It ends at Gezhou in the north and Yangchun Kingdom in the south.
Yangchun Kingdom is a small country in the south. It has more than ten cities and ports, its capital is Yangchun City, and its population is about 500,000.
It is not a vassal state of a big country in the west with a lot of money. The land is small and the people are poor. They live on a mountain range that produces secret gold.
To the east of the Mijin Mountain Range, there is a Yellow Leaf Village.
At dawn, in a dilapidated courtyard at the east end of the village, a thin man carried an old woman out of the main room.
A little girl of five or six years old followed behind, struggling to pull a bamboo chair.
When the little girl dragged the bamboo chair across the threshold and placed it in the yard, the thin man carefully put the old mother on her back.
Looking at his sleeping mother walking on the bamboo chair, a trace of worry flashed in the eyes of the thin man.
Then he turned to the little girl next to him and said, "Xiaohua, take good care of grandma. Daddy will be back when it gets dark. There are porridge, steamed buns, and a lot of dried meat in the kitchen. Don't forget to eat it at noon."
The little girl held the bamboo chair and raised her little face and said, "Don't worry, dad, he will definitely take good care of grandma. When Mrs. Liu's house next door cooks at noon, he will make hot porridge and feed it to grandma."
The thin man showed a gratified smile on his face, and rubbed her hair with some distress, and warned: "I don't forget to eat it myself. Those dried meats were prepared for me. Grandma's teeth are not good, so she can't eat them."
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The little girl nodded: "He knows, dad, don't worry. Dad, when can I take grandma to the county hospital for medical treatment?"
"He heard from Erniu that her brother had suffered from an illness before. Later, her father took him to the county town to find a doctor, and he was taken care of."
The thin man glanced at the mine not far away, and finally looked at the old mother sitting on the chair, and replied: "Soon, in half a year, when dad has saved enough money, he will take grandma to the county town for medical treatment."
"When the time comes, I'll also take it from Xiaohua and buy Xiaohua's favorite candied haws."
The little girl almost started drooling when she thought about the sweet candied haws she had eaten a few years ago.
But she held it back and said with a smile: "Yeah, let's treat grandma first. After she is cured, he and grandma will go to the mountains to pick honeysuckle and sell them for money, and then buy candied haws to eat."
"When the time comes, buy three skewers, one for him, one for grandma, and one for dad!"
The thin man suppressed the sourness in Dong's heart, smiled lovingly, and said: "Buy four bunches, two bunches of flowers, one bunch each for him and grandma. The children will eat more so they can grow taller."
The little girl nodded happily: "Yeah."
Then he told someone to take care of his grandma at home and some things he needed to pay attention to. The thin man took two dry and hard heads out of the house and went to the mine behind the village.
The morning fog gradually disperses and the rising moon rises. It is a day full of hope.
Xiaohua stood at the gate of the courtyard, watching her father disappear at the end of the village. Then she returned to the courtyard, where she first went to find the leftover wild vegetable soup from last night, and fed the chickens and ducks in the cage with the earthworms she had dug up early.
Then he brought a small wooden stool, walked beside the bamboo chair, and pinched grandma's legs with his calves while singing the little tune that her mother had taught her before.
"One plow ox can occupy half a field. The harvest depends on the sky, and the harvest depends on the sky."
"After the rain, the sky is clear and you can drive in a small boat, with fish on one side and sprinkles on the other..."
The wind blows from the village fields, passing by the mulberry trees and jujube trees in the village, and blows into the yard. The leaves rustle, as if they are singing in harmony with her.
I don’t know how long it took, but Xiao Hua, who was humming a song, heard a commotion outside the yard.
She couldn't hold it any longer, and when she walked to the door of the courtyard, she saw Mrs. Liu next door leading Hu'er. Erniu was also following her mother-in-law, and many other aunts and grandmothers, walking out of the village together.
"Aunt Liu, where are we going?" Xiaohua asked curiously.
Aunt Liu replied: "Xiaohua, a team leader from the county has just come to tell me whether tomorrow the Goddess of Donghua Mountain will hold a once-in-a-hundred-year gathering of gods. The Goddess will pass by our country in Yangchun."
"The village chief asked them all to gather to the east of the big camphor tree at the head of the village to pray together and pray for the Goddess to send down the magical rain, so that everyone in our village will be free from illness and disaster."
Erniu's mother also asked with concern: "Xiaohua, is my father at home? Let my father carry my grandma on his back and go to the village to pray for blessings. Maybe the Goddess and Lady will hear it and my grandma's illness will be cured.
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Xiaohua replied: "Daddy went to the mine."
Erniu's mother was surprised: "Didn't he just come back yesterday? I heard that his foot was hit very hard. Why is he going to the mine again tomorrow?"
Xiaohua shook her head.
Aunt Liu and Erniu's mother felt sorry for each other. Xiaohua's grandma had been ill for many years and was unconscious. All the men in their family had gone to the mines. They women could not carry Xiaohua's grandma to the village.
Xiaohua watched her aunts and uncles go to the village as if attending a New Year's fair.
After listening to what Aunt Liu and Erniu's mother said, she also wanted to take her grandma to the village to pray for blessings, but she was too young and couldn't move her grandma.
I tried several times but couldn't get the chair to move even half an inch.
She walked on the ground, looked at her unconscious grandma on the chair, and then looked in the direction of the big camphor tree at the head of the village, her little face wrinkled, not knowing what to do.
After walking for a while, she remembered how her father had worshiped the gods early in the morning during the Dragon Boat Festival. She immediately got up from the ground and went to the water tank to wash her legs.
Then he put three wowotou in a bowl to serve as rice, went to the main room to find three sticks of incense, went to the kitchen to light it, and took it to the yard together.
She ran outside the courtyard gate and looked to the east of the big camphor tree at the head of the village. When the aunts and grandmothers began to pray to the east, she quickly ran back to the courtyard, facing the east, inserted three incense sticks on the ground, and then held them with her legs.
Wowotou God Rice, kneel down to the east to worship seriously.
While worshiping, he muttered in a low voice: "Merciful and merciful Goddess, she is Zhao Xiaohua from Huangye Village. His grandma is sick, and his father works hard in the mines every day. I beg him to feed him. He can't save any money. Please give me some sweet rain to heal him."
Grandma, please pray that grandma’s illness will be cured. He is willing to kowtow to you every day!”
After saying that, she put the Wowotou Shenmi on the ground and kowtowed three times in a row.
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The God Lord of Donghua Mountain was in the dusk, and he and Li Qianyi stepped into the sky, heading westward.
Wherever it goes, the magical rain turns into sweet rain and falls in the east, spreading from the east to the central, northern and southern territories.
She is very tall, even more slender than Li Chang, and is almost half a head taller.
She is dressed in a divine robe, and her whole body exudes a solemn, luxurious, and sacred temperament. She is really the presence of the gods of heaven and earth. Wherever she goes, the evil dissipates and everything grows.
Not even the local people, not the Immortal monks, not the ordinary people, could see her.
Li Xiangye followed her and watched silently.
When passing by the gods of mountains and rivers, and the dojo of the imperial righteousness is in the sky, faint gleams of divine power will fly up and disappear into his body.
Ever since Donghua Mountain, the two of them had not shut up. It was as if the Goddess invited him to accompany her, so she would not invite him to witness. At the same time, the gods from all walks of life would feed back his Shinto benefactor and help him refine his Taoist body.
Along the way, I may have been too close to the Goddess. I could listen to many prayers coming from the earth.
There was a time when the king led hundreds of officials to worship, and there were also simple prayers from ordinary people.
When he came to the Central Territory and the divine power rained down on the eastern part of the Central Territory, the southeast of the North Territory, and the northeastern part of the South Territory, Li Chaoyi suddenly heard the immature and pious prayer of a little girl.
"My merciful and merciful Goddess, I am Zhao Xiaohua from Huangye Village. His grandmother is sick. My father works hard in the mines every day. I beg you to feed him. I can't save any money. Please bring down the sweet rain from the east to heal my grandma. I beg for your help."
Even if your illness is cured, he is willing to kowtow to you every day..."
Li Xiangyi glanced at the Goddess, but Yun Mushe didn't react at all and continued to smoke.
Of the Shinto rain that filled the sky around Bu Nao, a large area naturally fell towards the country where the childish prayers came from.
Li Chaoyi took a bird's eye view and found that the base was located in some relatively unique mountains and rivers. Combined with the "Beizhou Thousand Kingdoms Map" he had read before, he recognized a small country named Yangchun in the southern border.
The goddess did not stay, and it was not easy for Li Qianyi to check. After the rain fell to the east, the grandmother of the little girl praying would not be well.
Looking at the tall and solemn Goddess in front of him, he blushed somewhat.
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Huangye Village, in the dilapidated courtyard.
After Xiaohua finished her prostrations, she kept kneeling because she didn't know if the Goddess and Empress heard her prayers, and she didn't know if the Goddess and Empresses heard her prayers and whether they would pay attention to her.
She thought that if she knelt for a little longer, she might be able to let the Goddess know her thoughts.
She really hoped that her grandma's illness would be well enough, so that her grandma could take her to the market, wash clothes by the river, and pick fruits and herbs in the mountains like she did when she was a child, and her father wouldn't have to work so hard.
She didn't know how long she had been kneeling, but her knees started to hurt. At that moment, a piece of ashes fell from an incense stick in front of her.
She couldn't help but want to knead her little knees before continuing to kneel. At that moment, she saw several vegetable plots planted by her father to the east of the courtyard wall. They were growing rapidly. Cucumbers, loofahs, peppers, and eggplants were growing at a rapid pace.
, it turns out that it is blooming rapidly.
This made her very surprised. She stared blankly with her eyes wide open, thinking that she was dazzled.
When I was wondering what was going on, I suddenly heard a "beep" sound coming from behind me.
Looking back, I saw grandma sitting on the bamboo chair and slowly opened her eyes.
"grandmother?!!!"
Xiaohua was overjoyed, but she couldn't believe it.
"Little flower..."
"Grandma, I, I'm really awake, it's great!"
Hearing that familiar call, I finally no longer had any doubts and jumped up from the ground. I got up too hard and knelt for too long, almost falling down.
But she did not hesitate and quickly came to the bamboo chair with her little feet.
"Grandma, how do I feel now? Does it hurt anywhere? Is it uncomfortable? Please give me a massage with Hua'er?"
Grandma had been in a coma for almost three years. When she woke up, it seemed like she was in a dream. She looked at the happy granddaughter in front of her and shook her head with a smile.
"It doesn't hurt. I feel comfortable everywhere. Grandma seems to be fine. Hua'er, come here quickly and let grandma take a good look at me. I've grown so big in a blink of an eye. I'm his great granddaughter!"
The old lady took her granddaughter's calf, pulled her into her arms, kissed her on the forehead, and hugged her tightly, reluctant to let go.
The little girl was being kissed and rubbed by her grandma, feeling the long-lost warmth, but a thought came to her mind:
"It turns out that praying to the Goddess Empress really works, so he kept his promise and will kowtow to the Goddess Empress every day from now on!"
A thin man appeared at the gate of the courtyard.
Looking at his grandfather and grandson hugging each other, his eyes couldn't help but become moist.
The little girl felt something in her heart. She came out of grandma's arms and looked towards the courtyard door.
"Dad, why am I back?"
"He didn't know if he suddenly wanted to come back, so he came back."
"He knows that the Goddess must have asked Daddy to come back. Daddy, grandma has woken up and her illness has healed!"
The thin man nodded, his eyes getting moister.
Then he turned around and left.
Xiaohua was surprised: "Daddy, where should I go?"
"Go buy candied haws, buy four skewers!"
Xiaohua was slightly stunned, then laughed happily.
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Donghua Mountain Divine Lord Yun Dushe and Li went to continue their journey westward.
Passing through the Zhongye Kingdom, Dashun Kingdom, Qian Kingdom and other large and small countries, we came to the Great Wei Kingdom in the sky.
Emperor Cao Chong of the Wei Dynasty also brought his first assistant Tang Shouzhang, second assistant Xu Qingzheng, chief governor Xiao Zhanzhi, the ninth prince Cao Zukong, the leader of Shiliyuan Cao Jianing and other civil and military officials and royal family members to worship at the Temple of Heaven early.
Worship and welcome the divine Lord of Donghua Mountain.
Yun Duixi looked outside the capital of the Wei Dynasty and took a quick look at Yuan Ji. He did not enter the city, but turned back and headed north.
Li Chaoyi followed her, looking at the place she was about to pass, with a look of surprise on his face.
Because the Goddess Empress has a destination on her trip, which seems to be Hanshan Academy?
That?
He finally arrived at Donghua Mountain, so he asked to go home?
Yun Duixing, who was dressed in a divine robe, indeed passed through Hanshan, but still did not stop, crossing the academy and continuing north.
Li Chaoyi followed Yufeng, and when he was walking through the academy, he faintly saw a few familiar figures in the Henwan Pavilion.
But since the Goddess Empress didn't stop, he couldn't do anything, so he could pass through the mountain gate without entering.
When he looked at Henwan Pavilion, several people in Henwan Pavilion naturally saw him and Yun Mushe.
Zhou Lengxi and the two deputy mountain chiefs Dong and Liu who came from behind were very calm.
Wu Ying, the master's wife, was very surprised and asked: "Old man, how do you think the person who is following the Goddess is too young?"
"The Goddess is wandering in a fugue, how could he follow her?"
Zhou Lengxi didn't answer and just watched the two people in the sky go away.
Wu Ying looked at Dong Xieyang and Liu Buming, the two deputy mountain chiefs. Dong and Liu shook their heads together. They were far behind Lao Zhoutou in terms of deducing plans.
Besides, the academy has Lao Zhoutou's lineage, which is why he has friendship with the God Lord of Donghua Mountain. During Li Gengxin's eastward trip, in addition to sending gifts and congratulations to the Goddess, he also has other affairs, Lao Zhoutou knows.
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When Wu Ying, the master's wife, saw that the three old masters ignored her, she was a little angry and wanted to take out a big gun and stab her old man in a hole.
But she couldn't help but laugh when she thought about the good things she had in mind when her eldest apprentice just came to the mountain.
The Goddess and the Empress have asked Xiaoyou to go with them, so the marriage between Xiaoyou and her apprentice, Fairy Jiang Jinwan, should not be a problem, right?
Zhou Lengxi glanced at his wife strangely.
While the master's wife was making plans over there, Yun Muzi and Li Changyi had already left the Central Territory and arrived at the Northern Territory.
As soon as they entered the northern border, a figure came across the sky and blocked the way.