Chapter 19: Lao Li, please come to the underworld (first update)
On the bank of the Jing River outside Chang'an City, there is a fisherman named Zhang Xiao and a woodcutter named Li Ding. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
These two are idle clouds and wild cranes, and they are very good friends, and in their spare time, they often drink and chat together.
On this day, the two of them sold their respective goods in Chang'an City, and they got together to drink. The two were half drunk and went for a walk by the river.
Walking and walking, it was too late, and the two said goodbye.
Before leaving, Li Ding said: "Brother Zhang, I let you break the bank again today." ”
Zhang Xiao said: "Friends, why do you say these extraneous words!"
Li Ding said: "Although they are friends, there should be a back and forth for eating and drinking." You've invited me to eat and drink three times in a row, and you can't rush to pay the bill next time. ”
Zhang Xiao said: "Recently, brother, I have a lot of money, and it won't cost you a few pennies to invite you to eat a few times." ”
Li Dingdao: "Brother Zhang, you are just a fisherman, where can you have enough money." It's not going to be a jackpot, is it?"
Zhang smiled slightly: "Brother, I never buy lottery tickets." ”
Li Dingdao: "Could it be that you have found a passbook?"
Zhang Xiao said: "Never." ”
Li Dingdao: "Then it must be taken care of by a rich woman!"
Zhang slightly blamed: "Brother Li, the more you talk about it, the more outrageous it becomes! I'm not a cream boy, which rich woman can take a fancy to me." ”
Li Dingdao: "Since you didn't win the lottery, you didn't pick up the money, and you didn't fall in love with a rich woman, what is it for? Have you found some way to make a fortune?"
Zhang smiled smugly and said, "If it is said to be the way to make a fortune, it can be regarded as a good one." Although you can't make a big fortune, you can still make a little money. ”
Li Dingdao: "Virtue! It's just a little bit of a fortune, look at your sassy look! As a friend, I have to say to you: Please take me!"
Zhang Xiao said: "Brother, it's not that I'm hiding my secrets, my way of making a fortune is really not suitable for you." ”
Li Dingdao: "Why is it not suitable for me?"
Zhang Xiao said: "Brother Li doesn't know, on the West Gate Street of Chang'an City, there is a gentleman who counts, I give him a carp every day, and he counts it for me, as long as I fish according to his hanging text, not only will I not capsize, but I can return with a full load every time." Isn't that the equivalent of buying a long-term meal ticket?"
Li Dingdao: "Is there really such a thing?"
Zhang Xiao said: "It is true. ”
Li Dingdao: "Then if I also hunt some game meat for him every day, maybe I can ask him to tell a fortune for me." ”
Zhang Xiao said: "Hey, your idea is very good, you can really try it." ”
The two chatted a few more words, and then said goodbye and went home.
The two of them were chatting by the river, but they were overheard by a Yaksha patrolling the sea. When the Yaksha heard this, he was taken aback and hurriedly went back to report it to the Dragon King. ”
The dragon king was furious when he heard this, and said: "Fishing like him, after a long time, won't you wipe out all the water tribes that are full of rivers!"
The prime minister next to him hurriedly played: "The king is angry! Draw your sword and stand up to fight, that is what the village and no puppet do." How could a noble person like you, my lord, do such a thing?"
The Dragon King said, "Then what do you say?"
Prime Minister Gui said: "The king, you might as well disguise yourself to test him." ”
The dragon king played on the spot, so he changed into a white-clothed showman and went to Chang'an to find the fortune teller.
When he came to Deximen Street, he really found the Taoist priest who was selling hanging. I saw that the Taoist priest set up a stall and hung a signboard with his name written on it: Mr. Shen Jiao Yuan Shoucheng.
It turned out that this person was Yuan Shoucheng, the uncle of Yuan Tiangang, the national teacher of the Tang Dynasty!
The dragon king saw the gentleman, and the gentleman asked, "What is the matter with the Xiushi?"
The Dragon King said, "Please sir calculate tomorrow's cloudy weather?"
The gentleman immediately passed on a lesson and replied: "Cloudy to thundershowers, thundershowers to torrential rain, torrential rain to heavy rain." ”
The dragon king asked again, "When will the clouds be covered tomorrow, when will the thunder be sounded, when will it rain, when will the rain stop, and how much will it rain?"
The gentleman said: "Tomorrow there will be clouds, thunder will sound from time to time, it will rain at noon, and it will rain enough." Rainfall: 3 feet 3 inches and 48 points".
The Dragon King asked, "Sir, isn't it a joke?"
Mr. said: "How can you joke about setting up stalls to tell fortunes, taking people's money, and eliminating disasters with people." ”
The dragon king said: "Okay! If you are right, you will be offered fifty taels of gold tomorrow, if you don't calculate correctly, I will open your stall and make you no longer fatal!"
The gentleman readily agreed, and the two of them high-fived as an oath.
The dragon king said goodbye, went out of Chang'an, and returned to Shuifu. Before long, he suddenly heard a shout in mid-air: "The Dragon King of Jinghe has taken the order." ”
The Dragon King looked up and saw a gold-clothed wrestler holding the Jade Emperor's holy decree. The dragon king hurriedly received the decree, only to see that above the holy decree, it was the same as what the gentleman said!
The Dragon King lamented, "It's over! This time it's kicked to the steel plate!"
There was a squirrel who wanted to invite merit, so he stepped forward and said: "When the king is raining, if you have fewer points and delay a little time, won't you be able to win him? "The dragon king is overjoyed, quasi-playing.
The next day, the dragon king rained, and sure enough, according to the words of the anchovian military division, there were some points missing, and there was a difference of hours. When the rain was over, he turned into the bad luck of the white-clothed showman to find his husband. Who knew that Yuan Shoucheng sneered: "Do you really not know that you are the Dragon King of the Jinghe River? You have violated the Holy Decree of the Jade Emperor and violated the rules of heaven, I am afraid that you will not be able to escape death." What's the big deal about you ruining my reputation by comparison?"
The Dragon King was shocked when he heard this: "It turns out that you have already recognized me!"
The gentleman said, "Yes, I did see it a long time ago." ”
The dragon king said: "Then you are clearly cheating me." ”
The gentleman said, "But you didn't ask me." ”
The Dragon King said sharply: "You must save me today!
The gentleman said, "You have committed a crime against heaven, how can I save you?" ”
As soon as the dragon king heard that there was a door, he immediately changed his attitude: "Please ask Mr. for advice!"
Mr. said: "Let me tell you, you are guilty of a capital crime, and as for the person who executed it, it is Wei Zheng, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty." Go and beg King Tang, maybe he can save your life. ”
When the dragon king heard this, he left happily.
At the time of the third watch, he went straight to the palace, and the Tang King was sleepwalking in the imperial garden at this time.
The Dragon King knelt on the ground and begged, "Lao Li help!
Tang Wang asked, "Who are you, do we know each other?"
The Dragon King said: "Your Majesty, I am the Dragon King of Jinghe! You belong to the dragon, I also belong to the dragon, everyone belongs to the dragon, you must help me this time!"
Tang Wang said: "I am the true son of the dragon, what you say is not wrong." But the question is, you are a dragon in the water, I am a dragon on land, what can I save you?"
The Dragon King said: "Alas, the specific situation is like this: I have violated the rules of heaven, and I should be beheaded for my crimes." And the person who executed him was you, Prime Minister Wei Zheng. I beg Your Majesty to save me for the sake of you and me, both of whom belong to the Dragon Clan!"
Tang Wang said: "Oh, so that's the case, that's no problem, I'll definitely find a way to save you." ”
Speaking of this, Tang Wang woke up from a dream, and it was already dawn. He immediately summoned Wei Zheng.
Not long after, Wei Zheng came to see him, and the king of Tang chatted with him to delay time. Who knew that at three o'clock in the afternoon, Wei Zheng suddenly fell to the side of the desk and fell asleep.
Tang Wang smiled: "Hahaha, the prime minister of the widow is actually a sleeping god!"
But how did he know that this Wei Zheng had already beheaded the old dragon in his dream.
At night, the Tang King was sleeping soundly, and suddenly heard the sound of crying outside the palace gate, and saw the Jinghe Dragon King carrying a bloody head into the house and shouted: "Tang Taizong, you can make me miserable this time! You come out, you come out! I will go to the Hades Hall with you to theorize!"
He grabbed Taizong tightly and kept arguing again and again, Taizong wanted to argue, but he couldn't open his mouth, and he only sweated all over his body.
Just when it was difficult to distinguish, I saw fragrant clouds swirling, colorful mist fluttering, a Jurchen stepped forward, holding a willow branch, gently brushed, drove the old dragon away, this is Guanyin to save the car.
After being frightened by this, the king of Tang actually got a heart disease. The imperial doctor in the palace was helpless, and recruited Yuan Tianshi to exorcise evil spirits, but he did not get better, and his condition deepened.
For more than a month, the king of Tang knew that he was not lucky, so he sent a decree to summon the ministers to discuss the funeral aftermath, and he had the intention of entrusting the orphan.
A few days later, the king of Tang died, and the three palaces and six courts, the queen's concubines, the chief prince, and the two classes of civil and military clubs all mourned and wore filial piety.