Chapter 75: The Jade Emperor and Yuan Shoucheng
"Big brother, how do you know it's going to rain!"
"You don't know this, there is a seasonal monument in the center of our Ganning Town! There is an old man sitting under the monument! That old man is the most powerful person in our town, when it rains, it is when it rains!"
"I see!" Hearing this, Xiao Xiang nodded.
"Okay, I won't tell you, it will take about two more incense sticks, and the rain will stop, and I have to hurry home! What should you do, remember that there will be a rain at noon! When the sun is in the middle of your head, this rain will come!"
"Okay, I got it!"
Hearing this villager say this, Xiao Xiang was very surprised in his heart, he was able to calculate when it would rain on time, and it was not even a good courtesy, what kind of character is this?
In Journey to the West, it seems that there is a guy named Yuan Shoucheng, who can accurately know when it rains at any time.
Some people say that Yuan Shoucheng is actually Yuan Tiangang, and some people say that the so-called Yuan Shoucheng is actually just an incarnation of the Jade Emperor to play the world.
But the Jinghe Dragon King didn't want to do this, the Jinghe Dragon King knew that there was such a person in the world who could accurately calculate the timing of his rain, which really made him very faceless.
Because he was responsible for all the rain within a radius of a hundred miles, he received instructions from the Heavenly Court that it should rain only when it would rain, otherwise he would be punished for raining at will.
With this in mind, he specially ran to Yuan Shoucheng to bet with him, but Yuan Shoucheng guessed correctly.
It was deliberately delayed for some moments, delaying the timing of the rain.
Heavenly Court decreed that this matter should be placed under the control of the Human Emperor.
This Jinghe Dragon King deliberately delayed the timing of the rainfall, so that those who planted the villagers within a radius of 100 miles waited in vain, and delayed the good time to irrigate the seedlings.
Therefore, it angered Prime Minister Wei Zheng!
That was the prime minister of Tang Emperor Li Shimin, although they were all ordinary people, but all of them were lucky.
In particular, the Tang Emperor Li Shimin is the emperor of the world, and his life, except for the people in the world, no immortal in the heavenly court can hurt him.
In the same way, Wei Zheng can also use the power of the dynasty to receive the power of heaven to carry out punishment.
The Dragon King of Jinghe knew that he was afraid of suffering, so he specially wanted to beg Li Shimin.
As for the rhetoric, it is also ridiculous, the Dragon King of the Jinghe River came up and complimented him first, and Li Shimin said that he was the true dragon emperor.
Protected by the qi of a true dragon, loving himself is just an ordinary miscellaneous dragon, and now he is guilty of it, but it is just a karmic dragon.
But please also look at the dragon's sake, raise your noble hand, and spare his life.
Li Shimin felt that the timing of the rain was delayed, although it caused some damage, but it was not a big deal, but the harvest may be lowered.
Taking this into account, he agreed to spare his life, but the order of Li Shimin, the king of Tang, had not yet had time to reach Wei Zheng's hands.
When Wei Zheng fell asleep playing chess, he went out of his body directly in his dream, borrowed the power of the astronomical music star, and cut off the latter's dragon head with one move.
"Seemingly, I'll have to go over and see what this guy looks like when it rains!"
Thinking of this, Xiao Xiang raised his head and walked forward, but Xiao Xiang had just raised his foot but thought of something.
"Since it's a visit, you can't go empty-handed, just bring something!"
As he spoke, Xiao Xiang looked left and right, bought some things around, and strode towards the front.
The rain was still falling, but at the moment it was becoming dripping, and there was an invisible force outside Xiao Xiang's body that was blocking it, and the raindrops soaked the latter's clothes.
"This is it!"
Xiao Xiang looked up at a stone tablet in front of him, under which sat an old man, the old man stayed in a simple shed, and there was a piece of oiled paper in front of him, on which the Liangyi Taiji Bagua diagram was drawn.
"Old man, I came here in the next place, you measure your ability, and you are shocking to cry ghosts and gods, so I came to visit!"
Xiao Xiang took a step forward and put the gift in his hand beside him, the old man glanced at it, Xiao Xiang was not polite with the things he brought, he just picked up the wine and started to eat and drink the pastries.
Haha, old man, if I really have such ability, how can I still stay here and deceive!"
As soon as these words came out, Xiao Xiang shook his head.
"The predecessors are definitely talented people, how can they be swaggered and deceive!"
"Dacai? I almost believed the old man!"
The old man smiled, then wiped his mouth and said.
"I'm in a good mood today and I'll give you a free calculation, what do you want to ask!"
"Well, okay, then I want to ask who I am first!"
Xiao Xiang pondered for a moment, and then said.
"One land and one god! Although the immortal position is small, it is also, it can be regarded as a good god!"
Xiao Xiang's heart chuckled, now he knew that the old man in front of him was really not an ordinary person.
The god of the land, although it is not very good, is also the god of heaven, and has a formal immortal position, and the title of this son is called Fu Zhengshen!
"Yes or no, I am who I am, how can I say that I am the same! Emptiness is me, there is also me! I am not me!"
At this moment, Xiao Xiang chose to talk nonsense with the old man in front of him, in his previous life, he had read a lot of those books, all kinds of Buddhism, and he opened his mouth to come out, in short, it was just a joke.
Anyway, Xiao Xiang knew that the old man in front of him was definitely not an ordinary person, and he was more mysterious first, and he was close to him, so why not.
"Emptiness is also me, I am also me! There is also me, there is no me! I am not me, how can I say that I am identity. ”
The old man was stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing.
"Haha, that's good, that's good, it's me, I'm me, I'm not me, why bother with identity! Old man, I've been playing the world for so long, and I haven't been able to figure it out, but I was hit by your words!
Boy, what do you want? Do you want to be an official and become an immortal in the heavenly court, or do you want to be strong and cultivate for a thousand miles, or do you want to enjoy glory and wealth for a thousand years? Or do you want to live forever?"
"After all, what others give is someone else's, and what I get is true! I don't need that, even if I need it, I will get it myself, I'm just here to ask a few things!"
Xiao Xiang pondered for a moment, then touched his chin and spoke.
"You said that as long as the old man knew it, he would not refuse!"
"I want to know who Your Excellency is? Is it Yuan Shoucheng! Or is it an incarnation of the Jade Emperor?"
As soon as these words came out, the old man was stunned for a moment, and it took a long time before he let out a long breath.
"Who the hell are you!"
"I'm me, I'm not, why should I bother with my identity, as soon as I say seniors, you forgot what I just did!"
Xiao Xiang also chuckled, he should have been silent at this time.
And try to describe yourself as mysterious as possible.
Otherwise, how could the old man be shocked by himself?
The old man smiled when he heard this, and then said.
"Interesting! It's really interesting! I don't know what you're looking for an old man today!"
"Actually, there's nothing else, I just want to ask a way to this place, how far is Huaguo Mountain!
Besides, I don't know if the old gentleman would like to leave here, but if he does, he can come to my territory, and I will drink and talk with you every day!
By the way, I'm the god of the land, but I like to have a taste for my food!
Xiao Xiang has already thought about it, this old man is definitely not an ordinary person, after he got him into his territory, no matter what he asks in the future, ask him first, whether it is good or bad, isn't it beautiful.
"Hehe! When you and I first met, you invited me over, so you are not afraid that the old man will have bad intentions towards you!"
"Don't be afraid!"
"Haha, okay! Then I'll go with you! Old man, I've been wandering around the world! I don't think I've ever been to that place!"
"Okay, remember, the land god of Xiaotang Village is me! When I come back from Huaguo Mountain, Your Excellency can set off!"
As he spoke, Xiao Xiang seemed to have thought of something, and then spoke again.
"In addition, I also want to ask, is my trip auspicious or bad!"
"Good fortune is unpredictable! I count people, not gods! I can't count those outside the Three Realms and those who are not within the Five Elements! You are a land god in name, but I can't tell who you are in reality, old man!
The strength is so weak, but it is so big that it obscures the heavenly machine! There is not the slightest trace of you in this heavenly way! Either you are the breath that is obscured by the mighty, or you are transcendent and holy, or you are a strange thing conceived by heaven and earth!"
"Can't figure it out? Haha interesting! This answer is quite satisfactory to me! The future is determined by oneself, if everything is left to heaven, then what is the point!
As the saying goes, man will conquer the sky, and everyone wants to change the sky, let alone me, a god! Okay, let's not talk about it, I still have something to do! Dare to ask Your Excellency's name, can it be Yuan Shoucheng?"
"Why do you say that you say that I am not my identity, and why do you ask my name now?"
The old man said with a smirk.
"It's so fake, it's true! But in the world of people, names are indispensable, there must be a code name! You and I meet is fate, I think it's better to call Yuan Youyuan!"
As soon as these words came out, the corners of the old man's mouth twitched slightly, and he glared at Xiao Xiang for a long time before shaking his head slightly.
"I guess you should be the most shameless of the land gods! Forget it, call me Lao Zhang!"
"Lao Zhang?"
Xiao Xiang thought quickly, if he was not mistaken, the predecessor of the Jade Emperor in the human world was originally a scholar named Zhang Bairen.
Could it be...