Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 434 Wen Yanbo must die!

When Wen Yanbo saw Zheng Chaozong's appearance, he was extremely shocked.

He knew very well in his heart that there was no hope today!

In this case, Wen Yanbo's arrogance as a scholar suddenly emerged. He just glanced at Zheng Chaozong and said with a laugh: "Who are you? What qualifications do you have to associate with me?"

Zheng Chaozong laughed bitterly when he heard this. This old dog Wen Yanbo was brought to the table now!
Zheng Chaozong gently wiped away his tears and blood, his expression became cold, and then he nodded and said, "Come, bring the people here, let them say goodbye to Duke Wen properly."

Wen Yanbo felt something was wrong when he heard that, and he quickly looked outside. At this time, some familiar figures appeared, but his eyes were blurry and he couldn't see clearly for a while. When those people were pushed to a nearby place, Wen Yanbo's face changed when he saw them.

He had many sons, eight in total, and he saw three of them here. These three stayed in his hometown of Jiexiu, and the others were basically serving as officials in various places. But the key point was that dozens of grandchildren were captured here, some big and some small. The oldest was in his thirties, and the youngest was only a few years old or even in swaddling clothes.

Wen Yanbo said angrily: "Don't let the disaster affect my family! You..."

He suddenly thought of the Zheng family members who he had ordered to be slaughtered, and suddenly he was unable to continue.

Zheng Chaozong laughed, although slightly, but very crazy, and said: "Yes, the disaster will not affect my family, but you, Lord Wen, would not do that. There are hundreds of people in my Zheng family, hahahaha!..."

Zheng Chaozong laughed miserably toward the sky. After a while, he suddenly stared at Wen Yanbo fiercely and said, "I sent elite troops to Jiexiu to capture all the descendants in your old house. I originally wanted you to open the city gate. If that were the case, they might have a chance to survive, but now they can only die.

"Wen Yanbo, this is just the beginning. You still have many sons serving as officials in various places, and many grandchildren and even great-grandchildren. Haha, I, Zheng Chaozong... no, I, Qiu Chaozong, will not use the surname Zheng as long as I leave you a legacy!"

Wen Yanbo's face turned pale and he was trembling all over. He then asked, "What do you want me to do in order for you to let my descendants go?"

Zheng Chaozong showed a sarcastic look on his face and said, "Chang'an City is already in my hands. You still have bargaining chips to negotiate with me? Come on, chop off the heads of the Wen clan members, starting with Wen Yanbo's son! Well, let's start with this one. What's his name? Wen Gongzu, right? OK, that's him. Chop off his head first!"

Zheng Chaozong's personal soldiers pushed Wen Gongzu out without hesitation, drew their swords and were about to chop him down.

Wen Yanbo shouted, "Wait!"

He staggered to Zheng Chaozong's feet, his white hair scattered messily on his face, and his cloudy eyes almost bulged out of his sockets. "I am willing to pay with my life! I only ask you to let them go..."

Before he could finish his words, Zheng Chaozong suddenly kicked him in the chest. Wen Yanbo fell heavily to the blue brick floor, and the blood foam he coughed up splashed on the frightened faces of his grandchildren.

"Duke Wen's life is much more valuable than his descendants."

Zheng Chaozong squatted down and reached out to grab Wen Yanbo's neck.

"You slaughtered my entire Zheng family, not even sparing a three-year-old child. You also burned the women holding their children to death. Do you still remember their screams?"

He suddenly grabbed Wen Gongzu's hair and put the cold blade to the young man's neck. "Tell me, should I cut off his tongue first, or gouge out his eyes first?"

Wen Yanbo suddenly struggled violently, and the chains rattled. "Zheng Chaozong! If you dare to touch my son, I will not let you go even if I become a ghost!"

There was a tone of crying in his roar, but it brought out Zheng Chaozong's wild laughter.

Just as the blade was about to fall, Wen Gongzu suddenly looked up, without a trace of fear in his eyes: "Father, don't beg him! We are the descendants of the Wen family, we are strong and unyielding, so what if we die!"

These words were like thunder, and Zheng Chaozong's hand paused slightly.

Wen Gongzu turned to Zheng Chaozong and said in a soft but powerful voice: "I only ask you to spare the lives of my brother and sister-in-law. They..."

"Shut up!" Wen Yanbo slammed into the guard beside him, and the chain wrapped around his neck, "Kill me first! Kill me first!"

Zheng Chaozong narrowed his eyes and slowly retracted the knife: "What a good show of a loving father and a filial son."

He turned and paced back and forth, the sound of his boots hitting the ground echoing in the dead silent hall. "How about this, you cut off one of your arms, and I will leave your son's body intact."

He suddenly turned around, his eyes filled with the sinister intent of a venomous snake, "If you hesitate, I will let these children swallow their own eyeballs one by one."

Wen Yanbo looked at Wen Gongzu who was pinned to the ground, and then at his trembling grandchildren.

He suddenly became quiet, sighed, and said, "Wen Yanbo, the Minister of Military Affairs, Northwest Governor, Duke of Lu, of the Song Dynasty, is willing to surrender to the Su Academy!"

As soon as these words came out, Zheng Chaozong felt a breath stuck in his chest and his whole body began to stagger.

Li Changzuo was very anxious when he saw this, and said, "General Zheng! This bastard Wen Yanbo is clearly a delaying tactic. He must have some conspiracy. It is inconvenient for you to take action, so let me do it!"

As he said this, Li Changzuo drew out his sword and wanted to kill Wen Yanbo with one blow.

"and many more!"

Li Changzuo turned around and looked at Zheng Chaozong in surprise.

Zheng Chaozong looked at Wen Yanbo with a blank expression and said, "Wen Yanbo, are you really willing to surrender to my Suxue Society?"

Wen Yanbo nodded and said, "My entire Wen family is in your hands, so what else can I do if I don't surrender?
However, don't expect me to work for you. All you need is a title.

The Minister of Military and National Affairs, the Governor of the Northwest, and the Duke of Lu of the Song Dynasty surrendered to the Su Society. If this matter were to spread, the reputation of the Su Society would surely soar!
I will exchange my lifelong reputation for the names of all the old and young in my Wen family. Is this deal possible?"

When these words were spoken, everyone present was stunned, including Li Changzuo, who turned his head repeatedly to look at Zheng Chaozong's expression.

Zheng Chaozong's throat was rolling, his nails dug deep into his palms, and blood was dripping onto the bluestone slabs.

He suddenly raised his head and laughed, his laughter shook the dust on the beam and fell: "What a Wen Yanbo! What a plan to exchange his good name for his life!
Do you think that my Su Xuehui is a beggar on the street, relying on your reputation as an old man to support the situation? "

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly drew out the soft sword from his waist and put the tip of the sword against Wen Yanbo's throat: "Do you think I dare not kill you? Back then, you led the troops to razed Zhengjia Village to the ground, and even the tablets in the ancestral hall had their hearts gouged out and their eyes pierced. Now you are willing to sacrifice the lives of your entire family in exchange for a chance to survive?"

The sword trembled slightly, leaving a bloody mark on Wen Yanbo's neck. "I want you to watch the Wen family's bloodline being cut off with your own eyes, and then hang your head on the Suzaku Gate, so that the world will know what the consequences of being an enemy of the Su Society are!"

"General!" Li Changzuo suddenly grabbed his wrist and said in a low voice, "Wen Yanbo really cannot be kept alive, but you can't kill him. If you kill him, you will have a hard time explaining yourself in the Suzhou Academy in the future!"

As he spoke, Li Changzuo suddenly swung his sword at Wen Yanbo. Wen Yanbo closed his eyes and waited for death. Suddenly, he heard a clang and opened his eyes in surprise.

It was Zheng Chaozong who drew his sword and stopped Li Changzuo.

Zheng Chaozong slowly put away his sword, but the murderous intent in his eyes did not dissipate: "Wen Yanbo, I will give you three days. After three days, if you can get half of the generals of the Northwest Army to surrender to the Su Academy, I will spare your grandson's life."

He kicked Wen Yanbo, who was lying on the ground, away and sneered, "If you can't do it, I will pour your great-grandson's blood on the plaque of 'Loyalty to the Emperor and Serving the Country' written by your own hands!"

After saying this, Zheng Chaozong turned and left.

There are still too many things to do in Chang'an City tonight.

Wen Yanbo smiled when he heard this. He knew that his entire Wen family had saved their lives.

But then he sighed again, his whole life of clarity and brightness was ruined!
I didn't expect that I would be forced to surrender to the thieves when I was about to be buried!

Li Changzuo followed closely behind Zheng Chaozong. Seeing that Zheng Chaozong in front of him was already a little shaky on his horse, he quickly shouted, "General Zheng! General Zheng!"

Zheng Chaozong, however, acted as if he heard nothing and continued to gallop ahead. Li Changzuo hurriedly went up to grab Zheng Chaozong, but he did not expect that with this pull, Zheng Chaozong actually fell off the horse. Li Changzuo quickly hugged Zheng Chaozong, and his personal soldiers also reacted quickly and supported Zheng Chaozong together.

When everyone looked, they found that Zheng Chaozong had his eyes tightly closed.

This is a case of anger!

The arch enemy was right in front of him, but he had to consider the overall situation and had to endure the hatred of the entire family. It was a great measure of self-control that Zheng Chaozong did not go crazy and kill people on the spot!
Li Changzuo and his personal soldiers quickly sent Zheng Chaozong to the Chang'an Prefecture Government.

Zheng Chaozong kept mumbling in a coma, sometimes shouting "Give me back the lives of my people", and sometimes muttering "three days... three days..."

The tranquilizing soup that the military doctor prepared overnight did not calm the bulging veins on his forehead. Li Changzuo stayed by the bed, looking at the surrender letter sent by Wen Yanbo in the candlelight. The red stamp of "Luguogong Seal" on the parchment made his eyes hurt.

The third watch gong rang, and the unconscious Zheng Chaozong suddenly turned over and sat up, his shirt soaked with cold sweat sticking to his back.

He clutched the bed curtain tightly, his voice hoarse as if sandpaper was rubbing against it: "Prepare the horse."

"Zheng Shuai! You just woke up..."

Before Li Changzuo could finish his words, Zheng Chaozong had already staggered and held onto the wall. The moonlight shone through the window onto his face, reflecting a pair of scarlet eyes.

"Prepare the horses!" Zheng Chaozong shouted.

Li Changzuo stammered, "General Zheng!..."

Zheng Chaozong pushed Li Changzuo away and was about to walk out. Suddenly, the door was pushed open. Zheng Chaozong and Li Changzuo turned around at the same time and saw that the person who came was a very handsome young man who looked at them with a smile.

Li Changzuo was a little confused, but Zheng Chaozong suddenly choked up and said, "Sir!"

Li Changzuo's eyes widened immediately: Is this Su Juzheng, the leader of the Suxue Society who traveled all over the northwest and frightened hundreds of thousands of western troops, and the King of the Northwest who led 100,000 Jingsai troops?

He is so young!
Li Changzuo only saw the young man smiling and nodding at him, and said: "General Li should be credited with the first achievement in capturing Chang'an City this time!"

Li Changzuo knelt on one knee in a hurry, with his forehead pressed against the ground: "I dare not take credit for it! It is all thanks to Su Huikui's great talent and strategy!"

Before he finished speaking, Su Suyun stepped forward and helped him up, his palms warm and strong, "General Li, don't be too modest. I heard that you led the vanguard battalion to break through three city gates in a row, defeating the enemy with a small force. This kind of courage and insight should be recorded as the first merit."

Li Changzuo was a little embarrassed and said, "It's said that three city gates were broken in a row, but in fact it was a joint operation from inside and outside. My old friend opened the gate inside, and I just led people to rush in. There was not even a proper fight."

Su Yun smiled and said, "To defeat the enemy without fighting is also a great talent! It is even more rare!"

Li Changzuo smiled embarrassedly, but did not say anything else. He just stood aside.

Zheng Chaozong looked at the black iron token engraved with the "Jingsai Army" emblem on Su Juzheng's waist, and unspoken words rolled in his throat.

Su Yun seemed to sense something. He turned around and looked at the messy bowl of soothing soup on the bed. His eyes swept over Zheng Chaozong's bloody fingertips. "Chaozong, I've heard about Wen Yanbo."

He spoke in a low voice with an unquestionable calmness, "We, the Su Society, don't need to take advantage of the situation. If we can't even take revenge, then what's the point of this counterattack?"

Zheng Chaozong suddenly grabbed Su Juzheng's wrist, veins popping out: "Sir! Wen Yanbo's reputation is too great, and his influence is too great. If we kill him because of his students, I'm afraid our Su Academy will become the target of public criticism. If the noble families and civil officials in the world boycott us together, our great cause may be..."

Su Yun smiled and said, "Don't worry about these. Take good care of your body first, and leave the rest to me. Oh, yes, Qinglan should be back by now, right?"

As soon as he finished speaking, heavy footsteps were heard, and Ping Zicheng, dressed in armor, came in from outside. Zheng Chaozong had a very sensitive nose and immediately smelled the strong smell of blood on Ping Zicheng's body.

Ping Zicheng saluted Su Yun first, then smiled and said to Zheng Chaozong: "According to the master's order, all males over the age of fifteen in the Wen family will be beheaded at the street corners. I just came back from supervising the execution. Haifu, do you want to see the head of that old villain Wen Yanbo?"

Zheng Chaozong looked at Su Yun in shock and said, "Sir! Wen Yanbo is a veteran of four dynasties..."

Su Yun put his hands on Zheng Chaozong's shoulders, his expression became serious, and said: "More than 300 people in the Zheng family were slaughtered by Wen Yanbo. Wen Yanbo must die, and the Wen family must die too.

But we still have humanity after all, so we won't kill women and children, but the others must die, otherwise how can we be worthy of the more than 300 people of your Zheng family and the hundreds of brothers who were burned to death in the city wall!"

Zheng Chaozong suddenly burst into tears, then burst into tears, hugging Su Yun like a helpless child.

After a long time, Zheng Chaozong finally controlled himself. After wiping away his tears, he felt different.

Su Yun nodded with satisfaction.

Zheng Chaozong's eyes were red, and he said, "Sir, killing Wen Yanbo is certainly a way for me to vent my hatred, but the next thing will be difficult to deal with. Wen Yanbo has a great reputation in the court and the country of the Song Dynasty. His death may cause the whole Song Dynasty to unite against the enemy..."

Su Yun smiled and said, "Just outsmart it."

Su Yun took out a yellowed secret letter from his sleeve. "This is the military report intercepted yesterday. Wen Yanbo's second son Wen Chengyou has thousands of troops stationed in Jingzhou, but he is secretly communicating with Xixia."

Zheng Chaozong was stunned for a moment and said, "Really?"

Su Yun smiled and said, "It doesn't matter whether it's true or not. What matters is that Wen Yanbo is a traitor who colluded with foreign countries."

(End of this chapter)