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Chapter 54: Crows are going to strike back (two chapters in one)

In the past, Lu Qian would not have been willing to listen to those civil servants’ nagging.

Therefore, whenever he had to attend court, Lu Qian would lower his presence. Most of the time, he said nothing and tried to make himself like a wooden stake.

But today, he really wanted to hear what these people had to say.

Even if Emperor Yongjia did not let him stay, he would find an excuse to stay.

Emperor Yongjia set up his study, and soon Lu Qian met the civil servants.

The Prime Minister Feng Ke, and eighteen imperial censors.

There are four great Vajras in the Censorate. Lu Qian glanced over and found that among the eighteen censors, except for Censor Jin who was recuperating at home, the other three Vajras were also on the list.

Come to think of it, today in the court, all the limelight was on Censor Jin alone, so how could the other three let it go?

See, when they want to sleep, someone hands them a pillow, but this time, the one who hands them the pillow is not a human, but a crow.

Another person who had the same idea as Lu Qian was Emperor Yongjia. Lu Qian was just watching the fun as a bystander, while Emperor Yongjia considered himself a victim.

If all this was just a coincidence, it would be fine. But if those crows were controlled by someone, Emperor Yongjia would want to cut that person into pieces immediately.

Emperor Yongjia was not wrong. Before Feng Ke could speak, the imperial censors began their impassioned speeches, using the same rhetoric to remind Emperor Yongjia that, regardless of whether the huge word "filial piety" in the sky was a real warning from heaven or not, as an emperor, he had to give an explanation to the people of the world.

Yes, the people of the world, not just the capital.

What happens in the capital will spread throughout the world within three months.

What's more, next year will be the year of the big examination, and students from all over the world will gather in the capital. Let alone a miracle like today that happens only once in a hundred years or a thousand years, even a small matter like the collapse of the wall in the home of a great scholar will be known to the whole world.

Moreover, whenever there were strange phenomena in the sky, disasters would follow and the people would be in panic. Only when the emperor issued an edict of repentance and offered sacrifices to heaven and earth at this time could people's hearts be calmed.

Otherwise, the dynasty will be in chaos!
Of course, God would not give a warning for no reason. After all, it was because Prince Liang did not attend the funeral of Prince Liang.

The King of Liang was a descendant of Taizu and had a noble status. During his lifetime, he respected the emperor and loved his people. However, after his death, he had no eldest son to see him off, and his eldest son was dying. God was merciful and sent a crow to warn him.

Since ancient times, filial piety has been the foundation of a country, and unfilial piety is an unforgivable sin. Even if Prince Liang had his reasons, unfilial piety is still unfilial. The emperor did not punish him, which was the emperor's tolerance, but tolerance is not indulgence. If Prince Liang is not allowed to atone his sins, then people all over the world will follow suit, and sons will be unfilial to their fathers, and descendants will be unfilial to their ancestors.

How can we talk about ruler-ruler relationship, subject-minister relationship, father-father relationship, and son-son relationship?
If things go on like this, the morals of the world will go downhill, social order will collapse, the four core values will not hold together, and the country will no longer be a country!

Woohoo, alas!
The censors were exaggerating one after another, and Lu Qian wanted to draw his sword after listening to them. Of course, he was just thinking about it.

Since the establishment of the Yongjia Dynasty, there has never been a precedent of a censor being convicted for giving advice, and Emperor Yongjia did not want to be the first person to kill a censor.

Emperor Yongjia's face was as gloomy as water. Feng Ke, who was sitting below him, remained silent until all eighteen imperial censors had finished speaking. Emperor Yongjia then looked at Feng Ke and asked, "What do you think, Lord Feng?"

Feng Ke said calmly, "In my humble opinion, since this matter was caused by the unfilial behavior of the Crown Prince Liang, why not give the Crown Prince Liang a chance to atone for his sins and let him return to Liang to mourn for his father. If his body cannot bear it, then that is what he should bear as a son."

Emperor Yongjia remained silent. At this moment, an imperial censor fell to his knees with a thud and hit his head on the gold bricks. After just a few hits, the gold bricks were stained with blood.

"Your Majesty, the ancestors of the Great Yong Dynasty——"

Emperor Yongjia didn't want to listen to the rest of the conversation. He stood up and said, "Old Li, please return to the palace!"

Seeing that he was about to leave, the other seventeen imperial censors also knelt down, beating their chests and stamping their feet, crying their hearts out.

A hint of murderous intent flashed across Emperor Yongjia's eyes, but then disappeared without a trace.

If he does not let Prince Liang leave the capital, today's events will surely spread, and the censors' death-defying remonstrances will fail. People will not say that these censors are unreasonable, but will only say that he, the emperor, has abandoned the rise and fall of the dynasty!

It has been ten years. Although he has been sitting on this chair for ten years, there is still a retired emperor in the Changshou Palace. He is not the sky, there is another sky above him.

Emperor Yongjia quickly calmed himself down and said to Feng Ke, "My dear Feng, please draft the edict of apology for me."

Feng Ke lifted his robe and knelt down: "I obey your command."

Emperor Yongjia looked at Eunuch Li again and said, "Let's invite the envoy of the Hanyuan and the chief physician Jiang."

An hour later, the crown prince, accompanied by Prime Minister Feng Ke, clan leader Zhao Chen, and Jinyiwei commander Lu Qian, ascended the Kuixing Tower.

As the crown prince, heir to the throne, the prince read the edict of repentance on behalf of the emperor.

This was also the quickest and most effective edict of repentance in the history of Dayong.

Because at the moment when the prince finished reading the edict of repentance, the huge word "filial piety" hanging above the Kuixing Tower - cracked.

The moment the black clouds dissipated, everyone held their breath, and looked up in horror and reverence as they watched tens of thousands of crows fly away in different directions, turning into small black dots until they completely disappeared from sight.

From then on, in the hearts of the people in the capital, crows were endowed with mysterious powers. They were no longer an ominous sign, but transformed into messengers from heaven.

When seeing crows on the graves of ancestors, no one will drive them away. Instead, they will quickly place offerings on the ground, and even add one or two kinds of meat to the offerings in advance. These are specially prepared for the crow angels.

If the crow angel flew into a family's yard, the old lady would shout to her children and grandchildren: "God has sent an angel, why don't you go and bring me water to wash my feet!"

The rapid rise in the status of the Crows was largely due to the contribution of Old Six of the Capital.

It came from another world, traveled through time and space, but turned into an ugly little crow that was unloved by its father, mother, and brothers and sisters. It started out in a mass grave, had no golden finger, and was talented but not appreciated.

It was not until that day when its head was pecked by the eagle named Xiaoguai and the eagle was taken to see the little girl who could talk to it that it finally realized the true meaning of time travel.

From an ordinary bird to an angel, the sixth man in Beijing successfully counterattacked.

Within a few days, the Big Boss of Beijing abdicated and the Sixth in Capital rose to prominence and eventually became the Crow King!
I am the only one who is proud of my life as a crow. The genealogy of the crow world starts with me!
Dumb!

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The next day, Emperor Yongjia led all the princes to the Taitan to offer sacrifices to heaven. After the ceremony, they went to the Taimiao to worship their ancestors. Even the Fourth Prince, who had been recuperating in the mansion, was supported and went with them.

The entire process took three full days, and during these three days, the emperor's edict was finally delivered to the Prince of Liang's Mansion, and Zhao Tinghan, the Crown Prince of Liang, returned to Liang to mourn for his father.

Generally in this situation, along with this imperial edict, there will be another imperial edict for succession to the title. A country cannot be without a ruler for a day, and a vassal state cannot be without a ruler.

In the past, when the first King of Wu passed away, Taizu, with his white hair, sent his young son off. He suppressed his grief and ordered the Crown Prince of Wu to return to Wu to succeed to the throne. He also issued an edict that the Crown Prince of Wu must get married within a year and observe mourning for nine months.

Later, when Taizu passed away and Gaozong ascended the throne, the new emperor followed the precedent of the previous dynasty and observed mourning for 27 days. From then on, the emperor observed mourning for 27 days and the princes observed mourning for nine months, which became the ancestral system of the Zhao Dynasty of Dayong.

The King of Liang has passed away. Since the Crown Prince of Liang has been allowed to return to Liang to observe mourning, then according to the rules, the Emperor should issue an edict to let the Crown Prince of Liang inherit the throne. The King of Liang's funeral has been completed, so the moment the Crown Prince of Liang set foot in Liang, he was already the King of Liang. Even if he was in mourning, he had to handle the government affairs of Liang.

This time, the edict of succession was not issued until Zhao Tinghan left Beijing.

Of course, this was also because the emperor was worried about Zhao Tinghan's health.

In the Imperial Medical Service, Doctor Hu came back to handle some relevant procedures. As Zhao Tinghan's exclusive doctor, he would accompany Zhao Tinghan to Liang this time.

His colleagues said goodbye to him one after another, saying auspicious words but sighing in their hearts. No matter whether Prince Liang died on the road or in Liang, Doctor Hu would not be able to return to the capital alive.

In the past, they thought that Doctor Hu was unlucky to die because of Zhao Tinghan, but now they know that there is something even more unlucky, that is, dying in a foreign land. Zhao Tinghan can return to his hometown, but what about Doctor Hu? Does Doctor Hu's family have the financial and human resources to bring his body back?
I'm afraid not. I heard that Doctor Hu was from a poor family, and his son is only six or seven years old. It will probably take ten or eight years for the child to be able to take him back. By then, Doctor Hu would have already turned into a pile of bones.

When everyone looked at Doctor Hu again, what came to their mind was a white skeleton.

Doctor Hu just felt that the way people looked at him was a little strange. He never dreamed that at this moment, he was already a dead man.

When Zhao Tinghan left Beijing, of course he would not be accompanied by only one imperial physician. The Imperial Medical Bureau sent five other imperial physicians to accompany him. When Zhao Tinghan returned to the Prince of Liang's Mansion, these five imperial physicians would return to Beijing, and only Imperial Physician Hu would stay. Of course, this was under the assumption that Zhao Tinghan was alive. If Zhao Tinghan died, whether these five imperial physicians could return smoothly would depend on the mood of the masters of the Prince of Liang's Mansion.

However, no matter what, their fate will be a little better than that of Doctor Hu. After all, they went there under the imperial edict. The people in Prince Liang's mansion will scold them, blame them, and ignore them, but they will not kill them.

But it is not certain about Doctor Hu. After all, he was the one who treated Zhao Tinghan when he was in the capital. The people in Prince Liang’s mansion might even think that Zhao Tinghan was killed by him.

We are all doctors. Who hasn't encountered unreasonable patients' family members? What's more, this patient's family member is powerful.

When Doctor Hu left the Imperial Hospital, he discovered for the first time that his colleagues were very friendly. They all waved goodbye to him and said, "Doctor Hu, have a safe journey!"

In the piano room of Bai's house.

The famous actress Xiao Huangying was singing her best song "Picking up the Jade Bracelet". Mr. Bai was tiptoeing and clapping his feet. At this time, Xiao Huangying's apprentice A Ye ran in and handed a heavy envelope to Mr. Bai.

"This was sent by the loach that came the other day. He said his daughter asked him to send it."

Master Bai's heart moved, and he asked, "Where is the loach?"

Ah Ye said: "Loach put it down and left. He said he was busy."

Mr. Bai nodded and opened the big envelope impatiently.

In the envelope were two volumes of the Spring and Autumn Annals.

Mr. Bai picked up one of the books, just flipped through it, and tears welled up in his eyes.

When the little yellow warbler saw it, he asked softly, "Brother Bai, what's wrong?"

Mr. Bai didn't answer and burst into tears.

Although he did not recognize the handwriting of the Fang brothers, just reading the annotations on the book gave him a sense of enlightenment.

Handwriting can be forged, but the inner things cannot.

After Loach came out of Bai's house, he returned to the shabby yard where he lived.

An auntie saw him and asked with a smile: "Loach, you haven't come back for so many days, where have you been?"

Loach grinned and said, "I went to work for the boss."

"Oh my!" The aunt looked Loach up and down, "Loach, you have gained weight. And this dress doesn't look like it's from an old clothing store. It looks like it's newly made. You have become rich!"

Loach said hurriedly: "No, I just followed a good boss."

Worried that the aunt would ask more questions, he slipped into the house of the aunt next door.

"Aunt, I'm going to go to another place with my boss. My boss is kind enough to let me take my brother with me. Aunt, why don't you and Xiaohua come with us?"

The aunt was startled and quickly pulled him aside to ask him about it, fearing that he had been cheated. Loach was a little embarrassed: "I'm poor as a ding-dong, how can I be cheated?"

The aunt shook her head and said, "I heard that some rich people use human kidneys to make wine."

The corner of Loach's mouth twitched. He already knew who this boss he had bumped into by mistake was. Damn it, no way.

But he couldn't say it, not even to his kind aunt.

However, he still has a few days to prepare and can slowly convince his aunt.

The eldest princess's mansion.

Xiao Yue, who had been missing for many days, finally came back.

He didn't come back on his own; he was sent back by the people from Jinbao Casino.

Everyone in the capital knew that although the nominal owner of the Jinbao Casino was named Jin, in fact, the real identity of that boss, Jin, was a servant of the Baoqing Marquisate.

In other words, Jinbao Casino is the property of Baoqing Marquis Mansion.

That’s right, it’s the Baoqing Mansion of the Marquis Baoqing, the son of the Marquis Baoqing who lost the entire street in one breath.

Perhaps because he saw his son losing too much, Marquis Baoqing bought the gambling house in anger.

Get up where you fell. Although it was Censor Jin who caused his son to break his leg, this incident would not have happened if there was no Jinbao Casino, so Marquis Baoqing bought Jinbao Casino.

This matter is no secret in Beijing. Nowadays, Jinbao Casino is not accessible to ordinary people. Those who can come here to gamble are, without exception, all second-generation rich people in Beijing.

Xiao Yue, logically speaking, he doesn't even have the qualifications to enter.

But he was sent back by the people from Jinbao Casino, and he came back wearing tattered clothes.

That tattered piece of clothing had countless patches on it.

Not only did he shamelessly run to the Jinbao Casino to gamble, but he also lost everything on his body except for his underpants. After all, he was the son of Prince Consort Xiao, and they couldn't let him go back naked, so the Jinbao Casino found him a pair of tattered clothes.

(End of this chapter)