Chapter 1401 – Disguise as a River God
The northern border of Qingzhou was the Red River. The Red River was the second largest river in the Central Plains of the Nine Prefectures. Even the narrowest part was two to three miles wide. It was said that the widest area was about five miles wide. Some people said that the Red River was so deep that the bottom couldn’t be seen, and that there was a dragon palace at the bottom of the river.
Old Chen’s family was sent to the coolie camp by the Red River. The most important job of the coolies was to inspect the levee day after day. Old Chen’s village told him that his family was working in a camp on the Motai River, which was noiver but a town. There are five thousand garrisons and eighteen thousand coolies in this town.
In addition to patrolling the Great Wall, the labourers also had to reclaim the wasteland and plant food. Every year, large quantities of food would be transported to Qingzhou City. The coolies were craftsmen, farmers, and aides. If there was any conflict with the Spirit Province, they would be the first to rush up.
There were quite a few people in Motai River town, over tens of thousands of them. Some were family members of the garrison, some were locals.
When An Zheng and the others arrived, it was just in time to see the yearly River Worshiping God.
The commoners relied on the mountains to eat the water, while the commoners along the Red River relied on this river to survive. The people here were all very good swimmers, even a child of six or seven could swim in the river. The worshiping of the river god was a major event for the commoners in this area, so even the coolies would follow. They would not have to go into the fields to watch the worshiping of the river god on the embankment, under guard of the garrison.
For the laborers, this waare day of leisure. They could only stand there foolishly as they watched the dragon and lion dance in the distance and the cattle and sheep they could not eat all year round poured into the Red River.
Old Chen told An Zheng and the others to find a place to rest and go out to investigate alone. He was originally from the Cyan Plains, and his accent was still there, so he wouldn’t attract any attention. On the other hand, An Zheng and the others could tell from their words that they were coming from afar.
Du Shoushou squatted on the riverbank and watched the commoners happily bringing carts after carts of things like pigs, cows, chickens and ducks up to the surface, then driving them towards and throwing them into the river.
“I would be angry if I weriver god.”
Du Shoushou curled his lips: “Who likes to eat raw things ah … To be honest, looking at the lives of the commoners in the Azure Province, it was likely that even a normal commoner would not be willing to kill a pig every year to eat it. Pour into the river... Let me tell you this, if the River God really doesn’t stir up trouble after pouring these things over, then he’s definitely going to be dead. ”
Chen Shaobai glared at him: You talk too much. All these commoners are counting on Chi He to live and eat. Bowing, they will havsychological comfort. ”
“I still think it’s a waste.”
Du Shoushou suddenly laughed: “An Zheng, I have an idea.”
An Zheng squinted his eyes, “I can see the lust in your eyes.”
Du Shoushou: “Pfft, seriously, very serious.”
He pulled An Zheng over to him and told him what he thought while laughing. After An Zheng heard this, he couldn’t help but sigh: “You don’t look like one either, who would have such a fat River God like you!”
Du Shoushou replied, “I don’t care, I just want to be the River God.”
He took out a set of armor and wore it, holding the Triton in his hand: “Look, don’t you think I am like the River God?”
After he finished speaking, he jumped into the Red River while the crowd was not paying attention to him. An Zheng didn’t have any other choice, and thought that he should just relax. He teleported to the river. There were people everywhere, so no one noticed how he got there.
Just as everyone was about to throw the offerings into the Red River and pray for the good weather this year, a huge whirlpool suddenly appeared. Soon after, the river began to bubble as if it was boiling. Not long after, a fat river god wearing a helmet and holding a trident slowly rose up from the water. An Zheng snapped his fingers in the crowd, and a Power of Essence Thunder appeared behind him. It circled around him like a dragon.
“Look, the river god has appeared!”
Chen Shaobai shouted from the crowd, and then knelt down with his head lowered, “Paying respects to the River God!”
When the commoners heard this, they all followed suit and knelt down. The scene was quite spectacular.
Du Shoushou coughed a few times. “That, everyone pay attention to that …”
Saying this, he felt a little dirty. After tidying up his words, he continued, “I am this Red River’s River God. I felt your desire and came out to meet you. I just wanted to tell you that I don’t need these things. “Ox, sheep, pigs, all of you can take them back.”
Someone cried out, “Lord River God, do you think the things we have offered are not enough?”
“That’s right. We are willing to offer more gifts. We only hope that the River Deity can protect us.”
“Great Master of the River Deity, I hope that this year’s Red River will be calm. Let’s catch a few more boats of fish.”
Du Shoushou waved his hand, “Listen to me, I appreciate your kindness, but I feel guilty if you people give me something you normally don’t even want to eat. I am a righteous god of the river. That was called corruption! You can take everything back and keep it for yourselves. “Besides, I’m the river god. I eat fish, not those things.”
He sounded serious.
“I am a just and honest god of the river. You all can rest assured that with me here, I guarantee that Chi He will not harm you. Obediently bring everything back and don’t throw it into the river again. You don’t know, these pigs, sheep, and the like all drown in the river, which is especially smelly. ”
An old man knelt down and shouted, “River God, this ioken of our goodwill.”
“That’s right, it’s just a small token of our goodwill.”
“We offered it to you willingly.”
Du Shoushou glared: “Are you not obedient? Alright, I’ll accept this then. When I get back, I’ll rush back wituge wave. Let me look at the houses that have flooded you, and let me see if you feel any heartache. ”
Chen Shaobai squatted beside An Zheng and laughed until his mouth almost split open: “Give him electricity, let him smoke his ass.”
An Zheng burst out laughing and snapped his fingers. Just as Du Shoushou was about to give his speech, suddenly, a bolt of purple lightning charged out from behind him, followed by the emergence of green smoke.
“Look, the river god is smoking!”
Chen Shaobai yelled out, but Monkey was laughing so hard that he couldn’t even get up.
“Ah, river god, why are you smoking?!”
The monkey jeered.
Du Shoushou laughed awkwardly: I’m angry at you! Let me tell you this, if I don’t take everything back, don’t even talk about smoking on my ass, my whole body will be covered in smoke. ”
Right at this moment, a flock of geese flew back from the south. They formed a single character at one time and a single character at the other. An Zheng pointed with his finger, and the smoke coming out from Du Shoushou’s butt became even thicker. With a wave of his hand, he formed a foolish character, with a wave of his hand, he formed a threatening character …
Du Shoushou coughed a few times: “I am the River God, I don’t want face.”
Chen Shaobai laughed so much that he almost fell to the ground and stopped laughing. Monkey looked at An Zheng and said: “Alright, alright, give him some face. At any rate, he is doing a good deed. So much stuff in the river, and I feel sorry for it. “It’s more important for the commoners to bring back their belongings. I hope that after this incident, there won’t be another custom like this in the future.”
Du Shoushou waved his hand to disperse the smoke around him, feeling that his butt might have turned black. But in this sort of serious situation, he still had to endure it.
“Remember, not just today, but every year from now on, you are not allowed to give me these things.” This time, I came out because I wasn’t this river god last year. The last river god was taken out due to corruption and had his head chopped off. Think about it, wouldn’t it harm me if I took your things? Rest assured, as long as I don’t take your things, I will always be the river god of the Red River and will always protect you. ”
It was unknown who kowtowed first, “Thank you, River God for your care! We are truly fortunate. ”
The group of commoners followed suit and kowtowed, and in an instant, the sound of their heads hitting the ground was heard. Even the laborers who were watching the ceremony from afar on the riverbed had all knelt down as well. Satisfied, Du Shoushou stood on the surface of the river and waved non-stop: “Alright, alright, you can leave now, what should we do now? If you want to be rich, you have to do it yourself. Let’s not do these feudal superstitions. Just look at me, I am just likiver god. I will lead the way to get rid of the feudal superstitions! ”
He felt that it was about time, and then he would be exposed. After coughing a few times, he said, “I will stay here and watch over you all. Firstly, I will protect the commoners on both sides of the Red River. Secondly, I will monitor you to see if you are doing good deeds and doing evil deeds. Good man, I’ll give him a good report. Bad person, hmph … I will make him die a graveless death! ”
Then he began to sink, and the water turned again.
Chen Shaobai could not help but exclaim in admiration, “Hey, don’t tell me that his technique was quite pretty. How did he manage to spread the waves so evenly?”
Monkey: “Bullshit.”
An Zheng thought that this was indeed possible.
Amidst the cheers and gratitude, Du Shoushou slowly sank into the Red River. As he dived downwards, his face was brimming with a satisfied smile. When he entered the river below his waist, the river began bubbling, confirming Monkey’s conjecture …
“Look, the water is splashing out of the water, that’s spraying out of the water. “Once in the water, it will bubble …”
“If Du Shoushou knew what you said, he could drown you to death in the water.”
The three of them talked and laughed as they returned to the higher parts of the riverbank, squatting there and waiting for Du Shoushou to return. The commoners didn’t want to leave for a long time, the majority of them still knelt down in gratitude. No one doubted that Du Shoushou was a fake River God. After all, that Purple Lightning Dragon looked so realistic. In this scene, the props were much more realistic than the actors.
The three of them waited for a while, but still, Du Shoushou did not come back. Standing up to take a look, he realized that in the depths of the river where Du Shoushou had sunk, there seemed to be a vague, gigantic black shadow flashing by.
“Not good.”
An Zheng growled, as he teleported towards the river.
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