When Yuan Shu was brought in, he was blindfolded and had a dirty rag stuffed in his mouth. The rag was given to him because after he was caught, he not only refused to hand over the imperial seal, but also scolded him. He kept going on and on. Zhang Fei thought he was too restless, so he stuffed a rag into Yuan Shu's mouth. However, after the rag was stuffed into Yuan Shu's mouth, he opened his eyes wide and stared at Zhang Fei. Zhang Fei He was so angry that he even had his eyes covered.
Liu Xin waved her hand and asked someone to scoop out all the rags covering Yuan Shu's eyes and stuffing them in his mouth, and said in a deep voice: "Yuan Shu, you are so brave, you dare to claim to be emperor, don't you know that this is a destructive act?" Is it a grave sin among the Nine Clans?"
Suddenly seeing the bright light, Yuan Shu felt his eyes sting. After a while to adapt, he saw clearly that the speaker was Liu Xin who was sitting at the top. He couldn't help but sneered: "Liu Xin, the winner is a prince and the loser is a bandit. Since he has fallen, Once it is in your hands, I can say whatever you want, whether you want to kill or cut it into pieces is up to you! But if you want to scoop up the national jade seal, go ahead and dream!"
After Yuan Shu returned to his mansion yesterday, he waited uneasily until dusk. He originally thought that the Han army's siege would come to an end, but he heard the news that the city had been destroyed. Yuan Shu also knew that Lujiang City had been surrounded by Han troops and wanted to escape from the city. It was absolutely impossible to go, so he had no choice but to follow General Yang's advice, find a safe place to hide, wait until the news passed, and then flee to Hebei to join his half-brother Yuan Shao.
Under the arrangement of General Yang, Yuan Shu abandoned his wife and son and took only two soldiers to a private house near the prefect's mansion. It can be predicted that after the Han army enters the city, Yuan Shu's prefect's mansion will soon become the home of the Han army. The temporary residence of the general. However, General Yang understood that the most dangerous place is the safest place, and the houses near the prefecture would definitely not be subject to too many inquiries. Moreover, General Yang also gave that family a large amount of money. Jinyin asked them to find a few sets of cloth for Yuan Shu and the two soldiers to change into, and hid in the woodshed behind the house.[
Things turned out as General Yang expected. After the Han army entered the city, they simply searched around the prefect's mansion and then went elsewhere. However, there were advantages and disadvantages. The prefect's mansion became the temporary command of Zhang Fei and others. Therefore, the surrounding security force has naturally increased a lot. At this time, it is absolutely impossible for Yuan Shu to leave this private house and run to other places.
What made him even more depressed was that Zhang Fei actually issued an order with originality. As long as he could not catch Yuan Shu for a day, the people must stay at home and not be allowed to go out for a day. This order was very inhumane to the people, especially It is even more fatal for people who don’t have much food stored at home.
That family happened to not have much food in store. When Yuan Shu and the others were hiding behind a pile of firewood and anxiously listening to what was going on outside, the old and young of that family also gathered around and discussed the table full of gold and silver. These gold and silver were indeed It was tempting, but it could not be exchanged for food, and Yuan Shu usually levied excessive taxes on them, so several people in the family reported Yuan Shu. When Zhang Fei asked the family what reward they wanted, the family actually proposed it. He didn't want gold or silver, he just wanted food. He was obviously frightened by Zhang Fei's order.
With a "pop" sound, Xu Chu, who was standing behind Liu Xin, stepped forward, raised the riding crop in his hand and whipped it down hard. A bloodstain suddenly appeared on Yuan Shu's face, lying on the ground like an ugly centipede.
Xu Chu shouted and scolded: "Let's see if you still dare to say such treasonous words!"
Yuan Shu gritted his teeth in pain, but he couldn't understand what was so treasonous about what he just said.
Seeing Yuan Shu's dejected look, Liu Xin smiled and said: "Yuan Shu, your ideas are outdated. This is no longer the era of winners, princes, and losers. The current law is winner takes all. If you lose, you
Everything is mine, dead or alive! To put it bluntly, you are really not as valuable as the women in your family now. They may still be rewarded to my soldiers. If
If you serve the lord to your satisfaction, you may be able to live in fine clothes and fine food. As for you and your son, you and your son will be doing hard work with those slaves half-fed and not hungry every day!"
Yuan Shu was the legitimate son of the Yuan family and thought he was of noble birth. He looked down upon Yuan Shao, his half-mother, who was just a concubine, and even more looked down upon Liu Xin and other Han clan members who were from other branches. However, Liu Xin wanted to humiliate him.
He demoted him to an even lower level slave, which made him feel more uncomfortable than killing him.
These words made Yuan Shu angry and angry, and shouted: "A scholar can be killed but not humiliated! Liu Xin, if you dare, kill me!"
"Pa", there was another blood mark on Yuan Shu's face, and the two blood marks crossed each other, as if a "cross" was drawn on his face, which was a sentence of death. Yuan Shu glared at Xu Chu, and suddenly understood, it was
He called himself "I" and committed disobedience.
Liu Xin laughed loudly and said: "You dare to be called a 'scholar'? If you are really not afraid of death, why didn't you resist when you were arrested? Why didn't you commit suicide when you were locked up in prison and suffered all the humiliation? Explanation
You have no courage at all! Yuan Shu, let me ask you, where is the Imperial Seal? Where is Liu Bang? As long as you tell me honestly, I will let you live!"
Yuan Shu also laughed loudly and said: "Liu Xin, you have been making trouble for a long time, it turns out that you are still here for the imperial seal. Yes, I have hidden the imperial seal, and it is in this Lujiang city, but you will never
It's impossible to find it..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard General Yang say: "Master Liu, if I hand over the imperial seal, will you let my family go?"
Liu Xin knew that this man was Yuan Shu's most important adviser, and thought he would be loyal to Yuan Shu. Unexpectedly, he jumped out and betrayed him at this time. He couldn't help turning to Yuan Shu and said: "Yuan Shu, did you hear that? You have already
Everyone rebelled against their relatives."
"Humph, the jade seal is mine..." Yuan Shu suddenly saw Xu Chu raising the riding whip in his hand, and hurriedly changed his words, "I hid it myself, how did you know!"
General Yang ignored him and continued to say to Liu Xin: "Master Liu, when Yuan Shu was hiding the jade seal, the villain happened to meet him, so he knew where the jade seal was hidden. But I don't know if Master Liu can agree to let the villain's family go.
."
Liu Xin nodded and said: "Okay, Liu will promise you that as long as you can hand over the imperial seal, you will be pardoned and you will be demoted to a commoner from now on. You can be a rich man with peace of mind."
General Yang didn't expect that Liu Xin would not only let his family members go, but also himself. He couldn't help but be overjoyed, thanked him repeatedly, and said: "The jade seal is hidden in a mouse hole behind that family's woodshed. The villain is willing
Lead the way to get it."
When Yuan Shu heard that General Yang had indeed told the whereabouts of the jade seal, he couldn't help but cursed: "General Yang, you are a guy who seeks glory behind your back, you will not die..." [
Liu Xin shouted in a deep voice: "Yuan Shu, an ant is still alive, let alone his whole family, what's wrong with that? General Yang handed over the imperial seal. Liu will never break his promise and will definitely exempt him." Now you have another opportunity before you. As long as you tell Liu Bang's whereabouts, Liu will exempt you from the death penalty! You should think carefully about where to go."
A trace of strangeness flashed across Yuan Shu's face, and he said triumphantly: "Liu Xin, now you know how much you care about your son, what have you done? Haha, haha... To tell you the truth, Liu Bang has been cut in two by me, you want to To find him, go to the underworld to find him!"
Liu Xin was hesitating whether to put on a grief-stricken look when he heard General Yang say: "Master Liu, don't listen to his nonsense. When your men started to attack the city, Liu Bang disappeared. It seemed that he was captured." Liu Bei took them away. The villain also sent people to search the city, but the situation was too urgent at the time and many people could not be mobilized at the moment, so they did not obtain their whereabouts."
When Yuan Shu saw that his lies were exposed again, he started to curse again, and his filthy words were a hundred times worse than before. He was like a street gangster, and he didn't have half the demeanor of a son of a noble family.
Liu Xin was already impatient. He waved his hand and said: "Come here, take Yuan Shu down first. After taking the jade seal and verifying that it is wrong, he will be beheaded in the street and his body will be exposed for three days to the Yi and other tribes!"
Yuan Shu blatantly proclaimed himself emperor and committed a major crime of treason. According to the rules, his nine tribes were to be punished. Even Yuan Shao was included in the list. But now that the world is in chaos, it is obviously unrealistic to punish his nine tribes, and Liu Xin doesn't like it either. They killed wantonly, otherwise they would not let General Yang go easily. Liu Xin had already been cruel to the Yi and Qi tribes, and that was thousands of lives, and many of them were unjust.
After hearing Liu Xin's order, Yuan Shu, who had been shouting that the scholar could not be killed, turned completely white. Big beads of sweat rolled down. His body went limp and he fell to the ground. He was beaten by several The guards dragged him out like a dead dog.
The next step is to deal with Yuan Shu's old troops and the noble families in the city who support Yuan Shu. As for Zhang Xun, Chen Ji, Le and other generals from Yuan Shu who died in the battle, it is much easier to deal with their families. The man was taken to Xiangyang and sent to prison. They were used as hard labor in the engineering teams, and the women were either used as maidservants or given as slaves to the meritorious officials. As for Ji Ling, Lei Bo and other generals who were still fighting abroad, their families were also controlled. As for how to deal with it, It all depends on how these generals perform next.
It is not difficult to deal with the noble families who support Yuan Shu in the city. Yuan Shu is expanding his military strength in Lujiang, Runan and other counties. It cannot be done without the support of a large amount of money. And the phantom secret agents deployed in various places have already collected The situation of these aristocratic families, who contributed people, and who contributed funds, are all clearly recorded, and we are just waiting for today to settle the accounts.
Not all the noble families who supported Yuan Shu did so voluntarily. Many of them were forced, but Liu Xin could not control many of them. Although this war did not last long, because more troops were used , the cost of war is still very staggering. For example, a large amount of dry food for combat preparation, such as pensions for casualties, and the consumption of arrows and stones, all of which require money.