Chapter 55 Self-immolation and sacrifice to the sky for rain
In the fourth year of Yonghui (653 AD), the sixth day of the fifth month, two hours of Shen.
Yesterday, he was angrily criticized by the imperial envoy. Wu Kang drank to drown his sorrows and was woken up by Jiang Daniu. When he learned that the retirement officer was burning himself to ask for rain, he hurried out of the house in a mess, and fought with horses under his crotch and ran to Jinhua. I really couldn't figure out what the hell did the imperial edict say, how did the three old guys look funny?
There were few pedestrians on Jinhua Road, and probably they had gone to see the self-immolation, so there was no need to worry about traffic accidents. As soon as they drove into Dongming Road, they saw towering firewood piles emitting thick black smoke, and they couldn't see the figures above. The heads were black nearby, and they knelt at the firewood piles, praying for nectar falling from the sky.
Seeing that the situation had already been ignited, many people could not get close to him, so they threw out a few national curses. They pulled the reins and turned the horse's head, entered the alley to take a shortcut, and rushed to the back hall of the state yamen. However, bad luck came, and the bamboo ladder suddenly stretched out from the gate of a family's courtyard. Seeing that the car could not be stopped, the eyes were immediately cracked, their feet were withdrawn from the stirrups, their arms protected their chests, and their eyes closed to the bamboo ladder.
The horse passed by, kissed the blue brick floor with its butt, lost consciousness, felt chest tightness and shortness of breath, and retching a few mouthfuls of sour water. He gritted his teeth and shook his head, held his head up, blew the rogue whistle, turned around and turned back. He pulled off the purse bag at his waist, threw it at the foot of the owner of the household, put the bamboo ladder on his horse's back, stepped on the stirrups, carried the bamboo ladder on his right shoulder, and clamped the horse's abdomen and left.
The man was stunned and stunned. He looked at the copper coins on the floor and the door frame pried open by a ladder. He couldn't come back to his senses for a long time. Is that Wu Lusan? Why did he give me money? It was my fault.
A woman ran out of the main hall and rushed over, picking her up and shouting, "Silly? Get the money quickly! Where is the ladder? Let's repair the door and you will remove it? Kill a thousand swordsman, you can't live this life, you must leave..."
Wu Kang left the alley, ran to the back yamen, carried the ladder into the back door. He ran to the water tank, placed the bamboo ladder and jumped in, pinched his nose and sank down. After ten breaths, he suddenly stood up, gasped heavily, shook his head, wiped off the water from his face, and carried the bamboo ladder to run the front yamen.
The yamen runners gave way, and cried and Jiang Daniu begged. He was a wine bag, and he couldn't do anything well. What bad coach is he? Wu Kang was furious and scolded the yamen runners: "It's lively and beautiful? Hurry up and put out the fire, do you want to get out?"
He stepped out of the gate, regardless of the pungent smoke, looked for a small place for fire, and set up a ladder on the pile of firewood, lifted his robes and climbed up. The yamen runners were stunned. Do you want to burn yourself and worship and pray for rain?
Until he climbed up the pile of firewood, the yamen runners came to their senses and shouted at the top of their voices. Jiang Daniu, who heard the movement, was frightened and ran to the bamboo ladder to climb. Zhang Lushi pulled him down and scolded: "You are not an official, don't affect Mr. Wu's request for rain."
The fart asked for rain, the big bull had a hideous face. He grabbed the collar of the bad guy, slapped him twice, and let out a roar like a cannibal: "Let the bad guys put out the fire, Wu Gong must have three flaws, I can't spare you. Fuck you quickly, hurry up and go get water!"
The bad guys were in chaos, and the yamen runners rushed to the storage room, fetching water to put out the fire. When the masses learned that Wu Kang was on the stage, they burst into trouble and shouted in unison: Wu Gong beg for rain, God will be kind to you...
Wu Kang was so happy that I came to save people, not from Burn. I was too lazy to pay attention to them, so I rushed to Zhao Bie, carried it on my shoulders and left. The old guy struggled violently, yelled to sacrifice his life for justice, and soon cursed again.
He was too lazy to talk nonsense, and knocked him out with a knife, threw him onto the pile of firewood, and ran towards the other two. Bai Sima and Lin Changshi subconsciously hid back, and soon lost consciousness. Wu Kang untied the long rope around his waist, tied the wooden stick in the middle at one end, and tied Zhao Bie to his chest at the other end. He tied it into a firm knot, reached out and lifted him up, and slide down the ladder.
Jiang Daniu caught it, pulled out his sword and cut the rope, and walked away with Zhao Biejia on his back. He walked into the yamen courtyard and placed it directly on the ground, and his hatred made him feel itchy. Is the old slave of the farmer who is full and has nothing to do? It’s not because of you, Mr. Wu will not take risks. He wants to kick it a few times, but when he hears the crying behind him, his family comes over and curses and leaves.
Wu Kang used his old tricks again, tied up Bai Sima and wiped off the sweat on his forehead. He carefully laid the rope. If he left the track of the bamboo ladder, Bai Sima would be burned on a large scale and even lost his life. Three old people are immortal. Look at the unethical things you have done. Have you been studying for decades and you have been reading in the dog's belly?
When my mind was turned around, I vaguely thought of the reason. These old foxes must have agreed. While the imperial envoy was in Wuzhou, I followed Shang Tang and burned my body and asked for rain, and imitated you. I succeeded in asking for rain, and my name was left in history. Li Jiu was moved, and I was promoted and made a fortune, just around the corner; if I failed to ask for rain, I burned my body with a fire, and Li Jiu was moved, and I was rewarded with a posthumous title and benefited my descendants.
Whether they succeed or not, the benefits are great, picking up wheat and baking pancakes, and they are all liars inside and outside. After all, they are over 70 years old and are retired officials, and at most they will retire and return home in one or two years. Wu Kang was really convinced, and for the sake of his official position and offspring, he actually fought for his life.
The fire became increasingly bigger and he sent Lin Changshi halfway. The rope was not long enough and was stiff in the center of the ladder. The flames ignited the robe and spread rapidly all over his body. At a critical moment, the big cow climbed up the bamboo ladder, swung his knife to cut the long rope, and hugged him and jumped down. A few basins of water poured out the fire, hugging the old guy's life.
All three were rescued. Wu Kang breathed a sigh of relief and quickly went down the bamboo ladder. As soon as he went down two steps, he heard the crackling sound, and the bamboo ladder broke. He was so angry that his body fell straight down, and he could instinctively reach out to grab the scavenger. He grabbed the pile of firewood, and the ladder under him fell. The yamen runner exclaimed in surprise.
I felt that my thighs were burning, and I slammed my legs up despite the pain of my hands. If I was not bad as expected, I was cheated by the big bull again, this little bastard would be more than good at doing things. At the same time, the bamboo ladder hit the door frame, and cracks appeared in the middle, barely supporting my weight.
However, every time he sent someone down, the big cow cut the rope, causing the rope to be shortened. He went up the ladder to save Lin Changshi, and the weight of the two completely crushed the bamboo ladder. Wu Kang climbed up the pile of firewood again, looked down, feeling dizzy, and subconsciously closed his eyes.
The firewood pile is more than five meters high and is placed on the campus station. The clock platform is more than two meters high, which is nearly eight meters tall. The blue bricks on the campus station are extremely hard. After comprehensive consideration, you will definitely die if you jump down. Even if you are lucky enough to fall on the clock platform, you will be disabled for life.
The fire still spreads, less than two meters away, and it will not take long to be buried in the fire. I heard Jiang Daniu comfort him and said that he had gone to find a ladder, so don't be anxious for the time being. It's useless to be anxious. Force yourself to calm down and turn around and look forward.
The schoolyard was filled with people, with hands folded in front of their chests, and their pious eyes focused on this side. Wukang stood in the center of ten thousand people, felt the glory, and was crying for evil in his heart. I came to save people, not to burn myself to pray for rain, I was not that noble.
Inadvertently, I found several figures and stumbled over and turned out to be an acquaintance. Cui Xiaoqing, Ruyan, Wushun, and other slaves, including Xiao Cui. Except for Helan Minzhi, they all cried to tears. Cui Xiaoqing was obstructed and squeezed in desperately, with Helan Minzhi protecting him.
Wu Kang withdrew his gaze, closed his eyes and pondered his life. He was hot and sunny on his head, dry firewood and fire. He was in the brazier. The water quickly evaporated and his forehead was sweating like rain.
He heard Jiang Daniu yelling again, and he raised his arms high into his arms. He couldn't hear what he was shouting, but he knew the general meaning: it was too late for the ladder, please jump quickly, I'll follow you.
I couldn't help but shake my head and smile bitterly, you don't understand physics, brother, the so-called gravity acceleration is not a joke. You can't catch it at all, and you can't kill me, and you can't kill me. Wu Kang doesn't want to jump, he turns his brain quickly, checks around, and hopes to save himself.
Time passes by, the temperature becomes higher and higher, the mouth and tongue are dry, and the eyes are dark, and there is still nothing to do. The firewood pile is spinning around, and I can really understand what ants are on the hot pan.
The flame spread, like a soul-catching messenger. Thick smoke quickly formed, and tears flowed through the eyes. The smoke entered the lungs, and they squatted down to caress the chest and coughed. At this moment, I finally understood why a high-rise building caught fire. I knew that jumping off the building would die, but I was still resolute. This feeling was so uncomfortable.
The desire to jump off the building became stronger and stronger. Wu Kang gritted his teeth. Even if he fell to death, it would be better than burning him slowly. He rushed towards the flames in the direction of the bamboo ladder. He was blessed by gods and Buddhas in the sky, so don’t let me die if I fell to death. I will be disabled for life.
Suddenly, thunder sounded, stopped instantly, looked up at the sky. A large area of black clouds in the east sky, and a cool breeze soon came. Is it going to rain?
I burst into tears, and I knelt down to the east, stretched my arms and closed my eyes, and prayed devoutly: Amitabha, the infinite heavenly master, the omnipotent Lord, the Virgin Mary... I pity me, it rains quickly, I will definitely believe in you in the future!
The strong wind blows the ponytail behind the head; the dark clouds cover the sky, covering the scorching sun; the pouring rain waters all things on the earth; the joy shakes the sky, shaking the mind and heart. Slowly open your eyes, look at the wisps of blue smoke, slowly raise your head, let the raindrops slap the face, hurt and happy.
The pain was unbearable, and she suddenly stood up, wiping her face freely, facing the north and south, facing the crowd. There was such a storm, no one went home to collect his clothes, and the demons danced on the school field. They either stretched their arms and raised their faces, opened their mouths to eat the rain, or shouted at the top of their throats.
He was stunned for a long time and laughed out loud. Even the superstar concert was not as exciting as it was. Hawkeye searched the crowd and found the person he wanted to see the most: the bodyguard stood in a concave shape, Wu Shun hugged Minyue, waving his arms excitedly; Minzhi clasped his hands together, smiling happily; Cui Xiaoqing clasped her fingers and her eyes were straight.
With a sound of "Wu Gong's mighty", Jiang Daniu supported the role; with several sounds of "Wu Gong's mighty", the dogs started to stir up; with countless "Wu Gong's mighty", the scene was quite shocking. It was like the waves of people on the football field, accompanied by the "magnificent" sounds of each other, and the crowd bowed to him.
It's a bit interesting. He was so excited that he was urinating quickly, and his qi and blood couldn't stop surging. He waved his hand seriously, and his majestic voice became even more tidy and rhythmic, completely covering up the sound of rain. The melon-eating crowd bowed to him and Wu Gong was so powerful that he was tsunami. He pretended to be a little too big. He really wanted to wave his arms: "Thank you, comrades!"
The wind speed gradually decreases, the dark clouds are already heavy, and Wukang is completely relieved. As long as the strong wind does not rise and the dark clouds are not blown away, and the heavy rain lasts for two days, the drought in Wuzhou will be able to slow down.
Looking back on this farce, the three old guys were calculated, but I picked peaches. They burned themselves to sacrifice to the sky, prayed, sat quietly, and lit the fire to make a show. God just didn't give him any face, and there was no rain. I'll take you down and it's time to rain down. What does it mean?
It means that you have failed, it means that I am sincere in my heart. When the news comes to Chang'an, the rewards are absolutely generous, promotion is possible, and reputation is also abstaining from the name of the name. Who will call you "Martial Psychic" again? Will there be fans who will be angry and will be able to burn your body and ask for rain?
The more I thought about it, the more beautiful I felt, I looked ahead and found a familiar figure. A dozen people came over hurriedly, Lao Cui, Wang Jingshi, and the six major military officers were behind, and a large number of militia accompanied me. When they learned about the passing, the militiamen knelt down without saying a word, and they all bowed down to worship. They were all locals, who would not want it to rain?
Di Renjie was completely convinced and bowed to the end. At the same time, he secretly decided who would call Wu Lugan "Wu Ling" again, and I would swear to death. The five major military officers were confused. Are our immediate superiors so noble? I won't believe it if I beat him to death! However, let's salute him as well.
As a qualifying father-in-law, Cui Yixuan naturally did not rituals. He looked extremely excited and looked up at the imperial censor Wang. Emperor Wang did not hesitate and bowed to the end. No matter how bad the martial arts and flatterers are, as long as they burn their bodies and ask for rain, they should be able to pay their respects.
The old guy was happy and the flowers were blooming. Wu Ling was scolded by me, and he woke up from his heart and imitated Shang Tang to burn his body and pray for rain. The heavens will live up to heaven, bringing down sweet rain, and solving the drought in Wuzhou. This is a merit of education, and it is unreasonable to not promote me, right?
Even if you don’t get promoted, you will have even greater contributions. Wulugan’s Chameng rice test field really shocked me. The old farmer in charge said that in another twenty days, the rice will mature. The emergence of Chameng rice has changed the pattern of spring planting and autumn harvest. The Jiangnan region has harvested for two seasons a year, which is a huge contribution.
Touching the rice ears in his arms, Lao Wang's blood was gushing out, and his breath became heavy. The rice ears of Chameng rice were more than an inch longer than Tang rice, and the yield per mu increased by at least 30%. The nearby rice fields withered and withered, but they were drought-resistant and vigorous, which was auspicious!
The Imperial Master Wang made up his mind and wrote a memorial when he returned to the headquarters, and sent him to Chang'an in a hurry for 500 miles. The court must be shocked and he would send important officials to come. At that time, he would be rewarded according to merits and would be difficult to not be promoted. This person was overjoyed and decided to become a fan of Wukang. Whoever called "Wu Ping" would not give me face.
Cui Yixuan glanced at him, understood his plan, was too lazy to care, and ordered everyone to act. He persuaded the people to go home, so he would not get infected with the wind and cold. He ordered the militia to prepare a ladder and let the coward come down quickly and not always want to show off. It would be enough.
Wu Kang on the pile of firewood saw the emperor Wang performing a tribute, and it felt so good. He was so slapped in the face. He was complacent, and a thunder blew up in the sky completely brought him back to his senses. He pretended to be struck by lightning, so he quickly roared at the big bull: "Hurry up and set up the ladder, I want to go down!"
Jiang Daniu immediately ordered the yamen runners to lift the ladder and set up a few more lightning sounds. He was so scared that he fell down and lowered the bamboo ladder. He was afraid and pretended to be like a lightning rod, and he was trying to die!
He quickly got down the firewood pile and told people nearby to dodge it quickly. He should not hide next to the firewood pile on thunderstorms. The third lightning bolt had eyes and was slashing on the firewood pile. The firewood pile exploded in an instant. Wooden sticks flew around, and more than ten people were knocked down, and some even caught fire.
In an instant, there was a huge chaos, and the crowd fled around, something big was going to happen! Wu Kang roared, and the yamen runner pulled out the sword, but it was still useless, and it was inevitable that the chaos would be trampled. At this moment, when Cui Xiaoqing thought of him, he gritted his teeth and pushed the yamen runner away, squeezed into the crowd and shouted: "On ordinary lightning strike, not thunder god is angry, don't panic... Sister Jiuniang Shun, where are you?"
Cui Yixuan was shocked and ordered all militias to be dispatched to force the order. The six major military officers came over and protected Lao Cui at the base of the wall. Wang Yushi looked like a slut, and he knocked open the shop next to him, which attracted everyone's contempt. This was a crime, and Di Renjie immediately rebuked Lao Cui and pushed Lao Cui into the door.
The chaos continued, Wu Kang was strong and strong, and finally found that Xiaoqing and the others were being hugged by the bodyguards and headed to the law firm. Seeing Wu Shun's face, the heart that had just been relieved was raised again. She was pulled by the bodyguards, struggled hard, and looked anxious.
Without seeing Minzhi, Wu Kang immediately understood that while resisting the crowded crowd, he shouted the name "Minzhi". He went abroad to scold him from time to time. Isn't the ignorant person just thunder and firewood? What's there to be afraid of?
His face became more and more ugly, and he ran around like a headless fly. He suddenly saw a familiar figure, hiding in the southwest corner, holding his head in his hands and trembling. He quickly squeezed over, grabbed his hair and lifted it up, and heard the familiar and painful sound, and was overjoyed: "I am your uncle, Minzhi is afraid of it!"
The boy chilled and looked up instantly. His pale face and two lines of tears fell. Wu Kang stretched out his arms and put them on his neck, and said lightly: "A man is a real man, he will shed blood but not, wipe the tears away."
After scolding him, he turned around with difficulty, his back was close to the corner of the wall, his fingers were tied with his arms, blocking the chaotic crowd. For about half a minute, he had fewer hands holding his hair, so he should have wiped away his tears. He nodded with relief, and he looked like a man! This guy obviously forgot that he was crying like a coward when he was on the pile of firewood and heard the thunder.
Soon, I heard Minzhi shout "Ah Mom". I looked up at the opposite side and saw Xiaoqing and Wu Shunchong waving at the door of the law firm. They were safe and were stepping on the table. Seeing that Minzhi and I were safe, I shouted excitedly.
The dark clouds gradually dissipated, the rain was much smaller, and the crowd became sparse. This chaotic accident, someone must take the blame. If what was expected was not bad, the three initiators were the best targets to take the blame. They gave up halfway through the burning of their bodies and asked for rain, causing stampede accidents, and wait for bad luck. If death occurs, they will all lose their official position.
The crowd completely dispersed, and more than a dozen wounded people lay on the ground, some of them were silent, some were moaning and moaning. Wu Kang put down Minzhi, turned on the wounded recently, reached out to vent his nose, and his mouth was covered with viciousness. This person was dead, they had to lose their official position, and they were notorious.
Wu Kang felt that he was not wronged, and even gloating, he was all you were accused of making trouble, almost killing me, and deserved it! He called Jiang Daniu and ordered lightly: "This is dead, confirm your identity and notify your family to claim it."
Daniu Yingnuo left, and Xiaoqing hurried over. Realizing that the public was full of public, the embracing posture was halfway through, the two arms were in a stalemate in the air, and their pretty face was blushing. Wu Kang felt Coke, and showed his gesture to the bodyguard. The bodyguard immediately acted, surrounded the human wall side by side, blocking the view outside the wall.
The hug was finally completed, Cui Xiaoqing complained in a low voice: "What can you do to show off? What can you do if you can't think about it?"
Wu Kang joked: "It's all Zhao Biejia, that old man is too bad. Hehe... Even if I can't think about it, I will choose a comfortable way to die. The self-immolation is too heroic."
Cui Xiaoqing whitened his eyes and pouted and said without saying anything. Wu Kang comforted him a few words and said in a slow tone: "I will stay for the aftermath, and I will probably have to have a meeting. Go back and take a hot bath, drink two bowls of ginger soup, cover yourself with a quilt and cover your head to sleep, and don't get infected with the cold."
At this time, the bad guy reported, Lao Cui notified the meeting, Wu Kang removed the wall and ordered Jiang Daniu: "Check the entire Dongming Road, register the dead, and send the injured to Dr. Hua to treat it. Clean up the rotten wood and send it to...Don't take the lord, Sima, Changshi's Mansion."
When he arrived at the yamen, he met Di Renjie and greeted each other. Old Xier whispered: "Congratulations to Wu Luguan, you are about to be promoted again!"
Wu Kang said twice and said lightly: Next month's rent will increase by two more coins.
Di Laoxier Petrochemical...
Chapter completed!