Snapped! !
The woman who suddenly ran towards her ran close. Without saying a word, she got the strength to slap the man surnamed Chai on the face, and at the same time shouted angrily:
"Chai Yuan, you beast!!"
She obviously knew everything, and her blood-red eyes revealed a strange and fierce light.
As she said that, she directly blocked Lu Chen's sight and tightly protected his current body behind her.
When the man next to Chai Yuan saw this, he ran away quickly.
Looking at the thin but upright woman in front of him, trying her best to look untouchable, Lu Chen felt a sore nose inexplicably, and a strange emotion was rising in his heart.
This woman...is Chai Hongyu's mother, right?
The next second, as if to confirm his judgment, the owner of his current body, the childhood Chai Hongyu, slowly stepped forward, stretched out his withered little hands and tugged at the woman's dirty clothes.
"Mom...Daddy loves Yu'er, please don't hit daddy..."
After hearing this, the two of them trembled at the same time, and then Chai's mother's anger not only did not dissipate, but became even more angry and shouted at Chai Yuan: "Chai Yuan, look at Yu'er, she is so well-behaved and sensible, and You, a father, want to trade your own flesh and blood for meat to survive, are you still a human being?!"
"Then what else do you think we can do?!"
Chai Yuan did not fight back, but roared with a broken face:
"The Yellow Disaster has not yet happened, but the government officials have snatched our life-saving food and taken away all the supplies in the county. It is obvious that they want to use the spiritual disaster to control reincarnation. Last year, those in the county Didn’t the dog officials force us to plant those fairy grasses that are not edible at all? We refused to plant them. Now that the Yellow Disaster comes, after we starve to death, this place will become an ownerless land. In my opinion, this The yellow disaster was deliberately caused by those dog officials!"
"The imperial court has no hope, there is no trace of the money and food for disaster relief, the warehouses of prefectures and counties are empty, and all the tyrannical bosses have fled long ago. Now that all official and private roads are closed, what else can we do? ?!”
Facing her husband who had lost his mind, Chai's mother's expression remained unwavering.
"The imperial court has abandoned us and refused to give us food, so you use jade to fill your belly?!"
These words were like a sharp knife, instantly piercing into the depths of Chai Yuan's heart, instantly tearing apart his heart that had been tortured beyond recognition by extreme hunger.
"ah!"
He did not refute Chai Mu's words, but opened his mouth suddenly as if he was mad, kept letting out hysterical roars, and allowed the yellow sand to pour into his mouth.
After a while, his eyes finally regained their clarity.
When his mind returned to his body, he suddenly raised his hand, grabbed his head and squatted down, then let out a heartbreaking cry.
Seeing this scene, Lu Chen felt very unhappy.
At this time, everything suddenly went dark, but the young Chai Hongyu completely passed out due to extreme hunger.
Memories flow quickly.
When his vision returned again, Lu Chen inexplicably felt a trace of meaty fragrance lingering on his mouth.
The feeling of weakness in the body has also dissipated a lot.
Where did the meat come from?
Lu Chen was confused.
However, when Chai Hongyu glanced at Chai Yuan, who had empty eyes in front of him, and his kind-faced mother, he keenly noticed that there was a trace of blood on the sleeve of Chai's mother's left hand, and her shoulders were shaking unusually and unnaturally.
Could it be that…
Lu Chen couldn't help but tremble in his heart when he thought of a certain possibility.
In the days that followed, the family of three trudged forward along with tens of thousands of people fleeing the disaster, trying to escape from the yellow disaster and seek for a glimmer of hope that existed.
However, although the yellow disaster is not fatal in a short period of time, unlike the fire disaster and the white disaster, which can instantly put a large number of living beings to sleep forever, its scope is extremely wide, and the yellow sand that blocks the sky and the sun will completely make people feel lost. direction, it’s hard to survive once you get stuck in it.
Soon, Chai Hongyu, who had just recovered some physical strength, fainted from hunger again.
Then he woke up inexplicably to the smell of meat.
What goes around comes around.
It's like nothing has changed.
But Lu Chen noticed that Chai Mu's left hand gradually became empty.
Then it’s Chai Yuan’s left hand…
Soon, when he woke up again, Chai Yuan disappeared and was completely buried by a sudden dust storm.
Living in the yellow disaster, even the tears of sadness are a precious source of water, and there is no time to be sentimental. The mother and daughter who survived continued to move forward.
Not long after, Chai's mother also fell into the yellow sand forever, and Chai Hongyu finally saw that there was nothing left from her mother's left shoulder...
Chai Hongyu burst into tears after learning the truth.
At this time, of the tens of thousands of victims at the beginning, only a hundred or so survived. Facing the endless yellow sand with no end in sight, they no longer acted like before, as long as someone in the fleeing team fell, they would immediately Pounce on it and eat it.
They have no strength left.
Moreover, people who have survived until now have basically no flesh and blood in their bodies. Without water and salt, it is difficult for them to even struggle to survive.
In the end, they could only fall into the yellow sand one by one.
It was only now, after experiencing all this personally, that Lu Chen truly realized how terrifying this ancient world of martial arts called Zhongzhou was to the people at the bottom without spiritual roots!
Although he has inherited the memory of his predecessor, he knows that life is not easy for ordinary people, and he has also seen with his own eyes the hardships of the people in Yuzhou.
But the predecessor was born in a superior county, and when the Demon Queen was in chaos and corruption was rampant in both the government and the public, Yongchuan came to Xia Yan, a super good official who was willing to sacrifice his own interests to let the people live and work in peace and contentment, which made the predecessor Although his family is poor, life is not too difficult.
At least eating is not a problem.
Although the people of Yuzhou suffered greatly from the tyrant king, corrupt officials, and mediocre officials, the land under their feet was spiritual soil after all. Moreover, there were no natural disasters when Lu Chen passed there, and the floods were calmed down, so they were able to live well. .
But in the vast country of Daxia that stretches for hundreds of thousands of miles, more and more people are like Chai Hongyu in childhood, and they have to face the threat of spiritual disasters from time to time.
If there is a spiritual disaster and the government does nothing, the disaster area will be a real hell on earth.
What is even more frightening is that the inaction of the government has become increasingly normal.
Even intentionally indulgent.
Although the spiritual disaster is terrible, in the eyes of some people, it may not be a good knife that can make profits.
By fully immersing himself in Chai Hongyu's life, Lu Chen started from Yi Zi's cannibalism. In Chai Hongyu's rapidly flashing memory, he witnessed with his own eyes the tragic scenes that should have occurred in hell. The cognition in his heart was refreshed over and over again. Shocking, still shocking.
Chai Hongyu naturally survived in the end.
It seemed that after seeing her mother's empty shoulders, she was stimulated by her mother's tragic and tragic death, or that she integrated some kind of power through this tragic method. The originally thin Suzaku bloodline in her body was actually completely activated, winning her a victory. A glimmer of hope.
There is no memory during a coma.
When Lu Chen opened his eyes again, he found that Chai Hongyu was in a tent.
She was rescued.
He was rescued by hundreds of refugees from other prefectures and counties who were in slightly better conditions, led by a petty official.
These refugees were originally laborers, and the clerk was responsible for taking them to work.
The clerk was a good man. Seeing that Chai Hongyu was still alive, he gave her some of his remaining supplies. He also took good care of Chai Hongyu during his escape and completely regarded her as his own daughter.
Under his leadership, these victims did not lose their humanity, but supported each other and shared the adversity together. Even if someone could not hold on and died unfortunately, they would be buried properly and the whole body would be left behind instead of becoming food in someone's belly.
Through that little official, Chai Hongyu finally understood that not all officials in the world were the dog officials her father said she was.
Of course, she didn't know the difference between officials and officials at that time.
The refugees were also very kind to Chai Hongyu, and often chatted with her to relieve their boredom. Later, they even regarded Chai Hongyu as their spiritual sustenance, and often told Chai Hongyu about their wishes and yearnings as ordinary people.
And these words, after they fell into the yellow sand one after another, were deeply engraved in Chai Hongyu's mind and became her lifelong obsession.
Seeing this, Lu Chen finally had a vague idea of why Chai Hongyu was so persistent with him, even risking her own life to save him from the enemy's inevitable attack. Now she even ignored her identity as a rebel. He went to Beijing in person to prove his innocence.
Realizing this, Lu Chen suddenly felt an indescribable heaviness that made him breathless.
He couldn't help but have self-doubt in his heart for the first time.
Is Shengxian really that important...
In other words, is this system called The Way of Being an Official, with its weird reward conditions, really an obvious loophole...
Corruption is rampant in the officialdom. The monks who are the parents and officials of the people only care about seeking immortality and asking for immortality but not about politics. However, they can hold important positions and determine the welfare of a place or even a country. They do not think about things and want to Slaughtering those who are in trouble and forcing peace and tranquility in one place, this is the way to be an official... How can the people have peace?
The people were in such a difficult situation, but he clearly held an important position, shouldered the trust of the emperor, shouldered the heavy responsibilities of high-ranking people and the expectations of all parties. He had enough ability and opportunity to change everything, but he focused on the weird conditions of relying on the system. Ascension...
Is this really good?
Chai Hongyu was obviously a rebel, but he devoted everything to keep this rare hope of his. Although he, an upright official of the court, had done some practical things for the people and the country, but based on these alone, if he really had a chance to achieve the system conditions in the future , can he really put all this aside with peace of mind and ascend to the immortal world by committing suicide?
The memory continues.
However, the subsequent memory is no longer the childhood scene of Chai Hongyu, but the first time she saw Lu Chen when Chai Hongyu was in Yuzhou and was massacred in Gouer Village and Quer Village. situation.
The user of the soul-searching technique can feel the emotional fluctuations in the memory world of the soul-searched person.
In Chai Hongyu's field of vision, Lu Chen watched as he suddenly pulled out the sword of Ji Dao, rode his horse and led a group of Xuan Ji guards to Yuzhou without hesitation, and was gradually moving away as he prepared to kill King Yu. From the back view, one can clearly feel how shocked and curious Chai Hongyu was in her heart at that time.
And, longing.
Afterwards, he walked out of Prince Yu's palace holding King Yu's head. Soon they met at Li Wei's house in Gou'er Village and had their first conversation. Then he watched from a distance as he went to various places to personally rescue people.
Finally, when Fu Huan was crossing the tribulation, he and a group of Xuanji guards were attacked by the enemy. Chai Hongyu led a group of righteous men to rescue them.
There is no unusual intersection at all.
A perfect chance encounter.
Obviously, reaching this point is enough to prove that she and Lu Chen are innocent and there is no connection at all, let alone love and concubine, life and death.
As he continued to empathize, Lu Chen's heart gradually became extremely complicated.
In Chai Hongyu's heart, she is so dazzling, but...
As soon as he thought about it, he couldn't help but sigh.
And at this moment, when the memory progressed to when he was blasted back to Luojing by a fire spell from the enemy, the moment his figure disappeared, in her eyes, like Fu Hua, who thought that he had been buried in the hands of the enemy, the world suddenly Became red.
This memory ended abruptly.
I don't know if Chai Hongyu lost her mind or fell into a coma due to overdraft of spiritual power.
But Lu Chen felt it very clearly. The moment Chai Hongyu's vision was covered in fiery red, there was a sudden surge of despair deep in his heart, as if he had lost the whole world and the meaning of existence.
That strong emotion made Lu Chen's spirit suddenly tremble.
Then the next memory followed.
After regaining consciousness again, her subordinates handed her a mysterious note, with rubbings written on it that Lu Chen was safe and sound and had returned to Beijing.
Lu Chen knew that this must be Fu Hua's handiwork.
The moment he saw the above information, Lu Chen felt a strong sense of joy.
At the same time, inside the Tai Chi Hall.
Plop…
Following several dull noises, Chen Cang, Zhao Bingliang and several courtiers suddenly fell to the ground. Looking carefully, their faces were pale, their eyes were extremely empty, and there was a deep look in their eyes. Deep despair.
It's over, everything is over
"Huh~"
The empress slowly exhaled a breath.
Now that things have come to this point, there is no longer any dispute about the matter.
Everything will be settled.
She slowly stretched out her hand and wiped the fine sweat on her face, and then she didn't even bother to look at the courtier who heard the movement behind her. She looked directly at the man not far away who was desperately enduring the pain caused by the ants eating the letter. His face was originally beautiful. Chai Hongyu's facial features tightened at a glance.
There was gradually a look of admiration in his eyes.
For the sake of justice, this woman actually did this for Lu Chen. She was clearly suffering unimaginable pain, but she still remained silent until now, without uttering a single wail of pain, which affected Lu Chen who was using the Soul Searching Technique. .
This tenacity is truly terrifying.
In this world, there is a strange woman who is as tough as Lu Qing.
It's the end of the month again, and I have a lot of work again. I can only update 4K first. Dear readers, please forgive me. I'll wait until I finish my busy work for the past two days.
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