Yuzhou prison.
Lu Chen couldn't help but look at the corpses of Liao Ji, who was bleeding from all his orifices, dead but extremely peaceful, and the corpses of his accomplices who had finally been caught.
Then his eyes suddenly condensed and he looked at Yuzhou Zhizhou Zhao Ping and the official Yuanwu.
"Suicide out of fear of crime?"
Yuanwu bowed slightly, and then responded in a muffled voice: "Yes, Lord Governor, I have carefully confirmed my position several times, and basically ruled out the possibility of homicide."
Lu Chen stared at him.
"Where did the poison come from? How did it get into their stomachs?"
Yuanwu squinted his eyes, and said with a rather contemptuous movement: "I don't know what the humble position is, but it is probably that they were carrying poison when they were caught by you, sir. Seeing that there was no hope of escape, and knowing that they would die, they took the poison and committed suicide."
"Ah……"
Lu Chen smiled coldly.
"When they were imprisoned, you prison officers didn't search them?"
"We searched, but they hid the drugs in such a concealed manner that it was difficult to detect."
With that said, Yuan Wu bowed again, and while lowering his head, a look of disdain flashed across his face.
He is just a dying person who is about to face a disaster. Now that the imperial edict has not been issued, he can still show his prestige.
When the court comes to its senses, these fools who dare to attack a first-class royal family will definitely die without a burial place. What is there to be afraid of?
"My Lord Governor, it's not that we are derelict in our duties, it's that the suspect is too cunning and extremely determined. He decided to commit suicide when he realized that there was no hope of survival. Once such a determined person is determined to die, even if we don't relax our guard for a moment, it will be difficult to stop him. They committed suicide and I hope you will learn from it."
Lu Chen did not respond directly to Yuan Wu's remarks. Instead, he suddenly turned his head and shouted:
"Where is Xuanji Guard?"
Click!
The black shadow flashed, and more than a dozen Xuanji guards appeared behind Lu Chen like ghosts.
"The humble position is here!"
Except for Fu Hua, all the Xuanji guards bowed to Lu Chen and saluted.
"Please give me your instructions, Lord Governor."
Lu Chen nodded slightly, then waved his hand.
"Bring all the people who have recently been involved in Yuzhou Prison, including the clerks, jailers, cooks, Ye Xianglang, etc., under my control!"
After the words fell, Yuan Wu's expression suddenly changed slightly.
"My Lord Governor, this is a humble position..."
He wanted to say something, but Zhao Ping's eyes flashed unnaturally.
Lu Chen snorted coldly and interrupted directly.
"Do it!"
"Here!"
The Xuanji Guards responded in unison, and then took action directly, easily restraining all the jailers and guards.
Zhao Ping walked up to Lu Chen and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty Governor, these suspects committed suicide out of fear of crime. Although Yuan Wu is suspected of dereliction of duty and negligence, he only needs to deal with it according to the law. This is not the case. What's more, this matter has nothing to do with it. What does the chef, Ye Xianglang and others have to do with each other? Why bother them?"
Lu Chen glanced at him indifferently.
"If Liao Ji and other suspects committed suicide out of fear of crime, I would naturally not embarrass them, but I don't believe they committed suicide!"
Hearing this, Zhao Ping's face suddenly revealed a hint of imperceptible gloom.
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the door.
"The imperial edict has arrived. Governors of Yu and Sui, please ask Lu Chen from the Engineering Department to receive the edict!"
A clear voice then sounded.
But the first imperial edict issued directly by the empress in the court came as expected.
Zhao Ping suddenly became energetic, and a hint of joy flashed in his eyes.
The edict finally came.
In his opinion, now that the Empress is in charge of the first dynasty, it is the time when she needs to win over people's hearts, and Lu Chen is so bold that he dares to kill King Yu, and he will definitely not end well.
No, retribution is coming!
Recalling that Lu Chen recently made things difficult for the Yuzhou scholars for the sake of the common people who didn't care at all. Today he checked the official warehouses in Ping County, and tomorrow he checked the fields in Hu County. Or he asked them to collect past files and send them over, and he also had to review all the records. All accounts of the county government.
It almost turned the entire Yuzhou officialdom and powerful families upside down, and offended everyone to death.
And I don’t know how this guy’s brain grew. His abilities were terrifying. He seemed to be able to see through people’s hearts. He could see through the tricks of various county magistrates at once, and then judge the crime and sentence him.
Later, he even relied on the supreme authority of the Sword of the Supreme Dao to directly order counties to open warehouses and release grain to help the people, and conduct random inspections.
If he hadn't reacted very quickly and immediately contacted all the major clans and county governments in Yuzhou when the situation was bad, and tried to replenish his positions overnight at all costs, otherwise the entire Yuzhou officialdom would have been filled with people by now.
This guy even dares to kill the extremely noble King Yu, let alone these little shrimps.
Well now, this alien whose behavior is extremely absurd, even extremely crazy, will finally be punished by decree.
Let’s see how arrogant he can be when he doesn’t have the emperor’s blessing and the sword of the extreme in his hand.
There is not much food distributed now, and the loss is not huge. As long as Lu Chen is driven out of Yuzhou, they can still afford this loss.
As long as there was no lunatic like Lu Chen, they would have a lot of opportunities to make back this loss.
Yuzhou is still their Yuzhou after all.
And Yuan Wu, who was dragged away like a dead dog, looked even more ecstatic after hearing the sound.
It was a pity that he had just subconsciously resisted, and the acupuncture points all over his body were sealed by the Xuanwu Guards, making him unable to move. Otherwise, he would have laughed wildly on the spot and ridiculed Lu Chen loudly.
Officials from other state government offices also looked happy.
The imperial edict has come, this damn god of plague is finally leaving their Yuzhou, how can they not be happy?
However, as the saying goes, everything is possible before the results come out. It seems too early for them to cheer for it at this time.
While thinking about it, a beautiful woman in palace clothes walked in with several palace servants holding an imperial edict.
Seeing them walking towards him, Lu Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, then stood up and went to meet them.
After the formal etiquette, the messenger directly read aloud:
"The extreme way carries the emperor and makes him say..."
Hearing this, Zhao Ping couldn't help but his expression froze, and he instinctively felt something was wrong.
Zhi said...
What is Zhiyue? !
Zhiyue is an imperial edict used to award rewards and express the emperor's great kindness!
He, Lu Chen, almost killed King Yu. Even if he had the sword of the extreme, in order to calm people's hearts and appease the royal family, he should at least be suspended and investigated, right?
No matter what happens, Luo Jing must be recalled to give him a serious warning!
What the hell is Zhiyue? !
Then, as if to confirm his guess, the palace man continued to read:
"Today, there is an engineer who is the governor of Sui and Yu states, Lu Chen, who is resolute and courageous, not afraid of power, loyal to the emperor and loves the people, diligent in government, courageous in his duties, virtuous and upright. He works tirelessly to govern the place and puts an end to the resentment of the people of the two states. The people's livelihood is gradually recovering, and they are deeply loved by the people of the two states. The people are the foundation of the country, and the people's aspirations will make the country stable. Lu Qing cares for the people on behalf of heaven and has made great contributions to the court... He specially gave a pair of jade Ruyi, a thousand taels of gold, and spiritual stones. …”
Hearing this, Lu Chen couldn't help but twitch his eyes.
Damn it, this empress is really poisonous, right?
There are so many ways to deal with this matter, and you actually chose the one that you should least choose? !
Do you have some shit in your head? !
After hearing the content of the imperial edict, Yuan Wu's vision went dark, he completely lost consciousness, and was finally thrown into the cell like garbage.
But Zhao Ping's expression completely changed.
This imperial edict is full of praise for Lu Chen, and there is not a single word to accuse him of not abiding by his ministerial integrity. The following is a violation.
Such a generous reward!
He looked forward to Lu Chen's continued efforts.
what does that mean?
This means that Lu Chen’s Holy Favor is still there and has not been affected at all!
Even if he almost killed King Yu, a first-class prince!
In other words, the empress's trust in him remained the same, and she would not remove Lu Chen from his position as governor because of King Yu's incident. Instead, she seemed to rely on him even more.
Lu Chen's position as governor was far more stable than he imagined.
And after this incident, Lu Chen almost became famous in one battle.
He killed King Yu mercilessly, causing King Yu to lose his limbs and his path to immortality. Not only did he not receive any punishment afterwards, he was given money and spiritual stones. Rewards based on merit.
What kind of shit is this? !
From now on in Yuzhou, this guy is probably going to walk sideways, right?
"Wei Chen, thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."
After the palace attendants read out the imperial edict, Lu Chen responded calmly and accepted the imperial edict.
Regarding Lu Chen's plainness, the palace attendant was not annoyed at all, but said with a smile on his face:
"Congratulations, Mr. Lu."
"Master Lu, despite being so favored by His Majesty, still remains unfazed by honor and disgrace and handles it indifferently. He is truly a role model for our generation..."
"..."
Others also wanted to say some nice words, but Lu Chen said expressionlessly: "If you guys have nothing to do, please go back to Luojing to serve His Majesty. I still have some official business to deal with, so I won't accompany you."
Regarding these extremely honest words, the palace people still laughed with them.
"Official matters are important, Mr. Lu, don't worry about me and others."
Lu Chen bowed his hands to them, turned around and left the prison.
Fu Hua followed closely behind, and gradually disappeared into the entrance corridor under Zhao Ping's complicated eyes.
As soon as Lu Chen came outside, Fu Hua suddenly came over behind him.
"Governor Lu, Fang Yu and the others are leaving for their new post today. Before leaving, they would like to ask for advice on how to conduct government."
"Is it."
Lu Chen nodded, "Where are they?"
During this period of time, when he was busy scrolling, whenever he had the opportunity, he would take a few Xuanji guards who were about to take up the posts of temporary county magistrate, temporary judge, etc. to go out to observe the people's situation, and teach them how to handle government affairs step by step. Put forward some ideas about improving people's livelihood that even I don't know whether they are feasible.
Of course, when it comes to government affairs, he is only half-assed. The reason for this is simply because he is a hardcore old bookworm who has been in the Internet literature industry since he was a child, and he prefers to read historical Internet articles, so Just know all kinds of weird knowledge.
But even so, in this world of high martial arts where most scholars only seek immortality and improve their cultivation, he still appears to be quite outstanding.
It is more than enough to be the teacher of those Xuanjiwei who are like a blank sheet of paper in terms of culture and governance.
Fu Huan said softly: "Yamen hall."
"Well, I'll go over now."
Seeing Lu Chen agree so decisively and simply, Fu Huan couldn't help but feel slightly shaken.
After a moment, she raised her hand and bowed slightly to Lu Chen: "Thank you very much, Governor Lu, for taking time out of your busy schedule to preach for the Xuanji Guards."
As the commander of the Xuanji Guard and the former boss of the Xuanwu Guard, she naturally had to express her gratitude to Lu Chen for so generously imparting some knowledge that she considered extremely valuable to his subordinates.
"It's just some personal opinions and should not be preached."
Lu Chen said with an indifferent expression.
He really didn't care much about these.
Although he knows that this world has always tightly guarded knowledge, especially sect secrets, clan studies and other esoteric techniques, and would not pass them on lightly. In order to keep it secret, he would even It is encrypted with special words that can only be understood by direct descendants.
But Lu Chen felt that the knowledge in his mind was no big deal and nothing worth keeping secret, so he didn't care much.
However, what he didn't know was that he passed on these irrelevant things to Fang Yu and other dozens of Xuanji Guards. To them, it was nothing less than preaching and imparting knowledge.
Knowledge can give practitioners more opportunities to enlighten themselves. Enlightenment can better improve their cultivation and solidify their foundation;
Kung Fu, on the other hand, is a means of using the power of heaven and earth;
For cultivators, the former is obviously more important, and therefore, learning has always been the top priority of sect families.
Therefore, although Lu Chen, Fang Yu and others do not have the title of master and disciple, they are actually master and disciple.
He also didn't notice that the way Fang Yu and others, and even Fu Hua looked at him at this time, was not just a simple superior-subordinate relationship, but more of respect for the master, and as they changed from Lu Chen As I learned more and more things, my respect grew stronger.
There is no Tao of Confucius and Mencius here, only "the king is supreme, cultivators are second, and the people are inferior", "cultivation is supreme, the people are like grass", "those who gain the hearts of cultivators win the world", "the emperor and the monks rule the world together" In the world, they are increasingly affected by Lu Chen's unintentional remarks, like seeds containing vigorous vitality.
And, those seeds are about to fall into the soil.
As for whether it will thrive in the future, or whether it will be overwhelmed by the violent storms of the outside world and eventually disappear into dust, who knows?
"Governor Lu is too humble."
Lu Chen shrugged, noncommittal.
While talking, the two walked side by side toward the lobby.
After walking for a while, Fu Hua suddenly asked: "Governor Lu, there is a question that I have never figured out. Can you help me clarify it?"
Lu Chen said casually: "Tell me about it."
Fu Hua took a deep breath, and then asked softly: "Governor Lu, I want to know that you obviously have a huge contribution to His Majesty that is almost equivalent to the merits of Conglong, and His Majesty also trusts you extremely much, so, Even if you do nothing, you can still make progress with this merit and your friendship for His Majesty, rule the world, create a prosperous age with Your Majesty, and leave a good story about the monarch and his ministers in the history books, why?"
At this point, she paused for no reason, then bit her teeth, struggled for a moment, and then slowly said: "Why would you rather take the risk of being rejected by the royal family, the powerful family, the officialdom, the generals, and the nobles?" Do you want justice for the people in this world?"
"It's obviously not necessary, is it?"
Hearing this, Lu Chen's steps subconsciously paused slightly.
"For what?"
While muttering, a flash of confusion quietly flashed in the corner of Lu Chen's eyes.
After a moment, he shook his head and no longer struggled with the questions that had just appeared in his mind.
Anyway, it doesn't matter which one it is, after all, the result is the same, there is no need to worry.
After regaining his composure, he calmly gave an answer——
"The title of Marquis is not my intention, but I hope the world will be peaceful."
Hearing this sentence, or this poem, Fu Huan was immediately stunned.
It is not my intention to be granted the title of Marquis, but I hope the world will be peaceful.
What noble feelings!
Seeing Lu Chen's calm face, as if he was stating a matter of course, Fu Hua felt that the figure of the man in front of her was getting blurry.
I have confirmed it with the editor and it will be available on the shelves at 12 noon on Friday. It will be updated at that time. It will start with six chapters. Updates will be added depending on the situation. I hope all readers will support me.
Thank you, little brother!
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