allonlinenovel Chapter 362 The host brother guessed correctly
Chapter 362 The host brother guessed correctly
"In order to protect the people of Dayue and the Xiao family, the late emperor decided to adopt the method given by the master.
At the cost of his own luck and the master's luck, he could resolve the current drought.
During that ritual, the master locked himself and the late emperor in a secret room in the imperial palace for three days and three nights.
Three days later, Master and the late Emperor both walked out of the secret room with pale faces.
For those who have lost their luck, they don’t know which will come sooner, tomorrow or an accident.
Master knew that he might die suddenly one day, so he made arrangements for me and my senior brother in advance.
As for the late emperor, after the late crown prince died, the late emperor also appointed the current emperor as the crown prince.
He also selected two regents, Prince Ding and Duke Zhenguo, for the crown prince.
After the ritual was completed, the drought in Dayue showed signs of easing.
At this time, the ministers in the court suddenly proposed to summon talented people from all over the world to pray for rain for Dayue.
The proposal was harmless, so the late emperor agreed.
You all know what happened next.
The national teacher fought his way out from a group of Taoists and monks, and finally proposed to compete with my master in praying for rain.
When the old master was performing the ritual before, almost all his spiritual power was gone. How could he be a match for that sinister villain?
During the competition between the two to pray for rain, the national teacher actually attacked the master.
Not long after that prayer for rain, the master passed away.
Not long after, the late emperor suddenly passed away one day.
Later, the emperor ascended the throne and, at the request of the people and officials, appointed that man as the Imperial Master.
After Qingyun finished speaking, the main room became quiet, with only the cicadas chirping non-stop on the pine trees in the yard.
After a while, Qin Wan finally sighed, "It turns out that there was such a story behind the drought in Dayue."
Qingxuan's eyes were wet, "Master and the late emperor are both remarkable people."
Qin Jingnian slapped the table:
"Seize the fruits of victory that Master Wuchen and the late emperor sacrificed themselves for.
The state teacher is truly shameless as he has made the people of Dayue admire and worship him for so many years!
Sister, didn’t you say you were writing a book to expose the conspiracy of the Changsheng Cult?
You can write down the truth of this past event.”
"Of course, I will definitely expose the evil and hypocritical face of the Changsheng Sect in the storybook!"
Qin Wan nodded heavily, wishing she could start writing right now.
But what is more important right now is to solve the drought.
"Master Qingyun, in your opinion, is the cause of the drought in Dayue the same as last time, and is it also related to the Changsheng Sect absorbing Dayue's national fortune?"
Qingyun smiled bitterly:
“To be honest, I came to Taohua Village to look for my senior brother because I noticed that this drought was unusual.
I want to work with my senior brother to study the deduction techniques passed down by our sect and speculate on the cause of this drought.
but…….."
Qingyun paused, and Qingxuan took over the conversation:
“My junior brother is still young, and I am not proficient in divination. We have been calculating for a whole month, and we can only conclude that Dayue’s national fortune is indeed decreasing.
As for who, where and how caused the decline of Dayue's national fortune, we cannot figure it out."
Things once again fell into the deadlock that Master Wuchen and the late emperor faced more than ten years ago.
After this incident, Qingxuan lost all interest in eating watermelon after dinner.
After dinner, Qingyun and I returned to the bamboo house to continue the deduction.
Qin Wan and Qin Jingnian entered the space under the pretext of taking a lunch break.
There's no way, it's too hot outside and it affects their brain thinking.
"Sister, what should we do? Where should we start?"
Qin Jingnian had no interest in eating watermelon. He held his chin with a worried look on his face.
Qin Wan bent her index finger and tapped it on the table repeatedly, staring at the map of Jiangning Prefecture without blinking.
This is what I asked the prefect for when I left the city.
Qin Wan felt that it was definitely no coincidence that the drought in the south started in Jiangning Prefecture. There must be some reason that they had not discovered.
She took a piece of charcoal and circled several counties and towns.
Qin Jingnian leaned forward curiously:
"Sister, what are you doing?"
“I’m narrowing it down.”
Qin Wan pointed to the several counties and towns she had circled and said:
"Brother, do you remember? When we left the city, we asked the prefect which counties and towns in Jiangning Prefecture were the first to suffer from drought."
"Oh, I see. The ones you circled are the counties and towns where the prefect said drought was the first to hit."
Qin Jingnian suddenly realized.
"That's right. After narrowing the scope, we don't need to conduct a carpet search of the entire city. We only need to check these counties and towns.
These counties and towns were the first to experience drought, so there must be something in common, eh….”
As Qin Wan spoke, she seemed to have discovered something, and pointed to a certain place on the map with sparkling eyes:
"Brother, have you noticed that all these counties and towns I have circled have one thing in common, that is, they are all located near the Nanling Mountains."
"But..." Qin Jingnian pointed to the location of Taohua Village in Chizhou County on the map:
"Logically, the mountain behind Taohua Village is the Nanling Mountains. They are so close, why is there still water in the wells of Taohua Village?"
"The well in Taohua Village? Yes, why does the well in Taohua Village have water?
Judging from the map, it's not the lowest-lying area, right?"
Qin Jingnian raised his eyebrows:
"Could it be true as the villagers say, that the well in Taohua Village has not dried up because of the blessing of our family?"
"The host brother guessed correctly.
Taohua Village is indeed blessed by the host family's good fortune, so it is not affected too much by this drought."
Qiuqiu flew to the brother and sister at some point, and when he heard their conversation, he couldn't help but interrupt.
Qin Jingnian was just joking when he said this, but he didn't expect Qiuqiu to actually agree with this statement.
"Qiuqiu, are you serious? Is there really such a magical thing?"
Qin Jingnian stared at the ball in disbelief.
Qiuqiu raised his little wings and pointed to the system mall not far away.
"Do you remember the red pillar of light standing over there? It's been a while since you last saw it. Go and see if there are any changes?"
The two looked at each other, Qin Jingnian grabbed Qin Wan's hand, and appeared beside the light column in a flash.
The last time I paid attention to this red beam of light was when Qiuqiu said that Big Brother could be added into the system space.
Now at first glance, the red color in the light column actually spread to four-fifths of the light column.
It represents that their family is becoming more and more integrated with this world.
There's nothing surprising about this.
The strange thing is... Qin Jingnian rubbed his eyes. Staring at the red light beam for a long time made his eyes a little blurry.
He said somewhat uncertainly:
"Sister, am I seeing things? Why do I see dots of gold floating in the red light?"
Qin Wan nodded affirmatively:
"Brother, you are not dazzled. I saw it too. It was golden light, and there was a lot of it. Qiuqiu, what are these golden lights? When did they appear?"
"The golden light has appeared a long time ago, since you helped the villagers of Taohua Village to become rich.
It’s just that there were too few of them at that time, and you didn’t notice them because they were hidden in the red light.
The real reason for the increase was the last time you helped the tribes of Beixiang drive away the wizards with impure motives, allowing Beixiang and Dayue to return to peace. "