"Your Majesty has a decree: for Gu Chen's meritorious service in rescuing Princess Lianxue, here is a mansion in the imperial city worth ten thousand taels of gold! Two heaven-level treasures, two books on heaven-level exercises and martial arts, and ten bottles of ninth-grade elixirs. Here are your gifts! "
Gu Chen had just stopped under the emperor's high platform, and before he could speak, the emperor's will and a space ring had been sent to Gu Chen's hands through a soldier.
Hearing the reward from the decree, Gu Chen couldn't help but stare.
I never expected that Emperor Tianming would be so generous.
Not only are there two heaven-level treasures, but also exercises, martial arts, and ten bottles of ninth-grade elixirs!
Just these few things are absolutely rare in the world.
And the mansions in the imperial city are even more valuable.
However, Gu Chen was not from the Tianming Empire at all, so he naturally had no interest in the Tianming mansion.
Money is also of little interest.
It's like a treasure, and I have some ideas!
When he turns around and gathers the Endless Devouring Star Soul, these treasures will become his cultivation!
"Thank you, Emperor Tianming!"
Gu Chen directly put the space ring on his hand and nodded slightly to the emperor.
"Young Master Gu, if you choose to settle in our Tianming Imperial City and never return to the Great Xia Empire, the emperor has said that the reward will be doubled and you will be given an official title!"
Tianming Xiangguo slowly took a step forward and spoke to Gu Chen.
Granted an official title?
Double the reward? !
After hearing these words, the officials in the palace couldn't help but burst into a slight uproar.
Although Gu Chen has meritorious service, he is not from their Tianming Empire after all!
The previous reward was already heavy enough, but now it is doubled!
This kind of reward has not been received by even Tianming's first genius, Tiansha Gufeng!
Now, Gu Chen not only got it, but also got it twice as much!
This caused many of the officials to subconsciously look at Tiansha Gufeng.
In many eyes, Tiansha Gufeng felt a little worthless!
Tiansha Gufeng was originally from the Tianming Empire.
After receiving the emperor's order, he entered the imperial city and entered the palace to serve the country.
But the emperor only rewarded him with a mansion, not even an official title.
He just waits to go to Daxia to fight on the battlefield, and after returning, he will be promoted to a higher rank based on his merits.
But now, a young man from an enemy country can be treated like this just for saving Princess Lianxue?
Is it fair?
"Your Majesty, I object to such a reward to a young man from an enemy country!"
Without any hesitation, Tiansha Gufeng stood up directly and said:
"If Your Majesty can give such a huge reward to a young boy from an enemy country at will, it would be extremely unfair to Tianming, the genius of our country!"
"Your Majesty, think twice!"
"Your Majesty, think twice!"
All the ministers also spoke one after another after Tiansha Gufeng's words.
"Gu Chen's talent must have been seen by everyone in the palace a few days ago. Even the sword soul Long Fei was killed by his sword. He is truly a top genius!"
Faced with the objections of the ministers, the emperor was not angry, but calmly stated:
"Now, I have saved Princess Lianxue again, and I will be rewarded for my merits. If Gu Chen is willing to join our Tianming Empire, why shouldn't I be rewarded with this reward!"
"It is natural for your majesty to reward you, but you should not care about one thing at the expense of the other. It would be biased. A person from an enemy country can receive such a heavy reward. I am your majesty's subject, why can't I deserve it?"
Tiansha Gufeng also raised his voice directly.
"Tiansha Gufeng is more talented than this boy. If even he can't do it, no one in this world can do it!"
"Yes! If even Tiansha Gufeng can't be worthy of it, Gu Chen, a mere mortal, can't even be worthy of it!"
The ministers discussed it heatedly again.
In the Tianming court, no minister would obey unconditionally just because it was the emperor's words.
In the court, if you have any thoughts, you can speak out and write to them.
Even if it goes against the emperor's wishes, the emperor will never blame him.
And this is the real reason why the Tianming Empire has grown stronger and stronger over the years.
It is completely incomparable to the imperial court of Daxia.
"this……"
The emperor frowned slightly, but he didn't expect so many people to object.
He looked at Tianming Xiangguo, who had not spoken yet, and said, "Xiangguo, what do you think?"
After a slight silence, Prime Minister Tian Ming said slowly:
"In my opinion, it's better to let Gu Chen compete with Tian Sha Gu Feng to see who is stronger! If Gu Chen is strong, the reward will be valid. If Tian Sha Gu Feng wins, then this person will be The reward will be given to Tiansha Gufeng!"
"I second the proposal!"
"I second the proposal!..."
As soon as the Prime Minister's words came out, the whole court immediately ushered in voices of support.
The emperor who saw this scene frowned slightly and looked at Fang Lianxue beside him: "Xue'er, how are you?"
"This is Gu Chen's business." Fang Lianxue shook her head slightly.
He had said that as long as Gu Chen was not moved, she would not be involved in anything happening in the court!
The emperor nodded, then waved his hand to suppress everyone's voices, and looked directly at Gu Chen: "Gu Chen, do you have any objections?"
But at this time, Gu Chen became unusually silent.
Seeing the silent Gu Chen, I couldn't help but think of a series of sneers in the court:
"Hahaha, Mr. Gu, if you are afraid, just let this matter go!"
"Yes, yes, this reward shouldn't belong to you anyway!"
"Don't dare to fight with Tiansha Gufeng, there is no shame in it!"
Even Tiansha Gufeng himself couldn't help but smile evilly and said: "Since you don't dare to fight, just spit out what you just accepted, and I can spare you!"
It was also when the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were mocking each other with their words.
A voice suddenly interrupted the crowd's words, causing the entire hall to completely stop.
Gu Chen raised his head and asked, "Can you kill people?"
"What? He actually asked if he could kill people? Hahaha!"
"Hahaha!"
As soon as Gu Chen said these words, after a brief silence in the court hall, there was an instant burst of laughter.
He asked this question obviously because Gu Chen was afraid.
I was so scared that I didn’t know what to say.
Let’s talk about it, how can anyone not kill someone?
Everyone laughed so hard that their faces turned red and their necks thickened, and there was absolutely no sense of seriousness that should be expected in a court room.
Of course, this is also because this is not a real court, but a banquet hall!
After the laughter of the crowd subsided, the emperor slowly said: "If Mr. Gu doesn't want to make a quarrel about life and death, he can also follow your Daxia etiquette, only distinguish between superior and inferior, not life and death, until the point is reached!"
"No, no, no, I think your Majesty has misunderstood."
Gu Chen shook his head gently and said, "I want to ask, can I kill people?"
quiet.
As soon as Gu Chen said these words, the entire hall fell silent instantly.
Everyone even thought that they had heard wrongly.
"You?" Even the emperor was slightly startled.
But soon, he reacted and said with a smile:
"Of course you can. In our Tianming Empire, sparring is a matter of life and death. Don't worry, even if this is our Tianming Empire and there are many strong men here, no one will interfere with your sparring!"
"good!"
Gu Chen nodded, and the moment he said the word, he suddenly turned around and looked at Tiansha Gufeng who was staring at him behind him.
At this moment, a smile suddenly appeared on the boy's lips.
A calm smile.
It was as calm as a pool of stagnant water, without any ripples.
But this smile, falling in Tiansha Gufeng's eyes, made Tiansha Gufeng's heart beat for no reason.
It was as if the person looking at him was not a person, but a wolf!
A lone wolf hiding in the grass, waiting for prey to arrive!
It may seem calm, but at any time, you may pounce out of the grass and kill your prey with one blow!
Tiansha Gufeng always thought that he was the hunter and Gu Chen was the prey.
However, the other party's gaze suddenly gave him an illusion. In this illusion, the roles of the two were completely reversed, and he became the prey!
He took a deep breath and suppressed the strangeness in his heart.
Tiansha Gufeng said coldly: "Don't play tricks with me here, I will definitely defeat you today!"
