The fire in the direction of Chongzheng Hall reflected the sky red, and outside the palace gate, the Luoyan Army could be seen up and down.
Guo Kun was shocked and said: "It's amazing, they are burning the palace, let's attack quickly."
Lin Jue said in a deep voice: "Wait a little longer. If we attack like this, there will be a lot of casualties. It's better to wait for Chen Bin and Zhu Zhirong to surrender."
Guo Kun shouted: "How do you know they will surrender? How do you know they didn't set this fire?"
Lin Jue said: "Why did they set fire to the palace? The emperor must have forgotten that this was the blackmail condition put forward by Lu Zhongtian when he sent Liu Zhenbang to negotiate peace a few days ago. Of course it was Lu Zhongtian who did it. In my opinion, this fire At the same time, Lu Zhongtian has completely given up his resistance. Chen Bin and Zhu Zhirong should surrender soon."
Guo Kun smacked his lips and said anxiously: "But the palace burned down. What should I do?"
Lin Jue frowned and said: "The lives of the soldiers are more important, or the palace? If I want to blast the door with a firearm, what is the difference between setting fire to it?"
Guo Kun sighed and said, "That's all, I'll do whatever you want."
Not long after, torches swayed on the palace wall, and Chen Bin and Zhu Zhirong appeared under the light of the torches, escorting Lu Tianci.
"Master Lin, Lu Zhongtian has set fire to himself in Chongzheng Hall, and we didn't have time. We only caught his son Lu Tianci. What should we say about this?" Chen Bin shouted loudly.
Everyone in the city was shocked. It turned out that the fire was Lu Zhongtian's self-immolation in Chongzheng Hall. The fire was so fierce that Lu Zhongtian should have been burned to coke.
"So? Thief Lu is finally dead?" Guo Kun murmured.
Lin Jue nodded and said: "I'm afraid that's the case. A desperate person has no choice but to commit suicide. However, this old thief destroyed a palace before he died. It's really abominable. But I still congratulate the emperor. The thief Lu is dead and I, the Great Zhou Dynasty, will eliminate it." After getting rid of this old thief, we should embark on the road of revival."
Guo Kun nodded slightly and said: "That's great. Congratulations to you too. The great revenge has been avenged. The hatred of your teacher, Mr. Yan and all the people who were killed by Thief Lu have to be avenged. Mr. Fang is now in the spirit of heaven and resting in peace."
Lin Jue breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It is gratifying to have a great revenge, but what I hope to see is the revival of the Great Zhou Dynasty. If I want him to rest in peace, I'm afraid I have to work harder."
Just when Guo Kun was about to speak, Chen Bin from the top of the city shouted impatiently: "What should I say? Just tell me something."
Lin Jueyang said in a loud voice: "You have done a good job. Please escort this person immediately to open the palace gate and come out to accept surrender."
Chen Bin shouted: "Wait a minute, you haven't given us your promise yet. What if you turn your back on us and refuse to recognize us as soon as we open the door?"
Lin Jue smiled and said: "Then what do you want? Do you still need to put forward conditions?"
Zhu Zhirong said: "We only have a small request. We only need the new emperor to say it in public and forgive our sins. As long as the new emperor expresses his position in public, we will immediately open the palace gate and surrender."
Ma Bin yelled and scolded: "You two bitches, you are still talking nonsense at this time, do you have the right to negotiate terms?"
Chen Bin laughed and said: "It is precisely because we are at the end of the road that we have to negotiate terms to protect ourselves. If there is no guarantee, why should we surrender? Just bring some people to bury with us."
Ma Bin was about to curse angrily, but Guo Kun said in a deep voice: "Stop talking. In order to prevent them from jumping over the wall, destroying more of my palaces, and ruining the holy land of my inner palace, I agreed to them. Didn't Lin Jue also agree? Will we spare them as long as they surrender? They asked me to promise, so I will."
Guo Kun turned to Lin Jue, as if he was asking for Lin Jue's opinion. Lin Jue was silent and noncommittal. Guo Kun couldn't wait for Lin Jue's answer, but he no longer waited for Lin Jue's answer, and decided to make the decision for once.
He shouted loudly: "Chen Bin, Zhu Zhirong. Your two sins are extremely heinous and unforgivable. But if you can step back from the cliff and wake up now, it can be regarded as atonement. I promise you that I will keep you alive. I will see your performance in the future.
Then decide whether to enable
You all. You must reflect on yourselves and repent. If you behave inappropriately in any way, I will not forgive you again."
Chen Bin and Zhu Zhirong were overjoyed when they heard this. They knelt down and kowtowed on the city wall to express their gratitude. The defenders at the top of the city also breathed a sigh of relief. Lu Zhongtian was dead, and everything was over. Chen Bin and Zhu Zhirong decided to surrender. This was the wisest decision.
The new emperor had forgiven the two of them in public, and it seemed impossible to fight again. Guo Kun was the emperor, and what he said in public was equivalent to a declaration.
At that moment, Chen Bin and Zhu Zhirong ordered all the soldiers and horses to throw away their weapons, get off the palace wall, and gather in front of the Daqing Palace. After the palace door opened, the Luoyan Army cavalry galloped in and quickly controlled all the palace gates, palaces and key positions.
Lin Jue, Guo Kun and others, accompanied by the generals, slowly entered the palace gate and came to the square of Daqing Palace. The people sitting on the ground in darkness were all surrendered soldiers. They had been beaten by the Luoyan army and horses who had entered before.
The infantry soldiers concentrated on guarding. Under the bonfire, these people sat on the ground with their heads in their hands, their eyes were confused, but their emotions were very stable. Because they were glad that at least they did not have to fight hard, and it seemed that the possibility of being killed was low.
Not big.
Dozens of Luoyan Army cavalry guards, Chen Bin, Zhu Zhirong and more than a dozen surrendered generals were surrounded in the middle of the square. Chen Bin and Zhu Zhirong were not panicked, they stood together with smiles on their faces.
Guo Kun, Lin Jue and others rode up to them. Chen Bin and Zhu Zhirong knelt down and kowtowed to Guo Kun: "The guilty minister Chen Bin and Zhu Zhirong salute the emperor. Long live the emperor!"
The other surrendered generals also knelt down, kowtowed, and shouted long live.
Guo Kun sat on the horse and looked at them, and suddenly he felt a strange feeling in his heart. In front of these people, Guo Kun felt like he was an emperor. Although he had ascended the throne before, he always felt like an emperor in front of the generals of the Luoyan Army.
I feel that I, as an emperor, do not have much majesty. Perhaps it is because my son, the generals of the Luoyan Army, do not have much prestige, and these people only worship one person. Of course, it is also because I actually entered Funiu Mountain in a state of poverty and did not make much contribution to Funiu Mountain.
Therefore, in front of outsiders, Guo Kun feels more like an emperor.
Guo Kun waved his hand and was about to tell them to stand down and say a few words of comfort when he heard Lin Jue beside him shouting in a deep voice: "Come here, kidnap Chen Bin, Zhu Zhirong, Lu Tianci and other traitors who are plotting against the country."
He was taken to Zhuquemen Square and paraded through the streets and beheaded in public."
As soon as he said this, there was a sound of astonishment around him.
"What?" Guo Kun said in surprise.
Chen Bin, Zhu Zhirong and others also changed their expressions and said in shock: "What are you doing? Are you turning your back on me?"
Lin Jue shouted sternly: "What are you still doing? Do you want me to do it myself?"
Sun Dayong shouted sternly: "Don't do it yet!"
The cavalry guards woke up from a dream and hurriedly rushed forward to tie people up.
Chen Bin struggled and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you promised us. How could you do this? Your Majesty, with his golden words, has forgiven us in front of so many people, how can you go back on your word?"
Guo Kun hurriedly said to Lin Jue: "Lin Jue, this... don't scare them. Let's go to Chongzheng Hall and have a look."
Lin Jue said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I am not trying to scare them. Do you want to keep the lives of such rebellious officials and traitors?"
Guo Kun said in shock: "But...but...I promised them. I have already spared them."
Lin Jue said coldly: "Isn't it an expedient measure for the emperor to spare them? Do you really want to spare them? These thieves have done so many bad things for Lu Zhongtian, is it possible that the emperor still wants to spare them? That is really a big joke.
I don’t know how many people of our officers and soldiers of Luoyan Army have died in their hands, spare them? I’m afraid that they will not be able to close their eyes at the fountain of heroic souls, and they will come to me in dreams in the middle of the night to scold me. Such people can be forgiven, who can’t be forgiven?”
Guo Kun blushed and said: "But... before you
Why didn't you say it? I forgave them in public, and you're saying it now?"
Lin Jue said: "I didn't say anything? I didn't nod in agreement. The emperor himself agreed. So what if the emperor forgave him in public? Couldn't he have deceived them? Who said you have to be eloquent? Can't you take back what you have done wrong? Can't it be true?
Make a mistake and make a mistake? The late emperor also issued an imperial edict to offend himself because of his wrong decision. How could it have harmed the prestige of the late emperor?"
Guo Kun was speechless and looked at Lin Jue blankly. What Lu Zhongtian said on the tower suddenly came to mind.
"There is a tiger lying next to you right now, and it will eat you anytime, anywhere. Hehe, if you don't prepare early, you don't know how you will die in the future. You are not as resourceful and powerful as him, and you can't fight him."
Lu Zhongtian's words still ring in his ears. He was deeply touched at the time, and now he feels even more deeply. Lin Jue really no longer cares about his status as emperor. He deliberately did not express his position, letting himself express his intention to forgive Chen Bin and others, and then let himself stay.
It was an embarrassing situation where he couldn't get off the stage. He didn't even have the slightest concern about his own feelings. He had completely bared his fangs and didn't take himself seriously at all.
"People have to be responsible for their own decisions. Even though they know something is wrong, they still express their support for it. This is not setting themselves up. You should think twice before making a decision. As an emperor, you should make decisions carefully.
.Your Majesty, when you decided to forgive Chen Bin and the others, did you ever think that this decision was absurd? Doing so would make many people feel that the previous efforts were not worth it, and would make the people of the world feel that the Emperor is a person who does not know the difference between right and wrong.
This is detrimental to the prospects of the entire country and sets a bad precedent. Do you understand, Your Majesty?" Lin Jue said softly.
Guo Kun didn't listen to a word. He was furious in his heart. He only thought of one sentence: He must be eliminated, he must be eliminated, otherwise I, the emperor, will not be the emperor at all. He is Lu Zhongtian beside me. I must find a way to eliminate him.
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Lin Jue saw Guo Kun's face was ugly and silent, knowing that he was unhappy. But Lin Jue didn't want to care whether he was happy or not. Guo Kun had disappointed himself deeply. Every decision he made was so selfish and selfish.
Is he inexplicably ignoring the overall situation, regardless of right or wrong? He even wants to forgive Chen Bin and Zhu Zhirong? How stupid is this? He had previously tricked Chen Bin and Zhu Zhirong into surrendering, but in fact he had already made up his mind to surrender with them after they captured Lu Zhongtian.
Get beheaded. In the face of big right and wrong, Lin Jue will never care about the small details of breaking his promise to them. Even if he bears the infamy, Lin Jue must kill these rebellious officials and traitors. If Guo Kun doesn't even understand this, then he
He is not worthy of being the emperor at all.
"Take the people away and behead them in public. In addition... Seal the whole city and purge Lu Zhongtian's gang members. I will find all the officials who followed Lu Zhongtian in his rebellion and find out their crimes. Kill them if they should be killed and punish them if they should be punished."
Can't tolerate it." Lin Jue ordered loudly.
"Yes!" the generals promised loudly.
Lin Jue turned his head, looked at the dazed Guo Kun and said, "Your Majesty, do you want to go to Chongzheng Hall? I will accompany you."
Guo Kun came back to his senses and said in a cold voice: "I'm tired. I don't want to go anywhere. I'll leave everything to you, Marshal Lin. Come and take me back to the old palace. I'll just go back to the palace to live."
Lin Jue smiled faintly and said: "It's okay, the palace is messy and needs to be cleared up before you can move in. So I ask the emperor to stay in the old palace first. After I calm the people and stabilize the situation, I will respectfully welcome the emperor into the palace."
Guo Kun said: "Just do whatever you say, you have the final say."
After saying that, Guo Kun turned his horse and turned around, and went away without looking back under the protection of a group of guards. Lin Jue bowed to see him off, and when he raised his head, Guo Kun had disappeared. Unconsciously, he sneered and stopped paying attention to a series of words.
The order was issued, and various officials and generals ordered to control the situation in the city, launched a search for Qingsu, and issued notices to calm the people overnight.
This night in Bianliang City is destined to be a sleepless night.
