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

"grown ups."

The two women knelt down heavily at the same time, and then one of the women pointed hard at the prison car not far away and said with tears in her eyes:

"The girl's family was originally quite well off. When the rebels broke into the city, although they took away most of the money from the girl's family, they did not harm the lives of her father and brother, and at least they left some food rations to survive. The father and brother were diligent Sincerely, it happened to be a good year, so I managed to save some food rations with great difficulty."

"After finally waiting for the imperial court to suppress the rebels, our family thought that we would be able to see the light of day again and no longer have to endure the increasingly excessive bullying of the rebels. However, we did not expect that on the day the city was broken, as soon as General Zhang posted a notice to calm the people, a group of officers and soldiers took advantage of it. When General Zhang was leading his troops to suppress the rebels, he rushed into civilian houses, burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of crimes."

When the woman said this, the hatred in her eyes overflowed, and her eyes turned blood red.

"If they fancy something, they will call others traitors and steal all the money and food from the family. If they don't comply, they will kill people with knives! And they are even more ruthless than rebels. They won't even give them a grain of rice. When we stayed, the father and brother of the civilian girl begged them hard to save some food, but they got impatient and pulled out their swords to chop off their heads..."

By the end of her speech, the corners of her mouth were trembling, and her voice was obviously trembling.

Lu Chen was shocked when he heard this, and the extremely miserable scene in Chai Hongyu's memory reappeared in his mind.

snap…

The big hands under the sleeves were clenched suddenly, and veins popped out on the fists.

At this time, another woman added: "Not only that, those beasts also put the heads of my father and brother in a bag, saying that they wanted... to take them back to receive merit. Our sisters were originally hiding in the well, and they didn't notice. But how could we just watch them take away the heads of our father and brother, so we rushed out to stop them, and then..."

As she spoke, she suddenly unbuttoned her top, then turned around with her back to Lu Chen, and unwrapped the cloth strips wrapped inside.

The next second, after seeing the appearance of the woman's back clearly, Lu Chen's pupils suddenly shrank.

At this time, there was no charm in his heart, but an unknown fire arose in his heart.

But she saw that the woman's back, which should have been as smooth as jade, was now covered with scabbed wounds and devastation. There was almost no piece of better skin, and even the piece of cloth in her hand was scratched. They were all dried dark brown blood.

One can imagine how much torture she suffered before.

Lu Chen took a deep breath, and then said slowly: "I understand, please get dressed first."

The woman nodded slightly, put on the linen clothes, and then gritted her teeth and said: "Those beasts not only killed my father and brother, trying to take credit for their heads, but they also defiled our two sisters, and wanted to kill us afterwards. Fortunately, General Zhang arrived in time and captured them all with thunderous means, otherwise our family would have died in vain and would have been stigmatized as rebels, and we would not have peace even in death."

At this point, she suddenly raised her head and looked at Zhang Yu behind Lu Chen with a grateful expression.

"General Zhang, no matter whether you can seek justice for us, general, my little girl will always remember your great kindness to our family. It is difficult for me to repay you in this life. If there is a chance in the next life, my little girl will Even if I work like a cow or a horse, I will definitely repay the general's kindness."

After saying that, she leaned down suddenly and kowtowed heavily to Chang Yu.

Zhang Yu quickly stepped forward and helped her up.

"Girl, don't do this."

Then, he turned around for no reason, looked at Lu Chen aside, and said with emotion:

"I used to be the same as the Qingzhou Guard. I only focused on achievements and accomplishments, and had no responsibilities as a soldier of Great Xia. I was confused all day long, not to mention standing up for you and not bullying you. It would be great if it wasn't Governor Lu. The good words of gold and jade have made me realize that soldiers and civilians are supposed to be in love with each other. Perhaps I have become as self-willed and degenerate as the Qingzhou Guard. How could I be like now, not only making miraculous achievements repeatedly, but also achieving breakthroughs in enlightenment one after another?"

Those last words were obviously meant for Lu Chen to hear.

"So, if you want to thank me, you should also thank Governor Lu. If it weren't for his earnest teachings, you would have just stood by and watched in that situation. You would never have been saved, let alone seek justice."

After hearing this, everyone suddenly trembled, and then hurriedly knelt down to Lu Chen again.

"Thank you, Mr. Lu, and thank you, my benefactor!"

However, Lu Chen turned sideways and did not accept their gift.

Then he slowly turned his head and looked at Chang Yu.

"Thank you or something..."

There was an inexplicable coldness in his voice.

"Chang Yu, do you think we, the imperial officials, are worthy of their gratitude at this moment?"

These words instantly shocked Zhang Yu.

He is not a dull person, otherwise he would not have realized enlightenment more times after being awakened by Lu Chen than his father Zhang Shiping, who is the commander of the Yuzhou Guard. feel.

Then he immediately put down the helpful look on his face, turned to bow to Lu Chen with great anxiety, held the disciple ceremony, like a good student who was humbly accepting the teacher's scolding, and said softly:

"Please teach me, Lord Governor."

Seeing that he looked like he was being taught humbly, Lu Chen did not rant like he did to the courtiers, but just put his hands behind his back and said calmly: "Chang Yu, I want to ask you, who is the perpetrator of the tragic experience of these two girls? "

Zhang Yu said without hesitation: "Generals and soldiers of the Qingning Army."

"Whose people are they?"

"Qingning Army."

"Who is in charge of the Qingning Army?"

"Commander Wang Qian Wang."

"Who does Mr. Wang belong to?"

When asked, Changyu seemed to be aware of this.

"It's Your Majesty, from the imperial court!"

Lu Chen narrowed his eyes.

"Yes, the Qingzhou Guards, like you Yuzhou Guards, are regular troops of our Great Xia court and represent the court. However, they wear armor issued by the court and carry blades made by the Ministry of Industry's Ordnance Bureau, but they destroy the people who gave them all this. Food and clothing for parents.”

"The perpetrators are members of the imperial court. For this reason alone, as an official of the imperial court, I have no shame in accepting their gratitude."

As he spoke, he sighed heavily.

"Yes, this is a matter between the Governor's Mansion and the Ministry of War, and has nothing to do with me, the Minister of Works. However, the imperial court is a whole. The three pavilions, six departments and nine temples each perform their own duties, but they divide the work and do not separate the family. This kind of harming thing happened. , even if there is some remedial action afterwards, who would have the nerve to accept the victim’s gratitude?”

"If the superior cannot relieve the king's worries, and the inferior cannot relieve the people's difficulties, what face do we have living in the temple?"

Hearing this, Chang Yu's heart suddenly trembled.

At this moment, he completely understood why Lu Chen had been serving the country and the people since he served as the governor of the two states, but he refused to accept the gratitude of the people.

It turns out that in his mind, it is completely meaningless to uphold justice for the people afterwards. Creating a world where people can live and work in peace and contentment without being harmed is his real pursuit!

As soon as he thought about this, Zhang Yu's eyes towards Lu Chen changed instantly.

This is a true gentleman, a great man who truly cares about the world!

Snapped!

He clasped his fists fiercely and saluted Lu Chen.

"Your Majesty the Governor is right, and the students will learn from it!"

Lu Chen watched Chang Yu, who had been poured cold water on him, salute him so solemnly.

Lu Chen: "..."

Shaking his head, he stopped looking at Chang Yu and turned his head to look at the people not far away.

"You all should also get up, I have no shame in accepting your thanks."

Everyone heard Lu Chen's words clearly. Although they didn't understand them very well, they felt that this impossibly young man was indeed completely different from the official they remembered.

This is...the real Master Qingtian!

Seeing that Lu Chen didn't want them to kneel down at all, everyone quickly stood up after reacting.

The two women said with emotion on their faces: "My father and brother are dead, and our sisters have lost their innocence. Now we have no hope of survival. I only hope that you can seek justice for our family, so as to comfort our father and brother's souls in heaven." "

Lu Chen gently exhaled a breath of turbid air.

He naturally knew that if they didn't have a death wish, how could ordinary people like them follow Chang Yu into Beijing?

Life will go on, and the way of survival for ordinary people in this world of high martial arts is far more difficult than the ancient society of Blue Star. (End of chapter)