Chapter 49: The Cultivator
In the vision of the witch's eye, Ding Xiaocong saw very clearly that the yin qi of this willow tree was extremely heavy, although the attributes of the willow tree itself were a little yin, but it couldn't reach this level, right?
When I got closer, I was completely dumbfounded when I saw the rings of the trees.
No matter what kind of tree, the growth rings are always circled one by one, but the growth rings of this tree are spiral-shaped, from the position of the outer edge of the bark, to the heart of the tree.
The section of the tree is abnormally red, it seems that the old village chief's so-called tree will bleed, which should mean the red pulp, but Ding Xiaocong can't tell if this is blood, he can only say that the color is a little close, and there is a layer of paste on the section.
"It's weird." This tree is beyond Ding Xiaocong's cognition, he is a little unwilling.
After standing for a while, Ding Xiaocong seemed to think of something, and began to pour water on the stump, wiping it with his hands, and after a while, the section stained with a layer of pulp was cleaned, and this time, he made a new discovery.
I saw that near the center of the stump, there were two gray-white circles, separated from the left and right, as if they were a pair of eyes.
"What the hell is this?" Somehow, when Ding Xiaocong saw this pair of "eyes", an inexplicable sense of disgust rose in his heart.
So far, it seems that there is nothing valuable, Ding Xiaocong thought nonsense while wading back.
The water is generally weakly negative, but Ma Mingbo is right, the water here passes through the hot spring well, and after being boiled by the ground gas in the well, although the temperature does not rise significantly, it turns into a partial positive. Now there is a suspicion, because of some special geographical environment in nature, it is not uncommon to have positive water, but willow trees grow in water, soaked in positive water for hundreds of years, why is it so negative?
Puzzled, Ding Xiaocong walked ashore with his head down and began to put on his shoes silently.
"Master shallot, do you see anything?" Hua Hongying leaned over and asked in a low voice.
Ding Xiaocong shook his head, turned to the old village chief and said, "I'll give me a pen and paper later, I want to draw something." ”
Leaning slightly, after arriving at the old village chief's house, Ding Xiaocong immediately spread out a piece of paper on the big table and drew it with a pen. For a true wizard, spells come at will, but he doesn't have the ability to do that, and he's more used to doing it, so it's clear at a glance.
Under the onlookers of the village chief and Hua Hongying, after a while, a picture of a lying cow was displayed, which was the waterway in the village. The upper water outlet enters from the ox head part, winds its way to the middle part, and then flows into the hot spring well, then spreads out from the other side, and finally converges at the ox tail part (in front of the old village chief's house), and finally flows out of the water mill outside the village.
This is a huge artificial design, which has been finalized since the Ming Dynasty and has not been touched until now. There are three key points that are now known: the water mill outside the village, the tree in front of the old village chief's house, and the well in the middle of the village.
"At the beginning, your village ancestors, why did you set up this bureau?" Ding Xiaocong asked, ready to explore the root cause.
When the old village chief heard this, he looked back at his central hall, where there was a painting hanging on the wall, and the rice paper was already heavily yellow, and it looked like it was some years old.
"This is the ancestor of our village - Fang Datong, Langzhong of the Ming Ministry of Engineering, later committed something, was sent to Huizhou Mansion to serve as a general judge, when crossing the Yangtze River, encountered a big wind and waves...... "The old village chief began to narrate the history of his family.
In the early Ming Dynasty, it was a very cruel era for officials, and everyone who was an official was in danger and could lose their heads at any time. Fang Datong was a northerner and was affected in a movement, but he was lucky enough not to accompany him to his life, but was sent to Huizhou Mansion.
It is said that the Jingguan is definitely better than the magistrate, and he was also demoted, but Fang Datong was not only not disappointed, but happy. Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger is a true portrayal of that era, and he can't ask for it to leave the capital and come to Huizhou, away from the threat of death.
Fang Datong didn't come to office alone, he took all his family members on the road, and planned to simply settle in the south in the future, far away from the tiger and wolf den in Beijing, so that although it is difficult for future generations to become rich and rich, they can finally seek peace.
There are so many people in the family, and there are no bandits on the road who dare to beat them, all the way to the Yangtze River, but when they cross the river, they encounter strange storms and waves.
In the words of the old village chief, the originally calm river suddenly sprung up, and their boat seemed to have become a cradle, unable to drive away at all, and could capsize at any time. Just when the family was crying and grabbing the ground, suddenly, a small boat came over the river, and there was a Taoist priest at the bow, holding a spell and casting spells, and the river gradually calmed down.
"Calm the waves with a spell?" Hearing this, Ding Xiaocong was taken aback.
The old village chief frowned and said with a wry smile: "These are all legends handed down from our ancestors, and we don't believe in it in our village, so let's listen to it as a story." ”
Next, Fang Datong led his family to thank the Taoist priest for their kindness, and he was regarded as an immortal master on the spot. The Taoist priest was worried about the safety of their families, so he accompanied them all the way and escorted them here.
Since then, the Fang family has settled here, and the old road will come once a year, and the mill at the entrance of the village is built with the help of the old road.
After more than ten years, Fang Datong resigned and simply followed the Taoist monk.
Summer to cold, more than ten years have passed, one day, Fang Datong, who was cultivating outside, suddenly returned home, saying that his life was about to end, and he wanted to leave a blessed land for future generations before he died. Next, presided over by Fang Datong, the whole village went into battle and started the major renovation project, and finally completed the feat of Woniu Village before Fang Datong drove the crane west.
"Then where is Fang Datong buried now?" Ding Xiaocong felt as if he had touched something, and hurriedly asked.
"This ......" The old village chief hesitated for a moment, but still told the truth: "In our family's ancestral cemetery, you can reach it by walking down the head of our village." ”
"Something is wrong!" Hua Hongying blurted out in surprise, this time even he noticed the abnormality.
It is normal for there to be running water near the burial ground, but before the corpse is completely decomposed, it will emit invisible yin qi, which will merge into the water and flow downstream, and the downstream is Woniu Village. Long-term exposure to these yin qi is a chronic harm to people, but fortunately, after being boiled into yang qi in a hot spring well, the two phases are canceled out, but the problem is that the purpose of this is suspicious.
"Your family's ancestral cemetery was also planned by Fang Datong, right?" Ding Xiaocong asked thoughtfully.
The old village chief was puzzled, "Yes, what's wrong?" ”
"It's nothing, just ask." Hua Hongying hurriedly prevaricated, glanced at Ding Xiaocong, and made a look. It was hard to tell them about this, and they decided to wait until after lunch and continue to explore the water upwards.