Dafeng Palace, the imperial study.

After the old emperor saw the old ancestor Cao Kun, he did not foreshadow, did not euphemistically, and directly said his true thoughts in his heart.

When the ancestor Cao Kun heard this, he was neither surprised nor resentful, let alone helpless that his children could not be taught, as if he had expected it, or he had already had the same opinion as the old emperor in his heart.

The imperial capital is protected by a large protective array, and it is indeed difficult for Huaguo to enter in a short period of time, but until now, they have no hope of winning this war, as for counting on the Zhengzhen faction, in Cao Kun's opinion, it is difficult to count on the Zhengzhen faction. Two days ago, he just got news from within the Zhengzhen faction, the Zhengzhen faction contacted Zuting, and Zuting Taiyimen also sent people to help, but for some reason it didn't work out, and there was a news that was very fatal, and Huaguo seemed to have something to do with Taiyimen.

The news is terrible.

The overall strength of the three factions of the Demon Sect combined is not weaker than that of the Zhengzhen Sect, not to mention that there is also a half-step earth immortal Yan Chou, without any accidents, if the Zhengzhen Sect does not have the clear help of the ancestral court, there is basically no hope of turning the tables.

The time of the Righteous Sect has passed.

Although the old emperor's approach was very poor, it preserved the continuation of the clan.

It is the so-called 30 years in the east of the river, 30 years in the west of the river.

The glory of belonging to the Zhengzhen faction and the Great Harvest Country has passed.

The old emperor is old, he has long lost his ambition, and because of physical reasons, he will not live long, he doesn't care about being the king of the dead country, as long as he can protect the royal family to continue, it is his greatest wish.

Did he watch the royal family being slaughtered at his hands before he died?

It is clear which is more important at a glance.

The old emperor saw that the old ancestor Cao Kun didn't speak, and knew that he also acquiesced to his idea, but this matter was quite troublesome, and the biggest trouble was the two Zhang brothers, if they learned that they were going to surrender, would they 'make waves'?

"If the ancestor has no opinion, I will be this bad person, and I will go to see the two worshippers tomorrow and ask for the guilt in person."

The old emperor said bluntly.

Cao Kun sighed, shook his head, and said: "I'll just go over to them, now you are Emperor Dafeng, since you have decided to surrender, I will definitely not stop you, what should the court do, you can deal with it." ”

Cao Kun turned around and left, and the old emperor got the consent of the ancestors, knelt on the ground with a puff, and said, "The incompetence of the descendants has disappointed the ancestors and ancestors." ”

"How can there be an immortal dynasty in Yongchang, Dafeng Kingdom has reached the point where it is now, and the ancestors will not complain."

Throwing down a sentence, Cao Kun's figure disappeared into the imperial study.

The old emperor was sad to himself, and then adjusted his mentality and ordered the chamberlain to call the prince.

When the prince came to the imperial study, he saw that his father was depressed, his eyes were red, and a bad premonition rose in his heart.

"What did the father tell his son?"

The prince asked.

"After discussing with the ancestor, I decided to surrender to Huaguo, so as not to destroy the imperial family, and you can deal with the following matters."

Although the crown prince has not yet ascended the throne, because of the old emperor's health, he has been in charge of the government in recent years, and he is already familiar with the handling of court affairs, and the old emperor does not need to give too many instructions, just give him a direction.

When the prince heard this, he immediately lost his color, surrender was definitely not what he wanted to see, which meant that his dream of sitting on the Ninety-Five Emperor was shattered, and this dream was close at hand. Although he was unwilling in his heart, he did not dare to raise objections, because this was the result of the discussion between his father and the ancestor, and when the ancestor agreed, the opinions of others were already insignificant.

Seeing that the prince did not respond, the old emperor frowned and said, "Do you understand?" ”

"Huh?"

When the prince heard this, he suddenly came back to his senses, he wanted to refute and let his father take back his fate, but he knew that everything was useless, and said: "Erchen understands, so I will go down and do it." ”

The crown prince was ordered to retreat, and the old emperor looked at the prince's back and sighed.

After the prince returned to the East Palace, he could no longer hold back the dissatisfaction in his heart, clenched his fist and slammed it on the table, and said angrily: "Why do you want to surrender? Why surrender? Our Dafeng country is not at the end of the mountain, why do you want to do this? ”

"It seems that the father and the ancestor are really old, and they have no sharpness and no momentum."

After venting his dissatisfaction, the prince sat down on the chair in despair, and now he can no longer do anything but vent, but to accept the reality.

The cronies at the bottom understood the old emperor's thoughts through the prince's words, and were slightly surprised, and then sighed helplessly, the ancestors agreed to surrender, and they had no room to operate, so they could only accept their fate.

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After Cao Kun left the imperial study, he went to see Zhang Ying and Zhang Xiong as soon as possible.

The emotions of the two brothers are very unstable, and they have lost two close brothers in just a few days, and it is difficult to accept this kind of thing for a while, not to mention that Cao Kun has to come to add fuel to the fire.

Cao Kun really didn't want to tell them the news of the surrender, but such an important decision, if he didn't tell them, it would definitely not work, because the development of Dafeng Country is at this point, and the contribution of the four brothers to Dafeng Country is huge, and Dafeng Country is also their home.

"Brother Cao is here!"

Cao Kun walked outside the door, and before he had time to say hello, Zhang Xiong was the first to see him, greeted him, and invited him into the house.

The brothers Zhang Ying and Zhang Xiong did not cry because of the tragic death of the two brothers, and after a brief gaffe in the city, the two quickly calmed down. After all, they are powerful beings in the Yuan Shen Realm, and all they have to do now is to find a way to take revenge, not grief, because grief will not bring their brothers back to life, but revenge can be redeemed spiritually.

"Brother Cao wants to be the abbot of the city protection array, how can he have time to come?"

After Zhang Ying asked Cao Kun to sit down, he asked casually, but his eyes flickered a little, as if he had a premonition of the purpose of Cao Kun's trip.

"The eldest brother came here this time because he wanted to discuss something with the two brothers."

Cao Kun was silent for a moment and spoke.

Zhang Ying and Zhang Xiong are not stupid people, seeing that Brother Cao is still hesitating, they immediately understand when to discuss.

"Brother Cao decided to surrender to Huaguo, right?"

Zhang Yingdao.

"The tide is over, and I don't want my clan to be slaughtered."

Cao Kun said: "But don't worry, the eldest brother will never dare to forget the matter of avenging the third and fourth children, and after the imperial court surrenders, the eldest brother will draw a line with it, leave with you, accumulate strength, and take revenge in the future." ”

Cao Kun is in his position, and this matter is really difficult to do.

On one side are clans, and on the other side are brothers.

"Big brother doesn't need to be like this, the revenge of the third brother and the fourth brother, we will avenge it ourselves, if it involves Brother Cao, even if we draw a clear line with the royal family, it will definitely bring disaster to the royal family in the future."

Zhang Ying said very understandingly: "The four of us brothers have been able to come to this day, and even live to this day thanks to the blessing of Brother Cao, so we will not embarrass Brother Cao, and after the court surrenders, we will leave." ”

Cao Kun's heart was like a knife, and he wanted to say something, but in the end he chose to be silent.