Chapter 649: One Thousand Years Later
Hill's two halves were nothing but two handfuls to the bear-man emperor, and they were easily taken away. Of course, she was not dead. With the blood of the berserker, Hulk, even if her body was torn in half, it could only be considered a fake death.
The emperor had his own place of peace in the imperial capital, a civilian house. Hill was going to recover there.
Esdeath came back and sent three beastmen to assassinate the ministers of the empire to eliminate dissidents, and put the blame on Night Raid. The effect of this dirty trick was not obvious, because Night Raid was originally a killer, and the power of the empire was Night Raid's enemy, and there was no situation of killing the wrong person. It was just a means of eliminating dissidents, but it was very effective, and it was extremely vicious to eliminate political enemies from the root.
"I didn't expect that the villages in the imperial capital were so depressed. Is the empire really about to die?" The civil officials visited everywhere along the way and went to many places to learn that the empire was in a crisis. It was not just the bandits but the corruption of the entire bureaucracy of the empire. It took a lot of time, and the more I looked, the more heartbroken I felt. The previous emperor worked hard and the empire was peaceful and prosperous, but the new emperor has been on the throne for only a few years and has already shown signs of decline. The civil official was heartbroken.
"Now that my father has come out of retirement, his sincere heart for the country will surely move the emperor. As long as the ministers are overthrown, the empire will surely recover and prosper." The civil official's daughter said, but her idea was still too naive.
The civil official knew that the empire was now like a terminally ill patient, and revolution was what the people wanted and a strong medicine. He saw clearly that if there was no revolution, it might take a hundred years for the empire to recover its former prosperity. It was difficult to deal with the huge and almost inefficient bureaucracy, and the civil official understood it, but he could not watch the empire he had devoted his life to be destroyed by a treacherous minister. Therefore, the weak body can be discarded, as long as the emperor is put back in power, the empire will not collapse so quickly.
The daughter is naive, and the civil official is also naive. But the daughter is really naive, and the civil official is deceiving himself. In the thousand-year empire, there are so many heroes, so many warriors, and so many heroic and tragic songs. At least before I close my eyes, I don't want to see the empire being overthrown by the revolutionary army.
"Ah——"
The carriage suddenly stopped, and the screams of the coachman and the militia were heard.
"Are they bandits again?" Wencheng's daughter took the long-handled giant axe she often used to fight. She had killed several bandits along the way and was tired of it.
But this time it was the three beastmen, not the bandits.
The three beastmen were all Esdeath's capable subordinates, grinding their teeth and sucking blood, killing people like flies. There were three other imperial tools, but Wencheng's daughter was alone and only had the "Eagle Eye" that could shoot through the target at a hundred steps.
If you haven't died once, you can't talk about mastering the Avenger's imperial tools. Only after tasting death can the Avenger grow up.
Wencheng's daughter used the imperial tools, but the things she shot could only attack in a straight line. They were powerful but the speed was not high. And there were three enemies. She was too unfavorable to her because she had to take care of one and lose the other.
"Liva, for the sake of this old man, please bypass my daughter." Seeing that his daughter was in a bad situation, Wencheng personally came forward. He knew the leader of the three beasts, Liva. Back then, Liva was just a small captain of the palace guards, and there was a world of difference between him and the powerful civil officials. But the civil officials were so successful, so they naturally had extraordinary abilities, and those who had seen them would never forget them.
Liva was a general of the empire at his peak, but he was falsely accused and arrested because he was not allowed to bribe. After being rescued from prison by Esdeath, he became her lackey.
"Father, run away."
Liva also recognized the civil officials, and was a little surprised that the lord still remembered him. But he would not be soft-hearted, because this was Esdeath's order. The general's order was Liva's life.
"I'm sorry, sir. You can't leave alive today!"
"You, you, you..." The civil official pointed at Liva, but he didn't expect the other party to be so unsympathetic. He was so excited that he couldn't breathe. Fortunately, he didn't fall down by holding the carriage.
"Father." The daughter of the civil official immediately returned to defend and protected her father.
"Liva, I have heard a little about your story in my hometown, and I know that you hate the empire. But Esdeath and the ministers are in cahoots. You have been treated unfairly, and you have an inexcusable relationship with them. Why are you so confused and still work for Esdeath, being an accomplice to the tiger, being an accomplice to the tiger!" The civil official said excitedly.
Liva paused. Once upon a time, he also had a great ideal and wanted to serve the empire for life. But reality gave him a heavy blow. He was promoted to general in his middle age, but because he did not bribe his superiors, he was framed and imprisoned. At that time, no one spoke for him, and even his colleagues took advantage of him. His heart had already died in that helpless predicament.
It was Esdeath who taught him the truth of survival, the law of the jungle. Liva found a new goal, which was to be loyal to General Esdeath and give her everything he had. So, "Even if you say anything, you and your daughter will still die here today."
"You will be punished for taking human lives lightly."
"Retribution?" Liva believed it before, but now he doesn't believe it, "Water dragon kill."
The water in the river next to him was sucked into a water dragon and rushed towards Wenchen and his daughter, unstoppable. Wenchen's daughter spun her axe and tried to defend herself, but it didn't work.
The blood dyed her golden hair red and injured Wenchen's chest at the same time.
The young man Niu with a girlish face went to take the imperial weapon of Wenchen's daughter, "This imperial weapon is too weak, but it's better than nothing."
At this time, someone suddenly flashed out and disappeared with the "corpses" of the father and daughter, leaving the three people looking at each other in bewilderment.
No one could see how the other party came and went. The other party was too fast, faster than all of them, so fast that the naked eye could not see it.
There were three people lying in the house where the First Emperor was temporarily staying. He placed the daughter of the civil official next to Hill, and took out the magic beans from his arms to feed the civil official.
"I only have three of these beans. If it weren't for your dedication to the empire, I really don't want to waste them." The First Emperor said, but he still used up the magic beans in his hand.
The First Emperor is now a young man, and has regained the spirit of founding the country. Such a panacea is also willing to give to an old man who has never met him.
The civil official was confused and woke up after a while. Although the wound healed, the pain in his heart could not be healed. There is no king's law, no heaven. In broad daylight, he was assassinated by the general's people. Has the empire really become so corrupt?
"Is the old man okay?" The First Emperor asked.
"Alas." The civil official sighed, helpless, "Where is my little daughter?"
"Nothing, but she is still in a coma." In fact, she is coming back to life.
The old man stopped talking. He knew that he had no chance to see the emperor. Now he would be killed by assassins as soon as he showed up, and there was no chance to enter the deep palace. Helpless.
"Why do you sigh so bitterly?"
"My ambitions have not been fulfilled, and I am old, so I sigh. I have implicated my daughter, and the crisis has not been eliminated, so I feel sad."
"Hahaha, don't worry, old man, it's safe here, don't worry about the enemy." The first emperor was very cheerful, and he didn't look wanted at all. Sailu had drawn the faces of Mayin and the first emperor into wanted posters and distributed them throughout the city.
The civil official's brain was clearer at this time. He went to see his daughter next door first, held her hand, and didn't speak for a long time.
"Don't worry, your daughter will be fine."
The old man looked at the First Emperor, stood up and bowed to him, "Thank you for saving my life."
"It's a small matter."
"The warrior must be the loyal man invited by Ms. Denise."
"How did you know?" The First Emperor went to save people after hearing Denise's notice, but he hadn't introduced himself yet.
"It's not important. I think the warrior is not an ordinary person. I don't know what the warrior thinks of the empire's situation?" The civil official is in great need of help now. He can't enter the palace, and his daughter is injured. He can only seek help from others. He has not given up the idea of clearing the emperor's side. If the man in front of him is not a revolutionary army, it doesn't matter if he asks him for help.
The First Emperor is of course very disappointed with the current empire. In order to maintain the majesty of the empire, he created 48 unprecedented imperial tools, but the empire will collapse in less than a thousand years, and the descendants will become puppets. How can it not disappoint people. But the First Emperor was a strong man who had established a world-class power. "The empire is already corrupt and cannot be saved without reform..."
It turned out to be a revolutionary party. The civil official sympathized with the revolutionary party and had no prejudice. It was just that he was a royalist and was not on the same path as the revolutionary party.
However, the First Emperor had not finished speaking: "This is the beginning of the chaos in the world and the suffering of the people. It is better to find another talented person in the royal family and establish him as the new king. He can use the name of serving the king to change the course. There are six revengers, and they can do things."
The civil official was excited. This big man seemed reckless, but his mind was far better than ordinary people. But who else in the royal family is suitable to be the emperor? It seems that there is no one. Suddenly, the civil official's inspiration rushed to the top of his head. The big man in front of him had eyes like lonely stars and eyebrows like swords. He could vaguely see the character of the previous emperor. Could this person also be a member of the royal family?
Emperor, if there are any illegitimate children outside, the civil officials will not be surprised, but will feel lucky. If the royal family still has blood and ability, it will be a blessing for the empire and the people. "I would like to ask your name and when were you born?"
When were you born? It's too long ago. The First Emperor wants to recall: "I was born in the southeast, studied in the north, and now I am twenty-four but have not accomplished anything. I often think that the people of the four countries are difficult to communicate, and the barriers to acquaintance are difficult to travel. I hope to unify them and achieve a great cause for thousands of years." This speech is exactly what the First Emperor said to his first batch of younger brothers, and there is no difference.
Across thousands of years, the same ideals, the same identity, the same chaos, and the same words from the First Emperor. The First Emperor established the empire a thousand years ago. How will he perform a thousand years later? ?
It is the same as a thousand years ago. After hearing this, the civil officials were also shocked by the kingly and domineering spirit.
"I have the ambition to revive the country. Are you willing to help me?"
With such ambitions, he must not be the son of an ordinary family, but must be of royal blood. The civil officials deceived themselves to a higher level. Although to some extent the First Emperor was indeed of royal blood and the most authentic, the civil officials did not know and had no evidence. They were just infected by the First Emperor's kingly aura. They knelt on the ground, shouted "Lord", and were willing to sacrifice their lives to create a great cause and revive the empire.