"General, you are back."
As soon as Gu Simiao returned to the city lord's palace, Cang Yue, the commander of the personal guards, greeted her.
"Cang Yue."
Gu Simiao dismounted and handed the reins of Cangyun BMW to the soldiers on the side. Then while walking inside, she asked Cang Yue: "How are you preparing for what you explained before?"
"Reply to the general."
Cang Yue solemnly said: "The 90,000 soldiers and horses of Qingming Guard, Qingxuan Guard and Qingfeng Guard have been divided into twelve groups and rushed to the designated location according to the general's instructions. It is expected that the formation strengthening process will be completed within five days."
"very good."
Gu Simiao nodded and said in a deep voice:
"I have ordered that, with the exception of the 300,000 Guardsmen who are about to move out on the southern front and are operating together with the Queen Mother's people, the rest of the Guardsmen will act as planned and seize the time. However, those who delay their actions will be charged with delaying military flights. Discuss!"
"promise!"
Cang Yue turned around and left, and Gu Simiao walked alone towards the bedroom in the hall of the City Lord's Mansion.
Click…
The moment the bedroom door closed, she suddenly took a deep breath, and then her breathing gradually became rapid.
The emotions that had been suppressed for a long time completely exploded at this moment.
She raised her trembling little hands and pressed her heart slightly hard to suppress the violent fluctuations inside.
After a while, she put down her hand.
The confusion that originally remained in his eyes completely dissipated at this moment.
"Six days..."
He turned his head and looked out the window at the snowstorm that was coming again. Like gibbering, words that only he could hear slowly sounded out.
"Give me another six days, and I will be able to repay you with a great achievement, so that from now on... you will rise steadily, be as stable as a mountain in the court, and then... create the peaceful world you want..."
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On the third day after the Gu family was released from prison, the atmosphere in the entire Luo Jing government and the public suddenly became a little strange.
One fast horse after another kept shuttling through Suzaku Street, and the face of the messenger on horseback was almost full of anxiety.
In this extremely tense atmosphere, Lu Chen took a day off and went to the mansion rewarded by the empress to work for most of the day.
Of course, he also changed the house deed and land deed to Luo Xiaoyu's name.
Unknowingly, Luo Xiaoyu's net worth skyrocketed again, and she became Luo Jing's little rich woman.
It's just that she didn't know anything about it and continued to play the role of a maid next to Lu Chen.
The mansion rewarded by the empress is located in the east city, not far from Ziji City. It is a five-story house. The former owner was the former Minister of Household Affairs. After the empress liquidated and confiscated the house, it became an asset of the imperial court.
In other words, the empress's assets can be rewarded to whomever she wants.
But in the end, it fell into Luo Xiaoyu's pocket...
Naturally, it is inevitable to celebrate with wine when moving to a new house. This is also one of the best opportunities in ancient feudal society to receive gifts and give gifts, and to curry favor with Shangguan and climb up the ladder.
It's just that although Lu Chen is now the leading celebrity in the Yongchu Dynasty, he is too upright, does not show the slightest bit of "humanity and sophistication" that he should have, and is too incompatible with the officialdom.
Therefore no one dared to curry favor with him.
Not to mention whether or not he was able to curry favor, Lu Chen was accused of forming a clique for personal gain and giving and receiving privately.
Although high risk means high returns, the risk is so ridiculously high that people simply dare not take the risk.
It is precisely because of this that Lu Chen, a mudslide that was not tolerated in official circles, was naturally rejected by traditional court officials such as Qian Yiqian.
Such an unconventional official is still in the emperor's heart and is trusted by the empress. This is not a good thing for the officialdom.
In the end, the only people who came to congratulate him after he was dismissed were Fang Ping, Xiao Yi, and a few others who were ostracized by the Queen Mother's gang like him at the beginning, but they were not as "proud" as he was.
The gifts they gave were also very simple. Most of them were scholar's things such as the Four Treasures of the Study, calligraphy, calligraphy and painting. They were not valuable things.
Presumably, they also considered that Lu Chen was so upright and must be an honest official. They valued the meaning of the gift rather than the gift itself.
Lu Chen naturally had no objection to this, but felt that it would save a lot of trouble.
After all, maintaining a character and acting all day is quite tiring.
This kind of scene will not help to achieve the goal of immortality, but may affect the system's judgment. It would be better to have one less scene.
When he asked the servants hired in advance to bring Xiao Yi in, he was about to close the door and open the banquet.
At the corner of the street not far away, a figure that made him quite unexpected slowly walked out——
Liu Dongyang, the second-rank high-ranking official in the current dynasty, was the Minister of the Ministry of War with the name of Cangshi Gong.
Liu Dongyang walked over quickly with a gift box in his hand.
Although he was a little surprised, Lu Chen still stood up and greeted him, but before he could say hello, Liu Dongyang took the initiative to speak and said with a smile: "At the end of the morning meeting, I just heard Qian Shangshu mention that Lu Guishi moved to a new house today. , I couldn’t prepare any good gifts in my hurry. Fortunately, I am somewhat unknown in the literary world, so I specially wrote a congratulatory message for you, Lu Gaishi, and asked Lu Gaishan not to dislike it.”
Of course Lu Chen wouldn't dislike it.
Or maybe he didn't care at all.
After being polite politely, he directly took the gift box from Liu Dongyang's hand, handed it to the servant beside him, and then led Liu Dongyang through the door.
As for Liu Dongyang, who had a political disagreement with him not long ago, he made a special trip to congratulate him on moving to his new home. Lu Chen thought about it for a while and figured out what was going on.
It's probably because this guy doesn't care about the situation and the person, and he won't feel disgusted with him because of the official business in the court.
After all, his personality is too likable for a truly honest and upright minister.
After thinking about this, Lu Chen made up his mind to stay away from this guy in the future.
As the saying goes, once bitten by a snake, he is afraid of well ropes for ten years. After suffering the loss of Fang Ping, a backstabber, he really has no good impression of these celebrities and virtuous ministers. The "good teammates" who jumped out to dig holes for him became more and more pleasing to him.
I wish I could chop off the chicken head and burn the yellow paper on the spot.
Since he knew that Liu Dongyang was from the same group as him, or that Fang Ping, Xiao Yi and others who came to congratulate him today were from the same group as him, Lu Chen didn't bother to say more to them.
Just go through the process.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food.
Fang Ping suddenly winked at Xiao Yi. It was obvious that they had communicated before coming.
Xiao Yi put down his wine glass, hesitated for a moment, and then prepared to say something.
But at this moment——
"Lu is here to help."
But it was Liu Dongyang who suddenly spoke up.
"Today in the morning, Suzhou, Huguan, Tongguan, Woye, Wuchuan and other important border defense areas rushed thousands of miles to deliver a piece of news to the imperial court. In the eyes of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, it was completely expected news. Do you know what it is? Any news?"
Hearing this, Lu Chen couldn't help but feel moved.
Suzhou, Woye, Tongguan and so on... aren't those the prefectures, counties and passes bordering Huangzhou...
There is a message sent to the capital, at this time...
As soon as he thought of this, a glimmer of light flashed in Lu Chen's eyes.
He did not pretend that he could not hear the implication of Liu Dongyang's words, but his face suddenly darkened, pretending to be extremely shaken when he was about to face some kind of cruel reality, and his voice trembled slightly:
"Has anything changed in Huangzhou?"
"Um."
Liu Dongyang nodded without hesitation, and then continued: "According to urgent reports from various places, three days ago, the Demon Queen, Jiang Chengyun, and Gu Simiao passed on the honors of the Queen Mother of Daxia, the direct prince of the late emperor, and the general of the Zhu Kingdom respectively. The four sides then sent troops eastward and southward in the name of "Qing Jun Side, Shaping the Universe". Ten of the twenty-four guards of the Can Ling Army, with a total of 300,000 troops, attacked Suzhou, Tongguan and other places."
After a pause, his expression gradually became solemn.
"These rebels have been fighting with foreign races from outside the territory all year round, beating the Rouran and other tribes to the point where they can't hold their heads up. They are extremely fierce. Fortunately, His Majesty mobilized 100,000 Cangming troops in advance to strengthen the defenses of the passes and counties bordering the Huangzhou. His Royal Highness the Holy King personally took action and went back and forth to various battlefields to stabilize the situation. Otherwise, once the rebels broke through the passes, the consequences would be disastrous."
Upon hearing this, Lu Chen immediately clenched his fists.
The status quo is very favorable to him.
As long as Gu Simiao openly supports Empress Dowager Zhao, this war will basically be inevitable.
After all, the conflict between the Empress and the Demon Queen can never be reconciled. Either you die or I die. No matter whether he stands up to protect the Gu family or not, it will have no impact on Daxia. What should happen will still happen.
Not only did he not interfere with the empress sending heavy troops to guard key passes, but he instead advised the empress to strengthen defenses in various places, move the people to safe places, and try to avoid losses caused by the war that was likely to come.
What he could do has been done, and the conditions created by inner demons that were unfavorable to becoming an immortal were basically removed by him one by one.
Next, as long as he can ascend immediately, he can do whatever he wants, and he can easily make things develop in the direction he expected.
You can even get whatever results you want.
Now for the empress, the biggest threat is undoubtedly the Empress Dowager Zhao, who has a bottomless background. Most of the unrest in Daxia is concentrated on this woman who has controlled the empire for six years.
As long as the Queen Mother's line is completely destroyed, and at the same time the imperial court takes back the countless wealth that was swept away by her, which is almost equal to the national destiny.
With massive wealth, the incomparably powerful force of the Holy Realm, and the orthodox inheritance of the late emperor's edict, the empress' apparent rule was completely stable.
Such a perfect situation is simply ridiculous.
No matter how you think about it, this is a situation where the flying dragon is riding on the face!
At this time, Xiao Yi suddenly spoke and took over the conversation and said: "And according to the contents of emergency reports from various places, the Can Ling Army moved quickly and attacked cities and conquered the land with incomparable bravery. Facing the comrades who had fought side by side to defend the enemy together in the past, No mercy, all means are used, with the intention of annihilating all the local garrison as quickly as possible."
While saying this, Xiao Yi couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
The female swordswoman who acted chivalrously and did nothing in return has now become a traitor who disregards the common people for her own selfish desires...
The human heart really cannot stand the test...
Fang Ping also put down his bowl and chopsticks and looked at Lu Chen, with an indescribable heaviness in his eyes.
"Now that things have happened, it is absolutely certain that Gu Simiao has betrayed the imperial court."
In other words, Lu Chen's previous judgment at the court was wrong.
"Is it…"
Lu Chen seemed to have been hit hard, and his body could not stop trembling slightly.
There was obvious depression in his voice.
"Has she...really changed..."
Compared with his own future, he seems to care more about whether the Bai Yueguang in his mind has really fallen.
Seeing this, several people looked understanding at the same time.
Lu Chen was almost famous for being righteous and willing to sacrifice his own life. Otherwise, he would not have stood up to support the empress, vouch for Xia Yan, and stood up to advise the empress to reduce the imperial expenses. That would be a fool.
Therefore, Lu Chen's reaction was completely expected by everyone.
(End of chapter)
