Outside Deyang Hall, Liu Yu and a group of courtiers stood in the square in front of the hall. They were all wearing white mourning clothes at the moment. Everyone's face was covered with sorrow, and everyone looked haggard, with black eyes... Obviously,

Most people go several days without a good night's sleep.

In Deyang Hall, all the bright colors are wrapped in white cloth, which is solemn and solemn, and especially desolate.

The emperor's coffin is not placed here at the moment. According to convention, all courtiers should go to pay homage to the coffin. However, due to the special situation at this time, half of the courtiers headed by Liu Yu are currently discussing military and state affairs in the square outside Deyang Palace.

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"Master!"

Yilang Wu Shuo hurriedly walked up to Liu Yu, saluted him and said: "The body of Taifu Wang has been found."

Liu Yu raised his eyes and looked at the back of Deyang Palace, where the harem had been burned into half a ruins, and said: "In the dormitory?"

"yes."

"Besides Taifu Wang, is there anyone else's body?"

"No... But even with that corpse, we can only judge that this person is Taifu Wang based on his clothing and body shape... Alas, the person was burned beyond human shape."

"It should be him." Liu Yu sighed loudly: "Master Wang is also a man of character and arrogance. He can't find someone to pretend to be him and do such a dirty thing as fake death... What's more, doing so would be harmful to him.

What’s the benefit?”

After saying that, Liu Yu turned to Shisun Rui and said, "Send someone to inform the Wang family and ask them to collect the Taifu's... body."

"promise."

Fu Wan stepped forward and asked Liu Yu in a low voice: "Grand Master, do you think the death of His Majesty has anything to do with the Grand Master?"

Liu Yu's expression was extremely solemn: "So what if there is, and so what if there isn't? Everyone is dead, so why bother to delve too deeply into it?"

Fu Wan nodded and said, "What the Grand Master said makes sense."

Liu Yu turned his eyes and looked into the distance: "It's just that Luoyang is empty right now. There is no king in the country, and all the princes in the world are watching with eager eyes. This is the time when the Han Dynasty is in danger of survival. I feel so empty and panic in my heart."

After being silent for a long time, he turned around and looked around for a while, and then said in a low voice: "Grand Master, the country cannot be without a king for a day, and your Majesty has no heir. Who should you support as the emperor? Grand Master, do you know it well?"

Liu Yu heard this and did not answer him.

He just turned to look at Fu Wan and said, "What is Mr. Fu's advice?"

Fu Wan cupped his hands and said: "When it comes to the blood relationship and virtues of the royal family, there is no one among the clans in various places who can surpass the Grand Master. In my opinion, this great position..."

"I am old and have no achievements in my life. I am afraid that I will not be able to control the tigers and wolves in this world."

"The Grand Master is too modest."

At this point, Liu Yu sighed and said: "Fu Gong, I am not too humble. In terms of bloodline, I am indeed a direct descendant of Guangwu. But now the world is devastated. Just looking at bloodline is not enough... Hebei, Central Plains

, the land south of the Yangtze River is all in the hands of others. Even though I have virtue, but without the military strategy of Gaozu and Guangwu, I may not be able to unify the country..."

Speaking of this, Liu Yu pointed at the Deyang Palace and said: "Overnight, the emperor was killed, the court was completely destroyed, and the reputation of the Han Dynasty has fallen to the bottom. If we don't help a strong king to rise to the throne and bring peace to the world, the Han Dynasty will be destroyed."

How many more times can we withstand these changes?"

Fu Wan couldn't help but fell silent after hearing this.

Yes, times of peace are different from times of chaos.

Even though blood relationship is important, no matter how close the superior king is to Guangwu, if he is not a strong master who is good at military strategy, he will be destroyed by Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and the like overnight.

The Han Dynasty was on the verge of collapse and could no longer withstand repeated hardships.

After Liu Yu was silent for a long time, he said to Fu Wan: "Fu Gong will be in charge of all matters here. I have something else to do, so I will go back home first."

Although he didn't know what Liu Yu was going to do, Fu Wan didn't ask any more questions. He just bowed his hand to Liu Yu and watched Liu Yu leave the palace.

When Liu He saw his father leaving, he hurriedly followed him: "Father, where are you going?"

Liu Yu said as he walked: "Go back home for my father and write a letter to Liu Jingsheng."

…

In the commander's tent in Xixiang, Liu Qi learned that Xun Chen was coming and hurriedly ordered someone to find Xun You.

The uncle and nephew met each other and greeted each other, and then Xun You led Xun Chen to pay homage to Liu Qi.

Liu Qi stretched out his hand to help Xun Chen up and said: "Mr. Youruo's coming back is really a great blessing for Liu!"

Xun Chen sighed and said: "In the past, when I supported Yuan Benchu, I thought that he was a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, dedicated to helping the Han Dynasty. But the more we got along with him, the more I felt that what he did was not to help the Han Dynasty, but actually to usurp the country.

We, the Xun family, are loyal and righteous, and we will never bend our knees to follow thieves."

Liu Qi nodded and said: "For this reason, what the Han Dynasty lacks now is people of insight like Mr. Xun."

At that moment, several people returned to the commander's tent together, and Liu Qi ordered people to serve food and wine to entertain Xun Chen.

Xun Chen did not hide his secrets, and immediately told Liu Qi and Xun You exactly what Yuan Shao had done when he sent troops to Hebei, and how he secretly killed Tian Feng recently.

"Although Tian Yuanhao behaved inappropriately and made false remarks about Yuan Benchu's actions, killing him like this is really against the principles of the Ming Dynasty. Although Yuan Benchu ​​is a generous person on weekdays, once he no longer trusts anyone, then this person's

The ending will definitely be too good... Yuan Benchu ​​went south to attack Luo this time. I, the Xun family, criticized his behavior a lot in Yingchuan. Yuan Benchu ​​has lost trust in someone. If I continue to serve under him, my end will be the same as Tian Feng.

"

Liu Qi nodded in understanding and said: "This is the current situation, and there is nothing we can do about it."

Xun Chen cupped his hands and said: "Now that Cao Cao has conquered Luoyang, the emperor has made great achievements, and the world is shocked. At this time when the Han Dynasty is in crisis, why is the general still supervising the battle on the front line, and why doesn't he return to Luoyang to take charge of the overall situation?"

Liu Qi laughed when he heard this: "There are hundreds of officials in Luoyang. If I am more, it is not more, and if I am less, it is not more. At most, it is just a matter of selecting the emperor. What's the use of me going back? But if I don't exist here,

, if Yuan Shao goes south to occupy Luoyang, the Han Dynasty may really be gone... I am needed here more than Luoyang."

Xun Chen was stunned when he heard this.

"The prince is also a descendant of the clan, and is favored by the emperor. He is called 'Brother Imperial'. Doesn't the prince not want the throne..."

"I am just the queen of King Lu Gong, and my relationship is too weak to think about it."

When Xun Chen heard this, he was deeply moved.

Although Liu Qi's bloodline is far away, it is not impossible as long as he leads his troops back to the court, uses his military power to overwhelm all officials, and win over Liu Yu, ascending to the throne and becoming emperor.

But he didn't do this. Now he only focused on stopping Yuan Shao from going south.

Xun Chen stood up and bowed to Liu Qi: "I admire you for your righteousness... I admire you, I admire you!"

"There is no need to be so polite. If you are a friend, you will be a colleague of Qi. May I ask, sir, if you can teach me how to defeat Yuan Shao?"

Xun Chen said: "With the strength of the monarch, it would have taken at least three months to defeat Yuan Shao, but now, the matter is settled."

"oh?"

"Hebei's treasury and warehouses were all in deficit due to this southern expedition. At present, all subsequent military and food supplies are relying on the support of the prominent families in Ji and Youland. Originally, these powerful families did not want to continue to support Yuan Benzhu, but Yuan Benzhu pressed too hard.
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