Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

Jiangning City was shrouded in darkness, a few dogs barked in an alley, and then there was a knock on the door of "Tuk Tuk Tuk". A small door creaked open, and a voice said, "General He, General Ma, why are you visiting at this time?"

The person who spoke was Lin Renzhao, and there were three big men standing outside the door, all dressed in cloth robes and without hats. The bearded man standing in front of him said, "This is not a place to talk." Lin Renzhao suddenly said, "Please come inside, three brothers."

Lin Renzhao led several big men into a room. He knew these people. They were all generals of the Imperial Guard of the Southern Tang Dynasty, including Xi Yan, Ma Chengcheng, and Ma Chengjun. As soon as he entered the door, he sat down on the chair carelessly, and the other person went to the rear window and stood on tiptoe to look outside.

"Huangfu Jixun was killed, does brother Lin know?" Yan Yan asked.

Lin Renzhao nodded vigilantly.

He moved his buttocks, hummed and sneered, and said, "The person we arranged."

After Lin Renzhao heard this, his eyes changed greatly when he saw Yan Yan and the others, "You and I are just acquaintances, but General Xi told you about such an important matter! Huangfu Jixun dereliction of duty and wronged the country. He is guilty of ten thousand deaths, and death is not a pity. Why should General Xi and other brothers do it themselves?"

He Yan shook his head and said, "If we don't kill him, Huangfu Jixun won't die!"

Lin Renzhao was stunned for a moment with a look of disbelief.

He Yan glanced at him, "I have already inquired clearly about the battle of quarrying, Huangfu Jixun did more than fail, put the country in danger, if he does not kill, he will be a disaster! If he does not kill, it will be difficult to comfort the soldiers who died in the battle!"

Lin Renzhao agreed deeply, and then said: "Huangfu Jixun is a general, brother Xi will kill him, I'm afraid the court will blame him."

He Yan said: "Brother Lin dares to tell the truth in the palace, won't His Majesty also blame him?"

The two looked at each other and smiled bitterly. Lin Renzhao felt a little sympathy for each other for a while, so he sighed and complained with a few big guys, and it was easy to get along. After talking for a long time, Yan Yan said solemnly: "It's time to talk about the business tonight. Although I am guilty of killing Huangfu Jixun, I will not be in danger of my life. There are many people involved, and the law does not blame the public; in addition, Huangfu Jixun should be killed. The court killed us. It is suspected that Huangfu Jixun died for Huangfu Jixun, which will cause many people's dissatisfaction...Brother Lin is different, we have received reliable news that tomorrow morning, someone will arrest Brother Lin and put him in prison. Once you are humiliated by the knife and pen officials, the consequences will be worrisome; what's more, your words in the hall are disrespectful. We all conclude that once Brother Lin enters the prison, he may not be able to come out again."

After hearing this, Lin Renzhao said angrily, "Your Majesty doesn't want to kill Huangfu Jixun, but instead wants to kill me?"

He Yan sneered, but didn't answer. Lin Renzhao pondered deeply, and he also felt that this kind of thing should be related to the reason for the power struggle, but he really couldn't figure out what was going on for a while. He didn't understand why there was such a struggle at the moment when the country was in danger of subjugation when the battle of quarrying was defeated.

At this time, he said: "Brother Lin will leave tonight, the one guarding the south gate is our brother, it has been arranged."

Lin Renzhao clasped his fists and said, "Brother Hey, wait for brother's kindness, Lin accepts it. But I can't leave, my family is still in Jiangning Mansion, I can't just ignore it."

"Brother Lin's family members should not be in danger of their lives. You can see that His Majesty is not a cruel person." He said, "...Or maybe Brother Lin doesn't believe what I said?"

"I don't want to run away like this, otherwise why come back?" Lin Renzhao said directly without too much explanation.

Hearing this, Yan Yan stood up and said, "Since that's the case, it's useless for us to stay longer. Let's leave. Brother Lin, take care of yourself."

Lin Renzhao bid farewell to his family members that night. After bathing and changing, he couldn't sleep all night, waiting for the court's interrogation. In the early morning of the next day, a few eunuchs and a team of imperial guards came to announce the decree for Lin Renzhao to come to the government.

He is ready to give a detailed account of the ins and outs of the quarrying battle, and when he bears the crime of losing his teacher, he must also let people understand the root cause of the defeat.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered a prison, several big men suddenly rushed up, kicked Lin Renzhao to the ground, and then put an ankle chain and bracelet on him, and beat him severely regardless of indiscriminately! He yelled: "I am a general of the forbidden army, who convicted him? A soldier can be killed but not humiliated..."

His yell was met with a scornful jeer, and heavier fists and kicks. He was beaten half to death and thrown into an iron cage. Half awake and half unconscious, I heard the iron door slam open again, and two people came in. They grabbed Lin Renzhao's hand and pressed it in a damp and cold box, and then pressed it on a piece of paper.

Lin Renzhao was still clear at this moment, and immediately understood: This is the end of the interrogation...

He is a general outside, and once he enters here, he is worse than a dog, and he will die aggrieved in a dark corner.

After resting for an unknown period of time, Lin Renzhao was in pain all over his body, and finally regained some strength and sat up, but he was still unable to move due to the heavy shackles on his body. At this moment, the iron door opened again, and a black shadow walked in.

He stared blankly at the black figure, knowing that it was useless to argue and resist now.

As soon as "Heiying" opened his mouth, it was a familiar voice: "Brother Lin, do you believe my words now?"

Lin Renzhao was speechless, it took him a long time to come back to his senses, and he asked in surprise, "How did you get in here?"

The voice of Yan Yan said: "The court is full of traitors and sycophants, but the loyal and upright people are not dead. Now we are trying to keep the remaining loyal and upright people."

Lin Renzhao shook his head in the dark and sighed: "At this point, I'm disheartened, and there's nothing I can do... It's better to die, so as not to hurt the family members in the capital. Hurry up and get out of here."

There was a moment of silence in the dim light, and he sighed: "Even if Brother Lin waits to die, I'm afraid the family members will not be safe."

Lin Renzhao said immediately: "What big mistake did I make? Isn't it enough for His Majesty to kill me, and also implicate the family?"

He Yan said: "If Brother Lin is worried about his family members, waiting here to die in vain is no different from running away... Maybe it is better to run away. The imperial court didn't catch you, but they don't want to easily touch Brother Lin's family members."

Lin Renzhao was silent for a long time.

Yan Yan urged: "It's not too late, brother Lin to make a decision early, this is your last chance. After brother Lin leaves the city, you can flee south first, to the old land of Fujian. At this time, Jinling is threatened by several parties, and he can't move to search in the south."

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Lin Renzhao has escaped!

When Li Yu heard the news, his face was as white as paper... What shocked him was not the threat of Lin Renzhao's escape, but how did he escape? Locked in the Tianzihao death cell of Dali Temple, coming and going is as easy as entering his own house, how did he escape!

Lin Renzhao is not alone, there is a force behind him, who ignores the prestige of the country and the dignity of the court, and tramples on it wantonly!

A sense of powerlessness, a humiliation, and a big stone covered Li Yu's face like a quilt. He couldn't breathe, his chest was tight, and he felt that there was darkness in front of him, and he couldn't see anything, and he couldn't see a way out.

"Your Majesty, what's the matter with you?" Zhou Xian came out from behind the bedroom and asked in surprise when he also saw Li Yu's dejected look.

Li Yu seemed to be a drowning man grabbing a life-saving straw, and suddenly lay down on the ground, holding onto Zhou Xian's leg tightly. Zhou Xian turned pale with fright, and bent down to pull him up, but Li Yu held on tightly. Zhou Xian had no choice but to kneel down himself, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, if you are so disrespectful, what should you do if someone sees you? Get up first, and speak slowly if you have anything to say..."

Zhou Xian's comforting words made Li Yu hug him even tighter. He almost collapsed, "Everyone is forcing me, they want me to die!"

Zhou Xian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you are the most powerful person in the entire Southern Tang Kingdom, and no one dares to force you."

Li Yu shook his head desperately, tears and snot came out together, rubbing against Zhou Xian's skirt. He choked up and said: "It's useless! The Zhou army is about to invade, and I'm going to perish... The people below don't listen to me. They all pretend to be submissive on the surface, and the interior has their own plans. They just wait for me to get off the throne. They will turn their faces and take revenge... They are holding their breath, waiting for that day to humiliate me, laugh at me, and trample me! I will lose everything soon, there is no one I can trust, Ehuang, I am the only one left..."

... When Zhou Xian heard this, she didn't persuade Li Yu, and she froze there.

She was originally depressed and numb, but suddenly became a little conscious... She couldn't help thinking, when a person has no one to care about and care about, what is left? What's the point of being alive?

At the beginning of the alliance with Li Yu, those past events of mutual dependence came to my mind. Zhou Xian suddenly became very gentle, with a pure and white face, bright eyes full of love and indulgence, she stretched out a trembling hand and placed it on Li Yu's cheek: "Husband, I understand how you feel."

After Li Yu was excited, his mood was a little cold, he was stunned for a while, and said, "I know you still hate me..."

Zhou Xiandao: "Everyone makes mistakes, I forgive you. Can you forgive me... that infidelity?"

Li Yu got up from the ground at this time, and said: "I still care about what to do with that kind of thing, my situation... Ehuang knows."

"I have said that what I care about is not that kind of thing, as long as we make up for the cracks in our hearts." Zhou Xian's mood also fluctuated, grabbed Li Yu's palm, looked at his face and said, "Your Majesty, you are not Guo Shao's opponent. The situation of Nantang Kingdom is hopeless. You surrender!"

Li Yu stared round his eyes: "Surrender?"

Zhou Xiandao: "There is no other way. If you surrender now, you may be able to get the tolerance of the Zhou court. You see, Meng Chang, the leader of the Kingdom of Shu, is fine... Let's not be kings, and we don't want power!"

Li Yu reached out and patted the robe, sat down on the chair, and said calmly: "Then what do I have left?"

Zhou Xian chased after me and said, "You still have me. I know what you think. I think you can't keep me if you don't have power. Don't worry, I understand Guo Shao's behavior. He won't force him, and he won't do it; otherwise, he won't let me back. As long as I persist, I will never abandon my husband... Do you believe me?"

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