Moon Emperor

Chapter 240 The Change of Luoyang
Time slipped through the fingers like water, and half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

The Empress's side, which has always been gaining the upper hand in the secret contest, has encountered a serious setback in the recent encirclement and suppression operation.

Originally, they planned to dispatch Jinyiwei and Six Doors together at the same time to take down Xinyumen, Bliss Cave, and the hidden personnel of the First Armed Forces in the capital in one fell swoop.

But before the official people had time to attack, these people disappeared overnight, as if the world had evaporated.

And in the past half a month, many strange things have happened one after another in Luoyang.

First, "the earth dragon turned over", and there was a moderate earthquake.

The intensity of the earthquake was not high, but it also collapsed some houses that had been in disrepair for a long time, causing casualties in a small area.

Although the government promptly arranged manpower to repair and relieve the disaster, there were still rumors among the people that this was an ominous omen.

A few days after the earthquake, there was a severe drought first, the wells dried up, and even the water level of the Luo River dropped rapidly, making it difficult for the people in the city to use water, and the price of water transported from outside the city rose sharply.

After waiting for several days, the water level finally returned to normal, but what the people brought up from the well was actually blood!
This caused the people to panic again, and there was a lot of discussion. While the court was busy dispelling the rumors, it was a headache to ask the monks to help purify the water source.

A few days later, there was another sign of "the hen wakes up the morning" in the city, that is, the hen came out to crow at sunrise, but the rooster was languid instead.

As soon as this sign came out, there was an uproar among the people. In fact, since the empress came to the throne, the saying that the rooster wakes up in the morning has been widely circulated in private, and it has been repeatedly banned.

In fact, if the government really wants to be ruthless, it can be suppressed if it wants to suppress it.

But this will actually confirm the nature of His Majesty's "tyrant" today, so the Great Chu court has never taken such extreme measures.

It is also because of this that when the phenomenon of the rooster sitting in the morning appeared, not only was there a lot of discussion in Luoyang, but the rumors were also quickly spreading from the capital to other regions.

Finally, in the middle of the night two days ago, there was another bad omen in Luoyang, and the sky cracked suddenly in the northwest!

This vision was extremely spectacular. Countless people witnessed it with their own eyes. The night sky cracked, as if an ugly scar appeared on the dark curtain. The crack was three or four feet wide.

Although the sky fissure didn't last long and disappeared without a trace after an hour or three quarters, it caused a great shock to the common people. They all said it was "God is angry" and "God is angry".
There are even "people of insight" who stand up, and according to this vision, it is pointed out that the ominous cracking of the sky has existed since ancient times.

According to historical records: In February of the second year of Yuankang, Emperor Hui of Jin Dynasty, the sky cracked in the northwest. According to Liu Xiang, "the cracks in the sky are insufficient for yang, and the earth is shaking for more than yin. This is the time when the ruler is in a daze and the concubine is autocratic."

Now earthquakes and sky cracks appear one after another, which clearly indicates that Yin and Yang are reversed in the world, and women interfere in politics, which will lead to the collapse of the country, disasters, and constant swords.

Although this man of insight was quickly dragged to slaughter, his words have spread and many people have sympathized with him
In fact, quite a few people in the city sensed that something might happen, so those wealthy households with their families and businesses had dragged their families along and prepared to leave Luoyang for a while.

In principle, the imperial court does not prohibit this kind of behavior, but all members of the aristocratic family are prohibited from leaving, otherwise they will be punished as fleeing.

In the Ziwei City Imperial Palace, the Empress, who was in the center of the huge vortex, looked calm at this moment, and even had the leisure to play chess with Su Yan.

To be honest, Su Yan spent the past half month quite comfortably. The food and clothing in the palace is not comparable to that of the Monk Temple.

Moreover, due to repeated changes in Luoyang, Qi Longhuang is very busy these days and has no time to attack him at night.

Naturally, Su Yan would not run to attack the empress at night, let alone deliberately enter the wrong concubine's room, and have a scene of drunken play with the concubine. He is not so beastly and hungry.

On the contrary, some women in the deep palace tried their best to meet him. After all, in this palace city, countless people want to come in, and countless people want to go out.
In addition, during this period of time, Su Yan did not see Qi Yanwu.

Because this guy actually said he was sick and didn't see any customers? ?

For a top expert who has stepped into the realm of martial arts, it is a joke to be so sick that he can't see people.

So he doesn't want to see Su Yan?Still dare not see?
After all, Su Yan's name is still very famous in Luoyang, especially his fairy pupil features, it is understandable for Qi Yanwu to worry about being seen by him.

From Qi Longhuang's point of view, maybe there are both, and this will obviously deepen people's suspicion of him, but Qi Yanwu still does not see Su Yan, which shows his fear of Su Yan.

Finally, Su Yan and Qi Longhuang have also discussed the various changes in the capital recently.

It has to be said that their opponents were very clever, and they were able to create all kinds of abnormalities one after another, and they created them so naturally that the people of the Great Chu court could not trace the source.

When the cleavage phenomenon appeared, someone once suggested to ask Uncle Huang to take action to forcefully erase these phenomena; or to ask Shen Wushang, or even Su Yan to take action.

But these proposals were calmly stopped by Qi Longhuang. It would be fine if the vision could be eliminated immediately after the attack. If not, it would further weaken the morale of one's own side.

Moreover, these strange phenomena did not directly cause substantial harm to Luoyang or anyone, so there was no need to follow the opponent's rhythm, just deal with it calmly according to the original plan.

All in all, combined with the disappearance of Xinyumen and others overnight, both Qi Longhuang and Su Yan believed that the mastermind behind the scenes and the mysterious force were about to make a move, probably in the last few days.

This is faster than they expected. It seems that those people also realized that if all the people under their hands are killed, there will be no soldiers who want to rebel, and the chance of success will be even lower.

Now that Xinyumen and others disappeared, Qi Longhuang, Su Yan, and their confidants naturally also discussed whether they should take the Li family of Zhaojun first?

Anyway, they didn't disappear, and they are still carrying out their daily activities openly and aboveboard.

But Ji Zhenggang, the commander of Jin Yiwei, disagreed. He thought it might be a trap. Perhaps the enemy needed to sacrifice a family with blood to launch some kind of arrangement. Otherwise, it would be too weird for the Li family not to shrink their range to protect themselves.

Shen Wushang held the opposite opinion. He believed that if he wanted to attack the Li family, it must be done quickly, and it should be wiped out in one fell swoop, so as to prevent any accidental factors from happening.

In the end, Qi Longhuang adopted the factory owner's opinion. Of course, in order to prevent Ji Zhenggang's worries from being realized, the people in the court had to make some arrangements in advance to separate the Li family from other surrounding areas.

It will take some time. Tomorrow morning at three o'clock, it will be time to do it at dawn, and Su Yan will be there in person at that time.

(End of this chapter)