The village chief looked around and asked loudly: "Have you ever thought about why this young man was able to float alive on the river to my Dayu Village that day?"

"What do you mean?" Many villagers didn't understand this sentence at first, but then they all reacted and guessed: "Maybe the monster just rested, and this kid was lucky enough to float over." "It so happened that the monster didn't pay attention to him, so what was there to think about. "That's it, it's just a fluke, could it be that the monster in the water is still afraid of this kid?"

The village chief said solemnly: "Think about how with the cruelty of that monster has ever spared a living person who appeared on the river, if this is a coincidence, how much luck does this young man need? Not to mention, as far as I know, this is not a coincidence, the narcissus of our village saw this young man on the shore by a big turtle camel that day. ”

The villagers were in an uproar, and the big turtle was something? Some people in the crowd who knew how to explain that it was an animal similar to a turtle and turtle, and most of the villagers were confused, and they were rescued by a turtle, how big should that turtle be? It sounded incredible, but the elderly villagers were all in deep thought, thinking about what this big turtle had to do with the one mentioned in the village chronicle.

The short old man took a step forward and said in surprise: "Brother, isn't that big turtle the one recorded in the village chronicles, the auspicious beast of our village?"

The village chief nodded, "Eight jiu is not far from ten." ”

Lao Wu pondered for a while, and pondered: "Then I understand a little why this young man has to be saved, the fourth article of the ancestral training meets the obedient person of the big turtle, and the whole village of Dayu must treat him with courtesy, this young man can lead the big turtle to save people, it seems that there is a fate with our village." ”

The dark-skinned old villager questioned: "No one has seen that big turtle for many years, the last time the monster in the river made a lot of trouble in the water and didn't see any trace of this auspicious beast, and now it came out of the water to save an outsider?" I don't believe it, this can't be Lao Liu, you made up nonsense to prevaricate us, Zu Xun has a total of a few articles, and he accounts for two, is it possible that they are all set for this young man?"

Narcissus stood up and said in a deep voice: "Narcissus can swear, never tell half a lie..."Narcissus's words were interrupted by an old man who walked slowly: "Whether it is true or false will be known later, why swear." The oldest and most prestigious old man in the village finally arrived, and the village chief, the fifth elder and the others all respectfully shouted, "Uncle." "The other younger ones also saluted according to their seniority.

The white-haired old man nodded to Ping'an and Narcissus first, glanced at the dark-skinned old villager, and said dissatisfiedly: "I heard that your son has been fishing when he wished that the mesh was as small as possible, and he wanted to catch all the fish in the water. I think that the auspicious beast is angry with our village, and deliberately stands by to watch, so as to teach our village a lesson, and now there is finally a destined person who can summon the big turtle, and I don't think about how to spread the fault, and I am still investigating the details here. ”

The swarthy villager saw that the old man had taught him a lesson, and he couldn't help but blush, and said embarrassedly: "I have already taught him a hard lesson to the kid who can't get on the stage, and he now knows his mistake, and I ask my uncle to forgive me." ”

The village chief patted the swarthy villager on the shoulder, and said calmly: "Okay, okay, now the top priority is to see if Ping An can call the big turtle out, if the big turtle comes out of the water, we must sincerely admit our mistakes, and we must obtain the forgiveness of the auspicious beast." ”

The swarthy villager agreed again and again, and the white-haired old man looked at Ping'an and said kindly: "Child, then let's go to the riverside to try it now?" Ping'an said in a deep voice: "Okay." ”

The crowd walked towards the shore, the short old fifth and the village chief walked side by side, the fifth said in a low voice: "Okay, brother, it's enough to hide it, if you say it earlier, we will not agree to save this kid, I told the girl that day that everyone will be saved, and you will definitely start and end well, and you don't give me a good personality, I really think that if you say one more word, you will kill a person." ”

The dark-skinned villager also came over and said honestly: "Regardless of whether this young man is destined for our village or not, of course you can save people, but if you hide it from us, it's wrong for you, we just care about this." ”

The village chief smiled slightly, and said helplessly: "I also want to tell you, but if you know that the pressure is too great, if the officers and soldiers came to search for you two days ago, you will definitely hand over the people, and now that it is over, you just need to know that I have to do it as a last resort." ”

Ping An Narcissus and others came to the riverside with the villagers, a blue river sparkling in the sun, in the green mountains on both sides of the river against the backdrop of the blue water and blue sky is more beautiful, Ping An stood on the shore and looked at the vast scenery and couldn't help but feel good, the nervous mood was also slightly eased, but to the shore to count the happiest is not peace, nor Narcissus, nor the villagers of Dayu Village, but the scarlet beast.

As soon as the red bull saw the vast river, it jumped up and down happily, it ran to Ping'an's side, bit the corner of Ping'an's pants and dragged it into the water, Ping'an was surprised, and asked: "Red Bull, do you want to go into this river?" Red Bull nodded his little head, his eyes fixed on the river.

Ping An held the red bull in his hand with some concern, and said to himself: "Okay, you, this river is very deep." Red Bull in the hands of Ping An is not restless, anxious group turning, Ping An had to put it into the river, Red Bull to the water, in the water four-legged rowing, but also naughty tossing out bursts of splashes, swimming around in the water, such as walking on the ground.

Ping An watched Red Bull play in the water and was happy to relax, secretly said no wonder this little guy likes to eat fish, it turns out that the water is its world.

The surrounding villagers have never seen this rare animal, and it is interesting to see the red bull playing in the water, which is not like an ordinary thing. The white-haired old man walked to Ping'an's side and exclaimed: "People are old and their eyes are not bright, I just saw that your little beast is actually a tiger Kui, you kid you are so blessed, but the old man wants to remind you that it is best not to let outsiders know that you have a tiger Kui as a pet, otherwise you will get into trouble." ”

Ping An said indifferently: "I'm going to lock it up at home when I go out, that's too cruel, I'm reluctant, he can follow him wherever I go, it's okay, besides, Red Bull has a good relationship with me, and no one can take him away." ”

Ping An threw the long sword in his hand into the river and shouted, "Red Bull, pick up the sword." Red Bull saw the direction of the sword, did not enter the river and did not see, after a while, Red Bull poked his head out of the water a little farther away, holding the long sword in his mouth, Red Bull surfaced and swam towards Ping'an, the speed was extremely fast, and finally almost tread the waves, causing the villagers to scream, only to feel that this strange little beast is not like a mortal, Red Bull to the shore, shook the water on his body, raised his little head full of spirit, seemed to be asking the master for credit, took the long sword safely, squatted down and patted Red Bull's head affectionately, this little guy is more and more surprised him.

Enough play, it's time to do things.

Ping An looked back at the village chief with a smile on his face, and he didn't have any score in his heart, but looking at the villagers of Dayu Village who were looking at him expectantly, he really didn't want to disappoint them, if he failed, the long-standing contradictions in the village would break out, and the village chief secretly rescued himself would become an excuse for them, and then the village would completely fall apart.

Under a lot of pressure, Ping An walked to a flat stone on the shore and prepared to start summoning spirit beasts.

Narcissus looked at Ping An nervously, and her heart was also very conflicted, on the one hand, she hoped that Ping An could successfully invite the spirit beast to unite the villagers, and she didn't want the villagers she knew to leave their hometown sadly; on the other hand, she didn't want Ping An to invite the spirit beast, with a woman's intuition, she faintly felt that if the spirit beast really came out of the water, something would happen.

Ping An was ready, but he didn't know where to start, should he shout loudly or whistle? He decided to give it a try, he remembered that people's dogs could understand human whistles, and if it was a spirit animal, it shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Ping An took a deep breath and blew a series of whistles, until his cheeks were swollen and red, Red Bull circled around Ping An twice, his little head was crooked and crooked, and he couldn't understand what Ping An was going to do, so he had to lie on the side and yawn.

Everyone around held their breath and didn't dare to speak, looking at the river motionlessly, people waited and waited, and after waiting for a cup of tea, they didn't see any movement, the crowd began to talk in a whisper, and a small-eyed villager whispered: "What kind of fateful person, I think it's mostly an excuse for the village chief to fool us." ”

The villagers on the side also agreed: "Please spirit beast, I look at the hanging, if you can really invite the spirit beast, how can you be beaten half dead and thrown into the water, this kid seems to be making a joke." ”

The village chief heard the discussion of the crowd, frowned but did not make a sound, the villagers were a little resentful at this time, if they rashly shouted, I am afraid it would be counterproductive, he reminded: "Ping'an, if you don't shout to try, you don't spend much time with the spirit animal, it probably can't understand your whistle." ”

Ping An also noticed the commotion in the crowd and nodded a little embarrassedly, patted his cheeks with both hands, took a deep breath and said loudly: "Hey, hey, can you hear me?" Brother Big Turtle, if you can hear me, come out and show up." "Brother Turtle, are you here? Did you save me? I want to thank you for coming out. "Brother, come out. ”...

All the good words that can be related to the spirit beast climbed were shouted over and over again, and he shouted that Ping'an was a little dry before he stopped, walked up to the village chief, spread his hands helplessly, and gasped: "It seems that I am not the destined person who can call out the big turtle." ”

Boos sounded in the crowd, and a villager who was the third in the clan said: "I'll just say, what's the big turtle, I think most of the people who are destined are liars, this kid will cry wolf in this ghost for a while and then lure the monster out of the river It will be fun, everyone will go back to their respective homes, I think it's better to pack up and leave this ghost place, I don't have time to play with you here." ”

The third child is also quite prestigious in the village, and many people agree with him as soon as he speaks, especially those men who look at Ping An and don't like their eyes, and they coaxed: "I should have thrown this kid back into the river in the first place, what is it, don't be embarrassed there if you don't have the ability." "Can you still do it, please don't come out and say it earlier, so that we have been basking in the sun for a long time." ”

Anger surged on the face of the white-haired old man, what the older generation wanted to see most was the unity of the younger generations and keep this homeland well, but the third child said some unruly bastard words despite his presence, and it was really impossible not to take him seriously.

The old man was just about to speak, but the red bull, who was lying on the ground and was a little bored, jumped up suddenly, his phosphorus thorns became longer, and roared towards the calm river, and everyone looked at the river, not knowing why.

Suddenly, the waves on the river surface rattled, and a huge mass surfaced, and only a thick tortoise shell was seen at a glance, like a floating hill.

Ping An was a little shocked and said to himself, "It's true." The villagers, including the village chief, exclaimed in amazement, and looked at it dumbfounded, and the third child, who was about to turn around, was also dumbfounded, stunned in place, and the white-haired old man sitting in the crowd was even more tearful and excited.

The big turtle swam towards the shore with a cut of the water, and safely touched the head of the red bull, signaling that it did not need to be nervous. When the big turtle reached the shore, everyone could feel the width of the tortoise shell, like a small boat, two zhang wide, and it was estimated that it would not be a problem for twenty or thirty people to stand on it.

The big turtle reached the shore, stretched out the big head like a snake's head, looked at Ping'an, shook his head back, Ping'an scratched his head, and the village chief tentatively said: "Will it let you go to its back?" Ping'an walked two steps, jumped on the turtle's back with a long sword, and the red bull also jumped up, but the big turtle didn't pay attention to the uninvited little guy, turned around and swam slowly towards the depths of the river, as stable as Mount Tai.

The old five and the others on the shore felt ridiculous, and the old five crouched beside the white-haired old man, and asked respectfully: "Uncle, this big turtle is going to find the monster in the river?" The white-haired old man shook his head: "Where can I guess the mind of the spirit beast, but according to the records, the big turtle is gentle and not good at fighting, and I guess I can't fight when I see that monster." ”

Ping An stood on the back of the turtle and looked around curiously, the patterns on the turtle shell were dense, like countless hard stones gathered together, the deep pattern also showed that it had experienced a long time, the red bull used its sharp little claws to scratch the turtle shell a few times, but only left a few imperceptible shallow marks, strong, this is the first thought in Ping An's mind, he walked to the tortoise shell, sat down next to the head of the big turtle, and tentatively said: "You can understand me, right?"

After screaming several times in succession, the big turtle did not respond, and Ping'an was also a little annoyed, and said angrily: "I said that you are a big stupid turtle, take me to the river and ignore me, what else do you have besides a hard turtle shell? I think if you encounter that man-eating python, you will definitely not be able to move in fright, the village still treats you as an auspicious beast, I think you are a fool, they respect you and I am not afraid, I tell you..."

The next moment, Ping'an's voice was interrupted, the big turtle's body sank and actually dived into the water, Ping'an secretly screamed badly, the red bull dragged his clothes, four little paws desperately forced, trying to drag Ping'an out of the water but its strength was still too small, Ping'an held his breath, knocked the turtle's back with a sword, and the big turtle shook his body and surfaced.

Ping'an stood up and took a few quick breaths, brushed his wet hair aside, and was just about to angrily scold the big turtle why he dived, did he want to drown him? ”

The big turtle swam until the name of the village on the shore couldn't see them before stopping, looked back at Ping'an, roared, shook his body, and a stone tablet rumbled up on his back, which startled the red bull and jumped directly into the water, Ping'an vaguely saw that the big turtle's mouth had jagged teeth, which seemed to be exactly the same as the mighty big turtle in his dream, but Ping'an didn't have time to think about it, and his attention shifted to the stone tablet that suddenly rose.

The stele is more than a foot high, perhaps because it is too old, and the stele is a little rough and scratched, but you can still roughly see the inscriptions on the stele. The stele has two sides, the front is densely engraved with the incomprehensible ancient seal, Ping An approached and squinted his eyes, glanced at a few times, kept in mind the glyphs of the ancient seal, and the fool also knew that the ancient seal in front of him was of profound significance, and he could not be sure that one day this book of heaven would benefit him a lot.

Ping'an moved to look at the back of the stele, but there was no text behind the stele but engraved with a stone painting that was not vivid, probably a person standing on a turtle holding a sword-like weapon, Ping An looked at it twice and lost interest, Ping An went to the front of the stele to look at the ancient seal again, and patted the head of the big turtle after confirming that it was correct, and said leisurely: "Dude, I've finished reading it, and there are no magic weapons that don't give me a hand, and when the time comes, I will reluctantly mention your name in the rivers and lakes, so that you can be in the limelight." ”

The big turtle didn't talk nonsense with him, he shook his body directly, and the stone tablet shrank into the tortoise shell and disappeared, and he touched the tortoise shell safely, and said in amazement: "You stingy ghost, if you didn't take the initiative to expose the stone stele, who would know that there is another mystery under your tortoise shell?"

The red bull saw that the stele disappeared, and then climbed to the back of the turtle along the sharp tail of the big turtle, and saw that Ping An looked like a treasure of joy, and the little head thought about it, and shook his body in front of Ping An, and seemed to want to conjure something like a stone stele, but he shook the water droplets on Ping An's face, and Ping An wiped his face and said with a smile: "Red Bull, not everyone is as perverted as this big turtle, your body is so small, if you also turn a stone on your back, then I don't feel distressed to death, haha." ”

Red Bull nodded his little head and whined happily.

The big turtle's body moved, and it seemed that he was about to dive into the water again, and Ping An hurriedly said: "Brother Yuan, I was wrong, I am a big pervert, you are very normal, you don't change at all, don't let me drink water, the taste is really unpleasant." ”

The big turtle's head twisted, and he glanced at Ping An proudly, Ping An's back was a little cold, this big turtle looked at him just now like a human, he really became a sperm, Ping An calmed down, and secretly told himself to be calm, and he had to feel normal when he saw anything in front of this old turtle.

Ping An changed his tone and asked: "Brother Yuan, where are we going now? Do you go to find that evil python? If you really run into that guy, I think you will suffer a loss, I don't mean that you are stupid, but to be honest, I believe that if you defend it, it is probably good, but I am afraid that the attack will be slightly insufficient." ”

The big turtle raised his limbs, and he saw several cold lights flashing in the water, and the four claws were as sharp as knives, he raised his head and subconsciously looked at the mouth of the big turtle, and it happened that the big turtle was turning his head and opening his mouth, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth, just like the one he had dreamed of before.

Ping An shrank back, good guy, really responded to the old saying that the sea is invincible, he always thought that the big turtle was a turtle shell a little harder and a little bigger, but a big turtle that had been bulky all the time, but he didn't expect it to be hidden deeply.