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Chapter 322 Lin Feng returns!

The falling snowflakes made Li Yuan's originally half-white hair turn completely white at this moment.

Li Yuan knelt on the ruins of the Hall of Ten Thousand Buddhas, looking at the rocks that were now covered with a layer of white snow. His voice of grief resounded all around him. He burst into tears and his whole body was shaking. Even the generals with the hardest hearts and whose hands were stained with countless blood could not bear to watch this scene.

The most painful thing in life is to see the young die before the old.

But Li Yuan didn't just send one.

Almost all of Li Shimin's descendants were buried here.

Just by putting themselves in Li Yuan's shoes, they felt a sharp pain in their hearts.

How painful and desperate is this really?
"Oh my God, my Li family ended the chaos, treated our people well, and brought peace to the country, where the people live in peace... We have never let anyone down, so how could you be so cruel to let my son and grandson suffer this disaster? Why didn't you take me with you..."

Li Yuan covered his face with his hands, trembling with grief.

Zhang Liang hurriedly stepped forward to help Li Yuan up, saying, "Grand Emperor, you must mourn... I know you are in pain, but the dead cannot be resurrected, and now the Tang Dynasty is leaderless, and the Four Elephant Bandits are eyeing us covetously. The Tang Dynasty still needs the Grand Emperor to take charge. The court and the people need the Grand Emperor to preside over the overall situation. If the Grand Emperor also has an accident, what will happen to the Tang Dynasty? What will happen to the people of the world?"

After listening to Zhang Liang's words, Li Yuan stood up painfully.

His hair was covered with snowflakes, and he looked even more sorrowful. He shook his head vigorously and gritted his teeth, "Who said my son is dead? My son and the others are just buried here. They are not dead yet! Help, help them quickly!"

Zhang Liang slapped himself quickly and said, "Yes, yes, yes, your majesty is so powerful that he won't die so easily. We have tried our best to rescue your majesty, but these stones are too heavy to be moved in such a short time."

"But the Four Elephants Organization could cause chaos at any time, so before rescuing His Majesty, we still need someone to take charge of the situation, and that person... must be the Emperor!"

As he said this, Zhang Liang took a step back and bowed to Li Yuan: "I hope the emperor can take charge of the situation and keep the Tang Dynasty peaceful before your majesty is rescued!"

Hearing Zhang Liang's words, Li Yuan seemed a little hesitant: "But... I haven't participated in government affairs for too long..."

Zhang Liang said: "This is not a problem. First of all, the emperor is the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He has been in power for many years and has sufficient experience. I believe that as long as we give him some time, he will be able to quickly regain his sense! Secondly, all of us will do our best to assist him. As long as he is willing to take on the heavy responsibility and take charge of the overall situation, all of this will not be a problem."

As soon as he finished speaking, the assistant ministers and doctors of the Ministry of Works stood up one after another.

"That's right. We are all willing to assist the Emperor. Please preside over the overall situation and ensure the peace of the Tang Dynasty!"

"Please ask the Supreme Emperor to take charge of the overall situation!"

Upon seeing this, the other officials looked at each other, their expressions also showing some interest.

What Zhang Liang said was correct. Li Yuan had experience in ruling the Tang Dynasty and his ability was unquestionable. More importantly, among the Tang royal family in Chang'an, only Li Yuan was still safe and sound. In fact, they had no choice.

If not Li Yuan, who else can we choose?

Choose Empress Changsun? Choose Princess Changle?
If Li Yuan was not around, the next best option would be Empress Changsun and others. But now that Li Yuan is still around, he is the only candidate.

"Thinking back to the time when the Emperor Retired led the Tang Dynasty to conquer the country, how majestic was he? Who could compare to him in terms of both civil and military achievements? Even now, I can't help but feel excited when I think back to this moment. I believe that all of my colleagues are like me, worshipping and respecting the Emperor Retired. Now that the Tang Dynasty is in a critical juncture, how similar is it to the chaos in the world back then?"

At this time, the domineering Hou Junji suddenly spoke. He looked at Li Yuan with a respectful expression: "I hope the emperor can lead us to wipe out the thieves like he did in the past, and restore peace to the world! I beg the emperor to take charge of the situation!"

Everyone saw with their own eyes how strong and overbearing Hou Junji was just now, but now he was so respectful to Li Yuan. The difference between before and after made many officials who were already tempted become even more inclined.

After all, in their opinion, even the powerful and overbearing Hou Junji supported Li Yuan, so what else did they have to hesitate about?
Not to mention... they are now surrounded by Hou Junji's men. If they don't follow Hou Junji's steps, what if they offend Hou Junji and are targeted by Hou Junji as the Four Symbols Thieves?
They haven't forgotten how nervous Zhao Cheng looked just now.

All of a sudden, more officials came forward.

"Minister Hou is right. Please ask the Emperor to take charge of the situation!"

"Now only the emperor can ensure the peace of the Tang Dynasty!"

"Please ask the Emperor to take charge of the situation!"

Voices of agreement rang out one after another, and soon more than half of the officials bowed to Li Yuan.

The rest of the people also looked hesitantly at important officials such as Fang Xuanling and Zhangsun Wuji.

They all had clear party affiliations, and they dared not make decisions on their own without the approval of Fang Xuanling, Zhangsun Wuji and others. However, seeing that the general trend was completely in favor of Li Yuan, they could hardly hold on any longer.

Hou Junji swept his eyes over those who did not agree with him, and his gaze moved to Fang Xuanling, Zhangsun Wuji, Wei Zheng, Dai Zhou and others in turn, and finally... his gaze stopped on Sun Fujia, a fifth-rank doctor of the Ministry of Justice.

"Dr. Sun!"

Hou Junji's eyes were cold and his tone was strong: "Why don't you speak up? Do you think the emperor is not qualified to preside over the overall situation? Or are you worried that if the emperor takes charge of the overall situation, the Four Symbols thieves will not have the opportunity to continue to cause chaos, so you don't support His Majesty the Emperor?"

Brush it!
When everyone heard Hou Junji's words, their eyes instantly fell on Sun Fujia.

Some people looked doubtful, some looked like they were watching a show, and some were thankful that they had followed Hou Junji closely, otherwise they might have been the ones targeted.

As for Sun Fujia, his face flushed red the moment he heard Hou Junji's words, his face full of humiliation and indignation: "Minister Hou, how can you say that I am worried about the Four Symbols bandits? Don't you know that the people who are on the front line against the Four Symbols bandits are me and Lin Shaoqing? You are clearly humiliating me by saying this!"

Upon hearing this, Hou Junji simply said, "I am only making reasonable guesses. As the saying goes, you can know a person's face but not his heart. Who knows if you and Lin Feng are investigating the Four Symbols Organization together? Are you pretending to be investigating the Four Symbols Organization but actually covering up for them?"

"you!!!"

Sun Fujia was so angry that his whole body was shaking. He almost gnashed his teeth and said, "Hou Junji, don't you feel any pain in your conscience when you say this? You can doubt me, but how can you doubt Zi De? Zi De was brutally murdered by the Four Symbols Organization in order to deal with it! His innocence is known to everyone in the world. How can you slander him like this!?"

Keng!
Zhao Shiwu drew the sword from his waist in an instant, and the blade pointed directly at Hou Junji.

He said coldly: "Apologize to your godfather!"

In an instant, the atmosphere became tense.

Hou Junji sneered at Zhao Shiwu and said disdainfully, "How dare a mere clerk of the Dali Temple point a knife at me?"

As he spoke, he looked at Sun Fujia again and said, "I did not say that Lin Feng must be the Four Symbols Thief. It's just that people like you who investigate cases like to doubt everything, don't you? I will make rational suspicions, you should understand me the most, right?"

"And you just said that I suspected you of colluding with the Four Symbols Organization and that I was humiliating you... So what you meant was that you didn't disagree with His Majesty the Emperor on behalf of the Four Symbols Organization, then..."

Hou Junji narrowed his eyes and said with a half-smile, "Could it be that you think His Majesty the Retired Emperor is not qualified?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Li Yuan's expression turned a little colder when he looked at Sun Fujia.

Wei Zheng and others' expressions changed.

Now any discerning person can see that it is a foregone conclusion that Li Yuan will be in charge of the overall situation. After all, they have no other candidates at all. And now Hou Junji said that Sun Fujia thought Li Yuan was not qualified, which was undoubtedly a direct provocation to Li Yuan and an insult to Li Yuan.

Not to mention that Li Yuan suddenly came to power and needed to re-establish his authority, let’s just talk about what would happen afterwards... Li Yuan would definitely not tolerate it, and by then, Sun Fujia would not have a good ending either!
It can be said that Hou Junji's words have already pushed Sun Fujia into a desperate situation!
"That's not what I meant!" Sun Fujia shook his head quickly.

"no?"

Hou Junji sneered and said, "Then tell me why you don't support His Majesty the Emperor?"

Sun Fujia frowned, and a look of hesitation appeared on his face. Li Yuan sighed and said, "It seems that not everyone is willing to support and believe in me. It's also normal that you think I am not worthy of presiding over the overall situation, as I am an old man who has not participated in government affairs for many years."

"That's all..."

Li Yuan waved his hand and said, "As an old man, I'd better not try to hold on... If you all don't believe in me, how can I help my son build the Tang Dynasty?"

When the officials heard Li Yuan's words, their expressions changed.

Zhang Liang said quickly: "Grand Emperor, please don't think like that. We all believe in you..."

As he said that, he suddenly turned his head to look at Sun Fujia, his eyes were cold and full of murderous intent: "Sun Fujia, I think what Minister Hou said is right, you are either a Four Elephant Thief, or you have evil intentions and don't want the Tang Dynasty to become better! People like you are not worthy of expressing your views here!"

Hou Junji said coldly, "I just said, don't do things you shouldn't do... Otherwise, I will think he is the Four Symbols Thief, Sun Fujia, I am cautious and want to give you another chance, but you don't cherish it at all, and almost caused the emperor to refuse to preside over the overall situation... Minister Zhang is right, whether you are the Four Symbols Thief or not, you have bad intentions. In this case, what's the point of you staying here?"

"Somebody come!"

Hou Junji shouted, "Catch Sun Fujia and put him in jail! Let a Japanese general interrogate him personally. I want to see what evil intentions you, Sun Fujia, have."

"Yes!"

Immediately, soldiers approached Sun Fujia.

When Wei Zheng and Dai Zhou saw this, their faces changed. They didn't expect things to turn out like this. "Minister Hou, there may be a misunderstanding here." Dai Zhou said quickly.

Wei Zheng also said: "Doctor Sun is definitely not a person who harbors evil intentions."

But Hou Junji just said calmly: "I'm afraid you two have been deceived by him, but it doesn't matter, I have seen through his true face, he won't have the chance to deceive you again."

Dai Zhou and Wei Zheng were stunned. They didn't expect Hou Junji would not give them any face at all.

"stop!"

Zhao Shiwu protected Sun Fujia behind him, stared at the approaching soldiers with vigilant eyes, and said, "If you take another step forward, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Zhao Xieyang swallowed his saliva, gritted his teeth, drew out the sword from his waist, and protected Sun Fujia.

Looking at the murderous soldiers around him, he felt that he was crazy. He knew that he would die and that the master he followed was dead. It was time for him to find a new way forward, but he still followed Zhao Shiwu and went crazy... If this is not crazy, then what else can be considered crazy?
"Humph!"

Hou Junji snorted coldly: "You are trying to stop a chariot with a mantis arm. You are overestimating your own abilities!"

He waved his hand and shouted, "Sun Fujia has evil intentions. Anyone who dares to protect him is his accomplice! Go! If they surrender, then so be it. But if they dare to resist..."

Hou Junji exuded a murderous intent, and his voice was cold and emotionless: "Kill them all without mercy!"

Hearing Hou Junji's words, all the civil and military officials were horrified and felt a chill instantly pouring over them. Those who originally wanted to say a few words for Sun Fujia now kept their mouths tightly shut, for fear that if they uttered a word, Hou Junji would think they were Sun Fujia's accomplice and would be arrested.

For a moment, Sun Fujia and the other two seemed to be in another world. There were crowds of people around them, but no one spoke up for them.

And those blades flashing with cold light are getting closer and closer to them...

"It's over!"

This sentence came into everyone's mind.

There is no way Sun Fujia and the others can escape. Even if they don't die now, they will not have a good ending if they are caught.

Dai Zhou and Wei Zheng were so anxious that their brows were furrowed into a shape of a tic-tac-toe. Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling looked at each other and also frowned, but they had no way out... Hou Junji obviously wanted to use Sun Fujia, the lowest-ranking person present, as a warning to the others. This was to establish Li Yuan's prestige when he regained power. From a greater perspective, this was also for the stability of the Tang Dynasty and for Li Yuan to smoothly preside over the overall situation. So they could not find a reason, nor a suitable reason to stop him.

Just like that, all the officials present watched helplessly as Sun Fujia and the other two were surrounded, and watched helplessly as these soldiers raised their blades.

Sun Fujia looked at this scene and shook his head vigorously. His face had a look that seemed to be both crying and laughing: "Thinking about my life, I studied day and night when I was young, just hoping to make a name for myself through studying. Later, I finally got what I wanted, became the top scholar, and became an official. After becoming an official, I worked diligently, fearing that I would let down my past self, but I still made mistakes and was demoted... I thought my life would fall into the abyss, but I met Zi De. It was Zi De who helped me to cheer up and find the motivation to continue to struggle... But in the end, we tried our best to investigate and struggled, but what we got was Zi De's death, and I ended up like this!"

He looked at the crowd around him who were watching coldly, at the soldiers around him who were full of murderous intent, at Li Yuan who was looking at him expressionlessly, and at Hou Junji who had a sneer on his face, and shook his head and laughed.

"How ridiculous! How pathetic! How hateful! How lamentable!"

"If Zi De were still here... he would never sit idly by. Even if he had to make enemies with the whole world, Zi De would definitely stand in front of me! No..."

Sun Fujia shook his head vigorously: "If Zi De were here, he would never let me face this situation. He is so smart and wise. It's a pity... God is jealous of talents!"

He took a deep breath, as if this breath relieved all the strength in his body.

He raised his hand, patted Zhao Shiwu's shoulder, and said, "Shiwu, you don't have to die for me... Let them take me away. Don't you still have to mourn for Zi De? If you die, how can you mourn for Zi De?"

But when Zhao Shiwu heard this, he just said, "If I really let them take you away, my adoptive father would be extremely disappointed. At that time, I would be ashamed to see him... I think if my adoptive father knew what was happening, he would definitely hope that I could protect Doctor Sun."

Zhao Xieyang also gritted his teeth and said, "Doctor Sun, please stop trying to persuade us. Even if we give up now, they won't let us go. We can only die together."

Sun Fujia listened to what the two said and nodded heavily. He suddenly laughed: "Good! Zi De really didn't make a mistake! You are all great... In this case, then we will live and die together! It's a good opportunity to reunite with Zi De!"

"Humph!"

When Hou Junji heard these words, he snorted coldly: "It's just a powerless struggle! Since you are all stubborn, there is nothing to say. Don't you want to reunite with Lin Feng? I will satisfy you!"

As he said that, he pressed his hand directly: "Kill!"

Dai Zhou and Wei Zheng could not help but turn their backs; they could not bear to watch this scene.

Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling sighed in their hearts, but there was nothing they could do.

Other officials had mixed feelings.

Only Sun Fuga laughed: "Zide, I'm here to reunite with you——"

"Reunion? I never left, so how can there be a reunion?"

But at this moment, when everyone was watching Sun Fujia and the other two being chopped into meat paste, and when Sun Fujia was shouting that he wanted to reunite with Lin Feng, a sudden voice suddenly reached everyone's ears.

This made everyone stunned for a moment.

Then, when they understood the meaning of this sentence and remembered who this familiar voice belonged to...

brush!
Almost at the same time, their eyes suddenly widened!

Their expressions all showed astonishment and even disbelief!

"This sound..."

"Did I hear wrongly?"

All the officials were stunned.

But Sun Fujia was stunned for a moment and then turned his head suddenly.

then……

He stared blankly in the direction of the courtyard gate. After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly smiled and cried.

"Zi De!"

"I knew it. I knew you were so smart. How could you be killed by the Four Symbols Organization so easily?"

"I knew it……"

He burst into tears: "How could you tolerate someone doing this to me!"

"I knew it... You, you're not dead, it's really great."

Sun Fujia couldn't stop crying.

At this moment, Zhao Shiwu cried like a child.

All the civil and military officials were stunned at this moment, completely unable to react to what was happening.

I saw countless people striding towards the gate of the courtyard.

There are two people in the middle.

One was Li Shimin, who should have been buried in the ruins.

One was Lin Feng, who was supposed to have been dead for three days.

But now, not only did they not die, but they walked towards us with the gait of dragons and tigers.

As he walked, Lin Feng glanced at everyone present.

He saw the expressions of disbelief and surprise on Wei Zheng and Dai Zhou's faces.

I saw Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji's surprise and shock.

He saw Hou Junji's face full of shock and murderous intent, and he also saw Li Yuan's expression as if he had seen a ghost.

Finally, he looked at Zhao Shiwu, who was crying like a tearful person, and at his confidant Sun Fujia, and said softly: "I came too late and made you suffer. Next... I will help you get revenge."

(End of this chapter)