In a small wooden house under Huangzhu Mountain, Zeng Ziyun leaned against the small window, looking at the sky outside through the cracks in the wooden railings nailed to the windows.

There was not a single white cloud in the sky outside, and the blue looked hollow and cold, just like he was in now.

The fiasco three days ago is still vivid in his mind, and he can't forget the appearance of the army he led that day when it collapsed instantly after being ambushed, let alone the appearance of a large number of soldiers kneeling down and surrendering in front of him.

At that time, he was filled with grief and anger, and chose to commit suicide.

However, he had the heart to commit suicide, but he had no power to commit suicide, and at the last moment of snatching the knife and killing himself, he was stopped by his own soldiers.

And suicide, especially the agitated suicide in grief and anger, can only be tried once, and after one time it is unsuccessful, and when you calm down, you will not have the intention of committing suicide.

But this does not mean that Zeng Ziyun has recovered as before, and his mood has changed again.

On the contrary, his heart is like ashes now!

In the past three days, he has been like a puppet, from being taken to Huangzhu Mountain, being escorted to the puppet Tang Emperor Li Xuanjunchen, and then being sent to this small wooden house to be detained, he has not resisted in the slightest, and he has not even said a word in the past three days.

In the words of the literary youth: although he is still alive, he is dead, and even his heart is no longer beating!

After a long time, he sighed, then looked back from the window, and went to the tattered bed and lay down on the dry straw bed.

It's just that after lying down, his eyes are still open, and his mind is chaotic with many things.

I don't know how the imperial court will treat itself after this defeat, maybe it will directly dismiss itself, it is normal to be dismissed after losing the battle, and it is not an exaggeration to even be beheaded.

I just don't know if it will affect my family!

If he died at that time, then he would be a hundred, maybe the court would treat his family well, after all, the dead are the greatest, and they are all martyred on the battlefield, so the court will always have to be careful.

But he did not die, but surrendered, and this kind of thing is absolutely intolerable on the side of the court.

When he thought that his surrender would bring disaster to his family, Zeng Ziyun's heart was very uncomfortable, and he knew that he should be more resolute at that time, snatch the knife in his hand, and then cut it down fiercely towards his neck......

Now Zeng Ziyun didn't know that Su Jiakang, the county lord who had just fled back to Zhengtai County, had already written a letter, which not only pushed the responsibility for the defeat to Zeng Ziyun, but also directly said that Zeng Ziyun was dead.

Now outside, Zeng Ziyun is already a defeated and dead person, and he is still the main person responsible for this defeat.

From this point of view, Su Jiakang treated him well, at least to cover up the fact that he was captured, after all, it is better to say that Su Jiakang is dead than the court to know that he was captured.

The former is at most incompetent and exhausts the three armies, and by the way, he also plays himself to death, but the latter is a matter of face for the imperial court.

The emperor can forgive the defeated general, and if the defeated general is still killed on the spot, then he will even treat him favorably.

But the emperor will never forgive a general who surrenders!

In the dignified Ming Dynasty, there can be generals who died in battle, but there must not be generals who were captured and surrendered to the enemy.

After sighing again, his eyes were filled with confusion and fear about the future.

Just as he was lying in a daze, suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside, someone was coming, and there was more than one person coming.

How could anyone come? Are they going to put themselves to death?

Although Zeng Ziyun surrendered, he didn't know if he could survive after surrendering, after all, it was not an ordinary bandit who captured him, but a thief dressed in the coat of the Tang Dynasty.

If one of his officers and soldiers falls into the hands of the anti-thieves, how good will the end be?

Perhaps, today they will take their own flags.

After hurriedly doing it, Zeng Ziyun took a deep breath and suppressed the fear in his heart while looking at the small wooden door.

Soon, the small wooden door was opened, and then a few strong bandits armed with long knives came in, these bandits walked directly to Zeng Ziyun's side, and one of them shouted: "Get up, follow us!" ”

As soon as he heard this, the fear that had calmed down after taking several deep breaths in a row just now came out again, Zeng Ziyun's legs were already a little weak, and he said, "Where are you going to take me?" ”

That's what he asked, but Zeng Ziyun was already guessing that they were probably going to take themselves to the guillotine!

He wanted to resist and fight to the death, but when he saw the long knives in the hands of these people, he lost the courage to do it.

Then try to get up in the first place.

But on the one hand, he didn't want to stand up and die, and on the other hand, his legs were indeed a little weak, which caused Zeng Ziyun to not stand up for a while.

Seeing this, one of the bandits showed a look of disdain and said: "What are you afraid of, don't worry, we won't kill you now, now it's my emperor who wants to summon you!" ”

Speaking of this, he smelled the stench emitted by Zeng Ziyun's body because he hadn't washed it for several days, and immediately covered his nose, and immediately said: "Also, you wash it first, this smell enters the palace, and it must not smoke our majesty to death!" ”

He was escorted by a few bandits to the stream outside, took off his dirty clothes, and even had some blood stains, and then washed them directly with cold water, it was already winter, and the cold water almost froze him.

However, he has been boiling his body since he was a child, and his physical fitness is good because of his outstanding martial arts, and he can endure it even if he grits his teeth.

After changing into the coarse cloth clothes brought by the bandits, although the clothes obviously did not fit and were still a little tattered, he still felt his body warm up again.

As soon as he finished washing and changing his clothes, the bandits couldn't wait to escort him to the palace of the Tang Dynasty.

Walking on the road, Zeng Ziyun looked at this bandit's den again, from the surface, it was absolutely impossible to see that this was a bandit's den, the scattered wooden houses, many fields in the small plain in front of him had been cleared out, just waiting for spring to cultivate, from time to time you can also see the old and weak women and children working, children running around.

This scene is a typical village scene.

But who would have thought that this place would be the largest bandit den within a radius of 100 miles.

And who would have thought that this place is not only a den of bandits, but also the location of the puppet Tang Dynasty, and the people here are a group of anti-thieves?

With a sigh, Zeng Ziyun came to the Tang Palace for the second time, and when he was just escorted here three days ago, he was sent to the palace as a symbol of victory, and was subjected to the 'review' of the Tang Emperor Li Xuan and the ministers of the Tang Dynasty.

The current Zeng Ziyun still remembers the surprised expression of the young anti-thief leader at that time, the puppet Tang Emperor Li Xuan, when he saw him.

It is estimated that he didn't expect that he would be captured by these bandits!

I just don't know why the young puppet Tang Emperor Li Xuan wants to see him!

Do you want to show off their achievements once again? Or do you want to judge yourself, and then pull yourself down and behead the village?

If he really wants to kill himself, then what should he do later?

Or, when the time comes, he will suddenly attack and directly assassinate the puppet emperor Li Xuan?