Chapter 217: The Storyteller of the Dali Temple

Zhao Wanyue originally wanted to quietly do something for the families of those soldiers, which could be considered as doing good deeds for Xiaoxiao. Now that the matter has been made public, the Su family's benevolence and righteousness are even more evident.

The queen, who had been silent, spoke up: "Madam Zhao is kind-hearted. Even though the pillar of her family is still dying on the battlefield, she is always thinking about the families of the soldiers who fought with General Su.

You are really admirable." After the queen finished speaking, she looked at the families of the soldiers who were making trouble, and said in a cold voice: "But you have received so many benefits, but you don't appreciate Madam Zhao's kindness, and you even add insult to injury. I think you should forget about the subsidies from now on."

Su Xiaoxiao had already walked to the side of the emperor and empress, and the queen rescued her and held her in her arms.

Su Xiaoxiao lay obediently in the queen's arms and said softly, "These people will not be given any subsidies. There are still some sensible ones who should be given subsidies."

The queen smiled and looked at Xiaoxiao with surprise, "This child, how can she be so sensible and know that only some people are greedy and bully the weak.

Xu Mo, did you hear what the princess said? Make a careful count. Those who make trouble behind the scenes will not receive monthly subsidies in the future."

[Although you were also bewitched by Xue Ruoxue, you were too greedy. Look at Grandma Zhuang and those others. You were not bewitched. It's all fate! Su Xiaoxiao was still sighing ,

Xu Mo continued: "These are the military reports from Xiling received by the Ministry of War. Now I'd like to trouble Lord Hu of the Ministry of War to read them!"

"As soon as our 500 elite soldiers arrived in the western border, they took advantage of their small number and agility to raid the trade city occupied by the Great Yin. Within a day, they drove the puppet army out of the trade city."

"Although we took the trade city, many people inside were trapped by puppetry. Although we took back the trade city, our soldiers were besieged by their own people.

General Su and his soldiers could not bear to hurt the people, so they kept retreating. The local officials proposed to burn the people who were trapped by puppetry, but General Su refused."

Lord Hu stopped reading here, and everyone felt like they were listening to a play that ended halfway through, and their hearts were in turmoil.

Someone couldn't help asking, "What happened later?"

Lord Hu cleared his throat and said, "Suddenly, a divine light appeared, and the talismans on General Su and the soldiers' foreheads shone brightly. That light broke the puppetry of the people.

General Su then distributed the talismans he brought to everyone to protect themselves from being hurt by the puppets.

So far, the soldiers and civilians in the Western Territory have united as one to fight against the puppet army, and half of the puppet army has been destroyed."

"Good, General Su is mighty!" There was a round of applause from the audience.

The senior officials present naturally knew this information, but today they felt particularly excited when they heard it.

Su Changhe looked proud, and Pei Yuan said sincerely: "Brother Changhe, your father is really great."

Just when everyone was excited, Xu Mo spoke: "General Su was able to fight against the puppet army with all his might. In addition to the unity of the soldiers and their fearlessness of death, there was another key factor. That was the talismans they brought. Where did these talismans come from?"

"Yes, where did the talismans come from? How could they be so powerful? I'll go and pray for one too. My family has always wanted to have a son!"

"I want to pray for a marriage!"

Everyone could see that the emperor and empress came here just to watch the fun today, and they were not too demanding about the rules. The people below gradually became bolder, and they started to talk a lot.

Xu Mo continued, "These talismans were brought by the so-called witch Su Xiaoxiao, Princess Anle.

Until now, we still don't know who drew the talismans. When the princess took out the talismans, she only said one sentence, 'Help!'"

"My Princess Anle is so young that she can't even hold a pen steadily. It's impossible for her to draw talismans!"

"Then where did this talisman come from?"

Xu Mo listened to everyone's discussions and asked in a serious expression: "Where did this talisman come from? Who gave it to the princess? A witch will only harm people, only a goddess will save people!" As

Xu Mo guided them, some people suddenly realized: "The Zhao Family Ancestral Hall enshrines the relics of the goddess. No wonder those who went to the Zhao Family Ancestral Hall to make trouble were inexplicably thrown out. The fire in the Zhao Family Ancestral Hall was also extinguished by the sudden rain, and even the burned ancestral hall restored itself."

"Turns out it's the power of the goddess!"

Xu Mo cleared his throat. As a scholar, it was really difficult for him to divert everyone's thoughts to the goddess in public.

Fortunately, the incident at the Zhao Family Ancestral Hall was real, and there was really no way to explain it except through divine power.

He also wanted to string together all the bizarre things about Su Xiaoxiao, so that everyone would believe that Xiaoxiao was the goddess's representative, and no one would dare to offend her.

Anyway, Xiaoxiao's brilliance could no longer be hidden, so let everyone worship her and fear her, so that she would not be hurt by rumors.

"Everyone thinks the princess is a witch, simply because she is more powerful than us. She was kidnapped by traffickers twice. Once she discovered a huge gold mine, and another time she destroyed the evil Netherworld Sect one by one."

After Xu Mo finished speaking, he looked at everyone and asked, "Are these two things coincidental?

No, this is the goddess using the princess to help Dashuo.

After the emperor ascended the throne, he worked hard to govern the country, lightly raised taxes, and the people's lives gradually improved. All right. But without taxes, the treasury is becoming increasingly empty, and even basic military expenses cannot be guaranteed. Even so, the emperor still can't bear to increase taxes on the people, but how can he govern such a big country without money?

The emperor's compassion for the people moved the goddess, and the goddess let the princess find the gold mine. "

Xu Mo's words not only praised the emperor, but also praised Xiaoxiao. The logic was also very rigorous and very convincing.

Everyone was convinced by him. Xu Mo continued, "The princess was kidnapped to the Netherworld Island by traffickers and saved hundreds of Dashuo children. This is already a great deed.

But the deeper meaning of this matter is not limited to this. General Su discovered that the Netherworld Sect was colluding with the Great Yin and assembled 100,000 puppet soldiers, eyeing Dashuo.

This is why General Su personally recruited troops to fight against the Great Yin and drove the puppet army out of the western border. Think about it, if there was no Princess Anle, what would happen? "

Xu Mo's words were more exciting than the storyteller, and everyone couldn't help but follow his words.

Without Princess Anle, the grain they earned from the fields would not be enough to pay taxes.

Those lost children can never be found again and are likely to become puppets of other countries.

The puppet army of the Great Yin has already broken through the western border and is heading straight for the Yellow Dragon. They will infect the people of Dashuo along the way, and the entire Dashuo will eventually become a puppet of the Great Yin. Just thinking about it is terrifying.