Chapter 5

Once the rain started, it never stopped.

It rained for seven whole days, and the entire city of Xinzheng was almost flooded.

Although the earlier drought had made the monarch and officials of the State of Han anxious, when the flooding was about to appear, the King of Han and the others hoped the rain would stop soon.

If it continued to fall, the King of Han was prepared to ask that gentleman who had prayed for rain to go and pray for clear skies.

Fortunately, in the end, he did not ask that gentleman to pray for clear skies.

Because since the morning, the downpour had begun to gradually turn smaller, and by the afternoon, there was only a drizzling, misty rain. This rain was clearly about to stop.

However, the impact this rain brought to the State of Han was extremely great.

First, the seven days of downpour allowed the dried-up ponds and reservoirs of the State of Han to become full again. The drought was basically over. Even if it were clear for a while longer, with sufficient water sources, it would be enough to support until the autumn harvest season.

Secondly, for the monarch and officials of the State of Han, their cognition was overturned.

It turned out that in this world, there really were capable people and extraordinary scholars who could summon wind and rain.

In the Wang Cheng, in a palace room that the King of Han had people temporarily cleared out, in the incense burner, blue smoke curled, releasing a strange fragrance.

Su Xuan had changed into a white garment, looking even more handsome and refined.

Behind the King of Han followed some attendants, who carried several boxes and placed them on the ground.

"I know that you, sir, might not look down on these yellow and white things, but earlier, with the long drought and no rain, I issued a bounty for capable people to pray for rain and once offered a bounty of ten thousand gold."

"Now, you, sir, have successfully prayed for rain for my State of Han, resolving this drought that is rare to see in decades!"

"Please accept these yellow and white things!"

As the King of Han spoke, he ordered people to open the boxes.

Immediately, the golden-yellow things shone into Su Xuan's eyes.

Su Xuan just glanced at them slightly and ignored them.

Seeing this, the King of Han could not help but sigh inwardly. Sure enough, he was a peerless expert, unmoved by these external things. If the edict hadn't already been issued, in order to show a posture of keeping his word in front of this expert, he would not have wanted to take out these ten thousand gold.

Ten thousand gold was enough to cover one-tenth of the border army's military pay.

Even for him, taking these out made his heart ache immensely.

But some face had to be maintained.

"Since it is Your Majesty's request, then I will accept these things!" Su Xuan said lightly.

Upon hearing this, the King of Han felt another pang of heart-ache, and his face could not help but twitch.

Su Xuan could not help but smile faintly inwardly, knowing that the King of Han was reluctant to part with this gold, but he did not decline these things. People must keep their word; he prayed for rain for the King of Han, and these things were originally what he deserved.

Now, with the rain successfully prayed for, if nothing unexpected happened, he already had some status in the King of Han's mind.