Chapter 1303: Penetrating Deep into the Minds of the People! (2/2)

”Ah!”

The civilians covered their mouths and gasped once more.

”Do you see? Even the most ferocious and bloodthirsty wolf, in front of an even more powerful soldier, is no different from the little dog that it just ate.

”This is the nature of the relationship between countries. In the dark forest, what can protect oneself is not benevolence or righteousness, but immense courage to face difficulties and even greater strength. This is might! Makes! Right!”

Wang Chong's words seemed to bang against the floor. After scanning the crowd, he left the stage with a sweep of his sleeves.

The vast crowd behind him was silent.

Silence!

A deathly stillness!

Even after Wang Chong was gone, everyone who had come to Azure Dragon Street to watch these events, including those within the restaurants and tea houses, and those clan heads who had come after hearing the news, were in a daze, seemingly petrified to the ground.

Everyone was still immersed in the shock brought about by that scene.

Although Wang Chong was gone now, for the people of the capital, this matter was far from concluded. When Chen Dazhong had appeared on the stage with his wolf and dog, everyone believed that they would be watching a play. Many people had forgotten that one of the banners Wang Chong had placed by the stage had declared 'Might Makes Right'.

All this was for Wang Chong to prove his theories.

But when the dog was killed and eaten, when the wolf was butchered, no one could bring themselves to laugh. No one could continue to treat this as some play.

Facts could overcome any strong argument!

Wang Chong had used a most blunt and irrefutable method to illustrate this law of survival to the people of the capital and the Great Tang.

Bang!

After this brief period of silence, there seemed to be a peal of thunder in the air as the crowd exploded.

”The King of Foreign Lands was right! We were all wrong!”

”All of us liked that wolf, but in the end, it still ate that dog. Wolves are wolves, and nothing can change this!”

”The surrounding countries have always been envious of the Great Tang's wealth, have always wanted to attack the Great Tang. Alas, we were all fooled. Only the King of Foreign Lands… only he was the most clear-minded. This was why he wrote that book! The King of Foreign Lands is right!”

The crowd chattered amongst itself. The scenes that had taken place on that stage had been deeply branded into the minds of many, perhaps to remain with them for the rest of their lives.

”Don't listen to his nonsense! This was all a coincidence, a coincidence! One incident can't be used to prove anything! Everyone, you must believe in the Imperial Court!”

Several Confucians loudly called out in the crowd, but no one paid them any attention or listened to their opinions. All their voices were suppressed by the chatter of the crowd. The dog and wolf had made all of them think like they never had before.

No! It was not simply the crowd that was beginning to reconsider their ideas, but the entire empire!

”It's over!”

”The situation is bad! The King of Foreign Lands has won! If this continues, our peace with the Great Tang will soon be broken! All the effort from before will have been for nothing!”

”I must report this to His Majesty!”

The scouts in the crowd turned ghastly pale. As they looked around at the crowd and the wolf corpse on the stage, they backed out of the crowd and rushed in various directions.

This event rapidly took hold of the capital, having more influence than anyone could imagine. In only half a day, the entire capital knew of what had transpired, and countless people went to the stage. Meanwhile, according to Wang Chong's orders, the hunter had been appropriately taken care of and guided away.

But the corpses of the wolf and dog and all the blood they had spilled were still there.

Every person of the capital who saw that gory scene was dealt a massive mental blow. This was precisely because all of them had heard about how this wolf and dog had coexisted, and developed a great fondness for this pair. Even children knew a few little rhymes about the friendliness of this dog and wolf. All this maximized the shock they felt from the sight of the blood on the stage.

As people arrived and saw the dark red bloodstains on the stage and the gaping maw of the deceased wolf, they were rendered speechless.

The cruelty of reality and the destruction of children's tales were callously and bluntly displayed before them. The mood in the capital became oppressive, as if a heavy stone had been placed over everyone's heads, so heavy that they could barely breathe.

A day passed of countless people privately discussing this matter. They spoke about the 'docile wolf', the 'innocent dog', spoke of 'the eruption of nature', the 'final carnage', and the words the King of Foreign Lands had said before leaving.