And in the center of the four sides of the ground, a shrine was built. There is something enshrined on the altar, which seems to be a stone sculpture.

There's nothing else in this space. Naturally, we focused our attention on the stone carving.

We had three diving lamps shining on the stone sculpture together.

The size of the stone sculpture is not very large, and the size is about the size of a rabbit. Originally, I thought it was a statue, but when I looked closely, I realized that it was actually an animal. The two front legs are standing, the hind legs are bent, the head is flat, the eyes are bulging, and the long tail is dragging behind. The mouth is also flattened, with a slit in the middle.

Underneath the animal statue, there is also a stone base.

When Fat Dahai saw it, he was surprised: "How can this provide a toad?" ”

I took a closer look, and except for the long tail, the other features really looked like a toad.

The third uncle glared at the fat sea: "I don't know how to talk nonsense, this is a beetle." I searched for it on the bridge, but I didn't expect it to be underwater. I'll just say that this is where the bridge is, and it can't be without the grasshopper in the water. ”

It turned out that the one enshrined on it was actually a beetle, according to the third uncle, this should have been built when the bridge was built during the Yongzheng period. Then this space should have existed three hundred years ago.

The third uncle walked back to the stone wall, touched the wall, and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this should have been written in Yin script." Moreover, the Yin text here can summon the beast of the underworld. ”

"Beasts? Lao Ma said that the beast was a prehistoric creature. ”

"That's right. That's all right. That horn beast should have been summoned by Yin Wen. Then he was occupied by the bridge spirit. The third uncle said.

I asked, "But there's more to prehistoric creatures, right?" Why did the furfur survive and run outside? ”

The third uncle explained: "Do you remember those dry bones that the old horse took away? He said it was a fossil. I guess there was already a fossilized skeleton of the horn fur here, and then the Yin Wen summoned the real horn fur. The fusion of soul and flesh and bone creates a kind of furfur that is different from other underworld beasts. We can't see the other beasts. However, this bone-like furfur beast can be seen by our naked eyes, and it can provide a body for the bridge spirit. ”

"Then someone has to read this Yin text, right? Who recited the Yin text and summoned the horn-fur beast? ”

"Yin texts are for the dead. The few living people we know who know Yin script are just an alternative. I miss Yinwen, not necessarily living people, it should be those water zombies. ”

"Is it that the water zombie recited the Yin text, thus attracting the horn furmon, and the horn fur beast was occupied by the bridge spirit?"

The third uncle nodded, stared at the stone platform and shook his head repeatedly: "I guess so." But none of that matters anymore. There were originally six water zombies, but now they are all gone. What I care about most is the thing that was taken away by the fire spirit. ”

I looked left and right, and it seemed that there was nothing of value here except for the stone statue of the worm pit on the altar.

"Third uncle, you are so sure, the fire soul took us away

Something you want? ”

The third uncle smiled bitterly, pointed to the base of the stone statue of the beetle, and said, "If you don't believe it, look at the base, there should be a written record on it." ”

I took the diving lamp, got closer, and shone it on the base, and sure enough, it was engraved with handwriting.

I read it carefully and read it out word by word.

The written records are all some awkward ancient texts, but fortunately, the meaning is not difficult to understand.

At the beginning, the text said that there were frequent floods in the local area at that time, when Emperor Yongzheng sent a water conservancy minister named Yang Zixu to control the floods. That Yang Zixu is very capable and has managed the flood well. and prepared to build a bridge over the river, and went to the imperial court to ask for instructions. At that time, the artist was also asked to draw a few bridge samples and present them. In today's terms, these bridge samples should be renderings.

After Emperor Yongzheng saw the renderings, he saw the beautiful scenery on the bank of the Mustard River and the bridge, and liked it quite much. And selected a bridge sample, and gave the name of the bridge to the bridge, and also inscribed the four words of the Range Rover. And rewarded Yang Zixu and ordered Yang Zixu to personally supervise the bridge construction project.

The bridge that was selected is the current Liuyu Bridge. Yang Zixu received the emperor's order and began to build the bridge. Yang Zixu has been managing the Mustard River for many years, and he knows that there is an undercurrent under the water, forming a natural space. So in order to ensure that the water of the mustard river will never be in trouble, he set up a palace and a statue of a beetle in that secret hole. And once again went to the court, asking the emperor to give the king money to suppress the river demon.

This matter was opposed by many ministers. said that the emperor and Wang Qian represent the unification of the dynasty and must not be separated. But Yang Zixu argued with reason, saying that the worm is the ninth son of the dragon, and the emperor is the honor of the ninety-five, and the true dragon is the son of heaven. It is natural to give the son and the king money. In order to protect the people up and down the mustard river from being disturbed by floods, it is a blessing for the people to give the king's money.

Emperor Yongzheng weighed the pros and cons and felt that it made sense, so he gave the Shunzhi Emperor's Wang Qian Shunzhi Tongbao enshrined in the palace, and put the king money in the mouth of the stone statue of the beetle.

I read the text to know that it turned out that Emperor Yongzheng did not come to Liuyuqiao in person. Moreover, the Worm Palace under the Mustard River was built by a person named Yang Zixu. What's more, there is really a king coin in this grub palace, but it is not Yongzheng Tongbao, but Shunzhi Tongbao.

This record should be true, because Yongzheng Tongbao is already in our hands. It is impossible for another Yongzheng Tongbao to appear here.

The third uncle pointed to the mouth of the beetle pit and said, "You see, this cripple should have a copper coin in its mouth. If the words on the stone statue are true, this copper coin should be the king coin of Shunzhi Tongbao given by Yongzheng. We were once so close to this Five Emperors coin, and now we are so far away. ”

I looked closely, and there was indeed a gap in the mouth of the viper. If it holds a copper coin in its mouth, it looks a bit like the gold toad we usually see. The golden toad also had a copper coin in its mouth that symbolized wealth.

Although none of us have seen the five emperor coins of Shunzhi Tongbao, I believe in the third uncle, and I also believe in the written record on the base of the stone statue.

The third uncle is a pair

With a look of annoyance, he finally took out a bronze coin he usually brought from his body, stuffed it into the mouth of the worm, and said: "Originally, this worm was holding the king money of Shunzhi Tongbao, which could hold the water of the mustard river without flooding for at least five hundred years. But now the king money of Shunzhi Tongbao has been taken away, and only the stone statue of this beetle is left, and I am afraid that it will not be able to control the water of the mustard river. I used this ordinary ancient money instead, and I could barely last for ten years. I hope that in this ten years, we can find Shunzhi Tongbao and return the river bottom of the beetle. Otherwise, I'm afraid there will be a flood......"

(End of chapter)

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