Chapter 57: The Captive
Hands were raised, one next to the other, and three small prisoners of war were captured alive by an old revolutionary.
It was a small two-room bungalow, one with a machine that generated electricity and the rumbling sound of the water, and the other with a bed, a simple stove, and a water tank.
There is a shrine on the top of the water tank, and on the shrine there is an idol of the god covered in a gray cloth.
There was still half a pot of wine in the plastic pot on the wall, and on the lid of the water tank was a stack of pickled vegetables and a stack of peanuts, and the three of them were asked to squat in the corner with their heads in their hands, and the old man Cao sat on the bed with the black barrel of the gun in the front.
As long as the fat man raised his eyes, the old man would aim his gun at him, looking like he was going to shoot him at any time, and finally the guy still couldn't hold back and said: "Daddy Cao, we are neither spies of the Plum Blossom Party, nor are we counter-revolutionary red generals, we are all working for the common people under the mountain, you always hold a gun at the flowers of the motherland, **Does he know the old man?" ”
"Don't talk nonsense, there has been a big drought recently, the reservoir is a strict management area, and idle people can't get close to it, if you destroy the water conservancy facilities, you will commit a big crime."
"Hey, you old man is so blind, obviously there was a big wave of magic sticks swaggering in just now, you didn't stop it, but you just competed with us children, I think you are an old spy lurking here!"
The more the fat man spoke, the more energetic he became, he simply stood up and pointed to Old Man Cao's nose and said, "Don't think I don't know, you go down the mountain once a week, do you send a signal to the proprietress of the commissary, tell you, I have been guarding you for some days, pay attention to you Old Man Cao for a long time, just wait to catch a look." Comrades, come on, bring down this counter-revolutionary spy Old Man Cao and hand him over to the righteous people for trial! ”
The fat man's saliva flew and amused both Cha Wenbin and Ye Qiu, where did the old man Cao see such a capable junior suddenly lost his mind, the fat man saw the opportunity and grabbed the old man Cao's shotgun and tilted it up, he was the head of the military region and had a child, and the gun was a thief, and before the old man Cao reacted, the insurance of the shotgun let him close it.
"Buckle! You buckle it again! Bring it to you! ”
Where is the opponent of the young and strong man of Cao, the fat man changed his face viciously and snatched the gun and said to Cha Wenbin: "Captain, how do you think this old spy should be handled, do you want to interrogate it first and record a confession?" ”
"Comrade Shi, this is your mistake, how can you be so rude to the elderly."
Cha Wenbin also learned from his tone and said: "There is no need for this disposition, they are all revolutionary comrades, I believe that Old Man Cao was just blinded by the enemy, and he is still loyal to the organization in his bones." ”
The two sang and harmonized, and Old Man Cao was stunned for a long time and finally said, "You are here to arrest the spies?" ”
The fat man said seriously: "That's still fake, there are spies in that guy who are mixed with surveying and mapping military maps, and we followed all the way but were stopped by you, how can you explain this?" ”
"No, just now I saw that guy said that there were three thieves behind who wanted to steal their sacrifices, where are they spies, just a team of people begging for rain, I think you are mistaken."
"Stealing sacrifices?"
The fat man pointed to himself and asked exaggeratedly, "Am I like a thief?" ”
Old man Cao glanced at the fat man and said, "It's not like a good person." ”
The fat man was energetic now, and as soon as he took off his clothes to reveal a fat sound, the two balls on his chest were still shaking, and he put his stomach on the top of the old man Cao and said: "Look at it, look at it, I don't look like a good person, such a bloody wound on my chest was bitten by the poisonous insect released by the spy just now, I don't look like a good person, I think you are with them, don't talk nonsense, find a rope to tie up this old spy and send it to the police station tomorrow." ”
Ye Qiu can cooperate now, and he took out the bundle of corpses from Cha Wenbin's bag and was about to go up, the old man Cao really panicked when he saw a few of them coming, and hurriedly said: "A few little comrades, you misunderstood, I am not a spy, they are just a group of people who beg for rain, and the leader has also been here in previous years, and he is familiar with it many times." ”
"Familiar, so you know them?"
"I know, I've been here to see the reservoir for more than five years, and since I came, this guy has been coming for years, sometimes passing through the village, sometimes walking from the top of the hill. Every time I went back, they would bring me a little something, what fabric, tobacco and wine, bacon, where did my old man be embarrassed to eat other people's food. They asked me to take good care of the water and the mountains, saying that as long as I managed it well, they should thank me. This year-after-year, if you really said that I would have reported the spies, you were mistaken. ”
"A little sugar-coated cannonball will send you away, you are called accepting bribes to cover up the enemy, this is a crime of one degree! Okay, I won't tell you more, you stay here honestly, I'll collect this weapon first, and let's go. ”
Cha Wenbin was also concerned about the group of people, and he didn't want to wait here longer, so the old man said: "Uncle Cao, whether that group of people are spies will continue to investigate, but we are not thieves, the guns will be sent back later, borrow them first, and you will wait for us here." ”
Saying that, Cha Wenbin took out a stack of money from his arms and gently put it on the table, saying: "Excuse me, I want to buy some cigarettes and alcohol by yourself, and I will accompany you as a junior." ”
With the gun, the fat man was angry, and the road branched in, and the place they were going to was still called the rain terrace.
Ask for the rain platform this place is born ingenious, there are a total of nine waterfalls, below each level is a waterhole, of which the third, sixth, nine waterholes are the largest, no matter how dry the day is, the water here is endless all year round, and what is more wonderful is that the upstream of the waterhole can not find the river, as if it appeared out of thin air.
It is said that in the earliest days, there was a road here, and it is estimated that it has disappeared like the village below the mountain, but the stones used to make the roadbed are there, and later there are medicine collectors and woodcutters who build a current path on the original roadbed.
It is no more than one person wide, extremely steep, with flying rocks on both sides, and some creepers and tree vines hanging upside down.
The nine-level waterfalls go up in turn, there is a turquoise pool under each of the nine white curtains, Cha Wenbin and his cat are on the top of the highest rock, and those people below stand in line in turn, three steps and a post, five steps and a sentry, and the rest of the people do not know where to go.
Seeing such a wonderful waterfall group for the first time, Cha Wenbin immediately thought of a similar feng shui bureau recorded in ancient books, and he said: "Nine dragons and pearls, this place is a good feng shui." ”
The nine dragons are: Qingqiu, Jiangyi, Baijing, Xuanjiao, Huangpan, Kuimei, Yinglong, Candleyin, and Xiangliu.
As the saying goes, the dragon gives birth to nine sons and does not become a dragon, each has its own good, this Kowloon Feng Shui Bureau is a unique in the world, although there is a description in the ancient books, it is also indicated: this kind of Feng Shui Bureau deliberately to find it is not found, it can only rely on coincidence, depending on whether God gives a chance.
"Is there really a dragon in this world?"
The fat man asked.
Cha Wenbin nodded his head and said: "The Complete Book of Yang Erzhai? The Dragon Says records: "The journey of the leylines stops the ups and downs of the dragon". The dragon here does not refer to the dragon in the New Year's painting, it is the totem that the ancients came up with, and we are talking about the Feng Shui Bureau. The dragon vein is also called the ancestral mountain, which is the origin of the mountain range, the place where the mountains originate, and the parent mountain is the first place of the mountain range, for example, Kunlun is the parent mountain of our Yan and Huang descendants. ”
"Hehe, look what they're doing, there."
The fat man refers to the place where the fifth waterfall is, several figures loom by the stones, and their location is just blocked by those boulders, if it weren't for the fat man's sharp eyes, he really couldn't find it.
"One, Two, Three, Four, Five"
Cha Wenbin counted it and said: "Ninety-five, the good place they chose, no wonder they can ask for rain here, this is to draw back the dragon's blood, let's change places while walking." ”
The fat man squatted down again before he got up: "Ouch, my stomach hurts, it must be a small stir-fry at noon, why don't you go first, I'm soaking here......"
Cha Wenbin looked at him with some concern and asked Ye Qiudao, "Isn't that insect still inside?" ”
Ye Qiu touched the belly of the fat man, and there was a "gurgling" inside
"Let's go first, he's really having a stomach." ”
can only blame the fat man for not being angry at this time, and Cha Wenbin can't do anything about him, so he can only beckon Ye Qiu to move to the left hill first, climb over a few big stones on the top, and then go down just enough to overlook the fifth dragon pool.
The two of them didn't dare to be careless, and slowly moved their steps while staring at the guards under the mountain, there was a turtle-shaped boulder on the top of the mountain, Cha Wenbin was dumbfounded as soon as he turned over the turtle's back, Ye Qiu was held by the neck by two spears, presumably he fell into the hands of others as soon as he passed.
This is good, Cha Wenbin honestly made another captive, the four of them unceremoniously took out the rope to tie the hands and feet of the two of them, Ye Qiu's hand, and several big men of the cold moon also wanted to take it together, but Ye Qiu's hand strength was amazing, and he didn't succeed in making it a few times, so he simply tied them together.
The four of them pressed the two of them down the mountain, and the old man came over with a smile and a smile, and said, "Young man, we meet again." What is the matter with your repeated struggles, we are just rain seekers from afar, and the crops in the field are the root of life, so we hope that this little rain will go back to save our lives. ”
Cha Wenbin snorted coldly: "Asking for rain? So how do you explain the bug in my friend's stomach? ”
The old man said confidently: "I have given the antidote to the old man who takes care of the reservoir, if it weren't for your unreasonableness, he would definitely give the medicine to your friend, and now it seems that your friend will have to suffer a little." As long as you stay here honestly, I will take another pill for you when I leave. ”
"What if not?"
The old man spread his hands and said: "That's hard to say, people who are bitten by holy insects will not die within seven days, they will suffer from eating bones, and if there is no antidote after seven days, they will be bitten by holy insects and their hearts and livers, and they will die." ”