Chapter 313: Denied Entry, Collapse of the Treasure Pavilion
The Wu River God slammed the teacup in his hand onto the table and said, "He won't give up? Why won't he give up?"
Gong Mengbi lowered his eyes and said, "He doesn't know our difficulties. We have no water, so how can we help them? This is a natural drought, which cannot be controlled by human power."
The Wujiang River God sneered and said, "Do you think he's thinking about the people? He's using my name to make money, and now that he's had a taste of the sweetness, he won't stop."
Gong Mengbi only said one word of comfort, "After all, he is the governor of the human world, so my lord should be on guard against him."
The Wujiang River God waved his hand and said, "I know what's going on."
Gong Mengbi then withdrew and waited for the prefect to come in person.
At night, the prefect and the old housekeeper came ashore.
The old butler guarded the carriage, and the prefect went to the water's edge alone and threw a pearl.
The pearl fell into the water, alarming the patrolling sailors, who then reported the incident to higher authorities and eventually to the Wujiang River God.
The Wu River Water God listened to the report and said, "No, don't pay any attention to him."
The sailor threw the pearl back into the water, and it rolled to the feet of Governor Zhang.
Zhang Taishou was so angry that his face turned blue. He said, "Brilliant! What a great water god of the Wu River!"
He flew into a rage and threw the pearl onto the riverbank. The pearl broke away and fell into the water, never to be seen again.
The old butler heard the noise and hurried forward to see what was going on.
Then he roared, "When he wanted incense and spiritual practice, he was so kind to me. Now that he has incense, he has turned against me and refused to let me in. He is unworthy of being a water god!"
The old housekeeper hesitated and said, "Why not ask the young lady to speak for me..."
"Don't mention her to me..." Governor Zhang cursed, "The two of them are in cahoots with each other, neither of them is a good person!"
Gong Mengbi was sitting on a floating stone by the water. Seeing the governor Zhang venting his anger, with rage rising to his head, he rolled his eyes slightly, pinched a little of the incense in his arms that could stimulate his anger, and threw it into the wind.
Prefect Zhang became increasingly furious and excited, his resentment turning into foul language, which he vented at the Wujiang River God and Madam Huayin.
The old housekeeper was horrified when he heard this and hurried over to pull him away.
He broke free and kept swearing at Wujiang.
The Wu River God knew he was coming and was watching closely. Hearing such abuse, he was trembling with anger and said, "General Nian, go and give him some retribution and tell him to shut up!"
General Nian came on orders, but did not show up. He just performed a small spell, and Prefect Zhang slipped and slid into the water with a splash.
General Nian grabbed his ankles and pulled him into the water until he was completely submerged. He choked on the water several times and finally shut up.
Gong Mengbi laughed and disappeared on the cobblestones.
Prefect Zhang was so frightened that he thought he was going to drown in the Wu River.
The old butler finally pulled him out of the water and helped him into the carriage, which then hurried away.
Gong Mengbi didn't need to see it to know that after this incident, Prefect Zhang and the water god of Wujiang River would become enemies.
How could Governor Zhang be a good person? The water god of Wujiang River dragged him into the water, which was a threat to his life and would definitely bring revenge.
The water god of Wujiang River was proud and arrogant, and would not bow his head even if he was verbally abused by him.
Gong Mengbi was just going with the flow and saw such a gratifying situation, but to make it burn, he needed to add more fuel to the fire.
However, how big this fire will burn depends on how Madam Hanane reacts.
Mrs. Huayin found out about this the next day.
Gong Mengbi accidentally let the cat out of the bag, causing the guards in the palace to hear that the water god of Wujiang River dragged Zhang Taishou into the water and almost drowned him.
The guards in the mansion told the maid, who then heard it spread and finally reached Madam Huayin's ears.
Then Gong Mengbi met Madam Huayin.
This is a female fairy who looks quite gorgeous. Her two sword-like eyebrows are very heroic, making her beauty look aggressive.
Madam Huayin started arguing with the water god of Wujiang River.
Gong Mengbi was not in the inner palace and did not hear clearly what was happening, but there was a lot of noise from things being thrown around. Then Madam Huayin collapsed her boudoir and left in anger.
The sailors tried to stop her, but the Wujiang River God roared, "Let her go!"
Madam Huayin turned into a stream of light and disappeared, and no one knew where she went.
A treasure pavilion in the Wujiang Water Palace collapsed and needed to be renovated. The scattered people coming in and out gave Gong Mengbi many opportunities.
Gong Mengbi found out from the inner palace guards that Madam Huayin had a big quarrel with the water god of Wujiang River, and they started by talking about the matter of Prefect Zhang.
The water god of Wujiang River said that his words were rude and punished him slightly.
Madam Hua Yin asked the governor Zhang why he spoke so rudely and why he was stopped on the shore and could not enter the water palace.
The water god of Wujiang River could no longer hide the secret and told everyone about his conspiracy with Governor Zhang. This angered Madam Huayin and she wanted to take back the magic lamp.
The Wujiang River God refused, and the two men started fighting.
Madam Huayin was no match for the Water God of Wujiang River, so she turned around and collapsed the treasure pavilion, saying that she had cut off all ties with the Water God of Wujiang River and would never see him again.
This was naturally good news for Gong Mengbi. He took this opportunity to search the inner palace thoroughly. He was the only one left in the temple of the Wujiang Water God, and he was not allowed to enter.
The Dragon Palace of the Wujiang River is the center of the Wujiang River's water veins.
The palace of the Wujiang River God is the core of the Water Palace Dragon Palace. It contains the water-controlling artifact, a treasure from the Tianfu Palace, which is specially used to sort out the water veins.
This artifact does not belong to the Water God of Wujiang River. If the Water God of Wujiang River is promoted or demoted, this artifact must remain in Wujiang River to suppress the water veins. It is a precious artifact of the mountains and rivers, and is also the second certificate of the Water God.
The first proof is naturally the divine position granted by the gods.
Gong Mengbi glanced at the palace of the Wujiang River God from afar and secretly contacted Fuxin.
That night, the people who secretly worshipped the Tangxi Dragon God had a dream.
In the dream, the dragon god, with only broken horns and scales, thanked them and said, "Thanks to the incense, my body and soul have been stabilized, and I have escaped with my life. But the water god of Wujiang River is colluding with the prefect, one seeking incense and the other seeking money. There is no place for redress for grievances on earth, and there is no place for redress for grievances against the gods either."
"The Wu River water god has been burned to death and refuses to bring rain. You must find another way to save your lives."
After waking up from the dream, the people communicated with each other and found that they had all had the same dream, so they knew it was a warning from the gods.
The news spread from one person to ten, and then to a hundred, and soon it spread everywhere.
The water god of Wujiang River demanded offerings, and the prefect wanted to collect incense taxes. It was obvious that there was collusion between humans and gods.
If the people do not fight with the officials, they will not think of provoking the government as long as they can survive.
But the water god of Wujiang River stopped sending rain. People could tolerate it, but the crops in the fields could not.
Such rumors arose, coupled with the fact that the prefect Zhang had failed to offer sacrifices to the gods.
The gap in people's hearts released tremendous power, and this power made Jinhua County and even Dongyang County boil.
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