Chapter 32: The Earth Dragon and the Temptation

The earth dragon rolled over, causing a street to shake. (The turning of the earth dragon is an earthquake.) )

This god is no longer soft, and there is a vigorous rainstorm.

Chang'an's bluestone street is rare to have silt, originally stepped through the rainy season of Chang'an, although the shoes will be wet, but there will be almost no silt on the trouser legs and shoes, after the heavy rain, the whole street is as clean as new, even the air is fresh.

But now this heavy rain has poured people into a hurry.

Standing beside him was Chen Tianhua's father, Chen Yunong, who looked down at the muddy water on the ground and wet his shoes.

Finally, he squatted down, sighed, and said, "How much do you want, write an excerpt and hand it up, and then inform me, and I will allocate the funds immediately." ”

Then he stood up and looked at the people who were screaming in the rain and beating their chests.

"This ......" The waiter of the Ministry of Works glanced at Chen Yulong deeply, the corners of his mouth moved, opened, and finally only spit out two words: "Thank you." ”

Now every wail of the people cried into his heart.

But he couldn't help it, if it was a sunny day, he could guarantee that it would be back to normal within seven days, but now it was as if the heavens had leaked a hole, so that they could not do anything, and could only watch the people wail in the heavy rain.

Chen Yunong's eyes were also a little moist, looking at those people wailing while looking for their savings in the ruins, which was the income of most of their hard work, and the imperial court would help them repair the house, but the imperial court was not responsible for the savings and silver tickets.

The same was true for him at the beginning, digging in the heavy rain, and he didn't care at all about the blood on his hands, just to save a little money for the exam.

He let out a long sigh, then turned his head and walked away with his umbrella.

A sick young man came over, wearing a jacket, his face was a little frighteningly white, he held a handkerchief in his hand, covered his mouth and coughed incessantly.

Behind him, an old man with half of his face covered in a black veil helped him hold an umbrella.

The waiter of the Ministry of Labor looked at the two of them strangely, and he either went to the Qinglou to rest on this rainy day, or stayed at home, or crossed the three or five friends to push Pai Gow and play mahjong.

Very few people will come to this place, and it is a boy who doesn't look very good in health.

"This little young master, go home early and rest, the court will deal with the matter here. "The young man's jacket is as white as snow, although his body is not good, but it always gives the Tobe squire an extraordinary feeling.

Therefore, he personally stepped forward to persuade this master and servant to leave.

A smile appeared on the boy's pale face.

"His name is Liu Xu, and he is a businessman from the south, and he is really unfortunate to encounter such a thing when he came to Chang'an. ”

The waiter of the Ministry of Works looked at the grief on his face, and sighed and said: "Who said it wasn't, but this earth dragon turned over, no one can say, it can only be said that the time is not good!"

The two talked for a while, and they all felt sorry for these people. In the end, this Liu Xu thought about it, and stretched out his hand behind him, and the old servant behind him handed him a small box, which was opened, full, and neatly folded with a box of silver tickets.

"What does that mean?" The head of the Ministry of Works was full of doubts.

"It is often said that 'take from the people, use it for the people', we do business, especially from the south, the waterways pass through more, all believe in the king of the sea, along the way, build roads and bridges can bless the earning of a lot of money, today to Chang'an, see such a situation, willing to do their best, only hope to be able to reduce a few hardships for our ordinary people. ”

The squire looked at the young man and was a little overwhelmed.

In fact, he really wanted to take it and use these silver taels to temporarily appease the people, especially the families of the people who died in the turn of the earth dragon.

Not only are the people gone, but the silver is gone, and even the money for the family to settle in the ground is gone.

Liu Xu saw his hesitation and pulled his hands.

The young man's hands were very cold, but it made his heart warm: "Let's take it to appease the people first, and it can be regarded as accumulating virtue for my own good deeds." With that, she shoved the box into his hand.

The waiter of the Ministry of Works wanted to refuse, but the weak young man held his chest and coughed violently.

The old man behind him suddenly panicked, threw an apologetic look at the waiter of the Ministry of Works, and helped his son to leave.

The waiter of the Ministry of Works stood in the rain in a daze, he didn't know when the umbrella was thrown on the ground, he glanced at the grieving people not far away, the cold rain hit his hands, but he felt that the box in his hand was very hot.

......

An old man and a young man went out of the city, and the young man had no other abnormalities except for his pale face.

The rain is getting heavier and heavier, but fortunately there is a small temple on the side of the road, I don't know who is worshipping, but it seems that it has only been renovated recently.

The two entered the temple, and Zhan Xu looked at the statue and only felt a little familiar.

The old man put down his umbrella, walked out of the door, and glanced at the tablet at the door.

"Young master, this temple is called the Land Temple. ”

Zhan Xu snorted coldly, raised his right hand, and stopped when his hand was still an inch away from the small idol.

Zhan Xu's face was full of anger, and his hand trembled slightly, but he finally let it go.

"Young master, what's wrong?" The old servant behind him was a little puzzled, not understanding why his young master had such a big reaction when he saw this land temple.

Zhan Xu didn't speak, snorted coldly, and stood in place.

At this time, Liu Bo looked at the little statue carefully, an old man was cute and cute, smiling, holding a cane, and kind eyes.

He really couldn't recognize it, so he could only shake his head, and looked at his young master suspiciously, seeing that his young master was sulking, he didn't dare to ask.

The heavier the rain, the heavier it became, and the sound of the rain crackled, like the firecrackers fried during the New Year, and also like the sound of the people frying beans during the autumn harvest.

Zhan Xu sighed and said slowly: "Uncle Liu, you shouldn't have seen that big battle, we lost, so we were driven to that ghost place and sealed. ”

Liu Bo nodded, the two young masters were sealed, and after the two young masters woke up, he and the two young masters broke through the seal and came here after nine deaths.

"This was originally our habitat, but the human race has a strong ability to reproduce and learn, which finally gave them enough strength to resist. ”

Zhan Xu's voice was very gentle, so calm that it made people a little frightened.

"Human beings often say, 'A skinny camel is bigger than a horse', even if our race is unbearable, it is more than enough to deal with the human race at that time, but at the critical moment when the victory is about to be decided, some old things betray the race. Because of the defection of these lowly races, we will eventually fail!"

Zhan Xu hated so much that his teeth itched, and his voice changed suddenly, full of endless hatred.

Then he pointed to the idol, and his eyes were full of anger.

"This old guy is similar to the ancestor of the earth dragon back then, it was he who attacked our ancestor from the ground at the last moment!"

Uncle Liu looked at this simple, kind-eyed old man in horror, he didn't expect that the gods that people kneeled to worship day and night used to be the same ethnic group as them, or the kind at the bottom!

"Back then, we were the gods of mankind!

Zhan Xu didn't know when he bit his lip, looking bright and bewitching.

The rain gradually subsided, and Zhan Xu calmed down.

"It's ridiculous, human beings worship the land of the mountain god, and they were just our slaves back then! I once saw the mountain temple, and inside it was the pangolin's old thing turned into a human form, I should have gotten used to it!"

Zhan Xu said, raised his feet and walked out of the small land temple.

......

"Uncle Liu, are you still wondering why you want to send silver taels?"

The old man was slightly stunned, the young master had never told him the reason for what he had done before, but he still nodded.

"Fan Yuqi and the Great Prince don't know about your existence, let's go there in person to better see the Holy Emperor's attitude towards this matter, if not, we can also deal with it in time and let you go first." ”

The young man's words were very light, but the old man was a little moved.

"We can't ask the Great Prince, we can only see for ourselves, judging from today, the Holy Emperor seems to be ......" He paused, and then said, "I don't care. He just announced to the outside world that the earth dragon had turned over (earthquake), but none of the masters in Chang'an had moved, either they were singing empty city plans, or Chang'an was also hiding two masters of the Open Heaven Realm. ”

Liu Bo's body trembled slightly, but he remembered the horror of that old thing.

"Uncle Liu, let's be careful in our actions after that. ”

The old man nodded.

The boy lowered his head, not knowing what to think, and finally let out a long sigh.

"The ethnic group we looked down on back then, I didn't expect to be treated with caution today. ”

"What's even more tragic is that their idols are still our rebellion!"

(Earth Dragon: Another name for an ancient earthworm.) )