Forty-eight years of Longqing.

It seems that the emperor of the dynasty was really mediocre, old and faint, which angered the heavens, causing the seven provinces of the world to have not rained for half a year.

This great drought, which has been rare in the past and present, took away an unknown number of lives in the world.

The red sun is scorching.

During the July fire season, the air ripples with scorching heat, forcing the heat wave above a small town.

A dry branch, scorched by the hot wind, had not been so brittle a day ago, but now, trampled on by a barefooted bastard, it had become powder.

The one in the bast shoes was a flowing man, who looked to be about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with a scruffy beard and a weed, and was surrounded by a young man in his twenties, both of whom were dressed in tatters.

Zhou Yulong held the weeds in his mouth, turned around and looked at the little follower delicately, squinted his eyes, and said with a mysterious smile: "I dreamed that there was an immortal who taught me the method of asking for rain, I only need to build a high platform of nine zhang and nine, and if I am sincere enough, I can ask for rain, and then save this arid world." ”

"Xiaolong, do you really want to rely on a dream to help others ask for rain?" The little follower followed behind Zhou Yulong: "There are a lot of people who ask for rain these days, how can others believe that you are true." ”

"See what this is?"

"Dry ice?"

"That's right, dry ice, according to the things made in ancient books, there is this thing, I'm not afraid that others won't believe me."

"But if you really know how to ask for rain, why do you use this? It's a deceptive little trick. ”

"Isn't that because you need nine feet and nine high platforms to ask for rain, I can only try it on the high platform, this little trick is to make people believe me first and build a high platform for me."

Soon, the two of them came to the town.

Drought for more than half a year.

The town has lost so much life.

Zhou Yulong and his little followers circled around the town, and then came to a small and tattered courtyard and kicked open the courtyard door.

woke up the people inside, and hurriedly walked out: "Who are you?" ”

"Is there any bread?" Zhou Yulong crossed his waist and said.

The shopkeeper looked at his angry appearance, and was a little afraid in his heart, and said cautiously: "You want to eat?" ”

"Nonsense!" Zhou Yulong shouted: "Take out the food and take another bowl of water." ”

After a while, the shopkeeper came out with two dry cakes, and saw the two people immediately gobbling them up and swallowing them all.

Eating like this will definitely choke, sure enough, after a while, Zhou Yulong pinched his throat and shouted: "Water, take water, quickly bring a bowl of water......"

The shopkeeper said: "There is no water." ”

Zhou Yulong glared: "You didn't drink anything when you opened a restaurant?" ”

"Yes, yes, but it's more expensive than bread, and you can't afford to drink it." The shop is small and two-way.

Zhou Yulong squinted his eyes and asked, "How expensive can it be?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "The dough cake is 100 Wen, a bowl of water, 500 Wen." ”

"Grab the money!"

The shopkeeper was embarrassed: "Where is this money grabbing, you look at the weather, just this and the water, or some of the water we dug out of the ditch that is about to dry dozens of miles away, the water to drink is even more rare, if you really can't afford to drink, just use your throat to move more, swallow it, in addition, you see that this cake is almost eaten, is it settled." ”

After Zhou Yulong finished eating all the cakes, he smiled and said kindly: "I'm sorry, I didn't bring any money." ”

The shopkeeper was stunned.

Immediately, I also understood.

Smile and be kind:

"Then please wait a moment."

With that, he walked to the door, blocked it, and rang a broken bell at the door.

While!

While!

After a while, many people with rolling pins, digging and other weapons rushed out of the streets around the inn, and there were hundreds of them, blocking the inn.

"Without money, I'm afraid you two won't be able to leave." Shopkeeper said.

He looked like the innkeeper, hugged his chest and said: "Two cakes for 200 yuan, just stay in the town, and follow the water team to the ditch dozens of miles away tomorrow to pull mud." ”

"I don't have any money." Zhou Yulong smiled, he was not afraid at all, and said: "But I have something more valuable than money." ”

"Huh? Then bring it out. The shopkeeper said.

"I won't be able to take this thing out for a while." Zhou Yulong said.

"What the hell is it?" The shopkeeper said angrily: "If you don't have anything to pay off, just go pull the water truck for me." ”

I saw that the neighbors of the town were about to rush up.

Zhou Yulong was also intimidated, and hurriedly stretched out his hand and shouted: "Don't don't, I don't have money, but I will beg for rain, I can make it rain from God, don't rush to tie me up." ”

Everyone at the door of the inn fell silent at once.

After all, in this arid world, the word rain has a special magic in itself.

However.

This silence lasted for two or three breaths, and then everyone rushed up, held down Zhou Yulong, and scolded:

"Not only did they eat and drink for nothing, but now they want to lie to us."

"It's been more than half a year, His Majesty the Emperor doesn't know how many mages have been invited, and the edict has also fallen, and it still hasn't rained."

"Even in the past six months in our Fengxian County, the mages who have begged for rain have also come and gone hundreds of monks and Taoists, which one is not a big sect, which one is not a well-known party, and you can't ask for a drop of water, you?"

"Whoever talks like that now is a liar when he hears it!"

"Tie him up!"

Just when a crowd of people pulled.

I don't know what Zhou Yulong pulled on his body, and suddenly everyone screamed, only to see a lot of clouds and mist coming out of Zhou Yulong's body.

"Ahh

All the people who went up to try to tie him up were screamed in shock by the clouds and mist coming out of him, and they retreated again and again.

"He's got a cloud of gas!"

"He can really spit out fog!"

"I felt the mist, it's so cool!"

At this moment, everyone looked at Zhou Yulong again, and their eyes suddenly changed.

Zhou Yulong looked at all the people who were in awe of him, raised his eyebrows proudly, and then in order to hide his villain's pride, he coughed lightly and said:

"Now I see it, I really beg for rain, and the clouds and mist on this body are proof, but my mana is not very big, and now I can only make some clouds and mist, and I must be assisted by the altar and everything to really fill the sky with clouds and mist."

When all the people in the town heard this, they were skeptical.

But looking at the clouds and mist on Zhou Yulong's body that had not yet dissipated......

Half a column of incense after that.

At the door of the inn, a group of people who were more beautiful and luxurious than these ordinary neighbors came to Zhou Yulong and introduced them in turn:

"The old man is the patriarch of the first major clan in this town, and the neighbors in the town have been offended a lot before, and I hope that Mr. will not blame him, and he has not consulted ......."

"Zhou Yulong!"

"Master Zhou!" The old man arched his hand and asked: "The mage said that he can ask for rain, but because the mana is not enough, he needs something to assist, I don't know what he needs, the old man can call the shots, as long as the mage can ask for rain, he can go and make it up." ”

Zhou Yulong was happy in his heart:

"This rain requires a Dharma altar, the higher the better, there is a way that the higher the Dharma altar, the higher the mana, and the height needs nine zhang and nine ......."

"Nine feet nine?!" The old man was embarrassed: "Can't it be lower?" ”

Zhou Yulong said with a straight face: "Not an inch can be lower, if it is low, you can't go to the sky, as long as you reach this height, you can communicate with the sky." ”

The old man turned his head and joined several old men of the same clan.

The height of nine zhang and nine zhang, including the foundation, is at least twelve zhang, even if it is just to build an altar, it will take a month......

But if you can really get rain.

"Okay, according to the mage's wishes, we will prepare these things." The old man stretched out his hand and asked: "But please also ask the mage if he can show it again, and the clouds and mist ......"

"Xingyun spit out mist requires mana, my mana is meager, I have only shown it once, and I am ......already exhausted," Zhou Yulong said.

His purpose is to have nine feet and nine high platforms, and dry ice is just a ticket to make it easier for others to believe him.

Several old men stopped talking.

Just the way:

"Master Zhou, please take a seat!"

to the great families of this town.

In a short time, good wine and food were served on the table.

Zhou Yulong secretly shouted in his heart: "Mom, people outside can't eat flour cakes, and these old guys still have wine to drink!" ”

So he pulled the little follower Hu to eat and stuffed up.

Wait until you're full.

Several old men stepped forward and looked at Zhou Yulong: "Now that the mage has strength, can you show ......it again?"

They are cautious after all.

I still want to watch Zhou Yulong perform again.

Zhou Yulong said secretly, it seems that he still has to perform again, otherwise there is no way to completely convince these people.

"Since you still want to see it again, let's see!"

So, he began to babble in front of the wine table, walked around, and then shook his sleeves......

Hula!

An extremely cool ice mist spread out from Zhou Yulong's body, and in another moment, the entire table was covered with clouds and mist, and the air flow was swirling.

"It's really clouds!"

"Mage!"

Several respected old men in the town were all shocked.

Wait until the banquet is over.

Zhou Yulong and the two of them were arranged in a good room, and even a sensible master sent him a beautiful woman.

His eyes lit up.

All are welcome.

Secretly sigh that these old guys are really going to come to trouble.

In the evening, I had a bumpy with this woman, and after a hum.

The woman said to him drunkenly, "If you can really ask for rain, you will save the people of our town." ”

Zhou Yulong said unashamedly: "That's why I went down the mountain, you don't know, the reason why I will ask for rain is that I have been taught by the immortals in a dream, and the immortals said to me, as long as I build a nine-zhang and nine-high altar, and then be sincere enough, then I will be able to get the wind and the rain." ”

The dream is real.

After some boasting,

He slept with the woman in his arms.

……

And then he enjoyed it in the town.

With the help of his status as a rain begger, he can enjoy the convenience of the town.

"Aren't you afraid of being discovered by them?" The little attendant asked: "The altar for asking for rain is really going to be built, if you can't ask for rain by then, it's not a joke." ”

Zhou Yulong said: "It's not going well, I went to the construction site to see, there is too little water in this town, the foundation is not very good, and I can't build a high platform, so I don't have to worry about it now." ”

The little follower said: "What if it happens?" ”

Zhou Yulong said: "Then I will ask for rain." ”

Half a month has passed.

In the past half a month, Zhou Yulong has lived a very moist life, what he wants in the town, and if there is a need, he says that he needs to ask for rain.

In this arid world, he jumped on top of ordinary people's heads in one leap.

But at this time.

The high altar that prayed for rain fell.

The altar that was already four zhang high was built, and it fell down all at once.

All the old people in the town came to cry and said, "Jiuzhangjiu, the requirements are too high, and now it is so dry, there is not enough water and mud to lay the foundation, and it can't be built so high......"

Zhou Yulong shook his head and said: "That's not good, if you can't build a Dharma platform of nine zhang and nine, you can't ask for rain......

The old men looked at each other and left for the time being.

Three more days later.

The old people came to Zhou Yulong and said: "This altar can't be built in our town, I know that you always have real power, but we don't have the ability, we don't have the ability to build this altar, otherwise, you go to other towns, or go to the state and county to ask the government to build this altar......"

Zhou Yulong pretended to regret and said: "Since you can't build this altar, then I can only find a place where I can build an altar." ”

Before leaving, he comforted the people of this town:

"But you don't have to worry, as long as there is a nine-foot and nine-high altar, I can ask for rain, and then the rain will also fall on your town."

Hearing this, the people in the town were grateful to Zhou Yulong again.

I didn't expect that they didn't build the altar well, and they would still have the opportunity to get rainwater.

That's it.

Zhou Yulong did not succeed in begging for rain, but after eating and drinking in this town for half a month, he left safely.

The attendant followed him and said, "Don't you want to ask for rain at all?" ”

Zhou Yulong was dissatisfied: "How can you say that, it's because they didn't build that high platform." ”

The attendant asked, "Then do you believe that if the high platform is built, you will be able to ask for rain?" ”

Zhou Yulong did not answer.

The attendant said: "You don't fully believe in your own dream, right, it's a very ethereal thing, we are so deceiving, isn't it a bit too much." ”

Zhou Yulong said: "How can it be called a liar, besides, we eat all the things of those rich people, in such a situation, they still have wine and meat, is this fair, what's wrong with us eating something from them." ”

"Okay." The attendant said.

Zhou Yulong smiled: "Since you have no opinion, then let's go to the next place." ”

In this way, within half a year, Zhou Yulong and his followers went to several small towns, all of which were old methods, first using dry ice to create clouds and mist on his body, and then asking people to build him a nine-zhang and nine-high platform, and without exception, no town could successfully build this nine-zhang-nine high platform.

And so.

When the news spread.

When Zhou Yulong arrived in a new place, everyone's attitude towards him had become two completely different attitudes.

"Look, that's Master Zhou! All he needs is a high platform, and he can ask for rain for us! We are going to build a high platform for him, so that all the people will be saved, and it will rain in the sky!" ”

"I can pay anything to build this high platform!"

"He will save us from the world!"

"He will be the savior!"

This is the people who trust him even more.

And the attitude of the other group of people is.

When Zhou Yulong walked into a street, he was greeted by all kinds of things that were thrown at him.

There are stones, there are tiles.

Zhou Yulong was smashed, and then heard one after another invective:

"Swaggering and deceiving magic stick!"

"Your trick has long been exposed, you are using dry ice to deceive people!"

"Get out of our town!"

"We won't fall for you again, no one will make that liar platform for you!"

In this way, Zhou Yulong was driven and insulted by another group of people.

And this time.

A piece of news came.

"The high platform has been built."

"It's a good thing made by the government!"

"Please Master Zhou go to Fucheng and climb the nine-zhang and nine-high platform!"

(End of chapter)