Chapter 12: Tianhe (II)

Now I don't really know much about this former brother, he asked me to guess that I can only make an assumption based on his character, he is so masculine and righteous, I think he will definitely do something big that shocks the world. "Could it be that Brother Ao sued Xuan Ming for his dereliction of duty to Heavenly Court?"

"Brother Xian, this is also where I regret it, if I really take a relatively gentle and effective way as you said, maybe there will be no tragedy later." Ao Long slapped his palm on a tree next to the river pond, and the fallen leaves fell one after another, turning into green dust in a blink of an eye. "At that time, I was full of blood and blood, coupled with the mourning of the mortal world, and there was no time to delay, so I trespassed to the source of the Tianhe River and opened the floodgates that flowed to the mortal world."

"This!" I couldn't help but be stunned, and opened the sluice gate without authorization, this is an overstepping authority, not to mention that Ao Long should have been an ordinary dragon prince at that time. Although I am not from the Heavenly Court, I can basically judge the system of the human world. "I think Brother Ao is also doing things for the people, although he violated the rules of heaven, he shouldn't be severely punished, right?"

Ao Long shook his head helplessly, a tangled and pained expression appeared on his face.

"It is true that I am only kind, but a good heart that does not bring good things is actually sin, and this good intention, which is not well thought out, is a big mistake. I forgot that because Xuanming did not allow rain for many days, the water of the Tianhe River had accumulated very deeply, and I opened the sluice gate without authorization, and as a result, the Tianhe River turned into a flood beast in an instant, the embankment was washed to pieces, the river water turned into rain and continued to pour down in the mortal world, and the Qiantang River even caused a great tide, countless homes were destroyed, and the mortals who had been tortured to the point of incompleteness suffered a new catastrophe. "I can hear that Ao Long is full of guilt about this." Not only the mortal water, but even the heavenly court was swept away by the water of the heavenly river, the water level overflowed the ground, and many of the heavenly gods' homes were soaked, and the bustling heavenly court was reduced to a vast sea. Later, it was the Great God of Houtu who used his divine power to barely fill the gap in Tianhe. ”

"How could this happen!" I couldn't believe my ears for a moment, the world was so unpredictable and ironic. "What does the Heavenly Court say?"

When Ao Long heard this question, Yang Tianchang laughed, "The mortal tribulation Heavenly Court can ignore it, but how can they give up when their own house is on fire?" ”

"Brother Xian, I'll show you something." After Ao Long finished speaking, he waved his arm lightly at the pond, and a whirlpool appeared in the water, and the whole pond was churning, and in a short time countless carp supported a huge box of rectangular stones.

The stone box looked like a coffin and exuded the smell of death.

"This! This is. "I have some ominous premonitions.

The lid of the stone box was slowly pulled open, emitting a strong fishy smell, and I almost fainted when I saw the scene inside. Inside was a dragon that looked like rain falling, and he lay there quietly, but most of the scales had fallen off, and there was no light, and the dragon had no head, and there was a huge white spine exposed on the erect neck, and there were many dried blood stains at the edges.

"This is my father, the old dragon king."

At this time, the originally tough Ao Long couldn't help but shed men's tears, and he choked up. "Heavenly Court really blamed me, I was afraid that I didn't dare to admit my guilt and hid in this Dragon Pavilion, and tens of thousands of heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals came to arrest me, and I regretted it. But my father told me that I did what he always wanted to do but didn't have the courage to do. Ao Long's lips twitched violently, and his face turned pale. My father bore the responsibility for my crimes, and the heavenly court convicted him of a felony and used the greatest punishment. He was brutally beheaded......"

"After many years of hard work in my father, the Emperor granted his last request and let his head fall into the dragon well in Longjing Village, where he began to become the Dragon King and his final destination. But because his father committed a serious crime, he could not be reincarnated, even if he was a small fish and shrimp, his body could not be decomposed, and his soul wandered in this corner of the world with nowhere to live. Ao Long gently stroked the remains of the old dragon king, tears dripping on it, and his voice was dull, hitting the bottom of his heart.

I suddenly realized that the head of the left road asked for a hexagram for me that day, and the strange poem above was this story. It is difficult to melt the crime of secretly releasing Tianhe.

"How can this be, it's not fair at all!" My emotions were also ignited.

"Brother Xian, I know that I have committed a sin, and I don't want to be forgiven, but my father has nowhere to be born, and this matter continues to sting me like a nightmare, whenever I think of the culprit Xuan Ming is still looking for joy in heaven and living as chic as before, I can't sleep at night, and my heart is like a knife."

It's just that these words were said just now, and Ao Long slowly breathed a sigh of relief. "This matter has been held in my heart for a long time, and I can tell you about it today, I already feel a lot more relaxed."

"Brother Ao, why can't you directly accuse Xuan Ming to Heavenly Court." In a hurry, I said casually without thinking. "Doesn't Heavenly Court even have the most basic laws?"

Ao Long's mood was a little more stable at the moment, and his tears dried up. "Naturally, I've been thinking about it day and night, and I've found a lot of evidence, thanks to some of your mortal inventions over the years."

With that, he took out a brown paper bag from the placket of his coat and handed it to me.

The bag didn't look big, the kraft paper had been worn out, but it felt heavy in my hand, and I gently untied the rope wrapped around it, and took out a thick dozen papers inside. When the document was taken outside, it was discovered that it was actually just a piece of paper, but it had been folded in thousands of layers. The first side of the document was a cumbersome curve diagram with thousands of curves in various colors, and I was dazzled to see it.

"Look at the dark blue line inside, that is the water level statistics of the Heavenly River for thousands of years since the Heavenly Court was built." Ao Long pointed to a location on the map. "Look at this paragraph, look at it carefully."

I fixed my eyes on that position, and I could see that the curve was growing in a straight line at one point, and then suddenly it dropped to a low point. "This point is when you open the sluice gates and the Tianhe River pours, and the water level of the Tianhe River in the previous period can be said to be the peak of thousands of years."

"That's right, this is the document I stole inside the Heavenly Court Incense Approval Palace, and it can be said to be the most authoritative evidence." Ao Long said loudly.

"Incense Palace?" I've never heard the name of this palace, and it feels weird.

"It's equivalent to your human archives, the confidential department, but the number of his documents is much larger." Ao Long explained to me.

Suddenly, a blank piece of paper fell out of the stack of papers, and I quickly grabbed it with my hand. This white paper looks like the white paper that is usually used for printing, a white paper that is so ordinary that it can no longer be ordinary, and there is a black curve on the white paper. ”

"This is what I found from your world, the rainfall statistics of those years. This picture is actually not of much value, just to let everyone see that there has been a pitiful amount of rainfall in the whole world for a few years. Ao Long pointed to me again at the almost zero section of the graph.

"With these two pieces of evidence, it is estimated that Xuan Ming has nothing to say."

Ao Long smiled, and Chengzhu said to me in his chest. "It's not enough, you still need to find the motive for Xuan Ming to do this kind of thing as a god, and you can see what else is in the bag."

I reached out and touched it, and it felt like a few cards that felt slippery to the touch, somewhat like photos that we use every day. I took it out and looked closely, and it was about the same size as our usual photo, except that it was an image of the event. The first picture is of a gray-haired old man counting mountains of gold, silver and jewels in a dark corner, his face flushed and refreshed.

"What is this?"

"This is Xuan Ming, who is counting the treasures that you mortals have made incense offerings to him. Isn't it disappointing? I didn't expect a god to be so ugly? Ao's tone was full of disdain and sarcasm. Brother Xian, I tell you honestly, there are countless such gods above the heavenly court. Corruption has become an unwritten unspoken rule. ”

"How can this be a motive for his dereliction of duty?" I'm still a little puzzled, I can't believe that the gods are like this.

"I want to tell you first how Heavenly Court is maintained, you mortals and the goblins around you will produce wealth through their labor, such as you planting an apple tree, when you see this apple tree bear fruit, in fact, Heavenly Court has already sent someone to take most of it, but you will not be aware of this process, you will have a set of scientific theories to convince you that you deserve that amount of fruit, but that theory is also what Heavenly Court uses various methods to make you believe." Ao Long's tone at the moment is like a prophet, and what he says is reasonable. "Therefore, your labor is the fundamental driving force for the maintenance of Heavenly Court, and when your living standard improves, Heavenly Court will also improve, and if you drive a car, Heavenly Court will reprocess your car to create a higher-level object, but the prototype of that is still your car. When you breed a Maxima, the Heavenly Court will scavenge it, put on the Heavenly Court's saddles, and train it to become a Heavenly Horse. ”

By the end of these words, I had become dumbfounded, and we were like animals who only knew how to work, and we were making wedding dresses for others.

"But there is a problem with this, these resources taken from the mortal world are actually distributed by the Heavenly Emperor in a unified manner, and they are fixed resources in the hands of each great god, just like you pay salaries. In this way, over time, the desires of many gods cannot be satisfied at all. So the Emperor of Heaven has made you raise another kind of activity in the mortal world, that is, to pay tribute. "Ao Long saw that my eyes were confused, so he explained it to me further." Tribute is a means for these gods to obtain additional income, for example, you mortals want to ask for good karma, then the gift of tribute will be sent to the gods who take care of marriage, if you ask for fame, then you will be passive to the hands of the god of fame, I know that you mortals actually imagine all kinds of gods, but those have no practical effect, for example, you may bow down to our dragon palace and ask the dragon king to rain, but in fact, we can't be the master, your offerings will be sent directly to the hands of Xuan Ming, It doesn't matter who you bow to, what you want in your heart directly determines where these tributes go. ”

I shuddered fiercely, this Ao Long had already told almost all the clues, how could I not hear it. "Therefore, in order to get more tribute, Xuan Ming deliberately let the mortal world go without rain for many years, and then stimulate us to pay tribute and then contribute treasures to him."

"That's it! The virtuous brother really understands a little. ”

Everything cleared the clouds and saw the sunrise, and I think this Xuan Ming can't be relied on anyway. "It's disgusting!"

"Brother Xian, if you flip down a little further, there will be other surprises." Ao Long said to me with a sneer. "Maybe you'll never trust God again."

I took the stack of photos, flipping through them one by one, most of them were Xuan Ming counting treasures, and suddenly a special photo flashed in front of my eyes, the picture above made me close my eyes, above is a lifelike picture of the Spring Palace, the male protagonist is the pale and white-haired Xuan Ming, and the heroine is more than one person, so the picture exudes the taste of ** as if accompanied by a heavy wheezing sound at the same time, just seeing these is difficult to speak.

"This!"

"That's right! You read that right, this is a true portrayal of the god of Si Yu, Xuan Ming and the five fairies**. Indulge in clouds and rain, so happy? "Ao Long didn't react as strongly as I did, he stared at the photo indifferently, and his tone was very indifferent." Do you think that these gods are righteous men and gentlemen, and they will not do anything? They will have all your mortal sins, and they will intensify them. ”

I hurriedly returned these photos to Aolong, and this last photo really made me a little unacceptable, accompanied by a feeling of nausea.

"Brother Xian, I have all this evidence, so I have a request now?" Ao Long suddenly grabbed my arm and said to me with a solemn expression.

"Brother Ao, please speak, I will do my best." When Ao Long said this, I actually had a little joy in my heart, but I didn't expect that the Lord of the Dragon Palace still needed me to help.

"You are mortal, those gods dare not do anything to you, they can fight each other, but they dare not point the finger at you, because you are actually their food and clothing, if you disappear, everything will cease to exist. Moreover, you are still the heir of Emperor Ji Xuanyuan today, although it is a very distant blood relative, but after all, there is a relationship, and these gods are definitely not willing to offend you. Ao Long tried his best to explain to me word by word.

I nodded stupidly, and I couldn't help but feel a little confused when he spoke of me as a mortal, even though I had a hard time believing it myself.

"So, I want you to go with me to Heavenly Court!" Ao Long's tone was unusually firm.