Fu Zhu thought for a while and said: "Back to the lord, after careful observation by his subordinates, these two women are just Kabuki raised by Wang Yun, not some killers, Wang Yun sent them just because they are familiar with Minchan and have a better relationship." ”

Liu Xin nodded and said, "Okay, I know everything, you have to do the few things I told you just now, as for Minchan, let's not catch it yet." ”

Frustration is not a person who pities the fragrance and cherishes the jade, this Liu Xin knows very well, if Mink Chan falls into the hands of Fu Zhu, he has at least fifty ways to let her open her mouth to tell the truth, but will Mink Chan, who has been severely interrogated by Fu Zhu, still be Mink Chan, for this, Liu Xinke is not sure,

To tell the truth, Liu Xin learned that he had traveled to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and he had an idea at that time, to see who was the most beautiful among the five women, Diao Chan, Er Qiao, Zhen Mi and Sun Ren, and then choose one or two of them to be his wife, he didn't have the idea of fighting for the world at that time, he just wanted to get a lot of money with his own skills and enjoy the glory and wealth, now, of course, he doesn't have to steal anymore, and his opinion on beautiful women has changed a lot, and the women in the family have made him very satisfied, Although Minchan is amazing, she doesn't have to get it, but despite this, Liu Xin still can't bear to hand over Minchan to Fuzhu to accept the torture.

At noon the next day, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, and Wei Yan returned to the outskirts of Xiangyang with the Second and Fifth Legions, and they also brought Liu Mao, Liu Zhang's brothers, and Zhang Song, Fei Guan, Fa Zheng, Li Yan, Wu Yi and other Yizhou civil and military officers who were captured at the wedding, and more than 60,000 prisoners of war were escorted back at the same time.

According to Liu Xin's intentions, a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry seized in the treasury and Liu Yan's home were not shipped back, but sealed on the spot, because Liu Xin knew that in the future, he would renovate the counties of Yizhou according to the model of Jingzhou, and these sealed gold, silver and jewelry could just make up for a large amount of funding gap.

Similarly, Liu Xin also knew that there were many talents in Yizhou's civil and military affairs, and he hoped that these people could be used by him, so in addition to Gao Pei and Yang Huai, the families of the other captured officials were not escorted to Xiangyang, but placed under house arrest on the spot.

Liu Xin slowly walked up to the platform, glanced at the Yizhou civil and military officials kneeling in front of him, and asked in a deep voice, "Who is Zhang Song?" ”

In the crowd, a guy with a short stature, a sharp head and a collapsed nose and big teeth crawled forward and kowtowed: "Yizhou, don't drive Zhang Song to meet adults." ”

Liu Xin was startled when he saw that his image was very obscene, but he never judged people by his appearance, so he raised his hand to signal him to get up and said: "You are Zhang Yongnian, I heard that it was you who suggested that Liu Yan detain me in Qike County." ”

Zhang Song sighed and said: "It's a pity that Liu Yan refuses to listen to me, otherwise why would he have said it so far." ”

Liu Xin laughed and said: "This is a bad word, although Liu Yan didn't listen to you, but you secretly asked Zhu Bao to design a start, and sent a letter to Zhang Ren to take my Nanjun, even if Liu Yan listened to your words, probably he could only arrange it like this, and the result was not that none of them succeeded, you know, there is a providence in the underworld, and non-human beings can force it." ”

Zhang Song lowered his head and was silent,

Liu Xin looked up at the other Yizhou civil and military forces, and said: "Get up, everyone is their own master, let him pass the past, in the future, there are those who are willing to continue to serve the Han, the official will be reinstated, and those who are not willing to serve the Han, I will not embarrass you, let you each go home." ”

Zhang Song, Fa Zheng and other Yizhou civil and military officials were still apprehensive along the way, but they didn't expect Liu Xin to let them go lightly, they got up from the ground one after another, and said in unison: "We are willing to continue to serve the Han." ”

In Liu Xin's impression, after Liu Bei entered Yizhou in history, Yan Yan and Zhang Ren, the two generals, refused to surrender at first, and finally Yan Yan was persuaded to surrender, but Zhang Ren was beheaded, Liu Xin had already received a report, Yan Yan was captured in Luocheng, and he should also be among these people, so he surrendered with everyone so happily, which surprised Liu Xin, and couldn't help asking: "Which one is General Yan Yan." ”

A person behind Huang Zhong heard the sound and said to Liu Xin: "The last general, Yan Yan, will see the lord." ”

Liu Xin took a closer look, and saw Yan Yan wearing a helmet and armor, and he was arrogant, where was there a half-point captive, and he couldn't help but be stunned,

Huang Zhong saw Liu Xin's hesitation, stepped forward and said: "Back to the lord, when the last general knew that the lord's justice was to employ people, he had already persuaded General Yan Yan to abandon the darkness and turn to the light last night. ”

Liu Xin only remembered that Yan Yan was persuaded by Zhang Fei to surrender in history, and he also wanted to come to explain Yan Yan in person, but he didn't expect that he had been persuaded by Huang Zhong to surrender, so he couldn't help but nod and said: "Hansheng, you have done a good job in this matter, and you can make a great contribution." ”

Huang Zhong bowed down and said: "All thanks to the prestige of the lord, the last general will not dare to take credit." ”

He didn't mean to please Liu Xin when he said this, but it was because when he persuaded Yan Yan to surrender last night, he said many benefits to Liu Xin and the changes in Jingzhou in recent years, which made Yan Yan moved.

Liu Xin's face suddenly sank, and said: "It's your credit that is yours, there's nothing to be humble, but you can't be spared if you have a mistake, let me ask you, what's going on with the killing and surrender of Yucheng." ”

Huang Zhong heard Liu Xin ask about this matter in public, his face remained unchanged at all, he took out a piece of paper from his arms, knelt down on one knee, presented it to Liu Xin with both hands, and said: "This is the last general's letter of request, please take a look at the lord, the killing and surrender of the city is all because the last general is not strict in governing the army, and all the blame is borne by the last general, and the lord is also asked to forgive the soldiers." ”

Liu Xin hurriedly read the letter of guilt, and already roughly knew the situation at that time, there were more than 2,000 people who participated in the killing, all of them were recruits who had been in the army for less than a year, most of them went to the battlefield for the first time, and when they saw their comrades who got along day and night die tragically under the city, they had already lost their minds, and there were only two words left in their minds, killing red eyes, where did they care if he surrendered or not,

In this matter, although Huang Zhong did not directly instruct, but failed to find the clue in advance, it is also difficult to escape the blame, Huang Zhong understands that Liu Xin is very strict in governing the army, and on the way back to Xiangyang, he has already held the heart of death.

General Liu Xinzhong looked at it, and suddenly said: "Wei Yan, you and Huang Zhong are leading the army together, why don't you stop it if something like this happens." ”

Wei Yan was killed at that time, just passing through the city, and didn't pay attention to what happened later, Huang Zhong in order not to drag Wei Yan down, the investigation was also carried out quietly, Wei Yan is still in the dark, listening to Liu Xin's words, he couldn't help but be stunned, and said sneeringly: "Lord, the last general doesn't know about this." ”

Liu Xin shouted: "As a leading general, you don't know anything about what happened to your subordinate generals, what crime should you be guilty of, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan are not strict in governing the army, conniving at killing and surrendering, and you should be beheaded according to the law, you two can confess." ”

Huang Zhong was shocked, and kowtowed: "Lord, all the blame is borne by the last general, please spare Wei Yan's life." ”

Liu Xin ignored Huang Zhong, stared at Wei Yan tightly, and asked, "What do you have to say?" ”

Wei Yan also knelt down on one knee and bowed his head and said: "The last general is a small people, and he is supported by the lord, but he has the trust of the lord, and it is difficult to report to the lord even if he dies, so he dare not say anything more." ”

In fact, Liu Xin read Huang Zhong's petition for guilt, and already knew that the killing and surrender had nothing to do with Wei Yan, but he still insisted on convicting Wei Yan of the death penalty, just to verify whether Zhuge Liang said that Wei Yan had a backbone in the back of his head was unreliable, seeing that Wei Yan was willing to die, Liu Xin put his mind at ease, it seems that this Zhuge Liang is very inaccurate, his misuse of Ma Yan has been concluded in history, and Wei Yan should have been wronged by him.

Zhang Fei, Fu Zhu, Cheng Yu and other civil and military officers saw that Liu Xin insisted on killing Huang Zhong and Wei Yan, and they couldn't help but fall to their knees, begging Liu Xin to spare their lives and let them make meritorious contributions.

Liu Xin raised his hand to signal everyone to get up, and said slowly: "Meritorious work is meritorious, passing is excessive, although Huang Zhong and Wei Yan have meritorious service, but killing and surrendering is a big crime, how can merit be offset, this morning, I just drafted an order, awarding twenty-six gold medals to avoid death, Huang Zhong and Wei Yanben also have a share, since you intercede for the two of them, then let them each use the gold medal to avoid death." ”

Cheng Yu reported the surrender of the Fifth Legion to Liu Xin, and he had been speculating behind his back how Liu Xin would deal with this matter, but he didn't expect Liu Xin to come up with the trick of using the gold medal to save the lives of Huang Zhong and Wei Yan, Liu Xin shook Han Dang to death with one palm, Cheng Yu had already heard about it, and now he knows that Liu Xin is not only unfathomable in martial arts, but also very skillful in handling things, and he can't help but admire it.

Huang Zhong and Wei Yan escaped death and said in unison: "Thank you for the grace of the lord not to kill." ”

Liu Xin's eyebrows furrowed, and said: "Han Sheng, Wei Yan, this gold medal for avoiding death can be exchanged for your surname, but it will not avoid the sins you have committed. ”

Huang Zhong and Wei Yan bowed down together and said loudly: "The last general is willing to be punished." ”

Although the twenty military sticks are nothing to the two of them, they are only punished in front of more than 60,000 soldiers of the two major armies and a group of Yizhou prisoners, which is very embarrassing, but Liu Xin not only has to pass this incident to impress the two of them, but also to ring the alarm bell for other civil and military forces, so naturally he will not be soft-hearted.

In front of the three armies The execution was over, Liu Xin ordered the two of them to be helped up, stood aside, and said loudly: "No matter which town the enemy is the subordinate of the princes, you can fight to the death on the battlefield, but as long as they surrender, they are the people of the Han Dynasty, and they must be protected as they deserve, soldiers, you must remember that you are not only the children of Jingzhou, but also the soldiers of the Han Dynasty, it is your sacred duty to support the Han family and rescue the people, from now on, you firmly remember that you are no longer the Jingzhou army, It was the elite soldiers of the Han Dynasty. ”

The officers and men of the three armies shouted in unison: "Remember the teachings of the Lord." ”

For a while, the shouts shook the sky and rushed straight out of the clouds,

The three armies returned to their respective camps, and the prisoners of war were also assigned to various engineering teams, and when they arrived there, someone would naturally be responsible for arranging everything and explaining the policies of the engineering team, and I believe that it would not be long before they would adapt to life here.

Liu Xin turned back to the Yizhou Zhongwen and Wu, and repeatedly told them that they would be treated the same as Jingzhou officials, so that they could do things with peace of mind.

At this time, Wu Yi walked closer, leaned over and said, "May I ask the lord, the sister will be sent to Xiangyang in one step, I don't know if she is okay now." ”

Liu Xin said with a smile: "General Wu don't worry, your sister is now temporarily living in my house, my wife is taking care of her, it will be fine, and when you settle down in the city, you can take her over, and return to Chengdu with you in a while." ”

Cheng Yu listened to it and hurriedly said, "Lord, this matter must not be done. ”