Chapter VII The Nai River Diversion Incident
The loud sound of the landslide and the earth cracking came to the bottom of the mountain, and the water of the Nai River had swallowed the foot of the mountain, and the turbulent river was getting higher and higher, spreading to the mountain, eroding everything in its path!
Xu Ying and the snake demon Qiyi rushed back to the broken temple one after another, and suddenly felt that the weather had become extremely cold, and the snake demon was dazed, and was frozen so much that he almost fell into hibernation.
"Worm Seven, hurry up and urge the qi and blood, don't freeze to death!" Promise to be reminded loudly.
They mobilize qi and blood to warm their bodies, but the cold qi seems to drill into the bone marrow, even if the qi and blood are difficult to expel away.
Xu Ying trembled and urged Da Ri to quench his body, and his body felt a little warmer.
His hands clasped together in front of his chest, staggering, and a flash of fire burst out of his palm, igniting the extinguished bonfire.
When a man and a snake came to the bonfire, they saw that the color of the bonfire had become miserable green, and from time to time old people's faces appeared in the green flames, hanging their white eyes, making miserable screams, but there was no sound, so it didn't seep people!
"No wonder this temple is dilapidated, the feng shui here is not good!" The snake demon Seven trembled with fright.
At the foot of the mountain, a yellow-robed man led five strange people to fly quickly and rushed towards the mountain.
"True yang qi and blood, yin and evil do not invade!"
Huang Pao Lang was running and chanting some words, and suddenly a strong True Yang Qi burst out from his body, forcing back the Yin Qi and evil Qi brought by Naihe.
His true yang qi and blood are extremely majestic and domineering, and his surroundings are like a big furnace, scorching hot, but with a strong demonic aura.
Under the intrusion of his demonic energy, the five strange people beside him involuntarily appeared in their original forms one after another, turning into a huge monster!
This yellow robe lang is the mountain god of this stone mountain, named Huang Siping, who settles in the mountain temple on weekdays and is revered as the god of the stone mountain. The five weirdos under his command are the monsters that guard the Stone Mountain Temple, and they are nothing more than monsters such as roe deer, wild foxes, wild dogs, and bobcats.
They guarded the stone mountain, and searched for the whereabouts of Xu Ying everywhere under the orders of the city god, and planned to return to the mountain temple in the middle of the night, but they heard the elephant chirping sound that burst out when the snake demon worm broke through, so they came to find it.
As soon as they went up the mountain, the Nai River rushed in, directly cutting off their back road, so they had to continue to die on the mountain!
Huang Siping, the god of the stone mountain, led the demons to speed up, but the water of the Nai River rose too fast, and soon engulfed a fox demon!
The fox demon fell into the water, and in an instant, the fur and flesh melted, leaving only a dry skeleton swept away by the waves.
The demons' scalps were numb, and they ran wildly, under the moonlight, they saw that there were also figures shaking not far away, and Huang Siping, the god of Shishan, looked at it, and couldn't help but be stunned: "Dengjiapu, Wujialing, Laobutou and other villages of the grass head god!" They're here too! ”
The gods in the villages and towns are grass-headed gods, and after the death of virtuous people, their souls are sealed and they live in the statues of gods. However, Huang Siping is a great demon cultivator, refining the seventh level of martial arts, and being named a mountain god, which can be said to be a god in the flesh.
Although both absorb Li people's incense and enjoy sacrifices, they are essentially different.
The grass-headed gods ran wildly, one after another were swept into the waves of the Nai River, the statues were broken, and the souls were swept away by the Nai River, without a trace.
The four monsters around Huang Siping, the god of stone mountains, also failed to escape, and were swallowed up by the Nai River one after another.
Huang Siping was about to rush to the broken temple, but he saw someone rushing from the other side of the broken temple, a man dressed as an official, dressed in black and red.
The two looked at each other, each startled, and put on a defensive posture.
"It turned out to be Lord Warden Wei." The yellow hair on Huang Siping's face, the god of stone mountains, trembled slightly.
The black-and-red-clothed official was the person who rescued Ding Quan, named Wei Chu, one of the eight prison officials in Lingling County. During the day, he led two other wardens to pursue Xu Ying and save Ding Quan. But after chasing all the way, he never found a promise.
He also heard the elephant chirping sound made by the snake demon worm seven when it broke through, so he rushed over, and just went up the mountain, but unexpectedly, the Nai River was diverted, and the river waves swallowed up his two colleagues!
The death of two masters in a row made Wei Chu also frightened.
"It turned out to be the god of Stone Mountain." The corners of Wei Chu's eyes twitched, and he didn't smile.
Chenghuang and the county commander Zhou Yang did not deal with each other, both of them wanted to master Lingling, and they fought openly and secretly for many years, so the officials of Lingling and the gods under the name of Chenghuang were also somewhat hostile.
Especially this Xu Ying God Murder case, it made both sides tense, and both issued a killing order against the other party's forces!
Wei Chu is not afraid of any grass-headed god, but Huang Siping, the god of the stone mountain, is a demon king and a god, and his strength is strong, so he can be said to be his fierce opponent!
Huang Siping, the god of Shishan, carried a hundred-year-long refined steel chopping knife behind his back, copied the knife in his hand, and said with courage: "The Nai River is diverted, and we are all facing a catastrophe. Master Wei, if we fight, we will both lose, and if we join forces to survive, there is still a way to live. What do you think? ”
Wei Chu frowned, and looked behind Huang Siping, the Nai River was still rising, and it was about to engulf here. Now the only high ground in Shishan is the ruined temple in front of it.
If they go to war, they can fall into the water at any time and die.
Wei Chu nodded and said, "In the face of great trouble, we really have to help each other, and don't mention the old grievances." ”
The two walked into the ruined temple, only to see a young man and a big snake around the bonfire, which was green, and ghosts kept coming out of the bonfire.
"The criminal promised, do you recognize this official?" Wei Chu is old-fashioned, and his official authority is very heavy.
Xu Ying hurriedly pinched the silver in his sleeve and said vigilantly: "Master Wei, I don't have any money for you." ”
He had seen officials extort money, and the untouchables would often have to smile all over their faces, holding the money in both hands, and the officials would not look at the money, but their posture would be very high, but their hands would quietly collect the money, and they would say something like not next time.
In the past, he promised that he had no money, but now he got a few taels of silver for the first time, and he planned to keep it and flee to other places as a bride price to marry his daughter-in-law, but he did not want to give it to him.
"Diao Min! What's in your sleeve? Wei Chu sneered, "This official refining is sharp-eyed, I can see if you have any silver on you!" But your money cannot be taken by the ruler. The case you have committed is too great for the officer to exonerate you. The county commander commanded that he wanted your life. ”
Xu Ying breathed a sigh of relief, a little happy, and said, "If the master wants to die, he doesn't want money." If it's fatal, I'll kill the master, and if I ask for money, I really don't want to give it. ”
Wei Chu snorted, glanced at Huang Siping, and said, "Is the stone mountain god killing or money?" ”
"Money and life, I want it!" Huang Siping's face was indifferent, and he said, "Lord Chenghuang commanded, I want his life, I do things for Chenghuang, naturally it is not good to ask for money." Kill him, and I will scavenge the money from his corpse, and I can't work in vain!" ”
Wei Chu squinted his eyes, quietly put his hand into his sleeve, and said with a smile: "The mob promised to kill Jiang Yuanwai, this is a lawsuit in the yang world." ”
Huang Siping's face trembled with yellow hair, and his hand grasped the sword of the Hundred Refining Horse Chopping Knife tightly: "The god of the Jiang family is the god of the underworld, and the promise of killing the god is to touch the law of the underworld." ”
Wei Chupi didn't smile, pulled out his palm from his sleeve, and said: "The Nai River crosses, and if you fight, you will benefit both, and if you fight, you will be injured." Shishan God, let's take a step back and wait until the Nai River is over to argue, how about it? ”
Huang Siping nodded silently.
Wei Chu sat down by the campfire, glanced at Xu Ying, and said, "As a snake catcher, you also have some skills, but why are you a thief?" ”
Xu Ying's eyes looked at the screaming ghosts in the bonfire, and the corners of his mouth moved: "The god master and the official master don't give a way to live, and the grass people can only kill the god master and the official master and make a way to survive themselves." ”
Huang Siping sat opposite Wei Chu, and rarely showed a smile: "Xu Dashan, you are born with the potential to be killed. ”
Wei Chu smiled: "This is demonic nature. Promise, you are demonic and untamable, if you don't commit a crime today, you will commit a crime sooner or later. If you look at the god of the stone mountain, he is very well tamed. ”
Huang Siping said lightly: "Master Wei, you make a dog for the Zhou family, and I make a dog for the Yin Court, we are all raccoon dogs." Why bother the eldest brother to say the second brother? ”
Wei Chu smiled, unimpressed.
Xu Ying got up and looked outside the temple, only to see that the water was surging, still rising, and had come to the door of the broken temple. The water is gradually rising slowly, but it will not be long before the ruined temple will be submerged!
He looked around, except for the ruined temple, there was no higher place to hide from the Nai River.
"Do the two old men know what happened to the diversion of the Nai River?" Xu Ying turned around and asked.
Huang Siping and Wei Chu sat in front of the haunted bonfire, roasting the fire, and their faces were reflected green.
Wei Chu's smile looked a little gloomy, and said: "According to legend, there is a river in the underworld called Nai River, which is the river that carries the souls of the dead. There is only one thing that can divert the Nai River. ”
Xu Ying asked, "What's the matter?" ”
Wei Chu's eyes were illuminated green by the bonfire, and he smiled and said, "Large-scale deaths in the yang world." ”
Xu Ying was puzzled: "Why do large-scale deaths make the Nai River rerouted?" ”
Wei Chu didn't answer.
Huang Siping said: "The Nai River is a long river that leads the souls of the dead, originally there are tributaries of the Nai River in various parts of the Yang, and the number of dead people every day is counted. However, if the number of deaths on a large scale far exceeds the original number, the tributaries of the Nai River will not be able to attract them, and the main trunk of the Nai River will be diverted! ”
He paused and said, "That is, in the direction where the Nai River went, there was an incident of mass deaths. ”
Xu Ying looked in the direction of the Nai River, where it was the west.
"What the hell is going on to the west of Lingling? Why does the Nai River in the underworld come to the yang world? ”
Xu Ying continued to ask, "Didn't you say that yin and yang are orderly? The underworld is the underworld, the yang world is the yang world, each has its own operating reason, why did the Nai River invade the yang world? ”
"Good question!" Wei Chu praised, but did not answer, because he did not know the answer either.
Huang Siping also fell silent.
Worm Qi couldn't help but said, "The invasion of the underworld into the yang world has happened a long time ago. As early as 800 years ago, there was a diversion of the Nai River, and the underworld invaded the yang world. Later, in the fourteenth year of Tianbao, there was also a diversion of the Nai River. ”
Wei Chu and Huang Siping looked at him in unison, their eyes puzzled.
In the fourteenth year of Tianbao, the king of Dongping rebelled, and many people died, which would indeed cause the Naihe River to be diverted, but what happened eight hundred years ago, even old monsters like Huang Siping did not know.
How can a little snake demon be so clear?
"I have a lot of books in my house, and I like to read." "Three generations of our ancestors and grandchildren have loved to read, and we have collected countless books in the past three hundred years. My family has a family of scholars, and it is a scholarly family......"
Wei Chu interrupted him and said, "What a fart is it for reading? Can you be an official? ”
Worm Seven was a little aggrieved and stopped talking.
The water level of the Nai River rose, and finally poured into the broken temple, Xu Ying and the others immediately got up and jumped to the roof of the temple.
However, they all know that if the water level of the Nai River rises again, it will inevitably submerge the ruined temple, and the water of the Nai River will definitely melt their flesh and blood!
Wei Chu's eyes flickered, he glanced at Xu Ying, Huang Siping, and the snake demon Qi Qi, and said in his heart: "Although Naihe can devour flesh and blood, it doesn't seem to be able to dissolve bones. If the river rises again, then the only way to kill them is to use their bones as stepping stones! ”
He suddenly noticed that Huang Siping's eyes were flickering, and he looked at him secretly, and his heart was awe-inspiring: "The stone mountain god must be like me!" ”
The water potential rises higher and higher, gradually invading the broken temple Daxiong Treasure Hall, and the backyard also has the water of the Nai River gushing in, and the water potential is about to come to the well under the bell in the pavilion.
Wei Chu was about to kill someone, using the corpse to cushion his feet, when suddenly the light in the broken temple was full of light, soaring into the sky, reflecting that everyone could hardly open their eyes!
The brilliant divine light rushed into the air and exploded violently!
"Boom—"
The loud bell came, and the exploding light turned into a huge bell-shaped halo, which was buckled upside down around the ruined temple, and the bell shook and forced the surrounding Nai River to retreat!
The roof of the broken temple was shocked, Xu Ying and the others looked around, but they saw that the big bell around the broken temple was a thick wall of light!
A variety of peculiar textures emerge on the walls of light, constantly flashing and disappearing, forming different patterns.
And outside this shining bell, the water of the Nai River is surging, getting higher and higher, and under the impact of the water, there are constantly hideous-looking ghosts hitting the bell wall, and they are shocked by the big bell and turned into green smoke!
Xu Ying and the others only felt that the weather was warm again, not as cold as just now.
"It's the clock in the backyard gazebo!"
Xu Ying woke up and looked at the pavilion, only to see the light shining under the pavilion, shooting out from under the surface of the rusty bronze bell.
Everyone came down from the roof and came to the pavilion, Wei Chu wondered: "I didn't expect that there are such treasures and treasures in the broken temple, but why are these treasures hanging here and no one taking them?" ”
Suddenly, the stone mountain under their feet shook violently, and the earth shook!
Xu Ying and the three of them hurriedly stretched out their hands to hold the pillar of the pavilion, and then stabilized their figures, and each was shocked.
The big bronze bell hanging in the pavilion shone brighter, dazzling, the light shone into the well, the dark bottom of the well was illuminated, and Xu Ying suddenly caught a glimpse of huge black iron scales sliding at the bottom of the well!
That's the body of a behemoth!
He leaned over to the well and took a closer look.
Suddenly, the black iron scales stopped moving, and the scales retreated to the sides.
In the pitch-black well, a blue eye with a pupil erected filled the bottom of the well, staring at him faintly.
Countless whispering voices filled Xu Ying's mind, causing thousands of thoughts to flow through his mind in an instant.