Zhutian: Starting from the Space-Time Merchant

Chapter 224 The truth will prevail~~~
"My hair stands on end in anger, as I lean against the railing as the rain subsides."

"Raise your eyes, look up to the sky and roar with heroic passion."

"Thirty years of fame and glory are but dust and dirt, eight thousand miles of road are but clouds and moon."

"Don't let time slip by idly, lest you grow old in vain and regret it later."

In front of Kaifeng Prefecture, Qin Hui loudly and passionately recited poems.

He secretly looked down on the poem.

The entire piece is filled with a murderous aura, clearly written by a martial artist.

But this was an order from the immortal, and he dared not disobey it.

The shame of Jingkang remains unavenged.

"The hatred of the subjects, when will it end?"

Qin Hui thought to himself, "What shame is there in the Jingkang Incident? We won the war, so what shame or hatred is there to speak of?"

These thugs only know how to fight and kill.

Harmony brings wealth.
Just as I was internally complaining, I heard a heavy dragging sound.

Turning his head in confusion, he saw several armored soldiers forcefully pushing the guillotine towards him.

Looking at the bloodstained guillotine, Qin Hui was like a rooster whose neck had been choked, instantly falling silent.

"Why did you stop?"

Lin Dao's slightly lazy voice came through, "Don't stop~"

Not far away, Lin Dao and Zong Ze were sitting on stools drinking tea.

When people are happy, they are in high spirits. Zong Ze was full of energy and had a rosy complexion. Even the wrinkles on his face seemed to have smoothed out.

Having read the story in the Kunlun Mirror, Zong Ze held Qin Hui in very low regard.

However, this person has already reached the end of his life, so there is no need to verbally humiliate him.

He looked away and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.

Suppressing his unease, Qin Hui continued reciting "Man Jiang Hong".

"Giddy up! Giddy up the long chariot!"

"If you step on the mountain, the mountain will be broken~"

"There are missing words." Lin Dao frowned slightly. "Be more careful."

"Yes Yes."

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the guillotine being pushed behind him.

Qin Hui's calves were already cramping.

He took a breath and tried to calm himself down.

'I have always served the immortal with utmost respect; it shouldn't have come to this.'

"With lofty ambitions, we'll feast on the flesh of the barbarians; with laughter, we'll drink their blood!"

"Let's start anew, rebuild our lost lands, and face the imperial palace!"

The onlookers cheered and applauded, thinking the poem was excellent.

Qin Hui had just breathed a sigh of relief.

The armored soldiers behind him stepped forward and snatched the manuscript away.

Before he could react, two armored soldiers grabbed his arms and lifted him up.

Before he could even scream, he was pinned to the ground.

Several armored soldiers stepped forward with clubs and began to beat him mercilessly.

The surrounding crowd erupted in uproar.

At this moment, an armored soldier stepped forward, holding a stack of letters high in his hand, and shouted to the uproaring crowd.

"Qin Hui was a traitor who colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country, and conspired with the Jurchens to sell intelligence."

"The army stormed the enemy's stronghold and captured his treasonous letters~~~"

"Now that the evidence is irrefutable, he should be executed according to the law!"

The astonished crowd quickly turned to anger.

They shouted loudly, "Kill him! Kill him!"

While being tortured, Qin Hui cried out in grief and indignation, "I didn't! It wasn't me! I'm innocent!"

"Immortal Master~ I want to see the Immortal Master~"

"Lord Zong, say something!"

'Bang! Bang!'

Several punches landed on his mouth, and his shouts instantly subsided.

But the grievances and pain in my heart were uncontrollable.

He really didn't collude with the Jurchens!
'Boom boom boom boom~~'

Before long, Qin Hui, who had been stripped of his clothes, was beaten so badly that his body was covered in wounds and blood.

A soldier stepped forward and soaked a strip of hemp cloth in fish glue, a highly adhesive substance, and stuck it directly to Qin Hui's wound.

After the glue dried completely, the burlap was torn apart forcefully, along with the skin and flesh, leaving a bloody mess.

Qin Hui let out a muffled groan and immediately fainted.

"This is the torture of wearing hemp cloth."

Lin Dao explained to Zong Ze, who was standing to the side, "Yue Fei suffered this kind of torture before he died."

"Qin Hui wanted to use this to force a confession, but Yue Fei refused to confess even at the cost of his life, and was subjected to extremely cruel torture."

Zong Ze covered his face with his hands, tears streaming down his face.

"I only know that Pengju was unjustly killed on trumped-up charges."

"I never imagined I would suffer such torture!"

How could someone as upright as Pengju possibly confess to a wrongful conviction because of torture?
If he does not admit it, he will inevitably suffer even more severe punishment.

Zong Ze cried his heart out, tears streaming down his face.

"The entire Song Dynasty, from the highest officials to the lowest clerks, deserves to die!"

Yue Fei is a figure of deep regret for countless people.

Such heroes died in such a painful and tragic way.

Qin Hui, who directly caused his death, died peacefully in his bed.

The sky is clear~ The sky is clear!

Lin Dao took a sip of water, his gaze fixed on Qin Hui, who had been awakened by a basin of cold water.

"Whatever Yue Fei suffered, it will now all be returned to you, the aggressor!"

Qin Hui, his flesh torn apart, wailed pitifully.

He kept shouting that he was innocent.
Yes, it is indeed a case of injustice.

In this time and space, he hadn't yet had the chance to kneel and surrender to the Jin people.

However, the historical Qin Hui also wronged Yue Fei in this way.

The sun is shining brightly?

That's right, it's as clear as day!
After being tortured with hempen cloth, Qin Hui, whose body was already covered in wounds, was given a strong injection to boost his morale.

Under the powerful effects of the medicine, his mental state gradually improved.

"I'm innocent!"

Amid Qin Hui's low, mournful cries of injustice, the armored soldiers lifted him up once more.

Two other armored soldiers carrying thick hemp ropes stepped forward and wrapped the ropes around Qin Hui's chest and ribs.

The two men stood on either side, pulling hard on the rope.

As the force was applied, the rope tightened. Qin Hui's ribs, which were bound together, creaked and cracked.

Under the immense inward binding force, Qin Hui also tilted his head back and let out a suffocating scream of pain.

Lin Dao glanced at him, then took out a map and placed it on the table.

"Please take a look, Lord Zong."

"This is Annam, which was part of the Central Plains during the Tang Dynasty and was home to the Annam Protectorate."

"After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the local monkeys dared to betray the Tang and attacked Da Song many times."

"That good-for-nothing Da Song can't even beat Annan."

Lin Dao had long since given up hope on the Song Dynasty's fighting strength.

Using civil officials to control military officers, the military families became inherently greedy.

Soldiers couldn't support themselves, so they had to do all sorts of odd jobs; they knew everything except fighting.

Lacking combat power, it's only natural that they couldn't even defeat Annam.

“What the immortal says is absolutely right.”

Zong Ze understood what he meant and nodded repeatedly.

"Once the various armies have pacified the prefectures and counties, we will surely send troops to conquer, punish, and annihilate them!"

"And another thing," Lin Dao pointed to the northeast corner, "Goryeo."

"Ungrateful ingrate."

"During the Tang Dynasty, the Andong Protectorate was established, but it rebelled after the fall of the Tang Dynasty."

"Understood, understood." Zong Ze nodded again. "We will surely recover the lost territory."

"The Mongol tribes to the north, during the Tang Dynasty, were governed by the Anbei Protectorate."

"The Western Regions need no further explanation; the Beiting Protectorate and the Anxi Protectorate..."

"Dali in the south, the former Yao Prefecture of the Tang Dynasty~"

Lin Dao drew a large circle on the map with his finger.

Looking at it this way, it is almost entirely the old territory of the Han and Tang dynasties.

Since it is the ancient land of the Han and Tang dynasties, it is the land of the Central Plains!

We must take it back!

"Emperor Wu of Han and Emperor Taizong of Tang conquered a vast territory in just a few decades."

"Han Yue is still young," Zong Ze sincerely stated. "Let them fight, let them fight for decades and win them all back!"

"Ah~~~"

The mournful howl of Qin Hui, not far away, interrupted Zong Ze's words.

Turning to look, one sees Qin Hui under the torture of having his ribs pulled, his ribs unable to withstand the force of the ropes, and breaking inwards.

The pain of broken bones, coupled with the damage to his internal organs caused by the broken bones, plunged Qin Hui into extreme agony.

"Yue Fei was tortured to death like this."

Lin Dao withdrew his gaze and looked at Zong Ze. "After the recapture of Hangzhou, all the yamen runners in the city will be executed!"

"can."

Lin Dao looked at Zong Ze with a puzzled expression. "Master Zong, why do I feel like you've changed a lot lately?"

"I support whatever I say~ Just say what you need to say!"

Zong Ze's old face broke into a wide smile. "I've heard that Princess Roufu's due date is approaching?"

"Within about a month."

"Immortal Master," Zong Ze's smile widened, "you are very busy and often go into seclusion."

"The Zhou-Zhao Regency during the Zhou Dynasty ultimately led to the re-establishment of the emperor."

Even if the emperor's power has greatly declined, he still has to exist.

"I think that if the princess gives birth to a boy, he can be made emperor."

"It doesn't matter if it's a daughter."

“Princess Maode, Princess Baofu, and Princess Renfu are all pregnant and always give birth to boys.”

Lin Dao understood.

So that's what the old man was planning.

The reputation of the Zhao Song imperial family had long been tarnished.

Especially after Zhao Gou did the disgraceful thing of changing his name to Wanyan Gou, he was despised by everyone.

Even if one were to bring out a descendant of Zhao Da, it would be difficult to gain the approval of the soldiers and civilians in the north.

But after thousands of years of habit, there is always a feeling that there must be an emperor.

During this period, people in various places claimed to be emperors.

There were at least eighty to one hundred people who supported a member of the Zhao Song imperial family to claim the title of emperor.

In Zong Ze's view, the offspring of a celestial being with extraordinary abilities and a legitimate imperial princess would be the most suitable candidate to become emperor.

Lin Dao pondered for a moment.

"We should stay in the political arena so that we can pursue the path of constitutionalism in the future."

"Very well." Zong Ze was overjoyed; the immortal had actually agreed.

He had assumed that the immortal would take the princess and her children back to the celestial realm.

Lin Dao got up and went to the guillotine.

Qin Hui, who was already on his deathbed, suddenly had a burst of energy when he saw Lin Dao.

He strained to raise his head and managed to utter a sound.

"Immortal... Immortal Master..."

"I'm innocent!"

Lin Dao nodded. "Yes, I know."

He immediately raised his voice, "Open the guillotine!"

The gleaming guillotine was slowly pulled up.

Qin Hui, bewildered and confused, was forced onto the guillotine.

The physical pain could not mask his shock and despair.

Only when the guillotine fell did a sudden realization dawn on him.

That's it!

“Take it to a mass grave, chop it up and feed it to the dogs.”

Back at the guesthouse, we got into the RV.

A group of princesses were wiping away tears as they watched the screen.

The screen shows a wedding scene. The groom slaps the bridesmaid, the bride slaps the groom, the bridesmaid slaps the bride, the male best friend slaps the bridesmaid, and the groom and the male best friend start fighting.

Lin Dao's head was spinning from watching this plot.

Such an explosive plot must have gone on for hundreds of episodes.

Your circle is really messy!

"I've gone into seclusion?"

The princesses, wiping away their tears, responded without even turning their heads.

"Oh oh oh~~~"

Back in the modern world, Lin Dao, who was about to go to the Chongzhen era to collect raw silk, was slightly stunned.

A fourth green portal appeared before him.

(End of this chapter)