"Don't leave. Take him to the government office."
Seeing that the storyteller was about to leave, everyone in the teahouse surrounded him, blocked his way and prevented him from leaving.
All the audience looked at the storyteller with unfriendly expressions. They just wanted to hear some after-dinner gossip, not be fooled by others.
"I'm telling the truth. If you don't believe me, go to the imperial capital and see for yourself. It's already hell on earth."
"Still trying to deceive us."
"Catch him."
Everyone was arguing in the teahouse, and the storyteller's wig and beard were pulled off, revealing his bald head and shifty eyes.
"It turns out it was a Buddhist bald donkey who was trying to slander His Majesty."
"I was saying that the rumors against His Majesty these days were not right. It turns out that it was caused by the evil monk."
"Catch him."
"Beat him to death."
In an instant, the teahouse fell into chaos, and everyone grabbed the storyteller. Shouts and shouts spread from the teahouse, and the bald storyteller ran from one end of the street to the other. Half the city knew about the rumor.
"I was saying that the recent rumors against His Majesty were too outrageous. Turns out they were the work of an evil monk."
"I heard that there was a demon monk who captured common women and brought them to the temple for his pleasure. This time, they were rescued by the Legion."
"These damn evil monks have ulterior motives."
"You are still young. Look at us old men. Who among us has said anything bad about the emperor? Think of the scene at the end of the Han Dynasty when people were starving everywhere. You will know how wise the emperor is now."
"Yes, at the end of the Han Dynasty, people exchanged their own children for food. Only after the emperor unified the country did we have the peace and prosperity we have today. Now, someone wants to destroy our Great Xia."
“Some people just eat too much.”
"These evil monks have gone too far. Your Majesty deserves to have them exterminated."
“…”
There are too many rumors, and they are becoming more and more outrageous, treating all the people as fools.
The first person who couldn't stand the outrageous rumors appeared, and the identity of the "storyteller" as a monk or nun was exposed.
The whole city is in an uproar now, and everyone is trying to catch those who spread rumors. Anyone who says something bad about the emperor will be treated as a demon monk.
This is just a city.
As the news of the evil monk disguising himself as a storyteller to spread rumors about the emperor spread, more and more cities began to catch the evil monk, and all storytellers had to be verified.
Later, all those who spoke ill of Lin Han and the civil and military officials of the time were treated as the rumored evil monks and Buddhists, and were arrested and handed over to the government.
Suddenly, the poles reversed.
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