Chapter Forty-Six: The Puzzle
The mill was built of locally grown pine, which was strong and heavy, and the wood was all black, apparently over time.
According to Hua Hongying's introduction, this mill was built in the Ming Dynasty, and it is precisely because of the existence of this mill that the neighborhood gradually became Woniu Village, which can be said to have a mill first and then a village. Nowadays, the wooden house of the mill is constantly repaired and rebuilt, and I don't know how many times, but the big stone mill inside is still the original and has never been replaced.
"Let's go down and have a look." Ding Xiaocong was interested and got out of the car first.
The scale of the mill is indeed not small, almost the size of three large tiled houses of ordinary people, and it is surrounded by villagers watching the lively scene, and the reporters of the TV station are surrounded and watching the circus. Ding Xiaocong was not interested in these and squeezed through the crowd to the mill.
After squeezing over with great difficulty, when he arrived at the door, Ding Xiaocong asked an old man to stop him.
The old man, who looked to be in his sixties, with tanned skin and a towel coiled over his head, sat on the steps of the mill entrance, blocking the way, and smoking with his head down.
"Uncle, can you let me in and have a look?" Ding Xiaocong asked kindly.
The old man raised his head and took a look, and after finding that it was a young man he didn't know, he continued to lower his head and smoke, and said in a loud voice: "Experts are doing research inside, and idlers are not allowed to enter." ”
Ding Xiaocong is out of line, the old man's tone is very bad, but he can't argue with him when he is old.
Fortunately, Hua Hongying squeezed over, and after seeing this scene, she immediately went up and whispered, the old man listened and listened, looked up at Ding Xiaocong, and his face was full of disbelief.
"Just him? Archmage? I'm telling you don't lie to me again, isn't this a half-big man? The old man pointed directly at Ding Xiaocong and shouted, without hesitation.
People clearly look down on themselves, but Ding Xiaocong is not angry, he does what he does, one pays attention to reputation, the second pays attention to style, and the third pays attention to age. He is dressed ordinarily, just an ordinary person, and he is still so young, it is not normal to be trusted.
But about fame......
"Uncle, do you know about the haunting ghost in Guojia Village next door three years ago?" Ding Xiaocong rolled his eyes, leaned up and said with a smile, is it famous...... He happens to have a little more here.
Hua Hongying also reacted at this time, "Oh yes, yes, yes! That water ghost was caught by this mage three years ago, when he was only fifteen years old! ”
The old man was shocked, of course he had heard of the haunting ghost, and the process of arrest spread all over the area at that time, and the little mage was blown into a god, but he didn't expect ...... "It's really you?!" ”
"How can this be fake?!" Hua Hongying immediately had confidence and said proudly.
Ding Xiaocong held his posture and smiled without saying a word.
"You've finally got a job done this time." The old man didn't know whether to praise or scold, glared at Hua Hongying, smiled happily in an instant, and invited Ding Xiaocong to the mill.
When I got to the door, the old man remembered something and whispered: "Little mage, there is a bullshit expert from the city inside, who doesn't know anything and is tossing around, you don't care about him, you are busy with yourself." ”
"I know." Ding Xiaocong casually agreed, he was not interested in any experts, and he didn't intend to provoke others.
Entering the water mill, Ding Xiaocong immediately saw this "expert", who was a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing a white coat, his hair was a little curly, messy, and bearded, looking a little like Li Kui. In this way, he still wears a pair of glasses, which are full of circles, and the power is not low at first glance.
When Ding Xiaocong entered, the expert was leaning on the stone mill to observe carefully, and he was still holding a small leather hammer in his hand, occasionally knocking twice, making an "empty" sound.
After a little scrutiny, Ding Xiaocong focused his attention on this stone mill, which is said to be from the Ming Dynasty.
This stone mill really lives up to its name, placed on the shelf, the top is almost the same as a person's chest, the diameter is one meter five, and the upper and lower pieces weigh almost 10 tons!
The material of the stone mill is the large bluestone on the nearby mountain, which looks very ordinary, but not ordinary, except for the fine stone. There will definitely be texture impurities in the stone, which cannot be used in stone grinding, and it is not easy to find such a large piece of bluestone without impurities.
In addition, this stone mill has a peculiarity, the surface treatment is very smooth, and it is also carved with exquisite patterns.
couldn't see clearly from a distance, Ding Xiaocong leaned over to look, opposite to that "Li Kui".
When you get closer, you can see that the upper surface of the stone mill is engraved with a water cow, from the posture point of view, it is a continuous picture, when the grinding disc rotates, it will show a moving buffalo, running with its head held high, and the design is extremely exquisite and unique.
Ding Xiaocong became more and more curious, looking around the stone mill, wanting to see if there was any change in the next picture, but unconsciously went around half a circle and bumped into the expert, and he realized what the expert was looking at. After the buffalo ran here, there was a well in front of it, and the cow actually fell into the well.
The expert who was hit turned his head to look at Ding Xiaocong, lifted his glasses, grinned, continued to look down, and asked casually, "What do you think?" ”
Ding Xiaocong shook his head, this series of activity patterns is indeed a bit strange, but he really can't see what it has to do with Shi Mo's night crying, so he shook his head, "I don't know." ”
There was no way to see the stone mill, so Ding Xiaocong walked to the other side to see the huge waterwheel.
With such a large stone mill, it is difficult for cattle to pull it, and it must be driven by wind or water power. This is a water mill, of course, there is a waterwheel, through the 10-meter-diameter waterwheel, Ding Xiaocong saw the whole picture of Woniu Village, and also saw a strange scene.
The entire village is built on a hillside, and the village is covered with artificially constructed waterways, which divide and merge in front of each house. From his current perspective, these waterways form a pattern of lying cows, hence the name of the village.
Such a complex waterway, obviously not built haphazardly, requires careful planning and very precise construction, it is definitely a big project in ancient times, and it certainly has its meaning in it.
"Hua Hongying, come over here." Ding Xiaocong hurriedly shouted, Hua Hongying claimed to be a famous feng shui master in the seven southern provinces, and eighty percent of them were bragging, but they should still understand a little.
Hua Hongying rushed over when she heard the sound, and saw Ding Xiaocong pointing to the picture of the cow in the waterway of the village, and explained with a smile: "This is the more commonly used cow lying game in feng shui, and the effect is ......."
"It's not a cow game."
Hua Hongying was halfway through her words when she was interrupted, and the two looked back to see that it was the expert in the white coat who spoke.
The expert walked over, looked at Woniu Village with his hands behind his back, and sighed: "This seems to be a Woniu Bureau, but it is actually a reincarnation game, and the design is really ingenious!" ”
"Reincarnation?" Hua Hongying was refuted, her face was a little unbearable, and she asked in a rough voice: "Who are you?" ”