After Xiao Lie arrived at Fuhu Temple, he explained his intention to the little monk guarding the door, saying that there was an important matter to ask Zhenxiu for help. Originally, Xiao Lie wanted to let this little monk lead him to Zhenxiu, so as not to know where he was and delay his work. But when Xiao Lie finished speaking, the little monk told him: "Senior Brother Zhenxiu has left the day before yesterday, there is an apricot flower village in Jinya City, something troublesome happened there, come to us for help, and the old abbot let Senior Brother Zhenxiu go." I left the morning before yesterday, but I should have arrived at the place by now. ”

Xiao Lie followed up and asked, "May I ask the little master, did Master Zhenxiu leave alone or did he have someone else with him?" Do you know what happened there?"

"He is the only one in our Fuhu Temple, and there are two other people who came to invite us, the village chief's father and son, and there are three of them in total. As for what's going on, I don't know, I'm not a good person to inquire about things, as long as no one tells me, I don't take the initiative to ask. The little monk replied.

Fortunately, Xiao Lie has this earth spirit bead that can come and go freely in his hand, otherwise his trip would be tantamount to running in vain. It's not that the other monks in Fuhu Temple are not good enough, he is just afraid that the rest of the people will not be able to be invited. After a few simple words with the little monk, he used the Earth Spirit Bead to go to Xinghua Village in the city of Yao.

After arriving at Xinghua Village, it took no effort to find the monk Zhenxiu, because the location where Xiao Lie appeared happened to be the center of the village. On the edge of a small river not far in front of him, a group of people were surrounded, and among this group of people was this Zhenxiu monk. Xiao Lie pushed aside the crowd and came to his side and asked, "Master Zhenxiu, what are you doing here?"

Zhen Xiu looked up at Xiao Lie when he heard the sound, and said in surprise: "Xiao Lie, why are you here? The village chief of Xinghua Village asked me to come over and help, when did you arrive?"

Xiao Lie replied: "I'm talking a long story, you have to go with me immediately, I am slowly telling you the reason for this." ”

"I can't go with you now, I haven't finished dealing with the matter in my hands, if I let go of this place, the people of Xinghua Village won't be able to live. After Zhenxiu finished speaking, the surrounding villagers said yes.

Xiao Lie was extremely embarrassed and thought for a while before he said to Zhen Xiu: "Okay, there shouldn't be any major problems there for the time being, let's focus on the affairs of Xinghua Village first." I'm here and here, is there anything I can do to help?"

Although Zhen Xiu didn't understand what he meant, he was still very relieved and said: "It's great that you can understand, things here are very strange, you see." As he spoke, Zhen Xiu pointed to the river in front of him, and there was a stone bridge on this river that was about to be completed, and Zhen Xiu pointed to the stone bridge and said, "There is a newly built stone bridge here, called Zhuangyuan Bridge." Because there are more people in Xinghua Village to enter Beijing to take the exam this year, and the bridge here has fallen into disrepair for a long time. Therefore, the village plans to build a new one, and in order to be auspicious, this bridge is called the Zhuangyuan Bridge. As you can see, the bridge can't be built here anymore. No matter how the last pillar is hit, it can't enter the river, and the two sides can't be docked, and it is very troublesome for the people on the other side of the river to come, and it is easy to delay the time for these people to enter Beijing. ”

Zhen Xiu said while introducing Xiao Lie to the village chief, the village chief heard that it was a senior official in the imperial court who came, so he was very polite to Xiao Lie, Xiao Lie said to the village chief: "In addition to this incident, has anything strange happened?"

The village chief replied: "There is nothing strange happening, our village has been in good weather since many years ago, and there has been no disaster for many generations. If it hadn't been for the collapse of the previous bridge, this strange thing would not have happened. ”

"Could it be that there are some rocks or something under this position, so you didn't lay the bridge piers?" Xiao Lie continued.

"We thought about whether it would be like this, and we blew it up with explosives, and there were no stones, just river mud. He also asked people with good water to dive to the bottom of the bridge pier when they went down, but what they saw was that the bridge pier could not even hit the skin of the river mud, as if it had hit cotton. There was really no way to do it, so I went to Ice City and invited Master Zhenxiu. ”

Xiao Lie turned to Zhen Xiu and asked, "Have you found anything?"

Zhen Xiu shook his head: "I didn't see anything, if there is something like an evil spirit that can't escape my eyes, it's really strange." Xiao Lie walked back and forth by the river several times and didn't find anything, and he and Zhen Xiu squatted by the river and stared at the water, no one spoke, and the surrounding villagers just looked at the two of them quietly.

In this quiet environment, Xiao Lie heard someone snort coldly, and immediately looked back, and after looking for a long time, he finally found a little old man in the crowd. Wearing a melon skin hat and a coarse cloth sweatshirt, he carried a golden banner with the words 'Living Immortal' written in heavy ink on the banner, and crowded into the crowd to look at the two of them. Xiao Lie pushed Zhen Xiu with his arm and whispered to him: "I think that the little old man who told fortunes in the back should know something, and it is much better to ask him than the two of us who are in a hurry here." ”

Zhen Xiu pondered for a moment that this was the case, nodded in agreement, the two of them stood up, Xiao Lie led him to the fortune teller, Xiao Lie hugged his fists and politely asked the fortune teller: "Sir, when the two of us were in trouble by the river just now, I inadvertently felt that Mr. seemed to have any opinions on the two of us, and if there was anything to say in person." ”

The fortune teller rolled his eyelids and looked at the two of them, and snorted coldly: "Your kid's ears are true spirits, I don't have any opinion on you, I just know that you can't build this bridge." Unless there is Da Luo Jinxian here, no one can get it. I don't believe you can keep trying. ”

Xiao Lie and Zhen Xiu glanced at each other, the thoughts in their hearts were almost the same, they knew that this old man must know the situation here, but for some reason they didn't want to say it. Zhen Xiu hurriedly gave another salute, recited the Buddha's name and asked: "Why did the donor say this? Do you know why this bridge pier cannot be built? The bridge was also built for the convenience of the people in the village, if the donor knows the reason, please tell us, this is also a great good thing to accumulate virtue and do good." ”

The fortune teller raised his eyes, not the two of them, but in the direction of the village chief, and deliberately raised his voice a little higher: "I also want to do a great deed, and I also want to contribute to the happy life of the villagers." It's a pity, some people just treat this kindness as a donkey's liver and lungs, and that's it, I can't use my hot face to stick to other people's cold butts, otherwise my old thing will be too cheap. ”

After saying that, the fortune teller turned around and left, how could Xiao Lie and Zhen Xiu let him go easily. He followed the fortune teller down, leaving the village chief and a group of villagers stunned by the river. Xiao Lie saw a tavern on the side of the road, so he pulled the fortune teller and walked in.

Originally, this fortune teller didn't plan to come in with them, but his strength was not as strong as Xiao Lie's, so he had to obey. The three of them sat down, and the young man in the tavern came forward to receive him enthusiastically: "What are the three masters going to eat?" Don't look at our small shop, but it's no worse than the restaurants in the city, as long as you can order it, we can do it." ”

Xiao Lie and Zhen Xiu were in the mood to eat, just to find out the secrets of the river from the fortune teller. Xiao Lie respectfully said to the fortune teller: "Old man, we don't know much about this place, and we don't know what is delicious, why don't you order food, we are also hungry, how about we talk while eating?"

The fortune teller was not polite, and said to the shopkeeper: "Give us two catties of river crabs, they will be freshly fished today, and I won't do them if they are not fresh." In a pound of roast mutton, a plate of peanuts, a plate of cold cucumbers, steaming a chicken, fried meatballs, fried mushrooms, fried cashew lotus root slices, we have a master master who does not touch the meat, can not put meat and oil, three bowls of somen noodles, a pot of rice wine, that's all, just eat a bite. ”

Listening to the fortune teller ordering, Xiao Lie's eyes straightened, and he touched the money pocket in his waist, and his heart couldn't help but hurt, it seemed that this meal was going to eat half a month's worth of his money. The young man shouted and went down to work, and after a while the dishes were ready, the old gentleman shook off his cheeks, opened his back molars, and ate it in a big gulp. Xiao Lie and Zhen Xiu symbolically ate two bites, put down the chopsticks, and watched him perform alone. The man didn't look embarrassed, and he didn't lift his eyelids and put food into his mouth.

Xiao Lie really couldn't wait for him to finish eating, so he sandwiched a dish for him and said: "The old gentleman eats well, if there is anything you want to eat, just ask, as long as he has it here, we will let him go, as long as he is satisfied, I am happy to spend as much as I want." ”

The fortune teller threw the uneaten crab in his hand on the table, wiped his hands and said, "Eating other people's shortest and taking other people's hands short, I am really uneasy about eating this meal." ”

Xiao Liexin said: "You are still uneasy to eat, this whole table of dishes has been eaten by you alone, what are you still worried about." The face that thought so in his heart did not show it, and said to the old gentleman with a smile: "What is this, isn't it just a meal, you can just eat." We just want you to tell us why this pier can't be broken?"

The fortune teller poured himself a drink and said to the two of them: "I can't blame anyone else for this, but the old stubbornness of the village chief, when they were just about to build a bridge, I told them that this place cannot be built a bridge, as long as you move it to the side, it doesn't need to go far, just move it twenty zhang." But he just didn't listen, saying that this was originally where the bridge was, and this place was the most convenient place to build a bridge, if you moved the distance, it would be really troublesome to walk a few more steps, stubborn, and not listen to persuasion, so that it ended up now. ”

"So, old man, you already knew there would be such a day?"

"It's not me who blows, don't look at me not very well, but my skills are not pretended. The fortune teller drank the last glass of wine and said to Xiao Lie and the others: "I know that you are so anxious to know the solution because you yourself have a big problem to solve. And this trouble will become even more serious today, if you delay for a while, the lives of those people will not be saved!