It is said that in those three years, Taoist priest Liu Qing left Qingshan Town and did not know where he went.

And all news was strictly blocked, and the person in charge of the disappearance was also awarded the title, which was counted as a sacrifice.

No more water was pumped from Qingtan Lake, nor was the ground broken around it, so in the process of building the reservoir, no strange things happened. Three years later, the downstream dam was also built.

People have almost forgotten the three-year covenant, and some people think that Daoist Liu Qing has completely subdued the Dragon King last time.

According to the plan, the embankment will be closed, the reservoir will start to store water, and the old town of Qingtan will be completely submerged in the reservoir.

According to the weather forecast, the county decided on the time to close the dike, when there will be heavy rain, according to the calculation, the heavy rain will fall for two days, when the storage capacity will be enough for the downstream power plant to start trial operation.

The time came slowly, and as predicted by the forecast, it really started to rain heavily.

It rained heavily for two days, but the downstream embankment only stored a little water, which was not enough to generate electricity, and Qingdam Lake, like a basin full of water, kept raining, but not much water overflowed from the lake. The amount of water flowing downstream is basically the same as when the weather is fine.

This Qingdam Lake is like a bottomless pond, which can never be filled.

The county sent experts to check again, and the experts explained that the bottom of the lake may be connected to the sea, and the water has flowed into the sea, and the same is true of the last pumping, which is the backflow of seawater.

But we are at least hundreds of kilometers from the sea, and the lake is freshwater, so it doesn't make sense.

So the expert cleverly explained, saying that it was not the sea, but an underground reservoir.

When the locals heard this, they were surprised again, could it be that there is really a dragon palace under this Qingtan Lake?

The newly sent person in charge of the county saw that the more the expert explained, the more difficult it became to calm down, so he sent the expert back and said to the locals: Man will win the day, and I don't believe that this reservoir cannot be built.

Therefore, despite the dissuasion of the locals, he insisted on pumping the water from Qingtan Town downstream.

In the past, there was nowhere to pump water, so it could only be diverted to the farmland downstream, but now with the reservoir, the water can naturally go downstream and store, at least it can test the power plant, which is better than waiting, at least it will not delay the plan. As for the matter of Cheongdam Lake, it can be examined slowly.

However, the rain that was originally expected to rain for two days did not stop at all, and it became heavier and heavier.

The downstream power plant was finally operational, but the person in charge was criticized by the local population. Because it has been more than half a month, the rain still has no intention of stopping, and the rainfall has not decreased. The locals blamed the new person in charge for insisting on pumping water and offending the dragon king of Qingtan Town.

The new person in charge came to Qingtan Lake and was very helpless. They all said that they wanted to mingle with the masses, but now he has gone to the opposite side, but he doesn't know what this Qingtan Lake is, when he came before, he also heard the legend of the Dragon King, but as an intellectual, unless he saw it with his own eyes, he didn't believe it very much.

He was a little depressed and wanted to drink some wine, but he didn't know the local people well.

I happened to meet the eighth master who was passing by here by the lake and went to the next county.

When the eighth master was young, he was a second-rate son, he often mixed in the county, he was good at gambling by nature, there were few people who gambled in the countryside, he often went to the county to gamble, but he often cheated, and over time, the reputation of the underground casino in the county town was stinky, so he began to run to the next county.

It was also at that time that I met someone in the next county, so fireworks and the like were also sent by the firecracker factory in the next county, so I won't mention it here.

The eighth master has been short of money recently, so he happened to pass by Qingtan Lake, and by the way, he slipped to the old street of Qingtan that had been emptied, to see if there was anything left to sell.

After finding nothing, the eighth master also went to the lake depressed and met the new person in charge.

Although the eighth master is a second-rate son, he can dress up, and he can speak well, put on a white shirt, and act like a cultural person.

Of course, in the words of the eighth master's storytelling, he was suave at that time, and he hit it off at first sight with the new person in charge.

The two chatted casually and introduced each other, only to know that the new person in charge is called Ding Ming, a native of the provincial city and a graduate of a famous university, but the family composition is not good, so he was excluded here to be the person in charge.

The two talked about the reservoir, and Ding Ming said that a Taoist priest had been here before, which was Qingshan Town, where the eighth master was located, and asked if the eighth master knew him.

The eighth master's mouth, naturally he dared to say anything, and directly said that he lived next door to the Taoist temple, so every three or five times, he analyzed the Taoist book with Taoist Liu Qing and learned from each other.

When Ding Ming heard this, he was full of joy, and hurriedly asked, is this technique true or false, is there really a dragon king in this lake?

The eighth master flickered directly, swearing that he had helped Taoist Liu Qing many times before, although he was not a Taoist, but his cultivation was also deep, and this time he came to the lake, just to see the state of the lake, after all, after Taoist Liu Qing left, he beckoned him to help take care of it.

Hearing this, the room full of people burst into laughter, and Lao Zhang said: "Song Laoba, you really dare to say anything with this mouth." ”

The eighth master himself laughed and said: "I see that Ding Ming is young and the scholar is angry, how can he see that I am lying to him." Besides, when I was young, I was a talented person. ”

The man next to him hurriedly asked him to continue.

At that time, Ding Ming really believed it and thought that he had met a master, so he asked what to do now that it was always raining, and everyone complained.

The eighth master thought about it for a while, and said that he was not good at eliminating demons, but he still came up with a bad idea, saying that the people could use it, but they could not make it known. In other words, if you make a show and pretend to subdue the dragon, the people will have nothing to say.

Ding Ming hurriedly asked, but the rain kept falling, and he couldn't hide it.

The eighth master looked at him and said: "You are stupid, you just pretend to say to the Dragon King that the downstream power plant still needs water, and then put a ruler on the reservoir downstream of Qingtan Lake, with a red line drawn on it, and pretend to use the mouth of the water conservancy person to say that as long as the red line is reached, the water for power generation can be enough." ”

Ding Ming hurriedly asked, "What if it really reaches the red line?" ”

The eighth master said impatiently: "You are stupid, you don't know how to add a float under the ruler, so that the red line will be exposed to the water a little, so that everyone will see it, and it will almost reach the water level, maybe it will be there tomorrow, and the rain will stop, but when I look at it the next day, it still hasn't arrived, but it's almost over." Wait. ”

Ding Ming finally came to his senses and said: "It's really a good way, with the float, the ruler will always be a little above the water, everyone will think that the rain is about to stop, but it's just a little bit." ”

The eighth master nodded and continued: "That's right, so that everyone has a hope, naturally they won't trouble you again, and if it really stops one day, you can reduce the float a little, so that it won't fall into the red line, and people will think that you are really accurate." If someone makes trouble for you, you can persuade him to work hard and sacrifice a little for the sake of construction. ”

Ding Ming didn't know if he was in a hurry, he really believed the words of the eighth master, and introduced the eighth master as a confidant and his military advisor.

The two conspired together to play a drama of slaying the dragon king, and the eighth master was also dedicated, and specially invited those magic sticks in the next county as technical guidance, and played this scene very realistically.

For a while, it really calmed down.

However, the rain was still falling. And every time people asked, although Ding Ming blocked it with a red line ruler, the paper couldn't hold the fire, and there would be a day when it would be exposed.

As time went by, Ding Ming became more and more anxious, and the eighth master was still heartless, but through Ding Ming's power, he gained a lot of benefits.

Suddenly, one day Ding Ming finally found out that the rain had stopped.

He ran to the shore of Qingtan Lake and cried loudly, and all the pressure was released.

The eighth master thought that Ding Ming was his nobleman, and he would mix with him in the future, in case Ding Ming was promoted one day, he would have more benefits, so he ran to the lake to comfort Ding Ming.

The two seemed to be confidants, hugging and crying. However, I suddenly found that after the rain stopped, fog slowly rose on the surface of Qingtan Lake.

Ding Ming had heard of it before, and the strange thing of the fog in the middle of the lake reappeared at this moment, and hurriedly asked the eighth master what was going on.

The eighth master also knew the general situation from Ding Ming's mouth, and his heart was a little empty at the moment, the dragon king in this lake was not really coming out.

The people around also saw the fog in the lake and ran to the shore.

Suddenly, thunder sounded in the sky, and then lightning also appeared, and in the hazy sky, it rained again.

It didn't stop for a while, why did it go down again.

Suddenly, I heard a loud sound of water in the direction of the dense fog in the middle of the lake, as if something was coming out.

Then, the eighth master saw the most shocking scene, a black dragon, flying into the sky from the thick fog.

But before it rose in the clouds, I saw a bolt of lightning hit the dragon's back and fell down.

At this time, people found that Taoist Liu Qing, who had disappeared for a long time, reappeared, standing on the shore in the distance, carrying a sword on his back.