Yumen, Yin Shang, Hongcun, Zhuangyuan Village, Cha Wenbin also went to Yangguan and Northeast during the period, and a line seemed to begin to appear in his mind, and he always felt that these seemingly unrelated things could be vaguely strung together, but this information was too complicated, and he couldn't figure it out for a while.

At least he was sure of a few things: first, the existence of the husband's kingdom was very likely, and it was equally likely that the kind of witchcraft recorded in the ancient books had appeared.

Second, some of the things that appeared in Hongcun can be traced back to a long time, Gu Qinghe once asserted that it was the Yin Shang period, so was there a flourishing civilization at the junction of Zhejiang and Anhui during the Yin Shang period?

The answer is unknown, what Cha Wenbin wants to do now is not to go down to the grass cave, he is desperate to find out where those people who are begging for rain come from, why are they in a hurry?

Why hike thousands of miles to such a remote place?

And how did they know about it?

It's a pity that Xia Laoliu found nothing after the visit, and all the people in Hongcun knew those who begged for rain, but no one had ever dealt with them.

Only one old man who was looking after the forest farm told him that he had seen a procession begging for rain coming from the north along the Tianmu Mountains at night.

The weather that year was very hot, and the number of times it rained in the first half of the year could be counted on one hand, and the most common thing was dark clouds, lightning and thunder, but it didn't rain.

The old people smoked dry cigarettes in the courtyard and sighed in a low voice: "Hey, I went down to another place again, and God won't give me food." ”

That year, there was a drought in Hongcun and there was a shortage of grain, the rice in the crops was basically lost, the small amount of corn was very small, and the waterways in the small river were exposed with large smooth stones.

That year, not only in Hongcun, but also in most of China, fell into a protracted drought, and the horns on the telephone poles reported every day that people and animals had difficulty drinking water in such and such a place, and asked the people to take spontaneous action to fight the autumn harvest campaign.

Early the next morning after Cha Wenbin returned from the provincial capital, Lao Xia hurriedly rode to Wulipu, sweating and panting and knocking on the door, he had not been here for many days.

Seeing that he was coming, Cha Wenbin was also surprised, Lao Xia couldn't wait to take his hand and said, "Don't you want to find the person who asks for rain, they are coming, hurry!" ”

Early this morning, Lao Xia was still at home turning over, and heard a lot of people talking on the bustling highway outside, and from time to time there were gongs, drums, and suona sounds.

After a while, Xia Lao Liu called him up, saying that he was just busy informing Cha Wenbin, Lao Xia got up with his clothes on, good guy, a group of people who don't know where they came from on the highway lined up neatly, the leader was carrying a kettle, shirtless, and there was a sedan chair behind him, and there was a woman on the sedan chair.

Those people "babble" in their mouths

I had to sing a tune that I didn't understand, colorful flags of various colors were carried on my shoulders, and there were a lot of things in a few porter boxes.

This can make Cha Wenbin very happy, it is really called stepping on the broken and carrying nowhere to find, and it takes no effort to get it.

Greeted Ye Qiu and the fat man, and the four of them flew towards Hongcun.

There are many people who follow the rain procession, and the children are the most willing to join in the fun, because as soon as they enter Hong Village, the porter will keep digging out some pastries from the frame.

Steamed buns covered with red seals, strings of zongzi, and various styles of dim sum, as long as they were thrown, those children followed to rob them, and the team begging for rain did not stop them, but only cared about themselves.

This would continue until the temple, where the children would usually be told not to enter, and a few men would stay behind to chase them away.

When the children get the benefits, they will give some candy and the like to pass away, usually at this time the adults will also bring back the children who follow them, and the things in it are very evil, and it is a rugged mountain road, usually only some daring adults will sneak to follow in a long distance.

When Cha Wenbin and the others arrived, the team happened to have arrived at the big temple, and from a distance, Cha Wenbin saw those people worshipping the big tree, and all kinds of offerings were also placed on the incense burner at the entrance of the big temple.

In the outermost place, four or five big men with spears with bamboo handles in their hands were lined up, and vaguely someone inside began to pull up two high white cloth fences to completely block the view from inside and outside.

"It's another group of dancing gods, and they still look good."

The fat man patted a young man beside him and said, "Why don't you go in and take a look?" ”

"Alien,"

The young man whispered to the fat man: "Those people have guys in their hands, and those who are not allowed to enter, whoever enters will be beaten." ”

"It's really useless, whose territory is this? Is this your own village, just letting a group of foreign hillbillies show off their might? ”

"And, what you said is easy, there is a kind of you on!"

As soon as the two of them raised the bar, Cha Wenbin's attention was completely focused on the back of the white gauze tent, and he didn't notice the fat man at all.

As for the fat man, he is not deliberately looking for fault, he just can't get used to seeing others engage in some god chatter, plus he has been mixed in this generation for a long time, and he also treats himself as half of Hongcun, which is quite a bit of a snake.

"Wait, you can go in and take a look."

Saying that, the fat guy pushed away the crowd and was about to drill in, but fortunately, Cha Wenbin found out and grabbed him in time and said, "You are making a mess again, come back to me!" ”

"I ...... I just looked inside, no, it's fine. ”

The fat man slipped back again, but the young man was lively now, and they all made fun of the fat man, but Ye Qiu posted it and said to Cha Wenbin: "You let him go in and stir it up, I think something is wrong, why did they stay in that place for so long." ”

"No, what if something happens."

Ye Qiu muttered: "I watched, I guess those people don't dare to really do it, the fat man's skills won't suffer too much, as long as he can break into that tent, it's easy to do." ”

With Ye Qiu's initiative, Cha Wenbin quietly pulled the fat man who was still arguing with others and said, "You go in and find a way to break through that tent and try to protect yourself." ”

The fat man got the commandment, and he had nowhere to get out, so he was so happy that he swaggered towards those people.

Walking up to those people, those big men neither backed down nor dodged, just like a human wall, the fat man's figure was already wide, where was there a place for him to see the stitches, and when he thought that he had won the task, he couldn't be ashamed.

He raised his head and picked up one of the relatively thin men and said, "My field is in it, you people are so unreasonable, how can you just set up a card to block people and let me go." ”

The man didn't care about the fat man, and when he saw that he had eaten a closed door, the group of fellows outside looked at him, and it was not his character for the fat man to show his long face without showing his hands at this time.

Rolling up his sleeves, the fat man stood in front of the person who was about the same height as himself, put his head forward and said: "Hey, I said where did you all come from, lawlessness, what kind of world is this, bandit road rage!" Get out of the way, otherwise you're welcome. ”

As soon as the words fell, the fat man's hand was not honest, and he put it on the shoulders of others, and secretly exerted his claws.

He is a practitioner, and ordinary people can't get close to two or three, especially a set of "iron sand palms" that are known as self-created

What's more, if ordinary people are caught by a fat man like this, they will immediately be unable to eat, but the fat man feels like he has pinched a stone, and it is hard!

If you stop there, where will the fat man's face go?

If you can't catch it, then pull it back, tear open a hole, and pull it back suddenly, the fat man found that the other party was like a Buddha, not moving at all, and then he understood seven or eight points in his heart, and he encountered a hard stubble today.

If you can't do it, then stir it up!

The fat man didn't care about the number of people on the other side, he took a few steps back and was ready to rush in, his volume plus strength and impact were enough, but unfortunately he didn't walk to the other party, five spears stretched out together, the fat man almost didn't let himself become a hedgehog with a brake, he didn't expect that guy to really dare to be hard.

After suffering a few dark losses in a row, the fat man simply stood there and shouted: "Where did you come from a group of hooligans and bullies, come here to bully the locals,"

Saying that, he didn't forget to open his arms to the onlookers behind him and instigated: "The old and young masters of Hong Village didn't plant like this, this road was opened by us, there are our fields and our forest farms, how can we be blocked by such a group of unreasonable people!" What about the old and young masters of Hongcun with handles? Stand up and show me, today the fat man will leave the words here, dare to follow one person with an old knife brand cigarette, one is counted as one, and wait at the village store for a while. ”

This is a shout, there are really people who come out, and it is never a big deal to watch the excitement, some people take the lead, and some people support and give benefits.

A group of stunned young people in Hongcun jumped out of the crowd with a grin, this is a group of people in their early twenties, fat people often mix in this area, and they know a lot, gradually, there are more than a dozen people standing behind him, and the tense atmosphere is suddenly there**.

The fat man is not stupid, the other party has a guy in his hand, he turned his head and said: "Brothers, smash with stones, damn smash this group of dog-day bandits and road rage, come to our door to play prestige." ”

So he picked up the first stone and threw it over, the group of big men on the opposite side couldn't have imagined that there was a long-range attack here, and more than a dozen stones flew together, so they couldn't stop it.

What the fat man wants is to provoke them and provoke contradictions, as long as the other party dares to come over, he will definitely show his flaws, and at that time he rushes over and tears off the tent.

This wishful thinking is right, after a stone rain, the other party took it hard!

Stunned to stand still and let you smash, several big men's heads are blue and purple, and some even hang up the color and see red, it can be seen that the other party also hates the fat man, and the eyes can't wait to eat the fat man raw, this kid is still shouting and provoking there.

At this moment, a small crack opened in the tent, and out of it came a man who looked like an elder, and the big man who blocked the way immediately flashed a way, and the man came out and said to the fat man: "Friend, we are just far away here to borrow precious land for a purpose, and we have never disturbed the people year after year. ”