Cao Mao smiled as he looked at the two men before him.
Many things had to be changed little by little.
It was time to crack down hard on "the mysterious within the mysterious," which had gradually gained strength since the Later Han.
Everyone in this age was infected by it, even the court historians.
It was not that people in other dynasties did not believe in such things. They did, and their histories often recorded mystical events too, but not nearly as frequently as during the Wei-Jin period.
In this age, it was as though all the immortals, demons, and monsters had come running out together.
Almost every day, Cao Mao heard ministers report that an immortal had appeared somewhere or that some mysterious phenomenon had occurred elsewhere.
Occasionally, a few even received visits from Emperor Taizu in their dreams. Besides Emperor Taizu, some immortals also liked to visit them in dreams.
Whenever Cao Mao heard the Attendant Cavalry officers report these things, he felt that these immortals and Emperor Taizu were far too busy.
Especially Emperor Taizu. Even death had not given him any leisure; he still had to spend his days visiting his subordinates in their dreams.
Back when Gao Rou was executed, the prison officer responsible for guarding him told those around him:
He had dreamed that night that someone was taking Gao Rou away. He hurried after them to stop them, only to see several armored guards escort Gao Rou into a great hall.
A noble personage sat above them, his expression indistinct. He angrily told Gao Rou, "I entrusted great affairs to you, yet you led my son astray and failed my grandson. Now you seek to harm my great-grandson as well. I will make certain your entire clan dies an unnatural death!"
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