Great Sui Guoshi

"Who says it's not, but...he's really handsome, and I don't know if I want a woman at night..."

"You are so flirtatious."

They didn't go back to their respective homes until it was dark and they saw a lively villager.

Chapter 521 Ye Said Qi Water God

"Young master, this way please."

The sky was dark, the voice of the old man was talking in front, and the wooden door swayed and opened inwards in the long chants of 'Zhi', and Lu Liangsheng followed behind into the courtyard gate. This small courtyard is not too big, with earth walls on three sides The potholes are full of the holes of the wasps, and there are only two houses, with a thatched hut outside and an earthen stove.

"Don't be disgusted, my lord. There are a lot of old and young in this village, and most of them don't have any vacant rooms." The old man put down his hoe and kettle, touched the flint on the stove, pushed open the door and went in. With a few bangs, sparks were thrown out, and the black The room was gradually lit up with dim yellow light.

In the yard, Lu Liangsheng tied the old donkey, took down the bookshelf, carried it into the house, put it aside and said with a smile: "I don't mind it, it would be nice to have a shelter from the wind and rain, but it's only right to disturb the old man."

"Don't bother, don't bother, a scholar is here, I am very happy."

The old man covered the oil lamp and put it on the table, invited the scholars to sit in, poured cold water, then ran outside excitedly, came back in a while, pinched a few green onions in his hand, and went outside to cook in the earthen stove.

From time to time, he turned his head to the bright room and joked: "My lord didn't eat, did he? There's no good treats in the mountains, so let's make do."

"Haha, I would be disrespectful if my old man invites you. It just so happens that there are dry food bought on the way in the bookshelf."

Lu Liangsheng opened the bookshelf, took out two pancakes, and under the glaring gaze of Taoist Ha, tore off half of them and put them back, and took them to the old man to bake.

"Just wait a while, young master, go back to sit in the house and drink water."

"Okay, then I'll go in."

The old man refused to help, so Lu Liangsheng had no choice but to go back to the house. With the dim light of the oil lamp, the room he was in was boxy and poorly furnished. There was a wooden table and two stools with peeling paint, and there was only a wooden bed left at the end of the bed. On the other side, it leads to the next room. There is no door, only blue curtains are hung.

There is also a tribute platform in the corner, which is covered with a white cloth and raised high. There should be a statue of a god inside, which is common in ordinary people's homes.

'There is only one bed... It seems that I will sleep on the floor later. '

While thinking about it, he went to look at the statue covered by the white cloth on the altar table, but Lu Liangsheng didn't reach out to tear it open. After all, it's not good to turn things around in other people's homes.

"Young master, just watch it if you want."

At this time, the old man brought in two bowls of taro paste, put them on the table, wiped his clothes on his hands, and smiled honestly: "That is the God of Qi Water, who will keep us safe. You might as well say goodbye, young master."

Qi water god?

Lu Liangsheng was a little puzzled, but there are countless mountains and rivers in Kyushu, and there are many unknown gods. As long as one side is protected and the local people are not suffering, it is fine to worship.

Over there, seeing that the scholar believed his words, the old man came over and opened the white cloth on it, and put it aside, what was revealed was not the statue that Lu Liangsheng thought it was, but a spiritual tablet, with the words 'Qi Shui God's Table' simply written on it. , not even a taboo name.

"Young master, please." The old man looked joyful, staring straight at the scholar, and stretched out his hand to the spirit tablet.

When Lu Liangsheng saw the unnamed spirit tablet, he had some thoughts of not wanting to worship it. Seeing that the old man was kind and took him in for the night, he nodded and bowed to the god, but he didn't bow down yet.

The spirit tablet placed on the altar table broke with a crisp 'pop' and became two pieces.

"This... this... ouch!"

The old man was so frightened that his face turned pale, he quickly squeezed the scholar away, knelt down on the ground, clasped his hands together and kowtowed, and begged again: "Qi Shui God bless, bless, my family has no shortage of offerings..."

The scholar standing on the side frowned slightly, looking at the broken god, his face showed doubts, he thought for a while, probably figured out the joints, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.

The mountain spirits and wild monsters in a small place have learned the Tao. In order to absorb the incense of the nearby people and help them practice, they showed some magic and were able to deceive them into offerings. National teacher status.

'It should be unbearable for me to worship... However, if it is to protect the people and get incense and offerings, then let it practice here with peace of mind. '

Thinking about it, he helped the old man on the ground, and said with a smile: "Old man, don't be afraid, maybe it's because you put this god's throne for too long, and the inside is rotten, and it just broke at this time."

Someone relieved him, the old man felt much more comfortable, he got up along the scholar's arm, and said a few words: "It should be like this, it should be like this." Carefully put the white cloth back on, went outside to bring in the baked pancakes, and Passed a pair of chopsticks to Lu Liangsheng.

"Young master, eat quickly."

"My husband eats too."

Lu Liangsheng took the chopsticks and was not polite. He picked up the half cake, took a bite, and drank the taro mush. The mountain lacked oil and salt, so the taste was naturally not as good as the usual Taoist meals, but the taro was greasy. It is quite refreshing in the mouth, but it is not difficult to swallow.

During the meal, I was also a little curious about the Qi Shui God that the old man was talking about, and asked directly:

"Old man, how long has this water god Qi been in the village?"

"How long?"

The old man stopped his chopsticks, thought for a moment, and compared a few fingers: "It's been about two or three years. I don't know that the young master is an outsider. The Qishui God is very powerful. The whole Qishui belongs to him. Rumors ah , that is a big turtle, bigger than my yard, at least live for thousands of years."

Speaking of excitement, the old man put down his chopsticks and gestured a few times.

"Zhao Daxian said, as long as Qishuishen is happy, we will not be able to withstand the floods, and the crops will be harvested every year."

The corner of the night insect hummed low, the night wind blew into the open door, the oil lamp standing on the table swayed, Lu Liangsheng held the bowl, ate every mouthful, and quietly listened to the old man's talk about the so-called "Qi Shui Shen"

.......

The clear moon illuminates the night sky and casts it on the river flowing outside the village, reflecting silvery waves. On the dirt road near the river bank, a donkey cart is being driven towards.

There were seven or eight men on both sides, carrying wooden sticks and hatchets, following behind, staring at a bulging linen bag in the wooden bucket of the donkey cart, struggling and twisting from time to time.

There seemed to be a person inside, whimpering and moaning.

"Not honest!"

The man walking behind tapped his pocket with a wooden stick, and the woman's wailing came from inside, and another man beside him quickly reached out to grab his companion's arm.

"Whatever you fight, you go to the village. Are you afraid that someone will find out?"

He grabbed the wooden stick and threw it to the side of the road, then pulled the other person to continue walking: "What if I beat him to death? Marry your daughter to the God of Water Qi?!"

The man who had been told the whole thing turned his face away in disbelief, and muttered, "I can't beat her to death, my mother-in-law has been beaten many times, and she hasn't been beaten to death."

But when he saw the man next to him, he gave a heavy 'hmm': "Understood, I won't hit her anymore."

Wang Wang Wang --

Several dogs barked in the village, and the men driving the donkey cart looked at the village under the moonlight, "Go and inform the villagers."

Immediately, one of them nodded and ran to the village quickly, while the rest of the men continued to drive the frame, the rotating wooden wheels creaked over the rough road, and staggered towards the river ahead.

Chapter 522 River Festival

woohoo-

In the sound of flowing water, Qishui from south to north is like a jade belt in the night, reflecting the stars, moon and silver, rolling up a piece of sparkling light.

Outside the rippling reeds, on the dirt road, the creaking axles groaned one after another. Several men drove the donkey cart along this road and up the river.

The moonlight shone brightly, and four or five people could be vaguely seen on the river beach in front of them, standing at the ferry holding torches.

"Has he been captured?"

"Caught it back, almost ran to Sikouguan and escaped across the river! Fortunately, she has no money to take a boat..."

As he spoke, the man walked across the back of the car, untied the rope on the linen bag, and tore open the top of the bag, revealing a young and handsome face, at most thirteen or fourteen years old, with a mouth full of cloth strips , there were many bruises around the eye sockets and cheeks, a cut in the head, and half of the face was stained red.

woohoo~~~

Seeing the night outside and the light of the torch, the girl in the bag shook her head vigorously, begging the other party to let her go, but the man pulled the bag again and frowned.

"Why are you injured? How can you marry Qi Shuishen? Call a few women to come and dress her up."

"I have already sent someone back to call." Several men driving the car said.

"trouble!"

The man holding the torch waved his hand, telling them to drive the donkey cart to the ferry, then walked in front of the four people standing there, folded his palms towards one of them, and bowed respectfully.

"Daxian, she has been captured, but she was slightly injured. When the women in the village come over later, they will dress her up... I just don't know, will Qi Shuishen be able to deal with the injury?" blame."

Among the four people, one was wearing a blue Taoist robe, with hair combed in a high bun, with a hairpin stuck in it, holding a whisk in his hand and facing the river, while the other kept counting with his fingers.

Hearing the voice of the man behind him, he shook the whisk, turned around, stopped counting fingers, trembled the goatee on his chin, and said with a smile:

"Don't be in a hurry, the time has not yet arrived, Qi Shui God will not blame you, just wait for your sincerity, by the way, do you have all the preparations for the sacrifice of animals and the dowry?"

The man nodded again and again: "It's all done, just wait for the Great Immortal to cast a spell and marry this girl to the God of Water."

"Okay, I will discuss with Qi Shuishen first, and you urge the woman in the village to come over and dress her up quickly."

The immortal caressed his long beard on his chin, then turned around after speaking, facing the long river reflecting the moonlight, closed his eyes, his lips moved quickly, as if he was talking to someone, the man looked at the immortal and hugged him Dao Tong with arms and disheveled hair didn't dare to disturb him too much, he ran to the ferry quickly, changed his respectful expression before, and scolded the men who were driving the car.

"Why don't the people in the village come, hurry up and urge them!"

"Ergou has already gone back, and should be notified from door to door, come soon."

woof woof woof woof woof woof woof

Across an acre of fields, the village immersed in darkness in the distance started to bark. The man who ran back was knocking on the door from house to house at this time. Then ran to the next house.

bang bang...

The dilapidated courtyard door rang, and there was a dim light from the main room opposite. Lu Liangsheng tilted his head when he heard the sound of the door, and the old man who was talking turned his face to look at the wooden door outside, got up and packed the dishes and took them to the soil outside kitchen.

"The Qi Water God, anyway, is very effective. I didn't believe it at the beginning. Once, when I went out to do work early in the morning, a small ditch was drawn out of the ridge of the field, and the crops had been irrigated. Not only my family, but also several other households. Are you saying it's miraculous?"

Lu Liangsheng frowned and glanced at the night outside, pointing his fingertips on the table. What the old man said coincided with what he thought just now. It should be that the nearby little monsters used magic to do something for the villagers,' Earn some incense in order to gain Taoism.

But, what happened to the knock on the door just now?

Just about to ask the old man over there, the old man put the bowl and chopsticks into the pot, wiped his hands and came out. Seeing the scholar approaching the door, he hurriedly stepped forward to stop him and pushed him in.

"My lord, you should go to bed early, get up early tomorrow and go on your way, this is what we agreed before, did you forget?"

Remembering that a man in the village really said that when he stayed overnight in the afternoon, Lu Liangsheng thought it was just a rule to beware of outsiders at the time, so he didn't worry about it. Now that there was a knock on the door and the old man mentioned it again, he couldn't help feeling suspicious.

"Of course I still remember, then I'll go to sleep."

"Okay, the young master will sleep on my bed, and when the old man comes back, he will just put together two benches to make do for one night."

The old man waved his hand with a smile, and after driving the scholar to sleep, he quickly walked across the courtyard, opened the latch of the courtyard door and ran out. It was so close, when the old man passed by, he went door to door, except for the sleeping children, the adults almost rushed out of the village entrance and ran to the river bank.

The sound of people and footsteps caused the dogs in the village to bark. Lu Liangsheng, who was sitting in the old man's house, had not made his bed to sleep. Under the shaking oil lamp, Taoist Toad walked out of the cubicle with his frog webbed on his back. He was also listening to everything going on here. clear.

"Master, do you feel the evil spirit?"

Lu Liangsheng stretched out his hand and pushed the two short legs hanging from the edge of the table onto the table. The latter didn't care too much, yawned, coiled into a ball, and opened his eyes.

"Meddle in other people's business... I don't feel any evil spirit for the teacher."

Not evil?

Looking at the burning wick, Lu Liangsheng knew that Master was most sensitive to evil spirits. If he said that there was no evil spirit, then naturally there would not be any. Is it different from what I thought before?

"If you want to go out and see what's going on, just go, what are you struggling with?" Taoist Ha understood his apprentice's mind, and waved his frog web powerlessly, "Go early and come back early, and sleep for a while as a teacher."

Lu Liangsheng didn't speak, got up and opened the door of the main room, jumped up, stepped on the earth wall, splashed a little mud and dust, then pulled up again, and disappeared into the night.

On the dirt road outside the village, the villagers swarmed to the riverside ferry. Even the elderly at home squeezed in the crowd with a cane, and kowtowed to the "big fairy" standing on the big rock on the riverbank with everyone.

"Qi Shui God bless, the bride will be sent to Xianfu in a while!" "I hope that the crops will be harvested in the coming year..."

"Bless you, Zhao Daxian, hurry up and start!"

Amidst such a voice, the Taoist priest known as the Great Immortal, leaning on the whisk, turned around, slowly opened his eyes, and smiled at the black villagers who knelt down and bowed their heads.

"This immortal has already communicated with Qi Shuishen. His old man agrees to this marriage. All the villagers can rest assured and marry the bride to the Xianjun's mansion. From now on, your village will have good weather every year, and you will have no worries about food and drink! However, through The psychic psychic needs to be rigorous, but there are still non-village people here?"

Among the villagers worshiping below, someone shouted: "There is one, just a scholar who is staying overnight, and has already fallen asleep."

The Taoist stroked his long beard, thought for a while, a scholar is nothing, he has no strength to restrain a chicken, and he can't make any trouble, so he nodded with a smile.

"Since this is the case, then this fairy will start to do it, and take the bride to the ferry!"

"Thank you, Zhao Daxian, for begging for blessings for my Li Family Village!"

"Over there, quickly dress up the bride and send it to the ferry!"

In the direction of the donkey cart, the radiance of the burning torches, the rattling of iron chains, a girl in a red wedding dress was dragged by several thick village women.

"Please...I don't want to marry...Please don't throw me into the river...Please..."

The man guarding the bridge brought a millstone, ignored the crying girl, tied the iron chain around her neck to the stone mill, and waved: "Send the bride!"

"Don't be noisy!"

Several strong women yelled while supporting the girl, and walked straight to the front of the bridge.