"Wow!" Qi Xiaoting was happy when she heard this: "In the future, it will be a long time, and he will be able to come in, which will save me a lot of trouble." I'll tell him to go! ”

The scud was quickly brought in. He first bowed to the dragon and his entourage, and then stood aside respectfully, not knowing what to say.

Long Yi smiled and pulled up with him. Ryuichi's approachability quickly dissolved his inhibitions, and gradually he talked more. In the end, the two turned out to be good friends who talked about everything.

"Long Yi (Long Yi asked him to call it that), I'm not an expert in fighting monsters and monsters, it's no problem to send a letter and explore a way. As long as you are in Jianjin Prefecture for one day, I will accompany you for one day, and I will destroy the snake princess if I say anything. ”

Long Yi: "Xiaoting and Li Hong are both mortals, although they both have some ability, they are not opponents of demons and monsters after all. The little niece Jiaona is a little willful, and I am afraid that she will drop the chain at a critical time. If there are local talents to help, the odds are greater! ”

Scud patted his chest and said, "No problem! This is the great cause of Jianjin Prefecture, and we will definitely help! ”

Ryuichi: "Thank you in advance! ”

Scud: "No! We are for a common goal, we can't divide you and mine! ”

Scud ate and drank enough, and Qi Xiaoting took him out of the space, and the two were still in love.

Not to mention the wine banquet to push the cup and change the lamp, not to mention the flower candles in the cave room are very lively, just say that Qi Xiaoting and his party of three people followed the village chief to his house, the village chief made tea, and the four of them drank tea in the hall.

After talking about the legends of the Eight Dragons, Wengkou, Zilong, and Liuchang, Qi Xiaoting changed her words and asked the village chief about the folklore of this bend: "The closer the better, it is best to involve the names of the villages and people, just like the legends of the Eight Dragons, Wengkou, Zilong, and Liuchang." ”

"Yes, yes." The village chief immediately said: "Ten miles west from here, there are four stone villages, which are called Nanshi Village, Beishi Village, Dongshi Village, and Xishi Village.

"There is a very touching story about the origin of the names of these four villages. The owner of the story now lives in Dongshi Village, surnamed Shi, and his name is Dacheng. is a very remarkable character. The names of these four villages were also given because he rushed to the stones. ”

"Oh, what's that amazing? Tell us about it, my favorite thing to hear about is the folklore of our Thornjin Prefecture. Qi Xiaoting said excitedly.

Not to mention Shi Dacheng's ability, as long as it is a legend and collects it, it can dissolve the stone slab in the space, and it is strange that Qi Xiaoting missed this opportunity!

So, the village chief told the following story:

Shicun was not called Shicun at the beginning, because most of the people in the village were surnamed Mou, so the village was named Mujiazhuang.

Mujiazhuang is in the middle of the Qingliang River and the Lulu River, and the two places are more than 30 miles apart.

One year, there was a drought in the Shicun area, one winter, one spring and one summer, and not a drop of rain fell. There was no water to irrigate the fields, people and livestock had no water to drink, and many people died of thirst and starvation.

There is a family surnamed Shi in the village, the old couple and his son Shi Dacheng, a family of three, planting a few acres of dry land that depends on the sky for food. Due to the drought, not a single ridge of spring crops was planted.

Shi Dacheng is a scheming and hard-working person, very enthusiastic and willing to help others. Due to the poverty of his family, he has not yet married a daughter-in-law in his twenties.

In the face of the increasingly severe drought, Shi Dacheng thought to himself: spring sowing has been wrong, if the late crops are not sown, there is no hope of a year's harvest, and the northwest wind can only be drunk after autumn.

God plays tricks on people, why can't people find a way to defeat God?

Shi Dacheng thought so in his heart, so he went to Qingliangjiang to check.

The Qingliang River is deep and rapid, which is not conducive to intercepting the flow and opening the canal.

He came to the Lulu River again, and saw that the river surface at Fanjiadi was much narrower than elsewhere, and the water level was not very deep. So he made up his mind to intercept the flow here and open a canal to divert the water from the Lulu River out of the river to irrigate the farmland.

From the Lulu River to Mujiazhuang, it is more than 30 miles long, and it involves the land of eight or nine villages along the way.

Shi Dacheng worked village by village, mobilizing people to dig canals to divert water and fight drought and water the fields.

People have endured the hardships of drought, Shi Dacheng proposed, people thought it was a good idea, all the villages responded positively, and it took more than ten days to dig a small canal from the Lulu River to Mujiazhuang.

When the river was successfully intercepted, the "roaring" river water flowed into the canals and then to the reservoirs built in the villages, where people used to water the fields and sow summer crops.

However, there was a problem in the reservoir of Mujiazhuang: the water flow of the "whooshing" swirled into it, but the water in the reservoir did not grow, and it was like a funnel inside.

People thought it was strange that they intercepted the current and looked at it, but there was nothing in it, and they couldn't see it at all.

I sold my strength to dig a canal, but I couldn't use it. Looking at the reservoir at the bottom, people coughed and sighed, and finally had to shake their heads and go home to sulk.

The most uncomfortable thing is Shi Dacheng. He is an advocate, a planner and an organizer, and if he digs a canal and can't use it, won't it cost the people and money?!

He walked back and forth between the Lulu River along the canal, and found that the reservoirs in various villages along the way were full of water, and the villagers could not use it up.

Why is there no water in the reservoir alone?

If it is said that the water flow at the end is small, but there is not a lot of water in the canal, when it is poured into the reservoir, there are still whirlpools and sounds, why is it that it is gone when it reaches the reservoir?

Shi Dacheng was puzzled, and sat on the edge of the reservoir and meditated.

Shi Dacheng was already very tired, thinking about it, a wave of sleepiness hit, and he involuntarily lay on the edge of the puddle, and he was in a trance.

Shi Dacheng had just fallen asleep, and a gray-haired old man came to him and said with a pleasant face: "Young man, are you still worried about not being satisfied?" ”

Shi Dacheng got up, nodded and said, "Grandpa, is there something wrong with me, why can't I store water?" ”

The white-haired old man gave him a thumbs up: "Young man, your intentions are good, and your approach is right, the only thing that is lacking is that you didn't find someone with a spell to drive out the monster?" ”

"What? Monster? Shi Dacheng jumped up in shock, grabbed the white-haired old man's hand, and said excitedly: "Old man, I also feel that something is strange here." Tell me, what kind of monsters are there? How is it an exorcism? ”

White-haired old man: "It's too late, it has opened an underground passage to the Qingliang River, and it is impossible to destroy it." ”

Shi Dacheng: "Then what kind of monster is it?" ”

White-haired old man: "Water snake demon." It used to live in the pond here, but when the pond dried up, it was moved to the Qingliang River. But it is unforgettable, and an underground waterway has been dug here from the Qingliang River and entrenched in it.

"When it knew that there was water here, it opened up the underground channel to the reservoir. And they covered the hole with a spell, so that when you checked, nothing came out. ”

Shi Dacheng: "So, the water we have here flows into the Qingliang River through its tunnels?" ”

White-haired old man: "To be exact, that's right. You are high here, the water level of the Qingliang River is low, and your water is poured into its tunnels, and eventually flows into the Qingliang River. ”

"Oh my God?" Shi Dacheng was so anxious that he stomped his feet: "The water we worked hard to bring from the canal of the Lulu River was caught in the Qingliang River by it. This...... This...... When will the reservoir not be filled enough! ”

White-haired old man: "It's a bottomless pit!" ”

Shi Dacheng gritted his teeth: "Grandpa, you tell me, where is the hole of the water snake demon, I'll plug it!" ”

The white-haired old man: "The hole is under the willow tree in the southeast corner. What do you use to block? ”

Shi Dacheng: "Use clay, bricks, and tiles!" ”

The white-haired old man shook his head: "You can't block it as fast as it digs, and you can't block it at any time." Unless a stone larger than the entrance of the cave is used to block it all at once, leaving no gaps, can the water flow downstream. ”

"How big does this stone have to be?"

"The minimum diameter is three meters."

Shi Dacheng suddenly looked like a deflated ball, and wilted: Don't say that there is no such a big stone here, even if there is, he can't move there. Because he can't even move half of it.

"I know you can't move." The white-haired old man seemed to see through his thoughts: "I have a stone whip here, which I can lend you." ”

As he spoke, the white-haired old man waved his hand, and a bullwhip drove in front of Shi Dacheng.

Shi Dacheng glanced at it, the whip shaft was made of bamboo, the whip rope was braided from high-grade pressed cowhide, there was a big red tassel on his head, and the tip of the whip was also made of cowhide.

"But this whip only works at night, and it loses its mana as soon as the day dawns."

The white-haired old man saw Shi Dacheng's concentration, and said: "And you can only use it for one night, as long as you activate it, it will become an ordinary whip." Remember: get things done in one night! ”

Shi Dacheng: "But this is the Great Plains, if you want to get such a big stone, you have to go to the mountains, the road is far away, how can you get back overnight?" ”

The white-haired old man smiled: "You are wrong. Although it is a plain and a flat river, there are many places with magic. Magic is not limited by geography, and there are all kinds of strange things.

"Thirty miles north of here, there is a forest called the Lost Forest, and there are stones in it. The big room is big, the small one is like a button, there are countless of them, and there are many with a diameter of three meters. ”

"Lost in the woods?" Shi Dacheng asked in surprise.

Shi Dacheng is no stranger to this maze forest, and he has walked north from Mujiazhuang for more than thirty miles. It is a necessary place to catch up with Lou subset, and Shi Dacheng has passed by the edge of the lost forest.

There are many legends in the folklore.

Some people say: There are fairy fruits growing in the lost forest, and people can cure all diseases and live forever if they eat them;

Some say: There are many rare birds and beasts in the labyrinth, all of which are rare treasures in the world, and if you catch one, you can become rich from poor.