Chengdu

An old-fashioned building in the southern part of the central area has not been demolished

"Uncle Shao, my parents ...... them"

In a dimly lit house, there was a murmur from time to time, and I saw a figure tied to a pillar in the house, holding his arms forward indiscriminately, and suddenly raising his head violently and roaring, and there was a fluorescent green light in his eyes, which was like Xiao Li and others gathered in front of the bed.

I saw Xiaoli's parents close their eyes, and there were two porcelain bowls with blood stains left next to the bed, and Lan Lan was bandaging Xiaoli's new wound on her wrist, and Uncle Shao took out a towel and wiped his face and said: "Lao Xiao and sister-in-law are fine, just wait a few months for the corpse to be cleaned up." Then he looked at Xiao Li and continued: "Gua Wazi, you can go and do your business, Lao Xiao and sister-in-law are here for the time being, and it is not difficult for me to take care of the three of them." ”

Everyone worked together to renovate the house, and re-tied the three people who had been poisoned by the corpse, and after confirming that there would be no problems, Uncle Shao asked: "Gua Wazi, I mentioned it before, but you are going to the source of the Tuojiang River to find that Ying Long?" ”

"Yes, Uncle Shao, do you have any suggestions?"

Xiao Lidao.

"As far as I know, the Tuojiang River is not as distinct as ordinary rivers, at least there are four or five sources, but it is mainly formed by the convergence of three of them."

Uncle Shao took out the map and pointed to it and said, "You can look at the northern area of Zhao Town in Jintang County, if not, go to the northwest." ”

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Zhao Zhen

Located in Jintang County, northeast of Chengdu, it is known as "Tianfu Garden Water City".

Most of the residents are locals, there are basically no high-rise buildings in the town, and there are few wide roads except for national highways. Don't look at such a palm-sized place, the local small business is extremely prosperous, walking in the streets and alleys of the occasional wine stall or small teahouse stop for an hour, self-comfort is extremely comfortable.

"There were a lot of floods in the past few years, but in the past two years, there have been a lot less-"

The banks of the river in Zhaozhen are full of tea, wine and snack sheds, and there is an endless stream of idle sitting and chatting from noon to night.

"Yes, since the time when the auspicious dragon appeared on the river, there is really no more!"

Two middle-aged men were chatting in a wine shed by the river.

"Is our annual Dragon Lantern Festival in Zhaozhen held for nothing? I'm sure the dragon lord and his old man wrote it down. ”

"That's nature—"

With that, the two of them raised their glasses and laughed proudly.

"Dude—"

"Huh?"

One of them was tapped on the shoulder, and when he turned his head, it was a young man with a deep scar on his face and asked curiously, "Can you tell me about the auspicious dragon you mentioned just now?" ”

"Come, come, sit down and say—"

The young man sat aside as he said, and the "old brother" specially called an empty cup and poured it full of wine very enthusiastically. The young man was not restrained, he drank it all, and the "old brother" laughed and said, "You are not a local when you listen to the accent, are you?" ”

The young man nodded, and the elder brother continued:

"Let me tell you, the Tuojiang River floods every few decades, and I don't know what happened in previous years, but there is a lot more rain than in previous years, and it is terrible during the flood season."

Originally, the residents of the river basin had long been accustomed to these things, but in those years, after the flood season, the rain did not stop, and the floods continued, and the residents along the river had to be forced to relocate.

There are many opinions, and the discussion is in full swing, in short, the problem cannot be solved.

There is a year when the rainstorm has not stopped for many days, the water level has risen sharply, the flood has flooded, the allocation of manpower, migration, sand gathering, and the rocks have been used by all parties, and the results are still very small, just when the people have to pray for the sky, suddenly thunder and lightning are added one day and night, and the lightning shines in the sky as if it is day, and the curious winner goes out to observe the torrential rain, but finds that a dark cloud above the head becomes a vortex, especially the thunder and lightning cruising and shuttling at the cloud eye position. People have seen a lot of thunderstorms, but this is the first time they have encountered such a strange scene.

The vortex seemed unwilling to give up, and as the area grew, the deep streaked tail eventually swept the entire sky, and suddenly the wind blew and the rain slanted down. Seeing the situation, people have to find fixed objects to avoid so as not to be affected. Just when people felt almost hopeless, the swirling dark clouds in the sky gradually surged, converged towards the eyes of the clouds, and gradually shrunk, and then saw that the torrential rain and hurricane were also sucked away, and gradually weakened, and after a while, not even half a raindrop fell, and the original raging flood also receded.

Just as the clouds were lifted and the stars and moon were revealed, the surprised people found that a long dragon figure was shuttling between the gradually dispersing clouds, and finally flew straight into the sky until it disappeared......

"Since the appearance of the auspicious dragon that night, the flood season has been quite stable."

"Yes, I think the annual dragon lantern festival in our town was known by the dragon king, and he came down to help the people."

The two old brothers who drank were very interested. The young man went on to ask:

"Brother, where did the auspicious dragon probably appear, and is there any news from other places?"

The two of them tried to remember, then shook their heads and said, "It's on this Tuojiang River." What else...... There's no news, this golden hall is not big, and the interesting news spreads quickly. ”

"Okay, then there are Dragon King Temple, Yinglong Legend and the like around Zhao Town or Jintang County?"

"No, only the Wangye Temple, I haven't seen the Dragon King Temple, what kind of fairy are you talking about?"

The young man explained, and after seeing that there was no more information, he thanked him and was about to leave, when the owner of the small wine stall came over and said:

"Ying Long? I do know some news, or when I was a child, the old man said it—"

The two old brothers and the young man immediately became interested when they heard this, and hurriedly beckoned the boss to sit down, only to hear what he said:

"When I was a child, my grandfather told me that when he was a child, there was a small temple by the river that was not guarded, and they always used to play with a few dolls, and I don't know when it was built.

The young man's eyes lit up and he hurriedly asked, "Boss, do you know the location of that temple?" ”

"Of course I do, but I don't know if there's any more."

"Then tell me where it is, and I'll go and see."

"Okay, huh...... This way...... And then go like this......"

The boss scratched his head and pointed in the direction, but he couldn't understand anything, so he simply said to the young man:

"Young man, if you don't hurry, I'll take you over when the stall is closed later, do you want to?"

"Good! No problem! ”

The young man beckoned all his peers at the table next to him, and there were as many as five or six people, and he was overjoyed to see so many business bosses here.

Don't look at Jintang County, but there is an endless stream of people who come out to chat and drink at night, especially this kind of open-air stall customers come and go, and the boss will never be too late to coax people.

"Let's go, let's go—"

When the time was over for snacks, the boss set up the tables and chairs, packed up the bags and carried them on his shoulders, and beckoned the young people to leave.

After walking along the riverside road for about twenty minutes, turning down a section of steps from the side of the road, the boss pointed to a row of trees and said, "Yes, that's it." ”

By the street lamp not far away, I saw a small brick house appear, the wall has been weathered and dilapidated, the beams under the eaves have been pressed down and deformed, and it feels like the column in the middle is about to collapse at any time.

The boss led everyone into the temple gate with only the frame left, and the courtyard was full of damaged stones and nothing else, apparently caused by years of unattended.

The main hall of the temple is not large, and the incense burner and the idol of the deity enshrined in it have long since disappeared. The boss put the burden aside and turned into the main hall, and the young people looked in, only to see that the former had taken a broom from the side and cleaned the ground very seriously, and the latter asked in confusion:

"Boss, you're ——?"

The questioned person ignored it, cleaned the main hall and put the broom back in its place, and then looked at the empty statue with his back to everyone and said in a deep voice:

"Tell me, are you human, demon, god or demon? What is the so-called thing to come to 'Ying Long', or to find 'Drought Fish'? ”