Throne of Vientiane Civilization

Looking at the figures, the young man quickly came back to his senses after a brief period of confusion. At the same time, he recalled the words shouted by the soldiers just now...

【King? That turned out to be the king of Zhou Dynasty? ! 】

As the thought flashed through his mind, the young man's eyes quickly fell on the figure that looked like stars holding the moon.

It was hard for the young man to imagine that the person on the opposite side was actually the king himself.

There was no time to think about it, he just made a decision and knelt down directly towards Zhou Xu.

"The common people pay their respects to the King! Long live the King! Long live the King!"

The young man's obeisance played a clear leading role. In an instant, the rebels gathered in the city gate area followed suit and knelt down with three cheers of long live.

Listening to the bursts of "Long live, long live, long live", Zhou Xu was really not used to it.

However, he also knew that this was a fancy job arranged by Yan Sheng's guy, and it was popular here to say "Long Live the Three Times."

"No need to pay any courtesy. As long as you sincerely submit to me, Da Zhou, I will naturally treat you equally."

While gesturing to everyone to avoid courtesy, Zhou Xu did not forget to say something casually to win over a wave of people's hearts. It didn't take him a few seconds anyway.

Then, he looked at the young man who stood up.

In this era, there are many, if not many, skinny and sallow people.

For example, few of the people in Huangsha City, including Kong Daqian and others, were strong. Compared with the people of the Zhou Dynasty, they were all like refugees from a famine.

But the one in front of him was even more exaggerated, completely visible to the naked eye. Zhou Xu could clearly see that the emaciation of the other party's sunken cheeks and eye sockets was not simply caused by food problems, but had an unconcealable look. Sick.

For this young man, the word "consumption ghost" is not pleasant to hear, but it is indeed appropriate.

"Are you sick?"

Faced with this sudden question, the young man pursed his lips and answered respectfully...

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. The common people are born with deficiencies and have a weak constitution. They have been infected with wind and cold recently..."

Before he finished speaking, the young man couldn't help but cough violently.

Looking like that, he could really cough himself to death, which made Zhou Xu a little nervous.

"That's all, let's talk somewhere else."

It's freezing cold outside right now, and the wind is not letting up. Looking at the other party's condition, if he continues like this, he may be dead.

After instructing Shi Lei to arrange soldiers to take over the defense and patrol work of Black Rock City, Zhou Xu rushed towards the city lord's palace under the escort of Silk and other elven knights.

Along the way, Zhou Xu didn't need to deliberately show off, it was enough to become the focus of attention of all the people along the way. At the same time, it also made all the people clearly aware that Black Rock City has now changed hands!

Passing through the central avenue in the center of the city, they soon arrived at the city lord's mansion that had been cleared out early.

The rebel army had symbolically occupied this place before. After discovering that all the supplies in the city lord's palace had been taken away by Yan Sheng, they left while cursing the emperor.

Now that Zhou Xu came over, what he saw was a mess, as if he had been robbed by a thief.

Zhou Xu didn't mind it either. He walked into the lobby, picked up an overturned Taishi chair, and sat down carelessly.

"Silk, ask a few people to search the city lord's mansion carefully."

"yes!"

After Silk took the order and left, Zhou Xu's eyes fell on the young man they brought over.

He just called a private soldier and brought the person over on horseback.

But the young man's body was obviously very weak. After this trip, he felt that half of his life was almost gone and he could hardly stand.

"Hold yourself a chair and sit down."

"The common people don't dare."

Although Zhou Xu has been very easy-going from the moment he came into contact until now, the young man does not dare to relax and be careless.

But he really couldn't stand now, and the ground was too cold. He just knelt down, which was probably too much for him. Then his eyes fell on a cushion that fell on the ground, and then he forced himself to speak...

"The common people are weak, please allow the king to allow the common people to kneel on this cushion."

"Suit yourself."

Looking at the young man who was still obviously very embarrassed, Zhou Xu followed him.

The young man who received permission suddenly felt relieved.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

While thanking him, the young man put the cushion under his body and felt a lot more relaxed.

During this period, Zhou Xu was not in a hurry. After the other party had recovered his breath, he asked calmly...

"Are you the leader of the rebels in this city?"

Hearing this, the young man quickly shook his head.

"Reporting to your Majesty, the common people are not the leaders of the rebels in the city."

While talking, the young man told the story about how Yan Sheng had captured strong men in the city and forced them into the army, and by some strange combination of circumstances, he had captured all the leading figures of the rebel army.

After listening, Zhou Xu had a rough idea of ​​the situation here.

"Judging from your words and deeds, you don't look like an ordinary person."

In fact, what is more important is that for ordinary people, in this era of difficult life, children with congenital deficiencies will not survive until this time. I cannot say 100%, but at least 99% will die early.

In response, the young man just laughed sadly.

"Reporting to your Majesty, the commoner's surname is Huo. Due to congenital deficiencies, he has been weak and sick since he was a child, so his parents named him 'Qu Bing'."

Fortunately, he was not drinking water at the moment, otherwise as soon as the name was said, the saliva would definitely be sprayed in the other person's face. At the same time, this also made Zhou Xu couldn't help but ask...

"Is there someone chosen by God among your parents?"

Huo Qubing was undoubtedly aware of the existence of the ‘Chosen One’, but when faced with this question, he shook his head.

"The parents of Caomin are just ordinary people, but we were originally citizens of the Han Dynasty. The founding emperor of our Han Dynasty was the chosen one. This Black Rock City was originally the land of the Han Dynasty. My grandfather worked as a minor official in the Han Dynasty at that time. Later, my parents I did some business and did build up some wealth."

"But due to Cao Min's health, he spent a lot of money since he was a child. In the past two years, the family's financial resources have been basically exhausted. His father also died of illness six months ago due to overwork. As for Cao Min, his mother passed away not long after Cao Min was born. .”

Speaking of this, Huo Qubing's face already showed a touch of uncontrollable sadness.

Although his family was relatively wealthy when he was a child, he was probably not very lucky as he was frail and sickly.

"Nowadays, ordinary people only know a few more words and read a few more books than ordinary people. Other than that, they are not as good as ordinary people."

[So that’s it, my ancestor was a cultural man who was an official. 】

[The chosen one who founded the Han Dynasty can basically be confirmed to be a fellow countryman, but the Han Dynasty is dead, so there is nothing to say now. The more important thing now is...]

At this moment, Zhou Xu was obviously more interested in the attribute panel of Huo Qubing in front of him than the great man who had lost his country and had become a thing of the past.

You know, this name was a generation of divine generals in the history of China in their original world!

Needless to say, the mantra activates!

【Eye of Insight! 】