Liu Yu was so surprised that his eyes almost popped out. How could his three subordinates do such a thing, destroying evidence in front of everyone?
Are you suggesting we kill all three of them, cut open their bellies, and take out the letter to read?
It's probably been corroded into a pile of dust by stomach acid long ago!
He could only look at each other in bewilderment. If Liu Wei killed these three people without any evidence, he would lose the support of the literati in Youzhou!
While Wei You and his two companions were eating the letter, Zhao Yun, Zhang Yan, Murong Ping, Yan Da, and others prepared to step forward to stop them, but Tian Kai stopped them with a smile.
"Sigh, what can I say about you guys!" Liu Wei said leisurely, "You three are really straightforward boys, you ate it without even looking at it!"
Liu Wei beckoned, and Tian Kai took out three more letters.
"This is the letter you secretly wrote to Gongsun Zan; what you ate just now was merely a blank piece of paper!"
"If you didn't do it, why did you eat it in front of so many people with such a guilty conscience?"
Liu Wei took the letters again and handed them to Liu Yu.
These letters were obtained by Lu Jianxing, a centurion of the Northeast Division of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. They were delivered to Liu Wei when he entered Zhuojun, and Lu Jianxing had a clear understanding of Liu Yu's background.
This led to Liu Wei committing murder to establish his authority and eliminate all destabilizing factors.
After reading the letter, Liu Yu looked incredulous.
The reason why Gongsun Zan disobeyed orders and refused to fight the Hu people and quell the rebellion was that he was thinking of taking the opportunity to seize Youzhou and behead Liu Yu and his son.
After he appointed himself Governor of Youzhou, he appointed Wei You as his Chief Clerk, and Cheng Xu and Gongsun Ji as his Assistants!
What!
A collective gasp of astonishment filled the hall; no one had expected that the prince would use such a simple trick to expose the three of them.
The three men turned ashen-faced: "You...you tricked us?"
He shouted and vomited forcefully.
Swallowing a wad of paper dry doesn't taste good.
"So what?"
Liu Wei sneered indifferently, "What else do you have to say?"
“Even so, it doesn’t warrant death!” the three shouted.
"Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures!"
Liu Wei's face was cold and stern. "What are you waiting for? Kill these three to sacrifice for the army's counterattack!"
"All the assets of those three families were confiscated, the men were sent to the army, and the women were made slaves!"
Wei You, Cheng Xu, and Gongsun Ji collapsed to the ground, soiling themselves with excrement and urine.
People came in from outside, dragged the three men out, beheaded them, and left their heads behind.
Liu Wei then ordered Qi Zhou to lead troops to raid the homes of Wei You and the other two.
For a moment, the hall fell silent. Liu Yu's officials were stunned by Liu Wei's swift and decisive actions, and they began to wonder if they had done anything inappropriate.
At that moment, six guards entered from outside and dragged the three of them out.
Everyone was filled with unease, heads bowed, not daring to speak.
"Gentlemen, let's discuss how to lift the siege of Ji County!"
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