Pray for rain

Chapter 31

When Xie Wei arrived at the living room, two of Xie Taiwei's confidantes were already sitting there drinking tea.Xie Wei stepped forward and saluted, and said, "I am ashamed to keep my two uncles waiting for so long."

Master Xue helped him up and sighed: "It's a good thing you're back, otherwise Xie's residence would be in such a mess." They all knew that Taiwei Xie would not come back, and Xie Wei could at least help Mrs. Xie share some of the burden at home.

Xie Wei said respectfully: "Xie Wei invited the two uncles here today to ask what happened to the turmoil that happened a few days ago."

After listening to their explanations, Xie Wei realized that it hadn't rained or snowed for a long time before, so the Taoist gave the people in the city a utterly unconscionable idea.All the children in the city who met the requirements of the Taoist priest were arrested and sacrificed alive. After the two of them heard about it, they arrested the Taoist priest and warned the people that children were never allowed to be sacrificed alive.Unexpectedly, the Taoist priest was put into prison for a day and a night, and then he was released.

Lord Xue and Lord Zhao went to question the guards who let the Taoist priest go, but unexpectedly they said coldly: "If you can save the people in the whole city, so what if you just use a few children as sacrifices?"

Lord Zhao said to Xie Wei heartbroken, "This is simply insanity!"

Master Xue sighed at the side: "Fortunately, no one has used children as a living sacrifice."

Xie Wei pondered for a moment, then asked, "May I ask the two uncles, do you know the whereabouts of the robbers who robbed my sister a month ago?"

Mr. Zhao shook his head and said, "The guards in the city are no longer under our control. There should be no one to track down those robbers."

They sighed to Xie Wei again, saying that the only daughter in Master Xu's family died at the hands of the robbers that day.Moreover, the bodies of the three missing ladies have not been recovered until now, which is really chilling.

Suddenly the butler came forward and said in a low voice: "Master, there are a few adults outside the door to visit..."

Before Xie Wei could answer, he saw several adults walking into the door, the leader Guo Daren saw Xie Wei and smiled and said: "Your nephew is back, why don't you let me know, so that we can welcome you. "

Xie Wei said, "Even if we don't notify you, everyone will definitely come here uninvited."

Lord Zhao frowned, and gently shook his head at Xie Wei, his eyes full of worry.And Mr. Guo seemed to have not heard Xie Wei's tit-for-tat words, and said with a smile: "Since my nephew is back, please take good care of Mrs. Xie. The affairs in the city are supported by us old bones, so you don't have to worry about your nephew."

Xie Wei suppressed the coldness in his eyes, and calmly said: "That's really troublesome adults." Xie Wei turned to the housekeeper again, "Uncle Chen, see off the guests."

An adult had an aggrieved face, and was about to step forward to teach Xie Wei a lesson, but was stopped by Mr. Guo, and then said: "Then wish Mrs. Xie a speedy recovery, and leave."

After leaving the door of Xie's mansion, an adult said: "Brother Guo, why must you be so patient with that kid, you should have let him know what the sky is high and the earth is thick!"

Mr. Guo looked at the plaque hanging high in Xie's mansion, and said with a smile: "No hurry, Mr. Xie will be happy if you have something in the future."

After seeing off the two adults, Xue and Zhao, in the living room, Xie Wei dragged his tired body back to his room, sitting in front of the desk and thinking about what to do next.

Geng Ze didn't know that Pei Zhen was in Yicheng, so he returned to Zhongshan.After receiving the news, Pei Yu had no choice but to leave Xie's mansion temporarily, and go back to listen to Geng Ze's report on official affairs.

Inside Zhongshan's temple, Geng Ze's eyes gleamed, and he cupped his hands and said to Pei Yu: "Emperor, I have already dealt with the affairs of Yicheng."

Pei Yu asked: "Have you found out what is the cause of the drought in Yicheng?"

Geng Ze replied: "There is little rain in Mobei, but there is no severe drought here. I checked and found out that there was a monster who set up a ban there to prevent the rain from entering and leaving, so the drought continued year after year. .I have already removed the monster, and I think this kind of thing will not happen in the future."

Seeing Geng Ze's radiant face, Pei Yu guessed that it was his first time handling affairs by himself, and he did a good job, so he was happy.

The drought in Yicheng was resolved, and the big rock in Pei Yu's heart also fell, so he said with a smile: "I will let you take a one-month leave, go and rest."

Geng Ze's normally tense face suddenly showed an overjoyed expression, then he saluted Pei Zhen and left in a hurry.I don't know what he was in a hurry to do, it was probably a private matter, Pei Yu didn't have time to think about it, and hurried back to Yicheng.

Back at Xie's mansion, Xie Wei was giving medicine to Mrs. Xie.Seeing his tired face, Pei Yu took the medicine bowl in his hand: "I'll do it."

Seeing him, Xie Wei handed him the medicine bowl, and sat aside to watch him carefully feed Mrs. Xie the medicine.Today, Mrs. Xie's complexion turned ugly again. The housekeeper invited three doctors to come for an interview, and they all said that there was really no other way, and asked Xie Wei to prepare for the funeral.

Pei Yu fed the medicine, followed Xie Wei back to the room, and asked, "Have you thought about what to do next?"

Xie Wei leaned into his arms and said in a low voice: "My mother still needs to visit a famous doctor. I plan to go to that Taoist priest tomorrow to see what kind of person he is."

Pei Yu stroked his back lightly and said, "I'll go with you tomorrow."

Xie Wei nodded, and buried his entire face into Pei Zhen's chest.Pei Yu stroked his long hair lovingly, then asked his servants to prepare some dinner and bring it to him.

On the second day, Xie Wei asked the housekeeper where the Taoist priest lived, and went to look for him with Pei Zhen.

The Taoist priest lived in a thatched hut. Xie Wei stepped forward and knocked on the door, and heard a gentle voice from inside: "The door is open, please come in."

Xie Wei was about to push the door, when Pei Wei suddenly grabbed his wrist tightly.Xie Wei looked back and saw his frowning eyebrows, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Pei Xuan let go of his hand, shook his head, and pushed open the door by himself.For some reason, he suddenly felt a strong immortal energy inside the door just now.But no matter what, he is by Xie Wei's side, so there is no danger.As for that Taoist priest, even if he has immortal energy, he is definitely not a good person. Who would use the life of an innocent child to pray for rain?

After entering, I saw the Taoist priest sitting at the table, pouring a cup of tea for both of them.He looked at Pei Xuan, then smiled at Xie Wei, "This must be Mr. Xie, right?"

Xie Wei nodded, and he said, "Young Master Xie is very similar to your father."

Not wanting to chat with him, Xie Wei asked straight to the point: "It's you who instigated all the adults to pray to the gods for rain with children's live sacrifices?"

The Taoist sighed and said, "I'm just thinking about the people here."

This is a mortal, who doesn't even have a celestial relationship, Pei Yu confirmed it the first time he saw him.Hearing what he said, Pei Yu sneered: "From ancient times to the present, I have never heard of gods asking mortals to sacrifice. On the contrary, those monsters are obsessed with mortal flesh and blood."

The Taoist said sternly: "I don't agree with what you said, why do gods rain for mortals but don't give anything in return?"

Pei Yu was furious in his heart. The emperors of all dynasties in Zhongshan were all rain gods. No one in their clan had ever rained in order to ask mortals to return. The words of this Taoist priest made him feel the anger of being slandered.

The Taoist said again: "If you don't ask for anything in return, why did it snow heavily after sacrificing the three girls?"

Xie Wei's face was pale, and he asked, "The three girls were kidnapped by you?"

Murdered three fresh human lives, but the Taoist priest didn't show any shame on his face, he just sighed: "Without sacrifice, how can we get this heavy snow, and the people in Mobei will not be saved."

The heavy snow was obviously the result of Geng Ze's hard work for many days, but he happened to be bumped into by this Taoist priest, who made him talk nonsense here.Pei Yu was about to refute him, but he heard him say: "Speaking of which, Miss Xie escaped accidentally that day, otherwise it should have been rain instead of snow."

Xie Wei was so angry that he was about to draw his sword and kill the Taoist here.However, Pei Xuan pressed his hand and asked, "How do you know that the life sacrifice will rain?"

This Taoist priest is a mortal, but he has immortal energy in him.Killing people is of no use to him, there should be someone who instigates him to do evil behind the scenes.

The Taoist said in a mysterious way: "Of course this is the will of the gods, you mortals can't hear it."

The Taoist laughed again: "There will be a birthday sacrifice in three days, and it will definitely rain this time. If Mr. Xie is interested, you might as well come and watch it."

"What?" Xie Wei lost his voice, "Who are you going to sacrifice?"

The Taoist made a gesture of seeing off the guests, and said, "If I tell Mr. Xie, won't you mess up my affairs?"

If you ask him again, he closes his eyes and doesn't answer.Xie Wei wanted to kill him, and it was over, but Pei Xuan said in a low voice, "This house is full of hidden guards."

Back at Xie Mansion, Xie Wei quickly transferred all the guards to Xie Yuan's courtyard, and then called Taiwei Xie's confidants to discuss matters in the study.Seeing that he was burning with anxiety, Pei Yu came to Xie Yuan's room.Xie Yuan was sleeping soundly, and Nanny Wen went to take care of Mrs. Xie.

The moment Pei Yuan approached Xie Yuan, Xie Yuan woke up with a start. Pei Yuan immediately cast a spell to silence her, then restrained her and said, "If Yuan Yuan stays still and doesn't scream, I will let you go."

Xie Yuan's eyes were terrified, but he still nodded, and Pei Yu let go of her, undoing the spell cast on her.As soon as the spell was unlocked, Xie Yuan screamed, attracting the maid outside the door: "Mr. Pei?"

Pei Yu asked the maid to go out, and reluctantly took out the things that had been prepared, brought them in front of Xie Yuan, and said softly: "Yuan Yuan doesn't remember? This is the gift that Brother Pei agreed to give you before leaving."

It was a wooden sculpture of a girl riding a horse. The girl looked heroic, and the horse's mane swayed in the wind.This woodcarving was carved by Pei Yu later for Xie Yuan. It was originally carved after Xie Yuan liked the Yinglong woodcarving when he was in Kyoto, but he changed it into a candle dragon and gave it to Xie Wei.He remembered that Xie Yuan was startled when they first met, so he made this wood carving and wanted to give it to her, but when he returned to Yicheng, everything had changed.

The originally smart and well-behaved girl became a frightened bird, not to mention Pei Zhen, even Xie Wei couldn't get close to her.

Seeing Xie Yuan staring at the wood carving intently, Pei Yu handed the wood carving to her and said, "Yuan Yuan knows that neither brother nor I will hurt you, so don't be afraid, okay?"

Xie Yuan took the woodcarving and stopped sobbing.Pei Yu patted her head, and seeing that she didn't react excitedly, she said softly: "Yuan Yuan must take this wooden carving well, and don't throw it somewhere else."

Didn't hear Xie Yuan's response, Pei Yu was still a little worried, so he added another spell to Xie Yuan to protect her.There is his magical power in the wood carving, and it will save Xie Yuan's life if necessary. After all, there are not many people in this world who can break his magic.

Xie Wei had already discussed with the two adults in that room, and when he heard that Pei Zhen was in Xie Yuan's room, he came to look for him.Seeing that Xie Yuan was playing with the wood carving in his hand, but did not scream because of Pei Zhen's existence, Xie Wei stepped forward and wanted to touch her head.However, looking at Xie Yuan's defensive eyes, he withdrew his hand and exited Xie Yuan's house with Pei Yu.

Xie Wei held Pei Zhen's slightly cold hand and said, "Thank you."

Pei Yu smiled: "Thank me for what?"

Xie Wei stared at his reassuring face, and said softly, "Thank you for being by my side and doing so much for me."

Pei Yu hugged him into her arms, sucking the sweet breath from his lips.Xie Wei leaned against him, and responded to his love with lingering lips and teeth.

It took a long time before Pei Yu left his lips and asked, "Have you discussed with the two adults, what should we do about the ceremony in three days' time?"