The years of reselling the haunted house

Chapter 474

"Didn't you mean the bridge? Why did it get to the water?" Pang Dahai asked while driving.

"Drive your car well." The third uncle said angrily, "I'm not going to talk about the bridge right away. Since ancient times, those who can control the water are those who are capable. Just like the ancient Yu... Do you know what Dayu used to control the water?"

I replied: "I know something about this. The school curriculum has also mentioned it. It is nothing more than opening ditches to drain water and dredging river channels. And this method is also very effective."

The third uncle nodded and praised: "My eldest nephew is still very knowledgeable. That's right, opening ditches and dredging rivers is indeed Dayu's main strategy for water control. But among them, Dayu also used many methods that cannot be understood by outsiders. These The method was compiled into a book by Dayu's descendants and spread among the people. This book has no name, and the descendants named it "Nongshui Jing" according to the content in it. What is introduced in it can be It is not the general method of opening ditches to drain water, dredging river channels, etc., but records some water control methods of other sects. Among them are related methods of water control by building bridges. It is said in the Sutra of Nongshui that the sky and the earth generate water, and water also has troubles. When there is chaos, the chaos is caused by evil spirits and evil spirits... King Yu built a bridge to suppress evil spirits, and enshrined cockroaches on the bridge, and cockroaches used the nature of dragons to frighten river monsters. ..."

I listened to Uncle San's narration, and it's not difficult to understand what he said.In fact, the so-called method that cannot be treated by outsiders is not complicated. It is nothing more than building bridges to control floods.It is said that the reason for the flood is that there are spirits and evil spirits in the water. Using an animal called an earthworm can calm the evil spirits and calm the flood.

And this kind of animal called earthworm, I also know something about it.The reason is that Ma Su said that the stray dog ​​I picked up was the incarnation of a kind of mythical beast, and that kind of mythical beast is also one of the nine sons of the dragon.For this reason, I was very interested. After I went back, I specifically checked the so-called Nine Sons of the Dragon.

In addition to mocking the wind, one of the other eight sons is the earthworm.

The cricket is good at water, also known as the water-avoiding beast. Its head is a bit like a dragon, but it is flatter than the dragon's head, and there are a pair of horns on the top of the head.There are dragon scales on the body, four legs and tail.According to legend, a long time ago, the ancestors of the earthworm were demoted to the earth for violating the rules of heaven, and were pressed under a huge and heavy turtle shell to guard the canal for 1000 years.Thousands of years later, the ancestors of the water-avoiding beasts finally got free and got out of the turtle shell.In order to commemorate and commend his family's meritorious service in guarding the river, people carved stone statues according to their appearance and placed them on the stone pier by the river, saying that this would calm the river and prevent floods.It means peace in all directions.Wormwood is very watery, so it can be placed on the bridgehead or on the bridge body when repairing bridges.It has a big mouth and can hold a lot of water in its stomach, so it is mostly used as a drain for buildings.There are also legends that it can swallow rivers and spit rain, and is responsible for draining rainwater.It is often seen in ancient Chinese classic palace complexes such as the Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven.It likes to play in the water, and has been playing in the river for many years. It is also known as the sail pendant. It is good at water and likes to eat water monsters. It is said that it is the favorite son of the Dragon King.

I am deeply impressed by this very mythical description.So as soon as the third uncle mentioned it today, I remembered it.

I told my understanding of the cockroach, and the third uncle praised it greatly, saying that he only knew that the cockroach can suppress water, but he didn't know that there were such allusions in it.

However, the third uncle said: "there are many water control strategies recorded in the water management scriptures, and this is only the most basic method among them. I have never seen other methods. But I know they always think that there is water in the water. In order to subdue the flood, we must find a way to calm the water spirit. One of the ways to calm the water spirit is to build a bridge. There are more ways to build a bridge. The timing and orientation of the bridge piers are considered in the whole article. If the bridge can stand, it needs the test of time. The ten-year-old bridge is a small test, and the century-old bridge is a big test. Only a bridge that has stood for more than a hundred years can be regarded as standing. The bridge spirit. The bridge spirit of the century-old bridge must be on top of the cricket."

"Third Uncle, that Liuyu Bridge has a history of a hundred years?" I asked.

Uncle San shook his head: "I don't know about this either. I need to check the information tomorrow. If the Liuyu Bridge is an ancient bridge, there must be a bridge spirit on it. Because the river flowing under the bridge flows from west to east. Although the current flow is very small, judging from the width of the bridge deck, it must have been a big river in history. Creatures that drowned in the river had to pass through the bridge to float down. Even in the past years, drowned people There are not a few cases. After these people and animals drown, their souls will not leave, and they will be absorbed by the bridge spirit when they pass through Liuyu Bridge. So this bridge spirit will be very powerful after a hundred years."

I nodded: "So, that Lao Bai was not sure about getting the bridge spirit, so he reached a deal with us. But the question is, do we have this ability? What is this bridge spirit? Is it a soul, a soul? Or some kind of Spiritual body?"

The third uncle leaned his body on the back seat, closed his eyes, and muttered in his mouth: "The soul is not the soul, the soul is not the soul, it is the soul or the soul, it is impossible to figure it out. Let's talk about it after I check the information tomorrow... ..."

Seeing how my third uncle pretended to be mysterious, I couldn't ask any more questions.

After the three of us returned to the hotel, we rested separately.Because the matter has not been resolved yet, my heart is also in chaos.

When I woke up the next day, I found that Uncle San had left the hotel.It is estimated that he went to check the information on the Liuyu bridge.

We thought we could relax in the hotel for a day, but Unexpectedly, before leaving, the third uncle left us a task and asked the waiter to inform us to buy chicken.

I thought to myself, isn't it the back kitchen's job to buy chicken?What kind of chicken shall we buy?
After an explanation, I realized that Uncle San didn't ask us to go to the market to buy that kind of broiler chicken, but sent us to the surrounding farmers to buy that kind of live chicken.And it's still the kind of rooster that grows naturally, the fresher and more vigorous the better.

I don't know what the third uncle is doing with this chicken, but I didn't dare to neglect, so I quickly found the fat man and drove to the surrounding villages and towns.

There are many villages and towns around, but because it is adjacent to the urban area, it is really hard to find a chicken that raises this kind of chicken.We had to drive further afield.Finally, before dark, I got six big cocks at a high price.

All six chickens were locked in the trunk, making the whole car smell of chicken droppings.

We complained while driving, and the smell of chicken feces in the car might not go away for a long time.

After returning to the hotel, the third uncle had already returned.I thought he was going to Liuyuqiao overnight, but who knew that when he saw us back, he told us to sleep first, and we will talk about Liuyuqiao tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)