I, Liu Bian, the hero

Chapter 96 Sentence
When Liu Bian persuaded Emperor Ling to go back to find Huan Dian, Cui Jun, and Liu Yu, the three were still interrogating the rest of Wang Fen's accomplices.

To be honest, it is not easy to really find out who is involved in Wang Fen's accomplice, so Wang Fen has told everyone in advance that he is trying to bear all the crimes by himself and make everyone exonerate, so Li Pan, Geng Wu, Min Chun, Li Li, Cheng Huan and others all begged for mercy after being captured by the Huben Army, all claiming that they were deceived by Wang Fen, including Xu You who had previously been Wang Fen's messenger to win over Cao Cao.

Because of Cao Cao's report letter, Xu You was the only scholar who could confirm that Huan Dian and Cui Jun had participated in Wang Fen's conspiracy, so even Liu Yu did not open his mouth to intercede for him.

After Liu Bian arrived, he informed Huan Dian, Cui Jun, and Liu Yu of Emperor Ling's reply half-truths and half-false: "...Father Emperor said that if the rest of the people are willing to testify to Wang Fen in public and write a book as evidence, they can be exempted Zhulian."

Huan Dian and Cui Jun didn't say anything this time, but Liu Yu's face was a bit dignified. After all, he had already realized that today's day is going to severely weaken the 'Three Monarchs', 'Eight Jun', 'Bagu', 'Baji', 'Bachu' and other world leaders' prestige.

Liu Yu is a gentle and benevolent gentleman who disdains flaunting and boasting to each other, so he is not and refuses to be one of them, but in his opinion, these people are not all empty talkers, and some of them are true Liu Yu is a little worried about the outstanding heroes and talents, but now it seems that the emperor intends to overturn the entire ship with a stick.

One is to worry that the emperor will set off a third party ban, and the other is to worry about the resistance of scholars all over the world.

Of course, since Emperor Ling hadn't started to spread the matter of Wang Fen to the entire scholar, Liu Yu was in no hurry to persuade him at this moment, so he could only bury two worries in his heart.

As for whether he supports it or not, it can only be said that he chooses to remain silent, neither supporting nor opposing. After all, the "kindness" of Emperor Ling is actually to make Wang Fen guilty of treason.

Of course, even if you want to 'forgive' a few people, you can't forgive them all. For those who have bad circumstances, it's better to accompany Wang Fen and Chen Yi on the road together.

That's right, it was Xu You.

In history, Wang Fen's plan was accidentally hindered by Tai Shi Ling Wang Li, and he committed suicide in fear, which can be regarded as bringing this matter to an end, preventing the court from further investigation, and spreading to the rest of the scholar leaders. Fern has some backbone, too.

However, this Xu You ran away with a slap on his butt, and defected to Yuan Shao a few years later. He was tried and questioned because of his family's crimes. He was angry and defected to Cao Cao. He was killed by Xu Chu in anger.

Liu Bian would not intercede for such a talented but unvirtuous villain. Since Huan Dian and Cui Jun said that he should be punished, he should be punished.

A moment later, when Huan Dian and Cui Jun informed the group of Wang Fen's party about Lingdi's attitude, Li Pan, Geng Wu, Min Chun, Li Li, Cheng Huan and others all chose to testify against Wang Fen after a little struggle. Fen wanted to survive, but Xiangkai, a famous scholar in Pingyuan, refused.

He said with emotion: "This disaster caused by the governor of the king was caused by me. How can I turn my back on him and live alone?"

"very good."

Liu Bian clapped his hands in praise, and then waved his hand to signal Huben to take Xiangkai down and put him on the company's list.

To be honest, he is no stranger to Xiangkai, and knows that he is a worthy person, but unfortunately, he is not interested in him.

Then he asked about Sima Lang, the leader of the 'Sima Bada', Sima Yi's eldest brother hesitated longer than the others, so Liu Bian urged impatiently.

He also knew that Sima Lang was a talent, and even the eight brothers of the Sima family were all talents, especially Sima Yi. However, when looking at this period of history, Liu Bian didn't like Sima Yi. Big pity.

So when Sima Lang was hesitating, Liu Bian looked at him sideways and thought to himself: If this kid dares to say no, he will take this opportunity to clean up the Sima family.

Unfortunately, he didn't know if he felt the murderous intent, but after hesitating for a while, Sima Lang still agreed to give evidence.

When asked about Qu Yi during the period, some accidents occurred, because Zhang Yun recognized that 'Qu Yi' was not Qu Yi himself on the spot, pointed at the person and shouted: "This person is not Qu Yi!"

Huan Dian and Cui Jun were shocked, and hurriedly asked Zhang He, "Have you read carefully?"

Zhang Yun swore: "I have met Qu Yi before, it is definitely not this person!"

When Huan Dian and Cui Jun heard this, they hurriedly sent someone to inform Gongsun Zan who was watching the prisoners of Wang Fen's army. After a while, Gongsun Zan brought his general Yan Gang and personally escorted Qu Yi who was dressed as a pawn.

It turned out that Qu Yi originally planned to take the opportunity to escape after pretending to be a pawn, but there were Yulin cavalry and Wuhuan cavalry under Liu Yu's command everywhere around the captive camp. When he went to Gongsun Zan's side to look for someone, he found Qu Yi in no time.

As soon as he heard the proof that Wang Fen could survive, Qu Yi, a Liangzhou native who valued profit but not righteousness, agreed without hesitation. After all, he was full of anger towards Wang Fen and his group.

During this period, Cui Jun raised objections, thinking that Qu Yi belonged to the group with serious circumstances. After all, Wang Fen's rebellion this time, Qu Yi caused more casualties to the escorting officers and soldiers than the others combined. If it weren't for the help of Liu Yu's army, Gongsun Zan Qu Yi's [-] troops may not be able to win against Qu Yi's [-] troops.

However, Gongsun Zan and Yan Gang pleaded for Qu Yi.

Gongsun Zan said to Liu Bian in a low voice: "Yan Gang and I have fought against foreigners in Zhuojun many times, and we have rarely lost. It was the same when we fought against Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju in the past. I never thought that this time we would stumble at the hands of this person. It is a pity to kill a general who is brave and good at training troops, but can he be kept alive to serve the country?"

Gongsun Zan wants to recruit Qu Yi?
Glancing at Yan Gang, the general of Gongsun Zan's subordinate, who will be the commander of Baima Yicong in the future, Liu Bian secretly said to hell: Gongsun Zan, Yan Gang, Qu Yi?What the hell combination is this?
We must know that in history Qu Yi once defeated Gongsun Zan and beheaded Yan Gang, causing Baima Yicong, who had made foreigners fearful before, to fall to the ground at Jieqiao. There are strict guidelines for horse warfare, isn't the combat power soaring?

Introducing Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao's dispute, it's really hard to say who will win and who will lose!
It is not difficult for Liu Bian to foresee that when Emperor Ling passed away in ten months, he would inevitably have conflicts with He Jin and especially Yuan Shao when he succeeded to the throne. Like in history, he will become a prince along the way with the support of local tyrants.

At that time, he could send Gongsun Zan to deal with Yuan Shao.

Of course, the premise is that Biao Gongsun Zan is the governor of Jizhou to avoid conflicts with Liu Yu.

Thinking of this, he said privately to Gongsun Zan: "Senior brother, I heard that Qu Yi is from Liangzhou. Most people in Liangzhou value profit and don't value righteousness. I can understand that senior brother pities his talents. I'm afraid that this person will betray senior brother's trust in the future. "

What he said was to remind Gongsun Zan that after all, although Qu Yi was a general, he was just as talented as Xu You and had no morals. In history, he was killed because of taking credit for pride, wanton indulgence, and evil intentions, and was suspected by Yuan Shao.

When Liu Bian called his brother, Gongsun Zan was elated, and the latter hurriedly bowed his hands and said kindly, "Don't worry Shihou, I can control him."

A trace of strangeness flashed in Liu Bian's mind, but he nodded in the end. After all, there are really few generals like Qu Yi who are brave and good at running an army, and it would be a pity to kill them.

Speaking of fierce generals, Liu Bian thought of his favorite generals under Gongsun Zan, Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong.

It's a pity that Brother Zilong is still in Changshan at the moment. According to history, he will have to wait another two years before going down the mountain to join Gongsun Zan.

As for the end, it is naturally the most difficult to persuade Ju Shou in Liu Bian's view.

Just as he thought, Jushou did not agree after learning that Wang Fen could survive by providing evidence.

He respectfully argued to Liu, "I don't know what virtues and capabilities the criminal minister has, but he is favored by the Marquis of Shi. However, I will never agree to the betrayal of righteousness."

Liu Bian was not surprised by this.

On the contrary, he guessed Jushou's character, so he left him until the end, and even communicated with Jushou in private, with only Xia Houyuan, Zhang He and others next to him, and he was the only one in this group who received such care from Liu Bian.

After hearing Jushou's words, Liu Bian smiled and said to Jushou: "It is a fact that Wang Fen conspired to rebel. I just asked you to truthfully tell the world what Wang Fen did in public. How can this be unjust? If This is treason, doesn't it mean that you also think in your heart that Wang Fen has committed an unforgivable crime?"

"..."

Ju Shou was rendered speechless, and struggled for a while before saying: "No, Wang Shishi is for the world, for justice!"

"Heh." Liu Bian sneered, shook his head and said, "Justice, how many evils are done in your name."

Sighing, he looked at Jushou, and said seriously: "My father is the orthodox emperor, Wang Fen is just a courtier, who gave Wang Fen the justice of committing crimes and deceiving the emperor?"

"..."

Ju Shou was speechless again, before hesitating for a while, he said: "Shi Hou forgives the crime... As far as the guilty minister knows, His Majesty is addicted to wine and sex, and favors eunuchs, causing the temple to be dark..."

"Hehehe." Liu Bian chuckled and shook his head, interrupting Jushou's words: "It's another set of rhetoric."

After laughing, he asked Jushou, "Do you know what Lu Zhi and Lu Zi are doing?"

"Naturally." Ju Shou respectfully said, "Who in the world doesn't know the name of Duke Lu?"

"What about sheep?"

"Naturally." Ju Shou nodded again. After all, Yang Xu was an old party member. As long as he was a scholar, who wouldn't know?
So Liu Bian then asked again: "Then Huang Wan, Yang Biao, Ma Rizun, Yuan Kui, Cai Yong and others, do you know about them?"

"They are all great sages." Ju Shou said respectfully.

Seeing this, Liu Bian asked Jushou, "How do these people compare with Wang Fen?"

Ju Shou, who had guessed Liu Bian's intentions, froze for a moment and remained silent. Finally, under Liu Bian's urging, he said helplessly: "The king's governor is too late.... Shihou's next sentence is probably to ask why these virtuous ministers don't think about it. Establishing another monarch, but the governor of the king did it, what virtue and ability can he have?"

"Of course!"

Liu Bian clapped his hands approvingly, and immediately asked Jushou: "Then, how do you explain?"

Ju Shou thought for a long time, and finally shook his head in frustration: "The criminal... I don't know."

"That's why I said you were cheated by Wang Fen. It's not the reason I said before. It was just a joke. You were deceived by the righteousness he drew. You have never met my father, how do you know that my father is fatuous? Having met the Marquis of Hefei, how do you know the Marquis of Hefei Xianren?"

As he said that, Liu Bian patted Jushou's arm, and said with a bit of solicitation: "Listen to me, don't be deceived by Wang Fen's one-sided righteousness. Think about your relatives. It is worth advocating to sacrifice one's life for righteousness, but for the sake of It is not worthwhile to lose your life in this incident, and even involve your family. If you don’t believe me, you might as well follow me. I will take you to Luoyang. You can listen to Lu Shi, Yang Gong, Cai Gong, etc. How do people tell."

"This..." Ju Shou hesitated after hearing the words.

Seeing this, Zhang He, who was standing behind Liu Bian, couldn't see it any longer, and scolded: "Ju Gongyu, Shi Hou pity you for your talents and virtues, and I will explain it to you in many ways, why don't you know what is good?!"

Ju Shou struggled when he heard the words, and after glancing at Liu Bian in front of him, he finally bowed and bowed: "The criminal...obey."

Seeing that Jushou was finally shaken, Liu Bian was overjoyed. He helped Jushou up and said meaningfully: "Climb the mountain to see the mountain. You know the mountain is small. I will not force Gong Yu to frame Wang Fen. When you arrive in Luoyang, you can see it with your own eyes and see it with your own eyes." From what you've heard, you'll know right away that Wang Fen is only acting in a false sense of justice."

"..."

Jushou was thoughtful.

The next day, Emperor Ling first sent Dong Cheng to escort Wang Fen and others back to Yecheng. The official worshiped his father, Emperor Xiaoren, in Hejian, and then went to Boling to worship his ancestor, Emperor Xiaoyuan.

It was not until the end of September that they returned to the plains, and then they took a boat from the plains and went upstream back to Luoyang.

In mid-October, Emperor Ling and his party returned to Luoyang. At this time, Dong Cheng happened to escort Wang Fen and others to Luoyang, so Emperor Ling issued an edict to punish Wang Fen, Chen Yi, Xiang Kai, Xu You, and Zhou Jing. , Zhulian three clans, confiscated family property, Hefei Marquis confiscated Shiyi, and reduced him to Tinghou.

When the edict was issued, Luoyang shook.

(End of this chapter)