Chapter 230: The Emperor is Poisoned, Chaos in the Capital
Not long after Ye Chutang pricked Sun Chu's Baihui acupoint with a silver needle, he opened his eyes.
"Wake me up for something?"
Ye Chutang pulled out the silver needle from Sun Chu's head and nodded.
"Well, the Imperial Observatory has come to Dayang Town and wants to see you."
Sun Chu sat up, pointed at himself, and asked uncertainly, "The Imperial Observatory wants to see me? Why?"
"Because the Imperial Astronomical Observatory discovered that a general was coming, they were ordered by the emperor to look for someone, and you might be the general."
He knew too well the meaning of the word "star general".
So he asked with a vigilant look on his face: "If I were a general, would the emperor get rid of me as soon as possible?"
Ye Chutang made a gesture of wiping his neck.
"Even if you are not, the dog emperor would rather kill someone by mistake."
"That's too crazy! I don't want to see that damn Imperial Observatory!"
"The Imperial Observatory is not the emperor's man. Even if you are a star general, he will not tell the emperor. But whether or not to meet him is up to you."
Hearing this, Sun Chu touched his chin.
"Is the fortune-telling of the Imperial Astronomical Observatory very accurate?"
"Of course, the Imperial Observatory can be regarded as the top existence in the Xuanmen lineage."
"Then go meet him and ask about his fortune."
Ye Chutang: “…”
"You are already rich enough to rival a country, and you can't spend it all in several lifetimes. What do you need so much money for?"
Sun Chu got out of bed and put on his shoes, "Making money is my pleasure."
Although silver and money are just a string of numbers to him now.
But he hopes the number will grow steadily.
Ye Chutang looked at the money-obsessed Sun Chu and teased, "Why don't you ask about marriage, too?"
Sun Chu walked to the door of the room and stopped, saying with a look of disdain: "I haven't had enough fun yet, so I won't get married."
In ancient times people got married too early, he couldn't accept it!
Fortunately, the Wuji Sect advocates late marriage, late childbearing, and monogamy in order to allow its disciples to concentrate on studying military tactics.
The sect is simply a perfect habitat tailor-made for him!
Ye Chutang took Sun Chu to the rest room.
Xie Yi's gaze fell on Sun Chu.
Sun Chu let Xie Yi look at him without feeling scared at all.
After he traveled to this fictional Beichen country, he immediately went to see a senior monk, hoping to return to the modern era.
The monk saw that he was a resurrected soul, and not only was he not scared, he said that this was his chance.
After a series of operations, his body and soul were completely integrated and his fate was changed.
Sun Chu was left in this terrible ancient time. If he died, his soul would also disappear.
He was so angry that he beat up the monk and gave him two middle fingers.
Although the monk's behavior was irritating, it also helped him solve the big problem that he was not original.
So, he asked Xie Yi directly, "Did the Imperial Observatory see anything?"
With just one glance, Xie Yi could tell that Sun Chu's fate had been changed.
But that's all.
"Can I take a look at your palm?"
Sun Chu came to Xie Yi, sat down next to him, and extended his hand.
"Look, let me feel the power of the Imperial Observatory."
Xie Yi did not treat Sun Chu with the same distant attitude as he treated Ye Chutang.
He pinched Sun Chu's four fingers with his right hand, and the pads of his index finger, middle finger and ring finger of his left hand, and slid along the three lines in the palm of his hand from beginning to end.
A dense itchy feeling swept over me.
Sun Chu wanted to pull his hand back, but Xie Yi held it back tightly.
"You old man, are you a homosexual?"
Xie Yi's face turned red after hearing what Sun Chu said and he coughed lightly.
"Don't misunderstand me, young master. I am just touching the three-line."
The three lines are the earth line, the human line and the sky line, which correspond to life, wisdom and emotion.
"So what did you find out?"
Xie Yi did not answer Sun Chu, but asked about his birth date.
Sun Chu pulled his hand back with force, looking alert.
"I have been wandering around the martial arts world for many years and have seen many disciples of the Xuan Sect use Xuanshu to harm others. Are you trying to help the dog emperor and secretly kill me using my birth date?"
Ye Chutang slapped Sun Chu on the back of the head.
"Master Jie is an upright man, don't talk nonsense."
Sun Chu covered the back of his head which was hurt by the slap and complained: "Don't hit your head, it will make you stupid."
After saying this, he honestly told his birth date and time.
He is not very old, only nineteen years old this year, and was born on the Double Ninth Festival.
After listening to him, Xie Yi recounted his past in detail based on his palm and face.
Including the fatal accident three years ago, and the arrest a year ago.
"Nine is the largest yang number, so you can survive. Your fate has been changed. You will have a smooth road ahead and will achieve great things in the future."
Sun Chu remembered that the monk had said something similar.
"The reason why I help you solidify your soul is because if you live, you can save many people."
Although he didn't quite understand it, he believed in cause and effect, so after making money, he often spent it on charity.
Thinking of this, he curiously asked Xie Yi, "What great achievement?"
"The secret of heaven cannot be revealed."
"I hate you fortune tellers the most. You always only say half of what you want to say, deliberately keeping people in suspense. It's better not to say a word at all."
Xie Yi didn't care about Sun Chu's rudeness and smiled faintly.
"The more you know, the more you are likely to be tied up, which is not a good thing."
And destiny is not set in stone.
The environment, others and oneself can all influence one's destiny.
Sun Chu nodded in agreement, "You have to walk your own path, not someone else's."
As soon as he finished speaking, he asked with a smile: "How is my fortune?"
"The pattern of Venus plus the pattern of tiger brings wealth from all directions."
Xie Yi’s words made Sun Chu very happy.
"I'll lend you my good words."
"But you will face another life-and-death crisis, which can be resolved by a noble person."
These words made Sun Chu feel nervous.
"When is the death calamity? Who is the noble man?"
He finally adapted to the life in ancient times, and lived a free and easy life. He didn't want to die at all.
"No comment."
After Xie Yi finished speaking, he stood up and said, "Thank you for bothering me today. I hope we'll meet again if we're lucky."
Sun Chu quickly stood up and stopped him, "Why are you still telling half of the story? You can't leave until you've explained it clearly!"
This is a matter of life and death, so we must ask clearly.
Xie Yi looked at Sun Chu calmly without saying a word.
"Speak, are you mute?"
After a long time.
Xie Yi spoke up, "If you go to the battlefield in the future, please be careful."
After saying that, he pushed Sun Chu's arm away and left.
Qi Yanzhou went to see him off.
After leaving Dayang Town, he asked Xie Yi, "Master Xie, is Sun Chu a star general?"
Xie Yi did not give a direct answer, "Everything depends on human effort."
"It's dangerous for Master Jie to go on the road alone. Can I arrange a few people for you?"
"No, Tongzhou is only half a month's ride away from here, and my martial arts are enough to protect myself."
Qi Yanzhou did not force it any further, "How are you going to explain to the Emperor?"
Xie Yi and Shadow Guard came on horseback.
He jumped on his horse and said with a smile: "From now on, there is no such person as Jie Yi in the world, so there is naturally no need to explain anything."
Qi Yanzhou understood the meaning of this sentence.
The Imperial Observatory and the Shadow Guards were all killed and burned by him.
"I will cover up for Mr. Jie. What are your plans for the future, sir?"
"Hide from the world and wait for peace and prosperity."
After Xie Yi finished speaking, he whipped his horse whip and galloped away.
Qi Yanzhou looked at Xie Yi's receding back and said firmly, "We will wait until the sea is peaceful and the rivers are clear."
***
When night fell, the National Protection Army led Zhao Meng's men back to Dayang Town.
There were two thousand people when they left, but only half of them came back.
Farmers in the countryside could hardly go to the city once every ten days or half a month, and only villagers from three villages had been to the town within five days.
Based on the area of the village and the number of villagers, the National Protection Army arranged a thousand garrison troops to guard the villagers.
They didn't know how to treat illnesses, so they distributed some medicinal herbs to every household.
Let them stay in a room and smoke the medicine.
Medicinal smoke has the effect of preventing and treating epidemic diseases and is beneficial without harm.
After Ye Chutang understood the situation, he said, "I will go to the village tomorrow and bring the villagers infected with the disease back to the town for treatment to facilitate management."
Zhao Chengyu was therefore very careful when poisoning the animals and managed to contain the epidemic within Dayang Town.
The epidemic can be completely resolved in seven days at most.
After Qi Yanzhou sent Zhao Meng's men away, he said to Ye Chutang, "I'll go with you tomorrow."
Ye Chutang nodded in agreement and looked at Han Chong.
"The epidemic in the town has stabilized. Arrange for everyone to rest in batches, otherwise your body will not be able to bear it."
"Yes, Madam Qi."
After Han Chong agreed, he started talking about the Zhao family.
"Zhao Mingxu is making a fuss about taking the deceased Zhao Qingshu to Dingzhou for burial. What should we do?"
The Zhao family was merely imprisoned, so they were able to make reasonable demands.
After thinking about it, Qi Yanzhou said, "Then let Zhao Mingxu take Zhao Qingshu to Dingzhou first, and the rest of the Zhao family will follow the exile team and walk slowly."
Han Chong thought this method was feasible.
"Okay, I'll let Wu Chenggang take four people to send the remains of Zhao Mingxu and Zhao Qingshu to Dingzhou."
Zhao Mingxu has nothing now, so there's nothing he can do if you leave him alone.
The next day.
Zhao Mingxu and Ye Chutang left Dayang Town together.
One took the thin coffin to Dingzhou, and the other went to a nearby village.
The village is not far from Dayang Town, and it only takes a quarter of an hour to get there by horse.
Although Ye Chutang was pregnant, there was no problem for her to ride a horse for a short period of time.
She ran through three villages in one morning.
In two of the villages no one was infected with the disease.
The infected villager from another village lived in a remote area at the end of the village and had little contact with the villagers.
The family of six was taken to Dayang Town and placed in a cellar.
Five days later.
All the people in Dayang Town who were infected with the epidemic were cured.
While the people were cheering loudly with joy, Zhao Chengyu died of serious injuries and epidemic disease.
When he died, he was skinny and dirty, like a stink bug rotting in a toilet.
Ye Chutang asked Qi Yanzhou to chop off Zhao Chengyu's head and preserved it with medicine.
"Let someone send it to the capital as a Mid-Autumn Festival gift to the emperor."
Qi Yanzhou smiled and pinched Ye Chutang's nose.
"That's a good idea."
After saying this, he looked towards the direction of the capital with cold eyes.
"It will take about six or seven days to get from Dayang Town to the capital. My men should have received my orders by now."
What this means is that the good days of the Emperor and Eunuch De are about to come to an end!
***
As Qi Yanzhou expected, his men who stayed in the capital had already received the letter from Nan Xiaochuan.
He has four trusted subordinates.
Dong Ying, who was good at Qinggong, went to Tianshan County first when Qi Yanzhou decided to ask for exile.
Xize, who is skilled in medicine, had previously gone to Jiangnan for disaster relief and is now on his way to look for a witch doctor in Southern Xinjiang.
Nan Xiao, who is good at martial arts, has been following the exile team with his men to secretly protect the Qi family.
Bei Ning, who is good at intelligence, stayed in the capital and reported the capital's developments at any time.
After the letter written by Nan Xiao fell into Bei Ning's hands, she wanted to send a message to the traitor in the palace and start a rebellion!
But Qi Yanzhou didn't give any order, so she only dared to think about it.
She delivered messages to brothels, taverns, teahouses, and other places suitable for delivering messages.
Within half a day, the truth about the plague in Dayang Town became known to everyone.
"Is the emperor crazy? He actually burned down the city just to destroy the Qi family!"
"Last time, they colluded with spies from the enemy country. Last time, they came up with a body double plan. This time, they are using the plague to harm people!"
"The emperor wants to kill not the Qi family, not the people of the city, but the entire Beichen Kingdom!"
"I can't imagine who would survive if three diseases occurred at the same time."
"Fortunately, Miss Ye's medical skills are excellent and the epidemic has been brought under control. I hope the Qi family will quickly rebel!"
Ever since Qi Yanzhou challenged the imperial power and had thoughts of rebellion, the people no longer concealed their discussions about the royal family.
The whole capital was filled with news of dissatisfaction with the royal family.
If Qi Yanzhou raised the flag of rebellion, I wonder how many people would submit to him.
At this time, the palace.
The emperor was lying on the dragon couch in his bedroom, his face as pale as paper and full of anxiety.
He was so angry that he vomited blood because of Qi Yanzhou's memorial about his intention to rebel, and he finally recovered some strength.
Today I learned that the "City Burning Plan" had failed, and I almost fainted.
"Why is the Qi family so lucky? Not only can they avoid danger, but they can also point the spearhead at me!"
"Is my fate over? Is Beichen Kingdom going to fall into the hands of the Qi family?"
"Lord De, we are in the same boat. You should think of a solution as soon as possible."
"If the Qi family gains power, we will either be torn into pieces by five horses or be executed by slow slicing!"
Eunuch De listened to the emperor's chattering and a look of impatience appeared on his face.
"Shut up!"
Since he was bedridden, the emperor realized even more clearly that his throne was meaningless.
Eunuch De further strengthened his control over the palace and the court, completely sidelining him.
He shut up awkwardly and suddenly stopped being anxious.
Anyway, Eunuch De will not sit and wait for death, he just needs to wait and see the results.
After hesitating for a long time, Eunuch De looked at the emperor.
"Your Majesty, how about you issue another edict of repentance and abdicate the throne to the Second Prince, so that you can be the carefree Emperor?"
The emperor looked up at Eunuch De and refused without thinking.
"impossible!"
Although he no longer has any real power, he still enjoys glory and privileges as he occupies the position of emperor.
If he abdicates, let alone enjoying life, he probably won't be able to live long!
Thinking of this, he sneered and said, "Have you forgotten that the national seal has not been found yet, how can you abdicate?"
As soon as the emperor finished speaking, a eunuch rushed into the bedroom in a panic.
"Eunuch, Your Majesty, we have it delivered urgently from eight hundred miles away!"
The Emperor and Eunuch De guessed that it was sent from Bingzhou, and said in unison: "Present it."
The memorial was quickly delivered to Eunuch De.
After he opened it and read it, his face became extremely ugly and he threw the letter to the emperor.
“The deposed prince is really out of his mind, he actually helped the Qi family and betrayed us!
There are also the northwest garrison troops in Bingzhou, who were previously royalists but have now rebelled! ”
The emperor's forehead was hit by the hard corner of the memorial, causing a scratch and bleeding.
He groaned, covered his forehead with one hand, and opened the memorial with the other to read it carefully.
I fainted before I finished watching it.
Eunuch De thought that the emperor had fainted from anger.
"Useless trash!"
As soon as he finished cursing, he noticed that the wound on the emperor's forehead turned crimson purple and his face changed suddenly.
"The memorial is poisonous!"
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