"Blessed by the Lake God"

"Kowtow to Grandpa Lake God"

"Son, my son"

The black Jiao disappeared, and the people near the altar knelt down with fanatical excitement on their faces.

In their opinion, the lake god Grandpa Ken showed up and received the tribute, and the coming year must be a bumper harvest year with good weather and harmony.

How can they not be happy?

Chen Xiang saw everything in his eyes, his heart fluctuated, and in the past month, he thought he had seen through this era.

But at this moment, the bright altar, the living child sacrifices, the unscrupulous black monsters, Sun Yuanqing and the others did not react much.

The world is far more cruel than he imagined.

But yes,

I am Liu Shenxiang, my mother is the Three Holy Mother, my uncle is Erlang God, and my uncle is the Jade Emperor, and this world cannot be simple at all.

It's just that he didn't expect that the old monk Fahui of Jinshan Temple could be so strong that he didn't even want his life, and he had to kill demons.

Chen Xiang didn't feel anything when he heard these four words before, but when he saw Hei Jiao's arrogant and domineering appearance and didn't take human life in his eyes, he had another idea in his heart at this moment.

Merit, merit.

It seems that in the future, if you have succeeded in cultivation, you will have to subdue demons and eliminate demons.

That's right

In Chen Laogou's opinion, these old farmers with no vegetables and the monster are all merits.

Helping others is a pleasure, doing good deeds and accumulating virtue is merit, killing demons and eliminating demons, punishing adultery and eliminating evil are naturally merit.

According to the extent that Hongze Lake is flooding, the people along the lake are suffering, and there is also Heijiao's arrogant attitude of being evil, these two merits are absolutely indispensable.

It should be more than enough to pay off the more than 30,000 merits owed now, and the only thing Chen Xiang is worried about now is that Heijiao must not be kind next year....

"Agarwood, didn't you get scared, did you?" Liu Yanchang saw his son looking at the place where the sheep demon disappeared in a daze, and asked worriedly.

"No," Chen Xiang replied, shaking his head.

Hearing Chen Xiang's answer, Liu Yanchang breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that his son would be frightened by the bloody scene.

Seeing that his son's face was indeed quite quiet, Liu Shusheng nodded.

Sun Yuanqing saw on the side that the Liu father and son were in danger and did not panic, and he recognized the idea of marrying this family in his heart.

How did he know that although Liu Yanchang was a scholar, he had seen a scene bigger than this, as for Chen Xiang, well, it can only be said that what can scare him is merit!

Hei Jiao left, and everyone looked at the knee-deep muddy water on the official road, and their brows were furrowed.

If you take a detour, you will definitely miss Xuyi's accommodation tonight, and you won't be able to go to Yangzhou the day after tomorrow.

After pondering for a moment, Sun Yuanqing called his deputy Zhang San and said, "You take a car to walk ahead, and then we will strive to rest in Xuyi tonight."

Zhang Sanben is a scholar, only because his appearance is not liked by the examiner and the imperial examination is hopeless, so he took refuge in the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, and has followed Sun Yuanqing to the north and south over the years, coming and going, with a lot of strong physique, and a lot darker skin, completely lost the appearance of a scholar, but ugly, still so ugly.

Zhang San listened to Sun Yuanqing's words, immediately greeted him, rode a brown inferior horse, and waded into the troubled water, followed by a carriage, and the other nine carriages were separated by three or four zhang and fell behind.

Although the muddy water on the official road is muddy, it is solid and smooth, and Sun Yuanqing's group has been coming and going all year round, and they are also very familiar with this official road.

Although the lake was flooded, it was flowing from east to west, and the caravan walked from north to south for more than half a day, and finally saw the hard land, and Sun Yuanqing immediately ordered to repair it in situ.

People are not tired when they arrive on horses, mainly because the horses pulling the carts are already out of breath.

Fortunately, the thirty or so accompanying guards all rode horses and made a lot of efforts, otherwise it would have been difficult to pull out the cart full of goods by relying on the horses pulling the cart alone.

Everyone rested in place, ate some dry food and drank some water, and then continued to set off to the south, and finally arrived in Xuyi County at dusk.

The sun rises and sets, the sun sets and the sun rises, and so on for two more days, this afternoon, the sunset is still on the top of the mountain, and Chen Xiang, who is sitting in the carriage, looks south.

A gray city wall came into view, and Chen Xiang couldn't help but think of many things about Yangzhou in his mind.

Yangzhou, known as Guangling in ancient times.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, King Huai of Chu built a city on the basis of the Hancheng built by Wu Wangfucha, which was named Guangling.

In Qin, it was called Guangling, Jiangdu.

In the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang named his nephew Liu Bi as the king of Wu, and the capital was in Guangling, and Guangling was renamed Wucheng.

In the Sui period, it was officially renamed Yangzhou!

For thousands of years, Yangzhou has been famous for its developed water system and as the hub of north-south transportation.

Generations of literati and writers have spent a lot of pen and ink on Yangzhou.

Li Bai has [the old man left the Yellow Crane Tower in the west, and the fireworks went down to Yangzhou in March]

Du Mu even has [Spring breeze ten miles of Yangzhou Road, it is better to roll up the bead curtain]

[Ten years of Yangzhou dream, win the name of Qinglou Bo Xing] and other good sentences have been passed down through the ages.

At this time, the golden crow on the top of the mountain, I didn't know what I saw, and his face began to blush faintly.

"Haha, virtuous son-in-law, look, that's Yangzhou" Sun Yuanqing laughed on the side, pointing in front of him.

Although he has long been accustomed to this kind of life, Sun Yuanqing still can't help but think about his wife and daughter at home, especially his wife, he is only in his thirties this year, and his wife is as beautiful as a flower, virtuous and gentle, how can he not want to?

"It's finally here, thanks to Brother Sun, otherwise my father and son would have traveled alone, and I don't know how many years and months I would have been here."

"Brother Liu, what are you polite to me, the family doesn't talk to each other, after settling down in Yangzhou, come to the house as soon as possible, and first set the marriage of the two children, such a good son-in-law, I don't want to miss it"

"Remember Hikosho"

As he spoke, the city wall was already in front of him, heavy with ash and moss, full of mottled marks left by the trauma of time.

There are a total of six gates on this side of the north city wall, four gates for land vehicles and pedestrians, and two gates for boats and waterways.

At this time, close to the gate of Zhenhuai Gate in the west of the city, there are people coming and going, carrying loads, and pedestrians, cars and horses are lined up in a long line.

In the Sui and Tang dynasties, Yangzhou was already the first in the world, and at this time in Song Renzong, it was even more rich in the world, and it was the best in ancient and modern times.

Chen Xiang and Liu Yanchang had already gotten off the carriage, and the father and son, one carrying a package on their backs and the other holding a fox, followed the long queue at the city gate and entered Yangzhou.

Entering the city, the sunset has been set, the sky is dark, the lights of thousands of households in Yangzhou City are bright, the pedestrians on the stone road are weaving, and the sound of the canal is heavy in the water.

The mountains are faint, and the water is long.

The flowers are splendid, and the green trees are like daisies.

High-rise buildings and red-sleeved customers are one after another, and they still know from the song.

The pavilions and pavilions are scattered, and the dancing pavilions and song platforms are full of flowers.

A fairyland on earth, a prosperous world!

Chen Xiang was stunned, he didn't expect that under the background of such an era, there would be such a noisy and bustling city.

This is no less than the Hereafter!

"Dad, look at that, it's so beautiful"

Liu Yanchang looked in the direction of his son's finger, and a five-story attic with warped cornices and blue bricks and green tiles came into view.

The starry sand lantern will set off the splendor of the attic like a fairy palace, and on the covered bridge outside the attic, the flowers and branches are displayed, and the beauties with pink and red faces are dancing beautifully, and the red sleeves are one after another.

The main entrance of the attic is open, and guests come and go, and in the middle of the second floor hangs a plaque with three large characters written on it.

【Bright Moon Tower】

After just one glance, Liu Shusheng was already red-faced, his heart was like a drum, and he hurriedly covered his son's eyes:

"Don't look blind, children, it's not for you to see"

"Dad, didn't you say that my fair lady and gentleman are good, why can't I watch it? I'd like to have one too."

"This, you, you are still young, you can't be called a gentleman, and you haven't reached the time of a lady, this situation applies to indecent disrespect"

"Don't look at indecency? Dad, did I insult my sisters, or did my sisters insult me? ”

At this moment, Liu Yanchang suddenly discovered that maybe coming to Yangzhou may not be a good decision!