Master Zhang took action! The people in the audience who were already dizzy from the sun suddenly became energetic!
Even the civil servants who did not believe in the success of Taoism's rain prayer also raised their heads and watched Zhang Tianshi walk up to the altar step by step.
After all, Tianshi Zhang belongs to the Fu Lu Sect. He can summon wind and rain, summon thunder and lightning, and exorcise ghosts and evil spirits. This is his Taoist sect.
Although other real people should also have their own methods, when it comes to praying for rain, he should be the one with the highest success rate.
Xu Jie was actually a little suspicious in his heart. Could this Zhang Tianshi really be able to bring down the rain? If that's the case... that's fine.
Xu Jie is not Yan Song, let alone Yan Shifan. He is not a crazy and evil person, just an extremely smart egoist. Therefore, his designs are always beneficial to him while also taking into account his own identity.
He led hundreds of officials to force Jiajing and Xiao Feng to publicly pray for rain. This was planned. No matter what the outcome was, he would not lose anything.
It is natural that praying for rain will not succeed, and the benefits are also obvious. Long live the Taoism, he is disappointed, returns to the embrace of scholars, and speaks for scholars all over the world, and achieves a great victory.
What if, just in case, it really rains? As the chief minister, he led all the officials in the court to successfully pray for rain. It was still a great achievement for him!
So Xu Jie doesn't care too much about whether Zhang Tianshi has real abilities. Regardless of whether he has real abilities or not, it doesn't affect his plan. It's just that he is also a human being and has curiosity.
He also hopes to personally verify whether such a smart person like Long Live, who believes in Taoism so much, and which has been passed down for thousands of years, is a bunch of liars, or does he really have Taoism that reaches heaven!
Zhang Tianshi looked very solid on the surface, but in fact he was very panicked. Every step he took was like stepping on his own heart, beating loudly.
After walking up to the altar, he glanced down. Ma Yunteng, who was still a little sleepy, and Gu Xuzi, who was sitting in the shade of the incense burner, both looked up at him, obviously looking forward to it.
Zhang Tianshi had no expression on his face, picked up the peach wood sword, picked up the cinnabar pen, and wrote the dragon and snake on the talisman paper prepared next to him, and he finished writing a wind talisman in an instant!
Pick up the sword, dip it in the white phosphorus talisman water, and swing the sword quickly. The friction between the white phosphorus and the air generates intense heat, and the talisman paper burns into ashes with a whoosh.
As a real person of Fu Lu Sect's Heavenly Master, his movements were the most standard and beautiful. The people watching were very hopeful and cheered.
Zhang Tianshi waited for a moment, expecting a miracle to happen. But no, I felt a hint of wind blowing across my cheeks, but my hair didn't move at all!
This is probably because I was too anxious to get angry, and my face was too hot, causing air convection around my face. Knowing that there was no point in waiting any longer, Zhang Tianshi gritted his teeth and picked up the pen to write the second talisman - the thunder talisman.
Picking up the sword, dipping it in water, swinging the sword, burning ashes, a skillful set is completed. If it were in the past, the apprentice he was taking would look at the sky and shoot a thunderbolt, a thunderbolt from the blue sky.
But today he didn't bring anyone with him, so after the thunder talisman ended, there was no bolt from the blue. He felt like he heard a noise, it was very small, but he suspected that someone among the onlookers farted loudly.
After the third electric talisman was burned, Zhang Tianshi raised his head and looked at the sky. The sky was clear and the sun was dazzling. Even if there was electricity, he couldn't see it.
Finally, Zhang Tianshi made up his mind, wrote the rain talisman, picked it up on his sword and burned it. Then he looked up at the sky.
The common people, officials, and Jiajing all raised their heads and looked at the sky, their expectations were heightened.
After a long time, the sunlight seemed to be less intense, but it may be that everyone has been looking at it for a long time, and the eyes are not so sensitive to the sunlight. In fact, the sunlight has not changed much.
After waiting for half an hour, nothing happened. Zhang Tianshi smiled bitterly and threw down the peach wood sword, and walked down the altar in despair, just like a thousand-year-old Taoist disciple followed him down the altar.
Behind him, a solitary drop of water fell on the altar.
No one knows if this is rain. Even if it is, this drop of rain cannot save anyone. It can only be regarded as a drop of tears shed by God for the decline of Taoism.
The faces of the common people were extremely ugly. Some people rushed forward and were stopped by the Forbidden Army. Many people had already started crying. It was the pain and disappointment after the huge hope was shattered.
Jiajing's face was also very ugly, but finally with Xiao Feng's previous mental construction, he reluctantly nodded.
"The real people have worked hard. I don't blame them. Let them go back to the library to rest and wait for the court's decision..."
Xu Jie suddenly said: "Long live, three of the five great masters have come on stage. Master Huoxuan's alchemy and cauldron skills are incompatible with praying for rain, but Master Wenxuan has not yet come on stage.
Even if there is no hope, we still have to go through the motions, otherwise the people will always think that Master Wenxuan is the number one person in the Taoist sect, and they will feel that the court is not sincere enough, and it is an anticlimax! "
Gao Gong immediately took a step forward: "I second the proposal!"
Zhang Juzheng opened his mouth, but didn't speak. But all the civil servants behind him had already followed Gao Gong's footsteps and stepped forward to offer their hands.
"I second the proposal!"
Jiajing's face looked very ugly, but he also knew that Xu Jie once again stood on the moral high ground. Even if he wanted to protect his junior brother, he couldn't close his eyes and blow the whistle now.
Jiajing glanced at Xiao Feng's back. He was helping a boy who was pushed to the ground by the crowd and was crying loudly.
The boy was about eight or nine years old. He was crying so sadly that Xiao Feng had to worry about whether he had broken more than one bone.
"Are you injured somewhere? You're such a small person, you shouldn't have pushed forward."
The boy wiped the snot and tears from his face and cried sadly: "No, I am not injured."
Xiao Feng was puzzled: "Then why are you crying so sadly?"
The boy opened his hand and showed it to Xiao Feng. Xiao Feng looked at it carefully for a long time, and there was nothing on it except a slight scratch.
"You don't have anything in your hand?"
"I was holding a treasure in my hand! Now I was squeezed by them and fell down. I dropped it!"
Xiao Feng helplessly patted the dirt on his body: "What a treasure, no one in this circle has ever come in. As long as it falls here, it will definitely not be lost."
The boy gestured: "It's so big, black, round, like mud, like iron, very hard.
The marbles rolled by the children in school are not round! They all want it, but I’m the only one who won’t give it to them.
But Xiaohua also wanted it, so I wanted to pick up another one for her. You know Xiaohua, she is the most beautiful girl in our village! "
Xiao Feng looked at this guy who was risking his life for love speechlessly. The Ming Dynasty was such a precocious era. Since it was a treasure, could it be picked up casually?
Suddenly the boy's eyes lit up and he ran a few steps forward. A dog grabbed the shit, picked up a ball from the ground that was bigger than a pigeon egg and smaller than a chicken egg, and gestured excitedly to Xiao Feng.
"Found it, I found it."
Xiao Feng looked at him with a smile, and suddenly his face turned pale with fright. He rushed up and snatched the ball away. The boy was stunned and didn't dare to cry with his mouth flat.
"Xiao... Mr. Xiao, my parents said you are a good person, you... you won't steal my treasure, right?"
Xiao Feng turned around angrily and looked at Zhang Tianshi, who had just stepped down from the altar, lost his mind and had no focus. He stuffed the black ball under his nose and said angrily in a low voice.
"Are you crazy? How dare you do this kind of pretentious thing! How long has it been since this happened?
Do you think the Dao Sect has fallen too slowly, and want to make Wansui feel embarrassed and seal off your Dragon Tiger Mountain all at once? "
Zhang Tianshi's eyes were fixed on the black ball. It took him a long time to come back to his senses and shook his head in surprise. Then he simply shook his head vigorously to wake himself up.
"Master Xiao, I didn't bring this! I didn't even bring a disciple this time, you know this!
What's more, after our cooperation, the thunder bombs in Longhu Mountain have been updated and are white. Don't you have them too? "
Zhang Tianshi took the black ball, looked at it carefully, and was very confused.
"The fuse in this thunder bomb is gone. It must have been dropped. It won't explode unless it is thrown into a fire. Where did you get it?"
Xiao Feng's heart felt like a bolt from the blue, and he was dumbfounded. He squatted down, grabbed the little boy's arm, and swallowed hard.
"You said you wanted to pick up another treasure for Xiaohua. Where did you pick up this treasure?"
The little boy stared at the black ball in Xiao Feng's hand, thinking about his chances of success if he grabbed it and ran away, but finally gave up.
"I picked it up from here! Two years ago, you guys were bickering and fighting here. My dad took me to watch the fun. I picked it up after you guys finished!
That's why I broke free from my father's hand today and pushed forward with all my strength. I was afraid that I would be late and someone would pick me up.
Well, Mr. Xiao, can you return it to me? I've thought about it. It doesn't matter if I can't pick it up. I'll give this treasure to Xiaohua. Xiaohua is very pretty. "
At this time, a middle-aged man was stopped outside the circle by the Forbidden Army. He shouted "Goudan'er" anxiously. Xiao Feng led the child and sent him to the man's side.
The man's sweaty face was full of anxiety and panic. Without saying anything, he kicked Goudan'er twice, and then kowtowed to Xiao Feng.
"Master Xiao, the child is ignorant and bumped into you. I know this is Master Xiao. If it were anyone else, the child might have been beaten..."
Xiao Feng patted Goudan'er on the head: "This thing is very dangerous. Don't let children play with it. Take this ingot of silver and go to the best blacksmith shop on the street to hit some iron marbles for the child. I guarantee it will be better than this one." Still round and strong.
Remember, if you dare to keep money and not make projectiles for your children, let me know and I will get the money back. "
The man nodded repeatedly: "You are rewarded by the adults. Whatever the adults say, the little ones will do it! Goudan'er, kowtow to the adults!"
Xiao Feng waved his hand, turned around and walked back, but his heart felt like a storm. He was so shocked that he felt the road was shaking and his feet were shaking.
At this time, Zhang Tianshi also came to his senses. He looked at Xiao Feng blankly: "Could it be that this was the thunderbolt fired by my apprentice two years ago? Didn't it go off?"
Xiao Feng nodded: "You summoned thunder once that day, and I summoned thunder once. Your apprentice should have fired it twice, but I don't know which time it was when it didn't sound."
Zhang Tianshi shook his head in disbelief: "It obviously rang twice. Everyone heard it. It obviously rang both times..."
He suddenly closed his mouth, slowly turned his head, and looked at Xiao Feng, his eyes full of shock and confusion. Before he could speak, Huang Jin had already trotted over.
Huang Jin's face showed helplessness and worry, and he said softly to Xiao Feng: "Xu Shoufu and Baiguan insist that you also go to the altar, long live helplessness...
If you are eloquent and think carefully about how it will end in a while, the people will still like you and believe in you..."
Xiao Feng took a deep breath and patted Master Zhang Tian's arm. Seeing the worry on Huang Jin's face, he smiled and patted Huang Jin's arm gently.
"Eunuch Huang, thank you for your concern. Xiao Feng knows what's going on. Senior brother, please rest assured."
Huang Jin returned to Jiajing and watched from a distance as Xiao Feng walked to the edge of the altar and strode upwards. Unlike the other three real people, he is still very young, and his back looks so upright and confident.
Jiajing said in a very low voice: "Did he say anything? How will it end in a while?"
Huang Jin's voice was even lower: "He said he knew what he was thinking, so please rest assured, senior brother. Xiao Feng has always been very smart, and he always has his own excuses, so don't worry about it."
Jiajing nodded, feeling slightly at ease. He looked at Xiao Feng with everyone, his eyes that were usually slightly closed were widened. From Xiao Feng's start to the moment he stepped onto the altar, his eyes didn't blink, and he didn't feel very dry.
Xiao Feng closed his eyes and opened the Book of Heaven in his heart. One by one, the shining golden words flowed through his heart like water. Common words, rare words, and finally reached the position of the talisman word.
Each talisman, which has never been contaminated by the smoke and smoke of the human world, seems out of place in the ocean of words in the Book of Heaven.
The other characters are like water droplets in the flowing water, integrated into one body, while the characters on the talisman are like fish swimming in the flowing water, carrying strange life and aura.
That is the spiritual energy when the world first opened, that is the spiritual energy that ghosts and gods do not avoid, that is the spiritual energy that mortals do not know, that is the spiritual energy that is slightly different, and is a thousand miles away.
Xiao Feng picked up the pen, but did not open his eyes. He moved the pen on the talisman paper like flying, and the four talisman papers were wiped out in an instant.
In order to see Xiao Feng's expression clearly, Jiajing had already picked up the binoculars and was stunned when he saw this scene.
"Huang Ban, Xiao Feng wrote with his eyes closed. It seems that he learned a lot of skills from me!"
Huang Jin grinned: "Long live the talents, Xiao Feng is always by your side, and naturally he has benefited a lot. Even the old slave has also benefited a lot."
After Xiao Feng finished writing, he did not open his eyes, but prayed silently in his heart.
"Immortal Master Cangjie, this heavenly book was written by you. Although I have never met you, and even the fairy dreams were made up by myself, I have already regarded you as my master in my heart.
I don't know whether the thunderbolt that didn't go off was Zhang Tianshi's or mine. Since the talisman words are recorded in the Heavenly Book, they shouldn’t be all fake!
The master is here, my disciple Xiao Feng, please master, if there is a spirit in the immortal world, please help the disciples, the Taoism, and the thousands of people of the Ming Dynasty! "
After Xiao Feng finished praying, he suddenly opened his eyes, picked up the mahogany sword, picked up the first wind talisman with one sword, dipped it in white phosphorus water, stabbed forward, and shouted loudly.
"The wind is coming!"
The yellow paper burned up and turned into ashes in an instant. It was scattered by the sword wind and fell to the ground. Although it was slow, it kept falling. It kept falling, and it would eventually fall to the ground.
Everyone held their breath, even Xu Jie was shocked by Xiao Feng's momentum. Could it be that besides measuring words, he really knows no other way?
No way? No, no, if he really had other methods, he should have used them long ago. For example, if he killed Yan Shifan with a thunderbolt, would he still have to put in so much effort?
That's right, he is just good at measuring words, and he is extremely smart and cunning. All the fairy dreams and chess games are just tricks to deceive Long live. You see, after so long, there is no movement at all.
The breaths that everyone was holding could no longer be held. On the one hand, confidence was indeed fading. On the other hand, everyone's lung capacity was only so large after all, and they could not hold it for too long.
When Jiajing, the officials and the people exhaled the breath they were holding, the ashes of the talisman fell to the ground, seemingly untouched.
With a "hoo" sound, the paper ashes were swept up by a strong wind, like a huge gray crane, which was sent straight into the sky by the strong wind, flying all over the sky in the sunshine.
Everyone was shocked. Jiajing suddenly stood up. The telescope in his hand was shaking so much that he couldn't hold it, causing Xiao Feng in the lens to have an afterimage effect.
Xu Jie was also stunned. He turned to look at Gao Gong, who also looked at him, with a human face, extremely frightened.
Damn, who can be bad? Zhang Tianshi Association can do it, Ma Yunteng Association can do it, even Gu Xuzi Association can do it, why is it Xiao Fenghui?
How to deal with him in the future? How to deal with him? He's so damn good at controlling the wind and rain!
Xu Jie tried his best to calm himself and give Gao Gong confidence: "It's just a gust of wind, just a gust of wind! It's just a coincidence, the weather is too hot. Such whirlwinds often blow in hot weather..."
Xiao Feng didn't know what he felt in his heart at this moment. His whole body was shaking and his eyes were filled with tears. He didn't know whether he was happy or grateful.
He pierced the second thunder talisman with his sword, dipped it in water, pierced the sky with his sword, and roared.
"Thunder comes!"
Almost immediately following this roar, an earth-shattering thunder burst out from nowhere in the sky! a bolt from the blue!
Zhang Tianshi raised his hands high, looked up to the sky, and shouted ecstatically: "It's yours, it's your bullet that didn't ring, it's your bullet that didn't ring!"
At this time, the officials were in chaos, whispering to each other and pointing at Xu Jie. The people were also in jubilation, patting each other on the shoulders and slapping each other.
"I'm not dreaming, I'm not dreaming, tell me I'm not dreaming!"
"You're not dreaming! I'm in pain! Damn it, are you dreaming about slapping me? Why can't you slapping yourself?"
"What the hell? I heard Zhang Tianshi talking about something?"
"What nonsense? What nonsense? Why didn't I hear it? Damn it, did you make me deaf? Give me a slap!"
Under the cover of thunder, Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but shouted: "Okay!"
Then he was surprised. Didn't he agree to Xu Jie to weaken Xiao Feng's influence on Long Live? What are you doing?
Xiao Feng moves his sword like the wind, picks up the third electric talisman, dips it in water, swings the sword, and roars!
"The call is coming!"
Dark clouds surged in the blue sky, and several golden whips flashed between the dark clouds, accompanied by rolling thunder tearing through the sky. Everyone was no longer surprised, some were just ecstatic.
A loud shout suddenly sounded, almost drowning out the rolling thunder.
"Damn it, please help me untie the safety rope. I'm going down the tree, but the second branch has been struck by lightning!"
"I'm sorry, sir, this safety rope is a one-time deadlock. Just hold on for a while, and when it's done, I'll go up and cut it off for you!"
"You fucking... profiteer!"
Amidst the huge sound, Xiao Feng picked up the fourth rain talisman, dipped it in water, and swung his sword. The long sword pierced the void, as if it was connected to the lightning that kept falling from the sky.
"Rain!!! Come!!!"
