Tongtian Palace.

The Heavenly Temple is magnificent and magnificent.

The emperor Ji Xin, who had not been to court for decades, finally went to court and summoned civil and military officials and relatives of the Ji clan to deal with Lu Xun's defeat.

There was a cold and bone-bone-broken air in the hall, and the cold air made the ministers in the hall feel chilling all over, as if they were about to freeze.

Emperor Ji Xin was wearing a golden robe of Kun Holy Emperor, and was expressionless, sitting on a high throne.

His eyes were turbid and his skin was withered and obscure. Large pieces of age spots appeared, spreading slowly.

Although the palace was burning incense, a decaying stench was irrepressible from his body, which penetrated out of the 108,000 pores all over his body.

The Nascent Soul is about to die, the five declines of heaven and man are coming, and all withering and foul stinking comes, and it is unstoppable.

Ji Xin looked down at the three kneeling on the steps in disguise.

General Zhenbei, Lu Xun, dressed in plain clothes, took off his golden armor, knelt on the ground, his face was pale and his eyes were empty, as if he had accepted his fate.

The military advisor, Qing Ling'er, the saint of Qingqiu, knelt seriously, but her delicate appearance was normal.

The military supervisor, the eunuch Sun Bao, knelt on the ground, but his face was full of anger and reluctance.

On both sides of the hall, there are the eldest son of the emperor, Ji Yun, the princes, dozens of relatives of the Ji clan, dozens of dukes and marquises of the imperial city, hundreds of ministers, and dozens of high-level generals, including General Wei Ji.

The ministers were filled with darkness in His Highness, silent and complex in their expressions.

Lu Xun's defeat was a major event that shook the foundation of the entire Tongtian Dynasty. People's hearts were turbulent, and even lost confidence in sending troops to conquer Kong Ling, the Holy Spirit State again.

Someone must take on this important responsibility.

"I am really strange. My Tongtian Army is full of elite soldiers and generals, and each of them is good at fighting and is invincible. In my early years, I personally led a large army to eliminate the rebellion, and the target of the soldiers was like crushing ants.

How come this army of Tongtian, who is good at fighting, is so useless to hand it over to the hands of the three of you, and it is defeated in one year!"

Ji Xin's tone was indifferent and looked at the three of them and said.

His tone was full of ridicule and doubt.

"There must be a traitor, but who is the traitor? Please investigate thoroughly!"

Qing Ling'er said seriously.

Kong Ling declared that the world would kill her, the Qingqiu witch who was in trouble with Chaogang, was the one who was the least likely to betray Ji Xin.

She is not afraid of investigation.

"Your Majesty! This matter is obvious."

The eunuch in charge, Sun Bao, looked extremely angry and looked ferocious, pointing to Lu Xun and said, "In this battle, Lu Xun was arbitrary and domineering, and never listened to any suggestions from military advisors or ministers.

I even doubted whether he deliberately colluded with Lu Yu to defeat him in order to achieve his ulterior motive.

Otherwise, Lu Xun and Lu Yu were as famous as the leader, and their strength was similar. Our army even had the advantage. How could it be defeated so miserably!"

Lu Xun looked pale and didn't say anything, allowing Sun Bao to criticize him.

"What, Lu Xun, do you have no explanation?"

Ji Xin asked.

Lu Xun kowtowed, his voice desolate, and said to himself: "Your Majesty, General Manager Sun's accusations are too long-winded. Just say that I am a traitor.

But the last general still wants to defend himself, if I am a traitor, I will surrender to Kong Ling directly in the Holy Spirit State, which will instantly double Kong Ling's strength. Why bother to do anything to defeat the army and destroy the reputation of our famous Lu family and come back to apologize to Your Majesty.

Lu Xun's defeat was indisputable.

But the last general also encountered some unsolvable things in the Holy Spirit State. Whenever the last general led his troops to fight, the enemy could predict the enemy's initiative, as if he had mastered the every move of our army and had intelligence.

In order to avoid military information leaks, I did not allow the saints to participate in military affairs, but I still could not prevent the enemy from grasping our army's intelligence. So I lost one after another, and I could not win a big battle and a small battle. I really couldn't continue, so I returned after defeat.

Supervising the army and investigating spies is the responsibility of the military supervisor Sun, not the power of the last general. He cannot find out, and the last general cannot find out.

But the General of the Mo is not humiliated by this rebellion. Your Majesty has any doubts about the General of the Mo. If there is no evidence, please kill the General of the Mo directly.”

Lu Xun worshipped on the ground and no longer defended him.

Ji Xin looked at Lu Xun silently.

What Lu Xun said is not without reason.

He wants to betray, there is really no need to do this.

Lu Yu has already rebelled. As long as Lu Xun leads a million troops to surrender to the enemy, joining forces with Kong Ling and Lu Yu, it is enough to subvert the states in the southern border.

But Lu Xun was just defeated, not rebeling and surrendering to the enemy, and he also came back.

If Lu Xun was sentenced to a crime of collusion with the enemy, it would seem a bit too arbitrary.

Ji Xin glanced at Sun Bao.

"It's not that you, Lu Xun, are you, and you must not be a saint. Then I, Sun Bao, will only betray Your Majesty!"

Sun Bao looked desolate and cried loudly: "Your Majesty, I have been with you for five or six hundred years! They are all right. It was because my army supervisor was not good, which led to a great defeat. I have nothing to say. Today, I will give you death!"

Ji Xin was silent.

If it were the things that the eunuch Sun Bao, the chief eunuch, had committed in the past few hundred years, he would have been beheaded many times.

But he couldn't bear to kill.

In this dynasty, except Qing Ling'er, there is only the eunuch general who has been with him for five or six hundred years. There is no one else.

Everyone in the world knows that Sun Bao is his confidant. Once the emperor and the ministers are born, there will never be a new king who will conquer Sun Bao for his own use.

Sun Bao betrayed him and the possibility of defecting to the new master was too small.

As for Qing Ling'er.

She has done too much black work for him over the years, and the ministers want to swallow her alive.

And she had long wanted to kill Kong Ling, and she would definitely not betray him and secretly leak military information.

Who else is suspicious?

Who is colluding with the enemy?!

The heavy and cold turbid light in Ji Xin's eyes swept across the ministers in the hall.

The eldest son of the emperor, Ji Yun, is at the peak of the late Nascent Soul stage at only 200 years old. He is brave and steady, full of literary and martial arts, and is the new king that civil and military ministers most appreciate and look forward to.

He has been the prince for two hundred years, and I'm afraid he can't wait long ago!

When Ji Yun saw the emperor looking at him, his face was calm, and he showed a gentle smile. He fell to the ground and said loudly:

Father!

Kong Ling is the teacher who teaches you!

Lu Xun and Lu Yu grew up with their sons and had old friends, like brothers and sisters!

In the hall, the sons are most suspected.

My son is willing to die to prove his innocence.

My son’s flesh and blood are all from my father’s emperor. I would like to give my son’s death penalty, but I beg to be buried in the imperial tomb after death, and to accompany my father and mother in the future!”

The princes knelt down one after another, crying and wailing, "My son and I are willing to take the crime with the emperor!" "The emperor's brother will never betray his father!"

"His Majesty!"

"It's all incompetent, please give me a crime!"

The civil and military officials bowed down one after another and all cried.

For a moment, the palace was filled with sadness, and all of them were crying. Looking at the emperor Ji Xin, wailing everywhere.

"You...hehe~--!"

Ji Xin's face turned blue and he started coughing violently.

Spit out a mouthful of phlegm with black dead energy, and the evil spirits surged.

It took a while for the emperor Ji Xin to calm down, his face was full of fatigue, and he felt that his body was exhausted, and he couldn't help but sigh and close his eyes.

"I am really old! No one takes my son of heaven seriously."

"Everyone at my feet is heart-to-heart and loyal to me. But no one listens after leaving this palace."

"You are all loyal and brave, and the whole palace is full of loyal ministers... It seems that only I am a fool."

"You guys don't even want to give it to me for the last few decades!"

"Forget it, do whatever you want. No one can listen to me and I can't control you anymore. Ling'er, Sun Bao, help me back to the bedroom."

Ji Xin stood up from the throne and left slightly trembling.
Chapter completed!