The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 97: I have never let down the Han people!

The cavalry behind him entered the city first, and a large group of men, women, old and young, with their backs bare, knelt on the ground, having been waiting for a long time.

These are the wealthy families in the city.

Although he has learned so many great principles, when it comes to actually trying to survive, he is even worse than ordinary people.

In order to appease the emperor's wrath, the entire clan, young and old, came shirtless to plead guilty. This sacrifice was considered a worthwhile one.

However, neither Liu Xie nor Dong Zhuo cared about these people.

"Where's Wang Yun?"

"Your Majesty, just now Situ Wang... no, it was the traitor Wang Yun who walked towards the city gate alone."

Now all the gates on all four sides are blocked. Does Wang Yun still want to escape?

Liu Xie and Dong Zhuo rode to the city gate and saw no trace of Wang Yun. Instead, there was a figure standing sideways on the city wall.

"Wang Yun!"

There is no way Dong Zhuo would admit his mistake!
After all, Wang Yun was the person he once trusted the most.

Once upon a time, Dong Zhuo even treated Wang Yun as his brother!
Even though it had been a long time since Wang Yun betrayed Dong Zhuo, when Dong Zhuo saw Wang Yun, the anger and grief in his heart did not diminish in the slightest compared to when he first heard about it.

Dismounted from the warhorse.

Liu Xie and Dong Zhuo climbed up the city wall.

Liu Xie did not have the same complicated feelings towards Wang Yun as he did towards Dong Zhuo.

He just felt that Wang Yun looked a lot thinner than last time, his crown was tilted to one side, and even his hair was not neatly gathered up, but scattered around in a mess, as if he was at the end of his road.

Wang Yun had his back to the two of them.

After a moment, he looked up at the sky again.

The Milky Way is brilliant and looming.

The Milky Way remains the same, but he is no longer the boy who first looked up at it.

"Master Zi."

Dong Zhuo spoke first.

He still addressed Wang Yun by his courtesy name, just as he did back then.

"Why did you abandon me?"

"In the past in Chang'an, all the officials were unwilling to obey me, but you were the only one willing to join me and manage government affairs for me... Could it be that none of the words you said to me in the past were true?"

Dong Zhuo finally asked.

When Wang Yun heard Dong Zhuo's question, he finally came to his senses and the stars in his eyes slowly dissipated.

"From the first time we met, I have been pretending to be nice."

Wang Yun's tone was extremely calm when he spoke, but every word was like the most poisonous needle in the world, piercing Dong Zhuo's chest fiercely.

"From the first time you stood in the court, from the first time you took control of government, there has not been a single day that I haven't thought about killing you!"

"I have several witchcraft straw dolls with your name on them at home. Every time I go to see you, I must poke a few holes in them first, so that I can suppress my nausea and flatter you in front of me!"

"Dong Zhuo! My hatred for you is like the endless Wei River! You and I are sworn enemies!"

With every word Wang Yun spoke, Dong Zhuo took a step back and his face grew paler.

Dong Zhuo actually had this fantasy before he climbed up the city wall and met Wang Yun.

If Wang Yun knelt on the ground, cried bitterly, and admitted his mistake to me, would I still kill him?

No, it's not that serious.

Would I kill Wang Yun if he had any desire to survive?

Dong Zhuo didn't know...

Perhaps, deep down in his heart, he had always been unwilling to meet Wang Yun under such circumstances.

Because Dong Zhuo was afraid that he would be soft-hearted.

But when Wang Yun finished saying all these words and when everything was settled, Dong Zhuo realized that his previous entanglement was just his wishful thinking!
"It's a pity that after enduring so much humiliation, I still couldn't kill you."

Wang Yun changed the subject and looked at Liu Xie who was silent on the side.

"His Majesty!"

"You already knew that I was going to join forces with Lu Bu to assassinate Dong Zhuo! Why did you recall Dong Zhuo back to Chang'an in advance?"

"Have you, Your Majesty, forgotten all the atrocities committed by Dong Zhuo?"

If it can be said that Wang Yun vented pure hatred towards Dong Zhuo just now, he was full of grievances towards Liu Xie.

"Your Majesty is clearly the Son of Heaven, so why are you helping the tyrant to commit atrocities? You are destroying the foundation of the Han Dynasty! I don't understand!"

Your Majesty, why are you plotting rebellion?

There seems to be a vague triangular relationship between the three of them.

Dong Zhuo loved Wang Yun, but was betrayed.

Wang Yun loved the emperor, but he could not get him.

This situation really made Dong Zhuo and Wang Yun's moods miraculously reach a consensus at this moment.

I...destroy the foundation of the Han Dynasty?

What is the foundation of the Han Dynasty?

When Wang Yun was in power, Guanzhong was full of starving people. Could he still preserve the foundation of the Han Dynasty?
Can the military-political confrontation and the burning of the Chang'an Palace preserve the foundation of the Han Dynasty?
If the emperor flees and is controlled by the princes of Guandong, can the foundation of the Han Dynasty be preserved?

If we continue like this, the Kyushu land will be free from a century of war!
If we continue to protect it like this, what will be preserved is the humiliation of China's fall due to the Five Barbarians' Invasion!
If we continue like this, the ones who will be saved are those parasites from the aristocratic families who have lived in the Han Dynasty for more than four hundred years!
So, why didn't Liu Xie choose Wang Yun?

"Because I don't believe you!"

That’s right, Liu Xie didn’t believe Wang Yun!

Because Wang Yun himself was born into an aristocratic family, his natural position destined him not to help the court to cut his own flesh, to save the terminally ill Han Dynasty! To save the Han people who were sucked blood by the aristocratic families!
What he wanted to do was to turn back the time and return to the old days when aristocratic families took turns in power and were in cahoots with each other during the 200 years of the Later Han Dynasty!

This has nothing to do with ability.

This has nothing to do with loyalty.

It's all about stance!
Wang Yun may have thought that he was still upholding justice.

But little do people know that if they change their stance, even justice will show its fangs!

Therefore, Liu Xie would never choose Wang Yun! I don't believe it...

When Wang Yun heard the word Liu Xie, he was struck by lightning.

He actually thought of many reasons.

He wished that Liu Xie was deceived by Dong Zhuo and that was why he was protecting Dong Zhuo to prevent himself from killing him.

If this is true, then Wang Yun must make Liu Xie wake up even if he dies!
But a simple "I don't believe it" made Wang Yun realize that the emperor had never had him in his heart from the beginning.

All of Wang Yun’s efforts up to now may be insignificant in the emperor’s mind.

"what."

Wang Yun felt lost.

He had been hiding his whole life, but now he started laughing.

The faith of many years seemed to collapse completely at this moment——

The emperor doesn't trust him at all! He doesn't need him at all!

Then why has he persisted for so many years and endured humiliation for so many years?
When Liu Xie saw Wang Yun losing his composure, he also lost his mind.

He actually thought about how Wang Yun would react.

Denounce himself as a tyrant? Put yourself on a par with Xia Jie and Shang Zhou? Or be more resolute and resolute, rather die than change your mind, and be a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty in your mind.

But he never expected that the simple word "disbelief" would break Wang Yun's defense. The other party's reaction made Liu Xie realize at this moment that Wang Yun's struggle was not just a desire for power.

Liu Xie, Dong Zhuo, and Wang Yun.

Before the meeting, each of the three had a predetermined ending in their minds.

However, the reality did not unfold according to the script of any of the three people. Instead, they were all confused and ended in an unknown way.

……

"Wang Yun."

Sensing the special emotions in Wang Yun, Liu Xie's originally determined heart became a little hesitant.

"In the beginning, I never considered you an enemy."

"I was really disappointed in you when you first came to see me. You only tried to test whether the Grand Master would participate in the sacrifice, but did not care about how the people in Guanzhong would deal with the disaster."

"Shi Sunrui is obsessed with the idea of ​​heaven and man communicating with each other. He always thinks that there is an evil in the court that has caused the people to live in misery. As long as the Grand Tutor can be killed, the world will naturally be peaceful."

"But I believe that you don't think so."

"When interrogating Huang Wan, he once said that you stopped Shisun Rui from spreading rumors and slandering the court, and asked him to help Jia Xu cultivate farmland and build water conservancy projects... This shows that you do care about the people, but why are you so anxious to plot to murder the Grand Tutor without caring about the lives of the people?"

……

Wang Yun was silent for a while, and suddenly asked Liu Xie:

"Your Majesty's birthday is on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, right?"

Liu Xie himself didn't remember his birthday, but Wang Yun did.

"Your Majesty will reach the age of 15 in a little over a year."

Wang Yun pointed at Dong Zhuo and said, "If this beast is not removed within a year, how can Your Majesty rule the country after you come of age?"

"Your Majesty is intelligent. I knew this when I was in Luoyang."

"Your Majesty, you already have the aura of a leader who will revive the Han Dynasty!"

"The ruler is intelligent, but he is coerced by treacherous people. Isn't this the fault of us as his subjects?"

"If we are still unable to assist Your Majesty in governing the country when Your Majesty comes of age, are we still qualified to be loyal subjects of the Han Dynasty?"

"Therefore, I have no other choice but to kill Dong Zhuo first, return power to the emperor, and then take care of the people of the world!"

……

Liu Xie opened his mouth slightly.

What did he hear?
Wang Yun was so impatient, was he trying to return power to himself who was about to come of age?
How can this be?

Liu Xie, who has always been confident about the future, was silent at this moment.

Because historically, Wang Yun never lived to be an adult.

Therefore, Liu Xie naturally could not verify the truthfulness of Wang Yun's words.

But at this time, is it necessary for Wang Yun to tell lies?
No, it is also possible that Wang Yun still wants to maintain his demeanor as a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. After all, people who are immersed in power will not realize that they are immersed in power...

Liu Xie was extremely confused at the moment and had no idea how to face Wang Yun next.

And Wang Yun did not give Liu Xie the chance to face him again.

He stepped on the edge of the city wall and said, "Wang Yun has lived a life without regrets!"

"Just now, a commoner died because of me, Wang Yun, falling from the city wall. So today, I, Wang Yun, will save his life!"

Stretching his arms, Wang Yun looked up at the stars again.

He considers himself lucky.

At least before his death, the weather was fine and cloudless, and what was reflected in his eyes seemed to be the same starry sky as in his youth.

"His Majesty!"

Wang Yun turned his back to Liu Xie and shouted:

"Whether your majesty trusts me or not, I, Wang Yun, have never let down the Han Dynasty!"

After saying this, Wang Yun leaped into the sky, like a migratory bird returning home, and disappeared into the starry night.

"Master Zi!"

Dong Zhuo, who had been enduring for a long time, finally couldn't help but let out a cry of grief.

When the voice came to his ears, Liu Xie was also disappointed——

"Master Prince, I don't believe you, but I believe in your loyalty to the Han Dynasty."

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The first volume, "The Lone Brave Man of Han Dynasty", is finished.

(End of this chapter)