As a staff member, Yagyu not only had some intelligence, but he also knew how to read the weather and observe the stars.
This is something a staff member should know. If you don't understand these things, you won't be able to become a qualified staff member.
But in Yagyu's view, yesterday was full of stars, today was cloudless, and the sky was blue. How could it rain? Even a child of several years old knew that it would be sunny today, let alone him.
It is absolutely impossible to say that the weather will change suddenly in a quarter of an hour.
But Yagyu understands that whether the weather will change suddenly does not depend on God, but on the Taoist, the immortal on the mountain rock.
This person must have the ability to control the clouds and rain of the four seasons, otherwise how could he dare to bet on the weather with the prince.
So no matter how he guessed, Yagyu knew that the prince would lose, and he would definitely lose.
The prince must have also seen this, so he said that if he lost, he would beat himself to death with a hundred sticks.
This kind of ruthlessness is actually showing to this Taoist priest.
He was threatening this Taoist priest with his own life.
"Taoist priest, please." Zhao Rui said with a smile and waved his hand.
Li Xiuyuan's face was calm and calm. He looked at the sky and said: "I guess, in a quarter of an hour, the sun will be covered with dark clouds and it will rain heavily."
"Okay, let's take this moment as the time and see you again in a quarter of an hour." Zhao Rui said with a smile, stroking his hands.
At this moment, Yagyu was sweating profusely, and his whole body was limp. He slumped on the ground in a daze, and couldn't help but choke and cry. He knew that if he lost the bet today, his life would be hard to save.
If I had known that I would be here today, I should have followed the advice of this Taoist priest, put aside my fame and wealth, and left this prince, so that I could have a good death.
I just didn't expect that retribution would come so quickly, and a moment of hesitation would soon lead to misfortune.
A quarter of an hour is not long.
But for Yagyu, the days are like years, and the pressure between life and death makes him unbearable.
He looked at the immortal and Li Xiuyuan with a bit of pleading.
He is the only one who can save himself at this moment.
Li Xiuyuan felt Liu Sheng's pleading eyes, his face was as usual, indifferent, and he ignored his pleading look.
Liu Sheng couldn't care less about being reserved. He kowtowed to the ground and said loudly, "I beg the immortal to save my life."
Zhao Rui showed a smile and looked at Li Xiuyuan.
"Isn't it ridiculous that people don't save themselves, but ask others to save them?" Li Xiuyuan said calmly.
"I am too stupid to understand what the Immortal meant. Please give me another chance. I am so grateful that I can't help but cry." Yagyu kowtowed and begged.
Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said nothing.
Zhao Rui smiled and said, "Taoist, a quarter of an hour is coming. It's still a sunny day, and the world is still owned by my king, the Zhao family. If you dare to gamble with me, you are simply asking for death."
Li Xiuyuan said: "Zhao Rui, you are wrong. It seems to be a sunny day, but in fact there will be a heavy rain soon. This world is not your Zhao family's world, but the world of everyone in the world. The Zhao family is unkind and enslaves all people."
, the Zhao family's world will change sooner or later. As a royal noble, if you don't cultivate merit, you won't pity hundreds of people.
If you don't care about all people, you will be punished sooner or later."
"Retribution? Haha, I want to see what retribution is." Zhao Rui laughed.
Li Xiuyuan glanced at him lightly, turned around and entered the pavilion, poured a cup of tea from the teapot and took it in his hand.
"Today I'm going to let you see what changes in the sky are and what retribution is. Didn't you say it will be sunny in a quarter of an hour? Then take a look and see if it is sunny or rainy now."
After saying that, he poured the teacup in his hand into the sky.
The tea flew out and disappeared in an instant.
In an instant, the clear sky suddenly changed, and with the sound of thunder, dark clouds suddenly enveloped the sky. With the sound of thunder and thunder, there was a strong wind and flying sand and rocks all around.
The smile on Zhao Rui's face froze, and his expression became particularly ugly.
"Wow!"
The sky was dark and the earth was dark, and heavy rain was pouring down. The big raindrops fell from the dark clouds, beating on the ground and throwing up countless dust. When they fell on people's faces, they felt extremely painful.
"It's raining, it's raining."
The guards were shocked and looked at Li Xiuyuan on the mountain with awe-inspiring expressions. This Taoist actually had such magical powers that he could change the weather in an instant. This was truly a method only possessed by gods.
I didn't expect to see a real god today.
The heavy rain poured down on everyone, including Yagyu Sheng. He looked up at the sky and couldn't help crying.
When it rains heavily, the prince loses his bet.
He will definitely be beaten to death.
"I shouldn't have regretted it before." Liu Sheng cried loudly. He didn't blame anyone, he just blamed himself for being blinded by power and wanted to join the palace and become Zhao Rui's staff.
Although she knew that he was a cruel person, she was greedy for fame and fortune but never left him.
The poisonous scorpion I served today was finally going to bite me to death.
"Zhao Rui, you lose." Li Xiuyuan stood in the pavilion, watching the heavy rain falling outside, and looked at Zhao Rui calmly.
Zhao Rui was soaked in the rain. Instead of being angry because of the loss, Zhao Rui burst out laughing. While laughing, he stroked his hands and said, "Good, good, good, what a Taoist. I didn't expect your spells to be so powerful. I am the king of the palace."
There are also some alchemists enshrined in China, but they only know a few
It's just a little heretical technique, and it's impossible to perform such a magical magic."
"But before that, I, King Rong, will kill Yagyu with a stick first."
After saying that, he waved his hand: "Yagyu, your opinion caused me to lose the bet. I said before that if I lose, I will drag you down and give you a hundred sticks. Someone, drag Yagyu down."
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"Yes, Your Majesty."
The guards looked at each other, not daring to disobey the order, so they had no choice but to detain Yagyu and drag him aside, where the stick fell.
"You don't care about others, you are also cruel to your own subordinates." Li Xiuyuan said.
He saw Yagyu crying in pain in the rain.
"Does the Taoist priest feel pity?" Zhao Rui said with a smile.
Li Xiuyuan said: "No, you threaten me by threatening other people's lives. If I obey, won't you be pushing your limits? Today I am willing to admit defeat. I will accept your prince's legs."
After saying that, he stretched out his hand and a sharp sword energy shot out.
However, before the sword energy penetrated his feet, they were shattered by a layer of golden light. There seemed to be a Tathagata Buddha sitting cross-legged in the golden light, protecting him.
"Haha? You want to cast a spell on me? I was born under the protection of Buddhism. How can you, a Taoist, cast a spell on me and murder me?" Zhao Rui laughed.
Li Xiuyuan took a look and saw a pendant on his jade belt, which looked like a golden Buddha.
This golden Buddha looks a little familiar, like a Tathagata, but not a Tathagata.
"Is it the protective treasure given to you by the Protector of the Country?" Li Xiuyuan asked.
Protector of the country, if that statue comes to the capital, the thousand-year-old centipede spirit has gained enlightenment and sneaked into the court, not knowing what his purpose is.
Li Xiuyuan won the official position of governor of Yangzhou, and I am afraid that this centipede spirit was indispensable for his operation.
"You, Taoist, have some knowledge. I have this golden Buddha to protect me. Not to mention you, Taoist, even the gods from heaven can't hurt me." Zhao Rui said with a teasing smile: "I want to break it.
Are you a wild Taoist worthy of my king's retreat?"
"You are right. Your protective magical weapon is indeed powerful. Ordinary ghosts and gods cannot hurt you. Powerful ghosts and gods do not want to bear the burden of karma and hurt you, a relative of the emperor of the Song Dynasty. But I am different."
Li Xiuyuan said calmly as he took out a wooden stick from the Ghost King's bag.
Without saying a word, he walked forward and the stick fell down.
Although he practices Taoism, he is also a master of martial arts. Although he rarely displays martial arts, he has not neglected it.
When the stick fell, there was only a sound of broken bones. Zhao Rui's protective magic weapon had no effect at all. He only heard him scream and stagger to the ground, one of his legs had been broken.
"Damn Taoist, do you really dare to break my leg?"
Zhao Rui roared ferociously and glared at him, his face twisted in pain.
"You even dare to play with human life, so what's wrong with me breaking your leg? Compared to your ruthlessness, my method is simply gentle. Don't worry, this is just one leg, and there is another leg.
"Li Xiuyuan said.
Zhao Rui's expression suddenly changed and he hurriedly shouted: "You bunch of trash, why don't you come to save me? Kill this Taoist for me. Hurry, kill him."
The guards at the foot of the mountain were so frightened that they didn't care about killing Liu Sheng with their sticks. They all drew their swords and guns and charged forward. Some guards also drew their bows and shot arrows, hoping to kill Li Xiuyuan.
Li Xiuyuan didn't even look at it. He just grabbed a flying arrow and then flicked it. The arrow flew out and shot Zhao Rui's other leg directly, nailing him to the ground.
"The pain you inflict on others is far more than what I am inflicting on you now, a hundred times. If you are a first-rate robber, I will kill you personally. But as a relative of the emperor, sending you to the government is not a matter of friendship.
It's just a human being, how can I let you have such retribution today?"
Zhao Rui broke out in a cold sweat from the pain and fell into the rain, in a miserable state. He hugged his legs and wailed in pain. His face no longer had the same teasing smile as before.
After taking a few steps forward, another stick fell.
"Click~!"
"Ah~!"
Screams rang out, and Zhao Rui's other leg was severely broken. The pain was so painful that he almost fainted.
The severe pain had made him lose his mind, and he just fell to the ground and wailed.
"Yes, you are afraid of pain, and you know the pain of having your legs broken, but yesterday you easily cut off the legs of the guards around you. Compared with the pain of cutting off the legs, the pain of the broken legs is relatively light.
"." Li Xiuyuan looked down at Zhao Rui.
"My king, this king will definitely kill you. The nine tribes will definitely kill you." Zhao Rui shouted at him in severe pain.
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, Zhao Rui, I haven't played Pindao's game yet. I said before that I would play two games with you, and now it's just the first game. But now that the first game is over, we can start next."
It’s the second game. So Zhao Rui, let’s guess the way you want to go to the capital this time.
Will we encounter a tiger on the way, or will we not?"
"Pindao, guess first, you will definitely encounter a tiger."
"If Pindao wins, then you will be picked up by a tiger. If Pindao loses, then according to your words, Pindao is willing to kill you and give you his head to be chopped off."
While Zhao Rui endured the severe pain, he couldn't help but feel frightened when he heard these words, as if he had already seen a tiger snatching him away while driving to the capital.
"I will kill you." He roared with fierceness and anger.
"If you want to kill Pindao, you have to wait until the game is over. Prince, didn't you say that you hate people who can't afford to play the most in this life? This game has just begun. Prince, you have to hold on." Li Xiuyuan said.
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"Kill~!."
At this time, the guards at the bottom of the mountain rushed up and slashed at Li Xiuyuan with their swords.
"Zhao Rui, the road to the capital is still long. Pindao will accompany you all the way to the end. I believe that with Pindao accompanying you, you will not be bored along the way and you will definitely have a lot of fun."
Li Xiuyuan suddenly rose into the air, and in the blink of an eye he was already in the air, waving his hand.
The mountain peak immediately turned into a stone and flew up and fell into his hands.
Then a strong wind blew up and he suddenly disappeared.
As he disappeared, the dark clouds in the sky disappeared in an instant, the heavy rain stopped falling, and in the blink of an eye, the clear sky returned to the previous scene.
Only the quagmire and accumulated water on the ground can prove that there has been a heavy rain here.
However, the strange thing is that the scope of this heavy rain is only three miles away. After leaving the three miles away, the surrounding ground is still dry, and there is no sign of rain at all.
When the guards saw this man flying up and disappearing in an instant, they were all frightened and did not dare to shout or insult this immortal, but the prince had to show off.
And look back.
But they saw that Zhao Rui had passed out due to pain and was unconscious.
"Quick, go to the doctor, the prince's legs are broken."
"Go and bring the carriage."
"Quickly spread the news of the murder of the prince to the capital, and ask the capital to send someone to respond to us."
These guards were in a hurry for a while, and it took them a long time to come up with several relatively safe methods.
Finally, the driver continued to move forward, hurriedly hurried along, hoping to reach the nearest county town to invite a doctor for treatment.
After seeing the carriages and horses leaving, Yagyu, who was lying in the mud pit with his skin and flesh torn apart from beatings, got up in embarrassment.
Seeing that he was abandoned like a bereaved dog, he couldn't help but feel sad. He couldn't help but sit on the ground and laugh wildly. But while smiling, he started crying again, and suddenly slapped himself again,
His expression was like madness.
Occasionally, a few cars passed by, and some kind-hearted people felt sorry for him, so they drove him to carry him to avoid being killed in the wilderness.
But today's events are far from over.
Li Xiuyuan has always been worried about Zhao Rui.
If such evil people are not eliminated, it will not only leave a huge hidden danger for themselves in the future, but also show a disregard for the lives of those killed by Zhao Rui.
Even if the schedule is delayed, he still wants to accompany Zhao Rui to the end.