Chapter 04: Yangxian Town
If he hadn't heard the voice he had heard in the dream, then Li Shiming would only think that it was an extremely real dream.
But when he heard the voice, he understood that this was not just a simple real dream.
This means that the monsters encountered in the dream are real.
When Wei Chen, the prime minister of the dynasty, heard about it, this minister with slightly dark skin but a hearty smile comforted Li Shiming.
"Your Majesty, don't be afraid, this is definitely not God's punishment for you to be in the right position, you continue to sleep tonight, I will stay outside the gate of Taiji Palace, oh yes, you can transfer Qin Qiongbao and Yu Chide again, with their two fierce generals guarding the door, even if it is a dragon, there is nothing to worry about." Wei Chen smiled, revealing a mouthful of neat white teeth.
The white fangs showed a somewhat ghastly sheen under the slightly dark skin.
"However, Wei Chen still suggested that Your Majesty, since the problem lies at the source, why not gather your troops and horses, go to the small fishing village in your dream, and carefully verify it?"
"Aiqing's words are reasonable." Li Shiming looked at Wei Chen's smiling appearance, and for no reason, he felt a burst of disgust and jealousy.
The smile of this guy in front of him seems to contain a despicable mind that has no malice and just wants to see interesting things.
This despicability lies in the fact that in order for interesting things to happen, he will always spare no effort or even unscrupulous means to achieve his own goals, no matter how much damage and casualties are caused, the most important thing is to satisfy the despicable taste in his heart.
The next day, Li Shiming went out on patrol in micro-service, took a small team of people, and went to the small fishing village by the Jing River under the escort of Qin Qiongbao and Wei Chide.
It's just that everything in my memory is worthy of the number, but this fishing village is not the right number.
The story in the dream seems to have happened in the distant past, and the current fishing village has become a rather prosperous town.
Although there is no fertile land, there are also a few acres of thin land, restaurants, shops, cloth shops... Although the sparrows are small and have all kinds of organs, even the branch of the Jing River in the dream has turned into a small river under artificial development, and the small river rises from the tributary and connects to the lake not far from the village and town, and the farmers can also use this to divert water into the canal.
"It's... What's going on? It's all right, but why is there a lake here?" Li Shiming remained silent, but he was very strange in his heart.
The area of the lake is not small, and even an altar temple was built next to the lake, that is, a temple for worshipping the gods.
The name of this temple is [Longevity Dragon King Blessing Prayer Temple], the incense in the temple is endless, and the statues of the gods are also shaped in the shape of a dragon, with a dragon head and a human body, wearing robes.
"Is this temple registered?" Li Shiming recalled the scene in his dream, and his face was vaguely angry.
Dragon? Demons!
Those that have not been registered are regarded as Yin Ancestral Temples, and all these Yin Ancestral Wild Temples should be destroyed.
But the group of elite soldiers he brought was just disguised as a family servant, and he Li Shiming was less than ten people, and ten people came to demolish the temple, even if they showed their identities, these fools would not believe it.
"Your Majesty... Sir, what now?" Qin Qiongbao asked Li Shiming.
"Don't worry, you and Wei Chi will go with me to this temple to have a look." Li Shiming said to Qin and Wei Chi, "You go and inquire about the news, ask how the lake was formed, and by the way, ask if there are any fishermen who have fallen into the water recently, and ask about the altar temple by the lake."
"Zun... Yes, sir." When the six elite soldiers heard this, they stopped kneeling, and as soon as they were combined, they entered the town.
Li Shiming also has a hard time, he only remembers that he was a single fisherman in his dream, but he never knew what the fisherman's name was, as for anything else, even if it was revealed, could these little soldiers share his worries?
Maybe there is, but he can't even believe Qin and Wei Chi, after all, these two people can't talk about their merits alone, if they can be added together... It's hard to say, it's hard to say.
So the three of them pretended to go out, talking and laughing all the way, until they entered the altar and temple of the Dragon King of Longevity
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Miao Zhu happened to send away a couple who came to ask for a child, just looking at the young couple, they were still holding the triangular talisman in their hands, and the talisman was bulging, as if something was stuffed.
Li Shiming looked at the clay embryo statue molded in the altar temple, the dragon king's pair of shrimp eyes poked out, and there was also a fishy smell in the temple, lingering, but he could not find a trace of it if he looked for it carefully.
When Miao Zhu saw the three of them, he approached him and carefully looked at the faces of the three people: "What does it matter if the rebels are scattered? Why do I think something is not right?"
This temple Zhu looks like a little more than thirty, it is the prime of life, the appearance is very ugly, the hoof-faced duck-shaped mortar head is deep-eyed, gray and earthy, although it is an eight-foot tall man, but the shoulders of the jackal, every move is faintly revealing a lewd atmosphere of hawk head and finch brain.
"Sss Li Shiming was startled and gasped, even if this appearance is into the sky, it is a nine-grade that can't be higher.
Qin Qiongbao and Wei Chide had never seen any scenes, but they were not so gaffe, but they just said in unison with indifference and great tacit understanding.
"Our lord came out to enjoy the flowers today, passed by here, saw your altar temple, and was quite curious, what kind of immortal is this longevity dragon king? How come we haven't heard of it?"
"Hey, look at what the two of you said, there is a way that the mountain is not high and there is a fairy, and the water is not deep and there is a dragon and a spirit, our longevity dragon lord, the dragon son and dragon grandson are covered with long ancestors and eight waters, not to mention, but the dragon lord and his old man still care about the people in the world, if there is no dragon lord, this Yangxian town would not be able to become what it is now, after all, ten years ago, this place was just a dilapidated small fishing village."
When Li Shiming heard this, he thought in his heart: "Was it still a fishing village ten years ago?"
Thinking of this, he asked, "Then I wonder what this Dragon Lord has done to make this fishing village as magnificent as it is now?"
"Have you ever heard of what an immortal is?"
"Immortal Molt?" Li Shiming thought of the skin shed by those strange monsters in the water.
"There is a way that water is impermanent, immortal and indestructible, people come from water, and they are originally immortal and immortal, but after people have a human form and independently come out of the water, the seven orifices are blocked by the impurities of the world, and the original immortality is also trapped by the skin of the mortal world.
The longevity dragon king went to heaven to become an immortal official, and he also had a priesthood, and this dragon metamorphosis also became... Divine skin, divine skin and ambergris together, you can - immortality."
Hearing what this temple 祝 said, Li Shiming couldn't help frowning, looking puzzled.
Dragon Molt? Immortal molt? God skin? Even those demons that are disgusting to look at dare to be called immortals?
"You don't believe me? Then you can't believe it, oh, someone is coming, you three can walk and see for yourself." Miao Zhu was not so enthusiastic, and smiled not salty, "This poplar flower has fallen and the plum blossom is blooming, but I don't know what kind of flower will bloom when the plum blossom is gone?" Even if he is an emperor, he is only a mortal in the flesh, and he will want to seek immortality and enjoy the inheritance of immortality, do you say yes or no? This old man... What do you call it?"
"My surname is Mu, and I'm the eldest in the family." Li Shiming opened his surname and replied.
Mu Zi Li, Mu Zi Li, the child refers to the rat, that is, the first of the 12 zodiac signs, so he lied about his surname Mu and was the boss.
"Okay, Master Mu, take a look, what do you like, you can say it together, although it is just a temple blessing in the next, but you also know a little bit about the art of looking at people's faces, you look like this, tsk, it's a pity to be born in this prosperous world."
Yu Chide and Qin Qiongbao glanced at each other, and his hand quietly touched the iron whip and shovel he carried with him, staring at this temple without squinting, but this temple blessing didn't know whether it was intentional or not, turned his back to the three of them, and walked towards the townspeople who came over.
The three of them walked around casually, and found nothing, so they left the altar and temple, and the three of them walked and talked all the way, but they also knew that there were closed people, and once someone approached, they immediately changed the topic, and the switch was smooth and natural.
"Respectfully, Shuyu, what do you think of what this temple blessing says?" Li Shiming smiled.
Respectfully for the word of Wei Chi De,
Shuyu is Qin Qiongbao's cousin.
Since ancient times, the companion of the king is like a companion tiger, the two of them have not been forced to die but can be generals, but they also have the past feelings, and the credit is not enough to shock the lord, and now Li Shiming's words, whether he asked intentionally or unintentionally, it is unknown.
But whether intentionally or unintentionally, the answer must be watertight.
"Master, you also know, I'm a rough person, this temple is talking in a fog, I don't understand it anyway, it's better to ask Brother Yu'er, he reads a lot, he should be able to understand."
Wei Chide, this is a rough man, he is pushing the ball to Qin Qiongbao, but if you think about the relationship between these two people, you can understand that these two people can be said to have gone from opponents to friends, and turning enemies into friends can not help but have a sense of sympathy for each other, and they participated in the mutiny with Li Shiming together, and this relationship is naturally full.
Qiong, Meiyu also, so in private, Wei Chide will call Qin Qiongbao Brother Yu.
Qin Qiongbao's face darkened for a moment, but then stroked his beard: "I think that Miao Zhu may have seen something, maybe he is really a little strange."
Li Shiming looked at the two of them, breathed a sigh of relief, and said casually as if he had removed the monarch's shelf from the inside out: "You guys, don't think so much, at least for now, my surname is Mu."
After finishing speaking, Qin and Wei Chi also felt that Li Shiming was a little confused.
"I just think it's strange, but I can't figure it out, what I dreamed of, you know, but what I see now, we all see it, so I asked you what you think, what do you think,
If this temple blessing really meant something, then he must have seen something, but if he was just complaining about the dissatisfaction with the rule or something, then the content is too much of a coincidence, although I personally prefer the former."
"I don't understand, sir, are those dragons in your dreams really that terrifying? Is it really enough for you to come here and see for yourself?" Qin Qiongbao asked.
Li Shiming took a deep breath and nodded solemnly: "As for me, I don't know if I became that fisherman, or if I witnessed what that fisherman did, but in any case, that fisherman is noble and proud."
"How?" Wei Chide asked Li Shiming.
"The fisherman did not lose his courage in the face of those terrible things, but fought them with all his bravery, and in any case, he deserves respect." Li Shiming said, "In comparison, I am too cowardly, just waking up from a dream and hearing those voices scared my soul... I'm really too cowardly."
Qin and Wei Chi looked at each other, sighed, and persuaded Li Shiming, whose fists were trembling, as friends, not courtiers.
"Back then, you were still the second son of Li Valve, and I was still a young general who was keen on heads-up, but now? I can't even wear the armor I used to wear, people will get old, when I was young, I had a lot of blood, and when I was old, although this blood is not necessarily cold, but after all, it will lose its temperature, so you don't need to mind, if you really care, it's better to find out what is going on here today." Qin Qiongbao smiled.
"It's bad, the atmosphere here is very wrong." Wei Chide frowned and said, "Such a densely populated town shouldn't be so gloomy, the only one who looks a little vibrant, no, very energetic, is that young man."
Following Wei Chide's direction, Li Shiming saw a young man leaning out of half of his body on the small bridge on the flowing water.
The young man's appearance is not handsome, nor is he heroic, he can only be called an arrogant and arrogant face, which makes people know at a glance that they will never be able to eat enough with him.
The young man was covered in a bulging body of flesh, and he still held a rope in his hand, and he made a circle in the front section, trying to trap something in the river.
"Young man, what are you doing here?" Li Shiming asked the young man curiously.
"There is a sword at the bottom of the river, and I will hang that sword up and go and kill the Dragon King of Ten Thousand Lives." The boy replied without raising his head.
Li Shiming looked at the bottom of the river, where is there any sword? Nothing, the rope just floated in vain in the river.
"Everywhere I am, I heard the villagers here say that there is a white-fronted tiger in Nanshan, so I took advantage of the night to go to Jingyanggang in Nanshan, and after drinking three bowls of wine, I went to kill the white tiger; Later, I heard that there was a dragon in the Dragon King Lake in this Yangxian town, so I wanted to borrow the sword at the bottom of the river to kill the dragon." The young man who claimed to be around the place read in pieces, "But the villagers said that Yang Xian is a triad, I only heard the first two evils, and when I asked about the third evil, I was not happy, but I still cut this dragon first, and then I will talk about it, I will also eliminate the harm for the people everywhere, although I always feel that something is wrong here, but I think it is also because of the tiger and dragon."
"It's wonderful that a little brother has such courage at such a young age." Yu Chi De praised, "It's just, that Jiaolong, what did you say?"
"Can't you see? The dragon that has done evil is in that lake, and its dragon sons and grandsons are flying into the sky." The perimeter points to the lake where it was.
He finally raised his head and looked at the sky as if there was something unseen there.
On the shore, there is the temple of the Dragon King of Longevity, and the temple Zhu sent away a couple who asked for a child, and after seeing the Zhou.
A playful smile on his face,
Laughing as he scratched his back.
It seems like I want to scratch my back.