Chapter 127: Observing the Stars to Explain Natural Disasters, and Human Conspiracy in the Streets
"Pass on my orders."
"I'm here!" The two generals who were almost scared out of their wits were cheered up and answered in unison.
"Xuan Yi, from now on, you will personally lead 3,000 Xuanjia Guards and impose martial law throughout the city. Remember, we are not here to suppress the people, nor to silence them. Our enemies are those minions of the Wugut Tribe who are hiding in the shadows, trying to create chaos and harm civilians."
He stretched out his finger and tapped the map.
"Your mission isn't to dispel rumors, but to maintain stability! Anyone who disrupts order in the city, such as fighting, arson, looting, or anything else, regardless of the cause and whoever is responsible, will be apprehended, thrown into prison, and rigorously interrogated! We must show the people of the city that we, the Prince Regent's Palace and the Black Armor Guard, are the guardians of order in the capital, not bullies who silence others! Do you understand?"
"Yes! Xuanyi complies with your command."
"Xuan Yi, starting tomorrow, a three-day 'prayer ceremony' will be held in the name of the Imperial Master's Mansion at the city's largest Xuanwu Square."
"A grand prayer ceremony?" This time, even Chu Xuanyi was stunned. "Your Highness, it's already this hour, and you're still doing this nonsense? Will it be effective?"
"Whether it works or not is not up to us to decide, it's up to the people." Xiao Yu's eyes grew deep and distant. "The people are panicking because they don't know what's going on. They don't know what's causing the earthquake, or where the strange fog is coming from. Prince Yu gave them an explanation, calling it 'demon magic.' Now, I'm going to give them another explanation, called 'abnormal ground veins.'"
He paused, a hint of sarcasm in his voice. "Demon magic is human-made, and it's a crime we can be attacked for. However, abnormal leylines are natural disasters, phenomena that need to be appeased and channeled. We are here to solve problems, not create them."
"Okay, then I will personally take the stage and explain the origin of the strange phenomenon to the people of the city. I will also announce that I will use the secret techniques of the observatory to soothe the earth veins, pray for Da Qi, and exorcise the evil spirits for the capital!"
"At the same time, I will lead people to the nodes of the evil formation pointed out by Ajiu. When the ceremony begins, we will take action at the same time and use thundering means to remove the center of the formation!" Xiao Yu said coldly.
Everyone in the conference hall was stunned, and then an indescribable excitement and excitement surged from the bottom of their hearts!
High! Really high!
"Brilliant!" Chu Xuanyi slapped his thigh, his face flushed with excitement. "Your Highness, what's wrong with your brain? It's even more complicated than the winding Yellow River! That idiot Prince Yu is dead this time! Hahahaha!"
As soon as the sun rose, the atmosphere in the entire capital became completely different.
Teams of Black Armor Guards, clad in heavy black armor and wielding long halberds, appeared in the streets and alleys of the capital like a torrent of black steel. Their faces were stern, their steps were measured, and they exuded the iron-blooded murderous aura of those who had survived hundreds of battles. Wherever they passed, there was a dead silence.
But they did not arrest those who were talking about it as the people imagined, but instead launched a devastating attack on all the ruffians who were causing trouble.
The thugs who were deliberately provoking disputes and inciting confrontation for a little reward the moment before were dragged away wailing like a chicken by the Black Armor Guards who fell from the sky the next moment.
The people were surprised to find that the streets...had become safer and quieter than ever before.
At the same time, notices from the Imperial Master's Office were posted all over the city.
In black and white, with sincere words, in the name of the national teacher Chu Xuanyi, he explained to the people of the whole city the "truth" of the recent strange phenomena - it was caused by the disorder of the earth veins and the imbalance of yin and yang that occurs once every thousand years, and it was definitely not a magic spell that could be done by human power.
At the end of the notice, it was announced that the State Master would, for the sake of the people of the world, not hesitate to sacrifice his own cultivation to build a platform in Xuanwu Square to pray for blessings, soothe the earth veins, and protect our Great Qi!
For a time, people were in turmoil.
Some were skeptical, some scoffed at it, but for the majority of people who had been suffering in panic for days, it was like they had grabbed a life-saving straw, and a glimmer of hope was rekindled in their hearts.
After all, compared to the vague accusation of "witchcraft" directed at the Regent and the Imperial Master, the Imperial Master in white, who almost never makes mistakes and is known as the "Guardian of Great Qi", is more trustworthy.
The balance of public opinion began to shift subtly without anyone noticing.
Our little fortune teller Ajiu is currently clueless about the earth-shaking changes taking place outside.
She was squatting in the corner of the back garden of the Imperial Master's Mansion, concentrating on watching a nest of ants moving, with a string of crystal clear candied haws in her mouth that Chu Xuanyi had someone buy for her.
"The adults said that I should learn to be a little stone and not let others find out." She muttered to herself in a baby voice, "Ajiu is now the most powerful little stone!"
However, there are times when the little stone can no longer stay.
Ah Jiu wandered around the mansion alone. Finally, she couldn't help herself and tugged at the skirt of a maid who was watching over her. She begged softly, "Sister, can we go out and play for a while? Just for a while! Ah Jiu wants to eat the osmanthus cake from Grandpa Zhang's house in the south of the city."
The maid looked embarrassed. It was such a mess outside, and the Imperial Master had warned her not to let the young lady go out.
But she really couldn't stand the attack of Ajiu's big watery eyes, and finally her heart softened. She thought that she could just walk around the street in front of the mansion. It should be... no problem, right?
So, under the secret protection of several plainclothes black-armored guards, Ajiu, like a happy little bird, skipped out of the gate of the Imperial Master's Mansion holding the hand of his maid.
As soon as she stepped onto the street, she felt the difference.
Although there were still many people on the street, the dirty "air" that made her uncomfortable seemed to be weaker than yesterday.
She looked around curiously and was soon attracted to a corner surrounded by people.
It was a small teahouse, where a storyteller with shifty eyes and a goatee was talking animatedly with saliva flying everywhere.
"...Speaking of the Regent and the Imperial Preceptor, they're in cahoots, one commanding the army, the other a sorcerer! That little girl they found from the observatory, did you think she was a treasure? I tell you, she was just a trigger! She was a medicine man! They used that girl's blood to practice their evil immortality technique, which angered the heavens, and that's when disaster struck! Just think about it, why would the capital city be shaken out of nowhere? That's the cries of wronged souls!"
He described it so vividly that the people around him turned pale and believed it to a certain extent.
The maid's face changed and she quickly wanted to pull Jiu away from this place of trouble.
But Ajiu stopped. She didn't understand what the bad uncle said, but she "saw" it.
She saw a cloud of dirty gray-black air floating above the goateed uncle's head. Every time he spoke, tiny black air streams like insects would come out of his mouth and fly into the ears of the uncles and aunts around who were listening to him.
There was originally just some gray mist above the heads of those uncles and aunts, but after those little black bugs drilled into it, it began to become darker and dirtier.
Jiu wrinkled her little nose.
It stinks! It's disgusting!
She hates this kind of dirty things the most!
She remembered what the adults taught her: to be like a little stone and not talk nonsense.
But……
Ajiu took a look at the candied haws in his hand, and then looked at the bad uncle who was still spitting out "black bugs".
She felt that when adults said "don't talk nonsense", it definitely did not include seeing a bad guy farting!
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