“It’s almost July!”

Seeing Liu Yi packing his luggage, Wu Shuang felt a little depressed and murmured to himself.

"Are you worried?" Liu Yi asked.

"I can't accompany you to the Holy Capital City!" Wushuang's eyes showed a trace of reluctance: "On the seventh day of July, I am going to Tianzhu Mountain to wait for the lady!"

"The seventh day of July is a good day, but there is no Qiqiao Festival in the Jin Dynasty!" Liu Yi thought in his mind. Although there are many similarities between this world and the previous life, there are also some differences. For example, on the seventh day of July, the Cowherd meets the Weaver Girl.

This festival does not exist in this world.

"After I go to see the lady, I will go to the Holy Capital City to meet you!" Wushuang walked up to Liu Yi and said while helping him pack his bags.

"Don't worry! I can do it myself!" Liu Yi replied with a smile.

"By the way, when do you plan to leave?" Wushuang continued.

"Today is the first day of July, and I plan to leave tomorrow!" Liu Yi replied.

"Why are you in such a hurry? The scientific examination is on August 15th!" Wushuang was surprised.

"I plan to practice on the road and strengthen the sword energy of the Manjusri Barrier-Breaking Sword and Samantabhadra Sword!"

"That's fine!" Wushuang naturally knew the importance of spiritual practice and forced himself to follow the path of joy.

"You have to go to the Holy Capital City to find me as soon as possible, before August 15th!" Seeing Wushuang's unhappy look, Liu Yi stood up, reached out and gently held her waist, and said.

"Don't worry! I will definitely arrive in time and won't let you reveal the secret!" Wushuang felt a little happy and lay beside Liu Yi and said.

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Yi left Taizhou Mansion with the reluctance of his family and embarked on the road to the Holy Capital City.

Midsummer is approaching, and the weather is extremely hot. It is the time when people's anger is at its strongest. Liu Yi walked along the way, passing through counties and prefectures, using the Manjushri Barrier-Breaking Sword and the Samantabhadra Lotus Sword together. He used the Barrier-Breaking Sword to resolve his obsessions.

, uses the sword on the lotus to calm people's hearts. Wherever he goes, the people appear peaceful and peaceful.

After nearly half a month of work, Liu Yi only felt that the sword energy was full, and his own true energy was also full. The bulging feeling was everywhere.

On July 14th, Liu Yi had arrived in Pingkang County, a county town on the edge of the Grand Canal in Kyoto. It was located at the heart of the canal, with convenient transportation, numerous businesses, and densely populated areas.

The Jingyuan Grand Canal was built thirty years after Dingding of the Liang Dynasty. It connects the Holy Capital City up to Yuanzhou City on the East China Sea. It connects nine major water systems and is an important road for north-south transportation. It took twenty years to build and seven years died.

It took 1.3 million people to build it, with a total length of 16,000 miles.

Before Liu Yi entered Pingkang County, he saw a giant iron tower from a distance, rising up from the clouds and standing out suddenly. The tower had nine sides and nine floors, and a huge copper bell hung on each corner.

When the wind blows, the bells ring and can be heard dozens of miles away.

"This is the legendary River Town Tower!"

After seeing the pagoda, Liu Yi immediately remembered the origin of the pagoda in his mind.

Although the Beijing-Yuan Grand Canal brought great convenience to transportation between the north and the south, too many people died during its construction. Both sides of the thousands-mile river are covered with bones. Moreover, as it traveled across states and prefectures, many ancestral graves were dug.

, broke the yin veins and crypts of many families. Legend has it that when it was connected to the last section of the river in Pingzhou Prefecture, the river swelled and its color was like blood. Millions of innocent souls haunted the river, so they obtained this thousands-mile artery.

It turned into a ghost river.

In order to solve this problem, the Emperor of Liang Dynasty issued an order to ask practitioners to solve this problem. Then someone proposed to build a river tower. Finally, the emperor ordered to kill the canal supervisor Ma Mou and the following 3,400 supervisors.

All the iron tools used in building the canal were collected. In the middle section of the canal, where Pingkang City is now located, a river suppression tower was built. The bodies of Ma Mou and 3,400 overseers were suppressed under the tower. The tower was completed.

At this time, the river water turned from red to clear, the blood color faded, and the guilty souls and all were collected into the river calming tower.

Although the Liang Dynasty solved the problem of the canal ghost, it also lost the support of the people. At the same time, natural disasters continued, the people were displaced, and finally war broke out, and the country fell apart. Six hundred years ago, the Jin Dynasty controlled the rebellion of the world.

and the smoke and dust, and reunited the world.

"Who can explain the rise and fall of the ages. The construction of the canal was originally a matter of benefiting the people, but it was built too quickly at the beginning, so it caused such trouble. Now the Jin Dynasty has made it because of the benefits of the canal.

All peoples return to their hearts. This is how the predecessors planted trees and the descendants enjoy the shade!"

As he walked towards Pingkang County, Liu Yi thought about it.

"It's so strange, why is there no one there?"

As he walked along, it became more and more strange. Pingkang County is the transportation hub of the world. It should be full of pedestrians and ships like ants. But Liu Yi walked along the way, but there was not even a soul. If it weren't for the green trees around

There was shade, the flowers were in full bloom, the sky was clear, and the sun was shining brightly in the sky. He almost thought he had entered a ghost realm.

When he reached the main gate of Pingkang County, Liu Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief, but saw that the gate was open and there were two rows of government officials standing in front of it.

"Dangdangdang..."

Seeing Liu Yi appear, a government official rang the gong in his hand. The sound of the gong was rapid, like a warning signal.

Hearing the sound of the gong, Liu Yi was even more surprised, but he did not expect that such a custom existed here. As he was walking forward, the government servant who had just played the gong ran to him angrily, opened his mouth and said: "Where did the monk come from, walking like this?"

Wait, are you looking for death?"

Liu Yi was surprised, frowned slightly, and felt slightly unhappy in his heart.

"If you want to enter the city, go in quickly, otherwise don't go in. It's going to be dark soon. We don't want to wait for you here, lest we lose our lives!" Before Liu Yi could say anything, the yamen officer continued.

"Lao Zhang, this master must have come from afar and doesn't know what's going on here. Just tell me, what's the point of being anxious?" At this moment, another government servant came over and persuaded.

"Brother Liu, it's going to get dark soon, can I not be in a hurry?" The yamen servant named Lao Zhang looked up at the sky and asked worriedly.

"There's still time. It won't be too late for us to go home after the sun sets!" Brother Liu also raised his head and glanced at the sky before saying.

"Tell this master that I will go to the city to inspect and see if every household has prepared their things. But if any household fails, we will have to collect the bodies the next morning!" Lao Zhang listened.

After Brother Liu said this, he stopped yelling. Instead, after saying a few words, he turned around and entered Pingkang County with the gong in hand.

Seeing Lao Zhang's hurried pace, Brother Liu laughed and said a Buddhist salute to Liu Yi: "Master, don't blame him. In the past few years, foreigners who did not listen to advice died here every year. He

This is also because I am in a hurry, so I am not polite when I speak, but I still have a good heart."

After listening to the conversation between the two, Liu Yi didn't know that there must be something going on. Moreover, people's lives were involved. Analyzing Lao Zhang's tone at this time, although he was impatient, he also meant well. He smiled and said: "Of course not.

Would you blame him? The poor monk and layman also have the surname Oak Willow. Come to think of it, we were still the same family five hundred years ago?"

After listening to Liu Yi's words, Brother Liu smiled honestly: "My name is Liu Sanduo. I am lucky to have the same surname as Master!"

"What a good name. May you be blessed, live long, and have many descendants!" After Liu Yi praised him, he then asked: "Donor Liu, is it possible that anything strange will happen in Pingkang County after dark?"

"Why!"

Liu Sanduo let out a long sigh: "On July 15th, the gate of ghosts opens, and all the ghosts, big and small, come out!"

"Today is July 14th!" Liu Yi counted with his fingers, and then asked: "People and ghosts have different paths. Even if the door of ghosts is wide open, it won't cause panic, right?"

"Master, you don't know something!" Liu Sanduo raised his head and glanced at the sky, but saw that the sun was already in the west, and then he continued: "Master, it turns out that he is a guest, so he will stay under his roof tonight!"

"Why is this so embarrassing?" Liu Yi refused: "I'll just find an inn!"

"No inn is open tonight!" Liu Sanduo explained: "If the master doesn't want to live in the house, then he can stay outside the city for one night and then go back to the city after dawn tomorrow, and everything will be fine.

Hearing what Liu Sanduo said, Liu Yi was even more surprised, and even more interested in going to the city to have a look, and said: "In that case, I'll bother the donor!"

"It's an honor for me to have the master here!" Liu Sanduo smiled and led Liu Yi into Pingkang County.

As soon as he entered the city, Liu Yi saw an offering table in front of every household. The offering table was covered with red cloth, and eight plates were placed on it, which contained a variety of exquisite pastries and cakes.

Honey money and other items. Some people also have clothes, bellybands and other items used by children on their altar tables. Judging from their style and size, they are all items used by babies as old as three or four years old.

"Master, please wait a moment. I will go and close the city gate and then come find Master!" Liu Sanduo said, and after getting Liu Yi's permission, he went to close the door with all the government officials.

After a short effort, Liu Sanduo came back and took Liu Yi to his house.

Walking up the long street, there are more offering tables. In addition to cakes and clothes, there are also several wealthy households placing children's toys in front of the offering tables. They are all rattles, hand bells, etc., which are well made and look quite cute.

"Donor Liu, why is this city filled with all these things?" Liu Yi asked.

"When the ghost gate opens on July 15th, countless ghost babies will swim out. As long as they receive these things, they will no longer harm others!" Liu Sanduo explained.

"With the ghost baby wandering out, could it be that there was a major plague here?" Liu Yi asked.

"That's not true. Those ghost babies are babies that were eaten during the construction of the canal. They are all three or four years old!" Liu Sanduo sighed deeply.
Chapter completed!