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

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The seemingly plain carriage was speeding on the road to Taihe County. In the carriage, Chen Qingde moved a little uneasily.

"that…"

Looking at the extremely luxurious decorations around him and feeling the couch under his buttocks that was softer than a freshly baked bun, his lips couldn't help but tremble.

"My lords, why don't you... I'd better go outside and help drive the car..."

As he spoke, he arched his body subconsciously, not daring to let his dirty clothes rub against the couch that was worth an unknown amount of stone meters beneath him.

"No need."

Lu Chen had a gentle smile on his face.

"Uncle Chen, just sit back and relax."

Hearing Lu Chen call himself Uncle Chen, Chen Qingde subconsciously thought of getting up and even said he didn't dare. His old man Chen just ate a few more grains of rice and nibbled a few more pieces of tree bark than others. How could He De dare to let someone Master Qingtian calls him uncle?

But before he could speak, Fu Hua beside him said calmly: "This is Huaiyu's car. Since Huaiyu lets you sit, just sit tight and don't think wildly."

Chen Qingde looked at his clothes, which had not been washed for several days and were stained with a lot of carbolic powder and patched, as well as the few lice he had just crushed to death on them, and hesitantly said: "But the little old man is dirty... …”

"No, you're not dirty."

Lu Chen shook his head, denied what he said, and then said with emotion:

"In my opinion, not only are you not dirty, you are actually cleaner than many well-dressed people."

Chen Qingde didn't quite understand what Lu Chen was referring to, but he didn't dare to refute, so he could only continue to bow and didn't dare to sit down.

When Lu Chen saw this, he stood up directly, then pressed his shoulders and pressed him down on the couch with a little force.

Feeling the real feeling after sitting down again, Chen Qingde felt an unreal feeling. At the same time, he vaguely realized in his heart that the ridiculously young official in front of him seemed different from the official he knew.

Lu Chen didn't notice that when he said and did this, Gu Simiao and Fu Hua were looking at his back intently.

Chu Baoer didn't have any special ideas. At this time, she only had her father and brother in her heart.

And a glimmer of hope.

Although Brother Shitou said that her father and brother had been beaten to death by government officials, she would not fully believe that she loved her so much until she saw the bodies of her father and brother. My father and brother would die so suddenly and miserably.

Even if they were really beaten to death, she would collect the bodies of her father and brother and bury them properly.

No matter what price she had to pay for this, even if she was asked to work as a slave for the high-ranking official named Lu in front of her, she would be willing to do so.

"Miss Gu."

After sitting down again, Lu Chen suddenly spoke and talked to Gu Simiao.

"Didn't you ask me before how to manage the fiefdom?"

"Um."

Gu Simiao nodded slightly.

"Are Huaiyu ready to teach me now?"

Lu Chen shook his head and said softly: "I can't talk about advice or anything like that. I just want to share my personal opinion."

Gu Simiao sat upright.

"Huaiyu, please speak, I am all ears."

Lu Chen said "hmm", then glanced at Chen Qingde who was sitting opposite, and then said slowly: "There is nothing complicated about managing a fiefdom as a noble. Miss Gu, you just need to remember one thing. .”

"Which point?"

Lu Chen didn't show off and gave the answer directly:

"What's theirs is yours."

It’s a very simple seven words, and the meaning is also very simple.

Gu Simiao thought for a moment, then raised her head slightly and met Lu Chen's eyes.

"I see."

She said softly, then smiled.

"Thank you Huaiyu for your advice."

"Miss Gu, you're welcome."

As several people talked freely, the carriage sped rapidly.

At dusk, everyone finally arrived at Taihe County.

At the gate of the county town, Lu Chen helped Chen Qingde get out of the carriage first. Immediately afterwards, Fu Hua and Gu Simiao stood behind him again, one on the left and one on the right, like two personal maids.

"Is this Taihe County?"

Lu Chen raised his head and saw the dilapidated county government gate not far away, as well as the sparse and thin people around it.

The day was about to end, and there was no place to live in the city. The hawkers and salesmen who only came to the city to sell some fruits walked out of the county town one after another.

When they passed by Lu Chen and others, they all looked over in unison.

There was nothing I could do, the woman behind Lu Chen was too eye-catching.

Fu Hua and Gu Simiao ignored the looks around them.

"Huaiyu, it's getting late. Let's go into the city."

"Um."

Lu Chen nodded.

After entering the city, Gu Simiao led everyone towards the county government office.

She has been here once, so she naturally knows where the county government office is.

And just when a group of people were about to walk through Dongshi and were about to reach the county government office——

"Dad! Brother!"

Chu Baoer, who had not spoken much along the way, suddenly exclaimed, and then rushed toward the Dongshi Fangpai not far away with an anxious look on his face.

Lu Chen turned his head and looked in the direction where Chu Baoer was running wildly.

The next second, his expression suddenly turned cold.

But under the dilapidated Dongshi Fang memorial sign, there were more than a dozen people hanging with arm-thick hemp ropes!

Those people were stripped of their clothes, leaving only a piece of cloth, and their bodies were covered with scars and bruises. They had been hanging in the cold wind for who knows how long. At this time, each of them had their eyes closed, not knowing whether they were alive or dead.

Under the square, several government officials stood there with sneers on their faces, and the two injured government officials whipped one of them, an old man and a young man.

The whip hit the young and old couple, making a crackling sound, leaving bright red blood on the unconscious two people.

And their faces were extremely pale at this time.

Some people wearing unpatched linen clothes and a few young people wearing brocade clothes were watching. Every time the yamen sent out a whip and hit the person who was hanging on it, making a crisp sound, they all cheered loudly.

"Haha, it's so satisfying!"

"Well done! This is how you should act against these unruly people!"

"Hit! Keep beating! Beat them until it hurts! Beat them until they kneel down and beg for mercy! Otherwise, these damn unruly people will one day riot and harm us and other good people!"

"Kill them!"

"The county magistrate is mighty!"

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Seeing this scene, Chen Qingde's expression also changed.

"Brother Chu, brother!"

His eyes were locked on the two figures who were whipped by the Yamen, and he rushed over after Chu Baoer.

"Liangyu."

Lu Chen did not rush over immediately, but called softly to his side.

"Um."

Fu Hua nodded and raised her index finger slightly under her sleeve.

boom!

An extremely majestic spiritual power surged out from her body, and the terrifying pressure instantly enveloped the entire area within a hundred meters.