Martial Cultivator

There are still many court officials who insist on moving the capital, but they can no longer find a reason. Abandoning the people can no longer be a reason.

Not only did they see the end just now, but they were also ashamed by Chen Chao's words. Many people remembered the oath they made when they were determined to pass the imperial examination.

Probably not many people can abandon Mr. Zhang's four words.

The hall was very quiet for a while. Chen Chao looked at this group of civil officials who were actually mostly good-hearted. After thinking for a while, he said, "No one's life is more valuable than anyone else's. We, a group of warriors, appeared in the north just because the north is more suitable for us. You are here because the court needs you here more, that's all."

After saying this, Chen Chao no longer planned to pay attention to these court officials, but came to the side of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and said, "Your Highness, let's walk together."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince nodded, and when he stepped out of the hall, he waved to the eunuchs who wanted to follow him, indicating that they didn't need to follow, and then followed Chen Chao out of the hall.

However, when he walked out of the hall, Li Shou still handed the prince an oil-paper umbrella.

The prince walked in the wind and snow with an umbrella, and Chen Chao was beside him.

Chen Chao spoke first: "The princess was about to take up the sword and kill people. Yes, according to the environment she has been in since she was a child, she probably thinks that as long as she threatens her life, those court officials will always shut up."

"Xinyue is also worried. She is not like this on weekdays."

The prince glanced at Chen Chao, "She is a very good wife on weekdays."

Perhaps in the heart of the prince, he is also worried that his only brother will be dissatisfied with his wife.

Chen Chao nodded and said, "Of course I know."

The prince breathed a sigh of relief, but then opened his mouth and asked, "Brother, is Xiao Yi's crime not punishable by death?"

Hearing this, Chen Chao paused, and then he turned his head and looked behind him. The footprints along the way were covered by the wind and snow.

Turning his head, Chen Chao said, "At any time other than today, he would not be guilty of death, but today, he must die."

The Crown Prince frowned and said, "Is it to kill a chicken to scare the monkey?"

Chen Chao said, "Partly, but the reason is very simple. He thinks too much of himself and too little of the people. In fact, it seems to be understandable? Although the ancestral precepts left by Emperor Taizu Gao are to share the world with the people, after becoming an official, he is high above the people. When the people see him, they have to call him "official master". How can they really regard the people as equals to him? Besides, he, Xiao Yi, was born into a wealthy family. I don't know how many slaves there are in his family. I'm afraid it's a character that he has developed since he was a child."

"The human heart is like water, and like mountain fog, How can we see through it? "

Chen Chao smiled, "People like Xiao Yi, at any time, as long as they do not violate the Daliang law, there is naturally no reason to kill them, but today, in the current situation of the court, if we are still wavering, then we will definitely lose. The price of losing is not that the surname Chen cannot be the emperor, but that the human race may be broken from the spine for thousands of years, and live on their knees for the rest of their lives. This is still the best result. "

The prince was startled, "Are the consequences really so serious?"

Be it the previous dynasty or many years ago, the human race was no match for the demon race, but there has never been a demon race that wants to completely exterminate the human race, or even occupy the human race’s territory and enslave the human race.

Chen Chao said calmly: "Today is different from the past. Now is definitely the most dangerous time for the human race in thousands of years."

The prince nodded. He still believed in his brother unconditionally in many cases, but he still said with some dissatisfaction: "But if you do this, your brother will always make too many enemies for himself."

No matter whether the human race can win in the end, I am afraid that what Chen Chao did today will be remembered by the court officials, especially by the Xiao family. They may try their best to drive Chen Chao away in the end.

The prince didn't know how long he could live, but he knew that his brother would live longer than him if nothing unexpected happened.

Chen Chao thought about it and didn't answer the question. He just said: "Earlier, before the northern border army went south, I heard a little story that happened in the meeting hall of the general's mansion. At that time, there was a constant debate about whether to go south or not, until someone asked the general, what would happen if His Majesty was there? The general decided to go south."

The prince frowned.

Chen Chao said slowly: "I'm not asking you to become a person like His Majesty, nor am I comparing you with His Majesty. It's just that since you are like this, we must always do more to ensure that His Majesty's will continues to be implemented."

"But... when it's time to speak, we must speak."

Chen Chao smiled at his younger brother.

He then stopped and indicated that this was the end.

The Crown Prince didn't speak because he was afraid that any word might become the final farewell.

Chen Chao, with a head of white snow, looked at this young man whose eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to his own. He really hoped that he would govern this dynasty in that peaceful world.

But he needed to be more tenacious and tough.

Only in this way could he govern the country well when he was not there.

……

……

Nanhu is frozen.

In the past years, Nanhu was not frozen.

Because the dean was in Shendu in those years, he didn't like to see Nanhu frozen in winter, so Nanhu never froze.

Now that the academy has changed its president, many things have changed.

However, there are still some things that remain unchanged.

For example, at this time, the pavilion in the middle of the lake still cooks a pot of mutton. The boiling soup brings the aroma of mutton, making the air in the pavilion warm.

The middle-aged man sitting under the pavilion looked at the boiling soup, but he did not have any happy expression, nor any excitement about eating delicious food.

He even had some sadness in his eyes.

After a long time, he picked up the chopsticks and picked up the mutton and started eating, but he ate very slowly.

Until a young man walked into the pavilion in the wind and snow.

The middle-aged man stopped eating and raised his head to look at the pale and tired young man.

The young man sat down by himself and joked, "I thought I would be torn to pieces by these scholars when I entered the academy this time."

The dean died in the north, which would definitely make the scholars sad. Sadness would easily turn into anger, and anger needs to be vented. Chen Chao seems to be the right person.

The middle-aged man looked at the young man in front of him and said mockingly, "Do you think you have never read any books?"

The young man said, "It seems that the students in the academy are finally reasonable. You, as a student, are really better than the teacher."

When mentioning this, the middle-aged man was silent for a while, and then said, "No one can match the teacher."

The young man thought for a while and said, "Mr. Dong also died in the north."

The middle-aged man then stopped talking.

The young man looked at his old neighbor and elder for many years, and said softly, "I came back this time to give some things."

As he spoke, he took out a piece of sword blade as thin as a cicada's wing and handed it to Zhou Goji, the current acting dean of the academy in front of him.

However, with the death of the dean, his name naturally disappeared.

"It's the cicada."

Zhou Gouqi frowned. Seeing this sword, it was hard for him to forget that junior brother.

"There are only two places where Liu Jianxian feels at ease. In the north, he left behind corpses and most of the flying swords. The remaining ones should be left in the academy."

Chen Chao, who came back from the north, sighed.

Too many people died in the north recently. Those familiar names and figures disappeared one by one. No one would remain indifferent.

Zhou Gouqi raised his head and asked, "Where is the master? Did he leave anything behind?"

Chen Chao shook his head.

Zhou Gouqi's eyes dimmed.

"I heard that you killed someone in the hall again." Zhou Gouqi said, "In this troubled time, you still dare to kill people like this. Aren't you afraid that the court will be in chaos and there will be no way to clean it up?" "If I don't kill people and calm them down, they will force the prince to move the capital. At that time, whether we fight or not, we will lose." Chen Chao said calmly, "I never like to kill people." "If His Majesty had passed the throne to you, you would have taken it. Now things are not so simple?" Zhou Gouqi looked at Chen Chao. If Chen Chao had chosen to be the next emperor of Daliang Dynasty at that time, then the court atmosphere would certainly be different now. Chen Chao smiled bitterly and shook his head, "That's not what I want either."

Zhou Gouqi said calmly: "Regarding the relocation of the capital, the academy has always considered it a matter of state affairs, and our academy does not interfere in state affairs, so we didn't say anything and didn't do anything, but if there is such a thing in the future, the academy will say something."

Chen Chao laughed, "It shouldn't happen before I die."

Zhou Gouqi was silent for a while, looking into the eyes of the young man in front of him and suddenly asked: "I heard that the Great Wall in the North has been broken by half, and it is only a matter of time before it is breached?"

Chen Chao just said: "Gufengkou was breached, and we also wiped out all the demon army on the lookout platform, and they suffered a lot of losses."

Chen Chao did not elaborate on the dangers.

Zhou Gouqi sighed and said, "The situation is still difficult."

"Do your best. Anyway, we can't admit defeat. Let alone whether we are worthy of the people of Xinliu and Jizhou, if we surrender now, we will also let down the dean, Senior Brother Liu, Mr. Dong and others."

"There are so many dead people."

Chen Chao smiled and said, "Don't let me reverse the situation, otherwise I will let them know what the anger of Daliang is."

Speaking of this, Chen Chao glanced at the mutton in front of him and said, "It's almost time. I have to go back. I'm sorry for the things in Shendu."

"You can trouble the academy, but it's useless to trouble me, because I have to go to the north too."

Zhou Gouqi smiled and said, "My husband and junior brother have died in the north, and my little junior sister is still in the north. As a senior brother, there is really no way for me to hide and read books alone."

Chen Chao didn't say anything. In this situation, anyone can die, and he really doesn't know how to persuade.

He got up to leave, but suddenly saw the lakeside full of students from the academy.

Chen Chao walked out of the pavilion in the middle of the lake, looking at these young faces, not knowing what to say.

The atmosphere was a little cold, perhaps because of the weather. After all, it must be cold in this winter.

The students suddenly bowed together and saluted to Chen Chao, saying, "Thank you, sir, for keeping peace for Daliang."

The voice floated in the wind and snow, repelling those snowflakes without temperature.

Chen Chao was silent for a moment, and returned the salute with his hands, "This is my duty, no need to thank me."