"Is the emperor enlightened?"

In a trance, with a hint of chill, a familiar voice suddenly sounded beside Lu Chen.

He turned his head to look, and suddenly saw Gu Simiao looking at the big golden egg in front of him that was constantly shining brightly.

"What did you say to Your Majesty?"

Gu Simiao asked softly.

Lu Chen quickly reacted.

If there is such a big commotion, of course the people in Ziji City will not be unaware, and Gu Simiao, the big guy in the Unified Realm, is the strongest, and naturally he is the fastest.

At the palace gate behind Gu Simiao, some palace people who had just arrived were looking at them nervously, and then back, they saw a group of imperial guards clenching the blades in their hands with solemn expressions and rushing in.

Lu Chen waved his hand at them to reassure them, then rubbed his temples and said to Gu Simiao:

"It's not a special word, it's just that Your Majesty has an opportunity and just happens to be enlightened."

"Really?"

Gu Simiao narrowed her eyes and glanced at Lu Chen deeply.

Click...

At this moment, a crisp sound suddenly sounded on the surface of the golden egg, and a crack suddenly appeared on it.

Immediately after, a small white hand suddenly stretched out from the crack and pressed it on the golden eggshell, and then the little hand exerted slightly, and the crack instantly spread out in all directions, cracking.

Boom~

In the blink of an eye, in the countless spiderweb-like cracks, the golden egg was completely shattered, and quickly turned into a little starlight, swimming back and forth in mid-air.

"Lu Qing."

While the pillar of light slowly dissipated, the empress's voice sounded softly.

"I've broken through to the Realm of the Underworld."

As she spoke, she raised her head slightly, looking at Lu Chen not far away through the little brilliance that gradually dissipated in front of her, the corners of her mouth were slightly hooked on her pretty little face, and there was a bright smile in her eyes.

She just looked at Lu Chen so fixedly, that expression inexplicably gave Lu Chen a familiar sense of déjà vu.

Looking at the empress's little face that was gently raised slightly, Lu Chen couldn't help but complain in his heart:

Are you a primary school girl who asks for praise?

After a while, he shook his head secretly, shook off the inexplicable thoughts in his mind, and then bowed to the empress with Gu Simiao and the others.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty on your enlightenment."

The empress bowed slightly, then glanced at Gu Simiao slightly, and finally her gaze was still fixed on Lu Chen.

"Thanks to Lu Qing's earnest teachings, I was able to realize the Tao again in such a short period of time."

After a pause, without waiting for Lu Chen's humble response, she said directly:

"Proposed purpose, Lu Chen, the right attendant of the Ministry of Works, is a scholar and a sage...... From now on, Gawen Yuange has the title of bachelor, and can freely enter and leave the palace, participate in the government and political affairs, and accompany me to assist me in handling the government affairs. ”

When the words fell, everyone immediately looked at Lu Chen with envy and surprise.

They couldn't help but think of the situation when the dust settled on Xia Yan's case before, Lu Chen's direct astonishing words directly made the empress realize the Tao on the spot.

Last time, it may have been Lu Chen's luck, and those words just made the empress a chance, but now, in just over a month, he actually made the empress enlighten again.

This is not something that can be explained by luck......

As soon as he thought of this, Xiao Yun, Liu Dongyang and other high-ranking officials who had just arrived, and even Gu Simiao, who had already embarked on the path of returning to the immortals, looked at Lu Chen with a strange look in their eyes.

Especially Xiao Yun.

She thinks more than anyone else.

After all, Lu Chen had also helped her to achieve enlightenment, so that her cultivation, which had been stagnant for a long time, had directly broken through to a great realm.

Moreover, when he was in Yuzhou, Fu Huan, who was already a powerhouse in the Cave Void Realm, directly realized the Dao and broke through to the Unified Realm to cause the Heavenly Tribulation, and he also stayed with Lu Chen.

There are also a number of Xuanjiwei who were sent by Lu Chen to Yuzhou and Suizhou counties, and they also heard that some people have improved in cultivation one after another, as well as the commanders and servants of Yuzhou Wei and Sui Zhou Wei......

Unconsciously, there are many people who have intersected with Lu Chen, or who have listened to his teachings, and there are already many people who have made breakthroughs in enlightenment, and Xiao Yun felt that Lu Chen's evaluation of "pedantic celestials" in the will of the empress was not exaggerated at all because of favor.

Lu Chen and Lu Huaiyu definitely deserve this evaluation.

In the next second, a touching smile slowly appeared on Xiao Yun's face.

For the empress's decree and reward, Lu Chen subconsciously expressed his refusal, but the empress was extremely strong this time, and she insisted on shoehorning Lu Chen, one of the three pavilions that had been vacant for a long time and had the position of a university scholar.

Lu Chen thought about it and took it.

It's just a minister, and there is only five grades in the grade, and for him, who is now in the third grade, he is not promoted, but just an official, and it is up to the empress.

After enlightenment, in addition to cultivating to a strong power, cultivators need to find a quiet place to meditate as soon as possible in order to consolidate the realm they have just broken through.

This is clear to anyone who is a cultivator.

So everyone said goodbye and retreated, and the empress nodded and watched everyone leave.

However, her eyes were always focused on Lu Chen's back.

"Congratulations to Lu Shilang."

As soon as he walked to the gate of the Zichen Palace, Gu Simiao took the lead in congratulating Lu Chen, and then said to him with a smile:

"Lu Shilang's knowledge is so outstanding, if he has time in the future, he will often come to the door to disturb, listen to Lu Shilang's teachings, and maybe he can break through the shackles like His Majesty and seek the avenue."

Hearing these seemingly just polite words, Lu Chen didn't react, but the empress, who was just about to get up, frowned slightly imperceptibly.

Lu Chen shook his head and said softly: "The general is falsely praised, Your Majesty can enlighten the Tao, purely because Your Majesty has excellent understanding, the lower official is just lucky, just in time for his meeting, the lower official is only shallow in learning, and he should not be like this." ”

After a pause, Lu Chen continued:

"However, if the general intends to visit, the lower officials will definitely sweep the couch to greet him."

"Hehe......"

Receiving Lu Chen's response, Gu Simiao chuckled.

"Then it's settled."

But at this moment, Xiao Yun suddenly took a step and moved closer to Lu Chen, and at the same time, her lips opened lightly, and her gentle voice sounded slowly.

"Lu Shilang, since the Yuzhou incident, since you moved to Dongcheng, we haven't been together again, in two days it will be Mu Xiu, then I will come to visit, and I will sit down with you and talk about it."

As soon as these words came out, the empress narrowed her eyes inexplicably.

Lu Chen arched his hand towards Xiao Yun.

"It is the honor of the lower officials to come to the door to give teaching, and the lower officials are waiting for the master at any time."

Xiao Yun smiled.

"Lu Shilang doesn't have to be so restrained, you and I have worked together for a long time, and we have the friendship of sharing weal and woe, there is no need to care about the humility of the upper and lower levels, just be normal."

Lu Chen nodded yes.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Dongyang seemed to suddenly remember something, and suddenly said:

"Lu Shilang, the little girl has encountered a problem in her cultivation, she is so worried that she can't think about tea and dinner during this time, and everyone has lost a lot of weight, the old man sees it in her eyes, and she is anxious in her heart, but what she is confused about is the small way, the old man really doesn't know anything about it, Lu Shilang is a scholar, maybe he can solve the puzzles for the little girl, so if Lu Shilang has time, can he come to the old man's house to walk around?"

The moment the words fell, Liu Dongyang suddenly felt that the air around him was slightly heavier.

But in the next second, everything returned to its original state, as if the strange feeling just now was just his illusion.

Lu Chen was unaware of this, and in the face of Liu Dongyang's accosting, he naturally responded:

"Liu Shangshu has a saying, there is nothing wrong with the lower officials, but the lower officials are only shallow in learning, and they probably can't help Ling Ai, if it doesn't play any role at that time, please don't blame Liu Shangshu."

"Lu Shilang is kind enough to help the old man, whether it is successful or not, the old man owes Lu Shilang a favor, how can he blame him?"

Lu Chen nodded.

"That being the case, when the time is closed, the lower officials will go over."

"There's a squire of Lao Lu."

In a few words, Lu Chenmu's time arrangement was so determined.

At the same time, the golden brilliance surrounding the empress finally completely dissipated, and then the empress exhaled lightly, looking at the direction where Lu Chen and the others left, her beautiful eyes flowed slightly.

After a while, she slowly got up, and under the waiting of several palace people, she turned around and walked towards Ziwei Palace.

…………

Tianlan Province.

Qingyun Mansion, the backyard of the government.

"Uhh

With a scream, a burly man dressed as a general clutched his pierced chest and slowly fell to the ground.

Poof!

The blade was slammed out, and the blood splattered and landed on the blood-stained shirt of the sword-wielder.

"Li Heng ......"

The big man stared at the leopard's eyes, and his blood-red eyes stared at the green-shirted scribe in front of him, his eyes full of unwillingness and anger.

"You're... Betrayed the Holy Father... When that court eagle dog... You... You damn it!! ”

He subconsciously wanted to get up and smash the head of the green-shirted scribe named Li Heng with the golden gourd in his hand, but the vital point was penetrated, and his strength continued to fade with the fast-passing vitality.

And no matter how he cursed, Li Heng's complexion did not change in the slightest.

Just looked down at him with a blank face.

It wasn't until his vitality completely dissipated that Li Heng sighed softly, then squatted down, stretched out his hand, and gently closed the big man's wide eyes.

"Big... My lord..."

Two weak voices suddenly sounded behind him.

When he turned his head to look, he saw two women with blue noses and swollen faces on the bed not far away, clutching the bedding in their hands and looking at him with a look of horror.

"I... We're just... I was just caught by the thief... Captured miserable people... We are innocent, beg my lord... I beg you to let us go......"

As they spoke, they seemed to think of their own tragic experience, and they actually sobbed in low voices.

Li Heng shook his head.

"Don't worry, the Qingning Army has recaptured Qingyun Mansion, they won't hurt you, when they wipe out the thieves, the outside will be safe, and you can go by yourself when the time comes."

Hearing this, the two girls couldn't help but be stunned, and then showed ecstasy.

"Your Excellency... Are you a member of the imperial court? ”

Li Heng shook his head again, didn't say more, but cut off the big man's head with a sword, wrapped it in linen, and then got up directly, turned around and left here.

When I came outside, there was a noisy shout of killing.

A moment later, with the crisp sound of horses' hooves, the figures of Zhang Shiping, Su Shuang, Zhang Yu and others gradually appeared on the street corner not far away.

"General Zhang, General Su."

Li Heng raised the head in his hand.

"The thief Pan Sheng has been killed below, and the head is here."

"Good!"

Zhang Shiping laughed out loud and said loudly:

"Li Daxia is really strong in martial arts, and he killed the thief so quickly, with Li Daxia here, my Qingning Army will definitely be able to break through Nankang within a month, capture alive the anti-thief Yu Jiuyuan, and return the world to a peaceful and prosperous world!"

Hearing this, Li Heng had a complicated expression.

He was originally one of the ten holy generals under the Holy Father's Throne.

A month ago, the Holy Father sent Chai Hongyu and others to Yuzhou, preparing to take advantage of the flood to find an opportunity to take Yuzhou, and at the same time, just in case, he and some henchmen were also sent to the Tianmen Mountain Dam to ensure that the flood broke the embankment as scheduled.

However, after he saw the unity of Yuzhou Wei, Sui Zhouwei and the people, the army and the people, and felt the love between them, he couldn't afford to think badly.

Even against two Orthodox guards, they really didn't have much chance of destroying the dam.

After all, in the expectation of the Holy Prince, now that the imperial court is rotten, it may not pay attention to the water situation in Yuzhou, even if it can be managed, according to the practice of the imperial court, at most it will only send a big official over, and then levy labor to strengthen the dam.

Not to mention the slow efficiency of these servants, there are still a lot of loopholes, and there are a lot of opportunities.

Unexpectedly, the imperial court not only attached great importance to the water situation in Yuzhou, but also directly mobilized the famous strong troops of Qingningwei, Yuzhouwei and Suizhouwei, to do the errand that should have been done by the ignorant Qianshou, which completely broke the routine and caught them off guard.

Li Heng really didn't want to destroy this rare love of fish and water, and from the people of Yuzhou, he faintly saw the shadow of the coming prosperity.

Great Xia, after all, there is still no end to the number of gases.

And the rebel army commanded by the Holy Father, after having a solid territory and a foundation, became more and more unfamiliar to him.

is like Pan Sheng, who was killed by him just now.

Pan Sheng used to be a chivalrous man who was jealous and hateful, but now he ......

Thinking of the two women who had obviously suffered a lot of torture when he had just killed Pan Sheng, Li Heng felt a little emotional.

While thinking, Zhang Shiping slowly stepped forward.

Su Shuangdao: "Thanks to Li Daxia this time, if it weren't for Li Daxia's abandonment of the darkness and the light, not only extradition Yangpingguan for our army, but also help us open the city gate by fraud, how could we have made such a great achievement?" Li Daxia rest assured, when the Qingning Army returns to the dynasty with the master of the anti-chaos class, he will pay tribute to you, Your Majesty is a holy monarch and sage who is rare in a thousand years, and he will not treat you badly. ”

"yes."

Zhang Shiping nodded in agreement.

In this regard, Li Heng responded indifferently: "The kindness of the two generals has been received in my heart, but the glory and wealth are not what I want, and the court is not for the glory of the first generation, but so that good officials like the two generals can be in a high position, like the people of Yuzhou, for the benefit of the world." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Shiping's expression suddenly turned grim.

In his mind, the teachings he received when he got along with Lu Chen before resurfaced.

Governor Lu, the true countryman also!

If it weren't for Lu Chen's love for the people and forcing them to fulfill their responsibilities as soldiers of Great Xia, how could a righteous man with a conscience like Li Heng stand up and help them put down the chaos?

If the rebellion can be successfully quelled this time, Governor Lu should be the first to take the credit!

(End of chapter)