I descend into the world of heaven

Another loach wanted to sneak away. Chen Chu grabbed a handful of copper coins in his pocket, charged it, and threw it hard. This loach was immediately pierced by the copper coins. Because of its different structure, it was not killed in one hit, but lay on the ground twitching continuously. , can't even say the words to beg for mercy...

The Qingqi in the net bag yelled wildly and said, "It's none of our business. This is all their own idea. Please be aware of it."

Chen Chu opened his net bag: "Come to me with your true form. If you want to run away... Pindao is also interested in seeing whether you are faster or Leiden is faster."

A proper threat.

Two balls of green air escaped into the river bed, and after a while, two loaches of the same size emerged. They twisted their bodies and bowed their heads in front of Chen Chu: "Exalt, expert, we are loaches who have lived for twenty years. By chance, By coincidence, he opened his mind and swallowed the essence of the sun and moon to practice.

Three years ago, people in Bei'an County were passing by with a statue of the Dragon King of the Four Seas, and accidentally dropped the Dragon King of the Four Seas into this small river. We saw that there was no real spirit attached to the Dragon King statue, but there was a trace of spiritual light. The four of them, and the four of us, became greedy for a moment, and their souls left their bodies and entered the sculpture. They entered the Dragon King temple, accepted offerings from the people, absorbed incense, and at the same time obtained The power to move clouds and spread rain over a hundred miles..."

Loach, whose sword was stuck on the ground, quickly took it over and said: "Streams, rivers and lakes that have no power to control are all moved by nature. When good times are calm, the waves are calm, but when bad times are bad, they break through the embankments and flood the crops! The same is true for wind and rain. When good times are good, the weather is smooth. In bad times, when there are strong winds and heavy rains, not only the crops will suffer, but ordinary people... well, the houses of ordinary people will also suffer!

You saw that we brought drought to Bei'an County for half a year, but you don't know that in the past two years, our four brothers worked diligently to sort out the water veins of the rivers, and how much food we increased for the people of Bei'an County! But at the beginning of this year, the offerings they gave us were a little less, even less than a hundred incense sticks!

What do you mean? The good weather is ours, right?

However, due to the drought in the past six months, there have been more offerings and more incense. The ceremony is held every three to five times, not to mention how beautiful it is... The anger of our four brothers has almost disappeared. In the past two days, the water vapor has gathered at the top of the nearby mountain and is waiting. After this ceremony is over, rain will fall on the people..."

Chen Chu didn't say anything, and Si Tiao Loach only felt a chill on his back.

The loach that had been impaled by the copper coin finally regained its composure, and it said: "Stinky cow nose... what are you... oops!" Before it could finish speaking, its mouth was slapped hard by another loach. Extremely crisp!

The loach that was slapped was one of the two groups of green energy just now. They had witnessed Chen Chu's methods and dared to make mistakes. They had never seen a Taoist priest who could hold thunder and lightning! Its head kept banging on the ground: "Fourth is rude, please forgive me! Although we are greedy, we only give some punishment to the common people and never want to kill them!"

The expert must have just arrived in Bei'an County. If you pass by the mountains, you should be able to see the red clouds hanging from the sky in the past two days and the mist filling the mountains. These are all water vapor that has gathered in advance, just waiting for rain..."

Chen Chu's eyes were divided into two, scanning the souls in the four loaches.

The loaches felt as if they were being skinned and deboned by a fishmonger on a chopping board. They were clearly visible inside and out, with no privacy at all.

After a while.

Chen Chu's pupils returned to normal. The souls of these four loaches were mottled with three or four streaks of red, but together they were not as red as the dead Master Xuanzhen. He asked sternly: "The divine eye of this poor Taoist has found that all of you are dead. Please tell me the truth!"

The four loaches were in a panic, trying hard to recall all the past events, and began to cry out their grievances: "Master, is it possible that there is something wrong with your eyes... No, no, what I mean is, should we take another look? Our body Lurking in the mud of the river bed, our stomachs are full of fish, shrimps, crabs and the like. Even cattle and sheep have not eaten, let alone humans? Look at our size. Although we are big, it is very difficult to swallow one person. .”

The loach that slapped the brother thought of something and hurriedly said: "I know, what you saw must be the people who died because of us in this drought!"

We are willing to compensate for their lives. Master, look at this. For every human life, we will sort out the water veins for the people of Bei'an County free of charge. How about a year of good weather? Our body's lifespan is approaching its limit. It's okay to resist for more than ten years. But if we continue without compensation and cannot receive incense offerings, I'm afraid our body will rot, our soul will collapse, and we won't even be able to go to the underworld. "

Chen Chu asked: "Why do you feel so?"

Loach replied: "I don't know. I just have this power. If I can't absorb the incense and offerings, my soul will continue to weaken. What will happen in the end...it will definitely be difficult."

It is now the sixteenth year of Kangxi, the so-called prosperous age of Kangxi.

Chen Chu walked all the way from Prince Su Qin's Mansion to Bei'an County and saw many beggars fighting over a bite to eat. He also saw refugees digging for wild vegetables on the mountain in the scorching sun with rocks in hand.

There was even a skinny woman who, when she saw him, pulled down half of her clothes and said that as long as he gave her a steamed bun to eat, she would let Chen Chu be in trouble all night.

The large amount of copper coins that Chen Chu carried almost all glowed. He knew that treating the symptoms would not cure the root cause, but the copper coins could keep them going for a while.

He has some silver, and he has a lot of it, but if the silver falls into the hands of these refugees, as long as a little bit of it is exposed in the market, they will forever lose the chance to spend it...

If people in this era want to survive, good weather is the most basic thing. If there is a little bit of wind and rain, it will inevitably breed a large number of refugees.

Chen Chu knew how to make wind and rain in one day, but he could not live here forever.

If we want to continue for a long time, I'm afraid we still have to rely on these four loaches to gain the power to move clouds and spread rain.

The prosperous age of Kangxi?

What does it matter if the people are in rags and barely eat and drink?

The Qing government used thirty-three taels of silver to control the people, fearing that they would rebel. Is it really that good? If the people rebel, aren't they trying to make trouble for themselves...

Chen Chu looked at the four loaches and said: "I will not take your lives, and you will keep the power, and I will not stop the people from worshiping you! But since you have taken this power and enjoyed the incense, you must fulfill the relative obligations." It is your responsibility to eliminate the sin of killing people as soon as possible...perhaps, one day, you can really achieve enlightenment and achieve the position of true god in heaven."

The loaches knew that the calamity of death was over and they were overjoyed. Except for the loaches that were nailed to the ground, they all kowtowed crazily.

"Hahahahahaha, well said, well said! You have a long-term vision and a thoughtful mind. I admire you very much, young man!"

At this time, a burst of extremely wanton laughter came from the woods near the river, even a little obscene. Among the laughter was an old man with a mustache and a round belly. He had a yellow parcel on his shoulder and an oil-paper umbrella under his ribs. , laughing so hard that his whole body trembled.

As he walked, he looked at Chen Chu and said, "I wonder where my friend came from, and where my master is? I don't have any ill intentions. It's just that you took away my chance to fight the sky, and you want to learn from my fellow Taoist. Don't worry. No one will die..."