After bidding farewell to the old man watching chess, Zhao Ting went straight to Jiangzhou.

Jiangzhou was far away from Qingzhou, and even at his speed, it would take him a quarter of an hour to reach it.

Hurry with peace of mind.

As for the old chess watcher in Qingzhou, although he did not agree with his philosophy, the other party had never hurt the innocent human race after all, and Zhao Ting did not want to hurt him.

The well water does not interfere with the river water.

After a stick of incense.

Zhao Ting has entered the Jiangzhou boundary.

Unlike when he studied here in the past, Jiangzhou was completely occupied by the unknown Sea Clan because of the defeat of the Ghost Emperor and the Sea Emperor.

In this land, the lives of the people of the Wu Dynasty are not much different from the past, except that there is an additional religion called "Poseidon Sect".

Almost every county town in Jiangzhou has the figure of the "Poseidon Sect", lobbying and preaching everywhere, guiding the people to believe in the Sea Emperor.

The state of Jiangzhou is close to the sea, and many people even rely on the sea for food, so the mission of the "Poseidon Sect" has naturally become extremely simple.

Most of the people in Jiangzhou are now believers in the "Poseidon Sect". Every house is enshrined in a statue of the Sea Dragon King.

Even some high-ranking officials and county guards secretly knelt down to worship the Sea Dragon King.

Even though he is not religious, he will still bow down and ask for the protection of the Sea Dragon King whenever he goes out to sea.

This is what Zhao Ting sees now.

He was a little silent.

The Sea Dragon King's brainwashing methods are really very skillful.

Taking a deep breath, Zhao Ting showed his figure and slowly landed at the entrance of a small fishing village next to Fengqiu Island.

Facing the sea and backed by a hill, the small fishing village is lined with a few century-old trees at the entrance of the village, and many small fishing boats made of ebony are docked in front of the dock.

In the middle of the village, there is also a stone statue that is one zhang high, with the body of a crocodile head and a fish, and the carving is lifelike, which is the shape of the sea dragon king that is spread among the people.

When Zhao Ting slowly approached, several middle-aged men in the fishing village were sitting next to the statue of the Sea Dragon King, chatting without saying a word.

"Then Wang Sheng of Wangjia Village is not a good thing, he promised to give his daughter to our family, and in the end he repented, he hated the poor and loved the rich, he was really not a human being! ”

"Hehe, the sea god has a lot of things to do, how can he take care of your family's affairs. ”

"That's it, if you don't Lao Qin, give my daughter to your son? I don't want much for the bride price, just ten dollars. ”

"Ten dollars?"

The middle-aged man known as Lao Qin was a little moved when he heard this, but when he thought about the dignity of the person who spoke and his daughter, he suddenly felt a chill and dispelled this thought.

If he retrieves such a daughter-in-law for his son, it is estimated that his son will hate him for the rest of his life.

"Forget it, I suddenly remembered that there was something else to do, so I went first. ”

Lao Qin stood up and was about to leave.

At this moment, Zhao Ting walked over from the entrance of the village, attracting the attention of several people.

"Hey, someone's coming. ”

Several men rushed up when they saw Zhao Ting, especially after seeing what he was wearing.

"Is Childe going to sea?" the man surnamed Qin asked first, with a smile on his face.

Outsiders often come to the small fishing village and hire fishermen who are familiar with the water to go to sea, because these people think that Zhao Ting also wants to go to sea.

Zhao Ting shook his head and said to a few men: "I have seen a few brothers, Xiaosheng Zhao Ting, from Qingzhou, inland. Xiao Sheng rushed into the village not to go to sea, but to ask a few brothers, Xiao Sheng passed through Jiangzhou all the way, and often heard about the "Sea God Sect" and the reputation of the Sea Dragon King, and he was really curious, who is this Sea Dragon King?"

When several men heard that he was not going to sea, they immediately lost interest in him.

One of them reluctantly replied, "The Sea Dragon King is not a man, but a god of the sea." Those of us who eat by the sea believe this. ”

Zhao Ting smiled, took out half a piece of broken silver from his arms, handed it to the person who spoke, and continued to ask, "Then is this Sea Dragon King effective?"

The man took the silver, his eyes lit up suddenly, his tone became a lot more respectful, and he said, "Naturally." ”

When the others saw that he had the silver, their eyes were red with envy, and they began to answer one word at a time.

"The Sea Dragon King is a god, can it not work? I have seen it with my own eyes! If you are interested, you can go to my house, and I will ask my wife to cook two dishes, and we will talk while eating." ”

"You listen to me in the future life, don't look at him honestly, but in fact he is wilted, just covet your silver, I am different, I have really seen the appearance of the Sea Dragon King, that guy, I am scared~"

The man surnamed Qin was not to be outdone, and said: "Don't brag, I am the only one in the village who has seen the manifestation of the Seagod Lord, you are not ashamed to speak in front of strangers, are you embarrassed?"

As he spoke, he put on a smiling face and said to Zhao Ting: "If the son has something to ask me, these people are used to bragging, and their words can't be believed." ”

Zhao Ting: "......"

Before he could start asking, these people tore themselves up, leaving him a little speechless.

"Okay, okay, don't make any noise. If I ask a question, you can answer it, and if you answer it, you will have the silver, do you understand?" Zhao Ting said impatiently.

When everyone saw that he was unhappy, they immediately fell silent.

Zhao Ting showed a satisfied look and asked, "You all said that you have seen the manifestation of the sea god. I want to know, how did he manifest himself?"

"Say it one by one, and you will be rewarded for saying it well. ”

The man surnamed Qin was the first to speak, and said, "This son, the sea god has appeared." Not only our village, but almost all the coastal fishing villages in this area, there are people who have seen the sea god. There are even legends that they saw the god of the sea ascend to the sky and fight with the gods. ”

"The god of the sea is kind-hearted, and he can't see us fishermen dying in vain, so whenever there is a storm and a broken rainbow, he will appear to rescue the fishing boat that has broken the wind and waves at sea. ”

"I was lucky enough to be saved by the Sea Dragon King once. It was when I was not yet crowned, and I went out to sea with my father to fish, and there were few fish in the sea, and the big fish hid in the endless sea of the deeper sea. ”

"My father gave me money to marry my daughter-in-law, so I thought about going to the endless sea to catch a tail. We looked at the sky and it didn't look like a typhoon, so we set off. Who knows, not long after I went out to sea, I encountered a storm that I had never experienced in my life, the turbidity waves were monstrous, really monstrous, the whole sea was black, the waves rolled up as high as the sky, covering the sky and the sun, and even the sun could not be seen. ”

"My father and I thought we were going to die in the sea, but we didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, our fishing boat somehow returned to the dock at the entrance of the village, as if we had never gone out. I thought it was a hallucination, so I asked my father, and my father said that this was the manifestation of the sea god and saved the lives of our father and son. ”

As if he was afraid that Zhao Ting would not believe it, the man surnamed Qin looked at the surrounding several men from the same village and said, "If the prince doesn't believe it, you can ask these people next to me, they also know about this matter, and they can't lie." ”

Seeing Zhao Ting's gaze, those people nodded one after another.

Zhao Ting pondered for a moment, and suddenly asked, "You say, could this be led by the Sea God?"

"He has set you up a storm and rescued you, performing miracles and gaining your faith. As you said yourself, you watched the sky before traveling, and it was clear that there would be no typhoon. ”

"You old fishermen who have been in the sea all your life, you can't even get the general celestial phenomena wrong, right?"

When he said this, the man surnamed Qin really held his chin and pondered.

Listening to Childe's words, it seems that there is really some possibility. The events of the year were already full of weirdness......"

Before he finished speaking, a man couldn't help but sneer: "It's really just a matter of opening your mouth, the sea god is a god, how can he be bored enough to do such a thing?"

"Besides, what good can he do if he takes the lead in this kind of thing?"

This man is a staunch believer in the Sea Dragon King, and he can't listen to others slandering the Sea Dragon King.

Zhao Ting smiled and didn't distinguish with him.

Many people are ignorant and ignorant enough to listen to what is beneficial, so why waste their tongues?

As if he was afraid that Zhao Ting would be angry, the man surnamed Qin hurriedly turned his head, glared at the man who defended the Sea Dragon King, and reprimanded: "Chen Er, we should have spoken freely when we talked about the deeds of the Sea God with this son, if you don't like it, please leave early, don't spoil everyone's interest." ”

Others also spoke out one after another, helping Zhao Ting speak.

After all, only a few people have seen the Sea Dragon King, and for most people it is a non-existent thing, while silver can really bring people a sense of security.

Cutting off people's financial means is like killing parents.

"Chen Er, are you sick, don't you want to hear it, hurry up!" The person who spoke was a burly fisherman, and he knew that his temper was not very good.

"That is, the sea god is your father?" someone else said, "Childe don't pay attention to him, let's continue." I've seen the god of the sea too. ”

That Chen Er was verbally attacked by everyone, and suddenly his face was a little unbearable, and he flicked his sleeves and left angrily, saying as he walked: "A group of guys who have fallen into the eyes of money, do not respect the gods, and will be punished by God." ”

Chen Er scolded and left.

Seeing him walk away, the burly fisherman smiled and said, "Childe don't pay attention to him, he is just a fool, like those old people in the village, he takes the Sea Dragon King as his life." ”

"I don't believe that. Saying that, the burly fisherman glanced at the stone statue of the Sea Dragon King not far away, and said: "Those old people are said to have inherited the favor of the Sea Dragon King, and they want to build a temple and statue for him, and every family has to pay for it." ”

We tried our best to stop it, but in the end we persuaded us to avoid the matter of building a temple, and only made a stone statue of the Sea Dragon King and erected it in the village. Otherwise, I don't know how much money it will cost. ”

Seeing that the remaining fishermen were all looking at him with blank eyes, Zhao Ting was not stingy, and directly gave each of them a tael of silver.

Everyone took the silver, and they were even more eager to see Zhao Ting's horse, and followed him to sit on the ground under the old tree.

"Brother Tai, please go on, how did the old man of your village receive the favor of the Sea Dragon King?"

Zhao Ting looked at the burly fisherman and asked with interest.

This burly fisherman has a fiery temper and a relatively straight temperament, daring to say and do, and from what came out of his mouth, Zhao Ting felt that it was somewhat credible.

Unlike other fishermen, who make up crazy stories for the silver, some of them can give you a whole play.

Seeing Zhao Ting looking at him, the burly fisherman cleared his throat and said, "Since the prince asked, I naturally knew everything. ”

"But I just listened to what the old people in the village said, not with my own eyes, if there is a discrepancy with the facts, please don't blame the son. ”

Zhao Ting waved his hand, signaling that he would not blame.

Only then did the burly fisherman relent, and said, "It is said that it was decades ago, when our group was not yet born. That winter, there was a tsunami in Canghai, just near our village. The wave was almost ten feet high, covering the sky and the sun, and when we saw that it was about to submerge our village, the Sea Dragon King appeared, and he fixed the tsunami, so that the waves receded like a tide, and everyone in our village survived. ”

"Oh?"

Zhao Ting nodded and said, "It is said that you fishermen should have some common sense to warn of tsunami, hurricanes and other celestial phenomena, didn't anyone notice it before the tsunami?"

The burly fisherman was also a little puzzled, and said, "What Childe said is exactly where the doubts in my heart lie. The ground shakes violently before a tsunami, and the tides on the shore rise and fall abnormally, and fish and shrimp foam at the mouth, which are all obvious signs, and there is almost no mistake. ”

But the old people in the village said that there was no warning at all, and almost instantly, waves of more than ten feet high were set off on the sea, like the end of the world, and the situation was very abnormal. ”

"The old people said the tsunami was weird. ”

Zhao Ting took over and said with a smile: "You haven't thought that the tsunami is man-made?"

The man surnamed Qin shook his head and replied, "I really haven't thought about it. After all, in the subconscious of those old people, the tsunami, a natural phenomenon that is almost heavenly, is beyond the reach of human beings. ”

Zhao Ting smiled: "People can't reach it, but God can." Didn't you all say that the Sea Dragon King is the god of the sea? ”

The few fishermen around him changed color, as if they had thought of some kind of terrible sight.

Zhao Ting glanced at the statue of the crocodile-headed human body in the distance, and said, "You also know that the Sea Dragon King is a Naga clan of the Deep Sea, not a god of the human race, and they are not the same race, why does he want to protect you?"

The man surnamed Qin arched his hand at Zhao Ting and said, "The old people say that the sea god is kind-hearted, but we don't know the real reason, and we ask the son to solve his doubts." ”

Seeing that the others were looking at each other, Zhao Ting chuckled, stood up, and said, "Okay, I've said enough." Besides, I'm afraid that the Sea Dragon King is going to settle accounts with me. ”

"After I talk to him and ask Jiangzhou to come over, I'll tell you before it's too late. ”

"Talking to the Sea Dragon King?"

Not only did the man surnamed Qin show a look of surprise in his eyes, but several other people also had different expressions.

Zhao Ting smiled and waved his hand at them, turned around and walked away.

Walking faster and faster, the figure soared into the sky.

The man surnamed Qin recovered from the shock, looked at Zhao Ting's back and exclaimed, "Can the son leave his name?"

on the cloud.

Zhao Ting's voice came from afar: "You can call me, the god of the human race. ”