As soon as the old Zhang Tou finished speaking, we all stared at it, this Jiao is not common, very rare, at this time the river is still separated on both sides, very clear, in the upper reaches of the river, rushing down, in a blink of an eye in front of us.

At this time, we can clearly see that in the center of the water, there is a long shadow, that long shadow, separating the water in the river, needless to say that the long shadow is Lao Jiao. I saw that Lao Jiao stopped not far from the bridge, and then a strange phenomenon appeared, on the top of the bridge, the waves were monstrous, and the water was rolling, but when it came to the side of the bridge, it was very gentle.

Lao Jiao turned in a circle not far from the bridge, and this circle brought the water to a huge whirlpool, and Mao Qinglian said: "Look at it, Lao Jiao doesn't seem to be leaving." ”

Lao Zhangtou said: "This old Jiao must be afraid of the dragon sword on the bridge, walking Jiao is very powerful in the river a water sword more than ten meters high, but Jiao will stop as soon as it meets the bridge, it is said that there is a dragon sword on the bridge, Jiaolong can only take advantage of the water, and can only pass over the bridge." ”

Lao Zhangtou said that this dragon sword, but also from the ancient bridge construction and beliefs, the ancient times are not like now, at that time to build bridges without cement and steel bars, so it is generally an arch bridge, China's arch bridge building has a long history. Among the ancient bridges, stone arch bridges were the main bridge type. In valleys, hills, plains and water network areas, stone arch bridges of various styles still exist today. There are many ancient bridges, and until now, there are still swords hanging under the bridges, but most of those swords have been rusted or only have a few traces.

Our country has always had many floods, and floods are often accompanied by water beasts and water monsters, and the productivity was not very high at that time. Therefore, it is not easy to build a bridge, and it will be washed away in a flood, which will bring a lot of inconvenience to both sides of the river. In particular, the Jiaojiao is extremely destructive. Often a flood, more than ten years on both sides of the river can not be recovered, the rebuilding of the bridge is far away, to later by the guidance of the master, hang a dragon sword on the bridge, the tip of the sword down, where the Jiao destroys the bridge or the water beast monster destroys the bridge, stand under the bridge, when the first to hang the sword under the bridge, every year in the flood season there will be a lot of big snakes and water monsters are beheaded off, this matter is passed on to a hundred, from then on all the bridge are hung a dragon sword, from then on the dragon will involuntarily reduce the water potential, slowly pass, This is also the reason why many old bridges have survived for thousands of years.

Lao Zhang Tou also explained what the Dragon Slaying Sword was at that time, and after hearing it, Mao Qinglian said: "Great, fortunately there is the Dragon Slaying Sword, otherwise we wouldn't be able to cross the river today." ”

Before the words fell, suddenly the river swelled with the old Jiao, and then the earth shook the mountain, and the bridge in front of him was washed away at once, and then the old Jiao went straight downstream, and everywhere he went, with a monstrous wave, until he reached a mountain in the lower reaches of the river, the huge wave disappeared at once, thunder and lightning, slowly stopped, and after a while, the rain passed and the sky was clear.

At this time, it was close to dusk, under the light of the setting sun, everything became calm, if it were not for the bridge that was washed away, we really couldn't believe the scene of walking Jiao just now, at this time the old Zhang Tou said: "I heard that after walking Jiao, there will be a vision in the river." ”

As soon as I heard that there was a vision, I wanted to go and see it, so the old man looked at the carriage, and the five of us went to the river, and when we looked at the river, we were stunned, and saw that the stones on the side of the bridge, and the stones upstream, had been washed clean, and the aquatic plants in the upper reaches were separated to both sides, and the aquatic plants in front of the bridge were spiraled, and it could be seen that the power of the old Jiao was very great.

The bridge was washed away, we couldn't cross the river, we could only follow the road along the river, go downstream, walk and walk to a mountain, at this time it was already dusk, we were worried about how to stay, we saw that there was a Taoist temple on the mountain, since it was a Taoist temple, we lived where we lived, as the saying goes, the Taoist priest in the world is a family, although we are the fire living Tao, but the Taoist priest in the Taoist temple, or should be accommodating.

So we got off the carriage, led the horse towards the Taoist temple, where the Taoist temple was built, the mountain scenery is very beautiful, this mountain is also, you can see it in the high place, the river that walks under the mountain, when it comes here, it becomes a small lake, the lake looks at the past at night, it is very quiet, occasionally a few egrets fly by, like a landscape painting.

We arrived at the Taoist temple, found that this Taoist temple is an ancient Taoist temple, the mountain gate has been mottled, there are three big characters on the mountain gate, written Qianlong Temple, on both sides of the mountain gate, there is a couplet, very interesting, the upper couplet writes that the bell rings on the moon, the clouds return, the non-fairy island is not the fairy island, the lower couplet writes that the bird sends spring, the wind blows the flowers, it is the world not the world.

I got off the carriage, walked to the mountain gate, knocked on the door knocker, after a while, I heard footsteps, and then there was a sound of opening the door, I saw a little Taoist boy, this little Taoist boy was wearing a dark blue Taoist robe, a bamboo hairpin was inserted in the bun on his head, the long face was red and the lips were white, very good-looking, after the little Taoist boy saw me, he sang the Dharma horn and said: "Immeasurable Tianzun, senior brother please, I have been waiting for senior brother for a long time." ”

I was a little stunned at the time, this Taoist boy's tone was clearly waiting for us. It's the first time I've come here, so I said, "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, this little Dao Master, must be mistaken, I don't know you." ”

Xiao Daotong said: "That's right, that's right, the master just said that there will be six people and a carriage in a while, and it is my senior brother who knocks on the door knocker in front." ”

Tian Ning came up and said, "God, isn't your master an immortal?" How will you know that we are coming? ”

Xiao Daotong said: "This senior brother is good, although my master is not an immortal, but the Taoism is strong, he has already calculated that you are coming, and told me that you two senior brothers are here, you must see his old man, his old man has a very important matter, I want to tell you, this matter is related to your net worth and life." ”

When I heard this, I was stunned, thinking that I had met a liar. So he said: "Senior brother, we are all like-minded people, and besides, we are out of the house, but we don't bring any money." ”

Xiao Daotong said: "Senior brother is joking, we have one or two hundred acres of fertile land in Qianlongguan, and the money is enough for the Taoist temple, and the master has calculated in the Taoist temple that some of you will be robbed by lightning tonight, so at the risk of revealing the heavenly secrets, save your lives, if you don't believe it, then please do it, and I will close the mountain gate." ”

As I spoke, I was about to close the door of the Taoist temple, so I hurriedly pushed the mountain gate and said, "Little junior brother, don't be angry, don't be angry, we believe it." ”

Xiao Daotong said: "Since you believe, then listen to my arrangement, our Taoist temple is not an ordinary place, the most taboo murder weapon, after you enter the view, you must put the knife and gun on your body, put it in the car, and you must not run around after you get inside, and you must not make noise, so as not to disturb the immortal cultivation of the ancestor." ”

When I heard this little Taoist priest's tone, it was not small, but he said that we were not allowed to bring knives and guns, what did this mean? But look at this little Taoist priest has no evil appearance, and he is not a traitor, then again, although we will not be peerless martial arts, but our martial arts, self-defense can still be, so I took the ghost head knife behind me, pulled out, put it in the car, Mao Qinglian They also took out the short gun they carried, after putting it away, Xiaodao Tong made a gesture of please, we are in front, the old head is behind, leading the horse directly into the Qianlong Temple, to the Qianlong Temple, this Taoist Temple is really not small, Behind is a row of tall houses, at this time it is almost dark, can not see the whole picture of the house, just see those halls brightly lit, then the little Taoist priest led us to a shed, to the old man who led the horse said: "Donor, there is a vision in the sky tonight, you must not come out in the shed, otherwise your net worth is not guaranteed, as long as you reach the sky, the disaster will be eliminated." ”

Lao Zhangtou had to nod when he heard this, Xiao Daotong led Lao Zhangtou and the carriage into the shed, fortunately, this shed is huge, can accommodate our carriage, after getting it, Xiao Daotong led us into a side hall, this side hall is clean, there are all tables and chairs inside, I don't know how many times stronger than that shed.