143. The tide of the Qiantang River
Du did not forget to and Xi Siqi, so he took his luggage and said goodbye to a few people in the house.
When it got dark, he finally arrived in Hangzhou with a carriage, which was also the second time Du Bucheng came to Hangzhou.
The two of them took their luggage and began to find an inn to check in, but at this time, they saw many people, and they all went to the southeast.
The two of them were also curious when they saw this, so they didn't forget to ask the people along the way:
"What are these people going southeast going to do?"
Passers-by replied:
"It seems that you are coming to our Hangzhou City for the first time, tonight is the day of the high tide of the Qiantang River in our Hangzhou City, it used to be the morning high tide and the low tide at night, but these days it is the other way around, so everyone is curious to appreciate it!"
Du did not forget to reply:
"I see!"
At this time, the passerby continued:
"I heard that there are ghosts and gods, and now there are many Taoist priests invited by the government by the river who are praying for the blessings of the people in the city, and I heard that they are also calling nearby talents to pray for the tide!"
Du did not forget to smile and said:
"Why is it that a tide is now praying for blessings?"
Passers-by replied:
"Don't talk nonsense, be careful of angering the gods!"
Du did not forget to reply:
"No, it won't!"
On the way, he said:
"Today's emperors pray every day for blessings, and after each prayer, there will be a miracle, which shows that there are indeed gods, can we people still not believe it?"
Du did not forget to reply:
"I see!"
Then he sighed and said to Xi Siqi on the side:
"It seems that after we find an inn to settle down, let's go see the excitement too!"
Xi Siqi replied:
"Okay!"
Then it didn't take long for the two of them to come to the Qiantang River in the southeast of the city.
At this time, it was already dark, but the roadside street lights stretched all the way to a large high platform on the Qiantang River.
At this time, on the big platform, several Taoist priests were holding peachwood swords, and a long table in front of them was placed with incense cases and incense burners, etc., and the sides were full of various yellow paper Taoist symbols.
Among them, a middle-aged Taoist priest, holding a wooden sword, dipped it in a bowl of wine on the table, then dipped it in a talisman paper, then swiped the candle, lit it, and then waved it!
At this time, several Taoist priests on the side began to pray, and the surrounding people also followed suit.
I saw that the middle-aged Taoist priest lit a rune paper, and then used this rune paper to ignite all the rune papers around the table, and finally used the peach wood sword to draw a circle along the burning rune paper, and these burning rune papers all flew up with the peach wood sword!
Then the middle-aged Taoist priest quickly clenched his sword and took these burning runes around and turned around to face the Qiantang River, and pushed the peach wood sword hard, and then these burning runes flew to the river with the peach wood sword.
The middle-aged Taoist priest read to the river:
"The gods and devils in the river, when I meet Zhang Tianshi here, please make a quick detour, if you don't leave, Hugh blames Grandpa for the rune and waits, retreat quickly!"
Then he turned to the people and said:
"The tide of the Qiantang River will return to normal tomorrow night, but tonight we still need to collect a hundred prayers to suppress the water ghosts, and pray again!"
Then the people cheered.
Du did not forget to see the opportunity to ask an old man next to him:
"Does this high tide have anything to do with water ghosts?"
The old man replied:
"Of course there is, if it weren't for that Zhang Tianshi praying back here and suppressing the water ghosts, I heard that the tide would probably overflow our Hangzhou City!"
Du did not forget to reply:
"I see!"
Then he asked:
"And how should the prayer be written?"
The old man replied:
"I'm also a talented person when I'm young, but this prayer seems to be similar to the Song song, and it can be written as a poem!"
Du did not forget to reply:
"That's it!"
Then he asked:
"Uncle, why don't you write it?"
The old man replied:
"I'm old, you young people go!"
Du did not forget to say:
"Okay, then I'd like to try it, it's the first time I've written something like this!"
Xi Siqi, who had not spoken on the side, said at this time:
"Do you know how to write?"
Du did not forget to reply:
"Look!"
At this time, several tables had been set up in front of the stage, and a lot of white paper was placed on the table, and many scholars and sons went to get pens and began to write.
After Si Siqi Deng Du did not forget to go, he asked the old man:
"Why are so many people rushing to write?"
At this time, the old man smiled and replied:
"I heard that the writing is good, and it may be sent to the capital for His Majesty the Emperor to see, aren't many people living for fame? That's why so many people took the initiative to write it!"
Du Buyi also squeezed to the front, and after the person next to him finished writing, he took the pen, thought about it, and wrote a few sentences:
The tide of Qiantang is rising, and ghosts should not be blamed
The Peach Sword Fu Shui Ke Heavenly Master waved his sword and retreated
Sincerely send heaven to reassure the people
The people were at ease, and the gods were free
And then back again.
Xi Siqi asked Du Don't forget:
"You're done?"
Du did not forget to reply:
"Of course!"
Then the two talked a little more, and felt that the humidity was a little heavy at night, so they planned to leave.
At this time, an official dressed as a person came over and stopped the two of them.
The official took out a piece of paper from behind his back and asked with a smile:
"Childe and slow, did you write this?"
Du didn't forget to look at the contents of the paper and said:
"Exactly what I wrote!"
The officer asked:
"You call Feng Shihui!"
Du Bu did not forget to nod.
The official said:
"Can you two take a step to talk?"
Du was stunned for a moment, and said with some curiosity:
"Of course you can!"
The official took Du and the two of them around the crowd and came to a tent, only to see that on a table in the tent was the prayer that everyone had just written.
The official invited Du Bu to sit in front of the seat together, and said:
"Does the prince have the intention of becoming an official, I think your prayer is written so well, you will definitely rise to the top as an official!"
Du didn't forget to smile and replied:
"Can you be an official nowadays writing prayers?"
At this time, the official replied:
"Of course, now His Majesty the Emperor is optimistic about people who can write prayers, do you know that the current Lord Shangshu Xi of the Ministry of Rites is now concentrating on writing prayers for the emperor in the palace, except for the last court!"
At this time, after hearing this, Xi Siqi immediately asked the official:
"How is Lord Xi doing now?"
The official replied:
"Xi Shangshu is now concentrating on writing prayers, but he has been rewarded by His Majesty!"
Du did not forget and said:
"I am dissolute and uninhibited by nature, and I don't like to covet fame and fortune, I only like to be chivalrous!"
After listening to this, the official said:
"It turned out to be a hero, but the court is very disgusted with those chivalrous deeds!"
Du did not forget to reply:
"It's okay, I'm not afraid to seal the stone!"
took Xi Siqi and walked out of the tent and left.
The official looked at the departing Du and said:
"Now young people really don't know what to do, they all think that heroes are easy to be, so you can be it!"
Then he put away the prayer and some well-written prayers, and then muttered to himself, saying:
"I'd better hurry up and send these prayers to Lord Xia's mansion!"
This Lord Xia is naturally Xia Yan.
After Du Buyi and Xi Siqi returned to the inn, after the two of them had freshened up by themselves, Xi Siqi knocked on the door.
Du Buyi came over and hugged Xi Siqi and said:
"Siqi, are you here to sleep with me tonight?"
Xi Siqi replied:
"What do you think about all day?"
Du Buyi let go of Xi Siqi, let him sit on the stool next to him, and said:
"And what else do you want to do?"
Xi Siqi replied:
"Just talking to you!"
Du Buyi also sat aside and said:
"What are you talking about?"
Xi Siqi looked at Du Zhifu and said:
"I'm bored by myself, I can't sleep, I can talk about anything!"
Du didn't forget to think about it, and then said:
"I think that now my righteous brother is really tossing the world, no worse than Emperor Zhengde!"
Xi Siqi replied:
"It's okay, he's just a believer!"
Du did not forget and said:
"You don't have to do the faith, everyone in the world is like him!"
Then he continued:
"I seem to be a little out of order today!"
Siqi asked:
"Why?"
Du did not forget to reply:
"I shouldn't have a fever in the head to write a prayer!"
Xi Siqi smiled and said:
"It's just fun, and it's fine!"
Du did not forget and replied:
"Doesn't it seem that I, like them, am I bewitched by those nihilistic gods?"
Xi Siqi touched Du Zhi's forehead and said:
"You're okay, I thought you also believed in the gods to write it, but I didn't expect you to deceive yourself!"
Du did not forget to say:
"yes!"
Then he changed the subject and said:
"Siqi, if we can solve the matter of the Five Poisons Sect, I will take you to the capital and ask your father Xi Shu to propose marriage, okay?"
Xi Siqi asked:
"What about Sister Zihan?"
Du did not forget to say:
"I've been thinking about it for a long time, Zihan and she have lost her memory, and she will definitely not remember me, I will try to find him once before I propose marriage to your father!"
Xi Siqi said again:
"Didn't the two of us get married on a small island in the East China Sea?"
Du did not forget to reply:
"We don't count our marriage, we don't have a cave house, but now I think Ming Media is marrying you!"
Xi Siqi said again:
"Don't you forget that you are dead in the eyes of the world, what will you marry?"
Du did not forget to reply:
"I died in front of the world, but I didn't die in front of you!"
Then he continued:
"When I propose marriage to your father, I will definitely use the sealing stone to return this name!"
Xi Siqi got up and hugged Du Yiyi, saying:
"Don't forget, I know what you want, but I think you don't care about those etiquettes even if it's for me, I don't need you to propose marriage to my father, I just want to be with you in peace!"
Du did not forget and said:
"Didn't your father promise you that you would be the master of everything in the future, what are you afraid of?"
Xi Siqi replied:
"I'm afraid that it won't be safe for you to go back to the capital, after all, you have offended so many people, although you all wear masks to go out, but there will always be unexpected things happening!"
Du Bu did not forget to touch Xi Siqi's head and said:
"I know you're worried about me, but I didn't care about etiquette before, but I'm not young now, I have to think about it!"
Xi Siqi replied:
"Whatever you want, but my only greatest wish is to be with you until I get old, and I don't care about anything else!"
Du Bu Bu looked down at Xi Siqi's face and said:
"Really?"
Xi Siqi also looked at Du Yi affectionately and nodded.
The two looked at each other like this, and before they knew it, they were close to each other and kissed each other.
When Du Buyi carried Xi Siqi to the bed and was about to undress, Xi Siqi sobered up a little and stopped Du Buyi's hand.
Du Yi did not forget and asked:
"What's wrong?
Xi Siqi replied:
"It's nothing, don't be so anxious between us, after all, I've been thinking about it a lot lately, can you sleep next to me tonight?"
Du did not forget to reply:
"Okay!"
took off his coat and lay down next to Xi Siqi, with his eyes closed, but he didn't fall asleep.
And after Xi Siqi waited for Du Buyi to close his eyes, he looked at Du Bubu, and said silently:
"I just hope that the two of us will not be the kind of relationship that depends on our bodies in the future!"
Unexpectedly, Du did not forget to pretend to be a dream, and replied:
"If Siqi and I rely on our bodies to maintain our relationship, why is it today!"
When Xi Siqi heard this, she was stunned for a moment, and quickly looked up at Du Zhiyi, and found that she was asleep, so she felt that it was just a dream talk, so she lay down and fell asleep happily.
And Du did not forget to wait for Xi Siqi to fall asleep, and then whispered to her again:
"What I said is true!"
Then also lay down and slept.