From clam spirit to mirage dragon fairy

Chapter 16 Scholar’s ​​Plot
Guyang followed Wu Guo back to the cave to continue practicing, not caring about the fate of the eagle-eyed man and the others.

When it was getting dark, a scholar in a green shirt and a girl quietly came to the eagle-eyed man and the others.

The scholar in blue shirt is dressed in commoner clothes, and the blue scholar's robe has been washed and turned white. There are not many decorations on his body, only a yellowed folding fan in his hand is arty.

The girl was dressed in coarse linen clothes, her skin was sallow, only her big eyes were shining, and her palms that should have been slender and tender were covered with calluses.

The two of them were like brother and sister and like master and servant, the type that you would never find if you were thrown into a crowd.

But even so, the two of them had no fear of seeing the dead.

"Master, there are still a few alive."

The girl leaned over to check it and said naively.

"Ugh--"

The scholar sighed sadly, rolled up his sleeves, raised the eagle-eyed man's arm, and pushed the eagle-eyed man back into the lake.

A burst of bubbles emerged from the bottom of the water, and the eagle-eyed man instinctively began to struggle. Unfortunately, he was fascinated by the mirage and could not wake up from his sleep.

"Master, let me--"

The girl threw the other two who were still breathing into the water one by one.

The scholar watched the eagle-eyed man and their bodies gradually lose movement and finally slowly surfaced.

"Let's go-"

The scholar did not look at the corpses again and left the scene with the girl.

"Whoa, whoa-"

There was a sound of paddling.

The old man who was punting the boat climbed out of the water, looked at the scholars who were walking away, and then at the corpses with fear in his eyes.

Because his weak Guyang Wujia didn't target him at all, those men in black also focused all their attention on Guyang and the others, and would not notice him as an old man at all.

In this way, the old man escaped this death by relying on his water skills that he had developed over decades.

But he didn't dare to go home because he knew that going home would only bring disaster to his wife and children.

The adults from Beijing are dead, but he is alive.

The magistrate will not let him go.

He knew he had to run away, to a place where no one knew him.

Originally, the old man just wanted to take a rest in the reeds by the lake. After all, he was getting older and his physical strength was not as good as before.

But I didn't expect that someone would come here at this time.

The panicked old man could only hide back in the water again.

He didn't expect to see such a scene.

An ordinary poor scholar and a simple peasant girl can actually drown the big shots in Beijing without changing their expressions.

But he still saw this.

"Escape, I must escape immediately."

The old man was so frightened that he trembled all over, ignoring his physical fatigue and the cold wind in the early morning.

If he wants to run away, run away now.

"As expected, I said I forgot something?"

A calm and plain voice suddenly sounded in the old man's ears.

"you you……"

The old man was so frightened that he lost his soul and looked at the scholar who had left and returned in disbelief.

"Sir, have mercy on me, my lord, have mercy on me, I didn't see anything, I didn't see anything."

The old man kept kowtowing and begging the scholar to let him go.

"No, father-in-law. You saw it, you saw it very clearly."

The scholar did not kill him, but helped the old man up like a junior.

"Sir, I really didn't see anything. I don't know anything."

The old man did not relax because of the scholar's attitude, he was still begging for mercy and begging for his life.

"Don't panic, old man, you witnessed the lake monster harming people with your own eyes, and you desperately recovered the bodies of all the adults.

This is a great achievement and no one will hurt you. "

The scholar took a money bag from the girl's hand and forced it into the old man's hand, saying something meaningful.

"me……"

The old man clutched the money bag in his hand, feeling a little at a loss for a moment.

Don't kill yourself?
Give yourself money back.

What is this for?
"My father-in-law, you saw the lake demon harming people with your own eyes, and you fought hard to get the body back.

You saw nothing else. "

The scholar patted the old man's palm hard.

"Oh, remember. Lake monsters harm people, lake monsters harm people..."

The old man seemed to be frightened by the series of changes, and only remembered this sentence.

"very good."

The scholar smiled happily and disappeared into the dawn again with the girl.

"The lake monster harms people, the lake monster harms people..."

The old man seemed to be really crazy, muttering this sentence repeatedly and walking towards home like a zombie puppet.

A few days later, the news about the water monster in Yingyue Lake spread quickly across both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

All the people were in panic.

They are all ordinary people, without any great skills, and they rely on Yingyue Lake to support their family.

If there is a water monster in the lake, who would dare to go into the water?
How can I support myself and my family if I can’t get into the water?
Some villages began to raise funds to hire mages to cast down demons.

Some flocked to temples and Taoist temples to pray for blessings from gods and Buddhas.

Some people also placed incense and three animal sacrifices by the lake to pray for peace.

In short, the banks of Yingyue Lake have been very lively these days.

The monsters hiding under the water were also greatly alarmed and came to the surface one after another to check the situation.This further confirmed the legend of the lake monster, and the panic became more serious.

At this moment, news came out from the Yamen.

The brain monster in the lake is because there is no "Lake God" to suppress it. The county magistrate decided to hold a "Lake God Festival" to select a great sage from the county's past sages and call him the "Yingyue Lake God" to suppress the monsters in the lake.

As soon as this news came out, not only the common people, but also the aristocratic families were no longer calm.

In this world where the Dharma appears, if one of your ancestors is a god, wouldn't it be able to protect future generations and bring prosperity to the world?
As a result, various families and tribes began to build publicity for their ancestors, and actively wooed various officials in the county to ensure that their ancestors were selected.

Just when the undercurrent in the county was turbulent and chaotic, the scholar quietly left the county with his little maid and embarked on the road back to Beijing.

"Master, is this all we need?"

the girl asked curiously.

She didn't understand why her young master, such a shrewd person, did so many things and left without waiting for the results to come out.

"Everything is a foregone conclusion, there is no need to look at the outcome."

The scholar calmly watched the scenery of the moonlit lake on the roadside.

His name is Xiao Yaxuan, who was originally a scholar from a poor family. After ten years of hard study, he was reduced to a poor family, relying solely on the hard work of a little maid to support himself.

Later, when I got lucky, I passed the imperial examination and was fortunate enough to be listed on the gold list and passed the imperial examination.

Although she is only a third-ranked Jinshi, she is Mrs. Ru among the Jinshi.

But it can be regarded as a step forward in class and an official status.

Just when he was about to show off his skills, he found that he had nowhere to show them.

Emperor Chongde has been in power for more than 50 years, and senior officials in the court have also been running the business for more than [-] years.

The originally honest and upright virtuous ministers and prime ministers have changed from the original example of a poor family to a new powerful family.

Officials from various ministries in the DPRK and China collude with each other, and various relationships are like a big network, firmly controlling the government.

If you have connections and connections, you can get a good position as soon as you enter the court. If you are someone like Elva Hsiao who has no problem but no money, let alone join the court as an official, even a county magistrate in a remote area will not be able to get his turn.

A child from a humble family like him is just a facade put on by high-ranking officials in front of the world.

As soon as it is used up it is useless.

There is a big exam every three years. Over the past few decades, countless children from poor families like him have been awarded the title of Jinshi, but they can't arrange for it, so they can only waste their lives in the capital.

Those who are lucky can work as staff clerks in some powerful houses, while those who are unlucky can only make a living by writing letters of thanks to others and selling calligraphy and paintings.

Xiao Yaxuan was very lucky, and met the current "King of Qin" by chance.

This King of Qin was only twenty years old, and he was the legitimate son of the late prince.

Because the late prince never ascended the throne in his lifetime, and Emperor Chongde had no intention of canonizing the prince, he could only inherit the title of "King of Qin" that the late prince had previously held.

Emperor Chongde has been in power for more than 50 years, and the prince has been tortured to death by him.

Now the eldest son of Emperor Chongde is the third son "Prince Jin", who is already 61 years old.

These princes don't want to be able to drool while looking at that seat all their lives without having the chance to wait until the day they ascend the throne.

When the news that the master who refined the life-extending pill for Emperor Chongde was killed by a demon reached Kyoto.

All the princes who were expected to inherit the great treasure took action in unison.

without him
It was to prevent Emperor Chongde from getting another chance to extend his life.

The King of Qin was naturally one of them.

However, Emperor Chongde, who had been in charge of the government for more than fifty years, was not easy to deal with.

So everyone can only take action secretly.

Those men in black were the internal guards who specifically searched for dragon seeds for Emperor Chongde.

From the day they left Beijing, it was already destined that they would never come back.

The vassal kings from all walks of life sent out their best soldiers one after another to either intercept or interfere.

One hundred internal guards left the capital, and only six of them arrived at Yingyue Lake.

Xiao Yaxuan was the leader who came out to stop the inner guards under the instructions of King Qin.

He is not good at force, but he has a lot of ingenuity.

He knew that simply destroying the inner guards was not enough to interrupt Emperor Chongde's determination to capture the dragon species.

After a group of people died, Emperor Chongde could still send out thousands of people.

Only by solving the problem at its root can we solve it once and for all.

So Xiao Yaxuan deliberately created panic and guided the county magistrate to canonize the Lake God.

Yingyue Lake is suppressed by the Lake God, and the dragon species in the lake either escape far away or are suppressed by the Lake God.

Emperor Chongde no longer wanted to capture dragon species to extend his life.

The princes would not allow it, all the people in the world would not allow it, and he, Xiao Yaxuan, would not allow it.

Elva Hsiao was full of revenge and quietly left with a desperate plan.

But it hurt the monsters in the lake.

Nowadays, people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are calling for the establishment of a lake god. The demons in the lake more or less understand the meaning of the lake god.

Who wants to have an extra mountain above their head weighing them down?

Therefore, during this period of time, the monsters in the lake were making a lot of noise, making waves, hitting the dams and fertile fields, and overturning fishing boats.

It only caused complaints among the people on both sides of the lake.

Little did they know that the actions of the demons strengthened the people's determination to enthrone the Lake God.

Just as Elva Hsiao said, everything is a foregone conclusion and cannot be changed.

Guyang and Wujia lurked under the water and did not make trouble like other lake monsters.

But I still have a lot of headaches about the Lake God.

Wu Gu is simple and kind, and feels that even the appearance of the Lake God cannot affect a good demon like him who practices the right path.

But Guyang didn't see it that way.

The people canonized the lake god just to suppress the monsters in the lake. Who knows what kind of virtues the lake god canonize?
Guyang didn't like the feeling of leaving his fate in the hands of others.

So Guyang decided to do something.

(End of this chapter)