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

The imperial court was corrupt, and as someone recommended by the Lu family, he naturally stood in the Lu family's faction. After a party dispute, he was exiled to the remote south. He traveled by boat and carriage, with only four people accompanying him.

Here, Chen Luo serves his country conscientiously and keeps his original intention.

Unlike all the people who survived the tribulation, Chen Luo knew very well what he wanted and what he was doing. So when he was doing things, he gave people a very serious feeling. This year, with the help of his sister-in-law Xin Hong, he married the daughter of a local noble family and started a family.

He took root in this place and began to manage the mountain city with all his heart.

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

Government office.

Chen Luo's body Zhang Zheng is already 34 years old. He has completely established his foothold with his own skills and the help of marriage, and began to reach out to the court again.

The current situation is chaotic, officials are corrupt, and people are rising up from time to time. Facing the rebellion of the people below, the big men above do not take it seriously. Only when you are in this era will you understand that rebellion is not a scary thing. From the perspective of officials, it is nothing more than adding a batch of security and military expenses. As long as the upper level is willing to allocate funds, they can quickly wipe out those peasant rebels.

As long as there is enough money.

Compared to the peasants' rebellion, the real troubles were the nobles and military officers, as well as those restless princes. Those were the fundamental reasons that shook 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 he has not been able to find him. He has found more than a dozen other unrelated calamity cultivators and water monsters, but unfortunately these people have lost their original intentions and forgotten themselves. They are sinking in the inner demon calamity, chasing their own desires. This also made Chen Luo understand that the road of "planting demons" is not as simple as expected, and not all demon seeds can bloom and bear fruit.

"It's late, be careful not to catch a cold."

A piece of clothing was draped over Chen Luo, awakening him from his thoughts.

It was a woman wearing a light green long skirt and a pearl flower on her head. She had a beautiful face and a gentle personality. She was the wife in the robbery. Unlike the woman whose name could not be revealed, this woman was named Wen Wan, the wife of Zhang Zheng.

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

The woman placed a bowl of red bean porridge on the table. After being married for many years, their relationship had always been very dull. Wen Wan had never complained about anything, but just tried her best to be a good wife.

"Um."

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

He pays attention to every detail and has been taking care of me for eight years.

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

The dynasty became increasingly unstable, and a northern governor raised an army to rebel, which dealt a heavy blow to the dynasty. Even though the rebel king was suppressed by the court, some of the fig leaves hidden under the prosperous times were also lifted, and many people came to their senses and realized that the court was not as strong as they imagined.

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

Chen Luo, the only loyal official in the southwest, was also among those recruited. The rebels also sent him letters of persuasion through the channels of local nobles.

night.

study.

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

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 that permeated his body. Unlike the previous times, this time it was his calamity, and his identity was no longer the "heart demon" that led people to fall, but a person who survived the calamity. If it weren't for the reminder of the external brain, he would have faced the same choice as other people who survived the calamity. In this situation, who can still stick to their original intention? What is being weighed are the pros and cons.

"It's getting cold, 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, a light green dress and a pearl flower on her head. Chen Luo sometimes felt that he didn't really understand this woman. She listened to him in everything, but sometimes she had her own opinions.

"What do you think I should choose?"

Chen Luo looked at his wife and suddenly asked a question.

"I trust my husband's decision."

Wenwan thought for a moment and answered seriously.

"Sister-in-law has not been in good health recently. You should visit her more often."

Chen Luo smiled and did not discuss this topic any more. He thought of Zhang Zheng's sister-in-law Xin Hong, who was also the person Zhang Zheng cared about the most. After becoming an official, Chen Luo always kept Xin Hong by his side so that she would not have to do those hard jobs. However, the root of the disease she had developed from overwork when she was young has begun to break out one after another. Xin Hong, who is in her forties, has wrinkles on her face and her hair has begun to turn white. She rarely goes out on weekdays. She has been coughing badly recently. Chen Luo has found many doctors for her, but none of them worked.

"Um."

Wen Wan responded, saying that she was the one who had taken care of Xin Hong over the years.

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

"There are things you should do and things you shouldn't do." The wealth and glory promised by the rebels seemed nothing but passing clouds to him.

A few months later, the imperial army arrived.

The 3,000 rebel-suppressing troops led by Chen Luo were incorporated into the imperial army, and his position was changed to Sima of a separate army. He also met the senior official sent by the imperial court to suppress the rebellion, a stern-faced old man who had an aura that no one else had.

"Zuoqiu Long?"

Chen Luo discovered that there was a demon seed between this person's eyebrows.

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

"Sima Zhang, you must be tired from the journey, please go down and have a rest first. I have a student who is also an official from the southwest like Sima, and you two may be able to get along well." Zuo Qiulong did not have the corresponding memory. He just expressed his approval of Chen Luo, an official who was loyal to the court, with a smile, 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 anything about the outside world. He was just a military officer here, but like Zuo Qiulong, he hated evil and hated those villains who disrupted the government.

They believed that they were causing trouble for the country and disturbing the people.

Chen Luo and Ao Ye became friends. Because Chen Luo 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 of his frank advice, he was demoted to the southwest. This time when Zuo Qiulong led the army to put down the rebellion, he was the first to respond. Because of his upright character, he was highly valued by Zuo Qiulong.

"I wish to follow you, sir, to clear up the world and revive the government."

Ao Ye spoke with the spirit of a scholar, and his heart was extremely firm.

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

Three years later, Chen Luo was forty years old.

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

Recommended two people to come to Beijing.

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

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

"treasure."

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

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

Both Chen Luo and Ao Ye were promoted and officially became members of the Zuoqiu Long lineage.

The relationship between the three became closer.

Two years later, Chen Luo established a firm foothold in the capital and sent people to the southwest to bring his sister-in-law and wife Wen Wan over. In this way, life returned to peace again. Zuo Qiulong 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 foreign generals had their own troops and did not listen to the court's dispatch at all.

When the court learned that they were going to cut down the army and military expenditure, the border troops rebelled and aimed at the Central Plains. The army responsible for resisting the rebels was defeated, and the rebels marched straight into the imperial city, intending to capture it.

For a moment, the government and the public were shocked.

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

"You are talking nonsense. You are eating the emperor's salary in vain. When disaster strikes, you don't even think about serving the court. Instead, you are secretly colluding with the traitor. You deserve to be killed!"

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

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