Chapter 84 Those who dare to harm the common people are guilty of the same crime

Liu Bei, Zhou Xing and others were sitting in the prefect's mansion waiting for news. Suddenly they saw county officials coming to report in a hurry: "Your Majesty, the Wang County Magistrate led his troops to capture Yan Song, but Yan Song refused to plead guilty and gathered a crowd to fight with swords. The county officials

There are few soldiers and I dare not attack by force. The magistrate Wang asked me to borrow 500 troops from the emperor to capture and kill Yan Song."

Bang!!!

After hearing this, Liu Bei became furious and started to fight.

"It's tolerable, but what can't be tolerated! Yan Song dared to openly gather a crowd to resist the government. I have to kill this thief myself today! Yun Changyide, lead the troops and follow me."

Liu Bei was furious and hurried out after speaking, followed closely by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

Zhou Xing could no longer persuade him at this time and had nothing to persuade him. Yan Song was seeking death and no one could save him.

He followed Liu Bei silently, and Li Ye, a meritorious officer, also came after hearing the news, and rushed to Yan's house with the five hundred soldiers led by Liu Bei.

Not long after, Liu Bei led his troops to the gate of Yan's house. As expected, he saw many people guarding the gate with swords in their hands, confronting Wang Xiu's county soldiers.

Before Liu Bei got off his horse, Zhang Fei jumped down and ordered: "Surround us."

Five hundred soldiers immediately rushed forward and surrounded the members of the Yan clan.

Wang Xiu hurriedly came over and saluted: "Master Mingfu, Yan Song fought with his men and held a sword to resist. Xiu had no choice but to ask Master Fu to lead troops to help!"

Liu Bei dismounted and said to Wang Xiu: "I have been coming for a long time. I just heard that you had arrived first, so I didn't move. I didn't expect that Yan Song dared to gather a crowd to resist. Where are the others?"

"At home." Wang Xiu pointed to the door of Yan's house.

"It's good that he's here." Liu Bei took a few steps forward with his sword in hand, faced the clan members named Yan, looked around for a moment, and shouted, "Do you want to rebel? Why don't you quickly put down your weapons and get out of the way."

Liu Bei didn't want to go on a killing spree. He just wanted to kill Yan Song today. For these clan members named Yan, he knew that they were forced by Yan Song to do this.

Those clan members with the surname Yan looked at the soldiers surrounding them with swords and spears, especially when they saw the black-faced general and the red-faced general. Many of them were so frightened that they were trembling.

They looked at each other, no one put down their weapons first, and the others did not dare to put down their weapons, fearing that if Yan Song died, they would settle the score with them later.

Liu Bei waited for a while and saw that they were still holding weapons and did not give way. He couldn't help but become more angry and shouted: "Anyone holding weapons is guilty of the same crime as the rebels and will be killed on the spot!"

When those members of the Yan clan saw that Prefect Liu had touched the seal, they did not dare to hesitate anymore. They threw away their weapons and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy.

At this time, the meritorious officer Li Ye stepped forward and said to Liu Bei: "Master Mingfu, although these people are members of the Yan clan, they were forced to do this because of Yan Song's lust. I hope you will let them go!"

Li Ye was also a member of the wealthy Donglai clan, and many of his children were married to people with the surname Yan, so he quickly came forward to intercede.

He already understood Liu Bei's temper. If he got really angry, he might kill all these people.

Liu Bei glanced at Li Ye, and then at the people who were kneeling down to beg for mercy. His anger subsided a little, and he waved his hand to stop the soldiers, and then stared at the Yan family gate.

After Yan Song returned home, he drank by himself in the hall and waited for Wang Xiu to leave.

However, after waiting for a long time, the servant came to report that Magistrate Wang was still guarding the door and had no intention of retreating.

Yan Song thought that he had many people guarding the door, but Magistrate Wang brought not many people, and many of them were members of the Yan clan, so he didn't care and drank leisurely.

After a while, the servant came to report in a panic, saying that Prefect Liu had arrived with his troops.

Yan Song didn't quite believe it: "How is it possible! How could Mr. Liu Fu do it on his own for such a trivial matter?"

"Master, it's true. I recognize Mr. Liu. He has big ears. The black-faced general and the red-faced general are here, and Li Gongcao is here too!"

Yan Song was startled, stood still for a moment, and hurried to the gate to look out through the crack in the door. Sure enough, he saw Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and hundreds of soldiers.

Then I saw my own tribe throwing away their weapons and kneeling down to beg for mercy.

Then he saw Liu Bei looking towards the gate, his eyes full of murderous intent, which made him feel cold, and he vaguely felt that things were not so easy to deal with.

I originally thought that I had only seized a few hundred acres of land and would not alert Prefect Liu, because the previous prefects would not care about such matters. Even if they knew about it, they would treat it as ignorant and ignore it. At most, they would tell themselves not to do it.

It’s just a cause of death.

This time, I misjudged the wrong person!

Yan Song did not dare to hesitate any longer, hurriedly opened the door and went out in person.

"Yan Song pays homage to Mr. Fu!"

Yan Song quickly walked to Liu Bei and knelt down to worship him.

Liu Bei held the hilt of the sword in his hand and looked down at Yan Song who was kneeling on the ground. He did not call him to get up, but asked in a deep voice: "Is there anything wrong with you seizing 500 acres of land from the eight families of the Chen family?"

"Jun Fu, my ancestors once rented two hundred acres of land to the Chen family for farming. I am willing to return the three hundred acres of land to the Chen family, but I will take back the two hundred acres of my family's land."

Yan Song is still testing Liu Bei's bottom line. If Liu Bei agrees that he only returns 300 acres of land, it will be much easier to deal with him in the future.

If he really doesn't want to, there's nothing wrong with returning all the 500 acres of land to the eight families named Chen.

"So you admit to the crime of seizing people's land?" Liu Bei's voice sounded very cold.

"This... is not a robbery, but... for the sake of the prince, I will give them the three hundred acres of land. That land originally belonged to my Yan family."

"Even now you still don't know how to repent. Even if I want to spare you, the people will not spare you!"

Liu Bei said as he slowly drew out his sword.

Yan Song was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly shouted: "Mr. Liu, this is absolutely true! The former governor of Donglai, Guan Tong, can confirm it. Also, my wife's family is the Liu family of Mouping, and they are members of the royal family just like Mr. Fu."

Clan, Liu Yangzhou is my wife’s brother in the family. Mr. Liu, I am willing to return all the 500 acres of land to the Chen family. I will also pay for the medical expenses of those who were injured. Please forgive me this time, I promise.

I will no longer seize human land from now on, Mr. Liu Fu..."

Liu Bei said coldly: "It's too late to plead guilty and beg for mercy at this time!"

Poof!!!

Liu Bei thrust his sword into Yan Song's heart.

Yan Song's eyes widened and he looked at Liu Bei in disbelief. He vomited blood from his mouth. He regretted that he should not have listened to the advice of the three elders.

Huang Ren, the third elder, once came to persuade him, saying that Liu Taishou was a person who really cared about the people and asked him not to seize the Chen family's land, otherwise he would be killed.

He didn't take it seriously at the time, and even scolded the three elders and drove them away.

Only now did Yan Song know that the three elders were doing it for his own good!

But now it's too late. Prefect Liu's sword has pierced his heart, and it's too late to say anything.

Liu Bei slowly drew out his sword, while Yan Song slowly fell to the ground on his knees and stopped moving.

"Cut off his head and hang it outside the city of Huang County for three days, and then pass it on to the counties to watch. I want everyone in Donglai to know that anyone who dares to harm the people will be guilty of the same crime!" Liu Bei ordered.

"Thank you Mr. Liu Fu!"
Chapter completed!