"Revenge? What revenge? At this moment, a voice came from behind Zhang Jun.

Zhang Jun was excited and angry just now, and he didn't even notice that someone was coming, he hurriedly turned around, only to find Zong Ze standing behind him.

"Lord Zongze, why are you here?" Zhang Jun suppressed his excitement, looked at Zong Ze, and said.

"Tell me first, why do you want to take revenge?" Zong Ze said.

It turned out that Zong Ze had long sensed that something was wrong with Zhang Jun's emotions, and had been sending people to pay attention to Zhang Jun. After Zhang Jun's father arrived today, Zhang Jun rushed outside late at night, and someone immediately reported to Zong Ze, so Zong Ze also followed.

"Emperor Jianyan was killed by Emperor Xuanwu, you and I are both courtiers of Emperor Jianyan, shouldn't we avenge Emperor Jianyan?" Zhang Jun gritted his teeth and said.

"We are not only the courtiers of Emperor Jianyan, but also the courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty! Now in the world of the Great Song Dynasty, there is only one royal disciple left, Emperor Xuanwu! If you want revenge, you want to kill Emperor Xuanwu! If you kill him, what will happen to the Jiangshan Sheji of the Great Song Dynasty? Do you want to let the Great Song Dynasty perish completely? Zong Ze snorted lightly.

"Could it be that Emperor Jianyan died in vain?" Zhang Jundao.

Zong Ze was silent for a long time, and Zhang Jun stared at Zong Ze with both eyes.

"I can only die in vain, otherwise what else can I do?" Zong Ze sighed and said.

"What do you say? How could you say such a thing? Zhang Jun was incredulous and said, "I must not promise such a thing!" I must avenge Your Majesty! ”

"If you avenge Your Majesty, then the world will be in chaos again! The Jurchen barbarians will take the opportunity to invade again! This is a matter of bitterness for relatives and enemies! Besides, you only have 100,000 soldiers and horses under your command, how can you take revenge? Emperor Xuanwu has hundreds of thousands of troops under him, are you their opponent? Zong Ze said.

"But, there's still you!" Zhang Jundao.

"I won't follow you to avenge Emperor Jianyan!" Zong Ze said.

"Why?" Zhang Jun said angrily.

"The country has finally been unified, and the world has finally had hope, and I don't want to see the country split again, and I don't want to see hope extinguished! Besides, even if we were to rebel, do you think the soldiers would follow us in rebellion? Emperor Jianyan is dead, who are these soldiers fighting for? They have long been reluctant to fight a civil war! In the past, there was Emperor Jianyan, but now that Emperor Jianyan is dead, they still think that they are subjects of the Great Song Dynasty, and they will be loyal to the new Great Song Emperor, instead of rebelling with us! What reasons did you use to convince the soldiers? Zong Ze said coldly.

Zhang Jun stood there dumbfounded, looking dejected.

"Moreover, although your father is here, but your mother, wife and children are all in Jiangnan, do you not care about their life and death? Many of Han Shizhong's relatives are also in Jiangnan! Those generals from Jiangnan, their relatives are all in Jiangnan! Emperor Xuanwu controls Jiangnan, how many people do you think will rebel with you? Zong Ze said.

"Emperor Xuanwu is in power, what will we do in the future?" Zhang Jundao.

"I believe that Emperor Xuanwu will treat us well, he was meritocracy when he was in Guanshan, as long as he has talent, he can be reused. Zhang Jun, in addition to being a little violent, your ability to use soldiers is quite good, and he won't use you. Zong Ze said.

Zhang Jun felt a chaos in his mind, he squatted on the ground with his head in his hands, and stood up for a long time, but his eyes were still confused.

He walked towards the city wall step by step, and Zong Ze didn't stop him, just looked at his back and sighed softly.

******

After Zhang Jun left, Zong Ze was still standing on the city wall.

The moon was in the middle of the sky, and the moonlight was sprinkled on his body.

He is already an old man in his seventies, although he is strong in martial arts, but he has worked hard all these years, and his body has consumed a lot.

His hair and beard were gray, his body was tall but thin, his face was full of wrinkles, and his eyes were bloodshot!

These days, Zhang Jun is enduring torture, why is he not like this?

He stood like this, without saying a word, and a few rebel soldiers around him did not dare to come up, so they guarded on the side.

After another hour or so, footsteps were heard again.

I saw Wang Yan and a young man walking to the city wall.

This young man is somewhat similar to Zong Zechang, but Zong Ze's old son Zong Ying! Zong Ying has also been in the army for many years, and because of Zong Ze, he also has a certain prestige in the army.

"My lord! We heard that you went out and never came back, and we were a little worried about you, so we came to look for you. Wang Yan came behind Zong Ze and said.

"Daddy, why do you keep standing here?" Zong Ying said.

"You're here." Zong Ze sighed again and said.

"Daddy, are you worried about the affairs of Jiangnan? Since this world is already Emperor Xuanwu's, Emperor Jianyan is dead, and Emperor Jianyan's crown prince is dead, there is no need for us to fight! Wouldn't it be nice that we can retreat between the rivers and lakes, never ask about the world again, and enjoy the mountains and rivers from now on? Daddy, you've worked hard for your country for decades, and it's time to rest. Zong Ying said.

"Yes, my lord, what Childe said is right, you don't have to worry too much!" Wang Yan said.

"I'm not annoyed...... It's just a nostalgia for the past! I was born in poverty, my father and mother worked hard for me to study, and after ten years of cold window, I was admitted to the examination, and I was really high-spirited at that time. Later, I went to Beijing to take the Jinshi exam, and during the exam, I criticized the disadvantages of the government in the article, scolding Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others, I was full of talent, but I only ended up with a fellow Jinshi. After that, I went to Zhejiang to serve as a county commander, and then to Shandong as a county commander, and this work was 20 years! The Jurchen rose, the Liao State was not the opponent of the Jurchens, the Emperor of the Liao State wrote to say, 'The Jurchens are powerful, they have occupied (Liao) Tokyo and Shangjing, and the death of Liao will reach the Song Dynasty, the lips and teeth are cold, and the principle of nature ', they want to unite with the Great Song Dynasty and fight against the Jurchens together, but Tong Guan suggested that His Majesty and the Jurchens should unite and destroy the Liao together, and then occupy the sixteen states of Yanyun. The Jurchens are so powerful, the Liao State is not an opponent of the Jurchens, our Great Song Dynasty is not as good as the Liao State, after we unite with the Jurchens, even if the Liao State is destroyed, can we still get any benefits from the Jurchens? I wrote as a county magistrate and stated my interests, but I was reprimanded by His Majesty, and I couldn't do this county decree! Zong Ze smiled bitterly.

"Boss, these are things in the past." Wang Yan said.

"After the Jurchens invaded the Central Plains, I recruited rebels in Shandong and Hebei! After that, Emperor Jianyan came to Xiangzhou, I led the army to Xiangzhou, and countless people followed me to Xiangzhou, including Wang Yan, you followed me to Xiangzhou at that time. Zong Ze said.

"Yes!" Wang Yan nodded.

"I still remember when I first met King Kang, he was heroic and ambitious! Kaifeng City was broken, he was unwilling to help Kaifeng, claiming that the rebels were definitely not Jurchen opponents, I also agree with this point of view, I think we can only lie down and taste the courage, and then we can fight to the death with the Jurchens and recover the Central Plains. After that, Emperor Jianyan ascended the throne in Shangqiu, I thought he would lie down and taste the gall, do things like Goujian, who knew that he soon went to Jiangnan, after arriving in the hometown of wealth and nobility in Jiangnan, he changed greatly, lived a luxurious life, overhauled the palace, did not want to go north to destroy Jin, just wanted to compete with Emperor Xuanwu for the throne of the Great Song Dynasty! He wants to unite with the Jurchens, I will never agree, over the years, I have written more than 30 times in succession, advising His Majesty, but he just didn't listen. What has become of the land of China in the past? In the Han and Tang dynasties, all countries came to court, but now any barbarian can bully us! The Khitans can bully us, the Western Xia party can bully us, and the Jurchen barbarians who came out of the deep mountains and old forests can bully us! We Han people have never been so humiliated! Zong Ze said.

Wang Yan and Zong Ying both nodded.

"Emperor Xuanwu is in Guanshan, I looked down on Emperor Xuanwu at first, he is just a ten-year-old child, in the troubled times, what can such a child do? What's more, there are traitors who can be begged for mercy! Who knew that Emperor Xuanwu was not trivial, he turned out to be a Ming monarch who had never appeared in my Great Song Dynasty for more than 100 years, and he was able to kill and ask for it as a young man, and then he took charge of the government, reformed politics, personally trained the army, and even defeated the Jurchen! I knew that the Great Song Dynasty would rely on him in the future, so I saved his life during the Battle of Chang'an! At the beginning of the year, I also promised to negotiate peace, and I was unwilling to fight with Emperor Xuanwu again! I don't want our Great Song Dynasty's national strength to be consumed in a civil war! We have a great enemy outside, how dare we fight in such a civil war? Zong Ze said.

"I have always admired the boss for the country and the people! The rebels admired the boss very much. Wang Yan said.

"However, I'm still not sorry for Emperor Jianyan! If I hadn't saved Emperor Xuanwu that day, there would have been no Emperor Xuanwu killing Emperor Jianyan today! No matter what, I am disloyal to Emperor Jianyan. Zong Ze said.

"The boss made such a choice for the sake of the Great Song Dynasty and the people of the world! If I were the boss, I would have rebelled against Emperor Jianyan a long time ago! It is precisely because of the presence of the old man that I have always stayed in Chang'an. Wang Yan said.

"Loyalist, Lourdes is righteous. Only righteousness can transform people, so the righteous heart is so self-cultivation and even Qi family, governing the country, and leveling the world. I still don't know if what I'm doing is right or wrong, but if I had to do it all over again, I'd make that choice! However, I am a disloyal person, and I am not loyal to Emperor Jianyan! Emperor Jianyan is dead, what is the point of me living in the world? Zong Ze muttered.

"Daddy, don't say any more! Emperor Jianyan went against the grain, and everything was to blame! If he had listened to you, nothing like this would have happened. Zong Ying said.

Zong Ze smiled bitterly, he closed his eyes gently, and Zong Ying and Wang Yan next to him saw Zong Ze's body tremble violently, and both of them were taken aback and hurriedly rushed over.

Blood spilled from the corners of Zong Ze's mouth, his face turned pale in an instant, and there was a layer of fine sweat on his forehead. The summer wind is all hot wind, but this wind blew on Zong Ze's body, and Zong Ze actually felt trembling all over his body, and he was covered with goosebumps.

"What's wrong with you, sir?" Wang Yan said in fear.

"Nothing! Just go first, I'm ready to go underground to accompany Emperor Jianyan and ask him for guilt! I've just broken my heart and I'm going to die soon. Zong Ze said.

What the!

Wang Yan and Zong Ying all stayed there.