The flow is on the right track.

Lu Zheng's footsteps stopped suddenly, Xi (pronounced the same as the west) means to gather, the flow of the river is on the track, as the name suggests, the river gathers and moves forward according to the established river course.

It can be seen that this tower is 100% related to the Lingjiang River, and it is impossible to confirm whether it is a water lock pavilion for the time being.

Standing at the door and observing carefully, the earth and stone building at the base of the tower is square, more like a small hall, the door of the hall is half-covered, the panes are broken, you can vaguely see a stone platform in the hall, and there is an earthy yellow clay sculpture on the stone platform.

Lu Zheng did not rush into the tower, but looked at the ground around him. The tower is in disrepair, the stone steps at the base of the tower are covered with a layer of loess weeds, carefully inspect the circle, on the stone steps on the left side of the door, you can clearly find traces of trampling, see the footprints should be two people.

The loess is floating soil, which should be a little loose after the wind blows, but these two pairs of footprints are exceptionally clear, which just proves that someone has been here in recent times.

The light of the fire that the old fire saw was only fleeting, and it would not have been noticeable if it had not been for its amazing eyesight. And because the mountains shade each other, only the upper floors of the hotel can see it, and the tower is difficult to observe from the resort's flat location.

Very hidden.

The footprints stretched from the steps to the terraces, along the ridges of the fields into the distance, until they disappeared abruptly on the edge of a cliff.

Looking at the mountain col in the distance, the corner of Lu Zheng's mouth smiled slightly, he had already concluded that these people were definitely not very human, and the suspicion of this tower was basically certain.

Back in front of the tower, Lu Zheng released two water striders and flew in from the pavilion on the top floor, carefully inspected, and found no problems, before slowly pushing open the temple door.

The stone floor of the main hall is full of traces of erosion and cracking, overgrown with weeds, and the area is about 50 square meters, supported by 26 falling stone pillars, and the statue of the general stands on the stone platform in front of it.

The statue of the general is in a standing position, with a helmet and armor. His eyes widened with anger, he held a stone sword in his right hand, his left hand rested on his chest, and he held a coiled snake in his palm. On his right foot, he stepped on a large crow.

"Eun Gong, you see. ”

Ji Xiang stretched out his claws to look at the statue of the general on the stone platform, frowned, and said: "This tower is obviously not cleaned, but this statue of the general is spotless. ”

As auspicious said, the whole temple was dusty. The grass was overgrown, but although the statue of the general was old and mottled, it was spotless and incompatible with its surroundings.

"There are words here!"

The owl flew to the pillars on both sides of the stone platform, carefully identified it from top to bottom, and slowly chanted: "The fire master of the heaven and earth is the biggest, you are handsome, he is the most handsome." Oops, it's wet, it's so wet. ”

Jixiang exclaimed, "How is it possible?"

"Of course not. Lu Zheng smiled. Walked to the front of the stone pillar, carefully observed the handwriting grooves, barely distinguished, and read: "The Son of Heaven is a gong, beating the drum and ringing." Jue said Pinglang, jade book Jinke. ”

Ji Xiang gave Lao Huo a big roll of his eyes, and then asked suspiciously, "What does this mean?"

Lu Zheng touched his chin, showed a confident smile and said, "Regarding this issue, it is difficult for me." The artifact is in hand, and I have it in the world. Then he pulled his smartphone out of his pocket. skillfully clicked on the browser and said the second half of the line: "Du Niang, you know." ”

The omniscient Du Niang really quickly gave the answer.

This poem is most often used in the Pinglang Yuanhou Temple, and the so-called Pinglang Yuanhou. Also known as Pinglanghou, Yan Gonghou, is a water god in western Jiangxi, whose duty is to calm the wind and waves and ensure the boat. Pinglanghou Temple, also called the Little Holy Temple. It is very common in the western part of the Yangtze River, and he is a revered local water god, and his greatest achievement is to get rid of a river ray that stirs up waves in the river.

This seems to be a temple dedicated to Pinglanghou, but what makes Lu Zheng strange is that Pinglanghou is the water god of western Jiangxi, how could it appear in Guixi? And using this tower as a water god temple looks nondescript and full of disharmony.

No, no!

Lu Zheng looked at the stone pillars engraved with couplets on both sides of the statue, and he could clearly see that the color of the stone pillars was different from the stone pillars at the base of the tower, they were all the same mottled, but the couplet stone pillars were blue in the blue, and the stone pillars in the ground were yellow and black.

Looking up, Lu Zheng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he faintly discovered the secret.

He didn't say anything, but nodded at Jixiang and the owl, "Let's go up there and have a look." ”

The tower is divided into three layers, there are stone chiseled stairs on both sides to communicate, turn along the stairs to the second floor, a big bell on the left, the bell mouth is broken, upside down on the ground, the bell lug is cast with two dragons, one side of the clock face is engraved with small characters, except for the last 'build' word, the rest has been unclear. Opposite the bell is an empty fluted stone platform that looks like a place to place a large drum.

Other than that, there are no other furnishings on the second floor. Continuing to climb to the third floor, I saw another broken statue of the god, with no head or arms, only a bare body. There is a stone tablet on the side of the statue, and the dust on the surface of the tablet is blown away, and two lines of eight characters can be seen.

Lock the water and town, and eliminate the disaster.

Twisting a handful of thick dust on the idol, Lu Zheng suddenly smiled, he probably knew what was going on.

"Let's go, let's go back. ”

The owl wondered, "Shouldn't we go back here?"

"I can't eat Sarajevo in a hurry, and when it's time for the morning in a while, there are many people, and they won't come. ”

"Engong, the slave family and the old fire should stay here. Jixiang volunteered: "What if they come?"

It had only been four or five hours since the early hours of the morning, and their whereabouts were so mysterious that they would not have appeared in the daytime. But leaving the white fox and the owl behind is a safer way.

Lu Zheng nodded and said, "It's okay." ”

Not far out of the tower gate, the owl squatted on the eaves corner of the second floor, shouting: "Remember to bring something to eat when you come back, it is best to eat meat, pig's head meat is the best, roast goose can also be, roast chicken is also improvised, roast ...... Brother, did you hear that?"

Along the terraced mountain road all the way down the mountain, the road began to see farmers one after another, and it was a little strange to see Lu Zheng's face.

After walking not far, Lu Zheng suddenly stopped, and a platoon car turned into the opposite path. The so-called platoon car is a car pulled by manpower, which is very common in rural areas, with steel rings and iron axles, driven by people to move forward.

He stopped because the driver was an old man, dressed in coarse cloth and hunched over. His bronzed cheeks were full of furrows, and his forehead and shoulders were covered with fine sweat, and he was struggling to move forward with one deep foot and one shallow foot.

There is a large oil drum on the platoon car, which is fixed with a rope. A square gap was carved out of the oil drum, and the gap was rolled out with the bumps of the car.

On the side of the platoon cart, an old woman can be faintly seen, bending over and pushing the cart.

Boom.

One side of the platoon car was sunk into a floating pit. As soon as the body was twisted, the water splashed out and sprinkled down the body on the ground, soaking the floating soil into mud.

Then, no matter how the old man exerted his strength, so that the green tendons on his face came out, and the car could not get rid of the mud puddle, but because of more and more water, the car wheel became more muddy.

"Wife, work hard!

The old man spat in his palm. Grasping the wheels, the two of them exerted their strength together, and saw that the wheels were about to come out of the mud pit, but the strength was not enough, and they slid backwards violently.

The wheel swayed violently, and the old man was staggered, and he was about to fall into the ditch of the terraces, and if he fell hard, with his body, it was estimated that he would not be able to get up.

Just as he was about to fall. A pair of hands suddenly stretched out over his shoulders and held him steadily, and the old man looked up to see a young man with a smile on his face looking at him.

Lu Zheng actually had the heart to come over to help a long time ago. But the distance was too far, and when he came, the old man had already been pushed out, so he simply came in time and barely supported him.

"Uncle, are you alright?"

The old man's expression was obviously a little nervous. Showing a mouthful of big yellow teeth, he stammered: "It's okay, it's okay, it's ...... Thank you very much. ”

The old lady behind the car also hurriedly followed, hugged the old man and said, "Old man, are you okay?"

"It's okay, it's okay, thanks to the lad for the hand. The old man smiled innocently, and suddenly saw two mud marks on Lu Zheng's clothes, and hurriedly said: "Hey, hey, it's broken, I stained your clothes." ”

"It's fine. Lu Zheng grinned.

"This ......," said the old lady solemnly, "what is going on, young man, if you take it off, my wife will wash it for you." Your clothes look expensive. ”

"Not really. Lu Zheng's face was full of gentleness, and he looked at the waterway: "Uncle, is your field very dry? ”

The old man sighed and said, "It's not a drought, it's rained a few times here this year." But my half acre of land can't hold water, and the half acre of corn I planted doesn't bear seeds when it's dry. ”

Don't look at this as the Lingjiang River Basin, but the terraced fields in this mountain are three or four miles away from the Lingjiang River, and irrigation basically relies on rainwater. Corn is a very drought-tolerant crop, and if it doesn't grow, it's really dry.

"Uncle, I'll help you pull you to the field. ”

The old man and the old man, looking at these two old men who are over sixty years old, pulling the cart up the mountain, Lu Zheng is really a little unbearable, if he wants to rain, he must first go to Lingjiang to get water before he can come to rain.

"No, no, what's going on......"

The old couple was about to dissuade them, but Lu Zheng had already held the wheels, and with a slight force, the pai car crawled out of the mud pit with a grunt and moved forward briskly.

The old couple hurriedly followed, their faces were full of gratitude, and they didn't know what to say for a while.

"Uncle, I see that you can just pull a cart, it will definitely rain today. ”

Rain?

The old couple subconsciously looked up at the sky, there was a clear sky, where was there any sign of rain? The old man smiled and said, "Young man, the weather forecast has said, and it has been sunny in the past few days. ”

Lu Zheng smiled and said, "I've read the book, so I won't lie to you." ”

Looking at this handsome young man in a suit and leather shoes, pulling the farmer's row car and walking in front, the corners of the old lady's eyes suddenly became a little sour, and she muttered: "Who's from this doll, it's really a good person." ”

"By the way, uncle, I saw that you have a tower in this mountain, what is it for?"

The old man thought for a while and said, "You are talking about Wen Niangniang Tower, right? (To be continued.) )