Chapter 21: The Sorrow of a Liar
After that, Jiang He cleaned up the corpses of the He family villagers, buried them next to a willow tree, and then watched He Hua cry bitterly and comforted him softly until the evening. It wasn't until He Hua couldn't cry anymore, just choked up, that he took her back to the room.
Back in the room, He Hua just relied on the river and didn't speak, until she fell into Jianghe's arms and fell asleep.
When she got up, she found that she was lying in Jiang He's brother's arms, and her body was still covered with her quilt with various patches, He Hua blushed a little and gently brushed her hair. Look at Brother Jianghe.
Brother Jiang He is closing his eyes and recuperating, he looks so handsome, and his plump lips have an irresistible charm. He Hua lightly, gently approached Brother Jiang He, her heart beat faster, her face was crimson, and her cherry mouth was about to touch Brother Jiang He's lips, and suddenly Brother Jiang He woke up. Hurriedly twisted his head and got into Brother Jianghe's arms again.
Jiang He: "Little sister, wake up, prepare some salutes, and set off." Jiang He didn't sleep at all, he didn't need to sleep, he was just closing his eyes and meditating: it seems that there is an opportunity to break through the mental synchronization, and to deal with the enemy to know his true heart, just like this spider monster, the camouflage is almost impeccable, if it is not already alert, I am afraid the consequences will be unimaginable.
He Hua: "Brother Jianghe!"
Jiang He: "Hmm? What's wrong. ”
He Hua: "Brother Jianghe, you said that you are a disciple of Shennong Immortals, is Brother Jianghe also an Immortal?"
Jiang He nodded lightly, and shook his head gently, not knowing whether to admit or deny, but He Hua also obediently did not ask.
He Hua: "Na, Brother Jianghe, your sword, how... Well, it's gone!" He Hua looked around and found that the sword that slashed the spider monster yesterday was nowhere to be seen.
Jiang He chuckled softly, then condensed the earth attribute, drew a stone sword from the ground, and then made it disappear, and condensed the wood attribute and drew a wooden spear from the wooden pillar.
He Hua: "Brother Jianghe is so good, you can teach me." ”
Jiang He nodded, thinking about a little girl's house, it's still good to learn some thaumaturgy for self-defense. So while helping He Hua pack his luggage, he introduced to He Hua the principle that the five elements of heaven and earth are mutually reinforcing and complementary.
Then the two of them walked in the direction of Jianyang City, along the way with the products of nature and He Hua's explanation, until Jianyang City, He Hua was very attentive, but unfortunately in addition to knowing the principle and structure of the five elements of mutual growth and complementarity, no thaumaturgy can be played at all.
Jiang He was greatly moved, why did the master say that he would not accept apprentices for no reason.
When he arrived at Jianyang City, He Hua looked at Brother Jianghe, and the two of them didn't have a household, how to do it.
I saw Brother Jiang He close his eyes unhurriedly, and read softly in his mouth: "Urgent as a law-obvious." Then like a trick, she took out a yellow flag, and the word (benevolence) written on it, He Hua didn't know, she only knew "He".
The defenders of Jianyang City originally wanted to ask them to show them a household guide, but when they suddenly saw the Xuanhuang Dragon Banner, they muttered in their hearts: "Xuanhuang Dragon Banner! The envoy of the Second Emperor Yan and Huang! Is there any urgent military affairs that need to be sent by Jianyang City." ”
The captain of the garrison did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly knelt down on one knee: "Wang Yi, the garrison of the east gate of Jianyang City, meet the envoy." Then he turned to a junior colonel and said, go and inform the Yangzhou army. The little school nodded to the river and ran towards the city.
Jiang He was also stunned by this situation: I just want to enter the city, why bother to mobilize the army to make such a big formation. But before it was too late to persuade him, the little school was long gone. Looking back at He Hua, although she didn't know what was going on, the eyes that looked at her were already full of admiration and admiration.
Jiang He: "Hurry up, don't be formal." ”
Wang Yi got up in response, and then led the two into the city, and arranged for the two to rest in the "military post" in Dongcheng.
In a short time, a small group of horsemen came on horseback, about dozens of horses. Entering the military post, seeing the river holding the Xuanhuang Dragon Banner, he immediately knelt down, and the first middle-aged general said: "Yangzhou commander Li Yun, visit the envoy, I don't know that the envoy is coming, I miss the welcome, and I look forward to the atonement for my sins." Dozens of people in the back also knelt down one by one, and said in unison: "I didn't know that the envoy came, and I missed the distance to welcome and look forward to atonement for my sins." ”
Jiang He hurriedly helped everyone up, and quickly thought in his heart: "When the Yellow Emperor gave me the Xuanhuang Dragon Banner, he didn't explain it in detail, but he could ask the Yanhuang army and people to help if necessary, and he didn't expect that he had the power to control the states and counties. Now that the Yangzhou army has hurried to meet them, I want to say that just to enter the city, won't it embarrass everyone......?
Thinking of this, Jiang He hurriedly said: "You don't have to be formal, please hurry up, this time I didn't come for the war in the north, now Chi You Fu Zhu (sealed), the world war will eventually end, but for the various situations in the place, the two emperors of Yan and Huang are deeply worried." What is the situation in Yangzhou now? What is the biggest difficulty? I hope to have a detailed situation so that we can stabilize the world as soon as possible and go to a peaceful and prosperous era together. ”
Li Yun: "Your Excellency, the biggest difficulty at present is that most of the southeast region is in drought, there is a shortage of water, grass and trees, and the people are not able to make a living, coupled with inconvenient transportation and transportation difficulties, most of the grain, grass and water sources transported over will be consumed on the road, and the materials delivered are just a drop in the bucket, and it is difficult to provide relief; secondly, in the west area, there is a group of bandits who often come down to plunder the people, and at present their subordinates have arranged for the defenders in the west to strengthen military affairs, and the bandits have reined in a little, but they have only hid in the mountains, and it is quite difficult to suppress the bandits. ”
Jiang He nodded and motioned to continue
Li Yun: "Other areas are currently in good condition and there is no problem for the time being. By the way, a scout passed by Hejia Village this morning, saying that the village was empty, and there was blood everywhere, and it was suspected that another group of robbers had raided it, and his subordinates were preparing to arrange for someone to start investigating. ”
Thinking of Hejia Village, He Hua's eyes were red, and she was about to burst into tears, Jiang He gently stroked her head, indicating that it was all over, He Hua gently wiped the corners of her eyes, nodded, and didn't speak.
Jiang He: "The problem of Hejia Village, you don't need to waste manpower to investigate, there is a spider monster there, I have already killed it when I passed by." Now I am ready to go to the southeast region to quell the problem of drought and no rain, and the bandits in the west should be more careful not to let them harm the people, and when the problem in the southeast region is resolved, we will start to destroy the enemy. ”
Hearing that there was a spider monster making trouble in Hejia Village, everyone was taken aback, and when they heard that the envoy had solved it easily, they were stunned again. Looking at the envoy who was about twenty years old, everyone's old faces turned red, no wonder they were envoys, they were young, and they also had a hand in subduing demons and subduing demons.
Later, when he heard that the envoy was going to settle the problem of drought and lack of rain in the southeast region and then solve the problem of the bandits in the west, his eyes lit up again; the weather was dry and dry, and if he wanted to have a moist land, he had to rely on heaven to save face, so how could he say it from the envoy's mouth as if it were a meal! Could it be that this envoy was too young to deal with the spider monster, and he was full of confidence, thinking that he could go against the sky and be omnipotent? Everyone whispered and talked one after another, and some of them shook their heads lightly, looking incredulous.
Li Yun: "Your Excellency, what can we serve?" Li Yun was also puzzled, but the envoy's request, no matter what, was to be fully assisted.
Jiang He: "Is there a map? What are the prefectures and counties affected by the current drought, and how many villages are affected?"
As soon as Jiang He's words fell, a general beside Li Yun immediately stepped forward, spread out the sheepskin map he carried with him, and pointed to the area drawn by Hei Tan: "Your Excellency, these are all arid areas at present, involving nine counties and one hundred and sixty-seven villages. ”
Jiang He nodded: "I understand, I will deal with the rainfall, Lord Tongjun, and then arrange for the soldiers to dig wells and plant trees, so as to ensure that I am not in Yangzhou in the future, and the people can live normally." ”
Li Yun hurriedly nodded yes, but his heart seemed to stir up a thousand waves, which were surging and endless: "Is this envoy really capable, or is he full of nonsense, such a thing as rain, looking at his confident expression, it seems that he wants as much as he wants, could it be that the rain god is his godfather?"
He Hua sat in the corner without saying a word, just looked at her brother Jiang He, smiling stupidly, she actually didn't know anything about Brother Jiang He's ability, but she firmly believed that Brother Jiang He would definitely be able to do it.
After resting for a day, in the early morning of the next day, Li Yun prepared a fast horse and 3,000 soldiers for Jianghe, these soldiers were used to assist the people in digging wells. Jiang He was about to set off, and He Hua ran out and said that he would also follow. Everyone didn't know where He Hua came from, but occasionally heard her call the envoy "Brother Jianghe", presumably the envoy's sister, and they didn't dare to slack off, so they hurriedly took her out. I also prepared a horse for her, but He Hua didn't know how to ride a horse, and she had never ridden a horse when she was so big.
Jiang He didn't want her to run around, but looking at her adoring and longing eyes, he had to take her hand, lift her horseback, and let her sit behind him.
It's really a horse, although the speed is not as good as the shadow, it must be one of the best horses in the army, in fact, Jiang He didn't know, this was actually Li Yun's own mount, and soon slowly put the three thousand troops behind, Jiang He mainly went to the center to rain, and the well digging troops behind had already received military orders, so that they could disperse the counties and villages to deal with the well digging operations with peace of mind.
It was a little cool in the early morning, coupled with the cool breeze brought by Ma Kuai, which made He Hua also freeze, but fortunately, it was Brother Jianghe in front of her, who helped her block most of the strong winds, He Hua hugged Brother Jianghe tightly, and the warmth in her heart slowly flowed to her whole body.
Slowly, the surrounding green earth was thrown behind with the advance of the horses, as if suddenly entering the hell on earth, the grass and trees around were withered, the earth was dry and cracked, and there were refugees with yellow faces and thin muscles, and many people had starved to death because of lack of water and food. All that appeared before him was desolation and barrenness. The well-digging troops carried food and water bladders, and I am afraid that it will not be enough to relieve them. Originally, Jiang He wanted them to bring more dry food, but thinking that he had just arrived, and everyone lacked confidence in his thaumaturgy, so he didn't say much, but just arranged for Li Yun to follow up after his successful rainfall, plus food supplies, with water, soon the withered yellow earth would bring hope to people again, and now they can only let them endure it a little longer.
When the river reached the center of thought, a group of ragged people gathered around and pleaded in a dying tone: "This ...... Master Jun...... Poor and pitiful...... Let's do it. Give ...... Eating or ...... Water...... Okay, too. ”
Jiang He: "Little sister, do you have any dry food?"
He Hua's face flushed slightly: "Brother Jianghe, I, I just want to come out with you, and I didn't bring anything to eat." ”
When the people around heard this, they moved their tired bodies in disappointment and slowly dispersed, their hearts full of despair.
Jiang He sighed and came to the center. This used to be a stream, but now you can only see the bed where the stream once flowed.
The rivers concentrate their energies, feeling the distant attributes of the water, calling them to come. I don't know if it's because the distance is too far to successfully condense the water attributes, or if I have regressed and can't successfully perform thaumaturgy! The water attributes that can be gathered are rare and pitiful, and it is estimated that they are not enough to gargle. Jiang He was also a little confused in his heart: "Oops, it's a shame now." At the beginning, it was easy to call for rain in the Five Elements Mountain. Now that he has left the Five Elements Mountain, he can't show his mastery, he knew that this was the case, he should have asked the master for some Taoist weapons, this ...... Embarrassed. ”
He Hua and the people looked at the river standing in front of the riverbed, pointed to the sky with their right hand, put their left hand on their chest, and remained motionless. I don't know what happened, but they all looked at each other.
Suddenly, Jiang He changed his posture, sat cross-legged on the ground, put his hands on his chest like holding water, and muttered to himself, but the distance was a little far away and he couldn't hear clearly.
At this moment, the river could not rain, and he was a little anxious, and then he calmed down and thought of the holy beast Xuanwu, so he sat on the ground, spread out his palm, and beckoned the phantom of Xuanwu, the mini version of Xuanwu was in the palm of the river, but He Hua and the people could not see it.
Jiang He: "Holy Beast Xuanwu, I'm sorry, I summoned you, I found that if I leave the Five Elements Mountain, I won't be able to rain, and the people here are eager for a heavy rain to save their lives." ”
Xuanwu: "Ha, rain is my old job, but I need to show my true body, this place is too small, if I show my true body...... These people are going to be crushed to death by me. ”
The river is full of black lines: "Then is there any other way?"
Xuanwu: "Haha, yes, as long as you keep a small area of the five elements balanced, you can rain." ”
The river was full of black lines, and he said in his heart: "There is a shortage of water here, if I can maintain the balance of the five elements here, why bother looking for you, a water-based holy beast." ”
At this time, I heard the sound of Dada's hooves behind me, and when I turned around, I saw five horsemen and horses approaching here, which was Li Yun's well-digging troops.
Jiang He: "Okay, thanks to the Holy Beast, I know. ”
Jiang He beckoned to the well digging team to come over, and the five people immediately came to Jiang He's side, dismounted and stood upright, and listened to Jiang He's envoy's orders.
Jiang He: "Brothers have worked hard, I need you to help me collect five things." ”
Soldiers: "Your Excellency, please command." ”
Jiang He: "Help me collect, metalwork, hmm." No silver or gold, no iron pots, wood, jars or jars for water, and torches. Ah, yes, and the water on you. ”
The soldiers felt a little contempt for the envoy in their hearts, and said that they had come here to rain, but now not only did it not rain, but they would also be deprived of their water bladders. However, the official level crushed people to death, and this envoy pressed down to a Mount Tai.
Reluctantly, the soldiers handed over the water bladders and went separately to look for pots and pans, torches and wood.
Those hungry and dry people, who had a desperate expression on their faces, suddenly heard the water bladder, like a hungry wolf seeing meat, and became excited, and approached the river one after another, hoping to share some water to drink.
Jiang He: "Don't worry, the people don't have to worry, bear with it first, and after I sacrifice to the sky, you will be able to take this water." ”
When the people heard this, they immediately kowtowed and knelt down, hoping that the rivers would sacrifice to the heavens as soon as possible, so that they could share water to drink.
Jiang He nodded, telling them to wait.
Waiting for the soldiers to bring what they needed, and the people withdrew from the range required by the river, they quietly looked at the envoy of the river (pretending to be forced), and did not say a word.
I saw that the river drew a five-pointed star on the ground, and placed it on each of the five corners: a jar (water) for water, a burning torch (fire), a tattered iron pot (gold), a withered wood (wood), and a loose soil (earth) dug in the ground. Then facing the position of the water jar, he pointed to the sky with his right hand, put his left hand on his chest, and read in his mouth: "The five elements of heaven and earth, water vapor breeds, strong winds and rains, descends on the earth, sweet rain spreads, and the world lives peacefully." ”
At this moment, whether it was the hungry people or the soldiers who were disdainful in front of them, they all knelt on the ground at this time and sincerely worshiped the river, which was the admiration for God and gratitude to the spirit.
The wind was fierce, and the clouds were thick, and in a short time it began to pour down, and the thirsty earth greedily sucked in the water, and the earth roared until its heart was full.
After bowing and worshipping, the people and soldiers danced and shouted in the heavy rain. They witnessed this miracle with their own eyes, so much so that for a long time afterwards, they never forgot to mention this memory in the story told by their descendants: whether it is an immortal or a superior person in this world, it is hard to find, and it is quite .......
They're Jianghe's biggest fans, uh, admirers......