"Didn't you say the bridge? How did you get on the water? Fat Dahai asked, driving the car.

"Drive your car well." The third uncle said angrily: "This is not going to talk about the bridge right away." Since ancient times, those who can manage water well are those who are capable. Just like Dayu in ancient times...... Do you know what Dayu relies on to govern the water? ”

I replied, "I know a little bit about this, and the school curriculum also mentions it, which is nothing more than opening ditches and draining water, dredging rivers, etc. And it's been effective. ”

The third uncle nodded and praised: "It's still my eldest nephew who is highly educated, that's right, opening canals to drain and dredge rivers is indeed Dayu's main strategy for water control." But among them, Dayu also used a lot of methods that could not be humanized by outsiders. These methods were compiled into a book by the descendants of Dayu and circulated among the people. This book has no name, and later generations gave the book a name based on its contents, called "The Book of Getting Water". What is introduced in it is not a general method of opening a canal and draining a river, dredging the river, etc., but a record of some water control methods from the side door. Among them, there are relevant treatment methods for building bridges and controlling water. It is said in the Book of Water that heaven and earth give birth to water, and water is also in trouble. Trouble arises, and the chaos is rampant because of evil and evil...... King Yu set up a bridge to suppress demons and evils, and enshrined the vipers on the bridge, and the vids took the nature of the dragon clan to deter the river demons, and they could suppress the water chaos, and they were also ...... from self-leveling."

I listened to the third uncle's story, and it is not difficult to understand what he meant. In fact, the so-called method of not being humanized by outsiders is not complicated, it is nothing more than building bridges to control floods. It is said that the reason why there is a flood is because there are spirits and demons in the water, and an animal called a beetle can be used to suppress the evil spirits and calm the flood.

And this animal called the pit viper, I also know something. The reason is that Ma Tan said that the stray dog I picked up was the incarnation of a divine beast, and that kind of divine beast was one of the nine sons of the dragon. I was very interested in this, and after I went back, I specifically checked the so-called Nine Sons of the Dragon.

In addition to mocking the wind, one of the other eight sons is a pit viper.

The head is a bit like a dragon, but it is flatter than a dragon's head, and there is a pair of horns on the top of the head. There are dragon scales on the body, four legs, and tail. Legend has it that a long, long time ago, the ancestors of the pit vids were demoted to the mortal world for violating the rules of heaven, and were crushed under a huge and heavy turtle shell to guard the canal for a thousand years. Thousands of years later, the ancestors of the water-repellent beasts were finally freed from their turtle shells. In order to commemorate and commend his family's meritorious work in protecting the river, people carved a stone statue in his image and placed it on the stone stump by the river, saying that this would calm the river and prevent flooding. It means peace in all directions. The water property of the beetle is very good, and when the bridge is repaired, it can be placed at the head of the bridge or the body of the bridge. It has a large mouth and can hold a lot of water in its stomach, so it is often used as a drainage outlet for buildings. There is also a legend that it can swallow the river and spit out rain, and is responsible for draining the rainwater. In the Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven and other ancient Chinese classic palace complexes, you can often see the figure of the pit viper. It loves to make water, plays in the river for many years, also known as the sail beetle, is good at water, likes to eat water demons, and is said to be the favorite son of the dragon king.

I was very impressed by this very mythical description. So as soon as the third uncle mentioned it today, I remembered it.

I put me right

The third uncle praised it, saying that he only knew that the vids could control the water, but he didn't know that there were these allusions.

However, the third uncle said: "There are many water control strategies recorded in the Water Classic, and this is only one of the most basic methods to use the groach to control the water. I haven't seen any other methods. But I know that they always believe that there is a spirit in the water, and that there must be a way to calm the water spirit in order to calm the flood. And one of the ways to suppress the water spirit is to build bridges. There are more doorways for building bridges, and it is necessary to consider the orientation of the bridge on the water, as well as the timing and orientation of the bridge piers. If the bridge can stand, it will take time to test. Ten years of standing bridges is a small test, and a hundred years of standing bridges is a big test, and only bridges that stand for more than a hundred years can be regarded as standing the bridge spirit. The bridge spirit of this century-old bridge must be on top of the viper. ”

"Third uncle, that bridge is a hundred years old?" I asked.

The third uncle shook his head: "I don't know about this, I need to check the information tomorrow." If the bridge is an ancient bridge, there must be a bridge spirit on it. Because the river flowing under the bridge flows from west to east, although the current is very small, judging from the width of the bridge deck, it must have been a large river in history. Creatures that drown in the river have to drift down the bridge. Even in the past years, there were not a few cases of drowning people. After these people and animals drown, their spirits will not leave, and they will be absorbed by the bridge spirit when they pass by the bridge. Therefore, after a hundred years, this bridge spirit will be very powerful. ”

I nodded: "So, that old white didn't have the confidence to get the bridge spirit, so he made a deal with us." But the question is, do we have the ability? What is this bridge spirit? Is it the soul, is it the spirit? Or is it some kind of spirit? ”

The third uncle leaned his body on the back seat, closed his eyes, and muttered in his mouth: "The soul is not the soul, the soul is not the soul, it is the soul or the soul, it is impossible to fathom." I'll wait until I've checked the information tomorrow......"

Seeing that the third uncle pretended to be mysterious, I didn't want to ask any more questions.

After the three of us returned to the hotel, we went our separate ways. Because the matter has not yet been resolved, my heart is also in turmoil.

When I woke up the next day, I found that the third uncle had left the hotel. I guess he went to check the information on the bridge.

I thought we could have a relaxing day in the hotel, but I didn't expect the third uncle to leave us a task before leaving, and asked the waiter to inform us to buy chicken.

I said in my heart that buying chicken is not a matter of the kitchen? Which chicken do we buy?

After explaining, I learned that the third uncle did not ask us to go to the market to buy that kind of meat chicken, but sent us to the surrounding farmers to buy that kind of live chicken. And it's the kind of rooster that grows naturally, the fresher and more vigorous the better.

I don't know what the third uncle is doing with this chicken, but I didn't dare to slack off, so I quickly found the fat man and drove to the surrounding villages and towns.

There are many villages and towns around, but because they are adjacent to the city, it is really difficult to find one that raises this kind of chicken. We had to drive further afield. Finally, before it gets dark, I paid a high price for six big cocks.

All six chickens were kept in the trunk, and the whole car smelled of.

We complained while driving, and the smell of on the car would not be dispersed for a long time.

After returning to the hotel, the third uncle had already returned. I thought he was going to rush to Liuyu Bridge overnight, but who knew that when he saw us coming back, he told us to sleep first, and we will talk about Liuyu Bridge tomorrow.

(End of chapter)

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