He Zhao's appeal to the emperor failed, and he even implicated himself.
In order to get out of the imperial prison, He Zhao decided not to file a complaint with the emperor and promised them to keep quiet and never mention the matter again.
Seeing this, those people released He Zhao.
After all, He Zhao's attempt to appeal to the emperor had caused quite a stir at the time. If he disappeared from this world, people would only think that they were afraid and killed He Zhao.
But if He Zhao is alive and does not file a complaint with the emperor, those people will think that everything He Zhao said before was a lie and that he was just trying to gain attention.
Therefore, He Zhao cannot die.
After being released from prison, He Zhao returned to his hometown, hoping to see his parents. However, his parents were devastated when they learned that he had been imprisoned and eventually died of grief.
At the time, He Zhao was in prison and was unable to wear mourning clothes to see the elderly couple off. Their relatives arranged the funeral for them.
Knowing he couldn't compete with those people, He Zhao made up his mind to be an ordinary person, and his dream of becoming the top scholar vanished at that time.
But when he tried to hide, those people came knocking on his door.
They knew He Zhao was a talented writer and well-read, and wanted him to write articles for them.
He Zhao refused, but those people didn't give him a chance to refuse.
After beating him severely, they urinated on him and made him eat dog feces, torturing him terribly.
He Zhaoyuan thought that they were done venting their anger, but who would have thought that those people wanted to cut off his escape route.
He set up a stall on the street to write calligraphy, and those people then sent someone to smash his stall.
He wanted to work odd jobs at the docks, but the people there deliberately switched his goods with inferior ones, causing him to be beaten by the foreman and not earn any money.
He wanted to work as a waiter, but the shopkeepers didn't dare hire him.
If you can't work, you won't have money; if you don't have money, you'll die.
At that moment, He Zhao understood that in the face of living, fame, fortune, and dignity were utterly insignificant.
So he agreed to write articles for them, and all he wanted was money.
Those who saw He Zhao compromise were overjoyed.
They claimed that the articles and poems written by He Zhao were their own, and their fame soared overnight. Even the emperor took a second look at them and praised them highly.
After gaining fame, those people began to fear that the higher they climbed, the harder they would fall because of He Zhao.
after all--
He Zhao's writing style and talent are undeniable; if he wants to expose them again in the future, it will be a piece of cake.
Therefore, the other party decided to kill him to silence him.
Only with He Zhao dead can they enjoy the fame and fortune he brought them without fear of being exposed.
Those people were all in cahoots, on the same boat, each holding something over the other.
Even after killing He Zhao, the three of them dared not let anyone else do it, but instead carried it out themselves.
However, upon seeing He Zhao, those people were overcome with lust.
after all--
They've been with plenty of pretty girls, but they've never been with a handsome man.
He Zhao died amidst their humiliation and resentment.
She still remembered when his soul was brought before her, he was disheveled, his clothes were in disarray, his face looked pitiful, and he had many bruises on his body.
Seeing his pitiful state, his unfortunate fate, and his eventual failure to achieve his ambitions, she appointed him as a day-traveler.
They erased his name, allowing him to sever ties with the past and start a new life.
Whether he will have great success in the future depends on how much good he does, how much virtue he accumulates, and how much he comprehends.
Unexpectedly...
She thought about it carefully at the time and figured it out.
If Riyou were truly as timid, innocent, and harmless as she appeared, how could she have dared to go to the capital to file a complaint...?
A person's life chart can reveal their hardships, but it cannot reveal their inner thoughts.
He Zhao lost because of the momentum.
If He Zhao gains power, he might...
They will retaliate just like those people, or rather, they will retaliate even more fiercely.
After becoming a day-traveler, he gained more power than the underworld officials and ghosts of the netherworld.
So his ambition grew bigger and bigger until it became insatiable. He then chose a crooked path, attempting to resurrect the Ghost King and become his right-hand man, hoping to make people fear and worship him.
Jiang is willing to reflect.
Reflect on whether you were too kind back then.
If she hadn't sympathized with He Zhao back then, hadn't erased his original name, hadn't appointed him as a judge of the underworld, and had instead let him reincarnate, would none of this have happened today?
Because of her wrong decision, the lamp spirit shattered, and the Ghost King was almost resurrected.
Jiang Yuan thought for a moment, then came back to her senses.
Now is not the time to think about these things; she should seize the time to save Old Madam Ning and the others.
The lantern spirits are filled with fierce ghosts, and there is also a ghost king inside.
If their souls stay inside for too long, they will likely be devoured by those vengeful ghosts.
She needed to hurry and bring them out of the lamp spirits before their souls were damaged.
Thinking of this, Jiang Yuan took a step forward.
Having not returned to the underworld for so long, she had almost forgotten how to get there.
"Over there!" The underworld messengers, who were searching for the daytime wanderer, stopped in their tracks and turned to look at the source of the screams.
"What powerful strength!" one of the underworld officials exclaimed, looking in the direction from which the sound came from.
Nightwalker dared not slack off and strode towards the source of the sound, with the others following closely behind.
This power belongs to Little Yama!
He's a little devil!
Thinking of this, Ye You quickened his pace.
As he led his men toward that direction, Jiang Yuan was coming towards them.
The underworld officials had never seen Jiang Yuan in the mortal world before. When they smelled the yang energy on her, they all drew their weapons, became extremely vigilant, and exclaimed, "A living, living person!"
"How could a living person come to the underworld? How come they weren't affected by the turbid air?"
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