The road was a little muddy underfoot, and Wei Lai's mother's newly made pony boots were covered in dirty mud.

Wei Lai, who has always been obedient, didn't have the heart to think about it this time, and when he returned home, his mother was so angry when she saw that the new riding boots were destroyed.

He followed behind Daddy, stepping on the mud soaked by the river with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and stared at the smooth mirror-like walls of water on both sides as if they had been cut with a sharp weapon.

He could clearly see the fish and shrimp swimming in the water wall and the aquatic plants swaying at the bottom of the water, which was a very rare experience for Wei Lai, he couldn't help but look a little distracted, his fingers unconsciously stretched out, and gently pointed on the mirror-like "wall" of the water wall.

Bite.

With that light, the wall suddenly rippled layer by layer, and the fish that was leaning on the edge of the wall and looking at Wei Lai curiously was also frightened, and with a swing of the fish's tail, splashed a little water foam and fell on Wei Lai's body, and his body disappeared into the depths of the river.

Wei was no longer satisfied with just touching the wall of water with his fingers, and after some trying, he became bold.

He tied up his sleeves, and his entire arm was stretched in. He stirred in the water, startling the fish and shrimp around him, but the young Wei Lai did not feel that his move had caused much trouble to these little ones, and he only found it novel and interesting, so he never got tired of it.

Wei Shou, who was walking in front, looked back at Wei Lai, who was having fun, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but he quickly forced himself to put on a straight face and said, "Ah Lai, have you forgotten how your father taught you?"

When Wei Lai heard this, he reluctantly restrained the movements of his hands, lowered his head, and muttered: "All things have spirits, don't disturb them unless you are forced to ......"

"Then don't you take your hand back?" said the man again.

"Oh. Wei Lai replied sullenly, and was about to withdraw his hand from the water wall, but at this moment, black gas suddenly gushed out from the junction of Wei Lai's arm and the water wall, and Wei Lai's hand seemed to be fixed in it, and no matter how hard Wei Lai exerted his strength, he couldn't pull it out.

As the black qi gradually became thicker, the fish and shrimp around the water wall seemed to sense the danger, and they all turned around and left quickly, and in the blink of an eye, there were no living creatures outside the water wall.

And in the mud under the water wall, something suddenly began to stir.

The dirt at the bottom kept rising and falling, rising and falling again, and constantly approaching Wei Lai, but in the blink of an eye, the things under the dirt came to Wei Lai's side.

A white hand stretched out from the crack in the dirt and grabbed Wei Lai's arm, and with a huge force, Wei Lai's body fell into the wall of water.

"Daddy!" the young Wei Lai exclaimed.

Before the words fell, Wei Shou, who was dressed in a green shirt, had already come to his side, he grabbed Wei Lai's other arm, his eyes were full of anger, the cyan thing on his right arm lit up again, and a sparrow bathed in cyan flames flew out of his arm at that time.

"In the land under the jurisdiction of Wei, how can you allow you to wait for the charm to be a disaster?" Wei Shou snorted coldly, his face as cold as snow. The sparrow had a heart-to-heart connection, and at that moment it flapped its wings, and blue flames erupted from its mouth.

The cyan flame passed through the wall of water and fell straight on the white arm, which ignited and made a "zizi" sound.

"Shhhh

It didn't care about pulling Wei Lai any longer, so it could only escape into the dirt again with its burning arm, and fled quickly with bursts of green smoke that had been burned.

It wasn't until the strange figure completely disappeared on the side of the wall of water that Wei Lai came back to his senses from such a change.

Grunt.

He swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his face was pale, and he didn't care about the soaked half of his clothes, so he looked at his father and asked, "Daddy... What's that?"

One of Wei Shou's hands slowly stretched out, and the sparrow gathered the cyan flames around it and landed on the man's fingers, it cooed twice, and then turned into a streamer and escaped into the man's arm.

"It's just a water ghost. At this time, Wei Shou straightened his slightly messy cyan robe, and replied lightly.

Wei Lai noticed his soaked clothes at this time, he rolled his eyes at his foolish father, frowned on his immature face, and asked, "This place is so close to Wupan City, how can there be water ghosts?"

Wei Shou was silent, just the same frown, pacing back and forth on the muddy path that was given way by the water walls on either side, as if looking for something. After a few breaths, his footsteps suddenly stopped, and he said without raising his head: "Jiang Da has no gods, and water evil ghosts are born." ”

Wei Lai, who was young, naturally couldn't understand what his father was saying, and he was about to ask.

But I saw the man in the green shirt stomp on the muddy path, and the mud was splashed everywhere, and the riding boots made by my mother for the two of them were even more miserable after this kick.

Thinking of the appearance of his mother when he was angry after returning home, Wei looked at the man's gaze and suddenly became pity.

But Wei Shou seemed to have forgotten about this stubble, and stepped on it one after another, with greater strength than once.

Is this called a broken jar? Wei looked at the father in front of him, thinking secretly.

But at that moment, Wei Shou fell to the ground again.

Rumble!

Immediately, there was a muffled sound.

With the center of Wei Shou's feet as the starting point, a spiderweb-like crack spread across the muddy ground.

"Dad?" Wei Lai asked strangely.

Wei Shou was silent, gathered all his strength, and stepped on the ground again as if the iron was hot.

Rumble!!!

A louder muffled sound rose from under Wei Lai's feet, and before he could react, the ground under his feet suddenly collapsed, and his body immediately fell hard.

......

The so-called flowing water is not rotten, and the hub is not beetle.

In that case, I guess I should be some years old with this muddy water under me.

Wei Lai endured the pungent smell of the stagnant water under him, and struggled to get up, he looked at his father, who was also covered with sewage, and complained: "Daddy, if my mother goes back and sees us like this, when the time comes..."

Wei Lai's words came to an abrupt end in the middle of speaking.

He was stunned by the sight in front of him—it was a small room, the top of which was the bottom of the Wupan River, and the top of the house seemed to have melted into the earth, and the water was constantly seeping down, ticking and ticking in this small room.

"Daddy, where is this?" the child's nature made Wei Lai quickly forget his previous unhappiness, and pulled Wei Shou's sleeve and asked.

"Just look at it. Wei Shou seemed to enjoy the worship from Wei Lai. He laughed, a hand outstretched, snapping his fingers.

The cyan light on his left arm lit up, and the sparrow with cyan flames flew out again, illuminating the hut buried in the darkness.

With this light, Wei Lai finally saw the scene in this low house vividly.

There seemed to be some things like candlesticks, porcelain bowls, incense sticks, and so on in the stagnant water that had reached Wei Lai's waist, but they were either rusty, crumbling, or simply covered with moss. Only a statue standing in front of Wei Lai, only five or six feet away, was barely complete.

It's just that it's also covered with moss, and it's covered with shadows, so it's not really visible.

"Green Tiger. Wei Shou said.

The cyan sparrow communicated with its heart, let out a clear chirp, and fluttered its wings and flew in front of the sculpture, and the blue flames around it were flourishing. However, the palm-sized body spat out a raging fire at that time, and poured it on the one-foot-tall statue.

When the heat wave hit, Wei Lai subconsciously covered his face with clothes, until after a while, Wei Shou's voice sounded in his ears: "Okay, take a look." ”

Wei Lai realized that the boiling heat had dissipated, and he raised his eyes to see where the sculpture was.

He couldn't help but be a little confused by what he saw, it was a statue of a giant bull with a high head, two horns facing the sky, and its front hooves raised.

The statue was covered with various scratches and depressions eroded by time and flowing water, and it looked dull, but Wei Lai still caught a glimpse of the bull's high posture from the high posture of the bull's head, and the eyes of the four directions that had broken through the dust through the years.

"He is the former river god of this water. Wei Shou came to Wei Lai's side, put one hand on Wei Lai's shoulder, and looked up at the sculpture of the giant bull with his son.

Wei Lai blinked: "Once?

"About 20 years ago, the incense was completely cut off. ”

"Why? Is he bad?"

"No matter how bad it is, it keeps the waters safe, there is no merit, it is a little hard work. Wei Shou's voice was much lower, his eyes wandering, not knowing what he was thinking. "The Great Yan Dynasty is not right, and many things are done a little bit, and one of the old gods of the previous dynasty is counted as one, no matter whether it is good or evil, it will probably not end well. ”

Although Wei Shou's words were so pointed, the meaning was probably clear. However, Wei Lai is young, and no matter how smart he is, he can't understand the ditches and twists and turns.

So, he didn't care about the twists and turns, but stretched out his hand to the statue and asked, "Then is he dead?"

Wei Shou shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly, "Then who knows?"

"Then we can build another temple for him, so that those people can come and worship him, maybe that's right..."

"Oops!" Wei Lai's words were halfway through when Wei Shou's head was slammed into the door. Wei Lai, who was in pain, covered his reddened head and looked at Wei Shou with an aggrieved expression.

Wei Shou scolded: "Your father and I, the official with a big sesame seed, still rely on others to ask for it, do you want me to lose my job, and in the future, our family of three will drink the northwest wind?"

"What then?" Wei Lai asked, rubbing his head.

"What to do? There are so many bad things in the world, you can manage everything. Wei Shou reprimanded him seriously.

Wei Lai muttered quietly, "Then why did you bring me here?"

"It seems that the imperial court has invited a great god from somewhere to suppress the waters of the entire Wupan River, and at that time, these small gods along the river are estimated to have no way to live. Seeing that this guy in the county chronicles used to be pretty good, while the main lord didn't come, I could still borrow the waterway, so I came to take a look, and it can be regarded as thanking him for the kindness of protecting the people of the county for me. Wei Shou said with a relaxed face, but Wei Lai could hear that his father seemed to be in a low mood at this time.

"Is there no way to save him?" Wei Lai asked in the spirit of sharing his father's worries.

"God is such a thing, it looks high, but in fact it is like duckweed without roots, without incense, there is no luck, what can be done? Wei Shou sighed.

Wei Lai said excitedly: "Then let's come!"

"I said that the Lord is about to arrive, and I won't be able to borrow this waterway next time. Wei Shou rolled his eyes at Wei Lai.

"That's right. Wei Lai's face also showed distress when he heard this.

Wei Shou didn't seem to want his emotions to infect his son, he hurriedly suppressed the depression in his heart, a smile appeared on his face, and he reached out and touched Wei Lai's head: "It's okay, although we can't save him, but since we came to pay a respect, I can't say that he can survive?"

"Really?" Wei Lai looked at his father suspiciously.

"Hmm. ”

"So how?"

"Worship, normally, to burn incense and pay tribute, we obviously can't offer incense here, just worship, see what money you have on your body to give a little, show your heart. ”

"What do you mean by showing your heart?"

"Of course, the more expensive the better. Wei Shou said with a smile.

Wei Lai was stunned for a moment, and looked down at the crystal clear pill in his hand.