The night at Dayue Lake was quiet, and the young general was lying on a simple bed but his thoughts were restless.
From time to time, the braying of yellow sheep and the threatening sounds of soldiers could be heard in the wilderness not far away.
He knew that Beiting City was just a transit point during the migration of the yellow sheep, and they were going to the humid pastures south of the Tianshan Mountains.
But this year's gathering of too many yellow sheep is indeed a bit abnormal.
Xu Yanbing was very confident in his soldiers. They were all as good as ten in the army, otherwise they would not have become his personal soldiers. However, patrolling the huge Dayue Lake all night would indeed be very hard.
Suddenly, Xu Yanbing heard a faint sound of the piano.
"Who is playing the harp?" Xu Yanbing was awakened. How could there be sound of the harp in a remote place like Dayue Lake?
The wind rustled the highland barley beside Dayue Lake, and the moonlight fell on the lake, forming a silvery glow. The shadows were silent and the waves were calm.
Xu Yanbing came to the lakeside in search of the sound. He frowned. His vision at night was as good as daytime when he was in the Qi Transformation Realm. However, he searched several times but could not see the source of the sound.
"Major General! Why are you out? It's cold by the lake. Don't catch a cold." Not far from the lake, veteran Zhu Ya who was patrolling saw Xu Yanbing.
"It's okay. I'll do a patrol. If nothing happens, I'll go back and rest." Xu Yanbing smiled faintly, then seemed to remember something and asked, "Zhu Captain, do you know where the sound of the piano comes from?"
Zhu Ya opened a pair of small eyes, full of confusion, and replied in confusion: "Major General, what did you say? The sound of the piano? Where is the sound of the piano?"
Xu Yanbing was quite surprised. He listened carefully again, but he could still hear the faint sound of the piano coming from around the lake. It was very beautiful and wonderful!
"The sound of the guqin is near the lake. Can you listen carefully?" Xu Yanbing asked suspiciously.
Zhu Ya scratched his head, looked around, and then said with a troubled face: "Maybe it's because my ears are not working well, old man. I really didn't hear the sound of the piano you mentioned. Major General, why don't you continue to patrol, I will go
Look over there.”
After saying that, Zhu Ya bowed and left. As he left, he looked around with confusion on his face.
Is it possible that only I can hear the sound of the piano?
Xu Yanbing had such a ridiculous idea in his mind!
He did not give up and wanted to pursue the sound and continue exploring. Soon, he met Ge Shuyan who was patrolling with the medical team members.
"Major General, don't scare me. I really didn't hear any music!" When Ge Shuyan heard Xu Yanbing's inquiry, he immediately became nervous, and there was a hint of panic on his rough face.
, "Major General, you are not in a trance because you have been working hard for months, right?"
Xu Yanbing immediately denied this possibility. He knew very well whether his mental state was good or not: "Absolutely impossible! My mental state is very good. I can indeed hear the sound of the piano now. Can you listen carefully?
A very beautiful and ethereal tune!”
Ge Shuyan reluctantly looked at Dayue Lake, stopped and listened for a while, and then said in a depressed voice: "Major General, except for the occasional sheep braying, I can't hear anything else!"
Even though Xu Yanbing had a stable mind, he was a little frightened at the moment. He finally asked the soldiers behind Brother Shu Yan: "Can't you hear anything?"
Soldiers, you looked at me, I looked at you, and then they all shook their heads.
In the end, Ge Shuyan still had a constipated look on his face. He looked like he was about to speak, but he hesitated.
"Brother Shu Yan, you can say whatever you want, your face is wrinkled," Xu Yanbing felt inexplicably irritated.
"Major General, you know, I also lived near Dayue Lake when I was young. There is a long-standing legend about Dayue Lake. Do you know it?" Ge Shuyan finally said.
"Legend? What legend?" Xu Yanbing became more energetic.
"God of Dayue Lake, it is said that Dayue Lake was transformed from the tears of a certain princess in the Han Dynasty! And that princess was the best at Guqin!" Ge Shuyan said with a nose and eyes, "When she left the North Courtyard in the west, she knew she would never see her again in this life.
With no chance to return to the Central Plains, he threw his guqin into Dayue Lake."
After hearing this legendary story, Xu Yanbing was obviously stunned, and then the corners of his mouth twitched slightly: "Are you trying to say that the sound of the piano I heard was played by the ghost of the dead Han Dynasty princess?"
"No...it is said that the princess became the water god of Dayue Lake after her death. Hey, what you heard was not played by ghosts, but played by gods. Fairy sounds, fairy sounds. This is a rare fairy fate. For ordinary people like us
Of course you can't hear it, hehe," Ge Shuyan immediately explained with a smile.
"Why didn't I notice that you are still flattering?" Xu Yanbing raised his eyebrows and waved his hand, "Forget it, you don't need to flatter me anymore. You are capable. We in Beiting don't have the officialdom of the Central Plains court.
There is no need to win the favor of the powerful in this way."
Brother Shuyan immediately stood up straight and gave a military salute: "No! Brother Shuyan understands!"
"Continue to patrol!" Xu Yanbing signaled his brother Shu Yan to go about his own business.
Seeing Brother Shu Yan leading the team away, Xu Yanbing's mind began to keep thinking about what Brother Shu Yan had said before. For a moment, he was a little unsure.
The next moment, the sound of the piano in my ears became more obvious, as if the person playing the piano was taking a step closer to me!
Xu Yanbing once again faced the lake and looked at it, but still found nothing.
Could it be that he is not only looking for the source of the sound of the piano, but the sound of the piano is also deliberately approaching him!
Could it be that there is really some kind of fairy fate?
Xu Yanbing swallowed, and then continued to search for the source of the sound of the piano deep into the shores of Dayue Lake.
I don’t know how long I walked, but the sound of the piano seemed to be right in front of me, and there was no one around.
Suddenly, the sound of the piano stopped, and a glimmer of light appeared from the bottom of Dayue Lake. In Xu Yanbing's surprised eyes, under the glimmer of water, a graceful woman wearing Han Palace clothes emerged from the water.
With a faint smile, she was covered with a layer of brilliance. Her beauty was shocking, but her exact age could not be seen. She was holding a guqin and stepping on the water with bare feet when she emerged from the water.
Not a trace of water stain.
Xu Yanbing's brain was running rapidly, constantly using his own knowledge to explain the scene he saw in front of him, but no matter how he analyzed it, he only got one result: Dayue Lake Water God! Princess of the Han Dynasty!
"Bing Xu Yan, I have been waiting for you for a long time," Dayue Lake God spoke, with a voice that carried echoes.
Xu Yanbing was startled for a moment, then immediately bowed and returned the greeting: "Junior Xu Yanbing, I have seen the goddess, but I don't know why the goddess invited me to meet her with the sound of the piano."
"Of course I invite you to meet me for a reason." The goddess smiled slightly and raised her finger to point to the ten thousand acres of fertile land behind Xu Yanbing. "You, the Xu family, have consolidated water and soil, drained waterways, and cultivated fertile fields. You have benefited the whole country. Your contribution is to the country, and this god is also doing it."
I was able to wake up, so I will repay my kindness to you."
Xu Yanbing raised his eyebrows and asked with some confusion: "These achievements were all done by my sister-in-law and my brother-in-law. Why did the goddess return the favor to me?"
The goddess shook her head: "My sister and my brother-in-law are so blessed that I don't need any icing on the cake. Your father-in-law is a very lucky person. I don't dare to point fingers. As the direct son of the Xu family, my blessings are also unfathomable.
"
Xu Yanbing hesitated slightly, so because he is not his parents' biological son, does he need the blessing of the goddess? The fact that he is not the biological son of Duke Liang and the eldest princess is almost a top secret, but the goddess actually knows it.
Until this moment, Xu Yanbing was really convinced that he had met the legendary fairy fate!