Chapter 389: The Edict of Guilt

Cloud Deer Academy, Director Zhao Shou, Third Grade Great Scholar.

Confucianism’s first man of the hour.

Zhao Shou represented not only him personally, but also the entire Yunlu Academy, all the readers who followed the Confucian system.

So, he came with a carving knife.

It was because Emperor Yuan Jing saw this carving knife that his face suddenly paled. Since ascending to the throne, this Nine-Five Emperor, for the first time, suffered the threat of death within the palace, within the Golden Palace.

“How did you get into the capital, how did you get into the palace ……..”

Emperor Yuan Jing fell onto the dragon chair, pointing at him, agitated, “Supervisor, Supervisor, come and protect the Emperor!!!”

A large number of forbidden troops rushed outside the Golden Palace, but were blocked by a clear light barrier.

“Confucians don’t kill kings, only thieves!”

Zhao Shou’s face showed the fearlessness of martyrdom: “Zhao Shou, on behalf of Confucianism, asks you for two promises, the first promise, to issue an imperial decree of offense immediately. The second promise, Xu Qi’an is not guilty of pleading for the people and redressing the wrongs of Lord Zheng, you have to issue an imperial decree praising him, recognizing his innocence, and shall not wreak havoc on his clan.”

Emperor Yuan Jing’s face is blue, slowly swept through the hall of the public, this group of readers from the State Elementary School, but no one came forward to refute. Unconsciously, the State Prison and Yunlu Academy also come together?

“Just let me make a sinful edict, why are you defending that Xu Qi’an.”

Zhao Shou smiled faintly and declared openly, “Without having told you, Xu Ningyan is my disciple.”

What?

The court is full of dumbfounded, the night watchman Xu Qi’an, that piker, is actually the disciple of Zhao Shou, the dean of Yunlu Academy?

He’s a Confucian scholar?

So worthy of a poetry leader ……

Sure enough, how can someone who can write so many heirloom masterpieces not be a Confucian reader …….

One of our own ……..

All sorts of thoughts flashed through the princes’ minds.

Wei Yuan frowned and looked at Zhao Shou with a question in his gaze.

“You ask me to forgive that traitor who beheaded the Duke of State? You’re asking me to continue to condone him as an official in the court? Ha, ha, ha, ha ha ha …….”

This request from Zhao Shou seemed to have completely enraged Emperor Yuan Jing, causing him to fall into a state of semi-mania, laughing like a madman.

“Zhao Shou, I am the king of a country, the son of heaven, do you really dare to kill me? I will bet my life with you on Confucianism’s qi.”

The frenzied Emperor Yuan Jing kicked over the big case, took a few steps on the Sumeru Seat, and pointed at Zhao Shou and angrily rebuked, “Deceiving, deceiving, I still have the Supervisor, I don’t believe that the Supervisor will sit back and watch you do it.”

He didn’t believe that Zhao Shou would fight for his life over this matter. He knew that Zhao Shou’s lifelong wish was to glorify Yunlu Academy.

He is even more unconvinced that the Supervisor will sit back and watch the Emperor being killed without doing anything, unless the Heavenly Supervisor wants to cut himself off from the Great Feng’s national fortunes, unless the Supervisor doesn’t want to be this First Grade Warlock.

After the coercion of a hundred officials and the threat of Zhao Shou in front of the temple, Emperor Yuan Jing was on the verge of an outburst.

At that moment, a ray of radiance rushed into the temple and transformed into the image of an old man with white clothes and white beard in the air.

“Yuanjing, give the sinning edict!”

Emperor Yuan Jing’s mind exploded as he staggered back and fell disheveledly into the dragon chair.

His eyes were dull and his face disheveled, like an old man who had been abandoned, like a loser who had been turned away from his family.

He finally knew why Wei Yuan and Wang Shoufu were able to conspire with all the officials to force him to issue a sinful edict, and he knew why Zhao Shou dared to enter the capital and force him to issue a sinful edict.

All this was done with the authorization of the Supervisor.

After saying these words, the white-clothed old man slowly dissipated.

The hall fell into dead silence.

It wasn’t until Zhao Shou opened his mouth and broke the silence, “He no longer cares to join the dynasty as an official.”

Who is he?

Naturally, I’m referring to the piker who shouted that he wasn’t going to be an official.

Emperor Yuan Jing was suddenly unaware of this and sat frozen, like an old man in the wind.

…………

Stargazer Building, Bagua Terrace.

Xu Qi’an, dressed in cloth, stood proudly toward the direction of the palace, lifted the wine pot, and laughed, “The rise and fall of the ancient and modern worlds are all paid for in a single pot of wine.”

“You’re so proud of yourself, you won’t be able to get away with this without a teacher to wipe your ass.”

At the table, sitting on a platter was the yellow-skirted girl with a googly-egg face, big eyes, sweet and lovely, her cheeks bulging with food, like a cute hamster.

“How are Miaozhen and Chu Yuanzhuan, as well as Master Hengyuan?”

Xu Qi’an laughed, not caring about Chu Caiwei’s sarcasm.

“In a few more days, the injuries will be healed.” Chu Caiwei frowned and spat, “But I’m exhausted, they don’t want Elder Brother Song to help heal their injuries.”

They are afraid that they will become test subjects …….. Xu Qi said reassuringly.

He didn’t say another word, recalling bits and pieces of yesterday.

On that day, he came to the Si Tian Supervisor and asked Cai Wei to relay a message to the Supervisor: Wei Yuan and Wang Shoufu wanted to unite the hundred officials to force Emperor Yuan Jing to issue a sinful edict, and he hoped that the Supervisor would help him.

Without the endorsement of this Da Bong patron saint, Emperor Yuan Jing’s years of checking and balancing the imperial court, and the many parties and factions, it would have been very difficult for Wei Yuan and Wang Zhenwen to reach an exchange of interests that would have been agreed to by more than two-thirds of the capital’s officials in a single day.

The Superintendent agreed.

And then, there was the scene where Xu Qi’an blocked the group of ministers at the noon gate and robbed Duke Cao and Protector Que Yongxiu.

The beheading of these two thieves was only the opening, Wei Yuan and Chief Wang had to get Emperor Yuan Jing to confess to the crime, and that was the closing.

Of course, if Duke Wei and Chief Wang chose to stand idly by, then Xu Qi’an would behead the two thieves and console the heavenly souls of Zheng Xinghuai and the three hundred and eighty thousand souls of Chuzhou City.

Then he left the capital with his family and traveled far away.

Yesterday, he went to Yunlu Academy and told Zhao Shou about the plan, and Zhao Shou disagreed with the decision to go far away from the country because Xu Xinxin was the only Yunlu Academy student to enter the Hanlin Academy and become a Reserve Minister.

This led to the scene where Dean Zhao entered the palace and intimidated Emperor Yuan Jing.

“Not as an official …….. Although the accumulated connections are still there, but want to use the power of the court will become difficult, and cut off the official career, it is impossible to move up again, in the future and that black hand behind the scenes showdown, we have to rely on other forces.”

Xu Qi’an thought about it and made a new development plan: py big brother + his own strength.

“The members of the Tiandi Association are one of my relies, Li Miaozhen and Chu Yuanzhuan are fourth-ranked warriors, and Master Hengyuan is an eighth-ranked martial monk, but according to Chu Yuanzhuan, the Master’s explosive and enduring power is outstanding, and even if his battle power is not as good as fourth-ranked, it still exceeds that of a fifth-ranked martial artist.

“Lina’s battle power can’t be accurately assessed, it’s slightly inferior to Hengyuan’s, but Daoist Golden Lotus says she’s the only genius in the group that can rival me.

“Number one’s identity is unknown for now, so let’s not worry about it, number nine, Daoist Golden Lotus, is one of the big shots I can py, and behind him are many other Daoist priests from the Earth Sect who haven’t been demonized.

“So next, help Daoist Golden Lotus preserve the Nine-Colored Lotus.”

As for number seven and number eight, it was said that the former was the Heavenly Sect’s Saint Son, Li Miaozhen’s senior brother. Currently do not know where he is, when talking about this person, Li Miaozhen swallowed, do not want to talk more. Later on, when she was tired of being asked, she said: that guy is a rotten person just like you, only that he got retribution, but you haven’t yet, but you will follow in his footsteps someday.

Number 8 is in seclusion and his life or death is still unknown.

“Other than Daoist Golden Lotus, Wei Yuan is a big brother I can trust, Supervisor Zheng doesn’t count, Supervisor Zheng is too difficult to fathom, and all the goodwill he’s showing now may not be true goodwill. Nothing can be trusted until the true purpose is revealed.

“Master Shenshu is more trustworthy than Supervisor Zheng, but he is currently in a deep sleep and will not wake up for a while. Then, the Buddha’s master Du Yu barely counts as half a dependency, really forced to the end, I will disappear into the empty door. No, Shenshu is in my body, to go to the Buddha’s door is a dead end.

“Luo Yuheng, the head of the Human Sect Dao, has a few friendships with the Golden Lotus, and has a generalized friendship with me, so I mostly can’t count on it.”

After summarizing, Xu Qi’an made a list of tasks in his mind:

Big brothers who can be relied on and trusted: Taoist Master Jinlian (Tiandi Association), Wei Yuan.

Suspected Reliable Big Brother: Shinshu, Supervisor.

Big men to fight for: Luo Yuheng, Doi Luohan.

Enemy: Mystic Warlock Gang, Emperor Yuan Jing.

“After the Chuzhou massacre is over, I’ll keep a low profile for now and try to advance to the fifth rank, it won’t be too difficult, I’ve already touched the threshold of the fifth rank. But fifth grade isn’t enough, only when I reach fourth grade will I truly have the power to defend myself.

“By the way, through the situation of Erlang and Second Uncle, speculate on the attitude of Emperor Yuanjing. If there is a tendency to retaliate, leave the capital immediately. The best outcome would be for me to leave the capital after I’ve been promoted to the fourth rank; if I leave the capital now, I’ll have to rely on a single Golden Lotus Taoist Master, and I can’t count on any other bigwigs at all.”

While floating in thought, the Supervisor, who sat motionless at the edge of the case, slowly opened his eyes and said, “His Majesty has promised to issue an edict of offense.”

Phew ……. Xu Qi’an was relieved.

“It’s a pity that we can’t force Emperor Yuan Jing to abdicate, the old emperor has been in charge of the court for many years, his foundation is still there, don’t look at the princes forcing him to issue a sinful edict, if we really want to force him to abdicate, the vast majority of the people won’t support it. The interests involved, changes in the dynasty, and so on, are too wide-ranging.

Well, you can’t be greedy, and right now it’s as far as I want to go.” He said mentally.

Supervisor Zheng lowered his head, looked at the table, the apprentice filial piety under the wine dishes into the apprentice’s stomach again, then some melancholy.

“Caiwei ah, for the teacher just went to the palace to watch a play ………” sighed the supervisor.

“Then who let you watch the show by yourself.” Chu Caiwei chirped, revitalizing her voice:

“Me and Suzume and Lina and the girls eat with their hands, and it’s all about what a six year old kiddo understands.”

Supervisor Masayuki doesn’t want to talk.

Xu Qi’an curiously said, “How come we haven’t seen Senior Brother Yang?”

Chu Caiwei replied, “Suppressed in the ground for her teacher, and went to be companions with Senior Sister Zhong Li.”

What had King Force done to anger the Supervisor? Xu Qi’an thought to himself.

Caiwei continued, “Teacher, Senior Brother Song asked me to ask you about something.”

At that, the Supervisor was silent for a moment, “He wants death row inmates for alchemical experiments again?”

Chu Caiwei shook her head.

The Supervisor was just breathing a sigh of relief when he heard the young apprentice brittlely say, “He said that he wants to go to the Human Sect to learn from the master, but you are his teacher and he doesn’t dare to make unauthorized decisions, so he has to ask for your permission.”

……. The supervisor was slowly saying, “What is his reasoning.”

“Elder brother Song’s human body has reached the final step in its refinement, the Yuan Shen can’t merge with the physical body, he’s very agonized and has trouble sleeping and eating. The Taoist Sect is a connoisseur in the field of Yuan Shen, and he wants to learn Taoist spells.”

Chu Caiwei spoke while eating, “But Senior Brother Song said that his heart is still with you, Teacher, so I hope you won’t be jealous.”

Supervisor Zheng didn’t say anything, looking at Chu Caiwei, whose mouth was glistening with oil, and thinking of Zhong Li and Yang Qianyi, who were suppressed in the ground, he turned his head in silence and looked at the flourishing capital city, and sighed forlornly.

The earth is not worth it.

Xu Qi’an hurriedly covered her mouth and almost laughed out loud.

………

The bedchamber was a mess.

Curtains were torn down, incense burners tipped over, calligraphy and paintings ripped to shreds, tables and tables toppled over, and gold and silverware scattered all over the place.

Emperor Yuan Jing stood in the “ruins”, wide-sleeved robe, hair disheveled.

Having ascended the throne for thirty-seven years, today’s dignity was ruthlessly trampled underfoot by the group of ministers, a blow too great for a proud monarch who boasted of the pinnacle of power.

Ordinary people are still going crazy when their faces are cut in this way, not to mention the emperor.

“Your Majesty …….”

The old eunuch came in through the door and shouted warily.

Emperor Yuan Jing looked at him coldly.

“The eunuchs have not left and are still gathered in the Golden Palace.” The old eunuch whispered.

“What are they doing, what are they not satisfied with? Didn’t I promise them!!!”

Emperor Yuan Jing emotionally waved his hands and roared at the top of his voice.

The old eunuch’s knees went soft and he knelt on the ground, saying mournfully, “Wang Zhenwen and Wei Yuan said that if they don’t see the sinful edict, they won’t dismiss the court.”

Emperor Yuan Jing’s body swayed and staggered back a few steps, suddenly feeling pain in his chest and a fishy sweetness rolling around in his throat.

……….

On this day, just after lunch, the court made an unprecedented announcement.

The Imperial City Gate, the Inner City Gate, the Outer City Gate, twelve city gates, twelve bulletin boards, were plastered with Emperor Yuan Jing’s sinful edict.

Emperor Yuan Jingdi reigned for thirty-seven years, and for the first time, he issued an edict of sin.

On this day, the capital was sensationalized by all classes.