The city was in chaos right now, no one knew what was going on, and the people of the city lit candles and torches and launched petitions all over the city, and even if the soldiers could stop the riots of the people, they could not stop more and more people from taking to the streets and starting to carry out such petitions. Eventually, a large part of the soldiers began to enter a procession of petitions, and after only half an hour of the first person began to petition, nearly 100,000 soldiers and civilians had now gathered in front of the gates of the king's palace in the city. They collectively shouted: "Please order the surrender of His Royal Highness King Che, don't let us live and die together with Checheng!" and called on Chen Xuan to surrender.

Now there are thousands of gray-clothed guards loyal to the royal Chen family guarding the gate of the royal palace in the city, and these gray-clothed guards are still trying to drive these people away. But as time went on, the situation became more and more complicated, and more and more people gathered outside the palace gates, and even formed a spectacular wave. The gray-clad guards didn't know where to go.

The Grey Guards are an organization that directly obeys the orders of King Che, and now that there is no order from King Che, these Grey Guards do not know what actions or measures to take. They simply did not dissuade them, but they did not allow these people to rush into the palace gates, and only allowed them to make noise outside the palace.

In front of the gate of the Taiji Hall of the King's Palace, all the officials of the Chen family of the royal family gathered here, including Tong Meng and Zhao Ling, who were still discussing how to solve the crisis in front of them at home, also appeared at the door of this Taiji Palace. Tong Meng is the prime minister of the Chen family of the royal family, and the head of the civil officials of the Chen family of the royal family. And Zhao Ling became the head of the military attaché after Wang Ren disappeared and Xia Cheng surrendered and left the country. Now, the officials of the Chen family of the royal family are waiting at the gate of the Taiji Palace, waiting for King Che to give the order to surrender. But they had been waiting here for two hours at the earliest, and no news had come out. This also caused these officials to fall into a deep and subtle confusion.

Zhao Ling looked at the civil and military officials who were now confused and at a loss, he took a deep breath, and said slowly: "According to the information I have received, the attack on Checheng will be launched after leaving the country at the latest in an hour, and now that the royal Chen family is in a hurry, as the officials of the royal Chen family, it is natural to let His Royal Highness King Che make the right choice and not make a mistake to the end." What do you think?"

In fact, these officials didn't know that Zhao Ling and Tong Meng, the two official leaders they now recognize, had secretly contacted the country to leave the country, and even received the consent of Chen Xinyu, the empress of Shengde. For ordinary officials, these are not the things they are paying attention to now, and now the royal Chen family is no longer important to them, and how to maintain their status is a crucial thing. As a result, several of the more radical officials shouted: "Now that the army and the people are ready to sacrifice the city, why don't you just let the general defending the city sacrifice the city to leave the country?"

Tong Meng shook his head, "This meaning is completely different, if the royal Chen family takes the initiative to surrender, we will be obedient, once the generals under our command sacrifice the city, we will become prisoners of war, which has a completely different meaning." Moreover, this is more beneficial to our future, so let's not think about this, but mainly consider how to persuade His Royal Highness King Che to surrender, which is the most important thing. ”

Zhao Ling nodded deeply, Tong Meng's words spoke to his heart, but he had never entered the palace recently, so naturally he didn't know what kind of actions and choices Chen Xuan had made. He only knew that Chen Xuan had definitely not given the order to surrender now. Therefore, Zhao Ling was not very clear about how to persuade Chen Xuan. So, he set his eyes on Tong Meng beside him, Tong Meng smiled knowingly, "This matter will be left to me, General Zhao Ling also please come with me, and we will go to see His Royal Highness King Che." ”

The figures of Zhao Ling and Tong Meng stepped up the steps and walked all the way to the Taiji Palace, and the other officials stared at their distant backs, and they all began to think about their current future, and what should they do to keep their status and power

Zhao Ling and Tong Meng walked quickly into the Taiji Hall that was now basically empty, and the dozens of gray-clothed guards around them did not stop them, and the two of them had already walked into the back of the Taiji Hall and into the apse of the Taiji Hall smoothly.

In the past few days, Chen Xuan, the head of the Chen family of the royal family, has spent his time drinking in extreme depression, and he knows that no matter how he continues to struggle now, the general trend of the Chen family of the royal family has gone, and it is impossible to recover. Seeing that his hard work for more than ten years has come to naught, even the royal Chen family is about to fall into a situation from which it will never recover. Chen Xuan didn't want to continue thinking, he just wanted to indulge in the wine and forget all the troubles he was facing for a while.

The door to the apse was originally closed here, and it seemed very quiet at all times. But after the two gray-clothed guards opened the door of this hall and guided Tong Meng and Zhao Ling in, this apse was no longer peaceful. The two gray-clothed guards bowed their hands to Tong Meng and Zhao Ling, and then left the apse of this Taiji Hall with a smile.

Hearing the sound, Chen Xuan, the head of the Chen family of the royal family, who was already half-drunk and half-lying on the soft couch, stood up and stared at the figures of Tong Meng and Zhao Ling in front of him. Although he was already drunk, his consciousness and cognition were still clear, he could see the arrival of Tong Meng and Zhao Ling at a glance, and he also knew that these two people must have something to say to him. But now Chen Xuan didn't want to know all this that was happening outside, he waved his hand and said, "What are you guys talking about, hurry up." Don't bother me to drink."

Chen Xuan's attitude made Tong Meng and Zhao Ling's hearts completely relaxed, obviously now Chen Xuan has also come to a situation where he is almost giving up, this apse is filled with a strong smell of wine, Chen Xuan's eyes are blurred, it is obviously a sign of drunkenness. Tong Meng looked around, there was not a single guard or maid in this apse, only a sharp long sword hanging on the wall next to Chen Xuan's couch.

Tong Meng secretly gave Zhao Ling a look, Zhao Ling understood, and when Chen Xuan's attention was not very concentrated, he flashed behind Chen Xuan, and slowly approached the wall step by step. Tong Meng sat on the edge of the couch and asked Chen Xuan in a low voice: "Does Your Highness know that now that the ultimatum has been issued to leave the country, if the city does not open the city and surrender after half an hour, the entire city will be burned, does Your Highness want to be such a sinner for the ages? In this case, why does Your Highness not obey the will of the people and sacrifice the city, maybe Her Majesty the Empress Shengde will forgive Her Highness's children for the sake of her relatives, otherwise, the royal Chen family is likely to become a victim of killing chickens and monkeys." Has Your Highness thought about this?"

Tong Meng's persuasion is reasonable, and there is no point in resisting such a corner now, it will only increase the people's resentment against the Chen family of the royal family. At that time, even if Chen Xinyu doesn't want to destroy her family, she will still do it to make an example of the people and calm the people's anger. But Chen Xuan in front of him sneered unmoved, "I know your thoughts, nothing more than wanting me to surrender, so that you can still serve as a high-ranking official, but you are thinking too simply, will I really be arrested like this? If you want everyone to die together, I will never surrender! Since you want me to surrender, it is better to bury me with you!"

Speaking of this, Chen Xuan's originally peaceful attitude suddenly burst out, and he stood up and wanted to find the long sword hanging on the wall. But the moment he turned around, he found that Zhao Ling had already pulled out the long sword, holding the hilt in his hand, and the tip of the sword seemed to be against Chen Xuan's throat. In an instant, Chen Xuan suddenly felt an unprecedented killing force rushing towards him, and his original invincible attitude suddenly disappeared, and he sat on the couch without saying a word. At this moment, he has completely given up any hope, and he is resigned to fate.

When Tong Meng saw Chen Xuan's appearance, he immediately stood up and called to the gate of the apse: "Someone!"

The two gray-clothed guards guarding the door of this apse immediately flashed into the apse and asked, "What do you have to say?"

Tong Meng waved his hand, took out an edict that had already been sealed from his arms, and handed it to the two gray-clothed guards in front of him. At the same time, he also explained to the two gray-clothed guards in front of him: "Now His Highness has also figured it out, there is no point in continuing to resist in this situation, he has decided to surrender, now please announce this edict to the people in the city, and at the same time order someone to notify you to leave the country, half an hour later, all the civil and military officials of the Chen family of the royal family will go out of the city on time and surrender!"

"Yes!" the two gray-clad guards took the sealed edict and immediately turned and left. Tong Meng turned around, then glanced deeply at Chen Xuan's figure, sighed silently, and walked out of this apse at the same time as Zhao Ling. Half an hour after the two of them left the apse, Chen Xuan slowly sat up, although he was drunk but very conscious, he slowly walked to his usual office review bookcase, opened a low cabinet in the center, and took out a crystal clear blue bottle from it, he lifted the small bottle, and then recalled his life. After a while, he sighed deeply, "I regret not listening to Jing'er's words!" After speaking, he raised his head and drank the liquid in this bottle, "Pop-" The bottle fell to the ground, and Chen Xuan, the head of the Chen family of a generation of heroes, committed suicide, and when he died, there was no one around him, and no one even knew that he had committed suicide.

Half an hour later, the gates of the city were opened, and the departing army, led by Wang Yan, returned to the city where they had been separated for many years. It was a night of unusually calm in the city, and there was no disturbance.