Chapter 146

Chapter 146: Canal built by Heaven (pt. 1 & 2)

T/N: I accidentally skipped this chapter, so I'm adding it in

There are countless things to consider. People are becoming more and more concerned as to whether the princess' promise is true, that soon, it will only take seven days connect the North to south of the kingdom.

This will be a great feat if accomplished, enough for people to spread songs of praise for many generations!

At the same time, they were even more worried that if a devoted princess like her was actually beheaded by the emperor because of slander, it would be heavy a loss to the world!

Gong Yi Mo spent two days and nights without sleep trying to reach Hengshui! Afterwards, she went straight for Xu Yuan's room!

He was meditating in front of his desk. He rubbed his bleary eyes, before noticing the person before him.

"Princess! Why are you here?" After that, he suddenly looked at her strangely and asked, "What happened?"

He said it without hesitation, as if he knew this was going to happen.

Gong Yi Mo was extremely tired, but when she heard this, she instinctively frowned. "What do you know?"

Xu Yuan was stupefied by her question. He looked at her with regret on his face...

"Two days ago...Li Ke passed by her."

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Gong Yi Mo prepared herself emotionally, but when she heard this sentence, she still lost her balance for a moment.

It's okay. Perhaps she simply felt tired...

Seeing her pale face, Xu Yuan couldn't bear it. "Princess, don't be too sad..."

Xu Yuan angrily added, "We never expected Li Ke to be such a person! For the sake of ambition, he even gave his friends out to the emperor! Two days ago, he was ordered to return to the capital under the emperor's decree. I couldn't stop him, otherwise, I would've beaten him up myself!"

"Needless to say..."

The next day, the people in the surrounding towns and villages around Heng Shui were awakened by a series of explosions!

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The sound was so earth-shaking that their houses seemed to wobble from the vibrations!

The sky was clear, devoid of rain and lightning, by why was the sound of thunder rolling, exploding one after the other! What happened? Is the mountain god angry? Or did an earth dragon turn over?

The people in the nearby villages were frightened by the earth-shaking explosions and gathered the entrances of their village to bow in that direction. The farm workers, were had already been dismissed, heard the sound of explosions coming from the river that was being repaired. Each of them grabbed a rake and ran over. Soon, many people gathered in that direction.

Is God angry? Or was that just thunder?

There were also many fearful people who hurriedly packed their bags and ran in the opposite direction, afraid that if they slowed down, they'll be damned by the destruction of heaven and earth!

However, the explosions suddenly ceased. Many people took a closer look, only to see smoke blanketing the sky with the smell of gunpowder. Could someone have set off fireworks?

As the smoke gradually dissipated, the numerous citizens cried out in surprise!

Because the place where they dug out the canal yesterday was blown out of the way, creating a low channel going northwards! It really blew out a path!

One deep pit after another was linked together, creating a trench in the earth beneath. This proved that what happened was not simply a dream, but that some unimaginable force had struck the ground, blowing up deep holes and loosening the surrounding rocks. It's as if God's thunder helped them to build a canal!

"God built the canal! God has come himself!"

The surrounding people bowed down, one after another, and continued to praise with their lips!

"God built the canal! God has come himself!"

Their voices were so loud that they attracted many of the terrified civilians to come forward. They were surprised to see the scene before them!

For such a mysterious power of the unknown, they humbled themselves and knelt in piety and fear, as well as gratitude!

Heaven has helped build the canal! This proves that the canal is approved by God. Perhaps he deliberately entrusted this dream to the prince, so that he would come forward to build it. Because all of this was God's will!

Soon, there were 780,000 people kneeling by the banks of the river. It was clear that their numbers were increasing.

Now that God has given them a revelation, do they, mortals, dare to violate the truth? Even the local officials and businessmen who were informed rushed out to see the shocking scene. Heng Shui's parents and officials knelt down, not daring to show a trace of disrespect!