Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, more than three months have passed since the Lantern Festival.
The wind is clear, the clouds are floating, and it is another good weather day on Tianlu Mountain. The sun shines through the layers of branches and leaves of the big tree next to the villa, casting a gently swaying halo onto the ground.
Birds flew around in the trees, chasing each other and singing beautiful songs.
Huineng and Li were catching insects in the tea field in front of Shimen.
At the turning point of the path, two figures suddenly appeared.
Huineng raised his eyes and recognized Liang Yaocai walking in front of him, and the leader of Longzhai behind him.
"Uncle Yaocai, Master Longzhai, you are here." Huineng came up to greet him and said softly.
Huineng found that the leader of Longzhai today was completely different from the leader he met on the Lantern Festival: the leader of Longzhai who was high-spirited and eloquent that day was now looking haggard and his eyes were blank.
When the leader of Longzhai saw Huineng, he quickly stepped forward to say hello: "Hello, little brother Aneng!"
Huineng returned the courtesy and said, "Hello, Lord Longzhai!"
Liang Yaocai came to the villa, pointed at Huineng's mother and son, and introduced to the leader of Longzhai: "This aunt is Aneng's mother."
The leader of Longzhai nodded towards Mrs. Li and said respectfully: "Hello, Auntie!"
Mrs. Li returned the gift: "Hello, uncle!"
Liang Yaocai saw that Li's health was gradually improving, her face was rosy, and she was fatter than when he first met her, and he said, "Auntie, I can see that you are in much better health."
Li said happily: "Thanks to A Yaocheng and the others for these days..."
Before Li could finish her words, the leader of Longzhai rushed forward, knelt down in front of Huineng with a "plop" sound, kowtowed three times, and called out again and again: "Little brother Aneng, I hope you will show great kindness and save the people in our village and my precious son."
"What? Another person asking for help like the leader of the Wang Village..." This happened too suddenly. Huineng, like Zhangba King Kong, was confused and hurriedly stepped forward to help the leader of the Long Village up and said , "Don't be like this, speak slowly if you have anything to say."
Huineng looked at the leader of Longzhai and asked Liang Yaocai: "Who is the master of Longzhai?"
Liang Yaocai looked at the master of Longzhai and told Huineng: Yesterday, I went to Tianguangwei in Tiantangping to attend the market, and by the way I went to Tiantangping to visit the master of Longzhai. Unexpectedly, as soon as they arrived at the door of his house, they saw his whole family hugging each other, crying loudly... The miserable cry, like a terrifying ghost, echoed over the village, making people cry with sympathy... I went in and asked about the reason, and then I found out that their village and his family were in great trouble.
After Liang Yaocai finished narrating, he added: "Aneng, I thought about it for a moment. You saved the son of the leader of Wang Village last time, so you brought him to you to see if you can solve his problem."
The incident happened so suddenly that Huineng was puzzled: "I wonder if Master Longzhai came to me because of some serious trouble in his family?"
Leader Longzhai sighed and said, "Brother Aneng, please listen to me tell you the details."
"Okay, Master Longzhai, go inside first and then talk slowly." Hui let them enter the cave, brought a bamboo chair from the corner of the cave, and asked Master Longzhai to sit down.
Mrs. Li went over there and poured two cups of hot mountain tea and handed them to Master Long and Liang Yaocai.
The leader of Longzhai took a sip of camellia, let out a long sigh, and then told the reason why he came this time.
It turns out that there is an unfathomable bottomless pool in front of Longtan Village in Tiantangping where the leader of the Dragon Village is located. It is said that the youngest son of Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the South China Sea, could not become a dragon due to his moral corruption and was just a big brown snake.
This guy is as big as a water tank, more than ten feet long. With the power of his father, the Dragon King of the South China Sea, he commanded the shrimp soldiers and crab generals to dig a passage from the coast of the South China Sea. It happened to reach the Longtan Village and penetrated the ground, forming a deep pool. They often come out here to harm local people.
Whenever it wants to eat, the snake's head will stick out of the water, open its big mouth, take a breath, and sway a few times. Suddenly a strong wind will blow, the sky will be dark and the earth will be dark, water will splash everywhere in the pool, and the turbid waves will roll around more than ten feet. All the animals and pedestrians inside were sucked into the stomach.
At this time, if no humans or animals come close to it, it will fly out of the pond to look for food, and humans and animals will suffer again. At that time, people in the Tiantangping area were talking about the "dragon" and were afraid to move around casually. Many people moved away from home because of this.
At that time, the capital of the Paradise area convened the local gentry to discuss countermeasures, and unanimously decided to find people with strong martial arts skills to subdue the evil dragon so that people could live a peaceful and worry-free life. So they sent people everywhere to find people with strong martial arts skills to eliminate the demons.
One day, a wizard came to heaven after hearing the news, found Du Si, and said with confidence: "It has become a spirit. I have a law to control it. As long as I chant the incantation and do the magic, even if the snake spirit is ever-changing and extremely powerful, it will die!"
Du Si believed it to be true, so he mobilized some bold people to light incense candles by the pool and let the wizard do the magic.
At this time, the wizard was wearing a soap-bottomed Bagua robe and a "∧"-shaped soap hat. He held a peach wood sword in his left hand, sang a song that no one could understand, and shook the bell in his right hand, pretending to walk around three times. , stopped and said in front of everyone: "It turns out that this thing is the youngest son of Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the South China Sea. My magic power can only subdue ordinary monsters, but I can't control dragon species. But I have made an agreement with it. , Make sure it’s safe here.”
Du Si asked anxiously: "What agreement? Please tell me quickly."
The wizard said: "Usually, I offer two fat beasts to it every month; during the Dragon Boat Festival every year, I send a boy and a girl to serve the little dragon, so that it will never come out to hurt people or animals again."
After hearing this, Du Si believed that although two children and more than 20 animals had to be sacrificed every year, the disasters for the people in each village could be greatly reduced, so based on the wizard's advice, he decided to draw lots by village in turn before the Dragon Boat Festival every year. The boys and girls who decide to offer sacrifices to Xiaolong will be given the livestock every month according to the village rotation.
A few days before the Dragon Boat Festival this year, the lottery just happened to draw the son of the leader of Longzhai. He was over fifty and gave birth to such a precious son three years ago.
Seeing that it was the Dragon Boat Festival in a few days, his son was about to be piled into the pond to be fed to the demon snake. When he was about to say goodbye, the whole family hugged each other and cried loudly. At this moment, the man in front of him happened to Uncle Yaocai who came to visit saw...
With tears in his eyes, the leader of Longzhai told the whole story.
After hearing this, Huineng felt indignant and said angrily: "There are still such weird things in the world. The capital of heaven actually listened to the wizard and used two children and more than 20 animals to worship the demon snake every year. It's so stupid. Extreme!"
Li remembered that Hui Neng had eliminated water monsters and subdued tigers in the past. This time he would definitely be able to subdue this monster snake. So, she said, "Neng'er, since the master of Longzhai has come to ask you, it's a matter of great importance. You You might as well go and investigate, understand the real situation, and do your best to tame the evil snake and eliminate harm for the people."
Liang Yaocheng looked at Mrs. Li and said, "Mother Aneng, you are really a kind person who loves to help others."
The leader of Longzhai bowed deeply to Mrs. Li and said, "Auntie, you are truly the incarnation of Guanyin Bodhisattva who saves the suffering. Here, I would like to express my gratitude to you on behalf of my son and everyone in the village."
Mrs. Li couldn't care less about talking politely to Liang Yaocheng and Master Longzhai. She stretched out her left hand, counted with her fingers, and said in shock, "Ah! No, tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival. Master Longzhai, your family The whole family of the girl and that girl must be helpless at home now, maybe Dusi Yamen has picked her up. Neng'er, please go with the leader of Longzhai quickly to resolve this disaster."
Huineng looked at Mrs. Li: "Okay! Mother, I will go with the leader of Longzhai."
The leader of Longzhai quickly kowtowed to Mrs. Li and her son: "Thank you so much, thank you so much!" After saying this, he bowed to Mrs. Li again.
Mrs. Li waved her hand: "We are all from the mountains, so there is no need to be so polite."
Huineng: "Master Longzhai, please take me for a walk now."
The leader of Longzhai said gratefully: "Okay! Little brother Aneng, come with me."
Huineng said to Li, "Mother, I'm going and I'll be back soon."
Mrs. Li waved her hand and said: "Neng'er, you can go without worry. Don't worry about me. I will take care of myself."
When Hui Neng was about to go out, he remembered that the leader of the Dragon Village just mentioned that this demonic snake was born from the dragon seed from heaven and that it would be difficult to deal with it by himself, so he turned back to the cave, took out the cloth bag hidden in the cave, and took out the He hid the Zen golden bowl in his arms, and after putting away the cloth bag, he stepped out of the cave and followed the leader of Longzhai and Liang Yaocai straight to Tiantangping.
Tiantang Pingzhai is a branch of the Tianlu Mountains. It is located at the junction of Yangchun, Xinzhou and Yunfu counties in Tianlu Mountain. Tiantang Pingzhai is located in a small plain at the junction of the three counties.
The villages in Tiantangping Village are like a long and narrow valley, which is like a barrier trapping Tiantangping Village within Tiantangping Village.
Since Tiantangping Village was founded, most of the transportation within the village has relied on cattle and horses. People in the village rely on their legs to travel.
The winding mountain roads running like dragons and snakes in Tiantangpingzhai coincide with Tianguangwei Avenue, which runs through the 24 peaks of Tianlu Mountain. This is the natural boundary known as the "inner and outer paradise flat"...
The beauty of Tiantangping is in the legend; the magic of Tianlu Mountain is in the myth.
Li Chunfeng, the Prime Minister of the current dynasty, disguised himself as a Feng Shui master and sneaked to Lingnan quietly. Passing by this place, he saw a lot of things. He said that "surrounded by mountains, there are two areas of flat land, one deep pool, and rich fields. He called it 'Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger. Inside and outside paradise flat'."
This ancient land has a long history. The incense of the Qin and Han Dynasties continues like a wisp. The Tiantangping stream flowing from north to south originates from the "Chaoxian Chair Top" of Tianlu Mountain and Houlong Mountain. The mountain waterfalls collect water from the mountains and flow through the Tiantang River. They merge with the waterfalls from the Tianlu Mountains and flow into the Xinjiang River and out to the sea.
The "Tiantianping Longtan", known as one of the top ten famous caves in Lingnan - the Longzhen Cave where the ancestor of the Dragon surname of Tiantangping Village was buried - is located on the Lizhi Ridge Mountain, the north peak of Tianlu Mountain.
This mountain originates from Meihuading in Guangxi, passes through Wangjunding and Datianding, and flexes and undulates all the way, passing through fields and gorges. It breaks off at Luoyang and rises up the Dayunwu Mountain. It opens its shoulders and spreads out the purple tent, and passes through the Wuwu Mountain. The cave branches, knotted knots and budding holes, the inner hall of Tiantang Ping is flat like an upturned palm, the lips are wide open, the remaining Qi is placed at the bottom of the mountain, the left and right brothers, the dragon and the tiger, collect the remaining Qi, and the appearance is more like a goddess scattering flowers. The stamen hole is where the yang is formed and the lotus pond is formed in Tiantang Pingzhai. Therefore, it is also called the "Goddess Scattering Flowers". This is also where the Long clan's ancestral hall was founded. Some predecessors also called it Crab Land, with clams opening on the left and right, and crab mouths in the holes. Viewed from the top of the mountain on the opposite side, it is also very similar.
It's just that: dragons come from thousands of miles away, and the weather is endless. If you tap the right acupoint, you will gain weight.
