Songzi was quick with his hands and feet and quickly applied the purple liquid on me. Perhaps his ability in metaphysics is limited, but in other aspects, he really knows how to take care of people. It's just that I have a purple mark on my face, which really damages my appearance. It's almost evening, and in an hour or two it will be time to eat.
Since we left the house in the morning, we have been dealing with all kinds of unexpected emergencies non-stop. The whole day was in a daze. Although we passed the test in just one day, we were still stumbled and embarrassed along the way. We have only drank a few sips of water since we have been busy so far. Under the intense physical exertion, we are really hungry. Even people like Qin Bukong went straight into the kitchen to cook noodles for everyone to eat. Before eating the noodles, everyone didn't say a word. They were each thinking about something. What bothered me the most was "Charming" Under the words, the seemingly easy-to-understand four words "Dayu controlled the floods".
The point that I'm confused about is that I don't know whether the emphasis of these four words is "Dayu" or "water". In my hometown, there is a temple called Tushan Temple, built on Tushan Mountain. And this Tushan Mountain is named after Tu, the wife of Dayu. According to legend, Dayu passed through the house three times during his flood control without entering, so Tu stood by the river and looked forward to it. Over time, it turned into a stubborn stone in the middle of the river. And that stubborn stone will appear on the river every year after the water recedes. Our local old people call it "Hugui Stone". But as more people shouted, they gradually started to shout in the wrong direction. Because of the Sichuan dialect, Hugui Stone was called "Turtle Stone".
So much so that when I was naughty and disobedient when I was a child, one thing my mother would often say was, if I had known you were so disobedient, I should have sent you to Turtle Rock to accompany Empress Tu!
But after all, that happened in my hometown. Now it is thousands of miles away. Although I have lived here for two years, I have never been able to fully integrate into the blood of this city. Naturally, I have no idea about some local things. learn. So I thought about it for a long time, but still to no avail. It wasn't until Qin Bukong brought a bowl of plain noodles that didn't taste very good that I started to wolf it down.
Everyone was hungry, so they concentrated on eating noodles. After eating, when Song Zi was about to clear away the dishes, Qin Bukong suddenly stopped him, and then said that he was not in a hurry to clean up, let's talk first.
So Qin Bukong told Songzi what we had seen and heard in the underground formation earlier. He just mentioned the tragic situation we encountered when dealing with the two demons in one sentence, and mainly talked about how we put the wax skin beads we found into Stone bricks, and after passing the first level, the stone bricks in the second level pop up and so on. Although Qin Bukong didn't clarify what he said, I could tell that he himself was confused about those four words. In addition, although Songzi was weak at exorcising evil spirits and catching ghosts, he didn't know much about other aspects. A little more advanced than us. The thing under the character "魑" was found based on Songzi's inference. Although Qin Bukong didn't say it, he still admired Songzi's knowledge in his heart, so what he did now was actually I'm asking Songzi for help.
After hearing this, Songzi took out a piece of paper and a pen and drew the general topography of the three towns in Wuhan. If calculated according to the north-south direction, the Yangtze River flows from southwest to northeast. Earlier today we went to find the Shadowless Pagoda. Its original location was at the foot of the Yellow Crane Tower Mountain towards the center of the river. In other words, it is in Jiangdong. After gesticulating for a while, Songzi said, these three towns in Wuhan have been places of outstanding people since ancient times, and the two rivers converge. Such water docks are also places of prosperous commerce. With the construction over the years, many old things have actually declined. Coupled with the great revolution in recent years, things that have been left over from the old period are often difficult to preserve, either burned or mixed up. In short, they are not very good. Easy to find.
Songzi said, since this Qisha Pass was set up a thousand years ago, the place we need to find must naturally be more than a thousand years old. In this way, we can narrow down the scope. Speaking of "Dayu's water control", there are indeed records of Dayu's water control here in historical documents, but they are very few. It is said that he only lived for a few days, and there are actually no traces of water control in the local area.
When it comes to this point, it seems that this speculation is untenable. I am slightly disappointed. The three people we gathered around are actually not locals. Even if they are locals, considering our age, It seems that it is not that easy to track down those old things. But soon Songzi went on to say that the three towns in Wuhan can survive for more than a thousand years, and the one most related to these four words should be here.
After speaking, he used a pen to draw a circle on the map he had hastily drawn, on the west side of the Yangtze River and the south side of the Han River. Then he poked it twice with the tip of the pen and said, this is the Qingchuan Pavilion.
On my first trip to Wuchang, I had heard people repeatedly mention the three major scenic spots in Wuhan. Among them was the Qingchuan Pavilion, which is said to be almost as famous as the Yellow Crane Tower. When I was thinking about what others told me about Qingchuan Pavilion, Qin Bukong suddenly said, I thought you were a serious person, why did you start fooling people like this again? Could this Qingchuan Pavilion be an old thing from a thousand years ago? This was built during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, only more than 400 years ago. Where did the thousand-year-old culture come from?
Songzi smiled and said, Senior Qin, you are right, but you are talking about the time when Qingchuan Pavilion was built, but do you know what its predecessor was before it was built? Qin Bukong stopped talking. Not only that, he was probably still regretting his hasty rebuttal just now. Songzi went on to say, before that, it was called "Yu Palace", but this Yu Palace was still built in the Southern Song Dynasty. It was still more than a hundred years later than when we broke through the barrier this time, but this Before the palace complex was formed in this place, it was the Temple of King Yu where local people worshiped King Yu for generations.
When Songzi said this, it became a lot clearer at once, but I still didn't understand, so I interrupted and asked, but how can you be sure of this? There are many palaces and temples of King Yu all over the country. Even on the edge of some small rivers in my hometown, a small temple of King Yu will be built to guard the rivers. The Yangtze River Basin was already a flooded place during the period of King Yu. If it is just to commemorate the achievements of King Yu, then there are so many temples of King Yu, which one should we really look for? But Songzi shook his head and said, Situ, you don't know something about this. Wuhan is really different from other places. Although there are many rivers and lakes, and it was once a place hit hard by floods, this place is the only place where King Yu can be worshiped formally. And because of this, That’s why I dare to bring it up with you so boldly.
I was silent. If it was like what Songzi said, if there was only this one, then it would indeed be our only clue.
Songzi went on to say, but both Qingchuan Pavilion and Yu Palace were built after the people who set up the formation. The years are too far apart. If we search here rashly, we may find nothing. So let’s change another angle and start with the matter of passing the customs. The evil spirit of “charm” mostly refers to “charm”. This seems to be the same as the “confusion” of “魑”, but it is different in nature. . Situ, you are young, what do you mean by charm?
After saying this, Songzi blinked a few times, and then glanced at Qin Bukong. That look was even charming, as if he was mocking Qin Bukong for being an old bachelor and not knowing what charm was. I coughed twice and said, this charm is to use some beautiful things to seduce you and make you confused. Songzi asked, what kind of things are beautiful? money? Power? beauty?
I say these are all, but since it is a guan, and the evil spirit can take the form of a human, it should be a woman, a beautiful woman who can seduce others. Speaking of this, my heart suddenly trembled and my face turned red. I don't know why, but I suddenly thought of Meng Dongxue. Fortunately, what Songzi said next interrupted my memory. He said, yes, so since this is Guan and it is related to beauty, what is a word that you can easily think of?
"It's hard for a hero to be a beauty."
I blurted out. Originally speaking without thinking at all, Songzi actually slapped the table and said, yes, that's it. Coincidentally, there happens to be a pass near the Palace of King Yu. It was built in the Three Kingdoms and has survived to this day. If you want me to analyze it, If so, this must be the place we are looking for - Iron Gate Pass!
Iron gate? Such a down-to-earth name, I have never heard of such a place in Wuhan. Songzi said that this place is not well-known because it has almost completely integrated into the lives of ordinary people. Many residents living nearby have to travel back and forth many times every day. Precisely because they have always stayed there, the people have long been used to it. It exists. If we rest for a few days, make a good plan, and then go inspect it, we should find it easily.
Qin Bukong asked, didn't you say there were many people living near that place? This guy talks a lot. We went there with a bunch of talkative people. How can we start? Don't get reported just as soon as you pick up the hoe. The three of us will be imprisoned. Do you believe that a clean and thin guy like you would be dead within a few days of entering?
I couldn't hold it back and burst out laughing. In fact, it is quite interesting to watch Qin Bukong and Songzi battle of wits and courage occasionally. Songzi was not angry at all, and then said to Qin Bukong with a smile, "Senior Qin, don't worry about it. After a few days of rest, let's go to the scene to see it first."
