Chapter 441 Mission 043

The tug-of-war between Xiao Ying and the court officials over the reform of the imperial examination was suppressed by a natural disaster.

There was a severe drought in Guangqi Province in the north of Dagan. It had not rained for more than a year, and the crops were poor. However, the local officials deceived their superiors and subordinates, failed to report to the court in time, and imposed heavy taxes on the people, starving many people to death. Countless refugees fled from the north to the south, and the drought in Guangqi Province was exposed.

Xiao Ying was extremely angry when he learned about it: "In such a large province of Guangqi, there is actually no one who dares to report to the court! They all deserve to die!"

Although Xiao Ying did not have time to send people there because the north was barren and far away from the capital, such a thing actually happened under the appearance of Dagan's peace and prosperity, which was simply a slap in his face!

In such a large province, the officials either colluded with those who blocked the news or were oppressed and dared not say a word. None of them were useful!

Xiao Ying could not take care of the reform for the time being. He quickly dealt with all the officials who should be arrested and killed, and then ordered the provincial government officials around Guangqi Province to open the warehouses to release grain to help the victims.

However, if the drought problem in Guangqi Province is not solved, it will be difficult to resettle the countless refugees.

Xiao Ying considered whether to secretly go to Guangqi Province to make artificial rain to alleviate the drought.

However, this natural disaster is the manifestation of the laws of this world. The artificial rain he made was just to condense rain clouds from other places and float over Guangqi Province with his own strength. Making artificial rain does not change the laws. The local drought will continue, unless he can stay in Guangqi Province permanently and make artificial rain from time to time to help Guangqi Province survive this drought.

But this drought lasted for at least three years. How could he, an emperor, stay in Guangqi Province for three years?

So Xiao Ying gave up the idea of ​​artificial rainfall and thought of diversion irrigation. However, there were not many rivers near Guangqi Province. It would be an extremely huge project to divert water from the southern rivers. By the time the South-to-North Water Diversion Project was completed, the drought would have ended.

Just when Xiao Ying was racking his brains, the Prime Minister suddenly asked to see him and recommended a half-immortal who was said to have great magical powers and could pray for rain: "This half-immortal's magical powers have been seen by this old minister with his own eyes. Please meet him, Your Majesty. If it can solve the drought, it will also solve the urgent problem."

Although the ancients were ignorant and easily fooled, Xiao Ying did not think that the old fox-like Prime Minister of two dynasties would be easily fooled by a liar. He was more inclined to believe that the half-immortal recommended to him by the Prime Minister was a time traveler with a magical golden finger.

So Xiao Ying nodded: "Then the old minister will bring the person to me to see." See who is pretending to be a god in front of him, the real god.

On that day, Xiao Ying saw the half-immortal who was brought into the palace by the Prime Minister. He was just a handsome young man with a fairy-like and cold temperament. But what attracted Xiao Ying's attention was his crazy complaining heart under his cold appearance: [System, system, can I really fool this emperor who looks so awesome? Why do I feel unreliable? ]

[Host, please believe in the ability of the big liar system. As long as you dare to fool others, as long as you can fool others to believe, then your fooling words will become true. ]

[But system, my sixth sense tells me that this emperor seems to be able to see through me. Has he discovered your low-quality system? ]

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Xiao Ying looked at the time-traveling man in front of him with interest. His consciousness enveloped the time-traveling man, and he had a clear understanding of the consciousness dialogue between the time-traveling man and the big liar system on him.

Xiao Ying didn't expect that this guy had a sharp intuition and actually guessed the truth!

But there was no reward for guessing it right, and his big cheating system also cheated him: [Impossible host, this system will never be discovered by a mortal! ]

Xiao Ying didn't show any expression and asked: "What's your name? Where are you from? What are your abilities?"

The time-traveling man with the big cheating system looked calm and looked very high-class and said: "I am Qingyunzi, a poor Taoist who has practiced in the mountains for decades. Now I have come down the mountain and entered the world. Seeing that the people in the north are in dire straits, I come to ask Your Majesty to help me pray for rain."

"Pray for rain?" Xiao Ying looked at Qingyunzi suspiciously, "If the Taoist priest can really pray for nectar and solve the drought in Guangqi Province, I am willing to make the Taoist priest a national teacher and be worshipped by a country!"

Qingyunzi looked confident, "Your Majesty, please cooperate with me, it's no problem to call the wind and rain!"

[Congratulations to the host, you have gained 10 points of trust from the Prime Minister! 】

Qing Yunzi looked calm on the surface, but he was actually very nervous: [System, can I really pray for rain? This emperor has no trust in me at all, what should I do? If I fail to pray for rain, won’t I be killed? 】

[Host, please rest assured, as long as you accumulate 1,000 trust points, you can get a talisman for calling the wind and rain. 】

Qing Yunzi wanted to cry but had no tears: [But I only have 30 trust points now, and I can’t accumulate 1,000 points in such a short time. I will be regarded as a liar and snapped by the emperor. 】

[Host, please rest assured, you were originally a liar who was beaten to death, and now you will earn money if you die again. 】

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Xiao Ying silently listened to the conversation between Qing Yunzi and the big liar system. Unlike Ning Xuantian’s face-slapping system, the face-slapping system is mechanical and inflexible. The big liar system is obviously much more humane and has a bit of a mean personality.

Qing Yunzi appears to be aloof on the surface, but he is actually a chatterbox and funny person at heart. All the content of his complaints to the system through consciousness was captured by Xiao Ying's spiritual sense, and he basically figured out the details of this person and this system.

Qing Yunzi was supposed to be a liar pretending to be a charlatan before he crossed over. As a result, he was found out and beaten to death. After his death, he was bound to the Big Liar System and crossed over to a young Taoist priest in this world.

The Big Liar System allows the host to deceive others. If others believe it, they can get the so-called trust value. The trust value can be exchanged for some extraordinary things, allowing the host to turn his words into reality, and then continue to deceive.

Xiao Yan can see that the real body of the Big Liar System is actually a condensation of the [Lie Comes True] law of this world. Lies can become true if others believe it...

Xiao Yan looked at Qing Yunzi, who was carrying a world law and was fooling him seriously without knowing it. Suddenly, he had an idea and deliberately showed his trust in Qing Yunzi.

Sure enough, the Big Liar System prompted: [Congratulations to the host, you have obtained 1,000 points of trust from the Great Emperor! ]

Qing Yunzi, who was still worried about his life, was stunned and ecstatic: [I didn't expect that this emperor was so easy to fool! Or has my deception skills been perfected, and I can even deceive the emperor into believing me? 】

【The system has to remind the host that the Emperor Dagan has only a little trust in you, not as much as the Prime Minister has in you. 】

Qing Yunzi doesn't believe it: [It's impossible. The Prime Minister has only contributed 20 points of trust to me, but the Emperor Dagan gave me 1,000 points at a time! 】

【The system has to remind the host again that the Emperor Dagan is the emperor of the country and the real dragon of this world. The trust he has generated is 1,000 times that of others, so in terms of conversion, the Emperor Dagan has only 1 point of trust in you. 】

Qingyunzi: [……]

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Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes slightly and thought: "Sure enough, the original owner, the emperor of Dagan, has an extraordinary identity. These time travelers and reborn people who want to attack the target with the system are basically the original owner. Even if it is a system like the big scam system that does not need to choose a fixed target, it will gain more trust when facing me, and will naturally guide the host to attack me..."

He did not show any abnormality and ordered Liu An: "Arrange a place for Taoist Qingyunzi in the palace. Try to meet any needs of the Taoist. Everything is based on praying for rain!"

Liu An obeyed and led the way to take Qingyunzi away.

Although he thought it was a coincidence that someone came to do it for him just when he was worried about the drought, Xiao Yan did not think too much. No matter what method Qingyunzi used, he could solve the drought fundamentally. It would not matter if he sealed Qingyunzi as a nominal national teacher. Instead, he tied this time traveler with a magical system to Dagan to work for him.

In this ancient world, although there are all kinds of time travelers and reborn people with golden fingers, Xiao Ying's restored power is several times stronger than that of ordinary ancient worlds without extraordinary power, but he still can't do too much to go against the laws of the world, otherwise it would be a big loss if the world collapsed.

Qing Yunzi, who came to the door, is sometimes a very good helper.

In this ignorant ancient times, it is normal to pray for rain when encountering droughts, so Xiao Ying ordered everything to be done with the priority of praying for rain, and no one dared to beep, but they all prayed very carefully for the nectar to fall.

The rain-praying platform was built on the highest Moon-Watching Tower in the palace. It was strictly built according to the requirements of Qing Yunzi's casual remarks, and then some things that didn't work but sounded very bluffing were prepared.

Qing Yunzi walked up to the Moon-Watching Tower a little nervously under the gaze of civil and military officials and Xiao Ying. He was wearing a Taoist robe, with an ethereal temperament and a serious face, and it really looked like that.

Xiao Ying, who knew the inside story, pretended to know nothing and just watched Qing Yunzi standing on the high rain-praying platform and waving a peach wood sword in a serious manner. It was not until he took out a yellow talisman that looked no different from an ordinary ghost-painted talisman that Xiao Ying focused his attention on the yellow talisman.

He felt the power of the law.