Chapter 34: The River God
The Mansha River looks quite quiet during the day, and the surface of the river, covered with a thin layer of ice, is like a silver mirror that does not stir up any ripples.
A few peculiar-looking birds glide across the ice, their plumage punctuated the drab surface of the river.
Yuan Yuguo's eyes widened as he watched, he didn't believe that there would be a river god in this frozen river, he relied on his modern scientific mind to see that this Ziyang mage was just a Taoist priest who made a conclusion based on legends.
"Ha Xiaobao, can he really summon the river god?"
"Really, I've seen it with my own eyes."
"Cut! It must be that this Ziyang is happening weird, I don't believe that the legend will become a reality? ”
The incense on the altar flickered, and the green smoke rose into the sky, with a kind of power to turn the tide.
The Purple Sun Mage reverently recited the incantation he didn't understand, his voice was gentle, and the distance between each character was peaceful, but it could be connected into a line and thrown onto the surface of the river.
All eyes were focused on the Ziyang mage, following his spell and waiting for the appearance of the river god.
Yuan Yuguo's thinking also turned around, could it be that there is really a river god in the Mansha River?
With the speed of the spell, ripples rippled across the river, stirring up a bright silver light, and everyone's eyes were stinged.
The surface of the river continued to shake, turning into a stormy wave, with a feeling that the ground was shaking, and everyone felt the soles of their feet about to leave the ground.
"Protect the Queen!" Mo Jing and General Hua hurriedly ran over to escort them.
"What's going on? The river god seems to be angry? ”
"Everybody hurry up."
Yuan Yuguo's body shook uncontrollably, and subconsciously grabbed the hand of the person next to him, thinking it was Ha Xiaobao, but unexpectedly it became Ao Qianchuan, he wanted to let go, but the other party grabbed him very tightly.
"Squat down quickly so you don't get swept away."
"Your Highness, do you also believe in the curse of the river god?"
"I just came to see it because I didn't believe it."
Seeing that the snow under his feet was flying, Yuan Yuguo was indeed panicked, this feeling was like an earthquake, in case of an avalanche, he would die in the snow country.
"What's going on?"
"Don't panic the Yuan Healer, there has not been an avalanche in the Snow Country, this must be the reason why the Ziyang Mage casts the spell."
After an earth-shattering jolt, everyone's brains were in a state of sluggishness, and a picture appeared before their eyes: the body of a man came to the surface, his body was so large that it was impossible to see his appearance, and from the outline it looked like an oversized Buddha statue.
He opened his mouth and let out a roar that was so powerful that it could swallow the entire Snow Country.
I saw Master Ziyang open the gourd he was carrying, and green smoke came out of it, drifting towards the mouth of the river god.
The river god sucked the green smoke like a cigarette, and then closed his mouth, this is the essence of the Ziyang mage's practice, and he contributed it to the river god all at once.
Master Ziyang bowed his hand to him: "Meet the river god." ”
"What's the matter with calling me out?" The river god does not need to open his mouth to make sounds, and his voice has overlapping sounds.
"Her Majesty does not agree with your third condition, and asks the river god to change another condition."
"When you Snow Country destroyed my River Clan, why didn't you talk about the conditions? I have been under the curse for 500 years, but it is just to let you get the lesson you deserve, you want me to break the curse in advance, and I agreed, and now you are even talking to me about the conditions? The river god's expression was full of anger.
"River God, I apologize to you for the mistakes made by my ancestors, I have fulfilled your two conditions, and you should also see the sincerity of our snow country. There are few women in our snow country, please don't embarrass us, the widow is willing to fold five years of yang life in exchange for the safety of our snow country women. The queen's expression was pious, and she knelt down in front of the river god, and everyone hurriedly knelt down with the queen.
"Five hundred lives of my River Clan have been destroyed in your hands, do you think you can make up for it with five years of life?"
"River God, please change the third condition, no matter what condition you propose, as long as you don't touch the woman of our snow country, the widow will agree to you."
"It is said that the Queen of the Snow Country loves the people like a son, and sure enough, she loves women like her own daughter, since this is the case, then I might as well fulfill you, I can promise you not to marry all the women of the Snow Country, but I must marry a woman."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, it was better to sacrifice one woman than to sacrifice all women, and it could be seen from the queen's hesitant look that she loved all the women of the Snow Country as much as she loved her daughter, but she was powerless to return to the sky, so she had to nod.
"River God, the women of our Snow Country are the best women, you must promise me to be kind to your wife."
The river god scoffed at these words, and a sneer came: "You don't need to worry about this. ”
The queen's face was still full of hesitation, she turned her gaze to the prime minister's father and daughter, and sighed again.
This pair of smart father and daughter immediately understood the queen's heart, Tang Yiyi leaned on her father's shoulder like frightened, although the dream was beautiful, it was still a dream after all, and she didn't want to marry the river god.
But the prime minister, who knew the righteousness, nodded at the queen, as long as he could protect all the women in the Snow Country, he was willing to sacrifice his daughter.
"River God, since Tang Yiyi is already your person, then it is better to marry Tang Yiyi to you, she is the prime minister's daughter, the great beauty of the Snow Country, and she is still worthy of the title of Mrs. River God."
Unexpectedly, the river god let out another sneer: "Do you want to use the prime minister's daughter to send me?" What I want is not Tang Yiyi, I want the most noble woman in the Snow Country, your two princesses, choose one of the two, and marry me in three days. ”
Everyone was stunned, and the two princesses were even more frightened, and they almost fainted.
Princess Yunxing has been married to Okuchikawa, so the only one who can marry is Princess Mercury, her nails sunk into the flesh of her palm, and she shook her head desperately.
"Don't be afraid of Mercury, it's not the end yet." Princess Yunxing shook her sister's hand.
Thousands of calculations were not counted on her daughter, and the queen was stunned and didn't say anything for a long time.
"Queen, if you don't agree to marry the princess to me, the two conditions you made before will be in vain, just wait for the automatic unsealing after two hundred years."
"I promise you!" The queen shouted, and everyone turned their eyes over, never imagined that the queen was so aware of righteousness and was willing to sacrifice her daughter for the snow country at a critical moment?
"My eldest princess Yunxing has a marriage contract with the prince of Ao, and she is about to get married, so I will marry the second princess Mercury to you, but Mercury is still young, and a Taoist priest has told her fortune before, saying that she must be eighteen before she can get married, otherwise she will be Kefu, for the sake of the safety of the river god, I also ask the river god to give a grace period of two months, and wait for Mercury to be eighteen years old before getting married."
"Do you want to stall for time to get out? If you dare to play tricks, I will sink the entire women of Snow Country to the bottom of the Mansha River and bury my River Clan! ”
"You have no jokes!"
"Good! Marry in two months! ”