Chapter 1268: Great Sacrifice to the River God

Dong dong dong!

The round footprints dried on the moist ship deck, the little river otter stacked two towels, pouted his butt, ran on the deck, from east to west, from south to north, sweeping away the dust, clean and unstained.

The golden-haired monkey climbed the mast, hung the canvas, bared its canine teeth, and hooted at the wild boar on the shore.

"Creak."

The big door opened, and the dust in the air intersected and rotated.

It was like a quiet day, the wanderer returned to the dusty home cottage.

The afternoon sun shone down, the brown fur flowed with floating light, clearly visible, the ship rudder rod stood quietly on the wheel, never left.

Step by step, climbing up, the sun slanted, half bright and half dark.

Stood still in front of the ship rudder.

Otter opened his palm, gently stroked the pulp-wrapped wooden rod.

Since the Heavenly God was crowned Prince, the Creation Treasure Ship had not left the port for a long time, and there was no use for the ship in the south and north battles, and the little Mirage Dragon temporarily acted as the White Cloud Palace.

That majestic title seemed to have been sealed into the basement with the Creation Treasure Ship. The world only knew there was an Otter family prime minister, but didn't know there was a ship boss.

But now—

The claws hooked away the spider silk.

Long time no see, old partner.

Take a deep breath, double claws gripped the ship rudder tightly, Otter opened and turned the rudder hard, the whole treasure ship absorbed the essence of the sun and moon, the lines flashed and extinguished, like breathing.

The river wind was vast, the monkey king held the monocular high, screamed sharply, all the river otters flew out, each performed their duties, pulled the cable, and the big anchor pulled out of the water.

Set sail!

Destination, Yellow Sand River!

Set sail!

Jianghuai Great Ze, White Ape "River Stone", vast and mighty, moving north.

The Yellow Sand River water was turbid and muddy, couldn't see the sky light scattering, couldn't see the river bed flowing gold, since ancient times, no sunlight had ever reached the bottom of the river bed, Liang Qu swam in it, black hair floating, countless white flows extracted from the mud, gathered into a ball like silk.

The turbid water rushed eastward.

In an instant.

Golden eyes shot, breaking through the turbidity!

A three-zhang white ape, vast and mighty, leaped out!

Stones and mud passed through its fluttering fur, and the turbid water couldn't cover the brilliance of the golden eyes.

The white ape stretched its two giant hands, gripped the air as if holding a handle, the wrists rotated for a week, the muscles bulged, pulled down hard, two water dragons gathered into a whip, between the intersection, the long whip swung, and the dust was shattered.

The Heaven River shook.

The boundless Yellow River water roared, rushed, broke free from the chains, hung upside down in the sky, blocked the sun, cast a long shadow, reached the highest point, the dragon head turned, dived straight down, smashed out a thousand-zhang giant wave, poured and rushed, spreading and walking water!

Stones, corpses, sunken ships, broken wood, water beasts, big fish, green algae—

Everything, rolled out, piled up into a mountain.

Gathered into land!

"Boom boom boom."

Heavenly thunder exploded, from west to east, like ten thousand horses galloping, big fish jumping.

Birds in the forest flapped their wings, horses in the stable neighed, chickens flew and dogs jumped.

Demon beasts in the water watched stones fly over their heads, and the mud and sand on the ground scraped off a layer.

Countless yellow soil rolled into the river water, countless people either knelt and prayed, or fled for their lives.

"River God is angry, River God is angry! Run, it's going to break the embankment!"

"Everyone run to the back mountain! Go to the back mountain!"

"Everyone don't panic, don't panic, does everyone still remember, the notice posted by the imperial court last month? In the last month, there might be—"

"Today there is no wind or rain, and it has been dry for more than half a month, how can it suddenly break the embankment. Rest assured, folks, it is the imperial court governing the water, it is the Holy Emperor descending wisdom, didn't it say three days ago? All go back, go back!"

"Great good thing—"

"Bah, if you dare to shout again, I will catch you all into the big prison! Want to die, right?"

Big cities and towns, big states and prefectures, county towns, wherever there were officials, the River Police officers posted notices early, appeared again today, telling the people not to panic, not to cross the river recently, and to avoid sheepskin rafts to avoid adding trouble. Prefects, magistrates, and county magistrates all cooperated fully, and some places were even more direct, directly ordering prohibition.

In poor and remote areas, the villagers governed themselves.

Villagers saw the stream rushing, the house dog barking, terrified.

Those with children of appropriate age were all in danger, forbidding children from going out, praying that they wouldn't be selected this year, just two more years, they could talk about marriage, no need to be frightened.

On the field ridge, the old man smoking dry tobacco ran and shouted.

"Has it started to rush the sand?"

"Thousand-zhang wave, heaven river, Jianghuai Demon King, really powerful."

The general office of the world's River Police was established in Yuzhou.

This "state" was not the "state" of the state government, but the general name of a province, the state of the nine states in ancient times.

The river moved for less than half an hour, the river length and river uncle corresponding to the river channel rushed into the government office, the water river governor Great Qian Bingyi heard the report of the Hengshui envoy, the Yellow Sand River rioted, and immediately understood what was going on. He turned out a booklet from the file, and the Huai Prince seal was covered on the bottom.

Governance reminder!

The Yellow Sand River, a hundred miles wide, hung upside down to rush the sand, how magnificent and magnificent.

Such a scene, such a violent shock, the people on both banks, even if they knew in advance, how could they be sure it was governing the water and not breaking the embankment? The wrong bet was not other, but their own lives!

Under the fear of long-term disaster impression, what influence should have, what influence will have after knowing, must send people to maintain order, avoid riots.

Five days ago, Huai Prince sent a notice, requesting cooperation, evacuating the crowd.

Therefore, Great Qian Bingyi was not surprised at all.

And according to the governance plan formulated by the Qintian Bureau and the River Police, the first step to clear was exactly near the demon king of the Yellow Sand River, below Qinghe Gong!

The cultivation method of water beasts is different from that of the human race. They aim to assimilate heaven and earth. The places where they live for a long time will gradually become different, bringing changes to the environment. To Great Demons and even demon kings, they will breed mineral veins and become good materials for forging weapons.

Many demon kings' palaces become indestructible after a long time, not because they used good materials, but because they became good materials under the fermentation of time.

The consequence of this is—

Once a demon occupies a place for a long time, it is equivalent to a giant stone protruding from the river channel. The water flows through the giant stone, the position rises, the people on both banks raise the river bed to prevent floods, then yellow sand integrates, the river bed continues to rise, the people continue to raise, continue to rise, cycle after cycle, once one side collapses, it is a disaster.

Many rugged places in the Yellow Sand River are caused by strong water beasts occupying and living, building caves, and gradually starting to silt up.

Some silted up into fertile soil, and would be enclosed by the people to create fields, narrowing the river channel, aggravating the predicament.

The river bed near Qinghe Gong is a disaster area of siltation. The occupation of Qinghe Gong has created a mud sand bay in central Yuzhou. There is a "River Gong Siltation."

The most dangerous place even reached sixty zhang, twenty-six miles long!

Such a place, once it breaks, the consequences are devastating, requiring the River Police to reinforce with special materials, and invite two Great Demons to live and sit in town to nourish the embankment.

This is also why we have to communicate with the demon king of the Yellow Sand River, not just to give the "local snake" a pass, but because governance itself cannot bypass the existence of the demon king of the Yellow Sand River.

"How many years can it last?"

Great Qian Bingyi's thoughts flew, his fingers tapped the table subconsciously.

The Yellow Sand has a Dragon King, which will make the Yellow Sand River more prosperous, more Great Demons, and more silted, the Dragon King is more irritable, left foot steps on right foot.

Huai River is different, Huai River is too vast, so vast that no demon king occupying it can directly cause congestion, its river width itself supports a few giant stones in the river bed without influence, and it has super lakes like Dongtian Lake, Pengze, Blue Lake, Jianshui, especially Jianghuai Great Ze, with a diameter of over ten thousand miles, to accommodate these demon kings.

As the Water River Governor, Great Qian Bingyi has always believed that the Huai Prince's move to rush the river bed, deepen the river and plant trees, is also a temporary solution.

Planting green plants will be better, but destruction is easier than construction. It is hard to guarantee that one or two Heaven Dragon battles will fail, restore the past, wait for Liang Qu to die, can't move the White Ape, who will continue to clear?

To cure the root cause, the Yellow Sand River should be turned into a super river like the Huai River, a Dragon Lord appears, and a few super lakes are developed, allowing the demon king to enter the lake from the river itself!

Unfortunately, this is even harder, there is no hope.

"Fine, just a random thought."

"A temporary solution is not wrong."

Great Qian Bingyi shook his head.

No matter what, Huai Prince is young, White Ape enters the Huai River, has a chance to melt the furnace, doesn't die halfway, can live for a full eight hundred years, and can continue to rush the sand during the period. If it breaks later, don't cut down trees indiscriminately, and let Great Demons and demon kings gradually influence—

"The Governor is talking to himself again."

"Shh, must be thinking about the country's major affairs."

"The Governor is really conscientious, we should be like this!"

Two main books passed by the door, seeing Great Qian Bingyi shaking his head, talking in a low voice.

"Wait, did Huai Prince know the Jianghuai White Ape very early?"

Great Qian Bingyi thought of another thing.

"Sinan!"

"Governor." The black-clothed woman in strong clothes flashed and appeared, kneeling on one knee, her oily single ponytail drooping to one side, "What are your orders?"

"Did Pingyang Prefecture have a big flood?"

"Yes, Huazhu County Black Water River, broke the embankment, affecting three counties."

"Find the file for me."

One go and one return.

"Clatter."

"Ha! Sure enough!"

Great Qian Bingyi flicked the paper pages, flipped through the files quickly, his eyes showing understanding.

He had been in the Yellow Sand River for many years and had never seen Liang Qu. Since the other party was working in the River Police, breaking records one after another, it was inevitable to hear the story of this "capable subordinate," and many merits even passed through his hands to be approved.

The White Ape appeared for the first time on the surface in Xiangyi County, Pingyang Prefecture, the former Blood Stone County, killing a snake demon that occupied the place due to local conflicts and wouldn't leave. At that time, it didn't move the upper level of the River Police, making people praise it.

But there is one thing!

In the past, there was a big flood in Huazhu County, the source was the River Police's improper handling of gang affairs, causing the thief leader to hold a grudge, deliberately breaking the Qiu Gong Embankment.

After repairing the embankment, the tributary Black Water River also lowered the river bed of more than ten miles by three feet overnight! Combined with the appearance of the Red Dragon Fish, it made local officials worship it as an "auspicious sign" and report it to the imperial court.

Now looking at it, what "inexplicable", it was clearly Liang Qu "colluding" with the White Ape!

The Yellow Sand River, which is much larger than the Black Water River, is a reproduction of the scene.

"Huai Prince is a wonderful person—"

Great Qian Bingyi narrowed his eyes.

He didn't want to "overturn the case," not to mention offending people without evidence, and there was no benefit.

It was just that before he came to the River Police as an official, Great Qian Bingyi was a silver-plated secret rider in the Three Law Divisions, and he liked to dig out the truth of the case, which gave him a sense of satisfaction in "peeping."

"Governor, I flipped through the files halfway, and found that this matter has a follow-up, it was handled by the Three Law Divisions, because the matter is related to our River Police, so a backup was made." Sinan appeared again and presented the booklet.

"Oh? Is there a follow-up?" Great Qian Bingyi flipped through the files, "Magistrate Jian Magistrate Jian Zhongyi bewitched the Sand River Gang leader? He is the culprit? I have an impression, he let the elders pay back with death? What for?"

"Don't know, the interrogation at that time was listed as military secrets, non-relevant personnel, not allowed to query, but the Huai West Great River Police, in the same year, mobilized a lot of manpower and water beasts to the upper reaches of Blue Lake, crossed us, and all matters were reported directly to the Holy Emperor.

After that, it didn't take two years, Huai Prince also went to Blue Lake, made a big scene in the Bai family of Hantai Prefecture, killed the previous head of the Bai family, and went to the Great Snow Mountain territory, moved back a small mineral vein, often sent Flying Heaven Moon Spring to you, which came from this mineral vein. If you are curious, maybe you can ask Huai Prince directly."

"Not often."

"Hmm, occasionally."

"—"

,, "Clatter."

The silk dissipated, the White Ape disappeared, Liang Qu jumped onto the Creation Treasure Ship with his upper body naked, and the flowing water dripped along the muscle curves onto the deck.

Spat out the mud and sand in his mouth, Liang Qu exhaled a long breath, looking at the flat river channel.

Both banks were boundless, the people had long run away, and a hundred miles ahead, there was no more surging momentum!

How wide and flat, how many big ships can pass?

Except for the turbid and deep yellow river water, where can it be seen as the Yellow Sand River, which was famous for its danger and rapids in the past?

"Rush rush rush!" The Third Prince was excited, "Let's go straight into the East Sea!"

"Not urgent." Liang Qu put on his clothes, "Slow down first, look at the later influence, wait for the River Police's feedback, don't let the mud and sand rush down and block the bottom."

The Third Prince arched his claws: "Boss is worthy of being the Boss, thoughtful and calm!"

"Learned well."

"It's the Boss's good leadership!

"

Liang Qu shook his head, riding the river wind.

Worked hard for an afternoon, probably dug out more than a hundred miles of river bed, the river bed fell by six zhang, twenty meters, and widened part of the river channel, cleared the siltation, and threw the mud and sand to both banks.

Rushing the Yellow Sand River bed was harder than imagined, roughly for three reasons.

One, no Yellow Sand River favor; two, one jin of water, five liang of sand, the coverage of water control dropped significantly, and it could only rush for seventy or eighty miles at most; three, there were too many demon beasts in the whole Yellow Sand River, all in the river channel, violent rushing, inevitably making demon beasts angry, must avoid, further reducing the efficiency of rushing.

"No big lake to accommodate?"

Liang Qu suddenly discovered the difference between the Yellow Sand River and the Huai River.

The Huai River has five big lakes, each famous, tracing back to the past history, all have had demon kings, among which Jianghuai Great Ze has never been broken, with multiple or more.

In addition, there are many small and medium lakes, for demon beasts with lower realms to inhabit.

It seems that the Yellow Sand River has none of these.

It's not because big lakes have big demons, but because big demons have big lakes. Most water beasts live in the river channel. The disaster of water beasts is also an important reason why the water transport of the Yellow Sand River is not developed.

According to a hundred miles in half a day, three hundred miles in a whole day, among which communicating with demon beasts, settling demon beasts, and there are places to evacuate people, wait a few days to see the follow-up, can't bury his head and rush.

"More than 28,000 miles of ground river, really have to do it for a whole year—ground river is only a small part of the Yellow Sand River—"

"Plop."

The table corner hit the ground.

"Wuhu, eat, eat!"

The little river otter moved the table and set it on the deck, the Third Prince entered the seat first.

Otter opened and brought the dishes.

Braised Yellow River Big Carp, Spicy Turtle, River Mouth Knife Fish, Yellow Thorn Stewed Egg—all are seasonal fresh food of the Yellow Sand River.

Forget the bitterness of governing the water, Liang Qu's index finger moved, busy for half a day, come to such a meal, life can't be better.

"By the way, Boss." The Third Prince picked up a piece of turtle skirt, gnawing on the thick gelatin, his little white face covered in brown soy sauce, "Didn't you say before, visit the demon king before rushing the sand?"

"What I said is big rush sand, we are small rush sand today, everything must have a little strategy."

"Ah, what strategy?"

"Taking the initiative to visit, it seems that we are weak, and it's more like begging for fish to do things, maybe we have to bring something else."

"Yi! Bring things, no, no." The Third Prince crossed his dragon claws, "We don't let it move, that's already the Boss's kindness."

"So, make some moves first, express our purpose, wait to be called to the door, that will be completely different."

"Called

"At someone's doorstep—" Liang Qu spat out a fish bone. He had intended to explain, but halfway through, he put down his chopsticks. "Forget it, the fish is here."

The water rippled softly, flowing with different waves, as if a large fish were swimming. The Third Prince's eyes lit up; he wiped away the skirt meat in two bites and crawled to the side of the boat.

In the Shahe River, shadows floated and sank.

A large green fish was poking its head out, looking around. Seeing the Third Prince poking his head out, its expression jolted, and it arched its secondary fins: "This little brother has jade horns and a dashing air; you are quite spirited. Could it be that you are of dragon lineage? May I ask, are the Great Shun Prince Huai and the Jianghuai Ape King on this boat?"

"Wow, you big-headed fish, you have a good eye!" The Third Prince raised a thumb-claw and stroked his dragon horns. "Not bad, I am Prince Huai's right-hand man, known as the Third Prince!"

The green fish demon was overjoyed: "That is truly the best. My Great King learned that distinguished guests had arrived and specially prepared a feast. I wonder if the two Great Kings could do us the honor—"

"Today?" The Third Prince propped up his chin, frowning in thought.

"Uh—" The green fish demon gripped its fins tightly. "Is there something inappropriate?"

"Little green fish, according to the customs of our human race, when inviting someone to dinner, one must call them three days in advance." Liang Qu stepped on the railing with half a foot and interjected.

The green fish demon observed them up and down, unable to gauge their depth. Seeing there was no second person, it hurriedly offered ten large treasure fish: "My lord is dashing and handsome; you must be Prince Huai. My Great King lives in seclusion and doesn't know much about human customs. Alas, today is truly too hurried. I hope the two Great Kings will forgive us. This is a specialty of our Yellow Sand River, the Red Gold Tail, which nourishes Yin and supplements Yang."

"It won't work, it's not that I don't want to go." Liang Qu spread his hands, very helpless. "Three days in advance is not some mandatory etiquette that you can't go if you break it, but it's to notify in advance so the guest can clear their schedule. I have arrangements for today and tomorrow. You see, this is such a mess—"

"Yeah, yeah, my boss has arrangements." The Third Prince nodded repeatedly. "Those local high officials and court dignitaries who want to invite my boss to dinner have to wait in line! As for dragon liver and phoenix marrow, my boss doesn't even look at them."

The green fish demon was speechless: "This—that—"

"We can go, but let's choose another day. You should take these treasure fish back first."

"No, no, that won't do. Since that's the case, please accept the treasure fish, and I will invite you to the feast in three days?"

"Boss?" The Third Prince turned his head. "I think this green fish demon is quite enthusiastic. Why don't we cancel the dinner in Yuzhou? I feel the Green Fish King won't treat us badly, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes, we won't treat you badly, we won't treat you badly. My Yellow Sand River also produces plenty of treasure fish."

"It's truly hard to refuse such kindness—" Liang Qu pinched the bridge of his nose. "Alright then, I'll accept the gift."

"Wuhu! Accepted!"

The Third Prince did a spinning dive, his dragon claws carrying the ten large treasure fish.

The green fish demon was overjoyed: "Thank you, thank you. I will go back now and report the good news to the Great King."

"Green River Duke is too polite, thank Green River Duke for me!"

The fish tail splashed water, and it returned along the river.

Liang Qu watched for a while.

The setting sun shone obliquely, and the shimmering gold dog-toothed intersected.

Done, time to eat!

The red sun sank into the river, the black curtain rose, candlelight shone through the window paper, and the bright moon illuminated the forest. This was a night that caused countless people to suffer from insomnia. After a day of labor, they lay on their beds, the Yellow Dragon circling in their minds, and the roar of the Yellow Sand River echoing in their dreams. In the mountain villages, bonfires soared into the sky, ashes accompanied by sparks rose and danced, and the old shaman performed rituals and prayed all night.

"The blood moon climbs the slope, the mountain ghost cries, at the third watch, we boil wine to feed the River Earl.

Where the Yellow Dragon rises, the black water falls, flesh walks and bones live—don't ask, don't speak—"

The next day.

The treasure boat moved slowly.

The white jade map was spread out, simulating the situation, while Liang Qu ate a large bowl of Yuzhou braised noodles.

People from the Yuzhou River Office came to report early. The leader was a rather pretty girl in black clothes, long hair, a single ponytail, full of capable style, leading two Wolf Smoke colleagues and a pile of documents.

"I am the Chief Clerk of the Yuzhou River Office. Your Highness can call me Si Nan. The Viceroy has said that if Prince Huai has any needs in Yuzhou, you can tell me."

"Oh, you are also a Chief Clerk?" Liang Qu looked up.

"Also?" Si Nan was stunned.

"Nothing, just rambling. Tell me, after the sand flushing yesterday, what happened on both banks? Was there any impact downstream? Were there any major casualties?"

"There has been no additional impact 500 miles downstream so far, and we are still observing. The demon beasts have not yet had any stress reactions or unusual movements."

"Prince Huai and the Ape King have extraordinary power, and everyone admires them. The people on both banks were inevitably frightened, and there was indeed some trampling. Fortunately, thanks to Your Highness's prior warning, the situation was controlled. More than a dozen people were injured, but there have been no deaths so far," Si Nan reported one by one.

Liang Qu knew such things were inevitable and did not blame them, biting off the noodles.

"Take good care of the injured. Next time, your people should evacuate earlier and coordinate well. If there are difficulties in local financial arrangements, you can list them for me, and I will provide assistance as appropriate."

"Prince Huai is benevolent. In addition, I have another matter to report."

"What is it?"

"Yesterday, after the river was leveled, the people voluntarily initiated sacrifices to you. The clerks of the River Office are trying to stop them. Some are slaughtering sheep, some are killing pigs, and some even intend to sacrifice living people, saying—the River God is seeking a marriage."

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