Aunt Chen is back from the world of cultivation

The people gathered outside were suddenly in an uproar.

"What? The one beating the Dengwen drum is actually the Du'e God?"

"No wonder it's so incredible, it turns out to be a miracle!"

"But what does your Majesty mean by this? The Divine Master has abducted the eldest prince and also stolen the treasury?"

"This is too bold!"

"But don't you find it strange? That's the God. Your Majesty has always respected the God. Why would the God do such a treasonous thing?"

Listening to the noisy discussions, Emperor Yong'an raised his hand and said:

"quiet!"

"I know everyone must be wondering why the God of Du'e would do such a thing - because she is not a god at all, but an evil demon!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the people outside the Dengwen Hall were in an uproar again. Upon listening carefully, they were all filled with disbelief and doubt.

"But the God saved us from the plague. I have never heard of any evil demon being able to cure the plague!"

"Yes, the God is so kind to the people. He has found many ways to distribute supplies and money to us. Which evil demon has such a kind heart?"

"I heard that every time the God appeared, there was a bright white light and his whole body was shining. How could he be evil?"

Emperor Yong'an was extremely displeased when he heard these words.

It was all because he had praised the Goddess of Du'e too highly, and now no one was willing to believe that she was a demon.

However, ordinary people are all ignorant.

Even if they don't believe it now, they will naturally believe it after it is repeated for a long time.

He shouted coldly:

"quiet!"

"What you said is nothing but a trick used by the devil to deceive people!"

"I hereby announce to the world that from now on, no one is allowed to worship the God of Du'e, otherwise they will be regarded as traitors and their entire family will be executed!"

These words immediately made everyone feel solemn and silent.

Even though everyone still had many doubts in their hearts, no one dared to say another word.

At this moment, a cold, vast and solemn voice spread throughout the place.

"Emperor Yong'an, do you think that you can slander me just because I'm not here?"

“It’s the God!”

someone exclaimed.

But thinking of Emperor Yong'an's order just now, everyone fell silent again.

Emperor Yong'an was shocked.

Didn't the "Immortal Venerable" say that she had already driven away the God of Du'e? Why did she still appear in Dengwen Hall?

Could it be that there really was some trap set by her in Dengwen Hall?

He forced himself to remain calm and loudly retorted:

"I have never slandered you! What I said is the truth!"

"fact?"

The solemn and sacred voice sneered, "I admit that I did take the eldest prince away. But do you dare to tell the people why I took the eldest prince away?"

At this point, the voice suddenly became angry:

"Last night, I discovered that you had ordered people to secretly transfer the disaster relief supplies that you had promised. I wanted to go to the palace to find you and find out what happened, but I found out that you sacrificed the eldest prince to the evil demon in order to harm me!"

"Although you are not stingy with your own son, I cannot bear to see a one-year-old child die innocently, so I will naturally save him!"

"You are so crazy that you don't want to spend the treasury's money to help the people who suffered from the snowstorm!"

The voice of the God was righteous and awe-inspiring.

When the onlookers discovered that the deity was present, they immediately became bolder.

Especially those scholars who are most concerned about current affairs.

"I know about the disaster relief. The day before yesterday, the Imperial Master personally came to the court and asked Your Majesty to borrow 700,000 taels of silver from the imperial treasury for disaster relief, as well as some disaster relief supplies, to help the people of Zhili and Shanxi Province."

"I know about this, too. Hasn't the imperial decree been issued on the spot to make this decision? From what the Divine Master said, Your Majesty wants to go back on his word?"

"Seven hundred thousand taels is not a small sum. Your Majesty may be worried about your money?"

"That's saving millions of lives, how can he be stingy with the money! Besides, isn't the money in the treasury the blood and sweat of the people? It's taken from the people and used for the people. It's agreed that the money will be used for disaster relief, how can he go back on his word!"

Those ordinary people originally didn't know the inside story, but now that they know it, they are very angry.

They didn't need any evidence. They believed it because Lord Du'e said so.

Emperor Yong'an was furious as he watched the situation change:

"What nonsense! I have never colluded with evil spirits! I have never been unwilling to provide disaster relief!"

The voice of the Du'e God, with a hint of sarcasm, resounded once again inside and outside the Dengwen Hall, allowing everyone to hear it clearly:

"I am not like you, who slanders others with empty words."

"More than half of the cotton in the Bingzi warehouse and the rice in the supply warehouse have been secretly transferred away. This is irrefutable evidence that you are unwilling to provide disaster relief!"

At this moment, a figure as vigorous as a pine tree strode out from the crowd. Although his temples were gray, he was energetic and his voice was loud and sonorous:

"I am Yuan Songbo, the Minister of Rites, and I hereby confirm that everything the Lord Du'e said is true!"

"I just came from the supply warehouse. It is true that most of the rice in several warehouses has been secretly transferred by thousands of slaves!"

"The Divine Master clearly said in front of all the civil and military officials at the court that day that since the supplies in those warehouses were sufficient, they should be left there. She has her own ways to move them out! If Your Majesty had no evil intentions, why would he have secretly ordered the Minister of Revenue to urgently move the disaster relief supplies overnight!"

Behind Yuan Songbo, a number of scholars in blue Confucian robes squeezed out and faced the crowd fearlessly, saying:

"We can also prove that everything Lord Yuan said is true! Many warehouses in the Bingzi Warehouse and the Supply Warehouse have been emptied!"

These people are the never-extinguished spark of the reform party hidden in Beijing.

After Yuan Songbo returned to Beijing, they gradually gathered around him.

Yuan Songbo also learned from them yesterday that the relief supplies in the two warehouses were secretly transferred.

After he went to verify it personally, he did not even go to the government office this morning. He immediately planned to go to the Du'e Temple to report to the abbot.

Who would have thought that when they arrived, they would find that the entire Du'e Temple was surrounded by the imperial guards.

Only then did he realize that the reason Emperor Yong'an took such action was probably because he was planning to turn against the master of the temple.

He didn't understand how Emperor Yong'an dared to do that.

Moreover, anyone with a discerning eye knows that only by relying on the powerful God Du'e to carry out disaster relief work can relief supplies and gold and silver be delivered to the victims as quickly as possible.

But Emperor Yong'an actually fell out with the master of the temple at such a critical juncture, which showed that he did not care about the lives of millions of people in the disaster area at all.

Yuan Songbo was extremely disappointed with the emperor and immediately prepared to go to the palace to find Emperor Yong'an to argue and advise him.

Who would have thought that before entering the palace, he would hear the drum being struck.

Everyone knew that once the drum for hearing complaints was struck, the emperor had to come immediately to hear the injustice no matter what he was doing.

Moreover, many people would gather outside Dengwen Hall to watch the fun.

Asking this question in front of the people will definitely be more effective than asking it in the palace.

Therefore, Yuan Songbo immediately changed his mind and stayed outside Dengwen Hall waiting for Emperor Yong'an to show up.

However, he had never expected that the person who struck the drum was the abbot of the temple.

Now, after hearing the abbot listing the evidence, he immediately stood up without hesitation to provide evidence.

Emperor Yong'an was so angry that his hands were shaking and he gnashed his teeth:

"Nonsense, all nonsense!"

"Yuan Songbo, no wonder that evil demon suggested that you take charge of disaster relief. It turns out that you are in cahoots with that evil demon!"

The voice of the Lord of Destiny sounded again:

"I appointed Yuan Songbo because he is dedicated to the public good, and everyone in the world knows that. How can there be any collusion or not?"

"Moreover, the irrefutable evidence that you are colluding with the evil spirit is right on you!"

Suddenly, everyone's eyes were focused on Emperor Yong'an.

Only then did everyone realize that the emperor, the most supreme emperor in the world, had a crooked mouth and an extremely distorted face.

"More than half a month ago, I found an evil demon living in a peace buckle in the palace. I wanted to kill it with thunder, but the evil demon was cunning and escaped during the chaos."

"I offered a reward to anyone who could find it, but I never expected that you, a great emperor, would collude with the evil spirits and hide it on your person."

Be it the thunder in the clear sky more than half a month ago, or the subsequent bounty for the jade button, everyone living in North City was deeply impressed.

Everyone suddenly understood after hearing this.