After Shao Hongyuan fled to Jiaxing Mansion with the defeated army, he also sent his henchman Li Shi to Lin'an to meet Yang Yan, saying: "My general originally wanted to surrender to the emperor, but his subordinates still have 30,000 or 40,000 horses, I am afraid that the soldiers will not be satisfied, and I hope that the court can properly appease them." {)" Although the words were tactful, the meaning was undoubtedly that he still wanted to continue to keep Shao Hongyuan's official position.

For this point, Yang Yan has already discussed with Zhao Chen, and now that Zhao Kai is in a big trend, those who come to surrender at this time must be unconditional, and they will not agree to any request. Therefore, Yang Yan smiled faintly and said: "Previously, the emperor issued an edict that if everything is surrendered before July 20, the previous crimes can be pardoned at once, and they can be given official positions according to their circumstances, what did Shao Hongyuan do earlier?" Isn't it too late to talk about these conditions now? ”

Li Shi changed color a little, but he still forced a smile and said: "There are still tens of thousands of troops under Shao Dutong's subordinates, wouldn't it be a great achievement to return all of them to the imperial court now?" Shouldn't the imperial court be rewarded? ”

Yang Yan said: "What can Zhao Kai's 100,000 rebels do, if they are defeated in a battle." What's more, there are tens of thousands of people in Shao Hongyuan. As long as the army of the imperial court is under the city of Jiaxing Mansion, will it not be enough for Ge to surrender? You go and tell Shao Hongyuan that if you can fight, you can't fight, you can't defend, you can't go, you can't go, you can't surrender, you can't surrender, you don't need to say much. ”

Li Shi returned to Jiaxing Mansion dejectedly and replied to Shao Hongyuan with Yang Yan's words. After Shao Hongyuan heard the news, he was shocked, regretting that he coveted the position of Zhao Kai's Jiedu envoy at the beginning, if he surrendered there, even if he was only awarded the title of Zuowu doctor like Li Quan, but it was also an official position, and it was much better than being helpless now.

It's impossible to fight now, and you can't defend it, so where can you run if you want to? After thinking about it, Shao Hongyuan found that he still had only one way to go, surrender, so he had no choice but to give up his men and horses and personally come to Lin'an to ask for surrender. Finally, Shao Hongyuan was not a big mistake, Zhao Chen's subordinates showed mercy, spared Wei Hongyuan's life, and only dismissed him as a citizen and returned to his hometown to settle down.

After solving Shao Hongyuan, only Taizhou, where Zhao Kai was located, remained.

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When the Song army broke through Lin'an, Hua Qingtan and Tan Xueqing also escaped from Lin'an with Ye Muxue and seven other disciples who stayed in Lin'an, and learned that Zhao Kai had fled to Taizhou, and they also searched for the past all the way.

After entering Taizhou, according to the mark of the Tianji Palace left in the city, Hua Qingtan and his party found the remaining disciples of the Tianji Palace in a ruined temple in the west city of Taizhou. In the First Battle of Guangde, among the seven disciples of Tianji Palace, Liu Bofang and Zhou Hongyi died in the chaos, and seventeen of the second-generation disciples died in the battle. The casualties were secondary, but now the remaining people are all depressed and depressed. Zong Tianxuan hid at the end of everyone, and he didn't dare to look at Hua Qingtan's eyes with his head down.

It turned out that after the defeat of Guangde, Zhao Kai was like pouring cold water, and then he finally understood that he and Zhao Chen's opponents were not in the first place, and the emperor's dream was finally shocked. After arriving in Taizhou, Zhao Kai was in a slump, he would only drink all day long to kill his sorrows, and he also had no respect for the people in Tianji Palace, and when he saw Zong Tianxuan, he was sneering, and there was no good word. However, Zong Tianxuan was powerless to fight back, and after seeing Zhao Kai twice, he felt bored, so he stopped seeing him.

And in Taizhou City, Zhao Kai no longer pays for the living and lodging of Tianji Palace. Now that Lin'an has lost the scriptures, and they are being arrested everywhere outside, the people in Tianji Palace don't know what to do next, so they have no choice but to be ignorant, and first find this broken temple to survive temporarily. But since the birth of the people of Tianji Palace, they have been pampered and treated by Zhao Kai, and now they are the generals of the defeated army, almost all of them are penniless. In order to survive, everyone had to take advantage of the darkness to go to the city to steal some wine and food, and eat a full meal to avoid the intensity of the day. The situation is miserable, not much better than calling Hanako.

At this time, everyone saw that Hua Qingtan had found Taizhou, and everyone in Tianji Palace seemed to feel that there was a glimmer of hope, and they all hoped that Hua Qingtan could lead everyone to take a clear road.

After listening to the tragic situation that everyone said in the broken temple, Zhonghua Qingtan couldn't help crying, and he couldn't imagine that the dignified Tianji Palace had fallen into such a field. Fortunately, when they fled from Lin'an, they were still a little prepared, and they brought a lot of gold, silver, and soft belongings with them. At this time, seeing that most of the people were hungry, Hua Qingtan took out two golden ankles, asked the two disciples to go to the city to exchange copper coins, bought a lot of wine and food, and let everyone eat a full meal first.

After all the disciples finished eating, they all recovered some of their spirits, and Hua Qingtan gathered all the disciples together to discuss the next step.

Although everyone sat together, they were silent, and they did not know what to say. After a long time, Xie Jingfeng said, "Senior sister, if we go back to King Xin's side now, can he still promise our conditions as before?" ”

In fact, several other people had such thoughts, but they were embarrassed to say it, and seeing Xie Qingfeng say it first, everyone's eyes were focused on Hua Qingtan to see what she thought. Hua Qingtan smiled bitterly and said, "I think it's probably unlikely." ”

Xie Qingfeng said: "How do you know if you don't try?" Maybe there's room for redemption? We can say that King Xin is the true son of heaven, he has just succeeded to the throne, and he also needs someone to help, maybe it is also useful. Then he turned his head and said to Ye Muxue: "Muxue, you and Yang Yan still have some friendship, can you go and say peace, it doesn't matter if it doesn't work out, you can try it first anyway." ”

Ye Muxue shook her head and said, "Uncle Xie, don't try, if it is in the battle of Guangde, it may still be useful, at this point, King Xin's Yijing has sat firmly in the country, and he doesn't need us to help, so it's useless to say anything." What's more, in the King of Letters, we are not disciples of the Heavenly Machine Palace, but remnants of Manichaeism. The Heavenly Machine Palace has become a legend forever. ”

Xie Qingfeng looked at Ye Muxue, his eyes erupted with anger, he opened his mouth, and finally couldn't say anything. At the beginning, Ye Muxue repeatedly suggested that Tianji Palace stand on the side of King Xin, but they were all vetoed by her own people. But now that it has been proven that Ye Muxue's opinion is correct, what else is there to say, even if he is full of anger, he can't send it to Ye Muxue.

Xie Qingfeng turned his gaze to Zong Tianxuan again, and suddenly seemed to have found a person to vent, and almost shouted: "Tianxuan, you have come to talk about it, how did you get to this point." Didn't you choose Zhao Kai at the beginning? Now that you have a field like this, what do you think you should do? What to do?"

What else could Zong Tianxuan say now, he could only lower his head and say nothing. I was ashamed and ashamed in my heart, and I couldn't wait to get into a hole in the ground. Several other people were also dissatisfied with Zong Tianxuan, but when they saw Xie Qingfeng suddenly getting angry with him, they all aroused everyone's anger towards him, and they glared at him one by one.

At this time, Hua Qingtan said: "Enough, the public don't talk about it anymore, the matter has come to this point, what's the use of blaming Tianxuan alone." What's more, Tianxuan was just making a suggestion at the beginning, and this decision was made by all of us together, so each of us has a responsibility, don't put all the responsibility on Tianxuan alone. ”

When everyone heard her say this, they remembered that every decision of Tianji Palace was indeed made after everyone's discussion, and everyone couldn't help but feel ashamed, and they all bowed their heads. Zong Tianxuan raised his head, glanced at Hua Qingtan gratefully, and said, "Master, I ......"

Hua Qingtan interrupted him and said, "You don't need to say any more, we are now discussing the next step, if you don't have a good way, then listen to me." ”

Everyone was silent for a while, and then Tan Xueyan said, "Master, do you have any good ideas?" ”

Hua Qingtan said lightly: "There is no good way, from now on, Tianji Palace will be disbanded, and we will go our separate ways, with the martial arts of all of us, incognito, and we can still do it in peace." If you are not willing to be lonely, and you still want to do something, then go your own way, go your own way, and what will happen in the future depends on your personal creation. ”

When everyone heard this, it was no less than a thunderbolt in their ears, and Xie Qingfeng immediately said: "No, absolutely not." You must not dissolve the Heavenly Machine Palace! ”

The other disciples also said, "Yes, you must not dissolve the Heavenly Machine Palace!" ”

Hua Qingtan said lightly: "What if you don't dissolve the Tianji Palace, I only have such a way, if you think it can't work, then who has a better way?" What's more, now that the Tianji Palace has long ceased to exist, in the current imperial court, we are just remnants of Manichaeism. Nor can we stand up to a single court. ”

Saying that, Hua Qingtan sighed lightly, and said: "Actually, Tianji Palace can't master the heavenly machine, Patriarch Chen saw through this back then, and strictly ordered the disciples of Tianji Palace not to appear in the imperial court, but unfortunately I understood it too late, one wrong step, I lost everything, and the foundation of hundreds of years was ruined in one fell swoop." ”

Everyone was speechless for a while, and I don't know who took the lead in crying, which quickly affected everyone, and everyone began to cry loudly.

After crying for a long time, Hua Qingtan said: "That's it, what's the use of crying, who has a better way?" If not, then it's decided. ”

There was silence for a while, apparently knowing that it was irretrievable.

Hua Qingtan said: "Okay, I know that you are all penniless, and I also brought some money, so let's share it equally with everyone, and then we will go our separate ways, and everyone can do it for themselves." ”

The next day, they scattered with their share of the money.