Sixteen years later.

Above the Min River, a lonely boat goes down the water. There was a young man on the boat, dressed in burlap, with a thin body and slightly dark skin, who looked like he had been working in the fields a lot. But the most striking thing is the peach blossom eyes, which are extremely deep. The face is delicate, and there is a jade pendant on the neck, and the front of the jade pendant is engraved with the word "Gu". The young man has an extraordinary temperament, and if he changes into silk clothes, he must be a handsome son.

The young man was holding a straw basket, and there was water in the straw basket to raise a grass carp, and the water did not leak out, which was extremely surprising. There is a guqin on his back, made of paulownia wood and equipped with silk strings, and the body is also engraved with phoenix patterns, which looks brilliant and unusually beautiful under the sunlight.

The young man stood on the boat with his hands behind his back, admiring the beautiful scenery on both sides of the strait with great interest, and the breeze blew on his face and even more on his clothes.

The young man put the straw basket in his hand at his feet, stretched his waist, and his delicate face revealed a sense of comfort.

Suddenly, the young man's gaze stopped in the middle of the river in front of him, and his face became a little vigilant.

After a while, bubbles began to bubble out at the bottom of the river, and more and more, bigger and bigger, and finally formed a whirlpool.

"The fish was delivered to the door. ”

Seeing this, the boy was as frightened and flustered as the other fishermen, and instead grinned at the corner of his mouth, as if waiting for his prey to take the bait.

I saw him unhurriedly take off the guqin behind his back, then sit cross-legged on the bow of the boat and start stroking the qin.

The sound of the piano is melodious and very beautiful. With the playing of the young man, the phoenix pattern on the body of the guqin became golden and lifelike.

The sound of the piano reaches its climax, like mountains and flowing water, rippling with passion. The phoenix pattern on the guqin turned directly into a streamer, soaring into the sky, flying above the young man's head.

A smile appeared on the corner of the young man's mouth, and his eyes seemed to become hot when he saw the phoenix flying.

Circle after circle of sound waves flew directly into the whirlpool, reaching the bottom of the river. After a while, the whirlpool began to become a little chaotic, and finally dissipated directly.

"Bump!"

A black shadow was stirred up from the river by the sound of the young man's piano and landed directly on the young man's boat.

It turned out to be a big fish, and after growing up for a long time, it became a fine.

The body of the big fish had already turned into a human form, and only the head and two fins remained in the shape of a fish, and it seemed that it should have been cultivating for a short time.

"Wow!"

The fish monster fell on the boat and spewed out a mouthful of blood, which should have been injured by the sound of the young man's piano.

"Childe spare your life!" the fish monster knelt on the bow of the boat, and begged for mercy with the big fish head on its head.

The young man stopped stroking the qin, glanced at the fish monster gently, and said, "If just an ordinary fisherman passing by today also begs you for mercy, will you let him live?"

The fish monster lowered its head, a hint of hesitation in its eyes.

The boy sighed slightly. "Strange eating people, people eating fish, this is the law of survival in this world. In that case, why ask for mercy?"

The young man's fingers moved slightly, the strings shook, and the sound wave directly turned into a sharp sword, cutting off the fish monster and throwing it into the river.

The boat continued on its way, leaving the river red with blood. For a while, countless spirits in the river smelled blood and came one after another, and instantly gnawed the corpse of the fish monster clean.

The lonely boat docked, the young man put on the guqin again, and jumped off from the lonely boat with a straw basket in his hand, his movements were smooth, and he was a little chic.

The charming peach blossom eyes looked not far away, and their complexion couldn't help but change. I saw that the river beach was surrounded by nearby villagers, and a large altar was placed in the middle.

On the altar there are various offerings, chickens, ducks, fish, meat, and various fruits. However, the main tribute was a young girl, who was tied directly to the pillar in the middle of the tribute.

The girl was dressed plainly, but her face was as white as paper, and there were blood stains on her body, which was obviously strangled by the rope on her body for a long time. There were tears in the corners of the girl's eyes, and she kept crying "spare your life", but no one paid attention to it.

"In the event of a great drought, we would like to offer our pure maiden to the esteemed Celestial Gods, and beg the Celestial Gods to be gracious and rainy. ”

The villagers around the altar all knelt respectfully on the ground and kept kowtowing to the Minjiang River.

"Please ask the girl to worship the gods!"

"Woohoo, woohoo, woohoo......" The villagers stopped kneeling and poked the ground with sticks in their hands, shouting slogans in their mouths, as if in this way they could tell God their sincere intentions.

After the ceremony, two strong men from among the villagers walked up to the altar and threw the girl into the river.

The girl kept crying for help, begging the villagers to spare her, but to no avail. The girl's eyes were filled with desolation, and tears of despair overflowed her eyes and dripped down the altar.

"Stop!" came an angry shout.

The eyes of all the villagers were focused on the young man who was slowly approaching. I saw that the young man smiled knowingly, and a trace of ruffian appeared on his delicate face.

The girl looked at the young man who came with the piano on his back, and there was a glimmer of hope in her beautiful eyes.

"Let her go. ”

The young man looked at the girl in the center of the altar, and for some reason, there was a faint feeling of distress in his heart.

"Who are you, and why are you obstructing our ritual of worshipping the gods? In the middle of the crowd, an old man walked out and asked.

"Gu Qingzhou. ”

The boy looked at the many villagers with a smile, and then pointed with his right hand at the girl on the altar. "There is a great drought in the world, and you want to sacrifice people to God for rain?"

The old man should have some status among them, looking at Gu Qingzhou with a cane in his hand, and couldn't help laughing angrily. "All the things under heaven belong to God, so why can't they be sacrificed to God?"

"All that is under heaven is to God?"

"Huh. Gu Qingzhou laughed self-deprecatingly, but there was a trace of tragedy in his heart.

"Don't forget that we are God's forsaken people, this is a wilderness, God's forsaken place. Isn't it ridiculous to sacrifice a living man to God for rain?"

The old man glared at Gu Qingzhou angrily, took a step forward with his cane, and asked, "Presumptuous, where did the ignorant child come from, who dared to be disrespectful to the Heavenly God?"

"Huangkou Xiaoer, such a big rebellion, he dares to doubt the Lord of the Heavenly Gods. ”

Behind the old man, all the villagers echoed.

Gu Qingzhou smiled, casually fiddling with the fish in the grass basket with his hand, and said disdainfully: "Keep saying that you want to respect the Heavenly Gods?

"This ......"

The crowd was speechless for a moment.

The old man was furious, pointed at Gu Qingzhou with a cane in his hand and said, "The vertical is unreasonable, you dare to question Lord Tianshen." ”

Gu Qingzhou stopped playing with the grass carp, and the harmless eyes of the two humans and animals showed a trace of fierceness, and two words "ignorance" gently spit out in his mouth.

"You ......" The old man was so angry that he couldn't stand on his feet, and fell back two steps, but fortunately he was held back by the people behind him.

"Say, how can I let that woman live?" Gu Qingzhou looked at the girl and didn't talk nonsense, and asked the villagers directly.

"Bold, this guy dares to fight the idea of the gods. ”

"What kind of child is this, so rebellious? ”

"He has angered the gods, so it is better to sacrifice him to the gods with the woman, so as to vent the wrath of the heavens. ”

For a while, there was a lot of discussion in the crowd.

Gu Qingzhou couldn't help frowning as he listened to the words of the villagers, and rubbed his ears with his hands.

"Stop!"

Gu Qingzhou looked at the extremely ignorant villagers in front of him and couldn't help but laugh angrily.

"Since there has been no rain for a long time in the world, why don't you irrigate your fields with water from the Minjiang River, but instead run here to pray for rain and pin your hopes on this ethereal thing?" Gu Qingzhou asked directly.

"Shut up! ”

"What? He actually wants to irrigate the farmland with water from the Minjiang River?"

"It's really a Huangkou child, there are all kinds of big goblins and monsters in the Minjiang River, and he still wants to use the water of the Minjiang River to irrigate the fields, isn't this looking forward to our early death

”

"Why did you tell him so much? I think he just wants to prevent us from sacrificing to the gods and praying for rain, so it is better to sacrifice to the gods with him. ”

For a while, Gu Qingzhou's remarks once again aroused the anger of the villagers, and he directly threatened that even he would bring it to the gods together.

Just as everyone was talking again, I saw Gu Qingzhou sneering again, suddenly shouting to stop, and waved his hand to everyone, signaling them to be quiet.

"It's better to do this, you worship the gods just to ask for rain to solve the problem of drought in the farmland. If I can help you solve this problem, how about you release them?"

"What? He, a yellow-mouthed child, still wants to solve the problem of a great drought in the world?"

When Gu Qingzhou heard the words in the crowd, he just smiled coldly and didn't pay attention to him.

"If it can't be solved, how about I sacrifice to the gods with her?"

"This ......"

For a moment, the villager who had just spoken was speechless.

The other villagers also discussed quietly, and finally they all slowly quieted down, probably acquiescing to the young man's words, and the dead horse should be regarded as a live horse doctor.

"Childe can't, the little woman can see Childe willing to stand up and speak for the little woman before she dies, she is very grateful, and she must not lose her life for the little woman in vain. ”

On the altar, the woman's beautiful eyes were full of crystal tears, and she shouted to Gu Qingzhou very gratefully.

Obviously, she didn't think that the young man in front of her could call the wind and rain.

After a long time, the discussion was finally completed. The old man still came out to speak: "Okay, then we'll make a bet with you." But the ugly thing to say is that if you can't solve the drought problem, then we will sacrifice you with the woman. ”

"It's a deal!"

Gu Qingzhou's heart was faintly relieved, and a smile finally appeared on his face, as long as these villagers agreed to bet with him, everything would be under control.

"Go, take me to your fields. Gu Qingzhou said to the villagers with a straw basket in one hand.

After a while, everyone took Gu Qingzhou to a large area of farmland.

I saw that the soil in the fertile fields was cracked, and the crops grew sparsely on the cracked soil, and the leaves curled up, and if they were not moistened by the rain, they would dry up and die.

Gu Qingzhou looked at the scene in front of him and lost his mind for a while, but he didn't expect that these villagers were just poor people. If all these crops are allowed to die, it is estimated that all the villagers in front of them will become refugees and starve to death in this wilderness.

For the villagers, these crops are their own lives.

Gu Qingzhou sighed slightly, looked at the hopeful gaze in everyone's eyes, and comforted: "Everyone, please rest assured, I, Gu Qingzhou, will do what I say, and please step back a little so as not to hurt yourself." ”

Hearing Gu Qingzhou's words, all the villagers retreated. "Gu Gongzi, are you really sure to solve this drought problem?" beside Gu Qingzhou, the girl who was rescued by him from the altar asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, look at it!"

Gu Qingzhou smiled slightly, revealing a relaxed attitude. I saw him say softly to the straw basket that he had been holding in his hand: "Yu'er, I'm afraid I'm going to wronged you." ”

After finishing speaking, I saw that he flicked it with his hand, and a huge column of water shot straight into the sky in the grass basket, and after the water column reached a certain height, it immediately scattered in all directions, turning into countless water droplets like nectar falling from the sky, and falling into the dry farmland one after another.

"This ......" Behind Gu Qingzhou, the villagers were all dumbfounded and a little stunned.

"It's saved, it's great, it's finally saved!" They finally reacted after a while, and began to cheer at the sight in front of them.

The "rain" fell for an hour, and after all the dry farmland was moistened by the rain, Gu Qingzhou's right hand flicked lightly again, and there was no longer a column of water in the grass basket where the fish was raised, and the "rain" behind the sky gradually became smaller, and finally stopped completely.

"Thank you Gu Gongzi for your great kindness! Thank you Gu Gongzi for your grace of spreading the rain!"

All the villagers knelt on the ground and kowtowed to thank them, and some of them wept with joy and wept bitterly.

"Everyone, please get up. Gu Qingzhou hurriedly said.

"Now that the drought problem has been resolved, I wonder if you can agree to release the people?"

"That's nature. Gu Gongzi is our great benefactor, how dare we embarrass Gongzi again. ”