"Reborn?" The man in black was stunned.
Is this true, or just a fabrication by Dugu Zhi to avoid punishment?
In either case, it all sounds so unreliable.
"Really! I'm not lying to you!"
"I... I lived an extra life. After I died, I found myself back in the year I just came of age."
"Therefore, both the location of the Turkic royal court and the news of the earthquake in the southwest are things I experienced in my past life!"
She knew about it since it had already happened once.
"Such a strange thing?"
The man in black remains a mystery.
It's no wonder he's suspicious; these words just sound like utter nonsense.
How could that be?
Can a person who has died actually be reborn?
"It's true! I'm telling the truth. Please let me out!"
"They're coming! Oh no! I can't stand it anymore! Get them away!"
With her lower body still inside the water prison, looking at the toads jumping and the snakes swimming on the surface of the water, Dugu Zhi's voice cracked.
Her face was deathly pale, her whole body was trembling, and her breathing became rapid.
"I've told you my biggest secret, why won't you let me go?"
"Waaah, I haven't even told my parents about dying and being reborn!"
"...You don't know, if it weren't for me, this one earthquake in the southwest would have put Helian Jue and the Xie family in a very passive position!"
In her desperation, Dugu Zhi began to ramble incoherently.
It's unclear which of her words provoked the man in black, but he waved his hand, and one of his subordinates opened the door to the water dungeon. With a leap, he dragged Dugu Zhi out of the dungeon.
Just as Dugu Zhi's toes left the water, a leaping toad brushed past her shoes and fell into the water.
Dugu Zhi: ...That was close!
If she hadn't been rescued, that disgusting and terrifying thing would have landed on her, even on her face!
Just thinking about that scene made Dugu Zhi tremble with fear again.
However, although the man pulled Dugu Zhi out of the water dungeon, he did not leave the dungeon but stood on the edge of the pool.
Because the man in black still had questions to ask—
Why did the earthquake in the southwest put the Emperor and Empress in such a passive position?
"Lord Dugu, tell me, what happened in your first life before you were reborn?"
Perhaps because of this encounter with Dugu Zhi, the man in black had come to understand Dugu Zhi's stupidity.
He began to employ certain interrogation techniques.
Upon hearing the question, Dugu Zhi blurted out, "Of course we're on the defensive!"
"The earthquake in the southwest caused the ground in the capital to tremble, and some dilapidated houses in the suburbs of Beijing were even shaken to the ground."
In ancient times, communication was underdeveloped, and people had very little understanding of natural disasters.
If not handled properly, it could be associated with feudal superstition.
Whatever the emperor's incompetence, the empress's chaos, the treacherous officials' mischief... in short, there are bad people who commit evil deeds and incur divine punishment.
Furthermore, with the spread of rumors by those with ulterior motives, news of the emperor and empress's inhumanity became even more rampant.
“In my previous life, I was not reborn, so naturally no one gave me a warning. After the earthquake, people were in a panic. Even some court officials submitted memorials, advising the emperor to withdraw his troops and forcing Empress Xie to retreat to the inner palace.”
"At that time, the Emperor, using the clairvoyance sent by Empress Xie, had already located the Left Wise King's residence and was preparing to launch a general offensive. How could he care about the 'public resentment' in the capital?"
"The Yellow Sect members took the opportunity to cause trouble, and actually gathered some uninformed people to storm the local county government office."
"Empress Xie was also very assertive, only saying 'adversity strengthens the nation,' and that it was not some divine punishment at all."
"She dispatched the Xuanjia Army to suppress the Yellow Sect rebels and provided food and money to relieve the disaster victims."
"...It can be said that the Emperor and Empress both expended several times the effort to barely quell this matter!"
At this point, Dugu Zhi suddenly felt more confident—
yes!
Regardless of my past experiences or my motives, my "prophecy" did indeed help Helian Jue and Xie Yuan.
I am a person who has made contributions.
It should be noted that in the previous life, although the emperor and empress quelled the incident, it still cost them a great deal of financial and human resources.
Most importantly, this incident sowed the seeds of future trouble.
Then, when the emperor fell ill, the third prince, the Marquis of Anle, and others rebelled one after another, and the Yellow Sect members took the opportunity to cause chaos...
It can be said that this was the biggest crisis that the emperor and empress encountered after Helian Jue ascended the throne.
They were just a hair's breadth away from making it through!
Huh?
Or, I could use this incident to further manipulate the situation.
As Dugu Zhi recalled that past, a dazzling light shone in her eyes.
Man in black: ...Well! What important thing have you thought of now?
However, the man in black was already familiar with Dugu Zhi's foolish nature, so he didn't deliberately interrogate her, but instead continued to try to extract information from her—
"Yellow Sect? What is that?"
"The Yellow Sect is nothing but a sect formed by remnants of the previous dynasty. They attempt to use the doctrines of gods and Buddhas to overthrow the Great Zhou Dynasty."
"Remnants of the previous dynasty?" The man in black couldn't help but feel puzzled.
Uh, that's a rather broad range.
Over the past one or two hundred years, the North and South have been divided, and dynasties have changed frequently.
For the Northern Dynasties, the Yuwen and Tuoba clans were considered remnants of the previous dynasty.
As for the Great Zhou Dynasty, the so-called "remnants of the previous dynasty" also included the remnants of the last emperor of the Southern Dynasty.
But is it possible?
The last emperor of the Southern Dynasty has become the Marquis of Anle of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and is now hiding in the capital.
Even though he was a prince, he couldn't marry a noblewoman from a family of equal social standing; he could only marry the daughter of a minor official.
What kind of "yellow cult" would such a destitute family secretly gather?
Although the man in black expressed his doubts, he still wrote all of this down.
"Yes! They are the remnants of the previous dynasty! They not only spread rumors among the people that the emperor was incompetent and the empress was sycophantic, but they also turned many ignorant people into their followers."
"With just one earthquake in the southwest, they first stirred up trouble in the capital, and then went to various parts of the southwest to deceive the disaster victims and the mountain people."
"Subsequently, the Sage fell seriously ill on his way back to the capital, supposedly due to a curse cast secretly by the heretical sects of the Yellow Sect—" (Reading La)
As expected, Dugu Zhi was not very cunning. As she spoke, she revealed a "secret" that she had been trying her best to hide.
As soon as she said those words, Dugu Zhi realized what she had done and quickly covered her mouth with her hand.
But it was too late!
The man in black rushed forward and grabbed Dugu Zhi by the neck. "What? You said the Sage is seriously ill?"
"Yes! Cough cough! It seems like he suddenly fell into a coma! Medicine is ineffective, and there is no other explanation besides witchcraft."
Dugu Zhi was suddenly grabbed by the neck, and all the nerves in her body tensed up.
Her heart was racing, her breathing was rapid, and her vision began to darken. In a daze, Dugu Zhi even saw the gates of hell.
At this point, she had no time to think and could only reveal the "secrets" she knew or had heard about.
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