Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 914 Chaos in Chang'an (10)

  In Chang'an, in Weiyang Palace, Liu Xie sat on the throne, with a straight body and a serious face.

Although Li Jue and others controlled the capital, they didn't think about what to do with Liu Xie, or Li Jue and others didn't think about such a problem at all. As before, the order of the court was restored. When the Great Court Meeting was held on the 15th day of the Lunar New Year, Li Jue and Guo Si who stayed in Chang'an City did not seem to find any reason to refute.

   Then open it.

   Isn’t it just a court meeting?

   Li Jue and Guo Bang were a little new at first, after all, they had never attended any court meeting before, but as the court meeting progressed, Li Jue and Guo Bang soon fell into a daze.

"...The captives served as envoys before, not specifically Han people, but they came out of them. Yuyi in the eastern capital, hairpins in Xijing, today's felt horses are used as curtain beds, the crown and hat are made of yellow sand, and the left lapel is gone with the wind. Where is the ancestral temple? Can't help but cry..."

"...Soldiers and martial arts are without restraint, they bow to each other, they are not taught to benefit, how can they share the same hardships and shackles, and the husband's spring grass and water prevent the horses from being scattered, the autumn wind and the falling trees will never drive away the joy of the birds, and the three locust trees can't rest in the mulberry In the ruins, the grace of heaven has never come to the fields, and the murderous clan of the captives have achieved their ambitions, so how sick are they..."

   Li Jue and Guo Si opened their eyes wide, as if they were listening to a heavenly scripture.

  Liu Xie remained silent, even his eyes didn't flicker, he stared blankly at the emptiness in front of him, and all the officials didn't care if Liu Xie had anything to say, they just went forward one after another and played:

"... There are 3,804 houses destroyed in Jingzhao, and 13,570 people live without a fixed place. Please ask for construction materials to prepare 3,500 square meters of large trees and 14,000 square pillars... "

  "...The number of refugees has increased. The four counties have dug the ground for nests and cut trees for sheds. Most of them are starving. Please open Taicang to relieve them. The money and food required are also indicated..."

   "...The salaries of hundreds of officials have not been paid for two months, and the total grain needs are 21,700 hu..."

   "..."

Li Jue and Guo Si looked at each other blankly, completely at a loss. This is completely different from their leading troops to fight, and there is not even a little bit of reference. Constantly lingering in their ears.

  Suddenly, the hall became quiet. Hundreds of officials who took turns stepping up to play like canine teeth criss-crossed finally stopped, and all focused their attention on Li Jue and Guo Si.

  Li Jue: "..."

  Guo Si: "..."

   Baiguan: "..."

   Liu Xie: "..."

   Above the main hall of Weiyang Palace, there seems to be a pantomime, and it seems to be a complete farce.

  Li Jue stood up from the mat, shook his numb legs after kneeling, looked left and right, and said, "...I've finished talking? Well, let's leave if there's nothing to do..."

   After finishing speaking, he walked out of the hall as if nothing happened.

  Guo Bang also stood up in silence, then walked out unsteadily, leaving Liu Xie and all the officials on top of the hall...

Liu Xie looked at the backs of Li Jue and Guo Si leaving, and then moved slightly after a long time, as if recovering from a frozen state, and said softly, with an unspeakably hoarse voice: "... Ladies and gentlemen, what else is there? There is something to announce, nothing to do...retire from the court..."

  Baiguan you look at me, I look at you, and then look at Liu Xie on the throne, silent.

  Servant Xun You said: "...Your Majesty, these regulations..."

   Liu Xie was silent, and then said softly: "...Keep it...Zhen...will read..."

   "Your Majesty is wise!"

   "Your Majesty will be sent off respectfully!"

As the **** shouted out the word "Sanchao" in a sharp voice, all the officials skillfully straightened their clothes on the mat, and then prostrated themselves to the ground. After that, they stood up one by one, just like the rules that have existed for decades, or even three or four hundred years, everyone slowly exited the hall in small steps according to the size of their official positions...

Whether it is an old man with a gray beard, a middle-aged man in the prime of life, or even some young people, their actions seem to be carved out of a template, and even their steps are stepped on one point, uniform but lifeless Walked out of the empty hall and out of the desolate Weiyang Palace.

They are already used to such rules, as if they have been deeply imprinted in the blood of their bodies, whether it is Yuan Wei or Dong Zhuo, whether it is in Luoyang or Chang'an, whether it is a few days ago when they swung their long knives and slashed at Li Jue and Guo Si, who have surpassed their colleagues, seem to be unable to change the habits and rules they have formed over time.

Liu Xie, who turned to the back hall, closed his eyes and let out a long breath. His straight spine seemed to be bent by the heavy court clothes, and suddenly collapsed. Under the shadow of the room, he curled up into a There was a ball.

   "Your Majesty..." the **** serving beside Liu Xie said softly, as if he was afraid that Liu Xie would be frightened by making a louder voice, "...Your Majesty...it's time to change clothes..."

  The emperor's court clothes of the Han Dynasty were layered upon layers of incomparable complexity in order to show their majesty. In addition, the heavy crown was pressed on a child in his early ten years old, which seemed funny but a bit bleak.

   "..." Liu Xie nodded silently, and walked slowly to the back room. Even though it was such a heavy burden, he still had to take it off and put it on until...

A ray of sunlight shot in through the gap in the window lintel, forming a beam of light. I don't know if the house was too dirty, or because of the walking of people just now, it stirred up dust like mist and smoke, dancing crazily in the beam of light. .

Liu Xie stopped in his tracks, standing in the shadow behind the beam of light, as if he would be injured if exposed to the light, he quietly looked at the dust in the beam of light that was close at hand, his eyes drifted with the dust .

who am I?

  I am the emperor of the Han Dynasty?

  Is this the emperor of the Han Dynasty?

  Liu Xie had questions that he had been pondering over and over again day and night, but no one could give him answers to these questions, and no one would answer him.

Liu Xie sometimes felt that he was like the high-level memorial tablets in the Taimiao. Although the gold and silver were painted and the cinnabar was colorful, everyone seemed to respect him very much and paid respects to him, but in fact no one really Take him seriously, just like no one will take those tablets of the Taimiao seriously.

   How long will this kind of life last, how long will this kind of behavior continue, Liu Xie can't find the answer, maybe there is no answer at all, but Liu Xie knows one thing, and he repeats one point every day:

   "...a big man... can never be broken in my hands...never..."

  (end of this chapter)