The kiss on his face was intimate and hurried. Shen Yu could feel the strong uneasiness coming from Shang Junlin. It was the first time he personally experienced such a big emotional fluctuation from Shang Junlin.
"I'm not sick," Shang Junlin's lips were pressed against Shen Yu's forehead. His breath sprayed onto Shen Yu's skin. He grabbed Shen Yu's hand and placed it in his palm. "I'm not sick."
"Why did Your Majesty suddenly say such a thing? I'm just an ordinary person. How could I be the immortal that Your Majesty mentioned?"
However, Shang Junlin couldn't listen to him now. He was trapped in his own conjecture. The more he thought about it, the more reasonable he felt it was. "If you're not an immortal, how could A Yu know so many things? How could he know that it would rain in Subei? "
Which one of the things that Shen Yu took out wasn't unprecedented?
Shen Yu opened his mouth and found that he couldn't explain it. The matter of his rebirth was too shocking. He hadn't thought about whether to tell Shang Junlin. This was the biggest secret buried in his heart, and also his biggest trump card.
However, he soon heard the main point from Shang Junlin's words.
"It's raining in Subei?"
The shocked expression on his face didn't seem to be fake. Shang Junlin stared at him for a while. "Shouldn't A Yu have known about it long ago?"
"Why would Your Majesty think that I knew about it long ago? If Your Majesty hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have known about it. "
"Wasn't it A Yu who made it rain in Subei?" As he spoke, Shang Junlin stared at Shen Yu's face, not missing a single change in his expression.
"Why would Your Majesty think so?" Shen Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "How could I make it rain in Subei?"
"The time was set by A Yu," Shang Junlin finally regained some rationality and sat down on the couch with Shen Yu in his arms. "Subei sent back news that after the execution, there was a heavy rain in Subei. The rain lasted for several days. Now, the disaster in Subei has basically been alleviated."
"Why does Your Majesty think that the rain has something to do with me?" Shen Yu raised his eyebrows.
"Because the time was too coincidental. It happened at the moment when the execution ended." Shang Junlin rubbed Shen Yu's fingers. When the news came back, his first reaction was that the rain had something to do with Shen Yu.
Otherwise, how could he explain why Shen Yu chose such a time?
At that moment, he was very glad that he didn't expose Shen Yu when he gave the order. Then, fear welled up in his heart. All kinds of mysteries were connected, and he increasingly felt that Shen Yu was a rumored immortal.
"Your Majesty, the rain in Subei really has nothing to do with me. I just checked the ancient books and found that there is a heavy rain in Subei every year at this time. So, I set the time before the heavy rain in previous years. If it doesn't rain, it won't cause any loss to us. If it rains, there will be more room for manipulation later."
Shen Yu didn't want Shang Junlin to continue with this dangerous idea. He knew this man. If he really believed that he was an immortal who could leave at any time, he didn't know what he would do.
And this sentence wasn't a lie. It was just that he had an extra memory of his previous life and was sure that it would rain during this time of year. As for the specific time of the rain, it would be after the execution, which he didn't expect.
"Your Majesty, if you don't believe me, you can read my notes." In order to calculate a relatively small range, Shen Yu had checked a lot of things about Subei during this period of time. He also copied down the time of the autumn rain and combined it with the later records of his previous life to deduce the approximate time range.
Shen Yu's manuscripts were placed not far away. Shang Junlin's thoughts came back and remembered that Shen Yu had asked him for books: "You asked for so many books at that time for this?"
"Otherwise?" Shen Yu looked at him reproachfully, "Your Majesty, shouldn't you know that I have never liked to read these?"
"I thought you had changed your taste." When Shen Yu mentioned it, Shang Junlin remembered that for a period of time, Shen Yu had stopped reading novels and turned to books that recorded the situation of various places.
Shen Yu took the notes and put them in front of Shang Junlin: "Your Majesty, take a look at them yourself."
After Shang Junlin finished flipping through the notes, his tightly knitted brows gradually relaxed.
"At that time, I thought Your Majesty would ask," Shen Yu saw that Shang Junlin was no longer tense, and the stone in his heart was slightly lifted. He complained half-jokingly, "If Your Majesty had asked at that time, I could have asked for a reward."
"What does A Yu want? It's not too late to say it now. "
"When the matter in Subei is over, Your Majesty, accompany me to the farmstead to stay for a few days. Every year at this time, I will stay for a few days."
Shang Junlin was feeling guilty, so naturally, he would do whatever Shen Yu said.
"A Yu has worked hard," Shang Junlin hugged her again, "But I'm afraid that I can't make public the role that A Yu played in this matter."
This matter was too mysterious. If it was spread out, Shen Yu would be pushed to the forefront of the storm. It was not a good thing to be the focus of everyone's attention, especially because of such a mysterious matter.
The common people feared the gods, but there were also some bold people who had thoughts that they shouldn't have. Moreover, there were still several forces hidden in the dark. They were enemies and not friends, so Shang Junlin didn't want to risk Shen Yu.
"Even if Your Majesty didn't say it, I would have asked Your Majesty to hide my existence. Moreover, I didn't do anything."
Shen Yu always knew that gossip was a fearful thing. This matter could be said to be big or small. Hiding it from him was far less important than keeping it mysterious.
It had to be said that this rain really came at the right time. The timing was so coincidental. If he didn't take advantage of such a good opportunity, it would be a waste of a God-given opportunity.
The rain was very heavy, but no one complained. The people in Subei were almost crying with joy. There was also a kind of unreal feeling. They had waited for so long for the rain, but at this moment, it fell unexpectedly.
After a long drought, there was no one who wasn't happy about this rain.
Fang Jun was a very clear-headed person. After a moment of shock, he quickly realized that this was a very good opportunity to win the hearts of the people.
The rain didn't stop for a day and night, but the rain became lighter. The cracked earth absorbed enough water, and the flowers and trees on the roadside also glowed with new vitality.
The people, either wearing bamboo hats or straw raincoats, walked in the patter of rain. They felt the rain that didn't come easily, and also talked about the rain that they had been looking forward to for a long time.
"After waiting for several months, it finally rained."
"Yes, but do you think this rain is a reward for the court for punishing the corrupt officials?"
"I think so. Otherwise, why didn't it rain earlier or later? Why did it rain when the heads of those corrupt officials fell to the ground?"
"Disregarding human life, death is not to be regretted!"
The whole of Subei was talking about this rain, and the officials who were punished were also talked about.
Originally, there were still remnants of power that wanted to stir up unrest, but after the rain, many of their subordinates ran away. To make matters worse, quite a few of them went to the government to report them, all for the sake of alleviating some of their sins.
Because of this timely rain, the power that Lord Hou and the others had built up in Subei for many years was easily disintegrated. Let alone stirring up unrest, they should be thanking the heavens if they weren't arrested by the government.
Fang Jun had issued a bounty, and the people of Subei had already decided that the drought was a punishment from the heavens for these corrupt officials, so they had no mercy on the remnants of power.
If it weren't for them, would there have been no drought in Subei?
This was what everyone thought.
The news of Subei spread from the capital to all parts of the Great Huan. When the people who had been paying close attention to the disaster in Subei heard of it, it caused a great uproar.
In the restaurants, tea houses, streets, and alleys, every place was talking about this matter.
"Have you heard? It's raining in Subei. Now we don't have to worry about Subei anymore. "
"It rained after the corrupt officials were beheaded. Say, do you think the previous drought had something to do with these corrupt officials?"
"Speaking of this, do you still remember the rumor that some time ago, there was a rumor that the drought in Subei was caused by dissatisfaction with His Majesty's methods and was deliberately causing a disaster?"
"How could we not remember? That's simply nonsense. Not to mention anything else, even if they were really dissatisfied with His Majesty's methods, why would it be the drought in Subei and not the capital? The capital is clearly closer to His Majesty. "
"They just want to deliberately smear His Majesty's reputation. I don't know what their intentions are, but when His Majesty sent people to behead the corrupt officials, the sky immediately started raining. It can be seen that even if the heavens are dissatisfied, it's not with His Majesty, but with those dog officials."
"Ever since His Majesty ascended the throne, our lives have indeed been getting better and better, and we don't have to worry about the enemy troops attacking the city gates at any time. I also don't understand why there are always people smearing His Majesty's reputation, saying that His Majesty willfully slaughters the innocent, saying that His Majesty is cruel and heartless. But ever since the New Year, His Majesty has punished everyone who deserved it. If you say that punishing the guilty is also willfully slaughtering the innocent, then I have nothing to say."
"Now that you mention it, it seems to be true. Then, did His Majesty also have other secrets when he killed the officials? At that time, who didn't cry out for Imperial Censor Zhang? What happened in the end? "
"When looking at things, you can't just look at the surface. Whether those words that slandered His Majesty in the past were true or not, it would be good if the imperial court could also give an explanation."
"Doesn't the government have a suggestion box? How about we ask?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the surroundings fell silent.
In the blink of an eye, the government received anonymous inquiries from the people. Those anonymous letters that could be solved by the subordinates would not be brought to the imperial court, but this matter was clearly not something they could control. They also wanted to know if there was any inside story.
After thinking about it, the official spoke of this matter during the morning court session.
The officials looked at each other, mainly because there were many among them who didn't know the inside story. If there was really some inside story, then it would be fine, but if there wasn't...
"He Chengyu, Jiang Huaiqing, Fang Jiayi, I leave this matter to you. Don't let me down."
"This subject obeys."
No one thought that Shang Junlin would leave this matter to three inexperienced officials. Some people subconsciously wanted to stand up and refute, but they were pulled back by the people beside them.
It was obvious that he wanted to put Jiang Huaiqing and the other two in an important position. They had never been able to influence His Majesty's decisions.
"Didn't Your Majesty plan to send the three of them to Subei? Why did you leave this matter to them?" Shen Yu was clear about Shang Junlin's plan. Official Fang would be back soon with his people, and the officials sent by the imperial court would also be leaving soon.
"A Yu, don't you want to know who the mastermind behind the rumors is? You will know soon. "Shang Junlin did not directly answer Shen Yu's question.
"Does Your Majesty want to use this matter to force that person to take action?" Shen Yu asked.
Seeing that Shang Junlin's reputation, which he had painstakingly accumulated, was being removed one by one and in turn made him more loved and respected by the people, how could the mastermind sit still?
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