Chapter 535: Surrender
When Zhu Qingyan woke up, he found himself lying on a bed.
She was in a trance for a long time before she came to her senses and found the scene in front of her somewhat unfamiliar.
"Are you awake?" A gentle female voice sounded in her ears.
Zhu Qingyan looked in the direction of the voice and saw a pretty young girl holding a bowl of medicine and trying to feed it to him.
"Thank you, I'll do it myself."
Zhu Qingyan took the medicine bowl and held it in his hand. After asking, he found out that he had actually arrived in Danzhou City. The girl in front of him was called Zhao Tang, the daughter of Mr. Zhao from Danzhou City.
Zhu Qingyan was about to take the medicine when he suddenly felt something hard hitting his waist.
She looked down and saw it was the ghost mask with dried blood on it.
Zhu Qingyan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly remembered something, threw off the quilt and rushed out.
As soon as she got out of bed, she fell to the ground weakly, feeling pain all over her body.
Zhao Tang hurried over and helped her to the bed.
"Ah Jing, Ah Jing..."
Zhu Qingyan hugged the ghost mask tightly, breathing heavily, and tears burst out again.
"Are you talking about...Princess Ningyue?" Zhao Tang asked carefully.
"The Emperor has ordered people to bring back Princess Ningyue's body, which is now placed in the government office of Danzhou."
Zhu Qingyan grabbed Zhao Tang's hand and begged her to take him to see it.
Zhao Tang bit her lip and hesitated, saying that it was still a bit chaotic outside.
Zhu Qingyan asked her what happened. Zhao Tang shook her head and said that she didn't know much. She only heard that the emperor was injured on the battlefield and all the doctors in the city were summoned.
After Zhu Qingyan's repeated requests, Zhao Tang finally took her to the government office.
At this time, the Danzhou government office was empty, with only a coffin and two spirit tablets placed in the main hall.
The names of General Wen Quan and Prefect Wang Youya were written on the spirit tablets respectively.
Zhu Qingyan walked step by step to Murong Jing's coffin and saw her lying quietly inside, as if she was asleep.
Zhu Qingyan didn't even have the strength to cry. He could only stare at her pale face, still unable to believe that this was true.
At this moment, there was a noise outside the government office, as if someone was being escorted there.
Zhu Qingyan accidentally caught a glimpse of the man's face and immediately recognized it as Cheng Lian.
Her heart was suddenly filled with hatred. At this time, Zhao Tang walked up to her, looked outside, and said:
"Do you know that man? I heard that he was the one who cut off the head of the King of Zhenbei and brought the remnants of the rebels to surrender to the court.
This is a way for him to atone for his crime, the emperor shouldn't kill him - hey, where are you going?"
…
At present, Yan Xiuyun is recovering from his injuries and has no time to meet Cheng Lian, so Cheng Lian is temporarily taken to the prison in Danzhou government office.
Cheng Lian entered the cell, found a corner and sat down calmly, not worried about his situation at all.
At this time, a slightly shaky sound of footsteps was heard.
Zhu Qingyan appeared outside Cheng Lian's cell and said to the jailer:
"Open."
The jailer glanced at Zhu Qingyan, who was emitting a cold aura, and felt a little embarrassed.
"Master Zhu, this is a wanted criminal that His Majesty has personally ordered to be temporarily detained. You can't—"
"I told you to open it." Zhu Qingyan repeated coldly, and his cold eyes made the jailer shiver.
He didn't dare to say anything more, so he had to open the cell door and quietly retreat.
Cheng Lian had shackles on his hands and feet, but when he saw Zhu Qingyan, he actually smiled.
"Master Zhu, we meet again."
Zhu Qingyan looked down at him with an expressionless face.
Cheng Lian smiled confidently.
"You seem to be angry?
Oh, I know, you must want to avenge the princess.
But I'm really sorry. Now I'm a hero in the court's suppression of the rebellion. You don't think the emperor will kill me, do you?
Hahaha, if you kill me, who will be willing to submit to the Daliang court in the future?"
Cheng Lian leaned forward slightly and smiled even more proudly.
"I tell you, not only will the emperor not kill me, but he will also give me an official position.
We will be colleagues from now on, hahahaha..."
"But people like you really deserve to die." Zhu Qingyan's voice was very light.
The smile on Cheng Lian's face froze as he saw Zhu Qingyan slowly drawing out the soft sword from his waist.
The sword blade, as thin as a cicada's wing, reflected Cheng Lian's gradually shocked and panicked expression.
"What do you want to do?"
Cheng Lian glared at Zhu Qingyan. He didn't believe that Zhu Qingyan dared to do this.
"I am a surrendered general. The Daliang court never kills surrendered generals...
If you kill me, the emperor will not let you go!
You dare——"
…
In the backyard of the Danzhou government office, more than a dozen doctors gathered in the yard, discussing something in low voices.
The door was opened, and everyone's eyes immediately turned over.
Xiao Yuan came out and told them that His Majesty was fine and asked them to go back.
Inside the room, Dong Changjun, Gu Chaoyang, and several other guards were kneeling on the ground.
Yan Xiuyun's left arm was wrapped in bandages, and he said to everyone:
"Okay, everyone, get up."
Dong Changjun was filled with shame and bowed his head, saying:
“It’s all my fault that I was incompetent and failed to rush to Mingsha Beach to rescue him in time, which caused Your Majesty to be in danger and injured by an arrow.
This old minister is truly guilty of this… Please, Your Majesty, punish me!”
"Get up." Yan Xiuyun said calmly, "Fortunately, the King of Zhenbei is dead, the war has finally subsided, and there is no movement from Wuzi. The border can finally return to peace for a while."
After Yan Xiuyun finished speaking, he himself was a little stunned.
This was his first time to go to the battlefield in person, and he still felt a lingering fear when he recalled the thrilling moments on Mingsha Beach.
At that time, Zhu Qingyan went to chase Murong Jing. He lacked defense around him and the rebels had the advantage in numbers. Not long after, he was hit by an arrow in his left arm, and the wound was so deep that the bone was visible.
Fortunately, before leaving the capital, although the Military Equipment Bureau failed to produce a perfect cannon, Zhu Lan sent another "killer weapon" -
Those were hundreds of packages of "explosives".
The rebels had been attacked by artillery before and were certainly afraid.
The noise caused by igniting the explosive packs in a critical moment on the battlefield was enough to make the enemy subconsciously think that it was another artillery attack, so they scattered and fled.
The troops he brought with him finally had a chance to catch their breath.
At this time, Gu Chaoyang led the Potian Army to besiege Wei to save Zhao, and directly captured Danzhou City behind the King of Zhenbei, completely destroying the confidence of the Northern Frontier Army.
If any of these links go wrong, the outcome of today's battle will be unpredictable.
Compared to the comfort of the country, the little injury I suffered is nothing.
At this moment, a jailer suddenly came in from outside and was about to rush into the room, but was stopped by Xiao Yuan at the door, so he shouted:
"Your Majesty, my Lords, this is bad!
The surrendered general Cheng Lian was in the prison... and was killed by the lady surnamed Zhu!"
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