others and deceives himself.

Now that this point has been ruled out, the most likely thing left is that someone deliberately framed the blame so that Yuan Shu could take the blame.

who can that be?

Everyone in the hall had their own ideas, and no one said it to the surface.Say it now, it's not guaranteed that the dead on the street tomorrow will be my whole family.

"Although the person who entered the city was not Yuan Shu, it was Pan Long, his general!"

Seeing that the officials didn't believe him, Yao Tong spoke up loudly, then raised his swollen face, and said humiliatingly, "Your Majesty, have you seen my face? This is the one I slapped fiercely when Pan Long left last night. Slap, he also said at the time that he would go back and ask for credit from Yuan Shu. Such a deception is too much, please be the master for your subordinates!"

Yao Tong even forgot that no matter whether it was Yuan Shu's army or not, he put it in the city without the consent of his superiors, which is already considered collaborating with the enemy.

Sure enough, none of the officials in the palace wanted to talk to this little general, and accused him of collaborating with the enemy, so they were pulled out of the palace and sent to court for trial.

"Your Majesty, this matter is purely wronged by General Yuan, please understand." Instigated by Gao Xi, a group of former officials of the Yuan family came out to intercede for Yuan Shu.

"Heh, there is a way to know people, face but not heart. Who can say this kind of thing? Your Majesty, I implore you to issue an imperial order to arrest Yuan Shuji and put him in prison, so as to sue the spirits of the dead."

"Doctor Taizhong is right, Your Majesty must not be fooled by Yuan Shu's appearance!"

"My minister agrees."

"My minister agrees."

Gradually, the officials in the palace were divided into two tributaries, fighting against each other.

Liu Xie, who was sitting above, could hear it loudly. At only ten years old, he obviously didn't have the ability to make a clear decision. He was in a dilemma and didn't know what to do.

"Your Majesty, I have a plan to tell the truth from the fake."

At the critical moment, Ding Gong once again came out to make suggestions.

Liu Xiezheng didn't know what to do. Hearing this, he immediately looked at Ding Gong: "What's Ding Qing's opinion?"

All the officials in the hall also looked at it together.

Ding Gong didn't give a shit about it, and said slowly: "General Yuan has passed Wuguan now, and it is estimated that he will arrive in Chang'an soon. Your Majesty may wish to order General Yuan to station his troops in Chanshui and enter the capital alone to meet the saint. If he If you dare to come, it means you have a clear conscience, if you dare not answer the imperial edict, you have a ghost in your heart."

"Ding Si Nong, you have the heart of a villain!" Gao Xi refuted Ding Gong's suggestion on the spot, and this matter will soon spread throughout Chang'an, and then the whole world will know about it.

Yuan Shu knew about it, even if he had the guts to enter Chang'an alone, he made it clear that he wanted to prove his crime.

Ding Gong ignored him, and continued to talk to the emperor: "Your Majesty, just in case, we should make two preparations. If Yuan Shu gets into trouble, it will be troublesome."

"The sage Chang said: You must not have the heart to harm others, and you must have the heart to guard against others. Yuan Shu's powerful generals are like a cloud. In case of trouble, there may be no one in Chang'an City who can stop him. Therefore, I suggest that your majesty please quickly adjust the temperature. Beijing, defend the capital."

Regarding this proposal, everyone in the palace was arguing with each other again.

Liu Xie thought for a while on the throne, nodded and said only one word: yes.

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