Chapter 330: Green willows bury human bones, white horses drink nectar like dragons
Noon, Xuzhou City, Sishui Ancient Road.
The river banks are lined with willow trees, which are growing very well, with lush branches and leaves, lush green and full of vitality.
The coast was full of soldiers. Even under the scorching sun, they stood straight, sweat pouring down under their armor. Fortunately, the willow trees on the side provided some shade.
If you observe carefully, you will find that although these soldiers are guarding both sides of the Si Shui Ancient Road, they dare not get too close. They even look at the river with a hint of fear in their eyes.
Xuzhou Governor Wei Zongsu was actually guarding here in person, with Chief Secretary Pang Tao and Sima Liangdong also accompanying him, as if they were waiting together for the arrival of some important figure.
"Sir, is what the old Taoist said true? Will there really be a young scholar riding a white horse, holding a Qilin whisk, and wearing a white Taoist robe passing by here today?"
The Chief Secretary Pang Tao was obese and was sweating profusely. He had been waiting here for two hours. There were many people passing by, but there was no Taoist priest on a white horse.
The governor wiped his sweat and shook his head, saying, "It shouldn't be like this. Yesterday, the old Taoist cured Zhang Laowu's madness easily. He pinched him casually and he told him about the haunted canal. He is obviously a capable person."
"Yes, and he touched my arm and told me that I had almost drowned. It was amazing!"
Sima Liangdong also sighed.
At this moment, the chief secretary's eyes suddenly lit up, and he pointed to the distance and said, "Here it comes, here it comes, look!"
The two of them looked quickly and saw a Taoist riding a handsome white horse slowly approaching them in the sunlight. He was holding a Qilin whisk in his hand and wearing a moon-white Taoist robe. He had a handsome appearance and looked quite otherworldly.
Strangely enough, the Taoist did not hold the reins and even closed his eyes, but the white horse walked slowly, automatically avoiding pedestrians, and came to a restaurant following the aroma of wine.
The Taoist was naturally Li Daoxuan. He keenly noticed that there were three men in official uniforms by the river looking at him, and they seemed a little excited, but he remained calm and watched what happened.
It had been a day and a night since Li Daoxuan left Longhu Mountain. He rode a paper horse and traveled thousands of miles, preparing to go into Xuzhou City to get some good wine.
The reason why I don't ride on the clouds is, firstly, to save mana, and secondly, to take a look at the beautiful scenery. Maybe I can meet some monsters on the way and get some rewards.
It was a pity that after traveling thousands of miles, he only met a few wandering ghosts, so Li Daoxuan sent them to be reincarnated.
He had just finished pouring his drink when three officials came over together.
The governor Wei Zongsu bowed and saluted, "May I ask if you are the immortal master of Longhu Mountain?"
Li Daoxuan frowned slightly, wondering how they knew his identity?
"Yes, you want to talk to me about something?"
When the governor heard Li Daoxuan admit that he was really a disciple of Mount Longhu, he was overjoyed and said excitedly: "Master, I've been waiting for you to come! "
The Chief Clerk and the Commander-in-Chief echoed, "Yes, now that you are here, the people of Xuzhou will be saved!"
Li Daoxuan laughed and said, "No, you three don't need to flatter me. I am just a passerby from Xuzhou. I don't know you all, so I can't be the savior of the people of Xuzhou."
The governor quickly said, "But, but yesterday the old Taoist said that you can help the people of Xuzhou get rid of the demon."
Li Daoxuan's eyes moved, and he said, "Old Taoist? What old Taoist? Please explain the cause and effect clearly."
He wanted to get rid of the demon, but he didn't want to be used as a thug for nothing.
The governor did not dare to lie and quickly told the whole cause and effect.
It turns out that the ancient Sishui Road in Xuzhou was an important waterway and transportation hub of the Sui Dynasty's canal. When Emperor Yang of Sui dug the canal, a total of 5.43 million people were mobilized. By the time the canal reached Xuzhou, 1.5 million people had died from overwork.
The ancient Sishui Road was filled with silt and became shallower, making navigation difficult.
Yang Guang then ordered that all 50,000 officials and workers who dug this section of the canal be buried alive on the shore!
The green willows are all human bones.
According to records, at that time, from Xingyang in the east to Heyang in the north, there were corpse carts everywhere. Many people had maggots growing below the waist because they had been soaked in water for too long.
From then on, the Sishui Ancient Road was filled with negative energy, and strange things often happened.
Even after the founding of the Tang Dynasty and the stability of the country, the people of Xuzhou City were still afraid of this river. People often fell into the water for no reason, and even good swimmers often drowned.
The Bad Guys came several times and captured a few water corpses, but each time they were fine for a while, people would start falling into the river again.
Until a few days ago, Zhang Laowu fell into the water but miraculously survived. He became a madman and always shouted along the streets, saying that there were tens of thousands of water corpses in the Sishui River, more than the heavenly soldiers and generals.
Just yesterday, when Zhang Laowu was screaming like a madman, he bumped into a white-haired Taoist priest. The Taoist priest said his surname was Yuan. He cured Zhang Laowu's madness with just a random talisman. He was very good at fortune-telling and was like a living god.
The governor happened to see this scene at that time, so he asked the old Taoist to help subdue the monster in the Sishui River.
Unexpectedly, the old Taoist said that he had important matters to attend to and could not delay, so he made some divination and told him that at noon tomorrow, a young Taoist priest riding a white horse and holding a Qilin whisk would pass by the bank of the Sishui River. The Taoist priest was from Longhu Mountain and had great magical powers and could save Xuzhou from danger.
The governor explained the whole process in detail, not daring to leave out anything, and finally said: "The old Taoist priest also said that if you really don't want to take action, we can't force you!"
After saying these words, he bowed deeply to Li Daoxuan, and the Chief Clerk and Sima also bowed together.
Li Daoxuan's mind moved. Could this old Taoist priest with the surname Yuan, who was good at divination, be the legendary Yuan Tiangang?
However, as a great cultivator in the Yangshen realm, it should be a piece of cake for Yuan Tiangang to subdue some water corpse ghosts. Why would he let them come to him for begging?
After thinking for a moment, Li Daoxuan glanced at the three people and said with a smile: "If you want me to take action, it's not impossible, but you have to agree to my two conditions first."
"Master, please speak!"
The governor was very excited and said immediately.
Li Daoxuan glanced at the white horse outside the restaurant and said with a smile: "My horse has been running for a day and a night. It doesn't like to eat grass, but only likes to drink. Please treat it to twenty jars of fine wine first. Please note, twenty jars, no more and no less."
This paper-cutting horse technique has two shortcomings. The first is that it is afraid of fire, and the second is that the paper horse will reveal its true form after getting drunk.
But this spell is also interesting. The horse that was transformed just loves drinking, and it can drink a lot. Even if it is not drunk, it can even increase its speed after drinking.
As long as it does not exceed thirty jars, it will not get drunk.
Twenty jars is already a conservative estimate by Li Daoxuan. After all, the alcohol content of fine wines from different places may vary.
Let the horse drink?
And you drink twenty jars at once ?
The three governors looked at each other in bewilderment, almost suspecting that they had heard it wrongly.
But a moment later, he realized that he was totally wrong.
The white horse was seen looking at the jars of wine in front of it with eyes that were particularly bright. It put its mouth into the jars and drank from them. The gulping sound continued and the jars of wine were soon empty.
The three governors were stunned.
"Hurry, keep serving the wine!"
At this moment, the three of them understood that this was clearly a divine horse. As expected, the horse ridden by the strange man was also so extraordinary!
The white horse drank twenty jars of wine in one breath. Not only was it not drunk at all, but its eyes were bright and sharp. It raised its front hooves, let out a neigh towards the sky that shook the sky, and two thick streams of wine mist spurted out of its nose!
At this moment, even the wooden stakes used to tie the horses were blown up.
Some soldiers on horseback felt that the horses under their crotch were restless. These well-trained horses that could charge into battle on the battlefield actually showed fear and uneasiness at this moment .
The governor looked at the divine horse and was horrified. If such a fierce horse went crazy after drinking, many people would probably be trampled to death!
Just then, Li Daoxuan walked up and slapped him in the face.
"Why are you yelling? You're not a person just because you had a little drink. You even broke someone's stake. Go and apologize!"
The white horse suddenly became very well-behaved. It walked to the owner of the restaurant, nodded as if bowing, and then looked at Li Daoxuan with its big eyes full of grievance.
Li Daoxuan laughed loudly, threw out a tael of silver, then pulled the reins and said loudly: "Let's go to the river."
