Holy Bone

Chapter 385 True Monarch Erlang Orders Water Talisman Daxing Northwest! (6k chapter, please subscribe and ask for a monthly pass)
Thinking of the imperial water talisman, Jin An quietly went to the elders of Huangzishan Village, explained his intentions, and continued, "If the elders trust me, let's go back to the village now and see if my solution works." Effect."

Jin'an also didn't know if the water talisman ordered by Zhenjun Erlang was very effective in the wilderness. There was ready-made well water in the village, and there was ready-made underground river water flowing through it, which could minimize the risk of failure.

That's why I proposed to return to the village.

"This..." Several village elders hesitated, showing embarrassment.

Or Lizheng stood up and said, "Daoist Jin'an, we have already regarded you as our own family, how can we not trust you, if we don't trust you, we will not send water."

Li Zheng said embarrassingly: "Everyone has been busy all day, the dry bone pile has not been hit, the water has not been found, and I am tired and thirsty all day, so I just go home empty-handed, and let the villagers who came out with us go back to the village. It’s a bit strange to explain to the old people, children, and mothers-in-law who are waiting at home.”

"Nan, what's wrong with Nan?" Jin An was a little confused.

"I'm sorry, I'm talking a little too fast when I'm in a hurry." Li Zheng smiled embarrassedly and honestly, and then explained that Nanchang is a local dialect, which means difficult and difficult to handle.

Jin An turned his head to look at the villagers who had been in the sun for a day, their lips were chapped, and they were listlessly waiting to give orders to the village elders. He subconsciously whispered, "This is really difficult."

"Daoist Jin'an, what did you say?" The old people were hard of hearing and couldn't hear Jin'an's voice clearly.

Jin An's gaze was called back by Li Zheng: "Ah, oh, it's nothing, Li Zheng, what do you think, everyone treats me well, and I can't just watch and do nothing. I have a trick here. You can see if it can be done, and if it can be done, some old people will call the folks over."

"Daoist Jin'an, although you say that you are bigger than the market we have seen, and your brain is smarter than us country folks. You must have more ways than us."

Jin An was so praised by Li Zheng that he quickly waved his hands and said that he dare not be dare not. The old gentlemen will always be my elders, and the elders are my fathers. Then he said his own way: "I see that the sun in the sky is getting lower and lower, and the hour is getting lower and lower. It’s getting late, and it’s going to be dark soon. I’m sure I can’t hit the dry bone pile today to make it rain. If you keep looking for it like this, it’s just a waste of clean water. In this way, I’ll try to see if I can find a new one nearby. source of water. In order to avoid chaos later on, Lizheng and a few village elders have to gather everyone together so that everyone does not run around.”

"Anyway, the sun is about to go down, why don't you take a gamble?"

Although Lizheng and the others haven't read any big books and don't understand any great principles, they understand one thing. Jin'an is sincerely looking for water sources for the whole village. This alone is enough. Jin'an I will always be their honored guest in the Northwest, and I will be of the same heart with the 21 families in Huangzishan Village.

Immediately, Lizheng, several village elders, and Sun Tugen, an old herdsman, began to gather everyone and told everyone about the matter. Instead of making trouble, these villagers became very interested in how Jin'an fetched water by himself. , They will listen to whatever Li is saying, and promise to never make trouble by the side.

In particular, Sun Tugen, an old herdsman who personally brought Jin'an into the village, became the focus of everyone. The villagers surrounded him to inquire about Jin'an, and asked how the two met, and whether the Taoist priest of Jin'an could really find the water source... this Although the expression on the old man's face is serious, but in his invisible heart, let alone how proud he is.

"The friendship between Daoist Jin'an and I started when we drank a sip of goat's milk wine together on a dark and stormy night..."

Just as the old herdsman Sun Tugen was bragging to the villagers, Jin'an also started looking for water sources.

In order to greatly increase the chances of success in finding water sources, he went down the mountain to find a clump of Achnatherum splendens that had turned yellow due to the drought.

When it comes to the ability to survive on the Gobi Desert, people will never be able to compare with these tough and drought-tolerant weeds.

A place where grass can grow means that there must be moist soil in the sandy soil under the grass roots. Jin'an wanted a shovel and quickly dug out a pit. It seems that the continuous drought for half a year has indeed had a great impact on Xizhou Prefecture. After digging more than ten feet deep, I finally found a little wet soil.

But this was not enough, he had to continue digging down to increase the success rate of the Imperial Water Talisman as much as possible. After all, this was Zhenjun Erlang's first battle in the Northwest, so he couldn't hold back.

At this time, Jin'an's deceptive behavior completely made everyone unable to understand. They knew that Taoist priests can subdue demons and eliminate evil spirits, and draw talismans to suppress evil. They originally thought that Taoist Jin'an was setting up an altar, and then he used talismans to pray for the Dragon King to come down. rain.

As a result, Daoist Jin'an didn't look like a Taoist priest at all, with his Taoist robe tied around his waist, he picked up the shovel and quickly dug the soil with his hands and feet, without blushing or panting.

"Daoist Jin'an, who is this?" Several village elders were also a little confused.

"We know that where weeds grow, we will find some water when we dig down, but if we can't find wet soil after a few shovels, we will definitely not get any water if we continue to dig for half a day."

"Yes, especially now that it's the dry season, even the most drought-tolerant Achnatherum splendens has withered and yellow leaves. Even if the whole village digs together, no one will be able to dig water after digging."

Several village elders persuaded Jin'an not to waste time, not because they didn't believe in Jin'an, but because they had summed up the experience of their ancestors living in the wild land of the Northwest for generations.

The latter in the local dialect means the day after tomorrow, which means that no water can be dug out until the day after tomorrow.

Several village elders saw that Jin An was still digging the loess persistently, and they were about to call a few young and strong youths to help dig a hole together. People dug a person-deep pit in such a short period of time, and they couldn't help but marvel: "Jin, Daoist Jin'an, are you a Taoist priest or a farmer?"

Even planting crops is not so much effort.

Seeing that some young people in the village could not speak, several village elders immediately lowered their faces and scolded in displeasure. Jin An happily said that it was all right. He wanted to dig a sandpit for fun when he first came to the Gobi Desert in Xizhou. A novelty.

Jin'an took out from his bosom a four-time seal of Zhenjun Erlang's water talisman. When he carried the statue of the patriarch on his back to suppress the mountain god's breath, the water talisman had not completely burned out. The spirituality is once again complemented by concentric golden locks.

His index finger and middle finger were close together, holding Zhenjun Erlang's water talisman, and the fingertips felt cool to the touch, sweeping away the distractions on the plateau loess, making people feel peaceful physically and mentally, as if even the glare of the sun above their heads was not so fierce.

As expected, it was the imperial water talisman sealed four times. With the help of Erlang Zhenjun's divine power on the yellow talisman, he could clearly feel the invisible water vapor floating in the dry and hot air that could peel people off. He gathered his fingertips together, and gradually formed a water drop the size of a sesame seed, a big water drop of a rice grain, a big teardrop...

But the process of gathering water vapor was too slow. He gave up taking water from the surrounding air, and instead used the power of God to "see" the underground water veins. He "saw" the magnificent underground river with well-developed water veins.

Some of those underground rivers are shallow from the surface, and some are deep from the surface.

On the underground river shallow from the ground surface, there are drought-tolerant plants in Northwest China, such as the most common Achnatherum splendens grass.

But most underground rivers are very deep from the surface.

The settlement location of the people in Xizhou Prefecture happens to be in the shallowest position of the underground river from the surface. This is the experience of finding water sources summed up by the people on the Gobi Desert for generations. People are always migrating with the water source.

But now is the dry season, the water level of the underground river has dropped, and the underground river that was originally shallow from the ground surface has also become deeper. No wonder even the drought-tolerant Achnatherum splendens with deep roots is showing signs of withering and yellowing.

In fact, not only Jin An felt the coolness from the Imperial Water Talisman, but also several other people standing near the pit also felt this rare coolness in the Northwest. Yellow talisman.

The charms on the yellow talisman, every single stroke has a faint spirituality, especially the most important "Chi" character on the talisman, which is a little shining, even ordinary people can see that this talisman paper is extraordinary.

wow——

wow wow wow-

Listening closely, it seems that the sound of tidal water can be heard from the yellow talisman, and the ripples of the water are becoming clearer and clearer.

"water!"

"Water...water...water!"

There was a sound of exclamation, and the young men pointed at the pit in surprise, looked at Jin An dumbfoundedly, looked dumbfounded at the imperial water talisman in Jin An's hand, looked dumbfounded at the village elders, and looked dumbfounded at the pit again, dumbfounded Look at Jin An...

"!"

"!"

It turned out that the sound of the tidal water did not come from Erlang Zhenjun's water talisman, but groundwater was rushing up from the pit. Lizheng, the village elder, and the old herdsman Sun Tugen were all shocked at this moment, and looked at the scene in front of them in a daze.

Pfft!
Pfft!
Pfft!
These old people who have been rooted in the barren land of the Northwest all their lives, including the old people who love this hometown, knelt down towards the puddle, wept with joy, and stretched their arms to embrace the country under their feet. Only those who grew up on this loess land can understand the beauty of water. It is hard-won, and there is also a deep affection for the homeland.

"It's a holy show! It's a holy show!"

"It really turned into water!"

There are more and more cheers here, and the curiosity of the other villagers who are standing around watching can no longer be suppressed, and they all gather around desperately. When they see the water still gushing out of the puddle, they burst into panic Like the voice.

Jin'an at this moment is a manifestation of the Holy Spirit to the people in this Gobi Yellow Land!
Some people couldn't wait to run to the puddle and drink the water directly with their hands. Regardless of the rough sand in their mouths, they only had the love for water from their hearts.

"The water here is completely enough for everyone to drink. Don't worry, wait for the yellow sand in the water to settle before drinking. Now the water is full of muddy water and sand when it comes up."

Jin'an fully understands the people who grew up here love and cherish water. He tried his best to persuade the villagers of Huangzishan one by one, so as not to drink up their stomachs.

In fact, this is entirely his worry.

Those who grew up in the Northwest are not physically strong, and it is not uncommon for them to drink water and sand. They are not afraid of sand in the water, but they are afraid of no water, and the children at home will have no water to drink.

"Right, right, Daoist Jin'an should drink this first sip of water first. Have you forgotten who found this water for us? Don't forget the well digger when you drink water. How do you make Daoist Jin'an think of us Huang Zi?" People from the mountain village!"

"Lizheng is right. Although we are poor, we must not be short-sighted. Priest Jin'an helped us find water during the severe drought. First of all, we would like to thank Priest Jin'an. Priest Jin'an is the savior of our entire village! "

Lizheng and several village elders have a very high status in the village. The originally chaotic crowd suddenly became quiet. Everyone wore sweat towels, held hoes, poles, and shovels, and the simple and honest smiling faces with tanned skin, Looking at Jin An, who was wearing a five-color Taoist robe, he shouted: "Thank you Jin An Taoist benefactor!"

"Thank you, Daoist Jin'an!"

"Daoist Jin'an, you are a living god!"

Although everyone shouted in unison, the sincerity and gratitude were all written on their faces, and even the few half-children mixed in with the adults looked at Jin'an sensible at this moment.

baa!
Just when the atmosphere was serious, the goat shamelessly ran up to Jin'an's side. Jin'an had something, and it wanted to have it too, which caused the villagers of Huangzishan to roar with laughter.

After the muddy water became clear, everyone began to take out the water bags, gourds, and wooden barrels on their bodies, and began to fetch water in an orderly manner. During this period, someone returned to the village to report the good news, and almost all the villagers went out with large buckets and small buckets. Yes, it's more lively than the festival.

At this time, Li Zheng approached Jin An happily from ear to ear: "Master Jin An, do you think it is suitable for us to build a well here?"

When it comes to digging water wells, Lizheng starts to worry again. The village will be moved here. He is happy and worried at the same time.

Facing Lizheng's expectant gaze, Jin An shook his head and said, "It's the dry season, and the water level of the underground river has dropped severely. The underground river here is too deep from the surface. Even if you drill a well for thirty or forty feet, it may not necessarily produce water."

Jin'an looked at the villagers happily queuing up to get water, and he was also sincerely happy for these hospitable and simple villagers. He said to Lizheng, whose eyes showed disappointment: "Go to the village and have a look, the well in the village The water hasn’t dried up yet, maybe it will come out, maybe there will be a turning point in the village.”

When Jin An said this, Li Zheng hurriedly said yes, the sadness on his face disappeared and he became happy again, automatically ignoring the words "maybe" and "maybe".

Jin An looked at the smile on Li Zheng's face, and didn't explain too much about dampening the opponent's enthusiasm.

After everyone lined up to fetch water and listened to Li Zheng and Jin An's explanation, Jin An's status in the hearts of the villagers in Huangzishan Village was as high as that of Li Zheng and the oldest village elders. Honestly, what did you believe in? Immediately, while it was still dark, a large group of people rushed to the village.

The main problem with the only well in the village is that the water level of the underground river has dropped, causing the well that happened to be on the underground river to also dry up.

Although he could use the Imperial Water Talisman to suck it up, it could only be temporary, and sooner or later the water in the well would dry up.

Replenish the groundwater unless it rains again.

The imperial water talisman is not a rain talisman, and water cannot be created out of thin air. Even if it is a rain talisman, there must be cumulonimbus clouds nearby.

After listening to Jin An's words, Li Zheng's old face with ravines and wrinkles, instead of being disappointed, showed a smile from the bottom of his heart: "This is enough, this is enough, every household saves some flowers, a well of water It is completely enough for the whole village to use.”

"The water in this well is not completely exhausted, and it will slowly rise up every day."

"There have been several droughts before, and everyone has survived the same. This time, Taoist Master Jin'an helped our village. No matter how hard it is, can we be sad before? It's too late for us to be grateful to Taoist Master Jin'an, so how can we dislike it?"

The Xizhou people who have grown up on this barren loess for generations have both a desire for water and a very simple sense of satisfaction.

On this night, Huangzishan Village was happier than New Year’s Eve. There was a raging bonfire in the village, and everyone sang and danced around the bonfire. Tiaozi... The special delicacies that can only be eaten during the Chinese New Year, all of them are enthusiastically served to Jin'an tonight, but the tongue is a little numb after eating too much jealousy.

Northwesterners like sour vinegar and spicy food.

Taking advantage of the revelry, even the goats were tethered next to several beautiful ewes, hoping to keep a few more goats in the northwest land.

Xizhou’s special delicacy is actually roasted whole sheep. Originally, the villagers wanted to slaughter a few sheep for fun, but Jin’an hurriedly stopped him with a guilty conscience. The goat was staring at him. He was saving the villagers of Huangzishan Village. We die.

This night, singing and dancing added to the fun, and the singing and bonfires on the wasteland did not gradually stop until the second half of the night.

The next day.

In the morning, Jin An walked out of the house, leaped onto the roof, breathed out his vitality, and after eating a few buns steamed by Sun Tugen and his wife, he bid farewell and was about to leave Huangzishan Village and go on to the Western Regions .

Jin'an temporarily stayed at the house of Sun Tugen, an old herdsman.

As soon as he heard that Jin An was about to leave, Sun Tugen became anxious, but Jin An made up his mind to go, thank you for your kindness.

When Jin An packed his bags, let the goat carry enough water, and was about to leave the village, he found Li Zheng, several village elders, and the whole village waiting outside.

"Daoist Jin'an, do you really want to leave so soon?" Li Zheng asked reluctantly.

Jin An watched as the whole village people put down their work and waited for him early in the morning. He clasped his fists and bowed solemnly: "There is always a banquet in the world. I have a reason to go to the Western Regions this time. If what I want to do goes well, When I return to Xizhou, I will meet again by fate."

"Actually, old man, I understand that Daoist Jin'an is a big man with real abilities. Our Huangzishan Village is too small, and Daoist Jin'an will leave sooner or later, but I didn't expect this day to come so soon." Li Zheng sighed.

"Daoist Jin'an, can we ask which sect and sect you are from and which Taoist temple you are from?"

"I learned from the Taoism of the five internal organs, and the Taoist temple is the five internal organs Taoist temple in Fucheng, Wuzhou Prefecture." Although curious, Jin An still replied truthfully.

He had promised the patriarch that the Taoist temple of the five internal organs would flourish in his hands and spread its branches and leaves, so he did not hide his origin.

Li Zheng was deeply afraid that he would make a mistake, so he specially asked someone to fetch a pen and ink for Jin An to write down, then looked at Jin An seriously and said: "Old Tugen just met Taoist Priest Jin An, and the next morning there was a miracle of heaven and earth. Miraculously, Taoist Master Jin'an led all of us in the village to find water, and after a night of discussion, we all agreed that the saint from the west must be you, Taoist Master Jin'an!"

"Daoist Jin'an, you have a great kindness to our village. We don't understand the nice words, but the 21 households in Huangzishan Village still understand the four words of knowing kindness and repaying! So we all think that we should be in the village. Build a temple for Daoist Jin'an, offer a longevity card, and offer incense every day to pray for your benefactor!"

Jin An was startled when he heard this.

He shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Lizheng, this ceremony is too big, I can't bear it."

"If everyone really wants to thank you, please thank Zhenjun Erlang. Yesterday I used Zhenjun Erlang's water talisman to find the water for everyone. The credit goes to Zhenjun Erlang. I will draw a statue of Zhenjun Erlang for the village. Everyone If you want to enshrine, you must enshrine Erlang Zhenjun, the true god."

When he saw the portrait of Erlang God in handsome yellow clothes, mighty and supernatural powers, three eyes, and holding a three-pointed double-edged knife, Li Zheng looked serious and solemn: "Is this what Erlang Zhenjun looks like? He looks like a heroic and mighty warrior. god."

"When we finish building the temple, the statues of Zhenjun Erlang and Daoist Jin'an will be enshrined in the temple, which will surely keep the village peaceful and search the mountains to ward off evil spirits."

Looking at these unsophisticated villagers, Jin An felt that he deserved it. The other party really treated him, so he couldn't appear too stingy at this time.

"Come here, silly sheep."

Jin An shouted at the goat who was idly eating Achnatherum splendens.

Don’t talk about carrots in this Northwest, it’s good if you don’t die of thirst. After this greedy sheep came to Xizhou Mansion, he was cured of his delicate disease. When he was hungry, he would find weeds to eat by himself, which can be regarded as a burden for him. .

Jin An took out Zhenjun Zhang Erlang's imperial water talisman from the bag carried on the sheep's back. He still had more than 3000 of the more than 3000 imperial water talismans drawn by the old Taoist before, and he brought them all this time.

Before leaving, he used a thousand Yin virtues to seal a water talisman from Erlang Zhenjun.

"Lizheng, this Water Talisman of Erlang Zhenjun pasted in the well can keep the well water in the village from running dry. Unless the underground river is completely dried up, the water level of this well will never be lower than this water talisman."

"Erlang God is not only the god of water, but also the god of war and god who protects the border towns. He can protect the village from evil spirits and exorcise evil spirits. From now on, you will lead everyone to offer more incense to Zhenjun Erlang, so that he can keep the village peaceful and good weather forever."

Before leaving, Jin An exhorted Li Zheng and several village elders.

The newly-sealed water talisman was pasted on the wall of the well. Once it touched the water, the spirituality on the surface of the talisman appeared and disappeared under the well water, just like the dynamic tide, continuously condensing the water vapor in the air and the underground river water vapor , replenish the well water level, and purify the well water, clear and sweet, and have the effect of strengthening the body.

The villagers drink more water from the well, and the spirituality overflowing from the yellow talisman will subtly improve the health of the villagers.

In fact, Jin An didn’t say anything else. In addition to being the God of Sishui and the God of War, Zhenjun Erlang is also the god of delivering children. He worried that after the villagers knew that Erlang God could also deliver children, Huangzishan Village, which lacked nightlife, would never have peace. what.

"Lizheng, Mr. Sun, and everyone, let's send it here, and you will have to say goodbye after a long distance." The morning light is like fire, like golden light, like a road, illuminating the road ahead, illuminating a group of people, a goat, Drifting away in the vast and boundless desert.

"Daoist Jin'an! When you come back from the Western Regions and pass by Xizhou Mansion, remember to come and see you again!" The villagers stood at the entrance of the village, looking at the back of the far away, wandering and sad to say goodbye.

When there were no more figures on the desert plain, the villagers, led by Li Zheng, began to carry logs and saws. With the enthusiasm of the villagers, a temple was erected in the village within a few days. Made of loess, there is no majesty, no resplendent, but the villagers built it brick by brick.

There are three statues of gods enshrined in the temple.

Lord Erlang,

A young Taoist in a five-color Taoist robe, with a plaque on his head that read "Jin'an Taoist Priest, the Master of Wuzang Taoist Temple in Wuzhou Prefecture",

and a goat as strong as a calf.

After all, the goats did not touch the ewes in the village, and did not leave seeds in the ewes' stomachs, so the villagers could only set up statues to pray that the newborn lambs in the village would grow like this sheep.

What is the most in the Northwest?
Sheep of course!

(End of this chapter)