Within the city.

After a whole night and half a day of fighting, the war in Wancheng and around Wancheng was declared over, but it was only the end of the war around Wancheng.

Although Yuan Shao's army was defeated, it could not be destroyed in one fell swoop.

His sergeants scattered in all directions, leaving Wancheng and withdrawing in all directions.

After being stationed in Wancheng, the imperial army, while pacifying the local people and gentry, sent men and horses to begin to pursue and sweep the remnants of the defeated army nearby.

For a large county like Nanyang County, the time to lay down the city is only a small part of the time, but then, the pacification of the people in and near the city is the most important, and it is also the most time-consuming and energy-consuming.

Of course, it is also the most food and money costly.

Liu Jian was dressed in fine armor, and under the protection of Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan and other heavy generals, he walked in the streets of Wancheng.

After taking Wancheng, in addition to pacifying the people and chasing down the defeated army of Yuan's army, the most important military order issued by Liu Jian was to quickly clean up the corpses in the city and cremate them.

This is Liu Jian's consistent style of acting after the war over the years.

In order to control the occurrence of the plague as much as possible.

During the war years, the number of people killed on the battlefield was far less than the number of people killed by the plague.

Of course, the cremation of corpses was not absent in the Han Dynasty, but most people still practiced burial, especially in the Eastern Han Dynasty, when folk weddings and funerals became extravagant, and luxurious burials can be said to be the most desirable destination and ending in the hearts of every Han people.

Even after the war ended, most of the people wanted to be able to bury their families during the war.

Therefore, Liu Jian forcibly ordered people to cremate all the corpses on the battlefield, and to a certain extent, some of the local people were dissatisfied, especially the local squires in Nanyang County, who felt that Liu Jian was a little unkind.

However, Liu Jian did not have the leisure to understand the feelings of these people.

For a superior person, there is no need for him to take care of everyone's mood.

How to act is the best for this country, Liu Jian knows in his heart.

"Prime Minister!"

With a shout, Liu Jian turned his head and saw Xu Yu hurriedly walking towards him.

"Xu Yu meets the prime minister!"

"Ziyuan, I haven't seen you for many years, and I've always been fine?"

"Thanks to the blessing of the prime minister, the current situation is good, it is good."

Liu Jian and Xu You have indeed not seen each other for more than ten years, and the last time they met that year, Liu Jian and Liu Bei visited Xu You in person, and designed Xu You to lead Yuan Shao to Jingzhou.

But things are not people, and the two people who belonged to the vassals of the Yuan family back then have surrendered, and the other is the prime minister of the government and the opposition.

Back then, Xu You, who had a straight back in front of Liu Jian and thought highly of himself, could only grovel to him, bend his back, and recognize Liu Jian as the master.

"Ziyuan, your family will still be the Nanyang clan from now on, and the younger generations of your clan, like all the clans in my north, can enter the government by virtue of the imperial examination in the future, and you yourself will enter the prime minister's mansion in the future, as my right-hand man, and listen to the army."

Xu You listened to Liu Jian's words, and was immediately overjoyed, and then saw him snort at Liu Jian: "Thank you, Prime Minister Liu!" ”

Subsequently, Xu You acted as a guide, guiding Liu Jian to inspect the city, and informed Liu Jian about where the main facilities in Wancheng were built.

And along the way, Xu You was obviously triumphant.

He spoke with a mouth like a river, and he was in a state of great excitement.

When looking at the generals around Liu Jian, Xu You's face was also full of pride, don't look at him who had just surrendered to Liu Jian, but he was not low-key at all.

And it's no wonder...... Now Xu You feels that he is a very important person, and he feels that if he does not have himself, it will definitely not be so easy for Liu Jian to conquer Wancheng, let alone subdue Nanyang County.

In Xu You's view, as the biggest contributor to the subjugation of Nanyang County, he definitely played a vital role in Liu Jian's future domination of the world.

Therefore, even if he is smug now, it is not an excessive thing.

A group of Hebei generals followed behind Liu Jian, looking at Xu You's smug villain behavior, their faces were more or less dissatisfied.

But they didn't say much.

After all, this person has indeed made a contribution, although he feels very uncomfortable.

For Xu You's performance, Liu Jian doesn't care.

After all, when he and Xu Yu were in Luoyang, they had seen each other a lot, and this person had always had little eyesight.

Back then, he squeezed Cao Cao in front of Yuan Shao, and Liu Jian also saw it a few times.

He's such a blind man, what can you do to him? It's not good to change.

Liu Jian felt that he was still relatively broad-minded, and if he wanted to be scolded, let him be swayed.

Harmless.

Subsequently, Xu You's family also arrived in this battle to capture the city, and Xu You then introduced them to Liu Jian, and introduced them one by one, detailing their achievements.

Seeing Xu Youkou boasting to his family, several Hebei generals led by Wen Chou and others couldn't help but be furious.

This old boy is too much!

We fought bravely all night and took Wancheng, and the soldiers suffered a lot of injuries......

We haven't asked the prime minister for credit yet, so why are you like this?

If you allow yourself to invite merit alone, forget it, the people of your clan and your subordinates are just acting on orders, and you still invite merit for them?

You've got us people in mind?

But these generals in Hebei have been by Liu Jian's side all these years, and their cultivation is still enough, even if Xu You has done such an excessive thing, they still keep their heads shut and don't say anything.

Liu Jian obviously also felt the oppressive atmosphere of the generals, and then waved his hand and said to Xu You: "The people in Ziyuan's family have a lot of credit, I already know everything, I can make a play when I turn around, I will present the Son of Heaven on behalf of him and reward him!" ”

Xu You heard the meaning of Liu Jian's words, so he didn't introduce too much.

He let the people of his clan retreat first, and then continued to guide Liu Jian as a guide.

Before coming to Yuan Shao's pastoral office, Xu You bowed and invited Liu Jian to enter the house.

After Liu Jian entered the pastoral office, he looked back and forth at the decoration and furnishings in the mansion, and sighed as he walked: "Yuan Shao is really extravagant, but it is just an office place, and it is built so luxuriously, but I don't know how much thought and manpower it has spent. ”

Yan Liang, who was behind Liu Jian, said: "The prime minister advocates thrift in Hebei, and Yuan Shao acts so extravagantly, which is extremely inconsistent with what the current court situation advocates. ”

Liu Jian smiled and didn't speak.

He just looked at Jia Xu and asked, "What does Wen He think?" ”

Jia Xu stroked his beard and said, "I didn't think about it for a while." ”

Liu Jian then asked the generals: "Yan Zishan persuaded me to burn this luxurious pastoral office, what do you think of the public?" ”

Zhao Yun immediately stood up: "The last general thinks it's impossible." ”

"Why?"

"Yuan Shao's Pastoral Department, although luxurious, but all gathered the people's power to build, if it is burned because of luxury, it is a move to destroy the people's power, just take it as a warning!"

Liu Jian nodded with satisfaction, and asked again: "Now that Nanyang has fallen, how can we govern the people?" ”

"Huo Quai's Huns have not been destroyed, useless, the thieves of the country are not only the Huns, but they can not seek peace, they must be determined all over the world, each anti-Sangzi, return to the local area, it is its ear, the people of Nanyang, the beginning of the military revolution, the fields and houses can be returned, so that the peace of life can be restored, and then the service can be transferred, and it is pleased."

Liu Jian was very relieved to hear Zhao Yun say this.

"Zilong is really a loyal minister."

When everyone heard Liu Jian praise Zhao Yun so much, they all echoed it.

Subsequently, everyone circled around the pastoral mansion twice, and at this time, Han Meng escorted Kuai Yue to the mansion.

Kuai Yue is unkempt, his hair is scattered, and he is languid.

After coming to Liu Jian, he didn't know how to deal with himself.

In terms of Kuai Yue's arrogance, as a scholar, now that he has been captured alive by the enemy, he is very unwilling to surrender on his knees.

After all, once he surrendered on his knees, not only would his reputation be damaged, but also the impact on the entire Kuai clan would be very huge, and he was afraid that his brother and the people in the clan would not be able to stand up under Yuan Shao's rule in the future.

However, Kuai Yue is still afraid of death.

If he does not surrender, it is estimated that the final result is likely to be Liu Jian's death......

Kuai Yue really didn't want to.

Who in this world is not greedy for life?

Just when Kuai Yue hesitated whether he should surrender to Liu Jian, he saw Xu Yu striding in front of him.

I saw Xu You looking at him with a gloomy face, and sneered: "Kuai Xenodu, you also have today!?" ”

The moment Kuai Yue saw Xu You, he was a little confused at first, and then he immediately figured out what happened yesterday.

No wonder Wancheng last night was broken through by Liu Jian's soldiers and horses!

"It's you!"

Kuai Yue stared at Xu Yu angrily: "You thief who betrays the lord, the lord treats you well, you actually do this?" ”

"Humph!"

Xu Yu snorted heavily.

"Yuan Shaose is very timid, scheming and indecisive, and treats loyal ministers and punishes them in vain, which is not the master at all! Besides, he gathered a crowd to rebel against the Han, he is the biggest traitor in the world, I abandon the darkness and turn to the light, out of the mud road, it is really a micro son to go to Yin, Han Xin to Han also! ”

"Hahahaha!"

When Kuai Yue heard this, he couldn't help laughing.

"Xu thief, is the skin too thick? You are embarrassed to claim to be a loyal minister, and you are embarrassed to compare yourself to Han Xin? Phew! Thou art nothing but a villain! ”

Xu You sneered: "Thief, wasn't it time for you to frame me in the first place?" ”

Kuai Yue sneered: "Framed? If you act rightly on your own, even if I want to frame you, I can't hurt you! It's not that you yourself are that filthy villain, let people grab the handle, put it here, what do you have to do with me? ”

"You ......"

Xu Yu made Kuai Yue's face flush.

Then, I saw him nod vigorously and said, "Okay, okay, I'll make your mouth hard, I'll make you hard!" ”

After saying that, he saw Xu You turn his head suddenly, snatch a horse whip from the hand of a attendant next to him, and slam it on Kuai Yue's body.

At that moment, I heard Kuai Yue let out a painful scream.

Xu You heard Kuai Yue's howl and looked very excited.

The whip in his hand grew harder and harder.

While smoking, he shouted loudly: "You thief, despicable villain, I didn't expect you to have today, right?" I make you insidious, I make you cunning, I let you hurt people. ”

Syllable!

Syllable!

The crisp sound of the whip not only whipped Kuai Yue's body, but also whipped in the hearts of everyone present.

Seeing Xu Yu so selflessly whipping Kuai Yue, Liu Jian's brows finally furrowed, and the smile on his face began to fade away.

In fact, Xu You is a person who acts more arrogantly, and is a little disrespectful, which Liu Jian has long known in his heart, although he has not seen Xu You for more than ten years, but when Xu You was in Luoyang, Liu Jian has always remembered the style of doing things without saving face.

In Liu Jian's view, it is understandable that people have some minor problems, which is not a big deal.

So just now, Xu You had actually done a lot of things that made Liu Jian feel overstepping.

But Liu Jian didn't say anything, and directly deliberately embarrassed Xu You, because he knew that everyone had weaknesses in his character, as long as Xu You was not too excessive, with his Liu Jian's mind, it was completely tolerable.

But the problem is, obviously, Xu Yu is going too far now!

In front of him, Prime Minister Liu Cheng and his generals, before he could speak, he whipped up and went up to avenge his personal revenge.

Even if you have a grudge against this Kuai Yue, you must know that this man is now my captive, he is no longer your colleague, and you have no merit to act so recklessly in front of me.

Don't say it's you, even if the current emperor wants to deal with Kuai Yue here, he has to ask him if Prime Minister Liu Cheng agrees.

"Stop!"

Liu Jian suddenly shouted at Xu You in a very stern tone.

Although the voice was not very loud, it was unusually cold, so cold that Xu You suddenly shuddered. The mood is like falling into an ice cellar.

He glanced back at Liu Jian worriedly, the whip in his hand was still held in the air, but this time he was frightened because of Liu Jian's voice and did not pull it down.

"Smack......

Xu You threw the whip on the ground.

"Prime Minister Atonement!"

Liu Jian said slowly: "This person is a prisoner captured by my generals, and he has not yet been interrogated. ”

When Xu You heard this, he couldn't help but tremble.

He hurriedly said to Liu Jianzuo: "The prime minister's words are very true, I have trespassed, I am guilty, I am guilty, I am angry for a while, and please don't blame the prime minister." ”

"Stand down!"

Liu Jian didn't look at Xu Yu again, but walked to Kuai Yue's side, looked him up and down, and asked, "Who are you, can you report your name?" ”

Kuai Yue naturally knew that the person in his thirties in front of him was naturally Liu Jian and Liu Cheng, who held the highest authority in the world.

"Kuai Yue has seen the prime minister."

Liu Jian said: "You are really the Strange Degree." ”

Speaking of this, Liu Jian slowly put his hands behind his back and said: "Yuan Shao conspired against the imperial court, and you are acting for the tiger, since you were captured in front of me today, what else do you have to say?" ”

Kuai Yue looked up at Liu Jian's majestic face, and looked at Xu You's gloomy expression on the side, and a thousand emotions suddenly surged in his heart.

No matter how Liu Jian treated him, Kuai Yue recognized it, after all, they were on the hostile side. But Xu You, a despicable villain, didn't say anything about hurting himself, and now he is still relying on Liu Jian's power to yell at him in front of him, and even beat himself with a whip.

This person is really the number one scourge in the world, and I am inseparable from this person.

But now that he is a prisoner, what should he do if he wants to continue to fight against Xu You, or even take revenge in the future?

Kuai Yue only hesitated slightly, and immediately figured it out in his heart.

"Prime Minister Liu, a certain self-aware of his guilt, ashamed and landless, was captured by the prime minister today, convinced, and now wants to surrender to the prime minister, and please meet the prime minister."

(End of chapter)

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