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However, on the second day, the imperial guards in the city rang the gong again, and rode fast horses around the city to preach that because the plague ghosts in Yanling County were causing trouble, and they did not burn their bodies as soon as possible to get rid of the filth, the heavens were furious and would soon descend Catastrophe.

Naturally, everyone still didn't believe this.

On the third day, the imperial guards in the city took to the streets again...

853 The Plague Ghost Swallows the Sun

This time, the imperial army beat gongs and drums all over the city, but the words they preached surprised the people in the city and the clerks in the government office.

Originally, they didn't believe the words of the imperial guards at all, thinking that Mrs. Hou Ye was just fooling them.

In particular, the clerks and servants of the county government were afraid that their arms would not be able to twist their thighs, so they simply publicized the news that the dead of the epidemic would be burned everywhere in the city, trying to incite the whole city to oppose this, causing panic among the people.

These days, no one wants the corpses of their relatives to be burned.

If someone dares to do this, they all have a desperate heart.

Therefore, in the past two days, when the imperial army beat gongs and drums to spread the propaganda that the plague ghosts polluted the corpses, no one believed them, and even sneered, thinking that Mrs. Hou was playing them as fools.

Although no one knew the reason why the corpses of patients with Datou plague would turn black after death, but everyone also did not believe that it was the plague ghosts who polluted the corpses with filth.

But early this morning, the two hundred imperial guards took to the streets again, and after beating the gong to attract everyone's attention, they shouted loudly: "Everyone, listen carefully, the Taoist ancestor asked the Marquis of Menghu County to inform that the corpse was filthy because of the epidemic ghost in Yanling County. Therefore, the heavens have also suffered from the pollution. The sun in the sky today will be engulfed by the plague ghosts for a while because of this matter. Although Taoist ancestors have powerful magic powers, they can quickly dispel the plague ghosts from swallowing the sun, but if If these polluted corpses in the human world are not burned as soon as possible, then the world will be in chaos, and the plague ghosts will take the opportunity to wreak havoc on the human world, and even the gods and Taoist ancestors in the sky will be powerless!"

The imperial guards loudly proclaimed it over and over again in the city, but all the brows of the common people were frowning.

Plague ghost swallows the sun?

How is this possible?

Many people subconsciously raised their heads to look at the rising sun, and couldn't help saying a few times in their hearts: "Bless the Taoist ancestor, bless the Taoist ancestor!"

Regardless of whether the people believe it or not, this matter has put a big question mark in their hearts.

Because if Hu County Hou and Mrs. Hou Ye fooled them about this matter, it would be too easy to be exposed.

If no Plague Ghost Tunri appeared today, wouldn't that mean it was all a scam?

That being the case, what's the point of Huxian Hou ordering people to spread it everywhere?

In Yanling County, because of the publicity of the forbidden army, it suddenly became lively.

Although everyone was strictly prohibited from going out of the gate, the people in the workshop still couldn't bear the surprise in their hearts, and walked out of their own doors one after another, discussing in low voice with the neighbors on the left and right.

"Dalang, do you think this is true or not? Could it be that the corpses of those who died because of the plague ghost were really polluted by filth?"

"Bah, I don't believe this kind of nonsense! From my point of view, this must be the words of that Huxian Marquis who wanted to deceive us. These officials don't have a good thing!"

"Everyone, don't you know? A few days ago, many people died in the Lifang beside the city wall, which was specially used to house the sick. Those people were all dragged out of the city overnight by the Lord Hou. Burn the fire! Because of this, many family members of the sick family are crying at the county government."

"Tsk tsk, do you think that Lord Marquis is crazy? He actually asked me to burn the corpse. This matter has never been heard of since ancient times! If this corpse is burned to ashes, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to suffer down here?"

"Isn't it? We are not those eminent monks in the Shamen, who can be led to the Western Paradise after death. If this corpse is burned, the ancestors will not even receive an incense offering in the future."

"If you want me to say, what kind of epidemic ghost swallows the sun is simply nonsense!"

The clerks of the county yamen also gathered in the county yamen at this time, whispering to each other about this matter.

But no matter what, the voices of the imperial guards shouting in the city were almost broken, but almost no one believed it.

What the imperial guards preached in the city for the past two days was naturally what Li Wangyou taught Su Changqing.

At that time, his mind was full of how to fool the people in the city, but the sunlight in the sky hurt his eyes.

While covering the shade with his hands, a sentence popped out of Li Wangyou's mind suddenly.

"April, Jiazishuo, the sun has an eclipse."

This is recorded in "Zizhi Tongjian" about the solar eclipse in the Tang Dynasty in the fourth year of Zhenguan.

Jiazishuo is April [-]st, April Fool's Day for later generations.

Li Wangyou asked the dandies that after March 27th of the fourth year of Zhenguan, he immediately thought of using a solar eclipse to play tricks and deceive tens of thousands of people in the city.

Solar eclipse, even elementary school students in later generations can explain its principle clearly.

But in China, it has been an ominous sign since ancient times.

Under normal circumstances, people refer to a solar eclipse as the Tiangou eclipse day, and the "day" represents the emperor of heaven, and the emperor is the son of heaven.If there is a solar eclipse, it is a bad omen for evildoers to invade the emperor's rule.

A solar eclipse is not only unlucky, but also extremely unlucky.

In fact, it's not just China. In the era when astronomy was not yet perfect, the attitudes of countries around the world towards solar eclipses were basically the same.

Therefore, when a solar eclipse occurs, these events will be solemnly recorded in the history books.

Li Wangyou recalled the historical records that a solar eclipse would occur on April [-]st in the fourth year of Zhenguan, so he immediately thought of using this solar eclipse to solve the difficulty of cremating corpses in the city.

Since the people are ignorant, blind propaganda may not be effective, and time is of no use. At this time, using the solar eclipse to fabricate a saying that "the plague ghost swallows the sun" to frighten them is the most effective way.

Li Wangyou not only intended to scare the people of Yanling County, but he also immediately wrote a memorial, and asked the fast horse to send it to Zhengzhou, and presented it to Li Er, who had been stationed in Zhengzhou and watched the epidemic situation in Xuzhou, to know.

In his memorial, he also attributed the solar eclipse that will occur in three days to the "plague ghost swallowing the sun".

Li Wangyou wrote this memorial to Li Er, naturally to pave the way for himself, so that in the future, those censors who have nothing to do will impeach him for burning his body.

At the same time, Li Wangyou was also trying to save Li Er from the siege.

After all, a solar eclipse in the Tang Dynasty was an ominous omen, and it was usually attributed to the emperor's loss of morality and the treacherous party in power.

Li Wangyou sent a memorial to Li Er three days in advance, stating that this was caused by the Xuzhou epidemic ghost, which naturally avoided the criticism of the officials in the future.

After all, even though Li Er and Li Wangyou, the uncle and nephew, took advantage of the "gold theft case" to ruthlessly cheat a family and sweep Wang Renyou, Zheng Yuanshou and others out of the court, But the power of the aristocratic family in the court still cannot be underestimated.

This kind of trouble can be avoided if possible.

What's more, apart from Li Er's stubbornness in wanting to marry Changle to him, he is also sincere to Li Wangyou, so Li Wangyou also reciprocated, and did not forget to give back to his uncle.

However, Li Wangyou's memorial was sent to Zhengzhou, but it also caused a lot of trouble...

854 April Jiazi Shuo

From Xuzhou to Zhengzhou, the distance is only more than 200 miles, and it can be reached in half a day on a fast horse.

Li Wangyou's memorial was placed on Li Er's temporary desk in Zhengzhou that day.

After reading the memorial sent by Li Wangyou, Li Er couldn't help but frown, hesitating for a while before ordering someone to invite Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji and other bigwigs to discuss the matter.

Everyone had circulated Li Wangyou's memorial, and they all showed surprise and suspicion.