Chapter 36: The Truth Is Cruel

Zong Ze revealed his relationship with Lin Chong and asked Lin Chong, "Is Brother Wen Yixian still doing well?"

Lin Chong said sadly: "My father passed away fifteen years ago, but why did my father never mention you?"

Zong Ze sighed: "When the old man was a local official, he offended too many people, so I told him not to pretend to me, but I didn't expect him to hide it from you?"

After a pause, Zong Ze asked: "I see that you have practiced the Lin family's marksmanship to perfection, why don't you inherit your father's position as the head of the sect in the capital and come to Shandong to do something?"

Lin Chong pulled away the hair that covered the golden seal, and told Zong Ze what happened to him, and when the lady hanged herself in order to protect her innocence, Lin Chong lay on the ground and cried bitterly.

Zong Ze stood up, pulled Lin Chong up, slapped Lin Chong, and scolded: "You are unproductive, when you bullied your lady in that high office, why didn't you take your lady away!" When Gao Yu framed you for breaking into the White Tiger Hall, why didn't you kill Gao Yu, with your martial arts, it was easy, you, alas!"

Lin Chong stopped his tears and said: "Lin Chong regrets it too late now, and only asks for the next day, kill Tokyo, slaughter all the high-ranking people, and pay tribute to the lady's soul in the sky." ”

Zong Ze was suppressed by the murderous aura on Lin Chong's face, and when he heard the words of slaughtering all the high-ranking people, Zong Ze said in disbelief: "Do you want to rebel?" ”

Lin Chong said angrily: "What else can you do if you don't rebel, count on that faint king, who was dizzy that day and beheaded Gao Yu, is this possible?" ”

Zong Ze was speechless for a moment, the Great Song Dynasty originally had an ancestral system of not killing scholars and doctors, besides, Gao Ya did not defile the Lin family, and Gao Yu did not kill Lin Chong openly, even if Gao Yu was charged with a crime bigger than this, as long as it was not a rebellion, the emperor would not kill Gao Yu.

After figuring out this section, Zong Ze said: "Then what are you going to do now, if you really want to rebel, then you will punish the nine clans." ”

Lin Chong laughed miserably: "I am the only one left in the Lin family now, the emperor just wants to plant my nine clans, I'm afraid I can't find anyone, not to mention that now I have forged the holy decree, what else dare not do." ”

Zong Ze was silent, he couldn't open his mouth to persuade Lin Chong, the family that was harmed by Gao Yu was ruined, and there was no way to take revenge, could he hide and be a waste for the rest of his life? If Lin Chong did this, Zong Ze would look down on him, and now what else could Lin Chong do besides rebelling?

Lin Chong saw that Zong Ze stopped talking, and explained: "Now that I am in Liangshan, Brother Deng Long, the owner of the cottage, I don't know where I heard that you are strategizing and knowledgeable, so I set up this plan to earn you to Liangshan!" ”

Zong Ze smiled bitterly: "Although the old man has some merits in Dengzhou, he can't talk about strategizing, where is that Deng Long now, I want to see him." ”

Deng Long was mixed in the crowd, and after listening to Zong Ze's thoughts for a long time, he really didn't expect that Lin Chong and Zong Ze still had this relationship, things are much simpler now, when he heard Zong Ze mention him, Deng Long hurriedly squeezed out of the crowd and bowed: "Boy Deng Long, I've seen Zong Lao." ”

Zong Ze's face darkened, and he asked, "Why don't you stay in Erlong Mountain, what are you doing in Liangshan?"

Deng Long didn't expect Zong Ze to know about himself, so he hurriedly replied: "The kid is afraid that your old man will be idle in Dengzhou, so I don't know which day I ran to Qingzhou and killed the kid, so I had to run to Liangshan and stay away from your old man's house!" "To tell the truth, Deng Long can only run the carriage with his mouth full.

Zong Ze knew that Deng Long was not telling the truth, but asked again: "What kind of bear-hearted leopard gall have you eaten, and you dare to forge a holy decree, aren't you afraid that the imperial court will send a large army to conquer Liangshan and destroy your nine clans?" ”

Deng Long couldn't understand why Zong Ze kept using the Nine Clans to scare people, Deng Long laughed and said: "The kid doesn't even know what his parents look like, what the emperor uses to strain my Nine Clans." ”

Zong Ze was completely speechless, this is another person who has no concerns, and he is lawless in doing things, and this kind of situation can only appear in the book! The two in front of them have nothing to worry about, but they can do everything.

Deng Long saw that the ancient minister in front of him made himself speechless, and rushed to the heavenly spirit cover with a sense of pride, and said with a smile: "It's not too late, why don't you go back to Liangshan with us and eat something!" ”

Zong Ze looked at Deng Long and said, "The old man is an official of the imperial court, how can he mix up with you grass cowards and not go?" Zong Ze sat on the ground again.

This time it's Deng Long's turn to be speechless, you are also a famous figure in history, and now you are sitting on the ground and playing a scoundrel, is it really good-looking?

Lin Chong said with a smile: "Aunt is afraid that she has arrived in Liangshan now, can your old man just sit here overnight?" ”

Zong Ze just couldn't wipe off his face, listened to Lin Chong's words, blew his beard and glared: "If you have the ability, you can tie the old man to Liangshan and take a look!" ”

Deng Long heard the old guy's voice, waved his hand helplessly, and asked the minions to tie up Zong Ze's five flowers, put them on the horse, and bring them back to Liangshan.

When he arrived at the Juyi Hall, Deng Long hurriedly untied Zong Ze's rope and said with concern: "Is your old man okay, do you want to find a doctor to show you?" ”

Zong Ze moved his arms, walked to Deng Long's tiger skin chair and sat down, and said, "What are your plans, do you really want to take Lin Chongxian's nephew and erect a banner to rebel?" ”

Deng Long told the irrelevant people to retreat before saying, "I just want to save my life, and I never thought about rebellion?" ”

Zong Ze was puzzled: "With your ability, it is not difficult to change your identity and be an ordinary person, why do you have to do such a rebellious thing?" ”

"Because the Jurchens in the north established the country, and when they killed the tiger of the Liao State, which was about to die of old age, do you think those barbaric Jurchens would let go of the same vulnerable Great Song Dynasty?"

Zong Ze sneered: "At the beginning, the million army of the Great Liao couldn't defeat the Great Song Dynasty, and the Jurchen millions of people also wanted to destroy my Great Song Dynasty, and you were not afraid of the wind flashing your tongue!" ”

Deng Long looked at Zong Ze and said: "At the beginning, the Great Song Dynasty was founded less than twenty years ago, and the army's combat power was still there, of course the Liao State couldn't gnaw the hard bone of the Great Song Dynasty, but now, the military discipline is corrupt, and the chief officer of the army eats empty salaries. ”

Lin Chong said on the side: "What my brother said, there is no lie, Gao Yu is in charge of the forbidden army, and there are 800,000 horses on the roster, but the actual number is less than 400,000, and more than half of them are all kinds of craftsmen, working for Gao Yu to make money." The remaining more than 100,000 people, excluding the old and weak, are less than 50,000 young and strong! ”

Zong Ze was dumbfounded when he heard this, and said in amazement: "Protecting his army, being plagued like this by Gao Yu, doesn't the emperor care?" ”

Lin Chong smiled bitterly: "Today's emperor only wants to have fun, for the sake of a flower and stone gang, to make a good place in Jiangnan, and make the people unhappy, uncle, don't you know these things?" ”

Deng Long sneered: "If this Great Song Dynasty is a minister like you, if he is really going to die, he really doesn't blame the emperor!" ”

Of course, Zong Ze knew what kind of emperor Huizong was, and he still hypnotized himself in the past, and the traitors used to gain power, and deceived the saints to fool themselves. But how old is Zhao Ji this year? Thirty-eight years old! He's no longer a child emperor who doesn't eat minced meat. If you are still so ignorant of the world, will you wait until Huizong is fifty or sixty years old to be sensible?

Deceived others, but couldn't deceive the truest thoughts in his heart, Zong Ze was not only in charge of Dengzhou in Shandong, he had already known about the establishment of the Jurchen people, and even he wrote a letter to the emperor, even Liao to resist Jin, but the twist and turn seemed to sink into the sea, more than three months have passed, and there is no news.

Now that Lin Chong and Deng Long have made it clear, Zong Ze is really speechless, all of them here are adults, not three-year-old children, the reason why he went to Liangshan is to see what kind of person Deng Long is who made a mess in Shandong.

Zong Ze suddenly said: "Why don't I help you plan, raise an army and abolish the current emperor, and set up another emperor?" "For another emperor, the Great Song Dynasty is still the Great Song Dynasty, there is a lot less trouble, and the people can suffer less. Why not!

Deng Longzhen was choked by Zong Ze's words, and said helplessly: "What's the difference between you and rebellion, besides, can the Jin people give us so much time?" "If there is enough time, Deng Long will do the same, but if you do the math, it will be less than six years before the Jin people invade.

Zong Ze seems to be ten years older at this moment, and the age spots on his face are much darker, he doesn't care much about the emperor, what he cares about is the people, his loyalty belongs to the people, not to the emperor.

Zong Ze is like this, his student Yue Fei is like this, for the sake of the people, they are willing to throw their heads, sprinkle blood, and do not hesitate to shroud themselves in horse leather and die on the battlefield. But they forgot that this world still belonged to the emperor, so Zong Ze died by the Yellow River crying out the obsession of 'crossing the river, crossing the river'. Yue Fei was killed by Qin Hui on a 'trumped-up' charge in the Fengbo Pavilion.