Xie Lian said, “I have never had the honor of meeting the Rain Master, and I didn’t even know she was a princess…”

Over there, Xuan Ji gritted her teeth and said, "What did you... do... why... I... can't move!"

The Rain Master withdrew his gaze from Pei Ming and replied, "I brought the Rain Dragon Sword."

Xie Lian asked, “Rain Dragon Sword?”

Hua Cheng said: "The national treasure sword of the Rain Master Country has been owned by the kings of all generations. It was refined into a magic weapon by the Rain Master, and it has a natural deterrent effect on the people of the Rain Master Country. Xuan Ji is a traitor and is afraid. She has a guilty conscience, so she can only kneel down and do as she is told."

When Master Yu told Xuan Ji not to move, she really couldn't move. Rong Guang said, "You can't move, I'll do it myself!" He was about to stab Pei Ming again, but before he stabbed in half an inch, a burst of red smoke exploded, and with a clang, the long sword that pierced Pei Ming's chest disappeared, and a small sword as long as an index finger fell to the ground. Rong Guang said angrily, "What's going on? Why can't I move?!"

Xie Lian and the others finally stopped watching from afar and walked out. Hua Cheng glanced at the Ming Guang Sword on the ground that was so small that it looked like a toy, and smiled, "This is much better."

The Rain Master said gently, "Let go, Xuan Ji."

Xuan Ji's hands began to move away from Pei Ming's throat uncontrollably, but she was unwilling to do so. Her hands twitched as she said, "I won't let go! I've already grabbed your hand, I won't let go!"

The Rain Master said, "If you must grab something to be content, why not pick up what you dropped on the ground and grab it again in your hand."

The power of the national treasure sword was too strong after all, Xuan Ji was still pulled down and fell to the ground. She was in a mess, with disheveled hair, and said: "What qualifications do you have to teach me? Do you really think you are the king? I think you have forgotten how you became the king! I don't recognize you, I don't recognize you!"

Master Yu closed his eyes and shook his head slightly. Ban Yue, who was standing by, seized the opportunity and threw out a jar, directly taking Xuan Ji into it and quickly sealing it!

At this point, the source of the chaos was finally contained. Xie Lian walked over to Pei Ming, gave him a hand, and asked, "General Pei, are you okay?"

Pei Ming said, "I won't die... But, Your Highness, the Crown Prince." He asked doubtfully, "I say, you guys haven't been here for a long time, have you?"

Xie Lian: “…Hahaha, how come?”

He picked up the Mingguang Sword that had shrunk to a few inches on the ground. Pei Ming looked at the thing in his hand and said, "Xueyu Tanhua, is your seal solid? It won't break if you press it again."

Hua Cheng said: "Nonsense. Unless you hold the hilt of the sword, input mana, and at the same time resolve to release it, it will not be released accidentally or by a trick."

Pei Ming finally let out a long breath. The farmers who had escaped from Qi Rong all rushed forward, as if they had seen their parents: "Master Rain Master!"

The people here turned around. Xie Lian bowed slightly and said, "Lord of the Rain Master Kingdom."

The Rain Master had also gotten off the black bull, holding the rope with one hand, and bowed in return: "Your Highness the Crown Prince."

During this salute, Xie Lian's eyes accidentally swept across her neck. He was slightly startled, and then he said, "When Xianle was hit by a drought, I was grateful for your kindness in lending me a rain hat. I never thanked you in person, but today I finally got what I wanted." He then made another deeper salute. The Rain Master stood still, waiting for him to finish the salute, and then he slowly said, "I think you will not rest until you let the Crown Prince perform this salute. Since you have performed it, let's forget it from now on."

She spoke in a calm voice, at a slow pace, with a little smile, and seemed particularly calm. Suddenly, a voice said, "Hey Pei Ming, are you embarrassed? You need a woman to save you, or Yu Shihuang! Hehe, hahahahaha..."

The Rain Master's expression remained unchanged, and he was still calm, but Pei Ming was not so calm. The black bull suddenly snorted at Pei Ming, shaking its head and tail. Although it was not directed at Hua Cheng, Xie Lian knew that bulls would get angry when they saw red. Thinking of the painful experiences of being chased and gored several times, he quickly stood in front of Hua Cheng, fearing that the bull would get more excited when seeing Hua Cheng's red clothes. At the same time, he quickly attached a talisman to the small sword and sealed Rong Guang's mouth. It would be inappropriate for Pei Ming not to speak, so he touched his nose and said politely: "Thank you, Lord Rain Master, for saving little Pei."

The Rain Master was also very polite, and he bowed and said, "It's just a small favor."

Banyue came over and grabbed Master Yu's sleeve, saying, "Master Yu, Brother Pei Su fainted from hunger..."

Hua Cheng looked up and said, "Let's go back to the ground first."

The most useful way to solve the problem of food and clothing is to ask the people of Yushi Township. Because Yushi is in charge of farming, they often carry food with them. Back on the ground, a night has passed and the sun has come out. Yushi took out the seeds from the black ox bag, found a piece of land, and sowed them on the spot. Soon, a small piece of crops grew.

Several people who had been hungry for a long time cheered. Xie Lian remembered that Gu Zi probably hadn't eaten well these days, so he woke him up. However, the first thing Gu Zi did after waking up was to ask where his father was. He thought his father had abandoned him again, and he cried for a while. Yin Yu had no choice but to give him the ugly green tumbler to play with. When Gu Zi heard that this was his father, he felt like he had found a treasure, and stopped crying. He ate sweet potatoes while holding the man. Xie Lian, Hua Cheng, Yu Shi, and Pei Ming sat on the other side to discuss business.

Ahead, the copper furnace could already be seen. A closer look revealed that the mountain below was actually covered in large areas of red, as if it was stained with blood, and above it was covered with snow. Xie Lian said, "If necessary, we may have to climb the snowy mountain. Not only General Pei, but also Ban Yue, Gu Zi, and the others will have to stay here and cannot go any further."

Pei Ming used the medicine bottle to plug the wound while shaking his head and sighed, "It was a bad start, and I suffered setbacks one after another."

This eight characters really describe his life all the way. He is really unlucky and depressed. Master Yu sat beside Xie Lian, thought for a moment, and said, "Your Highness, you are here to catch all the monsters that may become extinct. So, there is one person who needs to be watched out for."

Xie Lian perked up and asked, “Master Rain Master, did you encounter anything on the way?”

Master Yu nodded slightly and said, "On the way here, I saw a young man in white."

Xie Lian uttered a soft “Ah” and said, “We have heard about what you are talking about on the road. Many demons and monsters are very afraid of him. We almost ran into him. Did you see him with your own eyes? How did you escape?”

Master Yu said, "I am ashamed. It was all thanks to the amazing strength of the guardian horse and the young man's lack of interest in fighting. Otherwise, it is hard to say what the outcome would have been."

Xie Lian asked again, “What does he look like?”

Master Yu said, "I can't see his face clearly because his face is covered with bandages."

With his face covered in bandages?!

Xie Lian was stunned: “Lang Ying?!”

Pei Ming frowned and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince knows him?"

Xie Lian said, “I’m not sure either.” He immediately turned to Hua Cheng and asked, “San Lang, Lang Ying is indeed in the ghost market, right?”

Hua Cheng also looked solemn. After a pause, he said, "It was true before, but it's hard to say whether it is true now. Brother, why don't you ask again to clarify."

Xie Lian continued to confirm, “Master Yushi, this young man in white with a face full of bandages you are talking about, is he in his early teens, or maybe a little older, anyway, a very skinny young man?”

Unexpectedly, the Rain Master said, "No. The boy is about sixteen or seventeen years old, and his stature is similar to Your Highness."

"Huh?" This was beyond Xie Lian's expectation. He said, "Sixteen or seventeen years old? Lang Ying is not that old."

Is it him? Based on the current information, it is hard to guess. Pei Ming threw away the empty medicine bottle and said, "It will all go into the copper furnace in the end anyway, so just wait."

After all, he was a martial god, and his recovery ability was amazing. After using up a bottle of elixir, the serious wound had healed 60% to 70%. At this time, Master Yu tilted his head slightly and asked, "Why doesn't General Pei have a sword?"

Pei Ming seemed to have not expected that the Rain Master would ask him a question, and he did not know how to answer. Pei Su, who had finally woken up, ate roasted sweet potatoes and said, "Pei, the general's sword was broken."

Pei Ming said: "Eat your sweet potato."

Pei Su stopped talking. After listening to him, Yu Shi thought for a moment, took off his sword, and handed it to Pei Ming with both hands.

She didn't look strange at all, and her words and actions were very appropriate, but Pei Ming's expression changed slightly, as if he saw her handing over a poisonous snake. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Thank you. But this is the national treasure sword of the Rain Master Kingdom. I'm afraid it's not appropriate to hand it over to Pei."

The Rain Master said gently, "The Rain Master Kingdom has been destroyed for a hundred years. General Pei is a martial god and a master swordsman. Now that we are trying to stop the Ghost King from coming out, this sword will be more useful in your hands than in mine."

Pei Ming hesitated for a while, but still politely declined, saying, "Pei thanks the King of Rain Master. It's not necessary."

Seeing this, Rain Master stopped forcing them. The few of them chatted for a while, and Rain Master even asked them if they had any news about Wind Master. Xie Lian then learned that the two masters, Wind and Wind, had a good relationship. Master Qingxuan often went to Rain Master Village to eat, drink and have fun. He hadn’t been there for a long time after the Black Water incident. Rain Master also sent people out to look for him, but to no avail. He couldn’t help but sigh.

They agreed to rest for another hour before continuing on their way. Xie Lian walked away for a while and wanted to find a tree to lie down against, but Hua Cheng found a bunch of ropes and cloth from somewhere and built two swing beds between two trees. The two of them jumped on them and lay down very comfortably. After lying for a while, Xie Lian rested his hands on his head and asked curiously, "Sanlang, why do you think General Pei didn't take the sword of Master Yu?"

A martial god has lost his weapon and instead of finding one quickly, is he just waiting to be beaten?

Hua Cheng also rested his hands on his head and said leisurely, "People like Pei Ming. Although he likes women, he doesn't seem to look down on them. He must be very angry and feel ashamed that he was saved by a woman, a woman he knew before. Besides, Master Yu had taken his descendants before. He probably thought that Master Yu was deliberately making fun of him this time. How could he take the sword?"

The two of them were swaying on the swing bed. Xie Lian said, "Ah, what an inexplicable self-esteem. By the way, Sanlang, I wonder if you noticed that Master Yu has an old wound on his neck."

Hua Cheng said: "You can guess it without paying attention. 'The princess committed suicide'."

Xie Lian stood up slightly and said, “As expected.”

Hua Cheng said: "Brother, have you noticed that Master Yu speaks a little slowly? It is probably due to the old injury on his neck."

Xie Lian said, “Ah, I thought it was just her personality. Anyway, if she was a princess, why did she commit suicide? Xuan Ji’s words, ‘Have you forgotten how you became the ruler?’ also made me very concerned. How could she have become the ruler?”

Hua Cheng also stood up and said, "It's a long story, let me make it short."

It turned out that although Yu Shi Huang was a descendant of the royal family of Yu Shi Kingdom, she was firstly a daughter and secondly a palace maid, so her status was not high. In addition, she was shy and not good at speaking. None of her fifteen older brothers and sisters, as well as her younger brothers and sisters, were more favored than her.

The royal temple of the Rain Master Kingdom is the Rain Dragon Temple. According to tradition, the kings of all dynasties would select a royal descendant to be sent there for meditation, praying for good weather, peace and prosperity, and to show their sincerity. It sounds grand, but it is actually a hard job, because the Rain Dragon Temple is a place of hardship, and servants and valuables are not allowed to be brought, and you have to work when you go there. In the past, people would push it back and forth, and if they were unlucky, they would spend a lot of money to buy a substitute to go in their place. When it came to this generation, there was no need to choose, and the Rain Master Huang was directly chosen.

Hearing this, Xie Lian shook his head. Although they were both from the royal family and had practiced in the royal temple together, Master Yu's experience was very different from his. He said, "No wonder Xuan Ji didn't think highly of Master Yu."

Hua Cheng said: "Of course. Although Xuan Ji is not a princess, she is also from a distinguished family and has many suitors. She is much more respected among the princes and nobles than Yu Shi Huang."

However, Xuan Ji has now made herself like this, no wonder she can't stand the Rain Master who can still farm peacefully. The Rain Master's advice to her to let go is probably just a condescending and sarcastic remark in her eyes.

In short, from then on, Master Yu lived a secluded life in the royal temple. Until one day, several distinguished guests came to Yulong Temple.

Xuli and Yushi did not fall out all at once. They had been feigning and courteous to each other before. In order to maintain a false peace, Xuli sent several royal family members, generals and civil officials to attend the state banquet of Yushi and visit the royal Taoist temple of Yushi. One day, Yushi Huang went to clean the tiles on the roof of the Taoist temple, but when he was about to come down, he found that the ladder had been moved away by someone.

Everyone below thought it was funny to see someone unable to come down from the top. Even the princesses and princes of the Yu Shi Kingdom were laughing with their hands covering their mouths. Only a general of the Xu Li Kingdom laughed a few times, flew up, and brought her down.

This general was, of course, Pei Ming. Xie Lian was just thinking to himself that General Pei was really something, when suddenly a voice said, “Pei Ming is like this wherever he goes, just like a dog that has to pee everywhere!”

Xie Lian was suddenly pulled back by his malicious and vulgar metaphor. He turned around, picked up the Mingguang sword that had shrunk countless times, and said, “General Rong, when did you break the sealing talisman? It seems that you really want to talk.”

Rong Guang said, "Don't confer a title on me! Let me speak! I know all the dirty things Pei Ming has done, and I can't finish talking about them even if I talk for three days and three nights! He knew that Xuli Kingdom was about to attack Yushi Kingdom, but he still made seven or eight beloved princesses of Yushi Kingdom jealous and envious. Do you think he is a bad person?"

It is indeed quite unkind. Who would have known that you were still talking and laughing with me yesterday, but today you led the bloody cavalry to destroy my home. Xie Lian felt a little sympathetic and said, "So, the Lord of the Rain Master also had a good relationship with General Pei in the past?"

Rong Guang said, "It doesn't matter. Pei Ming has only seen Yu Shi Huang twice. There are too many beauties in Yu Shi Country, so he forgot about it the next day."

In this world, not only women change their attitude quickly, but men actually change their attitude even faster, but the consequences are different. When a woman changes her attitude, it may end with a few slaps and scratches; but once a man changes his attitude, you may end up with a corpse without a complete body, and there will be no chance to complain. After Xuli State was unwilling to maintain a false peace, it made up a pretext for the expedition. Pei Ming led his army directly to the front of the palace, forcing the then King of the Rain Master to hide in the depths of the palace and guard the last line of defense. But Pei Ming only needs to use a little force to crush the fragile protective shell of the palace like crushing a snail shell.

However, he did not crush it so easily. Instead, he had more considerations and did something based on Rong Guang's suggestion.

The Xuli soldiers captured hundreds of death row prisoners, disguised them as civilians, and marched them to the gate of the imperial palace, demanding that the King of the Rain Master come out and kowtow three times, confessing his oppression of the people and committing suicide to apologize. If so, they would let the people go and would not touch other members of the royal family. Otherwise, they would chop off their heads.

He only gave the royal family hiding inside three days. Within three days, he would kill a group of them every day. After three days, he would rush in and kill all the royal family members first, and then kill the rest of the people.

Xie Lian said, “General Rong, this move of yours is truly both venomous and beautiful.”

Rong Guang was not angry but rather pleased with himself: "I'll just take it as a compliment from you."

The reason why Xuli State attacked Yushi State can be summarized as "The ruler of Yushi State is harsh and cruel to his people, and heaven cannot tolerate this. Xuli State, out of benevolence and righteousness, is determined to see injustice and take the initiative to save the people of Yushi State who are trapped in dire straits." It sounds righteous and beautiful.

If the Lord of the Rain Master Kingdom refused to come out, then it would mean that the Lord was selfish, incompetent, and did not care about his people. The embarrassing thing was that the Lord of the Rain Master Kingdom always claimed that he "regarded his people as his own children". The ruthless contrast between his words and deeds would surely make the people of the Rain Master Kingdom feel resentful and think that they were deceived: "Didn't you say that you regarded your people as your own children? Why do you want all the people to sacrifice for your royal family?!" In this way, their support for the royal family of the Rain Master Kingdom was dispersed.

After killing all these "civilians", when the people of Yushi Kingdom were afraid that they would massacre the city next, they announced that these people were actually prisoners in disguise and deserved to die. The purpose was just to expose the selfish true face and lies of the royal family of Yushi Kingdom. Such a huge contrast could instantly appease the frightened people of Yushi Kingdom and make them extremely docile. The process of Yushi Kingdom being incorporated into the territory of Xuli Kingdom would be much smoother. Because the people's hearts had long been cold.

If the Lord of the Rain Master really committed suicide, it would be fine. They would not have to kill him themselves, which would save them trouble. Moreover, Pei Ming and Rong Guang believed that the Lord of the Rain Master would never commit suicide to apologize. It should be said that no noble would be willing to end his life after suffering such humiliation. Kneeling down to the civilians and the enemy, admitting that he was wrong, and then dying? Dream on!

Unexpectedly, just one day later, when Pei Ming was about to order the killing of the first batch of "civilians", the King of Rain Master really came out.

The palace gate opened, and the king came out wearing the national sword. He knelt down and kowtowed three times to the people, then drew his sword and committed suicide, with blood splattering on the palace gate.

Xie Lian had already guessed what was going on, and asked, “Is it Master Rain who came out?”

Hua Cheng said: "That's right."

Later, after carefully interrogating the palace maids and other royal descendants who were hiding in the palace at the time, they found out what had happened:

On that day, Pei Ming, Rong Guang and other soldiers shouted outside the palace, walked around, laughed and were extremely arrogant. Inside the palace, there was chaos and people were crying and wailing. The King of the Rain Master State naturally could not go out to commit suicide, and sat on the throne with a sullen face. A large group of brothers and sisters who usually fought for his favor and were beaten to a pulp cried and did not see him move, so they began to persuade him carefully one by one.

All kinds of excuses came out, such as "this is also for the country and the people", "even if I die, I will be remembered for eternity", and "if this continues, the people will suffer". However, the persuasion did not move. Seeing that the day was almost over, some sons got anxious and yelled at their father in excitement.

The king was not dead yet, and he was furious, swinging his stick to hit back. In normal times, the sons and grandsons would not fight back, but at this critical moment, who would care about that? So, one of the princes could not help but fight back, but he fought back too hard, and the king, who was already over 60 years old, was beaten so hard that he was bleeding and could not get up.

The princes and princesses were shocked at first, but then they found that he was still breathing, and they were relieved. They began to discuss how to drag the immobile king out, how to complete the difficult kowtow and apology, and even the ridiculous method of hanging him like a puppet was discussed heatedly, which made the old king, who was over fifty years old, almost have a stroke on the spot. Later, they decided to find two people to hold the old king to complete the apology. However, this brought up a new problem. Who should these two people find? This is too dangerous. Pei Ming might be unhappy and shoot him to death with an arrow. You don't want to, I don't want to, neither of us wants to.

At this time, the sixteenth princess, who had been silent and ignored by everyone, suddenly said something to the old king lying on the ground.

Master Huang said, "Please pass the throne to me."

King Yushi looked at his daughter, whom he had never looked at twice, and a tear finally flowed from the corner of his eye.

But, only one drop.

Normally, everyone would fight to the death for the position of the leader, but now no one was fighting. Whoever took the throne would die. So, less than half an hour later, the most crude and hasty succession ceremony in the history of the Rain Master Kingdom, and the leader who was least likely to become the leader, was born.

The new leader of the Rain Master Kingdom cut his throat with a sword, and blood gushed out like a fountain. It was obvious that he was not going to survive.

Pei Ming had not expected that things would take such a turn. He took some time to look over during a break from drinking and was completely stunned. How could this happen? Rong Guang cursed his bad luck. How could this happen? The king did apologize, but he was not the same king at all! The death of an insignificant person could neither demoralize the people nor kill the old villain. Until now, Rong Guang still found it incredible: "I never thought that there was a trick of passing on the throne temporarily. Finding a scapegoat is really outrageous!"

Although the soldiers of Xuli Kingdom could not stand this absurd succession and offered to rescue her, her injuries were too severe and the doctors said she could not be saved. Pei Ming had no choice but to abide by his previous promise and not move the people outside the palace or kill the royal family for the time being. He wrapped the throat of the "king" and sent her to Yulong Temple properly, waiting for her to die there, and then choosing a better place to bury her in the imperial mausoleum of Yulong Temple.

That night, just before Yu Shi Huang breathed her last, the statue of Yu Shi above her head let out a sigh.

There were lightning and thunder, and the new Rain Master ascended to heaven.

Xie Lian said thoughtfully, “No wonder General Pei looked like that when he saw the sword.”