Jiangning City was shrouded in the darkness, and a few dog barking came from an alley, followed by a "tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk

The person who spoke was Lin Renzhao. There were three big men standing outside the door, all of whom were cloth robes and no hats. The bearded man named Wan Yan, who was standing in front of him, said: "This place is not a place to speak." Lin Renzhao suddenly said: "Three brothers, please come inside."

Lin Renzhao led several great men into a room. He knew these people, all of whom were generals of the Southern Tang Dynasty’s Imperial Army, including Ji Yan, Ma Chengxin and Ma Chengjun. Ji Yan sat down in the chair as soon as he entered the door. Another person walked to the back window and stood on tiptoe to look outside.

"Huangfu Jixun was killed, can you tell me?" Liu Yan said.

Lin Renzhao nodded vigilantly.

Wan Yan moved his butt, sneered and said, "The person we arranged."

After hearing this, Lin Renzhao saw that the eyes of Wan Yan and others changed drastically, "You and I are just a friend of indifferent things, but General Wan told these important things! Huangfu Jixun dereliction of duty and harmed the country, and he was guilty of death. It is not worth mercy to die. Why should General Wan and other brothers do it yourself?"

Ji Yan shook his head and said, "If we don't kill, Huangfu Jixun will not die!"

Lin Renzhao looked disbelief and was stunned for a moment.

Ji Yan glanced at him, "I have found out clearly about the quarry battle. Huangfu Jixun is not enough to defeat him. Putting the country in danger is a disaster if he doesn't kill him! It's hard to comfort the soldiers and brothers who died in the battle formation!"

Lin Renzhao agreed deeply, but then said: "Huangfu Jixun is a general. Brother Ji and others destroy him, and I am afraid the court will blame him."

Wan Yan said: "Brother Lin dares to tell the truth in the palace, won't he be blamed by His Majesty?"

The two looked at each other and smiled bitterly. Lin Renzhao felt a little sympathetic for a moment, so he sighed and complained with several big men, and said very much. After talking for a long time, Wan Yan said seriously: "It's time to talk about the serious business tonight. Although we were guilty of killing Huangfu Jixun, we would not have to worry about our lives. There were many people involved, and the law would not blame the public. In addition, Huangfu Jixun should have died, so the court killed us because of this, so it would be suspected of paying off the order for Huangfu Jixun, which would arouse dissatisfaction among many people... But Brother Lin is different. We have received reliable news. Early tomorrow morning, someone will come to arrest Brother Lin to be imprisoned. If you are a general, the consequences will be worrying; let alone your suggestions in the hall are disrespectful. We all concluded that once Brother Lin enters the prison, he may not be able to come out again."

After hearing this, Lin Renzhao was shocked and angry and said, "Your Majesty will not kill Huangfu Jixun, but you will kill me?"

Wan Yan sneered and did not answer. Lin Renzhao thought about it carefully, and he also felt that this kind of thing should be the cause of power struggle, but he really couldn't understand what was going on for a while. He didn't understand why the country was already in danger of being defeated in the Quarry Battle, and why there were still such and such battles.

At this time, Ji Yan said, "Brother Lin will leave tonight. Our brothers guarding the south gate have already been arranged."

Lin Renzhao clasped his fists and said, "Lin has recognized the kindness of brothers such as Brother Wan. But I can't leave. My family is still in Jiangning Mansion, so I can't abandon it."

"Brother Lin's family should have no worries about life. Look at His Majesty is not a cruel person." said Ji Yan, "...or Brother Lin doesn't believe what I said?"

"I don't want to escape like this, otherwise why should I come back and do it?" Lin Renzhao said directly without explaining too much.

After hearing this, Ji Yan stood up and said, "Since that's the case, it's useless for us to stay, so let's say goodbye. Brother Lin takes care of himself."

Lin Renzhao said goodbye to his family that night, and after taking a shower and changing clothes, he could not fall asleep all night, waiting for the trial of the imperial government. The next morning, several eunuchs and a team of imperial guards came, and the order was announced to let Lin Renzhao go to the government.

He was ready to provide detailed information on the ins and outs of the quarry battle, and when he was responsible for the crime of losing his troops, he also wanted to let people understand the fundamental reason for 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 on anklets and bracelets on him. He beat him up without asking any questions! He shouted: "I am a general of the Imperial Army. Who is guilty? A soldier can be killed but not humiliated..."

His shouting only attracted a contemptuous ridicule and heavier punches. He was beaten half to death and threw him into an iron cage. Half awake and half unconscious, and the iron door opened again. Two people came in, grabbed Lin Renzhao's hand and pressed it in a wet and cold box, and pressed it on a piece of paper.

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

There is a general outside, and as soon as you enter here, you are even worse than a dog, and you will die in a dark corner in a frustration.

After resting for a while, Lin Renzhao was in pain all over. Finally, he recovered some strength and sat up. The shackles on his body were heavy and he still couldn't move. At this moment, the iron door opened again and a black shadow walked in.

He stared at the shadow blankly, knowing that refuting and resisting are useless now.

As soon as the "Black Shadow" opened his mouth, he was the familiar voice of Wan Yan: "Brother Lin, do you believe me now?"

Lin Renzhao was speechless and finally came back to his senses for a long time and said in surprise: "How can Brother Ji get in here?"

Liu Yan's voice said: "The court has formed a party, but the loyal and righteous people have not yet died. Now we are trying our best to keep the only loyal and righteous people."

Lin Renzhao shook his head in the dark and sighed: "At this point, I am discouraged and I have nothing to do... It's better to die so as not to implicate the family in the capital. Brother Ji, please leave here quickly."

There was a silence in the dim light, and Wan Yan said, "Even if Brother Lin is waiting to die, my family will not be able to live in peace."

Lin Renzhao immediately said: "What big mistake did I make? Is it not enough for Your Majesty to kill me, but I still have to implicate my family?"

Ji Yan said: "If Brother Lin is worried about his family and waiting for death here for nothing is no different from escaping... Maybe it is better to escape. The court did not catch you, but would not want to touch Brother Lin's family easily."

Lin Renzhao was silent for a long time.

Ji Yan urged: "It's not too late, Brother Lin makes a decision early. This is your last chance. After Brother Lin leaves the city, he can flee south first to the old land of Fujian. At this time, Jinling was threatened several times and could not be pulled out to search the south."

...

Lin Renzhao ran away!

When Li Yu heard the news, his face immediately turned pale... What made him afraid of was not the threat Lin Renzhao would run away, but how did he run away? He was locked in the death cell of Dali Temple Tianzi, and it was as easy as entering his own door. How did he run away!

Lin Renzhao is not alone. There is a force behind him, which regards the prestige of the country and the dignity of the court as if nothing had happened and tramples on it at will!

A feeling of powerlessness, a kind of humiliation, a big stone, like a quilt, covered Li Yu's face. He could not breathe, had chest tightness, and felt that there was darkness in front of him, and he could not see anything or a way out.

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

Li Yu seemed to be a drowning man who grabbed the straw that saved his life, and suddenly lay on the ground and grabbed Zhou Xian's leg tightly. Zhou Xian was shocked and bent down to pull him up, but Li Yu held him tightly. Zhou Xian had to kneel down and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, if you are so unkind, what should you do if you are seen? Get up first, say what to say slowly..."

Zhou Xian now brought comforting words to Li Yu hug him tighter. His emotions were almost broken, "Everyone is forcing me, they all 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, rubbing against Zhou Xian's skirt. He choked and said, "It's useless! The Zhou army is about to invade, I'm going to destroy the country... No one below listens to me. They all pretend to be false, and the mainland has their own plans. They just wait for me to roll down from the throne and take revenge... They held their breath and waited for that day to humiliate me, laughed at me, and trampled on me! I'm about to lose everything, there is nothing I deserve to trust, Ehuang, I'm the only one left..."

...When Zhou Xian heard this, she was stunned when she did not persuade Li Yu.

She was depressed and numb, but suddenly she became a little self-conscious... She couldn't help but wonder, when a person has no one to care about and care about, what's left? What's the point of living?

When she made a vow with Li Yu, those past events that depend on each other surged in her heart. Zhou Xian suddenly became very gentle, with her pure and white face and bright eyes full of pity and indulgence. She stretched out her trembling hand and placed it on Li Yu's cheek: "Husband, I understand your feelings."

After Li Yu was excited, he was a little cold. He was stunned for a while and said, "I know you still hold a grudge against me..."

Zhou Xian said: "Everyone makes mistakes, I forgive you. Can you forgive me...that time of infidelity?"

Li Yu climbed up from the ground at this time and said, "I still care about what I do. My situation... Ehuang knows."

"I have said that I don't care about that kind of thing. As long as we make up for the cracks in our hearts," Zhou Xian's emotions fluctuated. He grabbed Li Yu's palm and looked at his face and said, "Master King, you are not Guo Shao's opponent. The situation of the Southern Tang Kingdom is beyond help. You surrender!"

Li Yu widened his eyes: "Surrender?"

Zhou Xian said: "There is no other way. Now that surrendering now, you may be able to get the tolerance of the Zhou court. Look, the king of Shu, Meng Chang, is fine... If we don't be kings, we don't need power!"

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