Luojing, Tai Chi Temple.

Morning.

"Your Majesty."

Zheng Zhong, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, was the first to stand up and raised his voice: "Gu Simiao, in the name of the Peerless Pillar Country, openly supports the remnants of the Demon Queen, and even sent the Cangling Army to attack Suzhou and other places, obviously it has completely betrayed the imperial court, according to the laws of Great Xia, the crime of rebellion is a major crime of the Zhulian Nine Clans, please immediately kill Gu Simiao's Gu family, with the national law!" ”

As soon as the words fell, more than a dozen officials of the Criminal Department behind him spoke at the same time.

"Please Your Majesty to punish the Gu family and use the national law!"

The Criminal Department stood up in unison to ask for the order, which was completely expected by others, and Fang Ping, Liu Dongyang and other bigwigs were not surprised at all.

They didn't say anything right away, they just looked at the empress on the jade ladder with expressionless faces.

After a group of court officials from the Criminal Department stood up, the court officials led by Zhao Bingliang of Dali Temple also followed, showing their support for Zheng Zhong and asking the empress for advice together.

The empress's face turned cold, she looked around at the courtiers of the two judicial departments below, and said angrily: "Wait... Do you want me to become a shameless villain who doesn't keep my word? ”

Hearing this, Zheng Zhong and the others suddenly sank in their hearts.

So far, does Your Majesty still want to defend Lu Chen...

"Weichen doesn't dare!"

Zheng Zhong bowed heavily, first confessed, and then continued: "It's just that if you don't deal with the Gu family as soon as possible, you will deter people from riding on the wall and watching from all over the world......"

"No, it's just."

The empress said coldly: "I said, within fifteen days, no matter what happens in the barren state, I will not embarrass the Gu family. I have the mandate of heaven, which represents the justice of the court, if I have no faith in my words and lose my faith, how will the subjects of the world view me? For the sake of those young people who are loyal to the demon queen and have antipathy, damage my virtue, isn't this a big loss because of a small loss? ”

"Zheng Zhong, what is your intention to advise me like this?!"

In the end, the heavy words made Zheng Zhong and the others break out in a cold sweat in an instant.

"Your Majesty forgives your sins!"

solemnly hurriedly knelt on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "It's Wechen's inconsiderate thought, failure to distinguish the pros and cons, and almost caused a catastrophe, fortunately, Your Majesty is wise and martial, and did not adopt Wechen's advice, otherwise Wechen will be to blame!" ”

The others also fell to their knees and begged the empress for forgiveness.

The empress snorted coldly.

"Remember, there's no next time."

If it weren't for the fact that he had just taken charge of the court, and now that the court was short of talents, almost all the courtiers who were persecuted by Empress Dowager Zhao and driven out of the court had been called back, and there was really no one available, and Zheng Zhong's ability was quite passable, otherwise she really wanted to drive this goods out of the court.

Hearing this, the courtiers immediately breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your forgiveness."

"Get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Everyone stood up one after another, and a look of joy flashed in their eyes at the same time.

Unexpectedly, after Gu Simiao clearly rebelled, Lu Chen, who did everything to vouch for her, still had such a holy family.

There's no sign of falling out of favor at all...

And Lu Chen himself didn't react to this at all, looking at his nose and nose, and he had no intention of opening his mouth at all.

The attitude of the empress yesterday was already obvious, and it was almost impossible for these little shrimps to jump out and attack him at this time.

It's just useless, there's nothing to care about.

After Zheng Zhong and the others retreated in embarrassment, in front of the jade steps, a middle-aged man dressed in a third-grade official robe with a dignified appearance stood up in a place that was extremely close to Yan Song, who was now the only remaining pavilion elder and was also the first assistant of the dynasty.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has something to do."

As soon as he spoke, Baiguan's face suddenly turned pale.

And what can make them react like this, except for the three pavilions, there is only one department-

Officials.

And this time it was the left waiter of the Ministry of Officials, Ye Sheng.

The empress turned her head, looked at him, and said indifferently: "Ye Aiqing, please speak." ”

Ye Sheng arched his hand towards the empress and said solemnly: "Weichen impeached Fang Yu, the temporary acting county commander of Ping County, Yuzhou, Lu Fang, the temporary acting county commander of Wuyuan County, and Lin Feng, the temporary acting county commander of Qingping County, and other thirteen acting county commanders who acted misbehaving in various counties and disrupting the people's livelihood. ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked.

After a while, a group of courtiers subconsciously looked at Lu Chen, who was standing behind the hundred officials.

Those acting county orders in Yuzhou were all forcibly promoted by Lu Chen with the supreme authority of the Sword of the Extreme Dao when he was the governor of the two states, if they were really as unbearable as Ye Sheng said, Lu Chen who promoted them was also responsible.

Although this trouble is nothing to him, if it is not good, it will affect the empress's favor.

The empress frowned, and did not speak immediately, but looked at Lu Chen.

But when Lu Chen heard this, he was in good spirits.

He raised his head and looked at the upright middle-aged man not far away, his hands under his sleeves clenched slightly.

Hard!

The fist is hard!

"Dare to ask Ye Shilang."

Without a trace of hesitation, Lu Chen stood up directly and said with a serious face: "What did Fang Yu and Lin Feng do in the counties, and how did they do anything wrong and disrupt people's livelihood?" And who accuses them of virtue? ”

Ye Sheng turned his head, glanced at Lu Chen, and said indifferently: "Lu Zhishi suspects that the official slandered them?" ”

He is not very afraid of Lu Chen, a righteous gentleman who is obviously favored by the empress, but never forms a party and bullies for personal gain, and is a little perverted.

Anyway, as long as you take advantage of reason, have a clear conscience, and work for the public, this kind of real gentleman has nothing to fear.

"Nope."

Lu Chen said without humility or arrogance: "I just want to figure out all the ins and outs of the matter, so as not to blame the good people, after all, they are teaching and pulling them up with one hand, and they are considered to be the protégés of the next, and their character and ability are clear in the next, and I don't believe that they will do this after becoming the parents of the counties." ”

"Heh... That being the case, the official said it well, let His Majesty and all his colleagues see how ridiculous Lu Zhishi's protégé you trust, as a county parent official in Yuzhou counties, to see if this official has wronged them. ”

As he spoke, he suddenly reached into his arms and slowly took out a few scrolls from his arms.

Then he asked the empress, and after the empress nodded, he opened the scroll.

In the next second, with a burst of spiritual power floating, a curtain of light suddenly flew out of the scroll, and finally suspended in the shadow transmission circle engraved on an incomparably smooth wall on the right side of the Taiji Palace, turning into a picture-like picture in front of everyone.

"Huh?"

After seeing the scene in the image clearly, except for Lu Chen, everyone couldn't help but be stunned.

And at the same time that Lu Chen ushered in new troubles.

Wasteland, within the Tianyu Pass.

"General!"

The commander of the guard who was in charge of guarding this place made Tang Ping's face look a little strange as Gu Simiao suddenly appeared not far away, and his right hand was subconsciously placed on the handle of the knife on his waist.

"Why are you here?"

"Huh"

Gu Simiao smiled coldly.

"Ben Shuai wants to come over and see how the betrayer guarded Tianyu Pass."

With that, the majestic spiritual power in her body exploded violently.

“！”

Tang Ping panicked, and instinctively wanted to draw his knife.

And yet—

Click

With a tooth-aching crisp sound, a biting chill suddenly appeared from under his feet, which spread throughout his body in an instant.

Before he could react, the whole person was frozen into an ice sculpture.

Boom!

Gu Simiao suddenly pulled out the long sword that was all crystal clear, and walked towards Tang Ping, who had been completely frozen, under the gaze of a group of frightened guards with an expressionless face.

In the face of the terrifying coercion of the powerhouses of the One Realm, although Tang Ping's personal guards had the intention to block it, their feet were as if they had been filled with lead, and they couldn't move at all.

In the end, he could only watch Gu Simiao walk up to Tang Ping and cut down with a sword mercilessly.

Rumble!

The ice sculpture was torn into countless pieces in an instant.

The crushed ice that fell to the ground was covered with boiling blood.

And with Gu Simiao, who was supposed to appear on the battlefield of Suzhou to fight against the Holy King of Cangming, appeared in this Xiongguan, which had been controlled by the Empress Dowager Zhao and had always been used to defend against foreign races, the real war in Huangzhou was completely started at this moment.

(End of chapter)