"The minister is guilty." The prince and the other four immediately bowed down.

"Get up!" Xiong Huai said in a deep voice: "Although you have disappointed the widow this time, the widow also knows that this matter is not your fault. ”

As he spoke, Xiong Huai glanced at the other ministers and sighed: "The matter of the fire, the widow has just learned about it from the Black Emperor. ”

When the ministers heard this, they couldn't help but froze, and then looked at the King of Chu with dull eyes, and those eyes seemed to ask: King, are you telling the truth?

At this time, facing the distrustful eyes of the ministers, Xiong Huai said indifferently: "Please come with the widow, and the widow will announce the result of this matter outside the temple." ”

After that, Xiong Huai took the lead and walked outside the temple.

Outside the temple, under the illumination of countless torches, the entire Black Emperor Temple was as bright as day.

After a period of intense drumming, a large number of anxious and tired people gathered outside the soldiers one after another. At this time, their eyes were staring at the King of Chu in the crowd, just to see what the King of Chu in front of them would say to them, and to see if the King of Chu in front of them could calm the resentment and anger in their hearts.

After the crowd quieted down, Xiong Huai slowly spoke: "Five days ago, there was a fire outside the city of Yingdu, and the fire not only could not be extinguished, but also spread extremely fast, and even almost burned down the Zhanghua Palace of our Chu State.

Many people are saying that this fire was sent down by heaven, a punishment for my Chu country, and a warning from heaven to the widow. ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai responded to everyone's nervous gaze and said word by word: "Now, the widow can tell you that this is true, the fire is sent down from heaven, and it is a punishment for the Chu State, and it is also a punishment for the widow." ”

"What?"

"It's impossible..."

"The King..."

"This..."

The ministers and the people all showed disbelief when they heard the King of Chu admit it in person at this moment.

Zhaoju Qu Yuan and the others were all in a panic, because they had not discussed it with the King of Chu before, so they only knew that the King of Chu had a way to solve this matter perfectly, but they never expected that the King of Chu would admit it directly.

And Zhao Chang was overjoyed at this time, he thought that the plan had failed, but at this moment he heard the King of Chu admit it himself. This made him think that the king had surrendered to him, wanted to abolish the new law, and made him Lingyin.

After a pause, Xiong Huai raised his hand, stopped the discussion of the ministers and the people, and continued: "This is true, five days ago, the widow traveled to the Heavenly Palace, and he was a guest in the Black Emperor Divine Palace. Not long ago, the widow heard the hearts of the ministers and people of the Chu State below, and then asked the Black Emperor about it, and the Black Emperor personally said to the widow that the fire was sent by the Black Emperor to punish the widow and the Chu State. ”

At this time, both the ministers and the common people, after hearing the voice of the King of Chu, all showed disbelief.

The people couldn't believe that the king really traveled to the Heavenly Palace to meet the Black Emperor, and it was even more unbelievable that the fire was really descended by the Black Emperor.

And the ministers didn't know why the King of Chu said this at the moment.

At this time, Xiong Huai continued: "Maybe all the fathers and brothers are asking in their hearts, what is wrong with the widow? What's wrong with the state of Chu? Why did the Black Emperor send down the fire? ”

Xiong Huai asked himself and replied: "Actually, many people have seen and knew this reason, but they didn't think about it in any way. ”

While speaking, Xiong Huai took out the history book of the Chu State from his sleeve, and then turned one of the pages, and read aloud: "In the past, Cangjie made words, and on the day the words were completed, the sky rained, and the ghosts and gods cried. ”

As soon as this passage was read, Taibu Guanyou immediately exclaimed: "Could it be that you say..."

At this time, Qu Yuan followed: "I see, I understand. ”

Then, just as everyone's word of mouth spread, everyone present popularized an allusion.

After the crowd was quiet, Xiong Huai sighed: "Yes, in the past, Cangjie made words, people borrowed words, history, learning, and skills were all inherited, and from then on, everything in the world began to slowly show in front of people, and the world will be exposed to people's eyes from now on.

However, although there are written words, because the cost of learning them is so high, most people are unable to learn words, learn advanced knowledge, and learn advanced skills.

However, starting from five days ago, after the Black Emperor gave the Wa Emperor paper, learning words will no longer be a luxury for ordinary people, most people will have the possibility to do learning, everyone will have the possibility to read, everyone will have the possibility to become a master and become a great sage, everyone will have the possibility to be a general, and even the world and ghosts and gods will be exposed to us mortals.

So, you say that the ghosts and gods should not cry out loud! ”

All the people who heard the voice of the King of Chu had the picture of what the King of Chu said in their minds, and they all shouted vigorously: "Yes." ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he immediately shouted again: "Do you say that the ghosts and gods should send disasters to prevent us from promoting the Wahuang Paper. ”

"Yes." Again, people were responding loudly.

When Xiong Huai heard this, he immediately pointed to the fire in the north: "You say, whether the fire in the north is a punishment from heaven for the widow, or a punishment for the state of Chu." ”

When people heard this, they all shouted with all their strength: "Yes~~"

"No!" Xiong Huai listened to everyone's shouting, slowly shook his head and said: "This is not a punishment, but a test of the Black Emperor, a test of the Black Emperor to the Chu State, as long as you work together to extinguish the fire, you will have passed the test of the Black Emperor, and from now on you can use the Wahuang paper without worry." ”

"Ah~~" countless people exclaimed in disbelief. This is why they can't help but exclaim, you must know that the fire has not been extinguished yet, and it has expanded for more than 100 miles, and even the Zhanghua Palace of Chu has burned most of it.

At this time, Xiong Huai looked at the people in front of him with a lonely face, and then pointed to the fire in the north again, and said loudly: "It's a pity that you didn't pass the test of the Black Emperor, and now the fire is still burning." ”

"Ah~~" Many people exclaimed, and many people rejoiced.

Xiong Huai continued in a deep and clear voice: "You have to thank the widow, the widow has already traveled to the Heavenly Palace, and the Black Emperor promised the widow to be promoted to god, but it was the widow who gave up the god position to calm the Black Emperor's anger, and begged the Black Emperor to take back the Heavenly Fire in exchange for your right to continue to use the Wahuang paper." ”

"Ah~~" When everyone heard this, they were like children who made mistakes, and they all looked at King Chu at a loss.

At this time, Xiong Huai also looked at the crowd in front of him with a calm face.

And as King Chu's gaze swept over, everyone lowered their heads and didn't dare to look directly at King Chu.

For a while, there was silence.

"Boom~~~"

Suddenly, a thunderclap sounded, and everyone suddenly raised their heads and looked at the sky where lightning and thunder began.

"It's thundering..."

"It's going to rain..."

"The Black Emperor is angry..."

"The king has given up his godship..."

"The King..."

At this time, Zhao Chang looked at the sky blankly, looked at the bright light flashing in the sky, and muttered, "It's going to rain!" ”

After that, Zhao Chang's eyes darkened, and then he fainted directly.

But at this time, everyone didn't care about Zhaochang who fell to the ground, but shouted like crazy as the rain fell:

"The Black Emperor... Black Emperor..."

"The King... The King..."