The legitimate daughter was reborn, and the emperor’s little Jiaojiao went crazy.

The pressure from the emperor almost crushed Zhou Weijiang.

He was only an eighteen-year-old boy, how could he withstand such a threat? He immediately panicked, his legs softened and he knelt on the ground, uttering a word tremblingly, "Yes..."

Everyone in the audience was shocked, but no one dared to say it out loud.

Wei Yuzhi was very anxious.

He reported it, but he didn't want to make the matter too clear.

It was because the woman looked like Shi Anxia, ​​which would damage Shi Anxia's reputation. He couldn't let anyone know his hidden thoughts, otherwise how would he deal with himself in the future? This was the real reason why he reported it but didn't produce any evidence.

At this moment, a person slowly stood up from the last row of the stands.

The man walked over with heavy steps and knelt in front of Emperor Mingde.

He was dusty and tired. He was Zhou Heng, the defender of Jiangcheng in Zhaozhou, who had returned to Beijing to report on his work. He was also Zhou Weijiang's father.

Zhou Heng arrived in the capital in the morning. When he heard that his son would take the exam today, he went straight to the Imperial Examination Hall without even taking the time to tidy up his appearance at the inn.

He still spent a lot of money to buy the ticket to enter the venue, and was very happy to know that his son ranked tenth.

Zhou Heng watched the competition with great interest, and he did not feel sorry when he saw his son being knocked off the stage.

If you lose, you lose. It's no big deal. How can you win in every aspect of life? It's okay to suffer more setbacks and hardships when you are young.

As a garrison commander, he naturally had good eyesight and insight. He could see that there was a certain gap between his son and the candidate. But he never expected that the candidate would directly report his son.

Zhou Heng didn't show up because he wanted to see how the situation developed.

Of course, he didn't believe his son would do such a thing. His Zhou family had been loyal for generations, so it didn't make sense for him to have such a cowardly son who needed to cheat to win.

It wasn't until his son said the word "yes" in a deep voice that the string in his heart broke.

General Zhou seemed to have aged ten years in an instant, kneeling before Emperor Mingde, "I have failed to teach my son well, Your Majesty, please punish me."

Cen Yuan and Shi Anxia looked at each other, then turned back indifferently.

General Zhou finally rushed back and saw this scene, and their efforts were not in vain.

Shi Anxia was ready to lend a helping hand to General Zhou and Zhou Weijiang.

She couldn't bear to watch the Zhou family, who had been loyal for generations, become pawns of the Li family.

From this life's perspective, Zhou Weijiang made a wrong step and will be controlled by the Li family in the future.

Take today's cheating in the martial arts exam as an example. If Wei Yuzhi hadn't reported the case and exposed the whole situation, both sides would have been restricted.

The Li family can threaten both Wei Yuzhi and Zhou Weijiang.

Although Zhou Weijiang was just an ignorant boy, his father Zhou Heng held an important position and held military power.

Jiangcheng is the barrier of Zhaozhou, and Zhaozhou is the barrier of the southern part of the north wing.

In short, if the Queen Mother colluded with the Wan State, in order to start, she had to first open up Zhaozhou. To open up Zhaozhou, she had to first open up Jiangcheng.

The one who opened the mouth of Jiangcheng was naturally Zhou Heng.

Judging from the previous life, Zhou Heng and his son were also admirable.

Let’s talk about Zhou Heng first. When he first took office as the garrison commander of Jiangcheng, he executed local criminals and tyrants with iron-blooded methods in accordance with the law, and was deeply supported and loved by the people.

The local people may not know the emperor, but they must know General Zhou.

Such a great reputation was a good thing during the reign of Emperor Mingde.

After all, a wise ruler loves talents and has a keen eye for identifying gems. He will not employ those he doubts, and will trust those he employs.

But things were different when Emperor Rongguang came to power. He believed the words of the treacherous ministers and thought that Zhou Heng had the intention of treason, so he imprisoned him and wanted to execute him.

Although Shi Anxia was just an ordinary concubine who was keen on saving her life and position at that time, she had read from Emperor Mingde's manuscripts about how he loved talents and how he was concerned about the country and the people, and her mind inevitably opened up to a different perspective than before.

She couldn't interfere in government affairs, but she could consult the Empress Dowager.

At that time, she thought that the Empress Dowager liked her and would listen to her, but now she realized that she was treated as a mascot.

Since it was the mascot who said this, the Queen Mother had to think about it.

Later, Zhou Heng's death sentence was changed to imprisonment, and his life was saved, while the entire Zhou family was exiled from the capital.

Later, when Empress Jingde was helping Emperor Rongguang handle government affairs, she proposed to reinstate Zhou Heng, which made Emperor Rongguang furious.

Empress Jingde was therefore sent to the cold palace.

As soon as Empress Dowager Huizheng came to power, she sent people to bring General Zhou out of prison and reinstated him to his original post, making him the defender of Jiangcheng again.

General Zhou's wife and children also followed him from his place of exile to Jiangcheng.

Until the "Wucheng Black Tragedy" occurred, Jiangcheng was attacked from all sides.

Lack of people, food, water and weapons. This was the difficult situation that General Zhou faced.

General Zhou's son Zhou Weijiang went alone to seek help, borrow soldiers and food, but was rejected every time.

The garrison generals or officials in the nearby cities surrendered one after another, and some even planned to capture Zhou Weijiang and present him to the enemy as a token of his surrender.

When Zhou Weijiang cleverly escaped, Jiang Cheng was still struggling with the weak force led by his father.

Both father and son were determined to die.

By the time the imperial reinforcements arrived, Jiangcheng had already been captured.

It is said that General Zhou died with his eyes open.

He watched the city gate being broken open and the soldiers and civilians falling one after another.

He rushed down the city wall with a big knife in hand, roaring and fighting with the enemy, and was stabbed several times. The last knife was his own throat that killed him.

He couldn't die at the hands of the enemy. If he had to die, he had to do it by his own actions.

General Zhou's son, Zhou Weijiang, was hit by eight arrows in the face and several arrows in the body, but he remained standing.

The enemy thought it was a scarecrow.

This is described in detail in "Records of Mountains and Rivers of Beiyi", which was recorded by Yan Xingchen after he visited and recorded what the people who had survived had said in person.

At the end of "Records of Mountains and Rivers of the Northern Wing", it is written that the sentence that General Zhou said most every day was that the court would not give up Jiangcheng! The court's reinforcements would arrive soon.

General Zhou's son Zhou Weijiang encountered obstacles everywhere and silently endured the grievances that he should not have endured.

Zhou and his son will always be great defenders in the hearts of the people of Jiangcheng. Although they did not defend Jiangcheng, they firmly defended the hearts of the people.

Because the people firmly believed that the court would not abandon them! The court would definitely send troops to rescue them.

Shi Anxia felt extremely guilty about the loss of Jiangcheng.

But there was no other way. The imperial court needed a victory to calm the people. She had to ensure the strength and food for the Lubei battle. Nothing could go wrong.

The news of Lu Bei's victory and the fall of Jiangcheng were reported to the palace almost one after the other, and Shi Anxia was deeply saddened.

The palms and backs of the hands are all made of flesh! The joy of victory made her shed excited tears; she cried like rain for the loss of Jiangcheng and General Zhou, the people who fought to the last moment.

If it were to happen again... Shi Anxia might still make the same choice. Ensuring Lu Bei's victory is the key to saving the North Wing.

But the situation is so good now! This is the real start over.

This is not the rebirth of any one person, but the rebirth of the mountains and rivers of Beiyi, the rebirth of loyal ministers and generals, and the rebirth of thousands of people.

This is Fengnu’s mission and the meaning of rebirth.

In this life, there was no need to make any choices. Shi Anxia only needed to stand up, walk slowly towards Emperor Mingde hand in hand with her husband, and kneel down to beg for mercy, "Father, I am willing to ask for mercy for Zhou Weijiang of the Imperial College..."