Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1083 Status
The civil and military officials of Baekje were completely unaware of the assassination attempt that night. After a brief period of stagnation and confusion, they finally began to gradually understand the current situation and at the same time fell into greater entanglement.

What exactly?
Logically speaking, since they were from Baekje, they should naturally support Qiu Tai. However, Qiu Tai was too ruthless this time. He did not inform them in advance, and the assassination involved everyone. It was really too cruel.

And the most fundamental problem is that Qiu Tai had already surrendered, but now he was openly ambushed and killed at the banquet. Isn't this a betrayal?
During this moment of hesitation, several people were hit by stray arrows and fell to the ground screaming. When others saw this, they hurriedly covered their heads and fled in all directions, trying to stay away from the center of the battlefield, while cursing Qiu Tai's ancestors for eighteen generations.

They all fled to the wall and hid there, fearing that they would be injured by the arrows. At the same time, they wanted to turn around and see what Qiu Tai was doing.

As a result, as soon as they turned around, they saw Qiu Tai being chased by two of Cao Ang's guards. They were stunned. What was going on?
Qiu Tai was groaning in his heart at this time, because he had thought beforehand that Yuan Xi's guest seat was quite a distance away from his main seat, so when his death squad came out, they would surround Yuan Xi and his men at the first time, so that he could take the opportunity to safely escape from the center of the battlefield.

He had planned very well, but he had not expected that Cao Ang, who was so close to him, would turn against him at this moment!

At first, Qiu Tai was somewhat afraid of killing Cao Ang, which would make it difficult for him to explain to Cao Cao later. So he arranged Cao Ang's seat closer to himself, which would be safer.

As a result, this decision trapped Qiu Tai. He never expected that Cao Ang's two guards would rush towards him at the first moment!

And the man would have been fine, but that woman was simply a devil. Wherever her spear went, the assassins were shot in the throat and fell to the ground dead. She was only seven or eight steps away from catching up with him!
Yuan Xi saw this scene from afar and thought that the Han court's rule of handing over weapons in the palace still made sense. But now Baekje was a tribal system, and like the foreign barbarians in the north, they all wore weapons to show their bravery. So Qiu Tai's plan was completely disrupted at the first moment.

He sat on the table, wearing a helmet, huddled up, and calmly watched Zhao Yun, Sun Li, and the guards chop melons and vegetables, but he did not do it himself because he knew that if he went up to help at this time, it would distract Zhao Yun and others.

On the other side, Zhao Yun was holding the Qinggang Sword that he had obtained from Cao's army. This was a sharp weapon that Cao spared no expense to create. Zhao Yun had no scruples and chopped with great force in every move. Wherever he went, severed limbs flew everywhere. The assassins' momentum was quickly suppressed.

In the midst of his busy schedule, Zhao Yun looked towards Qiu Tai and was relieved to see that Yang Feng had nearly caught up with him. He knew Yang Feng's ability and knew that if he was there, he would never lose Qiu Tai.

When the assassins present saw this, they panicked immediately. Some of them ran to save Chou Tai, otherwise their king would be killed before they could kill the fierce tiger!
When Qiu Tai saw this, he was so disappointed that he thought, "Why should he save himself? Why not kill the fierce tiger first and all the problems will be solved?"

But now he could only escape first. When he was about to rush into the secret door, Jia Xu beside him also rushed out diagonally, and it seemed that he would escape before Qiu Tai!
Qiu Tai cursed, "You are so old, why are you running so fast?"

His life was at stake now, so he would never let Jia Xu snatch away his chance to escape. He immediately reached out and pushed Jia Xu hard on the back.

Jia Xu cried out and fell to the ground. Qiu Tai continued to move and was about to rush into the secret door that was nearby, but a foot stretched out from the ground and tripped over his ankle.

Qiu Tai was caught off guard and fell to the ground immediately, disoriented. He looked over and saw Jia Xu on the ground retracting his feet.

He immediately began to figure out some things in his mind. Why did the assassination turn out like this? Could it be that the old dog Jia Xu was misleading him from the beginning?
But he didn't have the chance to think further, because Yang Feng had already stabbed the two closest assassins to death and rushed to the front. Qiu Tai saw him and shouted, "Spare my life!"

"There is a misunderstanding here. It was all because of that old dog Jia Xu who deceived me."

With a "puff", Yang Feng's iron spear pierced through Qiu Tai's throat, making him stop talking abruptly.

With another puff, Yang Feng pulled out the iron spear and held it high, instantly attracting the attention of everyone present, who also noticed Qiu Tai who had been shot.

Qiu Tai had a look of disbelief on his face. He covered his throat with one hand and stretched out the other hand as if to grab Jia Xu. However, Jia Xu had already taken the opportunity to crawl away.

At this moment, Qiu Tai finally figured out some things, but it was too late. He had lost, and the price was his life.

He staggered twice and then fell to the ground dead.

Jia Xu on the side secretly gave her a thumbs up, thinking that this girl was very efficient and did not let Qiu Tai say a word. This way, there would be no evidence to prove her wrong!

All the assassins present were stunned. In less than a cup of tea, before they could kill the ferocious tiger, their king died first!

At this time, Yuan Xi's soldiers outside the door finally rushed in with weapons and rushed towards the assassins who still wanted to resist. They were all fully armored elite soldiers, and they kept chopping the assassins to the ground with their swords.

Yuan Xi saw that the situation was settled, so he stood up and shouted, "The King of Baekje has been treacherous and has been executed. There is no point in you continuing to resist. Surrender immediately and you can still live!"

"If you resist stubbornly, you will be killed without mercy!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the assassins' last bit of will to resist collapsed and they dropped their weapons and surrendered.

Yuan Xi then ordered the soldiers to arrest all the civil and military officials. The ministers cried out in injustice, saying that they knew nothing about the matter and hoped that Yuan Xi would show mercy.

Yuan Xi said, "Qiu Tai betrayed me. I must get to the bottom of this. Otherwise, if this bad precedent is set, there will be no peace in the future."

"Don't worry, I won't let a bad guy go, nor will I wrongly accuse a good guy!"

"Come here, interrogate everyone!"

Immediately, people from the procuratorate came up and interrogated the remaining assassins in court, using torture to extract confessions. Immediately, screams were heard in the court, frightening the ministers. Yuan Xi felt a movement under his buttocks, and suddenly realized that Gongsun Shuo was still pressing on the table where he was sitting. He stood up, kicked the table away, and said to Gongsun Shuo, who was lying on the ground with her head in her hands, "Is the princess injured?"

Gongsun Shuo stood up in a panic, her body was stained with wine and dishes, but she was in no mood to care about these things at this moment. She just looked at Qiu Tai's corpse with a complicated expression and said, "I dare not act rashly in front of the king. What's more, I am already a guilty person and will not be a princess."

Yuan Xi said, "Don't worry, if you didn't participate in this matter, I won't punish you."

"You can be the bait. I think you are unaware of this. When things are settled, how about I find someone to send you back to Gongsun Clan?"

Gongsun Shuo shook his head in confusion, "I don't know where to go either."

Yuan Xi asked, "You don't blame me for killing your husband?"

Gongsun Shuo shook her head. "We are not married yet, and he is seeking his own death, and he wants to drag me and my family down with him. He really deserves to die."

Yuan Xi nodded slightly, "It would be best if you could think this way."

Looking at Gongsun Shuo's expression, he realized that the other party had guessed something and that he might be a chess piece abandoned by the Gongsun family.

The two men fell into a brief silence, with the only sounds of torture and confessions in their ears coming from the hall.

The assassins were all the closest confidants of the Qiu Tai family, so the matter was quickly discovered. Cao Ang, Gongsun Shuo, and the ministers were all unaware of it, but Jia Xu was exposed.

This kind of thing is difficult to hide, after all, Jia Xu was the one who came up with the idea. When Qiu Tai was instructing his subordinates, he told the matter to his two most capable leaders of his death squad, so Jia Xu was unsurprisingly exposed.

Immediately, some Baekje ministers said that it was Jia Xu who instigated the assassination. They naturally knew that Jia Xu had escaped from Yuan Xi, so they all put the blame on Jia Xu.

After hearing this, Yuan Xi said, "The King of Baekje listened to slander and went astray. He has already lost his life. Let's end this matter here!"

"Jia Xu harbored evil intentions and used sweet words to deceive the two countries. If we don't kill him, it won't be enough to appease the public anger, and if we don't kill him, it won't be enough to give you an explanation!"

"Pull him down and chop him up!"

Immediately, the soldiers pounced on him like wolves and tigers, tied Jia Xu up and dragged him away. Soon, a soldier held up Jia Xu's head with disheveled hair and bloody face and showed it to all the officials.

Civil and military officials looked at the hideous and distorted head and tried to avoid it. Now they were speechless.

Of the remaining assassins, except for a few leaders who were executed, the rest, including Qiu Tai's family, were sent by Yuan Xi to open up barren land.

The civil and military officials had no objection to this. The Qiu Tai family was powerful in itself, and now there were many lucrative positions vacant. This was also a good opportunity for the officials and the families behind them.

But Yuan Xi's subsequent words made them cautious.

"I wanted to make peace with Baekje, so I went into the city in person, but I was deceived. It really makes me sigh when I encounter such a thing."

"Since the Qiutai family has been destroyed, there is no need for Baekje to exist. From today on, all Baekje territories will belong to Jin. I will re-establish prefectures and counties and assign you all new positions."

"Who is in favor and who is against?"

The civil and military officials were certainly not fools, and they all bowed and accepted the order.

When Yuan Xi saw this, he thought that this was the righteous cause. After going around in circles and spending countless efforts, he finally achieved his goal.

He immediately ordered Gongsun Shuo and all civil and military officials to go back and wait for orders. At the same time, he asked Zhao Yun to lead the troops out of the city and asked the Baekje soldiers stationed outside the city to surrender.

Inside the city, he asked Zhang Rang to lead the soldiers to pacify the people to avoid unrest. After the situation was stabilized after some time, he would announce the change of dynasty.

After doing all this, he noticed that Yang Feng's arm was bleeding. It was obvious that he was injured in the fight just now. He said, "Why didn't you say so earlier?"

"Come find a place and I'll give you medicine."

Yang Feng shook her head stiffly, "No, I'll do it myself when I get back. If there's nothing else, I'll leave first."

Yuan Xi looked at Yang Feng's back and thought that after all these years, his temper hasn't changed at all.

(End of this chapter)