In Bianliang City, the battle between the east and west camps ended in the early hours of the morning. In fact, the two vans basically had no strength to fight back after being trapped. They are just van soldiers, whether they are equipped with weapons or combat skills, they are far from the Luoyan Army, and the combat power of the two sides is not on the same order of magnitude. The only possibility they can win is to rely on a sneak attack, facing the enemy head-on is not an opponent at all, not to mention being designed to be tricked into the trap of the opponent, where is there still the power to fight back.

Of the more than 30,000 soldiers, there were not too many dead and wounded, but more than 5,000 people, and the rest were all taken prisoner.

In the inner palace of the inner city, Guo Kun was neatly dressed and looked nervously in front of the Daqing Palace, waiting for the news of the victory to come. Tonight's action is both nervous and exciting, if everything goes well, after tonight, he will be the real emperor, and there is no need to look at Lin Jue's face anymore. This is the biggest thing he Guo Kun has done in his life, and this matter will have far-reaching impact and great significance. Although Guo Kun was a little worried, he firmly believed that tonight's operation would be successful. The 30,000 army entered the city, Shen Tan and Huang Jiang led them to attack, Lin Jue was not there, and the Luoyan army had no firearms, under these factors, it was impossible not to succeed.

The battle in the outer city could not be heard at all in the inner city, and the people sent out could not go out of the inner city gate to investigate, and the news sent back was only 'the battle of Xiying has begun, and the battle of Dongying has begun', and the specific news is unknown. This made Guo Kun very anxious. Although there is a bottom in his heart, but this feeling of being in the dark is very anxious, for a few hours, he has been wandering back and forth in the empty Daqing Hall Zou Dongfeng, from time to time to the entrance of the hall to look in the direction of the dark outer city.

It's almost dawn. The dark sky was already covered with a faint layer of white, like a light shining through behind a heavy curtain. The starlight in the sky has long faded, and there is already a touch of bright color in the eastern sky, slowly blurring the eastern sky.

The sound of thumping footsteps came, and a panting figure of an attendant under the steps rushed in. Guo Kun stood at the door of the hall and stared at him, Guo Kun knew that the news he hoped for must have come.

The chamberlain gasped and replied in a shrill voice: "Your Majesty, Lord Shen Tan, they are back, they have entered the palace." ”

Guo Kun let out a long breath, and a smile appeared on his tense face. Shen Tan is back, what does that mean? Naturally, it means that things have been done. Guo Kun closed his eyes and bowed to the sky, and said silently in his heart: "Thank God, God bless." ”

"Please!" Guo Kun commanded excitedly.

Without the need to be invited, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves galloped in, shattering the tranquility of the palace in the early morning. A group of more than a dozen horsemen galloped from the royal road in Daqing Gate and turned into the square in front of the Daqing Palace. Immediately the man hunted in a cloak, and his figure was vigorous.

Shen Tan dismounted, straightened his clothes, and inspected his clothes, and then strode up the stairs with more than a dozen generals in front of the palace, and walked towards Guo Kun, who was standing at the top of the steps at the door of the main hall with excitement and anticipation on his face.

"Minister Shen Tan see the emperor." Coming to the top of the steps, Shen Tan knelt and kowtowed. On his side, Li Kang and other generals also knelt and kowtowed.

"Flat, why do you still have so many courtesies at this time? Tell me, what's going on? Is it still going well? Guo Kun waved his hand and asked expectantly

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"Back to the emperor, everything is going well." Shen Tan said in a deep voice.

Guo Kun raised his eyebrows and said continuously: "Great, great." Did Lin Jue's mansion be copied? Has all his family taken it? Did all those Lin Jue's people in the court go to arrest them? The gates of the city must be sealed, and don't teach them to run. All Lin Jue's people have to be arrested, and none of them can run. ”

Shen Tan was silent, frowning.

"What's wrong? Why don't you speak? By the way, what about Shen Fang? What about Liu Sheng? Where did they go? What about the Yellow River? Why didn't you come to see me? Guo Kun sensed a hint of something strange from Shen Tan's silence, and looked at the more than ten generals in front of him squinting and searching, but he didn't find Shen Fang, Liu Sheng, and Huang Jiang.

"Your Majesty, they're all here." Shen Tan said in a deep voice.

"They're all here? Where is it? Why didn't I see it? Guo Kun was stunned.

Shen Tan shook his head slightly, and the two generals beside him threw a large package in their hands at Guo Kun's feet. The three hairy round things that were wrapped around Guo Kun's feet and spread out, revealing black.

The light was dim, Guo Kun had to bend down to look, this look, suddenly his soul was scattered, he screamed and took a few steps back, and shouted in a trembling voice: "Shen Tan, what are you doing?" This is the head. What are you doing to scare me with human heads? ”

Shen Tan got up slowly and said in a deep voice: "The emperor wants to see Shen Fang, Liu Sheng and Huang Jiang, this is them." They have been beheaded, and this is their head. ”

Guo Kun's frightened eyes were about to fall, and he was speechless for a long time with his big mouth open. His mind was in a state of confusion, and he didn't know what was going on. But soon he came to his senses and realized what had happened.

"Shen Tan! You...... You are so bold, you killed them? You...... How dare you do this, this rebel? You dare to betray me. Why are you doing this? Guo Kun roared loudly.

Shen Tan sighed deeply and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the minister can't stand you, but the minister has to do this." ”

Guo Kun scolded angrily: "You rebel. Your life was saved by our palace, and this is how you repay us? How can you be loyal to outsiders? What good did he give you to betray me regardless of your loyalty? What makes you so emboldened? ”

Shen Tan shook his head lightly and said, "Your Majesty, Lin Jue didn't give me any promises. I did this completely for the sake of the Great Zhou Society and all the people in the world. Your Majesty, you have gone too far, you have gone too far, you have completely ignored the people for yourself, I can only do this. The people of the world are already very bitter, and finally ushered in the hope of peace and prosperity, but you want to destroy him. Your Majesty, let me say something you don't like to hear, there can be no emperor in this world, but you can't do without Lin Jue. Lin Jue is the pillar of stability in the Great Zhou, and with him, the Great Zhou is expected to prosper. Without him, the world would return to chaos. You should know this, you should have completely trusted him and let him do something, but the emperor was suspicious of him in every way. Your Majesty, you are ignoring the world for your own selfishness. Although the minister was born in the rivers and lakes, he also knows the principles of the righteousness of the world. The minister can only be disloyal to the emperor. ”

Guo Kun's face was pale, his hands trembled angrily, and he reprimanded angrily: "Thief, thief, ungrateful, ungrateful." We saved your life, you

How dare you betray me? Are you worthy of me? Are you worthy of my father? Isn't there a trace of guilt in your conscience? ”

Shen Tan took a few steps forward, reached out and slowly pulled out the long sword at his waist. Guo Kun was shocked: "What are you doing? Do you want to kill the king? ”

Shen Tan slowly turned the hilt of the sword and handed it over, and said softly: "What the emperor said is right, my Shen Tan's life was indeed saved by the prince, and what the minister did today is indeed an ungrateful act." I am indeed disloyal to the emperor. Although Shen Tan has been doing his best to follow the prince and the emperor for more than 20 years, he can't repay the prince and the emperor for saving their lives. Today's minister did this, and his heart was also quite tormented. Therefore, the minister returned this life to the emperor today. The emperor killed the minister, and the minister also repaid your kindness. ”

Guo Kun looked at Shen Tan dumbfounded, and suddenly snatched the long sword in Shen Tan's hand, and stabbed Shen Tan in the chest with a flick of his wrist. Shen Tan didn't hide or dodge, closed his eyes and waited for death. Guo Kun's sword stabbed into Shen Tan's chest, but stopped. It's not that he doesn't want to kill Shen Tan, he can't wait to break this traitor inside and out into pieces, but he also thinks that killing Shen Tan at this moment will not help, but will completely make things out of control. Since Shen Tan felt guilty, it meant that he had not completely fallen to Lin Jue, but things might still be possible. If you kill him, there will be no one to return to the world. At this time, it is already an extremely critical time, and I can't act impulsively.

With a 'dang', the long sword fell to the ground, and Guo Kun sat on the ground regardless of his image, covering his face and crying.

"Father, Father, have you seen it in the Spirit of Heaven? All misfortunes are said by you, they are going to betray the children, they are going to rebel. The child is dying, and soon the child will be going to see you. Children are incompetent, children are incompetent. Father, son is not filial. ”

Shen Tan opened his eyes and watched Guo Kun beat his chest and cry, and the muscles on his face trembled.

"Your Majesty, Lin Jue won't kill you. He promised me that he wouldn't kill you. From beginning to end, he didn't have the heart to kill you, let alone usurp the throne. It's the emperor...... That day, he attempted to assassinate him in the water pavilion, and he was suspected of usurping the throne everywhere. Your Majesty, all of this today is actually caused by yourself. No one wants to oppose you, but you are against yourself. Shen Tan said in a deep voice.

Guo Kun was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "Don't comfort me, how can Lin Jue spare me now, he will kill me." Are you still accusing me? I am the emperor, he Lin Jue has indeed helped me, and he has indeed made great contributions, but with him, what am I? I'm not trying to doubt him, I'm having to doubt him, I'm having to deal with him. ”

Shen Tan sighed lightly, standing in Guo Kun's position, it is indeed the same. Lin Jue's light has long overshadowed Guo Kun, and he, the emperor, cannot be compared with Lin Jue in all aspects. If he is a magnanimous person, he can sit firmly in Diaoyutai and let Lin Jue play, but Guo Kun himself is a showy and impatient, narrow-minded and vulgar person, how can he have such self-cultivation. The only way he could think of was to kill Lin Jue. From his point of view, his actions were indeed reasonable. It's a pity that he never realized that he was responsible for the society of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the well-being of the people, and he had no such consciousness at all. He didn't even understand his own abilities and strengths, which is why he would act so stupidly.