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Chapter 940: The Return of the Tang King (Combined Chapter)
"Who are you looking for?"

The familiar voice behind them made Zuo Ci and Yu Ji stiffen all over. They turned around slowly and saw Su Yao, who was supposed to be lying in the coffin, standing there upright. There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, and his Mo Dao was leaning at his side, emitting a cold light.

The candlelight in the hall shone through the layers of smoke onto Su Yao's face, flickering and adding a bit of weirdness.

"Tang...King Tang?!"

Zuo Ci's voice was trembling, and the peach wood sword in his hand fell to the ground with a clang. Yu Ji fell to his knees with a plop, his forehead pressed against the ground, and cold sweat soaked his Taoist robe:

"Your Majesty, please understand! I just want to reassure your majesty, and I have no ill intentions at all!"

Su Yao walked forward slowly, bent down to pick up the peach wood sword that Zuo Ci dropped, and played with it in his hands, looking at the two people with a smile:

"Reassure yourself? You use the magic of incense to deceive His Majesty, is this your way of reassuring yourself?"

"Have you forgotten the promise you made when you first entered the Institute of Gewu so quickly?"

"Please forgive me, King Tang! We are really at a loss as to what to do!"

Zuo Ci's whole body was shaking like a sieve, and he tried hard to explain:
"Your Majesty has deep feelings for the King of Tang. Since you have been asleep, Your Majesty has been grieving day and night. We are worried that Your Majesty is too sad, so we have come up with this bad idea."

"We just used a little bit of calming spices, hoping that Your Majesty would meet the King of Tang in his dream and ease his grief. We have no intention of offending you!"

Su Yao snorted and did not comment on what they said.

Why are they so afraid of Su Yao that they don't even say a word of nonsense?

The reason is very simple. At that time, Su Yao recruited talented people from all over the world to study at the Academy of Gewu, and he personally tested their abilities.

At this time, the alchemists and sorcerers people referred to were those who were proficient in medicine and mathematics.

Compared with Confucian scholars who read the Four Books and Five Classics, they believed in the theory of prophecies and divination, were good at worshiping ghosts and gods, and studied the art of alchemy, etc.

The most important thing is that he is proficient in mathematics, medicine, astronomy, geography, and the theory of yin and yang and the five elements, making him a useful assistant in scientific research.

Of course, the prerequisite is to break their superstitious tricks.

So, Su Yao at that time fought with these talented people one by one.

At first, Su Yao was thinking about whether the official version of the True Three Worlds would really add some fantasy magic elements, but he was naturally disappointed.

These people have all the tricks of psychology and sleight of hand.

After seeing many exquisite magic tricks in later generations, their primitive methods were simply not worthy of Su Yao's attention.

For example, Zuo Ci once performed the trick of "taking fish from an empty plate" in public, shocking everyone, but Su Yao immediately saw through the secret hidden in his wide robe and long sleeves.

Yu Ji's talisman water for curing diseases was nothing more than adding herbs that actually had therapeutic effects into it.

At that time, Su Yao directly boiled the talisman water to evaporate it and precipitated the residue. Under the help of a microscope, the secret of Yu Ji's "magic water" was immediately made public.

That's right, a microscope.

After mastering the glass manufacturing technology, the production of telescopes and microscopes became a natural process.

So, on the fighting stage in the Gewu Academy, these self-proclaimed divine masters were beaten by Su Yao, who used a prism to decompose a rainbow, the principle of leverage to pry up boulders, and lenses to focus fire, etc., directly tearing the mysterious veil they had worked so hard to create into pieces.

Since then, everyone has surrendered to Su Yao's extraordinary skills and has been studying and researching this magical method called "science" with him.

At that time, many people, based on Su Yao's extraordinary martial arts on the battlefield and his unusual words and deeds in daily life, regarded him as a saint like Shennong who came to the world specifically to educate the people.

Otherwise, they simply could not explain it. If it were not for innate knowledge, how could someone at such a young age be able to master so many things that they could not understand even if they studied for a lifetime? And it was not just in one field, but he was omnipotent!
Now, seeing Su Yaoshui come back to life, it further confirmed the rumors in the Gewu Academy.

Zuo Ci and Yu Ji knelt on the ground, not daring to even breathe, for fear of angering this "immortal master".

Su Yao was silent for a moment, then he threw the peach wood sword casually, and the hilt fell accurately into Zuo Ci's arms, and said lightly:
"I will spare you this time, but if you do it again, I will kill you without mercy."

The two of them thanked him profusely and were about to run away when Su Yao called them back:

"Why are you running so fast? Tell me in detail what happened in the past few days."

Su Yao walked to Wannian, picked him up, and immediately began to ask about the current situation.

When he woke up just now, he immediately sensed the strange aura around him. Although with his skills, he had already heard the plans of Zuo Ci and Yu Ji clearly while lurking in the dark, but this was only limited to the situation at hand.

How long had this so-called “one sleep and one unrecoverable sleep” lasted?
Why did he sleep directly on the mourning hall?
Su Yao needs to master these things as soon as possible.

Especially the few words he heard when the screen was black, as well as the changes that have appeared in the system, have made Su Yao tense up again after he had relaxed since he pacified Huainan.

As for Su Yao's questions, Zuo Ci and Yu Ji naturally answered all the questions they knew.

"Reporting to King Tang, you have been in a coma for more than seven days since the strange phenomenon that day."

Zuo Ci reported carefully, but couldn't help but sneak a peek at the sleeping empress in Su Yao's arms. The Wannian empress was sleeping soundly in Su Yao's arms, with a smile on her face, completely without the haggard look she had shown in recent days.

"interesting."

Su Yao held Wannian in his arms, walked through the smoke, and led everyone out the door:
"So you all thought I was dead, and you even organized such a unique ceremony for me?"

"Yes, it is."

Zuo Ci followed closely behind Su Yao and whispered back:
"We were ignorant and didn't know that the King of Tang had his own magical powers. That day, the imperial physician diagnosed that the King of Tang had no breathing or heartbeat. Your Majesty was heartbroken, and everyone in the court thought that the King of Tang had passed away, so they prepared this seventh day memorial service."

Zuo Ci wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his voice trembling more and more, Yu Ji also quickly added:

"Your Highness, the King of Tang, you don't know that for the past seven days, His Majesty has lost his appetite and has been by your side day and night. The ministers of the court have also taken turns to persuade him, but His Majesty has always refused to leave. When the people of Luoyang heard that the King of Tang had passed away, they spontaneously wore mourning clothes. The streets were filled with wailing. They all said that the King of Tang was sent by God to save the Han Dynasty, and now his great cause has been accomplished and he has returned to heaven."

Zuo Ci laughed twice and said awkwardly: "These are just the nonsense of fools and women. Don't take them seriously. But now the people inside and outside the government are in a panic. Do you think we should announce it to the world immediately?"

"It's not all nonsense."

"what?"

Su Yao's sudden and light words stunned Zuo Ci, and he swallowed the second half of his words.

Isn't it all nonsense?

What do you mean?
Could it be that the Tang King said???
Zuo Ci and Yu Ji looked at each other, their eyes filled with shock.

"General?!"

"Your Highness the Tang King?!"

"Oh my God!"

"King Tang is awake! King Tang is alive!"

"Quick, go inform everyone!"

In the Tang Palace, torches flickered outside the mourning hall.

Su Yao held Wannian in his arms and led Zuo Ci, Yu Ji and others out slowly, which immediately caused a commotion.

The imperial guards guarding outside were stunned at first, then ecstatic, and they all knelt down and shouted.

Some of them rushed to inform Su Yao's family in the palace, some went to report to the officials accompanying the emperor, and many more were so excited that they burst into tears and kowtowed repeatedly before this miracle. Soon, the entire Tang Palace was boiling, and the news spread quickly like wildfire.

"King Tang is resurrected!"

"King Tang has returned from the dead!"

Such shouts came one after another and soon spread throughout the entire Luoyang city.

Ministers such as Cai Yong and Jia Xu rushed over upon hearing the news. When they saw Su Yao alive and well, they were all surprised and delighted, and they all stepped forward to pay their respects.

Cai Yong was so excited that he burst into tears: "Your Highness the Prince of Tang, you are finally awake! His Majesty and the court have been worried about us for the past few days!"

Jia Xu looked thoughtfully at the sleeping empress in Su Yao's arms, then glanced at Zuo Ci and Yu Ji, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised: "It seems that the two Taoist priests really have some real skills, and they can actually summon souls."

Zuo Ci and Yu Ji were embarrassed when they heard this and waved their hands repeatedly: "I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it."

"All of this is due to your Majesty's sincerity. The King of Tang is blessed with great fortune. I am just a small contribution."

As they talked, they both looked at Su Yao secretly. Seeing that the Tang King didn't say anything, he just smiled faintly:
"Her Majesty is tired, let her have a good rest first. As for other matters, we will discuss them tomorrow."

Cai Yong and others quickly responded and made arrangements.

Soon, the mourning hall in the Tang Wang's palace was removed, the white banners were replaced with red silk, and the mourning music turned into joy. The whole city of Luoyang was immersed in a strange atmosphere - both happy that the Tang Wang had "resurrected from the dead" and shocked by this extraordinary event.

The most clownish among them were some remnants of aristocratic families and conservative officials who celebrated the news of Su Yao's sudden death.

They thought that once Su Yao died, even if they could not launch a successful counterattack, it would not be difficult for them to overturn on a large scale the parts of his new policy reforms that were disadvantageous to them.

For example, they would restore some of the quotas for recommendation in the imperial examination system, or directly open a back door for the powerful and wealthy families, under the euphemism of "recruiting talents regardless of their background", and then shelve the issue of land measurement so that the hidden private land could continue to be a source of family wealth.

Then the most crucial thing is the fatal performance evaluation system. Once this system is introduced, it is like a sharp sword hanging over the heads of officials. The good days of drinking tea and drinking wine every day are gone. They have to care about their task indicators every day. It can be said to be the worst cruel policy in the world!

So, while people in Luoyang City were crying and wailing for Su Yao's seventh day after his death, these people had already secretly connected with each other and gathered in a noble family's mansion in Luoyang, drinking heartily and expressing their opinions.

What's worse, some of them, after getting drunk, threw the examination papers on the ground and stomped on them, gritting their teeth and saying that this harsh policy must finally come to an end.

But at this moment, the red silk in front of Prince Tang's palace fluttered in the firelight. They heard the cheers from all over the city at this time when the night should have been quiet, and they all froze in place.

"How can this be?!"

"Didn't Doctor Wang say that the King of Tang is dead this time?"

"Without any breath or heartbeat, how can you still be alive?!"

Everyone looked at each other with pale faces, and some even threw their wine glasses on the ground angrily, saying that it was some evil spirit causing trouble.

"Don't panic, check it out first."

The person who spoke was Liu Yu, the Minister of Taichang Temple.

This time, when everyone wanted to overthrow the new policy, they sought this highly respected member of the royal family as one of their leaders.

At this time, facing this sudden situation, Liu Yu also showed a rationality far beyond that of ordinary people.
But it's of no use.

"Oh no!"

"It is absolutely true that the Tang King has been reborn!"

A servant rushed open the door and fell to the ground:
"I just went to the Tang Palace in person. Now the whole Luoyang City has heard that the Tang King came out of the mourning hall holding Your Majesty. He looked calm and said that we should discuss the matter tomorrow!"

The news brought by the spies completely shattered everyone's defenses.

The general is still alive, and nothing is more horrifying than this.

For a moment, the hall, which was originally packed with guests, suddenly became silent. Everyone looked at each other, their faces turned pale and they remained silent.

"Uh, I suddenly remembered that I have something important to do at home, so I will take my leave now."

Guanglu Xunqing Chen Ji suddenly broke the silence, grabbed his official hat, stood up and left.

This Chen Ji is no ordinary person. He is the patriarch of the Yingchuan Chen family, the son of the former Taiqiu Chang Chen Shi, and the father of the Minister of Personnel Chen Qun. He is also one of the leaders of these conservatives.

With him taking the lead, other officials soon stood up one after another with excuses, and even Liu Yu himself bowed and hurriedly left.

On the surface, they maintained a fairly decent appearance, but almost all of them had their hands trembling slightly beneath their sleeves.

Are you kidding? If they dare to gather together like this to denounce the new policy, the biggest prerequisite is that Su Yao is dead.

Now, you tell them the general is alive?

Naturally, this thing would be impossible to accomplish. Those who wanted to survive would immediately distance themselves from the matter. Everyone tacitly agreed to act as if what happened in the past few days had never happened.

Just like that, this opposition riot, which seemed to have a wide influence and serious implications, was stillborn in the thunder of Su Yao's rebirth before it could even begin. It disbanded on the spot, leaving only a mess on the ground.

Naturally, all this did not escape the eyes of the Embroidered Uniform Guards.

The Jinyiwei officers and soldiers, who were originally in chaos and in a state of letdown, suddenly perked up and urgently reported the anomalies around the mansion to Su Yao of the Prince Tang's Palace.

However, Su Yao just smiled faintly and burned the memorial without delving into the affairs of these jumping clowns.

As long as he is alive, these people will not be able to cause any trouble. If he is really dead...
Whether the world will continue to operate according to its current logic is still unclear.

Originally, Su Yao thought that the status of the black screen for a while and then restarting to unlock new maps and new tasks was exactly the same as the previous version update where people were kicked offline.

However, as soon as he closed his eyes, Su Yao's mind flashed back to the sounds he heard when the screen was black.
Although there were only a few words, and they were intermittent.

But the information that leaked out was enough to overturn his understanding of the current situation.

"I am a bug?"

"Am I not simply trapped in the game world?"

"Who are the two people talking?"

"What is the so-called barrier?"

Su Yao was faced with a series of realistic problems that he could not avoid.

In the past, Su Yao could still deceive himself and think that this was just a gaming accident, and immerse himself in this world and engage in role-playing.

But now, those vague fragments of conversation were like thorns in the back, pulling Su Yao out of his false sense of security.

I have already completed the Three Kingdoms, but I still cannot leave. A world map has appeared in the "True Three Worlds". No matter how I think about it, I can no longer take it lightly.

Considering that he might be being monitored by someone, Su Yao remained calm on the surface, pretending that everything was normal and nonchalant, but in fact his mind was racing, thinking about how to respond next.

After looking at the golden achievements that suddenly appeared in the system interface, Su Yao called his personal soldiers and issued an order after settling down for ten thousand years:

"Tomorrow we will hold a grand court meeting. All civil and military officials in the capital will attend the meeting. I have something important to announce to everyone."

(End of this chapter)