Chapter 57: The Living Man Stake

Liu Laodao can be said to be not shocking and endless, one sentence made me confused, that Lao Huang looks very healthy, if there is no accident, it will not be a problem to live for another ten or eight years, the key is his life, how is it associated with that bridge, is that bridge so peculiar.

"Old man, don't sell Guan Zi when you speak, what's wrong with that bridge, why is Lao Huang associated with that bridge, tell me about it"

I suddenly lost all of my sleep, and I was very curious, I saw a lot of strange people along the way, and this Lao Huang must be too.

"Have you ever heard of a living human stake?"

Liu Laodao glanced back at me and said.

"What, the living pile, I'll go, it's really fake, it's impossible, isn't that a long time ago?"

Liu Laodao's words shocked me suddenly, I naturally know about the living pile, this is a very vicious thing.

In the previous era when science and technology were not developed, it was very difficult to build bridges and pave roads, and it was easy to encounter some strange things when opening mountains or something.

The piling used to build the bridge is one of them, sometimes it is very normal geology, but the pile just can't be driven, if you look for Mr. Feng Shui to see, it is accurate to say that it has encountered the leyline, the eye of the earth or something, there is something to obstruct, so what to do, use blood sacrifice.

It's not as simple as killing a pig and slaughtering a sheep, you have to use people, and you have to live people, and you have to beat the living people into it, saying that it is a smash to the fire, and you can beat it if you suppress this pile.

The legend of the living pile has existed since ancient times, and even in modern times, there are many legends, those contractors sometimes deliberately let the workers go to death in order not to delay the construction period, and some are bought from other places to buy some beggars and homeless people and the like.

But in the end, this is a tragic thing, extremely vicious, the feng shui master who came up with this idea, the contractor will end up extremely miserable, and now it has long been forbidden, who dares to risk this big reason to do this kind of thing, this is not an accident, it is a proper murder.

"Yes, it's forbidden, so do you know why you use living people to drive piles, cattle and sheep can't?"

Liu Laodao sighed and asked, he is not good at commenting on the matter of the living pile, society is like this, sometimes human life is very valuable, sometimes human life is worthless, no one is in that environment, no one praises and judges anything, just like the ancient human sacrifice, of course, there is no moral humanity from the current point of view, but it was not like this at that time, at that time, some slave captives and the like were not human beings at all in the eyes of some people.

"I don't know about this, but I've heard people say that the reason why we use living people instead of cattle and sheep is because the cattle and sheep are not smart enough, and the grievances are not big enough, and they can't control the things in the water."

I shook my head, how do I know this, I am also hearsay, I listen to others, if cattle and sheep can be used instead, I'm afraid no one will use living people.

"It's almost the same reason, cattle and sheep are raised by people, and they have to be slaughtered to eat meat, so they will accept their fate, even if they are killed, the resentment is not enough, people are different, and if they are killed for no reason, the resentment will be great."

Liu Laodao's words made me agree very much, I was innocently buried alive by Boss Chen in the first place, so my resentment was not ordinary at that time, and now I can't forgive Boss Chen.

"Old man, that bridge won't have a living pile?"

I asked Liu Lao Dao with affection, that bridge has been around for almost 50 years, and 50 years ago was not before the founding of the People's Republic of China.

"No, when the bridge was built, it did encounter strange things, the last pile could not be driven down anyway, the leaders at that time were very anxious, and it was useless to consult a lot of experts, and finally began to look for the methods of these older generations, they poured a lot of blood of cattle and sheep, but they couldn't stop it, and finally Lao Huang proposed the matter of the living pile, which was rejected at the time, and finally used a water monster in the water"

"Water monsters, there's a water monster in this water?"

When I heard this, I was even more excited, why did the water monsters come out?

"Why not, this river leads directly to the Yangtze River, what's wrong with a bit of a water monster, isn't it normal?"

"Okay, okay, I won't intervene, you go on, why is it related to the water monster"

I quickly shut up and let the old man finish the story.

At that time, Lao Huang put forward a proposal for a living pile, which was not only vetoed by the leader, but also leaked the news.

Later, the leader couldn't help it, and found Lao Huang in private and told him that he would give him a chance to make meritorious contributions, and if he could solve the matter, he would let him go.

Lao Huang had no choice but to agree, but the premise was that he couldn't use a living person, at that time Lao Huang and I were very good brothers, Lao Huang came to me to complain, Lao Huang's final preparation was..."

Liu Laodao's eyes became confused, as if he had returned to the original years, that Lao Huang came to Liu Laodao, at that time Liu Laodao was just an ordinary worker, not a Taoist priest, Lao Huang's last preparation was to sacrifice himself, because he really couldn't think of any other way.

This method made Liu Laodao startled, and hurriedly stopped him, and the two discussed for several days without coming up with a result, but later they got a master's guidance and told them the meaning of the living person pile, and it is not impossible to replace the living person pile, such as the spirit in the water.

Those spirits have practiced in the water for decades or hundreds of years, and they have already become spirits, and they are even more spiritual than people.

The two of them were overjoyed, and began to inquire around about where there were water monsters, and it was a coincidence that there had been water monsters in a water area downstream of the city at that time.

In those days, there were air conditioning fans at home, and the only electrical appliance in most people's homes was an electric light, so most boys would run to the river to swim in the summer, so drowning incidents were frequent.

But strangely, there have been no drowning incidents in that area of water for several years, the reason is that there are water monsters in the water, it is said that if someone drowns, something in the water will lift them up and send them to the shore, but no one knows what it is, and most people attribute this kind of thing to the gods worshiped in their village.

And this statement was to be criticized at the time, so some people had already wanted to fish it up and take a look, and Lao Huang and Liu Laodao volunteered to catch the water monster.

After Lao Huang inquired about some of the deeds of the water monster, he suddenly came up with a vicious idea, he pretended to be drowning, and when the water monster came to save him, he sent a signal to let the prepared big net round up, and he caught the water monster at one time, and the water monster turned out to be a turtle the size of a millstone.

That night, the turtle came into their dreams and told them that it was an old turtle who had practiced for more than a hundred years, but he had never done anything evil, but had always done good deeds and accumulated virtues, and now he was going to be used to build a bridge after death, and he was very unwilling, and threatened to take revenge or something.

The two woke up to know that they had made a big mistake, and wanted to secretly release the old turtle, but they didn't expect that the old turtle was dying at this time, it turned out that some workers heard that this kind of old turtle had a treasure bead in its stomach, and wanted to dig it up to see, the old turtle was about to die.

Lao Huang was immediately furious, and the worker fought, and finally alarmed the leaders at the time, Lao Huang interceded with the leaders, wanting to let go of the old turtle, but was rejected by the leaders, they have been delayed for too long, if they can't drive the pile, the construction period will be wrong, at that time, this project is the most important.

At the insistence of the leader, the construction overnight put the old turtle into the pile hole, and sure enough, the pile was laid after a delay of almost a month.

But the matter is not completely over, the pile is laid, but the follow-up project has frequent accidents, several accidents have occurred in a row, injured a lot of workers, Lao Huang and Liu Lao Dao knew that it was the old turtle who was angry, so they went to find the master who pointed them out at that time, and asked him to find a way.

The master also agreed, taking advantage of the fact that there was no one to do it at night, but as soon as the law was done, it was terrible, and at that time the river began to roll up a strong wind, and the whirlpool turned in the water, and the yin wind howled angrily, and the master couldn't even suppress the old turtle's resentment.

In the end, the old Huang gritted his teeth, knelt on the ground, broke his scalp in three strokes, and then swore to the sky that he had done something wrong, so he was willing to bear all the consequences, he was willing to suffer with the old turtle, go down to the Yellow Spring together, and wait until the next life, he will be an adult for the old turtle and the old turtle, and there will be no complaints if the old turtle is slaughtered.

As soon as the poisonous oath was issued, the river suddenly returned to calm, and the second project was also smoothly started, and finally completed and opened to traffic, and Lao Huang also guarded the bridge day after day and became a bridge keeper.

And Lao Huang's life is also closely related to this bridge, and when the bridge is demolished, it is the time when Lao Huang's life falls, which is the original oath.

"Master, don't be too sad, I, I don't even know how to comfort you"

After listening to what Liu Laodao said, I didn't know how to say it for a while, that old turtle was pitiful, Lao Huang and Liu Laodao did something wrong, but Lao Huang was also a poor person, tied up by a bridge for a lifetime.

"I don't need to be comforted, tomorrow, let Lao Huang take you to treasure hunting, so as not to cheapen others"

Liu Laodao shook his head, and when I heard it, my eyes suddenly widened, Treasure hunting?