For Chen Jue and Zhu Zhirong, taking refuge in Lu Zhongtian's sect is completely a self-interested strategy. Lu Zhongtian has been in charge of the government all the year round, cutting off dissidents, holding a high position and being ruthless. Under such circumstances, it is the inevitable choice of the DPRK and Chinese officials to pursue advantages and avoid disadvantages.

Since the Great Zhou Dynasty, the political ecology has deteriorated extremely, and the positive attitude of the founding of the country has long been replaced by extravagance, greed, and self-defeating. This is often a common problem of a dynasty. At the beginning of the founding of the country, the court experienced the difficulties of founding the country, so they understood that everything was not easy to come by, so they cherished and maintained it. However, generations of people who have lived in the peaceful and prosperous era have long been unaware of the hardships and sufferings of their predecessors, and many precious qualities and spirits have been slowly lost in the peaceful years.

When a dynasty comes to an end, the first thing it must experience is the collapse of values. The corruption of officials, the deterioration of the political ecology, and the emergence of the party-forming dictatorship group were the signs that the Great Zhou Dynasty was coming to an end.

Some of the officials are upright, but these people have basically been solved by Lu Zhongtian. Either die or be dismissed from office, in short, there is no good end. There are also some people who choose to turn a blind eye and turn a deaf ear, they are not willing to take refuge in Lu Zhongtian, but they do not dare to openly oppose Lu Zhongtian, so they have become a group of amiable peacemakers and centrists. It's muddy, and nothing can be accomplished. More people, like Chen Jue and Zhu Zhirong, went directly to Lu Zhongtian's door and became a member of Lu Zhongtian's interest group. This is the most practical approach, and in an officialdom with a deteriorating political ecology, this choice is the most common. Even they themselves didn't feel like they were doing anything wrong. In fact, many people want to defect to Lu Xiangmen, and it takes a lot of time. Lu Xiang is not sheltered by everyone, he wants those who are useful to him.

Chen Jue and Zhu Zhirong's original idea was just to rely on the big tree of Lu Zhongtian to enjoy the shade and earn a powerful position and money for themselves. And if these things are against Lu Zhongtian, they will never be able to get it. They didn't know that the flame of ambition in Lu Zhongtian's heart was burning. By the time they knew all this, they had already followed Lu Zhongtian too far and couldn't turn back. Therefore, when the situation is in such a desperate situation today, Chen Jue, Zhu Zhirong and others are very annoyed and regretful in their hearts. They blamed all this on Lu Zhongtian, who thought that Lu Zhongtian had dragged them onto the thief ship and walked into the raging seas of the unrecoverable sea, and they were about to capsize and drown in the stormy seas. And in the midst of this extreme despair, they most hope that there will be a life-saving straw for them to grasp and let them escape.

In fact, Chen Jue and Zhu Zhirong had exchanges in private. When the outer city was in danger, the two tacitly returned to the palace, they wanted to persuade Lu Zhongtian to escape quickly, but they were scolded by Lu Zhongtian. After coming down, the two had a brief exchange, both of them thought that things were already very troublesome, and discussed the possibility of making peace with Lin Jue. But the two didn't take action after all, because after they discussed, they thought that it was impossible for Lin Jue to let them go. They were the closest people to Lu Zhongtian's side, and they were involved in almost everything the whole process, and it was almost impossible to be forgiven. Therefore, they did not dare to take real action. And now, Lin Jue actually stretched out his hand to save them, wouldn't it surprise them.

"Lord Lin, it turns out that you have such an idea, you are an insult to me Chen Jue and Lord Zhu. Are we the kind of people you think we are? We followed Lu Xiang with the intention of being loyal to the Great Zhou, not to do it

There are only big things in the world. This heart is clear, and the sun and the moon can be seen. It's just that things have come to this point, and we didn't expect it. But this is the end of the matter, and there is not much to say. Lord Zhu and I are personally honored and disgraced, but we also agree with what Lord Lin said. Since it has come to such a time, it will be in vain to resist again, but it will cost more lives, destroy the sacred palace of my Great Zhou, and destroy so many beautiful Huayu halls. It's no longer necessary. In this way, I have a request, I want to ask Lord Lin to suspend the attack, and I will go with Lord Zhu to persuade Lu Xiang to let the matter be resolved, so that there will be no further killing and destruction. What do you think? Chen Jue replied loudly.

Lin Jue laughed, this Chen Jue had obviously decided to surrender, but he said it so high-sounding and righteous, saying that in response to his own proposal, he would no longer cause more killing and destruction. The two of them are going to persuade Lu Zhongtian to surrender? I'm afraid it's not persuasion, but to force Lu Zhongtian to surrender. Chen Jue and Zhu Zhirong are really treacherous, they are still scheming at this moment, and they refuse to be infamous, they are really cunning and treacherous. These people around Lu Zhongtian are all here for personal interests, and they will also move for personal interests, and it is not surprising that they can make such a happy decision at this moment.

"Okay, sure enough, I have a responsibility and know the current affairs. Then I will wait for you to persuade Lu Zhongtian and give you time to stick incense. After a stick of incense, my Luoyan army is about to attack. At that point, there will be no more room for manoeuvre. Lin Jue said loudly.

Chen Jue and Zhu Zhirong were overjoyed in their hearts, but their faces were silent. also said loudly: "We can't guarantee that we will be able to persuade Lu Xiang, maybe we will have to meet each other in arms, but there will be no old feelings to talk about at that time, we will fight to the death and never surrender." ”

Lin Jue waved his hand and said, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." Go ahead, the time for a stick of incense is very short. ”

Chen Jue and Zhu Zhirong immediately began to gather their guards to follow and prepare to go down the city wall to the palace. An adjutant general frowned beside him and shouted righteously: "Two adults, do you really want to persuade the emperor?" I'm afraid I want to force the emperor to surrender. You are disloyal to the emperor by doing so. How can you do that? The emperor trusts the two adults from the bottom of his heart. ”

Chen Jue slowly approached, and asked with a smile on his face, "General Cao, what did you say?" ”

The general surnamed Cao was also a guard from Lu Zhongtian's mansion and arranged in the army, and he was very loyal to Lu Zhongtian, so he dared to say such a thing. Seeing Chen Jue asking, he said confidently: "Isn't what you said about your humble position wrong?" Don't think we can't hear it, you and Master Zhu just want to surrender. ”

Chen Jue raised his head and laughed, and suddenly drew his knife and slashed, the distance between the two sides was so close, the deputy general didn't expect Chen Jue to make a bold move, and he didn't have time to dodge at all. Chen Jue already had martial arts, and this knife was fast and urgent, hitting the side of the neck of the deputy general surnamed Cao, cutting off most of his neck. A stream of blood spurted out, spurting the heads and faces of the generals next to him red.

Chen Jue flew up and kicked the body of the deputy general off the city wall, snorted and scolded: "Damn, it's your turn to teach me a lesson?" At such times, what loyalty do you pretend? If you want to die with him, send you on your way first. ”

The surrounding generals and soldiers were terrified and silent. They also finally understood what Lord Chen and Master Zhu were going to do. It turned out that what he meant by persuading the emperor was to take the emperor and surrender. However, the vast majority of people did not feel angry at all, but rushed to rejoice. If this fights, everyone

It's going to die. If Lu Zhongtian's life is exchanged for everyone's lives, everyone will be saved.

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The Chongzheng Hall was extremely dark and gloomy, the sunset outside had set, and the daylight in the hall had faded. At this moment, under the dim light, the tall pillars in the originally splendid palace, and the ornaments of carved dragons and phoenixes all flickered in the shadows, but they looked very gloomy.

Lu Zhongtian sat on the throne, and a candle was lit on the treasure table in front of him, and the candle flame was beating, illuminating his wrinkled old face was also gloomy. Liu Zhenbang and Lu Tianci stood in the shadow below, the two of them were like two clay and wood carving people, standing there motionless with sad faces.

"Hey! Big things go, big things go. Lu Zhongtian let out a long sigh. He glanced at Lu Tianci, who was standing on the side of the throne, and beckoned: "Tianci, you come up and come here." ”

Lu Tianci said with a frightened face: "Daddy, the child doesn't dare, that's your position." ”

Lu Zhongtian laughed and said, "Fool, what are you afraid of? It's just a seat, anyone can do it. The surname Guo can do it, Daddy can do it, you can do it, and there are many people who can do it in the future. What are you afraid of? Split it with an axe, but it's just a pile of rotten wood. The chair is not scary, what is scary is the power in the hands of the person sitting in the chair. Daddy doesn't have anything now, and you don't have to be afraid of Daddy. Come up. ”

Lu Tianci smacked his lips and said: "Daddy, don't be discouraged, Chen Jue and Zhu Zhirong may be able to resist Lin Jue's thief's attack, maybe the Jurchens will also come to help, maybe...... Things will get better soon. ”

Lu Zhongtian smiled bitterly: "Stupid thing, you don't understand anything, none of this will happen." Chen Jue and Zhu Zhirong? Unreliable. The Jurchens are even more unreliable. We have nothing, Lin Jue, they will come in soon. ”

Lu Tianci was stunned: "Then what should we do?" Daddy, is that little thief Lin Jue willing to let us go? ”

Lu Zhongtian shook his head and said, "He won't let us go, he will kill us." ”

Lu Tianci shouted: "Daddy, what should I do?" Shall we surrender? Beg him to spare our lives, we are not emperors. The emperor just gave it to him. We are also prime ministers. ”

Lu Zhongtian sighed in his heart, how wise he was, but his son was a waste. He didn't understand anything, and he wanted to go back to the old days.

"God, don't say it, you come up, Daddy wants you to come up." Lu Zhongtian strengthened his tone.

Lu Tianci said: "What did Daddy tell me to do?" I don't want to go up, it's the throne that is causing trouble, I don't want to mess with the throne. ”

Lu Zhongtian was stunned for a moment, and suddenly sighed. Yes, my stupid son knows that this throne is causing trouble, but he wants to sit on it. If you knew today, why bother in the first place.

"God, if you don't come up, Daddy will come down. God, don't blame your father. We can't escape today, Daddy is going to die, and you can't live. Instead of letting you die of Lin Jue's humiliation and torture, it is better for Daddy to kill you before he dies, and you can go with Daddy. Don't blame Daddy, Daddy is here for your good. ”

Lu Zhongtian slowly stepped down from the throne, and the dagger under the sleeve of his robe shone brightly. It turned out that he had been asking Lu Tianci to go up, but in fact, he wanted to kill Lu Tianci with his own hands on the throne, so that his son could also sit on the throne of the emperor before he died. Let that throne be stained with the blood of your own father and your son. Lu Tianci refused to go up, so he could only come down to find him.