On the south side of the village, there is a large rock, about three meters in diameter and more than a man high. This large stone poked alone on the ground, which was very eye-catching. This stone is used to being called Nangou Stone by the people in the village. There is also a special feature of this stone, as long as one climbs on top of the stone, one can see that in the middle of the stone, there is a crack more than a foot wide, as if it was split by an axe, and the stone has been divided into two parts.

If there is no crack in the past, why would a whole stone be split into two parts? What is the force that can split such a large stone alive? The following fifth master will tell me a real story, which is related to this stone!

It was in the past six years, during the Cultural Revolution, and the corresponding leaders of the people of the whole country called for "opposing repairs, defending and repairing, and sweeping away all ghosts, snakes, and gods" to crack down on all feudal ideas, and people were vying to be the new masters of the country.

In the south of the village of our village, there is a small temple, this temple is not big, the length and width are one meter square, the top of the temple is covered with a small piece of glazed tiles, the front is a small temple door, can barely drill into a child's head, the two sides of the temple door are a couplet, the upper link is: the dragon rises from the Baizhang Pond; The next link is: the rain comes up to the ninefold heavens; Horizontal batch: the wind and rain are smooth. The door of the temple is a delicate small stone staircase, which extends from the temple entrance to a distance of about one meter. Although the temple is small, the structure is quite delicate.

This temple is dedicated to the dragon king, rural people farm for a living, so they all rely on the sky to eat, every year will worship the dragon king god, bless the year of good weather, grain harvest. Especially in the year of the great drought, the people in the village will organize themselves to come to the small temple to worship and pray for rain. They would kill a pig in the village, put the pig's head at the temple gate, and then burn paper and incense.

And this dragon king temple in our village, according to legend, is very effective, in addition to the people in the village to worship, there will be the left neighbor of the village to worship, especially in the first month, the temple is very lively, there will always be waves of crowds, endlessly.

I remember one year, catching up with the drought in the village, the crops in the field had just grown, and it was the time when the rain was needed to moisten, but the scorching sun was still scorching the earth, and there was no sign of rain. The people of the village began to organize to pray for rain, killed a pig, and prepared the tribute for the sacrifice, and everyone came to the Dragon King Temple.

When people set up the tribute, just after the paper money was lit, they suddenly found that on the stone steps at the entrance of the temple, there was a small snake coiled, only to see this little snake, the whole body was gray and black, under the sun, the scales were shining, the body was coiled up on the stone steps, the snake head stood in the middle, vomiting blood and red letters, watching everyone's every move.

Everyone looked at the little snake that suddenly appeared, and they were not afraid of everyone, knowing that this little snake was not ordinary. Because in the countryside, snakes are also called dragons, just like the zodiac, few people who say that they belong to snakes, they will say that they belong to small dragons, which is exactly this reason.

Everyone looked at this little snake and hurriedly burned incense and bowed down, this is the dragon king's apparition. Strange to say, the day after the worship was over, there was a sudden thunderstorm, followed by a torrential rain, and it rained for two whole days.

Back to the period of the Cultural Revolution, because of current events, breaking feudal superstitions was a theme at that time, and the Dragon King Temple in the village was naturally not spared. There is a man named Zhang Zhong in the village, who was the captain of the squad at that time and the head of the Red Guards, he himself is an orphan in the village, he has suffered hardships since he was a child, and he has suffered more cold eyes, and finally caught up with the arrival of the Cultural Revolution and has the opportunity to turn over and be the master. Therefore, he was very proactive in the country's "three antis and five antis" at that time. led the group of Red Guards under his hands, showing off their might in the village at every turn, and if there was a little rumor, they would raid their homes and criticize them.

On this day, Zhang Zhong took some people and went straight to the Dragon King Temple in the south of the village, saying that to implement the spirit of the instructions above, all cows, ghosts, snakes and gods should be eliminated, and this Dragon King Temple is a typical example of feudal ideology and must be demolished. As soon as the people in the village heard that the Dragon King Temple was going to be demolished, they came to dissuade them, but these obviously did not help.

When he came to the Dragon King Temple, Zhang Zhong asked his subordinates to start demolishing the temple with pickaxes. After all, this temple has been in the village for I don't know how many years, and there have been many miracles, so those people under him are all apprehensive and dare not come forward. Zhang Zhong was anxious, picked up the pickaxe, aimed at the Dragon King Temple and smashed it, and the three times and five divided by two were demolished.

At this moment, a small gray-black snake suddenly crawled out of the ruins of the temple. Everyone was taken aback, and they all said that this was the dragon king's manifestation again, and then quickly knelt down and bowed. This Zhang Zhong was like crazy, regardless of it, picked up the pickaxe, aimed at the snake's head and smashed it. With an exclamation from the crowd, the snake was killed alive. Zhang Zhong looked fearless and left the scene with his subordinates.

After Zhang Zhong and some of them left, several people in the village did not leave, and Liu Wuye was also there at that time. After discussing it, everyone asked Liu Wuye to stay and bury the body of the little snake.

Liu Wuye watched those people leave, and walked up to the little snake, and at this time, he saw that the little snake was smashed beyond recognition, and it almost became a pile of meat puree. Saying that, the fifth master dug a soil pit next to the temple, and then took a shovel to shovel up the dead snake and put it in the earthen pit. It's really strange to say, when this little snake appeared, everyone saw it very clearly, and it was as thick as a thumb, but who knew that when it was buried, the pile of meat mud, the fifth master shoveled five shovels and buried it completely.

When all this was done, it was dark, and it was about to change, and it was still clear in the afternoon, when suddenly a strong wind blew, and then there was thunder, and it seemed that heavy rain was coming. Liu Wuye picked up the shovel and hurried home with suspicion, faintly feeling that something bad was going to happen.