The disciples of Mingyue's Renzong in Qin Dynasty

"Because what Qin believes in is that man will conquer heaven, so even if Qin has a Wenwu temple, what he believes in is the civil servants and generals of Qin, not these ghosts and gods that no one has ever seen!" Wu Chenzi said with a smile.

"From these, we can also see that the root of Qin's strength lies in the fact that Qin people are too confident!" Wu Chenzi continued.

Chapter 527 The Dragon King Gets Married

Leaving the border of Qin State and going down the river for about three or four days, Wu Chenzi finally arrived at a body of water with Shao Si Ming and Yan Lingji.

"Is this the sea?" Yan Lingji asked in surprise looking at the wide water surface.

"Aren't you born in Baiyue, have you never seen the sea?" Wu Chenzi was even more surprised.

"Baiyue is very big, and I was brought back by the king of Baiyue to train me since I was a child, so I don't have the opportunity to contact the outside world!" Yan Lingji said, rolling her eyes.

"Well, this is not the sea, it's just a lake named Poyang Lake!" Wu Chenzi explained, if they went up the river, it would be Dongting Lake, but they went down the river, so what they arrived at was the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. One of the Great Lakes.

"Poyang Lake is also the largest known lake in the Central Plains!" Wu Chenzi continued to explain.

"The water level has also dropped a lot!" Yan Lingji said, looking at the exposed riverbed by the lake.

Wu Chenzi nodded. This severe drought swept across the Central Plains. Although Poyang Lake was much larger than later generations, the water level also dropped a lot under the severe drought.

"It's a pity that no one uses such a large lake to grow rice!" Wu Chenzi sighed.

He has seen Poyang Lake in later generations, where green rice fields are everywhere, but unfortunately, as the largest freshwater lake in China, Chu State does not operate it. The entire Poyang Lake area is only small villages and small villages, and the larger capital is the capital. No.

"People in the Central Plains think rice is cheap, so no one eats it, let alone grow it!" Yan Lingji said.

Wu Chenzi could only nod his head. People in the Central Plains mainly eat wheat, and rice is considered a weed. Except for a small number of people who can't survive, they will grow it for food. However, rice has two seasons a year, and its output is far higher than that of wheat. , and easier to grow.

"Several guests come from other places, right?" A boatman driving a light boat came over and asked.

Wuchenzi nodded and said: "Confucian scholars have traveled all over the world. They have just come down from Dongting Lake and are about to enjoy the scenery of Poyang. It's a pity that there is no one to guide the way. If the old man is free, he is willing to take us for a ride."

"It turns out that you are a Confucian gentleman. I don't know where you are going?" The boatman hurriedly wiped his hands on his clothes and asked in salute.

"I haven't made up my mind yet, let's take a look around Poyang Lake for now, and find a place to stay!" Wu Chenzi said.

"Then sir, you can visit our Jiujiang Village!" The boatman hurriedly recommended.

"Jiujiang Village, Jiujiang County?" Wu Chenzi looked at the boatman and said.

"Although we are called Jiujiang County, our government is in Shouchun!" Said the boatman.

Wuchenzi was a little dumb, his name was Jiujiang County, and the government was not in Jiujiang, but in Shouchun. It seems that Chu State didn't pay much attention to these people who lived near the river.

"Then let's go to Lao Zhang's village first!" Wu Chenzi said with a smile.

"Mister and Madam, it's convenient to upload, but this horse..." Said the boatman with some hesitation, his boat is not big, it is barely enough for three people, let alone a long horse.

"Don't worry about it, it can water!" Wu Chenzi said with a smile.

"Tch Tch Tch~" Ryoma snorted three times in a row, such a big and deep lake, you let me swim?Ryoma's expression was unbelievable.

Not only did the dragon and the horse not believe it, but the boatman also shook his head. He knew that cows could swim, but it was the first time he had heard that horses could swim.

"One catty!" Wu Chenzi looked at Long Ma and said.

Longma shook his head, he wanted to send me away with just a catty of wine, that's not what he did to send a beggar.

"Three catties, no more, if you have more, go back by yourself!" Wu Chenzi looked at Long Ma and continued.

Longma looked at Wuchenzi resentfully, then jumped into the water, the horse's head was floating on the water, waiting for the boatman to lead the way.

"It really knows how to swim!" The boatman was stunned. He knew how deep the lake was, but the dragon horse could actually float on the water.

"My father-in-law lead the way!" When the boatman was surprised, Wu Chenzi and the others had already landed on the deck of the ship.

Seeing that the waterline of the boat had not dropped, the boatman was also stunned, and understood that this gentleman and the two ladies are knights in the storytelling population, and they are very light, so the draft of the boat is not too heavy.

The boatman didn't dare to talk any more, he swung the oars cautiously, and led the three of them towards the village, while Ryoma followed the boat and sank from time to time to catch the fish, which he swallowed raw without cooking it.

"I'm afraid this horse is going to become a spirit!" The boatman was worried at first that the dragon horse would drown, but he was full of admiration when he saw that the dragon horse was active in the water like a dragon, and even caught fish to eat.

"Dang dong dong~dangdang~"

Suddenly, there was a sound of gongs, drums and suona.

Wu Chenzi looked up and said, "I don't know whose family got married?"

Yan Lingji and Shao Si Ming looked with interest at the place where the sound of gongs, drums and suona came from.

I saw a stage set up on the shore of the lake, a group of people in red clothes danced on the stage, many villagers gathered around, and there was also a bamboo raft with a sedan chair on it, pushing towards the center of the lake.

"Old man, is this a custom on your side?" Wu Chenzi also frowned, how could someone send a bridal sedan chair to the center of the lake when they get married, if they are not careful, they will die before they get married.

"No, that's the river god's marriage!" Said the boatman with a sad expression on his face.

"The river god getting married?" Yan Lingji was stunned, then looked at the crowd by the lake, and found that there was still a figure in the sedan chair on the bamboo raft.

"Natural disasters and floods have made it difficult for us to farm for many years. In the past two years, there has been a severe drought. In order to make the Dragon King rain, the wizard and the county elders discussed to let each village raise property and then select a young man from the village. Girl, bring your belongings and marry the Dragon King to pray for rain." Said the boatman with a sigh.

"Is that useful?" Wu Chenzi asked curiously.

"If it was useful, it would have rained a long time ago, but it has been two years, and there has not been a single drop of heavy rain. The government has not allowed us to dig lakes to divert water for irrigation, saying that it will anger the Dragon King. We can only take turns according to the government's assignment. Marry the belongings and the young women in the village to the Dragon Lord!" Said the boatman sadly.

"You didn't report it to the monarch?" Wu Chenzi frowned. Digging canals is not allowed in a year of severe drought. What is the difference between guarding the granary and starving to death?

"It has been reported a long time ago, but Lord Ling Yin said that it was God's will, and God will punish us, so it also said that soon, even Princess Lianying will marry Lord Dragon." Boatman said with a sigh.

Wuchenzi narrowed his eyes slightly, and he smelled an abnormal conspiracy. Although Chu State is superstitious, not everyone is like this. At least Chun Shenjun Huang Xie is not that kind of superstitious person, but Huang Xie is now It is Ling Yin of Chu State, who is also Xiangguo.

"Even the princess is married, is there anyone in the Chu royal family?" Wu Chenzi said.

The king of Chu Kaolie, Xiong Wan, is in power now, but King Kaolie has only four sons, the eldest son Changping Jun Xiong Qi, Chu You Wang Xiong Han, Chu Ai Wang Xiong You and Chu Wang Chu, but Changping Jun has died He has it, and only Xiong Han and Xiong You are qualified to take the throne. As for Xiang Chu, it can be seen from his name that he is a bastard who is not qualified to take the throne.

Therefore, the current royal family of Chu is not prosperous. For example, Han Fei ranks ninth in South Korea. One can imagine how many children the Korean royal family has.

"Princess Lianying isn't too old!" Wu Chenzi thought for a while and said.

"Lianying is only 13 years old and young!" Said the boatman.

"A 13-year-old can do it!" Wuchenzi said in surprise.

"It's as if you were not 13 years old when you took Xiaomeng as the head!" Yan Lingji said speechlessly.

Wu Chenzi was embarrassed for a while, could it be the same!

"A big event is about to happen in Chu!" Wu Chenzi said in a low voice.

"With you here, can there be no accidents?" Yan Lingji and Shao Siming were speechless. It has become a custom that in which country you are in, something big will happen.

In the state of Qin, Lord Changping disappeared and went to the state of Yan, then Lord Yanchun lost one hand and went to the state of Qi, then Qi Wangjian went back to Jucheng on his knees, and then went to South Korea, South Korea was gone, went to the state of Zhao, Zhao The country is gone, go to Wei State, Wei State is gone.

Come to Chu State now, will Chu State be better off?

"What I said is true, I didn't provoke it!" Wu Chenzi said.

"The accident happened because you came. If you don't come, there may not be any major events that will shake the world in the Seven Kingdoms!" Yan Lingji continued.

"Do you think the Dragon Lord really exists?" Wu Chenzi didn't bother to talk to Yan Lingji, and then asked the boatman.

"So what can we do if we believe in it? What can we do if we don't believe it? The government has asked us to do this. What can we do as grassroots people?" Said the boatman.

"Then there are no ministers to take care of it?" Yan Lingji asked, the entire court of Chu Kingdom cannot be full of such people, there must be righteous people who stand up and speak out.

"Why not, but in the end, they all died, exiled!" The boatman replied.

"Old man, please stop the boat in a place where you can't see it!" Wu Chenzi said after thinking for a while.

"Sir, are you going to save someone?" the boatman asked.

"No!" Wu Chenzi said.

The boatman didn't ask any more questions, but he still reminded: "Mr. is not the only one who wants to save people, but even the hero of Jingchu was eventually taken away by the Dragon King!"

"Old man, just follow the bamboo raft, and find a place where you can see the bamboo raft and hide it!" Wu Chenzi said.

"Okay! But I don't want to anger the Dragon Lord!" Said the boatman hesitantly.

"Don't worry, old man." Wu Chenzi nodded and said.

The boatman then drove the boat to find a small island in the lake to dock, and silently watched Wu Chenzi and the three of them staring at the direction of the bamboo raft.

The three of Wu Chenzi waited quietly, watching the bamboo raft flow down the water towards the lake.

"What are you waiting for?" Yan Lingji asked in a low voice.

"Wait for Lord Dragon!" Wu Chenzi said with a smile.

"Do you believe in the Dragon King?" Yan Lingji said speechlessly.

"Soon you will be able to see Lord Dragon!" Wu Chenzi said with a smile.

Until the sky was getting dark, suddenly, a three-story ship appeared in front of the four of them. The big bed was painted with colorful dragon patterns, decorated with lights, and a figure appeared on the building, but it was painted with shrimp soldiers and crab generals. Painted, with a mask.

"The Dragon King is here!" It was the first time that the boatman had seen such a big boat and people, and because he was far away, he looked like a dragon boat with shrimp soldiers and crab generals coming to greet his relatives, so he also hurriedly knelt on the boat towards the building. Kneeling down, muttering in his mouth to ask Lord Dragon to bestow the rain.

"Go back!" Seeing the sedan chair and the belongings on the bamboo raft being brought aboard by the shrimp soldiers and crab generals on the boat, Wu Chenzi said.

The boatman nodded, and took Wu Chenzi and the three of them to row towards Jiujiang Village.

"It's actually real!" At the beginning, the boatman also suspected that the Dragon Lord was fake, but the dragon boat he saw appeared with his own eyes, and then suddenly disappeared in his eyes, and there was no doubt anymore.

When the boat docked, the boatman took Wu Chenzi and the three of them towards the small village, telling people what they had seen and heard, which attracted other villagers to watch, but there were more unbelievers.

"If you don't believe me, you can go sir, sir is a Confucian scholar, he saw it with me." Seeing that everyone didn't believe him, Mr. Shao hurriedly brought Wu Chenzi to testify.

"Sir, did you really see the Dragon King's dragon boat?" The villagers looked at Wu Chenzi. They didn't believe in boaters, but Confucian scholars could be trusted.

"En!" Wu Chenzi nodded without denying it.

"If you don't give up, sir, you can stay at my house tonight!" The boatman looked at Wuchenzi and said, because Wuchenzi testified for him, he suddenly became a man of the village, so he also wanted to help Wuchenzi find him. residence.

"Okay!" Wu Chenzi didn't refuse, and followed the boatman back to a small farm yard with his two daughters and a horse.

Wu Chenzi also learned just now that the old boatman's name is Li Si, and his family has been a boatman for generations, and his generation is already the sixth generation. There are two older sisters and an older brother in front of him. The older brother also encountered storms. Died in Poyang Lake, two sisters, one died young, and the other died when she fell into the water while playing in the water.

And three days later, Jiujiang Village began to marry a daughter, and the object of the marriage was Li Si's daughter, which can also explain why Li Si dared to wait with them on the lake for so long, because Li Si also wanted to know if there was a Dragon Lord The presence.

As soon as he entered the house, Li Si happily called his wife and children, and then looked at the eldest daughter, and talked about what he had seen and heard.

"Boss, the Dragon King really exists. Dad saw it with his own eyes tonight. After you marry the Dragon King, you will eat delicious food, wear gold and silver, and you will no longer have to live a hard life with Dad!" Li Si looked at it. Said the eldest daughter.

"But I can't bear to part with Father and Mother!" Li Si's eldest daughter lowered her head and said softly.

"Who are those people?" Neither Yanlingji nor Wuchenzi participated in their family fun.

"Soldiers of Chu State Navy!" Wu Chenzi said solemnly.

Just now they were able to rescue the girl in the sedan chair, but Wu Chenzi gave up, because the building boat was too big, there were no more than five rhubarb crossbows on it, and there were more than a hundred soldiers.

"How do you know?" Yan Lingji asked puzzled.

"Because Qin State does not have such a large building boat, and Qi State Sanghai City is rarely seen. In Chu State, except for the government, other people cannot have it. If it is not Chu State, it can only be said that Chu State almost needs it. The country has perished." Wu Chenzi said.

Chapter 528

"Then why did the Chu State do this?" Yan Lingji was even more puzzled. She didn't want to save the people in the year of the catastrophe, but used ghosts and gods to amass money wantonly. Chu State is digging its own grave.

"It's not necessarily the King of Chu who did this!" Wu Chenzi said calmly.

"Who else has the right to mobilize Chu's Louchuan sailors if it's not the King of Chu?" Yan Lingji asked suspiciously.

"Many, Ling Yin Chunshen, Lord Huang Xie, Minister Li Yuan can do it." Wu Chenzi said seriously.

Wu Chenzi also wondered whether it was Chunshenjun Huang Xie who was leading, Li Yuan was leading, or the two conspired.

As for the king of Chu, he was definitely kept in the dark, otherwise he wouldn't even sacrifice his own daughter to Lord Long.

"Do you suspect that the ministers of the Chu State deceived their superiors and deliberately took advantage of the catastrophe?" Yan Lingji asked.

"It's not just about collecting money. Didn't you realize that they even took away the married women?" Wu Chenzi continued.

"Whoever marries the Dragon Lord must be the most beautiful woman in each village, and these people are the existences that nobles like!" Wu Chenzi continued.

"Someone wants to collect money and people, and then use it to bribe noble officials!" Yan Lingji also reacted.

"Bribing officials is not necessarily to gain power, it may also be to consolidate one's position. In Chu State, only Li Yuan needs to do this!" Wu Chenzi said.

Chunshen Jun Huang Xie is already an extremely human minister, and it is impossible to go any further. It is possible to collect money, but it is useless to accept a daughter. After all, Huang Xie is old, and he can't even think about it.