The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 233 Disposing of Mi Fang
A few days later, Li Yuan returned to Xiapi with Sima Hui and others. As soon as Sima Hui entered the city, he was full of praise: "General Li is really powerful. I have also been to Xiapi in the past, but the prosperity of Xiapi today is far better than Tao Qian's governance." At that time, even if compared with Luoyang in the past, it will not fall behind."

Not only Sima Hui, but the disciples under Sima Hui's command were also amazed. They thought that Runan in Yuzhou was already prosperous enough, but they didn't expect Xiapi in Xuzhou to be even better. The streets were crowded with people, but everyone's faces were filled with happiness smile.

The street is very wide, enough for five horse-drawn carriages to drive side by side. The houses on both sides are neatly arranged. It can be seen that the designers have arranged them very carefully.

"Hahahaha, Mr. Sima Liao Zan, this is not due to me alone. Without the assistance of Xi Zhicai, Mi Zhu and others, how could Xiapi have the prosperity it is today." Although Li Yuan was proud in his heart, but on the surface Still very humble, did not take all the credit on himself.

Suddenly, a fast horse came running from a distance and stopped in front of Li Yuan, and a soldier jumped off the horse, "My subordinates pay homage to the lord, and the military adviser asks the lord to go to the governor's mansion as soon as possible, saying that there is something important to report."

"Did you say what it is?" Li Yuan asked in amazement.

"It's about the Mi family."

"The Mi family...could it be!" A bad premonition rose in Li Yuan's heart, and he said to Sima Hui, "Mr. Sima, I will go to the governor's mansion. You go to my mansion to rest first, and I will let someone arrange it for you." .”

"Then I will trouble General Li." Sima Hui nodded and asked Li Yuan to deal with urgent matters first.

"Zhongkang, take Mr. Sima and his disciples to my mansion to rest, and let the servants arrange the rooms for them." Li Yuan ordered Xu Zhu.

"It's the lord!" Xu Zhu clasped his fists and said, then took Sima Hui and others to Li's mansion, while Li Yuan went to the governor's mansion.

After arriving at the Governor's Mansion, Li Yuan found that Xi Zhicai, Jia Xu, Chen Gong, Zhao Yun and Li Tong were all there, and all the important civil servants and generals under his command were present. What surprised him the most was Mi Zhu kneeling on the ground.

"Zizhong, why are you kneeling on the ground?" Li Yuan went in and wanted to help Mi Zhu up, but Mi Zhu resolutely knelt and was unwilling to get up.

"What's going on?" Li Yuan glanced at everyone and saw that everyone's faces were serious, and he knew that something very serious had happened, and it was related to the Mi family.

"My lord, I, Mi Zhu, am sorry for you!" Mi Zhu was ashamed, "You have shown great kindness to my Mi family, but my Mi family has made such a big mistake, I am really ashamed of your kindness!"

"Zizhong, don't say that, Xiapi cannot have today's grand event without the help of your Mi family, you'd better get up first and then talk about it." Li Yuan asked Mi Zhu to get up again.

"If my lord doesn't forgive the Mi family, I will lose face." Mi Zhu was very resolute.

"What did the Mi family do wrong?" Li Yuan was already confused.

"My younger brother Mi Fang was fooled by Dong Cheng's rhetoric, and even took Dong Cheng to hijack the military division, and then ran to the barracks to seize military power, but Dong Cheng's trick failed, and Jia Changshi deciphered it. Mi Fang and Dong Cheng have also been captured. However, Mi Fang made a terrible mistake, and it was because of my poor discipline, so please punish me, my lord."

Mi Zhu explained the ins and outs of the matter clearly. In fact, his move was to retreat and take the initiative to bear the mistakes. He hoped that Li Yuan could deal with Mi Fang lightly given the countless contributions made by the Mi family. Although he knew that the chances were slim, but this was The only way is, in fact, Mi Fang's mistakes have already implicated the entire Mi family. If Li Yuan really wants to investigate, the Mi family may be destroyed from then on.

Li Yuan was also taken aback when he heard it. He didn't expect this kind of thing to happen during the more than 20 days since he left Xiapi. After taking away the military power, he walked to the main seat and sat down. He was silent for a long time, his face became more and more ugly, and the atmosphere at the scene was very oppressive, making people breathless.

Mi Zhu lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Li Yuan. Cold sweat kept streaming down his forehead and his clothes were already wet, but he didn't even dare to move.

Xi Zhicai looked at Li Yuan from below, he knew that Li Yuan was in a rage, let alone Li Yuan when such a big incident happened, anyone would be very angry if he was the lord.

After a long time, Li Yuan took a deep breath, gradually calmed down his anger, and asked: "Dong Cheng should have obtained Emperor Xian's approval for doing these things, did Emperor Xian escape?"

"My lord, Emperor Xian wanted to flee to Yanzhou to join Cao Cao, but he was intercepted by the flying cavalry army. Now he has been brought back to the governor's mansion and sent heavy soldiers to guard him. Dong Cheng and Mi Fang are locked in prison." Xi Zhicai replied .

Li Yuan sighed, "Mi Zhu, get up, I won't blame you and the Mi family, it's Mi Fang's fault, not you."

"It's the lord." Mi Zhu dared to stand up when he heard that he would not blame the Mi family, but at the same time he was very worried about what Li Yuan would do to Mi Fang. After all, Li Yuan had given a chance last time, but now that Mi Fang made an even bigger mistake, I'm afraid It was inevitable that he would die, thinking of this, Mi Zhu couldn't help but feel a little sad.

"Dong Cheng is the mastermind and should be executed. Although Emperor Xian knew about it, he was young and ignorant, so he should not be blamed. As for the collusion between Mi Fang and Dong Cheng, he also committed a capital crime. However, Nian has developed a lot for Xuzhou in the Mi family. I have made countless contributions, Mi Fang's death penalty is inevitable, and living crimes are inevitable. I decided to imprison him for ten years and let him reflect on his mistakes. I hope that after ten years, he will be able to be a man again and not make mistakes again."

After thinking for a long time, Li Yuan decided to convict him in this way. It is necessary to execute Dong Cheng as the principal offender. Emperor Xian is actually one of the principal offenders, but after all, he is the son of heaven. It is impossible for Li Yuan to execute Emperor Xian. Next, Xiapi was to coerce the emperor to order the princes. If Emperor Xian died, the effect he wanted would not be achieved, so Emperor Xian could not be executed, but he could only be supervised.

Mi Fang should have been executed too, but the Mi family did pay a lot for Li Yuan. Killing Mi Fang might cause a estrangement between Li Yuan and Mi Zhu, so Li Yuan decided to spare Mi Fang's life and use ten years of imprisonment Come to punish him, this will not only punish Mi Fang, but also prevent Mi Zhu from becoming estranged.

"My subordinate thanked the lord for Zifang!" Mi Zhu knelt down and thanked Mi Fang. He thought that Li Yuan would execute Mi Fang, but he didn't expect Li Yuan to spare Mi Fang's life. Although he would be imprisoned for ten years, it was better than losing his life. Mi Fang It can be said that he was very lucky to have escaped death. If it were someone else, he would have executed Mi Fang without hesitation.

Jia Xu nodded with satisfaction when he heard Li Yuan's handling method, because in his opinion, this was also the most appropriate punishment, and he felt that he followed the right lord this time.

"Okay, this is the end of this matter. Don't think about it any longer. Now that I have brought Sima Hui to Xiapi, Zhicai, have all the schools in Xiapi been built?" Li Yuan started another topic.

(End of this chapter)