I am the Dragon King of the Well

Chapter 303 The guilty little loach
The journey back was much easier than when we started.

After all, there was less luggage on board, and there was no harassment from relatives and friends of the Black Mountain Demon King along the way, so the road was smooth.

But even so, by the time they arrived in Qingzhou, it was already the end of the year.

Although it is winter in Qingzhou, it is far from the coldness in the north, and the slightly humid sea breeze blows on the body, which makes people feel very comfortable lazily.

"That's good."

Little Niqiu is eager to return home. He already lives in a tight house, and this escort of luggage is almost the longest time he has been away from his hometown.

The boat entered the Canglang River along the estuary, and then returned to Yanhu Lake. Looking at the gray-yellow land on both sides, Qiu Ping felt very kind.

He never wanted to live the days of being frightened outside.

"Promoting my lord, the old man will leave first, and he has to go to the City God to return to his life." After entering Yanhu Lake, the old ghost cupped his hands at Qiu Ping and said politely.

Qiu Ping also wanted to go home, and after a few polite words with the old ghost, he went his separate ways.

"Hey, I seem to have forgotten something... Never mind, I'm going home to sleep first."

Little Niqian looked at the back of the old ghost leaving, and felt that he seemed to have missed something.

What the hell is going on.

……

Qiu Ping returned to [Falling Dragon Pass], but he saw that there were lights and festoons in Falling Dragon Pass. Rows of red lanterns were hanging from the entrances of various offices, and it looked quite lively.

The world is about to celebrate the New Year, and Shinto is also busy.

Because all the sacrifices in the world are busy, the Shinto has to be busy with the incense.A chief official like Qiu Ping still needs to make a year-end summary and report to his superiors.

"Ow."

As soon as Qiu Ping came back, suddenly in the shadows beside him, a snow-white monster shaped like a white-haired lion with a one-horned head rushed towards him.

The little loach slapped it subconsciously, and the lion let out a scream, and then fell to the ground.

At the same time, two small figures rolled out, but they were the little shrew and the little carp Li Huanying.

"Ouch."

The two touched their buttocks and screamed in their mouths.

"What are you two doing?"

Little Loach looked at the white-haired lion, his face turned black.

"We are playing the Nian Beast. When I was in the mountains, I used to dress up as a Nian Beast every year to play in the world." The little shrew ran up to the white-haired lion. I breathed a sigh of relief.

According to ancient legends, the Nian Beast is a vicious beast that goes down the mountain to eat people every year. Later, it was subdued by the Heavenly Official Emperor and imprisoned in the sky.

I don't know if this rumor is true or not, but now many gods will deliberately pretend to be beasts during the Chinese New Year, on the one hand, to find a chance to play in the world, and on the other hand, to play tricks on humans and get their prayers and worship.

The little shrew's family has been a mountain god for generations, and he began to play the Nian beast at a very young age.

In fact, many rumors of beasts in later generations were created by these gods.

"Playing the Nian beast is fun. Every time I sneak up behind people and jump out suddenly, it scares people. They even scare me with firecrackers. I'm not afraid, but I still have to pretend to be scared. They think It scares me away, but I can take the opportunity to devour their scattered thoughts."

The little shrew folded up the white-haired lion, mumbling.

"It's childish."

Qiu Ping looked at the white-haired lion with some disdain in his mouth, but his eyes were fixed on the lion without moving.

"Hmph, I don't care."

Little Loach raised his head and swaggered into the Falling Dragon Pass.

The gods of each yamen were busy. When someone saw Qiu Ping coming back, he said hello, and then he bowed his head and went to work on his own affairs.

There is no way, for the human world, Chinese New Year is a day to celebrate reunion, but for the gods, it requires all kinds of overtime.

Too busy to stop at all.

Qiu Ping wandered around in the Falling Dragon Pass, the smile on his face was a little stiff, although he likes to touch fish, but this feeling that others are busy and he has nothing to do still makes him feel a little weak.

What he was most worried about was that he had been away for less than half a year, and the Falling Dragon Pass was still operating in an orderly manner.

The leaders at the top saw it, would they think he was dispensable?

Little Loach became vigilant in his heart, but he really didn't know what to do. It's not a good thing if his subordinates are too capable.

"My lord, you can be regarded as coming back."

Qiu Ping was passing [Yin Yang Division], but saw Judge Cui holding a stack of documents in his hands. After seeing him, his face showed "joy".

"Judge Cui, long time no see."

Qiu Ping seemed a little weak.

"When you are not at home, we are really busy at Falling Dragon Pass. Fortunately, you came back before the Chinese New Year, otherwise we really don't know what to do."

"Really?"

Little Loach's depressed mood immediately lifted a bit.

"Yeah, look, we can't spare this year's 'God Tournament', and the list has been delayed. Yesterday I was still talking to the people below, and you came back today."

Judge Cui picked up a thin booklet from under a stack of documents.

"What is this... the Gods Tournament?"

It was the first time for Little Loach to hear this word. He was a country loach before, and he was finally promoted, but his station was in hell, so he had never heard of this thing.

"Every Chinese New Year, people in the world will invite the statues of gods from all walks of life out of the temple, or pretend to be gods, and parade between urban and rural areas. Our true gods will also mix in every year, enjoy incense, and answer prayers."

Judge Cui and Qiu Ping briefly explained.

Little Loach's eyes lit up a little, compared to those messy paperwork and official duties, this kind of thing seemed very fun.

"But... I still have to do the year-end summary. I may not have time recently."

Qiu Ping immediately became distressed. He still had to report the results of this year's Falling Dragon Pass and the development of the next year. He was basically fishing this year, and he was blind to many things.

It is estimated that this summary is quite time-consuming to write.

"Don't worry, Mr. Ti, I've already done these small things for you. Speaking of which, you came up with the method of summarizing the report, and it has been spread through the hands of Fuhe Shuibo and Yanhu Longjun. Shinto, even Duke Wei Ling has praised you."

Judge Cui took down the top book, and Qiu Ping casually flipped through it a few times, and found that it used tables and figures to sort out the various situations in the Falling Dragon Pass clearly, and he couldn't find faults even if he wanted to. .

"You are the chief officer of our yamen, we can do these trivial matters for you."

"Hmm."

Little Loach nodded, feeling happy, yes, as the chief officer, I have to focus on more meaningful things.

"Oh, by the way, Tai Sui Mountain also sent you an invitation card, saying that you are invited to participate in this year's Tai Sui Retiring Event..."

……

"Ow."

In the dark mountain forest, the sky was gloomy, with no stars to be seen.

Suddenly, a white-haired lion suddenly jumped out from the darkness, let out a deep roar, its eyes were scarlet...

"Mom."

A white-haired bat the size of a person was happily preparing to go out to look for food, but was startled by the lion, and immediately scrambled and ran away.

"Ha ha ha ha."

Two undisguised laughing voices came, but they saw the white-haired lion lying limply on the ground, and two figures, one shorter and the other shorter, sprang out from behind the white-haired lion.

Seeing this, the bat knew that he had been tricked, and immediately flew into a rage.

It's really courageous to run wild in this Huang'ao village. Who doesn't know that this is Grandpa Qiu's territory.The villain is not talented, and he was beaten up by Grandpa Qiu back then, which can be regarded as a kind of incense.

I want to see which bastard dares to play tricks on me.

Although the white-haired bat has bad eyesight, through the dim light, he vaguely saw a weird child with ordinary facial features and a big forehead, and a three-inch-tall mouse was beside him.

"Grandpa Qiu, so you are old!"

The moment he saw the person coming, the white-haired bat felt a lightning strike in his head, and his whole body trembled.

This Grandpa Qiu is from our Changning County, oh no, he is considered a famous figure in our Tai'an Mansion.

In just two years, it was like riding a rocket, from the ninth rank to the sixth rank, which was a bit too perverted.

"Bai San'er, you are too timid."

Qiu Ping held the lion's head with one hand and smiled happily.

"Yes, yes, Xiao Xiao is too timid. The main reason is that the lion is so realistic that I was caught off guard and thought it was a real lion."

The white-haired bat had an apologetic smile on its face, but was flattered in its heart.

To him, even the land master in the village is a big shot, let alone a sixth-rank Shinto official.

"Let me just say, my year's beast is a family heirloom, and it is a high-quality product in our Changning County." The little shrew jumped on the head of the white-haired lion, holding the unicorn in one paw, and said very proudly .

"Let's go, let's scare the others."

Qiu Ping found joy in playing the Nian beast, he got into the belly of the white-haired lion, supported his head with both hands, while the little shrew dragged its tail behind, the two cooperated one after the other, quickly Happily went down the mountain.

Although the taste of the New Year in the village is not as good as that in the city, but because this year is a bumper harvest year, everyone's life is rich, so they are in the mood to buy some things for the New Year when they come back.

It was rare for every household to light oil lamps. Figures were reflected on the windows through the lights, and bursts of laughter came from inside.

After working hard for a year, only at this time can everyone let go of all the burdens and reward themselves.

"Ow."

With the head of the white-haired lion on its head, the little loach swaggered ahead, roaring from time to time.

Although no one was around, he had a great time playing with the little shrew.

"Little ones, the village in front seems to be very happy, let's go and scare them."

Standing at the entrance of the village, Qiu Ping felt the joy in the air and the sweetness of the food, and his mood became more cheerful.

"Good king!"

The little shrew stretched its body and responded loudly.

The two, one in front of the other, jumped into the village.

Although their Nian Beast is a fake, it can barely be regarded as a magic weapon of the divine way, and the two of them got into it, and mortals couldn't see the flaw at all.

They walked on the ground, leaving pink footprints on the ground.

As they walked in the village, some negative bad luck and bad luck also gathered, forming faint black clouds, entangled around Nian Beast.

As the misfortune gradually became thicker, Nian Beast's pupils also became more scarlet.

"Duang! Duang! Duang!"

"Hurry up and hand over the fire date, or your small temple will be demolished."

Little Niach stretched out one foot and kicked the door of the temple of the Earth God.

After a while, a puff of blue smoke rose from the ground, and an old man about three feet tall appeared in front of Qiu Ping and the two of them holding a cane in his hand.

"Qiu Tiju, you are really very elegant."

Seeing the Nian Beast running around in front of his door, the Earth Lord couldn't help laughing.

"Hey, how did you know it was me?"

Little Loach's head poked out from the side of the Nian Beast, and it was discovered as soon as it showed up.

How do I know, it's not your loud voice like a broken gong, I can hear it even if I turn to ashes.

"Naturally, it's Qiu Tiju that your temperament is refined, shining brightly even in the dark."

The land lord showed a smile on his face, and he opened his mouth to speak nonsense.

However, Little Loach did eat this set. Although he was a little embarrassed to be praised, he was still secretly happy.

It seems that the eyes of the masses are discerning. In the future, I will go to the grassroots and listen to the voices of the people below. This will help me improve myself.

"This is the jujube you asked for, and it has been prepared for you a long time ago."

The land master smiled and stuffed two red jujubes the size of a fist into Qiu Ping's hands.

This is what he planted in the blessed land, and it will take many years to grow, so he is reluctant to give it to others on weekdays.

"It's not rude to come and go, and I will give you a lottery during the Chinese New Year."

The little loach divided the jujubes among the shrews, and then rummaged through the scale space.

A vermillion fruit?No, the pure yang aura is too heavy, and the ninth-rank gods can't bear it.A hundred-year-old peach?No, this thing increases lifespan, and it is useless for gods born as ghosts.

Ah... the little loach finally found a 【Wutu Huangxing】.

This is the fruit of the earth attribute, which should be of some help to a land like land.This was what he searched out from the Dragon Palace's treasure house back then, and it didn't taste particularly delicious. After eating it once, he never touched it again, just keeping it as a favor.

He stuffed an apricot with an earthy yellow smell into the hands of the land father, and then carried the lion's head, ready to run into the village to scare people.

"Fairy fruit?"

Feeling the condensed and thick aura in the yellow apricot, almost as thick as the earth, the Lord of the Land was dumbfounded.

With all his net worth invested in it, he might not be able to keep up with one-tenth of this fruit.

This little loach is really promising.

At the beginning when the two were in the same village, I could barely be regarded as his superior, but now in a blink of an eye, this kid is about to go to heaven.

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