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Chapter 264: The Emperor is furious, and millions of people are dead! Kill!

The emperor returned in triumph, and the people of Yecheng were excited.

Kong Rong, Yang Biao and others who stayed behind in the city led all the officials to greet them thirty miles outside the city early in the morning. Even though they were shivering in the snow, they did not dare to complain.

Both sides of the official road were crowded with people watching the fun.

One reason was that the emperor had returned in triumph, and the other was that they had heard the news that the great rebel Yuan Shao had been captured alive, so they all came to watch.

Gradually, a rapid and orderly sound of horse hooves could be heard, and three thousand Yulin Guards led the way, looking very majestic and powerful.

Then the emperor's carriage slowly drove in under the protection of the Tiger Guards, with Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Zhang He and other generals following in front and behind the carriage.

As soon as they saw the emperor's carriage, Kong Rong led all the civil and military officials to step forward, saluted respectfully and said, "Your Majesty, we respectfully welcome you back to the court!"

"Your Majesty, we welcome your triumphant return——!"

All the ministers bowed their heads and sang the salute loudly.

A group of high-ranking nobles knelt and bowed in the snow. The onlookers were shocked by this scene and felt awe in their hearts.

I deeply felt the majesty of the emperor.

The whole scene fell silent.

Then everyone heard a faint laugh coming from the luxurious emperor's carriage: "My dear ministers, please don't be polite."

"I personally led the army this time and captured the rebel Yuan Shao. We returned victorious, which is a happy event for the whole world to celebrate. All the nobles, please follow me to escort this thief back to the palace."

"I will hold a public trial for him."

All the ministers were shocked when they heard this, and then they all looked towards the prison car behind the emperor's carriage, and their faces suddenly changed.

There was only one person sitting in the prison car. He had heavy shackles on his hands and feet, his hair was slightly disheveled, and he looked a little haggard.

But they were extremely familiar with that face.

It was the great General Yuan Shao!
"Were you really caught?"

Although all the ministers had already learned the news that Yuan Shao had been captured alive, they were still shocked when they saw it with their own eyes.

Yuan Benchu, the descendant of three officials for four generations and the one who dominated the north and was known as the overlord of Hebei, actually became a prisoner of the emperor!

The most shocked were the noble families headed by Xun Chen who had worked for Yuan Shao. They knew best how strong Yuan Shao's foundation was, but at the same time they were shocked and extremely happy!
Because Yuan Shao was a huge threat to them. As long as he was alive, they, the traitors, would not be at peace. After all, no one knew whether Yuan Shao would make a comeback in the future.

Now that Yuan Shao has been captured, they don’t have to worry anymore!
"Damn Liu Xie!"

Feeling the mockery and surprise in the eyes of his ministers, although Yuan Shao was furious, he did not curse them, but looked back coldly without fear.

He knew that Liu Xie wanted to humiliate him in this way, to make him so angry that he could not bear the humiliation and even surrender, but how could he let Liu Xie have his way?
Yuan Benchu ​​also has his pride!

All the ministers had already turned their gazes away from Yuan Shao and bowed, saying, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations, Your Majesty, for successfully capturing the traitor!"

"Go back to the palace."

Liu Xie said calmly, and the convoy continued to move forward.

Yuan Xi personally drove the prison van behind, which immediately attracted people on both sides of the road to gather around and watch.

"Is this person Yuan Shao?"

"I never thought that the Yuan family would produce two traitors!"

"When His Majesty issued the imperial decree, he refused to surrender. It has only been a short time since then, and he has become a prisoner."

"Your Majesty will lead the army in person, and the traitors will be punished!"

"Humph! When Yuan Shao executed Yuan Shu for the sake of justice, I really thought he was a loyal person to the Han Dynasty. I didn't expect that he was the biggest traitor!"

"You're still a role model for the world, bah!"

"Alas, that can't be said. Yuan Shao once pointed his sword at Dong Zhuo, but he eventually followed Dong Zhuo's old path and became like Dong Zhuo."

"Who's driving the car?"

"It's Yuan Shao's second son Yuan Xi, who has now been granted the title of General of Chariots and Cavalry. He is definitely a loyal minister!"

"He must have felt bad for escorting his father back with his own hands. Yuan Shao is really a sinner."

“It’s hard to be both loyal and filial.”

"The reputation of the Yuan family now depends entirely on Yuan Xi."

……

The people talked to each other and pointed at Yuan Shao in the prison cart. Their expressions varied, ranging from anger to sarcasm to disgust to regret.

Even though Yuan Shao had prepared himself mentally, he still felt incomparable humiliation in his heart when he heard the harsh comments coming to his ears.

In the past, he was admired and respected wherever he went, but now he is being pointed at by this group of unruly people!
From the clouds, falling into the mud!
Anyone can come and step on it!
Yuan Shao clenched his teeth and clenched his fists, his nails digging deeply into his flesh and blood. His spine, which used to be straight, seemed to have become a little hunched.

But he still forced himself not to lose his composure, sitting upright in the prison van, trying to maintain the last bit of decency and dignity.

In stark contrast to him.

It was Yuan Xi who was driving the carriage in front.

Although the people cursed Yuan Shao in various ways, they all gave Yuan Xi the thumbs up and praised him highly.

Because the Han Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, what is greater than filial piety is the righteousness of family and country, but there are very few people who can sacrifice their relatives for the sake of justice. Yuan Xi can be said to be a model of loyalty to the emperor and the country!

At this moment, Yuan Xi felt extremely comfortable all over his body, which was even more refreshing than drinking a bowl of iced honey water in the hot summer!
“This is what it feels like to be admired by everyone!”

"No wonder my father cares so much about his reputation. He has enjoyed the admiration and praise of the world for so many years. It's time for me to take my turn!"

"I am Yuan Xianyi, the role model of the world!"

Yuan Xi was very proud and tried hard to suppress the upturned corners of his mouth, but the hand that was waving the whip slowed down, reducing his pace a bit.

……

Imperial Palace, Tai'an Hall.

After Liu Xie returned to the palace, he did not even take a rest. After changing into the emperor's robes and crown, he directly summoned all the ministers to attend the court.

All officials gathered in the hall.

Liu Xie sat high on the dragon throne, looking down at Yuan Shao below, and said coldly: "Yuan Shao! You usurped the throne and rebelled, disobeyed the emperor's order, do you know your crime now?"

The cold voice echoed throughout the hall.

At this time, Yuan Shao was kneeling in the center of the hall under the guard of Zhang He and Gao Lan. Hearing this, he raised his head and faced Liu Xie, saying hatefully: "I am innocent! Why should I plead guilty?"

"You, a tyrant king, believed the slander of these two villains, Lu Bu and Yuan Xi, and killed loyal ministers without authorization! You will be infamous forever!"

The parade just now had made him lose all face. At this moment, he only had anger and hatred towards Liu Xie and there was no way he would surrender!

However, even at this point, he still did not dare to reveal Liu Xie's identity.

"presumptuous!"

Among the ministers, Fu Wan was the first to stand up and pointed at Yuan Shao's nose and cursed: "Yuan Benchu's intentions are known to everyone!"

"You are nothing but a treacherous villain, yet you dare to call yourself a loyal minister? This is simply ridiculous!"

Xun Chen also said with hatred: "At the beginning, I was deceived by you and helped Yuan to commit atrocities. If it weren't for Lord Wen and the General of Chariots and Cavalry who worked together to tear apart your hypocritical face, I'm afraid Your Majesty would still be held hostage by you, and I would still be deceived by you!"

"You have brought this upon yourself. It's fine if you don't repent, but you're still making irresponsible remarks here. You're simply shameless!"

As he spoke, Xun Chen bowed to Liu Xie who was sitting on the dragon throne and said passionately: "Your Majesty, I request that this thief be executed immediately and punished according to the law!"

All the officials agreed with what he said, and they all wished Yuan Shao would die quickly.

"Hahahaha!"

Yuan Shao looked around at his ministers, laughed and said sarcastically: "In the court, rotten wood serves as an official! Between the steps of the palace, beasts eat the salary!"

"People with wicked hearts and bad behavior are in power, and servile people are in power! I'm talking about you, a bunch of broken-back dogs and traitors!"

Yuan Shao stared at Xun Chen, Ju Yi, Cui Yan and others.

There was deep anger in his eyes.

"My failure to accomplish my great cause was not caused by fate, but by human misfortune! If you villains hadn't betrayed me, I wouldn't have ended up in this situation!"

"Now I can only die! But I am innocent, and I do not admit my guilt! You are not qualified to judge me! No one in the world can judge me, Yuan Benchu!"

"You Liu Xie can't do that either!"

Yuan Shao's words were powerful and full of pride!
He admitted that Liu Xie had defeated him.

But in his opinion, the reason why Liu Xie was able to win, in addition to his skills and abilities, was more because of the betrayal of the people under his command!
If Yuan Xi had not rebelled against him, why would he have lost Yecheng and allowed Zhang Liao to lead his army into Jizhou?

If Ju Yi had not betrayed him and allowed him to escape back to Youzhou successfully, he would have had a chance to make a comeback.

How could Liu Xie win so easily?

Yuan Shao's scolding deeply touched the pain points of Xun Chen and others, making them so angry that their faces turned blue and they looked resentful.

"Your Majesty! This villain has gone mad, kill him as soon as possible!"

"Yes! Kill him!"

"Behead him in public!"

The ministers were outraged and asked Liu Xie for orders.

Liu Xie raised his hand and pressed it downwards, instantly suppressing all the voices. He then said expressionlessly, "I don't care whether you plead guilty or not. I only have one question for you..."

"Don't think about it!"

Before Liu Xie could finish his words, Yuan Shao interrupted him directly, saying in a firm tone: "You want to take over Youzhou and Bingzhou without bloodshed, how can I let you, a tyrant, do what you want!"

"Even if I die, I will never persuade you to surrender!"

Liu Xie said with a sharp look in his eyes: "Yuan Shao! I don't want to start another war, so I give you chances again and again. Do you really think I dare not kill all nine clans of your Yuan family?"

“Nine clans? Hahahaha!”

Yuan Shao looked at Liu Xie as if he had just heard a ridiculous joke. He said, "It doesn't matter if you kill all ten of my clan members! Why don't you kill one and see for yourself!"

"Good! Good! Good!"

Liu Xie slammed the table, laughed in anger, and said sternly: "Then I will kill all ten of your clans! Let you all reunite in the underworld!"

The emperor’s wrath left millions of people dead and blood flowing like a river!
Yuan Shao had a sneer on his face and was fearless.

Instead, the ministers in the hall were shocked when they heard Liu Xie's words, even Guo Jia and Jia Xu.

"Your Majesty! No!"

Kong Rong was the first to stand up, kneeling before Liu Xie, and said in a hurried tone: "Exterminating ten clans, this has never happened before!"

"If Your Majesty acts in this way, you will be branded as a tyrant and reviled by future generations!"

There are four from the father’s family, three from the mother’s family, and two from the wife’s family.

These are the nine clans.

The ten clans must include disciples!
The Yuan family has had three officials in four generations, and their students and former officials are spread all over the country. If Liu Xie wants to kill all ten clans, more than half of the current aristocratic families will be implicated!
Killing so many people at once.

It will definitely cause chaos in the world!
Yang Biao, Xun Chen and other ministers did not dare to hesitate and stood up and said, "Your Majesty, killing too much will harm the harmony of heaven and damage your majesty's reputation! This must not be done!"

They also have many ties with the Yuan family.

If the ten clans are exterminated, they will all die!

Guo Jia and Jia Xu also quickly spoke up to persuade him: "Your Majesty, although the thief Yuan is evil, he has implicated ten clans and many of them are innocent. Please think twice!"

Although the punishment of ten clans would not involve them, it would have a huge impact on the emperor's reputation. They certainly could not watch Liu Xie do such a thing on impulse.

Everyone in the hall was kneeling.

Yuan Shao looked at Liu Xie with a joking expression, not at all surprised by such a scene, and even laughed sarcastically: "Your Majesty, why don't you kill all ten of my clans?"

Liu Xie grasped the armrests of the dragon throne tightly.

The murderous intent in his eyes became more and more intense.

But he had regained some of his rationality at this time. He knew that if he really ordered the extermination of the ten clans of the Yuan family, the involvement would be too huge, and he did not want to do that.

"Yuan..."

Liu Xie's face turned pale, he swallowed his anger and said coldly: "Pass on my order, execute all nine clans of the Yuan family!"

Guo Jia and Jia Xu finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, but Yang Biao, Xun Chen and others still did not stand up, and tried to persuade them: "Your Majesty, you can't be so tyrannical!"

"Even if it means killing all nine clans, the number of people killed would still exceed 10,000, which would probably lead to widespread resentment from the world."

"Your Majesty, please think again!"

Liu Xie's expression grew colder and colder. He stared at everyone and said in a cold voice, "I will kill all nine generations of his clan, and you want to stop me?"

"Everyone, stand up and speak!"

All the ministers bowed their heads and no one spoke.

No one stood up.

Liu Xie was furious and said, "I told you to stand up! Are you all deaf?"

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha--!"

In the court, all the dignitaries knelt motionlessly, except Yuan Shao, who stood up and laughed heartily, and the shackles collided with each other, making a crisp sound.

He opened his arms, looked at Liu Xie with his head held high, and said with a smile: "These people hate me to the core! They all wish I were dead!"

"But when they heard that Your Majesty was going to kill my entire clan, they desperately pleaded for me. Your Majesty, do you know why?"

"Because they are all involved with my Yuan family!"

Yuan Shao asked and answered himself, with a flush of excitement on his face, "They are not just one person, there are many great families standing behind them!"

"They have a close relationship with my Yuan family!"

"If you kill my entire clan, at least half of the people in this temple will die! Their wives, their children, their relatives and friends will all be implicated!"

“So they don’t dare!”

Yuan Shao laughed recklessly, arrogant to the extreme, "My Yuan family is the most powerful family in the world!"

"Who in the world dares to destroy our Yuan family? Who can destroy our Yuan family?!"

"Kill all my clans? Hahahaha——"

Yuan Shao's laughter became louder and louder. He no longer concealed his arrogance, revealing the spirit of a Hebei overlord, the first prince in the world, and the descendant of three officials in four generations. He looked sharply at Liu Xie who was sitting high on the dragon throne, and spoke in a stern voice:
"You're not qualified!"

(End of this chapter)