As the severe drought in the north that started at the beginning of the year gradually deepened, starvation was everywhere in Chi County and other parts of China.

Yunjing City, the capital of Emperor Yan, has become increasingly prosperous.

This giant city with a population of one million was originally located in Hanli, Xingxing, and Hetianxiazhong below. It was the veritable heart of the empire and the head of the Dragon Vein.

Through the official roads extending in all directions and the Grand Canal running through the north and south, it handles a massive flow of people and logistics at all times, as well as the majestic dragon energy of the entire Chixian Shenzhou.

And as a large number of middle- and lower-class tycoons poured in under the pressure of the local government, they brought an even greater amount of manpower, material resources, and financial resources.

Spend a lot of money to buy houses, property, food, clothing, housing and transportation for your family and servants...

It directly contributed to the unprecedented prosperity of all walks of life in the capital.

"Sell big or small, hey! Little goldfish, come on!"

"Hey, the buns are so hot! Hey, the buns are getting hot! Keep going, these buns are so hot, and the dough-baked buns are going to be hot!"

"..."

During this time, even the hawking sounds of the vendors on the street seemed particularly enthusiastic.

It's like pouring a bowl of hot oil on a fire. No matter how you look at it, it's a scene of a prosperous time when the oil is being cooked by a raging fire.

It is even better than the most prosperous period in the history of Yunjing City.

In the sky above Yunjing City, the increasingly surging golden-red dragon energy almost condensed into substance, gradually turning into golden rain, and the smallpox scattered in profusion.

However, the center of the Great Flame Dragon Qi, the multi-headed dragon entrenched directly above the imperial city, became increasingly obese.

Not only was he short and plump, but in just a few months, the number of various snake heads on his neck had rapidly grown to dozens.

It's like a living monster that has been forcibly blended together.

Anyone who is interested actually knows that the dragon energy of the dynasty at this time seems to be unprecedentedly huge, but in fact it is large but not strong, and mixed but not cohesive.

Essentially, it’s just a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered!

Of course, the current rulers of Dayan want exactly this situation.

In the magnificent Imperial Garden, which is almost the pinnacle in the world, a pool of lotus flowers in various shapes and colors blooms particularly beautifully.

The pink and white Dancing Princess Lotus, the top-quality Thousand-petal Lotus with more than three thousand petals, the green-flowered Wenjun Fuchen, and the Bingjiao with peach-shaped buds...

Each one is a hard-to-find treasure.

"The lotus flowers in the pond are blooming particularly beautifully this year, which is quite pleasing to the eye."

"Haha, what did the empress say?

Although this pond full of lotus flowers is moving, no matter how beautiful the lotus flowers are, how can they compare to one ten thousandth of the beauty of the empress?"

"Giggle... Prime Minister's mouth is as if it's been covered with honey. It's so sweet!"

By the pool, a noble lady in luxurious clothes and a graceful appearance stood intimately together with an old official wearing a first-grade crane-toned official uniform with a calm expression on his face.

Let’s admire the precious lotus flowers in the pond together.

One of them is the former Concubine Shu, now the Empress Dowager Su Yuru, and the other is the former Prime Minister of the Cabinet, now the Assistant Minister of Government, Xue Jiexi.

But the way the old man and the young man laughed and talked didn't look like monarchs and ministers, but more like flirting between lovers.

A group of eunuchs and palace maids followed them at a distance, all with low eyebrows and no one dared to raise their head.

No one in the palace knew why the lotus flowers in the pond grew more and more beautiful.

Isn’t it because of those palace people who have mysteriously disappeared without a trace in the past six months?

If so much flower fertilizer sinks, won’t the lotus grow longer and more prosperous?

From February to the present, Su Yuru and Xue Jiexi have gained more and more control over the overall situation of Yunjing, and have been purged time and time again both inside and outside the palace.

They are becoming more and more unscrupulous in their actions.

In front of the public, Xue Jiexi, the Prime Minister's Assistant, directly stopped the Empress Dowager's waist and gently caressed her increasingly rounded belly wrapped in Luan uniform.

They told the foreign ministers that what was in the stomach was the "posthumous child" left by the Emperor Jianming who had not yet swallowed his breath before the accident.

But who in the palace knows who the real father of the fetus is?

The Empress Dowager shyly pushed the Prime Minister, straightened her face and said:

"During this period, I will follow what you and Zhou [Bing Sheng] said.

He personally sat in the palace and supervised the installation of 129,600 statues of the Inanimate Buddha, large and small, in the entire imperial city, totaling one yuan.

Known as: One yuan is the beginning, everything is renewed.

I bathed and fasted for another seven days. Wearing a phoenix robe and a phoenix crown, holding the jade seal from Jingliang, I personally worshiped each Buddha statue. As of yesterday, I had completed all of them.

How are you preparing outside?"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed slightly towards the imperial garden.

As far as the eye can see, beside the road, on the corners of the eaves, and beside the stone railings... there are indeed colorful Buddha statues with strange shapes, most of them in groups of three.

Some of the Buddha statues have a stooped figure like an old man, wearing a green cassock, sitting on a three-story lotus platform, with a green sun appearing behind the head;

Some of them are burly and look like young men, wearing red cassocks, sitting on a six-story lotus platform, with a red sun appearing behind their heads;

The last part is as thin as a boy, wearing a white cassock, sitting on a 90% lotus platform, with a white sun appearing behind his head.

What’s even weirder is that the heads of these Buddha statues are not normal human heads, but sundials corresponding to three different times: evening, noon, and morning.

It is the past, present and future three incarnations of the "Incarnate Old Buddha", and there are exactly 43,200 statues of each type of Buddha.

Each Buddha statue is also stamped with the eight seal characters "Ordered by Heaven, may you live forever".

There is no doubt that when Su Yuru worshiped the Empress Dowager and took refuge in the "Inanimate Old Buddha", it was tantamount to opening the door to a thief.

In the "Dragon Qi Law Ban" that was already in disarray, another big hole was opened for this [Heavenly Official].

The "Old Buddha of Wusheng", who had already coveted this Yunjing City, handed over the knife and fork to enjoy the delicious meal.

Xue Jiexi nodded:

“The plan is progressing quite smoothly.

Regardless of the consequences, they forcibly recruited powerful people to the capital. In less than half a year, there were 200,000 of the richest people in the country added to the capital.

In the name of the new emperor, he also issued an order to open Enke, and candidates from all over the country flocked to Beijing to participate in the examination, determined to capture all the cultural gatherings in this Great Yan in the coming decades!"

Since we are going to sacrifice blood to Yunjing City and hold a [Killing Banquet] of unprecedented scale, the more sacrifices, the better.

After all, brewing [immortal wine] requires the grains of people: muddy people, common people, mortals, sages, and saints. There is never too much, and there is never too much essence.

Especially for [Sage of War] Zhou Xinglou.

Only at a [Killing Feast] of this scale can the best cup of [Immortality Wine] be brewed.

Let him drink this wine and steal a [non-reproductive fruit] corresponding to the realm of Qingzhuan, which can not only seek immortality, but also maintain his own power of [Sage of War].

Throughout the ages, there have been very few people who could accomplish the feat of the highest level [Killing Feast] as a mere [Soldier].

Xue Jiexi saw the cold light flashing in her beautiful eyes when Su Yuru nodded slightly, and knew her thoughts clearly, and continued:

"Don't worry.

Pei Yulou's family records, as well as the family records of the five battalions of [Daobing] who followed him to Dengzhou Prefecture, have all been detained in a secret [small interior].

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They sent people to inquire several times with no success, and they waited until the day of the blood sacrifice to kill them all.

There is no need to worry about the second prince Zhou Jinghuan.

Since the fall of ancient dynasties, the old royal family has been despised by humanity and all peoples, and has been burdened with the great cause and effect of all peoples. The backlash from all sides has been particularly brutal, and it is almost impossible to end well.

This week Jinghuan is no exception, he is just a small character who is the pioneer of the king.

The only one who can truly create a new heaven is our child, the only [King of Ming] in this world!"

He stared intently at the Empress Dowager's belly with a look of love on his face.

The Tao of Wusheng has been shouting: "The Buddha and the Elder are reborn, and King Ming is born. Change the world and create the universe!"

After Xue Jiexi completely converted to the Tao of Inanimation, he had obtained the Buddha's promise.

The child of him and Su Yuru is the son of Buddha, and he will also be the [King Ming] who will be married off by all the White Lotus Saints of the "Wansheng Dao" and rule the "White Yang Age".

"O Prince Ming!"

Thinking that the last emperor of the Great Yan Dynasty and the emperors of the new dynasty would be his children, Su Yuru's face gradually showed a trace of longing.

At this moment.

A white mist suddenly rose from the lotus pond in front of them.

There was another sound of rushing water immediately.

When they, immersed in their beautiful fantasy, looked up in shock, they saw the mud rolling in the pool.

Sections of yellow and white lotus roots, as well as swollen and rotting corpses, were quickly spliced ​​together in an indescribable and grotesque way.

Transformed into a terrifying Buddha sitting on a mud rosette.
To be continued...