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The clean-up work was carried out quickly, and the Chongzheng Hall was basically burned to ruins, the pillared roof beams and rafters had been burned to charcoal, and the glazed tiles on the roof had collapsed, almost intact. Cracked rubble was everywhere. In fact, the main thing is to clean up the rubble, because everything else is almost burned.

Of course, the collapse of the roof will have a certain extinguishing effect on the fire below. One method of extinguishing fire is to knock down a burning house and use the effect of the collapse of the roof tiles and walls to extinguish the flames or stop the flames from burning. The three-story hall of the Chongzheng Hall collapsed when it was halfway through the fire, which also gave Lin Jue hope of finding Lu Zhongtian's body. If the fire continues like this, there will inevitably be nothing in it in the end. If there is a collapse, the fire on the lower floor of the main hall will be extinguished, and it will be possible to find something.

The strength of the people was great, and the soldiers carried away the charred beams around the throne of the main hall, and cleared a large amount of dust and rubble, clearing a circular area. In the middle of the region is the location of the predicted throne. Soon, the scorched wood and rubble that was smoking, scorching, and hot was cleared away, revealing the floor of the marble and white marble hall. After digging forward a short time, the dragon chair throne, which had collapsed into a piece of char, was discovered. The reason why it is confirmed that it is the emperor's throne is because although the wood part has been burned to charcoal, the exquisite ornaments of gold, silver, copper and iron on the dragon chair cannot be burned, and they are only slightly deformed by the fire, which is still arguable. The ornaments of the golden dragon heads on the backs of the chairs on both sides of the throne, the huge silver palace feather fan, the red copper corners at the four corners of the treasure case, and even the square cinnabar inkstone on the treasure case were found, which is enough to prove that this is the location of the throne.

Lin felt that the report was immediately rushed to check the ruins, and after the soldiers carefully moved and cleaned up a pile of black soot, they finally found a corpse among the ashes. But it wasn't really a corpse anymore, it was already something like a piece of charred wood. If it weren't for the vaguely recognizable shape of the limbs and skull, and the appearance of a skeleton with a black hole in the mouth, nose and eye sockets on the skull, I am afraid that it would really be considered nothing more than a piece of charred wood.

Fired like this, it is no longer possible to confirm whether it is Lu Zhongtian or not. Height, appearance, and other things can no longer be used as a standard for identification, and the only thing that can be identified is the jewelry on the body. The crowd carefully cleaned and identified, and found a burned and broken piece of square jade next to the corpse, with a golden handle on it. Everyone was puzzled. Immediately afterwards, many strange strands of gold thread were found on the charred corpse, which made everyone even more puzzled.

Lin Jue laughed when he saw this: "That's right, it is indeed Lu Zhongtian, with these two pieces of evidence, it can be determined." ”

Everyone hurriedly asked, and Lin Jue said: "That jade is a newly carved national seal, although it has been burned and broken, but the carved handwriting can still be seen below, and the dragon pattern handle on it is the handle used for the national seal." This is a replica of the Great Zhou

I have seen the production of the national seal, so I recognize it. Except for Lu Zhongtian, who will hide the national seal on his body and self-immolate together. This is one of the evidences. The second evidence is these golden threads, this is the golden thread embroidered with the golden dragon on the dragon robe on his body, yesterday was the day he ascended the throne, he must be wearing the dragon robe, and he will not take it off before he dies. When he set himself on fire, the brocade dragon robe on his body burned when it caught fire, but the gold threads did not burn, and the hot silk threads were embedded in his flesh. That's why we saw that this corpse was wrapped with these gold threads, which were the silk threads on the dragon robe. Combining these two points, there must be no doubt about Lu Zhongtian. Who else is wearing a dragon robe and carrying a jade seal to self-immolation? ”

Everyone suddenly realized, and they all nodded and laughed: "This old thief still dreams of being an emperor when he is dying." It's a pity that this great hall and throne were destroyed by him. ”

Liang Qidao: "Dashuai, how can the corpse of the old thief be disposed of?" ”

Lin Jue said: "Even if he knows his face, he will burn himself to death, otherwise he will be shown to the public." But now it's not necessary, find a coffin and bury it. ”

When the people heard this, they hurriedly moved the corpse, but several soldiers were inexperienced and did not know how to lift the corpse from below, but instead pulled the corpse's hands and feet to lift the corpse, and heard a crisp sound in Kerala, and the arms and thighs of the charred corpse were broken together, and the lifted corpse fell to the ground with a thud, and the head fell off suddenly, and the charred body was torn apart, and the whole corpse was shattered into hundreds of black charcoals. When Lu Zhongtian set himself on fire, he hid the grease around the throne, and he wanted to die faster and less painfully. But it also made his entire body charred from the inside out, and he was already charred by the time the hall collapsed. It is in some unknown coincidence that the reason is well preserved. Now with such a fall, it suddenly shattered into hundreds of pieces.

When everyone was stunned, a gust of wind blew from nowhere, and the charred ashes suddenly scattered in all directions. Everyone hurriedly covered their mouths, noses and eyes with their sleeves, and when the wind had passed, they looked at the corpse, and all that was left was a half-missing head and seven or eight pieces of black char that I don't know where it was.

Everyone was dumbfounded, and Lin Jue sighed: "The old thief has done a lot of evil, it seems that God can't see it, and he has broken his bones and scattered ashes." Let's just pick up a few pieces. ”

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In the sunny afternoon in the courtyard of the public house of the political affairs hall, Lin Jue summoned all the civil and military officials in the city to a meeting to discuss the implementation of the next few major events. Although Guo Kun did not attend, this did not affect the warm and fruitful atmosphere of the whole meeting.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I can now announce to you that we have defeated the extremely rebellious henchmen of the Lu Thief. The Lu thief died by self-immolation, and Chen Jue, Zhu Zhirong, Liu Zhenbang and other chief evils have also been ambushed. Further purging operations are underway, and it is believed that the poison of the Lu thief party will be eliminated soon. In other words, we have achieved our goal, we have recaptured the capital of the Great Zhou, and the emperor will also re-enter the palace. The civil strife will soon be quelled. Lin Jue announced to everyone with a smile.

Although I have known that all this is true, but when these words came out of Lin Jue's mouth, they had a different extraordinary meaning, it was not nonsense, it was an official announcement.

Everyone applauded, some grinning happily, others with excited eyes

Wet, some people raised their hands to thank God for their blessing. Today's result is a deep emotion for many people. Except for some of the officials who later defected from the imperial court to the Luoyan army, most of the people present were forced or voluntarily to follow Lin Jue out of the imperial court to Funiu Mountain at the beginning. No matter what kind of situation you are in, it is inevitable to have psychological repetitions and gaps, worries and confusion at first. Especially at the beginning, the strength of Funiu Mountain and Luoyan Valley was very small, and when Lin Jue and others entered the mountain, there were only 20,000 or 30,000 official soldiers and horses. Facing the imperial court with an army of one million, if someone said that the Luoyan army would be able to fight in the capital and seize power in the future, no one would believe it in their hearts.

The vast majority of people have experienced a state of confusion and worry about the future without confidence, they don't say it, but when they toss and turn in the middle of the night, their hearts are naturally quite worried and worried about the bleak future, and even some regrets. However, it is precisely because of the suffering of that period of time that they know that it is not easy for the Luoyan Army to get to where it is today, that they are particularly happy and happy today. Their admiration for the Lin Dashuai in front of them was also more profound and heartfelt. When everyone felt that the future was bleak, negative and hesitant, Lin Jue was the last comfort in everyone's hearts. Because he always maintains enthusiasm and hope, always thinks about how to strengthen the soldiers and horses of the Luoyan Army, and always maintains passion and confidence in the future. It can be said that the strength of the entire Luoyan Army was single-handedly contributed by Lin Jue. The firearms he invented gave the Luoyan army the confidence, and in the face of the large-scale attack of the imperial court, he turned the tide and defeated the opponent. At the time of the chaos in the north, he risked himself, gained a lot of information, and recruited generals such as Ma Qingshan and a large number of his soldiers and horses. The reason why Lin Jue has a high prestige and god-like existence in the Luoyan Army is not because he founded the Luoyan Army, nor because of how good his personal relationship is with everyone, but precisely because of his never-say-die and always enterprising spiritual strength. and his wisdom and ability beyond the comprehension of many.

Many people's tears of excitement are not only because of the emotion of everything they have experienced, but also because Lin Jue has been rewarded for so many years of hard work and perseverance. If a character like Lin Jue can't have today's harvest, it will be a great injustice from God.

The applause lasted for a long time, and everyone's emotions also infected Lin Jue. Busy all day long, exhausted, Lin Jue rarely looks back on the road he has traveled. But now on this occasion, I suddenly realized that I had gone so far and walked so high. I felt a lot of emotion in my heart.

However, Lin Jue controlled the emotion in his heart, because now is not the time to sigh.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this can only be regarded as a stage victory for us, and we have not yet reached the final victory. I know that you have a lot of emotion in your hearts, but now is not the time for us to celebrate. Although the civil strife is peaceful, the people's hearts are not yet at peace, and after the war, it is still difficult to ensure the livelihood of the people. To the north of us, a wolf has taken over a large part of our land. The government was deserted, and the Great Zhou was still in disorder. All of this is a difficult problem for us to face. So, we can't celebrate yet. I have a few things to discuss with you, and I need to make a decision as soon as possible. Lin Jue said in a deep voice.

Everyone looked solemn, straightened their backs, and pricked up their ears to listen carefully.