National Division

The one called Ah Xiang was the person who stood at the gate of the house that suddenly appeared with a lantern to welcome the car.Under the light, it can be seen that she is tall and slender, with a tall bun, she is a woman.Strangely, her face was hidden behind the lantern. The light could illuminate a long road, but her face could not be seen clearly.On the contrary, the clothes on her body had a faint purple gleam. Qi Jun squinted his eyes and looked at it, and it turned out that it was a whole body, and he couldn't tell the upper garment from the lower garment, as if there was not even a seam.

After hearing what the visitor said, Ah Xiang pointed the lantern back: "Push it to the backyard." She looked up into the car, "Why is there no thunderbolt? How much wheat is ordered?"

"The edict uses 150 thunderbolts." The person who spoke just now replied in a low voice, "There is none in the Leibu treasury. I asked you to get it from the cave in Xishan."

Ah Xiang turned around and used the light to illuminate the road for the thunder cart, and replied: "Got it. It's late tonight, let's go and pick it up early tomorrow morning. The Xishan Cave is near, so we can't delay the wheat harvest."

Eighteen mine cars pushed into the yard one by one. The house didn't look that big, but the eighteen cars pushed in very smoothly, as if there was a huge yard inside.When the last thunder car pushed through the door, Ah Xiang also walked in, the lights went out suddenly, and it was suddenly dark.After Qi Jun's eyes got used to the sudden darkness, he saw that there was another sparse forest in front of him. The house seemed to be floating in the void without a trace, only a wasteland full of long grass.

"What kind of ghost is this?" Qi Jun had been holding the Zhanlu sword tightly around his waist just now, "What do they mean by harvesting wheat? Could it be to steal the wheat of the people?"

Zhibai hesitated for a moment, scratched his hair and didn't speak immediately.Qi Jun gave him a strange look: "You don't know either?"

"The secret...don't let it out..." Zhibai finally choked out a sentence, and then sighed, "It's a pity for these wheat."

"It really came to steal the wheat?" Qi Jun grabbed his hand, "What kind of ghost?" He carefully recalled the conversation between Axiang and the person pushing the thunder cart just now, "Use the thunderbolt, and say that the thunderbolt is in the library of the thunderbolt." No, could it be that these are the gods of thunder? So, there will be a heavy thunderstorm tomorrow?"

When wheat is harvested, there are often thunderstorms, so when harvesting wheat, it is often called "rush harvesting", because as long as it rains, the yield of wheat will be greatly reduced.What's more, the person who pushed the thunder cart said that it would take 150 thunderbolts. I am afraid that the wheat thousands of miles east of Shandong will be destroyed in this thunderstorm.The more Qi Jun thought about it, the more anxious he became, and he turned around abruptly: "Immediately wake up the people all night, and grab the wheat! Then send people to the townships and counties to notify, and even the yamen servants will be used to grab them all!"

Zhibai took his hand backhand: "No way! This is a leak of heaven's secret! You will be punished by heaven!"

Qi Jun said in a deep voice: "I can't just watch the people spend a year's hard work in this thunderstorm! Scourge? Is the way of heaven trying to steal food from the people? Do you know how many people will sell their children because of this thunderstorm?" A girl? If there is really a punishment from heaven, I am the king of a country, and all the people in the world are my subjects, so I will take over for them!"

Zhibai saw him walking out, quickly opened his arms and wrapped his arms around his waist, dragging him firmly: "No way! You have no dragon energy on your body, how can you stop the scourge!"

Qi Jun didn't stop on his feet, dragged Zhibai and walked out: "I would rather be punished by the heavens, and I can't just ignore this natural disaster!"

Zhibaishi hugged his waist tightly, dragged his feet on the ground, and he dragged two small shallow grooves on the ground: "Think again, think of other ways! Besides, it is now It's too late to ask people to go to Zhuxiang to inform, let alone other counties. Even if the secret is leaked, not much wheat can be saved, it's not worth it!"

Qi Jun didn't care whether it was cost-effective or not, but Zhibai said that it was too late to notify Zhuxiang and counties, which was a fact. Even if people were dispatched to deliver the letter now, how much wheat could be grabbed by noon tomorrow?He couldn't help but stand still, sinking his heart to think carefully: "If not—— destroy his mine car?"

Zhibai turned his head to look at the house that had completely disappeared, and slowly shook his head: "We can't get in without the sky lantern."

"Then..." Qi Jun suddenly had a flash of inspiration, "Thunderbolt! The man said just now that there is no thunderbolt in the thunder cart, and he has to go to the cave in Xishan to get it. He also said that Xishan is not far from here—what is the thunderbolt? If we If they can destroy the Thunderbolt, won't they be able to destroy the wheat fields?"

Zhibai nodded hesitantly: "This is also a solution, but where is the Xishan Cave?"

"Go back!" Qi Jun said decisively, "Look for the little official who greeted you today. He is so familiar with farming and has stayed in the local area for so long. He must know something."

The two of them walked out of the woods while talking, when they heard the chaos outside, a dozen guards who came out suddenly disappeared the emperor and the national teacher, they didn't dare not look for them, and they didn't dare to let others know too loudly, they just got dizzy Cold sweat dripped down his face like water, and he was so panicked that he didn't know what to do, when he saw two more people beside the forest, they were the emperor and the national teacher.The forest is very sparse, just now a dozen people almost turned the forest over, and they couldn't even hide a mouse, let alone two big living people.But it's just so evil, there was nothing just now, and when he turned around, the person came out.

These guards are all Qi Jun's confidantes, and they all know that the national teacher is a person with real supernatural powers. As long as there is a national teacher, there will always be some strange things. up.Qi Jun was not in the mood to explain their confusion, so he said, "Quickly go back to the station and send the little official who is welcoming you today!"

The little official was lifted up from the bed in the middle of the night, and rushed here tremblingly, but when the emperor asked about Xishan, he couldn't help but be puzzled.But how can the emperor not answer the question?Fortunately, he has been here for more than ten years, and he is familiar with all the places. After thinking about it for a while, he said: "Returning to the emperor, there is indeed a Western Mountain here, but it is only a small mountain, but the scenery is not good. .” To be honest, there is no place with good scenery in this area, otherwise he would be able to flatter the emperor.

Qi Jun's eyebrows twitched, and he said angrily: "I didn't ask you about the scenery!"

"Ah? Damn my minister!" The little official was sweating from fright, trying to think back, and stammered, "I have never been to Xishan, and few local people have gone there—" He suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said, "Listen It is said that there are a lot of snakes and insects on the mountain, all of which can be used as medicine, but only when the weather is cold and freezing in the twelfth lunar month, people go up the mountain to catch snakes and insects for medicine. There is a strange local custom. There is a special white stone on the river beach that goes up the mountain, or brings eight or ten, and throws it into a cave on the mountain, which is called sending thunder, and then you can catch snakes and insects, and you will surely get something."

As soon as Qi Jun heard the word "send thunder", he immediately lifted his spirits: "what do you mean send thunder?"

At the beginning, the little official was just listening to anecdotes, how could he inquire so carefully, but now he secretly hated himself for not getting to the bottom of it, and racked his brains to think back: "I heard that the folk customs all say that the white stone in the cave is a sacrificial offering. Thunder God is used as a thunderbolt, which is called the thunderbolt tip. Although the rumors are absurd, there are also strange things-the gravel on the river beach is washed by the river water, and it is originally in the shape of a cobblestone, but after being thrown into the cave, it becomes a sharp point. The shape of the thunderbolt is called the tip of the thunderbolt. It's just that I have only heard about it, and have never seen it with my own eyes, so I don't know whether it is true or not. But it is true that everyone who collects medicine brings stones up the mountain. It has been passed down for hundreds of years. The white stone in the cave should have been cast It is full, but if you put in white stone in winter, it will be exhausted in the next winter, which is also strange.”

When Qi Jun heard this, he didn't need to listen anymore, and immediately raised the case: "Go to Xishan!"

In the middle of the night, a group of fast horses galloped towards the west mountain.The little official followed at the end, trying not to fall off the galloping horse, with his heart in his throat.I heard that there are a lot of snakes and insects on the West Mountain, and it is the time when snakes and insects are rampant during the Dragon Boat Festival. Although he managed to gather a few taels of realgar snake medicine, he doesn't know if it will be useful, in case the emperor is bitten , then he has a hundred heads and it is not enough to chop off!

Twenty miles away, the fast horse arrived in no time. In the night, the west mountain was really just a small mountain, but the vegetation on the mountain was extremely lush, so it didn't look like the mountain in the north.The little official turned over desperately from the horse, and rushed to Qi Jun with all his might: "Your Majesty, wear the realgar first, and then ask the guards to sweep the grass and open the way ahead. There are too many snakes and insects here!"

The guards were also responsible for the big responsibilities. Immediately, some people used swords as road-finding sticks and knocked randomly in the grass, while the rest rode their horses to follow.But after walking a few steps, he heard a long neighing from a horse, and the man stood up. Under the starlight, he could vaguely see a gray and black thing wrapped around his front hoof, which was obviously a snake.The snake quickly loosened its body and slid down into the grass, but the horse jumped in pain, throwing off the rider on its back, neighing again and again, and fell to the ground in a slump.

The little official turned pale with fright: "Well, this snake and insect are too powerful, the emperor should not—" Hearing the swishing sound in the grass at his feet, he was so frightened that he didn't know where to jump.

"Where is that cave?" Qi Jun raised his head to look at the sky, and couldn't help becoming anxious.In summer, the dawn comes early, and if it is delayed for a while, the east will be white.Ah Xiang said that she came to Xishan early this morning to fetch thunderbolts, if she was ahead of her, the thousands of hectares of wheat would be lost!

"Also, it's still in the valley over there, you have to turn over from the top of the mountain..."

"Ride the horse and rush up the mountain!" As soon as Qi Jun lifted the rein of the horse, he was stopped by the petty official desperately: "Your Majesty, the more you go up, the more snakes and insects will be there. If the horse falls down on the mountain, then..." The emperor It's like falling into a nest of snakes and insects, how can I escape?

"Let go!" Qi Jun lashed his hand with a whip, "Give me all the horses!" If a horse falls down, all the horses cannot be hit at the same time. If you are lucky, you can still rush to the cave. "You go to search for realgar snake medicine again, and come to meet me!"

"Your Majesty—" Zhibai was riding on a nearby horse, and suddenly reached out to hold Qi Jun's rein, "I'll go with the Emperor."

"This—" The little official didn't know the ability of the national teacher, so he sweated even more anxiously.

Qi Jun smiled and stretched out his arms: "Come here."

Zhibai clumsily climbed from his own horse to Qi Jun's horse, Qi Jun put his arms around him with one hand and controlled the rein with the other, his legs pinched the horse's belly, and the horse rushed forward with a whimper.A group of guards wanted to follow up, but they were stopped by Zhibai's words: "I can only protect one horse, you don't have to follow, so as not to distract me."

It was dark on the mountain road, Qi Jun rode his horse and rushed up, only to hear Zhibai muttering, and he didn't know what he was reading.Qi Jun narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he saw a very faint shadow in front of him, as if he was walking close to the ground, but he couldn't see clearly, but he could see the long grass on the ground dying without wind, pointing out a way for the horse.

The west mountain is not high, and the horse rushed across the top of the mountain and galloped into the valley in a short while.As soon as he entered the valley, the light suddenly dimmed, but the shadow in front of him shimmered faintly, which was much clearer than before.Only then did Qi Jun see clearly that the shadow was actually a big bird with its wings spread out and its long fan-like tail, shining with five colors of light, like a star falling down.

"What is this?" Although Qi Jun knew that Zhibai was casting a spell, he couldn't help but blurted out and asked, "It seems to be—a peacock?" A few peacocks were brought as tribute from the Western Barbarians, and it is said that they were obtained from Tianzhu Kingdom, but it is a pity that they cannot be raised properly, and they were not kept in the end.Qi Jun didn't treasure foreign objects, so naturally he didn't care much about them, but he had seen a peacock spread its tail once, but he had a deep memory of that gorgeous feather screen.

Zhibai nodded in his busy schedule and replied, "King Peacock Ming."

With the phantom of King Peacock Ming leading the way, there were no more snakes and insects along the way. When he ran down the valley, Qi Jun saw the cave on the mountain wall.Its size is only suitable for people, and there is nothing special about it in the night. However, there is no grass growing in the area of ​​several feet in front of the cave, and there is a sulfur-like smell when you get close, which is quite strange. can be different.

Qi Jun took out a fire pocket from his arms and wanted to shake it, but Zhibai pressed it down with one hand: "Your Majesty, don't move! If there is really a thunderbolt in this cave, it will be a fire from heaven. Human fire can ignite fire from heaven. If it explodes, it will blow up." , I’m afraid we’ll be smashed to pieces.”

Qi Jun was taken aback by him, and quickly put away the fire pocket.The two walked to the cave by a little starlight, and they saw rows of white stones inside, all in the shape of triangles, like rice dumplings.Qi Jun squinted a little: "There are about 150 pieces." A Xiang wanted to take [-] pieces, "Take them all!"

Zhibai sighed: "Your Majesty, the thunderbolts here are used by this place for a year. Taking them all away will certainly avoid today's disaster, but I don't know if something else will happen. No thunder can't make rain, I'm afraid ——This year until the end of the year, there will be no more rain.”

Qi Jun couldn't help hesitating for a moment, and then said: "Take away these thunderbolts first, wait until today, and then return the extra ones!"

Zhibai shook his head straight: "Then let's try, I'm afraid that these thunderbolts will not come back after being taken out..."

"There are not many such things on the river beach below." Qi Jun has already picked up the white stone, "In short, let's talk about the disaster before us!"

The thunderbolt tips are about the size of a chicken egg, but two hundred pieces are heavy enough. The two of them took off their coats, wrapped them in stones and put them on the horse's back. King Peacock Ming opened the way and walked down the mountain slowly.When they reached the foot of the mountain, the sky had already turned pale, and the guards waited in fear for midnight, and they were greatly relieved when they saw that the two were safe and sound.

Qi Jun was afraid that Ah Xiang would come to fetch the thunder, so he urged everyone to get on their horses and return to the station. He didn't open the bundle on the horse's back until he was far away from the West Mountain. In an instant, all the clothes and stones were burned, leaving only ashes on the ground, which made the horse jump wildly in shock.

"This—" Qi Jun finally believed what Zhibai meant when he brought out the thunderbolt and couldn't put it back, so he couldn't help frowning.The wheat harvest is of course important, but if there is no rain in the second half of the year, let alone this year's harvest, there may be disasters next year.

"Your Majesty, don't worry." Zhibai comforted him, "Go back and find a way, will man conquer the sky?"

The sky is getting brighter, a round of red sun jumps out of the horizon, and the blue sky is not even a cloud, which indicates another good weather.Everyone in the village also packed up their sickles and prepared to go to the fields to harvest wheat.Unexpectedly, it was almost noon, and suddenly there was a muffled rumble in the sky, and a black cloud approached from a distance, but the sky was covered in a moment.

"Oops! There's going to be a thunderstorm!" The experienced farmer's expression changed, "Cut quickly, or the wheat will be harmed if it's too late!"

Qi Jun put down all the [-] imperial guards guarding the ground to help harvest the wheat, and he and his entourage were also watching the sky.The weather in summer is indeed unpredictable, but at the time of tea, the blue sky is full of dark clouds, the wind suddenly rises, and the thunder rumbles in the clouds, as if there will be heavy rain pouring down soon.

"Maybe it will work?" Qi Jun was also a little uncertain, and asked Zhibai in a low voice, but his eyes were fixed on the thunderclouds in the sky.

"The personnel affairs are exhausted, the emperor is at ease and don't be impatient." Zhibai was very calm.

The little official had never seen anyone dare to talk to the emperor like this, so he couldn't help but secretly glanced at Zhibai. When he saw that the national teacher was so young and handsome, he couldn't help thinking wildly.

The rumble of thunder sounded close to my ears, but even though the sky was overcast, there was not a single ray of lightning, let alone a drop of rain.The thunder rang for two hours before it gradually faded away, the dark clouds dispersed, and the sky was blue again.It made the common people who were harvesting in the field bewildered, and it was strange to say the least.

Qi Jun finally let go of his heart at this time, grabbed Zhibai's hand back, and said excitedly: "It's done!" It was Qi Jun's first time to participate in stealing the thunderbolt and saving the thousand hectares of cooked wheat, so it was different from usual.

Seeing him like this, Zhibai couldn't help but feel a little funny: "Your majesty has even beheaded Lei Gong before, and I have never seen him so happy."

Qi Jun rubbed his hands and said, "How can this be the same? At that time, I was only thinking of protecting you, and I didn't know what it was, so I just cut it off." Doing it without knowing the danger, and doing it without knowing the danger, It feels naturally different.

As soon as he was in a good mood, he also had the will to ask questions: "What is that Peacock King Ming you got last night?"

Zhibai glanced at him: "Your Majesty, at least I should respect it. Peacock King Ming is the body of Buddha and others. How can I call it 'what'? I recited the Peacock King Mantra, and what I invited was just the tiny spiritual body of King Ming. That's all. Because it can eliminate all kinds of poisons and fears of disasters, so the snakes and insects are far away when we smell them, so that we can safely reach the cave. It's just that King Ming's magic power is boundless. I can’t live in peace anymore, I’m bound to die and run away. In the future, if there are medicine farmers who want to catch snakes and insects for medicine, I’m afraid they won’t be able to. The emperor should also issue an order to order the farmers near Xishan to take precautions against snakes and insects, so as not to escape from the west mountain. Snakes and insects are scattered and hurt people. There are so many troubles here, the emperor is still laughing."

When he said this, Qi Jun really couldn't help but laugh: "Yes, there is one more thing, how can I make up for the fifty extra thunderbolts?" Now it seems that this thunderbolt really controls the rain. So, how can we return the remaining fifty thunderbolt rain?