Chapter 1896 The rain that never ends in a thousand years
"Which one?"
Xia Leng asked simply and clearly.
A clear voice sounded outside the door and said with a smile: "Kong Qingsong, the proprietor of Yuxianju, I would like to discuss something with Mr. Leng. Isn't it convenient?"
"come in."
Xia Leng had a strange feeling in his heart, but he didn't think much about it.
I saw a young man wearing a scribe's robe and a Confucian scarf walking in slowly, saluting Xia Leng and the others: "I'm sorry for visiting you, Mr. Leng."
"It's okay, Dongzhu Kong, come in."
Xia Leng returned the greeting and then waved for him to come in.
Kong Qingsong walked into the living room with a smile, slowly took off the tea cup from the tea tray handed over by Feng Tianling, took a sip and put it aside.
"What do you find me for?"
Xia Leng looked at Dongzhu Kong and speculated on his purpose.
"It was fine originally, but rumors have been spreading around the county in recent days. For the sake of the customers in the inn, Kong felt it necessary to inform the distinguished guests in advance."
Kong Qingsong dressed like a Confucian scholar and spoke slowly and logically. Both his voice and tone made people feel extremely comfortable.
Xia Leng nodded and said directly: "Tell me, Mr. Kong."
"This rain in Beiyun County has actually been falling intermittently for almost half a year. Does Mr. Leng know?"
Kong Qingsong asked softly, like an old friend chatting.
Before Xia Leng could speak, Xiao Xiuer whispered softly: "If we knew, we would not come to Beiyun County."
"Haha, that's true."
Kong Qingsong did not pay attention to Xiao Xiuer's arrogance, but laughed heartily and said: "Actually, there has been a legend of a 'Rain Girl' in our county since ancient times. It is said that the continuous heavy rain this year is also caused by this 'Rain Girl'."
“Rain Girl?
I’ve really never heard of this.”
Xia Leng was somewhat interested in this kind of strange story, and couldn't help asking: "Excuse me, Master Kong, to tell me."
"The story is quite simple and cliché."
Kong Qingsong glanced at Xia Leng incomprehensibly, "The story is that about a thousand years ago, a goddess fell in love with a scholar in the mortal world, and then came down to earth to marry him, provide him with study, and help him go to Lanjing.
Rush for the exam.
In the end, the scholar was indeed nominated for the gold list, but he was also captured by the prime minister of the dynasty and became his son-in-law. From then on, he stayed in Lanjing as an official..." Xiao Xiuer couldn't help but cursed in a low voice: "Humph, this scholar is really a heartless man.
!”
"The story isn't over yet, is it?"
When Xia Leng listened to this story, he felt that it was indeed very cliché and tasteless. It was far different from the "Liao Zhai" and other books on earth.
"Later, the goddess must have gone all the way to Lanjing to find the scholar and brought the child with her."
Xiao Xiuer sniffed at the side and added: "But the scholar had completely changed his mind. He was afraid that the goddess and the child would delay his future, so he sent someone to assassinate them.
The goddess was so full of resentment that she not only turned into a ghost, but also cried so much that her tears turned into rain."
Xia Leng glanced at Xiao Xiuer strangely, not realizing that this little girl had some talent as a screenwriter. The little plot she added was a little bit similar to what happened to Qin Xianglian on earth.
"Mr. Leng, this maid is quite smart and clever."
Kong Qingsong glanced at Xiao Xiuer with approval, then shook his head and said, "However, the story behind it is not so bad."
"ah?"
Xiao Xiuer was stunned, "How else could the story develop if it wasn't like this?"
Kong Qingsong replied: "The goddess just made an oath. If the scholar does not return to Beiyun County for one day, she will rain in his hometown for nine months every year."
"Why nine months?"
Feng Tianling couldn't help but ask at this time.
"Because they have known each other for exactly nine months."
Kong Qingsong said with a smile.
Xiao Xiuer's eyes were blurred: "Is that bad scholar back?"
"This is a rain that has been falling for a thousand years and hasn't stopped yet."
Kong Qingsong didn't seem to answer the question, but everyone understood. If the scholar had come back, the rain would have stopped long ago.
"Uuuuuuu..." Little girls like Xiao Xiuer and Feng Tianling have no immunity to such stories. Even if they just heard the summary of the story, they burst into tears. "Haha, of course, this is just a story that has been passed down. .”
Kong Qingsong suddenly burst into laughter and thought the expressions of the two girls were very cute. "This rain is really weird. No one can figure out the reason. That's why some people have made up such far-fetched stories. Just listen to it." Don’t take it seriously.”
Xiao Xiuer and Feng Tianling couldn't help but feel a little disgusted. They felt that these words simply ruined the scenery and ruined the poignant love story.
Xia Lieng felt something strange. Dongzhu Kong was not so bored that he came over to tell him such a story. There must be something else going on.
Sure enough, after laughing for a while, Kong Qingsong saw that Xia Leng still had no intention of asking questions, and secretly thought that this little boy was really calm, but he couldn't help it anymore.
"Okay, I just talked about some irrelevant things and delayed the young master's rest time."
Kong Qingsong clapped his hands gently and stood up quickly, "I won't disturb the rest of you. Kong will take his leave now."
"Dongzhu Kong, walk slowly."
Xia Leng still didn't ask further questions and stood up to see him off.
"No need to send each other off."
Kong Qingsong raised his hands to Xia Leng and the others. As soon as he walked to the entrance, he turned back and said unconsciously: "Oh, there is one more thing. Kong almost forgot."
Xia Leng knew that the drama was coming, and the man had been grinding for almost half an hour, probably thinking about what he wanted to say now.
"It will rain for a while. For safety reasons, I hope Mr. Leng will stay calm for a while."
Kong Qingsong's tone was still calm, "If there is any strange movement in the middle of the night, be sure to..." "Don't go out?"
Xiao Xiuer added.
"no."
Kong Qingsong said with a slightly serious expression: "Don't stay in the room. Even if you get caught in the rain, remember to run outside."
After saying that, Kong Qingsong stepped forward, and within a few steps he reached the corner of the corridor and disappeared as soon as he touched his body.
"Sir, does this person have a mental problem?"
Xiao Xiuer frowned and asked in a low voice.
Xia Leng shook his head: "He is indeed here to remind us."
"Then why can't I understand what he said?"
Xiao Xiuer tilted her little head, "If you are afraid of something happening, don't you always remind others to stay in the room and don't come out? He actually asked us to run outside, and said it doesn't matter if we get caught in the rain. What if it gets cold?"
"Do you think I'm going to get cold?"
Xia Leng turned his head and glanced at Xiao Xiuer.
Only then did Xiao Xiuer remember that her son was a cultivator of immortality and had a special constitution that basically prevented him from getting sick. She couldn't help but pouted.
It was near late at night that Ji Jiu came back from outside.
"Brother Ninth, have you had your meal?"
Xiao Xiuer asked.
Ji Jiu smiled at her: "I have already used it outside, so don't bother."
"oh."
Xiao Xiuer nodded.
After a while, a group of four people gathered in the study room.
Xia Leng wanted to know what useful information Ji Jiu got from dressing up, while Xiao Xiuer and Feng Tianling simply wanted to hear anecdotes.
"Anything gained?"
Xia Leng asked casually.
Ji Jiu drank most of the bowl of warm tea and wiped his mouth: "I did find out something, but I don't know if it will be useful to the young master."
Xia Leng was not in a hurry: "You tell me everything."
"There are three theories about the rain in Beiyun County."
Ji Jiu paused for a few seconds, obviously choosing his words: "The first one is that there was a goddess a long time ago..." "Brother Jiu, we already know this."
Xiao Xiuer interrupted Ji Jiu, "Just tell me the other two."
Ji Jiu was stunned for a moment, and Xia Leng explained: "The landlord came just now and told such a story about the goddess making rain."
"Okay, then I won't talk about this."
Ji Jiu nodded, and everyone lost interest. It would be meaningless for him to tell it again. It was really boring these days, so telling and listening to stories became a small distraction between them.
"The second one is that there is a thousand-year-old fairy bell in Feilai Temple in the north of the city that no one can ring."
Ji Jiu continued to talk, and extended his hand to compare the size of the bell, "It is said that it is a rain bell. As long as someone rings it, it will rain."
"There's something wrong with this."
After all, Feng Tianling is from Yunzhou, and she still knows a little bit about some things in Beiyun County, "I heard the legend of that bell when I was a child. It only said that it was a child-seeking bell. If it could be rung, Lin'er would be born smoothly.
What."
"In Beiyun County dialect, rain means son."
Ji Jiu smiled and explained: "How many mountains separate Kamikaze Valley from here, and the mountain sounds are not connected."
"What's the last rumor?"
Xiao Xiuer asked.
Ji Jiu showed a meaningful smile: "This third option is a bit interesting. There is a monster living on the mountain outside the city. As long as it goes down the mountain, it will rain."
Xiao Xiuer's face was a little confused: "What do you mean?
Does it take nine months for a monster to eat?"
"This monster is not a mandrill. It is said that it was a drop of immortal tears tens of millions of years ago that became a monster by chance."
Ji Jiu continued: "Moreover, what it eats is not people or other food, but Qi."
"That's not a ghost."
Xiao Xiuer was no longer surprised. She curled her lips and said, "They are all in the novels about ghosts and ghosts. They all absorb Yang Qi and so on."
Ji Jiu wanted to explain in detail, but then shook his head. He felt that Xiao Xiuer might not understand, so he nodded directly: "Well, you can understand it that way.
As long as you touch the raindrops it sprays, the air in your body will be sucked away."
"What Dongzhu Kong said before is a bit strange."
Xia Leng pinched her chin and started thinking.
If the third legend is true, Dongzhu Kong's suggestion to let them run into the rain if something happened is quite strange.
But he also felt that Dongzhu Kong had no grudges against them and there was no reason to plot against them in such a casual way.
Suddenly, Xia Leng felt a chill in her heart, and her eyes wandered around the room.
Ji Jiu's expression instantly became extremely solemn, and Xiao Xiuer and Feng Tianling felt that something was wrong even after a slight delay.
Outside the candlelight, the shadows were dense, as if they were alive, swaying slightly with the light.
Xia Leng's face tensed up, and after feeling it for a while, he suddenly softly uttered one word: "Run!"