Chapter 22: The Emperor and the Ministers
The country is a vast country, with a population of hundreds of millions, and people have enough food and clothing to live a carefree life, but recently there have been frightening things happening in the territory of the country. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The story has to start with a hot summer.
One day, the weather was hot, the scorching sun was scorching the earth like a big furnace, knowing the boring chirping in the forest, many pedestrians stared at the bright sun, walking on the forest path, and in front of them was a city in the blazing country, called Guyang City.
But at that moment, a huge figure descended, its wings stretched for miles, its claws as thick as trees, emitting a chilling light, and its body resembling a gray fish.
As soon as this figure appeared, it covered most of the sky in Guyang City, and fear caused people to flee in all directions.
The giant beast opened its mouth and sucked it suddenly, and tens of thousands of people all fell into the mouth of the giant beast, and none of them were spared, watching coldly as Guyang City turned into an empty city, the giant beast waved its wings and disappeared into the sky.
Since then, such things have been frequently staged in the territory of the Blazing Country, and in a few days, several cities have become empty.
The whole country was shaken, and the people were panicked, and even many people dragged their families out of the city, and hid in the mountains and forests, deep in the mountains, perhaps away from the crowds, and could save their lives in some desolate places.
In the past, the city was crowded with people and was extremely lively, but now, the people are sparse, the streets and alleys are depressed, and there is no longer the prosperity of the past.
In the palace, the emperor of the Blazing Kingdom fidgeted on the dragon chair, and the ministers exchanged heads and ears in the main hall, and there were many discussions.
"Ladies and gentlemen, what can you do to deal with that giant beast?" The emperor asked the ministers in the main hall.
"Emperor Yu, I'm afraid there is no one in the Blazing Country." A minister bowed.
"What about the national teacher? Where did the national teacher go? Isn't he able to subdue demons and subdue demons? The Emperor looked around and asked.
"Holy Lord, the national teacher heard that a giant beast had come to my blazing country to cause trouble, and he had already fled out of the palace and did not know where to go."
"What? Damn the national teacher, he really deserves a thousand cuts. When the emperor heard this, he was furious, and slammed it on the dragon chair, but quickly withdrew his hand, and while blowing his right hand with his mouth, he said, "Oh, it hurts me." ”
"Newspaper... Report to Your Majesty that an unknown giant beast has appeared in the sky above Heavenly Disaster City. One of the guards ran into the main hall in a panic.
"Ahh The emperor sat back on the throne at once, and the ministers were even more frightened, if they were not worried that they would be devoured by the giant beast if they left the palace, they would have fled long ago.
"How's that okay?" The crowd panicked.
The emperor stood up tremblingly, forced his composure, and said, "All Aiqing, the giant beast has come to the Heavenly Calamity City, I am afraid that our lives will not be long and will soon be eaten." I know that you have a lot of prejudices against me on weekdays, and there are many conflicts between you, so let's express all the dissatisfaction in our hearts at the last moment of our lives! ”
The crowd shook slightly, and then began to speak and act wildly.
"You are a dead emperor, Lao Tzu has long looked at you unpleasantly, when you fell in love with my daughter, you wanted to forcibly accept her as a concubine, she was only eighteen that year! Great youth is wasted on you, a well-dressed beast. An old minister scolded, took off his shoes, and threw it at the emperor, the emperor didn't expect that there would be such a strong reaction from the minister, so he didn't have time to dodge for a while, he was thrown squarely, and smashed his head into a hole, bleeding blood.
"Okay, you prime minister, don't talk about throwing shoes at me, there are still nails on the shoes." The Emperor roared, took off his dragon boots and threw them at the Prime Minister.
"Oops! Who struck me with a stone, and my teeth were knocked out. After taking a shoe, I don't know who hit the emperor with a stone, and the emperor began to look for teeth all over the ground around the dragon chair.
"Old thief Liu, the first few **** occupied my maid, let's calculate this account today."
"Master Sun, you instructed your servants to steal cucumbers from my vegetable garden, and cooked and ate my gatekeeper's dog, you have to give me an explanation."
For a time, in the palace hall, the ministers were full of fighting spirit and clever arguments, and in the end, they even fought, hats and shoes flew all over the sky, and some clothes were torn.
Some ministers rolled up their sleeves and went into battle with their arms, and the hall was already in chaos.
"Report to Your Majesty, the giant beast flew away by itself for some reason." At this time, another guard ran in to report it. But when he saw such a chaotic scene, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded, his eyes were round, what happened to these civil and military officials today? When did you become so rough, you learned to fight in groups.
The emperor, who was still looking for teeth under the table, heard the news, and suddenly rushed out and ran out of the hall, and all the ministers followed him out and came to the square outside the main hall.
Sure enough, the beast fled westward, with several large holes in its wings, accompanied by fire, and it looked as if its wings had been burned by the fire.
"Great, the behemoth actually retreated." There is humanity.
The Emperor returned to the dragon chair and sat proudly, "Ahem, ahem..."The Emperor cleared his throat, "Who threw me with his shoes just now?" If I admit it, I will hit 200 boards, and I will name and beat 500 sticks. ”
The old prime minister suddenly knelt on the ground and cried, "Your Majesty! I didn't mean to hit you, I originally wanted to use it to fight the giant beast, but who knew that it was thrown in your face, this can't be blamed on the old minister! The old prime minister snorted and cried, looking pitiful.
"Hey!" The emperor shook his head, "I have the virtue of a good life, for the sake of your hard work for the country and your old age, go and do a hundred push-ups!" After speaking, he waved his hand and motioned for the prime minister to step down.
Pity the octogenarian prime minister, he did push-ups in the corner of the main hall.
"One, two....nine ,....." Before the ten were finished, the prime minister lay on the ground, panting like a cow.
"Who hit me with a stone?" The Emperor asked again.
"I'm willing to be punished and do a hundred push-ups." An old minister said.
"No, you go and do 200 sit-ups."
The old minister was pressed by a guard, did sit-ups, and fainted from exhaustion after just doing a dozen of them.
"Look at your qualities, you can't even do a few push-ups, you can faint when you do a few sit-ups, what else can you do all day except eat, drink and have fun? See for yourself, one by one with a hooligan Yes, you have the ability to go out and fight the monsters, but you only know how to engage in infighting at home. ”
The emperor's reprimand made the ministers speechless, and although they complained, they bowed their heads and did not dare to speak.
"What a bunch of idiots!" The Emperor sighed, and continued, "Come, go and find out why the beast has retreated." ”
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On the streets of Heavenly Disaster City, there was a figure of Na stopping to look up, and when the giant beast appeared in the sky, it saw countless arrows attacking from outside the city, and there was also a lightning light, injuring the giant beast and making the giant beast flee in a hurry.
The figure turned around slowly, it was Yaqing who was rescued by Chen Xu and others last time, Yaqing smiled, moved lightly, and walked on the street like a leisurely stroll.
In an inn in Heavenly Disaster City, Chen Xu and the three of them were eating.
The table was already piled with more than a dozen porcelain bowls, and several wine jars were staggering.
Xiao Qing, who bowed his head and devoured it, raised his head, wiped his oily and shiny mouth, and said, "Xiao Er, two more bowls of egg noodles, plus a jar of daughter red." ”
"Okay, wait a minute." The shopkeeper replied happily, the inn likes this kind of guest who can eat and drink the most, and the amount of food in one meal has caught up with ordinary people for several days.
"Xiaoqing, you're not afraid of dying." Xiao Ash showed a complaining look, thinking that he had eaten less than half a bowl of rice just now, and his heart was unbalanced.
"Hiccup, I didn't expect the food in the world to be so delicious, especially the wine called my daughter's red, drinking it makes people fascinated, there is a feeling of fluttering, I knew this, I would have stopped cultivating in the deep mountains and forests for a long time." Xiaoqing smiled, and didn't care that Xiao Ash insulted herself.
The other seats in the inn were also full of guests, talking about something with great interest.
"You know what? The emperor is looking for someone to repel the giant beast all over the city, and he wants to reward him with gold and add officials to the knighthood. "There is humanity.
"Hey! I don't know who is so lucky, it's really the ancestor who blew up the grave. Someone else sighed.
Someone else said to the sigher: "People are not lucky, but they have real skills and the ability to subdue the giant beast!" ”
"I wonder where the master has gone now? If only we could subdue the beast and stop being afraid day and night. ”
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"Chen Xu, I'm an official, how about letting you be my personal bodyguard?" Ash laughed.
"What? You want to go into politics? Xiaoqing was surprised, and when she looked up, there were still a few noodles hanging from her mouth.
"Yes, can't you? I'm going to be a female officer. "Little Grayway.
Xiaoqing shook his head and said: "Of course you can, it's not bad to be an official with your intelligence and intelligence, I just hope you will be a good official, don't bully the weak and afraid of the hard, only bully those kind people, but blindly curry favor with the wicked." ”
"I want to be a good ruler and punish the wicked." Xiao Ash puffed up his chest and said in high spirits.
"If Little Gray is an official, I won't go to cultivate immortals, and I am willing to be a servant, acting as a pawn for Little Cinderella, punishing adultery and eliminating evil." Chen Xu joked, so he wouldn't believe what Xiao Ash said.
Because the three of Chen Xu spoke too loudly, they were also heard by the other guests, and they thought it was funny.
"Where is the whimsical kid who still wants to be an official."
"I don't know why I went to the palace to be an official."
Little Ash turned his head, looked innocent, and said, "Don't you know that the giant beast was beaten away by me?" ”
Everyone was surprised, and then there was a burst of laughter, "Don't tease us, why is a girl so bragging." ”
"If you don't believe me, you can go to the palace with me, and then you will have your own reward." Small Grey Road.
"What reward?" Someone heard that there was a benefit, and their eyes began to glow.
"Each person will be rewarded with a hundred boards." Ash said casually.
"Little Ash, didn't you just say that you want to be a good official?" Xiaoqing said in surprise.
"I'm scaring them." Xiao Ash whispered to Xiao Qing.
"What an arrogant girl, let's go to the palace with you and see how the emperor cleans you up." It was said.
I don't believe that the giant beast was beaten away by her, some people are skeptical, a girl dares to say such a big thing, is there any basis for not being able to fight?
So, Little Ash took the lead, and everyone followed, heading towards the palace in a mighty manner.
In the main hall of the palace, the emperor happily sat on the dragon chair, crossed Erlang's legs, and looked in a good mood.
"Can you find out the whereabouts of the man who fought off the behemoth?" The emperor asked.
"Tell Your Majesty, I haven't found it yet." Some ministers said.
"A group of wastes who only know how to eat dry food, they can't do such a trivial thing, and they all go home to farm." The smile on the emperor's face disappeared and he said loudly.
As soon as they heard that the emperor was going to let him farm, the ministers panicked, and everyone was in a hurry.
"Your Majesty, rest assured, we have sent additional people to investigate."
"We have put up a notice and believe that there will be news soon."
Just then, a soldier ran in in a panic.
Seeing the soldier's expression, the emperor stood up, and without waiting for the soldier to speak, he asked, "Tell me quickly, what's the matter?" Is it that the beast is back? ”
The ministers were also panicked, and some people said: "It's over, we can't find a master, we are doomed." ”
"No, the giant beast didn't come, there was a group of people outside the palace." The soldier replied.
"Is there anyone who wants to rebel?" The emperor was furious and continued: "Come on, tie up all the rebels to me, and I will kill them of the nine clans. ”
But then another soldier told him that those people had come to get rid of demons.
The emperor's face immediately changed, and he turned his anger into joy, and said with a smile: "Come in quickly." ”
The ministers also consciously stood on both sides, leaving a wide corridor for those who were coming.
"Guards, roll out the red carpet and welcome your guests." The Emperor shouted.
Soon, the soldiers laid a ten-meter-long stall from the emperor to the outside of the main hall.
In everyone's expectation, Chen Xu and the three of them stepped on the red carpet and quickly came to the main hall.
"You're going to catch that beast?" The Emperor asked.
"Exactly." Ash replied.
"Seeing that you are young, I don't know what you can do?" The emperor was somewhat skeptical.
With a wave of his empty hand, the power of thunder and lightning appeared out of thin air, turning into several thunder dragons shuttling through the main hall, and finally rushed out of the main hall and disappeared into the sky.
"Good skill, could it be that the giant beast was injured by you?" The Emperor asked cautiously.
"When I saw that the giant beast wanted to commit murder, I taught it a lesson by the way." Small Grey Road.
Seeing that the master who was looking for him actually sent it to the door himself, the emperor's heart blossomed, and he said, "Someone! Give me a seat! Come on, come on, sit next to me. ”
Seeing the three young people being treated with this courtesy, the ministers stared at each other, and they were very unhappy, they had been standing for decades, and they had never sat in the palace hall, but they didn't expect these people to have such treatment as soon as they came, and they were carpeted and given seats, but they only dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, people were kind enough to subdue demons, in case they were annoyed, and they didn't care, and their lives would not be guaranteed.
"The giant beast is extremely vicious, and it has repeatedly committed murder in the territory of my Blazing Country, and dozens of cities have been eaten by it and become empty cities." The Emperor said, his tone sad.
When Chen Xu and the three of them heard it, they couldn't help but be surprised, the giant beast was so evil, it was really deserved.
"Your Majesty, don't grieve, the three of us will eradicate that demon beast and prevent it from continuing to harm the people." Ash swore an oath.
"Then there are a few Lao, but the giant beast is missing, and I'm afraid it has gone to other places to make trouble." The Emperor said.
Ash smiled, "We have our own way of finding it." ”