Broken mountains and rivers: Sushou restores the universe

Chapter 76 Public Resentment

In the middle of the night on September 29th, a major incident happened in Hongcheng, but it spread throughout the city within a day.

That night, a strange fire broke out in the mansion of the second son of the Duke of the State. The fire started from the stable and attracted many houses in the backyard before being extinguished.

Then there was an assassin who wounded Gongzichuan and escaped smoothly. The furious Gongzichuan sent all the guards in the mansion to cooperate with the city guards who patrolled that night to search all the houses in the city, even the mansions of many ministers. They were all searched, but the assassin was not found.

To the guards of Zichuan Mansion and the city guards who patrolled that night, the assassin seemed to have disappeared out of thin air. They were all very puzzled, but they ignored it. They didn't dare to disturb the young masters that night. Naturally, Shi Ziyi's mansion was not searched.

Although Gong Zichuan was very angry about this matter, but he couldn't find the assassin no matter what, so he had no choice but to give up.

What's even more bizarre is that since that night, from Gongzichuan and his wives and concubines to the servants and servants in Zichuan's mansion, none of them have eaten something bad, and they have been having stomach troubles for several days.

Gong Zichuan's concubine's mother sent a famous doctor from the palace to his mansion for diagnosis and treatment, but she couldn't figure out why.

Fortunately, this situation only lasted for three or four days, and then it slowly stopped.

Gong Zichuan is a smart man, he soon realized that this incident might have something to do with the assassin who sneaked into the mansion that night, and the assassin must have something to do with Shi Ziyi.

He began to murmur in his heart, thinking that if he wanted to frame Shi Ziyi again in the future, should he be more careful and try his best to clear up his suspicions...

What happened in Zichuan's mansion was spread as a joke by the people of Hongcheng for more than ten days, and it became more and more bizarre. The assassin who sneaked into his mansion was almost a myth.These rumors spread to Gong Zichuan's ears, which made him very angry when he was still seriously ill, but he couldn't stop everyone's mouth.

Fortunately, another major event happened in Hongcheng on this day, which suppressed the matter of Gongzichuan.

And this matter that caused the people in the city to discuss and complain a lot was that Duke Wei, who had been away for more than a month, finally returned.

He originally declared that he wanted to promote the country's prestige, but he was defeated and lost, and negotiated peace. After losing [-] to [-] young and strong soldiers, he returned in embarrassment.

What made the people all over the country very angry was that Duke Wei didn't realize how humiliating his defeat was. Instead of showing any signs of self-blame, he came back with a lot of ostentation and drums all the way.

Not only that, he also enjoyed luxury and wealth along the way. Everywhere he went, the officials arranged for all the people to bow down and greet him, and presented him with local rare treasures as gifts for him to enjoy.

Officials from all over the country saw Wei Guogong doing this, and in order to please him, they worked hard to find all kinds of rare things to offer to Wei Guogong. In some places, officials even robbed beautiful women and sent them The absurd thing it gave to Wei Guogong.

This has aroused more and more public grievances, and the complaints from all over the country flooded to the Duke of Wei like a tide. Some loyal officials advised the Duke of Wei, suggesting that he should act in a low-key manner, and for the defeat of the army. The people of the whole country apologized in order to get the forgiveness of the people.

Duke Wei not only refused to listen to the official's remonstrance, but also ordered him to be beheaded for public display in a rage, trying to deter officials who dared to disrespect him and block the public's mouth.

However, Wei Guogong's move was tantamount to pouring ointment to stop the fire, but it made the people talk about his crimes one more thing.

After Wei Guogong returned to Hongcheng, the complaints from all over the country reached his ears, which made him very angry, so he followed Ji Tongfang's suggestion and issued two decrees.

First, anyone who dares to discuss the rights and wrongs of the state will be killed without mercy.

Second, if you hear other people discussing the Duke of the country in private, the whistleblower will be rewarded heavily.

Once these two decrees were implemented, the whole country was filled with dead people and blood flowed into rivers.Among the many people who were killed, some were killed because they spoke falsely about the Duke of the state, but more of them died because they were avenged by others and reported for no reason.

No matter how these people died, the blood and human life finally blocked the people's resentment.

It's just that Wei Guogong didn't understand that this would only make the people's resentment accumulate more and more, until one day the resentment would erupt like a flood and submerge him.

(End of this chapter)