When night fell, torches were lit in Xingcheng, and the whole city was brightly lit. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although it was already night, since Di Xin had given the order to distribute the grain, the city lord of Xing did not dare not do it, the porridge shed was erected, and the soldiers and attendants were busy fetching water and cooking porridge to distribute food, and each person had a bowl of porridge to ensure that people could survive tonight.

In the City Lord's Mansion, looking at the two Di Xin Tao Bao who had already come out of the house, the City Lord Xing was shocked by Tao Bao's beauty, and at the same time, his heart was constantly drumming.

Di Xin took Tao Bao and sat down on the top, then looked at the kneeling Xing City Lord below, examined him for a long time, and then asked:

"Why is it not distributed to the people when the grain comes?"

"Your Majesty, it's not that the ministers don't want to, but there are still a few nobles in the city who don't allow it, saying that if they give all the food to the people outside the city, they themselves have no food, and they will definitely not be able to suppress these mobs, so they didn't open the city gate to open a warehouse to release grain. ”

When the city lord Xing said this, he raised his eyes and quietly glanced at Di Xin, and saw that there was no sign of anger on his face, so he boldly replied:

"Besides, there are countless refugees in Xingcheng, and the food sent by His Majesty is simply not enough for so many people to share, open a warehouse today, according to the current trend, within two days, there will be no food in the city, God will not rain or harvest the grains, and there is no way. ”

In the final analysis, if God doesn't rain, what else can they do?

Di Xin naturally knows this truth, and now that things are like this, the blame is that there is not enough food, and the productivity of his big business is still not good.

Even if he shouted that Taobao had rained, he would not be able to survive the three or four months of waiting for the new grain to be planted again and the grain to mature.

There are two or three hundred thousand refugees in Xingcheng in the north, even if the vassal states in the south all come out with food, they will not come out, not only that, but there is also a war now, and the food of the army must be supplied first, and the remaining food at that time is not enough for more than a dozen people to support, how can it support so many people?

The hall was quiet, Di Xin was looking for a solution, and City Lord Xing was also worried about how to deal with a few people, and both of them stopped talking.

Tao Bao pondered for a long time, and suggested: "King, no matter what, ask for rain first, the top priority is water, and the grain can last for a few days, but this water can't hold up, and I'm afraid that the springs in the city won't be able to produce much water." ”

Emperor Xin bowed his head and instructed the lord of Xingcheng: "You will order someone to set up an altar by the river now, and tomorrow, Lone will personally come to the stage to ask for rain!"

For now, it can only be like this, the city lord of Xing nodded, saluted and retreated.

There were only two people left in the main hall, Tao Bao and Di Xin, Di Xin waved away the surrounding servants, and when they left, he turned his head to look at Tao Bao, took her hand, and said:

"So, fortunately, I love the concubine. ”

He swore before that he could ask for rain, just because there was Tao Bao's trump card, Tao Bao could carry water, he knew, and he could say it so confidently because he had confidence.

Tao Bao shook his head lightly and smiled: "It's okay, the king can just recite the prayer tomorrow morning, and leave the rest to me." ”

Originally, she also wanted to use this to make a raft for Di Xin, but she didn't expect Di Xin to think of it herself, and this time the two of them had the same purpose.

"Concubine Ai is tired, she is useless, otherwise it would not be like this. Di Xin took Tao Bao with guilt, whispered in her ear, and after a moment of intimacy, he went back to prepare the prayer.

After resting for one night, the next day, dressed in the dress prepared by the lord of Xingcheng, Di Xin walked up to the rain platform by the river alone.

Cleanse your hands, burn incense, prostrate yourself three times, offer incense, then open the prayer and begin to recite it aloud.

At this time, you must be sincere, otherwise the rain will not work, and the people below will kneel down one after another when they hear Di Xin start to recite, and they will bow to the ground with their heads and pray sincerely.

The prayer was not long, and it took a quarter of an hour to finish.

Di Xin took the prayer and walked to the candlestick, burned the prayer, and scattered the ashes into the river, and then prayed three times, waiting to be left to fate.

If he prays for rain and does not come, it will greatly damage the reputation of Emperor Xin, and if he asks for rain to come, it means that he is favored by God and is the real king.

Success or failure is all on Tao Bao.

On the high mountain by the river, Tao Bao, dressed in white, stood on the top of the peak, and when he saw that Di Xin had finished the ceremony, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and he smiled.

Both hands were raised, palms were placed in front of his chest, his ten fingers began to shake rapidly, the magic trick in his hands changed, a small cloud condensed into his palm, Tao Bao shouted lightly: "Go!"

The white clouds turned into dark clouds, quickly flew into the sky, and became bigger and bigger, so big that they enveloped the entire Xingdi, and then stopped.

This is the first time Tao Bao has cast a rain spell after being promoted to an earth immortal, she is familiar with water, but it is still a little difficult to support such a large area of rain with the immortal power in her body alone, so she took a trick and led the groundwater into the air and converted it into rain to fall.

In this way, not only is there enough water, but she can also save a lot of effort herself.

The blue light flashed between his fingers, and suddenly the wind rose, and dark clouds appeared in the sky, shrouding the heads of everyone, Di Xin on the high platform, his black robe was blown by the wind, his posture was tall, his clothes were fluttering, and he looked up at the sky, as if a god had descended.

The wind is strong, the rain is coming, the clouds are rolling, and the air is moist.

The people trembled with excitement, looked up at the oppressive sky, and silently cheered in their hearts: the rain is coming, the rain is coming......

Didn't disappoint them, "boom", and the rain poured down.

Everyone was stunned until they were drenched in the rain, and then they started running like crazy.

"It's raining, it's raining! Finally saved, saved!"

The people cheered, and they took the equipped utensils to receive water, and drank as they went, and after being thirsty for so long, they were finally able to drink their fills today.

Suddenly, in the midst of this jubilation, a burst of cries erupted, crying for their deceased relatives, and rejoicing in the continuation of their lives, crying and laughing, as if they were crazy.

Looking at these crazy people, Xing City Lord Huang Feihu and the others all looked at Di Xin on the high platform, and suddenly felt that this person, he was a natural king!

The rain kept falling, and after the initial cheers, everyone moved to the city to take shelter from the rain, and Huang Feihu also hurriedly took an umbrella and stepped forward to take Di Xin back to the city lord's mansion to rest.

The heavy rain continued throughout the day and did not stop until the evening, until the next day, when the water level of the river was high.

This night was the happiest night for the people, and those who had not experienced a major drought could not experience the happiness of being able to drink water and drink to their heart's content.

At dawn the next day, the rain stopped, and although the ground was muddy, it could not stop everyone's happy mood.

As soon as the rain stopped, everyone rushed to the river, and when they were glad that the river was well-watered, a cry caught everyone's attention.

"Look, everyone, there's something in the field!"

Everyone turned their heads to look at the field, only to see that there were clusters of unknown plants growing in the field where there was only loess left.