In the territory of Huaibei, the scorched earth is 100 miles.

The two of them and a cow were slowly moving forward on the steaming, dry and cracked earth, and it was Zhang Xiu and his party who entered Beijing to take the exam.

Zhang Xiu wiped the sweat on his forehead, and complained a little anxiously: "After crossing the Huai River, why hasn't there been a drop of rain, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid it will cause a big drought." ”

Yan Feng's spirit was obviously stronger than him, and said: "I asked a few aunts on the way, and according to them, there hasn't been a drop of rain in Huaibei for two months. ”

Zhang Xiu has always been deeply touched by his gossip ability, and just wanted to tease him, but suddenly he was slightly stunned, frowned, and said: "This weather is a bit abnormal, could it be some kind of demon?" I've heard of a monster called Drought Fish before, and when it is born, it will scorch the earth for thousands of miles, do you think it could be her ghost? ”

Yan Feng shook his head in some surprise: "I haven't heard of it, I heard my master say that the rain is controlled by the dragon kings everywhere, maybe the dragon king here dozed off, and when he wakes up, it should rain." ”

Zhang Xiu heard this, and said with a little anger: "According to what you say, the dragon king here is obviously derelict in his duties!" If I were the local county magistrate, I would have ordered someone to go to the Dragon King Temple to carry out his idol for him, and first whip him for three days and three nights, and then it would not rain, and then bombard his mother with a cannon! ”

"It's the first time I've heard of this way of praying for rain!"

Yan Feng gasped, hurriedly walked a few steps, and opened up some distance from Zhang Xiu.

Zhang Xiu was stunned for a moment, and wondered: "Why are you walking so fast?" ”

Yan Feng said with a vigilant face: "I'm afraid that when you are struck by lightning later, it will affect me......"

"Boom!"

When the words landed, a thunderclap suddenly sounded in the sky!

Zhang Xiu shuddered, looked up at the sky, and saw that there were no clouds in the sky, just a thunderbolt in the clear sky, and suddenly said angrily: "You have the ability to rain, what kind of ability is it to scare me!" ”

Immediately after, as if in response to Zhang Xiu's words, a gust of wind swept the world in an instant, and suddenly dark clouds were thick, lightning and thunder roared, and the bean-sized rain crackled and fell.

Yan Feng was suddenly drenched by the cold rain, and couldn't help shivering, and looked at Zhang Xiu, who was carrying water droplets and not touching his clothes with a trace of rain, and said with a smile: "This is not what I said......

Zhang Xiu felt a cool breeze coming, showed a comfortable expression, and said, "Let's go further and we will reach the town, let's go faster and find a place to shelter from the rain." ”

Yan Feng nodded, sped up his pace, and came to the town in a few moments.

Luckily, there was an inn on the street of the town.

After he entered, Zhang Xiu also arrived on a bull, handed over the old ox to the shopkeeper, took off the hat and came to a table and sat down.

Yan Feng wiped the rain from his face and shouted, "Come to a jar of good wine, four dishes of side dishes!" ”

Zhang Xiu hurriedly added: "I want it cheap!" ”

Yan Feng glanced at him speechlessly, and complained: "Are you Pixiu, I remember that you found a lot of money from the Taoist temple of the Qianyuan Daoist?" ”

Zhang Xiu explained helplessly: "There is a lot of money, but I can't stand my long life, if I don't plan carefully, I'm afraid I won't even be able to afford a coffin board in the future." ”

While speaking, the shopkeeper put the wine and food on the table, and said with a smile: "The two guest officers use it slowly, a total of half a penny, and it is not too late for you two to settle the bill after eating." ”

Yan Feng tore open the wine seal, poured a mouthful into his mouth, felt that he was alive again, picked up the chopsticks and took a piece of meat, his face changed slightly, and after swallowing the meat in his mouth, he looked at the old shopkeeper behind the counter.

"Shopkeeper, your meat is a little unfresh."

The shopkeeper sneered and said, "What do you call fresh, and can fresh meat be sold for only this price?" ”

Zhang Xiu nodded, and said in agreement: "What the old shopkeeper said is reasonable, Brother Yan, don't pick and choose, half a penny of silver, we can't buy it at a loss, we can't be fooled!" ”

Yan Feng smiled helplessly, and then devoured it.

The shopkeeper smiled at the two of them and said, "Look at this rain can't stop for a while, I'll go and prepare an upper room for the two of you?" ”

Zhang Xiu nodded in agreement, and then his eyes were certain, and he suddenly found that there was a small golden fish lying on his hat.

The golden fish has a slender body, only the size of a thumb, lying on the edge of the hat, its tail gently fluttering, and its mouth constantly opening and closing, looking like it is thirsting for rain.

When Zhang Xiu saw it, his eyes immediately softened: "What a poor little guy, you were blown by that gust of wind, fortunately you met me, if you meet someone else, you will become a bowl of fish soup now......"

As he spoke, he grabbed the small fish, glanced at the water tank on the side, threw it with his right hand, and threw it into the water tank accurately.

The old shopkeeper's eyelids jumped and said, "Childe, I advise you to fish it out." ”

Zhang Xiu squinted at the old shopkeeper, and said dissatisfiedly: "Isn't it just that it broke your tank of water, it rained so heavily today, and there will be less water for you to drink in the future." ”

The old shopkeeper said with a strange face: "What you said is right, but I don't even have a drop of water in that jar......"

“……”

Oh no!

Zhang Xiu was stunned for a moment, then quickly got up and walked over, and looked into the tank, and sure enough, there was not a drop of water.

The little golden fish, which had been smashed to the ground, lay motionless at the bottom of the tank, turning a pair of dead fish eyes, and foaming at the mouth with a mouth......

After a few scoops of water, the golden fish staggered and turned over, and a pair of aura fish eyes stared at Zhang Xiu, revealing a very humane expression, as if he was angry, and kept twisting his body.

Seeing this, Zhang Xiu felt interesting in his heart, thought about it, picked up a cup and poured it into the water tank, and said, "I broke you just now, and I will toast you with a glass of wine as atonement." ”

After the golden fish swallowed a few mouthfuls of water, the frequency of the body swinging gradually slowed down, but staring at Zhang Xiu's eyes, it became more sad and angry, and there was a trace of confusion in the grief and indignation.

Hmph, my newly appointed Huaihe Dragon King is something you can please with a glass of wine?

And according to her knowledge, this glass of wine ...... It must have been mixed with water!!

Thinking about it, her body slowly sank to the bottom of the tank, and she stood still.

Zhang Xiu was slightly amused, and flicked her twice with her fingers, seeing that she looked impatient, she twisted her body a few times, and said with a smile: "Is this too much drinking, well, where should I release you, there are no rivers and lakes nearby......

Yan Feng was full of food and drink, walked up and observed the golden fish at the bottom of the tank, and said thoughtfully: "This little fish doesn't seem to be a mortal thing......