I, Liu Bian, the hero

Chapter 115 Yuan Shao surrenders himself ([-])

That's right, after Liu Bian said those words that night, it was Zhang Rang who specially asked the Shaofu to carve this horizontal plaque, and afterwards specially asked Song Dian or Bi Lan to send it to He Jin.

Not for anything else, but to take the opportunity to disgust He Jin.

Who made He Jin and Yuan Shao lead an army to break into the palace that night, trying to eradicate all the eunuchs in the palace?

Although because of Liu Bian's relationship that night, the actions of Yuan Shao and others did not succeed, and Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, Sun Zhang, and Guo Sheng also escaped by chance, only hundreds of young eunuchs died, but they still had lingering fears. Zhang Rang and others couldn't swallow this breath.

Although due to Prince Liu Bian, Zhang Rang and others did not dare to retaliate against He Jin, but according to the prince's angry words at the time, they really asked the Shaofu to engrave a horizontal plaque for He Jin, which is still possible.

No, before leaving, Song Dian felt disgusted at He Jin: "This is a gift from the crown prince, Uncle He Guo should take good care of it."

The great general in the past, and now Uncle He Guo, He Jinjin's face turned red, but he could only watch Song Dian leave with the officials of the Shaofu.

He didn't even dare to order the servants in the mansion to take down the horizontal plaque. The only thing he could do was to scold Zhang Rang, Song Dian and others while angrily returning to the mansion.

During this period, guards like Zhang Zhang and He Jin also complained about their lord, and some even yelled: "A group of eunuchs dare to bully the general. Don't these damned eunuchs know that the general is Is he the prince's uncle?!"

In the eyes of these people, the Crown Prince allowed He Jin to continue living in the General's Mansion, which was actually an obvious protection. Otherwise, if the sentence was really based on leading an army to break into the palace, how could it be as simple as being dismissed from office?
When everyone urged He Jin to go to the palace to complain to the Crown Prince and Empress He, suddenly a disciple hurried over and said a few words to He Jin: "General, Yuan Shao is here."

"Yuan Shao?" He Jin was startled when he heard this, and the guards beside him immediately fell silent.

After all, Yuan Shao is now a wanted criminal.

"Does the general want to see him?" the doorman asked cautiously.

"..." He Jin hesitated when he heard the words.

In his heart, he really didn't want to see him, and didn't want to cause trouble again, but if he didn't see him, he was afraid that outsiders would say that he was heartless, after all, Yuan Shao was his right-hand man in a long time.

After thinking for a while, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "Lead him to my study, don't make any noise."

"Yes." The doorman left in response.

Seeing this, He Jin also ordered the guards beside him not to disclose it, and immediately went to the study.

Not long after, the doorman led Yuan Shao in disguise to He Jin's study, and saw He Jin pretending to be reading in the study.

As soon as he saw He Jin, Yuan Shao kowtowed to the ground and said, "General, save me."

He Jin felt extremely irritable when he heard this, put down the book and sighed: "I am no longer a general..."

However, Yuan Shao ignored everything else, and begged again: "General, for the sake of my loyal following in the past, you must save me this time. You know, I just want to eradicate evil and evil for the world. Those eunuchs in the palace have absolutely no other ideas."

Hearing this, He Jin felt a little hesitation. Strictly speaking, apart from this incident, Yuan Shao had indeed helped him a lot in the past. At the beginning, he entered Luoyang alone. When people pushed him away, Yuan Shao was the first to extend his kindness to him.

He was not able to 'foresee' Yuan Shao's harm like Liu Bian, so he couldn't bear to think about it.

After hesitating for a while, he got up and helped Yuan Shao up, but he didn't know what to say.

After all, his nephew had told him before that there must be someone responsible for breaking into the palace, and if it wasn't He Jin, it would have to be Yuan Shao.

At that time, He Jin was flustered and acquiesced to this point, so when Liu Bian summoned all the officials afterwards, he would claim that Yuan Shao had deceived He Jin.

However, He Jin didn't expect that Yuan Shao, who escaped and disappeared at that time, would beg him again today. What should he do?
When he was struggling in his heart, he blamed: "At the beginning, you should never, never should have committed murder in front of the prince. When the prince called to stop that day, you should stop... Now things are getting worse. At this point, how do you say I can save you?"

Yuan Shao keenly heard He Jin's intention to give up on him, and secretly hated him, but he continued to plead: "General, it's not that I want to commit murder in front of the crown prince, it's really... to keep Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, and Sun Huo. Zhang and others are a great calamity, I hate that the prince was deceived by those eunuchs, and didn't know our loyalty..."

"Shut up! Stop talking nonsense!"

He Jin was inexplicably flustered, and stopped Yuan Shao's words.

"General." Yuan Shao pleaded: "If the general can save my life, I will try to make me Yuan's only follow the lead of the general."

This sentence made He Jin hesitate again.

That's right, after all, if He Jin wants to become the leader of the world's scholars, Yuan's support is indeed indispensable.

He hesitated to help Yuan Shao up, and said: "At first, it wasn't because I didn't want to help you. That night you committed an attack in front of the crown prince, and then escaped afterwards. The crown prince holds a grudge against you, and even I was implicated by you." , was dismissed by the crown prince...how do you think I can save you?"

Seeing that He Jin's tone was slightly loose, Yuan Shao quickly said: "General Mingjian, I have no intention of escaping. I was just panicked at the time. Afterwards, I reflected at home for a while, so I surrendered to the General. I only hope that the General For the sake of old love, say a few good words for me in front of the prince, so that I can pardon the world when the prince ascends the throne..."

I said why he dared to surrender.

He Jin suddenly realized, and stroked his beard to ponder.

After a long time, he hesitated and said: "It's just that, it's not difficult, but...if the crown prince doesn't forgive you..."

In his opinion, although the crown prince's ascension to the throne does grant amnesty to the world, such vicious incidents as leading troops into the palace may not necessarily be amnesty.

Not to mention that his nephew had clearly told him that Yuan Shao would be charged with this crime.

When he was hesitating, Yuan Shao said hastily: "Even if the crown prince is not pardoned at the time, I will not hold grudges against the general because of it."

That being said, in fact, he didn't pin his hopes on He Jin at all, he just hoped that He Jin would help him get through the catastrophe in front of him.

As for the future, his uncle Yuan Wei has already tried to save him in the contact person.

Under Yuan Shao's begging, He Jin pondered for a moment, and decided to help him, at least pretending, so that even if Yuan Shao was executed by the prince in the future, the Yuan family would not blame him.

Thinking of this, he nodded and said, "Okay, I will try my best to plead for you."

"Thank you, General." Yuan Shaona bowed his head.

Afterwards, the two discussed for a while, and then He Jin called the guards to tie Yuan Shao with ropes, and brought him into the palace to surrender.

At the same time, Liu Bian, who hadn't slept much for nearly forty hours, was sitting in a corner of the mourning hall, leaning on Cai Yan's shoulder and dozing off.

After an unknown amount of time, He Miao came to Liu Bian's side, seeing his nephew dozing off, he didn't know whether to wake him up, but it was Cai Yan who saw that something was wrong with He Miao, and gently woke Liu Bian up.

The awakened Liu Bian looked around with sleepy eyes, noticed He Miao, and asked, "Second Uncle, what's wrong?"

He Miao hesitated and said, "Brother tied Yuan Shao and surrendered himself."

Yuan Shao?

Liu Bian woke up immediately upon hearing this, and asked, "Where is it?"

He Miao replied, "I'm waiting outside the hall."

Hearing this, Liu Bian stood up and walked out of the hall. After sizing it up, he saw He Jin ordering Yuan Shao to be tied up and waiting near the Zhongde Hall, surrounded by a group of Henan troops maintaining order.

"Humph!"

With a cold snort, Liu Bian strode towards that place.

Right now at that place, Henan Captain Zhang He was folding his arms, watching He Jin, Yuan Shao and the others vigilantly. When he noticed Liu Bian, He Miao and the others approaching, he immediately gave way to salute and called His Majesty.

"Prince... No, Your Majesty." He Jin and Yuan Shao also greeted each other with salutes, and even Yuan Shao pretended to be humorous and said: "I can't give you a full salute because I have a rope in my body."

However, Liu Bian had no intention of joking with Yuan Shao at all. After looking Yuan Shao up and down, he said coldly, "Yuan Benchu, do you know the crime?"

"The minister is guilty..."

Yuan Shao lowered his head and said.

"very good."

Liu Bian nodded, and immediately ordered to the left and right: "Come on, push Yuan Shao out and behead him."

Zhang He heard it from the side, and he was about to step forward as if volunteering.

He Jin and Yuan Shao were taken aback, the former quickly said: "Prince, no, Your Majesty, even though Yuan Shao offended His Majesty that night, he was only trying to punish the eunuchs in the palace, and he didn't really intend to plot rebellion, the fear of killing would attract criticism. "

"..."

Liu Bian frowned and glanced at He Jin. If it wasn't for everyone watching, he really wanted to ask this uncle: If he commits such a serious crime as leading an army to break into the palace, I will kill Yuan Shao to protect you, and you still want to protect him?what's on your mind? !

At this time, Yuan Kai, Lu Zhi, Yang Xu, Yang Biao and other court ministers also heard the news and rushed over. Seeing that Liu Bian seemed to be about to execute Yuan Shao immediately, Yu Shi Zhongcheng Han Fu hurriedly pleaded: "Yuan Benchu ​​has been in court for a long time. As an official, he worked hard in the past, but this time he committed the crime of leading an army to enter the palace. There may be a reason, so it is better to take him into custody first, and then deal with it after the investigation is clear."

As soon as the words fell, many courtiers echoed.

Liu Bian glanced around and said coldly: "Yuan Benchu ​​led his army to break into the palace under the guise of his uncle, causing chaos in the palace and thousands of people died as a result. The evidence is convincing, what else needs to be verified?!"

Hearing this, Tai Shi ordered Wang Li to persuasion: "Your Majesty, during the funeral of the late emperor, seeing blood is inauspicious, it is better to take Yuan Shao into custody first."

As soon as the words fell, those who had just pleaded for Yuan Shao spoke up again.

Seeing this, Liu Bian felt even more hatred in his heart. Just as he was about to speak, Lu Zhi walked up to him and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, during the funeral of the late emperor, it is not appropriate to have another accident. It is better to take him into custody first."

Liu Bian looked at Lu Zhi, saw Lu Zhi shaking his head slightly as a signal, and finally nodded after thinking for a while: "Come on, put him in Tingwei prison first, and deal with it after the national funeral."

Hearing this, Huben Zhonglang General Cui Jun immediately summoned a team of guards and ordered Yuan Shao to be escorted to the Tingwei Office.

"Okay, everyone, go back to the mourning hall first."

Lu Zhi clapped his hands to dismiss the crowd, saw Liu Bian was still looking at Yuan Shao who was going away, and said in a low voice: "Yuan Shao is not comparable to Canglong Sima, he should be punished for his crime, a lynching that cannot be moved."

Liu Bian frowned and said, "He dared to turn himself in, obviously because he was sure that I would amnesty the world after I ascended the throne. If I don't kill him today, I'm afraid there will be future troubles."

Lu Zhi suddenly realized, and immediately frowned.

From the side, Xia Houyuan interjected: "Since that's the case, wouldn't it be fine if His Majesty didn't pardon Yuan Shao in the future?"

"It's not that simple."

Liu Bian shook his head, and glanced at Yuan Kai who was silent from beginning to end.

Based on the fact that Yuan Kai led all the officials to join in, he concluded that Yuan Kai must have met Yuan Shao beforehand. Since he had met beforehand, how could Yuan Kai just watch Yuan Shao be executed?
Forget it, let me see the influence of your Yuan family's four families and three masters!
Liu Bian thought secretly.

(End of this chapter)