Conferred Gods: Start with a Phoenix clone

Chapter 177 Rescue
Deng Chanyu rode on a Biaozi and used fire escape to come to Chaoge City.

She wore a snow-white straight-collared Taoist robe and a wide belt with moon-white auspicious cloud patterns around her waist, on which hung a piece of extremely fine black jade.

Different from Jinzha and Muzha who are still dressed as Taoist children, as a high-level Qi-refining master in Mount Emei, she can now wear Taoist robes with confidence.

She is now a person of virtue.

The city of Chaoge is extremely noisy today, with crowds of people surging and people coming and going in an endless stream everywhere.

What's going on? Deng Chanyu subconsciously wanted to count on her fingers, but then she realized that this was Chaoge City and quickly stopped.

The higher the level of Taoism, the more obvious the suppression of the human way over the immortal way in Chaoge becomes, and it is inconvenient to do anything here.

"Uncle Biao, what happened today?" She saw Huang Feibiao from afar and came over to ask.

Uncle Biao looked around, covered his mouth with his hand, and lowered his voice: "Senior Doctor Mei Bo has offended His Majesty and will be executed today. I heard it will be the death penalty."

Deng Chanyu was slightly surprised: "Why?"

"It's still about the prohibition of alcohol. Some businessmen violated the ban and are still selling alcohol secretly. Mei Bo spoke out and advised against it, thinking that the prohibition of alcohol is ridiculous, so..." Huang Feibiao lowered his voice by three points.

He recounted the story and Deng Chanyu listened attentively.

The secret liquor business in Chaoge is now very popular, and many princes and nobles are involved in it.

This trading network was enormous. Fei Zhong and You Hun would even sell their ancestors for money, so what was the point of selling some wine now? These two also had a share in the trade. King Zhou wanted to investigate, but he couldn't get any further.

At this time, Mei Bo appeared. He was quite upright and told King Zhou bluntly that the common people did not care about the prohibition of alcohol, and those who were banned were the powerful officials in the court. He believed that King Zhou's prohibition of alcohol was forcing the court officials to rebel.

The ministers have no military power, no financial power, and even less power over personnel. If they have none, then they have none. Let's go home and drink. Alcohol is even banned now! The ministers must be thinking, "We're being treated so harshly, why not just rebel?"
It’s not that King Zhou couldn’t understand these principles, but Mei Bo’s tone of “you are an idiot, and I have to remind you” angered King Zhou. For the sake of his own face, he had to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys, and Mei Bo was the chicken.

The original intention was to behead him, but the fox spirit presented the design of the "fire-torture" at the right time. King Zhou was overjoyed and asked the craftsmen to make it overnight. Today, when the fire-torture was completed, he was ready to use Mei Bo as a test!
"Look, that bronze pillar over there is the Paoluo. It's two zhang high and eight feet round, with three fire doors on the top, middle and bottom." Uncle Biao said, pointing to a bronze pillar in the distance that was already being heated.

Mei Bo was stripped of his shirt, and the skinny old man was locked in a prison van and paraded through the streets. At three o'clock in the afternoon, he would be tied to a torch and burned to death.

"Your Majesty, Mei Bo's death is nothing to worry about. Considering that Mei Bo held the title of Senior Official and served three dynasties, what crime could he have committed to deserve such cruel punishment? It's a pity that Cheng Tang's reign of six hundred years was lost to a tyrant! Yin Shou, in the afterlife, how can you face Cheng Tang's ancestors?"

Maber cursed loudly in the prison van.

An old woman with an aged face, tattered clothes but noble temperament followed the prison van with difficulty in walking, crying all the way. She was Mei Bo's wife. The couple had lived together for a lifetime and had no children. They had thought they could grow old together, but they did not expect to suffer such a misfortune.

There were common people all around except Uncle Biao, who was riding a tall horse. Coupled with Deng Chanyu's otherworldly appearance, it was obvious that he was not an ordinary person. The old woman hesitated for a moment, but still hunched over and walked over to ask for help.

The old woman came over and was about to kneel down and say, "General Huang, could His Royal Highness Prince Wucheng please say a few words for my master?"

Before she came over, Uncle Biao and Deng Chanyu dismounted.

At this time, Uncle Biao supported the old woman with both hands: "Aunt Mei, my eldest brother is now in the court. Alas, the Huang family is really powerless." The old woman was extremely disappointed. She sighed, nodded slightly to them, and continued to follow the prison car.

Uncle Biao saw the look of reluctance on Deng Chanyu's face and immediately shook his head gently, signaling you not to be impulsive.

"Some of the court's actions nowadays are very...very subtle. The old Grand Tutor of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau, Du Yuanxian, was beheaded because of the blood-red incident in the east. A veteran minister of three dynasties ended up with his head and body in pieces. The old Prime Minister, Shang Rongrong, has returned to his hometown. This Cheng Tang Empire is really going to...Alas!"

I endured the words "It's over", but in the end I never said them out loud.

It can be seen that veterans like Uncle Biao still have feelings for the Shang Dynasty.

However, this feeling has turned into fear as King Zhou becomes increasingly brutal.

I’m afraid that King Zhou will go crazy one day and take action against the Huang family.

"We just need to protect our families. We are not descendants of King Tang." Deng Chanyu was very calm. These days, there is no such thing as a loyal minister serving two masters. If the monarch is not good to you, it is very common to directly defect to the enemy camp.

Watching Mei Bo's prison van going farther and farther away, Uncle Biao sighed and said nothing more.

In the original time and space, when Mei Bo was tortured to death, the old prime minister Shang Rong took the initiative to resign, believing that out of sight, out of mind. The remaining important ministers such as Bigan, Huang Feihu, Weizi, and Jizi were actually present, but no one said anything. The key reason was that Mei Bo had a very bad reputation.

This man was a loyal minister, upright and daring to speak out. He said whatever he saw and offended many people. Now that the matter has come to an end, there is not even one person to help and plead for him.

A righteous minister is not the same as a loyal minister. Wei Zheng was a righteous minister. After Li Jiancheng's death, he turned around and defected to Li Shimin. Zhang Zhao, the "big brother who defected" of the Eastern Wu, was also famous for his upright character and courage to speak out.

The Deng family now has no shortage of soldiers and territories, but they lack a loyal minister who is upright and dares to give advice.

Deng Chanyu often doesn't know whether her policies are correct. Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, and local governance are two different fields. She now needs someone who can go to the people from time to time to understand their sentiments, and then come back to pour cold water on her.

Since King Zhou doesn't want it, the Deng family will not be polite.

Uncle Biao looked at her suspiciously. Deng Chanyu smiled and waved, "Uncle Biao didn't see me today. If anything happens later, please don't make a fuss. By the way, if you see my father and brother, tell them I'll come to Chaoge in a few days when the hype has died down."

Deng Chanyu turned left and right, her figure erratic, and quickly shuttled through the crowd, and soon arrived at the Longde Hall where King Zhou held court.

The human fortune here is getting stronger and stronger, and she can no longer maintain her breath-concealing technique, so she has to use flowers, plants and trees to cover her body.

The warriors in front of the palace, the brothers Fang Bi and Fang Xiang, are still doing the unpromising job of guarding the gate.

"Brother Fang, do you still recognize me? We met before in the Ghost Market."

The two brothers were a little surprised that Deng Chanyu appeared out of nowhere. They exchanged glances and then remembered that this was Empress Su's friend.

Fang Bi said in a muffled voice, "I recognize it, I recognize it."

(End of this chapter)