A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 521 Witch

Daqian's cavalry swept across Xianbei, and with the cooperation of the Yan army, Xianbei retreated continuously. As long as nothing unexpected happens, the war in Liaodong is basically stable.

The war in the Western Regions is still raging, and the imperial army has just entered Longyou and is still far away from the Western Regions. There is still chaos on the grassland, but the northern counties are also beginning to be affected by sporadic attacks. However, these were quickly repelled by the frontier troops and most of them were killed.

Following the great victory of Daqian, the world seemed to be gradually settling down.

After the heavy snowfall last winter, the drought disappeared, and there was enough rain this year. The food harvest was basically good, and the people began to feel settled.

Seeing that the situation was stable, the news from the Jiangnan patrol censor and the embroidery envoy were also normal, and it seemed that the world had calmed down again.

But at this moment, the secret guard suddenly sent news that something seemed to have happened in Jiangnan.

After receiving this news, Wang Yi frowned immediately. He sent out the inspection censor and the embroiderer to pass back the news, which was all normal, but the secret guard said there was something abnormal.

Faced with this situation, Wang Yi's first reaction was that there was a big problem in Jiangnan.

The secret guards are different from the patrol censors of Xiu Yi. Everything is done in secret, and they are members of the public clan who have been carefully cultivated in the family and have extremely high loyalty.

There was something wrong with all the inspection censors and embroidery envoys. In all likelihood, they were plotted against, and some of them were even dead. Those memorials sent were entirely written by others.

Seeing this situation, Wang Yi had no excuse. He immediately called several cronies to inform them of what happened in Jiangnan, and then ordered them to go south to investigate.

Even just in case, Wang Yi ordered the Jinling garrison to be ready at any time, and gave the tiger talisman for mobilizing the Jinling garrison to his younger brother Wang Zhuo, so that if the incident got too big, he could directly mobilize the army.

After everything was ready, Wang Zhuo immediately led his people south.

Wang Zhuo did not go in the name of imperial envoy or patrol censor, but went south in the name of patrolling the five capitals.

After arriving in Jiangzhou, Wang Zhuo invited all the embroidery envoys and three inspection censors. As a result, all the embroidery envoys and inspection censors came. After seeing these people coming, Wang Zhuo and the other party members at the banquet After discussing with these people, Wang Zhuo was surprised that these people were not controlled.

After seeing this situation, Wang Zhuo felt no joy at all, but was filled with worry. What conditions made these embroidery envoys and the three patrolling censors all betray the imperial court.

After seeing that these people still looked respectful, Wang Zhuo remained calm on the surface and encouraged these people. Then he took out the prepared edict and asked half of them to continue to patrol Jiangnan and the other half to return to the capital to report on their work. , ready to be sent to other places.

After these people left, Wang Zhuo closed the government office and sent out invitations, inviting the Jiangzhou County Sheriff, dignitaries, officials, etc. to come to the banquet in three days.

At the same time, an ordinary-looking carriage entered the city quietly, and then came to an ordinary-looking house. Everything looked ordinary and featureless.

About an hour later, Wang Zhuo saw an ordinary-looking middle-aged man in the study.

"His Royal Highness King Jin, the leader of the secret guard Jiangzhou is here to meet His Highness!"

"You don't need to be polite when you get up." Wang Zhuo helped him up, and then began to ask: "You have been here for two years, have you noticed anything wrong?"

"Your Highness, everything seems to be normal in Jiangzhou, but after the secret guards discovered it, it seems to have become monolithic."

"It's a piece of stone? What do you mean?" Wang Zhuo asked in surprise. "Officials and nobles from all over Jiangzhou seem to have joined forces. On the surface everything looks normal, but in fact it is completely different."

"They teamed up to fool the court, and officials from the court who came to inspect were easily attracted by them."

Hearing this, Wang Zhuo immediately realized the seriousness of this problem. If the secret guard's statement was true, then the entire Jiangzhou City had been controlled by others.

"How did they do it?" Wang Zhuo said with a solemn expression.

"It is said that she is a goddess from the Chu Kingdom." The secret guard said: "We inquired in secret. It is said that this goddess who has traveled abroad can communicate with the Eastern Emperor Taiyi and obtain divine revelation."

"Those people believe in the goddess and have become followers of Donghuang Taiyi, developing in secret."

"Goddess of the ancient Chu Kingdom? Taiyi the Eastern Emperor?" Wang Zhuo heard this and sneered: "What kind of goddess is she just a witch who pretends to be a magician? If there is such a thing as magic, why didn't you invite the Eastern Emperor Taiyi when the ancient Chu Kingdom was destroyed by our Huai Kingdom? Take action?"

"Donghuang Taiyi? Our ancestors once said that those gods no longer exist in this world. Maybe they existed in ancient times, but they are gone now. Only our ancestors are still watching the land of Bangzhou from the sky."

"So the goddess of Chu State, pretending to be a god and a ghost, actually dares to do small things in a big way, she is really looking for death!"

Wang Zhuo's face was grim, and he didn't believe in the witch from Chu State at all. As a direct descendant, he knows very well that his ancestors have always existed, but those so-called gods may have disappeared, or they may not exist at all.

"Your Highness, the ancient witch from Chu State was able to capture all the noble officials in Jiangzhou. She must be somewhat miraculous and should not be underestimated." The secret guard said.

"I know!" Wang Zhuo nodded.

Jiangzhou is the capital of the old Chu State, where the art of shamanism flourishes, and there are many new gods. Among them, Donghuang Taiyi has always been the god believed in this area. In addition to Donghuang Taiyi, gods such as Yunzhongjun and Taisiming are also believed in here.

When the Huai Kingdom swept across the world, it only banned blood sacrifices and human sacrifices, and stipulated standards for sacrifices. In addition to the emperor who could sacrifice three animals and six animals, ordinary people and temples could only sacrifice three small animals.

At the same time, many temples that did not conform to the will of the imperial court were demolished and demolished. A large number of obscene gods were cleared away, and many gods in the old land of Chu were directly banned from allowing sacrifices.

Because the Chu State was fond of witchcraft, it used to use a large number of blood sacrifices to slaughter captives for sacrifices. The Huai State suppressed this place many times in those years, and now there are many fewer sacrifices here.

Now a goddess appeared unexpectedly, and she also attracted a large number of officials and nobles. This made Wang Zhuo very vigilant. He immediately sent people to Jinling and Nanyang to mobilize a large army, and at the same time sent envoys to secretly recruit farmers and soldiers.

Three days later, Wang Zhuo held a grand banquet in his mansion and invited Jiangzhou officials to attend. At the banquet, Wang Zhuo had some exchanges with these people. On the surface, everything seemed to be the same as what the secret guard said, and there were no problems.

Seeing this scene, Wang Zhuo was convinced that there was nothing wrong with this. Wang Zhuo invited those nobles and wanted to have an in-depth conversation with them, but it turned out that those nobles did not have a deep relationship with him.

Wang Zhuo became more and more confused.

(End of this chapter)