Everyone knelt down at the same time, their bodies trembling.
They cannot bear such questioning.
They cannot afford such consequences.
"Prince, please calm down. We believe in the goddess! We beg for her protection!"
Ashina Nuji looked at them coldly, "You are questioning the existence of the goddess in the shrine. The goddess must be angry.
Before the goddess appears, you all must kneel here and are not allowed to stand up or eat or drink.
If the goddess does not appear, you will not be allowed to get up."
Everyone lowered their heads silently, "Yes."
Ashina Nuji left angrily, but dozens of people were still kneeling in the hall.
Sang Jueqian stared at these dozens of people for a long time before silently closing the window.
She would not make the decision on this matter on her own and would discuss it with Li Junyan first.
Sang Jueqian had no way to communicate directly with Li Junyan now, and this matter could not be explained clearly on paper, so he simply did not say anything.
Anyway, those people won’t die if they kneel for a while.
It was not until two days later that Li Junyan sneaked into the study and came to the grocery store through the window.
In just two days, Li Junyan lost a lot of weight.
Even though she provided him with nutritious meals every day and watched him eat and rest every day, he had to deal with so many things and worry about the people in the two states every day. He still lost weight at a visible rate and his face became paler.
Looking at Li Junyan like this, Sang Jueqian felt very complicated, but he couldn't stop him.
He could only rest for a short while before heading to Xizhou.
The dry food and water previously sent to Xizhou can only last until today at most.
If Li Junyan didn't go there soon, the people in Xizhou would starve.
Although you won’t die from being hungry for a day or two.
However, when people are in such a state of extreme tension and fear, with nothing to eat or drink, it is easy for them to do extreme things.
Going there on time to replenish supplies is not only to prevent them from starving, but most importantly to avoid unnecessary casualties.
While Li Junyan was resting, Sang Jueqian called up the image of the Turkic Goddess Temple and briefly recounted what happened two days ago.
"I took some time to take a look these two days, and they did kneel here for two days." Sang Jueqian said, frowning and feeling a little strange in his heart.
She didn't think she was a heartless person, but she had no grudges against these people, and she really couldn't bear to watch them kneel in front of her statue and die.
This has nothing to do with the Virgin Mary or not, it is just out of respect for life.
Li Junyan looked at the kneeling people, a look of understanding appeared in his eyes, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Although Ashina Nuji didn't have much contact with Qianqian, I think he must have taken the trouble to inquire about her and has a certain understanding of her."
Sang Jueqian was a little surprised when he suddenly heard Li Junyan say this. "Lezhi, what do you mean by this?"
"He knows you're soft-hearted and wouldn't stand by and watch these people kneel and die in front of your statue. He deliberately used this method to force you to show up."
When Sang Jueqian first heard this, he was a little surprised and even thought it was impossible.
But when I think about it carefully, I feel that what Li Junyan said makes a lot of sense.
In this world, the person who understands you best is never your friend, but your enemy.
Li Junyan is definitely one of the people in the world who knows Ashina Nuji best.
Knowing that Ashina Nuji was plotting against him with these people's lives, Sang Jueqian felt even more complicated.
"If I don't show up, will they die?"
Li Junyan looked into Sang Jueqian's eyes without any hesitation and said bluntly, "Yes. Ashina Nuji is cruel and the people around him can be divided into two types: useful and useless.
The purpose of these people is to force you to reveal yourself. If they can't do this, they will be of no use to Ashina Nuji and will only lead to death."
After listening to Li Junyan's explanation, there were only two words in Sang Jueqian's mind: cruel.
Ashina Nuji's methods were so cruel that he didn't treat these people as human beings at all, but only as tools.
Li Junyan raised his hand and gently smoothed the wrinkles between Sang Jueqian's brows. "If Qianqian doesn't want them to die like this, it's actually very simple."
"But if I show up and help them, wouldn't that be aiding the Great Zhou's enemies? And if Ashina Nuji doesn't keep his promise, wouldn't that harm the people of Tingzhou and Xizhou?"
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