The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 214 Volume Tragedy
Zhao Wei pressed the blade against Liu Mao's neck again, cutting a red line. "Give the order quickly! Have the soldiers kill Wu Yi!"

Everything happened so fast that Liu Mao's mind was blank when he was restrained.

At this moment, being threatened by Zhao Wei with a knife, he stammered and could not utter a word.

"waste!"

Zhao Wei cursed and once again urged the surrounding Dongzhou soldiers -

"Kill Wu Yi!"

The guests and soldiers present all looked at each other, not knowing what the situation was.

Wang Shang, the official in charge, stood up and rebuked Zhao Wei: "Put down your weapons first, and don't hurt the governor!"

"Also, what do you mean by the Zitong army still being there?"

Zhao Wei pointed at Wu Yi and said, "Ask him! Ask him, an outsider! Why did he let a wolf into the house?"

"I have sent scouts to the north to inquire and confirmed that Zitong has not been lost! In this case, Liu Bei's army must have come from the Yinping Road! But for some reason, Wu Yi was obsessed and wanted to seize the foundation of Yizhou together with Liu Bei!"

Wang Shang also looked at Wu Yi in shock: "General Wu, is this true?"

Seeing that he had been exposed, Wu Yi simply stopped hiding it.

"Liu Bei did indeed penetrate into the heart of Shu from the Yinping Road!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding Shu scholars changed color, and disgust for Wu Yi appeared in their eyes.

"But even if we can resist this time, can Shu resist the second and third attacks from the imperial court?"

"Besides, now that Hanzhong has been lost, the gates of Shu are wide open, and there are also the Five Pecks of Rice Sect, Jingzhou and other forces coveting Shu. Do you really think you can be safe and sound after repelling the imperial court?"

"Now that we have surrendered to the court, we are still Han officials! But if we really go to war with the court, we will become Han traitors! You are all well-read scholars, do you want to bear the name of Han traitors and bring shame to your family descendants?"

Wu Yi's words caused the scholars around him to ponder again, and they felt that what Wu Yi said made sense.

Zhao Wei saw something was wrong and quickly scolded everyone: "It's too late!"

“It’s too late!”

"I have already killed Liu Bei! He was a relative of the Han Dynasty! He died in Shu. Do you think the court will let us go? It is better to kill Wu Yi first and then make plans!"

Wu Yi said that he was afraid that Shu and the imperial court would become mortal enemies, so he wanted to surrender to the imperial court.

But now that Zhao Wei has killed Liu Bei, doesn't that count as taking over the hatred?

It would be better to do as Zhao Wei said and fight the court to the end. Live one day at a time!
Now, even the soldiers under Wu Yi looked at Wu Yi hesitantly, not knowing what to do.

Seeing that the people around him seemed to have turned into ferocious beasts, ready to pounce on him and kill him at any time, Wu Yi's eyes twitched and he tightened his grip on the sword in his hand.

"hiss--"

At this moment, a sound suddenly came from the place protected by Zhao Yun and Wang Ping.

Hearing this voice, Wu Yi's eyes immediately lit up: "Brother Xuande?"

Liu Bei covered his head and sat up from the ground, feeling a little dizzy.

When he heard Wu Yi calling him, he responded, "Ziyuan (Wu Yi's courtesy name), don't worry, I'm fine."

Zhao Wei looked as if he had seen a ghost!
He had clearly thrust the sword into Liu Bei's chest just now! There was absolutely no mistake!

At that distance, even gods could not save him. How could Liu Bei still be alive?

"Clang."

At this moment, something fell from Liu Bei's body.

It was a golden axe.

Liu Bei also touched his chest with lingering fear.

If it weren't for the axe bestowed by the emperor that just blocked his attack, I'm afraid I would really have to go to see Emperor Gaozu.

As for why he didn't get up yet, it was because Liu Bei's head hit the ground hard after he fell, and he felt a little dizzy...

"no……"

Zhao Wei was dumbfounded.

What kind of good person would put an axe in his chest?

Wait, axe?
Zhao Wei suddenly realized something and looked at Liu Bei with some despair.

Liu Bei raised the axe high above his head and showed it to the scholars around him.

"This is the axe bestowed by the emperor. Once you see it, it's like your majesty is here in person!"

Wang Shang and other Shu scholars knelt down in haste and prayed to the emperor.

The axe, as one of the Nine Gifts, is a symbol of killing!

In the past, when King Wu of Zhou fought in the Battle of Muye, he "held a yellow sword in his left hand and a white flag in his right hand" and won the war against the Shang Dynasty.

With the axe in his hand, Liu Bei could, to a certain extent, kill anyone without any scruples!
Wang Shang and others felt a little resentful.

Liu Bei had said that the emperor had given him an axe! How dare they bargain with Liu Bei before?
And Liu Bei was also a little disappointed.

I originally wanted to get along with you as an ordinary person, but you insisted on doing this.

Stop pretending!
I have a showdown!

The emperor has the axe in his hand! How dare you be so presumptuous!
The soldiers around him no longer felt uneasy and turned their attention to Zhao Wei again.

Even the Dongzhou soldiers under Liu Mao had already taken up their positions and stood on Liu Bei's side.

Seeing that Liu Bei was still alive and had the Emperor's axe in his hand, Zhao Wei knew that the storm he had stirred up in Chengdu would probably end in vain. Escape!
Zhao Wei had only this one thought!
Where there is life, there is hope!

In Zhao Wei's original plan, he should kill Liu Bei, then hold Liu Mao hostage, control the Dongzhou army, annex Wu Yi's troops, and then unify the Zitong army, and then find a way to capture Zhang Wei, so that he can split Yizhou.

Now that Liu Bei is not dead and Wu Yi is not destroyed, it does not mean that Zhao Wei has no chance.

As long as they can get out of the city, return to the Zi Tong army, and then join forces with Zhang Wei, they can easily defeat Liu Bei and Wu Yi who are outnumbered!
As long as we can get out, there is still hope!

Zhao Wei pushed Liu Mao in front of him and said, "Let me out of the city!"

Liu Bei also felt a little troubled when he saw Zhao Wei pushing Liu Mao out as a shield.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Liu Mao, who had been held hostage by Zhao Wei, suddenly began to tremble all over.

Zhao Wei looked at Liu Mao in panic, and Liu Zhang, who had been hiding behind a pillar, suddenly shouted -

"broken!"

"My brother has been suffering from madness since he was young! Zhao Wei! Please release my brother!!!" (Note 1)

Madness refers to insanity.

Liu Mao's whole body was shaking more and more violently at this moment. He didn't care about the sharp blade on his neck. In an instant, his clothes were stained red with blood.

Zhao Wei was afraid that Liu Mao would really die here, so he quickly moved the short blade away a few inches. Unexpectedly, it was this movement of a few inches that gave Liu Mao room to turn around.

Liu Mao turned around with a terrifying look on his face, completely lacking the demeanor of a young master from a noble family.

He let out a strange cry, then threw Zhao Wei to the ground and grabbed Zhao Wei's neck forcefully.

"Father! I've said it before! I don't want to be the emperor of any kind! What Yizhou has the aura of an emperor! What Wu Yi's sister has the aura of an empress! I don't care!"

"You left your two elder brothers and your younger brother in Chang'an. Do you really not care about their lives? Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs! Why are you so stubborn?"

"Why did you create a special carriage for the emperor, pretending to be the supreme ruler? You wrote to the court, abolished the historian and established the pastor, and messed up the world! Are you going to mess with me again now???"

Liu Mao actually mistook Zhao Wei in front of him for his father Liu Yan!
And judging from what Liu Mao said, I'm afraid Liu Mao has already been dissatisfied with Liu Yan's evil intentions!

It was obvious that Liu Mao just wanted to be a dude, living a life of luxury and debauchery in Luoyang. How could he have thought of risking his head to rebel?
It's just that Liu Yan's prestige was too great, and Liu Mao was a little timid, so he suppressed it in his heart.

As time went by, he contracted madness and became what he is today.

"Dad! Stop it! I beg you! Stop it!!!"

Liu Mao's tears and snot were all flowing down, and he could no longer tell the difference between fantasy and reality.

In his eyes, he was kowtowing to Liu Yan frantically, begging Liu Yan to turn back from his wrong path.

In fact, he used more and more force with his hands, pinching Zhao Wei's face until it was black and blue!
Zhao Wei desperately wanted to survive, so he picked up the short blade in his hand and stabbed it quickly into Liu Mao's abdomen.

But Liu Mao seemed to feel no pain and still held onto Zhao Wei tightly, "Father! Father!"

Zhao Wei stabbed Liu Mao several times again, making several cuts in his abdomen. Only when most of his intestines flowed out did Liu Mao show pain in his eyes.

"Why does the father beat the child? Is it because the child didn't do well enough?"

Liu Mao loosened his hands, but his face became even sadder.

"Father, please don't hit me! I will listen to you! I will listen to you and I will be the emperor..."

At this moment, Liu Mao's eyes finally regained a trace of clarity.

Liu Zhang, who had just been hiding behind a pillar and trembling, rushed over at this moment, completely ignoring Zhao Wei and the blood all over the ground, and quickly hugged Liu Mao in his arms: "Brother!"

When Liu Mao saw Liu Zhang, he seemed to finally realize what had happened.

"Ji Yu."

Liu Mao called out softly, and with his last bit of strength he instructed Liu Zhang -

"Take good care of mother. Go and apologize to the emperor. Father, father, after all, was just foolish for a moment, that's why he did those things. I hope the emperor, the emperor will not implicate you..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Mao's arms suddenly dropped down and he died.

"Brother!"

When Liu Zhang saw his brother die in his arms, he immediately hugged Liu Mao's body and cried bitterly.

"It's you!"

At this moment, Liu Zhang looked ferociously at Zhao Wei, who was still gasping for breath.

"You killed my brother!"

Liu Zhang was like a wild beast looking for food at this moment. How could he show any sign of weakness?
Liu Zhang drew out the long sword from his waist and rushed forward. His movements were so fierce that they were not inferior to those of a first-class swordsman.

"Ji Yu, no!"

"Ji Yu!"

Liu Bei and Wu Yi called out to him from behind, but the iron chains formed by their words could not catch up with Liu Zhang's hatred. He stabbed Zhao Wei's chest with a sword and ended his life brutally.

Blood spurted onto Liu Zhang's face and body. Liu Zhang slowly turned his head, looking somewhat dazed.

Holding the sword, he looked around.

What was originally a happy banquet eventually turned into a bloody tragedy.

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Note 1:

Zhang was given the title of General Zhenwei, and his brother Mao was given the title of General Pingkou. Mao died of madness. ——"The Three Kingdoms: Shu Book 1: Biography of Liu and Mu, Part 1"

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