Controlling mountains and rivers since the Warring States Period

Chapter 2 Ximen Bao Governs Ye

The weather is calm and sunny.

He Bo continued to watch the clouds rolling in the sky.

For a long time,

There was nothing he could do except look up at the sky.

Until I heard the sound of blowing and beating again.

The witch, wearing a gorgeous robe, came to the altar by the Zhang River, supported by her disciples and gentry.

More than a dozen selected girls stood under the altar, dressed very beautifully.

Next to them, a reed mat had been laid out. As soon as the witch finished chanting the sacrificial words, she would send the people onto the reed mat and let them float downstream and sink into the river.

At this time, Ximen Bao came with his guards.

The witches and gentry all bowed and greeted the new county magistrate.

Ximen Bao said, "He Bo's marriage is a big event, please let me see the bride first."

So the witch asked someone to bring the most beautiful girl forward.

Ximen Bao couldn't bear to see the other person looking sad and crying.

He turned back to the witch and said, "No, this woman is not pretty enough to please Habaek."

The witch said proudly, "I have been choosing wives for He Bo for more than ten years. How come I don't know what He Bo likes?"

Ximen Bao said, "As the governor of Ye, I dare not ignore such matters!"

"If I can't please Habaek, why hurt others innocently? It's better to be tolerant for a while and let me find a better woman."

The witch said, "I have already spoken to He Bo, and he is very pleased with this bride."

"Besides, the rest of you are servants chosen by He Bo. If you are late and neglect He Bo, what will happen?"

Seeing that she was so unwilling to give in, Ximen Bao knew that the witch and the local gentry were unwilling to give up exploiting and intimidating the villagers of Ye, and that they had no respect for him, the magistrate of Ye.

Ximen Bao looked at the guards behind him and said to the witch bluntly, "Since you and I disagree, to prevent He Bo from getting angry, please go and report this to He Bo. When you and He Bo reach a decision, I will definitely follow it!"

He gave an order,
The guards quickly stepped forward, regardless of the shock of others, picked up the witch, and threw her into the surging river.

Ximen Bao stood facing the river, looking at the surging Zhang River that swallowed up the witch, then turned around and said to the guards in dissatisfaction, "Why is there no movement at all? Send someone to urge them!"

So the guards gathered around again, grabbed a few of the panicked witch's disciples, and threw them into the river.

Ximen Bao was still dissatisfied. "He Bo has not yet approved. It is obvious that the witch and her disciples cannot convince Him. Please ask a few prestigious elders to go over and explain the situation in Ye County to He Bo."

immediately,

The three elders who had been cooperating with the witch in the human sacrifice were also captured and sunk to the bottom of the river.

Seeing that Ximen Bao was acting so violently and had no intention of stopping, the others loudly condemned the witch and the three elders for failing to appeal to the God of the River, and wanted to send another court official or a chief to represent the Wei court to go to the river to urge them.

So everyone was so scared that they kowtowed on the ground, and their heads were broken. The blood from their foreheads flowed all over the ground, and their faces looked ashen.

Especially those local gentry who were the masterminds behind the scenes, were even more trembling with fear after losing several of their accomplices.

Ximen Bao waited for a long time by the river with a gentle and concerned look, and then said to them: "The court officials can get up now. It seems that He Bo will keep us here for a long time. You all should go home."

"Wait until He Bo gives the order, then send someone to ask the ghosts and gods for their will."

Everyone stood up timidly and left with trembling hands and feet.

For this,

He Bo just watched it for fun.

As for the people who were thrown into the river before?
What was their attitude when they persecuted others?
Now the evildoers have received their retribution, and even if there is a way to rescue them today, He Bo will not be moved.

Good and evil have their own rewards,

Although He Bo once died saving people, he is not a saintly father who can save everyone.

As the witch and others struggled to sink to the bottom of the river, He Bo was surprised to find that the progress bar he had been waiting for for many days was finally full!
At the moment when the green progress bar was fully loaded, He Bo felt a wonderful and powerful force washing over his entire spirit!

His vision continued to rise higher and higher, reaching into the blue sky. He was no longer trapped in the river and drifting with the flow as before.

“It turns out that my river has flowed through so many places.”

"But the direction of the river looks more and more like the Zhang River."

"The Zhang River flows in... and now it actually flows into the Yellow River!"

"What era is this?"

As he looked down at the whole picture, He Bo's control over the Zhangshui River was finally complete, and he finally made a preliminary judgment on his current era.

"Good good!"

"Zhangshui is a tributary of the Yellow River. In the modern world, it should have existed before the Western Han Dynasty!"

"I don't know if this is a parallel universe, but in my current state..."

"I should be the Lord of Zhangshui River!"

He Bo felt the new perspective and floated in the air.

Although he still couldn't leave the Zhang River, at this moment, as long as it was in the Zhang River basin, he could see it with the help of the water flow, and his perspective could be switched to aerial view, looking up at the river bottom, and watching from the river bank at any time!

And the range that can be perceived has also greatly expanded!
As long as the Zhang River flows through, he can follow the flow of the water to understand; He Bo vaguely feels that he can also get involved in those towns that rely on the Zhang River for livelihood.

“I just don’t know if I can make it that far…”

He Bo secretly thought, "And what's going on with this yellow progress bar?"

In his field of vision, the previously full green progress bar has been replaced by a yellow bar, and this yellow bar is full as soon as it appears, without displaying the value.

"What does this thing represent..."

He Bo recovered from the surprise of getting rid of the previous painful situation and began to think about his "golden finger". ...

At night,

After Ximen Bao calmed down the uproar over throwing the witch into the river in broad daylight, he fell asleep with his thoughts on how to govern Ye County in the future.

Maybe what I did during the day was too intense.
Perhaps Ximen Bao was too concerned about the governance of Ye.
As sleepiness came over him, he began to dream.

In the dream,

A giant with golden light on his body stood in front of him and asked Ximen Bao, "Are you an official here?"

Ximen Bao knew he was in a dream, and he was not too shocked. He just said to the golden giant, "I am Ximen Bao, who was ordered by the king to govern Ye County."

When He Bo heard this, he became more certain of his guess.

The story of "Xi Men Bao Governs Ye" is not known to everyone in later generations, but it is widely circulated.

Not to mention that Yecheng has lasted for more than two thousand years and still exists in later generations.

When he was a human being, he also visited Yecheng and listened to the tour guide praising "Xi Men Bao".

So in today’s world,
It was indeed the Warring States Period in China.

The only problem is that I don’t know whether it is the version of China based on gods and demons or the official history version.

"Who are you?"

He Bo heard Ximen Bao ask him.

So he looked down at the "petite" Ximen Bao and chuckled, "You and I have met in the daytime, why are you asking about my identity now?"

Ximen Bao thought for a moment and said, "I have seen no one as powerful as you in the daytime."

If she was the witch who was rumored to have the ability to communicate with ghosts and gods... then it was impossible for her to be thrown into the river to the bottom with just a few guards!
Seeing that he was thinking, He Bo asked him, "What do you think of Zhangshui River Lord?"

Perhaps it was a dream and all his perceptions changed suddenly. It could also be that Ximen Bao never believed in ghosts and gods and never thought much about the meaning behind these words.

He just said, "The matters of ghosts and gods are illusory and cannot be believed. The Zhang River flows for a long time. Although there is the name of He Bo, I have never seen He Bo's deeds."

What this means is that Ximen Bao believes that "He Bo" does not exist and that all of these are excuses for local sorcerers to make money and harm people!

He Bo nodded slightly in his heart.

Although he could indeed be called the "Lord of the Zhangshui River" in terms of power, it did not mean that he did not appreciate pragmatic and hard-working officials like Ximen Bao.

When he was still a human, he never believed much in ghosts and gods!
But times have changed and he has changed his identity.

"What if He Bo really exists?" He Bo asked Ximen Bao again.

Ximen Bao replied, "If there really is a Zhangshui River God, why do ghosts and gods covet the beauty of mortal women and demand worldly money?"

"How can the human world be compared with the gods and ghosts of heaven and earth?"

He Bo agreed, "You have a point. It is not the intention of ghosts and gods to collect money and persecute villagers."

"In today's world, there are few people who can think as you do, and even fewer who dare to do as you do."

"No wonder you can become the famous Ximen Doctor, a famous minister of the Wei Kingdom."

After hearing this, Ximen Bao was immediately moved.

He has just been appointed as the magistrate of Ye by the order of the Marquis of Wei. How can he be called a "doctor" or a "famous minister"?
But the giant spoke with such certainty, as if it would inevitably be so in the future.

Could these words be a prophecy?
"Who are you, Your Excellency?"

Ximen Bao asked the giant, looking somewhat anxious.

The giant laughed, waved his hand, and created a strong wind to send Ximen Bao out of this dreamland, leaving only one sentence in his ear.

"He is just a river god passing by!"

……

"what!"

The feeling of rising and falling in his dream woke Ximen Bao up suddenly.

After wiping his face and coming to his senses, Ximen Bao couldn't help but think of his dream.

"I remember it so clearly...was this really a dream?"

Opening the window and gazing at the moon, Ximen Bao lost all desire to sleep. He put on his clothes and sorted out the information about Ye that he had asked people to collect during the day, thinking so at the same time.

"Zhangshui River Lord..."

"A celebrity for all eternity!"

"As a man born into this world, how can he be an unknown person..."

Ghosts and spirits enter dreams,

Ximen Bao thought it was something he did during the day, so he had a dream about it at night.

After all, when he fell asleep, he was still thinking about how to appease the villagers who were superstitious about ghosts and gods.

The witch poisoned the whole area, but the locals always believed in her words and sent a young woman to drown in the river every year. They would only flee to another place when they had no other choice. This shows their honesty.

What happened in broad daylight was that Ximen Bao was a new official with guards around him, so they were frightened.

Once people have recovered from their shock, those who need to worship gods will continue to worship gods, and those who want to make money will continue to make money!
not easy,
It is indeed not easy to govern a place!

But the "eternal name" mentioned in the dream really made Ximen Bao remember it in his heart.

China has always valued history.

If its reputation could really last for thousands of years, how could it be worse than that of the princes and states?
……

(End of this chapter)