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The Kuzhu County magistrate, acting on behalf of the Royal Court of Yuan, immediately enfeoffed the creature as the new water spirit of the Hongchuan. He took out an official document on the spot, then pressed the thick lips of the great fish against it for a seal. Afterward, he stamped it himself with both the county treasury’s Yuan Coin and the official seal.
As soon as the stamp was made, a flash of azure light rippled over the black fish’s body. With that, the ritual was complete, and a new water spirit had been born.
Only then did the soldiers push the last fat pig into the pool. The black fish seized it and sank straight to the bottom, vanishing from sight.
The magistrate, weary now, came over to thank He Chunhua. Without the Coordinating Army lending its strength, his display would never have been so impressive.
With the water spirit in place again, the Hongchuan was at peace. Fengling Port could reopen, and the merchants waiting at the bank boarded their boats with broad smiles.
Seizing a moment’s leisure, He Lingchuan wandered about Fengling Port. Three hundred paces from the dock, he spotted an especially striking old locust tree growing on a sandy isle...
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