The Legend of Yaoxian's Departure

Chapter 203

"This..." Feng Qing wanted to refute, but found that she was unable to refute, because what Li Luo said was indeed the truth.

Mu Bai first said: "How about we make a bet?"

Everyone looked at her, Li Luo frowned slightly and said, "What are you betting on?"

"Just bet that you, as a mortal, go to the human world to experience it yourself. If the heavens continue to help mortals and maintain the peace of the four realms, you will give up attacking the heavens. Otherwise, we will no longer oppose it."

Li Luo felt that the idea was not bad, nodded and said: "Okay."

Elder Xu and Wu Qingyue frowned when they heard that Liluo was going to leave the Demon Realm. If Liluo disappeared at this juncture, there would be chaos in the world, and they stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty!"

Li Luo stretched out his hand to stop him, and said without hesitation: "I know what you are going to say, alas, in fact, I don't want to fight this battle to win power, but to unify the four realms, so that the barriers between the various races will be less , there will be fewer tragedies like Rouke."

Wu Qingyue didn't know about Rou Ke, but Elder Xu knew about it. This was also the fuse that ignited Li Luo's determination to unify the four worlds.

"The time of war is really a big plan. My wish is nothing more than peace in the world. If this is the case, why not go to the world again? Elder Xu and Elder Wu listened to the order. The war is approaching. I want to retreat and practice. From now on, the demon world As for the affairs, the second minister can handle the matters as appropriate on my behalf."

Elder Xu and Wu Qingyue knew that they had made up their mind to leave, so they stopped talking.

"According to the order."

After explaining about the demon world, Li Luo went to the mortal world alone.

Most disasters in the world are either natural disasters or man-made disasters.After the unification of the Qin Dynasty, there was no war.The most common natural disasters are nothing more than floods and droughts. Shanyin County is located in Yinchuan Prefecture in the northwest of Daqin. It has been a severe drought for three years, with no drop of water and no crops.For a long time, they have been relying on the irrigation of the melted snow on the high mountains to barely survive the day. If this is the case, countless people will starve to death.

Liluo turned into a young man who suffered from drought in his hometown and came to Shanyin County, and many people in Shanyin County fled southward and eastward with their families. The county is okay, but those villages are really It was empty, and all that was left was the corpse.

Li Luo was walking on the official road to the county seat, and as soon as someone around her fell down, she would never get up again, starving to death along the way.

Suddenly, a figure fell beside Li Luo, and Li Luo quickly pulled him back, only to see an old man panting weakly with his eyes closed, the wrinkles on his old face were like cracked riverbeds along the way.

"Old man!" Li Luo helped the man under a big tree, the old man's lips were already dry to the point of turning white and peeling, which was a symptom of severe dehydration.The old man had already passed out, dragging it on would only lead to a dead end, Li Luo supported the old man's hand and secretly gave him some mana.

The old man slowly opened his eyes, swallowed with difficulty, his voice was hoarse like rough wind and sand.

"Am I dead?"

Li Luo followed his breath and said: "Old man, you are not dead."

The old man turned his head and glanced at Li Luo with difficulty, and smiled wryly: "Hey, this terrible God! Open your eyes! My old bones are not dead yet!"

Li Luo was slightly taken aback, she didn't expect the old man's reaction to be so strong, if it wasn't for the lack of water in his body, he would probably burst into tears.

"Why did the old man say that, isn't it good to live?"

The old man said: "Without rain for three years, all my sons, daughters-in-law and grandsons have died, and I am the only one who is still alive. Instead of suffering so much, what am I doing alive? God damn it, why don't you just take me with you?" Leave my old man alone, cough cough..." Speaking of the excitement, the old man coughed twice in discomfort.

Seeing that his face was flushed from coughing, Liluo quickly took out a bamboo tube and handed it to him.

When the old man saw that there was clean and clear water in the bamboo tube, he looked at Liluo with his skinny and sunken old eyes, and then looked at the bamboo tube to make sure that the water inside was not a hallucination.There was a burst of joy at first, then his expression changed slightly, he swallowed hard, and then looked around with his hands on the bamboo tube, seeing that no one was paying attention to them, he said: "Good boy, then go back, the water is very precious now, don't leave it in the water." Show it in front of others, or you won't have a single drop left." As he said that, the old man was about to put the bamboo tube in his hand into Li Luo's hand.

Li Luo didn't expect that this old man was about to die, and when he saw life-saving water, he would react like this: "Old man, this is for you to drink."

The old man shook his head with difficulty, looked at Li Luo with cloudy eyes, and said, "My good boy, I am too old to use it. This drop of water of yours can save a life, so you should take it and run for your life, don't waste it on me. On a dying person." As he spoke, the old man lowered his head weakly.

Li Luo clearly saw the struggle on the old man's face. After the struggle, he gave up and gave up resolutely. He handed back the bamboo tube in his hand: "Old man, drink it, I still have some here."

The old man looked up to see Li Luo, holding the bamboo tube tremblingly, the dryness and coldness of the bamboo tube was attached to his hand all of a sudden, he wanted to drink, but he could still live after drinking, after several struggles, he finally shook his head .

"No need, my old man hasn't seen such clean water for a long time, it must be hard to come by."

In order to reassure the old man, Li Luo pretended to be mysterious and said, "Don't worry, this is snow water from the mountain. I picked a lot, and it's enough to drink."

Hearing what he said, the old man stopped insisting, covered himself with his sleeve, raised his head and poured water into it.People's desire to survive is the strongest before they are about to die, and whoever wants to live if they can live, even for a day.

The sweet and cold water ran across the dry throat, just like a hot iron plate meeting water, like a dead tree in spring, the old man felt like he was alive again in an instant.He drank too quickly and choked twice.In order not to be discovered, he suppressed his blushing.

Seeing this, Li Luo couldn't bear it, and murmured: "How could this be, how severe the drought here is."

The old man took a breath, looked at Li Luo and said, "The young man came from a foreign country, right?"

Li Luo nodded and said, "Yes."

"What are you doing here? It hasn't rained in our Shanyin County for three years. What the old man said is not nice. Aren't you looking for death when you come here?" There was a little sadness, resentment and helplessness in the eyes of the old man. God's business, even if he shouted out his throat, what if it doesn't rain?
"What about the imperial court? What about the officials? Don't they care about you?"

The old man sighed and said, "It's okay, food relief is distributed every year, but we are short of water now, and it is difficult to even drink water. No matter how much food comes, it will be useless."

"Is there no way to pray for rain?"

The old man continued: "The county magistrate prayed for rain at the city god, but the rain just didn't come, and I don't know why." After speaking, the old man almost burst into tears.

Li Luo's face sank, he looked at the cloudless sky, then smiled at the old man and said, "Then where are you going now?"

People passing by one after another on the official road, the dirt road raised dust and sand all over the sky.

Looking at the vast official road, the old man sighed: "Wherever you can go, go wherever there is water, follow the people in front, stop if you can't walk." Stop and die, the last sentence was not uttered, But they all know it well.

The old man regained some strength, stood up, and handed the bamboo tube back to Liluo.

"Good young man, if my old man survives today, I will definitely set up a longevity tablet for you."

Li Luo pushed the bamboo tube back to him: "You don't have to be polite, old man, just take this bamboo tube with you, maybe it will be useful to you."

Before the old man could refuse again, Li Luo turned around and walked towards Shanyin county.

After entering the county town, Li Luo thought it would be better, but he didn't expect that the situation in the city was almost the same. Although the people in the city hadn't left yet, they still looked disheveled.It's not that they don't want to leave, but that they have all their property here, and they are reluctant to leave.

There was a bulletin board erected at the gate of the city, and Li Luo stepped forward to take a look, and there was a piece of yellowed paper pasted on it.Due to the dryness and prolonged sun exposure, the paste has cracked and the paper is brittle and partially peeling off.On it was written a notice to ask for rain, and anyone who could ask for rain should go to the Yamen immediately.As long as you can ask for rain, you can get a handsome bounty.

The bounty conditions are indeed attractive, but judging from the appearance of this notice, it has been posted for a long time and no one has come to reveal the list.

Li Luo stepped forward to take off the list, and there was an exclamation from behind. Li Luo turned her head to look, and saw a man looking her up and down, and said with a little sneer, "Someone actually revealed the list! Boy, this is a notice from the government, is it true?" You can’t just take it off and wipe your butt.” The people next to him laughed loudly.

Li Luo sighed slightly in his heart, he was almost unable to keep himself, and still had the mood to laugh at others, it was considered a pleasure in bitterness.

"Brother, I'm here to pray for rain, where is the government office?"

Seeing her seriousness, the man pointed her in the direction, thanked Li Luo and headed towards the Yamen.

Not long after, Liluo found the yamen.There are two official servants at the door, sitting or leaning, dozing weakly at the door.

Li Luo patted an official who was leaning against the doorpost, the official first thought it was a bug, waved his hand in his sleep, Li Luo patted again, the official opened his eyes.Seeing a sallow and skinny young man dressed like a refugee, he said angrily in a rough voice: "What are you doing! Go farther away, there is no water in the yamen!"

Li Luo was not annoyed, and handed him the notice in his hand with a blank expression: "I'm here to pray for rain."

The official didn't expect that he came to beg for rain, and the other ran over curiously when he heard the voice, and couldn't help but sneered when he saw him, "Just you?"

Li Luo nodded, and looked at the two of them firmly: "Why, can't you?"

The two officials looked at each other, and shook their heads in disbelief: "Okay, we won't stop you if you want to ask for rain, but don't blame us for not reminding you, if you don't ask for rain, you will go to jail."

"Is someone already in jail?"

The official said: "Taoist priests are the most imprisoned in the Yamen's prisons."

Li Luo smiled slightly: "It's okay, when I meet the magistrate, I can talk about everything, and I will let you two pass it on..."

The two officials thought that he would be frightened, but they didn't expect him to be so calm. They wondered in their hearts, could it be that this kid really has some abilities.

(End of this chapter)