Closure of the state.

He Shijing took Shi Zong to the Assassin's Office, and the embarrassed and depressed two of them changed into new clothes, one of them carried an umbrella, and they finally looked a little more generous, no longer thinking about the mountains before, like beggars and robbers.

Shi Zong looked at this tall and arrogant official office, and immediately said, "Aren't we in a hurry to go to Jiexia County to take office?"

"Could it be that this official also wants to worship the dock from time to time?"

Shi Zong suddenly felt that this official was quite similar to the mixed rivers and lakes.

He Shijing: "Before the new official takes office, he must first report at the state yamen, receive official seals, official uniforms and other items, and then confirm his identity by the county yamen, and then the county yamen will prepare a guard of honor to send the new official to take office. ”

"Otherwise, the two of us will be wearing this, empty-handed, how to go to work. ”

"When the time comes, I am afraid that when I go to the Jiexia County Ya, I will be beaten out as a liar, and I will be humiliated, and I will lose face in vain. ”

Shi Zong is quite good at this kind of thing, and he remembered all kinds of happy news in the rivers and lakes, and he reversed what he heard in the face: "Isn't this just right, let's see who is the one who looks down on people and fights people." ”

"When the time comes, punish them well, and let them know what it means to be human. ”

He Shijing waved his hand again and again: "No one is perfect, just be able to do things." ”

"We don't act according to the law, and others act according to the rules, how can we finally blame others for looking down on others?"

"Hiding your identity to test others, in the end, not only did you make no one available, but even lost your majesty, and you also ended up with an unruly infamy, how can you govern and employ people in the future?"

"Walking at night in brocade clothes, pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, you can't do it. ”

After speaking, Zhou Shijing tidied up his clothes and straightened his spine: "Being an official is still not the same as you~"

The words of that one were so long that Zhou Shijing shook his head when he said it.

Mr. Shi scoffed at him.

Leaving Shi Zong at the door of the yamen, Zhou Shijing himself took out the spy wrapped in oilcloth and put it close to his body alone, and stepped into the yamen of the state assassin history.

He didn't expect that it wouldn't be long before he entered, but when he was sitting in the second hall and waiting, he said something about his encounter with the Empty Dust Dao Jun when he came, which immediately alarmed the entire Thorn History Yamen.

Officials from all over the top and bottom all came to the second hall.

Even the assassin Shi came in person and asked about He Shijing, the small county Lingnachuan main temple.

The two halls were full of state officials, and they surrounded He Shijing.

Listen to He Shijing's story of seeing the gods driving the golden car in the mountains and meeting the Taoist in the Sichuan Temple.

Among them, there is not only the Daojun, but also the appearance of the Sichuan Lord under the water god of the Riyou Divine Mansion, and the things he said about the flood season of the boundary river are also true.

As soon as everyone heard it, they finished.

is even more sure that He Shijing has really met an immortal.

Now that the officials of the entire Fengzhou do not know that the Yin and Yang Realm City has completely retreated, the Empty Dust Dao Monarch wants to establish the way of ghosts and gods in the land of seven states and forty counties, and compete with the lord of the Yin and Yang Realm City for the Great Dao of the world.

The winner will not only win the entire Great Wei, but also the Great Zhou and even the world, which will become the next place for the development of the Shinto systems of both sides.

There are even those who believe that this is a sign that the world is about to return to oneness.

If the Lord of Great Wei is the Son of Heaven, then the Lord of the Yin and Yang Realm City, Tianjizi, is the Lord.

And now that this God has withdrawn, the Empty Dust Dao Monarch will be their heaven here in the future.

For this god-like figure, how dare you officials not care.

After listening to the story of the vicissitudes of life, some people immediately said: "The vicissitudes of the sea, there are such miracles in the world?"

Another official said something: "Xia Guan has heard that someone has found the corpses of fish bones condensed among the stones on the top of the Dongshan Mountain, could it be that this Dongshan land was once the sea?"

Someone was amazed: "I have seen the vicissitudes of life three times, no wonder everyone in the world says that immortals live forever in the world." ”

There are also people who want to search from the history books to see if they can find the source of this allusion: "You said that the nether banquet that the empty dust Dao Jun said was someone's banquet, and there may be a record of this in the history books." ”

Finally, the Feng Zhou Sima made a sound.

"The sea is rotten!"

"The immortals are at ease, immortal and long-sighted, all in it. ”

In the midst of everyone's sighs and sighs, allusions about the vicissitudes of life have been spread in the world.

It's just that every time people mention this allusion, they think of the Empty Dust Daojun, which derives all kinds of speculations and rumors.

Fengzhou Thorn Shi frowned, paying more attention to the conversation between the Empty Dust Dao Monarch and the Sichuan Lord.

"Alright. He raised his hand to stop everyone's thoughts.

"The vicissitudes of life, I don't need to wait for the things of the immortals. ”

But the imminent flood season is imminent. ”

"If what the god of the Sichuan Lord said is true, as the official of the Fengzhou parents, we have to be cautious. ”

Fengzhou Assassin Shi immediately ordered and shouted: "Where is Ji Qian, Cao Yun?"

Not long after, a red-robed official stepped forward and bowed his waist: "Cao Yun makes Ji Qian here!"

This state caoyun made Ji Qian look dignified, young and strong, and had a beautiful beard.

Judging from the preferences and aesthetics of the Great Wei people, it can be said that he is a beautiful man.

Fengzhou Thorn Shi asked: "The flood of the boundary river is coming, is there a possibility that the embankment will burst and flood the fields?"

Cao Yun made Ji Qian's face change suddenly, but he was good at dancing with long sleeves, and he understood this way of being an official very well, and opened his mouth unhurriedly, pushing the responsibility away.

"In the past few decades, half of the Cao Yun affairs have indeed been the responsibility of the Riyou Shenfu, and there has never been a matter of breaking the embankment. ”

"The matter of dredging the river and flood control is the responsibility of the Riyou Divine Mansion. ”

"Now that all the Divine Mansion is gone, it is indeed very possible, and the current embankment is mostly built according to the old times, and has not been tested by the torrent. ”

Fengzhou Thorn Shi's eyes narrowed: "This official remembers that every year the imperial court has allocated a large amount of protective silver, where are you using the Caoyun Yamen?"

Ji Qian, the envoy of Caoyun, immediately said: "The silver has been issued to the river workers on both sides of the river, and they are responsible for repairing the river embankment every year. ”

Fengzhou Thorn Shi waved his sleeves and snorted coldly, this guy is a good plan, even if he personally goes to find out that something happened to the river embankment, he can also push it on the river worker.

"You pushed it cleanly, I don't know what happened to this embankment, can you bear it?"

"Remember! There are gods three feet above your head!"

The sentence of Fengzhou Assassin Shi means something.

After speaking, he immediately ordered the officials of all counties and counties along both sides of the river to personally go into battle to inspect the situation of the river embankment and make preparations for this year's flood season on the boundary river.

Then immediately start preparing for what to do if the boundary river bursts.

After all, if there is really a problem with the embankment, it will be difficult to do anything temporarily for some time now.

Even He Shijing, the county magistrate of Jiexia County, who had not yet officially taken office, was immediately entrusted with an important task, and repeatedly told him that the first important thing he did when he took office was the flood of this Jiexia River.

After all, once the Jiehe River bursts, the topography of Jiexia County will bear the brunt and the first to suffer from the disaster is the people under He Shijing's rule.

Fengzhou Caoyun made Ji Qian not too afraid of the threat of Fengzhou Assassin History, after all, the functions and authority of Caoyun Yamen are very special, and the relationship behind it is inextricably linked, even if it is a state assassin history, there is no way to take him easily.

However, the words of Fengzhou Thorn Shi that there are gods in the head made Ji Qian instantly creepy.

hurriedly returned to the Caoyun Yamen and told what had happened in the Assassin's Office, and the entire Caoyun Yamen panicked.

"I said that something will definitely happen this year, and if it doesn't make a good scene, it will cause a big disaster. "It's not that no one has found out about it, it's just that no one dared to say it before.

"How is this good, why did this grandfather just come? and happened to encounter this incident, and now our Caoyun Yamen has become the target of public criticism. "Originally, even if it was a matter of breaking the embankment of the boundary river, it would not be their business alone at that time, and the responsibility for dereliction of duty would be resisted by the officials of the entire Fengzhou.

At this moment, the face is on the surface, and the Fengzhou Assassin has already ordered an investigation into this matter, and when the time comes, it will all be the responsibility of their Caoyun Yamen.

"What are you afraid of, it's just greedy for some silver, even if this empty dust Daojun knows the heavens and the earth, it is impossible to even pay attention to this little thing, right? "Some people are still lucky, thinking that even if something happens, even if they can't keep their official bodies, they can keep their wealth.

"The point is, you don't know what is going on with this embankment? When the boundary river bursts, we will all be finished, and the living court will hold us accountable, and the dead ghosts and gods will come to take us to hell. "Someone can see clearly, no one can keep them now.

"This embankment has not been repaired for decades, and who has not taken it from the successive river trough envoys and river troughs?

"With such a big river, the amount of silver allocated for transportation is only a few cents a year, what is it? ”

"It's not just a few of us who take it, it's our business. ”

"Don't try to leave us if something happens, or I'll drag them into the water with me, and no one will be better. ”

The Caoyun Yamen was a mess, and everyone showed that they were panicked and afraid, and they were all inward.

Speaking the most cruel words, he shivered the coldest.

It's just that no one thinks about how to solve the problem, and everyone thinks about how to escape responsibility.

In the end, Cao Yun made Ji Qian roar: "What's the matter? You don't think you're dying fast enough, are you?"

"Hurry up and find a way to put all the books in order, and there must be no tail left. ”

"And the guards and the dishonest river workers, you know what to do!"

———————

In the dark.

The rain sparsely hit the surface of the river, scattering countless ripples.

A boat like a dragon came against the wind and rain, cutting through the water.

There are two large canyons along the way, the throat pass gorge and the Huangcheng gorge, the terrain is tortuous, along the way are full of cities and towns, relying on this boundary river waterway and prosperous.

Empty Dust looked into the distance.

The embankment is made of bluestone, layer after layer, like a ladder.

It presents the shape of shark fins with uneven layers, and the direction of the river embankment and the boundary river flow is at an angle, so that it can better cope with the power of the torrent, and it also reflects the skills and ingenuity of ancient river workers.

But it looks like the dam hasn't been strengthened and repaired for many years, and in many places it looks like paper, and even has signs of collapse.

The real flood season has not yet arrived, and it is already crumbling.

What the Lord of Sichuan said is not false.

Its ability to protect this important section of the Cao Canal is indeed a great merit.

At the bend of the canyon, a city was faintly visible in the darkness.

"That's Jiexia County. The Sichuan Lord pointed to the castle and told the Empty Dust Daojun.

"This is the place where the water is most turbulent and the highest water level of the Jiehe River. ”

"A hundred years ago, every time there was a flood in the Jiehe River, it poured out of this Jiexia land, and every time it was a scene of misery on earth. ”

As the ship approached, it was possible to see that there were many people on the shore in the heavy rain at night.

One by one, they braved the rain and carried their shoulders bare-chested, carrying their burdens in the dark.

The sound of roaring shouts kept coming.

"Quick, block, block. "Someone was standing on top of the embankment, being beaten by the waves.

"No, this one definitely won't work. "A group of people looked at the wind and waves and became more and more frightened, and they couldn't see anything at night, and if one accidentally fell into the river, he would die.

"What's wrong with this? This year, the river is completely different from the past, why has it risen so high?" In previous years, every small section of the river was guarded by monsters, and the water demons were born with the ability to control the flow of water, and many people had never seen the water rise so high.

"It's just rising water, and the real flood season hasn't come yet. Said the old riverworker who was familiar with the boundary river.

Looking at other places on both sides of the strait before, although the water level is high, it is still only showing danger.

The water level here is almost as high as the river embankment, which is extremely dangerous.

If there is a gap in one place, the entire embankment will collapse together, and the waters of the river will rumble down like a landslide.

When the time comes, there will be corpses floating all over the water and countless farmlands destroyed.

One by one, these men carried stones and sacks of mud and sand, and tried with all their might to strengthen and block the embankment.

Of course, the people on the boat also saw the situation here.

The lord of the river immediately stepped forward and explained: "Those are all river workers who live on both sides of the river, and there are tens of thousands of such people in the Baili River area, all of whom have dredged and cared for this river for generations. ”

"But now these river workers have not really done this river work for decades, and the Caoyun Yamen does not allow them to leave the river workers' household registration. ”

"Because as long as these river workers are there, the Great Wei Imperial Court will have to allocate this protective silver every year. ”

"It's just that this protective silver will definitely not fall into the hands of this river worker, and it will all fall into the hands of the officials of the Caoyun Yamen. ”

"Therefore, these river workers are secretly fishing for a living on weekdays, doing some small business, and they are living a relatively hard life. ”

As if he was afraid that the Empty Dust Daojun would blame, Lord Chuan said more.

"The Yin God of the Riyou Divine Mansion doesn't care about these things, these corrupt officials and corrupt officials are under the jurisdiction of the Great Wei Imperial Court, and we and other minor gods don't dare to interfere. ”

The Empty Dust Dao Monarch didn't say anything, just nodded.

Looking at the figure on the riverbank, his gaze became a little deep.

The lord of the river drove the boat closer and closer, and even if it was dark and rainy, someone immediately noticed the movement in the river.

"There's a boat?" someone shouted.

"How can there be a boat? With such heavy rain and such big waves, who would dare to go out of the boat. "Others couldn't believe it.

"There really is a ship!" more people found out.

Everyone walked up to the top of the river embankment to watch, and sure enough, they saw a large boat sailing on the river.

No matter how big the wind and waves are, they will not move, and the faint light will loom in the river.

"This, this is the ship of the god of water!" someone immediately remembered a certain legend.

"Ah, isn't Grandpa the Water God gone?" exclaimed.

At this time, the Sichuan Lord jumped off the ship, and layers of silver light appeared on his body.

The body swelled in the air, and a huge catfish with a silver glow swam out and scurried into the river.

Swim towards the opposite shore.

Approaching the embankment, the huge silver catfish opened its mouth, and mud erupted from its mouth and sprinkled on the embankment.

In an instant, the mud solidified and turned to stone, blocking the crumbling embankments of the river.

The river lord went up the river, and the mud that spewed out of his mouth became thinner and thinner.

But in the end, they finally helped the embankment to be completely stabilized.

This time, the wave continued to hit the embankment, and the embankment did not appear again.

Everyone looked at this scene in shock, looking at the river lord like a silver dragon, the huge figure and the scene that had just blocked the river embankment made their hearts feel a huge shock.

"It's really Grandpa Water!"

"It's the water god Grandpa who has appeared!"

"Grandpa the god of water, bless us with a safe and stable year!"

All the people on the shore knelt down and shouted in unison, and bowed to the sacred boat on the river.

But the ship gradually turned away from the shore, and the shadow disappeared into the darkness, and the looming light could no longer be seen.

And the huge catfish finally returned, turned into a human form and landed on the boat.

Kong Chenzi looked at what Lord Chuan had done just now, and thoughtfully: "Your demon method is a little interesting. ”

The Sichuan lord waved his hand stiffly, and he didn't dare to be: "The carving insect skill is ugly in front of the Daojun." ”

"But the little demon can only do this, in the hundred-mile river area, one of us can't see such a long river. ”

Kong Chenzi nodded, and until the Lord of the River suppressed the Baili River Basin alone, it was indeed impossible, even if it was to build a river embankment, such a long river, it would be useless to double its demon power.

So he said the next step of preparation.

"Build the embankment first. ”

The Sichuan Lord arched his hand and waited for the order of the Empty Dust Daojun: "Daojun, who are you looking for to repair the river embankment?"

The Taoist laughed: "Whoever is greedy for the money to repair the river embankment will naturally belong to whoever repairs it." ”

"Since they have become greedy demons who make money. ”

"For the next hundred years, let you wait for the ghost of this river worker. ”

"Let him dredge the river day and night, and build the embankment. ”

"Pay them back for cause and effect. ”