The continuous war came to an end. Li Chengfeng and others could relax and recuperate, but others in Taiyang City had no chance to breathe. Even the seriously injured prince had to brace himself and rely on the hospital bed to deal with complicated government affairs.
After a great war, Taiyang City was almost completely destroyed, with a large number of houses destroyed and the city walls in disrepair. If the city walls had not been built very solidly in the early days of the city's founding, the city's walls would have been completely destroyed when the last wave of floods came. to be destroyed directly.
More than half of the local people in Taiyang City and those who fled were killed or injured. Nearly 50,000 people were killed in this disaster. Among them, less than 10,000 died of plague, and less than 1,000 died of thunderclouds. Under the thunder and lightning bombardment of the old demon, more people died in the final terrifying wave of corpses.
From this point of view, Jue Wuji's lethality and destructive power to the world can be said to be the first among practitioners in the world.
Zhao Hanqing was leaning on the hard pear wood bed at this time. There was still flood water on the ground that had not yet receded. The officials had to bite the bullet and wear high-soled official boots, stepping on the wooden boards to the prince's bed, and carefully went to the prince's bed. He reported on the government affairs situation in Taiyang City at this time.
Zhao Hanqing looked at the rough statistics of the loss list, his eyes were sad and painful, and he sighed: "The disaster of the monks is so severe!"
The official who reported to the side was sweating coldly when he heard the report: My Royal Highness, this disaster was quelled by the monks. I'm afraid it's not good for you to say that you are trying to kill the donkey like this!
The officials lowered their heads and did not dare to answer. Only Ji Chen had the courage to say: "Thanks to Li Chengfeng for killing two demons in a row and eliminating harm for the people. The world is very lucky!"
Zhao Hanqing was not a mean person. He nodded and said, "I want a reward, I want a big reward!" Zhao Hanqing tried to sit up a little, but as soon as he moved, the wound was in severe pain.
Just as Ji Chen was about to step forward to help him, a cry came from outside: "Report! Your Highness, the left minister, Ning Tongyi, wants to see you!"
Zhao Hanqing was immediately overjoyed, and his face turned rosy because of the excessive blood loss. He quickly said: "Ning Aiqing is finally here? Hurry, tell him to come in!"
Ji Chen saw that the wound on Zhao Hanqing's neck was bleeding again due to agitation, and blood stains immediately appeared in the gauze. He immediately advised: "Your Highness, please do not be agitated, take care of the dragon body!"
While he was talking, someone was already striding over from outside. This person's steps were very heavy and his steps on the wooden board were sonorous and powerful, showing an extremely strong character.
Ji Chen knew that Prince Zhao Hanqing had a small core group of five people who were the most important ministers of the core prince line. Among them, the prince's tutor and Shilin leader Zhang Datong was known as the prince's literary courage and the left minister of the Ministry of War. Ning Tongyi is known as the prince's think tank. These two people are the prince's right-hand men. Ning Tongyi is responsible for making various policy suggestions for the prince, or serving as policy consultant at any time, while Zhang Datong is responsible for checking for leaks and filling vacancies, or It is said that it is the final decision that affects the princes. All Daqi officials know that almost all important decisions during the prince's supervision of the country were made by the five people, but almost all important decisions and strategies were proposed by Ning Tongyi!
Ji Chen anxiously looked at Ning Tongyi who was striding forward. Sure enough, he found out at the first sight that this man had an extremely majestic face. He was a standard literati and military prime minister. Although he was a scholar in the imperial examination, he later died because of his envoy. The delegation went to Dijon for negotiations. When the negotiations broke down and the other party wanted to strangle the delegation, Ning Tongyi, as the deputy negotiator, made a prompt decision and immediately led thirteen of his subordinates to break out of the encirclement. Finally, they escaped from the siege and heavy pursuit. After successfully escaping and returning to Daqi, he became famous in one battle, and then began to "cross-border" and became another representative figure of the literati joining the army.
Although Ning Tongyi was a scholar, he was very tall, with a beard and a majestic face, a leopard's eyes and a lion's nose, and his eyes were like an eagle's. When he glanced over at him, Ji Chen's heart was pounding and he lowered his head subconsciously.
Ning Tongyi glanced at Ji Chen and saw him dressed as a master. He frowned and his eyes showed strong disdain and disgust. His voice was as loud as a bell, and as soon as he opened his mouth, the dust from the roof rustled down: "You are Who! What qualifications do you have to stand here!"
As soon as he said this, Ji Chen lowered his head in shame and anger, filled with resentment in his heart.
Zhao Hanqing reluctantly smiled at Ji Chen and said warmly: "Thank you for your hard work. Go and have a good rest."
Ji Chen knew that his role was to help the prince deal with the complicated government affairs and act as a lubricant with the Taiyang City officials. But after the war, Ning Tongyi arrived. It was obvious that the prince no longer needed him. To have such gentle words is already a rare courtesy and virtuous corporal attitude.
Ji Chen excused himself and retreated under Ning Tongyi's disgusted eyes. As soon as he left the house, he heard Ning Tongyi's disdainful voice coming from inside the house: "Master, you are a fool! Your Highness, please do not associate with such people. Most of these people are scum, bad at handling government affairs, but good at corruption and power manipulation! Especially this person is described as wretched, with a deer head and rat eyes, he is definitely not a good person!"
Ji Chen could no longer hear what the prince said. There was a buzzing in his mind. The officials waiting for the prince to receive him outside also looked at him with various eyes, making him seem to be standing naked in front of the public. Stripped and humiliated.
Ji Chen was so ashamed and angry that he covered his face with his sleeves and hurried away. After leaving the prefect's mansion, he put down his sleeves and looked behind him with extremely resentful eyes in the direction where the prince and others were sitting. He was trembling all over. , clenched his fists, the anger and resentment in his heart like boiling water in a cauldron.
When Zhao Hanqing used him as a courtesy officer, when Zhao Hanqing faced thousands of thunders in the face of danger, when Zhao Hanqing risked his life to protect the people, Ji Chen was deeply moved by it. He was true. I saw the appearance of the Immortal Lord, the contemporary Saint King.
At that moment, he really wanted to dedicate his blood and life to His Highness the Crown Prince, even if he was shattered to pieces!
After all, we are all people who grew up reading books about sages. Who doesn’t have a little bit of passion and justice in his heart
But... Ji Chen finally discovered that he and the prince, or in other words, the prince, could not tolerate someone like him, because he looked like a villain, so he was destined to be a villain!
God arranged it this way, and the world thought so. No matter how hard he struggled, he seemed to be unable to escape this fate.
Tears could be seen faintly in Ji Chen's red eyes, but as he lowered his head and revealed a ferocious look, his tears disappeared. He left quickly, alone, and no one cared about his departure. People will think about what his departure will bring.