Chapter 324 Encounter

Five years later, Chen Luo was recommended by the Lu family and entered the court as an official.

The imperial court was corrupt, and as a person recommended by the Lu family, he naturally sided with the Lu family faction. After a party dispute, he was sent to the remote south. The boat and carriage were tiring, and only four people were with us.

Here, Chen Luo serves as an official with all his heart and sticks to his true intentions.

Unlike all those who have overcome the tribulation, Chen Luo knows what he wants and what he is doing. Therefore, when doing things, it gives people a very serious feeling. This year, with the help of his sister-in-law Xin Hong, he married the daughter of a local wealthy family and started a family.

He took root in this place and began to run the mountain city with heart.

Seven years passed by in a flash. Under his governance, the politics of the mountain city were clear and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

Government office.

Chen Luo's body, Zhang Zheng, is already thirty-four years old. He, who was in charge of the government, relied on his own skills and the help brought by his marriage to completely gain a foothold and began to reach out to the court again.

The current situation is chaotic, officials are serious about corruption, and incidents of common people revolting occur frequently. Faced with the rebellion of the common people below, the elders above do not take it seriously. Only when you are in this era can you understand that rebellion is not a scary thing. From the perspective of officials, it is nothing more than adding a lot of security and military spending. As long as the superiors are willing to allocate funds, they can quickly wipe out those mud-legged rebels.

As long as there is enough money.

Compared with the mud-legged rebellion, the real trouble is the wealthy families, military officers, and restless princes. Those are the fundamental reasons that shake the dynasty's rule. Chen Luo was also thinking about these issues, but he was thinking more about where Ao Ye was.

He has been looking for Ao Ye for these years, but has not been able to find him. A dozen other unrelated Jie cultivators and Shuifu monsters were found, but it was a pity that these people had lost their true intentions and forgotten themselves. They are drowning in the inner demons and chasing their own desires. This also made Chen Luo understand that the road to 'growing demons' is not as simple as expected, and not all demon seeds can blossom and bear fruit.

"It's night, be careful of catching a cold."

A piece of clothing was draped on Chen Luo's body, waking him up from his thoughts.

She is a woman wearing a light green dress and a beaded flower on her head. She has a beautiful face and a gentle personality. It was the wife in the robbery. Different from the woman whose name could not even be named, this woman's name was Wen Wan, and she was the wife of 'Zhang Zheng'.

"I made you a bowl of red bean porridge."

The woman put a bowl of red bean porridge on the edge of the table. After many years of marriage, the relationship between the two has always been very dull. Wen Wan never complained about anything, she just tried her best to play the role of a wife.

"Um."

Chen Luo responded, picked up the red bean porridge and took a sip. It was very light, with a slight sweetness. Chen Luo remembered that the year he got married, he accidentally said that he liked to eat lighter food, and then the woman remembered it.

The details are meticulous and the care lasts for eight years.

The oil lamp flickered, and the silhouettes of the two people were reflected on the wall in front of the desk.

The dynasty became increasingly turbulent, and a military governor in the north rebelled, which dealt a heavy blow to the dynasty. Even if the rebels were suppressed by the court, some of the fig leaves hidden under the prosperous age were lifted. Many people came to their senses and realized that the court was not as strong as they thought.

In the same year, a rebellion occurred in the southwest, causing civil unrest and the imperial court sent troops to suppress it.

Chen Luo, as the only court official in the southwest who wanted to conquer the country, was also on the list of conquests. The rebels also sent letters of persuasion to surrender to him through the channels of local wealthy families.

night.

study.

Chen Luo stood by the window, with two books placed on the desk next to him. The chaos in the southwest suddenly put him on the line. His choice will affect the lives of all his relatives, and those who entrusted their lives and wealth to him will also have different endings because of his choice.

Whether it's life or death, it all depends on his thought.

"Heart Demon Tribulation..."

Looking at the starry sky outside the window, Chen Luo sensed the calamity surrounding him. Different from the previous times, this time it was his calamity, and his identity was no longer the 'inner demon' that led people to fall, but the one who overcomes the evil. Robber. If it weren't for the external brain reminder, he would have faced the same choice as other tribulation survivors. Who can stick to their heart in this situation? It’s all about weighing the pros and cons.

"It's getting cold, please take some rest."

Wen Wan walked in from outside, and the familiar voice seemed like yesterday.

She was still dressed the same as when they first met, wearing a light green dress and a beaded flower on her hair. Chen Luo sometimes feels that he doesn't understand this woman very well. She listens to him in everything, but sometimes she has her own opinions.

"What do you think I should choose?"

Chen Luo looked at his first wife and suddenly asked.

"I believe in your husband's decision."

Wenwan thought for a moment and answered seriously.

"Sister-in-law is not in good health recently. Please go see her more often."

Chen Luo smiled and did not discuss this topic again. He thought of 'Zhang Zheng's' sister-in-law Xin Hong, who was also the person Zhang Zheng cared about most. After becoming an official, Chen Luo always took Xin Hong with him so that she no longer had to do the hard work. It's just that the root cause of the disease was caused by overwork when I was young, and now it has begun to break out. Xin Hong, who is in her forties, has wrinkles on her face and her hair is turning gray. She rarely goes out for a walk on weekdays. She has been coughing badly recently. Chen Luo has found many doctors for her, but none of them work.

"Um."

Wen Wan responded, she had been taking care of Xin Hong all these years.

Chen Luo chose to follow the imperial court and send troops to quell the rebellion.

'There are things to do and things not to do', the wealth and glory promised by the rebels were nothing but passing clouds in his eyes.

A few months later, the imperial army approached.

The 3,000 rebels led by Chen Luo were incorporated into the imperial army, and his position became Sima of another department. He also met the senior official sent by the imperial court to suppress the rebellion, an old man with a stern face, who had a kind of momentum that no one else had.

"Zuo Qiulong?"

Chen Luo found that there was a demon seed between the eyebrows of this person.

He didn't expect that the leader of the robbery who followed Madam Hong would become a different person after changing the environment. Everyone's fate is different, and different environments raise different people, only the original heart is unique.

"Sima Zhang is tired from the journey, go down and rest first. I have a student who is also a southwest official like Sima, and you two may chat." Zuo Qiulong did not have the corresponding memory. He just smiled and expressed his recognition to Chen Luo, an official who was loyal to the imperial court, and then introduced him to a young man.

Ao Ye!

Chen Luo had been looking for his disciple Ao Ye for many years, but he didn't expect to meet him here. Like Zuo Qiulong, Ao Ye didn't remember what happened outside. He was just a military officer here, but like Zuo Qiulong, he hated evil. He hated those thieves who disrupted the government.

He believed that they had disrupted the country and disturbed the people.

Chen Luo and Ao Ye became friends. Because he was more than ten years older than Ao Ye, Ao Ye called him brother. The two worked together in the army, and after several years, they finally put down the rebellion in the southwest. During the conversation, Chen Luo learned about Ao Ye's identity. He was a Beijing official. Because he spoke frankly, he was demoted to the southwest. This time when Zuo Qiulong led the army to suppress the rebellion, he was the first to respond. Because of his upright character, he was deeply valued by Zuo Qiulong.

"I want to follow the teacher, clarify the universe, and revive the government."

Ao Ye said the words of a scholar, and his heart was very firm.

Half a year later, the army led by Zuoqiu Long put down the rebellion. The culprit was captured alive by him, beheaded and his family was executed. After that, he and Ao Ye took office in the southwest and began to govern the people's livelihood again and restore the cities destroyed by the rebels. Chen Luo also joined Zuoqiu Long and became an official under his command.

Three years later, Chen Luo was forty years old.

After the southwest was pacified, Zuoqiu Long returned to the court.

Recommended the two to enter the capital.

Chen Luo and Ao Ye were transferred back to the capital and their careers went further. Because the journey was long, Chen Luo went to the post alone this time without his family. Before leaving, he stood outside the pavilion and looked at his wife Wen Wan and his worried sister-in-law Xin Hong who were seeing him off.

"It's a long way to go, my husband, please be careful, I will take good care of my sister-in-law."

"Take care."

After saying goodbye to the two, Chen Luo chose to enter the capital. In the capital, he saw more seeds of the inner demons. Some of these people were princes and nobles, and some were peddlers. Everyone had different experiences and different choices.

Zuoqiu Long quelled the rebellion, restored people's livelihood, and was promoted to the first rank. He was officially appointed as the prime minister of the empire.

Chen Luo and Ao Ye were also promoted and officially became members of Zuoqiu Long's lineage.

The relationship between the three became closer.

Two years later, Chen Luo gained a foothold in the capital and sent people to the southwest to bring his sister-in-law and wife Wen Wan over. In this way, the days returned to peace again. Zuoqiu Long was in charge of the court. With the support of the emperor, he began to vigorously reform and rectify the military system. If it was a prosperous dynasty, such reforms would naturally have no effect, but now the court was in decline, and the foreign generals were self-reliant and did not listen to the court's dispatch at all.

When they learned that the court wanted to disband the army and cut military spending, the border troops rebelled and pointed their swords at the Central Plains. The army responsible for resisting the rebels was defeated, and the rebels marched straight into the imperial city.

For a time, the court and the public were shocked.

A large number of officials wrote to the emperor for peace, asking him to agree to the rebels' request, give up the army, and open the treasury to reward the rebel leaders and promote them three levels.

"You are full of nonsense. You have been eating the emperor's salary in vain. When disaster strikes, you don't even think about serving the court, but instead have an affair with the rebels. You deserve to be killed!!"

Ao Ye couldn't help but come out and cursed at the surrender officials.

He knew that there must be lobbyists who accepted benefits from the rebels among these people. There were too many rats in this precarious court. Chen Luo stood in the corner, watching the quarrel, and gradually found that two-thirds of the people in the court agreed to make peace. The most important thing was that the emperor sitting on the high seat was also timid. (End of this chapter)