The moon is like water, one green and one yellow is another year.

The summer is scorching, the sun is like fire, and a little action is sweating.

The teahouse on the side of the road has the benefit of this weather, and there is an endless stream of people who drink tea and enjoy the coolness, shaking the fan, drinking herbal tea, and chatting a few words of gossip, which is much more comfortable than being exposed to the sun outside.

"This pu fan is really fucking easy to use," a shirtless man flashed a few times and drank the herbal tea in the copper bowl, "Shopkeeper, another pot!"

The man sitting opposite him smiled and said: "Ah Shui, you bird, you are also rude, the pu fan you use, the herbal tea you drink, are all created by today's son, you need to know the word kindness." ”

"How can I not know kindness?" Ah Shui patted the bone talisman on his chest: "I was born as a slave, if it were not for the divine grace of the Son of Heaven, how could I have today's free body? ”

The man on the opposite side nodded thoughtfully, but an old man on a table next to him sighed: "The Son of Heaven does have great virtue, and he is obedient from all over the world, but in recent years, he has favored Concubine Yan Su Daji, reused Jiang Shang, Fei Zhong and others to make ministers, and killed ministers in vain, which seems to be detrimental to virtue." ”

Another tea guest said: "You old man, don't talk nonsense! When there is a great drought in the world, we all suffer from it, the Son of Heaven begs for rain in the Song of the Heavens, and is favored by God Haotian, and rains down, and the Son of Heaven prays for seven days in the Star Picking Tower, and moves the heavens, and it rains one after another, and the drought in the world has been solved since then.

"Don't misunderstand, and the little old man doesn't dare to forget the great kindness of the Son of Heaven," the old man took out the thanksgiving charm he was carrying and shook it at a few people: "But what I said is not a lie." I have a relative, opened a shop in Chaoge, this matter is when he returned to his hometown to visit relatives and I personally said - since the old prime minister negotiated and told the old man to return to his hometown, the Son of Heaven will build a large number of buildings to build Shouxian Palace and Lutai, and Shen Mei, and manage the government. Originally, Wen Taishi could still persuade the Son of Heaven, but at this time, Taishi was on an expedition to the ghost side in Chongcheng in the north. It is impossible to look back, so the Son of Heaven is becoming more and more scattered, favoring the warlock Jiang Shang and the courtier Fei Zhong, these two people control the government, although Wang Shubigan is the prime minister. But he was helpless, and he was reprimanded by the Son of Heaven. The Son of Heaven also listened to Concubine Yan's words and made cannons to torture, which is very terrifying......"

Ah Shui asked curiously: "What is this 'cannon branding'?"

The old man replied, "This sentence is about two feet high and eight feet in circumference. The upper, middle and lower three fire gates were used to make the copper, like a copper pillar, and the inside was burned red with charcoal fire. Those who violate the law will be stripped of their official uniforms. Wrap the iron rope around the copper pillar. Only the cannon burns the limbs and bones, and it does not need to be done, and the smoke is gone, and the bones are all turned into ashes.

The name is 'cannon branding'. ”

When everyone in the teahouse heard this, they all showed fear. The old man continued: "The punishment of cannon burning is very appalling. There were several princes who resisted the New Deal. was burned in public, and his skin was muscular. The anxiety is unhearable, the audience is not frightened, and then there are courtiers who are corrupt and pervert the law, and they are also punished by this, and since then, the ministers of the court song have been panicked, lest they anger the Son of Heaven and suffer this tragic punishment. ”

Ah Shui said, "If it weren't for the implementation of the new policy, I would still be fighting for life and death, and there are more than tens of millions of slaves like me in the world? If not, how can I have a good life now? Those officials, or obstruct the new policy, or corrupt the law, oppress the good, and deserve to be branded by this cannon!"

The old man thought for a while, and nodded: "The Son of Heaven still does not lose his love for the people, I heard that the Shou Immortal Palace and Lutai could have been completed in a few years, in order not to disturb the people, the Son of Heaven granted permission to complete it in fifteen years." The Son of Heaven also appointed talented people on a large scale, regardless of their origins. Even if the poor serfs are talented, they can also go to the Zhaoxian Hall, and if they are selected, they can enter the court as an official. ”

Ah Shui's eyes lit up: "Can serfs and poor people also be true?"

"This matter is by no means false, there is a person in my neighboring village who is good at the art of civil engineering, and last month he went to the Chaoge Recruitment Hall, and was recruited as a craftsman of the Ministry of Works, and he led a few people, so he was not majestic. Someone next to him confirmed the old man's statement, and said with a smile: "You are strong, if you have martial arts, you can beat us all by yourself, and you can also go to the military department to become a military attaché." ”

Ah Shui smiled when he heard this, scratched his head, and everyone laughed. One of them said: "We are all grass people, how do we know anything about the court? I only know that now I have three meals, my wife and children are healthy, and there is still surplus food, all of which are caused by the grace of the Son of Heaven, and this kindness and virtue will never be forgotten." You are going to say that the Son of Heaven is like this, will I wait for this year's tax payment? Will there ever be a shortage of land?"

Another person said: "Yes, during the winter festival last year, the Son of Heaven personally ordered the distribution of wine and meat to the people. Now I am waiting for peace and clothing, and a peaceful life, which is enough. What do those major events in the DPRK and China have to do with the common people like us? ”

As soon as this statement came out, everyone agreed: "Exactly!"

As a result, everyone did not talk about the affairs of the DPRK and China, but just gossip, and the topic turned to the strange things of water monsters harming people on the Jiuwan River. The Jiuwan River is connected to the East China Sea, which has been calm in the past, but recently, for some reason, there are frequent water monsters, specializing in young and beautiful women, and the whereabouts of the captives are unknown, which is very strange. The local people were disturbed, but Li Jing, the chief soldier of Chentangguan, was sent to him. When Li Jing once led soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress, the water monster was silent, and as soon as the soldiers and horses left, the water monster came out to harm people again. As soon as the soldiers and horses came, the water monster fled again. After such a repetition, the chief soldier had no choice but to keep the surrounding people away from the Jiuwan River.

But the Jiuwan River is necessary for the people around it, no matter what the water monster is, after all, it has to carry water to drink, and the monster can't find a woman, so the man who went to fetch water will be taken captive to eat, and for a while, the river bank is full of white bones. In desperation, the people had to choose a young and beautiful woman to pay tribute to the water monster every ten days in order to get the river water safely.

At this time, a little boy who had just entered the teahouse heard this, and he couldn't help but be furious: "There is such a thing! Where is the Jiuwan River? I'll wait to see what happens!"

When everyone saw that this boy was about seven or eight years old, he was wearing a Taoist robe, and he was extremely handsome and cute, and they all said: "You little Taoist boy doesn't know where you came from! That water monster is so fierce and vicious that even the chief soldier is helpless, and the village has also asked the mage to surrender, but he was poisoned, how can you go and send him to death?"

The boy didn't explain, but just asked where the Jiuwan River was, and everyone was a good people, so how could they let the child go to die, but they didn't answer. persuaded him to go home. The boy tried to ask for directions, and after thinking about it, he walked out of the teahouse, found a nearby farmer, and asked about the Jiuwan River

, I didn't care that I hadn't gone home to visit my parents for months, so I rushed in that direction

Go to the area of Jiuwan River. It happened that some local people were carrying a wooden plank, and on the board was a young woman. Looking at this situation, it seems that as the people in the teahouse say, go to pay tribute to the water monster. The boy was very clever and silent. Followed the line from a distance. Then the people put the woman on the bank of the river and hurried away, but the woman seemed to know that great calamity was coming, but she did not dare to flee, but wept on the plank.

In a short time, the river was divided like a cracked silk. At the bottom of the water, a monster rose up, and this monster was quite large, with a face like blue indigo, and hair like sand. Giant fangs, see the woman on the riverside. Laughing, he grabbed the woman with his paws. The woman had never seen such a horrific scene, and she screamed and fainted.

At this moment, a red light suddenly flew from the side. Attack the monster's claws. The monster was unguarded, and its claws were pierced by the red light. I felt like the whole palm of my hand was burning like a fire, and the pain was uncontrollable, and I screamed at the moment.

I saw a Taoist boy holding a spear, standing in the void, glaring at him angrily. The monster shouted, "Where are you from the local boy, to meddle with my business!"

Dao Tong deeply hated his cruelty to the people, and shouted: "I am Nezha, the third son of Li Jing, the chief soldier of Chentangguan, what kind of thing is you, dare to do evil and harm people here?"

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It turned out that this Daotong was returning to Chentangguan from Sanxian Island to visit his parents Nezha, and when he passed by the teahouse, he heard about this water monster, so he specially rushed to Jiuwan River to eliminate the harm.

When the monster heard that it was the son of the chief soldier, he was not afraid, but said angrily: "I was appointed by the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea to patrol the sea Yaksha Li, the son of the little chief soldier, how can you scold me for being a brute?"

Nezha sneered: "Since you are the Yaksha of the East China Sea, why do you kidnap women here and kill the people? Could it be that it was also the idea of the Dragon King?"

Li was speechless, roared angrily, and an axe was added to his uninjured claws, and he slashed at Nezha's top with an axe. Nezha saw that Yasha was coming bravely, shook his body, like a breeze, dodged, Li Lian cut a few axes, but could not touch him a bit, but was stabbed by him a few times, and was injured by the fiery power, and couldn't help but scream. Nezha remembered the teachings of the master of Chaoge on the concept of advanced combat, and secretly took out an object in his hand and put it towards Yasha.

That thing rises in the air, turning into two rays of light, like two dragons, the double dragon is quite folded up and down, there are auspicious clouds to protect the body, the head is like a scissor, the tail is like a strand, then in the air, like electricity to the downward gate.

Li didn't know that this thing was powerful, and when he saw that it was coming quickly, he was about to raise his axe to meet him, when he suddenly felt a terrifying aura of destruction rushing towards him, and he knew that something was wrong, and it was too late to dodge, and he was twisted by the twin dragons and cut into two. The carcass fell into the river, staining it red.

Nezha took back the double dragon and said with a smile: "How powerful is the Yasha, it turned out to be a useless thing, and it stained the golden Jiao scissors that the master gave me." ”

This Jin Jiao scissors is a famous magic weapon, extremely powerful, in the middle, the elite of the Illumination Lamp Dao people almost died under the Jin Jiao scissors, and even the sika deer was a brake or two sections by it, how can a small role like Li be able to afford it? Because this Jin Jiao scissors are too domineering, so before leaving, Sanxiao Niangniang repeatedly instructed that it should not be used lightly until a critical moment. Now he hates this Yaksha for having the support of the Dragon Palace and mutilating the civilians, so he released it without thinking about it, and immediately took Li Di's life.

After Nezha received the magic weapon, he immediately found those villagers and told them that the monster had been destroyed, so that they could carry the woman back to their homes, and there was no need to worry about the water monster harming people in the future.

The villagers were skeptical, and when they saw the red river and the stump of the water monster, they immediately cheered and hurriedly asked the name of "Fairy Child". Nezha didn't hide it, saying that he was the third son of the general army, and he came to eliminate the harm. The villagers were grateful, and took out a lot of food and wealth to give to Nezha, who had originally come to eliminate harm, how could he ask for these things, and he resolutely refused to accept them, and finally, he left in the grateful eyes of the villagers.

In the East China Sea Crystal Palace, a young man in silver armor was pacing left and right, as if waiting for something, when suddenly a water tribe soldier came to report: "Third Highness, disaster has happened! Yaksha Li was killed in the Jiuwan River!"

The silver-armored man was shocked: "This Li Nai Lingxiao Palace's imperial pen patrols the sea Yasha with a little difference, who dares to die?"

The water tribe soldier replied: "The murderer is a child, who claims to be Nezha, the third son of Li Jing, the chief soldier of Chentangguan. ”

Before the man could speak, an old voice came from the side: "Rebel, let you not learn that evil art, now that you have caused such a disaster, how can you clean it up!"

The silver-armored man hurriedly saluted the bearded man who came to the ground, and defended: "Father forgives the sin, what the children have learned is not evil arts, and those women and children have not harmed them, but this Li pretended to be a public servant, took the opportunity to devour blood and food, and secretly enjoyed the blessings of the mouth, so he caused such a disaster, and he deserved it!"

The bearded man was Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the East China Sea, and when he heard his son say this, he sneered: "You know that he has such bad deeds, why do you still let him arrest those women?"

The Yinkai man was Ao Guangdi's third son, Ao Bing, and he was said to be silent at the moment.

"That's it!" Ao Guang sighed, no matter what, after all, it was his own son, "It's just a few pariahs, and it's not a big deal, after this incident, you should learn a lesson, cultivate yourself, and don't practice those evil arts again." ”

Ao Bing no longer defended this "evil art", but changed the topic: "Yaksha Li is God's hand-picked temple, if he is allowed to be beaten to death like this and ignored, won't it weaken the name of my Crystal Palace!"

Ao Guang nodded: "That Chen Tangguan general soldier Li Jing originally studied the Tao in West Kunlun, and I also have a friendship, this person has ordinary skills, not to be afraid, just need to intimidate his father, he will succumb." ”

Ao Bing's eyes lit up, knowing that his father was still protecting his shortcomings after all. As long as the general army of Chentangguan succumbs, His Royal Highness will not be able to take what he wants, where else do he need to do any kidnapping!