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Transcending the Nine Heavens (Web Novel) - Chapter 297 – Diwu Qing Rou’s purging
Chapter 297 – Diwu Qing Rou’s purging
This situation lasted a full twenty days!
This New Year’s Eve, for the sake of that sword, the young masters didn’t choose to return home. Everyone was worried that once they left, what if the sword was found the next day
They all had the same mentality; Better to wait longer, best if everyone leaves and I’m the last to remain.
However, the Dong family clan had left. The Luo family clan had left and even the Ji family clan left…as for the rest, it was utter stillness. No one else left….
This posed a tremendous frustration for Diwu Qing Rou!
Having to find time to pacify these second generation ancestors was like tying a hundred knots of worry in his intestines.
Moreover, the Royalists of the Great Zhao incessantly probed assaults and repeatedly impeached them during this period of time; totally suppressing the Diwu faction, and constantly acquired consecutive advantages!
Following that, the Royalists slowly gathered courage and started defeating several important characters of the Diwu faction. Of course, if the Diwu faction were to immediately retaliate now, the Royalists would call for an instant ceasefire.
However….Diwu Qing Rou made no attempts in retaliating!
Everything was going downhill!
In a flash, rumours starting springing out from all sides; suggesting that Diwu Qing Rou had lost favour, that the Emperor had stripped all his privileges and Diwu Qing Rou was now suspended and idling at home….
Thus, larger waves of trouble begun toppling over each other!
Those court councillors that had been originally just been spectating… several other old dudes that had decided to go hibernating for years….several officials that were suppressed by Diwu Qing Rou in the past….
They all rose up!
Momentarily, the current turbulent tides seemed to threaten to overturn the skies…
The Great Zhao Emperor had all along been sitting steadily on his fishing boat, serenely observing the winds. Yet as the mood in his court became increasingly intensified, the Emperor seemed to have caught scent of a new breath of life, as he gradually shed his former low-profile image and slowly made an appearance…
Diwu Qing Rou had offended dozens of major clans in the Middle Three Heavens, and those clans were now currently seeking trouble for Diwu Qing Rou! The fate of Diwu Qing Rou wouldn’t be far away now!
After the Emperor had verified the authenticity of these news, he immediately burst into loud chuckles.
From then on, the Emperor gradually took the initiative to manage affairs boldly…
Gradually took initiative….eh
Wasn’t it just exercising his authority as sovereign!
Screw it! It was an overwhelmingly smooth affair!
Thus, the Great Zhao Emperor conspired to commence his reform; from private underground meetings, to gradually escalating into tiny scaled banquets; and then slowly and surely, directly diving into….official business of his imperial court!
A bold and decisive reformation was inaugurated!
Once after a bout of drinks, the Emperor had got drunk and proclaimed sorrowfully to his Empress – Ever since we ascended the throne, today is the first day that we have been finally able to taste the true joys of sovereignty!
All these spiralled so quickly that two division of armies gathered from distant parts and exhibited their clear stance – Execute Diwu! Purge the tyrant! Exterminate Qing Rou! Return to the civilian clear skies!
In a flash, turbulent times descended over the Great Zhao.
During this period, King of Hell Chu made no actions. He was just enjoying a rare slice of tranquility.
This was because Minister Chu understood that such a scenario may have been inspired by Diwu Qing Rou himself. With Diwu Qing Rou’s style of ruling with an iron fist and his supreme control over the Great Zhao, such a scenario as this was essentially, impossible!
I’m afraid the reason for such a deterioration to occurr must be immensely associated with Diwu Qing Rou…
Therefore, it is inadvisable to get dragged into it right now.
If Diwu Qing Rou was really attempting to capture the melon by following the vines, then Minister Chu would be resentful even in death if he got wrongly involved….
Hence, currently the King of Hell Chu merely sat on the mountains whilst watching the tigers fight; feeling much more content with this simple life than his usual back at Iron Cloud. He looked forward to daily spectating the bunch of family clans causing a ruckus; best if they bickered more fervently….
In fact, It was only these dozen few clans that were Diwu Qing Rou’s true vexation! Moreover, because of the disturbance at home, Diwu Qing Rou could not undertake the task of reconstructing the Golden Horse Rider Department’s base.
Although someone else could take on the responsibility, but…leaving another to manage as compared to Diwu Qing Rou’s personal handiwork was simply as different as black and white!
The longer you bicker, the more time you’re delaying for me. Drag on, drag on, drag on for a year and a half, I wouldn’t even care. Haha…
Even the Royalists were praying for those clans to speed up and eliminate Diwu Qing Rou….
Instead, the ruthless reality of life quickly struck the heads of King of Hell Chu and the Royalists of Great Zhao.
The Middle Three Heavens had suddenly issued a convening decree – ordering for every clan disciple to make haste in returning to Middle Three Heavens! A crisis there was unfolding!
After this matter occurred, several clans immediately withdrew and left. Amongst those included Ao Xie Yun.
Since the Sunlight Saber is in my hands, even if the Moonlight Sword landed in another’s hands, that person would still have to come looking for me….
Then, Xie Dan Qiong and Ou Du Xiao left….
Mo Tian Yun too, helplessly returned.
After stalling for a long time without any harvest, Li Xiong Tu ‘transformed’ into a wide mouth lion before he departed; plundering for himself a considerable amount of gold and silver treasures…
Tu Qian Hao followed that ‘exemplary’ behavior, and conducted himself in the same manner…
Still, there were a handful of clans that raised all kinds of request in succession – Everyone was feeling an enormous bitterness for wasting time here….
Thus, Diwu Qing Rou resolutely offered his own sacrifice of blood, sweat and tears, and finally managed to send away those second generation ancestors….
After the source of this devastating disorder had finally dissipated, the Jiang Hu people of Continent Center Citadel had already mostly fled. In consideration of the complete disarray of his Golden Horse Rider Department, and in consideration of the chaotic mess that happened to Continent Center Citadel, and in consideration that he had expended great efforts but still ended up with nothing but an accumulation of less than three thousand people; Diwu Qing Rou…totally flipped!
As for the increasingly rampant and unbridled Royalists and members of the Imperial family, they directly suffered the overflowing torrential wrath of Prime Minister Diwu!
On the second day after the various major clans departure, Great Zhao’s Continent Center Citadel was suddenly surrounded by three colossal army battalions!
Following that, the three colossal battalions marched into Continent Center. The city militants and everyone in Continent Center had all assembled. Within a day, every street of Continent Center was thriving with troops; so much so that with every two steps, one would encounter two fierce soldiers stationed there.
Diwu Qing Rou’s long awaited purge had commenced. This time, without a shred of mercy!
The third day, Continent Center was dyed in blood!
The awful stench of blood pervaded towards the heavens!
Han Bu Chu was wrapped in a thick marten coat, and heaved a cumbersome imperial tutor chair along; finally taking a seat uprightly at Noon Gate! Behind him stood a squad of Martial Warriors, all of them possessing a skyrocketing murderous aura.
Martial Warriors repeatedly rode in to make reports, their blade tips still dripping red.
Han Bu Chu held a thick stack of listed names in his hands, and ordered his squad to initiate a genocide! Analogous to drawing the lottery; only those that died had their names crossed away from the list. After finishing a massacre of one listed sheet, he simply threw it away and started one anew.
Beheading entire households!
An extermination of nine generations!
Diwu Qing Rou had never incited such a nationwide holocaust before. Yet this time, he resembled one who had consumed an indomitable steelyard weight, every order to kill was absolutely irrevocable!
He would rather slay the innocent than spare the guilty!
The former Prime Minister, high officials, Imperial chancellors…and so on. Even certain Royal Uncles, Emperor’s son-in-law, Princes, relatives were all in queue for the slaughter!
Like wolves and tigers, whenever troops invaded the courtyards of large households, blood would gush to the heavens accompanied by the lingering screams of despair; they would infiltrate to the inner quarters, and leave the ground littered with corpses.
Upon arrival at the Imperial palace, when General Manager Lu Ren Jia issued orders to resist the rebels, the generals guarding the imperial palace instead adopted a countenance of flattery as they shoved the gates open; welcoming these ‘rebels’ as though they were their fathers.
Following which, was a merciless massacre on all corners!
This was because Diwu Qing Rou had personally declared before – The vilest creature in this world are court eunuchs!
Thus, that statement served as foundation to spare no eunuchs in the imperial palace! The general tasked with the mission of slaying the eunuchs, was an official that had been harmed by General Manager Lu Ren Jia before. That very dear friend committed a performance that was worthy of everyone’s satisfaction – First, he commanded Lu Ren Jia to be handled last. Then whenever a eunuch was beheaded, he would press Lu Ren Jia’s face against the severed neck, allowing the wild gushes of blood to spurt at his face….
The next execution, another ‘in your face’ blood spurt…
Until the slaying ceased, General Manager Lu had been drenched by blood countless times and could only unleash an enraged bellow.
“Ah!”
His four limbs convulsed and was followed by simultaneous eruptions of his lower front and back! Finally, he collapsed in his own mud…he was unexpectedly petrified to death.
Anyone who was well-informed of his hidden stories could only nastily spit their saliva and utter three words – Serves you right!
It was indeed well deserving. If not for General Manager’s one phrase before, then thousands of lives loss today would’ve been avoidable. People would still be putting up pleasing imagery of false pretences, and laughing in appearance though disunited at heart; how sad that had nothing changed they could still mingle on like this for dozens of years more….
However his words had aroused a great conflict! Ultimately, causing a path of no return!
From an average person’s perspective, this act of fanatical massacre hinted at the accumulated grievances that Diwu Qing Rou had suffered throughout the years, and was finally venting everything out.
Weren’t you dissatisfied with me Weren’t you guys conspiring against me
Fine! Then everyone shall perish! I shall spare myself from your dirty tricks in the future.
However, only a tiny handful of enlightened individuals could see that Diwu Qing Rou’s purging today was completely prepared! It was preparations in lieu of warring against King of Hell Chu and Tie Bu Tian in the near future!
Years gone by without personal involvement in battle; yet this time, Diwu Qing Rou had personally directed the battle to defy the dynasty of heaven!
For the sake of war against his archnemesis, no obstructions were to be permitted; no disharmonious melody was to be sang! If Diwu Qing Rou was out at war and these old foxes of the court stabbed his back…this wasn’t something Diwu Qing Rou could tolerate!
Regardless of army provisions, weapons, warhorses, troops, logistics and whatever else; one overlooked miscalculation was sufficient for eternal damnation!
Facing the formidable opposing alliance of King of Hell Chu, Tie Bu Tian and Tie Long Cheng, Diwu Qing Rou did not dare to be careless. A single negligence was all it would take for his enter army to be annihilated!
Diwu Qing Rou’s original nonchalance had stemmed from his confidence in controlling everything, be it at court or in the wild. Yet after consecutive failures in the recent year, even though it was all localized and he hadn’t suffered a single harm, the defeats had propelled Diwu Qing Rou’s vigilance to its maximum!
After the purging of Continent Center, tides of today’s blood reeked events would continue to ripple throughout every part of the whole nation.
Every vacant position were all filled by Diwu Qing Rou’s people!
A wholehearted unification.
Rumours were told that after the great purging had concluded, Diwu Qing Rou stood at the peak of Continent Center Citadel; basking amidst the rising blood mist of the nation as he stared over the innumerable influx of vengeful spirits. He then folded his hands and declared impassively…
“I’ve proclaimed this before but I shall do so again. I will cause all under heaven to unify in my hands! Even if…it is not by my hands, it will still pass through it!”
“Alas, what is a million lives worth compared to dominion over the universe!”
As he declared, biting cold winds brewed over the Great Zhao, sending countless hunting banners to flutter alongside it. Throughout vast thousands of li, the icy winds finally carried traces of spring.
