The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family-Chapter 1155 - 264: Nine Heavens’ Lady_4

Those who doubted and distrusted did not know what to call out. For if they cried out to burn Pei Qin, they would be denounced as cold-hearted and ungrateful by those around them, returning kindness with enmity. Yet Pei Qin indeed resembled a demon. Had not Master Duxu already said so! Surely his words could not be wrong!?

As Pei Qian saw the public sentiment beginning to shift, she immediately accused Master Duxu, "You devil monk! Who has bribed you to plot against my elder sister!?" ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom

"Amitabha. Monks do not lie!" Master Duxu closed his eyes and recited another Buddhist invocation.

"Bullshit! You’re plotting to take lives! You’re even more vile than any demon! You’ve been bribed to conspire against loyal and good generals—to conspire against the heroes of Great Chu! You will face retribution! You will go to hell!" Pei Qian viciously cursed him.

Master Duxu’s face remained compassionate and unchanged.

Liang Bing, seeing the unrest below and furious, ordered the Imperial Guards to shoot.

Bullets were precious, and even though this weapon was invented by the demon Pei Qin, they were reluctant to fire aimlessly.

Liang Bing was forced to order someone to ring the bell, "Silence! Silence!"

Everyone stopped, but their previously doubtful gazes turned into ones of anger and resentment, staring at the stage.

Pei Wenchen took out several papers, "These scribblings were written by her, Pei Qin. Can you still deny she’s a demon!?" He handed Pei Qin’s letters to Liang Bing.

The letters were correspondence between Pei Qin and Shen Songming.

Pei Qin received the letters and burned them after reading. But Shen Songming, unable to let go because of his unrequited feelings, kept some.

"All these scribblings were written by the demon Pei Qin!" Pei Wenchen pointed at Pei Qin.

Liang Bing hesitated, shrunk his hands back, then took the papers but immediately handed them to other officials to give to Master Duxu, "Master! Now, it seems we can only ask you to perform rites so that these foolish people can see the true facts."

Master Duxu glanced at the thousands of people below, sat cross-legged, and faced Pei Qin.

"Wait until Master Duxu drives out the demonic spirit from the demon, and reveals her true form. Then you all will see the truth!" Pei Wenchen gritted his teeth madly. Pei Qin was about to die! Soon she would be burned alive!

Upon hearing this, everyone’s faces changed.

"No!" Pei Yuan almost collapsed weakly, "Don’t... don’t harm my elder sister!"

"How can you just decide that those symbols are demonic scripts and not divine scripts!?" Chang Yonglin glared at Pei Wenchen and then at Liang Bing.

"That’s right! Those are the divine scripts of the Nine Heavens’ Lady! Yet you treat them as demonic scripts, plotting against General Pei!"

"Release General Pei! General Pei is the Nine Heavens’ Lady!"

Fang Liuming knew that saying this could only make the public believe, but it wouldn’t shake the resolve of those wanting to kill his elder sister. He needed to act through Master Duxu. If Master Duxu did something to his elder sister, then these people would also turn against her, calling her a demon. He grabbed Pei Qian, held her down, and faced Master Duxu himself, "Respecting you as a master, I dare to ask where you see that my elder sister is a demon? How has my elder sister brought disaster to the nation?"

Master Duxu opened his eyes, looked at Fang Liuming, and then at Pei Qin, his expression still one of compassion, "This world was not meant for you to come; your arrival has disrupted history and disturbed the proper order."

"My understanding of history is not your history!" Pei Qin sneered. With 5,000 years of Chinese history, she had never heard of such a dynasty! Clearly, it was a branch that had deviated! Disrupting history? Hah!

Seeing Master Duxu unwilling to explain, Fang Liuming stepped forward again to press, "Monks are supposed to embody compassion, yet you keep saying my elder sister is a demon resurrecting in another’s body. Who has my sister ever harmed? Have you seen my sister repelling enemies and protecting the country, achieving great merit!? Inventing mortars and bombs is a service to our era, benefiting future generations! Yet you all only care about your personal interests, disregarding Buddha’s compassion, scheming to kill a loyal and good general. Aren’t you afraid that the people’s trust will be lost? Aren’t you afraid that it will dishearten all the court ministers? Aren’t you afraid that Buddha and the Bodhisattvas will be enraged!? What kind of Buddha are you practicing! Are you plotting to take a life?"

"How dare you, Fang Liuming! To question the Master!? Master Duxu is renowned throughout the south and north, even the previous emperor held him in high esteem, and yet you dare to disrespect the master!?" Liang Bing angrily rebuked.

"Elder Liang! Just because someone slanders my elder sister, should we remain silent and let them burn her alive!?" Fang Liuming turned and accused him.

"Pei Qin has already been proven to be a demon resurrecting in another’s body, do not fuss about recklessly!" Liang Bing angrily denounced.