It’s hard to break a phoenix’s destiny

Chapter 674: Preparations Behind the Miracle

After a long drought, there comes dew.

The people who participated in the rain prayer were originally preparing to go home, but when they saw dark clouds coming, strong winds, and heavy rain in the blink of an eye, they stood there and didn't know what to say.

Is this a miracle?
Was it because this woman with the Phoenix destiny pleaded with God that the heavy rain fell?

Anyway, this heavy rain came at the right time. The long-dry land quickly absorbed the rain water, and the crops in the fields were also refreshed and drank the rain water happily. Those who were stunned even took off their coats and stood naked in the rain, enjoying the joy of this moment.

The soldiers who had returned to the camp were naturally even happier. They hadn't taken a bath for a long time. They were so excited that they didn't care about military discipline. They took off their armor and happily stood in the rain to take a bath.

Liu Yao and his companions heard the noise, opened the curtain of the big tent and looked out. They were infected by the joy of the group of people and laughed. Liu Yao even strode out, took off his clothes, stood shirtless in the heavy rain, and looked up at the sky.

Although the sky was a little gloomy, it was also light blue, and the pleasant feeling swept over his body with the rain. Suddenly, he had this thought in his mind: the third sister must be a fairy.

Yang Xianrong didn't have the strength to stand up and watch the heavy rain fall. Her elder brother sat beside her and said with a wry smile: "It seems that my leg injury has become a miracle for you."

"Brother, thank you for your injury." Yang Xianrong held Yang Xianyong's hand, "Make sure you take care of your injury. I hope you won't need it again."

It turned out that the reason why Yang Xianrong was so determined to perform the fourth rain-praying ceremony as soon as possible was because of Yang Xianyong's leg injury. Bian Heng came to confirm that his leg injury had damaged the bones, and he would definitely feel pain when it was cloudy and rainy in the future. If he could not keep warm in time, even in the dog days of summer, his leg injury would be unbearable due to the invisible cold.

Ever since Liu Yao took over the task of raising grain and praying for rain, Yang Xianrong had asked his elder brother Yang Xianyong to sleep with his legs exposed in the middle of the night, to feel a hint of coolness in the hot air. Perhaps it was too hot, he didn't feel anything at all.

Later, Zhang Du, who was also injured, said that if you sleep outdoors for a night, you will definitely feel it. This is his personal experience, so he knows very well that the coldness in the air before the rain will invade the weakest part of the body.

Yang Xianrong was unwilling to let the older Zhang Du do this, and she was also worried that her elder brother's body could not bear it, but Yang Xianyong decided to give it a try. In fact, the people in their Yang family did not believe in ghosts and gods, but at this time, they had to use ghosts and gods to create trouble and make Liu Yao's reputation even higher.

Li Lianhua was reluctant to let her husband sleep outside the big tent, and she insisted on staying with him. As a result, the two of them didn't talk for several nights, but they chatted about many past events, and their relationship became better and better.

When Yang Xianyong felt the pain in his leg go from dull to unbearable, he immediately notified Yang Xianrong. Yang Xianrong silently predicted the current situation and decided to go to the main hall to find Liu Cong and ask for the fourth prayer for rain.

Liu Yao did not ask questions like "Why?" or "How?", but just listened to all the arrangements made by Yang Xianrong. Of course, he also had a request, which was to stay by Yang Xianrong's side. But for the real effect, Yang Xianrong still forced him to leave for a while during the prayer ceremony. And these three long incense sticks were also prepared in advance. For people like Mao Hongmao, making long incense sticks is all about skills, such as mixing fine soil in it, and using only incense ash at the tail... In fact, the most important thing is that when Liu Cheng moved the saltpeter back, he provided an important piece of information: because the boss's son was careless, when this batch of saltpeter was transported together with coarse salt, the large particles of coarse salt were mixed with the saltpeter. The two things looked very similar, so there was no manpower to distinguish them for a while.

So, he thought these things were waste and just gave them to Liu Cheng.

Liu Cheng was also curious, and he heard by chance that when moving into a second-hand courtyard, sprinkling some coarse salt everywhere could ward off disasters and solve problems. Thinking that this general's mansion had been lived in by someone else before, he always felt uncomfortable, so he transported all the salt back and talked about it with Yang Xianrong with great interest.

Yang Xianrong had a deep connection with Master Xu, and because his direct disciple Xu Henian had been around for a long time, he naturally knew a lot about these metaphysical theories. Originally, he thought that both coarse salt and saltpeter had a drying effect, so it would be good to put them in the courtyard, and they could also purify some unclean things.

But when she was planning the prayer ceremony that day, she suddenly thought of why those wealthy businessmen and officials were unwilling to pay grain. In fact, it was because they loved their talents and valued their lives. So why not threaten them with their lives?

Because time was urgent, she could only think of this. But she had many people around her, and they were all veterans, and they were all very calculating. Mao Hongmao and Zhang Du were both first-class counselors of the Jin Dynasty. After these people got together, they decided to use Changxiang to make things happen.

They created an opportunity and, in full view of everyone, carried three baskets of saltpeter that had been secretly wetted to the prayer site, causing panic among the crowd, which led to the previous scene.

Now, the three baskets of saltpeter have been soaked through by the heavy rain. Who can find any clues? They will just say that Yang Xianrong's prayer for rain has caused a miracle, and those people must have contributed their kindness.

The people's will has already leaned towards Liu Yao and Yang Xianrong. For a time, many people even came to the outside of the camp and asked to join them and become real soldiers of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Yao did not expect that such a situation would actually occur. When he was pondering on what to do, many officials showed goodwill to him and decided to merge their troops into the "Yao" army and accept his unified deployment.

This was something he had never expected.

The heavy rain raised food supplies, calmed the people, stabilized the army, weakened the arrogance of the wealthy businessmen and gentry, and also dealt a heavy blow to Jin Zhun's faction... In short, it was very reassuring.

Liu Yao's face was full of smiles, and he walked with a breeze, running between the camp and the general's mansion in Chang'an and the palace, and he didn't feel tired at all. Especially now that he wanted to see his most beloved woman every day, holding her hand would give him great satisfaction.

There are now many legends about this woman in the Han Dynasty. For example, her miracle of praying for rain with the "Phoenix Fate" has caused people to talk about it endlessly, and even the rumor has been revived: marrying a woman with the Phoenix Fate to become the emperor.