After a night, Li Maicheng slept soundly, and the next morning, Li Maicheng was woken up in his sleep.

He woke up and saw Bai Ruoxue looking at his face.

Li Maicheng said: "Ruoxue, you woke up so early. ”

Bai Ruoxue said with a smile: "Maicheng, hurry up, we still have a lot to do today?"

Li Maicheng thought for a while and said, "It's true, then I'm going to get up soon." ”

Then Li Maicheng got dressed, dressed and washed his face, and had some breakfast.

After eating, Su Chengxuan said goodbye to Li Maicheng and said, "Senior brother, I'm going to Beihai to find my uncle, find him to think of a way to give this Suping Town some rain." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Okay, Chengxuan, you go, be careful on the road." ”

Su Cheng said, "Okay, senior brother, and the brothers of the mission, I will take my leave." ”

Then Su Chengxuan waved goodbye to the soldiers of the mission, and then flew away.

After Li Maicheng saw Su Cheng flying away, he said to Wu Shitong: "Brother Shitong, let's go to Namingxiu Mountain today to have a look, and buy some water by the way." ”

Wu Shidao: "Okay, senior brother. ”

Li Maicheng said: "Na Shitong, you and Xiaotian, Ruoxue, and Xiqing, the five of us will go to Naming Xiu Mountain, and the other junior disciples will stay here to protect the master." ”

The koi monster said, "Okay, senior brother, you can go, the giant ape monster and I will stay here to protect the master." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Okay." By the way, I don't know where Ming Xiushan is? We have to ask the old uncle. ”

Then the old uncle came over, and he was about to clean up the bowl for breakfast.

Li Maicheng asked the old man: "Old uncle, where is Ming Xiushan in Suping Town?"

The old uncle then led Li Maicheng out of the door, pointed to the direction of the east side of the courtyard and said: "Maicheng, not far from the east, there are many magnificent pavilions in Mingxiu Mountain, which are very recognizable. ”

Li Maicheng looked carefully at the east, and really saw a lush mountain, only to see that the mountain was lush with leaves, and there were many pavilions in the mountains.

Li Maicheng said: "Okay, thank you, uncle, I saw it." I'll take a few of my younger brothers and sisters there. ”

Then Li Maicheng, Wu Shitong and the five of them flew up with a few water altars, and then flew to Mingxiu Mountain in the east.

Li Maicheng and the five of them soared through the clouds and flew over Suping Town, only to feel that the sky was so dry, and the fields in Suping Town were desolate, bare everywhere, without grass, and a scene of great drought.

The river on the edge of Suping Town has long dried up, and some ordinary people carry water tanks to Namingxiu Mountain to buy water.

Li Maicheng and they flew, and gradually flew to the foot of Mingxiu Mountain, and when they arrived at the foot of the mountain, they found that the pavilion on Mingxiu Mountain was so magnificent, golden and brilliant, and there was a little golden light on the roof.

Li Maicheng and the others followed a few people who bought water to the dew spring of Naming Xiu Mountain.

I saw that the dew spring was at the foot of the Mingxiu Mountain, where there was already a long queue, some of the people carried water tanks, some held water jars, and some held water bottles, and they all came here to buy water.

Li Maicheng and the others lined up, waiting for their turn to buy water.

This Suping Town has been in drought for three or four years, so those people are too grateful to this Mingxiu Mountain, it is their dew spring here that has not dried up and raised them, so the people are also very grateful to the cultivators of Mingxiu Mountain.

Li Maicheng and the others lined up, and gradually it was their turn.

Li Maicheng handed the water altar to the little brother who sold water, and said to him: "How much does it cost to fill up my water altar." ”

The little brother took the water jar, looked at it, and said, "Twenty and a half taels will be added to it." ”

When Li Maicheng heard this, he felt that this water was really expensive, and said: "Little brother, this water is really expensive, twenty and a half taels can buy a cow in my big man." ”

The little brother said impatiently: "Brother, you haven't seen that this place has been dry for a few years, and water must be expensive." If you don't want to buy it, then replace it with another one. ”

Li Maicheng felt that the little brother looked down on him and had no money, so he took out a hundred and a half taels from his body and said, "Little brother, I have a hundred and a half taels here, and fill up my water altar and the four behind me." ”

The little brother took the half-tael and said with a smile: "Guest, okay, you wait slowly, I will fill your water altar with water." ”

Then the little brother filled the five water jars one by one, and filled them for a while before they were filled.

After it was full, Li Maicheng and the five of them came out of the long line with the water altar full of water.

Li Maicheng and the others came to a big tree with those water altars, Li Maicheng stopped, put down the water altar and said to Wu Shitong: "Shitong, you come with me, Ruoxue, Xiaotian, Xiqing, the three of you will take care of the water under this tree, and Shitong and I will go to the pavilion of the Ming Xiu Mountain to see which cultivator is cultivating here." ”

Zhou Xiaotian said: "Okay, senior brother, you go with Shitong, you remember to pay attention to safety, you are not familiar with the place here, you must take more precautions." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Okay, then let's go." ”

Then Li Maicheng took the Zhuying Sword and Wu Shitong together, and walked to the mountain road of the Ming Xiu Mountain, only to see that there was a Mingxu Pavilion halfway up the mountain, and the Mingxu Pavilion was full of clouds and mist, and it looked so magnificent. 168

Li Maicheng and Wu Shitong gradually walked along the mountain road and came to the Mingxu Pavilion.

Walking into the Mingxu Pavilion, I saw a lot of cultivators, dressed in white, holding swords in their hands, and one by one they were concentrating on practicing martial arts.

And in front of the crowd of martial arts practitioners, there was a handsome man with a beard who instructed the swordsmen to practice their swords.

Seeing this, Li Maicheng carefully looked at the man with the beard, and saw that he had a jade pendant on his clothes and an agate around his neck, looking very rich.

At this time, the bearded man suddenly turned his head and saw Li Maicheng looking at him, and also saw Wu Shitong with a rhinoceros head on his head. He then stopped instructing those swordsmen to practice martial arts, and then walked over and said to Li Maicheng: "Donor, may I ask what is the matter with you coming to my Mingxu Pavilion?"

Li Maicheng said: "Daoist, I disturb your martial arts practice, in Xia Li Maicheng, it is an envoy sent by the Han Dynasty to the Western Regions, passing by this Suping Town, seeing that there has been a drought here for several years, so I want to help them rain." ”

The bearded Taoist said: "Li Maicheng, fortunately, I will be fortunate to meet you, in Xia Tu Hangu, I am the head of this Mingxu Pavilion, those swordsmen who practice martial arts are all my apprentices, and the dew spring is also operated by our Mingxu Pavilion, and a few of my disciples are responsible for selling water there." ”

Li Maicheng confided in Tu Hangu: "Master Tu, the water you sell here is so expensive, twenty pieces of water per jar, all of which are up to the price of a cow in my big man." This is the wealth of the great drought. ”

Tu Hangu looked at Li Maicheng and said: "Brother Maicheng, don't you know, this dew spring will dry up in a short time, and I have no choice but to sell it at that price, that dew spring is originally the water source of our Mingxu Pavilion disciples, I see that the people of Suping Town are pitiful, so I agreed to sell the water of the dew spring to the common people." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Master Tu, I was also passing by here, I want to know if there was a shortage of water here a few years ago?"

Tu Hangu said: "Three years ago, it was still a fertile field, full of lush greenery, beautiful mountains and rivers, and the people lived very happily, but suddenly one day there was a black wind blowing in Suping Town, and since then there has been no rain in Suping Town, the sky is becoming drier and drier, and the land is in drought, which has lasted until now." ”

When Li Maicheng heard that there was a black wind blowing a few years ago, he felt that there were monsters, and said to Tu Hangu: "Master Tu, you said that there was a black wind blowing three years ago, could it be a demon wind, and there are monsters in this Suping Town?"

Tu Hangu touched his beard and said, "I don't know what that black wind is, I haven't heard of monsters in this area, but I look like monsters with your friend who looks like a rhinoceros." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Tu Zhangmen, don't worry, he is my junior brother and a rhinoceros spirit, but he is kind-hearted and will not hurt people casually." ”

Tu Hangu heard that it was really a rhinoceros essence, and said in surprise: "Maicheng, you two better leave early, you will meet those pilgrims who come here to burn incense and ask for rain, it will be difficult to explain, it is easy to cause misunderstanding." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Okay, then my junior brother and I will leave first." ”

Then Li Maicheng and Wu Shitong came out of the Mingxu Pavilion and came to meet Zhou Xiaotian under the big tree.

Zhou Xiaotian saw Li Maicheng's face full of sadness, and asked, "Senior brother, how is it, is there anything in it?"

Li Maicheng said: "Xiaotian, the pavilion of this Mingxiu Mountain is called Mingxu Pavilion, their head is called Tu Hangu, there are many disciples of Tu Hangu, I said a few words to him, I heard him say that three years ago, this Suping Town blew a black wind, since then, it has been dry here, and it has not rained." ”

Zhou Xiaotian said: "Senior brother, I see that there are monsters in this Suping Town, maybe this drought is a ghost made by monsters." ”

Li Maicheng thought about it for a while, and felt that Zhou Xiaotian's analysis was very reasonable, and said: "Xiaotian, what you analyzed is that I also think it is a monster. ”

At this time, Wu Shitong said: "Senior brother, let's wait for Senior Brother Chengxuan to come back first, and then let's make plans." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Okay, just do it." Then let's go down the mountain with this water now, the old uncle is still waiting for us to cook with this water. ”

Wu Shitong said to me: "Okay, then let's go back now." ”

Then Li Maicheng and Zhou Xiaotian, a few of them flew to Zhou Yijian's old uncle's house with those water altars in their arms.

They flew in the air for a while and returned to the old uncle's house, when Li Maicheng saw a catcher sitting in the courtyard drinking tea.

Uncle Zhou saw Li Maicheng and them coming back with water, and greeted Li Maicheng and said, "Maicheng, you are back, you have worked hard." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Uncle Zhou, it's not hard, we live here and cause trouble for you." ”

Uncle Zhou said: "Don't bother, there are people from your mission here, I'm still lively here, oh, by the way, I'll introduce you, it's my son-in-law who is sitting here drinking tea, his name is Wu Zhaoxin, and he is the catcher of the town yamen." ”

Li Maicheng hurriedly went over to greet him and said, "Wu Zhaoxin, fortunately, I am fortunate to meet you, in Xia Li Maicheng, I am the envoy of the Han Dynasty to the Western Regions. ”

When Wu Zhaoxin heard that it was the Great Han, he said in surprise: "Brother Maicheng, I am fortunate to be happy, I have heard of the Great Han Dynasty, it is a rich and powerful dynasty." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Yes, Wu Zhaoxin, by the way, what case have you been investigating recently?"

Wu Zhaoxin said: "Recently, it is all trivial things, which makes me anxious, this is not today, the old Wang family near here lost a sheep, they reported to the official, I sent them to find the sheep, I searched for a morning, and I didn't find anything, just close to my father-in-law's house, so I came to see him." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Wu Zhaoxin, you guys are also very hard at catching fast, you are really busy, and you have to take care of everything." ”

Wu Zhao said: "Isn't it? ”

Li Maicheng looked at Wu Zhaoxin complaining, suddenly thought of the drought, and then asked Wu Zhaoxin: "Brother Wu, do you know the cause of the drought here?"

Wu Zhaoxin said: "I don't know, anyway, there has been a drought here for several years, and I don't know how many times a year I ask the witch to ask for rain, but in the end it is useless." Maybe the Dragon King forgot about our place in Suping Town. ”

Li Maicheng said: "Brother Wu, don't worry, one of my junior disciples is the nephew of the Dragon King of the North Sea, he has now gone to Beihai to invite the Dragon King of the North Sea, and he will definitely help you rain here when the time comes." ”

Wu Zhaoxin said: "Okay, thank you Brother Maicheng, how much our people here are looking forward to the long drought and the rain, and I hope you can help us realize it." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Okay, Brother Wu, you and the people of Suping Town, don't worry, I will help you rain here." ”

Li Maicheng and they were chatting in the courtyard, while Bai Ruoxue and Jin Xiqing were helping Uncle Zhou make lunch, and they were busy in the kitchen, helping to light the fire, helping to add firewood, helping to wash and chop vegetables, and helping to stir-fry vegetables, while Bai Ruoxue was choked by the smoke in the kitchen and coughed all the time, but she still kept helping in the kitchen.