Chapter 133: The Witch Ruins the Country
"no!"
"I just asked you to pass on the message, not do anything else!"
Zhang Yiquan was a little angry and threatened, "Don't forget, when you were in trouble, who was it that suppressed the matter and who saved your life?"
"Compared to the grace of saving my life, I just asked you to pass on the message. After the message is passed, there is nothing owed to me anymore!"
The man was silent for a moment, and finally nodded, "Okay!"
"What message do you want me to pass on, and to whom?"
"Send a message to the Minister, and tell him that the sudden change at night was caused by the Chen family!"
Having said that, Zhang Yiquan briefly explained the matter so that the man could report it in detail to the Shangshu.
However, the man was shocked after hearing this.
"You're crazy! If the Chen family can really change the celestial phenomena, they are definitely not ordinary people. They might actually be immortals. We don't try to please them, but instead offend them. Are you crazy?"
Zhang Yiquan saw the man's expression and his face darkened. "Why, if you don't want to, then don't blame me for being ruthless and exposing what happened back then!"
"you……"
"Besides, what are you afraid of? As long as you don't say anything and I don't say anything, who would know that it was you who leaked the news? Besides, you were just spreading the news and didn't offend them."
First give him a blow and then give him a sweet treat. It is obvious that Zhang Yiquan has not lost his experience as an official, and he immediately took control of the man.
"Okay!" The man gritted his teeth. "Just this once. After we're done, we owe each other nothing!"
"As soon as possible, no matter what method you use, you must get the news to the capital within three days."
"Three Days"
"Are you crazy?"
"You know how far it is to the capital."
However, Zhang Yiquan said coldly, "I don't care what method you use, as long as you complete it within three days, then everything between you and me will be done."
The man looked at Zhang Yiquan's leaving figure, his face changing from gloomy to bright, and a hint of murderous intent flashed across his body.
In the end, he gave up. After all, who knew if Zhang Yiquan had any other tricks up his sleeve? It was just a message anyway.
The man rode at full speed and finally delivered the news to the Shangshu Mansion.
Upon hearing this news, the Shangshu's eyes immediately lit up, "Come here, send for the Imperial Observatory!"
The next day he went to court.
When the court was about to be dismissed, the Minister stood up and announced the news that Zhang Yiquan had passed on to him in front of everyone.
"oh"
The emperor raised his eyebrows and became interested. He originally wanted to issue a self-criticism edict, but after hearing the words of the Shangshu, he suddenly had a direction.
"Send it to the Imperial Observatory!"
Soon, the director of the Imperial Observatory was summoned into the palace.
An old man with a white beard ran in hurriedly, then knelt on the ground and saluted the emperor.
"Your servant Si Nanyuan pays homage..."
"No need for that!" The emperor waved his hand. "Director Sinan, I want to ask you, what caused the astronomical phenomena of the past few days?"
The Supervisor glanced up at the Minister and immediately bowed respectfully, "Your Majesty, the Heavenly Dog eclipsed the Sun. This is an ominous sign."
As soon as he finished speaking, an official jumped out from behind the Minister and cried out in grief, "Your Majesty, this is a sign that evil will cause chaos in the country!"
The emperor ignored him and looked at the Supervisor, "What does the Imperial Observatory think about this matter?"
The Supervisor gritted his teeth and lowered his head, saying, "Your Majesty, Lord Liu has said too much. When the sun is eclipsed by the heavenly dog, there will surely be a witch who will cause chaos in the country."
"Oh," the emperor raised an eyebrow, "but didn't Supervisor Sinan say that a few days ago?"
The Supervisor immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I dare not lie. Last night, I observed the sky and saw a meteorite falling to the south. This means a demon woman will appear, and it will be in the south."
Upon seeing this, the Minister immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the Chen family is in the south, and that Chen Xue is the so-called witch!"
“Nonsense!”
The Imperial Censor and his men quickly stood up and criticized, "Your Excellency, what you said is absolutely nonsense."
"Lord Yang, why don't you listen to the situation first?" The Minister snorted coldly and turned to salute the emperor. "Your Majesty, do you remember the incident in which the Chen Mansion was confiscated?"
"But not a single ounce of silver was found in the Chen family that day, not even a grain of food was found. How could this be normal?"
"Absolutely! The witch used some trick or some deception to make the soldiers who were raiding the house return empty-handed!"
"Nonsense!" Doctor Yang defended Master Chen, "Master Chen's family is just in financial difficulty. Doesn't the Minister remember that a few days before the disaster relief, Master Chen even sold his belongings to raise money for the donation?"
"Haha!" The Minister sneered, "No matter how poor Chen Yuan was, even if he sold all his family property, there was no way he would only get ten thousand taels."
"Besides, there are hundreds of people in the Chen Mansion. Don't they need food and drink? Yet there's no food to be found in the Chen Mansion. There aren't even any pots, pans, or utensils. It's simply not a place for people to live!"
"this……"
The imperial censors, who were good at criticizing others, were speechless because they didn't know how to defend Lord Chen.
"Also, would you like to know what happened during the exile procession?" the Minister of State continued. "All the prisoners saw with their own eyes that when the Chen family witch got angry, the sky instantly turned dark. And when she cried out for forgiveness, daylight instantly returned."
"Such a thing, could it be that you gentlemen want to say it is a coincidence?"
After saying this, the Minister of State saluted the Emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I request that Your Majesty issue an order to publicly behead the witch and her family, so as to prevent her from causing chaos in the country."
As soon as the Minister finished speaking, a group of officials immediately stood up behind him and asked the emperor to order the execution of the evil woman.
"Han Quan, the Chen family has fallen to this point. Do you still want to kill them all?"
Pingyuan Hou, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke.
The Shangshu's eyelids twitched, but he didn't answer. He then glanced at the Supervisor, who sighed inwardly and also bowed, "Your Majesty, the last time a solar eclipse occurred was a hundred years ago."
When everyone heard this, they immediately remembered that the Dayue Kingdom had not yet been established and it was still the period when the Yu Kingdom ruled.
There was also a solar eclipse at that time, but the next day, the whole country was in chaos, uprisings broke out in various places, and the rule of the Yu Kingdom was in jeopardy.
After that, there is no need to go into details. The former emperor of Dayue defeated the overlord, unified the world, and established Dayue.
"Supervisor, you..."
The expressions of the Imperial Censor and others suddenly changed. The Supervisor brought up all the events of the previous dynasty's destruction of the country, and it was obvious that the severity of the Chen family's affairs was countless times greater, making it as serious as in the previous dynasty.
In other words, if they had had the opportunity to plead for the Chen family before, but this already involved the destruction of the country, they could no longer speak, and even if they did, it would be useless.
Besides, only one person has the final say in this matter.
So, the Imperial Censor and others were unwilling to accept the result and said, "Your Majesty, what the Minister said is just speculation. There is no real evidence at all. If the Chen family really has such ability, why would they be willing to be exiled?"
The emperor interrupted them and looked at everyone with a stern face. "The things in the Chen Mansion disappeared inexplicably, and Chen Xuesheng caused the sky to change. How do you explain these things?"
"If the Chen family really causes chaos in the country, what will you do when facing your ancestors?"
After a few questions, the Imperial Censor and others were speechless. At the same time, they understood the emperor's thoughts and could only sigh.
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