Qi Jingzhi also stood up, walked to the river, and looked toward the river to the west.
I saw a wave that was almost flush with the river bank rushing towards me at a very fast speed. When the originally dim and turbid river water rolled up to the top of the wave, it had turned into a bright white frost.
A tall, bare-chested man suddenly appeared among the waves, with long yellow-black hair flying high in the wind and waves.
When Qi Jingzhi saw the other person, the man also turned his attention to the crowd on the shore, and almost instantly locked onto the silver-armored and red-faced figure by the river.
The man immediately roared, and his body suddenly rushed out of the waves, flying across the river, and rushed towards Qi Jingzhi.
Countless exclamations immediately sounded from the crowd on the shore, and the sound was so loud that it suppressed the sound of the waves on the river.
Just because from the waist down, the man looked like a beast with four claws treading water and covered with yellow scales.
For these villagers who grew up on the banks of the Xunjiang River, it is one thing to go to the River God Temple to offer incense to the gods. It is another thing to see the water god of the Xunjiang River coming on the waves.
Seeing the turbid waves surging on the Xunjiang River, and the half-man, half-animal River God coming menacingly across the water, the villagers on the bank couldn't help but look horrified and fearful, and couldn't help but move back together.
After just a dozen breaths, the Xunjiang Water God had already rushed forward. His long yellow and black hair was dancing wildly on his head, and there was not even a single expression on his face.
He did not go ashore, but stepped heavily on the river water with the four black claws under his body, which were like cast iron, and suddenly stopped.
In an instant, the river in front of Qi Jingzhi exploded, with waves splashing three or four feet high. It was about to turn into a downpour, falling headlong on the people on the shore.
As soon as this priest Xun Jiangshui arrived on the scene, he took the lead and wanted to give the young swordsman in front of him a showdown!
Seeing this, Qi Jingzhi's heart trembled, and his body immediately glowed with a bright glow.
Without thinking, he grabbed his chest and pulled off the hazy feather coat that had just emerged. Then he raised his hand and shook it, turning it into a long and glorious spiritual cloth.
The thin gauze-like spiritual cloth stretched as hard as possible, not only protecting the heads of the three people on the shore, but also covering the doctors and injured beside them.
Soon enough, the pouring river water had already hit the long haze.
Everyone felt that they were in a dilapidated house with air leakage from all sides. It was raining heavily outside the house, and the cold and wet water vapor blew in with the wind, making people feel tight and chilled all over their bodies.
Fortunately, the broken house is still a house. Although some rainwater inevitably leaked, it finally withstood the invasion of the shower.
The Xunjiang Water God stood expressionless in the river beside the bank. He raised his eyes and cast a cursory glance at the piece of hazy cloth, and immediately stared at the red ghost mask on Qi Jingzhi's face.
He was silent for a moment, and then he spoke calmly, with a distant and cold voice: "If it weren't for the wrong breath, I would have thought that the ghosts and gods of the underworld have reached out to my Xunjiang River!"
After saying this sentence, Xunjiang Water God suddenly paused, frowned, raised his head and shouted in the air: "Did the Yin Division of Yunxiang participate in what happened today?"
Following this question, the white waves on the Xun River finally came belatedly and roared past the river god, making the god even more majestic.
Hearing this, Qi Jingzhi, who had been ignored, felt a move in his heart, knowing that his soul mask had made the other party suspicious after all.
He reached out and took back the long haze cloth that was almost pressed to his head by the river water, and then he had time to carefully look at the Xunjiang Water God in front of him.
This god is extremely tall, handsome, and has sharp muscles.
What's flying in the wind on His head is actually not long hair, but strange tentacles as thick as chopsticks, yellow and black in color.
As the God of the River stopped by the river, these tentacles gradually turned from floating behind his head to pointing straight upward, swaying in the air like water plants.
As for the beast's body with yellow scales and black claws on his lower body, it was quite burly and majestic. Unfortunately, Qi Jingzhi's knowledge was limited and he really didn't know what kind of strange beast's body it was.
Just after looking at it like this, a voice in the air not far away respectfully replied: "Xunhou
Mingjian, my uncle will never dare to disobey the ancestral system of Daqi and the strict orders of the country's ruler, and interfere in human affairs without authorization. "
The voice paused, and then added: "There has never been any fate from the Lord of the County and City."
"Hmph! That's nice to say, haven't you intervened too little? The Qu'ahou Lake has not yet finished opening, but the mountain next to it has been taken over by your city god first! If it weren't for the *** spring that is now surrounded by the lake, It’s hard to say where the water spirit energy belongs!”
Xunjiang Water God sneered, but his brows were already stretched.
His eyes paused for a moment and then moved away, turning to the golden-eyed water worm lying on the ground not far away.
"What a useless snack!"
Xunjiang Water God cursed in a low voice, stretched out his hand to grab the golden-eyed water worm, and immediately took it over.
He grabbed the servant of God's neck and looked carefully up and down for a moment, then a look of shock and anger appeared on his face.
Then, the Xunjiang Water God suddenly turned his head to look at Qi Jingzhi, with a stern smile on his face, and the fangs in his mouth flashed with cold light: "Linzhou Demonic Academy is so majestic that it has come all the way to Xunjiang to teach me a lesson. The servant is here!"
"What? Now that I have come to take charge of the crime in person, does this lord even refuse to show his face?"
As soon as these words came out, the whole place was silent, except for the lingering wind in the river, as if heavy rain was coming.
Qi Jingzhi stood by the river with his head held high, and felt a huge coercion rushing towards him. In a daze, it turned into a strange yellow-black wind and hit the red ghost mask hard.
The small world in the soul mask suddenly changed color. The red haze was shrouded in yellow and black demonic winds, and the three peaks of the mountain shook together.
The next moment, the figures of many young men in Xianyu Mountain who had just defeated a fierce tiger with a sword or were wielding a sword to defeat a silver wolf all stopped. Then they turned around at the same time, either showing their fists or feet, or holding their weapons, as if they were vibrating with anger. The crane with wings swooped bravely against the strange wind blowing from outside the mountain.
At the same time, the roar of angry cranes reached to the sky and spread throughout the fields.
In this scene, to the eyes of one god and others outside, the red ghost mask of the young swordsman suddenly turned yellow and black, as if rain clouds were covering the sun.
However, in just an instant, a touch of red appeared in the dark and thick layer of yellow-black rain clouds, and then this red color spread out even more quickly, turning the large number of rain clouds into patches of red-green clouds. Tongyun.
At the end, it was even better as if a red sun emerged from the clouds. The rising sun illuminated all the gloom with its great light!
The red ghost's face and armor have returned to their old appearance, and their brows and eyes are ferocious and bright red.
"Um?"
Seeing this, Xunjiang Water God finally looked squarely at the young swordsman in front of him, who was clearly in his second realm and had not even manifested his mind.
In his opinion, whether it was the extremely superb skills he practiced or the weirdness of the red ghost mask, he could drive away a wisp of psychological pressure from the third realm god lord in such a short period of time. This person who claimed to be from Linzhou The young swordsman of the Demon Suppressing Academy must be extremely extraordinary.
Therefore, Xunjiang Water God stopped smiling and looked Qi Jing up and down carefully.
He was about to speak, but the young swordsman in front of him preempted him.
Immediately, a god on the river and everyone on the bank heard Qi Jingzhi's quiet and solemn voice: "May I ask the Lord God, where does the position of the Xunjiang Water God come from?"
When Jiang Shen heard this, he immediately raised his eyebrows and anger appeared on his face: "What do you want to say when you ask this?"
Qi Jingzhi laughed loudly and pointed at the silent villagers behind him: "These people are all making a living on both sides of the Xunjiang River. They drink the water of the Xunjiang River and eat the fish of the Xunjiang River. Some of their relatives were buried in the river, or became fish and turtles. They may have become water ghosts under the rule of the River God. These people respected and feared the God, so they built temples to offer sacrifices and the incense was endless."
"Now in front of them, I dare to ask again, where does the title of Marquis Xun come from?"
The Xunjiang Water God followed the young swordsman's finger and glanced at the crowd. His eyes exuded a faint divine power, which scared the villagers back again. The people standing in the front row had no way to retreat, and many of them immediately softened their knees and knelt on the ground.
The river god who controls the livelihood of countless people on both sides of the Xunjiang River, as well as the good fortune and life and death of the people on both sides of the Xunjiang River, has been taken back.
Looking at it, he said in a deep voice: "This prince, the god of the river, is naturally favored by the Xunjiang River and nurtured his spiritual body. The king of the country favored him and sealed him with a golden book! As for these people you are referring to..."
His tone turned indifferent: "I am born and raised by nature, self-taught and self-sufficient. The mere incense of the people is insignificant, it is just the icing on the cake."
After hearing this, Qi Jingzhi knew that although the Xunjiang Water God was unruly, he was now in the public eye, especially a Yinsi ghost god, a lakekeeper of Qu'ahou Lake, and him, the so-called visitor of the Linzhou Demon-Suppressing Academy. On the side, the other party did not dare to disrespect the leader of Da Qi.
The young man felt relieved and nodded immediately, his tone still solemn and solemn: "Although it is the icing on the cake, those incense offerings are the sincerity of the people!"
"Since the Lord of God has accepted it, he should take care of the people on both sides of the strait. Why do you allow the servant of God to cause trouble and not allow the people to fish in the left river near Qu'a Town?"
Hearing this, Xunjiang Water God immediately frowned.
Although the opening of the lake a few years ago will be beneficial to the power of the Xunjiang River in the long run, in the short term the water from the Xunjiang River will inevitably fill the newly developed land of Qu'ahou Lake, which should belong to Shuifu. The title of Lake God was taken away by the imperial court. As a god of a nearly separatist party, the Xunjiang Water God naturally clung to this point and gained many benefits for his family.
As for the ban on fishing in Qu'a Town by the Jin Jing Shui Lai he sent to guard the lake entrance, neither the Xunjiang Water Mansion nor the human officials of Xunyang County took it as a big deal. The left and right are just an insignificant addition. How can it be worth the distraction of the big shots and ruining the important matter of opening the lake and dividing the water?
However, after all, this is not a written contract signed by both parties in black and white. If we really want to talk about it, whether it is legal or reasonable, it is not reasonable for the Xunjiang Water God to accept the golden title of the king and enjoy the incense offerings of the people. Now that this matter has been brought to the table, and there are so many pairs of eyes staring at it, it is really difficult to refute it directly.
Although Xunjiang Water God is unruly, he is not stupid. Naturally, he does not want to be a prominent rafter and attract extra attention from the court.
He immediately ignored Qi Jingzhi's question and asked in reply: "Who is your surname, and what is your position in Linzhou Demon Suppression Academy? I am a marquis personally conferred by the king of the country. You just saw me, and you didn't show any courtesy." , Second, I don’t say hello, I haven’t questioned you yet, but you have questioned me first. Is this the rules of conduct of the Demon Suppressing Academy?”
Since the fact that the divine position was conferred by the king could not be avoided, the Xunjiang Water God simply took on the airs of the Marquis and came to use power and position to suppress others.
Hearing this, before Qi Jingzhi could reply, Wei Yingdian, who was standing behind him, suddenly took two steps forward and stood shoulder to shoulder with the young man.
With a smile on his face, he sang a deep song to the water god of Xunjiang River: "Your Majesty, Wei Yingdian, the doctor of the Ministry of Rites, is polite!"
Hearing Wei Yingdian's official position, the Xunjiang Water God was startled. He immediately threw Qi Jingzhi aside, glared at Wei Yingdian and said bitterly: "The annual tribute I give to the Ministry of Rites every year is never short! My water palace hall is just more. It’s just a few pillars and two more doors. Why do you insist on holding on to such a trivial matter and personally send someone here to find out what’s wrong with me?”
Fortunately, this Jiang Shen was angry and had some sense of control. He only shouted and asked, but did not take action against Wei Yingdian.
Wei Yingdian straightened up, with a bigger smile on his face. He quickly shook his head and said, "What did the Marquis say? The reputation of the Xunjiang Water Palace has always been good in the Ministry of Etiquette! Regardless of the palace of the Shui Palace, the lower official has heard about it. Xunyang County City The newly built Jiang Shen Temple outside a few years ago was built according to the rules, and the number of standing beasts on the eaves was only one more than the Marquis regulations!"
"There are not many water gods in the world who are as humble and respectful as the Marquis! When I talked about this with my colleagues, they all praised me!"
Hearing what he said, Mr. La, the man who guarded the lake, couldn't help but look strange. Qi Jingzhi spent a lot of effort not to look at the man he had just introduced as a Taoist friend.
On the other side, Xunjiang Water God's expression immediately softened, and he believed 90% of Wei Yingdian's identity. After all, except those guys from the Ministry of Etiquette who were full and had nothing to do, who would stare at the eaves of other people's houses every day?
As for the newly built shrine outside Xunyang County, it is naturally one of the rewards that the Water God of Xunjiang promised to open the lake.
When the two sides broke up
After arguing for a long time, the former Xunyang County Governor gave in and secretly agreed to the few innocuous minor oversteps. Otherwise, if he really built a temple that complied with etiquette, he would probably be laughed at for dozens of times by the nearby water gods. Year.
Interrupted by Wei Yingdian, the power that the Xunjiang Water God had deliberately displayed before was unknowingly weakened. He couldn't help but ask, "Then why did Mr. Wei come here?"
As he spoke, he turned to look at the lake guard who remained silent all the time, and said suspiciously, "The old county guard is in strong health. It will be many years before the temple is built and returned to his post, right?"
Mr. Ta immediately bowed and replied: "Old County Sheriff is naturally in good health! As for the location of the Lake Temple, the Ministry of Rites sent people to look at it last year. I think this year the king will first make the regulations, give the drawings, and hand it over to the owner. The prefectures and counties are slowly preparing to build it, and when the old governor becomes a deity in the future, he can directly welcome the Dharmakaya into the temple to be enthroned."
The Xunjiang Water God nodded slightly, then turned to look at Wei Yingdian.
The doctor of the Ministry of Rites, who had just resumed his official position, calmly gave another salute: "Master Hou, your ancestral home is Xunyang County, and this trip to Beijing is a foreign mission from the Ministry of Rites." , I happened to be returning to my hometown to worship my ancestors, so it was a matter of public and private convenience. As for the reason for this foreign trip..."
His expression suddenly became very solemn, he stretched out his hand and pointed toward the river, and said solemnly: "Years ago, the Ministry of Rites was cleaning up the old volumes, and suddenly found an old archive of Gouchen Yuan, saying that there was a beheading tower under the Daoxun River. Jiao Zhen Sha Monument!"
Speaking of this, Wei Yingdian's expression became more and more worried: "It doesn't matter if you look through the old archives. The monument to suppress evil erected by Gouchen Academy dates back more than five hundred years. During this period, neither Gouchen Academy nor the Ministry of Rites has ever sent anyone to repair it. Pass! If a monster like a demon takes advantage of this situation, there may be unforeseen disaster!" Z.br>
"When the Marquis is scolded by the Lord of the Kingdom, it's okay to suffer a little humiliation, but once the evil dragon takes over and shakes the Marquis's divine power, it will be extremely bad!"
Hearing this, Qi Jingzhi finally couldn't help turning his head and glanced at Wei Yingdian, and secretly exclaimed: "This man is really a fucking figure!"
