"Lord Prefect!"
There was a panic at the altar, and the county magistrate had to come out to take charge of the overall situation and sent someone to send the prefect down for treatment.
This sacrifice ended hastily, leaving a huge gap in people's hearts.
The prefect was sent to the county government, and his confidants were busy going to ask for a medical officer. Then he slowly opened his eyes, waved his hand, and said, "There's no need to go."
The confidant quickly greeted him: "Is the prefect okay?"
Zhang Taishou propped himself up, with a look of fatigue on his face, and said, "What can I do?"
The confidant hesitated and said: "Where is Tongpan?"
Zhang Taishou closed his eyes and said, "Let him deal with it by himself. Don't worry about him."
How could Taishou Zhang not know that this difficult situation would be a huge blow to his prestige, but he had no other choice but to pretend to be dead and leave the mess to Tongpan to deal with.
His heart was burning, and he said: "Steward! Steward! Prepare a gift for me quickly. I want to go to Wujiang myself."
The housekeeper is an old man in the mansion who has served Prefect Zhang for three generations. He knows everything about the mansion and also knows about the affairs of the young lady, Mrs. Huayin.
The housekeeper prepared a gift, then came to invite Prefect Zhang and consoled him: "Sir, the drought is not going to stop, and now the water god of Wujiang River is refusing to rain. When you go to Wujiang River, you need to persuade her with good words, and don't make it difficult for the girl."
Zhang Taishou complained: "He is my brother-in-law, and he made an agreement with me to host the sacrifices. I will get the incense tax, and he will have to make offerings. But now he has changed his mind. Huayin is also true. If she is willing to make an offer for me, the Water God How could she go back on her word? She is in the Dragon Palace and is favored by the Water God, but she is unwilling to devote herself to me."
The housekeeper felt powerless and said: "The girl left home at a young age and has few relatives. If it makes the girl feel cold, wouldn't it be even worse?"
Zhang Taishou snorted coldly and said: "I am her brother. I was supposed to go to Jinyun Mountain to cultivate immortality. It was she who robbed me of my immortality. She asked her to do something for me and pushed her around..."
The old housekeeper murmured, but could only sigh and said: "Even if the master doesn't think about the girl, he should think about the old lady."
Zhang Taishou's throat rolled, and he snorted coldly, saying: "There is no need to use my mother to pressure me, I know it well."
When the old housekeeper saw that he was angry, he did not dare to touch his bad luck again.
Although he watched Taishou Zhang grow up, he was only a housekeeper after all, and he had no control over Taishou Zhang.
Prefect Zhang exhaled and said, "Prepare the carriage and go to Wujiang in the evening."
The old housekeeper lowered his head in response and retreated from the room.
Just after he came out of the prefect's room, the old housekeeper walked through the courtyard and saw an extraordinary and handsome jade-faced man standing on the rockery and looked at him.
The old housekeeper had never seen this person before and was a little confused for a moment. Before he could ask any questions, he saw the handsome man smiling at him.
He couldn't help but feel close to her, and he said not to question, but to welcome: "How come you, a young man, have come to the prefect's mansion?"
Gong Mengbi cupped his hands and said, "I am Shui Yue, a staff member of the Shui Mansion. I came here to investigate on the orders of the Water God."
The old housekeeper looked around, took him into his room, and asked: "Are you a god from the water? I wonder what the water god's will is?"
Gong Mengbi sighed: "The drought continues, and the water level of the Wujiang River is gradually falling. The water god does not want it to rain again, so he ordered me to stop the prefect from offering sacrifices."
Only then did the old housekeeper understand the whole story, and he couldn't help but feel anxious, saying, "The water god doesn't want it to rain, so what can the people do?"
Gong Mengbi showed a bit of sadness and said: "I don't know what the people will do. In fact, the Wujiang River can still hold on for a while, but the water god doesn't know when the drought will stop, so he has scruples in his heart and needs to store water to protect himself. I don’t want to benefit the common people.”
The old housekeeper was anxious and said, "Then my master's visit to the Water God is in vain, isn't it?"
Gong Mengbi said: "I don't know either. Maybe Mrs. Huayin can persuade the Water God?"
The old housekeeper shook his head and said, "My girl will be angry to death if she finds out."
This was what Gong Mengbi wanted to know. He made a listening expression, and for some reason the old housekeeper had a lot of desire to talk.
Following his eloquent talk, Gong Mengbi learned about the prefect's family affairs.
When the prefect was young, he and Mrs. Huayin once rescued an old Taoist priest. The old Taoist priest was the immortal Xuanxu of Jinyun Mountain's Immortal Capital Sect who was transformed into the human world through many calamities.
Master Xuanxu was rescued by them, so he gave them orders, saying that one was destined to be immortal and could seek immortality and ask questions, and the other was destined to be wealthy and should enjoy all the glory and wealth.
The prefect wanted to seek Taoism in his heart, but if his parents were still alive, they would not allow his son to go out to study Taoism. If his incest was cut off, he would be a liar and deceive others, and he would lose his money and his life.
The prefect was hesitant, but Mrs. Huayin had the courage that no one else had. She rushed to Jinyun Mountain with her baggage on her back overnight and never came back.
Her family didn't know whether she was alive or dead, and they had long suspected that she was dead.
Only the prefect still had some vague thoughts, thinking that maybe she was cultivating immortality.
It wasn't until Mrs. Huayin came back from Jinyun Mountain that she confirmed what the prefect had in mind.
What caused even more discord between him and Mrs. Huayin was that Mrs. Huayin was the one who took away his immortal fate.
Master Xuanxu asked Mrs. Huayin to go down the mountain because her earthly fate was not over, and he wanted her to fulfill her destiny before returning to the mountain to practice.
It is because of Mrs. Huayin's contribution that Prefect Zhang is able to sit in his current position. With his temperament and talents, he was originally unable to achieve the position of prefect. It was Mrs. Huayin who used Taoism to change his destiny and borrowed a portion of the dragon energy from the Wujiang Water God to enable him to achieve such an achievement.
Although he relied on his sister a lot, Zhang Taishou did not like her in his heart. Instead, he hated her even more, thinking that she had taken away his immortality.
Gong Mengbi sighed: "There is such a thing."
The old housekeeper frowned: "The two of them have been fighting fiercely since they were young, but the girl is from a daughter's family, so she can't always fight. She only wants to win this one thing, but the relationship between the two brothers has also faded."
"The girl is a Taoist. She tried to persuade the master several times to cultivate his moral character, but he refused to listen. He was so angry that the girl went to Shuifu to practice cultivation and never came back."
"This time the master and the water god conspired. I don't know if the girl knows about it. If she knows, I'm afraid she will become even more alienated."
Gong Mengbi consoled her: "We are both brothers and sisters, so there should be some affection between them."
The old housekeeper just shook his head.
Gong Mengbi sighed: "The prefect used the incense tax to plunder the people's wealth. If Mrs. Huayin knew about it, she would really be angry."
The old housekeeper sighed: "I can't persuade him. The old lady can't control him either. Now she just eats fasting and chants Buddha's name, and doesn't ask him anymore. I only take care of the internal affairs for him now. I have long ignored the external affairs. What's more, I can’t control it anymore.”
Gong Mengbi said: "Just serve the old lady well."
The old housekeeper said: "Yes, I don't have a few more years to live. When the old lady goes, I will go back to the countryside."
The old housekeeper's interest was waning. He looked at Gong Mengbi and gradually tasted the taste. He asked: "Shuiyue Immortal, why are you asking about this?"
Gong Mengbi smiled and said, "I am trying to accumulate good fortune and virtue for your family's prefect and the Wujiang Water God."
The old housekeeper didn't know why, but Gong Mengbi had already disappeared from the room.
He was stunned in place, but he came to his senses after a while, "What am I going to do when I come back? What do I want to get?"
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