Praying for rain, known as the pheasant sacrifice and the pheasant ceremony in ancient times, there is a special pheasant pavilion in the Dragon Palace, which is specially set up to listen to the four directions praying for rain. From the beginning www.biquge.info of the Zhou Dynasty, the rain prayer ceremony was widely spread, Zhou Tianzi was the great pheasant master, but there were many Chinese gods, and the object of prayer was not only the dragon king, but also Bei Peng, Bi Xing, Chi Songzi, Xuan Ming, Chen Tianjun, and even Emperor Guan, Magu and so on.

But if the rain god is more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, it must be the dragon king.

Under the rain prayer platform, nearly 1,000 people from five townships in Yingkou Town gathered, including men, women and children. There is an offering table in front of the stage, a drooping old yellow-robed Taoist priest, he is the Taoist chief of the small incense temple in Yingkou Town, and the only Taoist chief in Yingkou Town, nearly seventy years old, deaf and dazzling, wrinkles like waves layered on top of each other, full of sideburns and frost.

This Taoist chief is not a big man, but the drought is serious, and there is a shortage of water in the Taoist temple, so he really can't go to the town to ask for water to drink.

Set up the stage according to the approximate memory, and he will become the host as a matter of course. It's just a pity that he only knows the reason for this rain prayer ceremony, and he is a little dazed when he stands in front of the stage.

Thousands of pairs of eyes were staring at him tightly, but in fact, everyone didn't know the bottom of their hearts, seeing that his face was full of confusion, they never said a word, and began to talk about it.

"This old way looks like the wind blows and falls, can it be done?"

"Who knows, a dead horse should be a live horse doctor. ”

"Mother, it's too cold. If this old way is frozen, don't plant it here. ”

"Look, this is useless. Hey, Huaxia is so big, I heard that there is a drought in many provinces, where is there an air control for us. ”

"Let's take a look, and if there's no movement, let's go home and rest. ”

There were many voices of doubt in the crowd, after all, this land has experienced countless droughts for hundreds of years, and I have heard of such things as asking for rain before, but basically it does not work, it is just a psychological comfort.

Five townships, a total of tens of thousands of people, ninety out of nine people don't believe it, and they don't even bother to look at it. Nine out of ten of the people who came together came to see the excitement, and the remaining one had a glimmer of hope.

"Zodiac chief, look?"

One of the villagers couldn't bear it anymore, so he leaned over and shouted, "When will this begin, you see everyone is freezing here." ”

The zodiac chief leaned over with his ears and said in a hoarse voice: "What? What are you talking about? I have my ears back, you are louder?"

The villager was helpless, so he leaned into his ear and shouted, "When did I say when should we start?"

"Start?"

Huang Daochang looked dazed, looked left and right, and muttered, "What's the beginning? Isn't this good?"

The villagers were angry and laughing, pointing to the sky and saying, "Old Daoist, ask for rain." Why don't you do some magic and recite two mantras?"

"What, there's porridge? Where is porridge? No need for porridge. ”

The old Taoist is so deaf that he can't communicate at all in this noisy place. So, thousands of people stood in the cold wind against an old Taoist priest and shivered.

"Damn, is it neat or not? What's going on?"

"This old Taoist priest is demented, right?"

"No, I can't resist, so I'll withdraw first. ”

As the minutes ticked by, the sky remained clear except for the cold wind, and there was no sign of rain. One after another, some people lost patience and grumbled and prepared to leave.

People left one after another, and it didn't take much effort, and there were less than two dozen people left in front of the altar. These 20 or so people shrank like frozen quails, not because they didn't want to leave, but because they built this prayer platform, this wooden beam, wooden pole, and flags, and they are still waiting for them to pack it up.

The old Taoist priest couldn't hold it anymore, so he sat on a stone in a leeward place, rolling up his sleeves and falling asleep.

"Brother Wang, you go and talk to the old Taoist, let's quickly dismantle it. It's a cold day. ”

"yes, yes. What kind of rain is this, isn't it nonsense? ”

Brother Wang, who organized this rain prayer ceremony, is the one with the most confidence. He is a believer in the Dragon King, and he invited the statue of the Dragon King at home, and offered sincerely three times a day. But now he also looked depressed, looked at the cloudless sky, and looked at the sleeping old Taoist priest, and the last bit of confidence in his heart was exhausted.

Looking at the hunting flags on the rain platform, the golden dragon waved in the wind, as if it was meandering in the air.

Brother Wang lamented in his heart, knelt down in front of the rain prayer platform with helplessness, and buried his head deeply. If no miracle happens, the next step is to call for people, remove the platform, and end this farcical rain prayer ceremony.

Lord Dragon!

Help us.

There was no response for a long time, just when he was completely discouraged and ready to stand up. In the sky at the end of the estuary in the distance, there was a sudden thunderclap.

Kala.

A giant lightning bolt that stretched for hundreds of meters suddenly appeared in the sky, opening its teeth and claws, and the blazing flash of light tore the entire sky in an instant.

The lightning stopped, the wind and clouds burst out, and thick dark clouds converged from all directions, layer after layer, and the blue mist was constantly brewing in it.

The sea water at the mouth of the sea is boiling, and in every corner and every stone crevice, fish and shrimp gush out one after another, converging into a surging wave, and the waves rise to the surface.

They are all creatures in the water and have sensed the call of the dragon.

There are also cities and villages that are also boiling, and no matter what people are doing, they all stop brushing and brushing. After a brief silence, the shouts converged into a noisy whirlwind.

"Thunder! thunder!"

"It's going to rain! it's going to rain!"

Everyone waved their arms, uncontrollable excitement, calling for more people, standing on the road, in the square, on the rooftops of the building, staring at the thick dark clouds in the sky.

Faces full of excitement and hope in their eyes.

At the scene of praying for rain, the only two dozen or so people left, their faces were full of astonishment, and then ecstasy, they danced like crazy, and kept shouting: "It's raining, it's going to rain." ”

"It worked, it worked!"

The villagers who had walked halfway all stopped in unison and looked at the sky incredulously.

I don't know who shouted: "The rain is coming!"

The crowd immediately stirred, and at that moment someone suddenly shouted, "Look, look, dragon! There is a dragon in the clouds." "In the rolling dark clouds, a golden light and shadow floated and swam in the clouds, and thunder burst into light.

"Lord Dragon, that's Lord Dragon! Oh my God......"

"Pray for rain worked?"

"This is the manifestation of the Dragon King, everyone go back quickly. ”

The people who were not hopeful just now suddenly regretted in their hearts, this is the manifestation of the dragon king, how can they, as believers praying for rain, give up halfway like this?

There will be retribution!

Some people pulled their legs and ran to the prayer platform, and more and more people understood, turned around again, and rushed to the prayer platform with all their strength.

More and more people are coming back, and the news of painting dragons and praying for rain spreads. Many villagers put down their things and rushed to the rain platform in groups.

The villagers who were tormented by the drought felt a surge of confidence and gratitude in their hearts the moment they saw the dragon.

In the vague twilight, at the end of the estuary, a blue curtain of water appeared. The height is about ten meters, and the breadth is as long as seven or eight hundred meters, almost crossing the entire embankment.

Layers of black shadows began to appear densely in the waves. Millions of fish and shrimp rolled over layer by layer.

There was a high-pitched dragon roar in the sky, and those fish and shrimp all burrowed into the waves and jumped in the direction. It began to swim in the opposite direction, forming a large wave that had never been seen before, like a rolling mountain range.

Wave after wave of huge waves rolled along the river, and countless fish and shrimp fell from the water wall, and then rejoined the water wall desperately, and continued to swim perseveringly.

The power of a fish is small, but the power of a thousand and ten thousand, one hundred thousand and a million of them, gathered together, is enough to shake a city.

Everyone looked at this strange sight in amazement, and the width and height of the waves increased exponentially, and in the blink of an eye, the sky was obscured.

The dragon shadow in the clouds, from virtual to real, accompanied by a dragon groan, an eight-zhang long golden light and shadow suddenly appeared, gilded dragon scales, sharp dragon claws, and winding dragon body, extremely dazzling in the sky.

The wind is coming!

A fierce and powerful hurricane roared on the surface of the sea, mixed with surging waves, and circled violently and violently, as if to tear everything apart. The air currents converge from all directions towards the center, forming a vortex that winds around the current, gradually rising high into the air and connecting with the clouds, connecting the clouds with the water.

Then several swirling currents split up on the surface of the water, attracted by the tornado, broke free from gravity, and began to climb upward with the tornado.

In the blink of an eye, nine tornadoes composed entirely of water appeared on the surface of the sea, connecting the heavens and the earth, like a giant pillar of the sky.

Kowloon absorbs water.

If the dragon wants rain, it must first absorb water.

Seawater contains brine and is not drinkable and cannot be irrigated. If Lu Zheng wants to travel through clouds and rain, he must first refine the seawater into spiritual water, the upper end of the waterspout is connected with the thunderstorm clouds, and the lower end extends directly on the sea surface, and the air rotates rapidly around the axis. The water is sucked into the bottom of the vortex and then becomes a vortex that goes up the axis.

And Lu Zheng did his best to transform the spiritual water and accumulate strength. (To be continued.) )