Chapter 390: Chapter 390 Mother God’s Manifestation (11)
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
After reading it, he handed the note to Zhou Huaiming and asked, “What do you think of this?”
“Could it be true? If it’s man-made, it’s impossible the entire town didn’t hear anything.” Zhou Huaiming answered with disbelief.
“By the way,” he asked hesitantly, “I remember my grandmother mentioning Mother God when she was young. Why don’t we ask the older generation?”
“Okay, you’ll handle this. Remember to find a man worthy of their words and not a woman.” The Third Prince nodded thoughtfully.
“I will get to it immediately.” Zhou Huaiming turned around and left in a hurry.
He went to the nearby village and found a village chief and their patriarch to understand the situation.
Most of them were also confused. They only knew that the Mother God Temple existed, but none had ever heard of Mother God answering anyone’s prayers.
Only the two elderly clan leaders got excited when they heard this, indicating they had heard of something like it.
Thus, Zhou Huaiming brought them to a village near the military camp. He then asked the Third Prince to come and tell him about his findings.
The Third Prince was shocked, as he didn’t think anyone would have really heard of it before. He asked the elders, “Tell me what happened?”
“Greetings, my lord. This was something that happened 70 or 80 years ago.
“We came from the south. We came here with our families after a flood there.
“I remembered someone saying that a group of us were trapped in the Mother God Temple by the flood.
“Just as they were about to starve to death, they collectively kowtowed to Mother God.
“Fortunately, Mother God gave them enough food for a month; she gave them rice.
“That was how that group managed to survive.”
“I’ve heard similar things from the elders, but in recent years, no matter how much they worship, there’s no response from Mother God. This was why no one worships Mother God anymore over the years.”
“So you’re saying that every time Mother God responds to her prayers, it’s during a great disaster and doesn’t usually do that?” The Third Prince asked thoughtfully.
“I’m not sure about that. We’ve only heard about it but never seen it.” The old man shook his head.
“Thank you for making this trip.” After the Third Prince heard this, he asked the soldiers to send them back and gave each of them two pounds of black flour.
At night, after dinner, Zhou Haiming looked at the Third Prince’s restless look and knew that he was worried.
The great Ming Dynasty was currently plagued with internal and external problems, and the flames of war were everywhere.
More importantly, cannibalism was becoming more and more rampant.
The country might be finished if there was no food to quell this chaos.
However, was this rumor of Mother God’s manifestation true? If it were true, that would be for the best.
If not, then who would be doing this? Would they seize the country after buying over the people’s hearts?
“Why don’t I go over there and check it out?” Zhou Huaiming asked.
The Third Prince shook his head. “There’s no need with that many people there.
Since they don’t have any clue, you won’t be of any use even if you go.”
“Then…”
“Let’s just wait a little longer. Didn’t Country Magistrate Kong say he plans to bring the entire county to worship Mother God tomorrow? We’ll wait for the results.
“In addition, send a letter to Manager Liu. Tomorrow night, keep a close eye on all the warehouses in the county. If someone is deceiving us, we’ll find out by tomorrow night.”
“Roger that. Do sleep early, my prince.” Zhou Huaiming turned around and left after that. He wrote a note to Manager Liu and sent it out by pigeon.
When Manager Liu received it, he was surprised. He secretly scolded himself for being careless and immediately arranged for the manpower needed..