At noon, the red sun is in the sky.

The chaos that happened in the early morning of last night had been completely calmed down, and the people in Lingzhou City were finally able to fully calm down. However, from time to time, crying sounds came from the houses of many families. It was the grief of the innocent family members who died under the sword of the Jin people. But more people were a little lucky. Fortunately, Sun Dujian led his troops to arrive in time and saved the entire Lingzhou City and the tens of thousands of people in the city.

When people walked through the government office, they looked at the yamen that had been guarded by countless officials and soldiers, and their eyes naturally showed a stronger sense of awe and gratitude than ever before. Although Sun Tu had only been here for half a day, and this time he took the prefect Weng to occupy the magpie's nest, the people only had respect and gratitude to him.

The superiors and subordinates in the yamen seemed very trembling. The master even could take the prefect as soon as he could. A little person like himself would kill him as soon as he could? So although everyone in the government office was present, none of them spoke, and only looked at the second hall with a nervous look, waiting for Sun Dujian's despair.

However, they were a little nervous. Sun Tu had no intention of dealing with them at all. Sitting directly above the second hall, he was watching the person who was brought in, covered in wounds and blood, and a little bit of a muddy face, showing a thoughtful look.

This night was a catastrophe for Zengtou City, which was once famous in Lingzhou. Not only half of the young and strong men in the town died in battle, but most ordinary people were killed. Even Zeng Nong, the head of the Zeng family, and his fourth son Zeng Kui, died in this incident, which made Zeng Nong's other four sons still unable to recover from shock and grief until this time.

After being brought to the court, the few people were still in a daze. It was not until Sun Tu coughed softly that Zeng Tu looked up slightly, but his face was still dull, and there was no panic or anger: "Sun Dujian, what do you want to deal with me, just give the order. My Zeng family is indeed a Jurchen person. Although we have only known this recently, we still cannot change this fact." As the eldest son of the Zeng family, since his father died, he naturally had to bear everything in the family.

Sun Tu's eyes swept across the four people one by one, and then said: "This time, your Zeng family's crime is not something you can give up if you didn't know you were descendants of the Jurchens, nor can you redeem it if you die. Even if you don't mention everything you have done in and outside Lingzhou Prefecture, just this time, knowing that the Jin people will offend us, the Song Dynasty, but they did not report it to the government, which caused hundreds of casualties in Lingzhou people, and almost caused Lingzhou to be the hands of the Jin people. This crime is not an exaggeration to destroy your Zeng family!" At this point, Sun Tu's tone was full of murderous intent.

Zeng Tu opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but for a moment he didn't know where to start. However, Zeng Suo calmed down and smiled bitterly: "Sun Dujian, you don't have to use such big words to scare me. We brothers had known that our sins were unforgivable, but our identity was here, and my father had decided early, so he could do nothing. But now you call us here and you shouldn't just to count our sins for examples, and then condemn us in person, right?"

Sun Tu looked at Zeng Suo with great care after hearing this. Obviously, among the brothers, he was the most shrewd and calm. He nodded slightly and then said, "Since you have said that, I don't want to go around in circles anymore. To be honest, you are unforgivable, but I can understand your difficulties, so I want to give you a chance to make meritorious contributions. But before that, I want to ask you another question, what do you think of Zeng Xuan's death?"

His question suddenly reminded the people of a fact - in fact, their father Zeng Nang was shot by Sun Tu with one arrow! Although judging from the situation at that time, even if Sun Tu didn't take this action, Zeng Nang would almost never survive. After all, he had fallen into the hands of the Jurchens, but this was a real revenge for killing his father!

Zeng Tu and the other two were still silent, but Zeng Sheng suddenly looked up and stared at Sun Tu with resentment: "You are our enemy. If you can't die this time, I will definitely seek revenge on you!"

"Fifth brother..." Zeng Tu's face changed, and she wanted to persuade her, but she didn't know what to say for a moment, so she could only look at him uneasy. However, Zeng Suo looked at Sun Tu thoughtfully. Seeing that he was not angry, he felt a little relieved. His fifth brother's reaction seemed to be what the other party wanted to see.

Sure enough, Sun Tu smiled without being angry: "It seems that you are the most straightforward in terms of being a human being. Not bad. Since it is your father I killed with my own hands, it is natural for you to seek revenge on me, just like I also want to kill all the Jin people to avenge my people in the Song Dynasty!"

After pausing, he quickly swept over several people: "But have you ever thought about why your Zeng family ended up like this? It is because of the Jin people, because of their greed, their persecution, their deception, and their use... that your Zeng family had to take the risk of accomplicing the tiger, and eventually suffered heavy casualties. Are you really willing to endure this tone? Although they say you are Jurchens, do you really admit this?"

These words hit everyone's hearts, causing the faces of several people to change again. Zeng Sheng was even more angry, the muscles on his face trembled, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I had said I could not get involved with those guys, but my father just didn't listen... But he was forced to do so. Who told us to be Jurchens..."

"Actually, in my opinion, the most important thing about which tribe you are is not your origin, but your heart. You were born and raised in the Song Dynasty since you were young, and you also received the teachings of etiquette, righteousness, integrity and shame in the Song Dynasty, that is, my people of the Song Dynasty. So after all, their words are just threats, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are the culprit of this incident."

Seeing Zeng Sheng, Zeng Mi nodded subconsciously, Sun Tu said while the iron was hot: "Now they not only killed your elders, but also injured many people of the Song Dynasty. We should also retaliate and fight back and give them the same pain. Unfortunately, our Song Dynasty has weak military strength, and even our Qingzhou army cannot fight with you. I don't know when to take revenge. But in my opinion, there is no chance at all. At least you have the chance. This is both revenge and a make-up. Do you have the courage and determination to go to the Jin Kingdom and bring killing and death to those Jurchens?"

Zeng Suo narrowed his eyes and looked at Sun Tu. It was not until this moment that this person finally expressed his true intentions, which made him tremble in shock. This person's courage and deep thoughts are really rare in the world. He actually dared to use himself and others, knowing that his family has a great grudge against him, and he is also a Jurchen.

The other brothers were not as deep as he saw. Zeng Tuzai was stunned and asked suspiciously: "Do you really believe in us and are willing to use us?"

"I said, although I do have a grudge with you, I am afraid that it is impossible to compare with the Jin people in terms of the depth of hatred. After all, they are the real culprits!" Sun Tu said, and his face turned solemn: "Now I only ask you one question, do you want to take revenge? If you want to take revenge, can you risk going to the Jin Kingdom and give them fatal damage on their land?"

Several people were silent again. Is this possible? They have never been to the Jin Kingdom, nor have they known any powerful and powerful Jin Kingdom. The only one who can show off is their own identity as a descendant of the Jurchens. Can this really become their support for their foothold in the Jin Kingdom?

Zeng Suo nodded for his brothers in this era and said, "If Sun Dujian believed in us brothers, we naturally wanted to go to the Jin Kingdom to avenge this deep hatred!"

"Okay, you are indeed a decisive person. That official can also give you a brief explanation. As long as you can handle this, I can assume that nothing has happened before. Not only you, but also the other people in Zengtou City, the government will not pursue the matter. However, in order to prevent you from going back on your word, I must detain one of you and then set off for the Jin Kingdom by the other three. I believe that with your talents, as your descendants of the Jurchens, you will definitely be able to do something in the Jin Kingdom!" Sun Tu seemed particularly frank at this time, completely expressing his thoughts and intentions.

His performance really made the Zeng brothers believe it a little more. If the other party didn't even prepare for a backup plan, they would feel suspicious. So after some eye contact, Zeng Tu said: "We can agree, let me, the eldest brother, stay here as a hostage, and let the three brothers go to Jin Kingdom?"

Before Sun Tu could speak, Zeng Mi said, "No, I'll stay. Among our brothers, the fifth brother is the best in martial arts, and the third brother is the strongest in mind. Brother, you are the backbone of everyone. I am the most useless. Even if you go to the Jin Kingdom, it will be difficult to be useful. It's better to be a good person here!"

Sun Tu looked at the four brothers who were united in front of him, and felt a little emotional. Although Zengtou City was a villain in both the Water Margin story and the previous change, the feelings between their brothers and their families were still extremely sincere.

But soon, he became nervous again: "Since that's the case, then do what you said, and the three of them will go to the Jin Kingdom. As long as you can do something in the Jin Kingdom, I will not only immediately release Zeng Mi, but also write off all the previous things. In addition, I will also wait for you to come and take revenge on me, and I will not shirk responsibility for the revenge I have made!"

"Okay!" The Zeng family was not a mother-in-law, and they knew that what Zeng Mi said was true. The Jin Kingdom was full of difficulties and dangers. It was indeed more powerful than a person, so they made the final decision.

Sun Tu would not know at this time that this time he went to Lingzhou to rescue without any worries. The biggest gain was not to save the military and civilians in the city, nor to kill hundreds of elite Jin troops, but to this last move that seemed to be temporary.
Chapter completed!