Four-Armed Divine Emperor

"A thousand times greater than your parents!"

"Tsk, that's quite big." Al smacked his lips, still looking nonchalant.

Seeing this, the man completely gave up trying to persuade him kindly. He guessed in his heart that this young man might be a bad boy from the dark brothel. Those poems that seemed to indicate treason must have been spread by someone in crowded places. The clothes and jade pendant on his body must have come from there. It was a pity that such a handsome young man did not know his duty and was greedy for a moment, and was involved in such a matter. He would most likely not have a good ending.

After waiting for a while, Izumi Hanichi, who had personally arrested Al, finally arrived. The man hurriedly knelt to greet him, and then quietly reported the previous test. Izumi Hanichi's face was expressionless, as if he had anticipated such a situation. He walked into the room, glanced around, frowned slightly, and snorted:

"Take him with you."

His tone was very flat, as if it would be a waste to use any more emotion or tone when communicating with a servant.

Before Al could start punching and kicking, he was held down by the shoulders on both sides and could only follow obediently.

Although he became a prisoner, Al always maintained a fearless attitude and was full of curiosity. He frequently looked around on the road, as if he was not here for trial but for a picnic.

After walking through four corridors, a garden, and a small bridge, they finally entered the lobby. However, after crossing the bridge, Izumi Fanyi stopped and subconsciously made a look. The man hanging behind him quickly stepped forward, bent over, and prepared to listen to his instructions. But he thought again and decided to go forward himself. He flicked his sleeves and walked over. He stopped three steps away from Al and said:

"You are truly fortunate today. Master Zhengzong wants to personally inquire about this matter. Please answer carefully about the origins of your poems and your appearance. If your answers are good, I may accept you as a servant."

He didn't even bother to confirm with Al, as if this had conveyed his meaning. Then he flicked his sleeves, turned around and walked into the lobby.

El was also brought in, held on both sides by two servants.

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The moment Izumi Hanichi, who was arrogant in front of Al, walked into the lobby with his head held high and his chest puffed out, it was as if a switch was pressed, and his waist suddenly relaxed.

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The pole suddenly bent down, he lowered his head, shrunk his chest, put his legs together, walked quickly to the hall, and knelt down with his knees bent in a very smooth and flowing posture.

"People have been brought."

After he finished speaking respectfully, he raised his head and looked upwards, but he did not dare to look directly at the figure sitting in the first seat. Instead, he looked to the side. After getting a response, he straightened his body, moved his legs on the ground, knelt on the cushion beside him, and then had time to stare at the "suspect" Al who was accompanying him.

But after Al walked into the lobby, he saw something so subtle. In Buddhist terms, it was a moment of surprise, and then he immediately reacted. Not only did he calm down, but his face also showed a half-smile, playful expression.

The man sitting to the side observed the man at the top, and seeing that he didn't move, he mustered up his courage and, as usual, raised his finger. The attendant next to him immediately came over and listened carefully. After that, the attendant walked a few steps outside and shouted, "Pass it on!"

"Those poems came from your mouth?"

"Yes Yes."

El answered in a somewhat timid tone, but the smile on his face did not fade. He carefully "examined" the person sitting at the head for a while before looking away and looking at the attendant who delivered the message. He said:

"I was reciting poetry on the street. I don't know what law I broke. Your Excellency wants to arrest me and bring me in for questioning?"

When Izumi Domain saw this, he immediately gave a look to the two attendants, who immediately understood what he meant. They attacked from the left and right at the same time, suddenly grabbed Al's shoulders, and then kicked him in the calf.

"Ouch!" Al screamed, his legs bent, but he still managed to stand and did not kneel down.

While the young man who was kicked in the hall screamed in pain, the man sitting at the top of the table also cried out in his heart, sweating profusely, feeling uneasy, and a disaster was about to happen... Words could not describe his mentality. He could only sigh that he was destined to be unlucky for taking this risk. He wondered if the demon in the hall would get tired of his "game" and get angry. How many people would be left alive in this prosperous Chang'an?

But he was unsure of the situation and did not dare to intervene rashly, so he had to keep his tail between his legs and pretend to be a clay or wooden sculpture, silently watching the Izumi family perform according to the "script" he had set at the beginning.

Upon seeing this, the Izumi clan frowned, thinking that the two idiots didn't even have this little strength and deserved to be punished. However, the man sitting in the first seat on the left waved his hand when he saw this, and he did not signal his men to continue.

"These poems are well-written." The "main force" of the Izumi family, Izumi Masamune, who sat at the head of the left side and gave the top seat to the "most honorable" person, did not let the attendants act as a mouthpiece, but talked to El in person. In etiquette, this kind of conversation with a huge difference in status has a special term called "Guxia".

Zheng Zong said, "However, the rebellious and treacherous intentions within the poem are also obvious. You don't look very young, so it's impossible for you to write such a poem. So who wrote it?"

Al replied, "Reporting to 'Sir.'" He emphasized the word "Sir" and glanced upward out of the corner of his eye.

"This poem was definitely not written by me. It was written by a man named Wei Zhuang and another named Huang Chao. I just happened to hear them and wrote it down at the right time."

"From inspiration? Hahaha..." Zhengzong laughed heartily, looking around, "This little kid openly recites anti-poems, and he actually did it from inspiration? Hahaha..."

The people sitting on both sides, regardless of gender, also chuckled three times in agreement.

The person in the lead remained silent, and Zhengzong did not dare to "peek at the emperor's face privately". He was now following the orders of the "Supreme Lord" and playing his own role. He felt that his performance was getting better and better. If he could gain his favor due to his good performance, it would be an endless blessing for the entire Izumi family!

But he didn't know how the people sitting there felt their hair stand on end as they watched the scenes happening below the stage, as if they were in a burning house!

After the laughter died down, Zheng Zong regained his hope and said seriously:

"Since you wrote this poem from inspiration, it proves you understand the poem's meaning. According to imperial law, you have committed the two major crimes of indiscriminate speech and treason. As a commoner, you should first be flogged eighty times and then sentenced to death by being beaten and thrown into the street (stripped, dismembered, and exposed in a busy market). However, considering your youth, according to the 'Order of Pity for Our People' issued by His Highness Taiko Mitsuru in the first year of the Taihe and Jian'an periods, you can be spared the death penalty and be subjected to shaving your head and tattooing instead."

The so-called 'tongue' punishment means shaving the hair, and the 'tattoo' punishment means tattooing words on the face. Both of them are criminal laws that cause direct harm and relatively mild or almost no pain, but they focus on harming personal dignity and social status. As long as you have words tattooed, everyone will know that you are a sinner. In the Eastern continent with a deep tradition of keeping hair in a bun, the 'tongue' punishment is an even more devastating blow to personal image.

Masamune felt that his judgment was fair. He practiced Zen and focused on the "heart". He admired the previous Taiko Mitsuru and respected his legacy of "benevolence and courage in the world". Therefore, he did not like killing.

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In addition, Al was handsome, looked young, and was quite smart, so he used the "My Mercy Order" to save him from the death penalty, and no one could say that it was unfair.

After making the judgment, Zhengzong looked up at the leader with the intention of "asking for instructions", while the man sitting there was already stunned and wanted to say

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I'm speechless.

But Masamune didn't notice. Firstly, there was a difference in status—in terms of physical position. The man sat on a high platform, and around him were various colored banners to prevent those below from "spying" on his majesty's expression. Secondly, he had a preconceived notion that the man just wanted to watch the "story" of a case being judged, and would not, nor would he, bother to, interfere in the affairs of ordinary people. So, he took matters into his own hands and ordered his attendants:

"Go ahead and shave his head first, then keep him as a servant in the lower house. If he repents and reforms, you can spare him the tattoo."

What is privilege? This is privilege.

For the "lower people", Izumi Masamune, with his level and status, naturally has the power of law enforcement and judgment, and can decide their life and death with a single word. He also has the power of "pardon". Just because Ai'er is a servant in his house, he can magnanimously and arbitrarily pardon one of his two sentences.

If any commoner in Chang'an really fell into this situation, there would be no doubt that they would have no choice but to cry bitterly to the Izumi family, swear to work like a slave for the Masamune lord, and repay his kindness with a debt of gratitude. Because apart from the punishment of shaving his head, it can even be said that Ai'er "gained a lot". He jumped from a low-ranking commoner to a servant of the Izumi family, who had a residence in the outer court and was a relative of the current shogunate. He was also pardoned and recruited by the lord of the family, Masamune, himself. It can be said that he had obtained an alternative status leap, which is an opportunity that many people cannot get even if they sell their children and abandon their wives and daughters.

"He, he is the 'rebellious' element you 'captured' today?"

Just before the two servants were about to drag Al away, the man sitting on the high platform at the top finally couldn't help but speak.

He was sitting on the stage listening to Zhengzong's trial. He was so anxious that he almost rushed down to cover Zhengzong's mouth and begged him: "Stop talking, stop talking."

Masamune quickly stood up and saluted, and everyone in the hall followed suit. Although they didn't know the origin of the person on the stage, they only needed to know that Masamune, the head of the family, gave up the first seat, to know that this person's status was far above that of the Izumi family.

Everyone bowed to the platform, which was the treatment given to people of status. For example, the two followers who brought Al here, due to their status as servants, could only kneel on the ground with their hands and knees prostrated. However, Al was finally able to stand up straight, rubbing his knees and sighing.

Izumi Hanichi then stepped forward and said, "Your Excellency, it was this man who chanted three lines of anti-Chinese poetry outside the 'Dream Wandering Garden' and was captured and brought back by me."

"Why the hell did you capture this guy when you can't just capture anyone else?" The man cursed in his heart, with a bitter look on his face. He looked at Al, and seeing the young man with a smirk on his face, he had no doubt that the latter was enjoying everything that was going on now!

Now, he is stuck in an awkward position.

Did he really follow Izumi Masamune's "judgment" and let the servants drag the demon away and shave his head? Would he just pretend he saw nothing?

He was really afraid that Al would get tired of playing and come over to settle the old score of "standing by and watching" today!

No more hesitation, we have to do something!

And just as they were thinking and talking, something new happened.

A tall figure rushed into the hall with a gust of wind, followed by a group of servants panting and shouting:

"Your Highness Guang! Your Highness Guang!"

Al felt someone coming from behind him, and subconsciously turned his head, and saw a tall, elegant, clean, and extremely beautiful lady standing not far behind him, wearing luxurious purple clothes and robes, with long hair tied in a ponytail that fell below her waist and hips.

Ai'er looked at her and felt a desire, and the beautiful lady looked at him, and after a moment, she burst into tears. She came up to him, hugged Ai'er in her arms, and said:

"My child! My child! Mother is here, mother is here..."

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"Yes, yes, I didn't think of it before."

Izumi Masamune's tone was a little excited, and he sighed a few words. Since there were no "outsiders" in the hall at this time, he bowed and explained to the man who had walked down from the upper seat:

"Your Excellency is already aware of the matter concerning His Highness Guang. Although that humble boy was born with good looks, his attire, manners, speech, and behavior are all those of a tiny gnat. Therefore, I have never attached any connection to him before."

"I once saw His Highness Guang and His Highness Youguang attend the New Year's banquet in the first year of Jian'an. Youguang was a dragon-phoenix-like figure, a figure of the sun and the moon. Sadly, he died young... Now, recalling his appearance, I realize he was indeed born with a 'lucky streak', and bears a striking resemblance to Youguang."

Zhengzong sighed twice, lamenting the coincidence, then bowed and asked:

"Now this person has been taken by His Highness Guang, sir..."

The man was anxious, but he could hear everything clearly. He had no intention of paying attention to Izumi Masamune. He was thinking about many things and couldn't help but wonder, "How could it be such a coincidence that I had a car accident here?"

He was in awe of that person and dared not take it for granted. He couldn't help but wonder if all this was part of "someone's" plan? Had he unknowingly stepped into the playground of a demon god?

But thinking back to the time before, that moment of surprise seemed real. With the wildness that Al had shown at the time, it shouldn't have been necessary to spend so much effort on a "small character" like him. Was it really a coincidence?

......

"Ugh!"

After thinking about it, the man couldn't make up his mind. He could only sigh, take the wine from the side and drink it all in one gulp.

The man is none other than Ai

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When you were in the outer realm, you met the gatekeeper of the seal in the Queen's sealed place, who was also the loyal lickspittle of the Radiant Queen, the Lord of the Wild Hunt, the half-human, half-beast Asma. However, this time he was not using his true form of half-human, half-beast, half-plant, but the appearance of a typical oriental man.

At this time, this dignified god who was denounced as "a piece of waste" by El appeared in the Izumi family's mansion for some reason.

Of course, Ai'er could say Asma was "neither human nor beast nor plant" and call him a waste, but in Ne'er, in the mortal world, especially in the Eastern Dynasty controlled by the "Old Gods", Asma was one of the twenty-four supreme beings, a god of the Old World, transcendent and above the mundane, a top-level transcendent who was nothing more than an ant...

If Asuma revealed his true identity, even worldly dignitaries like Izumi Masamune would not even be qualified to kneel within a hundred steps of him and serve him or listen to his words.

The head of the Izumi family, the Daijozo of the Chang'an shogunate, was a nobleman who had taken a step toward becoming a top dignitary. Until then, he still believed that the great man from the "Supreme Noble" before him was a descendant of the "Old Heaven", perhaps the direct blood of the real ancient "Murakami" family... Bailong Yufu was out for a leisurely stroll - and in fact, apart from guessing wrong about the identity, Izumi Masamune's other judgments were indeed correct.

Because Asma came here to "play in the world"...

“I can’t figure it out, I can’t figure it out…”

After sending everyone away and leaving only Izumi Masamune, Asuma wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He was indeed scared.

It's hard to find a metaphor for what this kind of thing is like. It's a bit like when you, as a central government official, go to a "small place" to show off your power, and the people below report that they have caught someone who has committed a crime. You are full of enthusiasm and wave your hand, and bring the person up for personal trial. The county magistrate on the side flatteringly invites you to sit in the hall, and he serves as your advisor.

When the "prisoner" was brought up, it turned out to be the emperor you had summoned to face privately not long ago because of your memorial to the emperor...

When he went out to have fun, he met his father-in-law; when he went downstairs to show off, he met the big boss and the big brother. In short, Asma's mood was very complicated.

"Immediately go and find everyone who has had contact with this... everyone in your mansion who has had contact with that young man. I want to question them. If they are in front of him, then forget about it. That Izumi Fanyi and his followers, find them all." He felt that there must be something fishy about this matter. In fact, Asuma already had a rough judgment in his mind, but he needed evidence to support it so that he could decide what to do next.

Izumi Masamune was also puzzled by Asuma's request, but despite his confusion, he had to take action. He walked quickly to the outside of the hall and called his attendants. Izumi Hanichi was also waiting outside. After receiving the request, he asked two attendants to quickly call the attendant who had helped him capture and guard El for questioning. He followed Masamune into the hall first to face the questions of the "noble".

"Where did you catch...find this person?"

Asuma asked as soon as he came up.

Izumi Hanichi naturally told everything he knew and did not dare to hide anything, because he did not know what he was doing. Feeling that he was not wrong, he naturally confessed everything.

The attendants arrived quickly, not wanting to be displeased by their master's summons. They knelt on the ground in a row. Asma questioned each one, and nothing seemed to go wrong. Then one of the men said, "As for those who came into contact with that young man... Madam Zuo Shi, Madam Gui Tang, and two other noble ladies had also seen him. Miss Zong and Madam Zuo Shi had a few words with him."

"Come here right away!"

Because of Asma's stern attitude, Zhengzong did not dare to neglect it. He personally led people to find four women, two adults and two children, and brought them over.

The Madam Zuo Shi that the man was talking about was the strict, courteous, and stern lady. Zuo Shi was not her real name, because the servants could not address her directly as a noble lady, so they referred to her as "Zuo Shi", the place where she lived. Gui Tang was the serious cousin, not a member of the Izumi family, but a guest, so she could be addressed as such.

The two men entered the hall one after the other, first bowed slightly to Zhengzong, and then bowed to Asuma Yingying who was standing in the middle.

Saying: "Sir."

Two young girls followed behind and followed suit. However, because there were few people in the hall and the atmosphere was solemn, they didn't even dare to look up.

"Tell me! Everything that happened before and after you saw that boy!"

Yanshen straightened up, lowered his head, and spoke softly and in great detail about everything that happened when they were strolling in the corridor, how he was attracted by Al's calls of "female Bodhisattva", the brief contact they had afterwards, and everything that happened afterwards.

Asma only paid attention to the part with direct contact, and after repeating it twice, a big stone in his heart was finally put to rest.

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So he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, the dark clouds in his heart dissipated, and his mood improved a bit. He glanced at the two who were indeed dignified and beautiful. The slightly serious one had an elegant temperament and graceful posture, and was a typical Chinese noblewoman; the other "Mrs. Guitang" was a bit introverted and timid, with a shy blush on her face. At first glance, she was a very obedient little woman, and she was also very beautiful. There were also two young girls, who were obviously the daughters of these two. The combination of two big and two small was very disappointing to Asma, who had been the supreme god for thousands of years.

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Although it is expensive, I think it is pleasing to the eyes.

He glanced at Izumi Masamune and Izumi Hanichi, who were standing by and not daring to breathe, and suddenly smiled, speaking in an oriental way:

"Lucky girl! Your whole family is safe!"

The two men with the two girls knelt in the hall, not knowing what had happened. Izumi Masamune didn't know the details either, but he still prostrated himself to salute Asuma.