Valley Emperor

In a small wooden house at the foot of Huangzhu Mountain, Zeng Ziyun leaned against the small window and looked at the sky outside through the gap in the wooden fence nailed to the window.

There was not a single white cloud in the sky outside. The blue sky looked empty and cold, just like his current mood.

The fiasco three days ago was still fresh in his mind. He couldn't forget how the army he led collapsed instantly after being ambushed that day, and he couldn't forget the appearance of a large number of soldiers kneeling and surrendering in front of him.

At that time, he was full of grief and anger and chose to commit suicide.

However, he had the intention to commit suicide, but he had no power to commit suicide. At the last moment of killing himself, he was stopped by his own soldiers.

As for suicide, especially in the midst of grief and anger, it can only be attempted once, and if it fails after one attempt, when it calms down, there will be no suicidal thoughts.

But this does not mean that Zeng Ziyun has recovered and his mood has improved.

On the contrary, now he is ashes!

For three days, he was like a puppet. From being taken to Huangzhu Mountain, to being escorted to the front of the pseudo-Tang emperor Li Xuanjun and to being sent to this small wooden house for custody, he did not resist in the slightest, even these three days. Didn't say a single word.

In the words of the literary youth: although he is still alive, he is already dead, and his heart is no longer beating!

After a long time, he sighed, then took his eyes away from the window, walked to the tattered bed that was only covered with dry straw, and lay down.

But after lying down, he still kept his eyes open, thinking about many things in a mess.

I don't know how the imperial court will treat me after this defeat. Maybe it will directly dismiss me. It is normal to be dismissed after a defeat, and it is not an exaggeration to even be beheaded.

I just don't know if it will affect my family!

If he had died at that time, then he would have died. Maybe the imperial court would treat his family well. After all, the deceased was a big one, and he had died on the battlefield, so the imperial court would have to be more cautious.

But he did not die, but surrendered. This kind of thing is absolutely intolerable for the court.

When he thought that his surrender would bring disaster to his family, Zeng Ziyun's heart was very uncomfortable. He knew that he should have been more determined at that time, grabbed the knife, and cut it ruthlessly towards his neck. ...

The current Zeng Ziyun does not know that Su Jiakang, the county magistrate who just fled back to Zhengtai County, has already written a memorial. In this memorial, more than the responsibility for the defeat is put on Zeng Ziyun, and he directly said that Zeng Ziyun is dead. .

Now outside, Zeng Ziyun is already a defeated person, and he is also the main person responsible for this defeat.

From this point of view, Su Jiakang treated him well, at least covering up the fact that he was captured. After all, it would be better for the court to know that he was captured if Su Jiakang died.

The former is at most incapable of exhausting the three armies and killing himself by the way, but the latter is related to the face of the court.

The emperor can forgive the defeated general. If the defeated general died on the spot, he would even treat him favorably.

But the emperor will never forgive a surrendering general!

In the dignified Ming Dynasty, there could be generals who died in battle, but there could never be generals who were captured and surrendered to the enemy.

After sighing again, his eyes were full of confusion and fear about the future.

Just as he was lying in a daze thinking, suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside, someone came, and more than one person came.

Why would anyone come? Could it be that they are going to execute themselves?

Although Zeng Ziyun surrendered, he didn't know if he could survive after he surrendered. After all, it was not an ordinary bandit who captured him, but a rebel in the coat of the Tang Dynasty.

If one of your officers and soldiers falls into the hands of a rebel, how can you be better off in the end?

Maybe, today they will take their own sacrifice flags.

After doing it quickly, Zeng Ziyun took a deep breath and suppressed the fear in his heart, while looking at the small wooden door.

Soon, the small wooden door was slammed open, followed by a few strong bandits with long knives. These bandits walked directly to Zeng Ziyun, and one of them shouted, "Get up, come with us!"

Upon hearing this, the fear that had calmed down after taking a few deep breaths just now reappeared. Zeng Ziyun's legs were already a little weak, and he said, "Where are you taking me?"

Asked that, but Zeng Ziyun was already guessing that they were probably going to take themselves to the guillotine!

You wanted to resist and fight to the death, but when he saw the long knives in the hands of these people, he lost the courage to do it.

Then try to stand up.

But on the one hand, he didn't want to stand up and die. On the other hand, his legs were indeed a little weak, so Zeng Ziyun didn't stand up for a while.

Seeing this, one of the bandits said with a look of contempt: "What are you afraid of, don't worry, we won't kill you now, it's the emperor who wants to summon you now!"

Speaking of this, he smelled the stench from Zeng Ziyun's body because he hadn't washed it for several days, he immediately covered his nose, and immediately said: "Also, you wash first, this smell enters the palace, and also Don't smoke our majesty to death!"

He was dragged by a few bandits to the creek outside, took off his dirty clothes, and even had some blood stains on him, and washed them in cold water. Frozen.

However, he has suffered from physical pain since he was a child. With his outstanding martial arts, he has good physical fitness, and he can endure it even if he gritted his teeth.

After putting on the coarse cloth clothes brought by the bandits again~www.wuxiax.com~ Although the clothes were obviously ill-fitting and somewhat tattered, he still felt his body warm again.

Just after washing and putting on his clothes, the bandits couldn't wait to **** him to the palace of the Tang Dynasty.

Walking on the road, Zeng Ziyun looked at the bandit den once again. From the surface, it was absolutely impossible to see that it was a bandit den. In the spring, the crops are planted, and from time to time you can see the old and the weak, women and children working, and children running around.

This scene is a typical village scene.

But who would have thought that this place was the largest bandit den within a hundred miles.

And who would have thought that this place is not only a den of bandits, but also the seat of the pseudo-Tang Dynasty, and the people here are a group of rebels?

With a sigh, Zeng Ziyun came to the Tang Palace for the second time. When he was escorted to this place three days ago, he was sent to the palace as a symbol of victory, and accepted the emperor of the Tang Dynasty Li Xuan and the officials of the Tang Dynasty. review'.

The current Zeng Ziyun still remembers the surprised expression on the young rebel leader, Li Xuan, the pseudo-Tang emperor, when he saw him.

It is estimated that he did not expect that his dignified family of five thousand households, the official of the imperial court, would be captured by these bandits!

I just don't know why the young pseudo-Tang emperor Li Xuan wants to see him!

Do you want to let you show off their illustrious record once again? Or do you want to judge yourself, and then pull yourself down to the village and beheaded?

If he really wants to kill himself, what should he do when he waits?

Otherwise, when the time comes, I will suddenly attack and directly assassinate the fake emperor Li Xuan?