Two dappled rays of sunlight passed through the bars and windows, raising countless specks of flying dust in the cell.

Chen Sheng and Meng Tian sat opposite each other.

One was wearing a black robe, and the other was wearing a gray-white short prison uniform.

One person has a tidy hair crown and a heroic appearance; the other person has a disheveled beard and hair and an indifferent expression.

In the mixed light and dark sky, the most vivid contrast is formed.

Meng Tian poured out a bowl of water, gently pushed it in front of Chen Sheng, and said with a smile: "I heard that you are going to be the king?"

Chen Sheng picked up the water bowl, wet his lips, and replied without raising his head: "That's what happened."

Meng Tian: "Then you should be very busy these days. How can you have time to visit a certain defeated general?"

Chen Sheng put down the water bowl, glanced at him, and suddenly chuckled: "Why, are you resentful?"

Meng Tian shook his head slightly: "Victory is victory, defeat is defeat, why should we complain?"

Chen Sheng crossed his fingers and asked calmly: "Then what are you insisting on? Is it that your loyalty to the Zhou Dynasty does not allow you to surrender to me, or is your own moral character requiring you to fight to the death?"

"A fight to the death?"

Meng Tian chewed on this word, nodded in agreement and said: "Good words, won someone's heart!"

Chen Sheng smiled and said: "So?"

"neither!"

Meng Tian shook his head first, and then nodded: "Both again!"

Chen Sheng sighed softly, knowing that this would be the result.

Meng Tian looked at his unconcealed look of disappointment and said, "It's you, I've been thinking about it in this prison for a long time, but I still haven't been able to figure it out, why do you insist on rebelling against the imperial court?"

"You said that the government is corrupt and imposes excessive taxes. It only wants to exploit the people and does not care about living with the people..."

"This certain family admits it!"

"But as the saying goes, 'A big tree has dead branches, and a big clan has beggars.' Even though the great Zhou Dynasty has accumulated seven hundred years and is as wide as twelve states, it is normal for the country to occasionally be out of balance!"

"With your talents, if you are willing to join forces with the eldest son, you will not have to worry about being unable to clean up the world, reorganize the mountains and rivers, and return the world to Kyushu!"

"Why do you insist on doing such a treasonous act?"

"Why can others endure this temporary difficulty?"

"Why can't you bear it?"

Chen Sheng couldn't help but smile when he heard this. This tone sounded very familiar.

Why do other people's children get 100% in the test, but you fail?

Why is it that other people's husbands get promotions and raises in salary, but you are still just a clerk after working for so many years?

Why……

There are so many reasons why!

"Do you know how many people have been displaced, how many families have been separated from their families, and how many people have starved to death during this temporary crisis you are talking about?"

Chen Sheng raised his head with one hand and said with a smile.

Meng Tian was speechless for a moment... Yes, he didn't know.

The third generation of his Meng family was the confidant of the Lu family. When he was cold, he was given clothes and charcoal, when he was thirsty, he was given water and wine, when he was hungry, he was given food and meat... There were several layers of heights between the sufferings of the people and his Meng family.

Wall compound!

"Do you know, if I had not stood up to seize the position of Sheriff of Chen County, what would have been the fate of my Chen family?"

Chen Sheng slowly suppressed his smile, and his expression gradually became serious: "Look, you don't know... you don't know the 'temporary suffering' you mentioned, if it falls on the heads of the little people in Shengdou, it will be a disaster."

"I don't know, for the common people of Shengdou, just living has already exhausted their whole life. They really don't have any more strength to be loyal to a king who is not loyal to them, to love a country that does not love them..."

"To put it more bluntly, if it is true that I, Chen Sheng, am the only one who has a disloyal heart, do you think I can win over so many people from the Zhou court who are fighting against me?"

"What's the reason why you still think it's our fault when the people in half of the Nine Provinces are resisting the tyranny of Zhou Dynasty?"

"Is this a problem for us or for you?"

"If you just say that you are 'eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor', I will still respect you three points!"

"But you clearly want to help your relatives but not take care of your affairs, and you insist on talking to me about the problems of your family, country, and world. This is a bit shameless, like you want to be a bitch and still want to build a memorial arch!"

Meng Tian's face was so angry that he was speechless for a long time.

Chen Sheng was not in a hurry. He held his chin, lowered his head calmly and fiddled with the water bowl with his fingers, quietly waiting for him to speak.

After a while, Meng Tian finally said with a wry smile: "You are really not a good lobbyist!"

"Why do you think I'm trying to persuade you to join me?"

Chen Sheng raised his head and glanced at him, "Why don't you think that I'm giving you a chance to join me?"

Meng Tian's eyes twitched and he looked at Chen Sheng speechlessly, as if to say: I have never seen such a shameless person!

Chen Sheng seemed not to have seen his eyes, and said calmly: "I'm not afraid to tell you the truth. The Southern Conquest Army I sent to attack Yuzhou will return to Chen County in triumph tomorrow, and my coronation ceremony is scheduled for September 12th, that is.

Three days later!”

"In these three days, I will organize the army and issue military ranks. Well, the so-called military ranks can be understood as titles!"

"This is your last chance to ascend to the sky and step directly into the position of commander in chief!"

"If you miss this opportunity, even if you are willing to surrender, you will have to start from the lowest level of soldiers and accumulate merits level by level. If you want to reach the position of a general commanding an army of 40,000 people, it will be short-term.

Then it lasts three years and five years, and as long as ten years and eight years..."

"I know you definitely don't bother to be a soldier under my command."

"Similarly, I don't have many soldiers like you under my command who are full of military skills, but can only kill the enemy with swords."

"So, I am here today to give you the last chance!"

"You can answer me now!"

"If you are willing to surrender, then everything will be easy to negotiate. No matter what conditions you have, you can put them forward. If you can do it, I will do it for you. If you can't, I will try my best to find a way to do it for you."

"But if you utter the word 'no' again, I will turn around and leave immediately. Someone will bring you an 'execution meal' later. Eat well. After eating, you can go on your way in peace. If there is an afterlife, you can

Pay more attention and don’t be my enemy again..."

"Well, if you die, your Meng family will no longer be able to reconcile with our court in the future. I will have no choice but to reluctantly start a feud with your Meng family..."

After saying that, he picked up the water bowl and took a shallow sip. Danding, who didn't even look at Meng Tian, ​​waited for him to express his stance.

Meng Tian's eyelids jumped, and after secretly swallowing several times, he spoke with difficulty: "Are you threatening?"

Chen Sheng let out a soft "ha" and said calmly: "You don't have to believe it!"

When the long river of time reaches here, the flow speed seems to slow down a thousand times, and every minute and second seems extremely long.

After a long while, Meng Tian sighed heavily, stood up and straightened his clothes, pushed the Jinshan Jade Pillar to the ground with one knee, clasped his fists and said: "Meng Tian, ​​the guilty general, pays homage to the king!"
Chapter completed!