Luo Sigong had come to find Shen Yicheng to ask for a definite answer.
He needed Shen Yicheng to give him a definite answer.
"Cabinet Chief, this is the situation. What should we do now? Give me a definite answer! We can't just sit here and wait for Xiao Ruxun to kill his way in, right? His army of two hundred thousand has surrounded the capital. Let alone attacking, even if they surround us, we won't be able to hold out for long. We don't even have ten days of food left, and the food supply to the outer cities has already been cut off. There are already soldiers charging at Zhengyang Gate. "
Luo Sigong looked at Shen Yicheng, his heart filled with torment.
Shen Yicheng appeared much older than he had been a month ago. It seemed like in the last few days, he had suddenly aged, much, much older. His beard and hair had turned white, with not a single black strand to be found. He had completely exhausted his vitality and was on the verge of death.
At this moment, Shen Yi was holding a bowl of porridge and facing a few side dishes, sending the porridge bit by bit into his mouth. He looked rather miserable.
And the more he was like this, the more restless Luo Sigong felt.
He had paid an unimaginable price to have Shen Yicheng succeed, but half a year after his success, he was destroyed. The rapid ups and downs of life were too much for him to bear. The Shen Yicheng he had bet on had turned out to be a complete failure, a fact that made him want to stab his own eyes.
If he had known earlier that Xiao Ruxun had such a powerful fighting force, if he had known earlier that Xiao Ruxun would rebel, he would not have bet on Shen Yicheng.
Of course, if Zhu Yijun had not been so harsh on him, if Xiao Ruxun had not exposed that matter, what would the world be like now?
In any case, Luo Sigong felt that it would not have been this desperate situation.
The aged Shen Yicheng was slowly eating his porridge as if he had not heard Wang Chong's words.
He could clearly foresee his own death.
Moreover, he would definitely die a horrible death, a death even worse than death by a thousand cuts and the execution of nine generations of his family.
Perhaps the entire Imperial Bodyguard was like this, because there were many Imperial Bodyguard people who bet with him. Now that Xiao Ruxun had returned, would these Imperial Bodyguards have a good ending? Would the Emperor continue to trust them?
I'm afraid it's impossible.
His subordinates were just as restless as he was, going crazy for a way out.
They were still young, completely different from Shen Yicheng, who had more than half of his body in the grave. Even these days, his subordinates kept complaining about him behind his back, blaming him for leading them to a dead end. All these made Luo Sigong extremely uneasy.
He urgently needed Shen Yicheng's assurance. He needed Shen Yicheng to reassure him.
"What's the rush? What else can we do? Things have already come to this. What else can we do?"
But what he got was an answer from Shen Yicheng that was no different from asking him to die. It was far from the effect of reassurance.
He was still very young, not at the point of death yet. He didn't want to die.
It was precisely because he wanted to survive that he sought refuge with Shen Yiyi.
He really wanted to curse at Shen Yicheng.
You're an old man in your seventies, of course you're not afraid of anything, but I'm different. I'm still young, I don't want to die yet!
There's a lot of money waiting for me to spend, a lot of women waiting for me to sleep with, a lot of delicious food and wine waiting for me to enjoy. I haven't enjoyed those things yet!
Do you want to drag me to die with you?
Of course, he didn't dare to say that.
"Grand Secretary, since the situation has come to this, we have to be prepared. We can't continue like this. As long as the Grand Secretary gives the order, I'll immediately arrange for my subordinates to prepare to break out. We'll go to the south, we'll gather the loyal officials of Daming and continue to fight against Xiao Tieying to the end!"
Luo Sigong fervently hoped that Shen Yicheng would summon up the courage to continue fighting.
However, Shen Yicheng's reply left him extremely disappointed.
"The south? Xiao Ruxun came from the south. If he can safely go to the north and surround the capital, it means that he has already pacified the south. This old man has already become a chess piece with no hope. What else do you want? "
Shen Yicheng continued to eat his porridge.
"Grand Secretary!"
Luo Sigong roared, "Do you want to die here? Do you want to sit here and wait to be killed by Xiao Ruxun? Where did your decisiveness and courage go? Grand Secretary! "
Shen Yicheng raised his head and looked at Luo Sigong with his old and muddy eyes.
"Commander Luo, don't you want to die with this old man?"
Luo Sigong was stunned.
"Since you decided to rely on this old man and help me start the mutiny, you should have been mentally prepared, right? Everything has a winner and a loser, and the greater the reward, the greater the risk. Don't you understand this point? Commander Luo, now that things have come to this, do you still want to keep your nose clean? "
"I …"
Luo Sigong suddenly felt like his heart was about to collapse.
Just why had he done all this?
Of course, it was to survive.
In order to survive, to enjoy life, to enjoy fine wine, to enjoy beauties. He didn't want to die without enjoying these things!
"Back then, I relied on the Grand Secretary to survive, and now, I naturally also do it to survive. From start to finish, I've only done it to survive, not for anything else! I only did it to survive! I only wanted to live! Grand Secretary! I only wanted to live! "
Luo Sigong yelled at Shen Yicheng, "Is there anything wrong with me wanting to live? You have great ambitions and want to do many things, but I don't. I chose to rely on you in order to survive. I didn't do it for anything else! Did I do something wrong?! "
Shen Yicheng glanced at Luo Sigong, who had a twisted expression on his face, and then reached out to pick his ear.
"Don't be so loud. This old man's ears haven't reached the point where I need you to speak so loudly."
"Grand Secretary! I want to live! I want to live!!! If Xiao Ruxun fights his way in, I'll definitely die! He'll definitely kill me! Nine familial exterminations, chariots torn apart, death by a thousand cuts! All of these are possible, and I'll die a horrible death. But I don't want to die, I don't want to die!! "
Luo Sigong directly knelt on the ground and tugged at Shen Yicheng's clothes, tears and mucus flowing down his face.
He really just wanted to live.
Shen Yicheng was getting annoyed by his pestering.
"You want to live?"
"Yes! I want to live! "
Luo Sigong looked at Shen Yicheng with hope.
"Fine, this old man will show you a bright path."
"A bright path?"
"Yes, a bright path."
Shen Yicheng put down his bowl and chopsticks, his murky eyes staring at Luo Sigong. "If you want to live, then kill all the direct descendants of the royal family other than the current Emperor. For example, the Retired Emperor and his other sons. Kill them all. Then, you can cling to the current Emperor's leg to survive."
"…"
Luo Sigong looked at Shen Yicheng in astonishment.
"Of course, this old man can't guarantee that you'll definitely live, but at least you can fight for a chance of survival. If you don't do this, you'll definitely die. If you do this, you'll only have a little hope of survival. What will you choose?"
Shen Yicheng patted Luo Sigong's shoulder, then continued to eat his porridge.
"I'm a subject. If I kill the Emperor, can I still live? Grand Secretary, I can't do it. "
Luo Sigong was quiet for a long time before he said this with difficulty.
"That's why I said there's only a little hope. If you can't do it, then forget it. Commander Luo, from the moment you decided to rely on this old man, you were destined not to live a simple life. If you hadn't said what you said, this old man might not have suspected Hsiao Jixin and might have really let him and the Retired Emperor succeed.
But you told this old man that Hsiao Jixin and the Retired Emperor were plotting these things. For the sake of my reputation and survival, this old man had to go all out. It was originally a political struggle in the court, but because of your participation, it became a mutiny. At this point, do you think you still have a chance? "
Shen Yicheng's words hit Luo Sigong's heart into an ice hole. Luo Sigong directly sat on the ground, feeling very, very cold.
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