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Chapter 397 Hope, Responsibility

"Chu Loujun, what's wrong?" Dongfang Bai returned to Chu Zheng's side.

"Let's go!" Chu Zheng only threw down one word, then turned into a terrifying geese and ran towards the distance. Dongfang Bai unfolded his body and followed closely. After running for a while, he could see clearly what was happening in the distance.

From afar, I saw a large number of ragged villagers dragging their children and girls, and ran southwest along the mountain path in panic. There were more than 30 soldiers holding sharp blades and disheveled armor behind me.

Most of the villagers were old, weak, women and children, and they were pale and thin, weak, and reluctant to take the ragged house, and were soon caught up by these soldiers.

The soldiers plundered the food and the young girls when they saw it. The villagers resisted a little and were chopped down by the soldiers with a grin and waved their swords.

Blood splattered and screams filled the world, turning this wilderness path into hell on earth.

Dongfang Bai recognized these soldiers as if they were the Li family soldiers whom she and Chu Zheng defeated some days ago. At that time, the two of them were dragging two or three thousand Li family soldiers and auxiliary soldiers running around the mountains. The auxiliary soldiers first ran away. Later, although most of them were captured by the rebels, some people still escaped in the barren mountains and disappeared. Unexpectedly, they hid in the deep mountains to harm the people.

She couldn't help but look at Chu Zheng running in front of her. There was a special telepathy between the two, and they could be able to sense each other when their emotions fluctuated violently.

At this time, she could clearly feel Chu Zheng’s anger, and even her lazy emotions were brought up. A cold murderous intent flashed in her dark eyes.

The two of them had excellent light skills and rushed to the chaotic crowd in the blink of an eye.

At this time, a soldier was holding a pretty village girl and trying to drag her away. The village girl's grandfather refused to let go. The soldier's face was full of ferociousness and raised his knife to chop at the old man. The village girl cried and rushed forward to protect her grandfather. Seeing that the two grandfathers and grandsons were about to die under the soldiers' swords, Chu Zheng rushed over like a cannonball and punched out with a punch, knocking the soldier and his sword twenty or thirty feet away, knocking down several big trees one after another, snow and dead branches rose, and the loud sound immediately scared everyone present.

Chu Zheng looked at the dozen villagers who died tragically on the ground and the sneering soldiers. The relaxed mood of having fun with Qin Ruyun in the real world completely disappeared, and replaced by anger and murderous aura.

Although he also knew that it was normal to break up the troops and cause chaos in troubled times. The only one who was disciplined in the world and did not violate the people was the young commander's army. However, at this time, he witnessed these beasts wearing soldiers' skins that harmed the people, and the anger in his heart could not be controlled.

As soon as he thinks of his younger sister's tragedy, the darkness in his heart instantly permeates his whole body.

A layer of blood appeared in his eyes and he said coldly: "Master! Kill all these riots!"

Dongfang Bai had already taken out his sword, and when he heard this, a cruel smile appeared on his lips, turning into a ghost, which suddenly disappeared and floated around. All the soldiers everywhere they went covered their throats and fell to the ground in pain.

Chu Zheng's move was even more fierce. The Xuanshuang sword on his waist shot out automatically like life, and it kept passing by the throat of the soldiers as fast as lightning. Any soldier whose throat was cut by the sword edge fell down and struggled in pain without even saying a word. It took him a while to die.

In dealing with these incompetent soldiers, Chu Zhengjin used his energy to control his sword, which was more efficient.

But in a moment, more than 30 soldiers were almost killed by two people.

Chu Zheng then took back his sword and put it into the sheath, reached out to grab the collar of the last soldier, and asked coldly: "How many people do you have? Where are you gathering?"

The soldier had already recognized Chu Zheng, and immediately frightened to the point of being dissatisfied. He opened his mouth to ask for forgiveness, but his teeth were fighting and could not speak at all.

The terrifying battle that night a few days ago made Chu Zheng the most feared existence they had.

"explain!"

When Chu Zheng looked at him coldly, the soldier trembled all over and finally made a sound: "No...no, no, they are all here..."

He immediately begged for mercy and said, "Grand... 吴吴吴吴吴吴吴吴吴, 吴吴吴吴吴吴吴吴吴吴吴吴吴吴吴吴吴吴吴吴吴吴吴吴吴吴�

"Because you are hungry, you are going to kill civilians and rob a civilian girl?" The temperature in Chu Zheng's eyes became lower and lower: "And I think you are screaming happily when you kill and loot. Is this a forced force?"

"Rare--!" The soldier wanted to beg for mercy again, and Chu Zheng had already pointed his sword and sent him to hell.

After listening intently for a while, there should be no soldiers within a few miles. The blood in Chu Zheng's eyes slowly faded away.

At this time, the villagers who survived the disaster had come back from the panic and all came over with gratitude to kowtow and thank him.

Chu Zheng hurriedly supported them and asked, "My fellow villagers, please come up, you don't have to be polite. These riot soldiers are a disaster for the countryside, and it's not worth mercy to die. By the way, where are you going? What kind of disaster has the village suffered?"

An old man who was obviously the leader came up. Although he saw that he was not wearing Han costumes (Chu Zheng was still wearing Ba Hanfeng's clothes at this time), he was obviously Han, and he looked very handsome and gentle, which made people feel good. He couldn't help but whimper and said sobly: "Go to Young Master, we are all villagers in several nearby villages. The surplus grain in the village was confiscated before, and we could hardly survive. He heard that Chu Shuai was in Chenxi City. He loved the people as his son, treated the people well, gave porridge and grain every day, and arranged work. We discussed... Anyway, we are not afraid of hardship or fatigue. As long as we have a taste of porridge, we can do any hard work... so we decided to go to Chenxi City to find a way out. Unexpectedly, we encountered these chaotic soldiers on the way. If it weren't for the young heroes to rescue him, we would be..."

Chu Zheng was stunned. He silently looked around the hundreds of villagers around him. Seeing that they were pale and thin, it was the cold winter month, but they only had thin and worn clothes on their bodies. Everyone was shaking from the cold. They were carrying some rags that they were reluctant to throw away.

A five or six-year-old child was dirty and holding a dry and black piece of in his hand. He didn't know what it was and bit it. After a long time, he didn't bite much, but he bit with relish and treated it as a treasure lump.

Seeing these scenes and seeing the people with Xiqi's gratitude in confusion, Chu Zheng suddenly felt a little confused.

They are dying, and their families are relocating...

You should know that there are at least forty or fifty miles away from Chenxi City. It is snowy and snowy, and the road is long. The elderly, weak, women and children are short of food and clothing. I wonder how many people can walk to Chenxi City alive.

Just because he could use the "force creation token" to spread his reputation throughout the island, these villagers regarded him as hope, braved the cold and embarked on an unknown road to join him...

This is very similar to the scene when he was a child when he had to flee with his parents because of foreign invasions and was in a panic all day long!

It is precisely because of the same experience that he can better understand the hardships and sufferings of this migration journey...

Chu Zheng's nose was sour and his fists subconsciously clenched tightly. For the first time, he felt the heavy responsibility on his shoulders.

When he first founded the Chenxi Army, he just followed Qin Ruyun's advice and felt that it was convenient for him to "retire and retire" in the future. He didn't realize what it means to become the lord of a city or what kind of responsibilities he would bear. Even when he was on the boat, he felt that there were many affairs in Chenxi City and was bored...

But at this time, witnessing these people who risked a long journey to Chenxi City because of his reputation, he finally clearly understood that being a city lord was not just a name, but also a responsibility.

Every decision of his is related to the life and death of countless people.

He didn't know how many similar poor people on the island were heading towards Chenxi City with the same glimmer of hope, but he knew very well that if he did not take action quickly, more than half of these people would fall on the wind and snow journey.

Moreover, if the city guards refusal to enter the city again, he will definitely blame himself for not being able to extort money!

The tragedy he has experienced will never be allowed to reappear in these people!

He took a deep breath to relieve his emotions, then took out a pen and wrote a few lines of words in a hurry, then took out his city lord's seal and stamped it with the seal, folded it to the old man, telling him to hand it over to the soldiers guarding the city if he arrived at Chenxi City, and took out all the food on his body and put it on the ground, so that they could have more chances of surviving the long journey under the fresh frost.

Dongfang Bai looked at Chu Zheng's expression, and somehow he felt sad. She took out a bag of pastries from her arms and placed them next to the food. She struggled for a while, then reluctantly took out the remaining half of her favorite pastries and put them down.

The old man was illiterate and didn't know what was written on the paper. He took it over. But when he saw Chu Zheng's attitude towards them was extremely gentle and sincere, he even distributed food to them. He knew that he had met a real good person, so he hurriedly knelt down and thanked him again, and the other villagers also thanked him one after another.

Chu Zheng quickly helped them up and asked them to follow their own footsteps to Chenxi City, so that they could avoid many detours, so they took Dongfang Bai away.

He walked very quickly, with each step being nearly a few feet apart, but deep footprints were left on the snow, and he went straight into the mud. Even if the ice and snow melted, there was no need to worry about not being able to see clearly or lose it.

After Chu Zheng and Dongfang Bai disappeared into the snow, the old man asked the respected people from all villages to come out to discuss and distribute the food Chu Zheng gave him. Finally, he looked at the folded paper in his hand, and pulled a thin boy over and said, "Dashan, how many years have you been to the private school with Uncle Qi. Come and see what is written on it and read it to everyone?"

"Yes, Grandpa Gao." Dashan took it, opened it and read it loudly:

"The gatekeepers of Chenxi City: I heard recently that the people on the island want to move into the city to shelter the wind and snow. I hope you can guide you and place them in the city to temporarily stay in the disaster relief area. Distribute clothes and food. There must be no difficulty. If you take the opportunity to blackmail and suppress, I will definitely kill you and do it yourself! Those who receive this order will be passed on to the city gates! The commander of the Chenxi Army, the lord of Chenxi City Chu Loujun..."

"Chu Loujun?" At the end of the reading, the thin young man murmured: "This name is so familiar, the city lord...ah, Shuai Chu! He is Shuai Chu! Grandpa Gao, the young hero just now, is Shuai Chu who recently launched an army in the city, expelled Li thief and Japanese pirates, and was elected as the city lord!"

When the people around him were listening to him, they burst out suddenly. Everyone looked around excitedly, but only saw the deep footprints left on the ice and snow. Where were the figures of Chu Zheng and Dongfang Bai?

Thinking of the orders on this paper, the food left behind and the footprints of guidance, the people were all very moved.

"Shishou Chu... It turns out that he is Shuai Chu... He is a good person at first glance!"

"It seems that the rumors are true. Chu Shuai arranged a disaster relief department in the city to help the people and distributed clothing and food!"

"We must stay until Chenxi City. The villagers, we will have a way out when we arrive in Chenxi City."

"Everyone must work hard for Chu Shuai in the future and repay his great kindness."

"Shishou Chu is such a good person. May the Buddha bless you, Chu will live a hundred years and live a long life..."

I don’t know who took the lead, but the people all bowed respectfully in the direction of Chu Zheng’s departure.

In the vast ice and snow, hundreds of people bowed from afar, tears flowing all over their faces...

...

On the way back to the city, Chu Zheng didn't say a word, and Dongfang Bai felt heavy in his heart, but he just followed him to run at full speed, neither acting coquettish nor saying he was tired.

The two of them ran for a long time, and Dongfang Bai finally couldn't help it. He caught up with him and asked, "Chu Loujun, I thought you would stay and escort them back to the city together."

After getting along for a long time, Dongfang Bai has already known Chu Zheng's character and character well, and knows that he has a special relationship with the common people.

Chu Zheng shook his head and looked at the frost in front of him: "This island is too big, and I don't know how many similar people are. I am the city lord now. What's more important is to quickly return to the city, arrange troops out of the city to clear out the chaos, and send people to set up relief points along the main passage, supervise disaster relief affairs in the city and mobilize food and clothing, so that as many people who come to join Chenxi City as possible can be saved."

Dongfang Bai looked at his side face and asked, "There are so many suffering people in the world, how many can you save?"

"I don't know either." Chu Zheng was silent for a long time before he said slowly: "But as long as I still live in this world, I can't watch these poor people displaced, homeless, and unable to even have enough food!"

"So you want to really participate in the battle for hegemony in the world?"

"At least, before the Young Marshal's Army unifies the world and establishes a country where the people of the lower class can live and work in peace and enjoy peace, I can no longer be safe."

Dongfang Bai looked at him steadily and muttered: "The kindness of a woman..."

But he gently held his big hand and whispered: "Since this is my king's decision, I have to accompany you to the end." At this moment, the childishness on Dongfang Bai's face disappeared, as if at this moment, it was like returning to the mentality and maturity of the seventeen-year-old.

Chu Zheng couldn't help but smile and reached out to rub her hair: "By the way, thank you for taking out your favorite snack just now."

Feeling the tenderness between Chu Zheng's fingers, Dongfang Bai regained his usual arrogance. She did not turn her red face: "Hmph, I'm borrowing it! You will pay it back twice next time!"

“Yes yes.”

"And..." Dongfang Bai pondered for a while, then suddenly grabbed Chu Zheng, took out a token and handed it to him: "Hold it. This is for you."

Chu Zheng took it and it was a piece of charred black wood cut into a token, with strange patterns and words carved on it.

Hey, isn't this the token she gave to herself when she first met the adult version of Dongfang Bai? Later, Dongfang Bai was reborn as his sword spirit, and he threw this token into the corner of the storage bag and ate ashes.

Unexpectedly, I didn't know when I actually returned to Dongfang Bai's hands.

"This is?"

"Blackwood Order."

"What's the use?"

"I saw Lingru and the leader. I used to be the one whom I don't defeated to make it easier for me to act when I walk around the world. The Sun and Moon God Sect has 100,000 sects. Although the battle formation is not good, there should be many ears and ears everywhere, including in the Li family. If you have this Black Wood Order in your hand, you can borrow these ears and ears and ears and ears, or you can use them to send some false information if necessary."

Chu Zheng immediately understood the purpose of this Black Wood Order. Although this Black Wood Order could not really use the members of the Sun and Moon God Sect for their own use, it was possible to obtain the right to use the Sun and Moon God Sect intelligence network through it.

Especially when the Li family invaded Suizhou in the future, the Black Wood Order played an amazing role.

"Thank you, Little Dongfang."

It was probably the first time Chu Zheng thanked him so seriously. Dongfang Bai glanced at him, his little face turned redder, and he stomped his feet gently and said, "I'm going to sleep in the book!"

The next second it turned into white light and drilled back into Chu Zheng's body.

Chu Zheng smiled slightly and accelerated toward Chenxi City.
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