Back to the early Tang Dynasty to be a fairy

Chapter 269 Fan Li appeared

In the afternoon, the water surface of Taihu Lake was calm, with white sails dotted where the water and the sky meet, everything seemed so calm and leisurely.

Suddenly a gust of wind blew up, and a line of dark clouds in the distance galloped towards Taihu Lake like a galloping horse.

In an instant, the fishing boats on the lake began to scatter, and the panicked shouts of the fishermen could be heard.

"The King of the Lake is on tour!"

In less than half an hour, the sky was filled with lead-black clouds, and there was no trace of a fishing boat on the surface of Taihu Lake.

The strong wind blew across the surface of Taihu Lake, setting off billowing waves, and then there was a clatter of thunder, and large raindrops fell from the sky, splashing countless ripples on the surface of the lake.

For a while, it was rainy and dark, the waves were bursting, and strange sounds came faintly from under the surface of Taihu Lake.

Not long after, countless turtles, squid and turtles sprang up from the bottom of the water surface of Taihu Lake. They swam back and forth on the water surface, stirring up huge, wall-like waves, and following these waves, they froze on the water surface as if they were frozen. On the ground, it was like a huge city wall; they slapped the water surface of Taihu Lake, making the water surface hard, as if it was the ground.

Ten minutes later, a huge city condensed from water appeared on the surface of Taihu Lake.

There are three gates in this huge water city, and there are wide streets in the city. Teams of water monsters with human bodies, but with strange heads, emerged from the water with weapons in their hands, standing on both sides of the street, like a guard of honor.

Then I saw a group of mirage dragons swimming over from the east, they exhaled mirage one by one, and all of a sudden pavilions, towers, pavilions, palaces and pearl palaces, singing and dancing seats, couches and mattresses and the like appeared out of nothing. Appeared in the water city, and even the track and field vessels and other utensils were prepared, and each piece looked brilliant and bright, as if it was made by a fairy.

After everything was ready, more than 200 water beasts with lanterns in their mouths, carrying heavily armed soldiers, surrounded by a man in red clothes and red crowns, rushed out of the water of Taihu Lake and arrived at the gate of the water city.

After seeing the man in red, all the water demons in the water city bowed down directly on the water.

"Greetings, Lord Taihu Water!"

"stand up!"

The man in red seemed to be in a good mood. He waved his hand casually to make the water monsters stand up, and then asked.

"When will the God of Xi (zhà) and the God of Songjiang come?"

"Apologize to Shui Jun,"

A mirage dragon replied respectfully.

"My lord has already set off and will arrive soon, but King Anliu will be a little later because there are distinguished guests in the palace."

While the mirage dragon was speaking, hundreds of divine fish that spit fire beads for lighting sprang out from the south mouth of the Qixi River, and entered Taihu Lake with more than 100 heavily armed soldiers. In the middle of the soldier is an old man wearing a green suit and a black crown, riding a dragon horse.

"Dragon Lord..."

When he saw Taihu Lord in front of Shuicheng, the old man hurriedly got off his horse and bowed his hands to Taihu Lord from a distance.

"It's been five centuries since the farewell in the past. Although fish and geese are endless, but the smiles are endless, Silong Lord's great virtue, I can't help but feel a little heartbroken."

Taihu Water Lord also raised his hand, and bowed to the other party in return.

"Guxin also knows this."

After the two of them were polite, the God of Qixi raised his head and asked Taihu Shuijun.

"Shui Jun hosted a banquet today, I don't know what it is for?"

Regarding the words of the God of Qixi, Taihu Water Lord did not answer, but showed a mysterious smile.

"Brother, wait a moment, Rong Gu will introduce you to someone...He is here!"

Before the words were finished, the God of Qixi heard a clear voice of reciting from Dongting Lake.

"Jishi cherishes the true heart. He understands things and thinks far away. Yang Zhi is in the middle of the clouds. His eyes are focused on rocks."

Following the voice, a small boat braved the wind and rain and slowly crossed the water surface of Dongting Lake.On the prow of the small boat stood a Taoist priest wearing a blue Taoist robe, carrying a sword, and with three long beards.

When he saw Taihu Water Lord, the Taoist pinched his hands and bowed to Taihu Water Lord Jishou.

"The impoverished man came late, Lord Tired Water waited for a long time, I'm so rude!"

"where!"

Taihu Shuijun smiled all over his face, and nodded to the Taoist priest in return.

"The real person is not late, so why be polite."

Said, Taihu Shuijun turned and said to the God of Qixi.

"Brother, this is the person I'm going to introduce to you, the master of the Jianghuai Old Monarch Temple, and the Daoist Double Cultivation Sect Master Zuo Youxian."

"Oh!"

After hearing Taihu Suijun's words, Qixi nodded with understanding.

"Zuo Zhenren's name has been admired for a long time..."

"where!"

The Taoist priest Zuo Youxian leaned forward to return the gift.

"Respecting the gods is too much, and a little name is not worth mentioning."

"My good brother, you don't know something. Right now Zuo Zhenren is already the national teacher of the Jianghuai Army's assistant Gong Er,"

Taihu Shuijun explained to the God of Qixi seriously.

"Gu held a big banquet this time just to..."

Boom boom boom!

Before Taihu Suicun finished speaking, they heard a commotion coming from the direction of Songjiang. The three of them turned their heads and saw a man wearing a tiger fur coat, a red scarf on his forehead, and blue boots. , the burly giant held a huge candle, and led a large group of people rolling in from the direction of Songjiang.

In the middle of this team was an open carriage inlaid with gold and jade. On the carriage sat a majestic old man dressed in purple and wearing a red crown. Opposite the old man sat a man in a cloak.

After seeing the old man in purple and red crown, Taihu Shuijun said happily.

"Songjiang God Anliu Wang has also arrived, and now our people are all here."

A moment later, King Anliu, the God of Songjiang in purple and red crown, got off the carriage with the man in the cloak, and saluted Taihu Water Lord.

"Sorry, so-and-so is late, but so-and-so pulled Fan Xiangguo over from the waterfront, so he should be able to atone for his sins a little bit!"

The man in the cloak lifted his cloak, revealing a thin face, and nodded slightly to the people present.

"Fan Li, the lonely soul, came here uninvited and had a feast in an abrupt way. It's rude."

"where!"

The Lord of Taihu Lake very happily stepped forward and grabbed Fan Li's hand.

"Gu has heard of the name of the gods a long time ago, but he has no chance to meet him. Seeing him today is enough to comfort his whole life! Come, everyone, please..."

While talking, he led Fan Li into the water city first, and after a little politeness, the other people present followed his footsteps and took their seats.

Just after the banquet was served, a group of female musicians with various musical instruments approached and sat down on the side of the water city. An actor with fish scales on his body seemed to be the host, and said loudly .

"Po Po beauty, drink "Gongwu Crossing the River Song""

Ding Dong!

As the music sounded, a beautiful shark came out from under the lake, twisted its body and started dancing, singing loudly.

"The turbid waves are rising and the morning fog is condensing. The public is not crossing the river. The public is crossing the river. The wind is blowing and the water is whistling, but you can't hear it. Grab your clothes and watch it flow into it..."

Along with the singing, dozens of politely dressed clam girls drilled out from the water, surrounded the mermaid, and began to dance with their clam shells. Take off, the scene is very fragrant.

"Originally, Gu also invited the God of Xiangshui and the Lord of Dongting Water, but they seem to be unable to come because of something..."

Said, Lord Taihu Lake raised the wine glass in his hand, and said proudly.

"But fortunately, Fan Xiangguo, the famous god in Wudi, is willing to come this time, which makes Gu Zhen feel that he is flourishing!"

"where!"

Fan Li raised the wine glass in his hand and said modestly.

"Fan Li only had good virtues in Wu, but he didn't want to be kind to others. He set up a shrine in Jiangxi, and set up sacrifices in the Spring and Autumn Period, so that he was able to enter the divine way. He was a late student and advanced, so he was very frightened. Today he came here uninvited. Fortunately, Shui Jun did not give up. Ashamed..."

"Fan Xiangguo is too modest!"

On one side, King Anliu, the God of Songjiang, raised his wine glass.

"Xiangguo has won the hearts of the people. In Wudi, the incense is at its peak and the divine power is strong. Even a certain person in charge of Songjiang can't match it."

"Yeah yeah……"

The God of Qixi also nodded.

"Compared with Xiangguo, the little god is stretched."

"..."

After exchanging business ideas for a while, Taihu Shuijun finally led the topic on the right track amidst the melodious music.

"I'm holding this big banquet alone this time. I invite the two virtuous younger brothers of the God of Qixi and the God of Songjiang, as well as a god like Fan Xiangguo to come here. It's for a big event, and I want to discuss it with a few of you."

"event?"

The gods present looked at each other, and looked at Taihu Shuijun with some doubts.

"What's the big deal, Shui Jun, please speak up."

Taihu Shuijun smiled and waved his hands.

"Gu's words are not detailed enough, it's better to let Zuo Zhenren say it more clearly."

God of Qixi, God of Songjiang and Fan Li looked at each other, then turned their heads to Taoist Zuo Youxian who was sitting on one side at the same time.

"Several gods..."

Zuo Youxian sat on the seat, calmly raised his hands, and bowed to them.

"As far as Pingdao knows, although the several gods are the great gods in my Jiangnan land, the incense seems to be not strong, I don't know if it is or not?"

"Of course!"

The one who spoke was the most anxious God of Qixi.

"I don't have a lot of roads along the Qixi River. If there are not many places where people gather along the way, I am afraid that the incense will be even more withered. Not to mention compared with Fan Xiangguo who has great sacrifices in the spring and autumn, even Brother Songjiang can't compare with me."

"Fan Xiangguo's incense is naturally strong..."

Zuo Youxian twirled his beard with his hand, said with a smile.

"But if you want to say how prosperous it is, that's not necessarily the case. At least, there are more than [-]% of the temples in the south of the Yangtze River. The incense of the temple far exceeds that of Fan Xiangguo Temple, right?"

"Zuo Zhenren, if you have something to say, just say it!"

There was no sign of displeasure on Fan Li's face because his incense was not as good as those monk temples, and he still said with a smile.

"Everyone knows that the incense in Buddhist temples is at its peak. Don't say that I am waiting for a small god, it is a real person. Can your Laojun view compare with those temples in terms of incense?"

"This is not the case..."

Zuo Youxian waved his hand, with a calm expression on his face.

"Incense is useless to my Taoism, but it is different for the gods. If the incense is enough, the gods can take a step forward in comparison, right?"

After hearing Zuo Youxian's words, Fan Li didn't say a word, and the God of Qixi asked naturally.

"Then listen to what you mean, are you planning to share the incense and vows in your Taoist temple with us?"

"Of course this is inevitable!"

Zuo Youxian burst out laughing, and waved his hand at Qixi God.

"However, as you said, there are not many incense sticks in my view, and even if they are distributed to a few gods, it is just a drop in the bucket."

Saying that, Zuo Youxian poked his head and said in a seductive voice.

"The goals of the gods should be put in the long run..."

"Longer term?"

Matsue God spoke up on the side.

"Zuo Zhenren, what do you mean by long term?"

　The story of Taihu Lake Water King's Gathering comes from "Ji Yi Ji", which tells the story of Tai Lake Water Lord and a group of gods leading Fan Li, Qu Yuan and the others to hold a banquet. The rhetoric is very gorgeous.But Mengxin is just borrowing a background here. Those who are interested in what they said at the banquet can search "Jiyiji" or "Taiping Guangji" to find Jiang Chen's article.

　　
　
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