Ji Xiao then spoke.

But he said first: "Amitabha, the poor monk must first ask His Majesty for guilt - as His Majesty said before, on top of the matter of sacrificing to the heavens, it was the poor monks who misjudged the will of heaven and almost made a big mistake. ”

As he spoke, his tone was guilty and his expression was compassionate.

Emperor Zhaofeng's face changed suddenly when he heard this, and he said solemnly: "Why did the national teacher say this? Could it be that the hexagram has changed? ”

After a pause, he asked, "Or is it related to Ningtong?" ”

Ji Xiao lowered his eyes slightly, and sighed: "It is true that as Your Majesty said, the hexagram has changed, and it directly refers to Ning Commander." ”

Emperor Zhaofeng's face changed again.

"The national teacher just has to keep talking."

"But in the event of a natural disaster, there must be a cause, and since ancient times, the world has been accustomed to attributing cause and effect to the emperor's immorality - but they don't know that when the king is virtuous, there are still natural disasters in the world, but in fact, whenever there is a great unvirtuous person in the world, so that the world is wronged, it will be warned by God."

Emperor Zhaofeng listened with great agreement.

That's right, why should the emperor take the blame whenever there is a natural disaster?

Although he is not virtuous, he is not extremely mediocre, and he is dedicated to worshipping gods and Buddhas, how can he be warned?

Therefore, the "great unsage" in the mouth of the national teacher is the root cause of frequent natural disasters.

In an instant, Emperor Zhaofeng's face sank and sank.

He had already warned the concubine and the Ning family.

"If it weren't for this natural disaster, the bones of those women who died in vain would never have a chance to appear in front of the world." Jixiao's tone was compassionate.

Emperor Zhaofeng's eyes were heavy.

"As the national teacher said, the will of heaven has its own deep meaning."

The most undisobedient thing for a person to live in the world is the word providence, and he has always believed in it.

"The poor monk spied on the heavens before and learned that the catastrophe could only be quelled by sacrificing people, but because he could not fully understand the heavens, he deviated from the meaning of heaven's will, and almost caused the lives to be ruined."

Ji Xiao clasped his hands together and said happily: "Fortunately, God has the virtue of a good life, first His Majesty met the dream of the immortals, and there were many warnings, and tonight he borrowed the hands of the poor monk to make the truth revealed - it is the poor monk who is stupid, and he has only now understood it." ”

Emperor Zhaofeng did not speak for a while.

He pondered everything that had happened in the near future.

First of all, with curiosity, he invited the little fairy into the palace, and heard the fairy dream.

Coincidentally, the prince also met the immortal dream.

Even the queen mother also complained about the children who were about to be sacrificed, so the headache did not stop, and it has not disappeared so far.

Then there were the bats that hit the windows, and the altars caught fire......

Immediately afterward, he did not wake up from a nightmare, and he also saw the immortal in his dream.

Then, Ning Tong caused a scandal in front of the Buddha statue in Dayongchang Temple, and when he was summoned to the palace, his body was unharmed, but he was paranoid and said that he didn't remember what happened at all-

At that time, there were rumors among the people that it was the gods' punishment, but he didn't believe it, but Ning Tong was ashamed to admit it.

But now, connecting these things, he vaguely believes it.

The twenty-one female corpses that were sunk at the bottom of the water, as the national teacher said, would not have had a chance to appear in the world if it were not for a natural disaster.

He had previously questioned why the heavens should sacrifice the living to the heavens when they had the virtue of a good life.

But now I understand.

This living person is not another living person—

At this point, all the mysteries that haunted his heart were solved.

Emperor Zhaofeng was silent for a long time.

Ji Xiao didn't say anything more.

Liu Fu was on the side, and his eyes fell on Ji Xiao without a trace.

If you had done it from the very beginning, it would have been too deep and terrifying......

And if you see that the emperor intends to cancel the sacrifice to the sky, and only make up his mind halfway, in addition to getting out cleanly, and not seeing the bloodlight to eradicate the means of heavy enemies, it is also shocking.

Liu Fu couldn't help but look at Emperor Zhaofeng with a heavy heart.

At this time, the inner prison entered the temple and passed it on.

"Your Majesty, Lord Cheng is asking to see you outside."

Cheng Ran is here again?

Emperor Zhaofeng moved his eyebrows: "Come in." ”

Cheng Ran walked into the hall to salute, and when he saw that Jixiao was also there, he was a little surprised, and he couldn't help but speculate in his heart.

Isn't it a mistake to make an operation by the river, and I specially changed my tune with the emperor?

Even though Cheng Ran was uneasy in his heart, he still truthfully explained everything.

"What does Cheng Aiqing mean is that someone testified that he had seen the Ning family's servants throw their bodies into the river?" Emperor Zhaofeng obviously didn't expect Cheng Ran to find the clues so quickly.

"Back to the emperor, exactly."

Cheng Ran only hesitated for a moment, and then said: "According to Weichen's opinion, the Ning family's servants in Zhuangzi near the Wushui River should be arrested and interrogated immediately. In addition, he asked the emperor to allow his ministers to go to Ning's house to search. ”

Emperor Zhaofeng did not speak for a while.

Sensing the emperor's hesitation, Cheng Ran said again: "The emperor is only afraid that he doesn't know, and now the people are talking about it, and the practice of the national teacher by the river has also been spread to everyone. ”

Emperor Zhaofeng sighed in his heart.

Button him again.

"Presumptuous!"

A sharp voice suddenly entered the temple.

At the same time, an inner eunuch said in a panic: "Guifei Niangniang, please let the servants pass it on to the emperor first——"

"Get out of here, the thing that doesn't have long eyes!"

"Smack!"

A crisp slap of applause resounded all around, and the inner supervisor who had been slapped didn't even dare to scream, and knelt down in great panic.

"Your Majesty, don't listen to other people's words at will!"

Ning Guifei strode in, hastily saluted Emperor Zhaofeng, and her eyes fell on Cheng Ran on the side.

"Why did Concubine Ai come here at this hour?" Emperor Zhaofeng's tone was helpless.

There are no rules on weekdays, but this time in front of the great teacher and Cheng Aiqing, he was so reckless, and he also made a move on the internal supervisor, which really made him feel very faceless.

Although the great master was expressionless, Cheng Aiqing seemed to be surprised.

But because of this, his mood is more subtle and complicated.

"The concubine heard some rumors, so she expected that someone would take the opportunity to slander Your Majesty, if the concubine didn't come again, I was afraid that the emperor would be provoked by others!"

Cheng Ran was silent.

He can't argue with a shrew and reason, at this time, in the end, it depends on the emperor's intentions.

In addition, he didn't understand the intention of the great master, so it was better to wait and see what happened.

Emperor Zhaofeng glanced at Cheng Ran dissatisfied.

Wasn't it quite able to say when you buttoned his hat just now? Why are you suddenly mute now?

Well, it seems that it is too difficult to reason with women, and everyone knows it.

"Your Majesty!"

Seeing that no one spoke for a long time, Concubine Ning became anxious.

"I understand the feelings of the concubine." Emperor Zhaofeng opened his mouth and said: "I don't believe half a word of the rumors outside. ”

Concubine Ning Guifei breathed a sigh of relief.

I know that the emperor is towards their Ning family!

What kind of bullshit is that the big country teachers are pointing out the law, and the people are all about it, and it is not worth mentioning at all.

Emperor Zhaofeng said: "Therefore, I decided to grant Cheng Aiqing's invitation and ordered someone to go to the Ning Mansion to search—in this way, you can return your brother's innocence, and you can also block all those nonsense mouths." ”