There is a well in Xinghua Lane, called the iron lock well, an iron chain as thick as a young arm, year after year, hanging in the wellhead, when there is this well with this iron lock, and who does this boring thing strange thing, no one knows the truth for a long time, even the oldest old man in the town, can not say that he is ugly.

It is rumored that there were good people in the town, trying to test how long the iron chain is, despite the dissuasion of the old people, for "those who pull the iron lock out of the well, every foot out, lose a year", this old rule passed down from mouth to mouth, the man did not take it seriously at all, but after pulling a stick of incense, he pulled out a large number of iron chains, but still did not see the end of the sign, the man was exhausted, so he let the iron chains that were dragged out of the well, coiled beside the wheel of the well, saying that he would come again tomorrow, he did not believe in this evil. After the man returned home, he bled that day and died violently on the bed, and he did not blink his eyes, no matter how hard the family tossed, the corpse just couldn't close his eyes, and finally there was an old man who had lived near the well for generations, and let the family carry the body to the well, and "watched" the old man put the chains back into the well, and when the whole chain was again straight into the deep water at the mouth of the well, the corpse finally closed its eyes.

An old man and a young man slowly walked to the iron lock well, the little guy is a child with two slugs, but when it comes to this story, his speech is clear and methodical, not at all like a little country doll who has only been studying for half a year, at this time the child is raising his head, big eyes, like two black grapes, gently snorted, the two snot snakes retracted, the child looked at the storyteller who was holding a big white bowl in one hand, Nunu mouth, and said: "I said it is finished, you should also show me what is in your bowl, right?"

The old man smiled and said, "Don't worry, don't worry, wait until you get to the edge of the well and sit down, and then show you enough." ”

The child "kindly" reminded: "Don't go back, or you won't die well, just get to the side of the iron lock well, you will be planted in it, then I won't fish for you to get the body, or there will be a sudden thunder, just split you into a piece of coke, then I will take a stone, little by little to break the ......."

The old man listened to the child's bamboo tube pouring beans, a large list of vicious and obscure words without repetition, he really had a headache, and hurriedly said: "I must show you, by the way, who did you learn these words from?"

The child said categorically: "Follow my mother!"

The old man sighed with emotion: "It is worthy of being an outstanding person, Zhong Lingyu is beautiful." ”

The child suddenly stopped, frowned, and said, "You scold, don't you?" I know that some people like to say good things in reverse, such as Song Jixin!"

The old man hurriedly denied it, then diverted the topic and asked, "Do strange things often happen in the town?"

The child nodded.

The old man asked, "Tell me about it." ”

The child pointed to the old man and said seriously: "For example, if you carry a big white bowl, and you refuse to let people put copper coins in." Before you finished the story, my mother said that you didn't tell it badly, and it was foggy, and at first glance, you were used to being abducted and deceived, so let me send you a few pennies, you don't want to live or die, what's in the bowl?"

The old man couldn't laugh or cry.

It turned out that the storyteller who had finished telling the story under the old locust tree had asked the child to lead him to Xinghua Lane to see the well. The child was born lively and active, and was said by his father and mother to be a man who forgot to grow a butt when he was reincarnated, and he liked to follow Liu Xianyang's gang of swingers around when he was very young, but in order to catch a yellow eel or loach, this little kid could also be exposed to the sun for half an hour, motionless, and his patience was amazing.

So when the old man said what was in the white bowl, the child immediately took the bait.

Even if the old man made a strange request at the beginning, saying that he would try to mention him to see how heavy he was, and wondering if he weighed forty pounds, the child nodded without hesitation and agreed, anyway, he would not lose a piece of meat after mentioning it a few times.

But the child rolled his eyes again and again, the old man who was holding the bowl in the palm of his left hand lifted him five or six times with his right hand and feet, but he couldn't lift him up once, the child finally glanced at the old man's thin arms and legs, shook his head, and thought to himself that it was also a thin pole, and Chen Ping'an's strength was much stronger than that of this old man. Just thinking that he hadn't seen the scene in the white bowl yet, as if he was born with an early enlightenment, he endured not saying some words that would make the old man unable to get off the stage, you know, in the area of Xinghua Lane in Mud Bottle Lane, in terms of quarrels and scolding the street, especially the yin and yang weird talk, this child can rank third, the second is the scholar Song Jixin, and the first is this child's mother.

The old man came to the well, but did not sit down at the mouth of the well.

The ancient well is made of green bricks,

Invisibly, the old man's breathing became heavy.

The child walked to the well, turned his back to the well, and jumped back, sitting on the well.

This scene saw the old man in a cold sweat, if he was not careful, the rabbit cub would fall directly, with the historical origin of this ancient well, it would be difficult to collect the corpse.

The old man took a few steps forward, squinted, and leaned over to examine the iron lock, one end tied to the bottom of the well's wheel.

"Feng Shui resort, A continent. ”

The old man looked around, with mixed feelings, and thought, "I don't know who this heavy weapon will end up with?"

The old man stretched out his free left hand and stared into his palm.

The palm is mottled and complex.

But a new pattern appeared, slowly extending, like a crack in porcelain.

Gods and men look at the palms, like looking at mountains and rivers.

It's just that this old man is just looking at himself at the moment.

The old man frowned and exclaimed, "It's just half a day, it's already such a bleak situation, aren't those guys?"

The child was already standing at the mouth of the well, with one hand on his waist and the other pointing at the old man, urging loudly: "Do you want to show me a white bowl?!"

The old man said helplessly: "You hurry down, hurry down, I'll show you the big white bowl." ”

The child was skeptical and finally jumped off the well.

The old man hesitated for a moment, his face was solemn, "Little baby, you and I are destined, and it is okay to show you the mystery of this bowl, but after reading it, you are not allowed to mention it to outsiders, even your mother, and it is not good, if you can do it, I will let you see and understand, if you can't do it, you will be poked in the backbone by your little baby, and I will not show you half an eye." ”

The child blinked, "Let's go." ”

The old man solemnly walked forward to the well, and when he looked down, he found that the rabbit cub was sitting on the wellhead with his feet spread apart this time, and the old man regretted that he had provoked this lawless little baby.

The old man restrained his distracting thoughts, faced the well, grabbed the bottom of the big white bowl with his five fingers, and his palm began to tilt slightly, and the amplitude was almost undetectable.

The child felt that he had waited for a long time, and he did not see the slightest movement of the white bowl above his head, and the old man always maintained that position.

Just before the child's two slugs were about to hang on his lips and his patience ran out.

I saw a stream of water the thickness of my fingers, pouring out of the white bowl and falling into the depths of the well, silently.

If the child bars his teeth, he will scold.

He closed his mouth suddenly, a little surprised, and after a while, the child's face had changed from shock to confusion, and then, the child began to be frightened, and suddenly came back to his senses, and jumped down the well at once, and fled to his own house.

It turned out that the amount that the old man poured into the well with that white bowl had already exceeded a large water tank.

But water was pouring out of the bowl all the time.

The child thinks he must have seen a hell of a day.

————

Liu Xianyang casually broke a freshly budding branch from the side of the road and began to practice his sword, the whole person was like a rolling car, spinning wildly, not feeling sorry for the new pair of boots on his feet at all, and countless dust was raised on the path.

The tall boy walked out of the town, all the way from north to south, as long as he walked across the covered bridge built by Lord Song, and then walked three or four miles, he arrived at the blacksmith shop opened by the Ruan family's father and daughter, Liu Xianyang has always been arrogant, but Master Ruan only used one sentence to make the young man admire, "We came here, just to open the furnace and cast the sword." ”

It's good to cast a sword, Liu Xianyang couldn't help but get excited when he thought that he would be able to have a real sword in the future, lost the branch, and began to shout while running, crying and howling.

Liu Xianyang thought about the boxing frames taught by Master Ruan in private, and began to practice.

The boy and the covered bridge are getting closer and closer.

On the steps at the north end of the covered bridge, there are four people, a graceful plump and beautiful woman, holding a boy in a big red robe in her arms, he raises his chin high, like a general who has just won a great victory, at the end of the steps, there is a tall old man covered with frost and snow, the old man is whispering to comfort a puffing little girl, she is carved in pink and jade, like the most exquisite porcelain doll in the world, her young skin is shining in the sun, crystal clear, so that you can clearly see the veins under the skin.

The two children had just finished quarreling, the little girl was crying, and the little boy was getting more and more proud.

The old man was burly, like a hill, and the woman next to him cast an apologetic look, which the majestic old man ignored.

At the bottom of the steps, there is also a young man surnamed Lu, who is the eldest grandson of the head of the Lu family, named Lu Zhengchun. It's just that Lu Zhengchun has already been hollowed out by the wine, and in the eyes of the four people sitting on the steps, it is even more unsightly. The dragon kiln owned by the Lu family, both in number and scale, is the best in the town, and it is also the surname that the most children of the clan go out of the town and go to other places to spread their branches. But Lu Zhengchun, who was majestic in the town in the past, looked restrained, his face was pale, and his whole person was tense, as if he would be robbed of his house and punished by the Nine Clans if he made a slight mistake.

The boy said something that the people in the town couldn't understand, "Mother, this little insect surnamed Liu, the ancestor is really the ......."

When he was about to say his name, the woman immediately covered the child's mouth, "How many times has your father told you before going out, here, you can't easily name anyone." ”

The boy broke the woman's hand, his eyes were hot, and he lowered his voice and asked, "Has his family really passed down the treasure armor and sword scripture from generation to generation?"

The woman touched her young son's head dotingly, and said softly: "The Lu family uses half of the family tree to guarantee, and the two things are still hidden in the young man's house. ”

The boy suddenly coquettishly said: "Mother, mother, can we exchange treasures with the Xiaobai family, the treasure armor we planned is too ugly, mother, do you think, if you change to that sword scripture, you can fly the sword in your dream and take the head, if you really don't know it, isn't it much more powerful than a turtle shell?"

Before the woman could explain the reason, the girl next door was already angry and said, "Just because you also want to get your hands on our long-lost treasure of Zhenshan?

The boy turned his head and grimaced, and then sneered: "Stinky girl, you said it yourself, it is the treasure of the town's 'mountain', and the mountain gate is just a seniority, amazing?"

The boy suddenly changed his face, stood up from the woman's arms, and looked down at the little girl with pity, as if Mr. Gakushu was reprimanding the naïve Mengtong, "The Great Dao is immortal, acting against the sky, and only fighting for words." You don't even understand this truth, how can you inherit the family business in the future, and how can you abide by the ancestral teachings? You descendants of Zhengyang Mountain, the descendants of all generations must raise Zhengyang Mountain at least 100 zhang every 30 years, stinky girl, do you think it is very easy to go from your grandfather to your father?"

The little girl lost her momentum a little, her expression was sluggish, and she drooped her head, not daring to look at the boy.

The burly old man with frost and snow on his head said in a deep voice: "Madam, although the fairy tongue is unscrupulous, but if it hurts the young master of my family, you will weigh the consequences yourself. ”

The woman smiled charmingly, pulled the gloomy young son back into her arms, and said with a needle hidden in the mian: "The child is just quarreling and bickering, why do the ape seniors need to be so online, don't ruin the thousand-year-old friendship between our two families." ”

I never thought that the old man's temper was extremely strong, and he directly pushed back a sentence, "I am Zhengyang Mountain, which has been open for 2,600 years, and I have repaid my kindness, although I have not forgotten it for thousands of years, I have never repaid my grievances, and I have never had an overnight revenge!"

The woman smiled, and did not fight for her will.

On this trip to the town, everyone bears a heavy responsibility, especially her, who is betting on her own net worth, her son's future, and her mother's heritage.

This woman, although her clothes are simple, she has a graceful appearance, but the people of the town have never seen the world and do not know the secrets.

From beginning to end, Lu Zhengchun always had his back to the steps of the covered bridge.

The first time I saw these distinguished guests in the Lu family's mansion before, my own brother was just young and vigorous, and his concentration was not enough, so he temporarily forgot his grandfather's warning, and couldn't help but peek at the beautiful woman's chest, and was dragged down by his grandfather, who was trembling with anger, and killed him with a living rod in the courtyard, as if his mouth was stuffed with cotton cloth during the execution, so Lu Zhengchun, who continued to accompany his grandfather in the lobby, could neither hear his brother's miserable wail, nor see the blurred picture of flesh and blood. After the discussion was over, they went out to look for the young man surnamed Liu, and Lu Zhengchun stepped out of the threshold of the lobby only to find that the blood stains in the courtyard had already been cleaned. The four guests who came from afar, even the little ones who were like the golden boy and the girl, were no different about this, as if this was a matter of course.

At that moment, Lu Zhengchun was a little dazed.

How is it better to die a person than a dead dog?

What's more, that person is still surnamed Lu, late the night before, when he drank with his brother to strengthen his courage, he was extremely excited, saying that he must fly Huang Tengda in the future, and shine on the lintel, and the two brothers will no longer be frogs at the bottom of the well, but will join forces to break out of the world outside.

Until he walked out of the Lu family's mansion, Lu Zhengchun's mind was still blank.

After that, Lu Zhengchun began to be afraid, when strangers and nobles asked, his voice would tremble, and when he led the way, his walking pace would be erratic, he knew that he was like this, he would laugh and be generous, he would disappoint his grandfather, and disgrace the family, but the young man really couldn't control his fear, as if the cold air was oozing from his bones all over his body.

Grandfather at the end of last year, took their brothers into a secret room, told them a news, the Lu family will soon be working for some nobles, it is a great blessing, we must be careful, done, the Lu family will turn the reward into a stepping stone to cultivate the two brothers, as long as the nobles are willing to nod, then in the future, there will be a Yangguan Avenue under their brothers' feet, and they will eventually get unimaginable glory and wealth. At that time, he realized why he and his brother needed to learn so many strange dialects from an early age.

Lu Zhengchun looked at Liu Yangxian, who was getting closer and closer to the covered bridge, he suddenly began to hate this person extremely much, this poor bastard who had been blocked in the alley by himself, lying on the ground like a dead dog, if it wasn't for a little bastard who ran to the alley and shouted dead, he and a few dead friends had already taken off their pants according to the agreement, and gave a rain to the young man on the ground who didn't know how to lift. Until now, Lu Zhengchun doesn't understand why these high-ranking nobles look at Liu Xianyang with admiration, as for their so-called treasure armor, sword scripture, Zhengyang Mountain, Eternal Life Avenue, and what are the opportunities to grab luck, etc., Lu Zhengchun seems to understand, but in fact, he can't understand it.

But Lu Zhengchun can be sure of one thing, that is, he desperately hopes that Liu Xianyang will die here.

As for the real reason, Lu Zhengchun didn't dare to admit it, and he didn't want to think deeply.

In the depths of his heart, Lu Zhengchun definitely didn't want Liu Xianyang, who was as humble as a dog, to see that he, the young man of the Lu family, who was dressed in fine clothes and jade food, would be reduced to a bird with his surname Liu.

There is no greater shame than this.

The beautiful woman looked at the one and muttered, "Here it is." ”

The tall boy came all the way to punch, and then he punched so quickly that he hit faster and faster, so that the boy's body was wrapped in the fist and stumbled a little.

In the eyes of connoisseurs, in the fist intent that has begun to take shape, there has been a hint of Dacheng's demeanor that combines rigidity and softness.

Along the way of martial arts boxing, there is a saying at the door: no true meaning of boxing, a hundred years of layman. One understanding of the true meaning of the fist, ten years of fighting ghosts and gods.

The beautiful woman was relieved, and sure enough, this young man surnamed Liu was the person they were looking for, and he was indeed very talented, even in their immortal mansions, the root bone qualifications should not be underestimated.

Of course, in the vast world of beautiful women and burly white-haired old men, it is this kind of person who is the most numerous.

The beautiful woman stood up and instructed Lu Zhengchun at the bottom of the steps: "Go and tell the young man what he wants, and then he is willing to take out the two heirlooms, armor and books." ”

When Lu Zhengchun turned around, he had already bowed his head, and replied in a certain dialect that the people of the town absolutely listened to the Book of Heaven: "Yes, madam." ”

The woman said indifferently: "Remember, when you talk to the young man, you should be kind and pay attention to proportion. ”

The boy stretched out his finger, condescendingly, and said sharply: "If something bad happens, this son will skin you and cramp, and then refine your soul into a wick, and before you go out, life is better than death at all times!"

Lu Zhengchun was so frightened that he snorted, bent down more, and said in panic: "The villain will never make a mistake!"

The little girl finally felt that she had won back a city, and sneered: "In front of these ordinary people, they are full of majesty, and I don't know who was scolded by fellow people on the way to be a wild seed in front of them, and they didn't dare to fight back." ”

The burly old man actually had a very bad impression of the pair of snobbish mother and son from the beginning, so he added, "Miss said wrong, where did you dare not fight back, you obviously didn't dare to fight back." ”

The boy in a bright red robe gritted his teeth and stared at the girl, his face was gloomy, but he didn't say anything cruel, and finally smiled, which was very bright.

The woman's eyes were always on the road ahead, and her face was light and light, and God knew if she was upset.

The little girl snorted coldly, ran down the steps, squatted by the stream, and looked down at the fish swimming in the water.

Occasionally, schools of carp swam by her, ranging in number and red and blue.

Some old people in small towns, when chatting under the old locust tree, often said that during thunderstorms, when they passed the covered bridge, they saw a golden carp swimming under the bridge.

It's just that some old people say that the size of the golden-scaled carp is no more than the length of the palm, and some people say that the strange carp is very big, at least half a person long, and it is almost fine.

There are so many opinions and old people fighting over each other that none of the children who listen to the story want to take it seriously.

At this time, the little girl stared at the crystal clear stream, her hands on her cheeks, and her eyes could not be taken away.

The white-haired old man squatted beside her and laughed softly: "Miss, if the Lu family hadn't lied, this great opportunity would have fallen into someone else's pocket." ”

The little girl turned her head and grinned, "Grandpa Ape, maybe there are two!"

So she showed the funny appearance of missing a front tooth.

The little girl quickly realized this and quickly reached out to cover her mouth.

The old man couldn't hold back a smile and explained: "The genus of Jiaolong, who has not yet crossed the river, pays the most attention to dividing the territory, and does not allow the same kind to approach. So ......"

The little girl sighed, turned her head again, put her hands on her cheeks in a daze, and muttered, "What if there is." ”

The old man, who had always been kind to the little girl, showed the look of a majestic elder for the first time, stretched out his hand and gently pressed the girl's head, and said in a deep voice: "Miss, remember, the word 'what if' is really the number one mortal enemy of my generation, and you must not leave it to chance! Miss, although you are a golden branch and jade leaf......

The little girl pulled out a hand, waved it vigorously, and complained coquettishly: "I know, I know, Grandpa Ape, my ears are going to be calloused." ”

The old man said: "Miss, I'm going to keep an eye on the movement over there, although the other party is our ally on the table of Zhengyang Mountain, but the temperament and conduct of that big family, heh, don't mention it, save Miss's ears from dirty." ”

She just waved her hand away.

He had no choice but to leave.

This burly old man, who was like a house slave, walked with his hands on his knees, and when he walked, his back was slightly hunched, as if he were carrying a weight.

The girl on the shore suddenly rubbed her eyes vigorously.

She found that the water level in the creek had clearly begun to rise slowly, and it was visible to the naked eye!

If it was outside the town, such as Zhengyang Mountain, or anywhere in her hometown, even if the entire stream dried up in an instant, she would not be the slightest surprised.

The little girl was puzzled: "Didn't you say that all mystical arts, supernatural powers, and Taoism are naturally banned here? And the more advanced the cultivation, the more powerful the backlash will be? Grandpa Ape said that even if the legendary person has been here for a long time, now it is almost a difficult situation for the mud bodhisattva to cross the river, and it is difficult to really stop anyone from fighting for ......."

She shook her head at the end, not bothering to think about the puzzle anymore.

The little girl turned her head to look at the tall back of Grandpa Ape.

She thought happily that when the ban was completely lifted here, she would ask Grandpa Ape to remove the peak called Phiyun Mountain.

After bringing it back to her hometown, it was used as her little flower garden.