Can I get to the other side?.

Chapter 268 Yuan Benchu ​​regrets and vomits blood: Please don’t kill me!
The Imperial Palace, Beiya Prison.

This is the legendary Sky Prison. Only serious criminals convicted by the emperor’s own order can enter here and they are guarded by the Imperial Guards.

Yuan Shao is now imprisoned here. He is the only one in the entire Beiya Prison. The prison is isolated from the outside world, so he has no idea what is happening in the outside world these days.

But from the unintentional chat of the Yulin Guards who were guarding him, he learned one thing - Liu Xie had arrested all members of the Yuan family and were going to execute them publicly!

"Impossible! Liu Xie would never dare to do this!"

"They must be deliberately deceiving me!"

Yuan Shao muttered to himself with a grim expression, not believing the news at all.

But his changing expression revealed his inner uneasiness.

Because he couldn't help but think the worst.

What if... is true?
Liu Xie killed Xun Chen in the palace. If he really wanted to kill the entire Yuan family in a rage, what should he do?
In an instant, fear and panic surged towards Yuan Shao like a tide.

If the entire Yuan family really died because of him, then he would become the sinner of the Yuan family, and after death he would go to the underworld to see his ancestors without a word.

"No, there's also that evil creature Yuan Xi!"

"Although this evil creature is unfilial, he is also a descendant of the Yuan family. Liu Xie must want him to inherit the power of the Yuan family. Why would he wipe out the entire Yuan family?"

"If the Yuan family is executed, not only will it cut off a large number of aids, it will also make Yuan Xi feel cold and frightened, and it will also make many noble families who have relied on him panic. He dare not do this."

Despite his fear, Yuan Shao still had a glimmer of hope in his heart.

Killing the entire Yuan family would definitely do more harm than good to Liu Xie.

He believed that with Liu Xie's forbearance and scheming character, he would never act so impulsively and without considering the consequences.

Just calm down for a few days, wait for those noble families to submit memorials to plead for mercy, and give them a way out, and the matter will be over.

Thinking of this, Yuan Shao felt relieved.

At the same time, he couldn't help but snorted coldly.

"You are still young, and you want to fight against the Jizhou family alone... Even the Zhen family you rely on is one of the aristocratic families. How can you fight against them?"

"If you want to unify the world, you must get the support of the noble families!"

Yuan Shao laughed at Liu Xie's naivety in his heart.

Since Emperor Guangwu, although it was the foreign relatives and eunuchs who became powerful and competed for power, the status of the aristocratic families has always been stable.

The most representative ones are the Yang and Yuan families.

The Hongnong Yang family has three dukes in five generations, and their foundation is even deeper than that of the Yuan family. Many high-ranking officials in the court are related to the Yang family.

The Yuan family of Runan, with three dukes in four generations, could not be compared with the Yang family in times of peace.

But in today's turbulent world, his Yuan family's students and former officials are spread all over the country, and their influence is far greater than that of the Yang family.

Why did he dare to summon Dong Zhuo to the capital?
Because Dong Zhuo was also a disciple of the Yuan family.

Why was he able to easily seize Jizhou from Han Fu?
In addition to other reasons, it was also because Han Fu was his former official in the Yuan family.

This shows how deep the influence and connections of the family are!
Take Liu Xie for example. If he lost the Zhen family to provide him with money and food, and had no aristocratic families to help with supplies, how could he support such a large army?
"After this incident, Liu Xie will definitely feel resentment towards Yuan Xi and those noble families, and the officials in the court will no longer be so obedient."

"My purpose of creating discord has been achieved."

Yuan Shao smiled coldly. Liu Xie had fallen into his trap and his steps to unify the world would definitely be hindered. He was very happy to see this scene.

At this moment, footsteps were suddenly heard.

He looked up and out of the cell door.

Zhang He and Gao Lan walked into the prison with several Yulin guards, put heavy shackles on his hands and feet, and escorted him out of the prison.

Yuan Shao did not resist, but only sneered: "The tyrant king can't wait until he goes south to kill me as a sacrifice?"

Zhang He, Gao Lan glanced at him and ignored him.

They just escorted him out of the prison without saying a word.

Outside the Beiya Prison, a prison van was parked at the door.

Yuan Xi was standing next to the prison van.

Yuan Xi now looks like a different person. Not only has he lost a lot of weight, but he also exudes a gloomy temperament.

Yuan Shao couldn't help but feel frightened when he saw this.

It's only been a few days since we last saw each other, how come this evil creature has become like this?
"Put this traitor in the car."

Zhang He gave an order to the Yulin Guard beside him, then looked at Yuan Xi with a complicated expression and sighed, "Sikong, I am sorry for your loss."

Yuan Xi pulled the corners of his mouth, as if trying to smile, but in the end he failed to smile and could only nod.

"It's almost time, let's go."

Zhang He went forward to lead the Yulin Guards to clear the way, while Yuan Xi drove the prison cart and headed out of the city under the escort of the Yulin Guards.

Looking at Yuan Xi's thin back.

Yuan Shao became increasingly uneasy.

"Just now Zhang He called this evil creature Sikong, and Liu Xie actually promoted him to the position of one of the Three Dukes?"

"And you're still asking me to mourn? What's the point of asking me to mourn? Are you going to execute me today, so I'm asking this evil creature to mourn?"

"No, if I was really going to be beheaded, this evil creature would be so happy that he wouldn't be sad... What on earth happened?"

Yuan Shao's mind was full of questions, and a bad idea emerged in his mind. He really wanted to ask Yuan Xi, but in the end he held back and sat in the prison car with a sullen face.

He won't give up until he reaches the Yellow River.

The escort team left Yecheng from the south gate.

Go to the execution ground in the southern suburbs.

Yuan Shao saw from afar that a large number of people gathered around the execution ground. It was so crowded that there was no way to get inside or outside, just like the last time he executed Yuan Shu.

"It looks like he really wants to kill me."

Yuan Shao breathed a sigh of relief and felt no fear in his heart.

For him, death was a relief.

He looked at Yuan Xi and sneered, "Evil beast, how does it feel to step on my corpse to ascend to the throne? Sikong... Oh, what a high official!"

"My Yuan family could have taken over the world, but because of you, my business of more than ten years was ruined in an instant!"

"That tyrant emperor made you escort your biological father to be executed. This was clearly a humiliation for you and our Yuan family. He made the whole world laugh at our Yuan family, and yet you were so smug about it!"

"What a fool!"

Faced with Yuan Shao's ridicule, Yuan Xi ignored him completely and didn't even turn his head. He just drove forward silently.

As the team passed through the crowd, people looked over.

"Yuan Shao, this traitor, is truly a sinner!"

"Yes, one person's fault implicated the entire Yuan family. He is truly unworthy of a son. The Yuan family has a lot of regrets for having Yuan Shao."

"Yuan Xi is so miserable."

"It's hard to be a loyal minister. It was the villain Yuan Shao who killed him. From now on, the Yuan family only has this one bloodline left."

"Yuan Shao's rebellion was disloyalty, his refusal to surrender and allowing his soldiers to continue to rebel was injustice, and his entire family was killed, which was unkind and unfilial. Such a villain will not be tolerated by heaven and earth!"

"It's just a pity for Yuan Xi. If he hadn't made great contributions, he would have been implicated by the thief Yuan."

"The whole clan will be exterminated, ah!"

……

There were all kinds of discussions coming from all around.

The people looked at Yuan Shao with indifference, disgust, contempt, disdain and anger, pointing fingers.

Yuan Shao was completely stunned.

My mind was buzzing.

Family extermination?

He reacted suddenly, grabbed the bars of the cell, and shouted at Yuan Xi: "You evil creature! Tell me who is going to be beheaded today!"

Yuan Xi still ignored him.

Yuan Shao cursed him endlessly. Seeing the execution ground getting closer and closer, he became more and more panicked. He shouted sternly: "Stop! I told you to stop!"

He didn't dare to go forward, he didn't want to face it.

But he was destined to be just impotent and furious.

The prison van drove through the crowd and onto the execution ground.

Inside the execution ground, rows and rows of Yuan clan members, tied up and kneeling in the snow, were men, women, young and old, densely packed to the point of thousands!
There was a soldier holding a knife standing beside each person.

The entire execution ground was filled with crying.

When they saw Yuan Shao coming, they cried even louder.

"Master! Save us!"

"Uncle, I don't want to die!"

"Yuan Shao, you are a traitor who deserves to be struck by lightning! You have harmed our entire Yuan family, you will not die a good death!"

"Xian Yi! My nephew, save us!"

"Your Majesty, please spare my life! It was Yuan Shao who started the rebellion. It has nothing to do with us!"

……

Begging for mercy, cursing, and crying.

Filled Yuan Shao's ears.

Yuan Shao's face turned extremely pale and his whole body began to tremble. He looked at the scene in disbelief and felt that he was dreaming.

Liu Xie...really wants to exterminate the entire Yuan family? !

Yuan Xi jumped off the carriage, knelt down on the high platform in the execution ground, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty! The traitor Yuan Shao has been brought here!"

On the high platform, under the canopy.

Liu Xie held his chin with one hand, and his indifferent gaze passed through the pearl curtain of the emperor's crown and fell on Yuan Shao, who had a dazed expression.

"Mr. Wen, let's execute the sentence."

Lu Bu bowed and accepted the order, then strode to the edge of the platform, unfolded the imperial edict and began to read: "The traitor Yuan Shao has held the emperor hostage and attempted to usurp the throne. His crimes are heinous!"

"I pity the suffering of the common people and do not want another war. I order them to surrender so that I can recruit their old troops to recover the two states for me."

"But this thief refuses to repent and repeatedly refuses to surrender. He is extremely rebellious!"

"I originally wanted to punish his nine clans for their crimes, but this would violate the harmony of heaven, and I cannot bear to do so. I will pardon their crimes and only execute the Yuan clan!"

"I remember Sikong Yuanxi's meritorious service and will spare his death sentence and provide for his mother!"

After Lu Bu finished reading the imperial edict.

A burst of cheers broke out among the people.

"Your Majesty has mercy!"

"Yuan Shao really deserves to die. If it weren't for your majesty's mercy, more people would have died!"

"Your Majesty is helpless too."

"Thanks to Yuan Xi's loyalty, a trace of bloodline has been left for the Yuan family."

……

Yuan Xi bowed his head deeply, tears streaming down his face, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, I, Yuan Xi, kowtow to thank you for your grace!"

"Execution——!"

Lu Bu waved his hand coldly.

The soldiers in the front row raised their swords one after another. The cold light reflected by the shining blades made the sun's rays dim a little!

The crying and begging for mercy in the venue became even louder.

"no, do not want!"

Yuan Shao finally came to his senses from the shock. Seeing the butcher knife raised, he could no longer remain calm and shouted frantically: "Don't kill! Don't kill!"

However, no one would pay any attention to him.

As Lu Bu gave the order, the butcher's knife was swung.

Hundreds of heads rolled to the ground!
The scarlet blood splattered on the snow-covered ground, emitting hot steam, just like hideous flowers blooming on a painting!
The crying suddenly stopped.

But even more miserable cries came from the mouths of other Yuan clan members. Some kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, some shouted and cursed, some lost control of their bladders on the spot, and some even wanted to resist.

"A tyrant king!!!"

Seeing hundreds of Yuan family members dead, Yuan Shao was so angry that his eyes were bloodshot. His heart was filled with tremendous anger and he cursed loudly at the platform!

"Liu Xie! You will not die well!"

"Even if I become a ghost, I won't let you go!"

"Ahhhh——!"

While Yuan Shao was cursing, hundreds of Yuan family members were beheaded, and more than 200 lives turned into corpses in an instant!

This scene made Yuan Shao so heartbroken that he almost went crazy!
These are all his Yuan family members!

Row after row of Yuan clan members were beheaded, and Yuan Shao's initial scolding turned into begging. With tears streaming down his face, he knelt down and said, "Stop killing! Stop killing!"

"I beg you not to kill again!"

"I beg you!"

"I know my guilt!"

"Kill me alone!"

As Yuan Shao's family members died one by one before his eyes, his psychological defenses had completely collapsed, and endless regret and pain filled his heart.

He disregarded his dignity and the public eye, and kowtowed and begged Liu Xie while howling, and soon his head was bleeding.

However, Liu Xie never even looked at him.

"Yuan Xi, Xian Yi!"

Yuan Shao reached out from the prisoner's cart and grabbed the corner of Yuan Xi's clothes tightly. With red eyes, he said, "Go and plead with him! Go and plead!"

Yuan Xi knelt on the ground with his head buried deeply.

His face was already covered with tears.

His ten fingers were deeply embedded in the ground.

Bloody.

At this moment, the execution was coming to an end, with only the last row of Yuan clan members left, and the soldiers in charge of the execution also raised their butcher knives high.

"don't want--!"

Yuan Shao roared miserably, as if he were crazy.

But the butcher's knife still fell mercilessly.

Blood flew.

All the crying disappeared.

The Yuan family was wiped out.

Yuan Shao looked at the heads all over the ground, and he seemed to have lost all his energy. He laughed like a madman, with tears and blood flowing from his eyes.

“Haha, hahahahaha!”

"The whole clan is exterminated...Hahaha! The whole clan is exterminated!"

"Ha ha ha ha--!"

Yuan Shao laughed miserably, his face suddenly flushed with a sickly red, he spit out a large mouthful of blood, and fainted.

On the high platform.

Lu Bu came before Liu Xie and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, the execution is complete. All members of the Yuan family must be executed!"

Liu Xie looked at the corpses on the ground and said nothing.

He did not like killing people, and the extermination of the Yuan family would not make him happy, but he had to do it because it was his first step to intimidate the aristocratic families.

More blood will be shed later.

Thinking of this, he glanced at Yang Biao, Cui Yan and others standing aside. At this moment, their faces were extremely pale and their eyes were full of fear.

"Go back to the palace."

Liu Xie withdrew his gaze and said lightly.

However, at this moment, Taishi Ci came running and reported to Liu Xie: "Your Majesty, there are 30,000 troops and hundreds of thousands of civilians heading towards Jizhou!"

As soon as the words fell, the faces of the ministers present suddenly changed. Sima Yi exclaimed: "Where did the army come from... Could it be Guo Yuan?"

(End of this chapter)