The scorching sun was shining, sweating like rain, and when I looked up, there was a mountain beam in front of me. Hu Kehao and He Xin couldn't help but be daunted, and sat down together to rest for a while. From time to time, a cool breeze blew in the forest, but the sweat was still dripping, and they felt more and more thirsty. Suddenly, they heard the sound of a bubbling mountain spring, and with a burst of secret joy, they ran towards the sound of running water, and when they came to the spring, they saw a child of twelve or thirteen years old carrying water. When the boy saw them, he took out a ladle full of water and gave it to them, and each of them filled half a scoop into it, and immediately felt that every capillary was cool and comfortable.

"Son, where do you live? How to carry water here? He Xin asked.

"My family lives not far away, and I live with my grandfather. My grandfather knew you were coming today, so he told me to wait for you here. The boy said.

Hu Kehao was very strange, neither of them knew the boy's grandfather, but they also followed the boy. A dark cloud drifted in the sky, the sun got in, and the heat on the ground diminished slightly. Still walking in the dense forest, in the winding path leading to the secluded place, came to a yellow cypress tree. The boy walked around the tree three times, and recited the incantation in his mouth, when suddenly a door opened in the yellow cypress tree. The three of them walked in together.

Walking into the yellow cypress tree and entering a tunnel, Hu Kehao smelled a strong fishy smell. Walk through the tunnels to a spacious chamber. The furnishings inside are extremely simple, with a stone table, a few stone benches, and a stove. An old man with a white beard greeted them with a smile: "Haha, it's finally time for you." Hurry up, serve tea! Another boy made tea for Hu Kehao and He Xin, and they slowly tasted the endless aroma of tea.

"Uncle, are you old? What's your last name? Hu Kehao asked.

"I live in this secret room, I don't know how the sun and the moon work, I don't know the change of day and night, I don't know what day and night, I don't know how long I've lived in it. I don't know what my last name is, but you can call me Uncle Bai. The old man said.

"Uncle Bai, you are definitely not mortal, why did you get us here?" Hu Kehao asked.

"Don't worry, I won't hurt you. I have brought you here to pray for rain. The old man said. I already know about praying for rain in the Stone Buddha Temple today. No matter how much you pray for rain, it will not come. ”

The old man told them what had happened. Today, Mr. Guo prayed for rain in the Stone Buddha Temple, and the essence of praying for rain is to submit an "application" for rain to the relevant departments of the spiritual world. According to the division of responsibilities for the management of the area, it was the king of Qinglongtan in S County who received the "application" for rainfall in the Shifo Temple, and he was responsible for the rainfall in several surrounding towns and villages. Qinglongtan is a waterhole in S County, located at the junction of several townships such as Calamus Township and Baishi Township. Because the production activities of the villagers around Qinglongtan caused damage to Qinglongtan, the king of Qinglongtan was very angry and did not approve the request for rain from the Stone Buddha Temple.

"You live in Huangjueya, how do you know what happened in Qinglong Pond?" He Xin asked.

"I'm studying in the Qinglongtan Water Palace, so of course I know the inside information." The old man replied.

"Where is this water palace in Qinglong Pond?" He Xin asked.

"The Water Palace is at the bottom of Qinglong Pond, which is another world. If you want it to rain, you need to go to the Qinglongtan Water Palace in person to pay homage to the King of Qinglongtan and sincerely intercede with him, so that the matter can be resolved. The old man said.

"How did we get to the Water Palace World? Do I need to buy a wetsuit? He Xin asked.

The old man laughed and said, "No, I'm going to give you two treasure clothes, which are more useful than diving suits." ”

"Aren't you leaking the secrets of the Water Palace by doing this? What should I do if King Tan knows? He Xin asked.

"The ancestors of this Huang Jueya are kind to me, I am here to repay the kindness, and I am willing to be punished." The old man told them a piece of history. He also didn't know how many years ago, probably more than three hundred years ago, a nearby town was slaughtered by an army. A murderous demon has killed almost everyone in the village. At that time, the village was full of blood and a scene of death. Who would dare to slaughter a village and kill people with such impunity? The first thing that comes to our mind is definitely the presence of an aggressor. Yes, the invaders would have slaughtered like this. In addition, there are also their own people who kill their own people, and they kill them more ruthlessly than the invaders.

It is said that the massacre of the village occurred hundreds of years ago when the "Eight Great Kings suppressed Sichuan". When Hu Kehao was a child, when he heard the elders talk about the Eight Kings, he thought that there were eight kings united to suppress Sichuan (like the Eight-Nation Alliance), but it turned out that the Eight Kings were just one king - he was Zhang Xianzhong. Perhaps among the many leaders who rebelled with him, Zhang Xianzhong ranked eighth, so he called himself the "Eight Kings". In short, it is said that he killed many Sichuanese and slaughtered many villages. It is said that Zhang Xianzhong sold cattle and sheep with his father when he was a child and came to Sichuan, but he offended a rich man, who forced the father and son to eat, so Zhang Xianzhong hated the Sichuan people. Later, when Zhang Xianzhong shit in the field, he pulled a handful of grass to wipe his buttocks, but he pulled the wok, his buttocks were seriously injured, and he suffered a lot, so he resented the evil of the Sichuan people, and one day he gained power, and he was determined to kill all the Sichuan people.

Later, Zhang Xianzhong really conquered Sichuan, so he slaughtered on a large scale. And Zhang Xianzhong also made an excuse for killing people, and specially chanted a poem for this purpose: "All things are born to support people, and people have no virtue to repay the sky, kill!" "Was this poem written by Zhang Xianzhong? Was the wanton killing of Sichuan people Zhang Xianzhong responsible? Is it that the Qing government killed people and blamed Zhang Xianzhong? These are unknown, perhaps historians have the answers in mind, and even if historians have the answers in mind, it may be difficult to gather evidence. Even if you have evidence, what can you do? How many bites are you going to nibble on history? Are you going to dig up Zhang Xianzhong's bones and whip the corpse? The history of "Huguang filling Sichuan" proves that hundreds of years ago, many people died there, as evidenced by the Tibetan poem "Blood Flows into a River":

The blood-colored remnant sun reflects the desert,

Quicksand rises from thousands of miles.

Successes and failures,

The wind and waves rise and fall on the riverbank.

Later, Zhang Xianzhong's army was besieged, and there was a shortage of food and grass, so the soldiers had to look for wild vegetables, mountain fruits, and grass roots and bark to satisfy their hunger, and dug holes in the mountains to find rats and snake meat to eat. A few soldiers dug and dug in the hole, and finally caught a big white snake, more than a meter long, it seems to have been decades old, just in time to cut the tooth sacrifice. Among them, a soldier surnamed Huang is a person from Huang Jueya. He was exploited by the landlord Lao Cai, and he couldn't survive anymore before joining Zhang Xianzhong's army. When the soldier surnamed Huang saw this big white snake, he felt that it was very aura and suggested that the other soldiers let it go. The other soldiers are hungry, where will they be put? The soldier surnamed Huang had an idea and came up with an idea. Several of the other soldiers listened, clapped their hands, and agreed.

The soldier surnamed Huang grabbed the white snake, begged to see Zhang Xianzhong, and said, "Tell the king, we caught a big snake over there." ”

"Kill the snake, everyone eat meat!" Zhang Xianzhong said.

"Oh no, my lord! When we spotted the snake, we noticed a red light coming from around the snake's hole! This is a good omen, a sign that the king is about to establish immortal deeds! The soldier surnamed Huang said.

The military advisor beside Zhang Xianzhong also said: "King, the snake is the predecessor of the dragon, and now this snake emits a red light, which is a great auspicious omen, indicating that the king is about to become the true dragon emperor!" ”

Zhang Xianzhong laughed, was in a good mood, and ordered the soldier surnamed Huang to let go of the big white snake. Then these soldiers were rewarded with wine and meat, and the soldiers were full of food and drink, and they all praised the wit and bravery of the soldiers surnamed Huang. There was only a small amount of food, wine and meat left in the barracks, which only Zhang Xianzhong and several high-ranking officials close to him could enjoy. If you kill the white snake, you can only drink the fishy broth, where can you eat the wine and meat rewarded by the king?

This white snake is this old man, Uncle Bai. He was arrested at the time and almost eaten, but fortunately he was rescued by a soldier surnamed Huang and escaped. He listened to the scriptures in the temple again, got the enlightenment, and began to practice in Huang Jueya. The temple where it listened to the scriptures was the predecessor of the Stone Buddha Temple, and later after several ups and downs, there was the current Stone Buddha Temple. From a distance, this mountain beam of Huang Jueya resembles the shape of a sleeping dragon. White Snake cultivates in such a treasure land of feng shui, and also has the unique and superior geographical feng shui conditions for cultivating Jackie Chan. After many years, there were still lush forests on this mountain beam, and the white snake was practicing hard in the mountains, but unexpectedly disaster happened. In those days of steelmaking, people in the countryside cut down trees everywhere to make steel. The trees in the rest of the world were cut down, and finally it was the turn of the mountain beam. For the white snake, any tree on this mountain can be cut, but this yellow cypress tree cannot be cut, this is the feng shui tree on the mountain, once cut down, the white snake not only can not cultivate into a dragon, but also will be trapped to death. However, at the command from above, all the trees on the mountain were cut down, and this yellow cypress tree was no exception.

After the yellow cypress tree was cut down, the mountain spring on the mountain was cut off. The White Snake was at a critical moment of cultivation, and this was undoubtedly a fatal blow, almost trapped to death, thirsty to death. Although the White Snake was trapped, so were the villagers at the foot of the mountain. After months of hot summer, there was almost no rain. The villagers at the foot of the mountain are also dying of drought.

The villagers went to ask Hong Daoshi's father, Hong Lao Dao, to check if there was something wrong with Feng Shui. Hong Laodao came by appointment, carefully surveyed for three days and three nights, and found that it was because the feng shui was destroyed. The destruction was done in the same place where the yellow cypress tree was cut down. Hong Laodao asked the villagers to plant another yellow cypress tree in this place, and sent people to protect it, and even saved the drinking water of people and animals to water the yellow cypress tree. Under the careful care of the villagers, this yellow cypress tree survived. A few days later, the spring that had been cut off was flowing again. The white snake was relieved, it rained in the sky, and the villagers were saved.

It turns out that the so-called feng shui involved in this yellow cypress tree is nothing more than the seepage mechanics of groundwater, which involves hydrogeology. After planting the tree, the roots of the tree absorb the groundwater and restore the feng shui on the mountain beams. Therefore, we must plant trees, do not cut down indiscriminately, love nature, protect nature, and promote sustainable economic and social development.

After Feng Shui was restored, the White Snake continued to intensify his cultivation and has now cultivated to the level of a dragon. Jiaolong was worried that his true appearance would scare Hu Kehao and He Xin, so he conjured into a human form to communicate with them. Snakes are burrowing animals, when they absorb the aura of the sun, moon, stars and other natural substances in the course of their daily cultivation or life, their bodies and strength will continue to become stronger, so the small caves that were originally used for them to settle down will no longer meet their requirements, and they will find or create large caves that meet their physical conditions, just like people move from a small house to a big house. Depending on the situation, their choice will be different. Some choose the hollow trunk and hole of the tree as a cave in order to continue to absorb the aura. Some choose to give up the cave for convenience and save trouble. Some simply dig their own caves in the mountains, and the reason why many mountains are connected to rivers, lakes and rivers is because they are chiseled by the tail of the big snake. The reason for choosing different places to practice depends on the geographical environment and one's own factors. After Huang Jueya's white snake cultivated into a dragon in the cave, it was equivalent to a high school student who was admitted to college and had to go to another place to go to school. After weighing, this Jiaolong applied for the Water Palace of Qinglong Pond, was successfully admitted, and was able to continue his cultivation. Legend has it that this snake will first become a dragon through cultivation, and if the dragon continues to cultivate, it will become a horned dragon with horns on its head, and if the horned dragon continues to cultivate, it will become a winged dragon with wings.

Huang Jueya's people saved the life of the white snake twice, once when a soldier surnamed Huang during Zhang Xianzhong's period saved it; The second time was Hong Laodao, who was invited by the villagers of Huang Jueya, who saved it. Now, several nearby towns and villages, including Huang Jueya, are suffering from drought, and the white snake is out of retribution, even if he does not repay the favor, out of humanitarianism, taking advantage of his position, he has to help with the rain.

"You are mortals, and your body is too heavy to enter the Water Palace. I will give you a magic weapon to ensure that you enter the water palace as if you were walking on the ground. Uncle Bai (White Snake) said. Led by the two boys, Hu Kehao and He Xin entered a small room filled with shiny armor-like things.

"I'm going to measure your body and make two pieces of clothing that fit." The boy said. He took out a ruler, swiped it left and right on the two of them, and wrote down the measured data on a piece of paper.

The fishy smell in the room made He Xin breathless, and she asked the boy, "What is this shiny thing?" ”

"Don't you see that? This thing is snakeskin! Uncle Bai's cultivation is very hard, and every time he cultivates to a certain level, he has to change his skin! I've heard that you humans too, when you work hard to study something, overwork makes you feel like you've lost a layer of skin! I also heard that you human beings have a poem, 'The fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold', if you don't let yourself work so hard to take off a layer of skin on your body, how can you succeed in cultivation? The boy said.

He Xin was frightened when he heard the snakeskin. What this boy said is very reasonable, how can there be a reward if you don't pay? The boy said that if they wore this garment made of snakeskin, they could enter the water palace without drowning. Hu Kehao was wondering what the reason for this was? From the point of view of wettability, the wetting contact angle of water on the snakeskin is close to 180 degrees, which is not hydrophilic and can protect them well. The boy measured the size, cut the snakeskin with scissors, and sewed the clothes with needles and threads, and made two clothes after an hour, and Hu Kehao and He Xin wore them to fit.