Chapter 579 What is owed should be repaid
Listening to the meaning of Du Guoshi's words, in addition to the seriousness of the situation, there is also a feeling that if he misses this opportunity, he doesn't want to care, Xiao Du and Xiao Ling are speechless, as a son, Xiao Ling rarely sees a dazed and panicked look in his father's eyes.
Strictly speaking, compared to his father Xiao Du, Xiao Ling is a person who has really seen demons and gods, and has also experienced extraordinary means, and understands in his heart how fragile mortals are to these existences, and in the current situation, it is best to be one and two and two, and not do superfluous things.
"Dad, we don't have a choice!"
Xiao Ling's eyes were firm, he nodded towards Xiao Du, and then stood up and bowed to Du Changsheng, who was sitting in the chair.
"Thanks to the help of the national teacher, we will go to Tongtian River, and we will immediately start preparing livestock and other things to worship the old turtle and the river god Niangniang. ”
"Hey, as soon as possible, Du will accompany you. ”
Du Changsheng sighed, he could only say it verbally, he didn't have a problem if something really happened, he still sighed, Xiao Du came back to his senses at this moment and asked in a low voice.
"The national teacher also saw Jiang Shen Niangniang, so what happened to my son's body ......"
Du Changsheng's hand holding the tea cup shook, and his heart almost forgot about it, and hurriedly reminded Xiao Dudao with a serious face.
"If you can see Jiang Shen Niangniang at that time, don't mention this matter too much, Jiang Shen Niangniang punished Xiao Gongzi a little back then, and it was no big deal to cultivate for a while, but Xiao Gongzi married two concubines in just two years, and when the vitality did not recover, he lost the energy of Yuanyang so much, and directly injured himself at the root, and he may have hope to recover after ten or eight years of good rearing, if you pretend to be in front of Jiang Shenniang Niang, this matter ......"
Du Changsheng sneered.
"Hmph, originally Jiang Shen Niangniang may not be as knowledgeable as you mortals, at most I think that the love in Xiao Gongzi's mouth is more than Jin Jian is just a mortal's hypocrisy, as soon as you mention this, it is self-defeating and angers Ying Niangniang, that is, you have escaped the catastrophe of the old turtle, and you are also looking for your own death, and you will let Du Mou hate Ying Niangniang in vain, but Hugh wants to harm me!"
Hearing Du Changsheng say so solemnly, Xiao Du felt a little remorseful, while Xiao Ling's face was dry, and the father and son nodded again and again, knowing the power of it, they didn't dare to say anything in advance.
Du Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief again, and said in his heart, I am really saving you, the words are not all true, but I am afraid that the result will be very different.
Many people of the Xiao family have all mobilized, because they were preparing for Xiao Ling's concubine before, so some sacrificial supplies at home are also fully stocked, and some livestock are found to be killed, in the chaos, it took a small half a day to prepare everything, and the sun is about to set.
On this day, except for some things that they had eaten before the early dynasty, the Xiao family's father and son almost didn't eat anything, and they didn't have the mind and appetite, and Du Changsheng also didn't eat any main meals, helping the Xiao family to sort out the sacrificial objects together.
In the Xiao family's guest hall, Du Changsheng was drinking tea with some pastries, and Xiao Ling hurriedly walked in from outside.
"National teacher, everything is ready!"
Xiao Du also walked behind and asked carefully.
"National teacher, it's not too early, the sun has already begun to set, should we go again tomorrow morning?"
Du Changsheng clapped his hands and stood up, flicked his sleeves and walked towards the door of the hall.
"Without further ado, let's go at once!"
This will make the Xiao clan already regard Du Changsheng as the backbone, since Du Changsheng said that they will leave immediately, even if they are worried in their hearts, they can only order to set off.
Du Changsheng took his hands behind, walked all the way to the door of Xiao Mansion, and saw three apprentices actually appear in front of the door.
"Master, here we are!"
"Hmm, your body has not healed, what are you doing here? Today's events may not be safer than the previous Gossip Guiding Star Array. ”
Du Changsheng added in his heart: At least the degree of fright is definitely more than that.
"Master, aren't you also seriously injured and have not recovered, it is the responsibility of my generation of cultivators to subdue demons and eliminate demons, how can there be no disciples!"
Du Changsheng grinned, this is not to subdue demons and eliminate demons.
"If things go well, there is no need to make a big move, it's better to go together, it's considered to see the world!"
As he spoke, Du Changsheng looked up at the corner across the street by feeling, and an old eunuch was bowing his hand slightly, it was Li Jingchun, one of the personal eunuchs of Emperor Yang Hao of Hongwu.
Li Jingchun had seen Du Changsheng's methods with his own eyes, and knew that he couldn't hide the eyes of the national teacher, so he simply saluted him generously at the corner of the street, anyway, he also knew that the national teacher was a smart person, and knew what he represented here, and sure enough, when he saw Du Changsheng, he only bowed slightly, and did not return the salute or say anything.
When he saw Li Jingchun, Du Changsheng understood that the emperor knew that something had happened to the Xiao family, but he definitely didn't know what had happened, and maybe he was still suspecting that it was a means of a hostile faction.
"Hmph, it's okay for the emperor to take a look, this is the disaster of the Xiao family, but how can it have nothing to do with the Yang family." ’
Of course, Du Changsheng had to admit that Xiao Jing, the ancestor of the Xiao family, was the last to make a wave of deaths, which had nothing to do with the Yang family, and it didn't get black.
One by one, the carriages were led by the servants of the Xiao family to the front gate, and the father and son of the Xiao family, who were wearing big coats and velvet cloaks, had already come out, glanced at the servants who were loading the sacrificial items, walked to Du Changsheng, and deliberately arched their hands towards Wang Xiao and the others.
"The three senior apprentices of the national teacher have also arrived, please get in the car, we will leave the city immediately." ”
Du Changsheng did not turn his eyes to the corner of the street, nodded and then took the three apprentices to get on the car together, and the Xiao family got on the car one by one, and after less than half an hour, the Xiao family's convoy had a total of three carriages, and the accompanying servants, including the carriage driver, were only four old servants, and they set off together in the direction of the east gate of Gyeonggi City.
The fewer people who know about this matter, the better, so the Xiao family did not bring too many people, and they also understood that this time it was not possible to handle it with too many people or powerful people.
The three carriages were each pulled by two horses, and Xiao Ling rode alone in front, and Gyeonggi Prefecture was full of people going home in the sunset, but when they saw three carts and one horse, they would still avoid it in advance, because the last car was carrying too many sacrificial supplies, and the overall convoy was not very fast.
Xiao Ling squinted at the sky and muttered as he rode his horse.
"Let's hope it's over before dark, but luckily it's a sunny day, so it's not too dark even at night. ”
Also at this moment, on the remote bank of the Tongtian River, Ying Ruoli, who was sitting at the table, picked up the teacup and splashed it lightly in the sky, and the water splashes in the teacup flew higher and higher in the sky, causing the high-altitude wind and clouds to gather.
"Boom ......"
The thunder sounded, and in a short period of time, a large area of cumulonimbus clouds had covered the remnants of the sky in the sky, whether it was in the city, on the road, or some people who were still strolling along the river, they all ran back to the boat or the dock to take shelter from the rain.
It didn't take long for the heavy rain to fall, and it was still day in the afterglow ......of the sunset, because of the heavy rain, it seemed to be night, the sky became gray, and the visibility became lower and lower.
Xiao Fu and his entourage had no choice, they had already reached this point, even if it rained heavily, they had to move forward, because they were afraid that the thunder would startle the horse, so several servants simply got out of the car and led the horse away.
Muddy and cold, heavy rain and lightning, strong winds and waves hitting the shore, after Xiao and his party went out of the city, it took more than half an hour in the bad weather, and finally arrived at the relatively remote shore with Du Changsheng, who had already gotten off the car and led the way, and the lights of the distant wharf could still see a bright light in the storm, but it was very blurry.
"National teacher, is this it?"
Xiao Ling approached Du Changsheng and yelled hard to ask the other party, but he couldn't hear it clearly without shouting.
"Yes, yes!"
Du Changsheng glanced at the river and looked not far away, Ji Yuan was still playing chess at the desk, and the dragon girl was holding her cheek with the back of her hand with one palm, looking at this side, the storm seemed to have nothing to do with the two of them, and it would be cut off in the near distance, even if there was no light, it was bright, and Xiao and his party naturally couldn't see them.
"Master, be careful!"
Xiao Du was about to get off the carriage, but before he came out, before he could stand firmly, the cloak behind his back was carried by the strong wind and Xiao Du fell into the river, so frightened that the servant hurriedly grabbed his master.
An old servant wanted to hold an umbrella for Xiao Du, but not long after the umbrella was opened, the umbrella bone was directly broken, and the plan to find the lantern was even more foolish.
"Uh......h Woo...... Woo......"
The wind was howling, and the three carriages were swaying with the wind, and the huge waves in the Tongtian River were surging, and from time to time they would hit the shore of this place, setting off endless splashes, and falling towards the Xiao family.
This kind of wind and rain is already a demon wind and demon rain in the eyes of mortals, and the Xiao family feels that it is probably related to the giant tortoise.
"Wu Daoyou-Wu Daoyou-Master Xiao has come, I hope Wu Daoyou will show up!"
"Uh......h Woo......"
The river was pitch black, and the only time you could see it was when lightning appeared.
"Boom ......"
The thunder sounded, and the lightning illuminated the Tongtian River, and Xiao and his party found that just a few zhang away on the surface of the river, a huge whirlpool appeared, and there was a huge black shadow lying there in the lightning.
"Boom la la ......"
Jiang Tao swirled and thundered and shone brightly, and a terrifying black shadow slowly rose from the whirlpool on the surface of the river.
"Hehehehe...... Hahahahaha...... It's been two hundred years, Xiao Jing almost lost my cultivation foundation back then, but the descendants of the Xiao family are living well!"
"Boom ......"
The giant tortoise lay on its stomach on the riverbank, showing a terrifying sound under the light of thunder, and there were even black smoke-like substances rising, and the demonic light in its eyes was breathtaking.
Du Changsheng was also a little frightened, but he reacted immediately, and when he saw that the Xiao family and his party were so frightened that they couldn't move, he immediately reminded him.
"Wu Daoyou, the Xiao family and his son are here, and I hope you understand that future generations don't know the mistakes of their predecessors...... If you don't kowtow quickly, you can't miss one of the three hundred rings!"
Hearing this, the father and son of the Xiao family did not hesitate, knelt directly on the river bank in the rain, and kowtowed to the muddy ground.
"The ancestors are at fault, and the descendants don't know, ask the turtle master to open the net!"
"Ask the turtle master to open the net!"
"Bang Bang Bang ......"
The father and son kept splashing muddy water on the muddy ground, although it was not very painful, but it gradually became a little dizzy, and the servants behind him did not dare to stand, so they also kowtowed together.
During the whole process, the old turtle looked down at the Xiao family and didn't say anything, and the dragon girl and even Du Changsheng also watched quietly, but Ji Yuan was still looking at the chessboard without distraction.
I don't know how long it has been, the Xiao family and his party have kowtowed to the point that they are dizzy and unstable on their knees, and the three hundred rings are only a lot more, and Xiao Du fell directly into the mud and was helped up by Du Changsheng.
"Ho...... Ho...... Uncle Turtle, what else do you want?"
Xiao Ling spoke in his father's place, plucking up the courage to look at the terrifying giant turtle, and this accountant also looked up at the old turtle.
The old turtle Yuguang could see Ji Yuan looking up, and he knew that Mr. Ji might be looking at him at this moment, but he didn't have any apprehension in his heart, and just said to Xiao Shi with a smile.
"Your ancestors of the Xiao family are people, but there is no morality, my old turtle Wu Chong is a demon, but he also understands the distinction between right and wrong, I do have two hundred years of resentment against the Xiao family, and now when I see you, I feel how ridiculous, how ridiculous hahahaha...... Ahahahaha......ha
The laughter of the old turtle overshadowed the thunder, overshadowed the wind and rain, and spread far away to the Tongtian River, spread all over the two banks, and seemed to be a strange roar in the distance, making the scalp of everyone who heard it numb.
"Ho...... Don't worry, my old turtle won't kill today, as long as the Xiao family returns what he owes, from now on, the Xiao family will not be an official, and I have to find a hundred lights for me to gather the lights of the House of Kindness, and go to the Chunmu River to put the lights!"
"No, you can't be an official ......"
Xiao Du shuddered and muttered, while Xiao Ling asked loudly.
"A hundred lights, as long as a hundred?"
"Hehehehe, yes, it's the same as two hundred years ago, as long as a hundred lights are on!
The old turtle knew that the Xiao family was doomed, and he didn't want to do more killing, and now the lights of the hundred schools had little effect on him, but he deserved it.
"Boom ......"
A huge wave came, lifting Xiao Du, Xiao Ling and the others backwards and falling down, and looking again, there was no giant turtle on the river surface in the thunder.