The Three Kingdoms: My Wife is a Great and Good Teacher

Although the officials were well-educated, many of the marquises had bought their titles. They were neither self-cultivating Confucian scholars nor strong soldiers with experience in the battlefield. When they saw strange visions or felt discomfort in their bodies, they became frightened and started screaming and running around.

For a moment, Liu Zhaoqing saw the people around him running around like ants. He felt like he was encountering the Yellow River flood and was being swept away by the flow of people and pushed outward.

"Step aside!"

Liu Zhaoqing stood firm, shouted, and then instead of retreating, he moved forward towards the officials.

The strange phenomenon in the sky did not cause any effect on him. This must be the credit of the Book of Man. However, there is only one Book of Man, and now very few people in the Weiyang Palace can remain calm.

Liu Zhaoqing was not sure whether a civil official like Xun Yu could protect himself in such chaos.

When he was going against the crowd to find Xun Yu, he suddenly heard He Jin's loud shout.

"Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong! What do you two want to do to His Majesty?! Get out of here!"

Although he had the title of great general, he did not serve as the backbone to stabilize the situation at this time, but instead took advantage of the chaos to fight with the Ten Attendants.

Liu Zhaoqing wanted to rush over and kick him.

Thinking that with the presence of a mediocre person like He Jin, the situation might get completely out of control, Liu Zhaoqing became even more anxious.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"

Fortunately, he had an excellent physique and martial arts skills. Among the crowd of marquises and royal family members, Liu Zhaoqing quickly went deeper.

But suddenly, Liu Zhaoqing heard a series of clanging footsteps around him, as if the imperial guards were coming.

"He Jin! His Majesty just fainted. How dare you trespass into the altar? Do you want to usurp power?!" Zhang Rang shouted at He Jin on the altar.

At this moment, Liu Zhaoqing's hand was suddenly grabbed by someone.

When I turned my head, it was Cao Cao.

"follow me!"

"Xun Yu and the great scholars..."

"Don't worry, they left through the side door a long time ago."

Cao Cao dragged Liu Zhaoqing through the crowd and quickly headed towards a small door on the side. Along the way, Liu Zhaoqing saw a large number of armored Tiger Guards pouring into the venue.

Fortunately, the Weiyang Palace was large enough, and although there was some chaos, all the civil officials and royal family members were able to leave the sacrificial square safely.

Liu Zhaoqing followed Cao Cao and quickly arrived at the west gate of the imperial palace, and then saw Zheng Xuan, Wang Yun, Lu Zhi, Cai Yong, Xun Yu and others standing under an old mulberry tree.

"Zhaoqing." When Xun Yu saw Liu Zhaoqing and Cao Cao appear, he looked up and immediately called out.

Cao Cao and Liu Zhaoqing came in front of the crowd, and Zheng Xuan frowned and said immediately: "There may be changes in Luoyang, we should return home quickly and keep in touch by letter."

"it is good."

No one present was stupid, and they knew that the consequences of the failure of the heavenly sacrifice had not yet really spread, so they had to take advantage of this gap to go back and prepare.

Zheng Xuan, Cai Yong and Wang Yun left immediately, only Lu Zhi remained.

"Mr. Lu." Liu Zhaoqing looked at Lu Zhi.

"I have to go back and take a look. You two should return to the palace. Wen Ruo and Meng De, although you two have high family backgrounds, the chaos in the court this time... has never happened before. Please do not act rashly."

After Lu Zhi finished speaking, he nodded to the three of them and headed towards the palace.

"Mr. Lu was appointed Shangshu Ling yesterday. He is also a military officer, so it should be no problem for him to go back. This is not the place to talk. Let's go to my house first." Xun Yu said immediately.

"Okay, I'll send you back and then go look for Benchu." When Cao Cao brought Liu Zhaoqing out, he didn't see Yuan Shao, so he was still quite worried.

After sending Liu Zhaoqing and Xun Yu back to Xun Mansion, Cao Cao immediately said goodbye.

Xun Yu ordered his men to close the main door of the Xun Mansion, leaving only the side door open, and then returned to the living room to get pen and ink to prepare to write a letter to send to his family.

The emperor fainted during the sacrifice to heaven, the River Map collapsed and a rainbow pierced the sun. At this moment when the country was about to be revived, such a sudden change happened. Even Xun Yu had beads of sweat on his forehead.

As her slender fingers held the pen and wrote, they trembled slightly.

"Wenruo." Liu Zhaoqing looked worried when he saw her like this.

"I'm fine. Zhaoqing, you should write a letter to Wenyuan as well. Miss Lu Hong has Wang Yun tell her that Wenyuan is still a minor official. He will definitely be worried if he doesn't hear from you."

Upon hearing this, Liu Zhaoqing hurriedly wrote a letter and asked the falcon to deliver it to the residence of the Yanmen prefect where he was temporarily staying.

When she came back, Xun Yu had already started copying the third letter, and her expression had become much more normal.

After finishing writing everything and handing it to the servant to deliver it to his uncle, nephew and the Xun family members, Xun Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and then frowned slightly.

"How could this be so..."

"I just saw that although His Majesty was covered with black gas, he should be just fainted." Liu Zhaoqing said.

Xun Yu nodded: "Even if Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong only consider their own interests, they will definitely protect Your Majesty, but He Jin..."

"Is Wen Ruo suspicious that this sudden change was caused by He Jin?" Liu Zhaoqing asked.

"It does look like him, but... I think he just wants to take advantage of the chaos to defeat the Ten Eunuchs." Liu Zhaoqing frowned, "He Jin doesn't even understand the situation. He doesn't seem like someone who can do such a horrific thing."

"Moreover...if such a matter that affects the fate of the Han Dynasty could be manipulated by humans, then He Jin would have been invincible in the court long ago."

"So what Zhao Qing meant was... this is bound to happen?" Xun Yu murmured, "But, clearly... clearly a prophecy of a coming event has just been made."

Liu Zhaoqing shook his head: "That's not what I meant."

After a pause, he looked at Xun Yu and asked, "Wen Ruo, do you know if there is anything in this world that can... disguise itself as a candle dragon?"

"Pretending to be Zhulong?" Xun Yu was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, "This is impossible, because... only a divine beast can give the emperor's orders, and Your Majesty clearly received the divine beast's aura before."

After falling silent, Liu Zhaoqing knew that Xun Yu was wrong.

There must be something that can disguise itself as Zhulong, because he had seen that thing with his own eyes before.

Half of his body was pitch black, with willow-like hair growing on his neck. His face was like a tiger, and his scarlet eyes held a cunning and playful look that was creepy.

With such power, that thing is undoubtedly a "divine beast", or an extremely evil beast of the same level as a "divine beast".

Judging from the expression of Grand Historian Wang Li at that time and the collapse of the River Map, the River Map may not represent the rise of the Han Dynasty at all...

As for the recent auspicious signs of the rise of the Han Dynasty, in the final analysis, they were all the work of Liu Zhaoqing alone. How can this be interpreted as the rise of a dynasty?

Liu Hong had known that he would not live long, but he gambled the fate of the country on the prophecy that the Han Dynasty would rise and offered sacrifices to heaven, trying to pray to heaven to give himself and the crumbling Han Dynasty a chance to rise again.

But I never thought that the outcome of this sacrifice to heaven was already predetermined.

The Han Dynasty will never rise. There has never been any prophecy that the Han Dynasty will rise. Everything is just people's misunderstanding. Then how can Liu Hong summon a real dragon?

The consequence of gambled the fate of the country and made the wrong sacrifice to the heavens was to summon a terrifying beast.

This horrible beast not only played a trick on the emperor, but also broke the camel's back for this shaky dynasty that had been crumbling for nearly 400 years.

-

In the evening, Liu Zhaoqing heard the dull and dense footsteps of armored soldiers passing by outside the Xun Mansion. At this time, soldiers could be seen moving everywhere in Luoyang City.

At night, looking towards Luoyang City from the second floor of Xun Mansion, many fires appeared in many places in Luoyang.

Everyone in Luoyang saw the ominous sign of the white rainbow piercing the sun. In addition, the news of His Majesty's failed sacrifice to heaven spread quickly. All the officials and nobles were panicked, and the common people were even more so. For a time, the whole Luoyang fell into chaos.

"Could it be that it's going to be early..."

Liu Zhaoqing looked at the Luoyang City where there were lights everywhere in the dark night and said softly.

Chapter 101 Heading to the Palace

Liu Zhaoqing, who had an ability to "understand history" even more powerful than that of the Grand Historian, was clearly aware of the great changes that took place in Luoyang in the sixth year of Zhongping.

This was the year when Emperor Ling died, the year when Emperor Shaodi and Emperor Xian came to power, the year when the Ten Eunuchs and He Jin fought for power and caused chaos, and the year when Dong Zhuo entered the capital and burned Tokyo, the capital for 200 years.

However, it is believed that this mythical end of the Han Dynasty would be affected by various factors, coupled with the prophecy of "the rise of the Han Dynasty", Emperor Ling of Han, Liu Hong, might really lead the declining Han Dynasty back to the time of Emperor Wu of Han after he came to his senses.

Liu Zhaoqing was definitely not the only one who had this idea. Everyone in Luoyang, from officials to ordinary people, thought the same.

Even Liu Zhaoqing noticed that when Liu Hong was offering sacrifices to heaven, even the Ten Attendants and He Jin looked as if they had accepted their fate.

The Han Dynasty is about to welcome a wise and benevolent ruler who will abandon his carefree indulgence, leave the path of falling into the abyss, and instead step into a prosperous and rising future.

But all of this was burned to ashes by the loud bang of the River Map breaking and the scorching light of the white rainbow piercing the sun.

Just as Liu Zhaoqing was standing in the corridor on the second floor looking at Luoyang City, a woman in white came from not far away.

Xun Yu walked towards Liu Zhaoqing. She tried hard to appear calm, but her pace, which was two steps faster than usual, betrayed her anxious heart.

"It's cold at night, Wen Ruo, why did you come upstairs wearing so little?" Liu Zhaoqing asked softly. In fact, he also knew the purpose of Xun Yu coming here.

Xun Yu looked towards Luoyang City, his eyes showing deep worry: "This kind of scene... I have never seen it before. The fight between He Jin and the Ten Attendants only took place in the court and in private, but now this is more like... a natural disaster."

"There are fires everywhere in Luoyang, but they are all fires in ordinary homes or businesses, not caused by fights." Liu Zhaoqing explained and comforted at this time.

"Just now I also saw a large number of soldiers coming out from various camps to maintain order in Luoyang City. Most importantly, if you look at the palace, there is no fire. I think He Jin and the Ten Attendants must have reached a compromise and did not take advantage of the chaos to fight again."

Liu Zhaoqing breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "So, this chaos should be over by tomorrow morning."

"..."

Xun Yu remained silent.

Liu Zhaoqing's words to comfort Lu Hong might work, but Xun Yu was not the kind of person who couldn't see the situation clearly.

"Your Majesty failed in the Heavenly Sacrifice and suffered a backlash. Although Zhao Zhong went to get the Millennium Auspicious Beast Pill, if Your Majesty has recovered, the Holy Edict should have been issued from the Weiyang Palace by now."

Xun Yu pursed his lips, remained silent for a moment, and then said, "This sacrifice to heaven is a gamble on the fate of the country. It is true that He Jin and the Ten Eunuchs only care about Your Majesty, but... the fate of the dynasty is difficult to make up for, and the Han Dynasty... is no longer viable."

The Xun family has been enjoying the Han Dynasty's financial support for generations, and have been loyal ministers to the Han Dynasty for several generations, including Xun Yu. Now even Xun Yu has said in person that "the Han Dynasty will be difficult to revive." It is conceivable that the "chaos" in Luoyang will not disappear.

It just shifted from the superficial flames of war to the open struggles among powerful officials.

"We are just mortals and cannot go against the will of heaven." Liu Zhaoqing said.

Liu Hong had also said this to him. Now, after witnessing with his own eyes the failure of Liu Hong's sacrifice to heaven, Liu Zhaoqing also truly felt the helplessness involved.

“You can only do what you can do.”

Xun Yu nodded slightly. She stood there, her hair fluttering in the cold evening breeze, and the cold air made her cheeks pale.

After a long silence, Xun Yu suddenly spoke: "Zhao Qing."

"what happened?"

"Can I ask you a favor?"

"Wen Ruo, what do you mean by that? Of course you can. Please tell me."

"Please, save the big man."

"..."

-

The next day, Liu Zhaoqing woke up early in his bedroom.

Then he pushed the door open and went out without even washing up.

He hadn't slept all night and just closed his eyes leaning against the head of the bed in the morning, so naturally he didn't need to get dressed or change his shoes.

As soon as Liu Zhaoqing went out to the yard, he found that Xun Yu had already gotten up.

"What happened?" Liu Zhaoqing immediately asked Xun Yu what happened outside.

"As Zhao Qing said, things are stable outside. Last night, the captains led their soldiers to maintain order in various places and arrested many people who took advantage of the chaos to loot yesterday." Xun Yu replied.

"What about the palace? What's it like inside?" Liu Zhaoqing asked again.

"I don't know what's going on in the palace yet, but... I'm going to go to Mr. Lu's residence."

Lu Zhi returned to the palace yesterday, and because of his status as Shangshu Ling and former General of the Central Army who contributed greatly to the suppression of the rebels, he must have first-hand information about the palace.

Liu Zhaoqing quickly asked Xun Yu to take him with him.

The two of them immediately got in the carriage and came to Lu Zhi's mansion.

But unfortunately, the servants in Lu Zhi's house told the two that the Shangshu Ling had not returned last night and should still be in the palace.

At this time, Liu Zhaoqing could only go to other important officials he knew, such as Wang Yun and Cai Yong.

After arriving at Wang Yun's house, Wang Yun and Lv Hong, who was worried about Liu Zhaoqing, were there, but Wang Yun also said that he had not received any news from the palace.

However, there are rumors that His Majesty is out of danger and is just lying on the couch to rest.

This should be considered good news, but it is still not enough.

After Liu Zhaoqing and Xun Yu said goodbye to Wang Yun and Lu Hong, they went to Cai Yong's house again. Compared with Wang Yun, Cai Yong knew less about the affairs in the palace.