If the people in the countryside encounter a long drought and no rain, and the crops dry up, they will naturally gather a few taels of broken silver, and invite some wizards and Taoists to set up altars and draw talismans, cast spells and ask for rain. The gods sought by the sorcerers or Taoists are different, or they are the rumored Lei Gong Electric Mother, the Wind Bo Rain Master, or the ethereal dragon in the rivers and seas. Let's not talk about whether it works or not for the time being, and it can be regarded as a livelihood with a few taels of silver. If it coincides with the rain after the spell is cast, everyone will naturally be happy, and if it is not possible to ask for rain, it can also be said that some of the villagers have a bad virtue and anger the gods, so they will be punished by heaven and punished the sinners. It is inevitable that there are some people who steal chickens and dogs, steal people and pick up ashes, and those who do the law observe words and looks, or secretly threaten, or openly provoke, and then they have a reason to make a fortune.

It's just that Ye Lan, as a cultivator, naturally knows that these are deceptive tricks. Most of the surviving primeval gods and spirits have lived in seclusion, and for millions of years in the entire northern Xinjiang, only Long Huayun has cultivated to the Flood Desolation Realm, and has been ranked among the gods, but he has also sat in the outer heavens for many years, and very few are born. And the Dragon Clan of the Four Seas is reluctant to intervene in the affairs of the human race, and naturally they will not care about such trivial matters as not raining in a certain underground in northern Xinjiang.

In fact, if you want to spread the rain, you can do it with Ye Lan's current cultivation, as long as you fly to the top of the high mountain, take some giant ice to the sky above the arid place, and then cast a spell to turn the ice into clouds. It's just that the rain is spread like this, and the area of the help is not more than 100 miles, and the northern Xinjiang is vast, and if there is a great drought, the red land is thousands of miles, and it is not helpful to distribute the rain in this way.

Therefore, when Ye Lan heard Shi Jing say that the function of the national teacher is to pray for blessings and rain, he was greatly puzzled in his heart, frowned and asked, "Ask for rain from the heavens?"

Shi Jing smiled: "It's useless, but ordinary people don't know!"

Ye Lan pouted and said: "If I can't ask for rain, it will inevitably seem that this national teacher's magic is not effective, won't he be scolded every day?

Shi Jing patted him twice on the shoulder and comforted: "You can rest assured of this, every time you ask for rain, it will inevitably rain from the sky, and it is too late for the people to be grateful to you, who will scold you?"

Ye Lan shook his head and said, "Ask for rain and spirit, I don't have that much ability!"

Shi Jing said: "You don't have that much ability, but doesn't His Majesty the Emperor have such ability?" Of course, it would be unseemly for the Holy Lord to do this kind of rough work by himself, but his subordinates Qin Tianjian are all good at arranging arrays, and when the rain puja meeting on your side is not over, the big array over there will be activation, and it will rain heavily in the sky. This scene makes the people see it, and they will naturally praise you, the national teacher, for his magic and incomparably effective!"

Ye Lan was stunned, stunned for a moment, and muttered, "Isn't this a trick to deceive people?"

Shi Jing laughed and said: "Brother, you are a layman, the key to governing the country lies in the word 'deception', the way of officials, since it is the first thing to deceive the upper and lower, and the way to be the top is also the most important thing to fool sentient beings." Brother, think about it, everyone is the same nose and two eyes, born with a general height and shortness, if their royal family is not deceived by the people of the whole country to regard the emperor as the reincarnation of a god, born with holy virtue, how can everyone be willing to kowtow, lie on the ground and honestly obey the people?" He paused slightly, drank a glass of wine, put down the wine glass and said: "This kind of trick of pretending to be a god and a ghost, all countries in the world are ordinary, not only Tianning. He would rather be successful in war and cultivation, govern the country in a way, and only rely on his own talents and virtues to win the love of the people, and he has no need for these dramas, but the ancestral legacy is like this, and he is happy not to change it. ”

Ye Lan couldn't help but feel ridiculous when he heard that the national teacher was actually such a job, and suddenly remembered the past when he and Ye Bing fooled the barbarians on the overseas desert island, and said to himself: "It's good now, I am the Emperor Xuantian, but I am going to change my career to be a high priest......"

Shi Jing didn't know what he was referring to, so he frowned and asked, "What did you say? What emperor, the high priest?"

Ye Lan thought that this was not easy to explain, so he shook his head, raised his glass to Shi Jing and said, "It's nothing, come, let's drink!"

Lu Jun, Du Changxian and others don't know the law, and they have always respected His Majesty the Emperor of Tianning Kingdom as a god, at this time, listening to Shi Jing's evaluation of today, and calling him by his name, there is no trace of respect in his words, and he can't help but be frightened and dare not answer. Only Qiu Siyu listened to Shi Jing's interesting words, raised his cup and smiled at Ye Lan: "Lie to people, lie to people!" Young master, when you ask for rain, the people will be grateful for the mercy and virtue of the saint, and they will also treat you, the national teacher, as a living immortal. Haha, I will use your name to play in Caifeng Tower in the future, maybe I won't have to pay any more money!"

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly heard the whirring wind in his ears, and a palm shadow was close to his cheek. Qiu Siyu reacted quickly, with a flip of his palm, he had already clasped his father's wrist, turned his head and smiled at Qiu Haizheng: "Daddy is angry, you only have such a son as me, but you beat me so ruthlessly all day long, if you beat me stupid, who else can give our old enemy family the incense?"

Qiu Haizheng shook his hand, broke free from Qiu Siyu's palm, and said angrily: "The stinky boy has a lot of skills! If you talk nonsense like this again, see that I don't serve in the law!"

Everyone watched his father and son fighting, and they all smiled from ear to ear, Lu Jun has always been old and serious, since Ye Lan and Yan Lie competed, there has been one thing hanging in his heart, at this time, seeing that Shi Jing and Ye Lan were present, he opened his mouth and asked: "Shi Hall Master, I heard that the outer heaven was extremely powerful that day, and even our saint had to let them score three points." After the young master of my family defeated Yan Lie, although he was spared and not killed, but after all, this matter damaged the face of the outer heavens, after Yan Lie returned to his own door, if he played with right and wrong, would the outer heavens come to us again to find trouble with Ye Xiangju that day?"

Ye Lan had also been worried about this matter in his heart, and when he heard Lu Jun ask first, he also put down his wine glass, turned his head to look at Shi Jing, and waited for him to answer. Shi Jing unhurriedly picked up a piece of braised beef, chewed and swallowed it slowly, and then said slowly: "Lu Da is too worried. Brother Ye fought a fair duel with Yan Lie, even if he was killed at that time, there was nothing wrong with it, as the leader of the righteous path, if he came to Brother Ye for revenge because of this matter and spread it, it would inevitably damage the reputation of the first major faction of the righteous path in northern Xinjiang. But if Brother Ye really killed at that time, they would have offended the world after all, they were not easy to do in the open, and it was not a small trouble to secretly give Ye Xiangju some means. Fortunately, Brother Ye did not have the impulse to spare Yan Lie's life, which can be regarded as giving Tianwaitian a big face, if they take revenge again, this face will be lost. Moreover, although this Yan Lie is domineering, I heard that Long Huayun is not a barbaric person. Outside the sky has other eyes and ears in Ningdu, and it will not just listen to Yan Lie's words. Yan Lie's status in the Outer Heaven was not very high, but this time he lost to Brother Ye in public, which greatly reduced the prestige of the Outer Heaven, and after returning to the Outer Heaven, there must be a heavy responsibility in the door, and I think I can't stir up any storms. ”

When everyone heard Shi Jing say this, they were all relieved. The eight of them ate and drank for a while, and suddenly saw a little eunuch with red lips and white teeth walking quickly outside the door, and said sharply: "The emperor's dictation: Ye Lan, the young master of Xuanye Xiangju, enters the palace to face the saint!"

Qiu Haizheng and the others listened to the emperor's dictation, and hurriedly got up and knelt down. Ye Lan and Shi Jing also stood up and bowed. Ye Lan said that he obeyed the order, turned his head to Shi Jing and said, "Brother Shi, will you go with me too?"

Shi Jing groaned slightly, and before he could answer, he heard the little eunuch say coldly: "The emperor's edict only announced that Young Master Ye would meet him, and did not say that he would summon others!"

Shi Jing knew the rules of the palace, and when he heard the little eunuch say this, he was not surprised, and said to Ye Lan: "The Holy Lord wants to summon you, although you go, I think I want to tell you about some matters related to the appointment of the national teacher, and it is inconvenient for the elder brother to accompany you." ”

Ye Lan nodded in agreement, followed the little eunuch out of Ye Xiangju, and walked straight to the palace. The little eunuch couldn't get smoke and dust under his feet, and he came to the palace gate in a flash, showing that he was cultivated. Ye Lan followed him, through the palace gate, through the main hall, all the way twists and turns, to the door of the upper study, after being reported by the little eunuch, he followed him into the upper study.

I saw more than a dozen people standing in the upper study, lined up on both sides, and Ning Zhan was sitting in the center, reviewing the chapters. Ye Lan saw that among these dozens of people, he knew a little about it, the crown prince, the prime minister, Ning Jun, Ning Xiu, the Qintian supervisor, the head of Hu, and several cabinet ministers were all on the list. Ye Lan took two steps forward, bowed to Ning Zhan, and said, "Grass people Ye Lan, see Your Majesty!"

Ning Zhan put down the red pen in his hand, raised his head, and smiled at Ye Lan: "Qin Tianjian has counted the days, nine days later, the zodiac will be auspicious, and then you will be the national teacher of our Tianning Empire, why do you still call yourself a grass people?"

Ye Lan hesitated slightly, thinking that at this time, the study was full of Ning Zhan's cronies, and he should not offend the emperor if he opened his mouth to refuse the matter of the national teacher, so he coughed lightly and said loudly: "The boy is an idle person overseas, he doesn't understand etiquette, and the national teacher is afraid that he is not competent for the job, and I ask Your Majesty to take back his life and find another meritocracy." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he was very worried in his heart, and looked up at Ning Zhan, for fear that he would be angry with thunder next. Mo said that he was the emperor and that he had countless capable people under him, even if he was the cultivation of his own Yuan Infant Realm, he would never be able to resist it.

Unexpectedly, Ning Zhan just smiled slightly, closed the table and put it on top of a pile of folds on the right, and said, "I know that you don't want to be this national teacher, but the situation is forced to push you to this position." In the arena yesterday, you didn't speak in public to disobey the order, which can be regarded as your kid who can understand the general situation, otherwise, it will make me a little embarrassed. ”

When Ye Lan heard him say this, he remembered what happened yesterday, and couldn't help but be secretly afraid in his heart: "If I hadn't happened to see Brother Shi waving his hand yesterday, I would have immediately said that I didn't want to be a national teacher, and then I would really offend this emperor greatly!"

He secretly rejoiced, and listened to Ning Zhan continue: "Brother Lan, I didn't come to hide it from you, let you be this national teacher, it's just a reason, in order to drive Yan Lie, a spy from the sky, away from me, as for who will be the national teacher after he leaves, it doesn't matter." It's just that since I have decreed in public that you should be a national teacher, then you should be a national teacher for at least a year and a half, and then I will choose someone else, so that everyone will look better. ”

Ye Lan heard Ning Zhan say so bluntly, and knew that he could no longer push back, so he immediately bowed down and saluted again, and said, "Your Majesty has a life, how dare Weichen disrespect?"

Ning Zhan was very happy, nodded and smiled: "You can teach your son! I know that you won't live in Ningdu for a long time, and you won't look at it if you want to be rich and rich, but as long as you are obedient, after you leave, I will naturally not treat Ye Xiangju's people badly. ”

Ye Lan knew that there was Ning Zhan's words, and Ye Xiangju had a life-saving talisman from top to bottom, and he was overjoyed at the moment: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"