The hexagram is the will of heaven, and the celestial signs warn, no matter how great the confidence of the dust is, he does not dare to act against the sky again and again. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Cultivators practice against the heavens, but they have to act according to the heavens, and the higher and deeper their cultivation goes, the more they dare not act rashly. When the cultivation is low, you can still be ignorant, and you are not afraid to wear shoes with bare feet. But when you put on your shoes, you really have to follow the arrangement of heaven.

Otherwise, are you really helpless in the way of heaven?

The rainy days, sometimes heavy and sometimes light, lasted until the summer rice harvest and the autumn rice was replanted.

When the rainy day ended, for the people of Jiangnan, the catastrophe did not pass.

The summer is scorching, and the Noda rice is half scorched. The farmer's heart is like soup boiling, and the prince shakes the fan.

As the sun shines brighter day by day, since the summer harvest, there has been no rain for more than a month, and a panic has begun to quietly permeate.

Backed by the Yangtze River, Jiangnan has always been worried about floods and rarely has droughts.

But "less" does not mean nothing.

In the dusty village, they all rely on the small river outside the village to sustain their lives. After more than a month of high temperatures and scorching heat, coupled with the fact that there was not a drop of rain, there was not much water upstream. The creek also dried up, revealing large swaths of dry and cracked riverbed.

The big river is full when the river is full, and if the river is dry, the big river is not much better! The villagers' mood is really to the point of boiling soup, staring at the scorching red sun, carrying water and watering the crops day and night, trying to save the autumn rice that may not be harvested.

In the 16th century, basically the whole world was equally powerless in the face of natural disasters! Relying on the sky to eat is really not just talking. Seeing that the drought is getting worse day by day, the villagers have also begun to spontaneously start various activities to worship and pray for rain.

The countryside is rooted in the grass dragon, worships the dragon king, worships the well, and worships the river lively. But God showed no signs of rain.

Lichen is now a bit of a dilemma, the villagers just need to pray for rain, although there are not many times to benefit, but there are no taboos.

But not with dust!

Those who cultivate the Tao practice against the heavens and act in accordance with the heavens. Forcibly interfering with the operation of the Heavenly Dao will be punished! Even more frightening is the unpredictable consequences.

Praying for rain is not so easy to pray for, and the rain that can be prayed for is the rain that God is willing to fall. Belongs to the category of Heavenly Gifts. If God has no intention of raining, it is useless to pray to heaven.

If the dust still dares to accumulate water vapor as strongly as it did back then, it will rain down. God isn't necessarily that easy to talk to.

At that time, his cultivation was still shallow, and he belonged to the category of ignorance and ignorance. It is a coincidence, and the impact is not great, so naturally it will not provoke the jealousy of heaven and bring down disasters. But today, once the dust accumulates moisture and forcibly spreads the rain, it is not the "small movement" that was ten miles away from the past!

The higher the cultivation, the more awe you will be for the Heavenly Dao. Immortals have always been like this, and dust is no exception.

To solve natural disasters, we should find the root cause!

The occurrence of drought is nothing more than natural and man-made disasters and the influence of the fortune of the dynasty!

In the case of natural disasters, it is the operation of the Heavenly Dao, which is a natural phenomenon that is four hours long. This kind of disaster is the easiest to ask for rain.

If there is a man-made disaster, it is nothing more than excessive reclamation and insufficient land resources. Or there is an injustice in the world, and the heavens are to blame, causing disasters to the heavens. As long as the root cause of this category is found, it is not impossible to solve.

On the contrary, it is the luck of the dynasty, which is related to the general trend. When the general trend arrives, there is no reversal, and what the dust can do is very limited, and the cause and effect are very special, so it is impossible for the dust to be careless and deal with it carefully.

However, after the hexagram in the dust quiet room, the deduction has been fruitless several times in a row, and the hexagram is invalid.

There will be such a situation, either the general trend is not obvious, the way of heaven is hidden, or the matter is done by themselves, and the authorities are confused.

Lichen locked himself in his room for many days, ignoring the disaster outside.

Lichen sensed that he might be inadvertently involved in trouble again. I just don't know if this trouble is big or small.

Lichen can't be indifferent to the suffering of the people, and he is dashing and detached. But before the cause is found, how dare you act rashly?

Life in the world is like being in a thorny forest, if the heart does not move, people will not move, and if they do not move, they will not be hurt! This is the case now.

If this drought is the first two, it is easy to say, if it is the latter one, the trouble of dust is really big.

There are ups and downs in the fortune of the dynasty, there are ups and downs, there is no sun that never sets, there is no unfading national power, and there is no immortal dynasty. And in the land of China, the decline and fall of every unified dynasty began with natural disasters and displaced people?

Lichen was worried, and all that he saw now was just the beginning of a dynasty's weakened luck and the imminent rise of the world. Although according to the original historical era, the Ming Dynasty still has a hundred years of national history, but now the Ming Dynasty, where the dust is, has already been completely unrecognizable!

Since history is no longer the original history, how dare you conclude that the Ming Dynasty still has a hundred years of luck?

There has been no action on the dust side, and the government is busy first.

Whenever a catastrophe is approaching, the government must take action to reassure the people, whether out of sincerity or political necessity. Otherwise, it will cause a civil uprising, and the local officials will definitely not be able to eat and walk around.

The government is also familiar with drought, and has an ancient set of procedures.

On the one hand, we are fighting drought, and on the other hand, we are trying to pray for rain. First of all, the local counties carried out sacrificial mountains and rivers, and banned the felling of famous mountains. Then there is the consternation of the participation of the whole people. If it doesn't work, you have to alarm the central government, carry out a national ritual or the Son of Heaven will issue an "edict on sin".

But this time is clearly different.

"What, the personal disciple of the Immortal National Master of Qingcheng Mountain in Sichuan has arrived in Suzhou, and he promised to help pray for rain?"

"Oh, it's good now, pray for rain, if it rains, and plant some more food, it won't be in the autumn and there will be no harvest!"

"But aren't the disciples of the gods all going to help the world and save the people, and be compassionate? Why do you still need to charge 50 yuan per household? ”

"I heard that the immortal disciple said that there is a drought born here, and it should be thousands of miles away. The national teacher Zhenren couldn't bear the suffering of the people in the south of the Yangtze River, so he sent his disciples down the mountain to suppress the drought and pray for rain! The money collected by the government is to be used to build a sacrificial altar and cast magic tools to suppress the drought."

"Ahh Is what you say true? Can you really ask for rain? ”

At the head of the countryside and village, there was a lot of discussion for a while. The common people are happy and worried, hoping that the government can really ask for rain, but they are afraid of paying money, but in the end something is empty.

Lichen sat at home, as long as he was interested, how could the rumors in the countryside be hidden from him?

What's more, the lieutenant chief and the grain chief also ran to the Liao Mansion with the official documents to collect the money.

A full hundred taels. Fifty wen is the price of the peasants, how can a wealthy landlord like Liao Fu only pay fifty wen?

Lichen's face is dark!

There are many disciples of the Xuanguang Temple of Qingcheng Mountain in Shuzhong, how can there be no hundreds of disciples in the Great Dao Temple. But when it comes to how many disciples there are in the Dao Fa, is there anything clearer than the person who is Chen?

If he sat down and came to Suzhou, how could he not know?

Yun Hua is far away in the capital, and Yun Lingzi, Xiaoxi and others are far away in Sichuan. The fox ran away to Dongying. Where will there be their own personal disciples who come to Suzhou to pray for rain?

Li Kui meets Li Ghost, farce or greasy?

Does the Suzhou government really not know that this matter is false? No one knows where the cave in Qingcheng Mountain in Sichuan is, but Yunhua can preside over it in the Martyrs' Shrine in the capital, no matter what, repair a book, you can know the truth and falsehood when you ask, how can it be so easy to be fooled. Moreover, the gentry of Suzhou do not have too many networks in the capital. How many disciples does the national teacher have, how can they not know?

"Master, Master, is it that Uncle Shi and they have come to Suzhou, can we go and meet them?" Zhu Zaikai also heard the news, and rushed over to ask Chendao.

"Didn't come!" Lichen replied affirmatively.

"Ahh Didn't those people say that your personal disciple came to Suzhou to help pray for rain? How could it not be? Zhu Zaikai opened his mouth wide and said in surprise. Immediately, he came to his senses again, waved his small fist, and said with an indignant face: "Oh! I see, someone must have cheated on Shigong's fame, right? ”

Lichen smiled, touched Zhu Zaikai's little head and said, "Zaikai is so smart!" In two days, let's go to Suzhou to see if your fake "uncle" prays for rain. ”

can go out with Shigong to watch the excitement, how can Zhu Zaikai be bad? Immediately nodded excitedly and asked, "Sister Xin (little girl), as well as the old housekeeper, Xiaoyu, Xiaozhou, can they also go?" ”

Lichen groaned for a while and said: "Go all, by the way, you can go to Suzhou to see the paradise on earth, the appearance of Suzhou and Hangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River." ”

"Oh! Thank you, Master, I'll go and talk to my sister! Zhu Zaikai excitedly ran away without a trace. Lichen smiled, turned back to his room, and carefully drew the rain charm.

Two days passed in a flash, and on this day, not only did the whole family have to rush to Suzhou to pray for rain, but also many squires and wealthy families have to rush there. For this era of poor entertainment, praying for rain is not only a demand, but also a rare opportunity to "increase knowledge"! As long as you see it once, you can brag about it for a lifetime when you return to your hometown.

In ancient times, prayers for rain were rarely held in the city. Because the space in the city is too small to be used. And when people gather, it will be very troublesome in the city. Therefore, most of the rain prayer ceremonies will be carried out in a relatively well-known Taoist temple outside the city, or simply have their own special place of worship, or build a temporary altar now.

In order to prevent accidents, the Suzhou government also made great efforts to maintain order.

The carriage of the Lichen family looks unpretentious, but it is a truly restrained and elegant aristocratic style. This carriage was specially purchased by the old housekeeper in order not to fall into the Liao Mansion. And a good car, whether in ancient times or in later generations, is a symbol of status. It can reduce the hassle of drinking too much.

Later generations of police officers needed to memorize license plates, and the ancient officials only had to look at the composition of the horses and the style of the carriages.

Lichen's current identity is a bit out of line to sit in such a carriage. But just like the nouveau riche of later generations will find a way to get cards from the government, whether it is true or not, as long as there is, the officials will not dare to offend the slightest.

Therefore, the carriage of the dust was not intercepted along the way, and it passed the place where many civilians were, and stopped at a place closer to the altar.

In the Ming Dynasty, the etiquette was strict, and the respect and humility were orderly. Naturally, the gentry would not stand with the mud legs. Relying on the credit of the carriage, Lichen occupied a better position. All around are the local gentry who are more famous and greet each other, and it is very strange for the sudden intrusion of the dust family.

It wasn't until they showed off the signboard from Jinling that a group of Suzhou gentry were relieved, but they were very interested in talking.

What can you talk about in the place of sacrifice?

Of course, it has something to do with this prayer for rain!

Most of the gentry talked about some of the deeds of the dust himself, and the miracles of this "fairy disciple" who presided over the prayer for rain.

A few people who are a little out of the way, and a few anecdotes casually can often cause everyone to exclaim. And Lichen also inadvertently became curious about this "apprentice" he had never met.

There is heaven above, and Suzhou and Hangzhou below. The people of Suzhou and Hangzhou, like the people of Beijing and Shanghai in later generations, are leading the trend and making people everywhere hillbillies. Moreover, this place is so prosperous, there are really a lot of people coming and going from the south to the north, and the gentry here are naturally well-informed, and they are by no means ordinary landlords.

And there are many Taoist temples in the city of Suzhou, and there are more gentry. Lichen's impostor apprentice didn't leak out, but made the gentry believe in him, which is very capable.

Either this guy really has the Dao Law, or this guy is very good at deception.

In order to see a good show, in order to see and see the right thing, Lichen is very interested in this guy.

In ancient times, the prayer for rain, the spring prayer for eight, and the winter prayer for six, all of which are yin numbers. The summer prayer is seven, and the autumn prayer is nine, which is the yang number. In the Ming Dynasty, praying for rain was a combination of the five elements of yin and yang, and the elements of heaven and earth induction were in it, which was a very serious matter, and it was also a matter that had a set of rules and regulations.

From the location of the altar to the number of people to be sacrificed, the arrangement, clothing, and rituals, there is a detailed set of regulations. Compared with the dust praying for rain back then, the place here is more regular and solemn, and the dust is more like a set of country tricks back then.

Seeing that the auspicious time was approaching, the audience was suddenly solemn. The chaotic noise disappeared the moment the trumpets and bells sounded.

At this time, no one dared to be disrespectful, and no one dared to show any undignified expression.

The stakes are very high, no matter how stubborn you are, you have to put it away, otherwise if you can't wait for God or the government to come to you for trouble, you will be considered to have blasphemed the heavens, and the peasants who failed to pray for rain were killed on the spot, and the killing was not guilty, but justified.

This is one of the Confucian rituals.

Many Taoist priests in brocade robes held high all kinds of star flags, magic weapons, yellow covers, and did not enter the board. With the sound of prayers from the scriptures, the rain prayer ritual finally began.