Chapter 21: Destroy the leaves and break the branches to cleanse the old filth

Luoyang afternoon.

A round of scorching sun hung upright in the air, pouring the fire-like sunlight on Luoyang City to the fullest, without the slightest intention of moving its position. In such a hot time, there is not a trace of wind, so the whole Luoyang seems to be roasted to give birth to green smoke, even the Luoshui that passes through the city has become warm and hot, and from time to time there are big fish in the river that can not stand the heat, and strive to jump out of the water, and the fine scales reflect the direct sunlight, sparkling, like countless broken gold.

These fish thought that the water was Elysium, but they did not expect that all they encountered was the burning sun, so they jumped several times, exhausted the strength of their whole bodies, and finally slowly surfaced.

At this time, most of the people on both sides of the Luoshui River hid at home to avoid the sun, and only a few boatmen in the Luoshui boat saw a few big fish floating on the water, and they were overjoyed for a while, and hurriedly fished them up. While the boatmen were busy, a child's voice suddenly sounded from one of the boats: "Look, there are so many fish!"

A few boatmen who were immersed in fishing looked up in amazement, and then they were shocked to find that the entire Luoshui Yuan was already full of fish, a good blue wave, I don't know how many dead fish floated, and now it is a miserable white!

In an instant, there was silence on the Luoshui. When the wind blows, it smells of death.

After a few plops, the dead fish in the hands of the boatmen fell into the water, and these boatmen knelt down one after another, trembling and praying to the gods and Buddhas, praying that this once-in-a-century disaster would not fall on their heads.

As they prayed, fish after fish kept tumbling up.

At this time, in the corner of the Luoyang City Tower, the two patrol soldiers stood at the head of the city weakly, sweat kept flowing down their foreheads, and it was useless to wipe hard. The younger soldier couldn't help but scold: "This thief, God, let people live with such a big fire." Lao Zhang, you have been standing in Luoyang City for fifteen years, have you ever seen such hellish weather?"

The old Zhang said weakly: "The power of heaven is unpredictable, if you curse the sky like this, aren't you afraid that there will be no queen in the future?"

The young soldier took a sip and said, "You have always respected gods, immortals, and Buddhas, but you have lived forty-six years and have not yet found a wife, so you will give birth to two people who wear linen and filial piety." What's the use of this God?"

Lao Zhang sighed, his back was a little hunched, as if he was overwhelmed by the weight of the armor, and sighed: "We are all poor people, we can be a city guard, we can eat, we can live, I don't know how many lifetimes of blessings, don't you want to thank God?"

When the young man heard this, he seemed to have some empathy, and he was silent for a moment, and finally couldn't help the scorching sun, and scolded: "This thief God, there are black clouds ten miles away, but he refuses to float to Luoyang!

He was scolding vigorously, when he suddenly heard a choking sound next to him, which scared him out of a cold sweat. He turned his head and saw that Lao Zhang's spear fell to the ground, so his heart was on fire, and he just wanted to scold a few times, but when he saw that Lao Zhang's knees were weak, he actually knelt on the ground, trembling and kowtowing. He was very surprised in his heart, this time he narrowed his eyes, blocked the sunlight with his hand, and when he looked out of the city again, he couldn't help but tremble all over, and the spear also fell to the ground!

Looking from afar, the wind and clouds in the sky are surging, and countless black clouds are swarming to Luoyang from all directions, but as soon as they arrive ten miles away from the city, they seem to have encountered an invisible boundary, and they are stopped, but they are accumulating higher and higher, and in a blink of an eye, the clouds have been thick to a hundred zhang, and they are still extending upward.

The scorching sun in Luoyang City is scorching, like falling into the fire, but outside the city is the lead cloud pressing the city, the wind is gusting, and the black is like midnight.

Ten miles apart, it is already a world of difference!

In a chaotic courtyard where several families live in Nancheng, an old man with a bare back is lying by the well, shaking the well rope incessantly, and next to him are two little boys in ragged clothes, holding a wooden basin, looking at the well.

The old man sweated like rain, and every time he shook the well rope, he could hear the sound of clanging from the bottom of the well. In fact, the well has been dry for a day.

The old man sighed resignedly, shook the well rope again, and if he couldn't get water, he would have to go to Luoshui to carry the water. Just when he was almost in despair, there was a sudden sound of water at the bottom of the well. He was immediately overjoyed, and with all his strength, he lifted the bucket up.

The weight of the bucket was almost double that of the usual, but the heavier the bucket, the more happy the old man became, and he almost used all his strength to lift the bucket of water. The two little boys had already run over and held the tub high.

The old man was full of joy, and he took the bucket and poured it into the basin. As soon as the first stream of water came out of the bucket, the old man froze, his hands trembled, and the barrel clattered and shattered on the ground.

It was not water that flowed all over the ground, but blood, sticky, dark red blood!

Wow, two little boys splashed with blood held the dark red wooden basin and looked up to the sky and cried.

In the Luoyang Palace, Li An covered the silk book on his face, and after a while, he slowly moved down, revealing a pair of slender Danfeng eyes, and his eyes were full of cold light, all of which were murderous.

At the foot of the steps in front of his desk, there was a military general kneeling, kowtowing incessantly, remembering the sound.

There are more than ten large and small officials in the hall, divided into two columns according to Wenwu, each standing on one side, all silent at the moment, not daring to let out a little atmosphere.

Li An opened the silk book again, read it again, and then synthesized a volume, snapped it on the table, and then said: "Since you said that Luoyang has frequent omens, people's hearts are fluctuating, and the people are fleeing from the city, then why don't you appease the people first, but spend a lot of effort to write this excerpt and send it over? Do you think that something big will happen in one hour?"

The military general said in a trembling voice: "Lord Bing, transfer troops to suppress the chaos, the young general does not have this authority." ”

Li An slapped a few cases hard, and shouted: "Zhenzhenzhen, the lonely king asked you to appease the people, and you knew how to transfer troops to the town! Let you have such a town, and there would be chaos if there was no chaos! You don't know how to bring a few pro-soldiers and patrol around to pacify?"

The military general was even more frightened, and said vigorously: "The prince is angry, the young general thought that the foolish people were rioting, and he was afraid that he would not obey the teachings, so he came to ask the prince." ”

The silk book flew down from his desk and slammed into his head. The silk book is made of mahogany as the shaft and inlaid with red copper at both ends, which is very heavy, and Li An throws it angrily, and the force is extremely heavy. The general's face immediately flowed blood, but he didn't dare to reach out and wipe it.

"So cowardly, he still occupies a high position in the city guard, if it weren't for the sake of the first brother, he would have filled you with an army of three thousand miles!" Although Li An was furious, the volume of his speech was only slightly higher. However, these accompanying officials all knew that the prince had always been moody, and he was already extremely angry like today.

Li An groaned for a while, and said: "Pass on my order, the nine gates of Luoyang are closed, all the people are not allowed to go out of the house to the streets, gather people to discuss privately, and those who violate the order will be the main offender to confiscate the army, and the nine clans will serve for three years! General Sun, order every hundred light cavalry in your camp to be divided into nine gates, and the people who escaped from Luoyang before will be ordered to return to the city, and those who do not obey will be killed on the spot. ”

"This ....... order!" The old general gasped, but when he saw that Li An was angry, he didn't dare to say more, and took the order.

Li An slowly closed his eyes and gently rubbed his temples, as if he was lost in thought. The civil and military forces in front of the hall were silent, and they didn't dare to take a breath.

After a while, Li An opened his eyes and said, "Luoshui floating fish, dry wells gushing blood, ancient wood babies crying, hen Si Chen, lead clouds besieging the city, tell me, are there any more auspicious signs?"

This time, the civil officials in front of the palace were all pale and looked at each other, how dare they make a sound?

Just a month ago, a yellow light rushed into the sky at night in Luoyang City, and there was a faint sound of dragon groaning, and the whole city was shocked for a while. On the second day, when Li An summoned the military generals and the monks who were supported to ascend to the temple, Master Fang Yun from Nanshan Temple said that this was the qi of the Yellow Dragon. He also said that Luoyang is located in the Central Plains, is the place where the leylines gather, at this time the dragons gather, there is the spirit of the yellow dragon soaring to the sky, it is a sign of great luck, the Lord out of the Holy Lord, and there will be treasures in the world.

Fang Yun had a unique achievement in Feng Shui, and since he said so, other cultivators immediately echoed him. Xu Zekai has a transcendent status, only talks about cultivation with Li An, and never participates in military affairs, and the two heavenly monarchs of the dragon elephant and the white tiger first arrived in Luoyang at that time, and they were taken by Li An, because there were only three people missing in the palace that day.

The spirit of the yellow dragon appeared in Luoyang, Li An's mansion was very lively for a while, every night in the dead of night, there will be the powerful officials to worship the palace at night, saying that since this day is a good omen in Luoyang, of course, it should be on Li Wangye. It is also a sign of their loyalty.

Ang Lee was both sad and happy. Although that Fang Yun later also said that good luck and misfortune were born together, so the auspicious omen may also be the birth of the main demon. Even if it is a divine object, Luoyang will also have turmoil, and it must be taken just in case. It's just that at that time, everyone sang praises and virtues, and Li An was happy for a while, so he didn't take Fang Yun's words to heart.

At that time, some confidants said that Huanglong's appearance in Luoyang was already known to the whole city, and he must not hide it from the imperial court. Instead of attracting the suspicion of the Ming Emperor, it is better to take the initiative to report the matter, only to say that Master Fang Yun of Nanshan Temple said that this omen master has a divine artifact. This is the heart of the An court, and once there is a mistake, it will be pushed to the head of Nanshan Temple. For example, Nanshan Temple and other worldly cultivators, even the Ming Emperor did not have much way to deal with them.

After hearing this, Li An thought so, so he folded a letter, sent a fast horse to Chang'an, reported the matter, and asked the court to send a capable minister to Luoyang to preside over the overall situation, so as to prevent the artifact from falling into the hands of unscrupulous people.

Just when the imperial court envoys were about to arrive in Luoyang, Luoyang suddenly underwent great changes, and the troubled times appeared one by one, each more fierce than the other. Li An has also cultivated the Tao since childhood, although the Tao is still shallow, but he also knows that any of these evil signs are unlucky, not to mention that they still appear one after another? In such a situation, if Luoyang is a god instead of a demon, then there are really ghosts.

But at this point, he hoped that there would be a few more bad signs, so that the harvest would be extremely effective.

"Now that we've come to this, do you have any suggestions?" asked Ang Lee.

As he expected, there was a dead silence in the hall.

Li An shook his head, sighed, got up, and went back to the apse, on the way, he ordered the two immortals of the Daode Sect to go to the Jingyang Hall to discuss matters.

At this time, it should have been dusk, but the flaming sun was still hanging high above Luoyang, and it didn't move, it was still like noon. The city was on fire, and the green leaves of the ancient trees were now yellow, and several hundreds of years old trees appeared on the bodies of several baby faces, each with their eyes closed, and two lines of blood flowing from their eyes, crying endlessly. The cry was loud and wide.

Luoshui has long since stopped flowing, and the river is full of dead fish, a patch of white flowers, and there is hardly a single surface of the water to be seen. The fish carcasses have begun to decompose, and the two cliffs of Luoshui are stenching, and the people in them want to vomit.

The streets of the city are empty, and occasionally a team of patrol iron horses will pass by. Li An's life has spread throughout the city, and the people have those who leave their homes without permission to serve in the army, because although the people are panicked, the doors of every household are closed, for fear that they will encounter man-made disasters before they encounter natural disasters.

Ten miles away from Luoyang, there was no daylight, and there should still be light at dusk, but at this moment, because of the lead clouds pressing the city, it was almost impossible to reach out and lose five fingers. In the darkness, the wind grew stronger. The wind whistled by, and its sound was quite terrible, and if you listened carefully, it seemed that you could faintly hear the lamentations of countless resentful spirits.

Thirty miles away from Luoyang, a cavalry team that winded like a long dragon gradually appeared. There are 500 iron horsemen in the lead, all of whom hold iron spears, wear crimson armor, and hold red military flags. The Chinese army has 1,000 horsemen, black armor inlaid with gold edges, a red gold peony is pasted on the vest, holding a long skull, and a bright yellow flag is tied to the handle. The palace army is a thousand horses, covered with light blue armor, decorated with red lines, holding a shield and a bow, and a long knife hanging on the side of the horse.

In the center of the cavalry and in the rear of the cavalry were a dozen wagons, of varying luxury, size. A huge carriage dragged by sixteen horses in the Chinese army is extremely eye-catching, with a cloud cover on the roof, a gold closing, a dark red pear wood as the wall, and a gold leaf appliqué, driven by two men in white, who are extremely dignified and beautiful, and compare most of the so-called beauties in the world. Their wrists were slender, but they were very powerful, and they knew the way of driving, and with a slight flick of their wrists, the long black whip stretched out straight, and harnessed the sixteen fierce horses in obedience.

There was another car in the convoy that was quite eye-catching, this one was square, a little wider than the sixteen cars, the body was half black and half white, and there seemed to be a huge yin and yang fish on all sides. The base of the carriage is octagonal, refers to the eight directions, the roof is a purple gold canopy, the four corners are divided into a strange beast, the roof is a seven-layer exquisite pagoda in the middle, and 36 Tiangang flags are inserted on the guardrail around the circle. This car is like a magic altar, it is pulled by two huge green oxen, although the body is large and heavy, but the two green oxen are infinitely powerful, easily walking in the team, without any difficulty, obviously two strange beasts.

The dragon-like cavalry marched in the darkness, without raising a lamp or a fire, and slowly marched towards Luoyang. At this time, a huge pillar of light in yellow and red can be seen in the distance, enveloping Luoyang City in it, and the red lotus swimming in the pillar of light, as if there is a fire falling to Luoyang.

A red-armored knight with a murderous aura galloped from the head of the team, and then suddenly stopped beside the sixteen-horse carriage, and with a long neighing of the horse, the man stood up, turned in a circle, and walked in the same direction as the carriage. His riding skills are anything but ordinary.

The knight bowed down on his horse and said in a deep voice: "Bingxiangguo, it is less than thirty miles away from Luoyang at this moment, but there is still no one who Prince Li came to greet him. The last general has sent a flying horse to Luoyang to report the news. It's just that the sky is out of phase at this time, and the lotus fire in Luoyang is faint, which is probably not a good omen. For the sake of the safety of the country, do you camp here and wait for Prince Li's army and horses to pick you up?"

With a brush, the sandalwood gold-painted car window opened, revealing a very handsome and elegant face. His skin is like jade, his nose is like a gall, he has three long beards, and if he laughs, he seems to be charming, but a pair of starry eyes are cold, and occasionally a murderous aura flashes, adding a bit of majesty to this overly delicate face. He glanced at Luoyang from afar, looked at the dark sky again, closed the car window, and said lightly: "This omen is really unlucky." But Luoyang is the most important place in the world, and the original appearance is worried about the country, so there is such a little change in the world, so why be afraid? ”

The horseman received the order, and was just about to leave, when he said in the carriage: "Wait a minute, we have been traveling for a day." You go and ask Grandpa Gao to see what he has to say. ”

The rider turned his horse's head, and in a moment he was running to an eight-seater chariot in the rear, and relayed what he had just said.

A sharp and thin voice immediately sounded in the carriage: "Our family neither understands military affairs, nor does it know the geography of tomorrow, everything is according to Yang Xiang's orders." ”