Han: The witchcraft disaster begins, I fight against Emperor Wu of Han

Chapter 13 Liu Che's Wrath

With the help of Lady Gouyi, Liu Che hurriedly put on his clothes and walked out of the bedroom quickly.

Although the 65-year-old Han emperor's health was gradually declining with age, he still had absolute control over the country.

The first thought I had when I heard that the prince was plotting treason was that I didn’t want to believe it!

At this moment, he entered the outer hall, his eyes gloomy, looking at the three people who had been kneeling in the hall, waiting for him.

Su Wen, Zhang Gan, and Han Shuo.

"Tell me, the prince disobeyed the emperor's order? What happened?"

Chang Rong, as a close minister and eunuch, had already told almost everything he knew when he came over just now.

But in Liu Che's eyes, the cowardly prince whom he despised the most actually had the courage to mobilize troops?

He had to admit that when he heard the news, besides being surprised and angry, he also felt a little happy.

But this emotion quickly disappeared and was replaced by more anger.

This guy really can't wait, so he uses witchcraft to curse him. Does he really want his father to die so that he can ascend to the throne?

Now they are mobilizing troops again, openly defying the emperor's will!

"Reply to Your Majesty!"

While Liu Che was pondering, Su Wen, who had been with him the longest, immediately said, "Yesterday, we, together with the Water and Water Commandant, found in the prince's residence... found a Paulownia doll that cursed His Majesty..."

"I don't want to hear this. You have already reported this yesterday." Liu Che swept his sleeves, making it clear that his anger was brewing.

Su Wen raised his head and glanced at Liu Che cautiously before saying, "That's what happened. Last night, the prince suddenly mobilized the palace guards to arrest all the alchemists and immortals in Chang'an City and Shanglin Garden."

"Today, we heard that the Water and Water Commander took us to question the Crown Prince, and at the same time, he conducted another thorough investigation to see if there was anything missing."

Hearing this, Liu Che suddenly interrupted it.

His eyes widened and he leaned forward, "You mean, you broke into the Crown Prince's Palace again?"

He seemed to have grasped something and saved himself a way out. "Is it because you guys pushed him too hard that the prince couldn't help himself?"

"I am the crown prince of a country after all. Do I deserve to be bullied by you like this? If you do this over and over again, how will the people of the world see me? How will the ministers of the court see me? I am only giving you the imperial decree to search, not asking you to treat me like me!"

"That's not the case, Your Majesty!" Upon hearing this, Su Wen was so scared that he kowtowed repeatedly.

"Your Majesty, actually...actually, in addition to asking the Crown Prince to arrest those alchemists, this matter also...is related to a rumor."

As he spoke, he quickly looked at Han Shuo next to him.

During the search, he was far away, but Han Shuo was following Jiang Chong closely.

When they came back, they also learned the entire process of what happened in the inner courtyard from the subordinates who had escaped.

"Rumor?" Liu Che saw the exchange of glances between the people and looked directly at Han Shuo, "Han Shuo, you tell the story!"

"Your Majesty! It's... a rumor about auspicious signs."

"Hmm?" Liu Che was startled at first, then he thought of something and waved his hand impatiently, "Don't think that I am old and you can fool me as you please. Over the years, various parties have repeatedly talked about auspicious beasts and auspicious signs..."

Liu Che gritted his teeth and pointed to the sky. "But in our great Han Dynasty, where are the auspicious signs? Since the first year of Tianhan, droughts have come and locust plagues have come. When locust plagues come, droughts come. Where are the auspicious signs?"

"Your Majesty! How dare I deceive you?" Han said, thinking of what happened in the Crown Prince's Palace. "This is not groundless. Even the alchemists in the capital said so."

"And..." He didn't know whether he should say it or not and was hesitating.

Su Wen on the side rolled his eyes. He thought that he couldn't tell the truth at this moment.

Although the incident happened in that way, it could have been described in a different way, and he immediately added fuel to the fire.

"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince seems to be deliberately concealing the rumor of this auspicious sign in order to keep it to himself. The Crown Prince arrested the alchemist in order to explore the location in the palace. The Water and Water Commander, who was carrying the imperial edict and possessing the luck bestowed by Your Majesty, was in a unique position and was able to find the location of the auspicious sign in no time."

As he spoke, he raised his head, with envy and a hint of yearning on his face.

"I heard that the auspicious sign is: a divine turtle emerges from the water, and God blesses the great man!"

“Perhaps…perhaps…” He spoke faster and hurriedly said, “Your Majesty, the meaning of the divine turtle emerging from the water is not to tell me that…the drought is about to end?”

"The gods have sent down a shower of rain. This is a revelation from heaven!"

this moment.

When Liu Che heard this, he couldn't help but be moved.

What moved him was not the auspicious signs that he was tired of hearing about, but the blessing of God on the great man and the rain of blessings that would fall upon him!
"Is it really a divine turtle emerging from water?" Liu Che glanced at the three people in succession.

"Your Majesty, I saw it with my own eyes!" At this moment, Han Shuo also gritted his teeth. He heard it clearly anyway. "The soldiers who ran back with us this time, as well as several alchemists, also saw it with their own eyes and heard it with their own ears. They can all testify."

"Oh?" I heard these people were so sure.

Liu Che had no choice but to believe it.

Suddenly, he seemed to think of something and looked to the side, "Let Tan He come, let Huo Guang come, and Jin Midi come too!"

"Yes!" Chang Rong left the hall immediately.

Tan He was the Hu witch introduced to Liu Che by Jiang Chong, and he was also the initiator of pointing out that there was witchcraft in Chang'an City.

In recent years, Liu Che has trusted him even more.

After a while, three people came here in a hurry, and on the way there they were obviously informed of the process by Chang Rong.

Once inside.

Hu Wutanhe was the first to kneel down. He was wearing a black silk feather robe and a crown of three feathers on his head, which made him look different.

The three were just about to kneel down.

Liu Che waved his hand and said, "Tan He, you know the art of looking at the qi. Come and see for me whether there is any auspicious sign in Chang'an City?"

Tan He seemed to have been prepared. After receiving the order, he closed his eyes and began to chant. Then he took out the magic weapon on his waist and took strange steps, and the magic weapon made a clinking sound.

After a long while, he suddenly opened his eyes!
After just looking for a while, he seemed to be injured by something, and suddenly took a few steps back and fell down, letting out a shrill roar.

Liu Che immediately stood up and asked anxiously, "How is it?"

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! There is indeed a strong auspicious aura, blue in color, moist and misty, and even more like a black tortoise!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Liu Che became extremely excited.

But the next moment, he screamed again: "However, the witchcraft spirit in Chang'an City is getting stronger and stronger. This Xuanwu elephant is tied up by the dragon python and is about to be swallowed by the latter."

“Hiss! It looks like it’s about to transform into a dragon!”

After saying this, he actually fell to the ground, spitting blood from his mouth, as if this breath had consumed too much of his energy.

Only the last sentence was roared out.

"Your Majesty, Chang'an City may be facing... a shocking change!"

Seeing this, Huo Guang and Jin Midi looked at each other at first, and saw the impatience in each other's eyes, but they did not dare to say anything. Since they came in, they kept their heads down and did not look or ask unless Liu Che asked.

however.

After these words were spoken, Liu Che, who had previously been confused about the tone of Su Wen and the other three, and was even willing to consider the situation from the prince's perspective,

But now he seems to have come to his senses and is firmly convinced of it.

"Dragon python bound? Who is the dragon python? Who wants to turn into a dragon?"

next moment!
Its eyes seemed to want to choose someone to devour.

"Liu Ju? My prince!"

"Your Majesty." Just at this moment, seeing that Liu Che was so angry, Su Wen suddenly spoke again like a poisonous snake, coldly.

"I also heard that the words engraved on the back of the divine turtle, in addition to the name of the divine turtle, also appeared... the word for longevity."

"Beast?" Liu Che looked at it in confusion.

"Your Majesty, it means life span or longevity..."

"But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince intended to stop it, and even went so far as to kill someone. Now he is plotting rebellion..."

With just these few words, Liu Che could no longer control himself, "Lifespan? Is this a revelation from God?"

He looked suddenly at Huo Guang.

"What are you waiting for? What does the prince want to do? Do you want to announce to the world that I, the emperor, am old and it's his turn to take the throne?"

"He wants to kill his father and ascend the throne? He wants to transform into a dragon?"

(End of this chapter)