Chapter 123: 5 Auspicious Symbols Falling on Mount Huang, Idiot Scholar Before Refugee Camp

Chapter 123: 5 Auspicious Symbols Falling on Mount Huang, Idiot Scholar Before Refugee Camp

"Back up! Back up!"

"I’m talking about you! You should kneel far away!"

Mount Wuhuang in the south of the city.

Although the name of the mountain was bright, it was a steep and barren slope. Because of the lack of water in the nearby Shaolin, few people were interested in it.

However, today is an exception. Not only the whole town turned up in the 49 cities, but also many refugees from outside the city rushed to join in. This small barren mountain was besieged.

It was the birth of the first hot air balloon in the Great Zhou Dynasty and its sudden crash caused such a spectacle!

Of course, this was just Sun Shaozong's idea.

The official statement on this matter was, ”The auspicious omen comes from heaven and congratulates the Emperor on his ascendancy to the throne for ten years.” Otherwise, why didn’t the auspicious omen went away and fell on Mount Huang?

Unexpectedly, this extremely nonsense statement really bewitched many people.

At the foot of the mountain, there was a vast area of people kneeling. Those who chanted Buddhism, worshiped Taoism, eulogized the monarch, and begged for a son spoke in harmony.

Sun Shaozong's immediate task was to lead the officials of one prefecture and two counties to set up a warning line at the foot of the mountain to prevent someone from bumping into the auspicious omen on the mountain.

On the mountainside, there was a second defense line composed of Warrior Camp. Not to mention ordinary people, even court officials like Sun Shaozong were not allowed to approach at will.

To tell the truth, Sun Shaozong was not very interested in the hot air balloon. It was not a Zeppelin airship. A glance from afar showed that it was a crude thing. What's so strange? Visitt novelbin(.)co/m for the latest updates

But he wanted to know whether people were sitting in the hot air balloon, or whether there were transmigrated people on it!

Although, it might not be a good thing to have two striders in the same world, Sun Shaozong still has some vague expectations.

"What’s wrong?"

While Sun Shaozong was looking up at the top of the mountain, someone laughed and said, "Lord Sun wants to have a look at the big Kongming Lantern?"

Kongming Lantern?!

Sun Shaozong was stunned when he heard that the principles of these two things were indeed similar, so it was appropriate to call the hot air balloon a large Kongming Lantern.

It’s just that...

Although the refugee camp was a mess, Sun Shaozong rode on a horse with a sword and with a valiant figure. Thus, no one dared to stop him.

So he made his way to the gate of the military camp without any obstacles. Sun Shaozong was just about to explain his intentions, but he saw a young man on the road who was kowtowing to the ground with his head. He cried out, "Please be merciful, General, and give Ying’er back to me!"

Seeing that his forehead was blue and purple and that there were also dried blood stains, it was obvious that he had been kneeling for some time. The soldiers guarding the camp gate turned a deaf ear to him.

This manner...

Was it his Elder Brother who robbed his woman?

"Lord Sun?!"

At this moment, he saw a surprised person welcome him out and said, "Are you coming to visit my General?"

This man seemed to be a Lieutenant under his Elder Brother. Sun Shaozong couldn’t remember his exact name.

He raised his chin at the young man, who kowtowed. Sun Shaozong asked, "What's the matter with this man?"

The Lieutenant glanced at the young man and said casually, "This guy keeps insisting that the woman my General bought in the morning was his childhood sweetheart. He was clamoring to ask the General to return the woman to him. If he didn't have the reputation of a scholar, I would have sent someone to chase him away."

Sun Shaozong raised his eyebrows and said, "A childhood sweetheart? Is there an engagement?"

Before the Lieutenant could speak, the kowtowing scholar shouted in a hurry, "Although there isn’t any engagement, I have been in love with Sister Ying’er for long, taking heaven and earth as evidence, and..."

Before he finished, Sun Shaozong urged his horse to enter the military camp.

If there was an engagement, he might still need to consider it. But how could the relationship he has received privately in these years compare with the contract of selling herself in exchange for real gold and silver?

However, Sun Shaozong was not heartless after all. After entering the gate, he lowered his voice and said, "If this boy kneels until tomorrow morning, let him go to my house to pick the person up."

The Lieutenant hurried and agreed.

But Sun Shaozong said strangely, "By the way, Your Majesty has allocated a lot of money for disaster relief. Why are there still people who sell children and women?"

The Lieutenant hurriedly explained, "You might not know. After this disaster, there are often epidemics. The young brother of the woman's family was infected with the epidemic and had no money to ask the doctor for treatment, so she had to sell her daughter to save her son's life."

Tch!

It turned out to be a pot that favors boys over girls.