One.

The twenty years of King Ping are destined to be an unquiet year, a spring of trouble, just after the beginning of summer, the temperature of Chenguo has risen all the way, but the water has not fallen. When I got up one morning, Qiu Ming said when I was dressing me that I was afraid that there would be a big drought this year.

Two.

This year's sun is terrible, scorching the earth. It was so hot that I felt the air in front of me distort when I was on the road. Every day when the sun comes out, I don't even need to palm the lamp to go to the morning court, and when I come back from the next morning, the sun is already shining, I sit in the carriage, there is ice cubes on the side, and the autumn tea fans me, I still feel so hot that I want to turn into steam and fly away.

Back in Xiangfu, the situation at home was also very bad. Mrs. is afraid of the heat, the seventh brother is weak, and he can't stand the roasting, because of the hot weather, the sixth sister and the eighth sister have no appetite, and they have lost a lot of weight; Even the fifth brother, who is lively and lively on weekdays, is cowardly all day long, leaning on the bed and not moving. So the ice cubes in the Prime Minister's Mansion have become the biggest expense in the past few days. In previous years, ice cubes were sent to my house first, but this year, the demand for ice cubes is large, and there are fewer ice cubes sent to my home, and the family is complaining.

In the past two days, there have been a lot of heat strokes in my house, and He Yunsheng has rarely come to me for several days, I heard that I have a heat stroke and scraping at home, and I don't want to go out; Yesterday, I asked Qiu Ming to go to the Du Family Tavern to buy some wine, and Qiu Ming came back and said that the tavern was closed. The situation in the palace is even worse, Princess Xiaoxiang is in good health in early spring, and she is recruited again at this time, King Ping is also a little heaty, and King Yuwen has been on leave several times in the early dynasty, so the early dynasty has been reduced to once a week.

We all hoped for rain in the sky, but the sun in the sky was stubborn, unmoving, hanging high, and reporting on time over us every day. And for half a month, there hasn't been even a single thunderstorm, and no rain has fallen. In order to escape the heat, most of the businesses in the east and west cities have closed their doors, and I heard that not only Wucheng, but the entire kingdom of Chen has fallen into a deathly drought, with no people on the streets, no farmers in the fields, no fish, and no water in the rivers. Although the state has done a lot of measures, there are still more and more people who are dying in the sunburn, and Lord Shangshu Tang of the household department sends people to my house every three or five days.

I watched the paperwork pile up higher and higher on my desk, and I was ruthless, let go of the ice cube, and said, "Autumn Ming, prepare the horse, go to the Zijin Pavilion." ”

In the face of such a natural disaster, I really had no choice but to ask for help from the national teacher.

Zijin Pavilion is secluded, plus in the palace, I thought it would be cooler, but I didn't expect it to be hotter in the house, Qiu Ming fanned me in the back, I still felt hot, and I took a fan and kept fanning. It is rare that the national teacher did not paint, nor did he eat melon seeds, and sat on the Taishi chair with his eyes closed.

I saw that there were also beads of sweat on the forehead of the national teacher, and I secretly accepted the calmness of the national teacher in my heart, and said: "National teacher, what do you think should I do?" It's not a way to go down in this drought, or should you ask the Ministry of Rites to prepare for rain in the sky? ”

"Have you asked Qin Tianjian before?" The national teacher didn't open his eyes and asked lightly.

"Asked, I asked, Qin Tianjian said that this is a rare drought in a hundred years, and the last time Chen Guo had such a nationwide drought was when he was the Spirit King." I touched the teapot, it was cold, and quickly poured a cup and drank it, and poured another cup.

"During the reign of the Spirit King... Yes, the Spirit King built the Futu Pagoda in the spring of that year, and there was a great drought in the summer, and many people died, and I can still feel the heat of that year when I close my eyes now. The national teacher opened his eyes and said.

"National teacher, I see that you feel the heat of this year." I said, "How the hell did you solve that problem?" ”

"Have you heard of the famous Daoist Immortal Zihui Zhenren in Chen Kingdom?" The national teacher also picked up a fan and fanned it gently.

"Who doesn't know Zihui Zhenren? We grew up listening to the story of Zihui Zhenren, who was enlightened in Guxi Mountain during the reign of King Rui, and later traveled all over the world, leaving a lot of legends. "I'm a spirit," you mean that it was Zihui Zhenren who settled it back then? ”

"No, after the beginning of autumn, it rained, and I said Zihui Zhenren meant that Zihui Zhenren had an apprentice named Chen Luan, who lived on Guxi Mountain." The national teacher also picked up another teapot to pour tea for himself, "This year's drought is more fierce than that year, it is useless to sacrifice to the sky and ask for rain, and Zihui Zhenren travels outside all the year round, and the trace is difficult to find, and Chen Luan has lived in seclusion in Guxi Mountain for many years, and now this situation can only ask her to go out of the mountain." ”

"Zihui Zhenren still has an apprentice?" I hesitated, "Since I have been in seclusion for many years, will Daochang Chen be willing to go out of the mountain?" ”

"Chen Guo is in trouble, Chen Luan, as a native of Chen Guo, will definitely come out to help." The national teacher's tone was flat, but he said it categorically, and I suspect that the national teacher had any agreement with this Chen Daochang back then.

"Even if Daochang Chen will come to help, then how can I find her?" As I spoke, I drank a few more glasses of water.

"Chen Luan is a member of the Chen family, which Chen family doesn't need me to say, didn't you give that Chen Lixia a favor last time? You just tell him to go find Chen Luan, someone in the Chen family can find Chen Luan. The national teacher narrowed his eyes and said.

My face was hot, and sure enough, the matter of the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains had not been hidden from the national teacher, and he knew everything. But I have a question in my heart, the national teacher has lived in the deep palace for a long time and never goes out, how can he know everything? Since the national teacher knows everything, why doesn't he do anything, he just tells me to do it?

"The tea is cold, drink too much and make your stomach hurt, don't drink it. Qiu Ming, lead the horse to your master. The national teacher issued an eviction order, "I'm tired and want to sleep for a while." ”

I came out of the Zijin Pavilion thinking about Chen Luan, the Chen family is indeed a big family in the Chen Kingdom, since the founding of the People's Republic of China, they have lived in the Chen Kingdom, and there are many talents from all walks of life, in terms of medicine, the Chen family ancestors went to the Tai Hospital, and wrote a lot of medical books to pass on to future generations; In terms of business, Chen Hanshi, the richest man in Chenguo, is the Chen family, holding sixty percent of the real estate in Wucheng, and the deeds in the rest of the cities are countless. In terms of cultivation, I now know that there is such a Taoist Chen Luan, and I dare to love these powerful characters are relatives.

So why is Chen Hanshi so rich, and Chen Lixia so poor?

I couldn't figure it out, thinking about it, I went to the Prime Minister's Mansion, sent someone to invite Chen Lixia, and I was fanning the ice cubes in the mansion and waiting, and on the way, the fifth brother came to see me once and gave me a red fruit popsicle.

After a while, the guy led Chen Lixia here, the guy was already sweating profusely, but Chen Lixia didn't sweat at all, and there was no sweat on his face, which made me speechless.

"I'm cold, I don't sweat much." Seeing my surprise, Chen Lixia explained.

I said in my heart that it is really an enviable physique, and it is not bad to catch it as a refrigerator in the house.

"I have something to ask you," I licked my dry lips, "There is a master named Chen Luan in your clan, who lives in Guxi Mountain, and the national teacher said that someone in your Chen family can find her." Now she must be invited out of the mountain, you have also seen, if this continues, more than half of the people in Chenguo will be sunburned. And Wu Mo is weak, you can get through it, but she can't. Last time the Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains incident, didn't you say that you owe me a personal favor, this is also a matter of saving the world's virtues, so please leave it to you. ”

Chen Lixia didn't seem to be very well, but he still responded, and he was very efficient. This afternoon, he brought Chen Luan here. When Chen Lixia led Chen Luan to appear, I felt two gusts of yin wind blowing, and I trembled unconsciously.

Before, the national teacher told me that Chen Luan Chen Luan's, I always thought it was a man, but when I saw it today, I found out that this Chen Luan Dao Chang is a woman, and he is very tall, and he is indeed a fairy wind and bones, and the strange thing is that there is a crane behind Chen Daochang.

"Daochang Chen, it's been a hard work... Belch? Bird? ”

"It's rude, Prime Minister." Chen Luan glanced at me and said to the crane beside him, "Golden Crow, salute." ”

The crane squawked and reluctantly bowed its head at me, I always felt as if it sneered, I must have seen it wrong, how could the bird laugh? How could it be laughed? And what's the name of this bird, it's not good, it's called the golden crow? In the kingdom of Chen, the other name of the sun is the golden crow, and the golden crow in the sky is about to burn me.

"No courtesy." I immediately greeted me with a smile and motioned for Qiu Ming to serve tea, "This bird understands human language?" ”

"But it's a little more spiritual than usual." Chen Luan smiled slightly.

"It deserves to be a bird of the Tao." I immediately patted the sycophants, and the golden crow let out a low cry of disdain for my compliment.

Without further ado, after resting for a while, I immediately took her to the Purple Gold Pavilion.

I saw the national teacher to salute, this is the number of Chen Guo's etiquette, what I didn't expect is that Chen Luan saw the national teacher and bowed, I was a little strange, Chen Luan and the national teacher are not related, and she lives in seclusion Gu Xishan, and she doesn't need to salute the national teacher. Could it be that the national teacher is so powerful that even a reclusive worldly master has to salute him? Or does the national teacher and Chen Luan really have some unknown past ......? No more...... Can't think about it......

The national teacher is still the same as before, with one hand behind his back and the other in front of him, raising his hand to signal us to get up, the standard Mr. Teach. The national teacher didn't talk nonsense either, and went straight to the point: "What is Daochang Chen's opinion?" ”

"It's just a drought, I can solve it." Chen Luan didn't look at the national teacher when he spoke, and concentrated on combing the crane's feathers.

"Dry? The monster that looks like a little old man in the Book of Songs? I said, "As soon as the drought came out of the world, I thought it was just writing, is it true?" ”

But when I thought about it, wouldn't a living example just sit down in front of me? Why the national teacher is not old and immortal has always been an unsolved mystery in Chen Kingdom. My father once said that he followed the national teacher since he was three years old, and until he was thirty-three years old, he did not see any traces on the national teacher's face. I've also read it in the book.,Chen has the secret technique of blood floating.,Can prolong life.,Make people immortal and immortal within a certain period of time.,The national teacher is a person in the reign of King Rui.,It's almost two hundred years now.,Could it be that the national teacher really used this secret technique to continue his life?

I looked at Chen Luan again, I checked the Chen family tree, Chen Luan was born in the twelfth year of the Spirit King, and it should be Chen Lixia's great-great-great-aunt, but she looks younger than Chen Lixia, but after all, Chen Luan is a person who has attained the Tao, and he is also the apprentice of Zihui Zhenren, which is also normal.

With two people who hadn't seen me in a hundred years sitting in front of me, and a crane that could understand people's speech, what else could I doubt about the authenticity of the drought?

"The drough is looking for water, and I can catch it if I draw it out." Chen Luan said very simply, "Please ask the prime minister to set up a stage for me at the entrance of Wucheng Caishi, and I naturally know how to arrest me." ”

Three.

Daoist Chen Luan said that if the platform is repaired, the platform must be repaired, and I will immediately send Ye Shuluo, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, to do it. But for the worst thing, water must be used to divert the drought. So Ye Shuluo transported a large number of water sources, but Wucheng didn't have so much water in the first place, and the water storage in the surrounding villages and towns was not enough, so he could only go to the homes of various officials to move ice.

For this, my wife was in great pain.

"Yu Lan! Tell the Taoist to arrest me! I want to drink water! I want to drink water!! I want to drink water!! ”

"Hollyho, calm down, calm down." Seeing them carry away the water and ice from the Prime Minister's Mansion, Madame was so angry that she jumped to her feet, although my heart was also very painful, and I had to pretend to be calm on the surface, and the Madame who was bound by me in her arms still scratched me with her claws, which made me physically and mentally tortured.

"Me! Want! Drink! Water! Madame cried out, "Me! Want! Ice! Block! ”

I couldn't resist her, so I stopped Ye Shuluo: "Shuluo, can you leave some water for my family?" ”

Master Shangshu Ye of the Ministry of Industry didn't look at me, "Prime Minister, please lead by example." Then with a wave of his hand, the water was gone, and the ice was gone.

"Zhou Yulan, love without water is just a plate of loose sand, and it will be gone when the wind blows." Madame looked at me with a wryphalo.

I didn't dare to look at her, so I stubbornly said: "Marriage is not easy, do it and cherish it." ”

"Get out!"

After a lot of fighting, the platform was finally set up, and there was enough water.

Knowing that Daochang Chen was coming to get rid of the drought, many people flocked to the entrance of the vegetable market to see the excitement, and the Taoist chief asked the crowd of onlookers to make way of a large open space 20 meters outside the platform, and the military department sent people to stop the people. Because I am an official of the imperial court, I also occupy a good position to watch the excitement, and in the open space in the sea of people, there are only Chen Daochang and her golden crow.

Jin Wu stood by the pool of the platform, drinking our life-saving water, and straightened the feathers, as if in the water according to its appearance, stinky and beautiful, He Yunsheng, who was devastated by the lack of water, saw this scene and shouted to eat bird meat, fortunately, Mrs. reacted quickly, took off the silver bracelet in his hand and scraped the back of his neck twice, so painful that He Yunsheng screamed, but in an instant, He Yunsheng, who went to the fire, quieted down, but Mrs. was a little disgusted with the silver bracelet in her hand, and handed it to Qiu Ming.

My seat was close to the Dao Chief, and I couldn't wait to ask the Dao Chief, "Dao Chief, can I start?" ”

"Don't worry, be patient, zombies of this level are almost demons, and they are a little difficult to deal with." Chen Luan wiped her sword and said to me.

"What then?"

"It's okay, I can handle it." Chen Daochang smiled.

As soon as the words fell, a strange chirp sounded, "It's coming." Chen Daochang suddenly became serious, and the golden crow also flew over, looking up to the sky and roaring.

With a foul smell, an ugly monster flew out from the side.

"Dryfish." The national teacher stood on a high place, with one hand behind his back and a fan in the other.

Madame immediately shrank into my arms: "It's ugly! It's really ugly! ”

The people at the entrance of the vegetable market screamed, everyone was devastated by the lack of water, and when they saw the true face of the drought, they hated and feared.

I saw the golden crow screaming fiercely, flying up and firmly hooking the drought with its claws, the drought monster screamed, struggled hard, trying to break free from the golden crow, but to no avail, the golden crow's claws were very hard, and the drought let out a scream.

When the golden crow opened its wings, I couldn't help but exclaim, I don't know why I thought that the beautiful crane was really good-looking.

"You wicked obstacle." Chen Daochang drew his sword and recited two incantations, and a fire broke out around the drought. The golden crow still clung to the drought, as if he was afraid that he would run around and hurt the people, and the golden crow did not seem to be afraid of fire, and burned its wings so golden in the fire. The fire burned the marry, and the marquin screamed in pain.

We were all stunned, holding our breath and not daring to speak.

The fire burned for a quarter of an hour before it was extinguished.

"It's dead." Chen Daochang put away the sword and sorted out the feathers for Jin Wu, my eyes were sharp, and I found that the feathers on the tips of Jin Wu's wings had become golden, "If someone dies in the future, the grave must not be wet, and it must be buried in dry soil, otherwise it will inevitably become a drought in a hundred days." ”

I later returned to King Ping, but Chen Daochang didn't ask for any reward, and went back to Guxi Mountain with Jin Wu.

"Chenguo's destiny should not be extinguished, I am just doing the destiny of heaven." Chen Daochang dropped a word of Shinto and disappeared.

That night, it rained heavily. First it was Wucheng, and then thunder and rain began to fall everywhere, and it rained for three days.

Later, the people of Chenguo felt Chen Daoda's righteousness and built a shrine for her, and even the golden crow was stained. King Chen ordered people to make a statue of the golden crow with gold at the gate of the Yangri Palace, and in the following decades, there was no drought in the Chen country.

Four.

I believe in the long way, and I wish the country of Chen a long time and a long life.