The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 116 Meeting the Old Minister
"That's right, it's just me. I haven't seen Mr. Yuan for several months, and he's still so energetic." Li Yuan looked Yuan Yao up and down, and Yuan Yao was still full of arrogance, which showed how much Yuan Shu used to him.

Yuan Yao felt like he was dreaming. The person he wanted to take revenge turned out to be the famous Li Yuan. If he knew the identity of the other party earlier, he would not dare to offend him even if he had a hundred guts.

"I heard that you have been looking for me for a long time. It seems that you are looking for revenge. Now that I am here, if you want revenge, you can come to me." Li Yuan came to Yuan Yao. The killing spirit of Jin Ge, just standing there, already makes people shudder and dare not look directly.

"I... dare not." Yuan Yao swallowed a mouthful of saliva and squeezed out a few words, not because he didn't want to take revenge, but because his strength was far apart, and revenge was just death.

Li Yuan also knew that with Yuan Yao's ability and courage, he didn't dare to engage in conspiracy and tricks, and said: "Although your father Yuan Shu is dead, I, Li Yuan, are definitely not the ones who will kill you all. As long as you don't want to take revenge in the future, I will let you go." You family, let you wait to leave, but I only give you one chance, if you still want to continue to fight against me, don't blame me for being cruel."

"No, no, I will never fight against you again." Yuan Yao shook his head quickly, feeling very lucky to be alive.

Li Yuan nodded, and let Yuan Yao's family be released, and let them leave on their own, maybe they will never meet again in the future.

After dealing with Yuan Shu's family members, Li Yuan went to the prefect's mansion to meet with Yuan Shu's old officials. Because some of the officials had already taken advantage of the chaos and fled, only two people were caught, namely Yan Xiang and Yuan Huan.

Entering the conference hall, Xi Zhicai and Cheng Yu were already waiting here, Yan Xiang and Yuan Huan were tied to the ground, they looked a little flustered when they saw Li Yuan, but soon returned to normal.

"Let them untie them." Li Yuan sat down on the chair and asked the soldiers to untie Yan Xiang and Yuan Huan. These two seemed like powerless literati, so Li Yuan was not afraid that they would treat him do bad things.

After the soldiers untied them, Li Yuan said, "Tell me, what do you want me to do with you?"

"If you want to kill, you have to do what you want." Yan Xiang raised his head, looking very stubborn, and he was unwilling to talk to Li Yuanduo.

"Yuan Huan, what about you?" Li Yuan looked at Yuan Huan.

"Yuan Shu's defeat to you proves that he is not as skilled as others. In all fairness, General Li is superior to him in every aspect. As the saying goes, a good bird chooses a tree to live in, and a good minister chooses a master to serve. If General Li does not dislike him, I am willing to serve. "Yuan Huan took it very seriously and was willing to surrender to Li Yuan.

Yuan Huan's willingness to surrender is actually in Li Yuan's imagination. In history, Yuan Huan was first appointed by Yuan Shu, and then he took refuge in Lu Bu. After Lu Bu was defeated by Cao Cao, he switched to Cao Cao. It cannot be said that this person is half-hearted and disloyal, but he just chose the right one. It's just the help of the Ming master, not necessarily saying that after the death of the master, he must follow him with death.

Although Yuan Huan followed many people, he did his best and was known for his outspokenness. After defecting to Cao Cao, he worshiped as the captain of Peinan, and later served as an admonishing doctor and Lang Zhongling. It can be seen that he is a talented person.

After Liu Bei's death, all the ministers congratulated Cao Cao, but Yuan Huan did not, because Liu Bei once regarded him as a talented person, so Yuan Huan did not celebrate, and still remembered Liu Bei's past favors.

Li Yuan's impression of Yuan Huan was pretty good, he was capable, good-natured, and he was a trustworthy subordinate.

Seeing that Yuan Huan was willing to join Li Yuan, Yan Xiang on the side stared at him, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say it in the end. Although he didn't like the behavior of serving the two masters, after all, everyone has their own ambitions and cannot force others.

"Yan Xiang, I don't know if you have heard that Sun Ce traded Yuxi and Yuan Shu back to Sun Jian's old department?" Li Yuan asked Yan Xiang. Yuan Shu in "history" did not become emperor until one or two years later, so Yan Xiang now It is possible not to know this.

Yan Xiang and Yuan Huan couldn't help trembling when they heard the words, they seemed to have heard about it, but the matter of Yuxi was of great importance, probably only Sun Ce, Yuan Shu and Yuan Shu's confidants knew the truth.

"Yan Xiang, I know you are an upright person, you shouldn't lie to me, right?" Li Yuan stared closely at Yan Xiang, trying to put some pressure on Yan Xiang.

Yan Xiang was indeed an upright person, he hesitated for a while and said: "I did hear about it, but I don't know if it's true or not."

"Yuan Huan, what do you think?" Li Yuan asked Yuan Huan again.

"I've also heard it a little bit, but I'm not sure if it's true or not. It is said that only Yuan Shu's confidantes Ji Ling and Yang Hong know the truth." Yuan Huan answered honestly without hesitation.

"Hahahaha, I can tell you clearly that this matter is true," Li Yuan laughed and asked Xi Zhicai to take out the jade seal, "Zhicai, show them the jade seal that Han Sheng found. "

"Yes, my lord." Xi Zhicai handed the box containing the jade seal to Li Yuan.

Li Yuan took the box and opened it, only to see a jade seal inside, which was dazzling.

Chuanguo Yuxi was engraved by Li Si, the Prime Minister of the Qin Dynasty, with Heshibi at the order of the first emperor. It is the certificate of the orthodox emperors of all dynasties in China. "Heaven, both longevity and eternal prosperity" eight seal characters, as a token of "imperial power granted by heaven, orthodox and legal".

After the Qin Dynasty, the emperors of all dynasties took this seal as a symbol of auspiciousness, enshrining it as a rare treasure, and it is also an important weapon of the country. Obtaining it symbolizes their "destiny from heaven", and losing it means that they have "exhausted their energy", and they will ascend to great positions. However, those who do not have this seal are ridiculed as "white emperors", who seem to lack confidence and are despised by the world.Those who wanted to seek the throne of the emperor in the past dynasties fought each other, which caused the handed down national seal to change its owner repeatedly.

"As expected of the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, it is indeed a treasure." Li Yuan took out the Jade Seal and put it in his hand to play with.

Yan Xiang and Yuan Huan were very surprised when they saw this jade seal. They didn't expect Yuan Shu to actually get the Jade Seal of Chuanguo. It seems that the meaning of proclaiming emperor is not a rumor, but a fact.

"Li Yuan, do you also want to use Yuxi to become emperor?" Yan Xiang's voice trembled a little. After he said this, Xi Zhicai and Cheng Yu also looked at Li Yuan nervously, worried that Li Yuan would not be able to resist the temptation, after all Not everyone can be an emperor. In the traditional concept, only those who have the destiny in their bodies can be called emperors.

"My lord, don't be tempted by the jade seal, now proclaiming the emperor will bring harm but no benefit." Xi Zhicai hastily persuaded.

"Hahahaha, Zhicai don't misunderstand me. I don't know the dangers of proclaiming the emperor. Now proclaiming the emperor will only become the target of public criticism. I will be attacked by the princes of the world. How can I do such a stupid thing."

In fact, Li Yuan has no interest in proclaiming the emperor at all. He clearly knows that it does not mean that whoever gets the jade seal can become the emperor. As the saying goes, only those with such a big head can wear such a big hat. The goal of others, if you have strength, others are willing to flatter you as an emperor even without Yuxi.

(End of this chapter)