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

"Drive! Drive! Drive!"

The sound of rumbling horseshoes resounded continuously on a certain road in Ping County, and more than a dozen warriors in strong outfits lowered their bodies on horseback and galloped forward at lightning speed.

Every warrior wears a mask on his face, only revealing a pair of extremely sharp eyes.

In his eyes, there was an inexplicable killing intent, crazy and cold.

Like the long knives pinned to their waists, the cold light was exposed.

Wherever the cold light passed, there were continuous waves of dust, flying sand and walking among the stones, and the strong killing intent gradually disappeared. A group of warriors rode very fast, and it didn't take long to arrive at a hillside outside a village that was only twenty or thirty miles away from Ping County.

There are more than 200 apparently newly erected tombs dotted across the hillside, and the wooden steles on them are like patron saints, silently watching and guarding the village below.

Here, you can overlook the whole picture of the whole village below.

It's lunch time, and the village's patchwork of farmhouses is billowing with smoke.

In the rather muddy village road, a dozen or so urchins were playing games, bouncing around, feeling uncomfortable, while a few emaciated but kind-hearted elders stroked their beards with one hand, looked at their grandchildren playing around with kindness, and smiled at the corners of their mouths Non-stop, as if enjoying the most beautiful thing in this world.

The whole village is full of vitality.

At the gate of the village, there is a wooden stake with three ordinary big characters written on it——

Qu'er Village.

click...

The horse's hooves stomped heavily on a brand new tomb, directly pressing down the wooden tablet on it.

Among the group of warriors, the masked man at the head rolled his eyes, and soon found that there were many newly erected graves nearby.

"Ah……"

Looking at these graves, he inexplicably sneered, showing disdain.

"It's just a pariah like an ant. If it dies, it will die. It's no different from an ant that was trampled to death inadvertently. I really don't know what to erect a monument for."

The subordinates on the side spoke up: "The untouchables are the untouchables, how can we wait for the cultivators to understand the thoughts of those ants."

"makes sense."

The masked man shrugged his shoulders, and then galloped his horse over several grave mounds without hesitation.

"Mere ants, why do you care about what you think?"

Seeing the boss like this, other warriors also followed suit, directly riding forward, some even deliberately controlled the horse to step on the grave, the eyes under the mask did not have the slightest respect and awe for the dead, some were just dismissive and indifferent .

Just like no one cares how many ants they trampled to death.

As superior cultivators, they don't care what these tombs mean to the villagers below.

After a group of warriors galloped across the graveyard, the masked man slowly drew out the sharp blade from his waist and stared straight at Qu'er Village below.

"It's almost time, let's do it!"

"promise!"

Following the order, all warriors drew their swords at the same time, and at the same time quickly condensed the spiritual power in their bodies, passing it through the spiritual veins around the body, and quickly activated the exercises.

The next second, when the air around their bodies trembled slightly amidst the surge of spiritual power, they exerted force on their feet, and they jumped off the horseback, and swooped down towards Qu'er Village below. Down.

Just as a group of warriors approached Qu'er Village like ghosts, the dark clouds suddenly became thicker in the already extremely dark sky.

Blot out the sun.

The sky within the Tianmen Mountain range suddenly became extremely dark, and the rich water aura continued to gather in the sky above Tianmen Mountain, and even radiated to the surrounding areas, making the sky in the entire Yuzhou and Suizhou dark, as if entering the night early.

Pooh!

Pooh! !

The moment the figures of the warriors disappeared, the farmhouses in Qu'er Village suddenly heard horrific and light bangs.

Boom! ! !

A flash of thunder suddenly flashed across the drowsy sky. The intense thunder pierced the darkness and shone in Qu'er Village, covering the bright red blood that flowed from the side of the farmhouse with a layer of dazzling silver frost.

Under the dazzling thunder light, only a few afterimages can be vaguely seen flying back and forth between the farmhouses.

On the village road, the children and the kind old man who were playing just now had completely fallen into a pool of blood.

The line of blood on their necks and the remaining smiles on their faces were extremely conspicuous under the light of thunder.

The huge roar covered all the sounds in Qu'er Village.

Except for God, no one knows the tragedy that is happening in this small mountain village that has only recently regained its vitality and calm with the efforts of the new governors of the two states.

Hush...

Bean-sized raindrops fell suddenly from the night-like sky, forming a rain curtain with extremely low visibility in the blink of an eye, covering the entire two states in the rain.

Half a quarter of an hour later, the warriors gathered again on the hillside where there were new graves just now.

Including the masked man at the head, everyone was full of blood at this time, and the rain sprinkled on the blade in their hands, washing away all the blood on it.

"Have you finished killing them all?"

The masked man narrowed his eyes and asked.

"Don't worry, my lord."

A subordinate cupped his hands at him, and replied: "We have carefully confirmed and verified that the six hundred and fifty-three people in Qu'er Village have all died under our knife, and there is absolutely no survivor."

Hearing this, the masked man nodded immediately.

"very good."

He turned around suddenly and looked in the direction of the nearest village to Qu'er Village, with a stern look in his eyes.

"Then, let's go to the next one..."

The blade retracted into the scabbard, and he slowly got on the horse.

The other warriors also jumped onto their horses, their movements so chic.

"remember."

The masked man raised the whip in his hand, and at the same time said in a deep voice:

"These are villains who have offended the prince. According to the law of Daxia, if a commoner offends the royal family, he will be punished as a crime of treason and immorality! For these mobs who have violated the laws of Daxia, as defenders of the laws of Daxia , I will never be merciful, do you understand?!"

"promise!"

Boom!

The moment the whip fell, the white horse under the crotch of the masked man neighed again, leading him to rush out of the spot, followed by the others.

Not long after, everyone disappeared into the boundless rain.

at the same time.

State Yamen, in front of the lobby.

"Um?"

Looking at the rain scene outside the house, Lu Chen felt an inexplicable feeling of irritability.

"It's raining again."

"Um."

Fu Yu, who was quietly by Lu Chen's side, said softly.

"The state of the aura of water in the Tianmen Mountains is getting weirder and weirder. According to this situation, the Tianmen River is estimated to form a flood soon, which will have an impact on the Tianmen River Dam."

Speaking of this, she suddenly sighed with emotion, and said: "Fortunately, Xiao Shangshu found out in time and wrote to His Majesty, and Governor Lu, you desperately advised His Majesty, resisted all opinions, and forced the two guards to rush to the dam area to consolidate the dam. Opening canals to discharge floodwaters is the reason why the current situation is so good, otherwise, if the situation of the dam last year is used, it is estimated that the people downstream will have no way to survive now."

Lu Chen said lightly: "It's just a matter of duty, it's not worth mentioning."

After saying that, he stopped looking at Fu Yi, and walked directly into the lobby.

"Governor Lu!"

The moment Lu Chen walked into the lobby, there was a loud voice from inside.

But he saw dozens of Xuanjiwei in county magistrate's uniform and black gauze standing straight on both sides of the hall, bowing and saluting in unison to welcome him.

"Um."

Lu Chen went to the main seat without hesitation and sat down, then raised his head, looked around at Xuanjiwei who was wearing a civil official uniform for the first time, or acting county magistrate, acting county magistrate, and finally his eyes stayed on those big and three rough for no reason. On Xuanjiwei.

Immediately afterwards, a strangeness flashed quietly in his eyes.

The predecessor of Xuanjiwei was Xuanwuwei, and as the most elite guard of the Cangming Army, Xuanwuwei had already proved its strength when defeating the imperial army.

And Xuanjiwei, as the former leader of Xuanwuwei, is naturally more powerful, which is also fully reflected in his body shape.

Except for Fang Yu, who is a son like jade, and a few young people who practice special skills, most of them look like iron towers.

These 2.2-meter-tall, burly men with big shoulders and thick waists were dressed in elegant official uniforms, which seemed a bit weird no matter how they looked.

If I had to give an example, it would be the feeling of seeing JOJO wearing women's clothing with my own eyes.

Shaking his head, Lu Chen shook off the weird thoughts in his head, and then straight to the point: "I still have some urgent business to deal with later, time is tight, if you have any questions, you want to ask me before you leave , ask now."

Hearing this, Fang Yu immediately stood up, and in the expectation of everyone, raised his voice and asked: "My lord governor, I would like to ask you for advice, what is [the way of governing]?"

It is not the way of being an official, but the way of governing.

Hearing this question, Lu Chen couldn't help but startled. After realizing it, he slightly raised the corner of his mouth inexplicably.

"Is it the way to govern..."

After a cup of tea, Lu Chen gathered his thoughts, and then slowly said: "In my opinion, the so-called way of governing is to deal with the affairs of the people. It is a great principle to benefit the people. The principle is to follow the way. "

After the words fell, Fang Yu and the others, including Fu Wei who was behind Lu Chen, most of the Xuanjiwei's faces showed thoughtful expressions.

As he spoke, he paused for a moment, then turned his head inexplicably, looking at the increasingly thick rain outside the window.

"As for what is the Dao..."