Born of Worry

On the ninth day of June, Emperor Dayin Li Xian arrived in Yingzhou.

But for some reason, along the way, he felt... very uneasy.

It's like something big is about to happen and something is going to be lost.

He got off the dragon chariot, but he couldn't bear to look at those ragged people, couldn't bear to see their begging expressions, couldn't bear to look at the dry and cracked land under his feet, these... were once so beautiful, but because of the long drought Being exhausted little by little.

The sky was clear and cloudless.

The sun is so hot that it seems that it can evaporate all the moisture, and all life is exposed to the scorching sun, and there is nowhere to hide.There is no wind, there is no trace, and there is no "water" in a radius of a hundred miles.

He turned his gaze back, boarded the sacrificial platform, performed the sacrificial ceremony, and said slowly:

"Did the gods know: In the past three or four years, my Dayin has been plagued by drought, there is summer but no autumn, and there is autumn but no summer. The hunger kisses and screams, and the cover is unbearable. Now the drought is getting more and more severe, and the entry of deer wheat can only increase Fighting. The rise of clouds and rains, never once or twice. The sun is scorching hot, like burning. The seedlings of millet and millet die eight to nine. There is no summer and no autumn. What do the people think of their fate? The people are now helping The old and the young are scattered, and the counties and towns are empty."

"When I see the clouds temporarily close and then reopen, the wind blows quickly with anger. Is it the intention of the gods? Is my sense of sincerity not enough? The meaning of respecting the gods is not yet achieved? The heart of compassion for the people is not sincere. ?The people are poor, but the accumulation is more urgent? The grievances have not yet been resolved, but the innocent are trapped in the wild? The giant beetles have not been eliminated, but the innocent are suffering from the jackals? Although the relief is diligent, the benefits are not given to the people? Prayers are earnest but not sincere Do it all to yourself?"

"If I am guilty alone, it is not as good as ten thousand men; if all men are guilty, I am alone. It is impossible for my insensitivity to hurt the lives of the people. God is merciful and pleads for everyone's life. Na Hengyang in Liuyou, come out Fu Yin in the nine places. Let the land of thousands of miles be soaked in the brilliance; the dying people will start business again..."

As he was chanting, a wind suddenly blew up on the flat ground, and clouds suddenly gathered in the sky. He raised his head and saw that the clouds covered the sunlight, and his heart skipped a beat.

"Cloud! Look! It's a cloud!"

"It's going to rain! It's going to rain!"

Li Xian looked at the people jumping for joy, the smile on his lips disappeared before it formed, why... the panic in his heart became more and more...

"boom--"

The huge thunder brought him back to his senses. The clouds in the sky gathered more and more thicker, and the sky quickly became dark. Li Xian looked at the clouds, as if he wanted to see something in the tumbling clouds. But all I could see were bolts of lightning raging, and I heard deafening roars.

This rain... is really too strange.

an hour ago.

"Run! The dam has burst! Run!"

People ran away in panic, the adults were holding their children, the husbands were carrying their wives, and the old people who couldn't run could only sit where they were and laugh foolishly.

But no matter how fast people run, how can they run over the torrential flood, but the torrential rain is also helping the evil.The domestic animals have already broken free from the fence. Those who run fast may survive, while those who run slowly may only be swallowed by the flood.

All of a sudden, screams, cries for help, and crying can be heard endlessly.

The flood destroyed houses, dispersed crowds, and separated life and death. People could not escape, escape, or stop them.A couple stood in the water up to their thighs. The wife was cuddling in her husband's arms with her belly about to give birth, and the husband was crying silently.

In the face of disasters, human beings seem so insignificant.

However, just when the people were desperate, there was a sudden loud noise in the thick clouds, it wasn't thunder, it was like...

"Roar--"

The torrential rain like a waterfall seemed to stop for a moment, and time seemed to freeze for a moment. The flood was driven by some kind of force, but it stopped its progress and swirled on the spot, spinning faster and faster. Tight, not long after, a column of water shot up from the center, quickly shot up, and shot straight into the clouds.

"Yes...it's the dragon sucking water! It's the dragon sucking water!"

People were so terrified that they almost thought they couldn't live, but they soon discovered that this was not an ordinary dragon absorbing water, because... although the water was swirling extremely fast, it didn't cause a terrible wind, and it was only ten steps away from the water column. The couple, and it wasn't sucked away by it either.

Soon, more and more water columns rose into the sky and went straight to the sky. These water columns connected the clouds and the ground together, and the water flow rose rapidly along them, and the flood on the ground decreased rapidly. I don't know how many times the rainwater has been sucked into the clouds, and the water column soaring into the sky is slowly shrinking away.

People narrowly escaped death, their faces were full of horror, and they didn't know who started it first, but they suddenly knelt down and shouted: "It's the dragon! It's the dragon!"

"Yes, it was Shenlong...it was Shenlong who saved us!"

People knelt down one after another, worshiping the sky, and the clouds in the sky were violently rolling, and suddenly began to move eastward. Although there was no wind, they only took a few breaths before leaving people's sight.

Yingzhou.

"It's raining! It's raining!"

"Your Majesty! The prayer for rain was successful! It was successful! It's really raining!"

"It's raining..." Li Xian muttered, the icy rain slapped on his face, soaking his clothes, and the strong wind almost blinded his eyes, but he still looked up at the thick clouds in the dark sky , the joyful voices of the people seemed to be cut off by the sound of rain.

In the clouds, there must be... something...

Suddenly, he seemed to hear a loud noise that didn't sound like thunder, and at the same time the clouds rolled, and in the distant sky, a black shadow seemed to appear.

That voice is too familiar; that black shadow is too familiar.

That was Mo Wen.

It's Mo Wen...

Yes... Mo Wen...

The last trace of blood on his face faded away in an instant, and he stared blankly at the sky, feeling a throbbing pain in his heart.

"Not all dragons are in charge of making wind and rain. For example, I, my duty is to protect you. If I go to make wind and rain, it is beyond the scope. Moreover, there are strict rules about rain, which cannot be changed at will. "

"I heard from Second Uncle that... the dragon is responsible for the rain. Isn't Uncle Mo the dragon? Uncle Mo can make it rain!"

Mo asked...

It turns out that you... didn't return to the Dragon Clan at all... It turns out that you...

He still remembered that the night before his departure, Mo Wen approached him and wanted to kiss him, but he ruthlessly refused.

So...you want to say goodbye to me...

will be damned...

You will be punished by God if you do this...

He suddenly bent down, startling the accompanying ministers, but he didn't let anyone help him, but slowly knelt down.

"I, Li Xian..." He knocked his head on the ground slowly, closed his eyes, he didn't know whether it was rain or tears on his face, "On behalf of all the people of Dayin... thank you Shenlong."

Li Xian hurried back to Weiyang almost without stopping.

Li Ye had been waiting at the gate of the main hall to meet him, but seeing that he rushed straight into the Dragon Palace without even looking at him, he couldn't help calling him loudly: "Little Xian!"

"Mo asked..."

The Dragon Palace was empty, and there was no shadow of Mo Wen anywhere.

"Xiao Xian, what's going on? You talk!"

"Mo Wen... Where are you? Mo Wen! Where are you!" He suddenly yelled, "Come out! Aren't you going to guard me forever... Didn't we promise not to bully each other again... you Forgot? Mo Wen! I order you to come out!"

"Little Xian..."

"You won't come out, right? You won't come out...you won't come out..." He suddenly rushed to the study, picked up the black dragon paperweight on the desk, lifted it high, and was about to fall to the ground.

"Little Xian! Calm down!"

"..."

Li Xian stopped suddenly again, not because Li Ye called him, but because...

On the desk, what was originally pressed with a paperweight was being exposed in front of him.

That is a letter.

I love Li Xian:

Forgive me, this is the last time I will lie to you.I believe that from now on, even if I am not by your side, you can be a good emperor.

The black dragon paperweight I gave you is nothing ordinary, remember, it is me, and I am it.It will guard you for me, this life and this life.

The promise of the dragon will never be broken.

Mo Wenliu

"Little Xian?" Li Ye looked at him in a daze, and didn't know what to say. He picked up the letter on the table and read it. Really Mo asked?"

Li Xian fell into the chair and didn't have the strength to answer him any more. He just hugged the black dragon paperweight tightly. The special material of chalcedony was as cool and smooth as the scales on Mo Wen's body.

"Little Xian!" Li Ye knelt in front of him, "You are talking, don't scare me, Xiao Xian! Li Xian! Wake up!"

However, Li Xian never responded to him, his eyes clearly fell on him, but he was clearly not looking at him.After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly raised his head and said, "Impossible."

"……what?"

"It is impossible for Mo Wen to take the initiative to do such a thing. Someone must have asked him to do it!"

"Little Xian..."

"There must be someone!" Li Xian stood up, startled Li Ye, tried to stop him but couldn't stop him, saw him rushing outside, but when he reached the door, he stopped suddenly.

When Li Xian saw the people outside the door, his heart was ashamed.

Lin Xingzhi was at the front, and behind him were six ministers, and Li Ling was among them, kneeling down together: "I come to plead guilty."

"The minister begged the dragon to rain on the two Huaihe Rivers without authorization. It is a crime to deceive the emperor. Please forgive me."

"The minister is willing to share the same crime."

"..."

half a month ago.

"We, desperately beg Shenlong to save me Dayin from fire and water."

Mo Wen looked at the ministers kneeling in front of him with an indifferent expression.

Lin Xingzhi kowtowed to the ground, and replied: "We, desperately beg the dragon to save me from the fire and water!"

Mo Wen ignored him, but passed him and looked at Li Ling behind him.

Li Ling also kowtowed his head to the ground, feeling like a glow on his back.

It's not so much that he refuses to look up, it's better that he... dare not.

Mo Wen didn't know how long he had been looking at him, but when he saw that he felt bored, he slowly turned around and walked away, leaving behind only a slightly lonely figure from the back, and a sentence...

"can."

Li Ling tightly closed his eyes.

Li Xian looked at them, stepped back step by step, turned around and walked to the window, the oppression in his chest made him almost out of breath.

He slowly raised his head, looked at the clear sky outside the window, and said in a hoarse voice: "I... pardon you... you are not guilty."

Forgive you and others...not guilty.

He supported the window sill with both hands, as if this would keep him from falling down.Putting her head against the window sash, there were tears in her eyes, but they couldn't flow out.

He didn't know when the officials and Li Ye left, until finally a childish voice woke him up: "Fourth Uncle! Fourth Uncle! Nian Qing came to play with you!"

He felt depressed for a while, and he could hardly contain his emotions, and said angrily: "Call the emperor!"

"Emperor, Your Majesty..." Nian Qing was so frightened that he couldn't even look directly at him, and the tip of his nose turned red from grievance, "Yes, I'm sorry, I made a mistake..."

Li Xian, what are you...doing?

Li Xian...

He leaned down and hugged Nianqing tightly, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Fourth Uncle shouldn't yell at you... Call him Fourth Uncle, just call him Fourth Uncle..."

"Fourth Uncle..." Nianqing raised a small face, tears rolled in his eyes a few times but held back, "Is Fourth Uncle very sad? Fourth Uncle doesn't cry, Nianqing has sugar, here you are... "

"...Thank you, thank you Nianqing." He took the candy and held it tightly in his palm.

"Yin History" records: Dayin calendar 240 years, on the ninth day of June, the relatives went to Yingzhou to pray for rain, and the gods were moved, so they ordered the dragon to solve the difficulties in Huaiwei.The Wei has a strange phenomenon of absorbing water, shaking for hundreds of miles, receding the flood, and relieving the flood; while the Huai has heavy rain, and the drought is also relieved.

In order to remember the kindness of Shenlong, he changed the year name to "Shenlong" and pardoned the world.

The author has something to say: The words of praying for rain come from Baidu