Chapter 296: The Meaning of Faith
Under the cherry blossom trees of the Yanfu Palace, Chu Xianzhao could watch the rainbow brought out by the golden fountain while eating lunch, and now he ordered his own soldiers to remove all the chrysanthemum and golden eagles in the palace, and all the signs related to the emperor of the previous dynasty must be erased, but the breath they left behind is still so strong, Chu Zhaozhao can stand on the high platform of the palace and overlook the city, narrow and crooked alleys and wide brick streets, and there are willows, locust trees and other trees along the road, forming a boulevard.
Although the urban area of the city of rest is very vast, the population in the imperial city is only about 100,000 people, so the city has not been fully developed, and there are large areas of farmland outside the city, as well as the red brick stands of the big martial arts field, but the divine flame of the East Emperor Bell has destroyed a lot of things, burned gardens, and charred fields, there are soldiers patrolling in the city at all times, and from time to time there are Yan Fu relics coming out of their homes to collect food, Chu Xianzhao specially ordered the soldiers not to harass the Yan Fu relics, and disobey the military order, and also sent food to the relics, some people accepted it, some people refusedใ
Chu instantly stood on the edge of the railing with his cheeks propped up, feeling like a god in the city.
Perhaps the gods and Buddhas are lonely like the emperors, and the country of Yin may be the weakest country in the belief of the world, unlike most of the people of Yanfu who believe in Buddhism, and think that the Buddha is the only true god, Buddhism is closely related to the life of the people of Yanfu, such as the completion of new homes, the birth of babies, marriages and other occasions, all Buddhist teachers should be invited to chant and pray, each family usually has a Buddhist shrine, and often carry a Buddha necklace when going out. When passing through Buddhist temples, you must worship respectfully. Every morning, food is automatically prepared and offered to the dervishes. Whenever the Buddhist temple holds an event, people will bring all kinds of food to make offerings, and at the same time listen to the Dharma, listen to the flower Youyue tell themselves, there is a golden light temple in the north of the city to enshrine a golden lotus Buddha, maybe find a time to go to see, by the way to listen to the monks talk about the Dharma.
Even when it came to the destruction of their country, this god they believed in all day long did not help them drive away the iron cavalry of the Yin Kingdom, so what is the point of their faith?
Chu Xianzhao didn't know, maybe he wasn't qualified to think about this problem, now he was already a bloody existence in the hearts of the remnants of Yan Fu, and he didn't know how many people still believed in the Buddha, but every living Yan Fu person must be afraid of him.
The gradually approaching footsteps pulled Chu Xianzhao's mind back, he watched everyone kneel down at the foot of the long steps, Chu Zhaozhao asked them to get up, and everyone's eyes were covered with a layer of sad shadows, these are all the courtiers in front of Yan Xuan, and now that Chai Longxiang has fallen, they have no one to serve, like a homeless stray dog.
Originally, the elder brother and General Meng Yu wanted to let themselves execute them, Chu Xianzhao treated them both soft and hard, so that they could save their lives, but now they are not familiar with the administration of this country, if these people who know the root are slaughtered, when the time comes, Chu Zhaozhao will definitely be exhausted when it comes to dealing with state affairs.
"My lord!" the ministers knelt down and looked at the young man on the throne with sincere fear, and General Meng Yu on the side clenched his fists
said: "Your Royal Highness the Third Prince, although everything has been settled, there are still many affairs waiting for you to preside over the overall situation!" The elder brother stood at the head of everyone, showing a proud look at himself.
"Please ask His Royal Highness the Third Prince to preside over the overall situation!" the soldiers of the Yin Kingdom shouted in unison.
Through the deep and wide narrow high windows of the main hall, the afternoon sun is all over the ground, in Chu Xianzhao's eyes, the whole hall seems to be bathed in a spot of light, she asked people to repair the hall, it is finally not as ugly as before, but the cracks on the ground are still terrifying, the queen almost killed him here, he sat on the ancient throne of Emperor Yanyu, the whole seat is made of gold, and the throne of his father is made of steel, symbolizing the iron horse of Yinguo. This wide chair is very comfortable to sit on, and it is not stiff as imagined, and there is a feeling of drowsiness after sitting for a long time, and sure enough, as Queen Yan said, the entire throne and this hall are connected together.
Sitting comfortably on the throne, General Meng Yu and the rest of the Yinguo soldiers stood aside respectfully, which made him feel more or less embarrassed, those former courtiers were even more miserable, kneeling on the ground and not even daring to let go of a fart, now there are not many people who can give him advice, the father may have to wait two or three months before he can come to Yanfu, the group of people in Jingnan City will come soon, and the old fox of King Huailing, maybe he will ask himself in the name of the face to get back Princess Yanfu, and he can't agree to that old bastard if he dies, Chu Xianzhao thought to himself.
Since returning from Storm Valley, Guan Ju's situation seems to be a little strange, there are always inexplicable scales growing out of his body, and later he learned that the people of the Zhao royal family seem to have an ability called dragonization, just like his sunrise divine blood, the sunrise divine blood gives himself the strength of the god of war, but Donghuang Zhong forced all the power in Guan Ju's bloodline out, and the reaction of the dragon is difficult to control and live, fortunately, it does not affect her life safety, otherwise she will have to feel guilty for the rest of her life.
The elder brother took the soldiers to hunt in the hunting grounds outside the city, saying that he wanted to relax, and now he was the only one left in the palace who could be in charge of the overall situation, otherwise there would be no one to deal with state affairs.
"There is something to discuss, and there is nothing to retreat. Chu Xianzhao was as bored as ever, he would rather go back to the palace now and be with Hua Youyue, speaking of women, he didn't know how to explain this matter to Su Nianyu and Ye Weiwei when the time came, if his father knew about him and Hua Youyue, it was hard to imagine what his expression would be.
Chu Xianzhao looked at the mirror hanging above his head, he seemed to be a little more mature than before, is this the face of the emperor?
"What's going on in the city, is there still a riot?" Chu asked instantly.
"No, His Royal Highness the Third Prince!" someone stood up and replied, and Chu Xianzhao asked suspiciously: "Is there really none?"
Chu Xianzhao knew that like all fallen cities, the city of rest was brutally sacked by the soldiers, and during the three days that Chu Xianzhao was unconscious, countless Yanyu women were raped by the soldiers, and they did not dare to touch the things in the palace
Anything valuable was played by them, and afterwards General Meng Yu explained to himself and asked him to forgive the soldiers for what they had done, for which Chu Xianzhao issued an order, those who raped women were whipped thirty, stripped of their military status, robbed the people, repaid more than twice the loss of the other party, stripped of their military status, killed and set fire to those who were hanged directly, and he personally executed it, Chu Xianzhao cut several hard bones who did not know the times, and the city of rest finally returned to calm. But I wonder how long it will last?
"Are all those corpses burned?" Chu instantly asked.
"And half, you know...... After we entered the city, the Yanfu people committed suicide one after another, and after we burned a batch, there were more batches. "Someone is hesitant.
"Then we'll have to deal with the corpses quickly, starting with the corpses on the street, and you guys going to deal with them. "His Royal Highness the Third Prince ordered, and the villain complied. Several soldiers stepped forward.
Although Chu Xianzhao had never been out of the palace, he knew the horrors that were happening in the city.
"Is there anything else?" Chu Xianzhao tried his best to hide his impatience, but he failed, those courtiers who knelt on the ground hesitated, glanced at Chu Zhaozhao, and then lowered their heads in panic, Chu Zhaozhao noticed their strangeness, and asked softly: "This adult who doesn't know what to call like this, if you have anything to say to me, just say it now." โ
The minister's face was full of fear, but with the encouragement of his companions, he stood up and saluted Chu Xian: "My lord, can I let the old minister bring some people here, so that the lord can administer justice?"
"Huh?" With his words, Chu Xianzhao realized that the people in the hall suddenly became nervous, looking at the courtier's eyes as sharp as knives, under their gaze, the minister of Yan Xuan got up and retreated, and after about a stick of incense, he brought some Yan Xuan relics in, those Yan Xuan people were all dressed in tattered clothes, and some of them had blood on their faces, looking at Chu Xianzhao's eyes full of fear, Chu Xianzhao waved his hand and motioned for them to come close to him.
The minister led the remnants to the foot of the jade steps, and all the remnants knelt down, and he pointed to the remnants and said, "My lord, their village was attacked by your army the night before, and only these people are left, and all their families are dead, can justice be done for them?"
"Our army?" someone stood up with contempt in his tone: "Now that everyone is dead in the city, everyone says that it was our Yinguo people who killed them, and we did kill many of your Yanfu soldiers, but we also have many people who were slaughtered by your Yanfu people in the city, and now the bodies have not been found." โ
"Get up," Chu instantly ordered the remnants. He never liked it when someone knelt in front of him and said, "Get up, all of you." โ
(End of chapter)