Chapter 42: Changshan County prays for rain and climbs Sangong Mountain
Now he is in a hurry during the day, and after waiting for Guan Hai to rest at night, Li Hao took out the information device to practice the "Qimen Xuanshu".
In fact, Guan Hai knew about Li Hao's actions, but he didn't say anything, after all, the exercises related to his own cultivation were very precious.
More than half a month has passed, and Li Hao has probably understood some of these techniques. Among them, the Five Elements Technique can basically be cast, but it is necessary to strengthen the proficiency. But the secret method chapter, such as the previous Earth Walking Dragon, can't practice this kind of magic more. One is that the movement is too large, and the other is that the load is also large.
On this day, the two of them had already entered the scope of Changshan County.
The most seen here are the mountains that stretch widely. When passing through a village on the way, Li Hao found that several families passing by were sewing something, sewing several kinds of fabrics together.
Out of curiosity, Li Hao found a family and stepped forward to ask, "Big brother, may I ask what you are doing with these?" ”
The middle-aged man looked back at Li Hao's appearance, and knew that it was a pedestrian passing by from other places, but he didn't care, and while continuing to work, he replied: "These things are for sacrifice." ”
"Sacrifice?"
"Yes, it hasn't rained for a long time, and the villagers are ready to go to Sangong Mountain to pray for rain."
Li Hao didn't know how to answer. In ancient times, people didn't know how the rain was formed, but he did. He really wanted to tell the middle-aged man that it was useless to pray for rain, but the result might be a beating.
Li Hao asked curiously, "Is this a miracle?" ”
"Of course it worked! It will rain on the second day of the festival. ”
Seeing the man's expression change again, he continued with a wry smile: "But this is where it only rains once a month, and a rain is only about an hour. ”
Li Hao was a little surprised, every time the sacrifice was over, it would rain, and it would rain every month, which was already much better than other places. Nowadays, in many places, it does not rain once a year, even if it is short enough. At the same time, I am also more curious about whether the Sangong Mountain that this person said is really so effective.
"Big brother, when are you going to sacrifice? Can we go check it out? ”
The man understood that Li Hao would be interested in this sacrifice. Who would not be curious when he hears such a good thing?
"There will be a sacrifice the day after tomorrow, and the villagers who are close to this area will go, and there will be a special priest to preside over the sacrifice process. You can go too, just follow me. However, the sacrifice must be done in our way. ”
Hearing that he could go, Li Hao also nodded and said that there was no problem, and he would follow the customs. immediately asked the man if he could stay at his house and pay him. When the man heard that he had money to take, he agreed happily.
"Big brother, I don't know what you call it?"
"My name is Zhao Dahu, you two?"
"Brother Zhao, my name is Li Xu, and this is my brother Zhang He."
Zhao Dahu vacated his child's room and let the two of them live, anyway, it was only two days, so it didn't matter.
After the two of them packed their bags, they walked around the village.
Looking at the busy people, Guan Hai asked Li Hao: "Do you really believe that this prayer for rain is useful?" You must know that there are many praying for rain in other places, but every one of them has succeeded. ”
"How could it be useful? There is a reason for the formation of this rain. ”
Guan Hai didn't expect Li Hao to understand this, so he immediately asked what the reason was.
But he saw Li Hao wave his hand and said: "Forget it, you can't understand this, anyway, it is very difficult to rain in this dry season." But just now Brother Zhao said that there can be a rain here every month, although it is short, but this is enough to make people curious. ”
After walking around, the sky gradually darkened, and the two returned to Zhao Dahu's house. Zhao Dahu warmly invited Li Hao and the two to eat together, but the two were not polite, and they responded directly.
The food on the table was all coarse grains, and the two of them didn't mind. By the way, I asked Zhao Dahu about praying for rain, and Zhao Dahu said that they all came to the priest according to the priest's requirements, and the details would be known the day after tomorrow.
In this way, the two waited here for two days, and it was the day of the sacrifice and prayer for rain.
Before dawn, Zhao Dahu came to call Li Hao and Guan Hai. And told them that this Sangong Mountain still has to go more than ten miles to the west of Fenglong Mountain, and it will take about an hour and a half from them to pass, and it can be a little earlier to go a little earlier.
On the way, Li Hao asked Zhao Dahu, "Is there any allusion between this Fenglongshan and Sangong Mountain?" Why do you have to go to Samgong Mountain to worship? ”
I only heard Zhao Dahu say: "This Fenglongshan is rumored to be when King Yu ruled the water, in order to subdue the Jiaolong who made waves, the Jiaolong was locked on this mountain, so as to get the name "Fenglong Mountain". Because there are three peaks on this Sangong Mountain, its appearance is like three old people, so it is called Sangong Mountain. It is said that there are gods on it, so the sacrifice has always been there. ”
"Immortals?"
Li Hao, who listened to this, was stunned for a moment, how could there still be an immortal, although there was an immortal among his three masters, but he didn't seem to have the habit of wandering.
"This is also a word handed down by the older generation, if there are really immortals, how can they look at the suffering of the world?" As he spoke, Zhao Dahu sighed deeply.
Li Hao didn't know how to answer, so he didn't answer. In this way, after almost two hours of travel, I finally arrived at Sangong Mountain.
Standing at the foot of Sangong Mountain, looking at the towering peaks, I have to sigh at the magic of nature. There are thousands of peaks on both sides of this Sangong Mountain, which is not spectacular.
When Li Hao and the others arrived, there were already many people waiting here. Everyone had sewn fabrics in their hands, Li Hao didn't know what these were for, he also asked Zhao Dahu, Zhao Dahu said that this thing can only be used during sacrifices, and he can't even say it at ordinary times.
"Brother Zhao, what are we doing now?"
"Wait for the priest to come."
Looking at Zhao Dahu's serious expression, Li Hao didn't want to ask anything more. I had to wait patiently.
It was getting hotter and hotter, and as it was approaching noon, the people stopped commotion.
Suddenly, the people split up and made a way. At this moment, an old man walked out from behind. He had gray hair, wore a ben on his head, wore a dark blue robe, and held a silk book in both hands, and walked slowly forward with a solemn expression.
One look at it knew that this must be a priest.
When he got to the front of the group, he stopped. Two more men came out and quickly set up the altar.
Li Hao was also curious about why there was no altar before, and asked Zhao Dahu. Zhao Dahu told him that everything must be arranged on the same day, and that he must go out at midnight, and he must arrive before noon, otherwise it will be disrespectful. Li Hao didn't understand these rules, but he couldn't ask.
The altar was arranged, and the time had almost passed, half an hour.
Seeing that the altar was arranged, the old man took a step forward and then stopped. Suddenly, everyone held the sewn fabric in their hands and knelt down.
Li Hao and Guan Hai originally came to see the excitement, but they didn't expect to have to kneel down. Li Hao really wanted to say a word about feudal superstition, but because of the large number of people present, he had to kneel down and hold the fabric in his hands.
When everyone except the old man knelt down, one of them shouted, "Enlightenment! ”
When the old man heard the voice, he walked slowly to the altar.
When he came to the altar, he opened the silk book and read aloud: "Heaven and earth!" Today, the Pheasant Sacrifice, I beseech Heaven to rain in all directions! Sincerity, sentient beings, look forward to the heavenly help, the nectar to come! May the clouds and rain fall and avoid disasters! ”
"Bye!"
"Bye!"
"Bye!"
Bow three times in a row.
"Up!"
Suddenly, everyone stood up, and then looked ahead with solemn expressions.
"Go!"
In an instant, everyone was running up the mountain, Li Hao was a little stunned, he couldn't understand why these people were doing, and hurriedly grabbed Zhao Dahu and asked why.
"It's a custom here of us. After the sacrifice, you can climb the mountain, and as long as you can reach the top of the mountain and see the colorful auspicious clouds, then you will have the blessing of the gods this year! After finishing speaking, Zhao Dahu also hurriedly ran towards the mountain.
For the blessing of the gods, Li Haozhi didn't have much thought, this thing was very mysterious, but he really wanted to see the colorful auspicious clouds.
"Brother Guan, do you want to go up and have a look?"
Guan Hai saw Li Hao's eager look, and said with some amusement: "Do you believe this?" ”
"I don't believe in this, I just want to see if there are really colorful auspicious clouds."
After listening to what Li Hao said, Guan Hai couldn't say anything, nodded and followed Li Hao up the mountain together.
The road up the mountain is also not easy to walk. Many places are rocky, or there are dead trees blocking the way. Li Hao originally planned to use the secret method of earth to hurry, but after thinking about it, forget it, one is too ostentatious, and the other is that the fun is gone.
The road ahead is fine, but at the back, the mountains are getting higher and higher, and the road is getting harder and harder.
Li Hao and Guan Hai's speed is neither fast nor slow. Guan Hai is a martial artist, and Li Hao's physique has also improved, and these roads are easy for the two of them. Soon, the two caught up with the vanguard in front.
"Brother Zhao, I didn't expect you to be at the front."
Hearing the familiar voice, Zhao Dahu looked to the side and found that it was Li Hao and Guan Hai, and his face was surprised. It's half the height here, and it doesn't look like you're walking on flat ground. And the two of them didn't pant or sweat.
Zhao Dahu gasped and said, "You... You two, actually... Not tired? ”
"Hehe, Brother Zhao, we both have practiced."
Seeing that these people were already weak when they climbed the mountain, Li Hao was a little funny. The main reason is that these people want to be the first to go up, and they are running all the way, and it takes physical strength to go up this mountain, so it must be very tiring to go down like this. Even some of the people who fell behind them are now slowly catching up.
"Okay, Brother Zhao, let's go up first." After speaking, Li Hao and Guan Hai continued to walk towards the mountain.
Zhao Dahu looked at the backs of the two of them and shook his head helplessly.
It took an hour and a half for the two to finally reach the top of the mountain. In an instant, the two of them felt refreshed.
Even if Li Hao doesn't understand feng shui, he also knows that this place must be a treasure of feng shui.