"Your Majesty, Lord Wu is back." The palace people went to the imperial study to report outside.

"Let him come in and see me."

"Yes."

Prime Minister Wu has been handling the case of the mine during this time, and now that he is back, it should be that the case has been closed.

"Weichen see the emperor."

Emperor Showa personally stepped forward to help Prime Minister Wu Cheng up. "Lord Wu doesn't have to be polite, this trip Lord Wu is really hard, this time I asked you to investigate that case is also a last resort, and now there are too few ministers who can be used in the DPRK and China."

"Thank you to the emperor, some details of the case Weichen did not mention in the letter because he was afraid of startling the snake, so he rushed back non-stop to tell the emperor in person, this case is not simple!" Prime Minister Wu Cheng said with a heavy face.

Such a large mine, Emperor Showa originally didn't believe that those merchants had such courage, this kind of thing was discovered but it was a capital crime of the Jiu clan, and it was impossible for there to be no other inside information.

"Lord Wu, please speak."

"Your Majesty, Weichen found out that almost all of those iron ores were sold to the Western Chu Kingdom, and all the transactions behind those merchants confessed were handled by a person named Qi He."

"Who is this Qi River?" Emperor Showa twisted his eyebrows slightly, always feeling that this name was a little familiar.

"The emperor forgot, the King of Sui who intended to rebel more than ten years ago?"

Zhao Xin, the king of Sui, of course remembered that Emperor Showa remembered that he was the first prince to dispose of after he ascended the throne.

"Qi He was the chief general of the King of Sui back then, and later the emperor broke his tendons and tendons and exiled people to the bitter cold land, originally thought that he had already returned to the west, but he didn't know that he actually survived, and he has been active in Xicheng in recent years, and the mine was discovered by him after colluding with the merchants and officials of Jingzhou Mansion to dig secretly."

Prime Minister Wu's words made Emperor Showa's face sink. "Lord Wu is saying that many of Zhao Xin's remnants are still alive?"

Prime Minister Wu shook his head, Emperor Showa could be said to have paid off the remnants of the King of Sui more thoroughly in order to kill chickens and monkeys, it stands to reason that Qi He's tendons and tendons were broken, and the possibility of surviving is extremely small, and it is precisely because of this that Emperor Showa did not let people kill him directly, who knew that his life was so big, he actually survived, and he made such a big move.

"The emperor can rest assured, the king of Sui has already destroyed his remnants, and the reason why Qi He is so arrogant is also because there are people behind him, so that when the minister sent someone to arrest him, he let him run away!"

"Where did he flee?"

Prime Minister Wu quickly raised his eyebrows and glanced at Emperor Showa. "Iron Horse Castle."

Emperor Showa breathed a sigh of relief, and a wave of anger rushed to his chest, the Iron Horse Warrior City is Zhao Xuanling's fiefdom, because Zhao Xuanling's soldiers and horses are stationed there all the year round, and the entire city is regarded as an iron prison, and his people are rarely able to find out the news over there.

"The king also wants to rebel!?"

Prime Minister Wu Cheng hurriedly lowered his head, he didn't know if Zhao Xuanling wanted to rebel or not, but it was true that Qi He fled to Iron Horse Battle.

"Your Majesty, since you have arrived in the Iron Horse City, why don't you let the king arrest the people?"

Emperor Showa was silent, wouldn't letting Zhao Xuanling arrest someone give him a chance to shield Qi He?

Prime Minister Wu Cheng has been in power for many years, so he naturally sees Emperor Showa's hesitation. "Your Majesty, if the king can't arrest people and bring them to justice, then he also has the crime of doing things unfavorably, and there is no one more suitable for this trip than the king."

Emperor Showa was still silent, Zhao Xuanling at the beginning

With his legs crippled, he relaxed his vigilance, but he didn't expect him to secretly act and Huikong, an old bald donkey, secretly colluded to heal his legs, and now he is still in Xijing, he can still control it, but if he is allowed to return to the fiefdom at this time, wouldn't it be a return to the mountain?

Letting the tiger of the King of Nanyang return to the mountain before had already made him sit still, not to mention that Zhao Xuanling was even more difficult to deal with than the King of Nanyang.

"This makes me think again."

Prime Minister Wu Cheng saw that Emperor Showa was like this, and he did not continue to persuade him.

"Prime Minister Wu Cheng has been traveling all the way here, go back and rest and repair for two days."

"Yes, Weichen retired."

"Your Majesty, there is an urgent report in Xicheng!" As soon as Prime Minister Wu left, a palace man hurriedly ran outside the imperial study and said loudly.

Emperor Showa's heart skipped a beat. "What?"

"Your Majesty, there has been no rain for two consecutive months in Xicheng after the beginning of summer, and now the people's fields have dried up, and merchants have taken the opportunity to raise the price of grain, and many people in Xicheng have starved to death on the streets."

"There's a drought in Xicheng?"

"Yes, the people of Xicheng jointly wrote a letter to pray for the emperor to pray for rain."

Xicheng is in the northwest area of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and there is relatively little rain all year round, but although there is little rain in previous years, there are always so many days a month to make some rain, and the people can barely survive.

"Go, get me the Qin Heavenly Prison."

"Yes."

In the past month, things have continued to happen, which has made Emperor Showa unable to sleep at night, and Emperor Showa has lost a lot of weight in just a few days.

Officials all said that Emperor Showa was worried about the people who were affected by the disaster in Xicheng, and for a time, many people praised Emperor Showa as a Ming monarch who was worried about the country and the people.

But even if Emperor Showa was so sad that his hair turned white, it still didn't rain in Xicheng, even if the imperial court had already distributed relief food, it could only solve the urgent need, if it didn't rain like this, Xicheng would become a dead city sooner or later.

Therefore, Emperor Showa had to put the matter of worshiping the heavens and praying for rain on the agenda.

After the Qin Tian supervisor calculated the auspicious day, he prepared the ritual of worshipping the heavens in the Temple of Heaven in Xijing.

On the day of the sacrifice, before dawn, the civil and military officials put on their court clothes and went to the Temple of Heaven early.

Emperor Showa, dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, stood under the Temple of Heaven and looked at the stone steps that went straight up to the clouds.

"Your Majesty, the auspicious time is coming, please ask the emperor to go to the Temple of Heaven."

Emperor Showa walked 9981 stone steps and finally came to the circular Temple of Heaven, all around the Temple of Heaven are filled with colorful flags for rain and sacrifice to the sky, in the middle of the Temple of Heaven there is a bronze engraved with a variety of strange words of the copper plate, it is said that this copper plate is the holy relic obtained by the founding emperor of the year, everyone says that this holy relic is the foundation of the Eastern Jin Dynasty that has lasted for hundreds of years, the holy relic is in, the Eastern Jin Dynasty is in, the holy relic is destroyed, the Eastern Jin Dynasty is dead!

The golden light broke through, and a touch of golden light shone directly on the copper plate, refracting a colorful halo in mid-air.

The big drum sounded, and the priests on the Temple of Heaven waved the dust in their hands and danced a strange ritual dance around the holy relics.

Qin Tianjian lit three pillars of large incense and walked to Emperor Showa.

"The true dragon begs for rain, and the gods bless you." The long singing sound was like a megaphone from the altar to the crowd.

Emperor Showa held incense and knelt down on the futon with a reverent face.

"The gods bless me with the prosperity of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the prosperity will not fade, we are pious, and the gods will ...... rain" Qin Tianjian waved his hands and raised his legs to dance the sacrificial dance, and finally recited the words.

That's when a strange scene appeared

A puff of black smoke suddenly came out of the holy object, and the black smoke became thicker and thicker, gradually spreading over the altar.

The ministers kneeling down and the people who were watching from afar were shocked when they saw this scene.

"Yes, it's the gods who have appeared, it's the gods who have appeared!"

The crowd didn't know who shouted, and for a while the crowd of onlookers was boiling.

The black smoke above the altar became thicker and thicker, and Emperor Showa was also amazed.

Just when everyone thought that this was the manifestation of the gods, a loud "bang" shook the priests around the altar to the side.

"Ahh

"Your Majesty!"

The people below were shocked, and the forbidden army rushed to the altar as soon as possible.

The black smoke in mid-air became heavier and heavier, and suddenly a gust of wind blew, and the black smoke suddenly transformed into the appearance of a giant dragon!

Black Dragon!

"It's an evil dragon, look, it's not a manifestation of the gods at all, it's an evil dragon who has descended into the world, it is an evil dragon who has descended into the world!"

The people under the altar looked at the black dragon with frightened expressions on their faces.

Zhao Chen, who was standing at the bottom, ran up to the altar and helped Emperor Showa, who was also shocked and speechless.

"It's dangerous here, escort the emperor back to the palace first!"

Emperor Showa looked at the hideous dragon with scarlet eyes, and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

"This is, what is this ......"

"Quick!" Zhao Chen asked the forbidden army to leave with Emperor Showa.

Zhao Hanjun saw Zhao Chen go to the altar first, and a trace of annoyance flashed in his eyes. "Go and disperse all the people, and the things of today must not be preached!"

That being said, there are at least a few thousand people present, and this mouth can be sealed if you want to!

"Lord Wang, what the hell is going on?" Mingyang looked at the black dragon above the altar and was also surprised.

Zhao Xuanling looked at the black dragon that was gradually dispersing expressionlessly. "Immediately have someone go and inspect everything on the altar."

"Yes."

"The evil dragon is here, it's the evil dragon that has come to the world, run, everyone run!"

Despite the terrified shouts of the people, the entire Temple of Heaven became chaotic, and even the surrounding streets were blocked.

Zhao Xuanling looked at the people running around, and frowned slightly. "Hui, find someone to evacuate the people to avoid unnecessary casualties."

"Yes."

Emperor Showa sacrificed to the sky for rain but sacrificed a black dragon, which quickly spread in Xijing, and I don't know who was so well-informed, and this matter quickly spread to Xicheng.

The emperor's sacrifice to the sky and rain was the last expectation for the people of Xicheng, but now this last hope has also been shattered, and the people of Xicheng began to be restless in just a few days.

"Miss, it's not good, it's not good!"

Although Lin Mumu has been imprisoned in the Lin Mansion for the past few days, Zhao Chen did not let people restrict the freedom of the people in the Lin Mansion, so she knew about the sacrifice to the sky on the same day.

It's okay in this house, Lin Mumu simply studied the Gu number, and she asked Ning Yuan to find a way to collect those Gu number classics for her.

Lin Mumu looked at the classics and leisurely swallowed melon seeds. "What's wrong, my eldest lady and I'm very good."

"No, it's not that the eldest lady is bad, it's the king, it's the king!" Shuangshuang poured a glass of water and poured it in before saying.

"The king is not good!?" Lin Mumu threw down the book in her hand and pulled her over. "Got it."