Shen Tan waved his hand, and the two palace guards pushed Wu Chunlai, whose hair was scattered and his face was full of panic, and walked over. Wu Chunlai forced himself to calm down, and when he saw Guo Bing, he actually stepped forward and bowed: "Xiaguan Wu Chunlai has seen the prince." ”

"Phew!" Guo Bing's face was full of anger, and he spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm, almost spitting on Wu Chunlai's face.

Lin Jue smiled and said, "Vice Minister Wu, there are some things that we need to make a decision. Now that you are in my hands, you should know in your heart what will happen to you. You're a smart guy, aren't you? ”

Wu Chunlai glared at Lin Jue and said, "You dare to kill me?" Kill me, and Lu Xiang will immediately lead a large army to cover up the killing, and all of you will die, and you will all be buried with me. I advise you to be polite to me. ”

Lin Jue laughed and said, "Vice Minister Wu, don't deceive yourself. You've been with Lu Zhongtian for so long, don't you know him? Even I know that he will never care about your life or death, don't you know? Lu Tianci is useful as a hostage, and you are worthless. ”

Wu Chunlai was bluffing, how could he not know that what Lin Jue said was true. He also understood that Lu Zhongtian would never throw a rat for his own life. He was just at this point, and he had to say such things to save his life. Of course, he knew that he was a thorn in Lin Jue's eye.

"I am the vice minister of the imperial court, how could Prime Minister Lu do this? Lin Jue, if you kill me, you will immediately be hunted down. I advise you to think twice. Lord, you persuade Lin Jue, if he kills me, you all have to die. Including the prince, you and the little prince. Wu Chunlai said loudly.

Guo Bing scolded: "At this time, you are still here to demagogue, it is really hateful." You dog thief should have died. ”

Lin Jue smiled: "Did you hear that?" Everybody thinks you deserve to die, so you have to die. ”

Wu Chunlai's face turned pale, and suddenly his face changed, and he fell to his knees, and said in a mournful voice: "Lin Jue, spare my life, I have an old mother, a wife and children, once I die, how can they live?" You and I have some relationship, you spare my life and let me go back. As long as I return to the court, it will be useful to you in the future, and I am willing to be your internal response and do things for you. ”

Guo Bing and the others were shocked when they heard this, and they all felt that Wu Chunlai's proposal was extremely beneficial, and if Wu Chunlai could respond internally, it would have a great effect in the future. His identity and status will definitely become a powerful chess piece. Wu Chunlai is rolling in the officialdom and is well versed in the psychology of these people. He knew what words could go to the hearts of these people, and after the bluff failed, he threw out a killer weapon to save his life.

"Hahaha." Lin Jue's laughter rang out.

"Wu Chunlai, don't fool us with these words. I won't believe a word of what you say, and even if what you say is true, I won't agree. Let me count your crimes! Deceiving teachers and destroying ancestors is one of their crimes. Greedy for power and disregard for teachers and morals, his second sin. Framing Zhongliang and aiding the abuse, his third crime. participated in the usurpation of the throne and rebellion, and participated in the crime of killing the prince and killing the prince, and his crime is four. Corruption and bribery, enriching one's own pockets, playing with power schemes, forming a party to fight against dissent, etc., etc., I can list dozens of your crimes, each of which is a major crime of stealing your family and losing your head. If you can live to this day, you are actually a creation. To tell you the truth, in the capital, you are the third person on my death list, and you are still ranked above Yang Jun. It's not that there is no chance to kill you, when you and Guo Xu conspired to control the emperor with poison pills that night, I am afraid that you didn't know that someone on the roof was watching you. In fact, I could have killed you a long time ago, but I didn't want to startle the snake. That's what allows you to live to this day. Do you know why I want Lu Zhongtian to exchange you for Lu Tianci? I know that you can't be a hostage at all, but I still want to exchange you, maybe Lu Zhongtian will think I'm stupid, but I don't know that I just want to exchange you and take your life. You should have died a long time ago, how can I let you, a thief, get away with it after I leave the capital? Isn't that me, Lin Jue, who has no means. So, it's useless for you to say anything, today, you're dead. ”

Lin Jue's expression was excited, and when he said a word, everyone was silent. Guo Bing, Shen Tan and others were ashamed of their previous thoughts. How can this kind of person think about making a deal with him? Such people must die.

Wu Chunlai's face turned pale, and his heart was extremely desperate. But he refused to give up the struggle, reached out and hugged Lin Jue's thigh and begged: "Lin Jue, junior brother, you and I went out of the same door, you spare me." I can't help myself. People go to higher places, water flows to lower places, I want to climb up, is this wrong? I also have no intention of hurting anyone, just for my own sake. Can't you forgive me once? I know wrong. I can give you advice, I can do things for you, I still have a lot of silver, you want to get a foothold anywhere, you need it, don't you? I can take it all out. In short, you spare me, and I will listen to you for everything. ”

Lin Jue raised his foot and kicked Wu Chunlai in the face, Wu Chunlai raised his head and turned his head, but heard Lin Jue scold: "The reason why people are human is that they have a bottom line, principles and rules. For the sake of one's own selfishness, can you ignore the righteousness of Lun and often ignore the righteousness? So what is the difference between you and the beast? Do you want to live? Why don't you ask the dead Mr. Fang, Lord Yan, and his mothers and sisters if they let you live? You are the scum of Mr. Fang's sect, you admit that you are a master, well, today I will clean up the door in the name of a disciple of Fangmen. Wu Chunlai, you have done a lot of evil, you have brought about your own destruction, and when you go to see Mr. in the spring, I am afraid that you will be ashamed and landless. Suffer death. ”

Lin Jue didn't need anyone to do it for him, he took out the long knife at his waist and held it in his hand, and strode forward.

Wu Chunlai lay on the ground screaming in horror, retreating back like a shrimp, Lin Jue slowly approached, Wu Chunlai pleaded while getting up and retreating. Suddenly, the calf was blocked by an object, and the body fell back unconsciously, thinking that he had fallen to the ground, but when he fell, he found that the rear was hollow, and his eyes suddenly darkened, and the whole person fell rapidly, with a pop sound, the surroundings were cold, and the whole body was soaked. It turned out that he retreated to the well railing, and the crook of his leg hit the well rail and fell into the well. I simply didn't hit the bluestone on the wall of the well, and I was not injured when I fell into the well water.

Fluttering in the water of the well, his hand grasped a rope that hung from the roller above the railing, and a small wooden barrel was attached below. This can be regarded as grasping a life-saving straw, and he tugged on the rope and pulled it to his chin. The reels above the well railing spun and spun rapidly, and the ropes hula-la-la-fell, and finally, the reels stopped, and the ropes came to an end. Wu Chunlai was finally able to borrow his strength and drag the rope to float on the water.

Lin Jue and the others witnessed all this happening, and after they understood, they only sighed: "It's a pity that this well water is polluted." ”

After the rope was tightened, Lin Jue stepped forward slowly, glanced at the bottom of the black well, and the rope broke in response to the sound of the knife. In Wu Chunlai's desperate shouts, the rope fell, cutting off Wu Chunlai's last life.

The well water was cold, and Wu Chunlai was holding on to the wall of the well at first, but soon his body was cold, and his hands and feet were stiff. After releasing his fingers, he struggled. But he was entangled in a large number of falling ropes. The more you struggle, the more you cocoon. Finally, I tied myself like a dumpling. The rope soaked in the water and sank heavily, Wu Chunlai couldn't keep himself floating on the water with all his strength, and finally ran out of strength and sank to the bottom of the well with the rope. Only a few large bubbles bubbled, and then there was no sound.

Next to the well railing, Lin Jue bowed to the east and prayed silently: "Sir, the traitor Wu Chunlai has been eliminated, and the person who harmed you has died again." Maybe you don't want students to do this, but students have a way of doing things, and students have to send those who hurt you to the underworld one by one and confess their sins in front of you. ”

……

Ten miles away, a large number of soldiers and horses of the forbidden army were busy making preparations. As Lin Jue expected, Lu Zhongtian was not in the slightest restraint because Wu Chunlai was in Lin Jue's hands, and when he exchanged Lu Tianci back, he had already given the order to prepare to attack.

There are more than 50,000 soldiers and horses of the forbidden army out of Beijing, 30,000 infantry, and 20,000 cavalry guarding the Ma Military Division, which are more than enough to deal with Lin Jue and others. After Lu Tianci was put back, Lu Zhongtian no longer had any scruples.

Lu Zhongtian was in a hurry to exterminate Lin Jue and the others tonight, but the generals who led the army came collectively to pour a basin of cold water on him.

The opinion of the generals was that it was getting late, and the terrain west of Gyeonggi was not conducive to the pursuit of cavalry at night. At this moment, it is the height of summer, the farmland is rising, and the horse army cannot run at will. Although the infantry could march on the trail, it was difficult to move at night. You must know that the paths between the ridges are overgrown with grass and narrow like a belt, and it is soft and difficult to walk on them, and it is difficult to pass quickly. If the brigade of soldiers and horses wants to quickly pursue the enemy, they can only concentrate on the official road. But it is taboo to march with horses and infantry at night, and it is a blind man riding a blind horse, which is likely to lead to trampling.

Lu Zhongtian was very annoyed when he heard these words, and cursed loudly. The generals were also helpless. The prime minister was not familiar with military affairs in the first place, and he probably thought that combat was as simple as moving his fingers on the sand table map, and pulling out and inserting small flags. The actual combat situation is extremely complex. It includes not only the operation itself, but also the details of logistics support, terrain, marching speed, combat weather, and so on. A man who has never led an army to fight is enough to make him anxious just to lead a soldier and a horse on a march.

"What about the torches? Doesn't it illuminate the march? Lu Zhongtian thought about it for a long time and came up with a way.

"Lu Xiang, torches can naturally light the road at night, but the number is limited, and we don't carry many military pine torches for night battle lighting when we go out of Beijing. If it is said that it is easy to make torches, it is not possible. When the torch burns, even if it falls down a branch that starts a fire and burns the horse, it will cause night terrors and confusion among all the horses. The animals are timid at night and are easily frightened at the slightest disturbance, which is more dangerous. Second, even if there are enough military torches, the illuminated range is extremely limited, and you can only walk slowly, not speed up. Therefore, instead of tossing the soldiers, it is better to wait for dawn before acting. The march in the morning is faster, and the soldiers do not have to go through a night of hardship. ”

Lu Zhongtian didn't know much about military affairs, he thought that he would be able to solve Lin Jue and the others happily tonight, and tomorrow he could take the heads of Lin Jue, Guo Bing and others back to Beijing to show off to the people and civil and military officials, but now it seems that he thinks simply.