Chapter 68

"We, the subjects of the Han Empire, thank Your Majesty!"

After the people had celebrated for a while, they all thanked Liu Bian.

"Everyone, go home first; after I finish dealing with the matters of Linjing City, I will arrange for people."

"You all go home and wait first; it will absolutely not delay everyone from planting corn!"

So many people gathered here was not a good thing; now that Linjing City had just surrendered, there were many things waiting for him.

Moreover, it was easy for accidents to happen when people gathered together.

Therefore, Liu Bian intended to have the people go home and wait first.

These people of Linjing City were now obedient to Liu Bian's words.

"We obey the order! We, the subjects of the Han Empire, pay respects to Your Majesty!"

Therefore, after the crowd heard Liu Bian's words, they all bowed respectfully to him and left the scene in an orderly manner.

"Phew..."

Seeing that the people had all left, Liu Bian also let out a long sigh.

After seeing Liu Bian's appearance, Guo Jia said to Liu Bian with a smile on his face:

"This subject congratulates Your Majesty for subduing Linjing City so easily; this really was beyond this subject's expectations!"

Regarding Linjing City's choice to surrender, Guo Jia and the others were also a bit surprised.

"Haha, this is indeed a pleasant surprise; I also didn't expect that there would still be so many people of our Han Empire loyal to the Empire!"

The surrender of the soldiers and civilians of Linjing City was also beyond Liu Bian's expectations.

Originally, he was prepared to use force to break the city; he didn't expect this result.

However, this was the best result; now, the military strength in his hands was already insufficient.

Every casualty that appeared was a not-so-small loss for him.

Unlike now, he had preserved the military strength in his hands and also obtained the forty thousand battle-ready army of Linjing City.

"This shows that in the hearts of the people of the world, there are still more people leaning toward the Han house."

Regarding Liu Bian's words, Guo Jia also agreed very much and couldn't help but agree.

"Fengxiao's words are very true; in this way, presumably there are not a few people in this world who lean toward the Han house."

"This also reduces quite a few obstacles for us to unify the world in the future."

Because Jia Xu was in charge of the Shadow Guards, among those present, no one understood the news of this world better than him.

These days, he had also received quite a bit of intelligence regarding this.

It was just that the number of people was too small, and before confirming it, he didn't dare to rashly present it to Liu Bian.

"This is also something I didn't expect!"

Regarding this, Liu Bian also said with great emotion.

"Let's go, let's go see Duan Wei first; it's already this time, I wonder what choice he will make?"

Regarding Duan Wei's choice, Liu Bian was also very expectant.

Along the way, without the obstruction of the people, Liu Bian's party, under Fan Chou's lead, quickly arrived at the Taishou Fu.

Looking at the soldiers guarding the entrance, Fan Chou stepped forward and asked:

"Is General Duan in the mansion?"

The soldiers, seeing that it was Fan Chou, immediately replied respectfully: "Reporting to General Fan, the General is always in the mansion."

"Good, this is His Majesty and the various lords of the imperial court."

After receiving the reply he wanted, Fan Chou explained the identities of Liu Bian and the others to the soldiers.

"I didn't know His Majesty had arrived; I have offended Your Majesty, I hope Your Majesty will forgive me!"

When the soldiers knew that Liu Bian was the Emperor of the Han Empire.

They were immediately so scared that they knelt on the ground and said in panic.

"Rise!"

After saying this lightly to the soldiers, Liu Bian looked at Fan Chou.

"Your Majesty, please follow this humble general!"

After seeing Liu Bian's signal, Fan Chou immediately led Liu Bian's party toward the Taishou Fu.

When the crowd arrived in the main hall of the Taishou Fu, they saw that in the main seat, a general wearing armor was sitting in the first seat.

With his back to the crowd, and moreover, after the crowd entered, he had no intention of turning around.

At the moment of seeing this figure, Liu Bian, Lü Bu, and the others all had their expressions freeze, and their pupils shrank slightly.

In their sensing, at this time, this figure no longer had any breath.

And Fan Chou's strength was not as good as the crowd's, so he hadn't discovered it yet.

He walked toward this back figure, stopped in front of the desk, and clasped his fists to him:

"General Duan, His Majesty and the various lords of the imperial court have arrived!"

Only to see that as Fan Chou's voice fell, Duan Wei, who was sitting there, didn't pay any attention.

Just when Fan Chou was about to step forward to call him again, Lü Bu said to him:

"General Fan, no need to call him anymore; Duan Wei is already dead!"

"What! How could this be? Who killed General Duan Wei?"

After hearing Lü Bu's words, Fan Chou was immediately shocked, and then shouted angrily.

"Looking at him like this, it shouldn't have been killed by others!"

After seeing Fan Chou's angry expression, Lü Bu shook his head and said lightly.

After hearing Lü Bu's words, Fan Chou, who was about to step forward to check, immediately stopped!

Looking at Duan Wei's back, for a time, his expression was a bit complicated.

Over these years under Dong Zhuo's command, his relationship with Duan Wei was considered quite good.

At this time, seeing that Duan Wei had chosen to commit suicide, for a time, it was a bit hard to accept.

He had thought that Duan Wei would resist to the death, or like him, surrender to Liu Bian.

The only thing he hadn't thought of was that Duan Wei would choose to commit suicide.

Ignoring Fan Chou, who was standing there in a daze, Lü Bu stepped forward and checked Duan Wei's corpse.

Subsequently, he walked toward Liu Bian and respectfully handed a letter he had taken from Duan Wei's bosom to Liu Bian.

Liu Bian took the letter and began to check it.

A while later, Liu Bian handed the letter to Guo Jia beside him.

He said with some regret: "What a pity! I didn't expect Duan Wei would choose this result!"

The group of martial generals beside him all looked at Liu Bian in confusion, wanting to know what exactly this letter had written.

And Cao Cao and Jia Xu both showed thoughtful expressions; looking at their expressions, it wasn't hard to see that the two could guess the general content of the letter.

Liu Bian looked at Lü Bu and the others, who were full of curiosity, and couldn't help but smile.

"You don't need to be curious; you all can take a look at this letter too!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Lü Bu and the generals were overjoyed after hearing this.

"General Fan, give Duan Wei a thick burial!"

Seeing that Fan Chou was still secretly grieving for Duan Wei's death, Liu Bian ordered him.

"This humble general thanks Your Majesty!"

Fan Chou, who had recovered, thanked Liu Bian gratefully.

"No matter, he just followed the wrong person, plus, he couldn't get over that hurdle in his heart."

"And he felt he had no face to face me again, that's why he chose to commit suicide to apologize!"

"When a person dies, it's like a lamp going out; how could I blame him!"

Regarding Duan Wei choosing to commit suicide, Liu Bian wasn't unable to accept it.

Previously, from the time he refused Lü Bu, from the conversation between the two, Liu Bian could guess the general result.

Plus, the words he had said earlier, as long as Duan Wei still had a bit of conscience, it was destined that he would no longer oppose Liu Bian.

And Duan Wei was a loyal and righteous person, so the path laid out before him was already destined.

Liu Bian just felt that for a loyal and righteous person like Duan Wei to die like this, it was inevitably a bit of a pity.

Previously, they had also felt that Duan Wei was completely going to oppose the Han and avenge Dong Zhuo.

However, Duan Wei still hadn't walked out of his own heart.

If he wanted to repay Dong Zhuo's kindness, he had already repaid his kindness by fighting to the death for Dong Zhuo all these years.

Loyalty to Dong Zhuo was small righteousness.

Loyalty to Liu Bian and to the people of the world was the true—great righteousness!

It's a pity that it was hard to encounter a loyal and righteous person like Guan Yu.

As a result, it was so regrettable!