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Yuan Ji brought the two of them to the edge of the cold pool, and chanted the incantation. They saw auspicious clouds hovering around them, and the two of them rose into the sky and flew quickly to the east. The damp and cold air rushed towards them. Zhan Zhao felt that he was holding the Emperor Zhu Sword, but he couldn't Cold meaning.Rui'er said: "The Dragon Clan is capable of calling the wind and rain, soaring through the clouds and riding the fog, but without the Dragon Ball, I can't do even these small things." There was a trace of sadness in the words.Zhan Zhao said: "It's all because of Feng Yi, I will definitely try my best to get back the Dragon Ball for you." Rui'er's heart warmed, she raised her eyebrows and smiled, as if a spring breeze was blowing.

In less than a stick of incense, the two fell slowly outside a village.Zhan Zhao saw that the village was quite big, with about a few hundred households, but it was located in a valley surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the other side faced the Yellow River. If the river flooded, the situation of the village would indeed be dire.

But he said that the two fell down and were seen by several farmers who were plowing nearby. Zhan Zhao's previous official uniform was scratched, so Yuanji took out a black silk robe to replace it in the villa.At this moment, the two descended from mid-air, everyone saw this man and woman, the man was as tall and straight as a pine tree, with a handsome face like jade, and the woman was unparalleled in beauty, so beautiful, beyond dust, people in the barren mountains and wilderness, where have they seen such god-like figures?They all thought it was the descending of the gods, when a few of the young men saw Ruier, their souls flew away for nine days, their eyes could no longer move away, as if they had turned into stones, and the rest of the elders knelt down to pay homage, Zhan Zhao was about to step forward to help When everyone got up, Rui'er tugged his sleeve lightly. He turned his head and saw a stone tablet standing on the ground, engraved with three big characters "Chenjiacun", he knew he had arrived at his destination. Thinking of the purpose of my trip, I said loudly: "All fellow villagers, please, we are subordinates of the Yellow River God. This time, under the order of the River God, we came to pick up the sacrificed women in Chenjia Village and return together. Water Palace." Rui'er was slightly taken aback when she heard the words, but her complexion returned to normal in an instant.

The crowd saw the two of them descending from the sky, and they all had an extraordinary bearing, they all believed in it, and got up one after another.One of the old men said: "I tell this celestial being that this old man is Chen Nian, the patriarch of the Chen family village. This year's sacrifice of the daughter and all the preparations for the sacrificial ceremony have been made, so I dare not bother the celestial being."

Zhan Zhao smiled slightly: "We are here on the order of the River God. If we can't bring the daughter of this year's sacrifice back to the Water Mansion, I'm afraid we won't be able to pay the Lord River God. I hope the patriarch will not stop him."

Everyone saw Zhan Zhao's smile, which was extremely gentle, as if it could melt the snow in the middle of winter, and they all thought to themselves: "The envoy of the evil dragon is so humble and polite, it's really strange."

At that moment, Chen Nian and the others welcomed Zhan Zhao and Rui Er into the village, and brought them into the Chen Family Ancestral Hall to rest.The two walked into the village and saw that most of the houses in the village were dilapidated and the villagers looked pale. It seemed that they were indeed in a miserable situation.Chen Nian brought the two of them to the back hall of the ancestral hall. The ancestral hall was tall and majestic, and it was cleaned extremely clean.The villagers heard that the messenger of the river god had come, and they flocked to the ancestral hall to see the surprise. They saw that the two were beautiful, gentle and amiable.Although they were all annoyed by the Yellow River God's repeated evil actions, they were all filled with sighs.

Chen Nian respectfully said to Zhan Zhao: "I would like to tell the gods that the ceremony of the sacrifice in this village is scheduled to be three days later, but please rest here for a night. I will prepare all night tonight, and the sacrifice will be held tomorrow."

Zhan Zhao thought to himself that he couldn't wait for so long at this time, looked at Rui'er, saw her nodding, and said loudly: "The ritual of offering sacrifices comes from the heart, not from things, we have been ordered to come , I am in a hurry to go back and report, I am afraid I can’t wait until tomorrow. I hope the patriarch will forgive me."

Chen Nian was stunned, and hesitated again: "The meaning of Shangxian is..."

Zhan Zhao said: "Since we have been ordered to pick up the priest's daughter, according to our wishes, we don't need other red tapes, just bring the priest's daughter to the river and let us take her away, so I won't bother the villagers anymore. .”

Chen Nian hurriedly responded: "I am grateful for the kindness of the Shangxian, so I will follow the advice of the Shangxian and go to prepare. Please take a rest here for a while, and come to announce after the sacrificial woman is properly dressed. Two Shangxians." After speaking, he took everyone away and ordered the clansmen to guard the gate of the ancestral hall so that the villagers would not disturb the two of them.

Seeing that there was no one else in the hall, Rui'er asked Zhan Zhao, "Young master, why do you call us the subordinates of the River God? Why didn't you just tell them why we came?" Zhan Zhao smiled slightly, and said, "The villagers here are so ignorant. They have also been harmed by Feng Yi. If we tell them that we are here to deal with Feng Yi, they have been afraid of Feng Yi for a long time, and most of them will worry about the two fighting and being hurt by the fish. They may not help us, and things will not be so smooth. .”

Rui'er said: "It turns out that the young master is brave and resourceful in his actions, and has a sense of advance and retreat. Thanks to my study of scriptures and spells for many years, I am far inferior to the young master's familiarity with the world." The words were full of praise.

Zhan Zhao said: "Where, I have been in the Gongmen for many years, so I have a lot of experience." He also said, "But later, when I enter the Yellow River, I don't know how to find the water jade, princess, do you have an idea? "

Seeing that he still called herself "Princess", Rui'er felt a little dark, and sighed: "I have never been to the Yellow River Water Mansion, and I have never seen that water jade, but the water jade must not be too big, and it is one of Feng Yi's strengths." Yuan, if he wants to hide, it will be difficult to find." The tone changed again, "But if I find my dragon ball, I can summon the sky thunder, and it will be much easier to deal with Feng Yi." "So Come on, I can’t plan in detail now, I can only adapt to the situation when the time comes.”

Rui'er nodded, and said: "I still have one thing that I don't understand. Although Feng Yi is eccentric and evil, he is extremely affectionate. I have never heard of him being lustful. I heard that since ancient times, the women he loves are also There is only Concubine Luoshen Mi, and the two love each other very deeply. I don’t know why he forced the villagers to sacrifice their daughters to the Shuifu?"

"Could he be trying to bully these women?" Zhan Zhao asked, "Probably not, since he loves Concubine Mi, and no matter how beautiful the mortal women are, how can they compare with Luoshen? He is tempted? Make him betray his beloved wife?"

"This matter can only be found out after going to the Water Mansion." Zhan Zhao said, and Rui'er nodded slightly, "Eunuch Yuan Ji has already applied the formula to avoid water on the young master. After entering the Water Mansion, the young master will automatically It's okay to move, but the situation of the other party's mansion is unknown, so you have to be very careful." Zhan Zhao nodded, and at this moment, an old voice sounded outside the door: "The priest's daughter is ready, please move to the river. I will begin the sacrificial ceremony."

The two hurriedly stopped talking, and went out together. Following Chen Nian and others, they came to an open space by the river outside the village, and saw that the incense table had already been set up, with three sticks of incense burning on it, surrounded by flowers and fruits, fine wine and livestock. During the sacrificial ceremony, all the villagers gathered together and fell to their knees.Zhan Zhao thought to himself, the villagers in this village are already so impoverished, yet they still need all they have for sacrifices.It seems that if Feng Yi is not punished, he does not know how many people he will harm.

Rui'er looked at the woman kneeling in front of the incense table, dressed in red silk, with a high bun and exquisite accessories, she hung her head in silence, her face was covered with a veil, so she couldn't see her face clearly.Her shoulders were trembling slightly, not sure if she was crying.

Zhan Zhao said loudly to the surrounding villagers: "Thank you all the villagers for preparing the sacrificial daughter, so please leave quickly, and we will take this girl back to the water mansion." The man staggered to the center of the open space, desperately went to pull the woman, and cried, "My Xiaoyu..." But in an instant, several big men rushed forward and grabbed her tightly. He shouted at the woman: "Bold, the two immortals are here. If you dare to bump into them, the whole village will die! Don't let me drag you down!"

The woman broke free desperately, ran in front of Chen Nian, knelt down in front of him as soon as her knees softened, and kowtowed: "Her sixth uncle, my Yu'er is also your niece, pity we are the only ones left in my family. Orphaned and widowed, if Xiaoyu is gone, how can you let me live..." After finishing speaking, he kowtowed again and again, Chen Nian couldn't bear it, glanced at Zhan Zhao and the two, but still hardened his heart: "You This is stupid. If you offend Lord River God, everyone will be dead. My eighth brother left early, and there is only one daughter. Don’t worry, sister-in-law. Afterwards, the whole village will remember your family’s love for Chenjiacun Kindness." After speaking, he waved his hand, and the men stepped forward to drag her away, but the woman rushed to Zhan Zhao like crazy, kowtowed like pounding garlic, blood soon oozed from her forehead, and burst into tears, crying The voice was extremely mournful: "Gods—I beg you to be merciful and let my daughter go, I will set up a tablet for you and burn incense every year—I beg you, please let her go—"

Seeing this scene, the woman ran over desperately, hugged her, and wept into a ball. Seeing this scene, Chen Nian and others turned pale with fright, fearing that Zhan Zhao and the others would get angry, but seeing that Zhan Zhao had no anger, Jun There seemed to be some pity on his face, and he bent down to help the mother and daughter up.Rui'er took a step forward, and Wen Yan said to the woman: "Sister-in-law, don't cry, I'm ordered to lead someone, I can't disobey the order and let Ling Ai go, but I can't bear to see your mother and daughter separated like this, how about it, Chenjiacun My fellow countrymen, all of you retreat, we will take this girl to Shuifu, and this sister-in-law will stay and see her daughter off for the last time." The woman was deeply saddened, but when she saw Rui'er, who was as bright as a flower, her words were gentle, her eyes were full of tears. Without the slightest bit of malice, my heart inexplicably settled down a lot, so I stopped crying and froze in place.

Seeing this, Zhan Zhao understood Ruier's meaning, and said to Chen Nian: "Time has been delayed a lot, please ask the patriarch to act according to his words, lest Lord River God get angry, I can't afford it."

Chen Nian had doubts in his heart, but seeing what Zhan Zhao said, he hurriedly called everyone to leave, and after a while, only Rui'er and the other four were left in the open space.Seeing that everyone had left, Zhan Zhao confirmed that no one was eavesdropping, and gave Rui'er a slight nod, Rui'er hurriedly stepped forward and said to the woman who was still sobbing: "Girl, please listen to us." The woman Looking up, she saw that she was still young, only fourteen or fifteen years old, she was born with bright eyes and tears, and was pitiful. She couldn't help but feel pity, and said: "We are not under the river god, but we are here to deal with that The evil dragon." The mother and daughter were shocked when they heard the words, and Zhan Zhao also said in the foreword: "We have to lie that we are under the river god, in order to replace the sacrificial people, so that we can enter the Yellow River water palace and kill that evil man." Long." The mother and daughter looked at Zhan Zhao, and seeing this man's majestic, handsome, yet upright spirit, they couldn't help feeling a little fond of him, puzzled in their hearts, and didn't know what to say.Rui'er said to the woman: "Time is running out now, you and I change our coats quickly, I will pretend to be you, and go into the Yellow River, you two hurry up and fly away, and don't come back again." He took out a pearl the size of a longan from his pocket, and handed it to the woman, "I was in a hurry when I was traveling, and I don't have anything else of value. Let this be used for your future living expenses." Zhan Zhao saw that she regarded such a treasure as dust, and thought of the time when she gave it to her. My own pearl sighed inwardly at the side: "After all, she is the princess of the dragon clan, who has such a generous hand." The mother and daughter came back to their senses, both were grateful, and wanted to kneel down and kowtow to them.Rui'er hurriedly supported them, and said: "Girl, come and change clothes with me, don't waste any more time." At that moment Zhan Zhao turned around, the two girls changed their coats, the woman dragged the girl away in a hurry, but Xiaoyu Reluctantly, he turned his head frequently and looked at Zhan Zhao.

"Wait a minute!" Zhan Zhao shouted suddenly, the mother and daughter heard it and stopped where they were, not knowing what he meant. "Sister-in-law, please take off your shoes and put them on the river embankment, pretending to be overwhelmed with grief, and commit suicide by drowning in water. This will save you a lot of trouble in the future." The woman suddenly realized, "Thank you, the great fairy, for reminding me! "Hurry up and do it.Rui'er thought to himself, he is really meticulous, he has considered every little thing so carefully, and he has a bit of admiration for it.

When the mother and daughter were out of sight, Rui'er covered her face with a veil, turned around and said to Zhan Zhao, "The time has come, let's go now." Zhan Zhao nodded, and Rui'er handed Zhan Zhao a spell , Said: "Young master is hiding in the brocade bag, and you can see and hear things outside, and only I can hear what you say. As long as you tear up this spell, you can get the brocade bag." After finishing speaking, he took off the brocade and lightly chanted the mantra, Zhan Zhao saw a light yellow light flash, then it also turned into a ball of light, flew into the kit, and the person disappeared.

Rui'er put away the kit, walked to the embankment, looked at the rolling turbid waves, jumped up, the red shadow flashed, and disappeared into the vast river.The river became no longer peaceful, and it rolled up huge waves, which was truly terrifying.

Rui'er entered the water, she didn't have the slightest fear at all, but she pretended to be a mortal woman, closed her eyes tightly, pretended to be unconscious, and didn't intend to resist.Soon, it was sucked in by a huge vortex, and sank into the depths of the river. After a while, it felt that the water flow was gentle, and finally disappeared, as if it would reach the shore, and it seemed to fall on the flat ground. The words pierced into her ears: "This is the woman sent this year." She slowly opened her eyes, saw more than a dozen women around her, felt carefully, but they were also ordinary mortals, so she pretended to be afraid and asked in a low voice. Said: "My sisters, where is this place?" The leading woman looked a little older, with a delicate face, and said to Rui'er: "Poor girl, this is the Shenshui Mansion of the Yellow River." There is a tall and majestic palace standing at the bottom of the water. With the rippling water, it is like a dream. I and everyone stand in the open space in front of the water mansion, but there is no water around. It is the same as on land. Set up an enchantment so that people on land can survive underwater.

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