Chapter 60: Passing the Hall
The annual river god worship activity in Suzhou City ended hastily under the action of Yu Fei'er and Wen Yiyang. After being reminded by the middle-aged Taoist chief who presided over the worship activities, several Suzhou prefect officials present quickly stepped forward to tie up Yu Fei'er and the two of them, and then prepared to escort the two back to the prefect's yamen and hand them over to the prefect in Suzhou City. In this way, Yu Fei'er and Wen Yiyang came all the way to the prefect's yamen in Suzhou under the escort of the Suzhou prefect's office.
Finally, the group came to the door of the prefect's yamen. One of them immediately stepped forward, and after the servant had instructed his subordinates, he hurried into the palace to report to the prefect, while the others followed the leader's instructions and escorted Yu Fei'er and the two of them straight to the prefect's hall.
At this time, the prefect in Suzhou City was drinking tea and enjoying flowers in the back garden of the mansion. When the leading official who came to report appeared in front of him in a hurry, the prefect of Suzhou couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and after he reacted, he immediately raised his hand, pointed at the leading official's nose and scolded him: "You guy, didn't you lead a few of your men to Zhenze Lake to maintain the order of the worship of the river god early this morning? Why did you run back alone first? Could it be that something went wrong in this activity of worshiping the river god?"
"Your Excellency, you are really a good man. The reason why he came back early was not because he wanted to leave his post without permission, but because he ...... the leading official hurriedly described to the prefect what had happened in the process of worshiping the river god.
After listening to the description of the leading official, the prefect of Suzhou was curious and asked: "Oh! There is such a thing? According to the process of sacrificing to the river god in previous years, weren't the two boys and girls who were sacrificed as tributes suspended on the surface of the lake far from the shore of the lake? How did the two little Taoist priests rescue the pair of boys and girls from such a distant lake?"
Since he didn't see how Yu Fei'er and the two of them rescued the two children hanging on the lake, the leading official had to reply truthfully: "My lord, the younger ones didn't see how the two little Taoist priests rescued the two children back to the shore. ”
"Bastard, isn't it just you who are on errands at the place of worship? If you don't see it, won't you ask the onlookers around you?"
It's not that the little ones didn't ask, but because the onlookers didn't see how the two little Taoist priests rescued the two children on the lake. As the worship was about to be offered to the river god, a strong wind suddenly blew around the venue, making it impossible for everyone present to open their eyes. But ......" At this point, the leading official suddenly stopped.
"But what? Why are you talking so suddenly?" asked the prefect at once.
"This is just a conjecture of despicability, I don't know whether to say it or not?"
"Say it quickly. The prefect urged.
"It stands to reason that his worship activities have been disrupted, and the person presiding over the worship activities should be angry, but the immortal who presided over the worship activities not only did not get angry after seeing the two children who were rescued as tributes to the shore, but also spoke kindly to the two little Taoist priests, and the whole person seemed timid. Therefore, it was inferred that the immortal who was presiding over the worship of the river god in the center of the altar must have seen how the two little Taoist priests had rescued the two children. ”
"According to the meaning of your words, the immortal from Longdong Mountain seems to be very jealous of these two little Taoist priests. It seems that these two little Taoist priests are by no means ordinary, where are they now?"
"If you return to your lordship, I humbly ordered a few of my subordinates to escort these two little Taoist priests to the prefect's hall. ”
"Then let the official go to meet these two little Taoists, you quickly go and inform the master to wait for me in the lobby, and the official will be there as soon as he changes into his official uniform. ”
The leading official immediately responded, and then turned and went out of the garden to inform the master.
After the prefect returned to his study, he changed into an official uniform and immediately rushed to the lobby with a few of his subordinates. By the time the prefect of Suzhou arrived at his yamen lobby, the previous leader who had reported to him had already taken his master to wait for him in the lobby. At the same time, the officers on duty in the lobby have also stood in line on both sides of the lobby with water and fire sticks.
After the prefect of Suzhou came to the hall and sat down, he immediately ordered the leading official: "Quickly go and bring me the two little Taoist priests who made trouble in the worship of the river god, and at the same time invite the immortal from Longdong Mountain to come to the hall together." ”
The leading official answered. After that, he quickly came to the outside of the lobby, signaled several of his subordinates to escort Yu Fei'er and Wen Yiyang to the court, and respectfully invited the immortal from Longdong Mountain to go to the court with him.
As several prefects escorted Yu Fei'er and Wen Yiyang into the court, the officers standing on both sides of the court immediately raised their water and fire sticks and struck the ground, and shouted in their mouths: "Mighty." After Yu Fei'er and the two of them came to the center of the public hall, the prefects who escorted the two immediately reminded Yu Fei'er and Wen Yiyang: "When you see the prefect of Suzhou, you two don't kneel down quickly." ”
Wen Yiyang straightened his waist and said: "Since Xiaodao became a monk, Master has asked me to worship heaven and earth, Sanqing, and the Four Emperors, but I have never asked me to worship any adults. ”
As soon as Wen Yiyang's words were finished, the leading official who followed them happened to lead the middle-aged Taoist from Longdong Mountain into the lobby at this time, and after listening to Wen Yiyang's words, the leading official immediately said: "This is the Suzhou Prefect's Yamen, not the temple in your sect. If you want to kneel, you will kneel, otherwise Hugh blames the stick for being ruthless. As soon as the words of the leading officials came out, the officers standing on both sides immediately raised their water and fire sticks and struck the ground again.
Seeing that the atmosphere on the field was about to stiffen, Yu Fei'er hurriedly asked: "Lord Prefect, what crime did the two of us commit? Why did we tie up the two of us and take them here? If the two of us really committed any crime, then naturally we should kneel? But if we are not guilty, the two of us will resolutely not kneel." ”
After listening to Yu Fei'er's aggressive questioning, the Suzhou prefect sitting in the middle of the hall replied unhurriedly: "Listen to my subordinates, you two little Taoist priests not only destroyed the altar and destroyed the annual worship of the river god in Suzhou City, but also angered the river, causing many onlookers to be injured. Tell yourselves, what are the sins of both of you?"
Yu Fei'er immediately retorted: "What kind of river god is angry? It is clear that there are monsters in the lake secretly doing so. My lord, you must not believe this Taoist priest from Longdong Mountain, his so-called sacrifice to the river god is just him pretending to be a god on the shore of the lake to deceive the public. If these Taoist priests from Longdong Mountain only want to cheat some money, then it will be fine, but they actually want a pair of boys and girls as tribute to the monsters in the lake, as cultivators, how can the two of us sit idly by? My lord, this demon slaying and demon eradication is originally the duty of us cultivators, so what is the crime?"
Before Yu Fei'er finished speaking, the middle-aged Daoist from Longdong Mountain standing behind him couldn't help but interject: "Little Daoist, you have such a big breath! You said that the river god's anger is caused by the monsters in the lake, then the poor Dao is going to ask you, what kind of monsters are haunting the lake?"
The monster had been hiding in the dirt, and Yu Fei'er didn't see his appearance, so she had to reply: "Since this monster has been hiding in the dirt under the water, the two of us have not been able to see his true face and tell what kind of monster it is." ”
The middle-aged Taoist leader expected that Yu Fei'er would not be able to answer his question. When Yu Fei'er said that he didn't know what monster was causing trouble in the lake, he immediately "snorted" in his nose, and then said in a loud voice: "Didn't you two little Taoist priests insist that the river god was a monster? But why can't you tell what kind of monster it is? Isn't this clearly making up a story to deceive the prefect? You say that the river god is a monster, but if the flood that happened in Suzhou City five years ago had not been protected by the river god, Suzhou City would have ceased to exist a long time ago. You sabotaged the activity of sacrificing the river god, causing the river god's anger to all the onlookers, this point, the officials present and the people who watched can testify, and you two little Taoist priests have to say that the river god's anger is the work of monsters, which is not only a blasphemy against the river god, but also a blasphemy against the cognition of all the people present. You say that the festival to the river god is a poor Taoist pretending to be a god, and you want me to say that you two little Taoist priests are the ones who are swaggering and deceiving, and now you are still trying to fool the prefect when you go to the court. ”
The middle-aged Taoist leader's words suddenly turned the finger to Wen Yiyang and Yu Fei'er. After hearing this, Wen Yiyang didn't feel the anger in his heart, and immediately pointed to the middle-aged Taoist chief's nose and scolded angrily: "Okay, you demon Dao, you actually spew blood, and beat a rake." ”
"Silence. The prefect raised his hand and slapped it the table, and then said to Yu Fei'er and Wen Yiyang: "What this immortal from Longdong Mountain said is not false at all, five years ago, it was this immortal who asked the river god for help to stop a protracted flood in Suzhou City. Now you have to say that the river god is a monster, but you can't tell what kind of monster the river god is, do you think this official is a three-year-old child? Can you two little Taoist priests be fooled at will? It seems that you two little Taoist priests will not tell the truth without a big punishment today. Come on, drag these two little Taoist priests out and replay the twenty boards. After speaking, the prefect of Suzhou pulled out a token from the table and threw it out.
Seeing the prefect throw out the token, the servants standing on both sides of the lobby were anxious to come out and pick up the token. But they never imagined that the shoes under their feet were glued to the ground at this moment, and although their bodies had rushed out, their feet were still fixed in place. After a crackling sound in the lobby, the servants fell to the ground. Seeing that Yu Fei'er and Wen Yiyang couldn't help laughing.
"How can you wait in the lobby to be so noisy. The prefect raised his hand and slapped the shocking wood in his hand again, and then glared fiercely at the servants who fell to the ground, and said, "You bastards, why don't you get up quickly and lie on the ground?"
Don't guess, this must be Yu Fei'er's fault. Wen Yiyang smiled as he glanced at Yu Fei'er. Yu Fei'er immediately shook her head at Wen Yiyang, and at the same time, her eyes hinted that Wen Yiyang should not be impulsive and leave everything to herself. After Wen Yiyang received Yu Fei'er's hint, he immediately nodded to Yu Fei'er, signaling that he would never be impulsive again.
Under the repeated accusations of the prefect, the servants who had fallen to the ground got up one after another, but none of them dared to step forward to pick up the token again, for fear that they would fall again.
Seeing that none of his subordinates dared to step forward to receive his token again, the Suzhou prefect sitting in the middle of the lobby shook his head angrily. Yu Fei'er saw the opportunity and said: "My lord, the two of us have been cultivating in the Dao Gate since we were young, don't look at the two of us who are not very old, but we have already learned the ability to catch demons." Although the two of us still can't tell who this river god is, we can guarantee that this so-called river god is not a good kind. ”
"Guarantee? Hmph! What do you two use as a guarantee?" Without waiting for the Suzhou prefect to answer, the middle-aged Taoist chief answered first.
With the words of the middle-aged Daoist, Yu Fei'er immediately asked the prefect of Suzhou: "I wonder if your lord has heard of General Yang Wenguang's injury to the demon in Xianxia Ridge?"
The prefect of Suzhou immediately replied: "But there is such a thing." A few days ago, the prefect of Hangzhou sent someone to send a letter to my official, asking me to find a few good Langzhong for him to go to Hangzhou City to treat General Yang, who was injured in Xianxialing. The official then found the best Lang Zhong in Suzhou City to treat General Yang, but those Lang Zhong were helpless after seeing General Yang's illness and soon returned. According to these returning Lang Zhong, several Taoist priests came to the Hangzhou prefect's mansion, and these Taoist priests said that they could not only get rid of those monsters in Xianxia Ridge, but also cure General Yang's injuries. After listening to the words brought back by these Lang Zhong, the official didn't take this matter to heart anymore, and he didn't know if General Yang's injuries were healed?"
"Don't hide it, there are two of us among the Taoist priests who appeared in the Hangzhou Prefect's Mansion. Not only did we get rid of the monsters that were making trouble in Xianxia Mountain, but we also went to the Zhengyi Sect of Longhu Mountain to refine the Golden Pill for detoxification. If there had been no delay on the way to deliver the antidote golden pill, the injury of General Yang in the Hangzhou prefect's mansion should have been cured by now. If you don't believe it, you can send your own men to the Hangzhou prefect's yamen to verify. Yu Fei'er replied seriously.
Seeing that Yu Fei'er didn't look like he was lying, and thinking of the inexplicable fall of those officers in the lobby before, the Suzhou prefect was already convinced of Yu Fei'er's words. So, the prefect of Suzhou turned around and began to discuss with the master beside him. After a period of discussion, the prefect seemed to have an idea, and immediately said to the servants on both sides of the hall: "What are you still doing in a daze? ”
After the servants untied Yu Fei'er and the two of them, the prefect of Suzhou immediately became a peacemaker, and said to the middle-aged Taoist from Longdong Mountain with a smile: "I said immortals, you and these two little immortals are both from the same religion, this self-family fight your own family, it must be a misunderstanding, I think this matter is over." ”
"Forget it?" Hearing the prefect of Suzhou say that he wanted to forget it himself, how could Wen Yiyang still be able to bear it, and opened his mouth and said, "How can this be said and forgotten? If this matter is over, then wouldn't the two of us have to go along with this demon Dao? Xiaodao will make it clear now, the two of us not only have to get rid of the monster that is making trouble in the lake with our own hands, but also want to prevent this demon from holding this worship to the river god again in the future, and even disband all these Taoist priests who pretend to be gods and ghosts, lest they ruin the reputation of our Taoist family in the future. ”
"Okay, you little Taoist priest, you are so ignorant of lifting, how can this prefect's public hall be a place for you to do whatever you want? Since you two little Taoist priests are unwilling to give in, then the official has no choice but to hand over you two little Taoist priests to the immortals. The prefect of Suzhou thought that his suggestion would make Yu Fei'er and the three of them gladly accept it, but they didn't expect to be rejected by Wen Yiyang. To be honest, this Suzhou prefect doesn't want to offend any of them, after all, he is over half a hundred years old, and there is no hope for promotion, so he just wants to be able to work peacefully in the position of the Suzhou prefect for a few more years, and then return to his hometown to enjoy his old age. Now that the immortals are fighting, mortals are suffering, and he is caught in the middle and does not dare to offend easily, so he simply threw the problem in front of him to the immortal from Longdong Mountain.
Seeing that the prefect of Suzhou was going to hand over the two little Taoist priests to his disposal, the middle-aged Taoist chief "Gollum, Gollum" began to roll his eyeballs in his sockets. After a few turns of his eyes in his sockets, he finally came up with a poisonous plan, and a sinister smile involuntarily appeared on his face.
What kind of poisonous plan did this middle-aged Dao Master from Longdong Mountain come up with, and what kind of danger would Yu Fei'er and the two of them encounter. Please stay tuned, and support "Xuan Wu Feiyang" and support the original. No matter where you see the novel of the Viewer, you can leave a message below 123 Romance Network!