Chapter 753 Building a Temple (Part 3)

Duan Rong asked, "Now? Have the rioting people been dispersed?"

Zhu Zhengfu replied, "They have all been persuaded to leave. Wang Maochun promised compensation, and those clerks who persuaded the people told them that it was the work of supernatural creatures, not the fault of the government office."

"Supernatural creatures!?" Duan Rong’s expression stiffened and he asked, "Who said that? The clerks in the government office said it?"

"Yes!" Zhu Zhengfu said, "It should be Wang Maochun’s idea, otherwise those clerks wouldn’t dare to speak arbitrarily, and their statements are all consistent."

Duan Rong nodded, asking, "Is there more?"

"There is more." Zhu Zhengfu said, "This humble one has been operating in the Divine Cloud Prefecture for many years, laying down some informants everywhere, and just after returning to the prefecture, I received some news."

Duan Rong, showing a look of interest, glanced at Zhu Zhengfu, who paused for a moment, lowered his voice, and said, "Some local gentry and prominent families are planning to gather people to contribute, saying they will build another temple near the Mountain God Temple on Wuji Mountain, dedicated to the Rhino Immortal!"

"Build a temple?! "Duan Rong was slightly surprised.

"Exactly!" Zhu Zhengfu replied affirmatively.

For the first time, Duan Rong picked up the teacup beside him and took a small sip.

The development of the matter was smoother than he had imagined.

In this world, after all, it’s still ancient times, not the era of advanced knowledge and technology from his previous life.

People still quite believe in supernatural powers, spirits, and goblins. Moreover, the matter of the Rhino Immortal was witnessed by countless people on the top of Wuji Mountain.

As they say, seeing is believing!

Initially, Duan Rong was quite troubled about how to kill Li Shensi without letting the street rumors ferment into a political maelstrom.

Because it was indeed very difficult!

The more ignorant the people, the more they love conspiracy theories. Moreover, both consecutive Ministers of the Secretariat mysteriously died.

The death of Li Shensi would undoubtedly become a hot topic of street talk, and it would certainly ferment in the direction of a political maelstrom.

After all, the Sect Leader changes every fifty years, which is well-known in the Mortal World. And it’s just about a year away from the transition year, yet at this time, two consecutive Ministers of the Secretariat mysteriously died, and Li Shensi had only been in office for two months. To say it has nothing to do with the sect’s transition, even a dog wouldn’t believe it.

Duan Rong thought long and hard before finally coming up with an idea.

Suppressing it is impossible; such things cannot be suppressed.

The only way is to give the people a topic they are more enthusiastic about, more convinced by, more willing to talk about, and firmly lead the death of Li Shensi into that topic.

To make people forget the story of the political maelstrom, you have to give them a more sensational story.

Through those days of public opinion monitoring, Duan Rong was already very sure that the most enthusiastic matter for the people of this world is the tales of supernatural creatures and spirits. The storytellers in the teahouses mostly talk about this genre; during those days, about the story of the Yellow Immortal alone, Duan Rong had heard several versions.

Therefore, when seeing the description of the scene of the autumn hunting and offering to heaven a few days later in the materials, a story of Li Shensi dying at the hands of a supernatural creature in broad daylight gradually took shape.

At this moment, hearing Zhu Zhengfu’s account, the development of the matter was evidently smoother and more thorough than he had imagined. Some local gentry were already planning to build a temple for the Rhino Immortal.

As he expected, street rumors did not ferment into a political maelstrom but instead turned towards tales of supernatural creatures and spirits...