Controlling mountains and rivers since the Warring States Period

Chapter 53 Ximen Bao Departs

The messenger suddenly fell ill.
I am speechless.

Fortunately, the previous inspection has been completed, and the relevant documents have been written and can be presented to the monarch for review.

In order to let the messenger cure this sudden strange disease, Ximen Bao decided to set off for Anyi a few days in advance.

He assigned his affairs in Ye County to people he could trust, then took his fishing rod and set off by boat.

"Are you really not going to go through Tongdi?"

He Bo came to see Ximen Bao off.

"No, otherwise the envoy would be frightened to death before he even gets back to Anyi."

Ximen Bao smiled and twirled his beard.

After the messenger suffered a wind convulsion, he regained his ability to move and did not suffer from hemiplegia, but he could no longer speak.

Because it happened suddenly in the temple, the messenger himself felt that the wind was strange and he became deeply afraid of ghosts and gods.

At first, he wanted to coerce Ximen Bao into praying for him in front of ghosts and gods so that he could return to normal.

But because he could only say "Aba Aba", Ximen Bao pretended that he didn't understand and ignored the other party.

Later, the messenger realized the reality and begged Ximen Bao for help. He could only say, "This is the punishment from the ghosts and gods. What can I do?"

The messenger did not dare to go to the ghosts and gods to ask for forgiveness. He was also worried that the ghosts and gods would not let him go easily if they punished him so severely just because of a little "verbal offense", and he became even more terrified.

If he took a boat from Zhangshui to Tongdi, and let him know that even if he got on the boat and left Ye County, there would still be ghosts and gods seeing him off all the way, the messenger would probably scare himself to death.

then,

He Bo didn't force it anymore.

He took out a clay pot and handed it to Ximen Bao, "I made the sauce with beans, you can take it and say it is a specialty of Yedi."

"Anyi is the capital, so it should be able to sell a lot, right?"

Ximen Bao accepted the jar and asked, "Do ghosts and gods also have ideas about business?"

"No, I'm just interested in food."

Ximen Bao then smiled and said, "If that's the case, this should be a delicacy in the world."

He Bo said, "I can't guarantee that."

"I haven't let anyone else taste it yet."

Ximen Bao's smile paused slightly.

So, he was the first person to eat the contents of this jar?

"Will you die?"

"Guaranteed survival."

"Will it upset your stomach?"

“I can’t guarantee that.”

He Bo was confident.

Ximen Bao could only let out a helpless laugh and then boarded the boat.

Before leaving, he suddenly said to He Bo, "I remember when we first met, He Bo said that I would be a doctor in Wei."

"Yes."

Ximen Bao walked into the hold with his back turned, feeling the breeze blowing in his face, and left a sigh:
"Then thank the gods for their blessings."

What will happen to Wei?
Is the wise monarch in his mind the same as what is said in the Book of Songs, "Everything has a beginning, but few can have an end"?
All of these can only be concluded after he returns to Anyi and meets the king.

……

After Ximen Bao left, He Bo lost a target for harassment. His main task on weekdays became collecting ghosts from both sides of the Zhang River, using his subjective initiative to push the loading of the black progress bar.

At the same time, we must continue to stay in the Guanhe River, moistening it back and forth, so that the Guanhe River can be like the Tongdi River, submitting to He Bo and finally changing into his shape.

former,
It's nothing.

After all, no one in this world can tell exactly what happens after a person dies, and there is only one ghost.

He Bo said that the small jar he made was "hell", so it was naturally real hell.

When the black bar was fully loaded and the place suspected to be a subspace in Tongdi Mountain was developed, He Bo directly named it "Haoli". Who could question him?

Only the latter,
That's not good.

When Gongzi Chao reported the auspicious sign of his encounter with the divine tortoise back to Zhongmu, he not only failed to receive his father's approval, but was also reprimanded by Zhao Huai, who believed that he had fabricated a lie with ill intentions and asked him to face reality as soon as possible.

The throne of the monarch,

It can only be Prince Zhang’s.

If turmoil is caused because of them, causing the remnants of Zhongshan, Wei and Han to revolt together, then they will be the sinners of the Zhao family!

Gongzi Chao became even angrier, feeling that his father doubted his true words and that the original feelings between the two no longer existed!

After his father Zhao Huai became the ruler, he treated Prince Zhang as his own child instead of his own!
then,

The depressed Gongzi Chao wandered around Guanhe River every day, hoping to meet the divine turtle again, get the attention of ghosts and gods, and make a career.

If my father knew that he had really met a ghost,

Won’t you regret it?
With this in mind,
Gongzi Chao set a goal for himself.

Because of this, He Bo often saw Gongzi Chao, who looked like a homeless young man, along the banks of Guan River.

He usually basks in the sun in the middle and lower reaches of Guan River, which overlaps quite a bit with Gongzi Chao's activity range.

After all, Guan He was very repulsive to He Bo.
Even though there is incense surrounding it, the deeper you go, the narrower and more difficult it becomes, and the incense is consumed faster.

Moreover, the closer they got to Bafu Ridge, the source of Guanhe River, the greater the pressure from the mountains and rivers, which made He Bo unable to bear.

No matter how much incense has accumulated, as long as it reaches the upper reaches where mountains and rivers work together, it will inevitably shake off and give it all away.

It was squeezed clean in an instant.

So He Bo usually doesn't go upstream.

What's more, the upper reaches are rugged, the vegetation is not lush, and it is not as good as the flat middle and lower reaches for sunbathing and enjoying the scenery.

Fortunately, I learned from the last lesson.

He Bo would no longer show up casually just because the place was remote. He would often hide himself and lie quietly somewhere.

Come quietly and leave quietly.

He was never discovered by Gongzi Chao again.

But seeing that he was so persistent and didn't even listen to the advice of his retainers, He Bo became curious.

……

"Why do you keep looking for me?"

In order to avoid being embarrassed again, He Bo still adopted the appearance of "divine turtle".

Gongzi Chao was very surprised to see the divine turtle he was looking for emerging from the river.

But he still took out the straw hat that he had prepared for a long time but had never used and put it on, to prevent the divine turtle from spitting water in his face again.

"You are so amazing, I want to see more of you and spread your fame, isn't that good?"

"I don't need you to spread the word for me." He Bo lay in the water, gently stirring the current, and caught a swimming fish with his claws. "People who drink the river water will naturally be grateful for my kindness."

Although at the moment,

Guanhe has not yet been brought under He Bo's control.

But it's only a matter of time.

He made the announcement in advance so he didn't have to worry about anyone jumping out to accuse him.

"How can people trust the words of a lowly person as much as I do?" Gongzi Chao couldn't help but talk about his father again, "I am the son of the ruler of Zhao."

He Bo looked at him and said, "Hey, you're not going to say you're the king's son this time?"

Gongzi Chao's face turned red because of this, and he argued for himself.
"My father ruled the State of Zhao, this is a fact!"

"I inherited my father's position, which is in accordance with Zhou Li!"

"…I changed my words because I followed my father's teachings, not because I lowered my status!"

He Bo was amused by the way he argued, and felt that the air became cheerful.

(End of this chapter)