Chapter Twenty-Five: The Great Battle
"Everybody listen to me...... and Master Shallot's order, don't mess up, let alone run away! Accompanied by the rooster crowing and the rising sun, Village Chief Guo stood at the gate of his house and shouted loudly. In front of him, it was densely packed with people, and there were many people in the whole village, all of them!
After coming back last night, Ding Xiaocong and the old village chief spent half a night, and finally made a plan, and repeatedly scrutinized it without missing anything. Today, Ding Xiaocong, a half-grown child who is only 15 years old and has not had time to report to high school, will lead hundreds of villagers...... Catch the water ghosts!
It's a huge program with the whole village, men, women and children all in action!
For an inexperienced teenager, it would take unimaginable brain power to make such a big plan, and last night, he drew more than a dozen personnel distribution maps alone, and finally came up with the best plan.
What we are going to catch today is not an ordinary beast, nor a geisman spirit, but an evil monster!
"Now, the big guy comes with me, take the guys and the children, and don't be left behind!" Village Chief Guo shouted in high spirits, and Ding Xiaocong, who was sitting on the small bench next to him drinking porridge, hurriedly put down the bowl and wiped his mouth.
After two days of unimaginable hard work, Ding Xiaocong was dirty, his hair was messier than straw, and his face was haggard.
Under the leadership of the village chief and Ding Xiaocong, the team drove towards the east of the village, followed by several strong men, carrying a full four loads of rice, which was his spell casting material today. That thing is a yin and evil thing, and rice is masculine in nature, and it can definitely be restrained.
Behind the burden were a large group of villagers, all with their hands on things, hoes, shovels, everything, even children with sickles in their hands, and behind them were a group of strong men, who carried bundles of fishing nets.
Regarding bringing the child, Ding Xiaocong is considerate, when the time comes, the thing will definitely panic, if the child is left at home and unguarded, it is easy to have an accident, and it will not be carried by an adult.
When he came to the pond, Ding Xiaocong began to arrange the position, and the young and strong ones first surrounded the pond to ensure that there were no gaps, and they were the first line of defense. Behind them were people with a certain amount of physical strength, also in a circle, as a second line of defense, and then the women with children and the old people got together, and their task was to protect the children and protect themselves, and basically did not participate in the battle.
The outer personnel are arranged, and all those assigned to the task are ready with weapons in their hands, and the next is the "front-line combatants".
In a burst of cheering, the two fish boats were carried by several big men and put into the water, each with two loads of rice.
The ship's staffing was as follows: one man supported the boat at the stern, two men in the middle guarded the basket of rice, and at the bow stood a fisherman with good eyesight, holding an anchor in his hand.
The main body of the anchor rod is a thick bamboo pole with steel spines with barbed hooks on the head, which can both poke fish and hook things.
The people on the two boats were in place and docked at a corner of the pond to standby, and the old village chief came over and asked Ding Xiaocong, "Master shallot, do you think it's okay?" ”
Commanding such a big operation, Ding Xiaocong was very nervous, but he knew that he must not show cowardice now, so he carefully glanced around, and after making sure that the personnel were correct, Ding Xiaocong took a deep breath and finally nodded.
The old village chief waved his hand, and a big drum was carried over, this is the Dragon Boat Race, today's situation is special, and he was invited out.
Knock knock!
The three-way drum sounded, and the people on the shore began to make a loud noise, and the pond immediately turned upside down. Amid the cheers, two small boats lined up and began to slowly row clockwise along the edge of the pond.
The man at the bow of the boat held the anchor pole, his eyes fixed on the water, and from time to time he shouted loudly, and behind him, two men guarding the rice basket grabbed a handful of rice and threw it into the water. They are all crop men, and they all rely on their hands to sow seedlings, seeds, and fertilizers to ensure that they are evenly shot.
The man at the stern of the boat carefully controlled the speed of the boat, neither fast nor slow, and the direction was not biased at all, these two were the helmsmen of the village dragon boat team, and they were familiar with this work.
Where the two boats drove side by side, the originally swarthy bottom of the water appeared to be speckled white, which was the meter that sank to the bottom. With this as a reference, there is nothing to hide underwater, whether it is a swimming fish or a turtle king, you can see it clearly on the shore.
This is not the key, if the rice rich in yang energy is sprinkled to the bottom of the water, the water monster will definitely not dare to approach, and the range of activities will become smaller and smaller.
"Ahh The man at the bow of the boat simply banged on the gang with the anchor rod and shouted loudly, and behind him, the sound of "whooshing" continued one after another, and a handful of rice was scattered, and the water surface was boiling.
Ding Xiaocong chased the boat all the way along the edge of the pond, bypassing one adult after another, his eyes staring directly into the water, looking nervous. With such a big momentum, so many people dispatched, and so many things invested, this time we must not fail!
In the midst of the uproar, the two boats circled around the pond, and Ding Xiaocong's breathing became short.
It had been ordered in advance, and after a circle, the helmsmen of the two boats did not need to be instructed, but at the same time stretched inward, rubbed the rice at the bottom of the pond, and began to draw small circles. They will walk around from the outside to the inside until they have searched the entire pond.
The drum noise began again, and the drumming of the village chief Guo became more intensive, and the two boats left the shore and continued to spin in a circle to scatter rice, and the man at the bow of the boat shouted louder.
This time not only Ding Xiaocong, but also the villagers on the shore became nervous, all of them looked at the bottom of the water without blinking, and did not let go of a trace of abnormality. If nothing else, that thing must still be in the pond, and as the circle gets smaller and smaller, sooner or later it will appear.
Ding Xiaocong continued to follow the boat on the shore, bypassing the adults one by one, sweating profusely, mainly in a hurry.
chased and chased, and just as the second lap was about to end, something abnormal happened in the water.
Just as they were about to make a head-to-end touch, the bow of the ship suddenly exploded into a splash, which seemed to be accompanied by a sharp scream. A man shouted, "Here!" Pick up the anchor rod and hit, only to hear the sound of "pop", the water surface was pulled open a line, and it was emptied.
Ding Xiaocong stood on the shore, his eyes widened, and he saw a large shadow under the water, dodging the anchor rod, and quickly jumped under the two boats, disappearing in the middle of the dark pond, bringing up a layer of waves.
The two ships were very close together, and they were swept away by a sudden wave and collided together, making a series of collision sounds.
When the culprit was finally seen, the people on the shore made a loud noise, pointing indiscriminately into the water and shouting: "Here! ”
Ding Xiaocong was so anxious that he jumped to his feet and roared, "Don't mess up, the people below continue to come as planned, and the people on the shore prepare, fishing nets!" Where are the fishing nets?! ”
Hearing Ding Xiaocong's hoarse shout, the two boats, which were a little disorganized, immediately stabilized, and continued to row forward in a circle in unison, and the four men were methodically scattering.
The nets that had been prepared on the shore immediately ran to the predetermined place, and at regular intervals everyone shut up, the drumming stopped, and the people stared at the middle of the pond that had not yet been scattered.