When Mr. He from the Ministry of Rites saw that the Sixth Prince was back, he breathed a sigh of relief.

This is the first errand at the beginning of the year, which is so fatal.

Mr. He complained in his heart that he didn't like Liu Dan, a martial artist, and he had a lot of objections to the sixth prince running around. But what can he do? He is not the grand tutor, and the emperor's son cannot be beaten or scolded. Even if he makes a big mistake, it is not his turn to teach him a lesson.

Mr. He gave a stern face to the young man in brocade clothes, and advised hard: "Your Highness, this is a bit remote. Recently, some strong men and bandits have rushed into the county town. Xiaguan and others have encountered several fights on the road. Your Highness also saw it. The son of a thousand gold cannot sit in the hall. If Your Highness is injured by these people who cannot tell the truth, how will the Xiaguan return to the capital and order his Majesty to return to the capital?"

"Mr. He is too worried. If the bandits in the world arrest me, at most they will ask for some money. Even if you leave it alone, it will be fine." The Sixth Prince's tone was harder than him, and there was a sarcastic smile on the corners of his mouth.

The atmosphere becomes subtle.

Liu Dan looked at the Sixth Prince, then looked at the Assistant Minister He, who had a pale complexion, and felt that there was something he didn't know about.

The sacrifices in the ancestral temple continued. The sixth prince took incense and bowed to his grandfather's tablet according to etiquette. Under the guidance of several Taoist priests who lowered their heads and didn't even raise their heads, they burned paper with the words to sacrifice to heaven.

Then I pray for rain.

Of course, there are no witches jumping around in the imperial tomb, and Taoist priests dance peach wood swords, but they still have to follow the process of asking for rain.

In front of the incense burner was a golden toad and a jar of well water.

Use paper to tread out the shapes of tigers and dragons, and draw them with ochre, stone green, and gambola, which are very brightly painted.

Then he made a battle with dragons and tigers, raised them by the person, walked slowly around the altar, walked seven times and threw them into the fire.

Then I held the large urn, which contained the four-legged snake (lizard) that had been caught in advance. After taking it out, I handed it a whip to the person who presided over the rain prayer ceremony, and whipped the four-legged snake in a posture.

The last item is called the Whip Dragon.

Because there is a saying that it is too lazy to think that the dragon is too lazy to rain.

When praying for rain, in addition to going to rivers and other water sources to get water and "invite dragons", we also need to "shock the dragon", which means to lure the dragon out and let it compete with the tiger.

Of course, there is no tiger. Even the price of tiger bones and tiger skin is very high, so people killed domestic animals instead. Later, they gradually changed to making paper to fight with dragon-shaped tigers. In folk dragon dances and robberies, the high ceremony was a special ritual and musical match for "shocking dragons".

But where it doesn’t rain, it doesn’t rain, and it’s useless to do these things, so I don’t know when it starts, but there is an additional whip dragon when praying for rain. The so-called “you can’t move and you can’t pull it out”, then just hit it! Use a whip!

Even the dragon was beaten, and if it didn't rain, there would be no way.

Even tigers can’t be found, so where can I find a dragon? Besides, the meaning of dragons is extraordinary, and they are not easily beaten.

No one dares to whip the dragon's stone sculptures, even if they are dragon-shaped objects, they usually use snakes, and those with more particular use four-legged snakes. Some people in the previous dynasty wrote poems saying that whipping the dragon into sweet rain, which was the case.

Liu Dan had seen praying for rain many times, but for some reason he always felt a little chilling on his back today.

It shouldn't be! The wallet was given out, and the evil star was sent away!

Halfway through the sacrifice, General Liu could not look around, so he could only glance around from the corner of his eyes, and then wink his personal guards to make them pay more attention.

In the southeast of Yongzhou, Liqing County can be said to be the hinterland of the dynasty. It cannot stand against the enemies in the south, and there are no rioters.

What could happen? Liu Dan couldn't figure it out.

On the ridge behind the ancestral temple, Mo Li looked at the "whip dragon" below with a calm face.

He was extremely skilled in hearing and could understand the dialects of various locals. He could hear all the words he said clearly.

Zhushan County has not had a drought in the past twenty years, but there have been mountain torrents. There is no shortage of water in the local area. The rain prayer festival has become a temple fair. Everyone worships the Dragon King to eat spring cakes. At most, they can take water to the fields to serve as a pose to invite dragons. They can't even use shocking dragons, let alone use whips to whip them.

This is the first time Mo Li has seen it, and he can achieve such a thing when he asks for rain.

Those alchemists took talismans and asked this god to obey the orders to store the wind and move the rain, and could watch it as a fun place; burning talismans and scolding the Dragon King for rain, because they were not the Dragon King of the Four Seas, they could not spread the clouds and rain, so it was nothing to listen to; they said to a four-legged snake that they wanted to whip the dragon, and that they would not rain without hitting it, and the dragon veins would be very unhappy.

"Is this a sacrifice ceremony set by Qi Dynasty?" Mo Li asked frowned.

“…No, it’s available in many places, and this custom has been at least hundreds of years.”

Meng Qi used to think that this was a pilgrimage who wanted to make a rain, and he threw himself into trouble.

——Even dragons dare to fight, but they still scare people?

In this way, the alchemist who cheated money but did not ask for rain can successfully slip away.

For some reason, this practice has spread and spread more and more widely, becoming a fixed custom.

Meng Qi was a little unhappy, but he didn't mind like Mo Li. Master Meng thought he was a mountain spirit. The mountain spirit was what people call a dragon vein, but he was not a real dragon, so he turned a blind eye to such things.

"Doctor, the more water-deficient the place, the more ways to pray for rain."

Praying for rain is a very long process. They were in Weng County before, and the people were still inviting dragons to shock the dragon. They didn't whip the dragon until noon, so Mo Li didn't realize that something was wrong until this time.

"What kind of trick is this? If it doesn't rain, beat the dragon. If the fields are not collected, will they beat the dirt?"

Mo Li almost wanted to turn around and leave. There was no clue in the imperial tomb. The strong smell of smoke made him dizzy.

Something happened below at this time.

The Taoist priest originally wanted to hand over the whip to Minister He, but the sixth prince came back, so the whip came to the young man.

According to etiquette, just use a whip to hit the ground and hit the four-legged snake.

But the sixth prince raised his hand and the four-legged snake flew straight out and lay on the hem of the minister He's robe.

Mr. He was caught off guard and saw something flying over. Then something was vaguely crawling on his robe. He was so scared that he shook his clothes quickly, and in a panic that he stepped on the four-legged snake to death.

“…”

The Taoist priest was so shocked that he fell off the whisk.

"Dragon" is dead, how can you fight?

This is not a sacrifice, it is just a symbol of the dragon. Isn’t it a bad thing to die? Why would you ask for rain?

Several Taoist priests looked at each other, while Mr. He stared at the Sixth Prince and almost fainted.

If this place is not a county in Guanqing, but a capital city, such a thing happened in the sacrifice, it would cause a big trouble. It would be an ominous sign. Mr. He had to kneel down and apologize immediately, and then write accusation and go home to wait for the emperor to leave.

Mr. He trembled his hands and pointed at the Sixth Prince like a stroke. His lips trembled for a long time, but he could not make a sound.

Just when Liu Dan thought he was going to fall straight down, Mr. He suddenly cried.

"Your Majesty!"

The sound was high and fluttering, and it was extremely shrill. Liu Dan, who was leisurely watching the show, almost bit his tongue.

The sixth prince's expression also froze on his face. He watched Assassin He pounce at the entrance of the ancestral temple and talked endlessly about the articles of etiquette, morality, Confucius and Mencius.

"Mr. He, are you not suitable to say these things now? I don't say that the strange powers are inconsistent. We are all praying for rain. Why don't you invite the Saint Kong?" Liu Dan reminded.

Then he gained the sixth prince's praise, and the different eyes of the moli and Meng Qi on the roof.

"Liu Qiandai's head is quite good." Meng Qi casually played with a small piece of silver in his hand.

This is the money Mo Li took out of her wallet and threw it to Master Meng.

Dr. Mo believed that if he didn't care about the money, when he arrived in Taijing, all the money would unknowingly turn into fragrant candy-fried chestnuts, and then all disappeared.

Liu Dan was not promoted so quickly, and he couldn't force the sheep too tightly even if he fleece.

Forget it, I'd better look forward to the wallet!

"I think this sixth prince is a little strange."

The whip that the young man in gorgeous clothes just now was clearly aimed at Mr. He, and he did it on purpose.

The whip was still clever and rolled the four-legged snake over without hurting it, so the four-legged snake would crawl quickly after it fell.

Mr. He was pushed by Liu Dan, and his face was blue and pale, so he couldn't get out of Taiwan.

He gritted his teeth and said, "You are not a scholar, how dare you mention Saint Confucius?"

The Taoist priest originally wanted to rack his brains to think of an excuse to vaguely pass the death of the "dragon".

However, the four-legged snake is commonly known as the Dragon Son. He Shilang trampled it to death in front of the prince. The sixth prince can take advantage of the situation and hold him accountable.

These Taoist priests are not fools. They know that they can't speak at this moment. If they want to smooth things over, they may offend anyone.

Mo Li stared at them for a while, and had to be sure that these Taoist priests had no martial arts at all.

"It's strange." Dr. Mo said to himself.

Zangfengguan really gave up the Fengshui treasure land of the Imperial Mausoleum of Qianqing County? Why isn't there anyone here who looks like the confidant of the Qingwu Ancestor?

Is it really necessary to let Meng Qi appear among the people of the martial arts world as the Chu Dynasty's national master, and to attract the attention of the ancestor Qingwu?

Even if this is a good solution, Dr. Mo is not happy.

If you can’t take care of the patients, you have to follow them to clean up the mess - is it reasonable?

"During ancient times, emperors have claimed to be dragons. I don't understand. How can this dragon be beaten? Since Mr. He talked to me about the way of Confucius and Mencius, how can I remember that Mencius, the sub-saint, said, "I heard that one man Zhou has been killed, but I have never heard of killing a monarch." Mr. He, you see, Mencius has never heard of killing a monarch. He only heard that people killed a man named Zhou. If this dragon refuses to rain, can it be beaten at will? Anyway, it is not a dragon, but a lazy and useless four-legged snake."

The sixth prince said with a smile, and even deliberately looked at Liu Dan.

General Liu's heart skipped a beat, and finally realized what was wrong with the Sixth Prince.

This prince seems to be causing trouble all the time. He seems to be a naughty person, but in fact he has strong dissatisfaction in his heart and can't even suppress it.

I don’t know whether this sharp hostility is against the court officials or to his father. In short, the sixth prince is like a hedgehog and is pricked whenever he sees people.
Chapter completed!