In the jungle, a donkey brayed.
"Ah, Brother Donkey?!"
Lin Zhao was overjoyed. Sure enough, a wild donkey rushed out of the forest and caressed Lin Zhao's shoulders with its head. To be honest, after coming to Baihua Tianxia for so long, the most reliable friend Lin Zhao has made is...
This is a donkey.
After that, Qingyan rode a donkey, and Lin Zhao was dressed in a green shirt, carrying two swords, wearing a bamboo hat, and leading the donkey. The two of them walked on the official road together, which seemed particularly outrageous.
At the end of the distant mountains, a ray of morning light breaks.
"It's dawn." Lin Zhao smiled.
Qingyan frowned: "Brother, what does dawn mean?"
"ah?!"
Lin Zhao was stunned and said with a smile: "The dawn corresponds to the dusk, which is the day and night. The human race has always had the rule of working at sunrise and resting at sunset. Didn't your parents teach you?"
"oh……"
Qingyan pursed her red lips, smiled and nodded, seeming to understand a little, but not very well.
The donkey's pace was not slow, and Lin Zhao's was able to keep up. Soon, a small town from the ancient Shu Kingdom appeared in front of him. The town happened to be next to the official road, so there were many shops and even waiters.
Walking to the official road, he nodded and smiled and said: "Young hero, please have breakfast before going on your way. The scallion and egg noodles in this shop are the best in ancient Shu!"
"elder brother!"
On the donkey's back, Qingyan sniffed Qiong's nose vigorously and said with a smile: "It smells so good..."
"Are you hungry again?"
Lin Zhao couldn't help laughing when he looked at her. Qing Yan looked so much like Leng Yan, as if they were carved from the same mold. So when Qing Yan made a request with a hint of coquettishness, Lin Zhao obeyed.
It was hard to refuse in my heart. Even though she and Qingyan had just met by chance, Lin Zhao inexplicably felt very close to her, and Qingyan seemed to have the same feeling towards Lin Zhao.
"Not hungry."
Qingyan touched her belly and said with a smile, "I just want to eat a little bit."
"Okay, come on down."
Lin Zhao raised his hand, and Qingyan rushed into his arms from the donkey's back, then slid down Lin Zhao's arm to the ground, held up the hem of her skirt and rushed to the small table outside the shop.
Holding a pair of chopsticks, his eyes were filled with anticipation.
"..."
Lin Zhao covered his face: "Man, two bowls of scallion and egg noodles, hurry up."
"okay!"
Soon after, two bowls of noodles were served. Lin Zhao and Qingyan sat across from each other and ate noodles. It was hard to tell that Qingyan had a petite figure but a big appetite. They ate all the noodles and even held them in their hands.
He was sipping the noodle soup in a bowl, looking quite satisfied. After eating, he couldn't sit still at all. He twisted his butt and slid off the bench. He took Lin Zhao's hand and said, "Brother, there seems to be someone in front of you."
Let’s fly a kite and have a look?”
"oh!"
Lin Zhao took out a handful of coins and put them on the table to pay. Then he was led by Qingyan in one hand and the donkey in the other. Together they headed forward on the official road. After passing a few shops, there was a vast area in front of them.
In the rice fields, in the fertile fields beside the rice fields, some village children were flying kites, creating a scene of grass growing and orioles flying.
"elder brother!"
Qingyan turned around and looked at him with a pair of big, watery eyes.
"knew……"
Lin Zhao turned around and bought a few bunches of candied haws gourds from the vendor selling candied haws, gave one to Qingyan, then walked towards the group of children flying kites, and said: "One string of candied haws per person, give us your kite, okay?"
"
"make a deal!"
A child handed over the kite string in his hand, picked up the candied haws and ran away. What’s fun is not as delicious as it is attractive!
Soon after, Qingyan pulled the kite string and ran back and forth in the fields, full of laughter and joy.
Lin Zhao was sitting on a tree that had fallen to the side. He was dressed in a green shirt, a bamboo hat on his head, and carrying two swords behind his back. He smiled and watched the little girl flying a kite. His own mood seemed to be suddenly changed.
It seemed like it was flying, and she didn't know what was so fun about that kite that made her so happy? She couldn't figure it out.
After playing for a while, Qingyan was tired, so she ran back to Lin Zhao, sat down on the tree trunk, stuck out her little tongue, gasped, raised the kite and said, "Brother, do you want to play for a while?"
"I won't do it."
Lin Zhao shook his head and said with a smile: "If we get tired, let's continue on the donkey?"
"okay!"
After returning the kite to the children in the town, Lin Zhao continued to lead the donkey and set off, while the little girl sat on the donkey's back, pulling the donkey's two big ears, and murmured: "Donkey, donkey, avoid the big fish!"
Lin Zhao couldn't help but laugh: "It's rare for a donkey and a big fish to meet each other in this life, don't worry."
Qingyan caressed her chest: "That's good, that's good!"
At nearly noon, we came to an extremely dry area. The rice in the fields stood dry on the cracked land. It hadn't rained for an unknown period of time. The water in the river had dried up long ago, and even the water in the river had dried up.
The weeds were all withered and yellow. Continuing forward, there was a small town. The only river in the town was about to dry up. At this time, a sacrificial ceremony seemed to be being held in the town. A Taoist priest wearing gray and white robes was standing by the river.
He set up the altar to perform rituals and muttered words, but in the remaining river, there was a bamboo raft. On the bamboo raft was tied a skinny girl with a tearful face. It seemed that the girl was going to be sacrificed to the river god to pray for rain.
This town, called Dongping Town, was considered a larger town on the eastern border of the ancient Shu Kingdom.
A group of common people were kneeling by the river, kowtowing to the sky, while by the river there was a peasant girl crying hoarsely. The girl who was about to be sacrificed to the river god was her daughter.
"elder brother."
Qingyan pointed at the girl who was tied to the bamboo raft and couldn't move, her eyes filled with mist, and said: "That sister is so pitiful, can we help her?"
"Um."
Lin Zhao nodded lightly, and with his Nascent Soul Realm consciousness, he explored the nearby spiritual energy, but found that the place was deserted, and there was no aura of gods in the dry river in front of him. The previous river god was probably killed by someone.
The people in these small towns may not ask for heavy rain no matter how many lives they sacrifice.
He looked up and saw that there were no clouds in the sky and the sun was blazing. It would be damned if there was rain in this weather.
"Which one of you is in charge?"
Lin Zhao walked forward with the donkey and said: "Stop worshiping the river god. There is no river god here anymore. It is impossible to get rain if you pray for rain like this."
"What nonsense are you talking about?!"
The Taoist priest who was setting up the altar to perform the ritual turned around, with a flash of murderous intent in his eyes, and said: "I am setting up the altar to pray for rain. Don't confuse the public with your lies here. The Lord River God manifests his magical powers every year, and you are actually blaspheming the River God."
, how audacious!”
Lin Zhao glanced at him. This Taoist priest was not even a first-level monk. He had no introduction at all. He was just an ordinary Taoist priest. The method in front of him could only deceive ordinary people.
"This young hero."
An old man on crutches walked forward and said: "I am the mayor of Dongping Town. The Taoist priest is here to pray for rain. Don't talk nonsense. If you anger the river god, you are not joking."
Lin Zhao smiled and said: "Sir, this Taoist priest probably prayed for rain not once or twice. Has it rained?"
"this……"
A middle-aged farmer frowned and said: "Dad Wang, this young hero seems to be right. The Taoist priest prayed for rain the first two times, but he didn't even see any rain stars. It actually consumed all the people in our town."
We have a lot of gold, silver and silk. This time we prayed for rain and even sacrificed our lives to sink water to worship the river god. Poor little Yinfeng is only eight years old. If she is gone, how will Yinfeng's mother live in the future?"
The old man looked hesitant.
Lin Zhao cupped his fists and smiled, and said: "If the girl can be released, I am willing to pray for rain for the town, and I guarantee that it will rain immediately."
"What are you bragging about!"
The Taoist priest was not happy. When he saw someone smashing his job, he looked quite ferocious: "I am a Taoist disciple of Zhengtong Mountain on Wufeng Mountain. I am quite accomplished in praying for rain and keeping the house in check. Boy, who are you? You dare to speak nonsense here."
?If you can’t pray for rain, how about I drown you in the water as a sacrifice to the river god?!”
"Okay!"
Lin Zhao smiled slightly and said: "Everyone has heard this. This Taoist priest wants to make a bet with me. If I can't pray for rain, I will sink him in the water as a sacrifice to the river god. If I pray for rain, I will sink him in the water as a sacrifice.
He is a river god, he said so himself."
All the people nodded one after another, and the chief also said: "Young hero, can you really ask for rain?"
"Let the people go first."
"good!"
Immediately, several young men in the town rushed down to the river and rescued the girl tied to the bamboo raft. The girl came up and threw herself into her mother's arms. She immediately knelt down in front of Lin Zhao and kowtowed. Lin Zhao hurriedly pulled her away.
They helped him up, no one could bear such a great gift. Immediately, he picked up three rain prayer charms from his arms and burned them all in an instant. Immediately, the energy of three military saints rose into the sky, and in the blink of an eye, the blue sky changed.
It became dark clouds, and then a heavy rain fell from the sky.
No one took shelter from the rain. Many farmers opened their mouths to catch the rain and laughed. This time the crops were saved. Without this heavy rain, I am afraid that there would be no rice harvest in the fields.
"Here comes someone."
Lin Zhao pointed at the Taoist priest and said, "Tie him up and sink him into the river."
The Taoist priest was furious: "You...why do you kill me?"
"Why?"
Lin Zhao looked directly at him and said: "You have so little skill as a three-legged cat that you dare to help people cast spells to pray for rain? Even if you can't pray for rain, you still have to sacrifice your life to the river god? If the world were full of charlatans like you,
I don’t know how many more innocent lives will be harmed by you.”
"You are a liar, you are the liar!"
At the critical moment of life and death, the Taoist priest cursed loudly.
Lin Zhao frowned, and suddenly raised his hand and pointed, and suddenly a Great Wilderness Ancient Sword rushed out of the Ling Ruins, buzzing in front of the Taoist priest's eyebrows. As long as Lin Zhao thought about it, the Taoist priest would undoubtedly die.
"ah!?"
A teacher in the town was shocked: "This young hero...he is...he is a swordsman!"
"Sword Immortal!"
A group of people knelt down one after another, including the village chief.
Lin Zhao scratched his head, unable to stand the battle, and hurriedly helped the old man up and said: "Sir, this Taoist priest has no ability. He is a charlatan. It doesn't matter if he cheats a little money, but he actually wants to kill people.
...Anyway, this Taoist priest is left to your disposal, and I have finished telling the truth about the matter."
"Yes, Sword Immortal..."
The old lieutenant nodded repeatedly.
"How am I a swordsman? I'm just a wanderer."
Lin Zhao picked up the donkey and was about to leave with Qingyan.
"The Sword Immortal is leaving!"
A farmer said: "What are you waiting for? Every household has something delicious, bring it to the Sword Immortal!"
So, when Lin Zhao left the town, there were a lot of things in the luggage on the donkey's back, including fruits, eggs, and some potatoes. The town had been experiencing drought for many years and there was no harvest. What they could bring out
That's all there is, and Lin Zhao can't refuse it. If he refuses, those farmers will roll up their sleeves and want to fight with the sword fairy.
…
"Wow……"
Qingyan looked at the food on a donkey's back and said with a smile: "Brother, there are so many good things, which should be enough for a lifetime."
"Where is enough for a lifetime?"
"That's enough!!"
"Okay, that's enough..."
Lin Zhao led the donkey and left in the rain with Qingyan, while Qingyan held an oil-paper umbrella given by the old village leader, like a fairy in the rain, a real beauty.
This chapter has been completed!