I heard that the lame Liu Mazi at the intersection was not called Liu Mazi, and he didn't have pockmarks on his face, but he was quite handsome; The cripple at the edge of the village is not called Zhang Cripple, his legs and feet are very convenient, but he has a mottled pockmark. These two people are a team: one says that he is the appearance of the emperor's old man, and the other says that he is the emperor's old man's general, and every day they get together from the head of the village to the end of the village, and do everything that lacks virtue. On the first day, the old Li Xiaowang's dry cattle were pulled into the water, and the next day, the Li family's chickens were driven down the river; Yesterday, Lao Liang was deceived into going to the city to steal fun for the daughter of his opponent Chen's family, and now his own son was taught to learn a dog language. Hateful, hateful! The people in the village shook their heads when they mentioned these two goods: they are dressed like dogs, and they don't necessarily have stupid heads, and none of this is a human thing.

Although it is a chaotic village, there is a clear spring that is still like a thing. A well, but it is the treasure of this village. People from the south and north pass by the place where the birds don't poop, and they have to go to get a pot of water from the well of the martingale village and take it on the road. This well water is terrible, and there is no other ability, and the treatment of deafness has a miraculous effect. Whether it is an elderly person or a child with congenital hearing loss, a sip of water here will immediately refresh, and the ears and eyes are not a dream.

One day, Zhang Cripple caught the Wu family's pig and used it as his mount. Just as he was about to ask Liu Mazi to install a water string and armature iron on it, a pretty girl suddenly came to meet her, covered with light veil, and extremely mysterious. A handsome man followed behind, with a faint smile on his face, which made people feel like a spring breeze. The girl's expression was grim, as if she owed her two silver taels, and her voice was faint and she couldn't hear any ups and downs: "......"

Actually, the girl didn't say anything. Just as he was about to speak, Shuile hurt the pig, and it screamed and broke free. Liu Mazi didn't pay attention for a moment, and fell into the mud. Fortunately, Zhang Cripple, who was holding a pig next to him, was implicated, and he didn't stop stepping on the food bowl again, fell an upside-down green onion, and was trapped in the pig pen with a smell, and he got rid of a mud monster. When the two of them got up slowly, they were full of complaints and cursing, and they both felt that it was the other party's fault, and they were going to fight again. saw that the beautiful girl just looked at it lightly, didn't say a word, and gave them a big gift first.

The two of them had never seen this battle, they were all screaming, their hands full of dirt rubbing against their clothes, and they looked at each other for a long time and didn't know how to speak. The girl didn't see the embarrassment, and it was another hand-hugging salute, so she said: "Hard work, everyone, you have been the right hand of the old man for so many years." ”

That's a terrible thing. The two old men stayed for a long time, looking at each other, as if they understood something, their eyes suddenly rose with floods, and tears poured out as if they didn't want money. The girl was not comforted, and stood aside with her sword, still looking silent. After a while, the two old men hugged each other and cried enough, and then they looked at the girl in front of them.

Nowadays, these two people in front of them, with extraordinary temperament, handsome men and beautiful women, dare to call the former emperor "old man", presumably only Her Majesty the Empress who is in power today. Immediately did not dare to slack off, Zhang Cripple pulled Liu Mazi and hurriedly knelt down, Zhang Cripple didn't seem to react, so he heard Liu Mazi say: "The grass people knock to see Your Majesty." Zhang Cripple understood what was going on, drew a scoop according to the gourd, and made a salute.

Yao Cang said: "Right now, I'm just an ordinary girl, I don't need to make this big gift, please hurry up." ”

She stepped forward and briefly explained what she was trying to do. After hearing this, the two old men were almost shocked: the emperor sent them to this small mountain village where there was nothing, and they thought that it was the incident caused by the two of them bluntly, but after a few days, they realized that the emperor wanted them to come here to complete a task. It's a pity that the emperor's task is not clear, and people are inexplicably gone. The two of them are like two abandoned children, who suddenly lost their original role, so they had to pretend to be crazy and stupid in this small shabby place to live, and their wives and sons didn't know if they were still there, and they were confused all day long, and they occasionally bullied and bullied the villagers Tu Yile.

These two people are not ambiguous, and they have revealed the information they have obtained over the years, but they are very puzzled by the "monster" in Yao Cang's mouth. Liu Mazi arched his hand and took a step forward: "Dare to ask the emperor...... Girl, what is this 'monster'? We have been lurking for years, but I don't know such a thing could happen. ”

Gu Ning said lightly: "This 'monster' is a monster in the water, named 'Spiral Turtle', which is something that the old man asked me to find." ”

"Spiral tortoise?" Pei Jue interjected: "This name gives me a sense of déjà vu, where have I seen it." ”

Yao Cang thought he was joking and ignored it.

Zhang Liu and the others looked at each other, their expressions were full of understanding, but they saw Zhang Lame and said: "But there are no ghosts and gods in this world, if it is not the truth, wouldn't it be a trip in vain?" ”

Yao Cang shook his head: "The old man is the emperor, so naturally he won't deceive me." The two of them only told Yao Cang everything they knew, whether it was true or not, Yao Cang had his own judgment. ”

Xiaopo Village is the same as other cats and dog villages, even more dilapidated, cows can't go into the water, chickens can't swim, little girls and boys don't have bright brains, a lollipop makes him do anything, this kind of ordinary to common people and things, it's really not a monster. Apart from......

"The evil place in the village is really the well water in front of the cow martingale mountain, and it is really magical, obviously it is only a well, and it can also cure ear diseases. There must be a demon when something goes wrong, and we've all investigated this matter, but there's really nothing to do. The people who studied it changed batch after batch, and they didn't see a reason. After a long time, Liu Mazi looked serious and added.

Yao Cang groaned.

"Can you tell us more about the rest of the places that have supernatural properties?" Pei Jue said.

Liu Mazi thought for a while and told them a very fantasy story.

The original name of Niu Martingale Mountain was Qiyang Mountain, which is already a very old name, and only the elderly people in the village know it. Originally, the water from this well was a river, and the water was clear and translucent, and it flowed down the river to the east. The trees near the water are so lush that strange things often happen: people who live on the banks hear the sound of chopping wood near the river, but they never find the trees that have been cut down, nor the people who cut them. Everyone said that it was the immortals who were cutting down the trees, absorbing the shape and sound of the trees without hurting the trees in the slightest, because the immortals had compassion. Later, an old Taoist priest came to the village, walked around the river, sighed in amazement, and after talking to the two young men who came with him, he instructed his disciples to go to the village to run errands. After that, a rich man came to the village with a group of talented people, and for some reason he had a big quarrel with the old Taoist priest. The rich man drove the Taoist priest out of the village, and then asked the master he had brought with him to cast a spell along the river, and then went home satisfied.

It is also strange to say that the old Taoist priest came here later, drew a circle behind Qiyang Mountain, sealed the water of the strange river in the circle with a spell, consolidated it into a well, sighed and left, and never came again.

It's a story that doesn't come easily. In order to modify and improve, Liu Mazi and Zhang Cripple have been pretending to be crazy and stupid and walking around around over the years. Now the old people in the village say that if the old Taoist priest hadn't come to the village, maybe the river would still be there, and they could still see the lush trees on Qiyang Mountain. It was because of the anger of the gods and the punishment of heaven that Qiyang Mountain became unstoppable, and the flowers and trees withered.

The eldest in the village is the grandfather of the Zhao family, who is more than 100 years old, his eyes are not good, and he only has a pair of ears that rely on the spiritual spring water in the village. He often smiled kindly, no matter what happened, even if his great-great-grandson Zhao Dasha was bullied by others, he was not angry, only when he heard people say bad things about the old Taoist priest back then, he was very angry. Asked if he knew the truth of what happened back then, he just shook his head, and his mouth with only a few teeth left was slurred: "Old Taoist...... It's good to protect...... Man, rich man...... Bad...... Kill ......" The truth of the matter sank into the sea with the repeated words of the Zhao family's grandfather, and there was no news.

After patiently listening to Liu Mazi's words, Pei Jue pondered: ...... of Qiyang Mountain The tortoise, he must have seen both of them somewhere. Where is it......

Suddenly, his eyes lit up and blurted out: "The Classic of Mountains and Seas"! It's the monster in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas"! ”