Deserted state, desert sky city.

Castle Lord's Mansion.

Click......

With a crisp sound, the teacup in Gu Simiao's hand suddenly collapsed, and then in the blink of an eye, it was covered with countless tiny cracks, and finally completely shattered into countless crumbs with a "bang", which were spread on the table.

A blue butterfly flapped its wings about an inch from her left eye.

Looking at the butterfly in front of her, she suddenly opened her mouth slightly for some reason, and a different meaning inexplicably appeared in her slightly condensed eyes.

On weekdays, she is always unprosperous and like a fairy, but at this time, she is full of fireworks in the world.

Silver-white hair swayed back and forth in the breeze, and the black headband swayed with it.

Under the snow-like white clothes, as the breath became longer, the ups and downs of the chest became more and more obvious.

It took a while before I calmed down completely.

After a while, Gu Simiao suddenly stood up, and with a wave of her hand, the blue butterfly instantly turned into a little brilliance and gradually disappeared into the air.

"Cangyue, Xuanfeng."

She whispered outside.

In the next second, a rush of footsteps came, and two figures, a man and a woman, dressed in light armor, appeared in front of Gu Simiao and bowed.

"What does the general command?"

Gu Simiao took his hand and said solemnly: "Pass on the commander's order, call all the generals of all the guards with more than 1,000 households to go to the Xuanxin City City Lord's Mansion immediately, in addition, immediately open the Tianxing Great Array, and order Wushuang Wei, Yonghewei, and Bai Yuwei to march at full speed, rush to Xuanqing Pass and Tianyu Pass, and guard the main roads everywhere, so that Shenwuwei commands Bao He to lead 50,000 armor soldiers to the south, and Tianwuwei commands Chen Qing to ......."

A series of arrangements came out of her cherry little mouth.

Hearing these orders, the faces of the two became more and more solemn.

After Gu Simiao finished speaking, Cangyue hesitated slightly, but still reminded loudly: "General, such a large-scale mobilization of soldiers and horses, plus the arrangement of twelve heaven-level arrays...... Thousands of miles to expedite and arrange the spirit stones, seals, and talismans needed to arrange the large array......"

Gu Simiao reached into her arms and took out a spirit key from her arms.

"Don't worry, Ben will be prepared."

Seeing that spirit key, Xuan Feng's eyes suddenly widened.

"General, that's not what you're going to ...... with"

"No need."

Gu Simiao said indifferently.

"Solve the formation inside, and take out all the spirit stones, runes and other things."

Hearing this, the two couldn't help but look at each other.

After the two of them were ordered to leave, Gu Simiao walked to the window unhurriedly, looked at the snowfall outside the window, clenched her fists slightly, and her eyes gradually lost focus.

…………

After being released from the prison, hundreds of members of the Gu family all felt a sense of happiness for the rest of their lives.

Only once in the prison, exposed to the rotten breath inside, and the despair that permeates the seemingly never-ending cries of grievances and begs for mercy, can you truly feel how beautiful the outside world is.

The one who was responsible for passing on the empress's edict to release them was none other than Xuanji Wei Qianhu, Zhu Yong, who had arrested them in the heavenly prison before.

Looking at the group of Gu family members who hugged each other and cried with joy as soon as they came out of the prison, he took out his ears with some impatience.

"Okay, don't cry here, cry and go home."

As soon as Zhu Yong, a five-year-old and three-thick, meaty-faced star, opened his mouth, all the Gu family members immediately stopped crying.

There is no way, he has been supervised by Zhu Yong during this time, and he is a little out of line, he is either beaten or scolded, and the ruthlessness without scruples casts a rich shadow on everyone's hearts, and they are afraid when they see him.

Especially Mrs. Gu, when she saw that Zhu Yong was impatient, she immediately hesitated and didn't dare to speak again.

Gu Yanming was not afraid of Zhu Yong, and when everyone subconsciously took two steps back, he stepped forward, saluted Zhu Yong, and then said calmly: "Zhu Qianhu, dare to ask which adult pleaded with His Majesty for us?" ”

Zhu Yong shrugged.

"Who else could it be? That loyal and righteous Lu is in trouble, apart from him and the Holy King, who else in the entire Luojing can save you now? ”

As he spoke, he pursed his lips inexplicably.

Hearing this, Gu Yanming couldn't help but be stunned.

After staying in the capital for a while, he naturally understands Lu Chen, a man who has become the emperor's favorite minister with his enthusiasm.

If you want to say admiration, there are some, but not to the point of reverence, after all, in his eyes, Lu Chen is not trusted by the emperor because of his merits and ability, but he just made the most correct choice at the right time.

To put it simply, it's a shit luck.

Most of these people are "prosperous and dead", and there is nothing to care about.

If there was no such thing, with Gu Yan's experience of knowing the destiny of heaven, he would definitely stay away from Lu Chen, and the well water would not interfere with the river water.

But now, when their Gu family was in danger, the other party reached out and pulled them.

Although it did not let their Gu family completely escape, it at least gave them a chance to live.

That's a lot of favor.

Gu Yanming immediately asked, "That Lu gave the matter...... Why is he helping us? ”

Zhu Yong yawned and said boredly: "Count your fate, your precious daughter once saved Lu Qi's life when he was young."

Hearing this, Gu Yanming was stunned at first, and then frowned inexplicably.

And the Zhao family on the side was bright.

Zhu Yong said again: "Lu Zhishi has always been a person who knows how to repay his kindness, at the beginning, in order to repay His Majesty's kindness, he dared to stand up alone and be loyal to His Majesty when the power of the demon queen was in power, and now it is the same, in order to repay your daughter for saving her life back then, he did not hesitate to protect your daughter with his life and his life, which made His Majesty change his mind and temporarily spare Er and others, otherwise, at three o'clock in the afternoon the day after tomorrow, it will be the time when Er and others' heads fall to the ground." ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhao's face suddenly showed ecstasy.

She opened her mouth and wanted to ask Zhu Yong something, but Gu Yanming suddenly stepped forward and arched his hand towards Zhu Yong.

"Thank you Zhu Qianhu for informing me, Ben Hou has thanked me here, if there is a chance in the future, Ben Hou will personally come to thank you."

In response to these polite words, Zhu Yong's face looked a little better, and he was no longer as impatient as Fang Cai.

He first glanced at the Zhao family, and then said indifferently: "Although Lu Zhishi knows how to repay his kindness, he has always been fair and dedicated to the public, he will not beg His Majesty to let you go because of his personal feelings, but just ask Your Majesty not to embarrass the Gu family before there is real evidence, if Gu Simiao really betrays the court, your ending will be the same as the original." ”

"All over the house, even the nine clans."

Hearing this, Gu Yanming's complexion did not change in the slightest, but the Zhao family and the relatives of the Gu family turned pale, obviously frightened by Zhu Yong's words.

After Zhu Yong finished speaking, he didn't say anything more, and asked Gu Yanming to sign the document after confirming that he turned around and left.

After Zhu Yong left, the Zhao family approached Gu Yanming and said softly: "Husband, this Lu Shi may be the last hope of our Gu family." ”

Gu Yanming didn't say a word.

Zhao thought he didn't understand what he meant, and said, "Didn't Zhu Yong say it?" Your Majesty is extremely trusting of the land, and his holy family is comparable to the Holy King of Cangming who helped His Majesty seize power, and his words can even affect the holy will, and Miao'er has saved his life, as long as we take the initiative and persuade him to intercede for us in front of His Majesty."

"You guys go back first."

Without waiting for Zhao to finish speaking, a look of impatience and boredom flashed in Gu Yanming's eyes, and then he suddenly took a step forward and walked forward.

"I'll go to Lu's house."

Hearing him say this, although Zhao was a little dissatisfied with his actions, his eyes still flashed, and he said excitedly: "Husband, wait for me, I will go with you." ”

"No need."

His pace did not pause, and even quickened considerably.

"It's better that you don't listen to some words."

The moment the words fell, his figure disappeared around the corner.

Just when the waves of Luo Jing were rising.

Thousands of miles away in Yuzhou, under a series of actions such as Lu Chen's repatriation of labor, relief of the people, transfer of troops to control water, killing corrupt officials, and rebellious kings, Yuzhou, which was originally a poor livelihood, was becoming more and more peaceful at this time, as if a prosperous era was coming.

Zhao Ping, the former governor of Yuzhou, and his comrades were all taken down by Xuanjiwei and Yu and Suizhouwei, who were sent by Xiao Yun to reinforce them, because of the murder of Lu Chen, the governor of the former two prefectures, and the empty warehouse case involving the three provinces of Qingjiang, together with those wealthy families who dared to stretch out their hands to the official warehouse, and escorted to the capital.

Under the anger of the empress, she didn't care about the law at all, and directly ordered all the officials involved in this case, especially the officials who participated in the attack on Lu Chen, and the principals of the wealthy family to be killed, and the rest of the people were all reduced to slavery.

There is no room for negotiation at all.

Only a small number of large families whose crimes were relatively minor or not involved in the case, as well as small and medium-sized families who were not qualified to participate in this gluttonous feast, survived the catastrophe.

Most of the grain, grass, spirit stones and other materials transferred by them were also recovered, and then used to fill the official warehouse and compensate the local people.

As the "nobles" who were rampant and domineering and bullied men and women on weekdays fled one by one, and died, the people finally realized that the sky in Yuzhou had finally changed completely.

Yuzhou, where they have lived all their lives, is finally going to clear the clouds and see the blue sky!

Then they no longer resisted Xuanjiwei's relief, and whenever Xuanjiwei came with food, they greeted him with a smile, and then without waiting for Xuanjiwei to send food, they bowed to him and thanked him for a thousand thanks.

Some well-intentioned people with tasks spared no effort to publicize Lu Chen's deeds in Yuzhou, so that countless people in Yuzhou remembered the name of this benefactor who brought them hope.

For a time, hundreds of thousands of people set up immortal tablets for Lu Chen at home.

At this time, next to the dam of the Tianmen River.

More than 20,000 soldiers from Yuzhouwei and Suizhouwei are working hard to strengthen the Tianmen River dam, which has completely stopped the decline, and keep the increasingly turbulent flood water out.

Under the circumstance that all the manpower, material and financial resources are sufficient, the time, place and people are favorable, the progress of the project is surprisingly fast, and most of the progress has been completed in just ten days, and it will be completely completed in ten years.

About an hour later, the soldiers went to the point of shift, one by one tired with sore backs, rubbed their shoulders, followed behind Zhang Shiping, the commander of Yuzhou Wei, and walked towards the place where the military camp was located.

Although they were very tired, there was not much dissatisfaction on their faces, but a kind of joy and happiness.

"The military master has worked hard!"

As soon as they left the construction area, thousands of people who had been waiting outside for an unknown amount of time trotted over with all kinds of food and handed them to the guards with smiles on their faces.

Looking at all kinds of melons and fruits, soup porridge and other snacks in front of them, and feeling the love of the people from the bottom of their hearts, everyone only felt that the fatigue on their bodies was swept away, and at the same time, a scorching power inexplicably gushed out from their bodies, constantly impacting the meridians of the body.

The blood was tumbling in his heart, and an inexplicable emotion came up.

Some warriors even had a faint feeling that they were about to break through.

At this moment, they seemed to have inexhaustible strength, and their bodies stood up straight, instinctively not wanting to be seen by the people as tired and embarrassed.

Including Zhang Shiping, a commander from a family of generals.

But Lao Zhang is used to being serious, as if his face is paralyzed, he has a stinky face all day long, and he doesn't fake colors to anyone.

Even when he took the gruel handed over by the people, he only nodded slightly, thanked him expressionlessly, and didn't say anything more.

Ordinary people are scared away just by seeing his bear-like physique and stinky face, how dare they be presumptuous in front of him?

Don't even dare to say a word.

But these people are different.

Not only did they not stay far away, but they came close and watched Zhang Shiping drink porridge with a smile on their faces.

This happy situation of the army and the people, I can't find a few places in the entire Great Xia, but it just appeared in the Qingning Army, which has always been known for its unruliness.

After Zhang Shiping finished drinking the gruel, an old man with a rickety figure and white hair suddenly walked over, and then fell to his knees suddenly, and said in a hoarse voice: "General Zhang, Xiaomin, on behalf of all the villagers, wants to ask the general for something, and I hope the general will agree."

Hearing this, Zhang Shiping's big hand holding the bowl tightened slightly.

"Boss, get up first, you will make Ben lose his life like this, what is there to stand and say."

The old man stood up tremblingly with the support of the two men.

A group of soldiers noticed the strangeness here and looked at it one after another.

Zhang Yu walked over slowly, stood behind Zhang Shiping, looked at the people in front of him who wanted to speak and stopped, and his sword eyebrows couldn't help frowning slightly.

Then, without waiting for him to think about it, the old man said in a trembling voice: "General, since the Governor entered Yu, he has not only gotten rid of those damned corrupt officials and corrupt officials and the wealthy families who oppressed the good, but also returned all the money and food they had won by their greed for ink and clever exploitation to me and other small people, and even gave a lot of compensation. ”

"Everyone's life is a lot better, and the days are finally hopeful, the imperial court treats us and other people so kindly, and sends a good official like the governor to Yuzhou to seek happiness for us, how can we not give up our lives to repay each other?"

Hearing this, Zhang Shiping's eyes couldn't help but widen suddenly, and Zhang Yu on the side also showed surprise on his face.

After a while, I don't know what came to mind, and a look of shame flashed inexplicably in Zhang Yu's blazing eyes.

At this time, the old man bowed down again: "This matter of water control has always been the labor that our people should obey, but the court is benevolent and righteous, Your Majesty loves the people like a son, and Governor Lu cherishes the people's strength, knowing that I and other people of Yuzhou are not having a good time, and there is no oil and water in my stomach, so that I can wait to do heavy work is to let me wait to die, so that the military masters can do what we and other people should do. ”

"And before that, when I was hungry and cold, not only did you not force me to work hard, but gave us money and food to send us back to the village, if it weren't for the benevolence and righteousness of your military masters, I am afraid that I would have starved to death, old man, I don't know any big truth, but whoever is good to me, I should repay it twice, and ask the general for permission, let me and others contribute to the water control!"

The hoarse but heavy voice fell, and the people fell to their knees almost at the same time.

"Please allow the general to let me and others contribute to the matter of water control!"

"Please allow the General"

More than 1,000 people shouted at the same time, and the chorus of petitions crashed on the shore like a stormy wave, smashing heavily into the hearts of all the soldiers around them.

The people took the initiative to petition to obey the labor service, just to reduce the burden on the government.

This kind of story, which mostly only exists in the script, actually happened in front of their eyes!

And the protagonists are still them!

Everyone's heartbeat accelerated suddenly, and their blood surged.

Especially the few Qianhu and Changyu who followed Zhang Shiping, as well as the dozens or hundreds of officials and general banners who were closer, and even Zhang Shiping himself, their breathing became inexplicably heavy.

In their minds, the words that Lu Chen had said before inexplicably echoed.

"The people are like water, the army is like fish, water can be without fish, but fish cannot live without water."

"As the so-called grace of dripping water, when the spring gushes to repay each other, you are favored by the people, if you don't want to repay the people, what is the difference between it and the beast?"

Military and civilian fish and water conditions!

Rumble!

It was like a thunderclap flashed in my head.

At this moment, they only felt that the hot blood in their bodies began to boil rapidly.

In the spiritual veins, a powerful force continued to pour in, rapidly widening the spiritual wall, increasing the flow speed of spiritual power, and also increasing the spiritual power that could be contained by a level in an instant.

(End of chapter)