"I use astrology to calculate that the residence is a prominent and powerful lady in Zhongshan Town, but she was persecuted to death, and her death was very terrifying, after her death, her heavenly stars turned to ashes, from the sky in the northwest corner to this side of the mountain recess, where we are is where the big star turned into ashes, because this star lord was resented and suffered from the death of the martyrdom, before his death suffered a very cruel, tragic persecution, so the stars fell into soot and shrouded in all directions, bringing a very great evil spirit, The place where we are located is the area covered by evil qi, so the foreigners who come here are not familiar with the local terrain and water sources, and are not protected by the sun, moon and stars here, so they are easy to be invaded by evil qi and have accidents. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Zhang Kundan asked: "Why did Brother Lu stay on the shore for half a moment just now, you saw a big golden carp jumping out of the stream in Liudingpu, and you then decided that we could cross the river by boat, what is going on?" ”、

Chen Xu said: "Brother Zhang doesn't know, here the carp is regarded as a mascot in the folk, the Chinese ancestors in the backward era of Ru Mao drinking blood, slash and burn, there are some tribal fields to regard the carp as a totem, the ancients left a lot of mountains and seas on the myths and legends of similar carp into human appearance, "Erya" and "Shennong Book" said: carp, holy things, the king of all fish, lurking in the mountains, rivers and rivers, timely and derived, soaring and auspicious, the Lord of the world is sweet, blessing all things, is the wind and rain in the sea, Abundant rain is a good harvest of grains, and it is also a good thing. "Just now I watched a big golden carp about four feet big jump on the water, and there are five species of carp in the carp family: red, yellow, white, gray, black, gold, and blue and silver. Among them, the golden is the most noble and rare, and the big golden carp jumps out of the stream, "This is the auspicious of the above", it rises in the air, and the evil qi shrouded in the stream is washed away, and I dare to ask you to cross the river. ”

The boatman shook the oars, and from time to time he held a pale yellow sweat coat to wipe the sweat from his cheeks, and said: "Mr. Xiao is well-read and strong-remembered, knows the world, can pinch and calculate, and knows that the world is like a person who can get it, if I have such a grandchild, how good it would be." ”

Chen Xu's face was so red that he was praised by others, and he was a little embarrassed to say: "Actually, it's not me who is powerful, you don't know that the master has a hyacinth on the side of the stream opposite, this person is really a master in the world, and he must be able to know yin and yang, know yin and yang, be able to gossip, and predict everything."

When the three people on the gas boat heard Chen Xu's words, they looked up with curiosity, and saw that there was a bamboo pole the size of a waist on the water hole not far in front, about five zhang high, and a wooden plate was placed above the head of the pole, and there was a wooden flower magpie on the plate, and there were several beautiful rooster feathers on the head of the flower magpie, and the wind blew the wooden plate, and the flower magpie on it also rotated, and when the wind was a little stronger, the wooden flower magpie swayed, and if the wind stopped, the small flower in the mouth of the flower magpie would fall on the plate, but this is not an ordinary ornament but uses the eight directions on the Bagua Yili. Everyone listened to Chen Xu's explanation, and felt that this hyacinth was even more extraordinary.

Zhang Kundan asked what this hyacinth was for, and Chen Xu replied: "This hyacinth has the effect of warding off evil spirits and relieving disasters, and at the same time, it can also predict the direction of the wind, so as to reduce the danger encountered by passing ships." ”

After Chen Xu finished speaking, he stood alone on the bow of the boat and said to himself: "Strange to me, the master who erected this hyacinth by the stream must have also mastered the advanced wind skills, but this kind of person heard my master say: "There are only four people in the world who can master this profound knowledge, in addition to the master's friend Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng, who treats my master with a teacher's courtesy, and my master and his old man, who else will be the only remaining master outside the world." ”

What Chen Xu didn't expect was that this person was his master Master Qian Qiang's second junior brother, that is, his uncle Xuanling Daoren, as early as eight or nine years ago, after Lu's father Chen Xu came out in Ciyun Nunnery, he had a relationship with Xuanling Daoist, but unfortunately Chen Xu was unconscious at that time, and was being carried on horseback by his father. Speaking of which, his uncle also saved his life by chance, but unfortunately he couldn't meet his uncle this time.

Having said that, his uncle was invited by Chen Xu's master half a month ago, and came down from Mount Emei all the way to meet his senior brother who had not met for six or seven years.

After living for a few days in his uncle Xuan Lingzi, Xuan Lingzi taught Chen Xu the art of Qi Huang in Feng Shui Xuanmen, and when he said goodbye, Chen Xu knelt down on his knees to inherit the teacher's ceremony.

Xuan Lingzi said: "Go, I see your talent and aspect, and you will definitely have great achievements in the future." ”

Chen Xu said goodbye in tears.

At night, Chen Xu and the three of them lived in the village hotel, and at night Chen Xu was playing by the window with his two little pigeons, and saw the Milky Way in the sky, the stars were hanging low, the moon was lurking, the insects were chirping, and the weather was a little abnormal, so he asked Zhang Kundan, when the rainy season in this area came, Zhang Kundan told him: "Don't worry, the natural law of Ganzhou in previous years The rainy season is a month later, and the weather forecast also says so." ”

Chen Xu called the two friends to the window, pointed to the moon in the sky and told them: "The bright moon in the sky is covered by dark clouds, as the saying goes: dark clouds cover the moon, the rain period is not far away, the four fields are frosty, the weather is boring, and the sound of frogs is thunderous and cheerful, which shows that the weather is abnormal, it is extremely hot before the rain, mosquitoes and insects go out to wander outside, and the frogs in the field are all out of the way, so they can get more food and call more happily." ”

Zhang Kundan asked him when the weather would be abnormal, and Chen Xu told the two: "If my expectations are correct, in seven days, there will be a 50-year torrential rain in the Ganjiang area, and the rainy season will come more than a month earlier, so we must hurry up and return home." ”

Zhang Kundan said: "Don't be afraid, if it really rains, it won't be a problem for us to stay in the village hotel in the town for a long time, this time I and Han Zhimin have brought enough entanglements, if not, I still have an ancestral chicken heart-shaped amber in my arms, if we take it to the market to buy, let us eat and live here for a year." ”

Obviously, Chen Xu didn't hear his talk, but was still thinking about the incident of the crocodile hurting people in Mingjing Creek, and he said to Han Zhimin: "In fact, the rain in a few days can not be said to be a happy event for the villagers in Baojing Town." ”

Han Zhimin didn't understand the meaning of his words, so he said to him: "Ah, is there any mistake, you are still thinking about the Baojing Town we passed on the way we came before, if there is no abnormal weather in this Ganzhou area, at this time of the year, a year later, there will be a rainy season in some areas, including Baojing Town, which lasts for several months, and now if there is a heavy rainstorm, the crops or vegetables and fruits in the mountains and fields of the farmers will rot, how can it be said that this is a happy event." ”

Chen Xu said with a smile: "I don't mean these things, I mean the crocodiles in Mingjing Creek, we can all take this heavy rain as an opportunity to drive the crocodiles in the creek back to the Gan River, so that dozens of towns around Mingjing Creek don't have to endure the harm of crocodiles." ”

Zhang Kundan clasped his hands together and read: "Ani Buddha, I hope Chen Xu Xiansheng can miscalculate once this time, otherwise this time he will be said again, when the time comes, it will rain heavily, and the flood disaster will follow, that is, the crocodiles in the stream come to the shore to hurt people and animals, maybe the people on both sides of the river are living in dire straits, and their lives are ruined, and their blood is a river." ”

Han Jimin was not too nervous, he said: "The mountain road we are walking on now is a long road, and we can not pass through the crocodile life of Mingjing Creek. ”

Chen Xu insisted on going the same way and tried to persuade the two friends. Two days later, the three of them were walking on the road, only to see the children in the village in the morning weather The fog in the mountains has not dissipated, the children in the field put down the sickle in their hands to cut wheat, and secretly came to the ridge of the field to play with the Qianqian Suman piece into an arc, carefully glued the paper embroidered with the big dragonfly, made a kite, held a hinge wrapped around the filament rope in his hand, and put the kite while running, but due to the abnormal weather, the frost flowers in the sky wet the paper kite, The children on the edge of the pond angrily stepped on the kite on the ground, which was really a peasant child's idle time, skillfully dressed as a kite and flew high into the sky. The frost flowers are dense and lost, and the proud children do not understand the spring breeze.

Along the way, Han Zhimin observed the so-called signs of heavy rain, "ants moving in the snake aisle, birds flying low, fish jumping, voles chirping among trees, apes digging yams" and knew that Chen Xu's words were accurate and fulfilled, and there was really an abnormal heavy rainstorm in this Ganzhou area that had not been encountered in 50 years.

Han Jimin became more and more frightened as he walked, thinking that if a heavy rainstorm broke down the embankments on both sides of Mingjing Creek and caused the crocodile to climb up, he didn't know what would happen.

Turning his head to look at Chen Xu, he saw that he was holding the amber that Zhang Kundan had brought on his body in his hand, and he was staring intently at the little flying insect embedded in the pine resin-shaped amber, and he loved it, and shook his head unintentionally, and muttered in his mouth: "For the amber dust, the poor little worm sleeps deeply." People praise Qingguang as the most noble, and whoever understands the insect light is sad. ”

Han Zhimin said worriedly: "Our great poet, don't write poems, look at this day, according to your words, it will really rain heavily, the flood has broken the embankment by the stream, if we let the crocodile come up, will we still have a life." ”。

Chen Xu said to the two of them: "Don't worry, we have already walked to Fubao Village, and there is Baojing Town in front, so let's hurry up and go to the front to have a look." ”

After Chen Xu finished speaking, a large group of young men rushed forward behind Zhang Kundan, about 30 people, most of them were young people who were already strong, they stepped on the road, because of the fast walking, the stones on the mud gang road were quarryed, and a burst of dust was raised behind them, and a few people looked back, only to see that some of them were carrying drums, some were holding steel hairpins, or holding fire sticks, or holding anvils, flat poles, hoes, and severed halberds, anyway, they could be used in the fields, and the tools of the farm mill came in handy. If the three of them hadn't seen this group of tall and powerful young men and a few old men following closely behind, Chen Xu and the others would have thought that this was a group of robbers and bandits who were doing evil and killing people and stealing goods.

At this time, Zhang Kundan suddenly remembered something, could these people be one of them who teased Xiaoying on Panyang Lake a few days ago, she called his brother to bring relatives and friends in the village to intercept and beat them, at this time, Zhang Kundan thought about it, the more frightened he felt, only to see that the front was headed by a fierce man with a black stubble beard and two thick lips, looking at his appearance with bare arms and abdomen, strong muscles, like an ancient tiger's back and bear's waist, the fierce Zhang Fei who was like a thunderbolt, had extremely strong physical strength, and was swarthy, which made people afraid.

Zhang Kundan was in a hurry, swaying Chen Xu's elbows, and asked the two good friends and asked: "It's miserable, it's miserable, I married the lotus picker girl on Panyang Lake a few days ago, could this group of people be called by my brother to intercept us." ”

Chen Xu was very sober and said: "Brother Zhang, you don't have to worry too much, if this group of people really comes to fight us, there is no need to engage in such a formation to deal with our three helpless white-faced scholars, according to my opinion, this group of people should have another purpose." ”

As the saying goes, "The heart of harming people cannot be long, and the heart of preventing people is indispensable" Zhang Kundan listened to Chen Xu's analysis, but he was still not at ease, and took a figure-eight formation with his two feet, ready to fight.

The brave man named Agui at the head gradually approached, and Zhang Kundan opened his mouth and scolded: "If you gangsters want to beat me, come to my side, everything has nothing to do with my two friends, come on." ”

Thirty or forty young villagers still wanted to walk over, but when such a young man shouted angrily, he felt that the boar was eating the moon in the water—he couldn't touch the edge, and the strong man led by him leaned forward with his long big flat shoulder, and said: "You young man is really strange, we are going to the stream to kill the crocodile, what does it matter to you, what do you want, what do you call us to do, it is really inexplicable."

Several people had already explained the reason, it turned out that Zhang Kundan was too suspicious, which caused a misunderstanding, Chen Xu immediately said from the side: "A few big brothers, we are guests from other places, passing by here, seeing your formation like this, I thought it was a strongman on the mountain, I'm really embarrassed." ”

A young man in his twenties next to him said, "Oh, you look like a foreigner, I advise you to get out of here quickly, otherwise it won't be our business to encounter danger." ”

Han Zhimin stepped forward and said: "Dare to ask these brothers, just now I heard that you are going to kill crocodiles, what is going on, the crocodiles in the water are so powerful, it is not only human power can eradicate them, I want to advise you to recognize the situation clearly, don't disregard your lives at that time, wouldn't it be a pity." ”

Agui said rudely: "What do you young people know, as the saying goes, "I can't bear the child to trap the wolf" We are prepared, and we have thirty or forty people here, even if it is a vicious tiger in the mountains and a dragon in the water, we have to be intimidated by our momentum. ”

After speaking, the sturdy man waved his arm and said to the young man behind, don't be frightened by the words of the three little hairy children, hurry up and follow me. ”

Chen Xu and the other three all realized that something would happen later, and at this time, needless to say, they all followed this large group of people to watch the excitement.

Coming to the side of the Spiegel Creek, the three young men were stunned at once, a hundred meters away from them, it seemed to be like hell on earth, the crocodiles swimming in the stream were more like fierce gods and evil ghosts, and the crocodiles that floated up were countless, no different from the spring silkworms that were densely wriggling on the mulberry leaves, which reminded Chen Xu of a plot in an ancient book, saying that the earliest bridge in the world was a group of monkeys in groups, connected in an orderly manner, cooperating with each other and pulling each other's tails, In Chen Xu's opinion, if the crocodiles in the water can be lined up, people will definitely be able to cross the river, just like a pontoon bridge in the water.

Han Zhimin saw that the thirty young people were still rushing to the top of the stream, and saw that there were so many fierce and huge crocodiles in the water, and their feet were unstable, so he said: "Two virtuous brothers, let's go back, this is not a joke, if there is a slight accident, I will die immediately." ”

Zhang Kundan was also scared at this time, but when he saw Chen Xu's unchanged expression, he said: "What are you afraid of, let's just follow these young people and see how they catch crocodiles, Chen Xu is younger than us but he is still indomitable, what can we two brothers who grew up in front of him have anything to worry about." ”

After walking for about half an hour, the three men and a group of young men stopped on the embankment by the stream, and saw that not far ahead, there was a fence surrounded by stakes and wires, and the formation was so great that it could really frighten the wind and rain, and weep ghosts and gods, and there was a large group of fat sheep inside, they seemed to have been frightened by something, and they all bleated, and some of the sheep had a faint mark of blood on their pure white wool, which was obviously attacked by a beast.

"Wow", Han Zhimin and several villagers shouted, and said Look at it, it turns out that under more than a dozen sheep, there are a few crocodiles that are several feet deep, no wonder the timid Han Zhimin wants to jump into the river, this group of crocodiles is obviously the judge of the soul, the messenger of hell, the demon who kills people without blinking, and the tyrant of all living things.

I saw a very large body in the fence, red eyes, wearing iron armor, a crocodile with a sharp blade swooped down on a head of the peritoneal, poor old sheep, this old sheep who fell into the dead still wanted to do a battle to the death, in a hurry it ran to the side of the fence and took a few steps back, wanted to jump through the fence with a strong Achilles tendon, but after all, the fence was artificially placed, as high as the palace wall, unless the old sheep ribs had wings, otherwise it was useless to want to jump over, the old sheep was blocked by the high fence, and suddenly came down, The crocodile was like the frenzy of the angry sea and the fierce waves of the stormy river, and it swarmed up, and only bit the neck of the old sheep without any scruples.

The white mangmang's knife-like sharp teeth immediately entered the flesh three feet, the old sheep's blood flowed like an injection, and the blood spurted out of the stream stained the green grass by the stream, and the air with a faint grass fragrance by the stream was filled with a fishy smell, the old sheep rolled his eyes when he fell to the ground, his limbs trembled, he exhaled into a wave, and he couldn't move anymore after four screams, three or two crocodiles came together to grab the meal, gathered around the old sheep and wanted the chickens on the lawn to compete to pull the little green worm, the old sheep's corpse was dismantled in eight pieces, miserable, the intestines flowed all over the ground, and the liver went into the mud.

Han Zhimin saw this scene of blood dripping with blood and crocodile predation, and almost fainted, but fortunately, Chen Xu and Zhang Kundan grabbed his arm and let him lie down, and Zhang Kundan was also afraid at this time that his mouth was not closed, but Chen Xu suspected that this group of young villagers were still scattering birds and beasts, and each of them slipped into the house.

Unexpectedly, Agui climbed high and shouted: "The time has come for the brothers to test us, don't be afraid, if you are afraid, you are not a hero, you look at the fence at a hundred meters away, although there are three or two crocodiles trapped, but this cage is made by the skilled craftsmen in the village, the crocodiles can't escape, we will catch this group of beasts that harm people and things, and let the wives and children in the village see how we do things." ”

Everyone should be good when they hear Ah Gui say this, they strode forward boldly, sighed timidly, closed their hands as if they were praying to God and worshiping Buddha, and they all trembled and followed.

The crocodile saw that the prey that did not know whether it was alive or dead came forward, and immediately opened it like a brazier, shaped like a shovel to bite it, and held the broken wooden halberd in his hand to exert his strength, and stabbed into the crocodile's mouth, and the crocodile's tongue was cut in half by the broken wooden halberd, and suddenly the blood splashed in the air, and the tongue was on the ground, and the crocodile was rolling on the ground, and the belly was as white as dawn and the back of the black night was always presented, and there were grasshoppers struggling in the water as if they were climbing unstable grasshoppers struggling in the water.

Ah Gui took advantage of the victory to pursue, and jumped seven feet high with a broken wooden halberd in his hand to cut off the tail of the big crocodile, and the blood suddenly gushed out like an avalanche, and it was out of control, dyeing the clothes of the sturdy man, his arms and his whole body red, and slowly he saw the big crocodile close its eyes and slowly close its big mouth.

Everyone saw that Agui had extinguished the prestige of the crocodile, and they all went into the fence, and in their opinion, the elimination of the crocodile inside was just a matter of time.

The crocodiles in the fence saw everyone holding sharp blades, knives and forks, Agui hacked a companion to death, at first was shocked by such an aura, the limbs and feet retreated slightly, Agui thought that the crocodile was timid, did not dare to fight, wanted to steal, this time it was even more proud, and gradually more than a dozen partners fought side by side with him, only to see him shouting: "Brothers, wait a minute, we have to rush up, then this group of evil, fierce and cruel crocodiles are all killed, so it is better to go to the village to show off, to the county master to get a reward." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the crocodile, who had been hit hard just now and was thought to be dead by Agui, opened his eyes coldly, and Chen Xu, who was standing outside, immediately saw the clue, and only opened his throat and shouted: "Be careful, the crocodile is coming." ”