Chapter 180: Antares Occupying the Heart (1/2)
Chapter 180: Antares Occupying the Heart
Translator: Pika
The village wasn’t too big, having only just dozens of fahtfall by the tie The hter could be heard from some of the residences Of course, there were also unfortunate ones filled with shoutings and sighs
In any case, this was indeed a typical historical village
Zu An and Qiao Xueying snuck into the village and listened in to the conversations froather so froed Zu An’s sleeves and pulled him toward one of the residences
Soon, when they were right by the residence, they were finally able to figure out what those weird noises were—heavy breathing and the creaking of the bed There were also some flirtatious whispers between a ’s face reddened She clicked her tongue and said aardly, “Hod it is of them to do this at such an early hour”
“You’re too accustoant life of rich clans that you don’t understand the hardshi+p of commoners Most of them are too poor to afford oil lamps, so what else do you expect the covered her ears as she scoffed, “Spoken like a true expert in the topic Enough, let’s head to the other residences”
“Ah, this reive it a try?” asked Zu An
“What quiz? Tellrefused to believe that her intelligence was lacking, and the at those a froive it a try
“Divine Physician Ji invented a medicine where the woman will succumb if the man ate it, and the man will succumb if the woman ate it If both the man and the woman took the medicine, who do you think will succu’s face reddened She cursed softly, “That old man really is a darned pervert! To think that he’s actually respected as a divine physician! Instead of bringing solace to those suffering, he wastes his ti up with this sort of weird stuff!”
Zu An burst into laughter “You can criticize Ji Dengtu all you want once you return to Brightmoon City So, what’s your answer to that question?”
“How could I possibly know the answer to a question like this?!” Qiao Xueying turned her reddened face away
“Heh, I knew that there’s no way you can figure out with that sive you the answer Naturally, it’s the bed that succulared at Zu An and sneered, “If you dare to speak of such crude jokes before Chu Chuyan, she’ll definitely chase you out of the Chu clan”
“Heh She ht chase anyone away from the Chu clan, but definitely not me,” replied Zu An
“I sure do wonder where your confidence co away to look for ed leisurely as he quickly caught up with her
A while later, they arrived at the village chief’s residence, which happened to be the brawny man Chen Wei’s hoe chief
As the village chief, it ithout saying that their family was much better off At the very least, they could afford oil lamps The shadows of their silhouette could be seen on the walls as they chatted by the s
With a fearful voice, the village chief said, “Antares Occupying the Heart; that’s the o crisis!”
However, Chen Wei thought nothing of it “Father, ‘Antares Occupying the Heart’ is nothing end exploited by those in power to achieve their goals How could soet it because you’re too young When the world believes in it, even so that’s false can become true A crisis can be e chief with a shake of his head
“Even if ‘Antares Occupying the Heart’ does happen as the legends foretell, the one to suffer would just be the emperor What does this have to do with ordinary civilians like us? In fact, it’ll be a day of celebration for us all if that tyrant dies!”
“Shush!+ Are you tired of living?!” The horrified village chief immediately muffled his son’s mouth “That’s a crime that warrants nine familial exterminations! If sooners!”
Chen Wei harru hat I just said The pheno for the e to do with us”
“I hope so” The village chief’s voice was filled orry
The two of them lost their mood to continue the conversation, so they soon retired for the night
“What does ‘Antares Occupying the Heart’ mean?” Zu An was perplexed by the conversation He was just about to ask Qiao Xueying when he noticed that she was staring at the sky in a daze
“What’s wrong?” Zu An also turned to look at the sky, only to see stars scattered a a back, it had been ht pollution in the city
With a worried look on her face, Qiao Xueying pointed to a certain part of the sky and said, “Do you see the two brightest stars over there?”
Zu An looked in the direction where she was pointing toward and sao stars that were visibly brighter than the others
“The one on the upper left side is Antares, an oht to be the omen of disaster and death There are three stars on the lower right side of it; they forhtest one at the center represents the Son of Heaven, the emperor, whereas the two by the side represents the crown prince and the coht now, the Antares has halted inside the Heart Mansion, positioned right beside the star representing the emperor This is one of thethe Heart”
“Celestial event?” scoffed Zu An “Do you believe in such superstition too?”