In addition to sighing, Jiang Jinjiu thought of the trees outside the village that constituted the Huiyang Heavy Bureau, so he pointed to the drawings and asked Li Dazui, "What, what about these trees outside the village?" ”

"Those are walnut trees, they don't count as if they were planted by us."

According to Li Dazui's account, more than 20 years ago, the province advocated rejuvenating agriculture through science and sent several experts to the village to teach everyone the scriptures.

One of the experts asked the villagers to plant more than 3,000 hickory trees in the area he had designated, more or less in a circle around the village. It is said that the pollen of hickory trees can indirectly contribute to the increase in yield, and the fallen leaves, flower spikes and husks can be used as fertilizer.

In addition, walnuts are beneficial to people, even if you don't eat them, you can sell them, in short, planting trees only has benefits and no harm.

In the second year of flowering, the yield of the whole village increased by nearly 30%, and the villagers took care of these pecan trees as if they were treasures.

However, a few years later, with the advent of chemical fertilizers, the increase in income increased by 50%.

The effect is obvious, and it is more worry-free than taking care of the tree. Gradually, people didn't care about the hickory trees, and some people thought they were in the way and removed them, or cut them down.

Half of the remaining trees died because no one watered them during the drought, and now the number is only 50% of what it was back then.

It is strange to say that walnut trees have been planted for so many years, and most of them bear fruit normally, but some trees bear fruit once every two or three years.

The last time it turned out was three years ago, and the walnuts didn't smell like walnuts, but like honey money, fragrant and sweet. It has a miraculous effect on cough, and some people say that it can tonify the kidney.

Somehow, because of this, some of the trees have not been cut down or transplanted.

If what Li Dazui said is true, this is indeed strange.

Jiang Jinjiu's grandfather had planted hickory trees at home, so he knew the habits of the trees.

Pecans grow slowly in juvenile years and accelerate after three years. Generally, it blooms and bears fruit in six to seven years, and enters the full fruiting period after twenty years.

Fruiting once every three years not only violates habits, but the fruit is unusually unpleasantly unpleasant like walnuts, which is really strange.

If a few trees are counted, but a hundred or so trees have become a plot only in mythological stories.

Jiang Jinjiu decided to take a look at those trees, Li Dazui couldn't remember the location of those trees, he could only roughly indicate where they were, and sure enough, they were all near the point where it was suspected to be Huiyang.

He borrowed a bicycle and went to the north outside the village first.

There are five walnut trees growing there very clearly, which is unusual from a distance.

The five trees are arranged in a way that resembles mahjong's five loaves and sits on top of four raised knolls in the center of the square. Behind the trees there is a square field separated by seven walnut trees on each side of the left and right sides, which are obviously half a cut shorter than these five trees. There were three trees about ten meters ahead, which were several points shorter.

These five trees are about 25 meters high, with straight trunks and a diameter of about 40 centimeters, which at first glance can easily be confused with birch trees.

The tree was clean and clean, and there were no insect control measures, but there was no sign of insect infestation.

Jiang Jinjiu couldn't help but sigh again that the magic of the Huiyang Bureau turned out to be a natural protective cover.

But...... Why don't these five trees bear fruit once every year?

Although he thinks of the peach tree in Journey to the West, it is a mythical story after all, and he can't think of the real reason.

I want to look at the other trees first, and then think about it.

A search of the map revealed 23 anomalies, ranging from four to 12 trees each.

The arrangement of the seven trees is centered on one tree, and the others are surrounded by a circle.

There are more than seven trees, centered on three trees arranged in an equilateral triangle, and the other trees are surrounded by a square.

The height of the tree is between 20 and 35 meters, and the tree at each point is generally tall. The surrounding shape is similar, with several unusually tall walnut trees as the center, and general walnut trees planted at a certain distance around it.

Some are concentrated on one side, some are fan-shaped, and some are surrounded in all directions, more or less but not messy, like guards.

And in the process of wandering, Jiang Jinjiu found the pomegranate trees on the Huiyang Bureau in the village, and the trunks were all straight.

I had a concept in my heart: "To form a formation, you must have a tree like a straight column." ”

It's just that I don't know if it's like this, or if it's the effect of a special point.

After going around the village for a long time, Jiang Jinjiu satisfied the curiosity in his heart. The two legs are also tired, and I plan to go back to rest and prepare for the "exorcism operation" at night.

On the village road, I saw Li Dazui and a few people sawing trees, and asked the reason, it turned out that the children next door were naughty and poured a bottle of pesticide on the tree and killed the tree.

Li Dazui and the others sawed down the tree after a few efforts, and Jiang Jinjiu helped carry the tree to the yard.

This is good, a few people stayed to inquire about it, all the tea and cigarettes were served, and they couldn't run away if they wanted to.

At this time, the adults were chatting about Master Xu and the Qin brothers and sisters, and two children, a man and a woman, were running blindly in the yard.

When you are tired of running, you sit next to the broken tree and count the rings together in a childish voice, "1, 2, 3, 4...... 21, 22, 23, 24, brother, the tree is 24 years old. ”

The mother of the child washing vegetables on the side said, "Is it wrong to count, this is a few years ago, I grew up by myself, almost 18 years old." ”

As soon as the two children heard this, they counted again, "1, 2, 3, 4...... 21, 22, 23, 24, it's not wrong to be 24 years old. ”

The two children spoke in unison, which immediately attracted Jiang Jinjiu's attention, and they also came to the broken tree and counted...... It's really 24 laps.

"Ask my sister-in-law, when did you say this tree was planted?"

"Well, I want to think about it? I've been 17 years, and I can't say it clearly, the child's father - you know? ”

"What's hard to remember, it must be 18 years, you forgot that we are still under the tree......"

The child's father smiled ambiguously at the child's mother and squeezed his eyebrows twice. That is to say, when I fell in love under the tree, I was in love.

The child's mother chirped, ", you are not serious! Do you want to wash a washboard......"

Despite the presence of outsiders and the presence of children, the two still flirted and scolded.

Others followed suit, only Jiang Jinjiu looked at the trunk with a solemn expression, and thought in his heart, "There can't be anything wrong with the tree rings, but people are also very sure that they are not mistaken, so what is the matter with the six extra annual rings?" Genetic disorders? …… Or is something wrong? The place that originally increased the life expectancy did not increase the life expectancy, but reduced the life expectancy like the legendary Hongyi layman, and accelerated aging...... It seems to speed up the flow of time, so the tree that has lived for 18 years has aged for 6 years before these 24 growth rings appear? ”

To confirm his thoughts, he needed more evidence.

Jiang Jinjiu remembered that there was a tree stump on the east side of the village, and it used to look like 46 annual rings. I asked a few villagers and found that the trees were about 38 to 42 years old. I found another stump, but it was still a deviation.

"Maybe it's a coincidence." Jiang Jin said in his heart.

I asked Li Dazui to discuss, "Brother Li, can I trouble you with something?" ”

"Although, the help is getting affirmation."

"Do you see if there are any dispensable trees in the village, and it's better to know when to plant them and see them together?"

"Ahem! It's a small thing, but what is it used for? Could it be...... Is it useful to catch that thing in order to catch it at night? ”

"Yes and no. It's ......."

Jiang Jinjiu didn't know what to say, he originally wanted to see a fresh tree ring, if it was normal, it would be fine. If there were a few more annual rings, the situation would be the same as I had guessed in my heart, and telling Li Dazui would undoubtedly cause damage to the trees in the whole village.

He wasn't sure if it was because of the tree, and he knew if it would have any bad consequences if it was all cut down.

But he couldn't come up with a suitable reason to cut down the tree for a while, and he made a fuss.

Fortunately, Li Dazui mistakenly thought that it was related to demon hunting and needed to be kept secret.

"I know, go cut down the one in my front yard, I've long thought it was in the way."

Jiang Jinjiu smiled and said, "Then it's troublesome Brother Li." ”

In the front yard of Li Dazui's house is a willow tree planted next to the road, which is 20 years old. The trees are not tall, and the branches almost touch the ground, which is indeed a bit of a block.

After a while, the tree sawed down, and counted the ...... 23 laps.

Oh, my God!

Jiang Jinjiu suddenly thought that the faces of the villagers were generally old, and the old face of Li Dazui in front of him was even more like a slap in the face. Xindao: "Could it be the Dafa of Absorbing Stars?!" Could it be that the goblins lurking in this village are secretly stealing people's lives? The reason why the villagers live so well is all because of the relationship between the Huiyang Bureau?! ”

Jiang Jinjiu felt a chill in his heart, and for a moment he felt that the village was gloomy, as if it was shrouded in an invisible net.

He immediately informed the Qin brothers and sisters of the situation, and after hearing this, they also thought that something was wrong and hurried back.

After seeing the annual rings of the three trees, the Qin brothers and sisters and Master Xu all frowned.

"Shouldn't it be like this? It's counterintuitive. Master Xu took a compass and observed around the stump, "Look, there is no abnormality at all, how can such a harmony be achieved?" ”

The four of them fell silent in unison, as if they were all waiting for each other to say what they thought. Everyone has their own thoughts and doubts, and the solemn atmosphere seems to freeze the air.

In the end, Jiang Jinjiu couldn't help but ask, "Then what do you say will be the problem?" ”

Everyone's eyes fell on Master Xu, he shook his head and said with a smile, "I can't say that I know everything, I also have some doubts, don't you think the annual rings are too round?" Then he explained to the crowd another theory of tree rings.

Tree rings, which everyone knows represent the age of the tree. Science calls it a "living archive", a kind of record.

It illustrates the climate, precipitation and temperature changes from year to year. Forest fires, early frosts, and chemical components drawn from the surrounding environment can also be recorded.

But from a metaphysical point of view, the role of trees is more complex than scientists think.

First of all, in mythology, the tree is one of the "ladders" that link heaven and earth.

Legend has it that there is a sacred tree, and within the South China Sea, there are nine hills between the black water and the green water, surrounded by a zigzag stream of water.

The names of the nine hills are Taotang Hill, Shude Hill, Mengying Hill, Kunwu Hill, Heibai Hill, Chiwang Hill, Senwei Hill, Wufu Hill, and Shenmin Hill.

There was a large tree growing on these nine small hills, and its green leaves were like the leaves of a miscanthus tree. The purple trunk, black flowers, and yellow fruits are like pockmarks, and the name is Jianmu.

The tree grows straight up, about 100 zhang high, and there are no branches on either side, only some coiled branches at the top of the tree, which looks like an umbrella cover.

The roots of the tree below are also coiled and intertwined, and Taihao Fuxi goes down to the ground from this tree.

And this miraculous tree was created and performed by the Yellow Emperor of the Central Heavenly Emperor.

Taoists absorbed the theory of the tree as a link between heaven and earth, imagining it as a way to cultivate into immortals.

"The True Immortal Body of the Past Generations" records the legend of Hou Daohua ascending from the pine tree, and when he ascended, "there are clouds and cranes circling on the pine, the flute sheng is loud, and Daohua suddenly flies on the top of the pine...... In the clouds, the sound of music in the clouds is faint and volleys away."

The descendant Zheng Yunsuo wrote a poem with this inscription: "The pine top leaves the jade sky on the clothes, and the holy miracle is turned into a middle strip forever." I don't know if I've been all over the immortals? Tired now two nights. ”

The ancients said that those who have the Tao can live forever by living on trees, and mortals can worship trees and gain eternal life.

"True Message" records: "In the past, there was a person who was good. And I don't know how to seek the way. Only bow and kneel day and night. To a withered tree. Begging for immortality. And so on for twenty-eight years. Once the dead wood suddenly blooms. Hua is juicy again. Sweet as honey. Someone ordered it to be eaten. Then he took this flower and the juice and ate it. Food is immortal. ”

Trees can be used as a way to ascend to immortals, and the concept of trees as a link between heaven and earth has been inherited and extended in Taoism.

Since it is a "channel", there is air circulation.

There is a way that "the universe is copulated, and all things are born".

It is said that Kun is the earth, and dry is the sky. Only when the qi of the earth rises and the qi of the sky descends can the heavens have intercourse. Copulation is the upper and lower qi machine Tongtai, so all things are born.

That is, the tree is one of the mediums that guide the rise and fall of the qi of heaven and earth.

The roots of the tree absorb the breath of the earth from the branches and leaves to the sky, and the leaves absorb the breath of the sky from the roots into the ground.

Heaven and earth are pure yang to yin, yin and yang interact, and the mixture is endless. So there were all kinds of weather in the sky, and there were mountains and rivers on the earth.

The tree is used as a medium to guide the yin and yang qi, and its effect is measured by measuring it, and the effect of a tree alone is almost zero.

The main reason is that the rate of absorption is not proportional to the area of discharge, so that the tree has a storage function. The absorbed ones are stored first and then slowly discharged.

The body of the tree is a good carrier of yin and yang, some trees are biased towards yang energy, and some are biased towards yin energy. The simple way to tell the difference is to see if the tree bears fruit, and the tree that bears fruit is mostly yang, and vice versa.

Trees that only bloom but do not bear fruit belong to the neutral category, and the yin and yang are determined by the yin and yang conditions in the environment.

Theoretically, the tree can bring its yin and yang qi into equilibrium between inhalation and exhalation, but there are many factors that can change the proportion of balance.

Such as the number of trees, the surrounding environment, geographical characteristics, etc. Especially in terms of geographical characteristics, there is a place where even the underground is full of yang energy, and in this environment, the negative wood will turn into a negative, and conversely, even the best yang energy carrier such as the peach tree can become negative.

Suppose that the process of the tree inhaling yang and exhaling yin during the day is "sucking" and "exhaling" at night. "Inhale" expels the yin qi inhaled last night, and "exhale" expels the yang qi inhaled by the day.

And in between, that is, in the period of alternating day and night, the inhalation is not finished and the exhalation has begun, and the two states run at the same time, which will cause friction. The incompatible, yin and yang qi collide around the veins of the tree, and the annual rings are generated, which is really a "scar" accumulated over time.

And the scars are all traceable, through which you can know the operation of the yin and yang qi and the earth qi in this place, and even whether there are evil things nearby.

And the ability of the tree is not only this, in the legend of Pangu opening the sky, it is the hair on Pangu's body that turns into a tree.

The main role of human hair is to wick away sweat and prevent bacteria from invading the pores.

Relatively speaking, trees do play a role in protecting the earth's surface. But for the earth, it plays one of the main roles in regulating the earth's qi.

For example, why is it windy in places where there are few trees?

Nothing to block the wind to slow down the wind?

So the wind is even more violent after climbing over the bald mountain a few hundred meters high, is this wind on a roller coaster?

The main reason is that the flow potential of the earth's atmosphere is basically equal to the speed of the earth's rotation, and the earth's atmosphere affects the weather, and such a high-speed operation of the earth's atmosphere is bound to cause strong winds.

The sea, rivers, lakes, and trees all have the function of "sucking", which can slow down the flow potential of the earth's qi, so that the earth's qi can run smoothly under their regulation.

At the same time, these moderators also play the role of guides.

They create a traction between inhales and exhales that not only directs the flow of breath within an area, but also becomes an indicator of another area.

For example, in areas where trees are sparse and windy, the wind direction is basically towards the nearest mountain and river, and the area with the largest forests, which is the result of the earth's qi being guided by them.

All in all, the tree is very powerful.

And once there is an abnormality in the tree rings, then something extraordinary must have happened here.