I am a fairy

Chapter 30: Rainy Season without Rain
Outside Xihe County.

In the fields.

The farmers looked up, leaning on their hoes. The sun was scorching the earth, taking the moisture away from the fields bit by bit.

"How long has it been since it rained?"

"It's been more than 20 days."

"It hasn't rained yet, what's going to happen?"

The rainy season has arrived unknowingly, but since it rained once before the beginning of spring, it has not rained in this area again, which is more than twenty days.

Rain during the spring plowing season is as precious as oil. Whether it rains or not affects the growth of crops and is a matter of life and death for the people.

It stands to reason that it should be a rainy time during the Rain Water solar term, but there is not a drop of rain at the moment, which is really not normal.

Therefore, the farmers also talked about it.

"Have you heard that a monster appeared in Yunbi Mountain after the spring came?"

"What kind of monster?"

"I heard that too."

"When the monster stood up, it was taller than a human. Its arms hung to the ground. Its body was covered with red hair. Its eyes were like copper bells. It had sharp fangs and a bloody mouth. It could kill half a person with one bite."

Everyone was horrified and said one after another.

Someone said, "Could it be the drought demon?"

Everyone nodded when they heard this: "It must be a drought demon."

More and more people agreed: "I was saying, why hasn't it rained yet? It must be the drought demon causing trouble."

They said so and believed it.

As they talked, they became more anxious. If it didn't rain, this year's harvest would definitely be affected.

A poor harvest could result in death.

"To the government office."

"Yes, tell the county magistrate."

"Let the county catch the drought demon."

More and more people gathered and marched towards the county government office in Xihe County. On the way, rumors about the drought demon spread more and more.

In the county office.

Jia Gui was discussing with his subordinates how to encourage people to engage in agriculture and sericulture. He knew exactly what to do, but there was a big problem.

"We have arranged to encourage farmers to do this, but it won't rain. What shall we do?"

"This is only a temporary thing. Maybe it will rain in a few days."

"Yes, the county lord should not worry too much."

As they were talking, it suddenly became noisy outside.

Gradually the noise became louder and louder, all kinds of chaotic sounds gathered together, the whole place was in an uproar, and the shouting never stopped.

Jia Gui glanced at his subordinates and immediately stood up in horror.

"What's going on, what's going on?"

"Is there trouble?"

The subordinate at the side called a person over and spoke in a cold and stern tone.

"Go out and take a look at what happened, and come back quickly to report to the county magistrate."

"Also, have someone call the county lieutenant and the three chiefs over here immediately."

From the noise outside, we knew that there were at least several hundred people gathered. It looked like a group of rioters making noise and preparing to rebel.

How could Jia Gui and others, the county magistrate, not be terrified?

"Oh, it turns out that there was no civil uprising, but an uprising of the Han people..."

Jia Gui just breathed a sigh of relief, but then asked again.

"Han...Han what?"

The officer said: "Your Excellency, it is the drought demon that causes drought and stops the rain from falling."

Only then did he come to his senses and realize that it was the drought demon, but this made Jia Gui's heart, which had just relaxed, rise to his throat again.

"What, a drought demon appeared?"

Just now he was discussing with his subordinates whether it would rain or not, and everyone else said it would rain later.

But if the drought demon appears, it is not a matter of sooner or later, it represents a year of severe drought.

A poor harvest is still considered a good thing, but if it goes wrong, there will be no harvest at all and thousands of miles of barren land.

Jia Gui was suddenly a little anxious, and at this time, someone who quickly approached him after he arrived in Xihe County appeared.

Jia Gui: "Captain Liu, it just so happens that I have something for you to do."

Liu Yitou was so anxious that he had no time to sit down, but he immediately stood up to listen to the order.

but.

After hearing this, he was dumbfounded and began to stammer.

"Let me... let me catch the drought demon, this... this... this... I'm afraid this won't work, right?"

"Why don't we go to the shrine and burn some incense, maybe..."

But Jia Gui would never give him a reason to refuse: "Just go if you are asked to go, why are you saying so much?"

Gods are not so easy to talk to, and blessings cannot be wasted in this way.

Jia Gui’s first thought was to let Liu Yitou try it, and then see what happens if it doesn’t work.
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In recent times, Jiang Chao has a place to kill time and relax both during the day and at night.

Every morning when he wakes up, Jiang Chao will practice "Palm Thunder" in the Divine Garden.

Every day after taking a nap, playing games and having dinner, Jiang Chao would put on the divine robe, put his hands in the wide sleeves, walk leisurely towards the cloud wall in wooden clogs, take a stroll there and enjoy the beautiful moonlight.

Today, Jiang Chao walked forward along the cave.

"It's a pity that there is no wine. If there was, it would be more relaxing with the moonlit night."

The previous pot of wine has been drunk, and there is no second pot to be found in this era.

Wangshu's voice came and spoke to Jiang Chao.

"Want a drink?"

"What's so good about drinking alcohol? It will only harm your body."

At dusk, in the foothills.

The rough framework of the house has been erected on the foundation made of large and small stones in front of the cloud wall. The deity's longevity palace, which is also the main hall, extends out with the cloud wall as the core.

It has a five-ridged roof, supported by nine beams made of wood from nearby mountains. The beams not only support the main hall, but also connect the two side halls on the left and right. The structure looks delicate and complex.

The eaves are just ordinary green tiles and corner eaves. The carpenters have already started working on the doors and windows, which are long windows with cloud patterns, and the doors of the palace have been painted with vermilion.

The walls on both sides are painted with white lime, and painters will be invited to paint murals later. The hall is designed with a large number of white curtains hanging down, and it looks like a cloud world when the wind blows.

At dusk, the craftsmen and porters would leave quickly, but at this time another figure would quietly come here.

He is the divine wizard of Yunzhongjun.

The so-called witch is actually a body carefully selected by the mountain people to carry the power of the gods.

In a sense, the shaman is not really a human being. The moment he puts on the mask, he becomes a medium and channel connecting the ancient gods and the human world.

Yun Zhongjun's wizard looks tall and muscular, standing out from the crowd in this era. He has short hair that is slightly longer than Yun Zhongjun's. I don't know if he was originally like this or changed it to this way after hearing about Yun Zhongjun's appearance.

Every day at sunset, the shamans would come to the cloud wall to burn incense and pray to the gods, day after day without stopping, and even the time steps were never wrong.

At the beginning, it was just greetings and praises to the gods.

But recently, the question is about another matter.

"Cloud God!"

"Why does divine thunder fall every day? What decree does it want to convey to the human world?"

"Or are you warning the common people that something bad is about to happen?"

Jiang Chao actually couldn't understand what the mountain people said at first. It's not that their language was of a different system, but the accent was quite different, so Wangshu told him all this.

But as I listened more and more, I gradually got used to it.

But at this moment, what kind of decree could Jiang Chao convey?

It never works.

He told the other party that he was practicing the magic of "Palm Thunder" and was going to go to the mountains to hunt a long-legged rabbit to try.

But today, when he was passing not far behind the cloud wall, Wangshu suddenly called him. Jiang Chao immediately stopped and listened to the noise outside through the radio.

The setting sun shone in from outside at dusk. A masked shaman knelt under a jade disk. The sun and moon pendants on his delicate earlobes swayed, faintly shining with golden dots in the sunset.

The shaman's voice was very clear, with the intonation of a southern country and the frankness of a mountain dweller.

"Today I'm not asking you why you sent down the divine thunder. I'm asking you to do something."

With the radio pressed to his ear, Wangshu explained the situation outside.
After saying that, she also gave Jiang Chao a "thoughtful" reminder.

"I observed quietly and found that I didn't bring a whip."

Wangshu still remembered what Jiang Chao had said before, that if the immortal didn't make it rain, he would whip him.

Jiang Chao: "What do they want Yun Zhongjun to do?"

Wangshu: "I want you to ask God to make it rain."

Life is not easy for mortals. It is not good if it rains too much, and it is not good if it does not rain either.

When he said this, Wangshu's voice was filled with the tone of watching a good show: "What are you going to do?"

Jiang Chao: "Let it rain on them."

Wangshu: "Really?"

Jiang Chao: "I took money from people to help them get rid of their misfortunes. Who made me wear the clothes they gave me? And this is something I can do."

After Wangshu confirmed that Jiang Chao was serious, she asked Jiang Chao curiously how he planned to make it rain.

Wangshu: "It can be done, how to do it?"

Wangshu looked at Jiang Chao with admiration, wondering if he was really a god.

Jiang Chao: "This is easy."

Wangshu: “This is not easy.”

Wangshu explained to Jiang Chao in detail what conditions and equipment were needed to create a large-scale rainfall.

These are what they currently do not have.

Jiang Chao said calmly: "Just watch."

Wangshu was very curious: "Could it be that you can really call the wind and rain?"

Wangshu's curiosity had even been conveyed through the radio. She really wanted to see how Jiang Chao would make the rain fall.

Jiang Chao continued walking forward, and at this time Wangshu started talking about something else.

"By the way, when someone came to burn incense, they said they hoped you could drive away the drought demon!"

Jiang Chao paused again after taking a step forward, and now it was his turn to feel surprised.

"Hanba?"

“Is there still this thing here?”

For a moment, Jiang Chao thought that he might have traveled to a place where there were gods and monsters.

Jiang Chao: "Did you see it?"

Wangshu: “I saw it.”

Jiang Chao: "Drought demon?"

Wangshu: "It's a very special monkey."

Jiang Chao understood, and then asked: "Where is it?"

Wangshu: "But it ran very fast and left my monitoring range. Anyway, it has nothing to do with us, so I didn't pay attention to it afterwards."

Jiang Chao: "Then I can't do anything about this."

Wangshu teased him: "You can make it rain, but you can't do anything to a monkey."

Jiang Chao said: "The Jade Emperor was once beaten by a monkey!"

After burning the incense, the shaman carried the incense burner and smoked it inside and outside the cloud wall. Then he walked out step by step with specific steps, barefoot as if he was stepping on lotus flowers.

Finally, it disappeared little by little in the bamboo forest.

The moon rises above the treetops, and silver light covers the ground.

At this time, "Yun Zhongjun" wearing a cloud robe walked out. The fragrance that the wizard had just smoked with the incense burner still remained, wafting around his long sleeves.

At night, this is the realm that belongs exclusively to Yun Zhongjun.

(End of this chapter)