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Zhan Zhao's face was heavy: "Once Concubine Mi dies, the world will be full of wars?" "That's right, this catastrophe is inevitable." Zhan Zhao shook his head and said, "I don't regret my death, but the common people will suffer again. Rui Er , but you are tired and you can’t get away.” Rui’er smiled, but her watery eyes were full of tenderness: “Rui’er has no regrets to be able to die with the young master.” After finishing speaking, her cheeks flushed , secretly said in his heart: "Brother, Huanzhu, I'm here to find you..."

At this time, they heard thunder outside the window, and it rained heavily again. Both felt a little strange in their hearts, how could it be raining suddenly at this time?At this time, the flames had already avoided the two of them in the corner under the window.Seeing the situation, Zhan Zhao decisively hugged Rui'er horizontally with one hand, performed lightness kung fu, and jumped out of the window, quickly grabbed the citron tree under the eaves with the other hand, and jumped again, the two of them had already flown to the roof of the pavilion.But the rain poured on the fire, but the fire did not diminish at all, but became more fierce.Although there was no open flame on the roof of the pavilion, thick smoke was billowing, and the two were so smoked that they coughed again and again.The fire continued to spread upwards under the feet, and it would soon hit the roof.

Rui'er raised her head and looked up at the clouds, her expression suddenly became agitated: "That's the father, he's come to save us!" Zhan Zhao also looked up and saw the clouds tumbling, and there was a long shadow passing through it, but he couldn't see it clearly.Rui'er's face was still sad: "The fires around here are real fires of samadhi, ordinary water is hard to put out, and my father has no good plan for a while." At this time, the two felt their feet shaking violently, but it was the The main body of the attic has been burned down, and it can no longer support it. With a loud bang, Qingxiao Pavilion collapsed!

The two fell straight into the flames.

Seeing that the two of them were about to fall into the middle of the raging fire, they saw a white shadow rushing towards them quickly. When they saw it, it turned out to be Ao Shuang.Between the lightning and the flint, I saw it rapidly rotating around the two of them, and it turned into a circle of bright white light very quickly, surrounding the two of them.It was as if a white barrier had opened up around the two of them!As the two fell to the ground, the flame could only exert its power outside the barrier, unable to infringe on the two of them at all.

"Aoshuang——" Rui'er exclaimed, knowing that Aoshuang was going to sacrifice herself to save their lives!Ao Shuang was originally transformed from the soul of water, but now he turned into water soul again, so he can resist the real fire of samadhi, but it can't last long, but he can keep them in the sea of ​​fire for about a stick of incense.Looking at the snow-white and bright barrier around her, she felt another pain in her heart, even Ao Shuang will leave today...

The two of them couldn't see it. In the sky, the looming long figure seemed to be soaring impatiently. Occasionally, golden scales could be seen shining brightly through the cracks in the clouds.The heavy rain also stopped suddenly, and there were still continuous thunderbolts crashing down from the sky, and the lightning continued.

Seeing that the Song Mansion was on fire, the surrounding residents wanted to save each other, but they were horrified to find that the fire burned even more violently when it met the water. If people were caught by the flames, they would be burned to black quickly. Where have everyone seen such terrible flames?They ran away one after another, which is strange to say, but the flames only raged in the Song Mansion, and there was no spark at all after passing the fence, and even the pile of firewood outside the fence was safe and sound.Therefore, all the people retreated far away, watching the screams and screams in the Song Mansion, and the buildings in the mansion continued to collapse.

At this moment, a dazzling bolt of lightning fell from the distant clouds. Even though it was daytime, the eyes of the surrounding people were still filled with white light. Before everyone could be surprised, there was another earth-shattering thunder, which made people's ears buzz. ring.So few people saw that the terrifying thunder and lightning fell to the center of the Song Mansion, into the sea of ​​flames that shot straight into the sky.

When the people around came back to their senses, it suddenly rained heavily again. The rain was so fierce that it seemed as if a big hole had been poked in the sky, and all the water in the Tianhe River poured down.People couldn't help but panic, not knowing what kind of catastrophe was going to happen.Several villagers who came to the fire truck after that were also stuck in place, not knowing what to do, some old people couldn't help but knelt down on their knees and murmured prayers to God.

But the flame that seemed to devour everything in the Song Mansion was slowly extinguished in the rain, and the Song Mansion gradually appeared after the smoke faded.There is no longer a majestic mansion there, except for a few remaining scorched corners, only a large area of ​​ashes can be seen, mixed with the ashes of houses, people, furniture, etc., mixed with rainwater, and changed again. It turned into a grey-white muddy paste, which made people feel shivering for no reason.

The heavy rain slowly stopped again, the clouds in the sky dispersed by themselves, and thousands of golden rays of light penetrated directly down, shining on the ruins of the Song Mansion. For a while, there was still smoke rising slowly, coupled with the lingering water vapor, which was endless.Everyone thought that the Song Mansion had encountered such a catastrophe this time, that no one would survive the fire, and the poor people in this mansion probably all died.Thinking of how strange the fire started and how it went out, the people around still had lingering fears and dared not go forward.

A middle-aged man in fine clothes and high crown came from nowhere, and walked straight towards the ruins.

"Hey, it's dangerous in this fire place, don't go in!" Someone reminded him kindly, but he ignored it and just walked away.This person's pace was not slow, but he seemed to have the posture of a mountain, and a sense of majesty oppressed him, making the person who reminded him stop talking.

He quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.

After a while, sharp-eyed people saw a faint white light coming from the ruins, but it disappeared quickly.Then, a gust of wind blew by, and many embers flew wildly with the wind. After half a stick of incense, the wind calmed down again, and finally everything calmed down.

After staying for a day, the magistrate of Dezhou sent government officials to search the ruins thoroughly, but found no survivors, not even a single corpse of the deceased. I don't know how the ferocious flames destroyed the ruins in such a short period of time. Only then could the Nuo Da mansion be burned down so thoroughly.The yamen servants who participated in the search had never seen such a tragic fire scene, and many of them were still in a trance for a long time after the incident.Zhizhou sent people to investigate again, but did not get any meaningful information from the fire scene, so he could only record this bizarre incident in the book, and the matter was settled.

Kaifeng House.

As soon as Zhan Zhao went there, there was no news, and many counties along the Yellow River reported floods. Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce couldn't help but secretly worried, and they couldn't let go of Zhan Zhao's safety.However, there are many affairs in the government. On the one hand, it arranges the river affairs to strengthen the embankment, and on the other hand, it needs to allocate disaster relief funds for the disaster-stricken counties and counties.

It was so easy to finish the work at hand this day, and I got some free time. Bao Zheng rubbed his swollen temples, and walked slowly to the outer courtyard of the study by himself. , It makes people feel a little bit biting.

"My lord, it's cold outside, go inside." Gongsun Ce respectfully stood behind Bao Zheng at some point.

"Mr. Gongsun, as soon as I am free, my government feels uneasy. The Zhan guards have been gone for a few days, but there is no news. And the banks of the Yellow River continue to suffer from floods. The government is worried that there will be changes in the matter of the river god."

"My lord, according to Guard Zhan, the evil dragon Feng Yi has already died, and now who is doing the evil?"

"Mr. Gongsun..." Bao Zheng was about to speak, but saw a person walking in from the courtyard door, who seemed to have something to report.

"Report to your lord, a person came outside and asked to see your lord."

"Oh, who is it?" Bao Zheng asked.

"That man looks to be in his forties. His clothes and conversation are extraordinary, but he refuses to give his name, saying that he is an old acquaintance of your lord. If you have important matters, please see lord Bao."

Bao Zheng was puzzled for a while, but he had no clue about the identity of this person, so he said: "Please ask him to be the prince of the flower hall, and the government will meet him."

A while later, Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce went to the flower hall together, but saw that the man was already waiting there, but his back was facing them. He was wearing a brocade robe with intricate patterns embroidered with gold thread and embedded with pearls, although it was extremely luxurious. , but it is not half vulgar, but gives people a strange nobility.

Hearing the footsteps of the two, the man turned around slowly, and saw that he was wearing a purple gold crown inlaid with beads on his head, a gold silk belt around his waist, and a sapphire auspicious cloud and sunrise belt, and he was wearing white satin and black-soled flying cloud boots. There is an air of king in his eyebrows, which makes people feel fearful.

When Bao Zheng saw this person, he was taken aback, and thought to himself: "I seem to have seen this person somewhere before, but he looks so familiar!" But he knew very well in his heart that he had never seen such a person among the dignitaries he knew. .

The man bowed to Bao Zheng in a neither humble nor overbearing manner, and his clear voice reached the ears of the two: "Old friend, I haven't seen you for many years, are you okay?"

Bao Zheng wondered: "Who are you? This government doesn't know you, why do you claim to know you?"

The man smiled slightly, with an unrestrained and unrestrained feeling on his face, and said: "I have had friendship with my lord for many years, that's all, since my lord can't remember me, I don't mind mentioning it. I am from the East China Sea, today is for my daughter's business Come here."

Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce were shocked when they heard the words, and after carefully looking at the person's clothes and appearance, they couldn't help guessing his identity.Bao Zheng said: "Could it be that Your Excellency is the father of Miss Qin... Ao Rui?"

The man nodded slightly: "That's right, I'm playing." He felt a little regretful. Wenqu Xingjun, who had been drinking and playing chess with the Milky Way many times, and talked about the world, had already forgotten the old friendship.He sighed secretly again in his heart, since he descended to the mortal world, how could he remember the things in the sky?

Bao Zheng asked: "I don't know why the Dragon King came to Kaifeng Mansion?"

The Dragon King's face turned serious, he was silent for a moment, and said, "Tuo Gu."

Bao Zheng was startled again, he couldn't explain: "What does the Dragon King say?"

The Dragon King said in a deep voice: "I have a son and a daughter. The emperor was murdered by the evil dragon Feng Yi, the god of the Yellow River, and now there is only one daughter left. The evil dragon Feng Yi has also killed himself, but after all, he is the bestowed by the Emperor of Heaven. The God of God died unexpectedly for no reason, and Feng Yi's wife, Concubine Luoshen Mi, also died with him. Seeing that the Yellow River had no owner, it was bound to flood. Moreover, the God of God died, and the operation of the way of heaven was also disturbed, so a catastrophe occurred. Soon after, there will be chaos in the world. When the same catastrophe happens, the flames of war will break out everywhere, the blood of the people will flow like rivers, and the corpses will be scattered all over the field.”

What he said made everyone present tremble with fear, Bao Zheng said anxiously: "According to your words, wouldn't the common people in the world be doomed?"

"That's right. Within two or three days, the Ministry of War will receive a letter from the Xixia and Liao kingdoms on the northern border to join forces to invade, and the Tibetan tribes in the west will also be ready to move. When the time comes, there will be wars and disasters, and the people will be in dire straits." He said. After a pause, "I will play to the Emperor of Heaven, explain what happened, and ask the Emperor of Heaven to appoint a new river god, so that the Yellow River will not continue to flood."

"But is it possible to eliminate the catastrophe?" Bao Zheng asked eagerly.

"The catastrophe has already been formed, and even the Da Luo Jinxian can't do it. Today's catastrophe is already predestined by the heavens. If I go to the heaven immediately, in exchange for my remaining 5000 years of life, I will get the jade of the palace of knowledge and the fairy's method, and re- Weaving the Mandate of Heaven can delay this catastrophe by 80 years." Said the Dragon King.

"Postpone 80 years..." Bao Zheng's mood is quite complicated. Although the crisis is resolved now, the people will still suffer by then, and his heart is still heavy.

"My lord," Gongsun Ce said, "it has been more than 80 years since the Taizu Chen Qiao mutinied and the yellow robe was added to his body. If the world can still be peaceful for [-] years, there will be no swords and soldiers. Looking at the history, it will not be easy."

Bao Zheng heard the words and said: "Mr. Gongsun's words are indeed reasonable. But as a minister, knowing that the people in the world are doomed, how can you feel relieved?" Then he said to the Dragon King: "But I didn't expect the Dragon King to be so righteous. Bao Zheng I admire it!"

"Master Bao is serious. Although I am going to die, after all, I have committed the crime of not fulfilling my duties, but I have no regrets in my heart. But only my daughter, I can't let go of my heart." The Dragon King said, "So I come here to ask you Master Yu Bao."

"Dragon King is talking about Miss Ao Rui?" Bao Zheng asked suspiciously, "What can Bao Zheng do for her?"

"My daughter is kind-hearted, but unfortunately she has suffered too many catastrophes." The Dragon King said, "She didn't want to hurt people's lives, but she lost her spiritual power. Although I healed her from the backlash of the fire dragon ball. But her body was too worn out before, if you don't retrieve the dragon ball from your emperor, she can only be an ordinary mortal."

"Her mother and concubine died early. If I die, Rui'er will have no relatives. I am determined not to let her go back to the East China Sea, and stay in the mortal world." The Dragon King said, shocking the two of them again.

The Dragon King looked directly into Bao Zheng's eyes: "She has nowhere else to go in the world. I can't trust others, so I can only entrust her to you."

But Bao Zheng felt something wrong in his heart: "The meaning of the Dragon King is..."

A smile appeared on the Dragon King's face: "Although I am dull, I can see that Rui'er and Zhan Zhao are in love with each other. Mr. Bao, you regard Zhan Zhao as your son, and I also fell in love with this young man at first sight. I will marry Rui'er." To Zhan Zhao. She will be taken care of by you and Zhan Zhao in the future, I am very relieved."

Hearing this, Bao Zheng couldn't help recalling Rui'er's lonely look on Zhan Zhao's face after he left the Kaifeng mansion, and recalling Rui'er's character and appearance, he couldn't help sighing secretly: They are indeed a pair of people, if they can make it happen, they will also be married. A beautiful thing.But he still had doubts in his heart, and asked: "But Miss Ao Rui is a dragon girl, Zhan Zhao is just a mortal, not of the same race, if it is an intermarriage, I wonder if it is appropriate?"

The Dragon King said: "Dragon people have intermarried with mortals for a long time. Mr. Bao should know about Liu Yi's transmission of letters. Liu Yi and Dongting Lake Dragon Girl are very affectionate and live a harmonious life. As long as the two are in love, why bother to be too rigid about such small details ?”

Bao Zheng remembered that he had heard Zhan Zhao say that the Dragon King had searched the world for many years for a mortal woman. It seemed that the Dragon King was really informal, so he said, "Miss Ao Rui is pure in character and extraordinary in appearance. The government is also very pleased to be married to Zhan Weiwei. But after all, Zhan Weiwei's lifelong event, his parents have passed away, it depends on his intention."

Seeing that he didn't object, the Dragon King raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Master Bao, I don't have much time, and I can't see Rui'er marrying Zhan Zhao with my own eyes. I can only entrust her to you, and I hope you will give her a good home. Otherwise, I will Even in front of the Western Buddha, I can't feel at ease..."

Bao Zheng wanted to speak again, but the Dragon King said immediately: "The two of them fell into the real fire of Concubine Mi's samadhi in Dezhou. They were only slightly injured. I have sent my old servants to send them back to Kaifeng. Now I have to go to the Heavenly Court, otherwise this catastrophe will come down. I hope your lord will not let me down about Ruier..."

After finishing speaking, he clasped his fists with both hands and bowed to Bao Zheng, his figure turned into a golden light and disappeared in an instant.

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