Empress: Your Majesty, please respect yourself, I don't want to be promoted

Chapter 213
The people and officials under the square who were constantly applauding suddenly felt their bodies sinking, as if they were being pressed down by a huge mountain. Unexpectedly, almost everyone fell heavily to the ground.

"what!"

"What... what's going on?!"

"The body...is so heavy!!"

"..."

The screams kept ringing.

They subconsciously wanted to struggle, but they couldn't move no matter what, and even breathing became more and more difficult.

Swish!
A sharp sound of breaking wind suddenly sounded, and an extremely sharp ice blade suddenly flew over, flying straight towards the rope hanging on the square sign.

puff!

With a series of cutting sounds, the arm-thick hemp rope turned out to be like a piece of waste paper, easily cut into two pieces by the ice knife, and then the figure hanging on the square fell at the same time, and finally appeared out of thin air in a burst of ice mist. He slowly fell to the ground.

click...

Gu Simiao retracted her hand expressionlessly, and then took steps.

"Huaiyu, let's go there."

"Ah."

At the same time, Chu Baoer and Chen Qingde, who were not affected at all, ran to Chu Zhan and Chu.

Chu Baoer suddenly knelt down and picked up his father, while Chen Qingde helped Chu up.

Immediately afterwards, Chu Baoer stretched out his hand with great trembling and placed it in front of Chu Zhan's nose.

The next second, her pupils suddenly shrank.

As expected, there was no warmth at all.

"Daddy!"

The shrill screams instantly echoed throughout Dongshi.

Chen Qingde on the other side looked equally heavy after checking Chu's breathing.

"Baoer, brother, he..."

At this point, he could no longer say those last few cold words.

However, although the words were not finished, the meaning was obvious——

Chu Baoer's brother was also angry.

Realizing this fact, Chu Baoer's already sad little face suddenly froze, and then completely lost his look.

When he heard Chu Baoer's cry of sorrow, Lu Chen's heart suddenly sank, and he turned his head and looked at Fu Hua beside him.

Fu Hua's eyes drooped slightly.

"The man that Miss Bao'er is holding is already dead."

Hearing this, Lu Chen couldn't help clenching his fists, and a trace of evil aura flashed across his face.

"Is it……"

"but…"

Fu Hua suddenly turned her head and looked at the young man who was helped up by Chen Qingde.

"Her brother still has a very weak aura."

As she spoke, she suddenly raised her hand, and countless transparent runes the size of fingernails instantly flew out of her palm. With the blessing and pulling of spiritual power, they flew quickly towards Chen Qingde not far away, and in an instant, they formed around Chu's body. An invisible magic circle that attracts the energy of surrounding creatures to gather in the middle.

Her attainments in magic circles were as unparalleled as ever.

Moreover, she knew what she should do at this time without Lu Chen's instructions.

In her opinion, a great husband like Lu Chen, who cares about the world and cares about the common people, will never leave the people of Daxia without mercy. Therefore, since the other party is still alive, she naturally cannot stand idly by.

Lu Chen looked at her and nodded tacitly.

it is more than words.

Then Lu Chen withdrew his gaze and walked quickly towards Chu Baoer.

Looking at Lu Chen's back, an imperceptible smile quietly flashed across Fu Huan's beautiful little face.

When he came behind Chu Baoer, he saw her hugging her father and crying bitterly. Although it was not the first time he saw such a scene, he still felt depressed.

"Miss Bao'er."

He opened his mouth, but there was no emotion in his voice.

"A person cannot be resurrected after death, so please be patient."

Chu Baoer turned his head like a machine, raised his head slightly, and looked up at Lu Chen.

"Wow!"

At this moment, all the sadness turned into endless tears, pouring down the cheeks like a flood, and the shrill cries were heartbreaking.

Lu Chen shook his head, and then said softly: "Miss Bao'er, your brother may still be saved."

These words were like a dazzling light suddenly shining in the endless darkness, instantly dispelling Chu Baoer's despair.

She stopped crying suddenly and asked in a trembling voice: "Sir... you... are you telling the truth?"

"of course."

Lu Chen nodded slightly.

"I never speak big words."

As he said that, he turned his head and prepared to ask Fu Hua behind him how sure he was that he could save Chu.

Hearing this, Chu Bao'er hugged Lu Chen's legs as if grasping the last straw, and said urgently: "Sir, please save my brother, the civilian women are willing to work hard for you!"

Her father left her, and she was unwilling to lose another relative no matter what.

As long as there is a glimmer of hope, she will catch it no matter what the cost.

Lu Chen naturally showed no respect for being a cow, a horse, a slave, or a maidservant.

He comforted Chu Baoer a little, and then asked Fu Hua.

Fu Hua did not speak hastily, but leaned down, gently pressed her jade hands on Chu's chest, closed her eyes and felt it carefully.

Seeing this, Chen Qingde and Chu Baoer couldn't help but hold their breath and looked nervously at the female doctor in front of them.

After a while, Fu Hua slowly opened her eyes.

Chen Qingde couldn't wait to ask: "Sir? How are you doing? Can I still be saved?"

Like Chu Baoer, he regarded Chu very seriously.

The reason for this is that in addition to Chu Zhan being kind to their family, his only granddaughter has her heart firmly attached to Chu. From time to time she shouts "I won't marry anyone who is not my brother". If this brother is gone, he will die. Only God knows what will happen to the stupid granddaughter with a blind eye.

Under the nervous gazes of the two people, Fu Hua breathed out a soft breath.

"Although it hurts badly."

Fu Hua looked at Lu Chen and said softly: "But I am sure of saving him."

Hearing this, Chu Baoer and Chen Qingde's eyes lit up almost at the same time.

Lu Chen's eyes relaxed slightly.

"Then trouble you."

"Huaiyu is being polite."

Fu Hua responded, and then suddenly her eyes condensed, and huge spiritual power instantly surged out, turning into a powerful flow of spiritual power that quickly poured into Chu's body.

The next second, Chu Na's riddled body was enveloped in a milky white light. At the same time, with the blessing of several magic circles generated in the blink of an eye, he slowly rose up and floated quietly in the air, enjoying endless The nourishment of spiritual energy that transforms into powerful vitality.

Immediately afterwards, the bloody wounds on his body began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Seeing this, Chu Baoer couldn't help raising his hand, covering his mouth, and cried with joy.

"So...so good..."

Lu Chen turned his head and looked to the other side.

It wasn't just Chu Zhan and his son who were hung up, other people were also worthy of attention.

However, when he looked at the others, Gu Simiao shook her head expressionlessly.

"All dead."

The words are concise and concise, but they contain extremely cruel reality.

"Is it…"

Lu Chen slowly walked to the center of the crowd that had turned into cold corpses, feeling the cruel side of the world again.

He didn't know whose father, whose son, whose husband or wife these corpses on the ground were...

He only knows that the current self has no clear ideas!As a system-savvy person, he never held back on this option when his thoughts were unclear.

Damn it!

"Zhu Yong!"

"I am humble!"

Following a rough voice, a tall and thick figure instantly appeared next to Lu Chen.

Despite Zhu Yong's arrogance towards Gu Yanming and the Zhao family when he was in Nanpi, even if Gu Simiao later rose to power and became the most powerful military general in the world, the Gu family did not dare to take revenge.

Even now, if the Gu family sees Zhu Yong, they will take a detour like a mouse seeing a cat.

After all, he is the deputy commander of the Xuanji Guards. He is second only to Fu Hua in the Holy King lineage. To a certain extent, like Fu Hua, he represents the absolute authority of the Holy King.

But this kind of person, in front of Lu Chen, was like a lowly official who was always on call. His usual arrogance could not be seen at all at this moment.

Lu Chen put his hands behind his back and said calmly: "Help me summon all the officials in Taihe County and bring them here immediately."

After a pause, he added without any emotion: "No matter where they are now, what they are doing, or what reason they have, they are not allowed to be absent. Anyone who dares to refuse."

"Take it immediately and send it to the capital!"

The moment the unquestionable order was given, Zhu Yong responded without hesitation:

"promise!"

After agreeing, Zhu Yong exerted force on his feet, and the tall figure disappeared in front of Lu Chen in the blink of an eye.

After Zhu Yong left, Lu Chen walked up to the yamen officer who had just been beating Chu Zhan and Chu with a whip.

Fu Hua's eyes moved slightly, and the index finger of her right hand that was raised unnaturally was slightly tightened. The spiritual energy pressing on the two Yamen quietly dissipated a little, allowing them to finally take a breath.

"Ha...ha..."

The two of them felt their bodies relax. After the feeling of suffocation faded away, they panted heavily almost instinctively, greedily breathing in the air around them. After a while, the red color on their faces slowly faded away.

"you……"

As soon as the two were free, one of them looked at Lu Chen in front of him in horror.

"Who are you? Why did you attack us and other officials!"

It seemed that the word official gave them courage. After the other person swallowed his saliva, he shouted loudly: "We are members of the imperial court, how dare you attack us..."

However, before he could finish shouting, Lu Chen took out the token he carried with him from his arms with a cold expression.

He was too lazy to play the trick of pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger, so he said coldly:
"I am the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, Lu Chen."

servant?

What?Waiter? !
The yelling stopped abruptly.

Seeing the rank token in Lu Chen's hand that looked like it was not ordinary at first glance, and was obviously several levels higher than his own county magistrate, the two of them widened their eyes almost at the same time.

The next second, the expressions of the two people who reacted suddenly changed, and their fat bodies trembled uncontrollably.

"Small...small..."

Their mouths were trembling, and their words were filled with vibrato.

"Little...Wu Fan..."

"Cai...Cai Kun..."

"See you sir!"

The moment the last words were spoken, the two of them knelt down heavily on the ground, bowed their heads to Lu Chen.

"Tell me."

Lu Chen put his hands behind his hands and looked down at the two people from a high position.

"Why were these people hung up and why were they tortured to death?"

"Uh……"

Facing Lu Chen's questioning, the two of them subconsciously glanced at Chu Baoer and Chen Qingde not far away from the corner of their eyes. Looking at the one-armed old man in front of them who had just been beaten to death by them, they felt something bad in their hearts. .

Although they were suppressed by the sudden spiritual power just now, they still noticed Chu Baoer's sad shout just now.

And that girl, who was dressed as a village girl but was still extremely beautiful, was obviously the big shot in front of her at such a young age, so it was possible that he happened to be attracted by him and took her into his favourite. But they beat her father and brother to death...

After offending such a big shot, can they still survive?
As soon as they thought of this, the two people's already extremely panicked hearts suddenly became even more panicked.

"answer!"

Lu Chen's cold voice suddenly sounded, like a loud sound from a bell, shaking both of them.

"Reply...reply to the adults..."

Cai Kun looked sad and said nervously: "These people slandered the government today, disrespected the court... and even... even attacked and injured me and other government officials. They are a mob, so..."

"Has it been interrogated?"

"what?"

"I want to ask you, did the government interrogate you? Did the government give them a chance to testify themselves? Did they have the right to make a statement according to the law? Why did it only take half a day to settle the case?"

Lu Chen's continuous questions made the two of them dumbfounded and speechless.

"This"

"It seems like not. No"

Lu Chen smiled coldly: "So your county government didn't even try them, just hung them up in public, tortured them to death, and didn't even give them a chance to speak out?"

Hearing this, Cai Kun suddenly trembled and his face was like chaff.

"Sir...this...this..."

His mind was racing, trying desperately to think of what to say.

Lu Chen didn't give him time to think about how to argue.

He suddenly took a step forward and walked to the two people's heads, his eyes were cold.

"More than a dozen decent people, the backbone of more than a dozen families, in less than half a day, you say they are a mob, they are a mob, show them to the public when you say it, kill them when you say it, what a great courage! The efficiency of the Taihe County Government , It’s really an eye-opener for me.”

After hearing these sarcastic words, the two of them didn't even dare to raise their heads.

"Sir...Sir, please calm down...little..."

"My Lord asked me... I really don't know how to reply... Please don't embarrass me... You guys are also following orders..."

Lu Chen's eyes suddenly condensed.

"According to orders?"

He looked around the two of them.

"At whose order? To what?"

Cai Kun and Wu Fan looked at each other silently, and then Wu Fan hurriedly said: "The younger one was ordered by Master Chen to escort the mob to Dongshi for public display, and whipped them in front of the people of Taihe County. Punishment is a deterrent to lawlessness.”

"What a deterrent to lawless people!"

Lu Chen snorted coldly.

"So, I want to praise your Taihe County Yamen for doing things impartially and being strict with the law?"

The two even said they dared not.

Lu Chen was too lazy to talk nonsense to them and asked directly: "I want to ask you, since you say these people are mobs, what riots did they do? How did they slander the imperial court? What evidence do you have to prove that they have riots? meaning?"

"This"

Cai Kun and Wu Fan hesitated and hesitated for a while, unable to give a clear answer.

"Can't you tell?"

Lu Chen looked cold, then suddenly turned his head and looked at Gu Simiao, who had been following him silently.

"Miss Gu, what is the crime for false accusation and slander?"

Gu Simiao said calmly: "Penpose him to the crime he was accused of."

"very good."

Lu Chen smiled coldly: "If that's the case, then I'm going to come here today to retaliate in kind. Come on!"

"Hang all these bitches up, hang them on the square, and whip them, so they can experience what it feels like to be hung up and beaten!"

"promise!"

The two Xuanji guards responded, and then walked quickly to a group of government officials who were suppressed by Fu Hua's pressure.

Seeing this, the faces of all the government officials suddenly turned extremely pale.

(End of this chapter)