Chapter 1326 - 1333: Mo Zili’s Pain (1)
The first year of Shunde in the Great Jin Nation, November the fifteenth, an event that shocked the entire Capital occurred.
Chai Feng, the Chief Guard of the Great Jin Palace, unearthed several monster bones at Qingzhou Yuanning County’s Two Dragons Mountain. These bones were terribly massive; a single leg bone was larger than a man, and the skull of the monster was frightful, not only being huge but also having two cow-like horns on it.
The common folks who witnessed these immense bones on the carts knelt down in reverence and worshipped them. Some even spread rumors that an evildoer had appeared and that the world would soon plunge into chaos.
However, before these rumors could spread far, the Guards distributed notices adorned with the double-horned monster design, posted conspicuously along the way, to inform the people about what these bones were to prevent them from being exploited by those with ill intentions due to their ignorance.
When the skeletons had been assembled in the Palace, they exactly matched the drawings by Cai Wei. Seeing this, all officials couldn’t help but express their sincere admiration for the Empress Dowager’s extensive knowledge and scholarship, and Nangong Yi felt particularly proud.
It was thanks to his wife’s profound knowledge that tens of thousands of people at Erlong Mountain had not lost their lives due to the ignorance of certain powerful Ministers in the court; had it not been for her, he would bear the guilt of countless human lives!
Seizing the opportunity, Nangong Yi dismissed several obstinate and conservative Ministers, stripped them of their power, and in their place promoted a number of young and promising visionaries to reform the court hierarchy. Very soon, the court and political scene was revitalized with a new spirit.