There is a saying, which is usually used to describe the relationship between the people and the monarch: water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize a boat.

This sentence compares the ruler to a wooden boat and the people to the water that travels on a boat. The original intention of this sentence was to warn the emperor to treat the people well on weekdays and practice more benevolent politics. However, the urgency of the 'water situation' has never changed by the will of the 'wooden boat'.

Shen Gui, who was born in the market and was accustomed to seeing how the warlocks of the rivers and lakes deceived people's hearts, did not believe that those 'water' people would have any great wisdom of 'independent thinking'; just like this war between the two norths, the people who really controlled the situation of the war, in addition to Shen Gui, the 'mastermind behind the scenes', were He Wendao and the dozens of shamans under his command; even Yan Chongwu, who was in the limelight, was not just one of them?

And now Yan Day, the prince of the prison country, who is praised by the people as 'smart and wise, far-sighted', has already 'packed his baggage' and prepared to 'run away' even at the beginning of the war!

In this case, Shen Gui might as well play some tricks to trick his eyes; Anyway, the truth of the matter is not the 'truth' that the people of Youbei want to believe in their hearts;

Since he was ready to start 'deceiving people', the first person in Shen Gui's heart to think of was He Wendao, who had just staged a shocking scam in the East Customs.

He Wendao, the great shaman of shamanism, in the first half of his life, can be said to have been in order, everything went smoothly, and he devoted himself to studying the teachings and classics of shamanism, which can be called a model of 'ascetic'; but since he met Shen Gui, the whole trajectory of his life seems to have gradually produced some unexpected deviations.

He Wendao is not a 'fanatic' in the traditional sense, he is not only a living dictionary of shamanic teachings, but also involves other doctrines and schools on the Huayu continent. If you read more books, you will naturally have some ability to distinguish between right and wrong. He never thought that the 'powers' or 'gods' recorded in the classical texts were the so-called 'positive fruits' that could be achieved by the efforts of the mortal flesh. This kind of speculation was even more certain after he worshiped the Heavenly Spirit Vein, who was also the great shaman Li Xuanyu.

When he was young, he had witnessed countless times how powerful his master Li Xuanyu was. It can even be said that as long as there are mysterious techniques in this world, there is nothing that this great shaman can't play! Usually when she does things, the subtle methods she applies are all strange and varied. After all, the power of mortals is limited, even if they are extremely talented and sleepless, it is impossible to achieve the realm of 'Ten Thousand Laws and Mysteries' like Li Xuanyu.

In a sense, a living mortal like Li Xuanyu is no different from the gods and ancient powers recorded in the ancient books.

Therefore, He Wendao never expected that after he entered Li Xuanyu's disciple, he would be as smart as his master. The reason why he became a follower of shamanism was that he just liked to read those 'gods and strange things' in Shen Gui's mouth, and as for whether those things could bring him something, he really didn't ask for anything.

However, just a few days ago, He Wendao, who was promoted to the position of great shaman by Shen Gui, met with the 'shaman delegation' of the entire Guanbei Road in Fengjing City. At that time, Guo Xing, the young marshal of the Pingbei Army, was leading the 8,000 iron cavalry under his command to turn the Guanbei Road upside down; Villages were slaughtered everywhere they passed, and the common people, along with the local shamans, were beheaded or their bodies hung on the branches of trees in demonstration; The entire Guanbei Road was immersed in the abyss of blood and tears, wailing in pain.

No matter when and where these frenzied Beiyan people will be punished by the 'gods of all things', He Wendao, as a great shaman, doesn't care. What he wanted to do was to personally judge these Northern Butchers with blood on their hands. So, he accepted Shen Gui's suggestion, personally selected dozens of reliable shamans, changed their names and surnames together, and infiltrated the East Customs.

I don't know if it was because the Beiyan side needed this 'medical team' too much, or because the war situation at that time was extremely favorable to them; all in all, this 'undercover plan' was not as dangerous as I imagined; every day it was just to treat the physical pain of the injured Pingbei soldiers and the people of Donghaiguan. After harvesting sincere and grateful smiles, He Wendao and the shamans were about to forget why they came.

However, with the development of the war and the arrival of the second reinforcements from the Northern Yan side at the East Customs, the number of men and coolies needed in the city naturally increased; When these compassionate shamans saw their siblings being captured in the Eastern Customs, or starved to death, or like pigs and dogs, they were killed by the Northern Yan soldiers for fun; Those bloody images and terrible screams rekindled the hatred and anger in the hearts of these shamans and wizards, which had been calmed down.

If you don't have a kind and compassionate heart, who wants to join shamanism? If you don't have the idea of helping the world and saving people, who would read the ancient medical scriptures of shamans? When these shamans and wizards saw the countless siblings of the Northern Peace, who were wantonly humiliated by the Beiyan soldiers who had been cured by themselves, the feelings of remorse and anger rushed directly to the top of their heads.

So, He Wendao, who was still a little hesitant, finally acted according to the original plan.

With the 'fierce fire oil' sprinkled all over the city, the black wooden poles that were temporarily assembled as the 'suspended floating platform', the unquenchable 'phosphorus fire' burning above the head and shoulders, and the 'flying fire meteors' shot by the four people from the corner tower on the winter solstice, including the laxatives temporarily put into the well in advance, all represent the revenge of these dozens of shamans against the Northern Yan people for starting a war and wantonly slaughtering civilians. Just like Li Xuanyu killed Yue Haishan back then; He Wendao also wants to get back an explanation for those compatriots and siblings who died tragically under the enemy's steel knife.

It wasn't until He Wendao and the shamans saw with their own eyes the fire that burned in Donghaiguan for three days and three nights; After all the 300,000 Beiyan soldiers and civilians in the city were coke, they realized what kind of decision they had made. But despite this, none of these shamans felt regret or unbearable.

And at Shen Gui's insistence, He Wendao, the contemporary great shaman who pretended to be a ghost and claimed to be the reincarnation of the 'Spirit of the Fire God', finally became famous on the Huayu Continent. With the master-apprentice relationship between him and Li Xuanyu, everyone is also willing to believe that Shen Gui is his fictitious 'divine identity'. Even after this miracle spread to some marginal areas, many shamanic believers helped this 'spirit of fire' who came to the world to build altars of fire spirits.

Although He Wendao didn't like this result very much, he was still extremely satisfied with this 'windfall' in the eyes of shamanism to enter the 'mainstream society' again. You must know that the reason why He Wendao was bewitched by Bag was entirely because of his sincere heart towards shamanism.

It can even be said that although He Wendao does not believe in the mystical teachings and techniques of shamanism, he is more religious than anyone else. He never prayed for anything from all living beings, but always silently dedicated his strength to shamanism.

Of course, this 'Spirit of the Fire God' He Wendao is now in the Shamanic Altar in the north of the capital. This is the first time he has used his identity as a great shaman to convene a 'meeting' of all the shamans on Guanbei Road. All because of Guo Xing's 8,000 Pingbei cavalry, which caused great damage to Guanbei all the way; Burned villages await reconstruction; Seriously injured civilians await treatment; There are still many orphans and elderly people who need to be cared for, and there are still many compatriots who are exposed to the wilderness waiting for this burial; These things should have been Yan Day, the 'prince of the prison country and the future emperor of Youbei', to come forward to deal with the aftermath, but today, Yan Tian is still thinking about his own success or failure, and he has no time to care about these poor ghosts whose lives are like grass mustard;

Although Yan Day, the 'emperor', turned a blind eye, He Wendao, the great shaman, was duty-bound; after all, the barren land of Youbei was originally under the guidance of the shamanic sages of the past dynasties to get to this point.

Just when He Wendao and the shamans and wizards had a headache due to lack of manpower, Shen Gui suddenly walked into the courtyard gate.

"Huh? Hello everyone, what about a meeting? ”

When He Wendao saw Shen Gui, he immediately sank his face:

"How can you say that you are also the great protector of the sect, why are you like no one? Such a big mess, you want to throw it all at me with a shake of your hand? Just in time, I'm ......."

Shen Guiyi saw that there was an account register more than one person high on He Wendao's desk, and one head suddenly became two big, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said:

"If you want to do it, you can do it yourself, but don't take me with you! Guanbei Road has been abused by the war so far, do you want to rely on these shamans to go to the disaster relief alone? Don't blame me for pouring cold water on you! Even if you have the heart, the man, and the ability, do you have the silver? Whether it's repairing a house or reorganizing a farm, whether it's buying medicinal herbs or eating and wearing, what doesn't need silver? In the current state of shamanism, let alone helping the people, you can't afford to raise these people in the sect! Although we shamans and shamans are all willing to be poor, we can't cut off our own flesh and feed it to the victims! Look at their skinny ......."

He Wendao began to listen, and he still felt like that; As a result, Shen Gui started talking nonsense as he spoke, and He Wendao hurriedly interrupted:

"Emperor Xuande died, Yan Tian was busy arranging the succession, and he should not have the energy to take care of the victims in a short period of time; He can ignore it, but we shamans can't turn a blind eye either......"

Shen Gui thought about it, looked at the more than fifty shamans in the room, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to drag He Wendao out of the house, and then whispered in his ear:

"I advise you not to expect the treasury to allocate money for disaster relief. To tell you the truth, the inside and outside of today's Youbei Third Road not only does not have a copper plate; Moreover, our 'Majesty Yan Day' still owes an astronomical amount of foreign debt! Oh yes, you don't expect Prime Minister Li Cheng to help him stabilize the situation; I guess that kid is crazy, he actually hired a Nankang killer privately to go to the Great Wilderness City to assassinate Li Le'an! Tell me, you plan to let him pay for disaster relief, isn't this equivalent to asking for fish? ”

He Wendao is not a 'financial master' like Wan Changning, but he also understands the importance of silver. After Shen Gui said this, He Wendao's face immediately turned as pale as paper. Now his eyes were empty, and he was muttering, 'How is this......?' What a good thing that is! ’

Shen Gui looked at it and said secretly in his heart: The heat is almost over!