The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family-Chapter 1150 - 263: Borrow the Dead to Resurrect the Soul_2

Having recently concluded the morning court session, Pei Wenchen, Pei Wenli, and Pei Zongli were waiting outside the palace gates. As they saw all the chancellors leave the palace, they immediately stepped forward to block Liang Bing, "Chancellor! Please save the people of My Great Chu, save our Emperor forever! Slay the demon to protect the Great Chu Imperial Court!"

Liang Bing was startled, "Who are you people? Why are you causing such a commotion here?"

Other officials who had come out stopped too, wondering who these people were, appearing as if the sky was falling.

Pei Wenchen lifted the hem of his robe and knelt, "Chancellor! Your student must accuse Tiance General Pei Qin! She is not Pei Qin! She is a demon possessing a body, using Borrow the Dead to Resurrect the Soul! She brings calamity and chaos to the whole land of My Great Chu! She is the disaster that brings ruin to the country!"

Astonishment widened the eyes of many officials and banner-holding guards outside the palace.

Liang Bing’s expression changed, and he immediately rebuked, "Nonsense! General Pei is a Heaven-sent lucky general, personally titled Tiance General by the Emperor, a meritorious figure of Great Chu! How could she possibly be a demon!?"

Pei Wenli exclaimed loudly, "Chancellor! Please see clearly! Pei Qin is my younger cousin. She grew up farming at home, and at fourteen, she fell off a cliff. She had died yet miraculously came back to life, and her personality changed drastically! Before, my cousin could neither read nor did she understand any of such bizarre things! Those skateboards, hand carts, foreign potatoes, soy sauce, thousand-year eggs—such items are hard to gather even for ordinary talents, yet she handles them independently and even understands how to make mortars and bombs! Didn’t the Wa Ci say it took them over a decade to finally create the Thunder Cannon? How could she glance at them and make bombs!? And those fireworks, clearly it’s that demon’s witchcraft to enchant the people!"

"Today, the common people worship her as a deity, and the Emperor too is enchanted by her, entrusting her with important missions, even going against ancestral customs for her, causing great disorder among men and women in the realm! Chancellor! Every word your student says is true! If you don’t believe, you can summon the villagers who have watched my cousin grow up and they will confirm!"

Both of them had studied the Holy Book for over a decade, were naturally eloquent, and had been plotting this for a long time, revealing all of Pei Qin’s abnormal deeds, accusing her of being a demon possessing a body, using Borrow the Dead to Resurrect the Soul.

"Master Duxu has returned from his travels, and if you don’t believe it, Chancellor, his questioning will make it clear!" Pei Wenchen raised the proposal loudly.

Upon hearing about Master Duxu, Liang Bing and the others’ expressions changed. They all knew of this eminent monk who could see the past and predict the future, with profound daoist powers, a once enlighten monk who had bathed in the holy light!

Could it be that Pei Qin truly was a demon!? Borrow the Dead to Resurrect the Soul, such matter was too shocking for the common world!

Liang Bing became very somber and let Pei Wenchen and Pei Wenli rise, and he started to question them thoroughly.

Pei Wenchen and Pei Wenli had laid out all the prepared narrations; it was true that Pei Qin had died and changed after coming back to life, and the villagers who lived with her for fourteen years could testify! The things she knew were indisputable evidence! Moreover, they had a trump card! Pei Qin couldn’t escape even if she wanted to!

At that moment, Master Duxu was already inside the palace, meeting with Xiao Guangzhao, speaking of Pei Qin’s possession and resurrection.

Liang Bing hurried back to the palace, asking for an audience with Xiao Guangzhao, reporting this significant matter, "Emperor! This matter is of great urgency; we must capture Pei Qin first, fearing that she might escape and cause more chaos among the people!"

Xiao Guangzhao pondered for a moment, "Beloved Officer Pei is the Divine General of Great Chu, she has never caused disaster to the country but rather holds great merit. The talk of her being a demon could be framing and entrapment." freēwēbηovel.c૦m

"Emperor! You must not be enchanted by that demon! Though she has great merit, the disasters in My Great Chu also stem from her! And now, her popularity among the civilians, their faith, and the temples being built to worship her across the land, even You, Emperor, are bewitched into disrupting the social order! Emperor! The whole land of My Great Chu is step by step falling into chaos, and Pei Qin is advancing her plan to disastrously disrupt the realm!" Liang Bing spoke righteously, "We earnestly request the Emperor to capture the demon!"

"We earnestly request the Emperor to capture the demon!" Several other chancellors also knelt down and begged for the decree. Pei Qin now was Above First Rank, and nobody had the authority to judge her except for the Emperor’s decree.

"The whole land of Great Chu, the fates of all its people rests in the thoughts of the Emperor," Master Duxu chanted a Buddhist mantra.

Xiao Guangzhao closed his eyes in pain, raised his hand to signal the decree to capture Pei Qin.

Liang Bing, receiving the decree, immediately ordered the preparation of a large iron cage.

Pei Qin was currently working tirelessly at the Manufacturing Bureau—during the New Year, the Manufacturing Bureau relied on the income from these fireworks to exchange for next year’s materials, also contributing to the state treasury.