nashuaworldcup Chapter 207: Strange things happen, people disappear out of thin air, people are panicking
Chapter 207: Strange things happen, people disappear out of thin air, people are panicking
Qixi was a little anxious, and moved forward a few inches while swinging his snake tail. [It's not difficult, it's not difficult. There is another flood in the south this time. You just need to make a contribution that can benefit the people.]
Xiyu's fingers hooked on the abacus beads suddenly stopped.
This... doesn't seem to be difficult.
"The treasury is empty. If I donate money at this time, does that count as saving the people?"
【Of course it counts! 】
Qixi Snake Head nodded vigorously, that's what it means!
He was secretly delighted. He finally got it! The little ginseng spirit finally got it!
So simple?
Xi Yu glanced at him suspiciously, "Then the part of my profit that I donated before is still counted as part of the previous task of making money?"
She has to be careful of these people setting traps for her.
[It's all calculated. No matter how much you spend, what you earn is what you earn. This cannot be changed.]
The little snake demon looks quite servile.
Seeing his expression, Xiyu knew that he was asking her for help. It seemed that the initiative of this matter was in her hands.
She nodded calmly and continued to calculate the accounts, "Okay, I understand."
Only by checking the account book can you know how much money you have to donate.
Moreover, if we want to do something for the people who are suffering from the flood disaster at this time, donating money is not the only way. The most important thing is to let the ministers donate money on their own initiative.
After all, no matter how much money she has, it can't compare to the flames of a fire made by everyone.
Thinking of Yinzhen's sad face during this period, she came up with an idea.
Xiyu put down the abacus and went into the study.
After a long time, the door of the study was opened again, and Yinzhen quietly entered the palace under the cover of night...
At the morning court session on the second day, Kangxi directly ordered all ministers in the court to make donations on their own initiative, and set an example by taking out nearly half of the treasures in his private treasury and selling them all.
With Kangxi setting a precedent, the princes naturally had to show their sincerity and each took out tens of thousands of taels of silver and some jewelry. The ministers naturally did not dare to pretend to be dead, and everyone donated some money more or less.
This fundraising campaign raised a total of nearly two million taels of money. Kangxi directly sent people to load the money onto trucks overnight and exchange it for supplies, which were then sent to Yinan, Taiyuan and other places.
However, the royal family contributed the bulk of this fundraising.
The total amount of money donated by those officials was only more than 500,000 taels, which was far from enough.
However, Kangxi did not say anything and left the court.
……
April 15th, the moon is full.
At night, the moon was bright and sparse, and the screams of poultry were heard frequently in the yards of many families in the capital. When people went out to check, they found that the yard was full of blood, and there were bite marks on the necks of chickens and ducks from unknown objects...
The government sent people to investigate, but to no avail.
On April 16, dark clouds covered the moon.
The livestock in the people's homes screamed, the mountains and forests were filled with the roars of wild beasts, and the fear of a tide of beasts coming down the mountain was tightly wrapped in the hearts of the people living at the foot of the mountain.
They simply didn't dare go out to check on their livestock.
Sure enough, the next morning, all the livestock in the house were dead, leaving only some bones that were gnawed by wild beasts.
April 17th, it was another cloudy day.
Many people have heard screams in their sleep, but nothing happened when they opened their eyes. They thought they were dreaming or hallucinating, but the next morning they found that the door of their neighbor next door was covered in blood and no one answered when they knocked.
The government sent people to investigate and found that all these people had disappeared without any news.
Based on the bloodstains on the door, the people guessed that everyone might have died, and they were in a panic for a while.
……
"Your Majesty, strange things are happening frequently in the capital. First, something happened to the poultry and livestock. Then, people are disappearing frequently. Someone suddenly went crazy on the street and hacked people in the street.
There is a rumor going around that there is a demon causing trouble. I wonder if we can ask Master Dunkong from Baohua Temple to come down the mountain and solve this matter."
When it comes to hacking people to pieces, the ministers are not afraid, after all, they have guards at home.
But... it's a bit creepy when people disappear out of thin air.
They were also afraid that one day blood would appear at the door and that they would be the ones who disappeared.
"Is there such a thing?"
Kangxi's eyes shone, and after thinking for a moment, he seemed to think that this matter was absurd. "I saw the list sent to me, and it says that the missing people are not good people. Maybe they are not evil spirits, but people punishing evil and promoting good."
"As for the poultry and livestock... most of the places where they occurred are remote. I guess wild animals from the mountains are causing trouble. We should send people to the mountains to clear them out."
Kangxi waved his hand and seemed not to care about the matter.
After receiving such an answer, the official who reported the matter was helpless.
However, after the court session ended, the Imperial Observatory sent news of unusual phenomena in the sky, saying that the strange things happening in the capital might be a punishment from heaven.
The ministers had no idea how Kangxi would respond, but the news spread quickly among them.
……
In the minds of the common people, it is better to pray to gods and Buddhas than to the government for such strange things.
Temples near the capital were suddenly packed with people, all coming to burn incense and pray for safety.
I don't know who got the news that the strange things in the capital city specifically target people who have no merit or virtue, and that it is the divine power sent down by heaven to cleanse the world.
Those who do evil are filled with fear, and those who have always been kind are also terrified, fearing that they have done something wrong inadvertently and will be punished by God.
This panic reached its peak before the court session the next day - because many officials saw large bloodstains on their doors when they went out, and some people did disappear from the palace.
After entering the palace, this group of people knelt in the Golden Palace and begged Kangxi to let Master Dunkong go down the mountain to rescue people.
Tong Guowei looked at the people kneeling down and felt that something was strange, but he couldn't put his finger on it for a moment.
Confucius did not talk about strange things, supernatural powers, or gods; he did not believe in them.
He guessed that someone might be behind this.
But what is the purpose?
Could it be that a prince wanted to take this opportunity to eliminate those who were not part of his faction?
But in the evening, when Tong Guowei finished his work and returned home, he received terrible news.
His concubine fell to the ground crying, her clothes disheveled and her face filled with sorrow, as if she was about to cry herself to death.
"Master, something happened to our hero——"
She pointed a trembling finger into the room, her voice shrill.
He rushed into the house and saw the scene in front of him, his heart was broken.
Tong Jia Shunjiao was lying on the couch, wet all over, his face as pale as paper, his eyes closed, and he didn't move.
Tong Guowei's heart sank suddenly, his head felt dizzy, and his body leaned back involuntarily.
Jiao'er is his late-born son, who is only six years old this year.
He usually loves his youngest son very much and regards him as the apple of his eye.
But now...