Longxing Village, a small mountain village away from the hustle and bustle of the city, with fresh air and beautiful scenery.

Longxing Village is different from most ordinary mountain villages, it is a small mountain village built by the mountains and rivers. The population of the village is not large, about 100 households.

If you look down from a high place, you will find that the entire Longxing Village looks like a four-petaled flower blooming in a stepped shape.

The petals on the top staircase are the highest, where the ancestral hall and ancestral tomb of the village are located, the second staircase has two petals, the terrain is relatively gentle, and there is a part of the overlap with the previous staircase, and the villagers' residences are concentrated here, and the third staircase is the lowest, where the cultivated fields are all over the village, where the crops of the village are grown, and further down is the plain.

The village faces south in front, and in the north on its back is a lush mountain forest.

On this day, Xue Ergou and Wang Mang drove from the city.

At the foot of the mountain, the two got out of the car and walked up the mountain. Looking at the familiar scenery around him, Xue Ergou couldn't help but have a smile on his face. I remembered that when I was a child, I wore open crotch pants and Wang Mang and wandered around the mountains, went up the mountain to dig birds' eggs, went down to the river to fish and touch the loaches, and harmed the villagers.

Whenever he thinks of the happy times of his childhood, Xue Ergou is still very yearning.

Wang Mang, who was behind Xue Ergou, panted with an exhausted face: "Hey, old Xue, I really can't do it, this road is too difficult to walk." We obviously have transportation, so why don't we use it. No, I need to take a break. ”

Xue Ergou looked at Wang Mang who was squatting on the side of the road and pulling weeds: "Okay, okay, be good, don't play tricks, although the roads have been repaired in the past two years, they are all dirt roads, and the road conditions are not clear. ”

Wang Mang stood up with a grass in his mouth: "Okay, what you said makes sense, I am speechless." ”

After passing through the fields and looking at the houses made of yellow mud in the distance, Xue Ergou felt very cordial in his heart. I can't help but think of a sentence "People leave their hometowns cheaply, and goods leave their hometowns expensive." ”

......The barking of dogs in the village, the meow of cats on the eaves, and the rattling of chickens, ducks and geese in the fence inside the houses constitute a beautiful picture.

Xue Ergou saw the smoke curling in the air above the house, and looked at the time, it was just lunch time.

The two didn't say much, and went directly to the village chief's house.

The courtyard gate of the village chief's house was not closed, and it was the village chief who was sitting on the threshold at the door.

The village chief is seventy-three years old, and although he is old, his physique is still quite strong, which is also the characteristic of the villagers in the mountains and wilderness who work hard and simple all year round.

The village chief looked at the two people who walked in: "Young man, is there anything wrong with you? ”

Xue Ergou replied with a smile: "Village Chief, hello." Do you remember the old Xue Tou next door?"

"Old Xue Tou...... You are his grandson, Ergouzi, right?" the village chief heard this, and looked at Xue Ergou carefully.

Xue Ergou was slightly embarrassed: "Haha, village chief, you have a really good memory." ”

After speaking, the village chief looked at Wang Mang and asked tentatively: "Wouldn't you be the son of Wang Jiuzhou, the richest man in our village?" ”

Wang Mang smiled: "Village chief, you are so powerful, you can guess accurately." ”

"Dad, it's time to eat. Suddenly, a voice interrupted the village chief, who was about to speak.

Only then did the village chief remember that it was lunch time: "In this case, you two will come to my house for a light meal and talk to me again." ”

"Alright, village chief. The two of us came to visit you, and you see we brought you gifts. Xue Ergou said and picked up the original two to buy some supplements.

"Okay, okay, then I'm welcome. The village chief said happily and took the two of them into the house for dinner.

At the dinner table, Xue Ergou said: "Village chief, that's the case, we heard that the ancestral grave of our village collectively smoked, is there such a thing?"

The village chief drank the homemade soju from the farmhouse: "You are also from the village, so it's nothing to let you know, the ancestral grave of our village does collectively smoke green, and not once or twice." We tried to find a lot of people back and forth, but we couldn't solve the problem, but fortunately the problem didn't worsen. ”

Wang Mang hurriedly said, "Village chief, we are here for this, see if you can take us to see tomorrow." ”

Village Chief: "Okay, I'll take you to the ancestral grave tomorrow......"

Day 2

At about five o'clock in the morning, the village chief gathered several villagers in the village, accompanied by a group, and walked towards the ancestral grave with torches.

In front of the ancestral tomb is the ancestral hall, and if you want to enter the ancestral tomb, you must first worship the ancestral hall.

A group of people, entering the ancestral hall, each holding three pillars of incense in their hands, lit and then put together the incense against the forehead to worship three times, and then stepped forward to insert the incense into the incense burner.

After worshipping the ancestral hall, the group dared to go to the ancestral tomb behind the ancestral hall.

When I arrived at the cemetery, I saw rows of tombstones, some of which were not even modern.

The village chief still arranged for everyone to put a pillar of incense on each grave, and after the incense was finished, everyone rested in the same place: "You have to wait, about 6 o'clock every morning, all the graves in the cemetery will start to smoke." ”

Xue Ergou looked at the time on his wrist, there were still about ten minutes.

As the time passed, everyone seemed to be waiting for the verdict, and their hearts gradually became limited and uneasy.

Suddenly, I saw a grave emitting green smoke from the outside, and then all the graves began to smoke one after another.

Wang Mang looked at the scene in front of him, his eyes were wide open, and he couldn't believe it.

Xue Ergou was calm, he was thinking about what caused all the graves to smoke.

couldn't think of a reason, so he turned to the village chief who was accustomed to it: "Village chief, I have seen the mountains and forests near our village, and there is no problem." But I haven't investigated the water problem yet, so please take me to see it. ”

The village chief, who knew Xue Ergou's ability, did not refuse, and directly took Xue Ergou towards the outlet of the upstream water source of Longxing Village.

Xue Ergou and the village chief stood on the edge of the waterfall outlet, looking at the surrounding mountains and forests guarding this outlet.

Xue Ergou pointed to the terrain below and the mountain breeze in the distance: "The village chief, the wind pipe, the water pipe, the water, the wind is not prosperous." ”

After speaking, Xue Ergou turned around and pointed to the water outlet behind him and the small waterfall above: "If the water is not in the hall, it will not be prosperous." The water level pattern of our village is first-class, this is called the dragon spit bead hole, it is through the impact of the mountain stream, erosion becomes a water ring, the water flow is trapped, and the golden dragon chasing the pearl is formed. ”

When the village chief heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Then where is that dragon ball?"

Xue Ergou led the village chief to a shore at the outlet, squatted down and pointed to a stone slab washed by the current: "It should be here." ”

As he spoke, he opened the slate, and after the slate was opened, Xue Ergou's face changed.

I saw a round stone ball appear under the stone slab, and the body of the ball was full of cracks.

"How could it crack?" Xue Ergou said with a shocked expression.

The village chief was puzzled: "Then what does this mean?"

"In this way, there may be something wrong with the water. Xue Ergou said and walked to a water's edge, pulled out the aquatic plants in the water, and saw that the roots of the aquatic plants had been black and necrotic.

A fish suddenly appears above the outlet and goes down with the current.

"Poof. Xue Ergou stabbed the fish with a sharpened wooden stick, took it to the shore and picked up the gills of the fish, only to see that it was also black inside.

Xue Ergou casually threw away the wooden stick in his hand: "There is a problem with the water in this area, inform the villagers not to drink it." ”