The palace is quiet, and the empress of the cold palace is acting as a demon

Chapter 255

It had been raining heavily in Chizhou for a month, and it suddenly stopped at dawn after Qin Wan was thrown into the well.

The water potential of the Changhe also dropped, and within half a day, it fell back to a safe water level.

The sun shines on the river embankment, and the breeze blows the willows by the river, making it peaceful.

The soldiers of the Beirong Army who participated in the flood fighting were all dumbfounded when they saw the flood that was still torrential yesterday, but today it was as calm as the surface of a lake.

And the people of Chizhou began to gather on the river bank, knelt down and worshiped one by one, lamenting that the anger of the river god was finally extinguished, and the natural disaster finally stopped.

The officers and soldiers in the city were still looking for Qin Wan from house to house, but everyone in Chizhou knew that the famous Mrs. Qin had died at the bottom of the river.

Soon, the sorceress Wu Zhu was caught and brought in front of Ning Yi.

The witch knelt in front of Ning Yi and said with a smile: "Witch Zhu of Chizhou, see Your Majesty."

Ning Yi gritted his teeth with hatred, and roared, "Where is she?!"

The witch pointed to the top of her head: "Your Majesty, it is Mrs. Qin's credit that the heavy rain has stopped. She married the Lord River God, and let the Lord River God calm down..."

"What!" Ning Yi pulled out the dragon scale and put it on the witch's neck, "What did you do to her!"

Seeing that Ning Yi was furious, the witch was not afraid, but said calmly: "Your Majesty, you can't kill the old woman, I am a meritorious person. If the old woman hadn't given Mrs. Qin to the river god, would the rain stop? For the sake of the people on both sides of the strait Compared with the meaningless disaster relief that consumes a lot of manpower and material resources here, it is better to sacrifice a woman and stop this natural disaster. As the king of the Rong Kingdom, you can't understand this, right? The world is beautiful There are so many women, Your Majesty can have as many as you want, so why are you obsessed with this one. It is a great honor to be able to sacrifice for the common people like Mrs. Qin. It is also the honor of the old woman to solve such a difficult natural disaster for you. The old woman I don't ask for rewards, I just ask the gods to bless your majesty, the country will be stable, the country will be peaceful and the people will be safe..."

Ning Yi's hands were shaking, his veins were bulging, and his murderous aura was steaming: "You killed her?!"

The witch looked down at the dragon scales on her neck, and continued to argue: "Your Majesty, this is not the idea of ​​the old woman alone! It is the hearts of the people of Chizhou!"

"People's hearts?!" Ning Yi was already furious at this time, and his whole body was trembling with rage.

At this moment, Lie Xie entered the tent, grabbed Lu Ping, who was covered in blood, and threw it directly to the ground.

"Your Majesty, this person has already confessed that it was this witch who encouraged him to sacrifice a woman in order to achieve success, and conspired with this witch to capture the empress, and..." Lie Xie gritted his teeth, trembling all over his body, unable to continue speaking.

Ning Yi shouted: "What?!"

Lie Xie clenched his hands into fists, with nails deeply embedded in his palms, suppressing self-blame and grief and anger, and said: "And last night... I threw my mother into a river well... Now Mr. Bai has searched and rescued in the well and the long river... I hope I can find my wife..."

Ning Yi's face paled instantly, and he took two steps back, unable to believe his ears.

The witch continued to quibble: "Your Majesty, compared to a woman, the old woman has saved the people in Chizhou and even the entire lower reaches of the Yangtze River for you! It is a great righteousness to exchange her life for millions of lives! Your Majesty Go and see the people of Chizhou on the embankment, none of them are grateful for Mrs. Qin's sacrifice, and respect your benevolence and righteousness!"

"Every Chizhou citizen?!" Ning Yi's eyes were full of murderous intent.

The witch nodded and said, "every Chizhou citizen will praise your merits and virtues. This people's hearts belong to you. The old woman is also for you, willing to be the sinner who sacrificed Mrs. Qin to the God of the River, but you have to understand that the old woman is It's for His Majesty's country!"

Ning also took back the dragon scales.

Seeing Ning Yi put away the sword, the witch thought that she had escaped death, and she was relieved.

"Come on!" Ning Yi called out.

Yuan Ying walked into the tent and gave the witch a hard look, wishing she could skin her flesh and chop her bones into pieces.

Ning Yi's voice was as solid as ice, icy cold, as if from the abyss of hell, without any humanity: "Declaration of my will, the Bei Rong army will blockade the city gate of Chizhou, and all people in the city, regardless of men, women, old or young, will be killed with one strand and no one will be left behind." A live mouth!!!"

"!" The witch looked into Ning Yi's blood-red eyes in surprise, and realized that he was not joking.

The witch never thought that Emperor Ning would kill a city for a woman.

Ning also glared at the witch like the king of Hades: "You'd better start praying that she is still alive, otherwise I have ten thousand ways to let you taste what life is better than death!!!!"

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The long river, the God Realm, and the water garden.

Although this place is called "Garden", in Qin Wan's view, it looks more like a huge underwater city.There are streets, buildings, mountains and rivers.There were also many inhabitants in the city, both male and female, who were no different from human beings.

In the center of the water garden is a huge palace, where Lord River God lives.

The entire water garden is decorated with lanterns and festoons, a hundred flowers are in full bloom, and there is a jubilant atmosphere.

People in all the water gardens are running to tell each other, one by one "happy and running":

"Concubine Qin is back!"

"Concubine Qin has returned to the water garden!"

"The empress is back... Lord River God is happy... Our good days are here again..."

Qin Wan, on the other hand, was in a daze, unable to understand their actions.

Qin Wan asked River God: "Master River God, did they recognize the wrong person...Have I been here before?"

The river god walked in front of her, neither turning his head nor speaking.

Qin Wan looked at the back of the river god, trying desperately to recall the memories about him in his mind.But it seems that apart from the fact that she was still a little fairy in Tianyuan for more than 1000 years, and she happened to see him when she was sending flowers to King Zhang's birthday banquet, she seemed to have never had any interaction with him.

But what Qin Wan didn't expect was that the Lord River God, who looked like a child back then, had grown so tall now, and seemed even more handsome than when he was a child.

"Lord River God?" Qin Wan chuckled, "Since you saved me, can you send me back to shore..."

The River God paused for a moment, then continued to walk forward in silence without answering.

At this time, a beautiful human woman walked up the long corridor leading to the main hall. She looked at Qin Wan with wide eyes in surprise, and bowed her head to the River God in the next second: "Master River God... ..."

The God of the River walked past her as if he hadn't seen her at all.

Qin Wan also glanced at the girl in bewilderment, seeing that she was clearly about to cry.

Qin Wan took two quick steps, caught up with the River God, walked side by side with him, and asked, "Master River God, who was that girl just now? I feel like she's crying."

The God of the River turned his head to look at Qin Wan tenderly, with the corner of his mouth slightly raised: "That's just the bride who was thrown into the river five years ago. Five years are up, and I should send her back to the shore."

Qin Wan was puzzled: "Those girls who were thrown into the river, you will send them back to the shore?"

The God of the River nodded: "These girls will work in the water garden for five years. At the end of the year, they can choose whether to return to the shore or not. Of course, most of them will combine with the residents here and do not want to return to the shore."

"It turned out to be like this..." Qin Wan suddenly realized, "It turns out that Lord River God looks icy and cold, but he is so humane."

The River God turned his head and didn't answer her words.

Qin Wan suddenly felt a chill behind her, she turned her head to look.

The human girl just now was looking at them with tears in her eyes. Her eyes could not be said to be hostile or wronged, but it made Qin Wan very uncomfortable anyway.

Qin Wan felt terrified, turned her head quickly, and asked the River God again: "Master River God, when will you send me back to the shore?"

He Shendao: "All human women who are sent here must stay here for five years, and you are no exception."

"Ah... no way?!" Qin Wan frowned, unable to believe it.

(End of this chapter)