Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Grain Collector
Midnight is coming.
When the curfew came, Lu Chen sat in the room wearing armor and holding a heavy halberd, waiting for the quiet after midnight, the streets of Luoyang City were gradually deserted, and there was no noise in the city except for the sound of the iron armor of the patrol soldiers.
The wait is always long.
An hour passed, and there was still silence outside, but for some reason, the breeze came slowly, and the wicker in the inn swayed with the wind, making a hissing sound, Lu Chen looked at the faint light outside, and some figures passed by, and he waited quietly.
That's when it happened.
There was a burst of exclamations from inside the inn.
"Ahh
It was the exclamation and screams of the colleagues who went to participate in the conspiracy meeting, Lu Chen sat in the room, not in a hurry to go out, and at this time, after the creaking knock of the door, there was a burst of screams.
Apparently when he was going out, he was assassinated to death.
Meantime.
A forbidden army set out from the palace, smashed the Taiwei Mansion, and led the Taiwei Xu Yu into the palace to face the saint, and asked the eunuchs' children about persecuting the minor officials on the border, and confiding with them about the eunuchs and accepting bribes.
The next day.
Xu Yu was blamed, and the wronged petty official was released.
Inside the Rim Inn.
The courtyard was covered in bloodstains, and the blood stains had stained the entire inn red.
The officials who participated in the performance were almost dead, and by this time, when an army arrived at the scene, the place was already empty, not even a single corpse, all of them had been packed up and emptied, and there was nothing but blood.
In an inn next door, Lu Chen took off the Jiaolong black armor that was already full of sword marks, changed out of the blood-stained clothes, washed the blood-stained Mixed Yuan Overlord Halberd, took out the cyan pill that healed the wound and swallowed it, the subtle sword marks on the back of the abdomen slowly healed, but there were still a few deep wounds that still did not heal in time, he took out the healing medicine and poured it on the wound, only to stop the blood slightly.
Lu Chen changed into clean clothes and walked out of the inn, looked at the army outside, shook his head, and sighed: "Luoyang is not something I can get into, this is not wrong at all!" ”
Last night.
Yuanlai Inn was assassinated, the assassin was a martial artist, an NPC martial artist, superb swordsmanship, by no means an ordinary military opponent, Lu Chen desperately countered with a heavy halberd, Gao Shun held a shield to protect the halberd, and was fortunate to kill the three martial artists and quit the inn, so that he was able to save his life.
However, there were thirty senior martial artists sent by the other party, each of whom was a master of swordsmanship, and one of them was even more able to defeat Gao Shun, if it were not for him, Lu Chen would never have fled.
Martial artists are not terrible on the battlefield, but in terms of assassination, martial artists are called second, and no one dares to call them first, this time Zhang Rang sent thirty senior martial artists at once, and without knowing it, he took all the corpses out of Luoyang City, needless to say, he knew that Zhang Rang's control had included half of Luoyang in his hands.
The impeachment did not work, and Xu Yu was only blamed.
In Lu Chen's opinion, this is already a doomed thing.
But.
Now that he has an extra protection card, the officialdom of the family protects him, he has decided that no matter what the reward is, he has to leave Luoyang as soon as possible, and the longer he stays in Luoyang, the more dangerous he becomes, especially the hatred from Zhang Rang.
That's when it happened.
Gao Shun followed, he looked at Lu Chen, who was not wearing armor, and immediately asked, "Lord, how are your injuries?" ”
Lu Chen shook his head and said, "It's not a big deal!" Let's get out of here first, let's go somewhere! ”
He left the inn and went to Zhonglang Mansion in the north of Luoyang, the servants outside the door went to report, and Lu Chen was waiting outside, at this time, he happened to see a familiar figure, he came with a gift, when he saw Lu Chen, there was nothing, and when he saw Gao Shun, he was immediately frightened and fell to the ground.
"You... You... You...! ”
I saw that the man was so frightened that he couldn't speak for a long time.
Gao Shun glanced at it with disdain, turned back to Lu Chen and said, "Lord, he is Wei Zhongdao of the Hedong Wei family. ”
Lu Chen nodded.
didn't speak, at this time the servant invited Lu Chen to enter, and just happened to see Wei Zhongdao who was sitting on the ground, and immediately beckoned, please enter together.
Lu Chen smiled.
Wei Zhongdao looked a little frightened, and he followed behind with a cower.
Zhonglang Mansion is not big, this is just a place for Emperor Han Ling to temporarily live for Cai Yong, after all, after a while, his old man will have to be exiled again, and this time it will be longer.
He came here just to deliver a letter.
Cai Yong was already waiting in the living room, and when he saw Lu Chen, he looked at it, with a little appreciation on his face, Lu Chen arched his hand and said, "Starfall City Su Xiaochen has seen Cai Zhonglang!" ”
Cai Yong nodded.
The etiquette entertained: "Su Hou has taken care of the little girl Zhao Ji for a long time, and Cai Yong has thanked him here!" ”
Lu Chen smiled faintly.
took out a piece of letterhead from his arms, which was the letter that Cai Yan handed to Lu Chen to help hand over to Cai Yong.
Lu Chen replied politely: "Cai Zhonglang has said it, Miss Cai also happened to meet Su, and General Xu is a general, Cai Zhonglang is also a contemporary Confucian, Su can take care of Miss Cai for Cai Zhonglang, it is also Su's honor!" ”
Cai Yong took the letterhead, smiled slightly, and then entertained him with etiquette, Lu Chen said goodbye to Cai Yong, and walked towards the inn, Lu Chen also found that Cai Yong's fate did not seem to change, whether it was to guide the words, or to reveal Cai Yan's idea of staying in Starfall City, Cai Yong had no intention of staying in Starfall City.
This made Lu Chen give up directly, after all, Cai Yong was involved, and there were too many people affected in the back, Dong Zhuo and Wang Yun were all big guys closely related to Cai Yong, if they didn't get it right, they would point their finger at themselves, and Lu Chen couldn't move before Youzhou was decided.
Wei Zhongdao appeared at this time, but he wanted to borrow Cai Yong's hand to recall Cai Yan back to Luoyang, but this was Wei Zhongdao's more worried, Cai Yan lived in the mansion of Xingluo City, and it was difficult for him to even see her, could his mansion let the letter of recalling Cai Yan flow into her hands, Lu Chen just smiled.
The next day.
Lu Chen went to the court with hundreds of officials, and he is now a general of Wupin, a marquis of the town, and the emperor is naturally not waiting outside the court.
Above the court.
Zhang Rang glanced at Lu Chen with a smile, Lu Chen's body just trembled, maybe it was his fault to take the secret seal as his own, but Zhang Rang also stabbed himself in the basket, which was mentioned in Cao Cao's letter, and the reason why Lu Chen agreed to Hu Hu was also to let the family say good things to him, and offset the private armament with military achievements.
If there is no arrival of the family, I am afraid he will not be able to come to the court.
It's time for the reward.
Baiguan stood on both sides, Lu Chen stood in front from behind Baiguan, and behind him were Pan Wentao and Qi Tong.
"The last general, Su Xiaochen, has seen Your Majesty."
Ten people bowed and bowed one after another, and Liu Hong, Emperor of Han Ling, stopped his hand, and as usual, Zhang Rang began to read out the reward.
"Shi Shoujun of Xiteng County, meritorious service in resisting foreign invasions, rewarded 1,000 taels of gold, 3,000 pieces of cloth, 3,000 war horses, and gave the position of county order."
The county order is a real power official position, for lord players, it is much stronger than what general, and the gold thousand taels are 10 million copper coins, this time it is even more fierce than the last reward, it seems that the big man is rich, and the cloth rewarded is the same as last time, and there are more war horses, there are three thousand.
......
"Duan Jin Jun of the small county, for his meritorious service in resisting foreign invasions, rewarded 1,000 taels of gold, 3,000 pieces of cloth, 3,000 war horses, and gave him the position of county order."
......
"Husseini of Guxin County, for his meritorious service in resisting foreign invasions, rewarded 1,000 taels of gold, 3,000 pieces of cloth, 3,000 war horses, and gave him the position of county commander."
The official positions of the seven people are all county orders, and the rewards are the same.
Next up are the top three.
"Xianqi County is the same, and has made meritorious contributions to resisting foreign invasions, rewarding 3,000 taels of gold, 3,000 pieces of cloth, 3,000 war horses, and 3,200 sets of armaments, and giving Donglai County the post of county commander of Huang County."
"Donglaiqi and thank Your Majesty for the reward!" Qi Tong immediately thanked him.
Sizzle!
The players were taken aback, but they didn't expect Qi Tong's reward to be the official county magistrate of Donglai County, this official position can mobilize the county soldiers of the official county seat, and it can also be used for expeditions, which is already part of his territory.
"Pan Wentao of Panyue County, for his meritorious service in resisting foreign invasions, rewarded 3,000 taels of gold, 3,000 pieces of cloth, 3,000 war horses, 3,200 sets of armaments, and gave Jiaozhi County the post of county commander of Anding County."
Pan Wentao's reward is also an official county order.
Finally it was Lu Chen's turn to reward him, Zhang Rang did not stop this time, he continued to read: "Starfall City Su Xiaochen, meritorious service in resisting foreign invasions, reward 3,000 taels of gold, 3,000 cloths, 3,000 war horses, 3,200 sets of armaments, change the Northern Desert to be collectively called Shengle Du, give Sheng Le Du to protect the generals, and give Sheng Le Du to protect the generals, and all protect the marquis." ”
"Minister Su Xiaochen, thank Your Majesty for the reward." Lu Chen was stunned for a moment, and immediately thanked him.
A chime rings in my ears.
"Ding. Whether to accept the name change of Starfall City, Shengle City. ”
"Accept."
Lu Chen sighed, and suddenly understood in his heart, the reward became to change his original territory to an official territory, and then gave a general to protect the matter, and easily changed the name of his Starfall City, speechless in his heart.
Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty then withdrew from the main hall.
Lu Chen smiled bitterly, and said silently in his heart: I am a lord to be a general, alas, I also changed the name of my territory, which is a bit ridiculous, but if you think about it, it is good to be able to not die after offending Zhang Rang, and it is okay not to mention any reward.
Duhuhou is obviously better than the pavilion marquis of Zhenbianhou, although it is just a status symbol, but after all, in the entire Eastern Han Dynasty, Duhuhou is only one of himself, and Zhenbian Hou, it is just that Emperor Ling of Han is bored to give you one to play...
The next thing is to leave, Lu Chen is still familiar, but when he saw Pan Wentao, he couldn't help but shudder, this person is somewhat similar to the Pan Wenlong he killed last time......
Hehe!
I kind of got it.
Qi Tong is cheerful and enthusiastic, but he is also a friend, and several people introduced each other and left in a hurry.
Leaving the palace, Lu Chen returned to the inn and prepared to leave.
Outside the inn, a small yellow door ushered in, holding a holy decree in his hand, and when he saw Lu Chen, he immediately shouted: "General Su Xiaochen takes the order!" ”
"Chen Su Xiaochen takes the order!" Lu Chen twitched the corner of his mouth.
He secretly said in his heart: "Damn, why did the Holy Decree come at this time, it won't be Zhang Rang who wants to cure himself at this time!" ”
"By the order of His Majesty, Su Xiaochen, the general of the capital guard, was ordered to serve as the young farmer, and within ten days, he would collect 30 million quintals of grain for the imperial court, which would be used to replenish the empty grain depot of the imperial court without delay...... Those who disobey the order are beheaded. ”
"General Metropolitan Protection, please take the order."
Lu Chen was stunned.
"Commandment."
He slowly accepted the holy decree, and a progress bar for collecting grain appeared on the panel, and at this time, the little yellow gate had already left, Lu Chen sighed, and left Luoyang City with Gao Shun.
And at this time.
Lu Chen didn't know that there were already hundreds of martial artist assassins behind him, as well as several Inhuman armies, they were gathering, waiting for Lu Chen to walk out of Luoyang City.