"Drive! Drive! Drive!"
The rumble of horse hooves kept ringing on a civilian road in Ping County. More than a dozen warriors in powerful attire lowered their bodies on horseback and moved forward at lightning speed.
Each warrior wears a mask on his face, revealing only a pair of extremely sharp eyes.
There was an inexplicable killing intent in his eyes, crazy and cold.
Just like the long knives on their waists, their cold light was revealed.
Wherever the cold light passed, bursts of dust continued to rise, and among the flying sand and rocks, the strong murderous intent gradually disappeared. A group of warriors rode very fast, and it didn't take long before they arrived on the hillside outside a village only twenty or thirty miles away from Pingxian County.
There are more than two hundred apparently newly erected tombs scattered on the hillside. The wooden monuments above are like patron saints, silently watching and guarding the village below.
Here, you can have a panoramic view of the entire village below.
It's lunch time now, and smoke is rising from the scattered farmhouses in the village.
In the rather muddy village road, a dozen urchins were playing games, jumping up and down, feeling uncomfortable. A few elders with sallow faces and kind faces were stroking their beards with one hand and watching their grandchildren playing with kind faces, smiling at the corners of their mouths. Non-stop, as if enjoying the most beautiful things in this world.
The whole village looked full of life.
At the entrance of the village, there is a wooden stake with three ordinary characters written on it -
Quer Village.
Click…
The horse's hooves stepped heavily on a brand new tomb, directly pressing down the wooden monument above.
Among the warriors, the masked man who was leading the group glanced at him and soon discovered that there were many newly erected graves nearby.
"Ah……"
Looking at these graves, he sneered inexplicably, with a look of disdain on his face.
"They are just untouchables like ants. They die when they die. They are no different from ants who are inadvertently trampled to death. I really don't know what to build a monument for."
A subordinate on the side spoke to him: "Untouchables are untouchables. How can we cultivators understand the thoughts of those ants?"
"makes sense."
The masked man shrugged, and then rode his horse directly over several graves without any scruples.
"You're just an ant, why should you care about what you think."
Seeing the boss like this, other warriors followed suit and hit their horses directly. Some even deliberately controlled the horses to trample the graves. There was no respect or awe for the deceased in the eyes under the masks, and some were just dismissive indifference. .
Just like no one cares how many ants they trample to death.
As superior cultivators, they don't care what these tombs mean to the villagers underneath.
After a group of warriors rode across the graves, the masked man slowly pulled out the sharp blade from his waist and looked directly at Qu'er Village below.
"It's almost time, let's do it!"
"promise!"
As the order came down, all the warriors drew their swords at the same time, and at the same time, they quickly condensed the spiritual power in their bodies, penetrated it into the spiritual veins around their bodies, and quickly launched their skills.
The next second, when the air around their bodies swayed slightly due to the surge of spiritual power, their feet suddenly exerted force, and the whole person jumped up from the horse, and quickly dived towards Qu'er Village below. Down.
Just as a group of warriors were approaching Qu'er Village like ghosts, the dark clouds in the already dark sky suddenly became thicker.
Covering the sky and blocking out the sun.
The sky within the Tianmen Mountains suddenly became extremely dark. The rich water aura continued to gather above the Tianmen Mountains and even radiated to the surrounding areas, making the sky in the entire Yuzhou and Suizhou darken, as if it was night early.
Poof!
Poof! !
The moment the figures of the warriors disappeared, the farmhouse in Qu'er Village suddenly heard a series of tragic soft sounds.
Boom! ! !
A flash of thunder suddenly flashed across the groggy sky. The strong thunder light pierced the darkness and shone in Qu'er Village, laying a layer of dazzling silver frost on the bright red blood stain flowing out from the side of the farmhouse.
Under the dazzling lightning, only a few afterimages could be vaguely seen flying between the farmhouses.
On the village road, the children and the kind old man who were playing and playing just now had completely fallen into a pool of blood.
A line of blood on their necks and the remaining smiles on their faces were extremely conspicuous under the lightning.
The huge roar covered up all the sounds in Quer Village.
Except for God, no one knows the tragedy that is happening in this small mountain village that has only recently restored vitality and peace thanks to the efforts of the new governors of the two states.
Wow…
Big raindrops suddenly fell from the night-like sky, forming a rain curtain with extremely low visibility in the blink of an eye, covering the two states in rain.
Half an hour later, the warriors gathered again on the hillside where new graves had been dotted.
Including the masked man at the head, everyone was covered in blood at this time, and the rain sprinkled on the blade in their hands, washing away all the blood on it.
"Have they all been killed?"
The masked man asked with narrowed eyes.
"Don't worry, sir."
A subordinate bowed his hand to him and replied: "We have carefully confirmed and verified that all 653 people in Qu'er Village have died under our swords, and there is absolutely no one left alive."
Hearing this, the masked man nodded immediately.
"very good."
He suddenly turned around and looked in the direction of the nearest village to Qu'er Village, with a fierce look in his eyes.
"Then, let's go to the next one..."
The blade was retracted into its sheath, and he slowly climbed onto his horse.
The other warriors also jumped on their horses, their movements so graceful.
"remember."
The masked man raised the riding crop in his hand and said in a deep voice:
"These are the villains who have offended the prince. According to the laws of Daxia, once the common people offend the royal family, they will be punished for the crime of treason and immorality and be punished! As for these mobs who have violated the laws of Daxia, as defenders of the national laws of Daxia , we must not be merciful, do you understand?!"
"promise!"
Bang!
The moment the riding crop fell, the white horse under the masked man neighed again, leading him to rush out of the place, followed closely by the others.
Not long after, everyone disappeared into the vast curtain of rain.
at the same time.
State Yamen, in front of the lobby.
"Um?"
Lu Chen looked at the rainy scene outside the house and felt an inexplicable feeling of irritation in his heart.
"It's raining heavily again."
"Um."
Fu Huan, who was quietly accompanying Lu Chen, said softly.
"The state of the water aura in the Tianmen Mountains is getting more and more weird. According to this situation, the Tianmen River is expected to form a flood soon, causing an impact on the Tianmen River Dam."
At this point, she suddenly sighed and said: "Fortunately, Shangshu Xiao found out in time and wrote to His Majesty, and Governor Lu desperately advised His Majesty. Against all opinions, he forced the two guards to rush to the dam area to consolidate the dam. Only by opening canals to release floods can we have the good situation we have now. Otherwise, based on the situation of the dam last year, the people downstream would probably have no way of survival now."
Lu Chen said calmly: "It's just a matter of personal responsibility, not worth mentioning."
As soon as he finished speaking, he stopped looking at Fu Hua and walked directly into the lobby.
"Governor Lu!"
The moment Lu Chen walked into the lobby, a loud voice sounded inside.
However, he saw dozens of Xuanji guards wearing county magistrate uniforms and black veils standing upright on both sides of the lobby, bowing in unison to welcome his arrival.
"Um."
Lu Chen walked to the main seat without hesitation and sat down. He then raised his head and looked around at Xuanjiwei, who was wearing a civil official uniform for the first time, or the acting county magistrate or acting county magistrate. Finally, his eyes inexplicably stopped at those tall and thick men. On Xuanjiwei.
Then, something strange quietly flashed in his eyes.
The predecessor of the Xuanji Guard was the Xuanwu Guard, and as the most elite guard of the Cangming Army, the Xuanwu Guard's strength had been proven when it defeated the Forbidden Army.
As the former leader of the Xuanwu Guards, the Xuanji Guards are naturally more powerful, which is also fully reflected in their size.
Except for the handsome young man Fang Yu and a few young people who practice special skills, most of them look like iron towers.
These two-meter-two-meter-tall, muscular men with thick waists were dressed in elegant official uniforms, which looked a bit weird no matter how you looked at them.
If I have to give an example, it would be the feeling of seeing JOJO wearing women's clothing.
Shaking his head, Lu Chen shook off the weird thoughts in his mind, and then said straight to the point: "I still have some urgent business to deal with later, and time is tight. Do you have any questions that you would like to ask me before I leave?" , ask now.”
Hearing this, Fang Yu stood up immediately, and then, with everyone's expectations in mind, he raised his voice and asked: "Mr. Governor, we would like to ask you, what is [the way to govern]?"
It is not the way to be an official, but the way to govern.
Hearing this question, Lu Chen couldn't help but be startled. After reacting, he inexplicably raised the corners of his mouth.
"Is it the way to govern..."
Over a cup of tea, Lu Chen gathered his thoughts and then spoke slowly: "In my opinion, the so-called way of government is to deal with everyone's affairs. It is a great principle to benefit everyone. To achieve great principles, we must practice the right way. "
After saying this, Fang Yu and others, including Fu Hua who was behind Lu Chen, and most of the Xuanji Guards had expressions of thinking on their faces.
As he spoke, he paused for a moment, then turned his head inexplicably and looked out the window at the increasingly thick rain.
"As for what the avenue is..."
(End of chapter)
