After Song Xin entered the training room, he temporarily cut off contact with the outside world. When he returned to his house before dawn, he found that the half-bone had returned.
When he saw Song Xin, Bangu said with a look of shame: "Sir, something happened. In the middle of the night, a person from the Three Saints Sect came to them and said they were sending some rice wine and money to Zhang Wen. Those people drank and suddenly His stomach hurt, and then he fell down and died. He must have been poisoned."
Song Xin said with a playful smile: "It seems that they have been ready to kill people and silence them. They are really vicious... I just didn't expect that there are people from the Three Saints Sect. It seems that the Northern Wei family is friends with the Three Saints Sect." It’s very rich.”
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The Shangsi Festival on March 3 is coming soon. For people of this era, the importance of the Shangsi Festival is equivalent to the Spring Festival in later generations.
However, because Song's mother was old and could not see the water, she rested at home. Song Xin, A Jiang, Liu Ling and Xia Ren came to the outside of the city together to prepare to participate in the riverside ritual to cure evil. The ceremony will take a whole morning to end. In the afternoon, there will be a market. In the evening, the alchemists will put on ghost robes and dance around the fire with Nuo noodles. Only on this day did Xudu leave the city gates open at sunset, allowing people to come and go.
Even though I got up early, when I got here, I still found that many people had already arrived by the river early.
"Brother, our female relatives are going to Willow Bay. You follow Uncle Xia here. When the ceremony is over, we will meet here." Ajaan ordered. The Willow Bay she was talking about is a bay on the Lishui River. There are willow trees on the shore, so it is named Willow Bay. The place has been surrounded by a white silk and bamboo wall as high as one person, allowing women to participate in the bathing ceremony inside.
After watching them walk away, Song Xin scanned the crowd. Most of the people who came here today were ordinary people, but they all gathered downstream. Those high-ranking officials had a special place to bathe in the upper reaches.
Song Xin was walking when he suddenly felt someone was looking at him. He turned around and saw that it was Guo Miao again. Today she wore a light green dark dress, with delicate makeup on her face. Her skin was as white as snow, her lips were bright red, and her long hair was tied back, making her look very solemn. There was a young man beside him at this time, probably his brother Guo Yi. Guo Miao saw that Song Xin noticed her gaze and nodded slightly towards him.
Song Xin returned the greeting, and then continued to walk forward with his family along with the flow of people.
"Sister, what are you looking at?" Guo Yi asked in a low voice when he saw his sister's gaze.
"Oh, nothing? Just a friend."
When Guo Yi heard this, he smiled lightly and said, "Sister, whoever you call your friend must be a strange person, right? I really want to meet him."
"Brother, you should have seen this person before."
"Oh? Who is it?" Guo Yi became interested.
"It's Master Cao Chong's attendant."
"Zhou Wenzhi?" Guo Yi immediately thought of Zhou Wenzhi, who came from a famous family. But Guo Miao shook her head, and Guo Yi asked in surprise: "Song Xin?"
Seeing his sister nodding, Guo Yi also showed a surprised look. He and Song Xin had only met once and had nothing to do with each other, because this person usually lives in seclusion and does not make friends everywhere like Zhou Wenzhi. However, his sister called Song Xin her friend, which surprised him.
At this time, someone in the crowd suddenly said: "Look, the saints of the Three Saints Sect are here too!" Everyone looked over together, and sure enough they saw the troops of the Three Saints Sect. More than a dozen believers were carrying a hollow sedan chair. The three saintly girls were sitting inside wearing light gauze clothes, holding a bowl in their left hand and holding a willow branch in their right hand. Many people knelt down when they saw her. With a smile on her face, the three saints dipped willow branches in water and sprinkled them on the crowd.
Those who were doused with water had intoxicated expressions on their faces. He raised his arms and shouted desperately: "Fairy holy water, all bad luck will be eliminated!"
Guo Yi watched as the crowds continued to rush towards the sedan chair of the Three Saints, just like waves pushing a boat. He couldn't help but sigh and shook his head.
"Brother, you are just a trickster, why are you shaking your head and sighing?"
"Sister, you haven't seen that this is the human heart..."
After Guo Miao heard this, she pursed her lips and said nothing.
Song
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Xin was pushed by the crowd. He didn't expect that there were so many people supporting the Three Saints here, and his heart was slightly shocked. This kind of response to one call and the admiration of all people is even more than that of Cao Cao. The alchemists who presided over the ceremony also knelt down and saluted the three saints. It seems that this three saints are the emperor here.
Song Xin also saw the Tian family in the crowd. Tian Kai, Tian Zheng, Tian Qing'er, Zhang Wen and others also knelt down and raised their hands to welcome the water sprinkled by the three saints.
But Song Xin and Xia Ren just stood under a willow tree and looked at them. The Three Saints saw Song Xin in the sedan chair, but she only glanced at him.
Zhang Wen noticed Song Xin and immediately touched the alchemist next to him with his elbow, whispered a few words to him, and then stuffed him with a bag of money. The alchemist glanced at Song Xin, nodded with a smile, and put his wallet into his sleeves.
"Is the Three Saints Sect hosting this year's Shangsi Festival?" Song Xin asked.
A young man next to him said: "They have been in charge since last year. They paid for these alchemists." There are also people here who do not believe in the Three Saints Sect. They all stand and wait for the people from the Three Saints Sect to pass. However, there were obviously more people kneeling than standing.
But those people who were kneeling on the ground naturally looked very ugly when they saw someone being disrespectful. One of them turned to look at Song Xin and others, and said in a bad tone:
"In a moment, the three saints will go upstream and cast spells to create waves themselves. By then, the ungodly people will be washed away by the flood. Why don't you kneel down and let the three saints spread holy water for you to protect your safety!?"
These words made some people who originally did not believe in the Three Saints hesitate, and dozens more people knelt down reluctantly. But Song Xin still leaned against the willow tree, waiting for them to pass.
"She can cast spells? I don't believe it." Song Xin couldn't feel that the three saints had any cultivation at all.
The three saints walked to a river beach somewhere upstream, where an altar had been built. She walked up and ordered the three animals to be slaughtered. Then she started to offer sacrifices with her palms raised to the sky and chanting words in her mouth. People watched from afar. After a while, she trembled all over and her tone of voice changed into a low and majestic voice.
"Welcome the Water God!!!" The Three Saints immediately knelt down and shouted loudly.
The people who believed in the Three Saints also knelt down.
Song Xin finally understood this. Isn't this just a trick used by wizards to invite gods to take over?
At this time, I heard the three saints on the altar say in a deep voice: "Start entering the water."
After a while, the crowd began to gather into groups of thirty or fifty. Under the guidance of the alchemist, he took off his clothes and followed the alchemist into the water. They choose places where the rivers are curved and the water flow is gentle.
The river today is very shallow and can only reach the knees of an adult.
There was no laughter and laughter at this time, everyone was quiet. I could only hear the alchemists mumbling incantations that no one could understand, jumping in the water like frogs. But Song Xin could tell from people's expressions that they were all looking forward to this ceremony washing away all their bad luck. Nowadays, life is difficult, and everyone hopes to be blessed by the gods and make their lives better.
"Uncle Xia, what are you doing?" Song Xin asked Xia Ren beside him in a low voice.
"Master, please don't raise your voice. The alchemist is praying to the God of Water now." Xia Ren said piously.
"After a while, waves of water will wash down. You must stand firm. If you are washed away, it means that you are full of bad luck. You need to go to the alchemist to eliminate the disaster. If you are not washed away, it means that you will have good luck in the coming year. of."
"Oh, so that's it." Song Xin nodded, only finding it interesting. But he didn't believe in the water god.
Song Xin quietly retreated behind the crowd, and when no one was paying attention, he quickly fled upstream.
Not long after, Song Xin saw a group of people from the Three Saints Sect on an important tributary of the Lishui River more than ten miles away.
"Haha, casting a spell to create waves?" He smiled immediately when he saw the scene in front of him. It turns out that the Three Saints Cult built a simple dam in this tributary to block the flow of water. This is also the reason why the water level of Jishui River is very shallow today.
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Song Xin was surprised by the water blocked by the dam, "With so much water rushing downstream, I don't know how many people will be washed away..."
Looking at the water level gradually rising behind the dam, he thought to himself: "Oh no, there has been a lot of rain this year. If the water level were higher, all the people downstream would be washed away!!"
A disciple of the Three Saints Sect standing on the embankment saw Song Xin walking over and shouted loudly: "Who is this! Don't come over!"
The cry attracted the vigilant Three Saints congregation around him. Seeing this uninvited guest, they immediately surrounded him and pulled out the knives from their waists.
"Boy, how did you get in!"
"You bastards who care so little about human life! How many people will drown if so much water is put down!" Song Xin cursed.
"Mind the business of our Three Saints Cult. Huh, now that you know the secret, don't even think about leaving!!" As soon as he finished speaking, a group of Three Saints Cult members gathered around. Song Xin didn't want to get entangled with them at all. He dodged and rushed up the embankment, and a Fuxi sword suddenly appeared in his hand. With the vast sword energy of heaven, he chopped at the top of the wooden embankment with one sword.
A crack appeared on the wooden embankment, and after a breath, it exploded into pieces of wood chips with a bang.
"Oops! The three saints haven't sent the message yet! Hurry, block it!" The church members who were looking after the embankment were shocked and wanted people to plug the hole, but the embankment they built could not withstand the sword energy of heaven. With such power, the water squeezed through the hole and even broke up the entire embankment. The congregants who were still standing on the embankment were unsteady and were swept away by the water.
Song Xin smiled contemptuously at the dumbfounded believers, plunged into the water, and followed the waves straight down the river.
A wave more than three feet high quickly formed on the tributary of Jishui River, roaring towards Jishui River. However, the Jishui River has a wide channel. The water collects in it and slows down through the bends of the river. When it reaches the downstream more than ten miles away, the water level only rises to waist-deep.
"What? The dam broke?" The three saints who were on the altar felt their hearts sink when they heard the report from their subordinates. This was all her idea. In previous years, using the dam to create waves could attract some people to join the religion and collect offerings. Those who were washed away were afraid of bad luck and would spend money to find alchemists to eliminate the misfortune. Of course, there are also three or five people who drowned in the water. At that time, as long as they say that they did something bad and were captured by the river god, the family members of the victims can also make another donation.
But this year the dam suddenly and inexplicably broke. She could only watch as the water level in the river slowly rose, and the expected wave did not appear.
"What happened? How did the dam break?"
"Reporting to the Saint, a boy suddenly rushed over and destroyed the embankment!"
The Three Saints asked solemnly: "Who is that boy? Has anyone caught him?"
"He...jumped into the water and was washed away. He probably won't survive."
The Three Saints said angrily: "Those who have ruined our Three Saints Sect must not be spared lightly. Find the body of that boy and arrest his family members too!"
"I obey my orders! However, how should I explain this sacrificial ceremony to the people now? Please give me instructions from the Holy Lady."
The three saints thought for a moment and said: "Let them continue the ceremony first, I have my own way."
The congregants agreed and went down to deliver the order. After a while, the alchemists finished reciting the incantations, raised their palms to the sky, and shouted: "The Water God is coming!"
However, after waiting for a long time, the expected wave did not come. From time to time, the wizards quietly opened their eyes and looked in the direction where the people of the Three Saints were gathering. Seeing that there was still no flag raised, the wizards' raised arms were already sore, but they did not dare to put them down. The people also wondered, "Hey, the water level has risen, and why don't the waves of the river god stop coming?" They didn't know that they had just avoided a disaster.
When the water level reached people's waists, Song Xin had quietly returned to the crowd.
Xiaoyu also saw the changes in Song Xin's luck in the mountains and rivers. "Today you avoided a man-made disaster. Many people were saved because of you, so your luck has increased!"
Song Xin secretly breathed a sigh of relief. This avoided a fatal injury and increased his luck by twenty, finally stopping at ninety-seven!
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