People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 466 Fear

"I almost couldn't recognize Cao Cao after he turned into this."

Liu Xie, who was sitting by the window on the second floor of a restaurant next to the vegetable market, had a good view. Although the distance was far, he could still see the details of the execution ground clearly by picking up a telescope.

However, when he picked up the telescope and searched for a while, it still took him a long time to find the figure that once frightened him.

Cao Cao has now been serving his sentence in prison for more than half a year. He has lost all his dignity as a nobleman, and none of the majesty of the Emperor of Wei is left. People see a man with disheveled hair who looks like a beggar. Although he is only middle-aged, he looks like an old man.

If Cao Cao had not had a special status among the hundreds of prisoners and had not been placed at the front, I'm afraid Liu Xie would have been unable to find him.

When Liu Xie thought about the person who once treated him like a nightmare, now in such a miserable state and about to face the end of his life, even though he once hated him so much, now all he could do was sigh.

Today, Liu Xie has accepted his current life, which is like a new life. The love, hatred and grudges of the past have become less important.

Fu Xie, who was sitting opposite him, did not pay much attention to the execution ground. He just sat upright on a wooden chair, holding a newspaper in both hands and watching calmly.

This is the new issue of the monthly newspaper published this month. The news on the front page is the news of today's execution. On this day of execution, the newspaper still summarized the many crimes of the Wei monarch and his ministers.

Although Fu Xie had already learned about the details in the monthly report, he still sighed when he saw the blood debt again: "It is not unjust for them to have such an end. After all, the world is not the same as before."

Upon hearing this, Liu Xie put down the telescope and drank in silence.

The world is indeed different now. During the Han Dynasty, people like Lu Bu, Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao, who treated the people of the world as if they were their meals, were able to openly occupy high positions in government.

What people care about is never how they treat the people, but whether they are loyal to the rules and regulations between the ruler and his subjects.

Thinking about it now, even Liu Xie found this kind of thing a little ridiculous, and of course he would feel ashamed for the Han Dynasty.

After being in Xuanxia for a long time, his thoughts were unconsciously influenced by Xuanxia's social consensus, and he gradually agreed with the narrative method of standing from the perspective of the common people, rather than looking at the world from the lofty perspective of the emperor.

There is a world of difference between the up and the down.

"Now that Wei has been destroyed, although Ma Teng is entrenched in Liangzhou, the Yellow Turban general Wang Dang is trying his best to suppress him. Only Han and Wu and one Liu Zhang are left in the south. I don't see any possibility for them to fight against Xuanxia in this situation. According to this situation, the Yellow Turbans should launch the final decisive battle soon."

Seeing that Cao Cao, the symbol of the Wei Kingdom, was about to die, Liu Xie couldn't help but talk about the current situation in the world.

Now he is no longer an emperor, but is more of a spectator, watching the general changes.

Upon hearing this, Fu Xie flipped through the newspaper and pushed it to Liu Xie.

"Sir, please read this. Here is a new report about Shuzhong. Liu Zhang borrowed Liu Bei's power to attack Zhang Lu, but before Zhang Lu was defeated, Liu Bei took the opportunity to attack Shuzhong, forcing Liu Zhang to surrender and give up his territory. Now, among all the princes in the world, Liu Zhang has been removed from the list, and only Liu Bei and Sun Quan are left in the south."

"Is there such a thing?"

Liu Xie's eyes widened when he heard this, and he quickly picked up the newspaper to read it carefully. After reading it carefully, he was silent for a while, and then he laughed. There was some sarcasm and some relief in that smile.

Perhaps remembering the incident with the imperial edict, Liu Xie could empathize with Liu Zhang's experience. "Liu Bei is a good man, he easily took over the land of Shu, but he behaved like this..."

Liu Xie put down the newspaper and sneered: "It is said that Liu Bei is a loyal and righteous man, but I don't know if this counts as loyalty and righteousness. He once said that even the Emperor of Han could not stop him from supporting the Han Dynasty. Could it be that Liu Zhang is stopping him today?"

Hearing this, Fu Xie said in a deep voice: "People's hearts are hard to predict. Perhaps he really wants to resist Xuan Xia's plan, so he is attacking Liu Zhang who is only concerned about peace. But no matter whether he is a real villain or a fake gentleman, at least I still recognize his perseverance. This person has great ambitions and will not accept his fate until he is at the end of his rope."

Liu Xie nodded when he heard this and said, "Forget it. Anyway, I am just a businessman now. Whether Liu Bei is loyal or treacherous is none of my business. Let him be."

Fu Xie smiled, then picked up the wine, and drank with Liu Xie: "My lord, you are right. You and I are just ordinary people. It's okay to just watch what's going on in the world. If you really want to care, you should pay more attention to your own business."

Liu Xie laughed and shook his head without saying anything.

Fu Xie put down his wine glass and felt much more relaxed when he saw Liu Xie's reaction.

It can be seen that after surrendering to Xuan Xia, Liu Xie's mental state not only did not become gloomy and depressed, but became much more cheerful.

This also relieved Fu Xie of his biggest worry. It was not a wrong decision to surrender with Liu Xie.

As for whether he, the person who indirectly contributed to the demise of the Han Dynasty, should bear the responsibility, Fu Xie was unable to judge himself.

He only knew that rather than saying that his surrender with Liu Xie led to the collapse of the Han Dynasty, it was more accurate to say that it was a choice he made out of helplessness after realizing that the Han Dynasty was already in name only.

Thinking back to when he fled Xuanxia and returned to the Han court, he envisioned a situation where he would help the young emperor eliminate the traitor Dong and stabilize the government, then train the central elite army and order the governors in various places to fight against the traitor, thus regaining control of the country bit by bit.

However, the reality is that he got stuck at the first step. The ideal of supporting the Han Dynasty was beautiful, but when he really started to do it, he found that there were problems everywhere.

When the political system completely collapsed, the people were completely demoralized, the people were living in misery, and the rebellion intensified, the Han Dynasty was completely hopeless.

Fu Xie just laughed at himself in his heart. He thought that he was just a person, what could he count for? He wanted to change his fate, but he was overestimating his own abilities.

There is indeed a person in this world who can truly change his fate, but unfortunately his name is not Fu Xie, but Xu Chen.
"Ok?"

Just as he was deep in thought, he heard a surprised voice. Fu Xie looked over and saw that it was Liu Xie who was expressing his doubts to the crowd below.

Before Fu Xie could ask, he saw Liu Xie pick up the telescope again and look in one direction among the crowd.

Fu Xie looked in the direction he was looking, but didn't find anything unusual. Just as he was wondering, Liu Xie's next words made him understand what was going on.

"Isn't that Madam Bian?"

After watching for a while, Liu Xie took down the telescope and sighed, "It's not surprising. After all, they are Cao Cao's relatives, so they have to come and see him off at this critical moment."

(End of this chapter)