Journey to the West: Flood Dragon Against the Sky

Chapter 94, Jinghe Dragon King

Chapter 99, Jinghe Dragon King
The capital city is a big country, and the eight rivers flow around the four mountains.How many emperors prospered here, since ancient times the world has talked about Chang'an.Chang'an City is the place where the emperors of all dynasties built their capitals.Since the Zhou, Qin, and Han Dynasties, the three prefectures have been blooming like brocades, and the eight waters have flowed around the city. There are 36 flower and willow lanes and 72 orchestra buildings.Looking at the map of Huayi, it is the most powerful in the world, which is really a wonderful victory.Today, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty ascended the throne and changed Yuanlongji Zhenguan.At this time, he has been on the throne for 13 years, and he is at the age of Jisi.

But it was said that there were two wise men on the banks of the Jing River outside Chang'an City: one was a fisherman named Zhang Shao, and the other was a Qiaozi named Li Ding.The two of them were jinshi who did not enter the examination, and mountain men who could read.One day, in the city of Chang'an, he sold firewood on his shoulders, and bought carp in the basket. They went into the tavern together, ate half-heartedly, each brought a bottle, and walked back along the bank of the Jing River.

Zhang Shaodao: "Brother Li, take care on the way! Go up the mountain and watch the tiger carefully. If there is something dangerous, it will be the few old people on the street tomorrow!"

Hearing this, Li Ding said angrily, "You're so lazy! A good friend is worth life and death, why are you cursing me? If I'm killed by a tiger, you'll be overwhelmed by waves!"

Zhang Shaodao: "I will never cross the river."

Li Dingdao: "There are unpredictable things in the sky, and people have temporary misfortunes and blessings. How can you keep everything safe?" Zhang Xiaodao: "Brother Li, although you say so, you haven't figured it out yet; if my business is unpredictable, Nothing like this will happen.”

Li Dingdao: "You make a living on the water, it's extremely dangerous, and it's hidden and dark, what's so unpredictable?"

Zhang Xiaodao: "You don't know. In Chang'an City, on Ximen Street, there is a gentleman who sells divination. I give him a golden carp every day, and he will teach me a lesson. According to the direction, he will do it a hundred times. Baizhu. Today I went to buy divination again. He taught me to cast the net on the east side of Jinghe Bay, cast the fish on the west bank, and return with a full load of fish and shrimp. Come to the city tomorrow, sell money and wine, and talk to my brother again. "The two said goodbye from now on.

This is exactly what the road talks, and there are people in the grass.It turned out that there was a Yaksha who was patrolling the water in the Jinghe Water Mansion. Hearing hundreds of words, he hurriedly turned to the Crystal Palace and hurriedly reported to the Dragon King: "It's a disaster! It's a disaster!"

The Dragon King asked, "What's the matter?"

Yacha said: "The minister patrolled the water and went to the river, only to hear two fishermen chattering. When we parted, the words were very sharp. The fisherman said: "In Chang'an City, there is a divination man on Ximen Street, who is the best Accurate. He gave him a carp every day, and he would pass on a lesson in his sleeves, teaching him hundreds of tricks. If this calculation is accurate, but the aquarium will not be beaten to its heart's content? Why is the spectacular water mansion, why jump the waves and turn the waves to assist The power of the king?"

The Dragon King was so angry that he quickly took his sword and was about to go to Chang'an City to kill the swindler.The dragon son Longsun, the shrimp minister and the crab warrior, and the scorpion military division mandarin Shaoqing Li Dazai flashed by, and they all started playing together: "Your Majesty, please calm your anger. As the saying goes, words that pass your ears should not be listened to. When Your Majesty goes, there must be a cloud. , there must be rain to help, I am afraid that Chang'an Li Shu is shocked, and God sees responsibility. The king is unpredictable and changes in no way, but he only becomes a scholar, and he visits Chang'an city. If there is such a generation, Rong Jia will not be killed. Late; if there is no such generation, is it not wrong to harm others?"

According to the play, the Dragon King discarded his sword and went out to the shore, where he transformed into a white-clothed gentleman.Walking in a safe and sound manner, follow the rules.The language complies with Confucius and Mencius, and is polite and styled in Zhou Wen.Wearing a jade-colored robe and a "Xiaoyao" scarf.Go on the road and pull away Yunbu, and walk to Ximen Street in Chang'an City.I saw a group of people, crowded and noisy, with high-spirited talk among them: "The dragon is born, and the tiger is in conflict. Yinchen Sihai, although it is called a joint situation, I am afraid that the Japanese will commit crimes against Suijun." .”

Hearing the words, the Dragon King knew that it was the place where divination was sold. He stepped forward, separated the crowd, and looked inside, only to see: the four walls are full of beautiful embroidery.The fragrance of the precious duck is unbroken, and the water in the magnetic bottle is clear.Wang Wei's paintings are listed on both sides, and the ghost valley shape is hung high on the seat.Duanxi inkstone, gold smoke ink, contrasts with the creamy brush; Huozhulin, Guo Pu's number, I would like to correct the new classics of Taiwan politics.Familiar with Liuyao, proficient in gossip.Can know the sky and geography, and be good at understanding ghosts and spirits.Once the meridian is arranged, the belly is full of stars and the stars are laid out.Really, the future and the past are viewed like a mirror of the moon; a few families prosper and a few fail, and the mirror is like a god.If you know the bad luck, you will know the good luck, and you will die and live.Talk about the wind and rain quickly, and write the ghosts and gods.The signboard has the name and surname of the book, Mr. Yuan Shoucheng, Mr. Shenke.

Who is this person?It turned out to be the uncle of Yuan Tiangang, Mr. Taizheng, Qintian Supervisor of the current dynasty, and so was Yuan Shoucheng.That gentleman is indeed unusual in appearance, beautiful in appearance, famous in the great country, and the best in Chang'an.The Dragon King came to the door and met Mr.After the ceremony, please sit on the dragon, and the boy will offer tea.The gentleman asked, "What's the matter with you, sir?"

The Dragon King said: "Please tell me what will happen in the sky."

The gentleman passed a lesson in his sleeve, and said: "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."

The Dragon King said, "When will it rain tomorrow? How big is the rain?"

The gentleman said: "Tomorrow, clouds will be spread at the hour of the day, thunder will occur at the time, it will rain at noon, and the rain will not be enough at the end of the day. A total of three feet, three inches and 48 points of water will be obtained."

The Dragon King said with a smile: "This statement cannot be played. If it rains tomorrow, I will give you 50 taels of lesson money as a thank you according to the number of hours you have stopped. Destroy your appearance, tear up your signboard, drive out of Chang'an immediately, don't confuse people here!"

The gentleman replied happily: "This is definitely up to you. Please, please, I will meet you later in the morning rain."

The Dragon King bid farewell, left Chang'an, and returned to Shuifu.The big and small water gods then asked, "How about the king visiting the hexagram seller?" The Dragon King said: "Yes, yes, yes!"I asked him when it rained, and he explained that it would rain on the day; asked him what time it was and how many times it rained, and he said that the clouds were scattered at the hour of the hour, thunder was coming at the time, it was raining at noon, and the rain was not enough before the time, and the water was three feet three inches. At 48 o'clock, I made a bet with him; if it was as he said, I would send him 50 taels of gold; "

All the aquariums laughed and said: "Your Majesty is the head of the Eight Rivers, the Great Dragon God of the Rain, and the only one who knows is whether there is rain or not. How dare he speak such nonsense? Then the divination man must have lost! He must have lost!"

At this time, the sons and grandsons of the dragon and the fish, crucian carp and crabs were laughing and talking about the matter, and they could only hear the cry in the air: "The Dragon King of Jinghe accepts the order." Everyone looked up and saw a gold-clothed warrior holding the Jade Emperor in his hand. The decree came directly to the water mansion.The Dragon King was so panicked that he dressed up and solemnly, and burned incense to accept the order.

The golden-clothed warrior went back to the sky.Xie En, the Dragon King, when he unpacked it, it read: "Order the chief of the eight rivers to drive away thunder and lightning; in the Ming Dynasty, Yuze will be used to help Chang'an City." The dragon king was out of his wits.Shaoqing woke up and said to all the water tribes: "There is such a spirit in the world! He really can penetrate the heavens and the earth, but he is not inferior to him!"

Army division Xun said: "Your Majesty, don't worry. What's the difficulty in winning him? I have a small plan, discipline and kill that guy's mouth."

The Dragon King asked for advice, and the military master said: "The timing of the rain is too late, and the number of points should be less, because the guy is not sure about the divination, and he is afraid that he won't win him? How difficult is it to smash the signboard and drive him away?"

The Dragon King played according to him, but he was not worried.From the next day to the sky above Chang'an City.When he got there, Fang Buyun, thunder at noon, rain at no time, and when the rain stopped, he was only three feet and forty points. He changed him by an hour, and he was three inches and eight points. After the rain, the generals were distributed. return after victory.He pressed Luoyun's head again, and changed into a white-clothed gentleman, went to Naximenli Street, crashed into Yuan Shoucheng's hexagram shop, and smashed his signboard, pens, inkstones, etc. without any explanation.The gentleman sat on the chair, blatantly motionless.The dragon king raised the door panel 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 still not afraid at all, turned his head to the sky and said with a sneer: "I'm not afraid! I'm not afraid! I have no capital punishment, but I'm afraid you have a capital punishment! It's easy for others to hide it, but it's hard to hide it from me. I know you. You are not a scholar, but It's the Dragon King of Jinghe River. You have violated the Jade Emperor's decree, changed the time, and violated the rules of heaven. You will inevitably be stabbed on the dragon-cutting platform, and you are still scolding me?"

When the Dragon King saw this, he was frightened and terrified. He threw away the door panel in a hurry. He dressed up and bowed down. He knelt down and said to Mr.: "Sir, don't blame me. The preface is a joke, but I don't know how to make a fake come true. It really violates the rules of heaven. What can I do? I hope Mr. can save me." Save! Otherwise, I will never let you go even if I die."

Yuan Shoucheng said: "I can't save you, I just point out a way to live with you."

Long said: "I would like to ask for advice." The master said: "Tomorrow at three o'clock in the afternoon, you should go to Cao Guan Wei Zheng to be executed. If you want your life, you must urgently report to the current Emperor Taizong of Tang. Then Wei Zheng is If the prime minister under the king of Tang asks for his favor, nothing will happen."

When the Dragon King heard the words, he bid farewell and left with tears in his eyes.Unexpectedly, the red sun was sinking to the west, and on the lunar star, the Dragon King of Jinghe did not return to the water mansion, but was only in the air, and when around midnight, he closed the clouds and the fog horns, and came to the gate of the palace.At this time, King Tang was dreaming of going out of the palace gate, stepping into the shade of the moon and flowers, when suddenly the Dragon King changed into a human form and came forward to bow down.He shouted, "Your Majesty, save me! Save me!"

Taizong said: "Who are you? I will save you."

The Dragon King said: "Your Majesty is a real dragon, and my minister is a yelong. Because I violated the rules of heaven, I should be executed by Cao Guan Wei Zheng, a virtuous minister of your Majesty. Therefore, I come to pray, and hope that Your Majesty will save me!"

Taizong said: "Since Wei Zheng is beheaded, I can save you. You can go without worry." The Dragon King was happy, kowtowed and left.But he said that after Taizong woke up from the dream, he was thinking about it.As early as three o'clock on the five drums, Emperor Taizong set up a dynasty and gathered two groups of civil and military officials.

The king of the Tang Dynasty called Xu Shiji to the palace and said: "I had a strange dream at night. I dreamed that a person was paying respects to me. He said he was the Dragon King of Jinghe. He violated the rules of heaven. Cao Guan Wei Zheng executed that person. I asked the widow to save him. I have promised. Today's class I didn't see Wei Zheng before, why?"

Xu Shiji said to him: "This dream is confirmed. If Wei Zheng comes to the court for a while, Your Majesty, don't let him go out. After this day, the dragon in the dream can be saved." The king of Tang was overjoyed, and immediately passed the decree, declaring Wei Zheng to enter the court as a driving officer. .

However, it was said that Prime Minister Wei Zheng was in the mansion, watching Qianxiang at night, watching the incense of precious treasures, and only smelling the chirping of cranes in the sky, but it was a heavenly messenger who held the golden edict of the Jade Emperor, and at three quarters of noon, he dreamed of killing the old dragon on the Jinghe River.The prime minister thanked God for his grace, fasted and bathed, tried the sword of wisdom in the mansion, and used the soul, so he never entered the court.When he saw that the commanding officer came to announce the decree, he was frightened and had no responsibility, and he did not dare to disobey the monarch's order.The king of Tang issued a decree saying: "Pardon Qing is not guilty." At that time, the ministers had not yet retreated from the dynasty, but at this point, they ordered the curtain to disperse the dynasty, leaving Wei Zheng alone, proclaiming the golden luan, and summoning him into the hall to discuss the strategy of Anbang. A national plan.Near the end of the afternoon and the beginning of the afternoon, he ordered the palace staff to take the big chess, "I will play a game with Xianqing."Wei Zheng thanked him and played the game with King Tang.

Qufu City is a holy land of Confucianism, and there are countless disciples of Confucianism. The literati here have a very strong tradition of wearing swords, and most of them wear Confucian shirts with swords, which are extremely heroic.This area of ​​Qilu is not considered to be in the south of the Yangtze River. Naturally, there is no scenery in the south of the Yangtze River. There are only pavilions everywhere, walking between the bridges on the Qingzhuan Road and the river. Occasionally, there are pavilions flying out of the corner of the eaves on the roadside, and green willows hang down along the river. It is also strange that although the Tang Dynasty is the birthplace of Confucianism, the etiquette is not strict. There are often ladies holding bamboo umbrellas and walking among the blue bricks and white bridges in the misty rain, pavilions, and under the willows.

Xia Hourui leisurely held his hands behind his back, and Ye Qin was holding a bamboo umbrella beside him. The rain hit the bamboo forest, and there was a rustling sound. The two of them walked to the pier and drove slowly to Chang'an City on a river sail. Zun ordered to go ashore privately to contact ordinary people and caused disasters, and the Jade Emperor ordered him to bow his head soon.After Xia Hourui heard the words, he calculated and knew exactly what happened.

Originally, he hadn't thought about going there, but Hongjun still had to do what he had told him. This trip to Nanzhan Buzhou was just a good time to test out the origin of his concubine Ye Qin.Xia Hourui never believed that a human monk would commit himself to him, but he was not narcissistic enough to think that Ye Qin would fall in love with him.However, with his quasi-sage cultivation base, he still found nothing in searching Ye Qin's sea of ​​consciousness. The more he did this, the more he was puzzled.

Although this river boat is a boat, it is also very big. It is fifteen feet long and seven feet wide, not counting the mast.There was nothing to see on the boat, but the scenery on the two banks was an eye-opener for Xia Hourui, and he sighed that this trip was worthwhile. It is rare for him to go up and down such a beautiful scenery. After half a day, we arrived at Chang'an City.

Looking at Chang'an City from a distance, one can see the majestic city, the city wall is tens of feet high, as straight as the city in the sky.Chang'an City is composed of three parts: Kuocheng, Miyagi, and Imperial City. Chang'an City has [-] streets running north-south and eleven streets running east-west. It adopts a symmetrical layout on the central axis, with rigorous planning and neat neighborhoods. There are countless pedestrians on each street. There are also many Hu merchants in the Western Regions.

Eternal romance, gathered in one dynasty.

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