"Uh-huh."

With a low groan, Lu Chen slowly opened his eyes.

"Huaiyu!"

As soon as consciousness returned, a voice of surprise sounded beside him.

"You're awake."

The voice was familiar, obviously an acquaintance.

The moment his gaze recovered, a pair of red eyes as hot as flames appeared in Lu Chen's gaze, looking at him steadily.

"Chai girl?"

His consciousness quickly cleared up, and he directly recognized the person in front of him.

It is the former rebel general, who was influenced by him a year ago, and now has become his personal guard and hardcore follower, Xuanji Wei Qianhu, Chai Hongyu.

Chai Hongyu answered, and then helped Lu Chen to get up.

Lu Chen leaned on the bed, rubbing his somewhat swollen head, and asked, "Miss Chai, why are you here?" ”

Chai Hongyu said softly: "The imperial court already knows about the affairs of Xingping County, and His Majesty sent Xiao Ge Lao to preside over the overall situation, find out about this matter and restore the people's livelihood as soon as possible."

Hearing this, Lu Chen's memory began to recover, and the scenes that happened in Xingping County quickly came into his mind.

Finally, it is frozen in the scene of tens of thousands of people in the food town, smiling and gradually disappearing in the pillar of light.

Without waiting for Chai Hongyu to finish speaking, Lu Chen took a deep breath.

"Miss Chai, how long has the official been in a coma?"

Chai Hongyu said honestly: "Three days." ”

"It's been three days."

Lu Chen groaned, and then asked, "The official's food is gone, is it?" ”

Chai Hongyu was silent for a moment, then nodded slightly.

"According to the current investigation of Xuan Jiwei, the thieves attacked dozens of villages, including Dashi Village and Liujia Village, and killed more than 17,000 villagers. Except for the five hundred and twelve people who happened to go out and escaped, the others. None of them are alive. ”

Not only that, but in order to refine their grievances, those demons used extremely cruel methods to kill people.

However, Chai Hongyu concealed this.

Lu Chen had just woken up, and his body had not yet recovered, so it was better not to stimulate him at this time.

And Chai Hongyu didn't want Lu Chen to know about it.

Hearing this, Lu Chen's eyes suddenly darkened.

"Yes."

Although he didn't care much about his fiefdom, he still knew the general name and location of the village and the population, and those demons attacked a large area centered on his fiefdom.

It is likely that it was not enough to slaughter his fiefdom, so he slaughtered the surrounding villages again, collecting remnant souls and refining spirit puppets for the sake of disaster in the world.

As soon as he thought of this, Lu Chen felt that there was a block in his chest, which made him a little breathless.

Although the people who were killed did not blame him for their miserable experience, they did not have the slightest resentment towards him, but only blamed this cannibalistic world.

But because of this, he felt even more heavy.

Whether it is the death of the villagers of Gou'er Village and Qu'er Village, or Chai Hongyu's childhood experience, or the misfortune of the people in Shiyi, they all tell how cruel this world is.

It was so cruel that the people thought that death was a relief, and he was worshiped as a saint just by doing what an official should do.

Tick

Thinking of what he had come into contact with, the true appearance of this world, a few drops of cold sweat quietly slipped down Lu Chen's cheeks and landed on the incomparably soft cloud brocade, and suddenly a pile of water stains appeared.

There is indeed a world of enlightenment and ascension, martial arts, and those who become immortals will also leave legends of immortals for future generations to talk about.

But hidden behind this desirable immortal path is the wailing and accumulation of bones that countless ordinary people without power can hardly be noticed.

Battles in the court, evil cultivators seeking the way, demons and demons, natural disasters and spiritual disasters, foreign military disasters, the appearance of the great demons, turmoil in the court, corrupt officials and officials, the unkind of powerful people, and the tyrants of faint kings. All of these are almost a catastrophe for the common people, and in this world of supreme power, ordinary people struggle to survive, how difficult it is.

Even if the body dies, the soul may be mutilated and it will be difficult to enter samsara.

Although this world is huge, at least more than ten times the size of Blue Star, and the Great Xia Dynasty is also a vast and huge empire, there is almost no place for the weak to stand?

Great power belongs to the individual, good and evil are all in the preference of the strong, and even between thoughts, for ordinary people, how sad it is.

"Huaiyu, don't think about it."

Seeing Lu Chen's different complexion, Chai Hongyu said softly: "It's not your fault in this matter, it's those thieves who are mad and implicate innocent people, besides, you have tried your best to preserve their souls, so that they can have a good home in their lives. ”

"If it's too late for them to thank you, how can they complain against you? There is no resentment, and there is no way to talk about guilt, Huaiyu, you are not ashamed, why bother with this? They are in heaven, and they don't want Huaiyu to blame yourself so much, right? ”

"Besides, this is very likely to be the enemy's purpose, Huaiyu, how can you fall for those traitors?"

Lu Chen smiled bitterly in his heart, shook his head and said nothing.

What he is entangled with is not only what happened to the people of Shiyi.

Rather, if they don't blame him, can he let this matter turn the page in his life with peace of mind?

After a moment, Chai Hongyu glanced at the water cup next to her.

"Huaiyu, are you thirsty? I'll pour you some water. ”

"Well, thank you."

Lu Chen's voice was rather hoarse.

Lying down for three days, how could he not be thirsty? My throat was almost dry.

After taking the water handed over by Chai Hongyu and drinking it in one gulp, Lu Chen looked around, and then said, "Where is this?" ”

"Longxing Inn, the most famous inn in Xingping County."

Chai Hongyu responded: "The county government has been destroyed by the half-demon to the point of not being presentable, and His Royal Highness the Holy King has arranged for you to heal here." ”

Hearing Chai Hongyu mention the Saint King, Lu Chen suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly asked, "By the way, what about Miss Gu?" How is she? ”

This time Xingping County was attacked, and the people in the county were saved, all thanks to Gu Simiao, it is not an exaggeration to say that she is the life-saving benefactor of the people in the county, Lu Chen remembers very clearly that before he fell into a coma, Gu Simiao was covered in blood, her face was languid, and she looked crumbling.

This girl is obviously working so hard for his Dao, otherwise she, a martial arts cultivator, would not have had to go to the troubled waters at all, let alone take such a big risk to fight to the death when the situation is extremely unfavorable, and even did not hesitate to show the demon clan holy relics that were not tolerated by the world.

How could he forget such a friendship?

Chai Hongyu's brows furrowed slightly.

In the past three days, she also learned about this matter from the Holy King, and when she saw that Lu Chen's face had a rare look of eagerness, her good-looking brows suddenly frowned in an imperceptible arc.

"Miss Gu is fine, and she has used the power of Suzaku to stabilize her injuries."

Speaking of this, she hesitated inexplicably for a moment, and then gritted her silver teeth and continued: "When I return to Beijing in the future, Miss Gu will be able to recover after careful recuperation." ”

Lu Chen didn't notice the strange look on her face, and when he heard her say this, he immediately breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

"yes. It's okay. ”

To be honest, Gu Simiao's desperate posture at that time, as well as the continuous collapse of his body, really scared him, if this is not good, what sequelae will be left, he will not want to be at ease in his life.

Putting the water glass aside, Lu Chen said again: "Thanks to Miss Chai, otherwise if Miss Gu makes any mistakes, she will be guilty of a great crime." ”

You're sinful right now, in every sense of the word.

Chai Hongyu sighed secretly in her heart.

"Don't say that, this is what you should do, Miss Gu was injured for the people of Xingping County, such a benevolent and righteous person, even if she has never met Miss Gu in Xia, she will not ignore it, not to mention that she is also acquainted with Miss Gu."

This is true.

The reason why Chai Hongyu followed Lu Chen was because she admired Lu Chen's benevolence and righteousness when he was the governor of the two states, so she did not hesitate to sacrifice her life to save Lu Chen from danger.

Although Lu Chen was bent on dying at that time, he almost didn't greet her ancestors for the eighteenth generation after being rescued by her.

It's the same now, Gu Simiao saved the people of the city, such a benevolent and righteous person, Chai Hongyu has always admired her, but for some reason, she can't treat Gu Simiao like she did to Lu Chen.

Lu Chen smiled and didn't say anything more.

This is the topic of debunking.

"By the way, Miss Chai, you were specially sent by His Majesty to escort Lord Xiao to preside over the overall situation, right? What about Lord Xiao? ”

Chai Hongyu shook her head.

"Huaiyu, you misunderstood, this time I came here, not to escort Xiao Ge Lao, but to escort His Majesty to Xingping County, and the next mission is not to act as Xiao Ge Lao's guard, there has always been only one mission."

"Huh?"

Lu Chen's mind didn't turn around at once.

After a moment, his eyes suddenly widened.

"Miss Chai, what did you just say? Are you escorting Your Majesty over? ”

Chai Hongyu nodded.

Lu Chen was shocked.

"Your Majesty is here?!"

"Hmm."

Chai Hongyu replied with a complicated expression, and then added: "Actually, Your Majesty has been taking care of you for the past two days, using the power of the Extreme Dao Sword to recover your injuries, three hours ago, Your Majesty's spiritual power was exhausted, and your injuries have almost recovered, so she went back to her room to rest with peace of mind." ”

In this turmoil in Xingping County, Lu Chen was not the only one who was injured.

Gu Simiao was the one who was most seriously injured, but only Chai Hongyu had the power of Vermilion Bird, so Jiang Chengwan asked Chai Hongyu to heal Gu Simiao, while she took care of Lu Chen with her own hands.

Hearing Chai Hongyu say this, Lu Chen's expression moved slightly.

This little empress really has nothing to say to him.

The matter of Xingping County just reached Luojing, and she put aside the government affairs and came all the way to visit and take care of him

Gentleman's grace is like the sea.

To be honest, Lu Chen felt deserved.

After all, his initial manipulations were not for the empress, but by mistake fulfilled his loyal and unparalleled character, and became the white moonlight who had a fight with the Holy King of Cangming in the empress's mind, not only unconditionally trusted and supported all his ideas, but also regarded him as a close friend, and almost did not set any defenses against him.

There is a ghost situation in his heart, and the better the empress treats him, the more he feels uncomfortable now.

Even with the road to seeking immortals, there was confusion.

Shaking his head, Lu Chen shook off the distracting thoughts in his mind, and then frowned and said, "How can Your Majesty be so nonsense!" ”

"Now is an eventful time, how can Your Majesty not preside over the overall situation in the capital? The affairs of the world converge in Beijing, especially those important government affairs once delayed, the losses caused are incalculable, how can you ignore government affairs for the next person? ”

As a direct minister, even if he doesn't work in the six sections, he still has to speak out.

"Don't worry, Huaiyu."

Chai Hongyu obviously expected that Lu Chen would say this, and directly explained to Jiang Chengwan: "The affairs of the DPRK and China, Your Majesty has all arranged them before leaving, with Lord Fang, Lord Liu and Elder Wu Ge here, and Commander Fu in charge, and the elite of Xuanjiwei has not left Beijing, there will be no problems in the short term." ”

Hearing this, Lu Chen's eyes relaxed slightly.

It's good to have Fu Huan here.

After all, this girl is not only extremely strong now, but also has a very high political literacy, and she is a civil and military all-rounder in the real sense of "Wen can lift the pen to calm the world, and Wu can go to the horse to determine the world", when she is in the holy realm, if the holy king is not in the court, sometimes she is in charge of the country.

To be honest, it's a bit of a humiliation to let her go to be the head of the secret service.

But there is no way, no matter how awesome she is, in the end, she is the high-level of the Cangming Holy Realm, and she is a guest qing, so Jiang Chengwan did not put her at the core decision-making level of the Great Xia Empire.

In Lu Chen's opinion, it was not that Fu Huan's ability was not enough, but that her identity restricted her from going further.

But in this special situation, you can rely on her once.

There is no problem for the empress to choose who will sit in the capital division.

Then now it's one place away

"Who does Your Majesty let imprison the country?"

The emperor is not in the court, but the court cannot be suspended, and someone must supervise the country.

Otherwise, if you don't even have a stamp, then it's really a big trouble.

Generally speaking, when the emperor leaves Beijing, the superintendent of the country is basically a prince, but the empress has only been in power for more than a year, and she doesn't even have an emperor, so there is no way to talk about children.

Chai Hongyu thought for a moment before replying, "Princess Linqing." ”

Princess Linqing?

Who is this?

Lu Chen searched his mind, and he really couldn't remember whether there was such a person in the current Daxia political arena.

Speaking of which, the royal family of the empress's generation can be regarded as ill-fated, first the five princes who were once quite famous disappeared mysteriously, and then a group of princes and princesses, including the crown prince, suddenly disappeared from the world, and then the Empress Dowager Zhao took power, in order to pave the way for her own son King Qin, and slaughtered a batch.

Except for Jiang Chengwan, the puppet emperor, the direct bloodline of the first emperor can live until now, and he must have accumulated a lot of virtue in his previous life.

But even so, under the current empress being so strong, the other royal families really don't have any sense of existence, and few of the Manchu civil and military families will pay attention to the royal family when the emperor is still a teenager.

Even Lu Chen was the same.

Chai Hongyu actually didn't have any idea about the princess Linqing who suddenly appeared, but she knew another thing.

"Your Majesty said that Commander Fu and Lord Fang just need a name, so as long as the prison is a royal family, the rest is not important, anyway. His Majesty will not stay in Xingping County for too long, and it is not far from the capital. ”

Lu Chen understood in seconds.

The puppet specially used for stamping, this operation, the empress is too familiar.

"The hour is almost up."

Chai Hongyu suddenly got up.

"Huaiyu have a good rest, when Your Majesty wakes up, he will definitely come to visit you, and I will have to go over to recuperate Miss Gu's body in the future."

Lu Chen bowed slightly.

"Well, there you go."

After Chai Hongyu left, Lu Chen's eyes drooped, and there was a hint of gloom on his face.

He turned his head slowly, looking out at the dim night sky through the windowsill.

At this time, it is probably night and the lights are on.

It was quiet outside, only the light sound of the night wind whistling, and it was extremely quiet, and it was easy to calm down the impetuous heart.

However, even in the face of such a miserable night, Lu Chen's face still showed a touch of shaking and struggle.

It took a moment before he withdrew his gaze, then leaned back against the head of the bed and let out a long sigh.

At the same time, Chai Hongyu came to another attic, walked to the door of one of the luxurious guest rooms with ease, stretched out her hand and knocked lightly, and said at the same time: "Miss Gu, it's me, Chai Hongyu, are you convenient now?" ”

A moment later, Gu Simiao's voice came from inside.

"Chai girl, come in."

Chai Hongyu answered, pushed the door and entered.

Squeak~

After entering the house, she saw that Gu Simiao, who was covered with a translucent spiritual membrane with a strong recovery effect, and was wearing only a belly pocket and pants on her body, was lying on her back in the medicine pool, recovering from her injuries with the help of various heavenly and earthly treasures in the medicine pool.

Through the spiritual membrane, you can vaguely see that the surface of her fair skin is covered with dark red wounds, those wounds are large and deep bones, and the small ones are the size of fingers, and some wounds are even oozing red and black blood, and the whole person looks extremely miserable.

Gu Simiao's face was pale, her eyes were full of malaise, and she had no previous look at all.

It's not at all like what Chai Hongyu just described to Lu Chen.

Seeing Gu Simiao's tragic situation, Chai Hongyu couldn't help but shake her head.

"General, Huaiyu woke up, and according to what you said, he concealed your true injury." (End of chapter)