Chapter 159: Old Sacrificial Wine
As soon as Li Xiuyuan's words were finished, a group of people passing by shouted at him. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Now that the Dragon King is angry, it has just rained rain, we should pray to the Dragon King to calm his anger, how can you insult the Dragon King here, if the Dragon Lord hears it, he will definitely punish you. ”
"Yes, it will be small to punish you when the time comes, if you provoke the Dragon Lord to rain for a few more days, it will be terrible. ”
"Don't waste time, let's hurry up and burn incense for the Dragon King,"
This group of people pointed at Li Xiuyuan and quickly left.
"Young Master, these people don't have knowledge, and they can't be as knowledgeable as them. The guard next to him said.
Li Xiuyuan said: "I am not so narrow-minded, I will be angry when I am instructed to say a few words, I think that the people are ignorant and ignorant, and the fear of the gods is better than anything, in this case, it is no wonder that the gods will become more and more unscrupulous, if the people are all the same, even if this Wujiang Dragon King is high, he will not dare to be so presumptuous." ”
"Go, go to the front, and I see a lot of the people going over there. ”
With that, he waved his hand and led the guards to the front.
In Guobei City, there is a treasure temple, nearly 20 zhang high, I don't know what year it was built.
On weekdays, few people come to this treasure temple, and it is just a decoration in the city, but today the vicinity of this treasure temple is full of people in the city, large and small, old and young.
A grass hut was built near the treasure temple, and the people carried incense in the grass hut, and the sacrifices burned incense and worshiped the Wujiang Dragon King who was invisible in the clouds in the sky, and there were words in their mouths, all hoping that the Wujiang Dragon King could calm the anger in his heart, stop the torrential rain, and return a peace here.
The straw shed surrounds the treasure temple, turns three times, the incense inside is prosperous, and the naked eye can see a cigarette overflowing from the grass hut and rolling towards the sky.
Li Xiuyuan saw that those incense flames rose to the sky, even the grievances in the rain were also washed away, if this continued, the grievances in the sky would be eliminated by the incense in less than seven days.
"I really didn't expect that the will of the people would even be able to calm the grievances, and when the time comes, the grievances will be calmed, and I believe that the Dragon King of Wujiang will have no excuse to continue to rain torrentially. ”
He couldn't help but think so.
Looking at it like this, there are still high-ranking people in Guobei City who are secretly helping.
Otherwise, how could there be such a quick time to organize the people, build grass tents, burn incense and pray.
Obviously, this is to forcibly drive away the Dragon King of Wujiang with the will of all the people and the power of incense.
Because once the incense extinguishes the grievances, this cause and effect will be over, if the Dragon King of Wujiang does not leave, it will be against the will of the people, and the consequences will be serious, and at that time it will not be as simple as the word cause and effect, and it is estimated that karma will come.
"Looks like I don't need to figure out how to solve this problem. Li Xiuyuan said secretly in his heart.
If all goes well, the rain will subside within seven days.
No matter how domineering the Wujiang Dragon King is, it is impossible for him to joke about his Shinto.
"Young Master, should we also go to the pillar incense?" Seeing so many people here burning incense and praying, the guards couldn't help but be infected and wanted to worship.
Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said, "No, it's enough for so many people to worship, this heavy rain is estimated to stop in a few days, let's go." ”
But the group hadn't gone far yet, and suddenly there was a dragon roar in the sky above the treasure temple behind them.
The sound was deafening, and a violent storm was blowing around.
The torrential rain swept with a strong wind, and there were bursts of exclamations near the treasure temple, but I saw that the straw shed altar that had been set up was blown down by the strong wind, and the sacrifices and incense were sprinkled in the rain.
"The dragon king is angry, the dragon king is angry. ”
In horror, the people hurriedly knelt in the rain and kowtowed to the black sky.
Seeing this situation, Li Xiuyuan's eyes shrank, and his face showed a little anger: "Is this Wujiang Dragon King really determined to rain for thirty days, and he actually destroyed the sacrifice." ”
Originally, this sacrifice was carried out, and if everything went well, the torrential rain would subside, but the Dragon King of Wujiang didn't seem to want to see such a situation and destroyed the sacrifice, so the result would be different.
"Let's go, go over and have a look. ”
Things changed, Li Xiuyuan couldn't leave with peace of mind, so he went in the direction of the treasure temple.
At this time, in a grass hut near the treasure temple, an old man who was close to old age walked out on crutches, looked at the sky, and then turned back and said: "The anger of the Wujiang Dragon King is not willing to be calmed down so easily, I must personally go to the Wujiang Dragon King to seek reconciliation." ”
"Old sacrificial wine, do you need this official to do something?"
In the grass shed, a man wearing an official uniform with a white and slightly chubby face said with a nervous expression.
The old man in front of him used to be the sacrificial wine of the imperial court, responsible for the large and small sacrificial activities of the imperial court, and now that he is old, he will retire in Guobei City.
"I don't need to do anything, it's just that I'm old and weak, I'm afraid that I won't come back, the prefect only needs to prepare a thin coffin for me, and I'll sit here later, if you see my corpse lying on the ground, this thing will be done, if you see my corpse lying on the ground, this thing will not be done, if it doesn't work, you should remember to remove the top of the treasure temple when the time comes, set up an altar at the highest point of the treasure temple, and look for someone with a very noble life to write a sacrifice and worship on the stage, so that it is possible to calm the anger of the dragon king of Wujiang again. ”
The old sacrificial wine spoke.
"If things don't work out, how do you find someone with a very noble life?" the prefect asked.
The old sacrificial wine said: "Whoever can ascend the altar is a person with a very noble life, most of these people are literati, you can find them among the literati, remember, remember." ”
After saying that, the old sacrificial wine walked out of the straw hut and sat cross-legged on the ground.
After listening to him mutter, his eyes were closed, his head drooped, and his breath was gone.
"The old sacrificial wine is dead. ”
The nearby officials were shocked when they saw this.
"Don't even touch the old sacrificial wine. The prefect hurriedly drank.
"Isn't it, this kind of weather is out of the body?" Li Xiuyuan saw a figure rising from the ground at this moment, rushing into the clouds, and his face couldn't help but change.
There are many out-of-body taboos, and this kind of thunderstorm weather out-of-body is simply looking for death, and it is impossible for any cultivator to do this.
But then he understood something.
This is a certain master in the city desperately asking for the life of the people, maybe that person never thought of coming back.
Li Xiuyuan immediately strode towards the place where the ghost had risen.
At this moment, the ghost of the old sacrificial wine in the city rushed into the depths of the clouds and saw the black Jiao shuttling among the clouds.
"Wujiang Dragon King, please calm the anger in your heart, stop the torrential rain, let the people get peace, as long as the torrential rain stops, the government promises to build twenty dragon king temples for you, and ensure that the incense continues every year. ”
The old sacrificial wine saluted the dragon king of the Wujiang River shuttling among the dark clouds.
"Whew~!"
However, it was a huge dragon chant that answered the old sacrificial wine, and then the dark clouds tore open a gap, and a huge dragon slammed in, with gusts of wind and thunder.
The old sacrificial wine sighed weakly, he was already old and old, the ghost was not real, this out-of-body was originally with the belief that there is no return, and now the Wujiang Dragon King shot where he was the opponent, and finally had to blow the last breath near the treasure temple, and then was hit by the dragon's tail, and the yin soul exploded directly in the clouds.
"Behold, the corpse of the old sacrificial wine is poured out. Outside the grass hut, the officer who guarded the corpse of the old sacrificial wine exclaimed.
"Which way did you pour it?" the prefect hurriedly walked out of the straw hut.
But when he saw it, his face turned a little pale.
But the corpse of the old sacrificial wine fell to the ground, face down, soaked in the rain.
Failed.
The prefect trembled, the old sacrificial wine had said before that if the corpse fell to the ground, the matter would not be successful.
"Quick, build an altar on top of the temple, and then go and inform the scholars of the whole city to come here, if anyone does not come, send someone to arrest them, go quickly, by the way, buy another coffin, and place the body of the priest. ”
He said nervously with a little fear.
"Yes, sir. The squad departed at once.
As the prefect, he is not nervous and afraid, if this rainstorm really falls for 30 days, then the flood will be flooded and the people will be everywhere, and his own prefect will come to an end.
Although he is greedy for money and lustful on weekdays, he may be able to achieve the position of prefect, but he is not a dull person, he knows what is important and what cannot be relaxed.
"Dead?"
When Li Xiuyuan arrived, he saw a grass hut nearby, guarded by a soldier, an old man who was almost old and rare had no breath at the moment, and fell into the cold rain, his body was already stiff.
Although he had only glanced at it before, he was sure that this old man was the one who had gone out of his body and asked for his life for all the people.
But such a virtuous person is gone.
And the torrential rain hasn't stopped.
The result is obvious, this old man most likely died in the hands of the Dragon King of Wujiang.
Thinking of this, Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but be silent, and a sadness enveloped his heart.
"Let go of me, let go of me, I'm a scholar, I'm a child, and I'm a talent after this college exam. Why do you take me, you servants? ”
However, at this time, the messenger gate came here one after another with the scholars in the city.
Some scholars did not cooperate and kept struggling, while others looked anxious and did not need to be forced by the servants, and strode towards this side in the heavy rain.
Most of these scholars are children who have taken the previous college examination, and there are some local talents.
"That man, that man is also a scholar, why don't you arrest him. A mediocre-looking scholar pointed at Li Xiuyuan and shouted.
"Yes? That's right. ”
An errand officer approached: "This scholar, please come with us." ”
"What do you want to do to my young master?" the guards on the left and right shouted and stopped the errand officer.