in the ancient last days

Layers of pearl red embroidered curtains.

Ji Zhen broke free from his hand, squirmed back, and shrank into the quilt like a quail.

"You read it wrong."

Chu Zhao: "..."

There is no such thing as deception.

He couldn't tell whether he was angry or laughing, he had eleven million vicious words to speak to people he didn't like, but he didn't know where to start when facing the person in front of him.

All words were in vain, watching quietly, Chu Zhao suddenly realized that he hadn't seen this person for almost two years.

People who don't eat fireworks like a glacier don't know when they have developed a good cooking skill and a superb swordsmanship.The sword path is so sharp that even ghosts and gods have to avoid it.

Is this still the person he is familiar with?

Having known each other for so many years, he never knew that the appearance of the other party holding the sword... would be so dazzling.

"What's with the burn on your face?"

Ji Zhen's whole body was stiff, bathed in Chu Zhao's gaze, he just wanted to rush out the door, and didn't want to stay any longer.

Chu Zhao leaned towards the other party, watching him get closer and closer, Ji Zhen's eyelashes finally began to tremble uneasily, but he remained silent all the time, like a cat cornered by its master, and could only fold its ears behind Make a pitiful whimper.

The slender finger bones touched his wound, this time very gently: "Let me see, okay."

He lowered his eyes: "Did you get injured when the fire broke out? Right."

Being touched gently, the wound slowly began to heat up, inch by inch, a little stinging, making Ji Zhen's eyes feel inexplicably hot.He couldn't hear what Chu Zhao said, and his mind was completely blank.

It was like going back to the moment when I heard the news of the fire in the Princess's mansion, I lost my composure like going crazy, and rushed into the fire regardless of my identity and obstacles, burning with the flames all over the sky.

The young man stared at Chu Zhao with red eyes, his lips were pursed into a straight line, as if he was about to cry in the next second.

I have to say, very heartwarming.

Chu Zhao withdrew his hand, "Since you're here, don't leave, okay?"

He didn't ask the other party about anything in Kyoto, but just lowered his head and stared into the other party's eyes: "Don't you always want to be with me, Zhou Jing, let me tell you now. The person standing by my side may be anyone, But it will definitely not be the Eighth Prince of the Great Zhou."

"Since you have chosen to abandon everything and come to me with a new identity, then let the past die, okay? Everything starts again, there is no royal family, no Eighth Prince, only Ji Zhen."

"The previous Zhou Jing disappeared in the fire with the Princess Mansion. From now on, you will be the only one who will accompany me."

As if he didn't feel that he was saying such cruel words, the young man smoothed the long hair of the person in his arms like stroking a bird, his movements were gentle.

Ji Zhen closed her eyes in a daze, her hair covered her pupils, and she could no longer see his expression clearly.

.....

City Lord's Mansion.

"Young Master, Young Master?"

Chu Zhao recovered from the abnormal state: "What's wrong."

Cheng Yaojin smiled: "Young Master is in a bad mood?"

Chu Zhao raised his eyes, was he so obvious?

"How did you arrange it?"

"Hey." Cheng Yaojin smiled obsequiously, making Yang Lingzhi on the side stare at him with abnormal vigilance, as if this fat man was going to bring down their young city lord in a second.

He flattered while presenting things: "With the careful guidance of the young master, the villain is lucky to live up to his fate!"

The bright crystals are on top, refracting colorful rays of light in the sun, which is extremely exquisite.

Cheng Yaojin personally went to the kiln to supervise, and when he saw the final product, he was ecstatic. The thing the young master told him to make finally succeeded!It was not in vain that he diligently supervised every process, sweating profusely beside the special stove, and finally witnessed this moment with his own eyes.

No doubt, what is the use of this shiny thing other than viewing it?

It is true that the beautiful appearance can be loved by some powerful people, but it seems to have nothing to do with the young master's "affecting the people's livelihood".

Yang Lingzhi stared at Chu Zhao as he took the things, as if Chu Zhao would lose his mind in the next second.

Chu Zhao was helpless: "This thing is called glass, not what you think."

Don't blame the other party, anyone who doesn't understand the great use of glass will think that this thing is made by him for his enjoyment.Only I know that glass is a must for greenhouse technology. Nowadays, the climate in the last days is changing abnormally. If there is no self-protection, human beings will lose their chances of survival. However, the greenhouse supported by glass can Maintaining a stable food source for everyone in the cold is necessary for the development of the new city.

"You did a good job this time." He praised the other party vigorously, and after Cheng Yaojin stepped back, Chu Zhao turned to Yang Lingzhi: "I need manpower for a position here, I wonder if you are interested?"

The talent shown by the other party in the reconstruction of the new city this time has to impress him. It is a pity to be only a small assistant officer.

Now that Xin County has stabilized a bit, the matter of educating and cultivating talents has to be quickly put on the agenda.And also teach the people how to resist zombies, develop a set of methods to deal with ordinary zombies according to the weaknesses of zombies, and send teams out to exercise if necessary...

He talked with the other party about his thoughts on the establishment of the academy.

Chu Zhao: "Perhaps under the threat of zombies, Da Zhou will usher in an era when all people are armed. Let's start with Xin County."

Yang Lingzhi's expression froze when he heard this, and he couldn't help feeling overwhelmed. To perform the merit of enlightenment and the duty of a saint, the young master has great ambitions!How could he refuse such a thing?

Sure enough, playing with glass is just a momentary leisure pleasure for Shaojun. Shaojun is still young, so it doesn't matter if he has some thoughts about having fun. With Yang Lingzhi by his side, the young city master will definitely go on the right path and achieve great things. cause.

Yang Lingzhi clenched his fists, and an invisible flame ignited behind him.

Chu Zhao was puzzled, and didn't understand why his subordinates suddenly ignited their fighting spirit, but he seemed very happy, so he didn't interfere, as long as the other party was happy.

"Little master." Uncle A, who was sitting quietly, interrupted and said, "The city wall you mentioned is already being rebuilt, but it was too damaged before, and the project is too huge compared to Zhuangzi. I'm afraid it will take some time."

Chu Zhao: "It's okay, thank you for your hard work, Uncle. There is no rush to build the city wall, you can take your time."

"However, the rebuilt city wall must be solid and strong enough to withstand the attack of zombies, so that the people living in it will have a sense of security."

Ah Da cupped his fists: "Yes!"

Recently, there was not enough manpower to build the city wall. The villagers of Chu Family Village moved into the new city with Chu Zhao, and now all experienced people went to build the city wall together.

"Bang! Boom!"

"Hey ha." Sweating under the sun, the tall man walked out against the rock with a grunt.

Experienced workers took over, applied a layer of mud on the spot with a stone hoe, and then carefully placed it on a row of stone bricks, moving quickly.

The bottom is a height of more than ten meters, and everyone pays attention to safety in case of accidents and falls.

"Uncle, you are really good." The sweaty young man looked up, and saw that the old man beside him had already built a whole row of bricks, and he still looked very calm and relaxed.

"Haha, practice makes perfect. When I was in the village, I built the walls of our village. It was even and tidy. Zombies would never come in even if they hit their heads!" The old man laughed and said, shoveling Spread the cement evenly on the rock bricks, and then, like magic, the second piece, the third piece... After a while, there is another neat bluestone brick wall.

The shirtless boy stared straight at his eyes, and he was even more excited when he heard the old man mentioning the Chu family village: "Then uncle, you must see the city lord often? Uncle, you should tell me more about the young city lord, we all Very curious!"

The old man laughed: "Young Master...then you have to ask Team Hong, he belongs to the hunting team and often trains with the Young Master."

"Hunting team," the young man murmured in a low voice with a look of longing and disappointment on his face, "Team Hong is so fierce..."

"Boys!!"

Said Cao Cao Cao Cao arrived, Hong Ping yelled from below with arms crossed: "Come on a team to dig the moat—"

The top was taken aback immediately, and many young people were eager to try.

"Captain Hong, can I?"

"Me, me, me! I'm eighteen! Team Hong will bring me one!!"

Hong Ping took a bite and grinned: "A group of cubs who are not afraid of calves at birth."

"Everyone come down!!"

"Oh oh oh" shouted as if winning a battle, and the boys above all rushed down excitedly holding the spade.

Like a group of happy dogs being let loose.

The captain of Team Six, who was in charge of safety, stood with his deputy team. Dead Fish watched this scene with his eyes: "Ah, the work has become more difficult. It seems that we have to work overtime again today."

The deputy team pushed the glasses calmly, and the glass lenses reflected bright light in the sun: "Young master's task, the sooner you complete the task, the higher the reward, and it's also for the safety of our city."

The captain was taken aback: "I'll go!! Agan, what are you bringing, it's so scary."

Deputy team: "The young master rewarded me with glasses."

"Haha, haha, don't say it, the more you look at it, the more suitable it is for you."

He: ...someone said it was scary just now.

The captain of the sixth team was bored in every possible way, and kept fanning his hands against the scorching sun: "It's so hot." Turning his head and seeing Ji Zhen standing in the distance with his sword in his arms, shoulders straight all the time, stretched into a beautiful straight line, the corners of his mouth twitched. , with an awe-inspiring face.

"This is the difference between people... But, what is Ji Daxia doing as a guard? He is not in good health, and the young master didn't let him do it."

The deputy team opened the small notebook: "From my guess, it's probably because of a conflict with the young master."

"Contradictions??" Having conflicts with the young master, did you make a mistake! ?

He thought that Ji Daxia was a brother who had been separated from the young master for many years. He stood in front of the young master several times and killed the enemy. Facing the young master's obedient posture, the women in the family are not so considerate, okay?

Tell him now that the other party had a conflict with Chu Zhao, are you kidding me? ?

The tone couldn't help but be suspicious: "Um, Ah Gan, where did you get the weird news from?"

The deputy team complained: "You are so strange. People who don't do business every day and drink flowers and wine every day are not qualified to criticize me. Is Ji Daxia having a conflict with the young master? Isn't it obvious at a glance? If there is no conflict, how could he be able to come down just now?" Bed is going to do such a dangerous defense mission outside the city."

The white-clothed swordsman stood dozens of steps away with his sword in his arms, his face indifferent. Any zombies that approached the moat would be chopped off by his sword, not to mention giving people a sense of security.

"Okay, take good care of him, even if the hero Ren Ji is not cured, he will give you a hundred."

"I know, I know, it breaks my heart again."

The moat built around the new city is deep and majestic. Looking down from the sky, it looks like a dark green ribbon falling outside the new city, forming a natural barrier for it.Any zombie that wants to get close will be swallowed by this water and submerged in it.

Everyone in the new city, which was about to be completed, was full of joy. They didn't notice that in the depths of the river that they couldn't see, traces of blood were escaping in the water, and some kind of giant predatory creatures slowly swam by.

The water was dark.

In the new city, Chu Mansion.

The person on the bed slowly opened his eyes.

"Yue'er, you're awake!" The bearded Chu Changqing was excited: "You're finally awake...how do you feel, is your body okay?"

The eldest princess stood up holding her forehead, her eyes slowly focused in front of her eyes, and finally she and her husband met each other: "I'm fine... Zhao'er, how is he, has he been injured by zombies!" the woman asked anxiously .

"No, he wasn't hurt, thanks to Hero Ji." Chu Changqing carefully lifted her up and fed her a glass of water: "Come on, drink some water, we are in Xincheng now, it's safe here."

"New City?"

Chu Changqing: "That's right."

The eldest princess was supported and walked out of the mansion, and the traffic flowed, gradually restoring the bustling city in the past to the appearance that no zombies had ravaged it.The red sunset set, and the new city under the sunset was quiet and beautiful. The eldest princess, who was watching the scene in front of her, took a deep breath: "What a surprise."

She thought that the most powerful thing the child could do was to conquer Xin County and gain a place to stay. She didn't dare to think about it anymore. The current development has completely exceeded her expectations.

Father Chu put on a fur coat for her: "Haha, Zhao'er can do it. We all underestimated him, and now everyone in Xincheng calls him Young Master Chu, and he is very much loved."

"Young Master?"

Is it what she meant by honoring the son of others, or—the young prince?

"mother!"

Chu Zhao, who had just arrived at the mansion on horseback, looked surprised and strode towards her.The eldest princess stood far away, watching the red sun slowly setting behind her son, and another magnificent glow rose into the sky, spreading across the sky, and slowly narrowed her eyes.

"It's really beautiful..." she murmured, the smile on the corner of her mouth widening.

What I can't do, maybe my kids can?

"Mother." Chu Zhao supported her: "It's cold now, you're just sick, so don't stand outside, let's go back home."

"Okay." The eldest princess took his arm, and the two turned and left step by step.

Chu Changqing: ..... Have you forgotten something?

The eldest princess woke up, and Chu Zhao was finally able to let go of his hands to deal with other matters in the new city.Time goes by day by day, everything in the new city is advancing in an orderly manner, except for the relationship with Ji Zhen, which is still at a stalemate, Chu Zhao feels that there is nothing wrong for the time being

However, the matter with Ji Zhen was enough to disturb him.

"Zhaoer, Zhaoer?"

Chu Zhao came back to his senses, and put down the hand supporting his chin: "Where did you just say? Oh, Qinghe Cui's envoy will come next month, right?"

"That's right." The eldest princess nodded, her face was a little pale after recovering from a serious illness, and her eyes were puzzled: "What were you thinking just now?"

Chu Zhao: "It's nothing." Somewhat unnaturally, he slightly lowered his head and touched the teacup.

The Eldest Princess didn't care about this detail, and continued: "Master Cui knew about our occupation of the new city, so she specially sent a pigeon to convey the intention of cooperation. At that time, the Cui family will send a caravan and envoys to travel together, across the swamp forest from the southwest , arrived in our new city."

"Yes." Chu Zhao nodded, "Then I will send Uncle A to meet them."

"By the way, mother, please remind them that I plan to change the original currency in Xincheng, and plan to introduce new banknotes. Remember to ask the Cui family's caravan to bring more gold and silver, otherwise there will be no way to exchange money."

"what!"

When the wine cup fell down, the eldest princess was shocked, and suddenly raised her eyes to look at Chu Zhao, only to see the other party's casual expression, as if wondering why she reacted so strongly: "Mother?"

The order in the new city was rebuilt, and the original coinage was like waste paper. It is rare for the minting department to mint coins again. Chu Zhao thought it was normal.

The eldest princess raised her forehead, did the younger son not realize that his behavior was no different from treason?

The currency system for transactions generally cannot be changed. Often only when the dynasty changes or major events occur, the new king will grant the right to mint new coins.Like the former dynasty, when minting money, an edict was issued that anyone who minted money privately would be sentenced to death.

Cutting in half, abandoning the market, hanging... It can be seen how much the king taboos this matter.

But... Anyway, their family has already committed the crime of deceiving the emperor, and if there is one more, the debt will not be too heavy, the eldest princess thinks calmly.

However, a little protection is needed.

So Chu Zhao saw his own mother staring at him silently, suddenly smiled, and said meaningfully: "I heard that among the envoys sent by the Cui family this time, the fifth miss of the Cui family will also come with the team."

"It is said that Miss Cui Wu has read poetry and books since she was a child, she has a pure heart and a heart, and her piano, chess, calligraphy, calligraphy and painting are also amazing."

The words kept hinting that if Chu Zhao didn't understand what the other party meant, he would be blind.

"Mom, I..."

"Okay." The eldest princess knew what he wanted to say, and interrupted: "I'm not forcing you, I just want you to understand—"

"How many pairs of eyes are staring at you now, at our Chu family. Now it is rumored in the south...Jiangyin Chu family, Chu Shaojun in the new city is brave and resourceful. He built a city to protect the people and learned from the immortals." Magical techniques, not afraid of mutated monster corpses. The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it. I just want to help you find another helper."

Chu Zhao frowned, but this was not a reason to casually stuff him with a woman.

"We might not be a good fit."

Still a child, the Eldest Princess said: "What is appropriate? You won't think so when you get married. Besides, what's wrong with the young lady of the Cui family? She is beautiful and talented, Zhaoer, you... "

"Mother." Chu Zhao said lightly, with a calm expression on his face.

The eldest princess sighed: "Come on, I won't force you if you don't want to, just take a look at the head office?"

Having said all this, Chu Zhao could only nod his head.

The eldest princess smiled with satisfaction.

……

A month later, the cold wind blows.

A few tens of miles away from the original Xin County, now renamed Xincheng, several luxurious carriages were driving alone on the trail.The sky gradually darkened, and the clouds gathered in the sky. After a short while, the strong wind mixed with the torrential rain hit non-stop. The flag of the carriage was swept away by a gust of wind and splashed into the stagnant water on the side of the road.

Cui's convoy had to stop.

"Sir, miss, it's raining and the road is a bit muddy. Should we rest our carriage before moving on?" the guard asked outside the carriage.

The curtain of the car moved, and the next moment, the curtain was lifted, revealing a unparalleled beauty.The woman's figure is like a lotus in the dawn wind, with a charming charm, "Wu Ming, sir said to move on. Our car is in the wilderness, it will inevitably attract wild beasts and corpses. If you encounter a powerful corpse I'm afraid our party won't be able to deal with it."

Wu Ming's voice was loud: "Miss, don't worry, the subordinates will do their best to protect the safety of Miss and Sir!"

A line of troops continued to move forward.

It rained harder and harder.The heavy rain was mixed with strong winds, the curtains of the car were blown over during driving, and the car body shook.

Mutation!

A high and long scream resounded in the sky.

"what sound?!"

There was a commotion in the convoy, and Wu Ming drew his knife vigilantly.

Looking around, there was no figure in front of the car. The palms of the silver armored soldier were sweating for a while, and a thick male voice warned from behind the curtain of the treasure car: "Look at the top of your head—"

Wu Ming raised his head suddenly, at this moment, a ferocious white eagle spread its wings and swooped straight down from mid-air, hitting him!

"when!!"

The blade and the sharp claw intertwined, and the man narrowly jumped to avoid it. The clothes on his right arm were severely torn apart by the sharp hook, leaving a bright bloodstain.

The big eagle's speed was extremely fast, before Wu Ming had time to see the opponent's movements clearly, he was pecked hard on the back and cut off a large piece of flesh and blood from his arm.

The wings fanned the wind, and the giant eagle's hunting black eyes locked on the convoy, and swooped down again.

Wu Ming was unable to catch it, and seeing that he was about to die under the attack of the fierce eagle, there was an exclamation from the car behind him!

"Miss, you can't," Chen Yu held onto Cui Rongxi and said in a low voice, "The white eagle was originally fierce and attacked fierce people, but now that its eyes are slightly red, it looks like a corpse monster at first glance. You are invincible, you can only add chaos to the opponent if you go down now!"

Cui Rongxi was so anxious that she almost cried, so could they just watch Wu Ming die here?

Her heart was on fire, but she couldn't do anything. Seeing Wu Ming being pecked by the golden eagle again, covered in blood and about to fall down, her eyes widened anxiously——

"call out!"

Sooner or later, the sound of the wind rushed past, and a sharp arrow pierced through the wind and hit the eagle's right wing.

The members of the Cui family looked up in astonishment, and saw a group of cavalrymen who did not know when they appeared on the hillside. The leader was a one-armed man holding a strangely shaped black bow in his intact left hand.

The other party yelled: "May I ask you, are you the Cui family's emissary? Ada, the low-ranking new city warrior, came to meet you at the order of the young master!"

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