When Ji Han and his men traveled to the Three Kingdoms crew

Chapter 537: You still want me to trouble my uncle for such a small matter? You really deserve to die!
As the people of Shouchun spread the news, the news that Liu Bei was going to try Yuan Shu at Caishikou quickly spread.

From the children in the streets to the old farmers in the fields, everyone knew about it.

The people were shocked and surprised about the trial of Yuan Shu.

This was the first time they had encountered such a thing, and after the initial shock, the people applauded and cheered, saying that it was a great pleasure, and agreed with their fellow villagers and relatives to rush into the city early tomorrow morning to witness Yuan Shu's execution with their own eyes!

The time arrived as promised, and soon it was noon of the next day.

According to past experience, noon is usually the time when the sun is at its brightest.

But today is different from the past. Thick clouds came from afar and swallowed up the sunlight, and the sky suddenly became gloomy.

The onlookers didn't care and speculated about the content of the trial.

The scene became very lively, and people who didn't know might have thought it was a local market.

Until someone in the crowd shouted, "Thief Yuan! Thief Yang! Thief Yuan, thief Yang, come out!"

As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar, and countless pairs of eyes looked in the direction of the voice.

Yuan Shu and Yang Hong, wearing prison uniforms, were pushed onto the platform by the burly soldiers. The people were all surprised, "Is that the thief Yuan?"

"Didn't they say that Yuan the thief looked ferocious? Why does he look so down and out and ordinary?"

"Are you stupid? No matter how vicious the thief Yuan is, would he dare to act rashly in front of General Wei? It's like a vicious dog showing its teeth in front of its master."

"That makes sense, that makes sense!"

Unlike the people who were full of enthusiasm, Yuan Shu's heart sank, and his face was even gloomier than the sky above his head. At this moment, the words of the people were like sharp arrows shot at him, each of which hit his heart with great precision. It made him feel uncomfortable and difficult to breathe, and he suddenly felt irritated.

How dare these people frame him like this?!

He has a distinguished family background, with three generations of officials being officials!

Since when has the peasant who works in the fields dared to speak rudely to him?
All this is caused by
Yuan Shu looked up and saw Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others sitting on the high platform, and a hint of cruelty flashed in his eyes.

Liu Xuande!
It must be Liu Xuande who secretly instigated it!

This was a heart-breaking act by Liu Xuande!

Zhang Fei's brows suddenly furrowed, and the observant man noticed Yuan Shu's gaze at the first moment.

What a bastard.

You've become a prisoner, yet you still dare to look at my elder brother like this!

I think you are looking for a fight!
Zhang Fei clenched his fists and was about to stand up.

However, he was stopped by an arm, "Calm down, third brother."

Guan Yu's voice rang in Zhang Fei's ears. Zhang Fei looked at Guan Yu and said, "Second brother, he is insulting the eldest brother!"

"." Guan Yu stopped stroking his long beard, and his gaze towards Yuan Shu became as sharp as a knife, but he shook his head after all, "Third brother, my elder brother didn't say anything, you and I need to be calmer. Didn't we handle it well yesterday?"

After Guan Yu’s reminder, Zhang Fei was slightly stunned. Second brother was right!

Zhang Fei secretly glanced at Liu Bei, and Liu Bei nodded at him, as if agreeing with Guan Yu's words.

Seeing this, Zhang Fei gave up the idea of ​​taking action or asking his soldiers to take action. He looked stern and shouted at Yuan Shu: "Push the thief Yuan onto the stage!"

As the soldiers exerted their strength with their arms and pushed hard, Yuan Shu staggered and was pushed onto the platform.

When Yuan Shu really faced Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the cruelty in his eyes disappeared in the blink of an eye. The fear that he had suppressed emerged again.

Even Yang Hong turned pale and looked terrified. Who wouldn't be afraid of Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the three fierce gods?

Yuan Shu tried his best to control his emotions. He said to Liu Bei, "Liu Xuande, if you want to kill me, then do it. You are not a hero if you humiliate me like this!"

"Kill?" Liu Bei raised the corner of his mouth and sneered, "If I kill you so easily, even if I agree, will the people in the audience agree?"

The people shouted in unison: "No! No!"

Yuan Shu's face became more and more ugly, and the fear in his heart grew. This fear did not come from Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, but from the people in the audience, the people he disdained.

Something horrible is about to happen!

"Yuan Gonglu, did you hear that? It's not that I don't want to, but the people don't want to!"

Yuan Shu really wanted to say, these are just some peasants, why bother with them?

Just as he was about to speak, he saw Zhang Fei staring at him with his eyes wide open, like a ferocious beast devouring people. Guan Yu beside him was no less angry, although he was only frowning, he had a sense of majesty without being angry.

The words that Yuan Shu was about to say were swallowed back by him.

Liu Bei recounted the crimes committed by Yuan Shu one by one, and his voice was very infectious. The people who were originally whispering suddenly became quiet and listened to Liu Bei's story with their ears perked up. As they listened, many people felt the same way. Some stared at Yuan Shu fiercely, some cursed at him in indignation, and some shed tears silently.

Yuan Shu was confused. What was wrong with robbing? Dong had even massacred the city. He had only collected more taxes and recruited more soldiers. These were necessary preparations to achieve his ambitions. If he didn't make the people suffer, why would he make him suffer? Should he make his civil and military officials suffer?
Zhang Fei, who is well versed in micro-expressions, can naturally guess Yuan Shu's general thoughts. This guy has not realized his mistake at all!

However, Zhang Fei still suppressed his inner impulse. He lowered his voice and asked Liu Bei beside him, "Brother, this guy refuses to repent. I really can't bear it anymore."

Liu Bei looked at Zhang Fei, then at Yuan Shu, and was also furious. He lowered his voice and said, "Third brother, go give him a kick and make him kneel down!"

"Okay!" Zhang Fei quickly stood up and rushed to Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu was startled by Zhang Fei's sudden appearance. What happened?

Zhang Fei kicked Yuan Shu on the leg with such terrifying force that he fell to the ground, causing Yuan Shu to howl in pain.

Zhang Fei roared at Yuan Shu, "How dare you stand here, you evil bastard? Kneel down before the people!"

Yuan Shu, whose legs and feet were already in pain from Zhang Fei's kicks, began to tremble uncontrollably when he heard Zhang Fei's angry shout.

But when he heard clearly what Zhang Fei said, all the pain and fear were thrown behind his mind, he was so angry that his features twisted together. Not to mention that kneeling was an insult to him, asking him, a nobleman for four generations, to kneel down to the common people was simply... a great shame and humiliation!
Yuan Shu didn't care about anything else. He shouted angrily, "Zhang Fei, you dare to insult me?! People all over the world say that you are a brilliant writer with great talent and learning. Is this how you respect scholars?!"

"Humiliation? I'm humiliating you!" Zhang Fei grabbed Yuan Shu and slapped him in the face, causing his face to become red and swollen like a pig's head. "I'm just a warrior from Zhuo County. I don't understand why you should respect scholars!"

Yang Hong was trembling with fear. When Zhang Fei looked at him, he quickly turned around, his legs went weak, and he knelt down facing the people below the stage.

Even Yuan Shu, who felt a burning pain on his face, widened his eyes. He regretted not listening to Yang Hong's advice. He already felt a little guilty towards Yang Hong.

But he never expected Yang Hong to be so spineless. How could a scholar kneel down to the people? !
Yang Hong didn't care at all about Yuan Shu's murderous look.

Can he withstand Zhang Fei’s punch?
It is better to obey Zhang Fei and avoid physical pain!

Yuan Gonglu is confused, so confused!
Guan Yu, who saw all this, thought to himself: Third brother, aren't you going too far?

He looked at Liu Bei and wanted to persuade him, "Brother, why don't you persuade the third brother?"

However, what Guan Yu could not have expected was that Liu Bei slammed the table in front of him and said, "Good! Good fight!" Guan Yu was slightly stunned, but soon came to his senses. Liu Bei's reaction was normal.

Liu Bei was not the only one who cheered. The people in the audience also clapped and cheered, and applause poured out from the crowd.

"Third General, you fought well, you fought well!"

After being slapped by Zhang Fei, Yuan Shu still insisted, "I don't accept it!"

"I don't care whether you obey or not! I'll beat you up!"

"Third brother, wait a minute."

Just when Zhang Fei was about to continue, Liu Bei stopped him.

The people in the audience and Zhang Fei, who had stopped fighting, all looked towards Liu Bei. Liu Bei looked at Yuan Shu and said coldly, "Third brother, there must be a basis for beating him."

"Is there any basis for this?"

The people looked at each other in confusion.

What does General Wei mean by "there is a basis for this"?
Zhang Fei understood immediately. He put his hands on Yuan Shu's shoulders and forced Yuan Shu to kneel down in front of the people.

Liu Bei invited several people who had been waiting in front of the stage for a long time to come up. Among them was an elderly man, a skinny man, and a woman with red eyes filled with tears.

The woman sobbed and said, "On the day of my wedding, a group of Yuan thieves' soldiers broke in and dragged my lover away."

The man pointed to his empty arm and lame leg and said, "I am a porter. I met Yuan's soldiers on the road. They thought I was too annoying, so they chopped off my arm and broke my leg."

The old man propped up his stick and straightened his skinny chest. He stared at Yuan Shu, his voice choking with sobs, "My grandson has always been filial. He was less than ten years old, but he knew to carry a basket to bring food to me on the ridge of the field. As a result, Yuan's soldiers not only took away the basket, but also thought the food was not tasty and hacked my grandson to death with their swords while laughing."

With the women, men and old men taking the lead, the people in the audience told their own stories one by one, which was so heartbreaking and moving to tears.

However, Yuan Shu still insisted: "I am not wrong, I am not wrong!"

"Right? Fine, fine." Zhang Fei laughed angrily. He approached Yuan Shu and said coldly, "In that case, I will drag your wife out when you are being affectionate with her. I happen to know someone who particularly likes another man's wife. Then I will break your hands and feet, and then chop your son to death in front of you."

Hearing this, even the stubborn Yuan Shu's face suddenly changed. I don't know if it was because of the pain or fear, but cold sweat kept oozing out of his forehead. His voice became terrified. At this moment, he was really scared. He shouted in shock: "No, you can't do this! You are Zhang Yide, you are a famous righteous man in the world! You can't do this!"

"Oh, a righteous man must be pointed at with a gun?!"

Yuan Shu's pupils were trembling with fear. Looking at Zhang Fei's cruel smile, he felt that Zhang Fei was definitely not joking!

"In that case, why don't you admit your mistake?!" Zhang Fei shouted loudly, scaring Yuan Shu so much that he trembled.

In order to prevent Zhang Fei's words from coming true, Yuan Shu lowered his proud head and said in a low voice, "Yes, I was wrong."

"Speak louder, I can't hear you!"

"Yes, I was wrong!"

When the people saw that Zhang Fei had pried open Yuan Shu's mouth, which was harder than iron, they all cried out in delight and praised Zhang Fei for being so powerful.

Of course, that was all. Not to mention Zhang Fei, even the common people were unwilling to give up.

Zhang Fei rolled up his sleeves and started to beat Yuan Shu. Whenever someone in the audience told a sad story, Zhang Fei would slap Yuan Shu in the face.

Until Liu Bei decided the punishment for Yuan Shu, "parade him through the streets for three days and then execute him."

Since the emperor had given Liu Bei full authority to be responsible for this matter, and in view of the fact that Yuan Shu was committing treason, there was no need to wait until the autumn to execute him.

Liu Bei set the death sentence for Yuan Shu and Yang Hong for three days later.

Yuan Shu and Yang Hong, who had suffered through three days of parade, finally waited for the third day. They felt that these three days were longer than three years.

When Yuan Shu was pushed onto the execution platform and waiting for the executioner to kill him, he couldn't help but feel sad in his heart. Yang Hong was spineless and Zhang Xun was a runaway general. It seemed that Fengxian was the only loyal minister in the army.

However, at this moment, he heard a familiar voice.

"Mr. Yuan, who do I look like to you?"

Yuan Shu's heart trembled. This voice... Fengxian, Fengxian is here to save me? !

However, when he turned his head back and looked in the direction of the voice, he saw the executioner with a knife!

The executioner is Fengxian? !
To Yuan Shu's disbelief, the executioner chopped off his head cleanly and neatly.

As Yuan Shu and Yang Hong were beheaded, the sky, which had been gloomy for several days, finally cleared up.

The news of the public trial of Yuan Shu quickly spread throughout Yangzhou. The powerful nobles who had previously remained neutral suddenly changed their expressions when they heard Liu Bei's name. They immediately condemned Yuan Shu and expressed their support for Liu Bei's behavior. They immediately announced that they were afraid of Yuan Shu's power before, but this time it was different. Yangzhou would be safe with the arrival of General Wei.

Yuan Shu's relatives, the Yuan family of Runan, immediately kicked Yuan Shu's branch away.

Even the Yuzhou Governor Kong Rong, the Yanzhou Governor Liu Dai and others wrote to the court, requesting that the court send prefects to govern the prefectures and counties.

But there was another disturbance in Chang'an.

Liu Bian clapped his hands and cheered, "As expected of the Emperor's uncle, when the Emperor's uncle takes action, nothing in the world can be difficult! Someone, come here, I want to draft an edict to confer the title of General Wei!"

Upon hearing this, the eunuch hurried forward. Just as Liu Bian was drafting the decree, the eunuch opened his mouth but stopped himself from speaking.

Seeing that Liu Bian seemed unmoved, the eunuch gritted his teeth and went all out, "Your Majesty, your handwriting is getting better and better."

"But Your Majesty, don't you think that General Wei's power is a little too great?"

"Oh?" Liu Bian stopped writing and stared at the eunuch beside him.

The eunuch thought that what he said was not straightforward enough, so he persuaded him earnestly, "General Wei's prestige has reached its peak after this battle. People in the world are afraid of General Wei, not Your Majesty. In this way, General Wei is powerful, while Your Majesty is weak. Your Majesty, General Wei is a relative of the Han Dynasty. If General Wei has any ulterior motives, the throne..."

Liu Bian suddenly realized, "So that's the case, what do you think we should do?"

The eunuch was delighted, and he quickly made a gesture of wiping his neck, "I think it is better to kill him!"

"Good!" Liu Bian nodded.

The eunuch thought he had convinced Liu Bian, but Liu Bian called two guards and pointed at the eunuch, "Drag this man away and kill him."

Liu Bian's voice was very calm, so calm that the eunuch couldn't help but wonder if there was something wrong with his ears.

The eunuch knelt down immediately, trembling with fear, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this is clearly not what you promised me!"

"Ah?" Liu Bian looked at the eunuch in surprise. "Why, do I have to wait for my uncle to kill you? You still want me to trouble my uncle for such a small matter? You really deserve to die!"

Liu Bian said to the guards: "I have to make a decision. Let's execute him by lingchi."

The eunuch's eyes went dark and he fainted instantly.

Before he fainted, he cried out in his heart: Didn't you say that Your Majesty is kind? Why did I end up being tortured to death?
(End of this chapter)