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Chapter 42 The Princess Takes the Blame and is Granted Death (42)

Because the Prince of Han's Palace was not built in any deep mountains or forests, even though it was very large, it was still within the city. Therefore, it might be difficult for the relevant news to spread throughout the county, but it was still easy to spread throughout the city.

Some scholars and juren came from prominent families.

Within an hour or two, he ran home to seek help and told his family about his experience.

And explore ways to protect yourself.

In addition, the complete disappearance of the entire Prince Han's Mansion is not a big deal. Anyone with sufficient vision can see it. If the local government finds out about this, it will certainly not sit idly by and will at least send someone to investigate.

Then more news came in.

For a time, the situation was in an uproar. Even though it was already dark, it did not affect everyone's late-night conversation by lighting lamps, nor did it affect the local gentry and chieftains. After a brief private contact, they went to the county magistrate's office together to ask for an explanation.

This matter really touched their sore spot.

Their region was remote, and compared to developed areas, it lagged far behind in culture and education. Opportunities for advancement were also limited, and for many officials, being appointed here was practically exiled. Under such circumstances, the local gentry and chieftains found it extremely difficult to train even a single Juren, let alone a Jinshi. Scholars were considered precious.

With a little coordination, the Juren can become an official in their local area without any problem, and he will not be a clerk.

He is a serious official with clerkship in the Ministry of Personnel.

Officials and clerks are different. Officials are respected and clerks are humble.

It is extremely difficult to get promoted from an official to an official.

Therefore, those scholars and juren were absolutely the treasures and favorites of the local gentry and chieftains. If a juren failed to pass the jinshi examination after taking it three or four times, they would be arranged to go directly to the Ministry of Personnel to be appointed as an official.

Juren can be appointed as an official.

But you need money and connections.

At the same time, they could neither get any good official positions nor be assigned to any good places. However, their hometowns were not good places, and not many people were willing to go there. It was impossible to directly return to their registered place of residence to serve as an official, but it was not a problem to serve as an official in the county town near their registered place of residence.

Several families are intermarrying with each other. My son-in-law becomes an official in the place where your family is, and your brother-in-law becomes an official in the place where my family is. How can we not take care of each other?
As for the scholar, it would be best if he could pass the imperial examination and become a juren.

I really can't pass the exam.

They can also be arranged to work as officials in places like the county government.

No matter how humble an official is, he is still superior to the common people. Just because someone in your family is an official in another place doesn't mean they are particularly reliable. You can't always trouble the official in another place for everything.

Someone needs to help with small matters locally.

Bribery with money alone is not reliable.

You still have to have your own people.

Yamen runners and the like were considered lowly officials, so it was certainly impossible to let one's own scholars take up these positions. However, there were also many officials in the yamen who were not considered lowly officials, such as clerks and secretaries.

These positions are also quite important.

Only through such coordination can one protect one's own asset identity.

So, it's not an exaggeration to say that those scholars and juren were essentially their future protectors. When the King of Han assaulted other commoners, or even less important members of their family, they could turn a blind eye and offer compensation. But assaulting the scholars and juren was like digging up their roots; they simply couldn't ignore or tolerate it.

Didn't they immediately unite and seek help from the county magistrate's office as soon as they understood the specific situation?
The county magistrate's mansion was in great commotion for a while. A group of people were indignant and arguing with red faces. The county magistrate himself was a little at a loss, because he could not afford to offend these united gentry and chieftains in front of him, and he also could not afford to offend the King of Han on the other side. What else could he do?
In the end, he could only offer some soothing words. He said he knew about it, would help to understand it, would consult with the King of Han, and would report it to the higher authorities, but the details would have to wait and see. He told everyone not to be anxious or panic, and that he would definitely give them an explanation and would never let them down.

The gentry and chieftains knew that this matter wasn't going to be easily resolved and couldn't be forced, so they reluctantly agreed and left for the time being. But this was clearly just a facade; after leaving the prefectural governor's office, they quickly gathered privately and decided that if they didn't get an explanation from above, they wouldn't blame them for colluding with the local natives and the rebellious chieftains.

They were willing to surrender and serve as dogs for others just to live a stable life. Now they can’t even protect the best descendants of the family, so how can they live a stable life!
It’s better to rebel directly!

At the same time, on the other side, King Han, who was encircling and capturing mountain barbarians in a forest a hundred miles away, not only to eliminate the local crisis but also to increase his experimental samples, finally received an urgent message from his confidants in the palace.

Then I felt a little confused.

Some people feel that he doesn't understand the content of the message:
"The entire palace has vanished, and the Gu master has been exposed. How could the palace have vanished? Could it have been burned down? But they didn't mention it. Forget it, give the order and return home."

Although there were many doubts, King Han also believed that his confidant would not talk nonsense for no reason. Something must have really happened in the palace, so he had to go back and take a look.

It just so happens that now is the time to set up camp.

There is no danger.

So there is no need to make any advance preparations or take any precautions, just go back directly.

After more than an hour, it was already dark, and Ding Shui finally arrived above the Prince of Han's Mansion. He waited until the Prince of Han returned with his personal soldiers, and saw that there was almost nothing in the Prince of Han's Mansion except people.

Now all that remains of the Prince of Han’s Palace is the land.

"This……"

"Your Highness, why don't you leave quickly? This seems a little unusual and it's probably beyond human control."

The alert ones have already hurried to persuade them. They didn't know what happened before, but now they see that the entire Prince Han's Mansion has completely disappeared less than twelve hours after they left. It seems abnormal no matter how they look at it.

The gentleman does not stand under the wall.

It is undoubtedly better to retreat away from this side first.

Hearing this, Ding Shui knew that he could not wait any longer. What if King Han was really cautious and left immediately? He would have to carry those poisonous insects to find him.

So, the next second, Ding Shui directly selected the remaining Gu insects in the pit that hadn't escaped yet, primarily snakes, toads, centipedes, and scorpions. He then randomly fused them with the rest of King Han's body, excluding his brain, internal organs, and bone marrow. This was Ding Shui's conclusion after numerous experiments: when fusing foreign bodies, as long as these parts weren't directly fused, the target wouldn't die suddenly or suffer a breakdown in their genetic chain.

Immediately afterwards, before King Han had time to decide whether to leave, the poisonous insects that had been in the poisonous insect pit flew out one after another and merged with various parts of King Han's body, causing it to undergo horrific deformation.

Some fingers turned into scorpion tails, some turned into snake tails, two large claws grew on the tongue with two eyeballs, and the skin all over the body was covered with bumps of various colors, as if hundreds or thousands of different kinds of toad and frog skins were stitched together.

The left eye bulged out and turned into a snake pupil.

The right eye sank and turned into a toad eye.

Half of his hair turned into scorpion legs, and the other half turned into dense centipede legs. A bunch of snake tails of various colors grew behind his buttocks. The teeth in his mouth turned into a pile of fangs on the top, and a bunch of poison sacs grew at the bottom.

The story of King Lu turning into a pig is barely harmonious.

The King of Han really just mixed things up randomly.

(End of this chapter)