Fortunately, there is still hope, embodied in the third person who is rising steadily.

This person hails from the Huan Family, said to be the brave man who slew dragons and stabbed Jiao in the Gen Kingdom long ago, adept in both literature and martial arts, with remarkable strategies. Although his family declined due to the chaos of war, he has now been chosen by the Eldest Princess as the Prince Consort. With this status as a foreign relative, he has gained investment from the clan and been appointed as the Inspector of Jingzhou, Anxi General, taking over the remnants of the Southern Expeditionary Army, stationed in Yunmeng Swamp, where he both retrains new troops and sweeps away surrounding demons and bandits, winning every battle without fail, advancing with great momentum.

His capacity is indeed extraordinary, not only able to retrain new troops but also continuously winning battles. After suppressing rebellions, he only executes the principal offenders, incorporating the rest under his command. Moreover, he has obtained special permission from the Immortal Emperor to open his own office, recruit soldiers autonomously, allocate resources, promote hidden talents, and select scholars from poor families, gradually creating a loosely controlled situation over the eight prefectures under his governance.

Moreover, he pays great attention to the hardships of the people, encouraging agriculture and sericulture, improving governance, suppressing annexation, and even secretly implementing land policies to investigate hidden populations, punish aristocratic family members, and limit local powerful clans, truly a virtuous talent in times of governance, an excellent minister in chaotic times!

Of course, such actions would have undoubtedly been considered rebellion in the past, not much different from the Northern military warlords and vassals. However, times have changed; now the court's prestige is no longer, surrounded on all sides by arrogant rebel army leaders. It's fortunate that the Prince Consort Huan still has the backing of the clan, and as long as he nominally adheres to the decrees of the Three Constellations, it would be a blessing.

"So just set your mind at ease on your journey. The Prince Consort Huan, skilled in both literature and martial arts, is determined to serve the country. One day he will suppress the rebellion, recover the Central Plains, and reverse the tide to recreate heaven and earth..."

As a result, the constable rambled on for a long time, but didn't dare to release Zhang San privately to thank him on behalf of his fellow villagers; he could only drink water and eat pills with Huangfu Yi, chatting idly through the night, ultimately summarizing all words into one sentence.

Bear with it, maybe he is different from the others.

Huangfu Yi was simply speechless.

What do General Wang, Grand Tutor Xie, and the Prince Consort Huan have to do with him? If he could speak, his first words would be, I'm not Zhang San...

But probably it wouldn't make any difference if he spoke; they could just cut his tongue, and he would be him anyway. They probably killed Zhang San in a massacre, took his stick, and took the remaining karma as well.

In any case, now it is such a ruthless world, where all living beings suffer, who doesn't bully others, and who isn't bullied by others? So Huangfu Yi doesn't intend to waste energy arguing or complaining, he just conserves his strength and seizes the time to recover, looking for a good opportunity to escape...

"Roar—"

"What sound is that!"

"There are demons cultivating under the moon!"

Suddenly, a loud noise echoed through the night sky, waking everyone up abruptly. They looked up to see a line of dark clouds rising on the horizon, followed by a raging wind, covering the moon with clouds. Vaguely, they could see a Flood Dragon dozens of feet long breaking through the wind in the distance, wantonly rolling and soaring in the sea of clouds.

"Why is there another Great Demon ascending as a dragon..."

"How many have there been this month?"

"The north really isn't a place for humans."

The constables were worried, since even though the southern harsh policies are fiercer than tigers, and financial and aristocratic families swallow people without spitting bones, the north isn't a place for humans either! These demons literally eat people! Such a big dragon, wouldn't it need to eat a thousand or eight hundred people per meal? A gulp and it's gone! There's really no way to live!

What to do? What to do...

However, before everyone could sigh and lament, suddenly the wind rose all around, clouds rolled and unfolded, dark clouds covered the top, and rain fell like a basin. Then they heard the distant dragon's roar approaching swiftly, heading straight towards them!

Uh, it wouldn't be such a coincidence... Could it be the Dragon King Temple?

"Get moving now!"

Without another word, the constables spurred their horses and ran off! As expected of the court's elite, officers of the Six Gates! In the blink of an eye, they scattered like a swarm!

Huangfu Yi, left in the Prisoner Cart, "..."

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