() The night passed quickly.

Before dawn, the people of the Nanzhou County Royal Mansion were busy. There are a lot of things they have to prepare today.

The tribute to be used for the rain must be killed on the spot. Cattle, sheep and pigs, the specifications of three animals, are indispensable.

Gu Yongshan also woke up very early, and he got up early to prepare for today's events.

The maid of the Nanzhou County Palace, dressed Gu Yongshan in an extremely formal black and gold dragon robe.

This costume is usually worn only at large festivals. Usually wear bright yellow clothes.

Little by little, it was about 9 o'clock in the morning.

The mighty crowd set off. Gu Yongshan walked at the forefront.

The place they were going to was the festival platform of Nanzhou City, which was the highest position in Nanzhou City.

Under normal circumstances, Namju Castle only uses the festival platform at the end of the year to pray for a good harvest and peace in the coming year.

Under the festival stage, a red carpet leads straight to the festival stage. On either side of the altar were the Praetorian Guards.

Sun Wuyan: "When the time for the sacrifice is up, please Your Majesty and the hundred officials to enter the festival platform and start the ceremony." ”

Gu Yongshan walked in the forefront, the king of Nanzhou County, and Wei Changfeng walked on the left and right sides respectively. Behind them are all civil and military officials of Nanzhou City.

Gu Yongshan walked to the altar step by step, and the civil and military officials behind him also followed Gu Yongshan step by step to the altar.

The stage is 15 meters high and has an area of 30 square meters. There is an offering table on it, and the heads of pigs, cows, and sheep have been placed on it.

Under the altar is a black cushion, which the emperor used to kneel and worship heaven and earth.

Gu Yongshan walked to the front of the offering platform and looked at it at a glance. Offstage are the people of Nanzhou who are waiting for them.

They desperately need a rain, a rain that is enough to restore life.

Gu Yongshan: "The emperor is above, and the earth is below." The 9th emperor of the Shengwu Dynasty, kneeling down to worship heaven and earth. ”

Gu Yongshan knelt down first, and then kowtowed.

Gu Yongshan, who stood up, continued: "Inherit the grace of heaven and the virtue of the earth. The emperor of the human race, Gu Yongshan, respected heaven and earth. ”

Sun Wuyan held the wine, walked to the front of the offering table, and then poured two bowls of wine.

Gu Yongshan picked up the first bowl of wine: "Respect the heavens, thank God for the kindness that allows human beings to live." ”

Gu Yongshan picked up the wine and threw it into the air.

Then Gu Yongshan put down the wine bowl and picked up the second bowl of wine.

Gu Yongshan: "Second respect, thank you to the earth for nurturing the food that allows human beings to survive. ”

In the second bowl of wine, Gu Yongshan sprinkled it to the earth.

Respecting heaven and earth is completed, and the next step is to make requests.

When a request is made, everyone else will back down, indicating that it is a sign of respect for heaven and earth.

Gu Yongshan: "The emperor is above, and the earth is below." Today, there has been no rain in Nanzhou for a long time, and the people of Li are miserable. As the emperor of the Shengwu Dynasty, I am the Son of Heaven. I pray for rain to heaven and earth, and ask heaven and earth to love the people of Li and rain rain. ”

After Gu Yongshan finished saying this, he knelt down again, and then kowtowed three times.

Zhang Cheng, who watched from afar: "Technology can change the future." Rainfall is caused by changes in the clouds in the atmosphere, not a gift from heaven. The food of the earth is also grown by human beings themselves, and it is not all the credit of the earth. ”

Xunmu: "Lord, what do you mean?" ”

Zhang Cheng: "People, you still have to believe in yourself. It is very unreliable to pin your hopes on something else. ”

Xunmu: "Lord, in this era, if you say such things, I'm afraid you will be burned to death." ”

Zhang Cheng: "It's not the European Middle Ages, where did you come from to burn to death, at most you will say that I am talking nonsense and drive me out."

Just get out. And then say to everybody, I'm crazy. ”

After Gu Yongshan finished speaking, he stood up and waited for the rain.

However, he was disappointed.

The sky was still blue, and there were no clouds to be seen.

The blazing sun shone over everyone's heads.

There was already a shortage of water, such a high temperature, and such a blazing sun.

The king of Nanzhou finally understood why the water was depleted so quickly.

As the sun rose little by little, the temperature became higher and higher, and the crowd of onlookers couldn't stay anymore and went back to the rent.

Then the civil and military officials and Gu Yongshan could not retreat, they could only wait for Gan Lin to come.

Gu Yongshan also has this kind of preparation in his heart for not being able to ask for rain, and Zhang Cheng has already said this matter yesterday.

But as the temperature got higher and higher, Gu Yongshan couldn't hold it anymore.

He was wearing a black and gold dragon robe, black was already absorbing heat, and the temperature of the sun directly made his clothes hot.

As an emperor, when has Gu Yongshan been so exposed to the sun. Beads of sweat fell from Gu Yongshan's forehead one by one.

Gu Yongshan, as an ordinary person, has not cultivated Yuan Li, has no Yuan Force to protect his body, and in the face of this kind of irradiation, his body is very unbearable.

However, for the sake of the people of the entire Nanzhou, Gu Yongshan gritted his teeth and insisted. As an emperor, he can't fall, once he falls, what will the people of Nanzhou think of the royal family.

As long as he persists until dark, at that time, even if he doesn't ask for rain, at least Gu Yongshan has already shown his sincerity. At this time, it will be easier to be accepted by the public if you use the previous reason.

The scorching sun continued to shine, and in a blink of an eye, it was 12 noon. In terms of Jiuzhou's timekeeping method, it is already the middle time.

Gu Yongshan's body was already crumbling, but Gu Yongshan did not give up, he must hold on until dark, or wait until the rain comes.

Zhang Cheng looked at Gu Yongshan's insistence: "Sister Xun, you say, should I help him?" ”

Xunmu: "Lord, how can you help him, you won't ask for rain?" ”

Zhang Cheng: "I have a way to quickly learn to pray for rain, but I will pay some more precious things. You said I shouldn't help him. ”

Xunmu: "No, Guanzhu, your task is to assist the human emperor, the emperor in front of you is just the human emperor and his father, and he is relatively incompetent." Something more precious is not suitable for him. ”

Zhang Cheng: "However, this relatively incompetent emperor is doing his part for the people of Limin. And I, a Taoist priest who wants to assist the human emperor, can only watch the people suffer, and I am even more incompetent. ”

Xunmu: "Lord, this is different, you are thinking about the future. ”

Zhang Cheng: "It's all now, what to talk about later." I came to the Jiuzhou World to save the human beings of the Jiuzhou World. Ordinary emperors are doing things they can't do, and I, a Taoist priest who has done this, should also do it. ”

Xunmu: "Lord, think twice." ”

Zhang Cheng: "Sister Xun, the sages of the past dynasties, when faced with this kind of problem, they have gone through the entanglement. Although I, Zhang Cheng, am not a sage, I also understand that there are some things that have to be done. ”

Xunmu: "Watching the Lord." ”

Zhang Cheng: "Sister Xun, you support me, right?" ”

Xunmu heard Zhang Cheng's words, and understood that Zhang Cheng had made up his mind, so he stopped persuading: "Master, if you need my help, just say it." ”

Zhang Cheng: "I knew that Sister Xun would support me." ”

Then Zhang Chengtou left here without looking back, and said secretly in his heart: "System, exchange for the prayer for rain in the seventy-two earth evils." ”

System: "Merit points are deducted, and the prayer for rain is successfully exchanged." ”

Xunmu's approach just now was for Zhang Cheng, she knew that Zhang Cheng would have to pay a very big price if he wanted to exchange for rain, and Zhang Cheng had already paid a considerable price in the first few times.

Zhang Cheng also said just now that more precious things can be exchanged, and this kind of more precious things naturally cannot be infinite. Therefore, for Zhang Cheng's sake, Xunmu naturally did not want Zhang Cheng to help Gu Yongshan pray for rain.

However, Zhang Cheng is different, Zhang Cheng has been here to save the world from the beginning. I don't know how long this drought will last, and the people of Nanzhou can't wait any longer.

And even a mortal like Gu Yongshan is willing to take on this kind of responsibility. Zhang Cheng, as a capable Taoist priest, how could he not do it.

Taoist priest, Taoist priest, you can't be a Taoist priest if you leave home. A true Taoist priest has always had the world in mind.

Gu Yongshan of the festival platform continued to hold on, and at this time, the wind suddenly rose.

The cool wind finally removed a bit of color.

A clear poem resounded throughout Nanzhou City: "As soon as you enter the Taoist Gate and cultivate your body, you will help the poor and save the people." Hongchen is full of evil and suffering, and I save the dead and protect the living. ”

I saw that above the distant sky, a Taoist priest with a sword on his back and a dust whisk in his hand descended from the distant sky to the altar.

The person who came was none other than Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Cheng: "The emperor has worked hard, and the poor road Baiyun Mountain inherits the Taoist view Zhang Cheng, accepts the mandate of heaven, and comes to help the emperor with rain." ”

Looking at Zhang Cheng's eyes, Gu Yongshan understood that Zhang Cheng wanted to spread his prestige more fame.

So, Gu Yongshan said: "I also ask the Taoist chief to help me relieve the suffering of drought for the people of Li in Nanzhou." ”

Zhang Cheng: "Poor Dao came for this matter, and asked the emperor to stand aside." ”

Gu Yongshan: "Okay, I have asked the Taoist chief to do it." ”

After Gu Yongshan finished speaking, he stood aside.

Zhang Cheng walked to the front of the worship platform, the dust in his hand disappeared, and the magic sword behind him came out of his body.

Zhang Cheng held the magic sword in his hand, used the mana in his body, and then used praying for rain.

Zhang Cheng's mana hit the sky, and then the mana searched for rain clouds in the sky.

After searching for about 10 minutes, I found the rain clouds from Xuanzhou, which is outside Nanzhou.

Zhang Cheng: "The wind is coming." ”

With the constant movement of the clouds, strong winds are generated. The gale blew from Xuanzhou to Nanzhou.

At this time, Zhang Cheng's mana was a little insufficient, the distance from Xuanzhou to Nanzhou was too far, and Zhang Cheng wanted to transport it over to Yuyun, and he needed a lot of mana.

Zhang Cheng: "Sister Xun, I'm sorry for you again." ”

Xunmu: "Lord, you and I are one, and we don't need to say this. ”

As Xunmu's mana was instilled into Zhang Cheng's body, the wind in the sky blew more and more rapidly.

The people of Nanzhou City: "The wind is up, the wind is up, it's going to rain." ”

"Oh my God, it's finally going to rain. Nanzhou has been dry for too long. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty the Emperor, thank you, Dao Chief, they brought us the rain."

"Thank you, Your Majesty the Emperor."

"Thank you, Chief."

The crowd erupted in strong voices of thanks.

The sky was clear, and it was dark. The rain clouds have finally arrived.

As the clouds converged, thunder rang out.

Lightning illuminated Nanzhou City under the rain clouds, and also awakened the vitality of Nanzhou City.

Originally, when the thunder and lightning appeared, the crowd would have dodged. But no one dodged today, and everyone was waiting for the rain to fall.

As the thunder ended, the rain fell with a clatter.