I, the only extraordinary in this world

Chapter 61 Story
Qinling Mountains is a majestic mountain range revered as one of the dragon veins of Chinese civilization.

The hinterland of the Central Plains, which stretches across the land of China, is located in Xiongzhen, the center of the world, overlooking the east and west.

From today's geography, the Qinling Mountains can be divided into big and small. The so-called "small" Qinling Mountains refer to the high mountains and rivers in the Shaanxi-Han area in the ancient sense. water.

The definition of the "big" Qinling Mountains is much broader. It starts from Kunlun in the east and ends in the Dabie Mountains in the west. It divides the two mother river basins of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River.

Throughout history, there have been too many anecdotes in the Qinling Mountains, countless major historical turning points have occurred here, many celebrities and sages have lived here, and a Qinling Mountain is half of the history of China.

Among these many stories, some are covered with mysterious colors. I don’t know the truth or falsehood, but they are just stories that are vaguely circulated among the people.

Speaking of it, it was already eight or ninety years ago.

Long before the founding of the People's Republic of China, at the junction of Longyou and Shaanxi-Han, adjacent to the mountains in the eastern section of the Qinling Mountains, there was a county called Jiaxian. It was still under the rule of the Republic of China at that time, and it was an old county.

One summer, there was a torrential rain, and Jia County was located in a low-lying area with an abandoned reservoir directly above it. The reservoir was in disrepair for a long time, and the heavy rain caused the water level to soar, eventually breaking the dam.

The flood was going down all the way and it was about to engulf the downstream Jiaxian County. Fortunately, there was an aqueduct dug in the early years in the county seat, but the aqueduct was also an antique decades ago. It could only guide the most destructive torrent away. There was water flooding into the county seat, but fortunately the momentum weakened and did not cause major disasters, but the county seat and surrounding areas were flooded, and the water was waist-deep everywhere.

The county residents who escaped a catastrophe, thank God, but no one expected that a hidden catastrophe was gaining momentum.

Three days after the flood, the water in the city gradually receded. When people went home to clean up the water-soaked furniture, they found something amiss.

At the beginning, someone found that the furniture in the house was bitten and tattered, because it is impossible for blisters to make tooth marks, and later this kind of situation became more and more frequent.

It was not until two days later that people discovered the culprit. It was a group of huge black mice, which were obviously different from the house mice and voles that the county residents had seen before.

These mice are not only huge in size, but also extremely fierce. They are not afraid of people. When they see someone coming to drink, they bared their mouths and made a threatening "squeak" sound with a pair of long teeth.

These rats steal food everywhere and bite all kinds of utensils.

Later, it became more and more serious, and almost the entire county was plagued by rats, and even cats could not deal with this group of "thugs".

The county people couldn't bear it anymore, and bought rat medicine, which was distributed to everyone in the county, preparing for a nationwide rodent eradication campaign.

On the second day after the application of the pesticide, people cleared out a large number of rat corpses, almost piled up into a meat slope.

But then people were horrified to find that the number of rats in the county had not decreased but increased. In just half a day, these dark shadows could be seen all over the county, even crawling around on the main road.

An unimaginable rat plague broke out. It took only three or four days from the discovery of these rats to the loss of control. The entire county was almost submerged. A few people were bitten off the bridge of their noses and fingers while they were asleep, and even their throats were bitten off.

All of a sudden, various horror atmospheres erupted.

Some people in the county said to report to the higher authorities to send people down to deal with the rat problem, but the government of the Republic of China at that time was too precarious to take care of itself, there were famines everywhere, and it didn't have the time to take care of the affairs of this small remote county.

In the end, the residents of Jia County had to find their own way.

This county has existed since the previous dynasty, and most of the people living there believe in the feudal superstition of the older generation, thinking that the rat plague came suddenly and inexplicably, and that it should be a natural disaster, which should be prayed for relief.

Immediately, a group of people were sent to invite an old Taoist priest from a Taoist temple more than 100 miles away.

After hearing this, the old Taoist frowned, stroked his beard and sighed: "I can't solve this catastrophe. It's just that this matter is very important. I will invite someone to come. I think he is the only one who can save this situation in this world. You must You have to wait for me for a day."

The county residents waited anxiously for a whole day, and the old Taoist brought a person here early the next morning.According to the description of the people who saw the man at that time, the whole body of the man was wrapped in black silk cloth, leaving only one right eye exposed.

Although everyone didn't understand why this man was dressed like this, the old Taoist also said that only he can solve it now, so he had to ask this strange man to cast a spell first.

However, he saw that the man in black ignored the crowd at all, and just strode into the county town occupied by the rats.

It's strange to say that after the outbreak of the rat problem, no one dared to get close to it, because the rats would jump on anyone they saw, and they seemed to treat people as food.

It's just that as soon as the man in black entered, the swarm of rats that had been scurrying wildly flew away from the man in black as if they were frightened.

The man in black wandered around in the county town, and the rats retreated wherever he went. Everyone was shocked and surprised, thinking that the stars came down from the sky, otherwise how could there be such a supernatural power.

Afterwards, the man in black followed the retreating rats all the way, and found several dry wells in the county town. After inspecting the location of several dry wells, the man in black ran all the way to the northeast of the county town, and everyone followed.

Finally, less than a hundred feet away from the county seat, the man in black ordered everyone to dig up a slope.Although everyone was puzzled, they could only do so. Once they dug down, they found that the underground was actually empty.

After spending a lot of time, a tunnel was cleared out.

At this time, someone in the county revealed that this was a simple underground fortification dug up during the Anti-Japanese War to fight devils, but after the underground fortification was dug, Xiaotian surrendered, and this fortification was also abandoned.

Originally, this was considered an absolute secret during the war, but as time went by, there were not many people involved in this project, and it was gradually forgotten.

At this time, everyone suddenly realized that the abandoned underground fortification had become a huge rat nest, and the underground fortification was connected to several dry wells in the county town. flood.

At this moment, the man in black spoke: "I'm afraid it's not that simple."

According to the memories of those who had heard this person's voice back then, the voice of the man in black was chilling to hear, just like the creaking sound of mechanical friction.

The man in black was silent for a while after saying that, and then said: "At this moment, there is no time to delay."

Everyone heard the clouds and mist, and they didn't know what to say.

The man in black continued to say: "Now I'm going down. If I haven't come out after two days, I'll find someone to fill in the tunnel, and the dry wells in the county will also be filled."

Without waiting for everyone to react, the man in black jumped into the hole he had just dug, and several twinkling figures disappeared into the tunnel.

Some people wanted to dissuade them, but the tunnel was really gloomy and dark, and it was in disrepair for a long time. Everyone was afraid of collapse, so they could only wait at the entrance of the cave.

As a result, after waiting for two days, no one came out of the cave. Everyone was very anxious but they didn't really fill the hole, hoping to wait for the man to come back.

But after waiting for another two days, no one came out. Not to mention the dangers down here, simply not eating or drinking for four days and four nights would make people collapse. Landfill, and then go back and fill those dry wells.

Strange to say, in the two days since then, the tide of rats has subsided quietly, and there was not a single one left.

Even the old house mice were gone.

Now that time has passed, there are not many people who remember what happened back then, and even if there are younger generations who hear this legend, they just laugh it off.

It was only when the elderly in the village encountered natural and man-made disasters in the old days that they couldn't explain it, they had to make up a story about a strange man descending to the earth to save sentient beings.

"It's very interesting, thank you old man"

After listening to the story, Li Heng stood up and thanked the old man in front of him with a smile.

"Then may I ask if this is the Jia County back then?"

The old man with a black and white patterned handkerchief wrapped around his head smashed the few yellow teeth left in his mouth and shook his head, "Not here, not here, not here soon..."

"As long as the last person who remembers this story dies... Jiaxian will be gone"

(End of this chapter)