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Chapter 429: Finale

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    The epicenter of the great Beijing earthquake in 1679 was at the junction of Pinggu County and Sanhe County in the east of Beijing. Pinggu and Tongzhou counties were the most severely damaged, and the ground cracked more than ten feet wide.  Dongshan landslide, Haizizhuang Nanshan, split into jagged.  The famous "Lengdeng Ancient Pagoda" in Tongzhou was destroyed by the earthquake, and the ground around the county was severely cracked. Black water gushed out from the ground for about ten feet, and some even hot springs gushed out of the cracks.

    The earthquake also affected places such as the Forbidden City, Deshengmen, Andingmen, Xizhimen, Changchun Temple, Beihai and Temple of Heaven in the urban area of ??Beijing. A total of more than 12,000 houses collapsed and more than 18,000 were damaged.  Dozens of solid and well-built imperial palaces, palaces, and ancient temples were also destroyed. Thirty-one palaces were damaged in the Forbidden City.  Near the Temple of Heaven, there is also ground fissures and water gushing out, and ground fissures several feet long can be seen inside and outside the city.  Fortunately, due to various reasons, there were not many casualties in Beijing.

    The damage and spread of the earthquake are very extensive. Suburban counties such as Shunyi, Miyun, and Fangshan around the urban area of ??Beijing, most of Hebei Province, and parts of Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, and Inner Mongolia were all damaged, with an area of ??more than 100,000 people damaged.  square kilometers.  The earthquake was felt in parts of Liaoning, Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Anhui, Gansu, Guangdong, Jilin and other provinces, and the farthest felt area was more than 1,000 kilometers away from the epicenter.  The quake was recorded in 165 states and counties.  It can be said that the earthquake affected more than half of China.

    Regarding this geological disaster, although Fatty Lu remembered the exact year and approximate month, he did not remember the exact date, and was unable to make preparations to minimize losses.  It is possible to help the people survive the disaster and reduce the loss of personnel and property.  At the same time, Fatty Lu felt very guilty about the small actions he made by taking advantage of this geological disaster. He always felt that he was too sorry for the people affected by the disaster.

    Fatty Lu's guilt is his own fault, but the people affected by the disaster did not blame this crime on Fatty Lu, but pointed the finger at Wu Shifan, the little emperor of Honghua who was far away in Yunnan.  The little emperor usurped the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, offending the heavens, so as soon as his golden statue was put into the Qianqing Palace, heaven sent such a disaster to punish the world, and strongly demanded that the fat man army remove Wu Shifan's golden statue from the Qianqing Palace.  The Fat Army did not disappoint the people this time, and chose to hold a ceremony on the eighth day of the eighth day of the eighth lunar month to move the golden statue of Wu Shifan out of the Qianqing Palace and melt it down in front of the earthquake shed outside Beijing.

    When the golden statue of Wu Shifan was melted down, Wu Guogui, who managed to save his life with a broken arm, was also there, but he did not say a word of objection this time.  There is no objection, because after hearing the old traitor Wu's warning from Fatty Lu, they saw with their own eyes that the golden statue of Wu Shifan was placed in the Qianqing Palace less than a month before such a large earthquake occurred in Beijing, and they also saw and experienced it with their own eyes.  Fatty Lu's vow was fulfilled.  Objecting under such circumstances is not only against the destiny, but also against the will of the people.

    Even more coincidentally, during the earthquake, Wu Guozheng, who assisted Wu Guogui in guarding the Forbidden City, saw with his own eyes that the golden statue of Wu Shifan was thrown from the dragon chair by the earthquake.  Falling down once, in the end even the palace walls of Qianqing Palace collapsed.  Hearing the report from his younger brother, no matter how loyal Wu Guogui was to old man Wu, he couldn't help but suspect that the old Wu family might really have no emperor.

    Wu's loyal ministers are not bad, they just have nothing to say, but Lu Fatty's confidant lackeys are really shocked. The reason why Lu Fatty's lackeys and accomplices insist on making Lu Fatty emperor  In fact, it was for his own sake. He wanted to use Fatty Lu to keep his wealth, power, status, and vested interests. He never believed in any nonsense such as destiny, so Fatty Lu made such a vow to cut his own future at the Temple of Heaven last year and  This year, the accomplices and lackeys were so angry after the heavy vows this year. Not only did they cause several mutinies to force Fatty Lu to ascend the throne and become emperor, but they even once suspected that Fatty Lu was already stupid and demented in advance.  Not just one or two lackeys and accomplices of Fatty Lu.

    It's just that what Fatty Lu's accomplices and lackeys never dreamed of was that the oath that Fatty Lu made at the Temple of Heaven was not only fulfilled, but also the oath was fulfilled without any tampering.  These oaths!  In this way, the accomplices cheered and rejoiced that the dream could finally come true, and then looked at Fatty Lu with a look of awe. This guy, is this guy really the Lord of the World chosen by heaven?  Jinkouyuyan, words come out with the sky?

    I was also shocked, and all the soldiers and civilians who had heard of Fatty Lu's oath and old man Wu's treacherous dream before, the nonsense of the past was true.One, it's a fake.  "

    "My son¡ª!" Shang Wanyan, who missed her beloved son to the point of madness, burst into tears, opened her arms and hugged the young man in her arms, and put her face on his son's head, crying loudly, "Son, my good boy  , I am your mother!"

    "Mom? Are you my mother? Really?" The boy seemed to be out of a dream, but tears still flowed from the corners of his eyes.

    "Of course it's true!" Fatty Lu punched his son on the head again, humming, "Little bastard, you actually abducted your wife just like your father did, and it was your unmarried wife who abducted, thanks to you for figuring it out!  "

    As he said that, Fatty Lu turned his head amidst Shang Wanyi's mother and son's hugging and crying, cupped his hands at the stunned Gao Dejie, and said sincerely: "Brother Da Jie, this child has grown up by your side for more than half of the time.  Thank you for bringing him up, and for raising me to be a vigorous son, thank you very much."

    "I dare not, this is what I should do." Gao Dejie, who finally came to his senses, hurriedly returned the gift, but his heart was filled with joy.

    "Brother Dajie, tell me, if the news is heard by those people in Yunnan, how will they react?" Fatty Lu suddenly smirked and whispered in Gao Dejie's ear.

    Gao Dejie smiled heartily, and leaned into Fatty Lu's ear and whispered: "I estimate that they will probably want to bump their heads to death¡ªincluding Han Daren, and your other imperial concubine, Your Majesty.  The opportunity was missed by them?"

    Fatty Lu and Gao Dejie laughed together, looking up to the sky and laughing.

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