Outside the house, there was a muffled thunder, and snowflakes rushed to and from the residence. The courtyard was empty, and the soldiers who could be sent out were basically sent out to help. Only mud footprints were scattered, the room was noisy, arguments and accusations never ceased, and the candles on the brass candlesticks melted rapidly.

No one slept that night.

The next day, the rooster crowed out a touch of fish belly white in the sky.

"Changguo is surrounded by mountains on three sides, the people were evacuated in time, and the casualties were not large. After the flood distribution, most of the prefectures and counties have been preserved, but Xiangshannan, now there is an ocean, and the specific situation is not known. ”

"What about the casualties in the army?"

"The soldiers went down to the weir to block the flood, and the losses of the flood situation were conveyed, and a total of 64 people were killed and injured, and more than 280 people were missing."

Zhu Changyun stood up: "What about Lord Haininghai of Fenghua Zhizhou?" ”

The military attache of flood control lowered his head: "Lord Hai personally came to the breach and commanded the soldiers to flood control. At that time, it was too dark, the flood situation was urgent, and the big waves went up to the embankment, which washed away the flood control team of the government, and the people of Hai also ......"

Zhu Changyun's face sank like water, and the other officials quarreled again. Some accuse the Heavenly Master of destroying demons, and some suggest that they immediately write a song and report it to the imperial court, and some people turn it over again when they beat Chen Dong to death with a knife, and they can't hear the details clearly.

Suddenly, two doors creaked open, and at the door was an armor-piercing backpack, a man dressed as a military general, his clothes and armor were wet, with sporadic mud spots, and a series of water droplets dripped down his skirt.

The arguments and accusations in the room stopped, and everyone turned their eyes to Li Yan who entered the door.

"I just asked you, do you have any drinks in this mansion?"

Zhu Changyun was bored for a while before he said, "Back hall." ”

"Thank you."

With that, Li Yan closed the door and went out.

After about two or three breaths, a purple-robed official slapped the table: "He still has the face to drink?" ”

"Damn!"

There was another burst of sound in the room, and all the officials were ventilated, their eyes were red, and they blamed and even scolded this evil guard and the great Ning Wei Zuo Si Zhenfu, and the words of the book were endless.

When the tide of these voices stopped, the garrison military attache who came to report the news stubbornly said: "Last night, Li Zhenfu did not go to the official boat to avoid the flood, but blocked the weir with the lowly rank and others to save people. Li Zhenfu had a strange skill, saved many people and brothers in the army, and added two floods. It was this morning that the flood receded a little, and Li Zhenfu came back with his humble post. ”

Zhu Changyun raised his eyes: "Where is your place to speak?" ”

The military attaché's head was buried lower.

Zhu Changyun was silent for a while before he said, "First ask the Yamen of the Political Secretary to transfer grain." I'm going to write a book, how to decide the situation now, I want to ask Your Majesty to judge it. ”

"No need."

There were voices outside the door again, several torches lit up, and a mage with a hairpin on his head and wearing a golden dragon and tiger robe led a group of soap servants and walked in.

Zhu Changyun recognized this person, this person was Xue Shengso, the dragon and tiger supervisor of the Hangzhou Mansion, and he was also the most prominent one among the more than 80 dragon and tiger prisoners in Zhejiang. At this time, he should go to Huzhou with the army, and follow Wei Fuhai, the governor of Zhejiang, to crusade against the White Lotus Sect, and somehow he actually came here.

"Xue Dujian, you?"

"I'm here to reply to the results of the trial of the superior Yamen on the killing of the second son of the Chen family in Zhoushan, as well as the Taiyi Pavilion's handling of Yuyao's ruin."

"Xue Dujian came quickly."

Zhu Changyun was thoughtful.

"Well, I won't delay my efforts, the Criminal Department has approved the review of the report submitted by Wu Keyang, the prefect of Ningbo, and the knife is specialized in killing, and the sentence is beheaded, and Chen Dong rapes the woman and is sentenced to hanging. In addition, the high merit of guarding evil and fighting demons is not effective, so that Yuyao broke down, and the lives of the people were devastated, which should have been a heavy responsibility, and it was remembered that it had the duty of escorting the dragon and tiger flag, so it was not pursued for the time being. ”

Zhu Changyun asked: "Taiyi Pavilion is just enough, investigate the case of murder with a knife, since the criminal department has approved it, can there be a receipt document?" ”

"There is no paperwork, there is a message from Master Shang Shuli of the Criminal Department, and the receipt will be issued in a few days. If you have any objections, you can play it yourself, if not, you will handle the case according to my words, and the top will not pull you back. Oh, by the way, Longhu Mountain has found out that Cha Daozi is not a Dragon and Tiger soap service registered in the Heavenly Master Dao, presumably Li Zhenfu remembered it wrongly, how to deal with it, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Several officials looked at each other and whispered something.

The waiter of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry looked at the tea case and said in a low voice: "If you want me to say, this Xue Dujian ghost and ghost, I'm afraid that he has been waiting for news in Ningbo, and the cheap order is true, otherwise Yuyao will break the mouth on the front foot, and he will arrive on the back foot, how can there be such a coincidence." ”

Someone on the side also responded in a low voice: "It's good to be in a hurry to invite the Chen family." ”

Zhu Changyun's face couldn't see anything, but he just gave his hand: "In this way, there will be Lao Xue Dujian." ”

"Well said."

After saying that, Xue Dujian led a dry soap servant to turn around and go out.

Li Yan took two jars of daughter red from the back hall, a few dishes of roast meat and other dishes wrapped into oil bags, and when he came out, he happened to meet Xue Dujian, and naturally learned from him about the approval of Taiyi Pavilion and the Criminal Department.

"Li Zhenfu, it's not that my heavenly master is not emotional, and the situation is compelling. Zhejiang is now in danger, and it has to rely on Chen Ke. ”

"When did Xue Dujian arrive in Ningbo?"

Li Yan asked quite plainly.

"Well, this morning."

"When are you leaving?"

"Let's go."

Li Yan nodded: "Then I won't send it, please." ”

With that, Li Yan got out of the way.

"This, Li Zhenfu."

Xue Dujian looked left and right, and suddenly leaned into Li Yan's ear: "Yi Gaogong still trusts the ability to pacify, and there is no room for return in Zhejiang......

Li Yan winked at Xue Dujian and said with a smile: "I know." ”

Xue Dujian looked at Li Yan's smiling face, nodded, and left.

Li Yan stretched his waist, carried wine and food, and went to the prison cell.

When I walked to the back, I heard the two cell bosses talking: "I'm sorry, check the subordinate officer, find out from above, there is no soap servant like you in Longhu Mountain, according to the rules, you can't live in the prison cell, you have to go to prison, you get up and go with your brothers." The prison is much more comfortable than here. ”

Li Yan happened to walk in, and he smiled: "It is said that the wall is down and everyone pushes it, but you adults don't need to be in such a hurry, right?" ”

When the two cell bosses saw Li Yan, they unconsciously shrunk their necks, but they still said stiffly: "Li Zhenfu, we are doing an errand according to the orders of the superiors, don't be embarrassed." ”

"I don't embarrass you, but I want to have a drink with my brother and have a chat, that's fine."

Li Yan spoke softly.

"This ......"

This person still wanted to handle it, but he was elbowed by the cell head next to him, and the cell head took over and nodded at Li Yan: "Okay, okay, as long as the boss doesn't urge, you can talk." We're going to keep you sentry. ”

As he spoke, he pulled the other cell head and walked out.

"What are you doing? Crazy, why can't you knock him a few taels of silver? I owe a gambling debt that I don't have to settle yet! ”

"If you see it, take it, we can't afford to mess with this person."

The two walked farther and farther, Li Yan just didn't hear it, there was no one else in the house, Li Yan opened the wine stopper, Cha Xiaodao didn't say a word since just now, he pulled a piece of oil cake and stuffed it into his mouth, and asked Li Yan vaguely.

"What's going on?"

"Alas~" Li Yan scratched his head: "Shame, let people see the joke." ”

Cha Xiaodao was happy while eating: "It turns out that you also have a time when you are deflated?" I heard that they had a flood, and you failed to get rid of the demons. How? The Great Sage of the Sea is not easy to deal with. ”

"So-so, I'm telling someone to calculate, maybe it's Chen Tianfang? Either the surname is Ke. ”

"How?"

"The Yuyao Dam was blown up, and they did it cleanly. I can't find any evidence, but there is a fishy smell in the flood of Zhu Po Longfa, but there is no flood in Yuyao, this is not a demon disaster, it is a man-made disaster. ”

"So what are you going to do?"

Cha Xiaodao stuffed food into his mouth one by one, and his eyes could not be seen.

Li Yan raised his eyebrows and said, "What did you say at the beginning?" ”

"Hiccup~"

Cha Xiaodao suddenly burped, picked up the wine jar and poured two mouthfuls into his mouth. After drinking his stomach, he began to laugh, and after laughing for a long time, he said, "Didn't you say that I had a bad idea." ”

Li Yan also smiled, he poured himself a cup, and said with a smile at the knife: "The idea of the two of us is half a catty, don't say anything about anyone." ”

The two laughed at the same time, and there was no hint of trouble in the slightest between talking and laughing.

The small half jar was drunk, and Li Yan spread his hands: "Listen to you this time." ”

"That's good." Cha Xiaodao's fist slammed into the table, and the wine spewed: "You go into the water, I will get out of prison." ”

About half an hour, Zheng Yuanning, the magistrate of the county, rushed to the front of the prison cell: "Why don't you mention that the prisoner has come out?" ”

The two cell leaders looked at each other, and before they could speak, Li Yan had already walked out.

"Yo, Li Zhenfu."

Zheng Yuanning didn't smile, what else did he have to say, but Li Yan directly said to the two cell heads: "Let's go on an errand." ”

After that, he didn't look at Zheng Yuanning, and walked out of the mansion.

In the horse ring, he led his flying thunder horse out, but Li Yan found Cao Yongchang wandering at the door of the official residence.

In the past few days, there has been a matter of covering the sea and the Great Sage, and Li Yan didn't care about Cao Yongchang. I only heard Chen Yuewu's youngest daughter Chen Jiao mention that Cao Yongchang accidentally got acquainted with a bullet writer from Suzhou, named Mo Houguang, these days Xiao Cao only stayed with Mo Houguang in addition to visiting the prison room to check the knife, and seemed to have learned a lot.

"Uncle Li, can't my uncle be saved?!"

Cao Yongchang took a few steps over and grabbed Li Yan's sleeve, which was smoother than the first acquaintance, he was now much taller, and his eyebrows also looked heroic, which was also the biggest gain from practicing martial arts with Li Yan a few days ago.

"Who did you hear that your uncle couldn't be saved?"

Cao Yongchang pursed his lips: "Master Su said that Ningbo hooks and sinks, thanks to the great sage of covering the sea." If the flood does not occur, Chen Ke will fall, and if there is a flood, my uncle will be difficult to save. ”

Li Yan nodded when he heard this: "Although your master walks the rivers and lakes, he is still knowledgeable, and you are blessed." But he's not always right. ”

Cao Yongchang was surprised and delighted: "So, my uncle has been saved." ”

Li Yan nodded: "Your uncle is fine." ”

After that, Li Yan turned over and got on the horse, and Cao Yongchang hurriedly asked, "Where is General Li going?" ”

"Go to Jiangkou, don't follow you, find a place to shelter from the rain."

"Shelter from the rain?" Cao Yongchang was stunned for a moment, he raised his head before asking, "It's just sunny." ”

Li Yan didn't answer anymore, flapped the Flying Thunder Horse, and went straight out of the city along the deserted street, heading straight to the mouth of the sea.

The sky was just bright, and the sun could not be seen, and the stars and the moon were very thin.

The flying thunder carried Li Yan to a seaside dotted with scattered tiled houses, and there were no traces. The tide is turbulent, and several large and small whirlpools can be seen.

Li Yan got off his horse and said to Feilei: "Wait for me here, if there is water, go to the mountain." ”

The demon horse snorted, Li Yan patted its neck, and then jumped into the whirlpool, the turquoise sea water surged, Li Yan turned his head under the sea, fixed his body, and there was a bottomless big crack under his feet.

Li Yan laughed, and countless ripples rolled between his beckons, slamming into the cracks.

Deep at the bottom of the sea, where you can't see your fingers, is a hill made of countless human bones. It's daunting.

Zhi Qilian was lying among the skeletons all over the ground, his body was tightly wrapped in white mist, and from time to time a few blood streaks and golden bullet casings oozed out.

It roared in pain, grabbed it from the skull, and grabbed a large amount of gold and silver, and it swallowed it into its mouth like chewing ice cubes, and ate it in a few bites.

Zhi Qilian chewed on gold and silver, his eyes stared at a jet-black old turtle in front of him, and his expression was irritable.

"How is the Great Sage's injuries?"

The old turtle opened its mouth to stir up the water.

Zhi Qilian opened his mouth and roared, his voice was terrifying: "You didn't tell the imperial court that you sent such an evil person?" ”

"I have a word first, this matter is not trivial, the great sage can fight, if he can't fight, he will retreat, if he fights and retreats, he has suffered such a big loss, and I have no choice, old man."

Zhi Qilian showed a mouth full of fangs: "Who said that I suffered a loss?!" Those facial features, he ate my dragon and spit out the fog, and he was not dead or disabled. ”

The old turtle's gloomy eyes reflected the injured white dragon head of Wu Zhiqi, and it said slowly: "That may be breaking the will of the Great Sage, then Li Zhenfu is not only unhindered, but also alive and vigorous rescue victims, no matter how you look at it, he is also seriously injured." ”

"No way. My dragon spits mist. Halfway through speaking, Zhi Qilian suddenly retracted, his expression flickered a little, and he didn't seem to be particularly confident.

"The Great Sage doesn't need to say much, I have already found a way to deal with this person, and the Great Sage doesn't have to pay attention to the things on the side, just recuperate with peace of mind."

Zhi Qilian sneered: "What can you think of?" ”

"Then there is no need for the Great Sage to worry about it. If nothing else, the old man will go. ”

After that, the old turtle suddenly spilled blood from his mouth, his eyes flooded and sank to the bottom of the water, and he died.

Zhi Qilian stretched out his hand and hammered it on the body of the Pig Po Dragon King who was lying on the side, with a gloomy expression.

It was born in the Huai Whirlpool, and was a strange beast loved by heaven and earth, living by devouring gold and silver, and occasionally eating human flesh and meat. It is only because of the extraordinary terrain of the mouth of the Yangtze River that it can help it cultivate a magical power called "Dragon Spitting Mist", so it lives here.

Later, relying on the majesty of the Water Monarch, he subdued the Pig Po Dragon King, and Zhi Qilian regarded himself as the Great Sage of the Sea, and never suffered a loss again.

Later, it was common to occupy the waterways of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, connived at the pig Polong, subverted the past merchant ships, and devoured flesh, blood, gold and silver. It is gifted, the same Taoism, rare monsters are its opponents, the original Yellow Sea Demon, all called it to death. If Zhi Qilian is subjected to another thunderstorm, and the Dao is further refined, even if the immortals can fight even under the earth.

It was only because his subordinate Zhu Polong was slaughtered by the people when he plundered the gold and silver of merchant ships for him to eat and drink, that Zhi Qilian launched a flood for the first time.

After the encirclement and suppression of the government, Zhi Qilian repelled the mages of the Heavenly Master Dao several times, until he met Chen Tianfang.

After the other party is known as the King of Jiujiang of Great Righteousness, he is the descendant of Chen Youliang, but for some reason, he has the bloodline ability that can occupy the body of the water demon.

"You are tired of dealing with officers and soldiers, how can you have time to cultivate? How many pounds of gold and silver do you have on the merchant ships in the past? If you ask me to do ......"

The two hit it off. Zhi Qilian usually retracted into the great crack in the seabed, but the Chen clan promised that the Heavenly Master Dao would not disturb him anymore and gave it enough gold and silver to swallow. Only asked Wuzhi Qi to guarantee that it would only come out in July and August, and let Zhu Polong occupy the sea channel to lay eggs, but other than that, the Chen family did not have any requirements for it, which was undoubtedly a good deal for Zhi Qilian.

Only to this day.

Bang!

The waves shook and the earth cracked, and the mud and sand rolled into the shape of clouds. A black shadow rushed into the big crack and took a face with Zhi Qilianzheng!

It's not Li Yan, but who is it.

Zhi Qi jumped up in shock: "How did you come here?" Could it be that the old guy lied to me? ”

Li Yan learned from these big demons to transmit messages in the water: "You still care about yourself!" ”

Zhi Qi took off the trident and jumped up irritably, and the vermilion pig dragon king rolled his body and surrounded Li Yan.

"Do you dare to chase after you, am I really afraid of you?"

Li Yan pulled out the tiger's head gun: "I keep saying that I won't send water, but the water is." You colluded with the Chen Ke family, dragged me by the neck and slapped my face, and told me to swallow my anger? ”

The furious waves on the sea rolled, thunder and lightning crossed, and a hundred-meter-long vermilion dragon body drilled out of the sea, bringing out two figures, one black and one white.

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The dark clouds in the sky gathered, and Cha Xiaodao looked at the gloomy sky through the window of the cell, moved his neck, and then pinched the more than a dozen catties of iron shackles on his wrist.

With a squeak, the cell door opened, and the two cell leaders held charcoal braziers, soldering irons, and rope nooses, and shouted grinningly: "I'm sorry to check the subordinate officer, someone greeted you and told us to treat you well, who called the ...... provoked someone"

The first thing the cell boss who entered the door saw was the broken iron flail on the ground, and the words behind him were all blocked in his mouth.

Cha Xiaodao looked back at the cell door, and the window was glowing, shining a hideous smile on his face.

。 Nine Heavenly God Emperors