I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 795 You are just a stumbling block
Inside Gangneung City.

By around Shenshi, Jiangling City had basically been completely pacified by the imperial soldiers. Most of the nobles in the city and the common people in Guizhou surrendered and fled, and the resistance basically disappeared.

Under Guo Jia's dispatch, Liu Jian's generals had a clear division of labor and continued to carry out pacification work in the city.

Yuan Shao's mansion was surrounded by soldiers and horses led by Wen Chou.

Lu Bu initially wanted to break into Yuan Shao's mansion, but was stopped by Wen Chou.

"General Lu, the Prime Minister has strictly ordered that no one is allowed to enter or exit Yuan Shao's residence. Everything must wait until the Prime Minister himself arrives."

Lu Bu didn't really want to go in at first, but after hearing what Wen Chou said, he got a little angry.

He looked at Wen Chou dissatisfied and said, "Even I can't come in?"

Wen Chou said sternly: "The general is the prime minister's general, how is he different from others?"

The muscles on Lu Bu's face twitched back and forth, as if he was quite angry.

But if you think about it carefully, there is nothing wrong with what Wen Chou said.

How are you different from others?
Lu Bu immediately turned around and went to arrange other things.

Although this was just a small episode, it quickly reached Liu Jian's ears.

After Liu Jian learned about Lu Bu's trip, he didn't say much.

Just a comment that was neither salty nor bland.

"Nature is hard to change."

Afterwards, he personally led people to Yuan Shao's mansion.

There was silence in Yuan Shao's mansion at the moment.

Most of the people in the mansion had just left and surrendered to the northern sergeants outside the mansion.

Therefore, at this moment, Liu Jian saw that the Yuan family's mansion was completely empty.

He took Xia Houlan to stroll in Yuan Shao's courtyard. Xia Houlan commanded the Bai Jian army to occupy the dangerous terrain of Yuan Shao's mansion. At the same time, he conducted a careful search of Yuan Shao's mansion. After confirming that there was no danger, he said to Liu Jian: "Prime Minister "There is nothing going on in the house, Yuan Shao is drinking in the main hall."

Liu Jian nodded, and then brought Xia Houlan to the main hall.

At this time, Yuan Shao was the only one in the hall.

Liu Jian has not seen Yuan Shao for many years... Although they have been competing with each other for many years, this is the first time they stand face to face like this.

Liu Jian looked at Yuan Shao seriously for a while and said, "Brother Benchu, you look old."

Yuan Shao now poured another wine into the water.

Then, I heard him raise his head and reply: "With an opponent like you, how can I not grow old?"

After saying that, Yuan Shao moved the wine jar in his hand forward and said to Liu Jian, "Have a drink?"

Liu Jian shook his head calmly.

"This place and now is only suitable for Brother Benchu ​​to drink alone."

Yuan Shao did not continue speaking, he just pulled the wine jar back towards him.

"In that case, I will drink alone."

"I'm afraid this will be the end of my life."

"Ugh!"

Having said this, Yuan Shao raised his head and took another sip.

Liu Jian found a place to sit next to him, and calmly stroked the sword in his hand, but did not speak.

After Yuan Shao drank a few sips, seeing that Liu Jian didn't ask him anything, he immediately said: "You have completely defeated me. From now on, this big man's world is yours!"

"At this time, as the winner, don't you have anything to say to me, the loser?"

Liu Jian smiled lightly: "What did you say?"

"Showing off one's strength? Showing off one's achievements? Being sarcastic?"

"Brother Benchu, you know, I'm not good at this."

Liu Jian's tone was very easy-going, but for some reason, Yuan Shao felt bursts of sadness when he heard it.

The more Liu Jian stopped talking to him, the more depressed Yuan Shao became.

Because that means that the winner in front of him, who defeated himself, is not as proud of defeating himself as he imagined.

In other words, in his eyes, he is not such a terrible opponent.

Thinking of this, Yuan Shao couldn't help but feel blocked. It’s so blocked!

"Liu Deran, I wish I could swallow your flesh!"

Yuan Shao suddenly spoke.

Liu Jian was stunned when he heard this. Why did he suddenly say this?
But if you think about it carefully, it makes sense.

"Brother Benchu ​​really should kill me, or you really want to kill me, but it's a pity that you can't."

Yuan Shao said: "Do you want to kill me?"

Liu Jian shook his head: "You deserve to die, but you don't deserve to die in my hands. I will leave brother Benchu ​​with dignity, and I will end it on my own later."

Yuan Shao narrowed his eyes: "Why should I die?"

"Because you killed my brother Shiji, who was also your own brother. For this reason alone, shouldn't you die?"

After hearing Liu Jian's words, Yuan Shao's expression suddenly changed.

He stood up suddenly and shouted at Liu Jian: "After Yuan Shiji died, naturally someone from my Yuan family came to ask for my life, but it should not be you! Who do you think you are? You are not a member of my Yuan family at all. ! What does Yuan Shiji’s death have to do with you?”

Liu Jian looked at Yuan Shao silently for a long time, and then slowly said: "Yuan Shiji was kind to me, and I should avenge him. Why is Brother Benchu ​​so angry?"

"Because you never put me in your eyes!"

Yuan Shao pointed at Liu Jian tremblingly and said: "You want to kill me, either because I am an obstacle to your struggle for the world, because I am your great enemy, or because I am your powerful enemy who has been confronting you from north to south for many years... But you shouldn’t want to kill me because of Yuan Shiji’s death!”

Facing the furious Yuan Shao, Liu Jian couldn't help but sigh.

He slowly stood up from his seat.

"Brother Benchu, it's been more than ten years, no, almost twenty years, and you really haven't changed at all."

"A role model in the world, you think very highly of yourself, you are self-righteous, you are proud of your status as the fourth generation and the three nobles. You think you are the most important person in the world, but in fact, you are not that important to the world."

"Yes, you are indeed a stumbling block to my unification of the world, but you are just a stumbling block. Who would consider whether a stone should die? Just kick it away."

"you!"

Yuan Shao's lips trembled, and his fingers trembled even more.

"Brother Benchu, although you and I have fought against each other for many years, I have no intention of disparaging you. In fact, if we wanted to go south and conquer Jingzhou, I could have done it ten years ago."

"But the reason why I don't want to do that is because I don't want to destroy large areas of land due to war and cause huge casualties to the Han population."

"Ten years ago, if I had gone south, I could have conquered Jingzhou and leveled Jiangdong. However, my strength at that time was not completely sufficient. If I won, it would be a miserable victory and a drain on China's vitality. This is not what I want to see."

"What I want is unification with as little sacrifice as possible. Only in this way will I, and the next generation of the Han Dynasty, have more ability and strength to expand the territory, enrich the country and the people, and use the accumulated strength and human resources should be spent on more meaningful things.”

"In the past ten years, the reason why you have been able to form a confrontation between the north and the south with me is not that you, brother Benchu, are so talented and arrogant, which gives me a headache, but that I feel that my own strength is not enough to eat you in one bite."

"You may think that what I told is a lie, but I really didn't lie to you. There are only you and me in this room. I tell the truth with sincerity, that's all."

"Clang!"

The wine jue in Yuan Shao's hand slipped and fell to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, Yuan Shao was seen crying.

"Liu Deran, tell me, why, why is it that the son of my fourth generation and the third prince, facing you, a kid from a border county, was forced to this point by you? Not to mention losing, he is not even a decent opponent. Come on, is Yuan really a mediocre person?”

Liu Jian pondered for a moment, then slowly said: "It doesn't count. Of course, the Four Generations and Three Dukes have indeed made you successful, but it is precisely because of this high-ranking family that it has limited your vision and restricted your hands and feet. "

"If you succeed, you will be a public servant, if you fail, you will be a public servant, that's all."

Yuan Shao was silent when he heard this.

Liu Jian sighed lightly, then turned around and walked out of Yuan Shao's main hall.

"Brother Benchu, that's it for now. I don't have much to say to you. Because of the little friendship we had many years ago, I'll leave you with dignity. As for how to go, you can choose for yourself."

Looking at Liu Jian's leaving figure, Yuan Shao's tears flowed down again.

Lost, really lost, completely lost.

Not long after Liu Jian walked out of Yuan Shao's mansion, he saw smoke starting to come out of the house.

Xia Houlan looked at Yuan Shao's main hall in surprise and said, "Yuan Shao burned his house and committed suicide?!"

Liu Jian shook his head and said: "At the last moment, he still chose such a method. The imprint of the Four Worlds and Three Dukes' Gate is deeply imprinted in his bones... Sigh."

"That's all, no matter what, it's time to leave. The world of the Han Dynasty can no longer tolerate people like him, and it won't be able to tolerate him in the future."

(End of this chapter)