Chapter 927: Chapter 928: Borrowing Someone's Head for a Moment

Chapter 928

He Shen's gaze hesitated for the first time. He was well aware that with Li Xingzai's troops at the gates, Jiangning City could not be defended, no matter what.

He could be a solitary disloyal official of Jiangnan, repaying the kindness of Li Xing's recognition, but what had the people of Jiangning done to deserve this? He should not have dragged them into a funeral for all.

Song Youqu stepped forward and said, "Mr. He, I respect you as a person and the deeds you have done. There's actually little difference between us, except that we are helplessly caught in this chaotic world. A hundred years from now, who will remember what we did here? If we can spare some lives, let us spare them. This world has already seen too many deaths."