Yilan Hall is completely a living room, with two large Taishi chairs at the top and two rows of Taishi chairs on both sides all the way to the door.
In addition to Zhong Tian, a total of twenty-three young masters had been waiting in the hall early. After everyone arrived, they sat on the Grand Master's chairs in the lower two rows, leaving the two upper ones empty.
The young men talked to each other, constantly talking about the seriousness of the situation, and thinking about countermeasures. Some of them sighed! Some of them were taciturn! Some of them made a lot of noise! Anyway, it was very noisy.
At this time, Zhong Tian and Ying Lan also walked in from outside the hall. As soon as Zhong Tian entered the hall, most of the young masters stood up.
"Big Brother" "Big Brother"...
The young masters shouted anxiously.
Zhong Tian walked up to the top slowly.
Looking at the seat on the left, Zhong Tian did not do it, but took the seat on the right.
Because the seat on the left is Zhong Shan's seat. Only Zhong Shan can sit on that chair, and only Zhong Shan can sit on it. No one dares to sit on it, not even the righteous son Zhong Tian.
"Brother, there are 800,000 troops outside now. What should I, the Zhong Mansion, do?"
"Yes, our Zhong Mansion can only be said to be a home of merchants, but now that soldiers are approaching, what should we do?"
Zhong Tian looked at these young masters. If it were two years ago, Zhong Tian would definitely guide them. However, after the Longmen Valley incident more than a year ago, Zhong Tian understood something. Some people are favored by their adopted father, but they may not necessarily be grateful to him.
, as if everything is taken for granted, before big profits or big dangers, you are likely to be ungrateful.
It's like Yinglan asked all the young masters to come back eight days ago, but some of them, when the army came to the city, actually refused to do it and surrendered to the court.
What Zhong Tian has to do now is to find someone for his adoptive father who, like him, truly regards his adoptive father as a relative. And if his adoptive father is here, he should think the same way!
"How unbecoming is it to make such a noise? Sit down and talk." Zhong Tian said solemnly.
Interrupted by Zhong Tian's words, everyone was immediately speechless and sat down together. Of course, there were also people who were sitting at the beginning.
Yinglan also walked to a Taishi chair and sat down.
At this time, the fat man immediately spoke: "Brother, Xuancheng only has 8,000 defenses this time, but Kunguo has assembled an army of 800,000. As long as they surround it for a period of time, we will run out of food and supplies."
Firewood is gone. How can the people get there? I can’t guard the Zhong Mansion for long."
"Yes, brother, what else can we do? Should we just stick to it?" Another person said anxiously.
"Well, we are all brothers here. In fact, I just learned about some situations that Yinglan is going to hide from you, but I can't." Zhong Tian suddenly said.
As soon as Zhong Tian said this, all the young masters looked at Zhong Tian with condensed expressions. Sure enough, the eldest brother was his brother. After all, Yinglan was separated by a generation.
Zhong Tian saw the expressions of all the young masters in his eyes.
"First of all, my foster father was seriously injured and was recovering from his injuries, so he didn't come out when he heard your noise before." Zhong Tian said, looking at the young masters.
After hearing what Zhong Tian said, everyone was worried for a while, and some looked condensed, as if they had received some incredible news.
"Secondly, among the opponent's army, all the innate masters from the royal family, the Su family, and the four major families are dispatched. There are a total of twelve innate masters, and one of them is an ancestor of the Su family, a peak innate master." Zhong Tian
Keep talking.
Yinglan on the side didn't say anything, because Zhong Tian had told her before to find the most close person for her great-uncle. People's hearts are unpredictable. In the future, when we establish a country and bring peace to the world, we can't have civil strife behind us. We must be monolithic, but how can we do that?
The two adopted sons may not get along with each other, but they must always be of the same mind as Zhong Shan, his adopted father.
"how so?"
"Twelve innate masters?"
"Last time, when the four masters came to attack, weren't they also eight innate masters? And four of them were at the peak of their innate abilities. Didn't the adoptive father also cope with it?" The fat man said again immediately.
"I also heard what Yinglan said just now. That time, my adoptive father found two powerful foreign aids, and also caught the Eight Ox Crossbow by surprise, so he finally won. However, the foreign aid had left and the adoptive father was seriously injured. We were the only ones.
Besides, the twelve innate masters will only come at the most important time. They will use the lives of 800,000 troops to fill my Zhong Mansion." Zhong Tian frowned and said worriedly.
"Why is this happening? If my foster father cannot recover as soon as possible, what will we do? Fight to the end? At that time, we will only die. If my foster father is not injured, he will surrender." One of the young masters suddenly said in fear.
And this fear is like a chain reaction, and other young masters are also extremely frightened.
"Zhong Jin." Zhong Tian suddenly glared at the person who just spoke.
Zhong Jin trembled when he was glared at by Zhong Tian.
Zhong Tian stared at him for a while, then glanced around the people in the hall, and then said slowly: "Zhong Jin, and everyone here, listen to me, you used to be roadside beggars, and then
Or you are about to become a beggar, your family is ruined, and you are on the line between life and death. It is your adoptive father who gave you a bite of food, taught you a lot of knowledge, and gave you rich clothes and a life to enjoy. Everything you have is given by your adoptive father. You give it to me.
Remember this."
As soon as Zhong Tian glared, the young masters immediately fell silent. This was Zhong Tian's last psychological encouragement to the young masters, encouraging them to remember the family relationship with Zhong Shan.
"With the 800,000 troops outside, it is true that our Zhong Mansion will definitely be invincible and will definitely die. However, we still have family ties and a foster father. Our foster father has raised us for decades and given us decades. In the end,
When the time comes, can’t we share the hardships with our adoptive father?”
"The four masters of the family died in the hands of the adoptive father. The people outside are eager to cut the adoptive father into pieces. They will never show any mercy. Therefore, what we have to face is to resist with all our strength and defend to the end." Zhong Tian said again.
After hearing what Zhong Tian said, some people frowned, but they hid it very well and didn't show anything.
After looking around at everyone, Zhong Tian felt that it was almost done.
"Of course, I am not an unkind person. It is normal for people to have different opinions when a disaster is approaching. After all, no one wants to die. My adoptive father is in retreat to recover from his injuries. Now, I will make the decision on behalf of my adoptive father. Instead of not being able to have the same mind when the time comes, why not
Now make a decisive decision. If anyone wants to leave, I, Zhong Tian, will never stop you, and neither will Xuancheng. I will let you go out." Zhong Tian suddenly changed his tone.
After hearing what Zhong Tian said, all the young masters were given a meal and allowed to go out?
"Brother, are you serious about this?" Zhong Jin suddenly said in surprise.
"Yes, you all should know that I, Zhong Tian, have a good reputation. Since I said it, I will definitely do it. I will never stop you. I just hope that you will not betray Zhong Mansion after you go out." Zhong Tian said in a deep voice.
All the foster sons immediately started whispering, and no one doubted Zhong Tian, because all the young masters knew that Zhong Tian was Xue's foster father, and he kept his word, promised a thousand pieces of gold, and would never go back on his promise.
"You have one stick of incense to decide. No one is allowed to leave here. After one stick of incense, if anyone is willing to abandon the mansion and leave, I will send someone to escort you out of the city. You only have one chance. If you decide not to leave, you will have to resist the army in the future.
, but if there is even the slightest hint of disloyalty, I will kill my relatives on my father's behalf." Zhong Tian said solemnly.
Then, Zhong Tian closed his eyes. He said no more and waited for the arrival of a stick of incense.
The army is approaching and the city will be destroyed. It is certain. As long as the city is surrounded for a period of time and Xuancheng is destroyed without attacking, then 800,000 troops enter the city and surround the Zhongfu. Even if they use their lives to fill in the people one by one, they can still kill everyone in the Zhongfu.
He was completely naked, and his adoptive father was seriously injured. Why was he seriously injured?
The young masters kept talking, and some of them were timid and wanted to abandon the palace. After leaving the Zhongfu, where could they not tolerate themselves? Do the emperor and himself have any hatred? Maybe if you surrender now, you can win an official position. Even if it doesn't work, the world will
There is not only one Dakun State in the country, but in the Song Dynasty, with the things taught by the adoptive father, one can still live well. When one is alive, one has everything, and when one dies, it will all be lost.
After a stick of incense.
"Have you thought about it?" Zhong Tian asked in a deep voice.
"Brother, we have thought about it. If we go out, we may be able to leave a spark of fire for the Zhong Mansion and come back for revenge later." Zhong Jin immediately said before.
Behind Zhong Jin, a group of people seemed to be listening to Zhong Jin's words.
Zhong Tian narrowed his eyes, stared at Zhong Jin, looked at it again and again, and finally said: "That's fine, you don't need to clean up, you will leave immediately, and after leaving Zhong Mansion, you will no longer be members of Zhong Mansion.
, and don’t mention the matter of revenge again, and don’t give your last name Zhong anymore, you can’t bear it.”
The faces of those who were about to leave all turned red, but no one said anything at this time and prepared to leave.
"Yinglan, you personally escort these people out of Zhong Mansion and out of Xuancheng. These people will have nothing to do with our Zhong Mansion anymore." Zhong Tian said sadly.
"Yeah" Yinglan nodded.
"Go, go, go"
Twenty of them, led by Zhong Jin, followed Yinglan in a crowd, stepped out of the Zhong Mansion and walked towards the southern city gate.
There are three young masters left in the hall, one of whom is the obese man before, the other two, one is about forty years old, and the other is about thirty years old, and is also the youngest among them.
Looking at these three people, Zhong Tian took a deep breath.