Liaozhai: Starting from Inheriting Taoism

Chapter 284
Xiao Huanglong came to the stall, although he was looking for something, but after all, he was from the Dragon Palace, and he was polite, so he also greeted Yuan Shoucheng first.

Yuan Shoucheng had sharp eyes, and he could see that although Xiao Huanglong was well-mannered, the visitor was not kind.

However, he was very courteous, so he naturally couldn't lose his courtesy, so he immediately got up and returned the gift. After the gift was over, Yuan Shoucheng invited Xiao Huanglong to sit up.

Yuan Shoucheng didn't try to be tricky, and asked directly, "Why are you here to ask?"

Xiao Huanglong didn't bother to talk to Yuan Shoucheng, thinking that he was about to spread rain these days, so he said, "Please tell me how the sky will be cloudy or sunny."

Yuan Shoucheng knew that there was nothing wrong with it, and immediately passed a lesson in his sleeve, saying: "The top of the mountain is covered by clouds, and the top of the forest is covered by fog. If you occupy the rain, it must be in the Ming Dynasty."

Xiao Huanglong asked, "When will it rain tomorrow? How big is the rain?"

Yuan Shoucheng was not stage fright either, "Clouds will be spread at the time of day tomorrow, thunder will be at the time of day, and it will rain at noon, but the rain will not be enough at that time, and a total of three feet, three inches and 48 points of water will be obtained."

Xiao Huanglong laughed immediately when he heard the words, "This remark is not for jokes. If it rains tomorrow, I will give you 50 taels of tuition money according to the number of hours you have stopped. If there is no rain, or the number of hours is not according to the number of hours, I will tell you the truth , I will definitely destroy your facade, tear up your signboard, and drive you out of Chang'an immediately, and you are not allowed to confuse people here!"

Yuan Shoucheng happily replied, "This is definitely up to you. Please, please, Ming Chaoyu will meet later."

Xiao Huanglong left Chang'an City and returned to the Dragon Palace. Seeing him coming back, the Dragon King asked casually, "Have you found that god-man?"

Seeing that he was the Dragon King, Xiao Huanglong didn't hide it. Thinking of Yuan Shoucheng's behavior during the day, he couldn't help laughing, "Yes, yes, yes! But it's a gentleman who talks about it. I asked him when it rains, He explained that it will rain tomorrow; asked him when and how many times it rained, and he said that the clouds are spread at the time of the day, thunder occurs at the right time, and it rains at noon, but the rain is not enough at that time, and the water is three feet three inches and 48 points. I fought with him It’s a bet; if it’s as he said, I’ll give him 50 taels of gold as a thank you; if it’s a little worse, we’ll smash his appearance, drive him up, and don’t confuse people in Chang’an.”

The Dragon King also laughed when he heard the words, "This king is the general manager of the Eight Rivers, the dragon god of the rain, whether it rains or not, it is not the king who has the final say, then the trickster must lose, you can go to him tomorrow The vendor just took off his signboard, and this matter is over, and there is no need to hurt him!"

"My son obeys!"

All the aquariums were still discussing this interesting matter, but they could only hear a cry in the air: "The Dragon King of Jinghe accepts the order."

All the aquariums looked up and saw a gold-clothed warrior, holding the imperial decree of the Jade Emperor in his hand, coming straight to the water mansion.

Seeing this, Ao Tong didn't dare to be negligent. Now that the Dragon Clan is in decline, although he listens to the edict and does not listen to the announcement, he is also under the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Court and cannot afford to offend him.

The warrior in gold gave the will to Ao Tong and went back to the sky.

Ao Tong thanked him, and then he opened the imperial decree, but saw that it read, "Decree to the eight river chiefs to drive away thunder and lightning; Ming Dynasty Shi Yuze, general aid to Chang'an city." The number of hours in the decree is judged by Mr. Not bad, Ao Tong was also stunned for a moment when he saw this.

"There really is such a spirit person in the world, he really can penetrate the heavens and the earth!"

Ao Tong handed the imperial decree to Xiao Huanglong for him to check, Xiao Huanglong was stunned for a moment after receiving it, and woke up after a while, but his heart was already overwhelmed.

Looking at Ao Tong in panic, "Father, this!"

Ao Tong waved his hand, "What are you panicking about? Since I'm a capable person, it's nothing if I can win you in a bet. Don't you want to go against the will of the heavens and stop the rain for the sake of a bet? Well, it's just fish That's all, let them catch it, tomorrow you go to make it rain, and after the rain, go and make up for the hexagram gold."

After talking about Ao Tong, he walked straight in. In fact, do you think Ao Tong is so willing to admit defeat?Of course not, but at such a critical juncture, he didn't want to cause trouble. Fortunately, it wasn't him who made the bet, and it wasn't a big loss of face. Out of sight, out of mind, that's all.

But Ao Tong ignored Xiao Huanglong's temperament. As the eldest son of Ao Tong, Xiao Huanglong was the most capable and talented among the nine sons of Ao Tong, but he was also the most arrogant. How could he be willing to bow his head and admit defeat now? .

Back in his bedroom, a clam spirit saw that Xiao Huanglong's expression was not right. These pets usually fight openly and secretly. Now that they see an opportunity, how can they let it go, and immediately stepped forward to hold Xiao Huanglong's shoulders and asked, " Your Royal Highness, is this because of such frowning?"

Seeing that he was his concubine, Xiao Huanglong didn't hide anything, so instead of telling the story, Mussel Essence was also smart, and laughed immediately.

"Why bother His Royal Highness, what's the difficulty in winning him? The concubine has a small plan, discipline and kill that guy's mouth."

Xiao Huanglong glanced at her when he heard the words, but smiled in his heart, even recognized his father, what can she do, "What can you do, I feel depressed today, you go out first."

Seeing this, the clam spirit didn't hold back, and said directly, "His Royal Highness, the Heavenly Court has a decree, and the rain will definitely fall tomorrow, but His Royal Highness has the final say on when and how much it will rain. If there are fewer points, it means that the guy is not accurate in making predictions, and he is afraid that he will not win him? How difficult is it to smash the signboard and drive him away?"

After hearing this, Xiao Huanglong was also moved, but thinking of Ao Tong's explanation, he felt a little worried, "This is also against the imperial edict, I'm afraid it's inappropriate."

Seeing that the little yellow dragon still refused to listen, the clam spirit hurriedly persuaded again, "His Royal Highness is very careful, the Dragon King rains a lot, how can he be so accurate every time, how can the heaven pay attention to such details, let alone because Such a trivial matter is embarrassing for the Dragon King, why be so cautious, could it be that His Royal Highness is really willing to bow his head and admit defeat."

That's right, the Dragon King made mistakes in raining from time to time, and Heaven never scolded him. Thinking of Yuan Shoucheng's confident expression, Xiao Huanglong was even more unwilling. It was too absurd for him to let the son of the Dragon King bow his head and admit defeat to a mortal.

"Okay, let's act according to the concubine's plan. Haha, the concubine is indeed worthy of being the most beloved person of the crown prince. Come on, we haven't been intimate for a long time. Today, I will let the crown prince pamper you."

The clam spirit was overjoyed when she saw this, and pretended to refuse, but her body went straight into Xiao Huanglong's arms, "Your Highness, don't want it."

Red lights and night candles, a dance with dragons.

On the next day, the little yellow dragon transformed into a dragon body and led the generals of Buyu to the sky above Jiuxiaokong in Chang'an City.

Thinking of what happened yesterday, he didn't hesitate any longer. When he got there, Fang Buyun, thunder at noon, rain at noon, and rain at the end of the day, but he was only three feet and forty o'clock, which changed him by an hour and restrained him by three inches eight o'clock.

After the rain, the generals were sent out as teachers, and he pressed the head of the cloud again, and turned into a white-clothed scholar. He went to Ximenli Street, crashed into Yuan Shoucheng's hexagram shop, and smashed his signboard, pen, inkstone, etc.

Yuan Shoucheng was sitting on the chair at this time, watching with cold eyes, blatantly not moving, as if it was not his own shop that was smashed.

Xiao Huanglong swung the door again and beat and scolded: "This monster who talks about misfortune and good fortune, a rascal who is good at deceiving people's hearts! Your hexagrams are not effective, and your words are ridiculous! You said that the hour and hour of rain today are not the same. You are still sitting in danger, go as soon as possible, and I will spare you the death penalty!"

Yuan Shoucheng was openly not afraid, turned his head to the sky and said with a sneer: "I am not afraid, I am not afraid! I have no capital punishment, but I am afraid that you have a capital punishment! It is easy for others to hide it, but it is difficult to hide it from me. I know you. You are not a scholar. It belongs to the Jinghe Dragon. You violated the Jade Emperor’s decree, changed the time, and violated the rules of heaven. You will inevitably be stabbed on that dragon-cutting platform, and you are still scolding me?”

When Xiao Huanglong saw this, he was terrified. Originally, it was okay for no one to know about such a thing, but now that it was told, it would be a big deal. Thinking of the consequences of disobeying the decree of the heaven, Xiao Huanglong didn't feel horrified , lost the door panel in a hurry, got dressed and bowed, and knelt down to Mr., "Sir, don't blame me. If you listen to the preface, you don't know how to make a fake come true. It really violates the rules of heaven. What can I do? I hope Mr. save me! Otherwise, I will die." I won't let you go."

Yuan Shoucheng was actually even more helpless in his heart. It was only a trivial matter, but it caused such a disaster. He came out of the mountain to assist the dragon, gain some human merit and luck, and use it for cultivation. He didn't want to be contaminated by karma. If he died because of him, then the enmity would be forged.

Mo Daolong has a broad mind, once the dragon dies, he might not be able to die forever, but now that a big mistake has been made, he has no ability to save people, so he calculated with his fingers and pondered for a while.

"I can't save you, I just point out a way out and reincarnate with you."

Seeing that there is a way out, Xiao Huanglong dared not be picky, and hurriedly begged again, "I would like to ask for advice."

Yuan Shoucheng didn't give a damn, "Tomorrow at three o'clock at noon, you should go to Cao Guan Wei Zheng to be executed. If you want your life, you must hurry to tell the current Emperor Taizong of Tang. Then Wei Zheng is the prime minister under the king of Tang. If you ask for his personal favor, then nothing will happen."

Xiao Huanglong also felt reasonable when he heard the words, he dared not delay, and rushed towards the palace.

A person above Chang'an City also appeared at this time, watching the farce below, nodded with satisfaction, but there was regret in his eyes.

The Journey to the West involves caution. It is far from being able to be accomplished by the Buddhist sect alone. Therefore, the Buddhist sect also needs to cooperate with other parties. The Dragon Clan is one of them. Even if it is removed, it is also a lot of effort.

After some calculations, the Buddha figured out that Ao Tong was originally a person in the calamity. If there were no accidents, he should have died in the calamity. This time, he was following the flow of favors, and there was still a reward to be paid, but he should not be in vain. Ao Run, the Dragon King of the North Sea, completed the deal.

Originally, this errand should be done by Guanyin, but if there is an accident with Guanyin, the Buddha can only hand over this errand to Manjushri Guangfa Bodhisattva who succeeds Avalokitesvara.

But after coming to the Tang Dynasty, Manjusri knew that things had changed. Somehow, Ao Tong turned into a tortoise. Do it for him, how can he make calculations.

Yesterday, when Manjusri was at a loss, he happened to see Yuan Shoucheng at the Little Yellow Dragon Street meeting, and couldn't help thinking about it. He couldn't catch Ao Tong's sore foot, but it wasn't bad to take down Little Yellow Dragon. Rainfall is Ao Tong's task, and now It is wrong for Ao Tong to entrust all matters to the Nine Sons, it's fine if no one makes it clear, and the Heavenly Court will not embarrass the Dragon Clan because of such a trivial matter.

But what if everyone knew about it.

In the Jinghe Dragon Palace, the clam spirit who had danced with the little yellow dragon yesterday woke up with a smug smile.

"Follow the plan!"

When a voice came, the clam spirit was not surprised, as if it was waiting for the voice, after getting dressed, it went straight to the Dragon Palace.

"Dragon King, the big thing is not good, disaster is coming, Dragon King, help me."

When Ao Tong got up early, his eyelids were twitching. He always felt that something bad was going to happen today. Now he was even more shocked when he heard the voice of the clam spirit. He also knew that the clam spirit was from the Little Yellow Dragon Palace, so he guessed Maybe something happened to Xiao Huanglong, and it was related to his best dragon son. Ao Tong didn't have time to investigate carefully, so he hurriedly asked, "Why are you so panicked, why don't you tell me quickly."

Seeing Ao Tong, the clam spirit immediately burst into tears, crying and echoing, "Dragon King, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went to Chang'an City to make rain this morning, because he was unwilling to be reconciled to yesterday's gambling, so he changed the time without permission and beat the rain. Heavenly Court already knows about this, and His Royal Highness is going to be punished, Dragon King, help me."

what!
"Confused!"

Hearing this, Ao Tong suddenly had a splitting headache and was about to fall down. Fortunately, Prime Minister Gui who was beside him quickly supported him, "It's a disaster, it's not a good thing."

As the Dragon King, Ao Tong is a member of the Xingyun Department. Naturally, he is most aware that this violates the decree of the heavenly court. It is a serious crime to deduct the rain number and delay the time. It is fine if the heavenly court does not know about it. , even if the Jade Emperor is to uphold the laws of heaven, the majesty of the heaven will not let the little yellow dragon go.

What's more, he privately granted the power of rain distribution, and disaster happened. I am afraid that the Heavenly Court will hold him accountable. Even if he does not kill his head, he will have to take away his Jinghe priesthood.

Thinking of this, Ao Tong's old blood welled up, so he didn't spit it out. He was sitting at home, and the pot came from the sky. He kept Yuanzheng's advice in mind these years. He was very careful, and he didn't want to be disaster It's implicated, but it's his own son, and he has to admit it with tears in his eyes.

Now there are only two paths before him, one is to take the initiative to take the blame, but he can save Xiao Huanglong, but he has to be lying on the Dragon Slaying Platform; the other is to push all the guilt to Xiao Huanglong On the body, even the matter of spreading the rain was done by Xiao Huanglong privately, and he pushed it all away, and his uncle Xihai Dragon King spoke, so he could not only keep his life safe, but also keep his Jinghe priesthood.

But that is his best son, how can he be willing to do it.

"Where is Little Huanglong now?"

Ao Tong did not forget that Xiao Huanglong is the key now, even if he wants to blame him, he must keep his mouth shut and admit everything.

"His Royal Highness has gone to the palace!"

Palace!

What did he go to the palace for?
Bang Jing thoughtfully explained, "His Royal Highness begged the hexagram master to give him an idea, saying that the person who supervised the beheading should be the Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty, Wei Zheng, so he asked His Royal Highness to go to the Tang Emperor for help."

Wei Zheng!Emperor Tang!
Ao Tong was still puzzled, but Prime Minister Gui had already seen something, "Dragon King, the Heavenly Court probably didn't want to offend the Dragon Clan, so it made the Emperor blame the Emperor. Now the area where the rain is spread is the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and the governor of the Tang Dynasty, Wei Zheng Supervising and beheading is also justified."

It’s true that there are no omissions, and after such a buffer, the Dragon King calmed down a little, "Old Gui, I’m afraid this matter is not that simple. I need to find out where the little yellow dragon is. You hurry up and find Zhenjun for help. You can still see that you can save yourself in the face of the past."

(End of this chapter)