Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 156

It rained heavily for three consecutive days.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

At noon on this day, the guards carried a gong, wore a bamboo hat, and wore a coir raincoat, and walked along the examination room in the heavy rain.

"The college exam is over, and all candidates leave the Tribute Academy."

"It's finally over." Li Xiuyuan just woke up from his trance at this time.

He opened his eyes, looked at the torrential rain that was still falling outside the examination room, and frowned.

From entering the Gongyuan to the present, the heavy rain has never stopped since it fell, and the resentment carried in the heavy rain has not shown any signs of subsiding. This resentment fell with the rain, then overflowed everywhere, and then rose into the sky, Once again, it condenses into one piece with the dark clouds in the sky, and it goes round and round, endlessly.

Li Xiuyuan felt that if the resentment didn't dissipate, the heavy rain might not stop.

After packing up his things, he, like other candidates, braved the heavy rain and walked towards the outside of the tribute courtyard.

On the way, Li Xiuyuan ran into Zhu Yu, Wang Ping and the others, but because of the heavy rain, they just greeted each other and left in a hurry, saying that they would meet again after the rain stopped.

"The door is open, the Gongyuan is open."

With the opening of the gate of the Tribute Courtyard, even though it was pouring rain, many people still gathered outside the gate. These people had prepared their rain gear and were ready to welcome the scholar gate after the courtyard examination was over.

Some are the scholar's school boys, servants, and family members, and some are speculative businessmen. They are keen to give umbrellas to the scholars at this time, so that they can get acquainted with each other and have the possibility of making friends in the future.

When Li Xiuyuan strode out, some businessmen also saw Li Xiuyuan's extraordinary temperament, elevated figure, and handsome appearance, and they warmly greeted him and gave him an umbrella.

"Young master, is this servant here?"

Li Xiuyuan rejected the kindness of several businessmen, and then Xun Sheng looked over and saw Xiaodie holding an umbrella, waving her hands excitedly not far away.

Next to him were Du Chunhua, Lu Bo and the two guards of the mansion.

All the people in the house were present.

Because of the heavy wind and rain, Xiaodie didn't hold onto the umbrella firmly when she waved her hand, and was hit by a burst of rain, she exclaimed, and flew out directly, even her petite body almost fell to the ground.

Li Xiuyuan ignored the heavy rain, walked over quickly, supported the little maid, and said, "Why are you all here? It's raining so hard that you don't need all of them to pick me up."

"What did the young master say? Today is the end of the young master's courtyard test. Naturally, the old slave will come to greet him. If the old slave is not old and has bad legs, he would have come here to meet the young master." Lu Bo wore a coir raincoat and grinned. smiled.

"Master, how is the exam going? Are you a scholar?" Xiaodie asked excitedly while holding her master's hand.

Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "If you fail the exam, you will have to wait until the rankings are announced. How can you know so quickly now? Now is not the time to talk about this. Go back quickly. The rain may not know what will fall." when."

"Young master, the carriage is over there. There are too many people here, so I can't get in." Lu Bo pointed to a carriage driveway on the street not far away.

Li Xiuyuan nodded, and a group of people braved the heavy rain and left the Gongyuan quickly in a carriage.

When they arrived at the house, everyone was already drenched.

Li Xiuyuan asked the guards and Lu Bo to rest, then took Xiaodie and Du Chunhua to the bathroom, took a shower, and changed into dry clothes.

When he walked out of the bathroom, he felt the feeling of gloom and damp all over his body.

Xiaodie and Du Chunhua, however, had reddish faces, and they followed behind their young master shyly, obviously they were not used to bathing with the young master for the first time.

"Hey, your cheeks are so red?" Li Xiuyuan took a look and couldn't help but sighed.

"Master." Xiaodie snorted coquettishly, looking very embarrassed.

Du Chunhua also lowered her head, blushing from embarrassment.

Li Xiuyuan laughed, and began to appreciate the joy of flirting with the maidservant around him.

"By the way, has my uncle come back in the past few days since he left last time?" Suddenly, he remembered something and asked instead.

Xiao Die shook her head and said: "No, I have not seen the Taoist priest come back these few days."

"Really?" Li Xiuyuan pondered.

Taoist Mu didn't come back, which means that Guo Beicheng's situation is still unclear. The heavy rain is strange, so we must ask someone who knows about it.

"Could it be that we can only ask that City God?" Li Xiuyuan frowned immediately, somewhat reluctantly.

He didn't want to deal with that City God.

"Young Master, there is a turtle catcher outside the door, who is carrying a big turtle for sale, saying that he must sell the old turtle to the young master, and calling the young master by his name, the old slave dare not make his own claims, so Come and ask the young master."

At this time, Lu Bo hurried over, cupped his hands and said.

"Oh, is there such a thing?" Li Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment: "The man called by name and wanted to sell me something?"

"Yes, yes, young master, the old slave saw that the man was a farmer, and there was nothing suspicious about it, but the old turtle in his hand weighed at least a few dozen catties and was as big as a millstone. The old slave thought That old turtle is a bit unusual," Lu Bo said.

"Since someone is looking for me by name, let him come in." Li Xiuyuan thought of something and said.

"Yes, young master." Lu Bo replied and left quickly.

Li Xiuyuan waved his hand and said: "Xiaodie, Chunhua, you go back to rest first, and don't show your red face, I still have some trivial matters to deal with."

Xiaodie and Du Chunhua obediently responded, and naturally they would not disturb their young master's affairs, so they left together.

After a while, Lu Bo brought an old farmer into the hall.

Li Xiuyuan had already been waiting here. He glanced at the old farmer, but he saw that this man was simple and honest, and because he had entered a mansion of a wealthy family, his eyes were a little shy and dodged, and he looked very reserved.

However, in the old farmer's hand was a bastard the size of a millstone. The bastard looked peaceful and slumped, as if he was sleeping soundly.

"That's right. It's the Eight Great Kings." Li Xiuyuan was taken aback when he saw that bastard.

Although the eight kings didn't change their shape at this time, he recognized that this bastard was the one that carried him across the river that day.

"Have the Eight Great Kings been arrested?"

Li Xiuyuan looked at the old farmer, but immediately felt that this was not the case. The Eight Great Kings had survived human calamity, and they still had at least a few hundred years of Taoism, and they themselves were the kings of a water area. capture.

So there is only one possibility right now.

It was not the old farmer who captured the Eight Great Kings, but the Eight Great Kings asked the old farmer to bring him to find him.

"This old man, please take a seat." Li Xiuyuan gestured.

The old farmer smiled cautiously, and carefully found a seat to sit down.

Li Xiuyuan asked: "Old man, do you want to sell this big bastard to me?"

"Yes, it's like this. I had a dream yesterday. In the dream, a man of God told me that a young man named Li Xiuyuan in the Li Mansion in the city would buy the big turtle in front of my door. This morning As soon as I woke up, I saw this big turtle lying on the door, so I came to your mansion to sell this big turtle." The old farmer said.

"I'll take your bastard, I don't know how much you paid for it?" Li Xiuyuan said.

The old farmer scratched his head, and said a little embarrassedly; "I didn't catch this old turtle, it was given to me by God, and it is not easy to sell it for money, so this young man will give me a dozen coins so that I don't run away for nothing." Just take a trip."

Li Xiuyuan nodded and said: "Uncle Lu, take ten taels of silver and give it to him."

"Yes, young master."

Lu Bo responded, took a piece of silver and stuffed it into the old farmer's hand.

"Too much, too much, this old turtle is not worth so much money." The old farmer trembled as he held the silver, as if he was frightened by the high price of ten taels of silver.

Li Xiuyuan said: "It's not easy for you to take such a heavy rain, so don't delay, just accept it at ease, and this old turtle is also worth ten taels of silver, Lu Bo, see off the guests."

Lu Bo nodded, not looking at the old farmer's sincerity and fear, but sent him out of the mansion.

The old farmer who took the money lingered in front of Li's mansion for a long time, making sure that someone really bought the old turtle with an offer of ten taels of silver, and he had no intention of going back, so he felt a little relieved, and then left happily with the money in his pocket. up.

"Eight Great Kings, you stayed well in the river, why did someone send me here?"

After the old farmer left, Li Xiuyuan looked at the big bastard in the lobby and said with a smile.

At this time, the Eight Great Kings just stretched their hands and feet, and their head came out of the shell. With a look of pain on its face, it sighed, and said: "The previous worries really came true. The waters under my control Disaster is coming."

"Oh, what disaster is coming? Could it be that a Taoist wants to trick you into making soup?" Li Xiuyuan asked suspiciously.

The Eight Great Kings said: "If someone wants to catch me to make soup, I don't need to take refuge with you, nobleman. I don't know what happened these few days. The dragon king in the upper Wujiang River started to go crazy, and sent out The water demons under him are making waves in various waters near the Wujiang River, but all the spirits with a little sense of morality have all been arrested, even my sons and grandchildren, most of them have suffered disasters, only a few have escaped from the waters , living in Guobei City, and now hiding in the moat outside the city, I don’t know if I can survive.”

"Even I met a formidable subordinate of the Dragon King of Wujiang River. He couldn't fight well, and after losing the battle, he had to hide in a farmer's house. Take me to find the nobleman."

"Fortunately, the farmer is not a villain, and he really brought me to find you, my nobleman. Otherwise, I would really be boiled."

Speaking of this, the Eight Great Kings were sad again, and tears flowed out.

Seeing this big bastard weeping, Li Xiuyuan had no choice but to comfort him: "Big lord, don't be sad, there is a way that all hardships come with rewards, and now that this calamity is over, everything will be smooth sailing in the future, and I haven't thanked you for what happened last time. , this time you just stay with me, no water demon will come here to kill you, if there is, I will block it for you."

"With the words of the nobleman, I am relieved." The Eight Great Kings were relieved, but even though they were a little downcast.

"But having said that, why did the Dragon King of Wujiang go crazy? These days, the sky over Guobei City has been shrouded in dark clouds, and there have been continuous torrential rains. Could it be related to this?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

The Eight Great Kings said: "I am damaged now, and some things can't be figured out, but the rain in Guobei City carries the breath of Wujiang Dragon King. I think the heavy rain here is probably related to Wujiang Dragon King, and it's not only the rainstorm here. Again and again, the villages and towns near the Wujiang River are also torrential rain, I guess the Dragon King of the Wujiang River is spreading the rain with clouds."

"It doesn't rain like this even in Xingyunbuyu, and it's not a rainy month now." Li Xiuyuan asked.

"That's right, so the Dragon King of Wujiang violated his duties and rained indiscriminately, but I don't know the specific reason." The Eighth King said.

Li Xiuyuan said again: "It's not a solution for the Dragon King of Wujiang to rain like this. Do you have any way to prevent it from raining?"

The Eight Great Kings said: "There is no way, this place is originally the Wujiang Dragon King who is in charge of spreading the clouds and rain, and no one can stop it from raining, unless the Rain God of the Heavenly Palace orders the Wujiang Dragon King to stop raining, but the Wujiang Dragon King has to stop it from raining." Only if you are willing to abide by it, after all, the Dragon King of Wujiang River is a flood dragon, and he is born with the ability to fly clouds and spread rain, which is much better than us spirits who have learned the Tao, even the rain god's order may not be obeyed."

Li Xiuyuan immediately pondered when he heard the words.

Feelings, the Dragon King of Wujiang is the lawless master in this area.

No wonder it acted domineeringly. When crossing the river last time, because it collided with its outing, it knocked a boat full of people into the river with its tail.

(End of this chapter)