Chapter 1677: Outing, praying for rain, and the five powers
Chapter 1677 Outing, praying for rain, and the five powers
After seeing off the mayor Liu Quan, Su Mingzhe simply closed the temple door in order not to be disturbed anymore and took his woman for an outing in the mountains.
Ruyan wanted to take the bottle to pack her belongings, but Su Mingzhe stopped her:
"I have everything here, let's just go directly!"
The maid Ping'er has a lively personality and doesn't know much about the city. After walking a few steps out of the temple gate, she couldn't help but ask:
"Uncle, did you really read the almanac and not pray for rain?"
"You're the only smart girl!"
Su Mingzhe rolled his eyes at the girl, let go of her little hand, and began to move forward with his arms around Ruyan.
Seeing this, Liu Ruyan smiled slightly and asked:
"Husband, what did you discover?"
"It's nothing."
Su Mingzhe knew that Liu Ruyan was smart and could not hide ordinary things from her, so he simply told the reason:
"If I just simply pray for rain, with my ability, there is no problem at all! But the problem is that the water vapor within a hundred miles is controlled by people. If I want to get water for rainfall, I have to get water from the Yangtze River. Movement
Too big, the gain outweighs the loss..."
"What you mean, husband...is that someone has controlled the water vapor?"
Liu Ruyan was immediately shocked:
"Who wants to control water vapor? Aren't they afraid of delaying farming time, harming innocent people, and being punished by God?"
"I don't know the origins of those monsters, but when I checked the water conditions yesterday, I found that the people who control the water vapor not only have monster aura, but also the shadow of Buddha!"
After Su Mingzhe finished speaking, he sighed and said no more words.
Liu Ruyan's master and servant did not dare to speak after hearing "Buddha's Shadow".
Although the old emperor of the Zhou Dynasty today likes Taoism, Buddhism and Taoism are still evenly matched in various prefectures.
The reason why Taoism, with the support of the old emperor, could only share the world with Buddhism was because Taoism's power was very scattered, while Buddhism also had several sects, but they were relatively unified.
Sometimes, when two sects compete for incense, all Buddhist sects will gather to support them.
This resulted in local Buddhist forces often crushing Taoist forces.
Su Mingzhe, on the other hand, considered himself to be "slowly cultivated" and was unwilling to get involved in the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism. Therefore, he was unwilling to show up for the rain prayer led by the county magistrate today.
Liu Ruyan came from a family of officials, and she had heard from her father about the conflict between the Buddhist and Taoist families, so she could understand the man's approach.
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Mayor Liu Quan was kicked out of the temple by Su Mingzhe. After pondering for a moment, he could only stamp his feet and walk towards the county seat.
An hour later.
Shuizhu County, rain praying platform.
Liu Quan saw the county magistrate in front of the rain praying platform and repeated Su Mingzhe's words in a slightly smoother tone.
"Is everything inappropriate today?"
Zhao Yi, the magistrate of Shuizhu County, is 35 years old this year. He was a Jinshi last year. He came to Shuizhu County at the beginning of this year to take office. When he heard Su Mingzhe’s reasons, he pulled out a few strands of his beard with his right hand while stroking his beard.
His beard hurt so much that he frowned:
"Does Master Su have anything else to say?"
"No more."
Liu Quan just kept coming to ask for leave from Su Mingzhe and did not dare to talk nonsense.
"I see."
Zhao Yi was immediately upset when he heard that the strongest mage in the county could not arrive, but there was nothing he could do about it.
Nowadays, the old emperor Zongdao, even a newly promoted county magistrate, would not dare to trouble a great mage for such a trivial matter.
After all, he didn't get a Jinshi until he was in his thirties.
When I was young, the bloody courage I had in my heart to plead for the people had already been exhausted after several failures.
What's more, Su Mingzhe also used "Almanac" as an excuse.
You must know that the "Almanac" was promulgated by the imperial government's Imperial Prefecture.
It is written in the "Almanac" that everything is unfavorable today.
As a Taoist priest, Su Mingzhe acted according to the "Almanac" and there was nothing wrong with it.
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Although it has not rained in Shuizhu County for more than a month, water veins are still flowing deep in the mountains.
Mountain springs and streams flowed like crisp bells.
Liu Ruyan took the spring water from the maid and took a sip. It was cool and sweet.
Su Mingzhe also took a sip and said excitedly:
"Madam, the spring water here is clear, how about we take a night swim here tonight?"
"not good."
Although Liu Ruyan is well-behaved and gentle, she also has her own opinions.
Like what a man said about swimming at night, you will know what is going on when you hear it.
If another man walks in while the two are having fun, she will not be able to survive.
"Uncle, I will accompany you for a night swim!"
Maid Ping'er doesn't care about that much.
She was born in poverty, and when she was a child, she often went to the river with her father and brother to fish and fish.
Now that she can regain her childhood joy, she is naturally fearless.
Liu Ruyan glanced at her maid and said nothing.
By noon.
Su Mingzhe took out pots, bowls, ladles and other kitchen items from the talisman.
Liu Ruyan and Ping'er started making lunch.
After lunch, we put out the smoke.
Su Mingzhe hugged the two girls and came to rest under the shade of the tree.
Just when Su Mingzhe pushed Liu Ruyan down and was about to have fun, a gentle cool breeze blew. Liu Ruyan felt a chill and quickly closed the loosened skirt of his clothes.
Su Mingzhe looked up to see where the cool breeze was coming from, and saw several spirit ghosts a hundred miles away fighting with the demon who controlled the water vapor.
These cool breezes were brought here by those spirit ghosts.
It's a pity that those demons were on guard for a long time, and because of their calculations but not their intentions, the ghost ghosts didn't last long and began to retreat steadily.
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"Husband, it seems like it's going to rain today. How about we go back?"
Ever since summer entered, Liu Ruyan liked to wear a blue robe to cover up her exquisite body. When the cool breeze blew, she actually felt a little chilly.
"Don't be afraid, the wind will stop soon and it won't rain!"
Su Mingzhe stopped caring about the battle between spirit ghosts and demons, and began to concentrate on pestering his own Emperor Ruyan.
Emperor Ruyan's face is graceful and sweet, and his long hair and silky hair on his temples can hardly conceal his peerless appearance. His thin eyebrows are slightly wrinkled at this moment, showing a mixture of resistance, stubbornness, and fear.
"Miss, don't be afraid, we brought an umbrella."
The Ping'er next to her would sometimes persuade the man to be gentle with his lady, and sometimes help the man remove the constraints on his lady.
It didn't take a while.
The cool breeze has indeed stopped.
Seeing that the man's judgment was correct, Liu Ruyan sighed inwardly, and then began to deal with the man shyly.
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Shuizhu County, rain prayer platform.
County Magistrate Zhao Yi saw that the cool breeze had stopped blowing for less than a quarter of an hour, and he suddenly panicked and said:
"Arch Mage, why did the wind stop?"
"Lord County Lord, there are monsters causing trouble in all directions!"
The Great Master Qingxu, who was born in Baiyun Temple in Fucheng and now settled in Nanshan Temple in Shuizhu County, took back the spirit ghosts he sent to carry water vapor in all directions. Naturally, he learned the cause of the local drought and guessed that the Buddhist sect was behind it.
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However, since the Buddhist and Taoist families were not very clean, he couldn't curse the Buddhists, so he could only say "monsters are causing trouble" to put the matter aside first.
"A monster is causing trouble?"
Zhao Yi felt panicked after hearing this:
"This county has been at peace for a long time, where did the monster come from?"
When Qingxu saw the county magistrate questioning him, he could only continue to coax:
"Pindao just used his magic eye to look at it. The monster seems to be the five-power god running from the south!"
Wutong God is an evil god often worshiped by people in Jiangnan. It is essentially a mountain spirit and water monster.
When Zhao Yi heard that it was the Wutong God who was causing trouble, he felt even worse.